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fox and friends weekend. straight the a fox news alert. a second major airplane crash this if a matter of days. we will bring you the latest from the ground in philadelphia. joey: meanwhile, the first american hostage is released as part of the israeli-hamas if cease ceasefire deal. we have a live report from tel aviv with the latest. rachel: plus, today president trump's tariffs are set to take effect, but some democrats are already looking for ways to slow down the process. final hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. pug. ♪ ♪ charlie: fox news alert, a medical rantz port jet with a child patient, her mom and four others aboard crashing and exploding near a mall yesterday in philadelphia. jee creigh many people on ground were hurt and transported to hospitals because of the blast which also a set multiple homes on fire. as you can see, it left a wide debris field. rachel: nate foy is live here

the -- near the scene in philadelphia. nate, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. is a news conference was supposed to begin right now with philadelphia police, but they are behind schedule, and we're hearing that the news conference could start in about an a hour. hopefully, it starts before then, but that's the latest here. hopefully, we will learn some numbers about how people are doing, if people are injured or, god forbid, killed who were not on that jet. we know that six people who were on the medical transport jet died during that crash. what's unknown is the collateral damage on the ground. and, rachel, last hour you asked me about the company involved. jet rescue air ambulance, and their history, they do have a crash. back in 2023 if in mexico the plane cover shot the runway. five people were killed, all crew members in that accident. so a disturbing history for this

company. take a look at new video that we have showing aerials of the investigation scene this morning. you mentioned debris scattered all over the place. we saw an of course yen tank about a quarter with -- an oxygen tank about a quarter mile away from the impact site. and i want to show you the moment this plane dropped out of the sky like a rocket. look at this. [background sounds] >> reporter: so take a look at this next video. it happened at 6:30 last night. six people on the jet and, tragically, a mother and a young girl who had just received life saving treatment from a children's hospital in philadelphia onboard and confirmed to be dead. take a look at this next video as you see the immediate aftermath, the impact, to of course, caused a massive explosion,, jet fuel if soaked

row homes for about a three or four blocks causing firefighters to go home to home which pull people out which we know they did successfully. the question is, to what extent. a take a listen to governor josh shapiro who had an uplifting message during a really difficult time last night. >> what you're seeing here is a unified response to an awful aviation disaster. for as awful as that aviation disaster was, tonight we also a saw the best of philly. we saw a neighbor helping neighbor, we saw pennsylvanians hooking out for one another. looking out for one another. >> reporter: take a look at this image as well. you see a boarded-up window inside a restaurant. somebody was eating in this restaurant, and a piece of shrapnel came through that window and hit them. the exact condition of that person is unknown. we mow that six people were treated at temple university hospital, three of them were

released. we don't have ages, we don't have a whole lot more detail than that. back out here live, again, we are waiting on a news conference from philadelphia police, can and the latest word is that they're behind schedule. hopefully, we'll learn more about a how people are doing after such a horrific scene last night. we'll send it back to you. charlie: thank you, nate. rachel: thank you so much, nate. charlie: you'll let us know. >> reporter: you got it. joey: all right. to another alert. three hostages now back in israel after being released by hamas if earlier this morning. they spent nearly 500 days in captivity. a. rachel: and that includes american keith siegel, the first u.s. citizen to be released by the terror organization. charlie: trey yingst joins us live in tel aviv. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. another hostage release took place today with three people being freed from hamas captivity in gaza. american suicide keith siegel ol released from the gaza city

port. this was significant because keith was taken along with his wife on october 7th. his wife was released during the first ceasefire. keith's senator ted budd reacted to the release today saying thi- >> until now, keith was captive. but now the nightmare is over and keith is free. so i want the thank president trump for his work to get these hostages released and back home to their loved ones, but there's more work to do, and we're going to continue that work. >> reporter: at another man was also freed from southern gaza in the city of khan yunis. his wife and to two young children were kidnapped on the 7th, his wife and children haven't been seen since. israel had threatened hamas with pausing the release of palestinian prisoners if the hostages were paraded through the crowd again. we do know they were exchanged for 183 palestinian prisoners, some them being released into

the west bank, others into gaza. next weekend there will be another release of hostages from the gaza strip, and we do understand that today conversations are taking place in doha that to continue this agreement and try to start implementing phase two of the deal. guys? charlie: so, trey, you know, we've seen this before with these prisoner releases -- not prisoner, but the hostage releases with you have hostages paraded across the stage in this kind of bizarre sort of ceremony if a that hamas puts on. what is the purpose of that this ceremony, and what -- how does it play there where you are? >> reporter: so the purpose of that ceremony is 100% propaganda on behalf of hamas. there is no legally-binding agreement being signed when you see these officials from the if red cross going up on the stage and hen receiving the hostages -- and then receiving the hostages inside gaza is. it's unclear why the mediators are still allowing this to take place by the fifth round of

releases from the gaza strip. but as we look forward, there is going to be increased scrutiny on those palestinian prisoners hard being exchanged for these hostages. just on thursday one of the prisoners released as part of the ceasefire agreement was a man who previously escaped from an israeli prison in 2021 using a spoon to dig a tunnel underneath the prison walls. he escaped for a number of days before being recaptured, but he was held for being one of the masterminds behind bombing attacks that took place against israeli civilians, and he also a was the former head of a brigade in the west bank city of janine, a fatah-affiliated organization that also was responsible for carrying out a variety of terror attacks against israelis. so as we look forward, we'll continue to see these lists of prisoners being exchanged for hostages, but they're going to be brutal in the weeks ahead. the israelis understand there are only a number of more hostages that will be freed from

gaza that are alive, and it is believed that that 8 of the3 3 that will be released as part of this first phase are dead. guys? rachel: trey, one last question for you. so donald trump getting credit for, you know, the release of the hostages but in particular this american hostage a, hopefully -- there's two more left. he's going to get that. there were hostages released in venezuela. benjamin netanyahu received a lot of criticism domestically in terms of his politics, some people saying not prioritizing the release of hostages but really focusing more on waging the war with gaza. so has this -- what is the domestic situation now especially now that that we're seeing this ceasefire deal? >> reporter: the bottom line here, this ceasefire would not be in effect if it were not for president trump and his middle east envoy, steve witkoff. they got the ball across the line. as they look forward here though, they will be faced with an incredibly challenging domestic political situation,

because the israeli prime minister is under immense pressure from current cabinet members and former cabinet members including his former national security minister to resume the war against hamas if inside gaza. and i can tell you that the images that we're seeing out of gaza today certainly don't help the situation. the prime minister previously said that israel was close to total victory, that they had methodically destroyed and dismantled these hamas if brigades across the strip. the reality is far from that. you see hamas in the backs of pickup trucks parading through the streets of gaza. they're being cheered on, and they still have weapons and fires that if israel because go back to war against this organization, they will be up against. it is an incredibly challenging domestic political situation for the prime minister, and we can expect to hear more about this when he visits washington next week, the first foreign leader under the second trump administration to visit the white house. guys? if. rachel: interesting analysis. thank you, trey. joey: appreciate you, brother. all right. well, from hostages coming home

to illegal immigrants, illegal migrants, illegal aliens going where else. guantanamo bay migrant flights reportedly set to start this weekend. this as the defense secretary, pete hegseth, on using guantanamo bay -- a place he was stationed -- to host criminal migrants. >> as we've said from the beginning, 40 one will wait on the defense department. we will be a key element of expulsions and mass deportations. so as we identify criminal illegals in our country, the military is leaning forward to help with moving hem out to their home countries or somewhere else in the interim. if they can't go somewhere right away, they can go to guantanamo bay. there's two aspects. one, migrant facilities. going become to the '990s, there were tens of thousands of haitians and cuban migrants who were housed there because it was a transit point in the caribbean, and i knew of those places when i was there, and those we're going to stand unfairly quickly. you can get those of --

thousands of individuals in tents secured at places in guantanamo bay. there's always the eventuality that we could have hardened criminals, hardened gang members with violent criminal pasts in transit. if that is the case, we're preparing options for the actual detention facilities, the defense -- defense tension facilities that are basically supermax prisons to temporarily house them. we don't want to put to our personnel if at a risk in transit, so if you have those existing facilities, let's use them. and we will use them to serve the interests of the american people who have been suffering under an open border and an invasion under joe biden. and we've said enough is enough, they're going home. guantanamo bay is a perfect transit point to temporarily house the worst of the worst until we move them back to their home countries who, as president trump has made very clear, better be prepared to take them robustly and soon. charlie: it's real simple. i mean, you know, you go from

one administration to the next, and the previous administration if had a door mat laid out at the borders letting anyone if come in, allowing millions of illegals into the country. and now we have a new administration if saying, no mas. and, you know, not only are you -- joey: [inaudible] rachel: i love charlie -- charlie: i'm really good at my spanish. [laughter] i'm getting bettering you're teaching me. not only are you putting up, you know, putting up the stop sign and not letting new people in, but you're also actually removing starting with the worst of the worst which are the criminal aliens. rachel: and it's interesting because, two points. one, you're actually able to see because we know who these people are. they're identifying them. yes, they let in hardened criminals, as pete hegseth said -- joey: and they knew where they were. rachel: and they didn't do it, they didn't want to do it.

so people are looking at this and saying, yeah, why were these guys let into the country? if why didn't we deport them before? by the way, we're also dole doing deals with el salvador because some countries are saying we're not going to take them back. obviously, the biden administration -- the trump administration trying to convince those countries to do that. but we're saying, okay, you don't want to take them back? they're going to gitmo. we've got deals with el salvador. and, by the way, the message to the criminals is you better self-deport or -- have you seen the max security prisons in el salvador in they don't look fun. you'd better self-deport or you're going there. it's amazing. joey: the man that killed laken riley deserved to be in a place like that before with he ever put his hands -- rachel: amen. joey: some people are against guantanamo bay because of what happened 20 years ago with interrogations. we had a country in turmoil over it, and now it's got this very negative connotation.

pete laid it out so perfectly. it's a military base, not just a detention facility. and it's going to serve a purpose. why not let the money we spend on something serve a purpose for our country? but if your heart is bleeding, if you're so sad about this, you know, costing you on this next topic because it's really getting to some folks, this idea that snub may have to leave our country. selena gomez posted a video where she was just crying crocodile tears and telling us this is her people and making it look like it's just innocent kids being deported. we all know that isn't true. but thankfully, this was put out, this video from what we call angel moms, the moms of those who were killed at the hands of evil illegal aliens. let's watch. >> you don't know who you're crying for. what about our children who were brutally murdered and raped and beat to death and left on the

floor by these illegal immigrants? >> i just feel like it's a ruse to deceive people and to garner sympathy for lawlessness. >> i wish i could do something, but i can't. >> my daughter was a child. there's many other children whose lives were taken due to people who crossed here illegally. >> they didn't cry for our daughters. rachel: yeah. i interviewed art del cueto from the border patrol earlier today. he said when he saw the video, he had to google selena gomez, he didn't know who she was -- [laughter] but most people do know who selena if gomez if is -- charlie: some of the most impressionable people in our country know who she is. rachel: exactly. and that is why i think it's so fascinating and, i think, smart of the white house communications team to go, you know what? we're going to respond and tell you the truth about who donald trump is, president trump is deporting and what they did to these young women including jocelyn nungaray from the same state that selena gomez -- i bet

selena gomez in her little hollywood bubble never heard of jocelyn nungaray, didn't know what happened to her. and she had that privilege if because she levs in a a -- lives in a gated community with private security, and he never has to walk by herself to the corner tore as this little girl did, 12 years old, and ended up brutally raped and beaten and her little body left under a bridge. and her mother many got a chance. all these angel moms are is said, charlie, thank god for donald trump. nobody if cared about what happened to our daughters until -- except for donald trump. and donald trump never forgot them. and that is why you saw the laken riley bill last weekend and these moms getting just a little bit of their pain lessened by just thinking that maybe somebody else's daughter won't have the same thing happen. charlie: and i think it's also a reminder of how culpable the media has been in covering this issue. rachel: yes. charlie: most of the media only

covers this from the sort of selena gomez perspective. they're always wanting to do these sob stories. oh, this person is in a bad situation without ever focusing on the laken rileys and the people who have suffered the worst. rachel: charlie, what does this tell you about a the white house communications team? if that they are taking this head on like this? charlie: i think it tells you everything you need to know about donald trump9 and the white house communications team is an extension of donald trump. a. rachel: absolutely. charlie: you know, it's uncomfortable, it's unpleasant. we would all a rather not be talking about this stuff, but he's like, no, this is the problem, so we're going to talk about it, and it's going to be uncomfortable for everybody. these policies are wrong, they're dangerous and they're actually hurting american citizens. so we're going to talk about it. and he changes the perspective, and that's what politics is all about. rachel: you know, people talk so much about, you know, who is donald trump. he's the same person he's always been. the first trump rally i ever

went to was really on his campaign in 2-15, and he brought up angel moms and dads. off the cuff just gave them the microphone. this was early 2-15. and he's never forgotten them, and it is remarkable. joey: real quick on this, there are going to be good-hearted, decent people that are hurt from these deportations. and when i say hurt, their heart hurts because the dad of the family or someone in the family was pulled out because of their criminal record or because they didn't have an extensive criminal record, but they're here illegally and doing other things, so they're getting sent away. there might even be people who came here just to work. but they're not victims of president trump and these deportations, they're victims of the more than 10 million illegal migrants who came into this country in just three years under president biden which allowed it to more than double, probably -- we know it was more than 10 million. the problem is not the same ford as it was -- today as it was in 2012 or 2005 or 2000.

so if there are -- if you have a story, a selena gomez, you know, crying because she thinks this person is innocent enough, but they're having to be deported, understand that in the early 2000s, in the late '90s when the numbers were way lower and just about everyone that was coming here illegally was coming here to work, both parties left it alone. they didn't mind -- rachel: but why is she crying now? they're reporting tren de aragua. why are you crying? it doesn't make any sense. maybe four years from now when they start to get other people, i could understand that video. but they're -- it's just unbelievable to me. so anyway -- charlie: well, the full story's coming out. rachel: i didn't know she had friends in tren de aragua what. charlie: we'll be right back, more "fox & friends" if weekend.

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♪ joey: president trump attending a white house round table on education just two days after signing an executive order to give more support to school choice programs. rachel: and this comes as a new u.s. report card reveals the grim state of education with grade school scores in math and reading plummeting in the last five years. charlie: here to react is tiffany justice from the heritage foundation. tiffany, thank you for joining us.

if so how important is this issue inside the maga movement? >> it's incredibly important. moms, who are concerned about their kids' education, wanted president trump in the white house. we wanted someone to serve in office that was going to take our concerns seriously. we only have 30% of eighth graders reading on grade level in america. this is a national crisis. rachel: so we're also -- there's talk about school vouchers, there's talk about eliminating the department of education. finish how likely is it that you think these really important moves will be and how request quickly can it be with done? >> i think fairly quickly. i was at that round table yesterday. president trump hosted us for an amazing lunch with governors. you saw byron donalds earlier talking about the educational choice for children act. there are a lot of different levers that president trump can pull in order to get parents back in the driver's seat when it comes to their children's education. the governors were very excited to be able to hair ideas about a how they can take more control other education and, again, put

parents in a mace where they're making the decisions for their children's education. joey: you talk about governors, and it's been my understanding that school choice is a relatively local and state-level issue, most of funding comes from there. and there still is control, local school boards. how does this, how does the federal government push this along? what is -- what levers are to be pulled at the federal level that pushes states into this? >> well, congress can get the ecca passed, president trump will sign it into law, and we'll be able to help all those moms and dads in blue states who have crummy democrat governors, moms and dads, again, are really worried. their children are trapped in failing schools, so i think it's important for president trump to use, again as i said, all of tools in the toolbox. he's so willing another that, we're incredibly thankful for that, and i lead a parental rights coalition. we founded moms for liberty because we care so much about education and kids, and now we're going to take that fight all the a way to washington,

d.c. and help parents across the country. rachel: wow. it's is so exciting to see parents and activists organizin. joey: yeah. rachel: that's the only way to do it. the left is so good at it, tiffany, as you know, and and really exciting stuff in this space. thanks for joining us. thanks for the update, and come back to us when the next step happens. we'd love to hear more. >> thanks for having me. rachel: you got it. joey: thanks. all right. the first american hostage is released as part of the israel-hamas ceasefire deal. brian kilmeade is next. he's going to discuss all a president trump is doing on the world stage. what? i'm 12 hours short. - have a fun weekend. - ♪ unnecessary action hero! unnecessary. ♪ - was that necessary? - no. neither is a blown weekend. with paycom, employees do their own payroll so you can fix problems before they become problems. - hmm! get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary.

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rachel: we're back with a fox fuse alert. three hostages released by hamas earlier this morning after spending 484 days in captivity. that includes american keith siegel, the first u.s. citizen to be released by the terror organization. here to discuss is "fox & friends" cohost brian

kilmeade. brian, good morning. this is amazing news, the release of this hostage. i know there's two still left. that hamas still has, american hostages, among other hostages, and then also in venezuela, you know, six americans also released. this is a big moment for donald trump. so, you know, close to when he was inaugurated. >> it's amazing what ric grenell pulled off in venezuela. and it just shows they want to get in trump's good graces after he just stole9 another election and made president biden's administration look ridiculous because he said we'll buy your oil if you have a normal election, and they can't, he cheated, he stays, and so they released those men, and i'm a glad for them. now they have the take back all their illegal immigrants that are creating havoc in america. the that's going to be key. they've got to start the taking their vile human beings. on the other front, this is the

easy phase, rachel, as you know. we have 33 of the 97 remaining hostages over the first six weeks in the exchange, 1500 palestinians, most of which are criminals and terrorists. so you have to see the video on the other side, hem getting out on the west bank, they're being treated like heroes. that's' the discouraging part. but for keith, his wife was taken along with him. he had his ribs broken. he was in tremendous pain in captivity, barely ate according to reports in the jerusalem post, but his wife said you've ott got to get him out, he's in medical distress. he was able to survive. it wasn't the circus it was last time, that's good news. the question is, what's going to be the next? are they going to be able to get more hostages out? i think the answer's probably yes, but phase two looks like a no go. talked to general keane yesterday. phase two is the israelis get out of gaza. hamas is shows they're still in charge. michael waltz has said no scenario as national security adviser in which hamas stays in charge of gaza at which time

you've got to think they're going to to go back to fighting unless something else a happens. a lot will be discussed of substance when prime minister netanyahu comes to the oval office this week and has the first one-on-one with president trump as president. rachel: yeah. and we're just all waiting to hear what has happened to the two brothers, an infant and a toddler who were taken, it's just heartbreaking. and one wonders why they weren'- released in the ceasefire deal. there must be a reason behind that and, hopefully, we'll get to the bottom of that. it's just too much. i want to move to this because today is kind of, like, you know, happy tariff day, right in. [laughter] trump says he's going to, you know, have tariffs on canada and mexico, but considering lowering tariffs on canadian oil. listen to this. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: will tomorrow's tariffs include, be inclusive of canadian crude in.

>> i'm probably going to reduce the tariff a little bit on that. we think we're going to bring it down to 10%. it's 25% on the canada side. rachel: brian, your reaction? >> the big -- well, a couple of things. i mean, these big techtives have been meeting with trump the hoping to be exempt from the tariff exchange. what the president wants to do is rebalance trade. he did the usmca, got it. it was working fine. but the one thing thing this the mexicans are saying, allowing is the chinese the buy some of their companies, leave the mexican name on and actually do the manufacturing, getting the benefit of the free trade agreement in north america. so that's got to stop. the other thing that really hits the president, and you know this personally, is the fentanyl. he's saying i'm leaving the tariffs on. you know the precursors are coming from china. you know it's coming across. i can slow it down, but i can't stop the it. what you've got to do is find a way to stop it, and you're going to have to the pay the price economically. and everyone in mexico is going

to feel it. it was a surprise when the president said, when asked in the oval office, these are negotiating tools, he said, no. i personally think that's part of the negotiation, saying that i'm doing this regardless. they say he's not. and then they're making them come in p. they are planning, canada and mexico, for real ca ya story measures on u.s. products -- retaliatory measures. let's see if they actually do it. what the president's doing on so many fronts is rebalancing trade to get the deficit down and get our economy rolling in the long term and european union also will be in the crosshairs next. rachel: yeah. what donald trump knows is that mexico and canada need us more than we need them. and so he's always -- >> leverage. rachel: -- the great negotiator, the art of the deal and always looking to get america the best deal. brian kilmeade, thank you. >> yeah. rachel, just coming up tonight at 9:00 we got "one nation." we've got ron desantis

discussing this, joe manchin, the only guy that can really take me in the october began -- octagon and boomer esiason on the super bowl. and coming up on the 15th i'll be in jacksonville on sage thement you were with me in new jersey. we're going to be streaming on fox nation and on march 22nd in st. louis. just go to brian kilmeade.com. this way i can meet you in person. rachel, thanks so much. rachel: that's awesome. i love the lineup. it's so eclectic, to say the least. [laughter] just like you, brian. >> thank you, yes. i think that's a compliment. rachel: yeah, i think so. brian, thanks for joining us. >> go get 'em, rachel. thanks. rachel: the white house is waiting for an apology from democrats after house minority leader hakeem jeffries uses these fighting words -- >> we are going to fight it in the courts, and we're going to fight it in the streets.

charlie: fox news alert, terrifying video capturing the moment a medical plane carrying six people including a child patient who had just been released from shriner's hospital in philadelphia, plummeting from the sky last night. the plane crashed into a philadelphia mall spraying jet fuel across the area, leaving homes burning. here to discuss is former ntsb

investigator alan diehl. thanks for joining us, mr. diehl. obviously, we've seen all this pretty dramatic video of the plane crashing. what do you see as a pilot that maybe the rest of us don't necessarily understand about, from the, you know, watching these videos? >> well, obviously, the most impressive thing, scariest thing is the angle that it descended at. we've seen in another learjet accident in mexico -- by the way, this was a mexican-registered learjet, as you probably know, and i know the ntsb will be looking at the maintenance history as best they can with the mexican authorities on this aircraft. perhaps the -- that controls the pitch angle, if that failed or ran away, you could get this kind of descent.

i guess theoretically you could have also had an engine explode. i can't tell if it's on fire on the way down or not. some people think it was. but that portends probably some kind of catastrophic engine failure. but, again, that's what the ntsb will have to establish, and it's going to be difficult because of the condition of the wreckage. charlie: when you say it was a mexican-registered learjet, does that mean if that the jet would have been on an inspection regime as prescribed by mexican regulators as opposed to the u.s. regulators in my understanding is most of these learjets in the united states anyway are pretty heavily inspected equipment. >> yeah, they are, they're supposed to follow the manufacturer's directives on maintenance and so on. but the one learjet investigation that was mexican -- actually an american learjet flown in mexico, and we found out that the plane wasn't

properly maintained. they may not have as a good of surveillance many mexico. i'm not saying they didn't. you know, this aircraft was defective, andst the responsibility of the mexican authorities, i'm simply saying that in that other case, it was one that killed jenni rivera. that learjet also fell out of the sky, and when i looked at the maintenance if records, i just shook my head saying, oh, boy, this plane -- the surveillance was not very good x. in that a case, the crew was not properly qualified either. but i'm not saying this is the case now. that's what the ntsb will have to short out in -- sort out in future weeks and months. charlie: right. so, obviously, this comes on the heels of another tragedy in washington, d.c. between the american airlines commercial flight and the black hawk helicopter. ntsb officials have recovered the black with boxes there. what are they, what are they going to be looking for in the black box there?

>> well, i think the critical thing will be the black hawk black box and particularly the voice. it has both voice and data, i understand. looks like it's in good shape. and one of the theories, and i don't want to start any speculation here, but i'll mention it, i've flown with night vision goggles when i did military crash investigations. and if you are wearing night vision goggles and a bright light hits you, all of a sudden you go blind momentarily. now, remember, both the president expect secretary of defense have said this was an elevation problem. she's not allowed to get over 200 feet. she's being supervised, and i don't think there's the any way that they would intentionally climb that helicopter up to the reported altitude of 350. that data comes from not from the nt is sb, but -- ntsb but, you know, from trump9 and the secretary of defense.

so if somehow a bright light, if they had the mbgs down and that's what this voice recorder should uncover, and they were hit by a bright light, like perhaps the landing lights on the airliner, they would be momentarily blind, and they might -- i'm a psychologist. there's what they call a startle response. and if she's got her hands on the two controls, it's quite possible that's -- you know, this is what the ntsb has got to sort out. short answer is those recorders are going to be critical, but particularly the black hawk recorder and the voice segment therein, charlie. charlie: well, very helpful, very much appreciate you joining us, alan diehl. >> thank you so much. charlie: okay, rachel. rachel: thanks, charlie. we're going to turn now to some of your headlines. today secretary of state marco rubio kicking off his first international trip in his new role. he'll be heading to panama to

discuss topics like the panama canal and immigration issues. it's the start of a week-long trip that will include stops in el salvador, costa rica, guatemala and the dominican republic x. this visit the central america, of course, comes as rubio's state department takes action on cuba, reinstating a restricted list that bans transactions with some companies controlled by the communist regime. community members in dolton, illinois, are again calling for the mayor's removal from office. she's dubbed america's worst mayor. henyard was found to have spent tags payer dollars on lavish -- taxpayer dollars on lavish trips and luxury purchase,. this comes after she was caught at the center of a massive brawl at a public meeting. residents are now calling on the governor and other officials to remove her from the if office. henyard's lawyer says she was trying to break up that fight. [laughter] all right. the department of education

reversing president biden's title ix rules saying protections for students will now be recognized on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity and sexual orr to yenation. the decision puts the trump administration's 2020 the rule back in place. the education department explaining this move, quote, also ends a serious threat to campus free speech and ensures much stronger due process protections for students during title ix proceedings. and those are your headlines. some critics calling out house minority leader hakeem jeffries for willing his own maxine waters moment, suggesting a desperate fight to counter donald trump -- a street fight. and we have joe concha who's going to break that down for us next. are so much more than cli. they're conquerors and champions, parents and caretakers, believers and breadwinners.

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♪ if. joey: the democrats are ready to elect a new dnc chair today as the party faces an identity crisis following those huge losses in 2024. rachel: meanwhile, the white house is demanding an apology from democrats after house minority leader hakeem jeffries said this about a countering trump's agenda. listen. >> we are going to fight it

legislatively, we are going to the fight it in the courts, and we're going to fight it in the streets. charlie: here with his reaction is fox news contributor joe concha. great to see you this morning, joe. so do you get the sense that maybe democrats might still be a little bit kind of in the wilderness? if. [laughter] >> oh, deep in the wilderness. we're talking, like, robin hood kind of wilderness at this point, charlie -- are. rachel: walk in the woods with your chardonnay hillary wilderness. [laughter] >> ah, yes, that's better, rachel. touche. maybe it's me, but that kind of sounded like a threat. that sounds like a call to black lives matter p antifa, and it's reminiscent of maxine waters with that potentially dangerous rhetoric, immothering democrat supporters to get up in the faces of min who's a member of the trump administration, remember that during the first term in and it actually happened. just ask rand paul, for example,

or cory booker or even joe biden saying they would physically attack donald trump if they had the chance x they did so on national television. there was a poll out this week, quinnipiac, i believe, that showed the democratic party has never been this unpopular in the history of their polling. just 311. think about that. /311%. less than one-third of americans approval of the -- approval of the concern approve of the democratic party. they just got spanked in the last election, and they have no power in the house, mt. senate, more governors are republican than democrat, the supreme court is 6-3 conservative, in tierly anyway. and, oh, yeah, their nominee without one vote in an effort to save democracy or something, that was considered to be the worst campaign we have seen in our lifetimes. so, yeah, you want to take the fight to the streets, okay, it's a bold strategy. let's see if it works out for them. rachel: here's what the white house responded to it. they said democrats are ready to elect a new dnc chair -- i'm

sorry -- charlie: oh, we lost it. rachel: here it is. put it back up for us. this unhinged, violent rhetoric is dangerous. leader jeffreys should immediately apologize. if donald trump had a said this, any republican had a said we're going to take to the streets -- charlie: exactly. rachel: -- we're going to fight on the streets? what would have happened? insurrection! >> yeah. the tore that sells the pitchforks you protest with, they would run out of pitchforks, right in that's exactly what would happen. by the way, he was talking about protecting those who are here illegally, a decided majority of americans support deportation. especially when it comes to murderers, rapists, career criminals who entered this country illegally. they're take the 20 side of an 80-20 the side and the 20 is support and 80 against -- or 80 is support and 20 the is against. you don't want to be on that i'd as a party x that's why they have no leader or message, guys. joey: yeah. we'll see, you know, how it goes

to elect a new dnc chair. will it be the weakest link that everyone can meh about or some dynamic trump -- charlie: meh for speaker. rachel: thanks, joe. >> thanks, guys. have a good weekend. you're working, sorry. have a good weekend after the weekend. [laughter] joey: all right.

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