sean, disparity, aldean, this is rolling stones headline, timeline of jason aldean controversies, theycountry superstar's backlash is one of several inflammatory incidents. the other rap song is an attack on all cops. naz released sick rick cameo and rapper shows reality of police brutality. one they praise and the other castigate. >> sean: watch the video, most of the people rioting are white or masked, this is not indictment on black people, there were white people rioting. number one. the second point here, this is a scapegoat, using race as scapegoat, they are angry aldean is criticizing liberal viewpoints and calling them out. life in small town is better than you offer in big city america, so, yeah, that is my take. >> i think the left backlash to this song is representation of how much they disdain average americans. we are all americans who value faith, community. my husband's family is from rural ohio. some lyrics are what you hear in the local bar thchl is how all americans think. one line where jason aldean says got a gun granddad gave me, good luck try that in a small town.

aldean isn't just racist.singer has taken heat for his views. >> he has been anti-vaccine, anti-masking. anti-trans, and now pro-guns, pro-running people out of town. >> jesse: what do masks and vaccines have to do with the song? where are they getting that from? we looked and aldean setting was against vaccine mandates for little kids. that's it. in a month after joe biden claimed victory over the virus, aldean told the concert crowd, it's nice to see everybody without a mask on. again, that's it. i was told artists shouldn't be censored. the media told us there's nothing more paramount than an artist's creative expression. we were able to make whatever movie he wanted, paint any picture we want, write any song we want, write an e-book we want. and that's what makes america great, right? apparently not. paramount can produce movies promoting violence but country music writers can't write songs against it? the threat is it's a small, well-funded mob. it's the same thing they did to kyle rittenhouse in kenosha.

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what's your reaction to this move by cmt pulling jason aldean's song?etely disgraceful. you know, you see all of these organizations push the artists that hate america, that hate the american values, don't stand with god, family and freedom. someone like jason aldean has been so vocal for just those things and has been such an american patriot so, of course that's what they're going to do. i think it's terrible. >> todd: aldean says the song quote refers to the feeling of a community that i had growing up where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences, of background or belief because they were our neighbors and that was above any differences. why does the left have a problem with that? >> because it doesn't go with their agenda, right? all he is showing is the truth. everything there. there is not one word in this music video which i should say i love. nothing speaks about race. everything in here that is listside a crime in america. you can't spit in a cop's face, right? you can't sit here and pull guns on people. you can't loot. and i

. >> country music star jason aldean in hot water round here. we take care of our own. music video pulled his reaction to claims of racism and pro lynching undertones. >> in medical news, good news for people who don't have time to work out during the week how you can make up for it on the weekend. >> and later, a controversial plan to finally get people to clean up after their dogs from abc news in new york. >> this is america. this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy wednesday. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with former president trump speaking overnight after getting a so-called target letter from special counsel jack smith. >> the letter is a strong indication that he'll be indicted again. this time on charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. in former president trump is now responding to a potential third indictment, telling a crowd in iowa last night that he's becoming an expert in subpoenas. i have no choice because we have to. sources say special counsel jack smith notified trump late sunday that he's

jason aldean's controversy with the panel coming up next.ay's irs whistleblower testimony. first, beyond our borders tonight, afghan women protested beauty salon ban after the taliban government shut down all female operated salons nationwide. security forces used fire hoses, tasers and guns to break up the demonstration. of the taliban had said earlier this month it was giving all salons in afghanistan one month to wind down their operations. also this: police in kenya opened fire on protesters demanding the government lower the cost of living. at least 12 people were wounded. the opposition called for three days of country wide demonstrations aimed at forcing the president to repeal a finance law imposing new taxes. this is a live look at rome. one of the big stories there tonight, zoo keepers at rome zoo say they are now using frozen treats to keep the animals cool in the deadly heat. hosing down some of the animals as well as air conditioned pens are all parts of zookeeper's efforts to keep the animals cool and healthy during the europea

they are accusing aldean of being pro-violence over his new song. that in a small town, he calls out the radical left's violence during the 2020 riots and shows video footage of the summer of 2020. take a look. >> ♪ around here we take care of our own ♪ ♪ you cross that line it won't take long for you to find out ♪ ♪ i recommend you don't try that in a small town ♪ ♪ full of good old boys raised up right ♪ ♪ if you're looking for a fight ♪ ♪ try that in a small town. ♪ >> sean: jason aldean put out a statement calling it meritless and dangerous. this after attacks from country singer, not that she's really country, sheryl crow and others. south dakota governor kristi noem blast of the left's attack and invited aldean to perform in south dakota. i would like to go. in other woke news, earlier this week soon to be cnn fake news host charles barkley made these comments about americans boycotting bud light. take a listen. >> are you -- all you rednecks from [bleep] who don't want to drink bud light. >> sean: okay. sounds like sir charles barkley will be

actors said good morning to everyone, except jason aldean.heryl crow says this is not american or small-town like, it is just lame. others saying, clearly, you know nothing about the history of that building and lynching, this is idiotic and this song sounds like a threat to me. i've lived in a small segregated town and this is revisionist history. aldean is i think issing in front of a courthouse in tennessee, site where henry chote was lynched after being accused of attacking a white girl. aldean's wife says on instagram, media, same song and dance, twist everything you can to fit your repulsive message. focus on the real message such as child trafficking. cmt pulled the video from the air on monday. back to you. >> carley: thank you so much. when you pull something off the air because you don't want people to see it, it will want to make people see it more and that is what is happening today. this song has been out since may and this morning it is the number one song on the apple itunes charts. i read and reread lyrics trying to find anyth

jason aldean, one of many americans sick and tired of the way the country is being ran. not a huge country music fan but suddenly a huge fan of jason aldean. >> john: i am a huge country music fan and a fellow i know wrote a couple of his number one hit songs, including "crazy town." i was in cincinnati friday night and taking on cancel culture head on. >> i feel everybody is entitled to their opinion. you can think something all you want to, does not mean it's true. so what i am is a proud american, i'm proud to be from here, i love our country, i want to see it restored to what it once was before all this [bleep] started happening to us. >> u.s.a., u.s.a.! >> john: so the left is pummelling him saying the song is violent, shot in front of the courthouse scene of a lynching in 1927, even though hannah montana and a tanya tucker movie were shot there and people of the left are asking -- what about the misogyny lyrics in rap music. >> what did they be so upset about music, and i've been a fan of hip-hop music for years, appreciate it for what it is and the art form but ho

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jason aldean is not telling anybody to do anything, some music treads the line on that.ok at everything, not just country music, look at rap and everything. >> kayleigh: rap music, exactly. to the point of the market, saw billboard chart tweet, pull it up, number one on country charts, that happened and then this happened and jason aldean reached number one on u.s. itunes, your thoughts? >> we look at this and sometimes it is hard to look in the mirror. you see what is happening with the video, news clips from what happened in america. sometimes it is hard to look in the mirror and see that, we call that in biblical terms, being convicted. wow, we don't want to be that nation. to your point, hypocrisy is interesting here. we hear lyrics in other songs all the time. remember when emenem said he would like to tie his wife to the bed and set the house on fire and nobody said, holy cow. we will decide, if they don't like it, they can shun it. i think it will survive. >> kayleigh: jim stewartson was fuming, he called it openly radicalizing his fan, most dangerous, irresponsib

while why jason aldean's new video is a video was pulled from cmt.t against the message of his song. these major developing stories and many more, all coming into cnn news central. >> > we are getting a preview of what a potential third indictment of former president donald trump could look like. multiple news outlets including the wall street journal, now report that the target letter sent to trump regarding efforts to overturn the 2020 election sites these three federal federal statutes, conspiracy to commit an offense against or defraud the united states, deprivation of rights and tampering with a witness. we are also learning that federal prosecutors in the 2020 election probe have subpoenaed security video from atlanta's state farm arena. it served as a polling place in 2020 and trump and his campaign targeted election workers stationed at the arena. with us to discuss, crime and justice reporter caitlin plans. what can you tell us? >> the target letter, donald trump is the one announcing he got it on sunday and the date that he had, he wanted t

jason aldean, as i noted, is defending this video.d the song and saw the video. >>> yes. thank you. as a tennessee lawmaker, the youngest in our state, i felt like we had a candidate to condemn this heinous racist song. there is no accident that he filmed it on the site where the race riot happened as well as the 1927 lynching of a young man who was 18 years old. henry cho occurred. this song is about normalizing racism, vigilanteism and white nat nationalism. and it is by glorifying a south that we're trying to move forward from in tennessee. >> and aldean, he didn't break the song but clearly sings it. we we looking at the lyrics. one of them is, a cop, stomp, you think you're tough. we'll try that in a small town. are those the lyrics you're referencing? >> to see how far you make it down the road. this is a lynching anthem. it is an anthem that reminds me of stories like travon martin, people killed by white vigilantes. this is not about small towns. where was jason aldean when the murray county people were fighting for their clea

now aldean has taken to social media with a long statement defending it from critics.here in our newsroom in new york. what's up? >> country singer jason aldean is fighting back defending the song after it was pulled by country music television amid the claims that it also glorifies violence. ♪ spit in his face, stomp on the flag ♪ >> the song try that in a small town lambents lawlessness and rioting. it shows news footage including that of black lives matter protests. the lyrics reflect on heartland values of neighbors looking after each other. critics claim it is racist and ex tolls vigilantism and calls for citizens to arm themselves. the song is being condemned today. tennessee democratic representative justin jones tweeted, we have an obligation to condemn jason aldean's song calling for racist violence. what a shameful vision of vigilantism. aldean says it is an anthem against the violence and crime that has rocked the country. in a tweet the superstar said i've been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song, a song out since may. the comparison that i was not too

joey: i live in a small town that jason aldean sings about.n we sit around the campfire and have conversations, this generally isn't what we're talking about but when it comes up and mistreat kids and harm kids in an evil way, i'm not going to stop someone from imposing the death penalty. pro life, pro innocent life. rachel: yeah. joey: i'm not pro evil. rachel: even among prisoners that'll be a death sentence for you in prison. there's a universal -- he's over the target. again, i would suggest castration for predators and not kids. pete: fair enough. rachel: that's just me. pete: we can't see who's supposed to read the headlines because the prompter is so far out. it's me. turn to a few additional headlines starting with this one. the alabama woman who mysteriously went missing for more than two days has been fired from her job as a spa as suspicions grow over alleged kidnapping and the story about her disappearance is shaky and haven't found evidence of a kidnapping and her former employer telling the new york post they did everything to pe

>>ll, then, let's get started. >> jason aldean song.ry that in a small town.t nu >> hit number one on on the charts. thanks to you. but the medi thanka is still trying to convince us that the songs are racist. . theme >> i mean, it's a deplorable song and it's annoying. got a gun that my granddad gave me. they say one day they're going to round ud dap. goll, that s might fly in the city. good luck. it's vering to ry divisive. and provocative. what i thought of when i read that read that was a mod arberya i think of a black man in a small town in the south who literally just gotl town w r doing nothing wrong. >> he had an obligation, a duty to condemn thig wrs vile, racist song. this song is about normalizingrn racist violence, vigilante ism, and white nationalism. thiscist is a lynching.a >> anthem song has been outm. since may. so why is it blowing up now?may. well, you can thank shannon watts. she's a biden activist and a self-proclaimed buddhist who's taking credit for getting aldean canceled from cmt t. and now mtv, both owned by pa

and aldean did not clues this location.i've hidden from and i know that a lot of us in this country don't agree on ho we can get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at left a a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. but the desire for it to, that's what this song is about. joining me to discuss, trey johnson, a writer on race, culture and politics. i'm glad you're here. you have undoubtedly been hearing about this song throughout the day. it came out back in may. the video is new and that's why it is getting a lot of attention. just seeing that all be laid out. do you think the criticism is fair? >> absolutely. thank you for having me on. i feel like just in general as a writer, any time you put art in a public space, it will invite questions. and questionable art will invite even more questions. given the context, it is up for a rain that people want to look at why they are accepting this set of images to put across what is clearly an antagonistic attitude. >> just reading through. you look at social media.

jason aldean, you are man songst at number one.g wesumber ont all small towe are with jason aldea an. don't try it in our small town. charlie, new jersey. small town is now the number one song on itunes. >> thank you. th. e time >> you're welcome. but it wasn't me, brad, from north carolina. so biden blew up a weather balloon, the economy and now a bit of cocaine. >> that', now s right, joe the sharpshooter. we got andrew from oklahoma. res jamie raskin said there was no evidence. aren't those two whistleblowers right in front of them? >> evidence? exactlnt of him y. om ohi terry from ohio, are you goingou to watch barbie or not? >> i'm going to try to watch the sound of freedom. they're sending it"bar to me so i don't have to go to the theater. >> i'm a little busy freedom. john from new mexico, where is cowboy jimmy by his shirts? >> he told me i forgot the name of the brand. next time i told him he has to cut his sleeves off like that. you know, like ken from barbiedo and california. >> my daughter sarah is one of your interns.

but, we have supported jason aldean. he has jumped up to number one on his song.veryone who has downloaded the song. definitely want more people doing it and thank you to luke bryan for supporting him as well and pull him stuff off cmt. >> joey: i don't know if you all know this but jason aldean and luke bryan are some georgia boys. i see the ohio state stuff around here. i think y'all like us pretty well. we have a vietnam veteran right now real quick. thank you for your supervisors and welcome home. but to the crowd, what do you all think about what we call woke culture? >> people need to wake up. >> wake up, america. we need to wake up. we just have to open our eyes and see what going on. >> united states marine right here. thank you for your service. we're going to go ahead and wrap this up. i think we might play some jason aldean in main and have some breakfast and eggs. what do you all think about it? [cheers and applause] >> joey: all right, guys. back over to you. >> ainsley: thanks, joey, great job. >> lawrence: top democrats targeted major hack attack by

she called out jason aldean because she said your lyrics are too violent. >> ainsley: jason aldean controversyidential hopeful ron desantis had to say about it in our exclusive "fox & friends" interview. >> we need to restore sanity to this country. i mean, what is going on that that would be something that would be censored. i mean, give me a break. we're off the rocker here in the united states with a lot of this stuff with cancel culture, with big tech censorship, with a lot of stuff that the federal government is doing, policing so-called misinformation, we need to get back on kilter and start having a free society again and embracing truth. so i think it's part and parcel of a lot of the nonsense we have seen over the last many years. >> steve: nonetheless, as todd said, this particular controversial has made that song number one on itunes as people download it to hear what all the hullabaloo is about. >> ainsley: ron desantis was endorsed by trump. the second time he won by 1.5 million votes. he even got miami-dade. florida is basically a red state now. they love him down there. so we as

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it's not aldeans fault, he didn't know they made a movie. miley cyrus. >> jesse: hannah montana. >> greg: hannah montana should not be in movies. now it's their location. if they knew maybe and i don't think they knew. the media has created this environment where now if you think this behavior is wrong they're linkerring the behavior to race, not you. >> jeanine: you know what, it was like the hearings yesterday all of a sudden it was about race. coming up, liberal media lying through their teeth with the ridiculous new attack on conservatives. ♪ ♪ attack on conservatives. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> craig: there's a new liberal knave narrative brewing despite the no go zones, the media wants you to think it's the red states that are terrible. cnbc is getting blasted over an article that names texas and florida as the worst states to live and work. citing laws protected unborn life so called targeting of lgbtq people and the state's issues with inclusiveness. strange not a peep about how left wing policies are causing folks to leave liberal areas in droves. je

latest target is jason aldean.on itunes and that comes despite the left's effort to ken censor it and the media is trying to convince america the song is a racist anthem. >> it's deplorable song and it's annoying. got a gun my grandad gave me and say they're going to round up and that s might fly in a city but good luck. it's divisive and provocative. >> i think of a black man in a small town in the south that got shot for doing nothing wrong. >> how the republicans are backing him up are buying into that same reality of, okay, we're going to do racist things and we're going to do harmful things that target violence towards black and brown people. >> condemning this heinous, vile, racist song and this song is about normalizing racist violence vigilante and white nassau county nationalism. this is a lynching anthem. >> kayleigh: david webb. >> david: hold on i live in florida and i'm supposed to live in fear of my life. if i fly back, is it supposed to be safe for me? according to the far left, florida is like the l

ridiculous. >> aldean now number one song on itunes. earlier in the week by singing a song by a lesbian who loved it. morgan wahlen they tried to cancel him he has had the number one album and song 14 weeks plus on the charts. so audience decide if it sticks or not. we have seen enduring and beloved brands, laura destroyed this year. it seems barbie is next. if you believe these reviews, the new barbie movie takes america's favorite ball from barbie to harpy. the "new york post" declares it lousy. sarah vine writes at the daily mail it's a deeply antiman movie an extension of all the tiktok feminism that paints any form of masculinity as fulks and predatory. every male character is either an idiot, a big ten or sad rather pathetic loser. laura, could you imagine if james mayor gold had told indiana jones. >> martha: io movie how dumb women were. there would have been pickeringtons in the theaters people should react similarly here. >> they don't want real men they want pajama boys to sit around waiting for the government to send them a

it's not aldeans fault, he didn't know they made a movie.vie star miley cyrus. >> jesse: hannah montana. >> greg: hannah montana should not be in movies. now it's their location. if they knew maybe and i don't think they knew. the media has created this environment where now if you think this behavior is wrong, they're linkerring the behavior to race, not you. >> jeanine: you know what, it was like the hearings yesterday, all of a sudden it was about race. coming up, liberal media lying through their teeth with the ridiculous new attack on conservatives. ♪ that new neighbor is hot! that's my husband... it's the inspire implant. he's not struggling with cpap anymore. all that rest is working wonders for him. inspire. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com. artificial intelligence. wow! it's something that everybody's talking about. and i think about that, but i think about the one who created all intelligence. almighty god, who created this earth, the universe, created you and me. but what are the problems? why d

aldean was forced to defend the song.in the past 24 hours i've been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song, a song that's been out since may, and was subject to the comparison that i, direct quote, was not too pleased with the nationwide blm protests. "try that in a small town" for me refers to the feeling of a community i had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors regardless of background or belief. all that explanation didn't matter. cmt announced it was pulling the music video from the airwaves. they canceled it. clay travis joins me now. >> what do you see there that tt that's inflammatory, clay? >> jesse, it may upset your mom. i want to preface what i'm about to say with this, look, i'm a born and raised nashville kid. all sorts of things that taylor swift says in her music that i absolutely despise, including much of her politics. she's also really talented. i would be happy to go with my wife and watch a taylor swift concert. in fact, i've done it before. jason aldean is saying a pinprick of what left w

aldean and his label for comments.also getting support from others, jake, saying that they support jason and they'll continue to listen to his music. >> yeah. my guess is that you'll see a real rally around the flag result from his fan base and from conservatives on this. chloe melas, thank you so much. >>> let's check in with cnn's wolf blitzer for a look at what's coming up in "the situation room." wolf, you'll be talking to a 2024 presidential candidate. >> the former new jersey governor chris christie will join me live in "the situation room" and we'll get his take on the third indictment for the gop front-runner, donald trump. as you know, jake, christie has unique insight as a former federal prosecutor and former trump ally turned vocal critic of the former president. >> and, wolf, i'm going to be stopping by the situation room myself in a little bit. >> i know you are. we will get your reaction to what chris christie has to say, and i'm looking forward to, jake, to discussing your new thriller. "all of the demon

that is what jason aldean is directly referencing, and yet they ignore that. referencing to sucker punching people, random people in the street, to holding up -- pete: carjacking. >> carjacking. he's saying no to that. he's saying i recommend you don't do that when you come to my small town, and yet they see it as a video promoting violence. i think there are two americas. i watched this video, i take the it at face value. they watch this video, and they somehow link it to jim crow. what? like, how is that possible? it's such bad faith. joey: i love the english translation there, by the way, jason aldean says try that in a small town. no, what he means is i recommend you don't do that. [laughter] rachel: i recommend you not carjack in our town. joey: you know, that's exactly the point he was making. of when he first sat down on the couch, we were talking, he said, is it really a first amendment expression of speech, it is a controlling of the speech -- in other words, jason aldean has the song out this. we can all go listen to it. so it hasn't been silenced. b

good for jason aldean.is a patriot not backing d down. >> the summer of love, spaghetti potluck dinner, lorenzo anderson, senior namesake son was murdered and we had him on this program, dozens died and all that property damage and all the assaults on police officers, why did we spend so much time talking about one riot. there were 574 riots that summer and dozens dead. billions and property damage and police, thousands hurt. >> that is why i am confused. i thought the left and the democrats and the social justice warriors. i thought they stood behind these protests. why are they so upset he is showcasing it? they should be cheerleading it. they were so noble in their activities, they should be happy this activity got a cameo in a country music video, but they are not. >> maybe we can have hearings on why kamala harris tweeted out about the burning down of the police precinct. straight ahead, the white house doing their best to hide biden fragility. the american people catching on. when we come back, thank

don't don't they know who buy jason aldean's records?hip-hop rap artists get to say whatever they want, who literally has documentation of what is happening in america of the truth, of the facts, and he is not trying to portray them in any way other than how they are, and he gets canceled or the song -- i'm going to buy a bunch of those songs. >> jesse: usually the left, jessica, embraces free expression, art. how many times have we heard "it's art, you can't censor art?" >> jessica: i didn't think it deserves to be pulled. i think you can have a conversation about it because it is not just saying, you know, this doesn't happen in small towns, it's saying if it did happen in a small town, we've all got guns and we are going to take matters into our own hands which is vigilante as i'm -- >> greg: no, it's a good message. what stops it. >> jessica: i would also say that i do think it is a strange choice to perform this in front of a courthouse where a boy was lynched, an 18-year-old was lynched in 1927. he doesn't have -- >> jesse: so many

so why are they so upset that jason aldean is showcasing it? they should be cheerleadint hegf in fact it was for justice and they were so noble in their activities and everythingi was mostly peaceful flames, they should be happy that thisno activity got a cameo in a country music video. but surprisinglyo in, they're. yeah. and maybe we can have some hearings on why kamala harrisaybe we wanted to tweet t the bail fund for the people involved in the burning down of that minneapolis police precinct. tommy, great to see you. appreciate you being with us. straight ahead, the white house doing their best to hide biden's fragility. and the american people are catching on. we've got the details. dagen mcdowellple catc pete hege here when we come back. thank you for being with us. i was told my small business i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for any rc tax] refund. >> you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds that no upfront costs. sometimes you need a second opinion. good to go. yeah. >> think i'll get a secondwith i opinion.

>> joey: i think jason aldean needs to quit explaining and keep singing.rong, don't explain yourself. if you make half the country mad, you can only make the other half mad by explaining it. i hope he feels supported and it looks like he does. not just from fans. i work for zach brown, nothing to do with politics, not ascribing politics at all, he was a mentor and taught me business today. zach wouldn't have a career today if he hadn't bucked the system and stood up to nashville and stood up to sony and all those big machine came from l.a. into nashville, took it over and created puppy mill song-writing rooms, where you get six writers together and give them words like camp fire, blue jean, used to be bud light. write this song and give to the next 21 year old and we'll make money off of them. country music, pop culture, is a puppy mill of music. for someone like jason aldean to write a song like this, he bucked that entire system. there are layers to why this is not accepted. for cmt, there is an executive that has been told, don't touch this, this is a c

jason aldean says that might fly in the city, try that in a small town., cmt, country music television, stopped areaing that -- air aing that video. partly since the courthouse where the video was filmed was the site of a race riot in the 1940s and where a mob hanged a young black man in 1927. that controversy is playing out a whole lot differently here at the country thunder music festival where fans said anyone who's from a small town where you know your neighbors, those folks know exactly whattal dean's song is about. >> yes, there's violence in every town, but i don't think he's pronoting violence. -- promoting violence. look at what's happening in all these big cities, and you're just not seeing this in small town usa. >> i think somebody's going to knit pick everything. -- nitpick. >> i think the song is about community, and it's about promoting taking care of your neighbor, and it's not about anything that has to do with race. it has to do with making sure you and your neighbors are healthy and fine. >> reporter: aldean fired back at critics this w

aldean didn't pick out the location and it's been used for videos over the years.on aldean's try that in a small town, at the top or near the top of the i-tune play charts all week and the music video itself in just over a week now has more than 10 million views on youtube despite being taken off the air, griff. griff: if you live in a big city, you don't get it. and garrett in twin lakes, wisconsin, thank you. alicia. alicia: the biden administration halting federal funding to china's wuhan institute of virology as the origins of covid 19 remain unconfirmed. the lab has not followed federal regulations and lacked transparency over safety standards. republican senator roger marshall supported cutting funding. >> i came to this conclusion over two years ago and there was plenty of evidence then, the gain of function research, the technology we had given them is exactly why this happened. alicia: for more on this, victoria coates joins us now, the vice-president for foreign policy at the heritage foundation. good to see you. victoria, senator marshall is not the only

musithathe woka is country music superstar jason aldean. they are accusinr jason g aldeaf being pro violence over his new songviolence. , he try that. in a small town which calls outh the radical less violence during the 2020 riots and showse video footage of the summer of 2020. >> take a look . >> and take care of my dad. for i recommend you go from a small town town raised right fromn. now. jason aldean did put out a statement yesterday calling the accusations against him both meritless, dangerous. now, this after attacks from fellow country singer, not that she's really country sheryl crow and others. now, meanwhile, south dakota governor kristi noem blasted the left's attacks and invited aldean to perform in south dakota. i'd like to gosoh dakota and otr news earlier this week, soon to be cnn fake news host charles barkley made these boycotts and made these comments about america's americans boycotting light.ta >> take a listen. who don'tdnecks are want to drink bud light. willuke sounds, like sir charles barkley, will be a perfect fit

ray denver, north carolina. >> we're with jason aldean. . >> don't try that in this small town.nk stockton, california. thanks for moving to 8:00, jesse. i know your dinner plansan 8:0 d interrupted, but mine finally aren't. n me. you thain >> sausage sam from fort worthx. . you said prime time would get to the bottom of every he s y. whatever happened to the prime time search to find jesse junior? of sod brand eve? >> the sausage. we got him the good brand. it's thi n the brand is escapinggh re right now. but i will repor t back tomorrow. >> always remember i'm waters. and this is my world world. and welcome to hannity and are in beautiful cedar rapids, iowa. hi, iowa. how arn beaue you? we have a crowd of thousands, by the way, started lining up yesterday and we're outside. d we are how many of you slept outside overnight? thank you for coming. we appreciate it to get a spot inside t

. >> ainsley: plus jason aldean angers activists with his anticrime song but what do his fans think?-duffy joins us live with their take, next. >> lawrence: and from ohio, all the way to our own fox square in new york city, the all-american summer concert series continues with gary l levox. stay with us. my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. shingles doesn't care but, shingrix

jason aldean released this song back in may.top 100. but after the video was released this month, things changed. the song ignited a political fire storm that came with lots of criticism and now lots of sales. billboards saying it is the biggest sales week for a country song in more than a decade ♪ >> reporter: it's a country song that suddenly skyrocketing up the charts ♪ try that in a small town ♪ >> courting controversy along the way. jason aldean's newest single "try that in a small town" debuting at number two in the billboard hot 100. >> there is a wide, wide enormous amount of interest around this song now that didn't exist two months ago when it was released now it is the second biggest song in the country. >> reporter: the track which aldean did not write isn't just getting attention for its lyrics the music video is sparking outrage tennessee courthouse a black teenager was lynched in 1927 and a race riot took place in 1946. the video features news clips of protests and police confrontations some of which happened duri

country music star jason aldean overcome by heat related illness while on stage. jaclyn lee in the flood zone. rob marciano tracking it all. >> linsey: a developing headline out of georgia. new details just coming in on a deadly masshooting in broad daylight. what we learned about the suspect accused of killing four people in cold blood. elwyn lopez standing by. >> linsey: new developments in the gilgo beach murder investigation. police remove more evidence in the home of the suspected serial killer now charged with murdering three women. authorities say he had been hiding in plain site on long ihand for more than a decade. people are coming forward describing their interactions with the alleged killer. what investigators say they have taken from his home. >> linsey: the escaped murder suspect back in custody tonight after nearly nine days on the run. the fugitive found less than ten miles away from the jail. how a barking dog may have cracked the case. >>> and the race for the white house, governor ron desantis. he shakes up his presidential campaign, cutting sev

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cmt dropped jason aldean, we'll have pete hegseth here to talk about that.et and tunnels to towers have big news for a family. you will want to see that before your weekend. see you at 9:00. >> exciting time, time for all-american concert series to kick in. >> here is rascal flatts, gary levox, "get down like that." >> new york city, make some notices if you're ready. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing "get down like that"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing "get down like that"] ♪ ♪ [singing "get down like that"] ♪ come on. dance in the land of the milk and honey. >> have a great weekend. >> bill: regular party on a friday. good morning, everybody. have republicans found the smoking gun? f.b.i. file alleging millions in bribes paid to the bidens. republicans are making it public. we've been waiting on this. didn't know if it would happen. it's out there now. we turn to camera three, it's friday. i was waiting. how are you doing? >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." great to be here with you on friday. news you need to know. the files contained unverified claims by an f.b

jason aldean hasn't.ou showed, hannah montana, a hallmark movie, a lot of racists working on those films. this is not about that. they want to find another thing to try to condemn values they don't believe in. yet should we play a cardi b song? pick your rapper. degrading, debasing material that degrades women and insults cops? it's run of the mill. so they don't actually care about this. they don't actually believe it's racism. they want to find another thing to yell about to shame someone to not produce content that speaks about virtues and values that they don't believe in. >> dana: the taking down of the video by country music television just made it stronger number one song and we've seen this story before. pete hegseth, great to see you as always. >> bill: america has been gearing up for another biden/trump showdown. young americans turning their attention elsewhere. how this could shake up and shape this presidential outcome. veteran homeowners, need to lower your monthly expenses and get cash? her

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country music television -- jason aldean's new video off the air as the song is sparking backlash allnow the song is called try that in a small town. in the video you can see foagfrom police brutality protests, riots, and surveillance video from robberies. the erhe lyric that critics say evokes vigilantism and racism. as well as so-called sundown towns, places where outsiders and people of color face violence if they remain after dark. i want to tick through a little biofhe specific parts, even hearing about this story, let's go through it for a moment. because listen to what the song says could happen if you, quote, cusseta cobb in a small town. >> cost at a cop, spit in his face, storm on the flag and light it up, yeah, you think you're tough? try that in a small town. see how far you make it there. around here we take care of our own, he crossed that line it won't take long for you to find out, i recommend you don't try that in a small town. >> see, i want to make sure you are hearing the full context of what this is being discussed and understanding what the conversation is about,

what jason aldean said is correct, i defend and stand with jason aldean. downloaded this song, he is talking about rule of law, not mob rule and talking about protecting our cities and homes employees >> ashley: this song has been out for a while, i guess it took the music video for them to jump all over it. more cancel culture. >> ashley: if people jumping on the train have anything else to do with their lives, they might be bored. >> have a great morning. >> ashley: even cnn calling out vice president kamala harris about social studies curriculum. >> look how quickly kamala harris jumped on it, the fact this is her best moment, fabricated matter, pretty ridiculous. >> ashley: florida parent and teacher are here to respond. >> carley: were you part of box office history? "barbie" and "oppenheimer" smashing box office records, keep it here on "fox and friends first." >> ashley: new york city police uncovering sound-proof room in the basement of heurmann's home, where police say at least one woman may have been killed. investigators have been searching the

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do you know how jason aldean feels? >> i know a little of what he's going through.dean's video was filmed at this courthouse and to say the controversy is the loc location of the video is bait and switch. throughout the video there are clips showing atlanta and georgia, aldean's home state in a state of emergency. earlier this year, your astutely viewers will remember, there were 150 antifa thugs attacking a police facility, including shooting a police officer. one of the thugs was shot in response and killed and 23 were arrested on domestic terrorist charges. so it is bait and switch, which is trying to turn this anti-violence, anti-abuse and song into somehow a pro-lynching, pro-racist, ututter nonsense. eck stereo the attention on the song has driven it to number one on itunes. people want to see what everybody is complaining about. >> this is classic streisand effect. country music television dropped the song from rotation and now top of the billboard charts because people know what they have seen. we've seen this violence across america, sawing it in 2020 and e

lisa: country music star jason h aldean is doing just thaist anda concert last night in wisconsin hesi the vision to y that in a small town music video that the lefc t is using to attk him. >> what i look at the video i see all kinds of people doingal dope i see whitel people, blace people all colors. the video is not directed at one particular person but ultimately what i see when i turn on the to which is people acting completely ridiculous. just so you hearmp from me the song was supposed to be aboutle people getting their ple ga put together and acting right.a lisa: the media is aist it again of the creator of yellowstone and his new show special ops linus. >> are you close. >> closer than we've ever been. >> are you close from outsideb thmae lines.ur >> if your cover is blow cn there's no saving you you haveou to save yourself. >> do it quiet and clean. >> be careful poking the bear or the target will be on you. >> variety is calling that series shameless military propaganda slamming the show for betrayinda schaug thg the army o who protectsng the week. last time i checked that'