>> todd: where is she?i am by the pool, i have the greatest seat, setting up to be by the pool the whole day, how great is that? it is beautiful here in florida, it is cold across the northeast and great lakes, we're enjoying the wonderful weather in florida. 71 degrees, cloudy skies, tiny bit of rain in the area, so far, so good. a little breezy, which is nice. florida is only state that is not experiencing the artic pl plunge, 77 in hollywood, 79 in key largo, 80 in homestead. i feel blessed to be here today with temperatures in the 30s and the 20s, with windchills in the teens and i think issel digits. we're talking about lake effect snow, historic lake effect snow over next couple of days downwind offon tarrio and eerie, this is incredible story, they will get feet of snow in a matter of days and inches of snow an hour, blizzard conditions, white-out conditions and this area is used to getting snow, to see like feet two, three, four, feet of snow in matter of 64 hours is pretty incredible. there is the

i'm todd piro. >> i'm ashley strohmier. brooke singman has the latest on this puzzling case. >> brooke: one of the four university of idaho students killed in last weekend's brutal slaying will be laid to rest today. ethan chapman was one stabbed to death and left the community in disbelief. the community says ethan loved life, laughed contagiously. may we all try to make the earth a better place and may we all live like ethan. his funeral service will be held this evening 4 pacific time. one week and authorities are still searching for answers. moscow police chief says there is no suspect, no murder weapon and no clear motive. listen. >> do we know any one person targeted? we're not able to say at this point in time, it is a complex and terrible crime. and it will tame some time to resolve. >> brooke: one prosecutor saying, "i have heard nothing to indicate they have identified a viable suspect or heard of evidence that could lead to a" and authorities claim the investigation has been hampered by thanksgiving, many student

hey, todd, good morning. for example a combination of patients coming in testing positive for flu and influenza, rsv and covid appeared a little bit of everything and testing negative for everything means another type of virus, but the good news is, todd, most of my patients the symptoms are mild. i haven't had to hospitalize too many patients and those who i have had to send to the hospital are the younger ones with complications from rsv. we compound all of this was shortage of basic medications, it becomes a problem even though rsv and covid and flu all viral infections, sometimes secondary bacterial infections which requires an antibiotic peer that is hard to find sometimes. >> todd: in those instances the antiviral medicine can be life-saving because the disease can be the ones that ultimately really makes you sick or god forbid kills you. why is this happening? because so many people getting sick at once or supply chain issues or why, dr.? >> wood is a combination. it is ca dome at community gap. we hav

you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd pirotar-studded event, we pay tribute to the real american

>> todd: blueberry?looked it up so actually the calm cake but basically the crumb cake on top of an apple pie. >> carley: my mom makes a good cranberry pie. have you ever had that? delicious. south carolina lemon meringue pie, taxes, pecan pie. >> todd: you don't want to be john oliver breaking down but can pie? i go back and forth. >> carley: what is it? >> todd: is it pecan or pecan? >> carley: if i would say the singular i would say pecan. >> todd: i'm a pumpkin guide. it is not like in the middle of may, hey, let's go grab a pumpkin. this is the time of year for pumpkin. who doesn't love apple? i like pecan. i'm a little bit shocked that -- you are looking live at someone cutting -- no, it was not live, but georgia come i didn't know they had blueberry. >> carley: those are small pieces of pie. >> todd: georges the blueberry capital of the world. kellyanne conway was the blueberry queen of new jersey. >> carley: we have trade. there is another one top trending by state. do you want to read this one?

they will have to answer that question. >> todd: sheldon, tn.b.a.enie every single application, were they serious about evaluating it? >> no, they used the pinocchio test, for 30 minute period of time, my clients and others who were not allowed to be represented by counsel. they found they were not being sincere or truthful, it is a sham. they granted no exemption parsing through statements over long period of time, taking a few out of context and saying they are liars and not religious. it is absurdity. >> todd: since when is the n.b.a. the arbiter of religion? >> i've been with the cba working in the n.b.a. and i guess i'm baffled, i really don't know, i respected them and loved working with them most of my life, i don't know if religion has come into play, we've never been asked to explain our religion, always been a freedom everybody including employed in the n.b.a. have enjoyed and there is this pandemic or this virus or whatever and now all of a sudden, they offered us religious and medical exemption. they denied both. i don't know, that is so

todd was among them. todd housed the event. >> todd: peter doocy, it was great.iously such a beautiful time of year in the city and obviously we talk about how the city is going through a lot of difficulty but one day nice to celebrate in a safe environment with beautiful tree lighting. i don't think it was that cold. carley shimkus. >> carley: do you like a nip in the air? i like that picture you showed. i wish i could be there. i have a scheduling conflict but i did watch on my phone and it was a great watch. i love that everybody brought their dogs, kids, greg brought his new puppy and jessica tarlov brought her new baby. the best thing is we walk into work and there is christmas music playing so it sounds like disney. >> todd: disney christmas. but obviously we have a lot going on right now. you are about to have a kid in a couple of months. you have a reason not to be there. >> carley: that is exactly right, completely unrelated. >> todd: next year, you will bring the little one. >> carley: i will. such a fine idea. >> todd: it will be a good time. >> carley

. >> todd: i'm todd piro. world leaders expect poland to invoke article four, an investigation is underway. an inteleauthor and author of "putin's playbook," joins us. that information coming down reuters, joe biden says it landed in poland, do you believe that is the most likely scenario and what does that mean going forward? >> i do trust the intelecommunity on this one, good work for them determining very quickly and in a way it is a blessing, todd, it is a ukrainian missile and not a russian missile. if this were a russian missile, we would potentially be in the article five collective defense situation, put us firmly on a path over russia versus u.s. nato war and that ends in nuclear armageddon, like joe biden predicted a couple weeks ago. >> carley: the big question is whether it came from ukraine or russia, how does the world respond to this? we had brett velicovich on earlier in the show talking about how there is a need to designate russia as a terror state. listen to this. >> brett: we need to consid

happy birthday. >> carley: oh, todd. >> todd: get on out here with the cake.ice: it we couldn't forget. very heavy, i'm getting my workout today. >> carley: i was wondering why we had two minutes more to go in the segment and you said goodbye but thank you guys so much. yes. >> carley: we love you. >> carley: i was thinking everybody in the studio audience "fox & friends" was here for my birthday party. apparently it's because of the election. >> janice: no they are here for you today. >> todd: because it's your birthday today you are taking the rest of the week off. >> carley: with midterm elections nothing is going on. thank you to all the producers and bobby who bought me this cake. >> janice: did you think we forgot. >> carley: i don't care. >> janice: she is one of these people who doesn't want to draw attention to herself. >> carley: it's so strange but i like attention usually but things like my birthday i get very uncomfortable in these scenarios. >> janice: we made a cake for two. >> carley: i will be taking about a quarter of this cake. why not? >> t

hey todd. >> todd: hi, carley, i'm todd piro, the mce event that honors our real american heroes.e a look and watch, everybody 15 hours right behind us. >> carley: 7:00 p.m. eastern time is when the show starts. pete did such an exceptional job last year. he will do an exceptional job if not better. i remember last year during the show, he asked, how many people because this whole award show was about celebrating the real american heroes that don't get enough credit every single day who saves lives or willing to sacrifice there is for others. he said during the show last year, anybody who is a police officer, firefighter or active duty, veteran, stand up. and he said we are officially in this place in america but that is what the show was all about. >> todd: it is also about our viewers. so many come to this event, to your point, who are veterans, police officers, firefighters themselves. hearing the conversations in the holes the last 12 hours, people are so excited. they are excited to be the favorite fox people but honor those amazing heroes who give us the ability to do what w

. >> todd: i'm todd piro. this line from an op-ed might be most telling, not a word president biden said will pardon his party from a reckoning next week. this afternoon he will deliver remarks on student debt relief and heads to mexico to no word on whether he will visit the southern border. >> carley: brooke singman has more fallout from biden's speech, brooke. >> brooke: president biden will avoid the main battleground straights as he heads to new mexico and california, this trip after he blasted maga republicans in a dramatic speech last night. listen. >> president biden: we the people must decide if rule of law will prevail or if we will allow the dark forces to thirst for power put ahead of principles that have long guided us. american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election. >> brooke: biden attacking trump supporters. the president also tying the attack on nancy pelosi's husband to january 6. >> president biden: the

. >> todd: todd piro, it started helping victims including a 13-year-old girl.says we brought her to an ambulance but the ambulance driver said, "you don't make no, that you can't bring her in because other people are hurt worse, brooke singman." >> i drive by shooting and a matter of three seconds, 14 people shot including a 3-year-old and 11-year-old and 15-year-old. two shooters openly open fire for people who gathered for a prayer vigil. >> all embarrassed conditions between critical and nonlife-threatening. and we also have a person struck by a vehicle at the scene as well. we don't know enough about this weather a gang conflict or personal conflict yet, but as soon as we know, we will share that with the public. speak with the senseless shooting plagued the windy city over the weekend with a total of 35 people shot just between friday and sunday. it also comes on the heels of the safety act set to go into effect in illinois just two months from today. the bill went to eliminate cash bill completely. g.o.p. lawmakers are worried about what it will do to the

. >> todd: i'm todd piro, another race called last night. katie hobbs narrowly defeating cari lake in the arizona race. it could go to a recount. brooke singman has more. good morning, brooke. >> brooke: fox news is calling the race for katie hobbs and cari lake a full week after election day. hobbs is poised to beat cari lake after an intense campaign cycle, governor-elect writing, democracy is worth the wait, thank you, arizona, i'm honord and proud to be your next governor. lake sharing reaction on social media saying, arizona dlshgs ns know bs when they see it. it was disapointing for republicans, but the gop is one seat away from retaking control of the -- cal vert won in the 41st district by 3 percentage points and michelling michelle re-elected to the house seat, with the house nearly back in the hands of republicans, it could determine the next speaker of the house. texas congressman chip roy believes now is the time for the party to inspire americans with a fresh agenda. >> it is time for something different, to come in and continue

. >> todd: i'm todd piro, it was a star-studded event, we pay tribute to the real american heroes, carleynd i had an amazing night. before we get into key moments we will look back two-minute summary of the amazingness we witnessed live in person. >> all you patriots out there, this night is for you, welcome to the "fox and friends first" patriot awards. ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ >> so many kids in the middle east growing up antisemitic, anti-american because of hate speeches, but we can change that. this is bigger than basketball, bigger than myself and bigger than n.b.a. >> for you brave patriots and people who sacrifice so much, this night is for all of you. >> everyday we put on this uniform with the hopes that we're going to come home. >> jimmy, congratulations on winning the prestigious fox news award for patriotism, and promoting you to the rank of staff lieutenant. >> i'm honored to receive the service to veteran awards, i know where my freedom comes from and i'm a grateful american for those who provide for the rest of us. >> look into the history of you

todd boy is happy. i did a lot for the team. >> carley: top teachers union that said they know what is best for your child's education trying to walk that back. parents are furious and we'll talk to a mom coming up next. >> todd: plus, will he or won't he, donald trump promising to make a special announcement today and griff jenkins will join us live where americans are reacting. >> i think he cares a lot about the country, love to see him in the white house again. >> i don't think it is a good idea. >> i hope he gets reelected again, i hope he does. these days, our households depend on the internet more and more. families grow, houses get smarter, and our demands on the internet increase. that's why we just boosted speeds for over 20 million xfinity customers, on us. so you get more of the speed you need for day and night streaming. more speed you need when you're work from homeing. and more speed you need as your family keeps growing. check in on your current speed through the xfinity app today. these

>> yeah, todd, i'm confident we can.o me as i was writing only the strong is how badly the progressive left and vietnam era and carter presidency had damaged american power. we had record high inflation. soviet communism was rampaging around the world. our streets were unsafe. a lot of similarities today that you had back then when joe biden was a young senator helping jimmy carter enact his disastrous agenda. only took one strong leader ronald reagan to help reverse that damage. not only make americans prosperous again but literally beat our chief adversary so badly the soviet union that it ceased to exist. i'm confident that the american people electing the right leaders can help turn this around. >> carley: we just had brian kilmeade on the show he was in the studio. is he already reading your booker. he said it's great and herb should pick up a copy. you have that endorsement and endorsement with us as well. you said decline by design. barack obama and biden handled being leader of america apology tours. you say decl

twitter has not responded to the legal action, todd, carl e. >> todd: marianne, thank you.'s break this down what this means and how this all goes. these attorneys that filed the suit had the suits ready to go on a moment's notice whenever you hear of a mass layoff like this. elonva shows a lot of attention by announcing the stuff in such a hot profile person. the same attorneys with testing before. it will not prevent the layoffs. all it will do is ensure what they are entitled to to the law 60 days or get paid for those 60 days and then immediately. >> you mentioned the tesla lawsuit and elon musk called that trivial so we will have to see what approach he takes. this time around but the reason he wants to let these people go, i mean, so many people's lives and it's tragic is because twitter spends so much money when it comes to paying employees. i think the average salary is between $150,000.230000, but also he's coming in and there is going to be a little bit of an ideological shift in the country. you need to have people who agree with your new vision and new path for

. >> todd: i'm todd piro and the president calling on congress to avoid the massive strike before december after florida 12 unions rejected the proposal that his administration presented. >> carley: kevin corke live in washington, d.c., with the latest, kevin, good morning. >> to be clear a rail stoppage could actually freeze 30% of u.s. cargo ship with stoke of inflation because the american economy as much as $2 billion per day. obviously unleashing a cascade of transportation woes affecting energy, agriculture, manufacturing, health care and even the retail sector. now, given all of that, you are right, the president is asking congress to step in to ultimately solve the problem. and i'm quoting now, "as proud prolabor president i'm reluctant to override the views of people who voted against this case by impact of a economic shutdown of millions of working people and families, i believe congress uses powers to adopt this deal." quite a departure you might add from say last week when you recall it was mr. biden then suggested he was sort of taking a latency attitude to. >> you talk about

todd joins me know.to the producers, inflation is 7.7%, but you feel it feels a lot more in your industry. >> yeah, absolutely we see it across the board and every product we use. diesel fuel is more than double, fertilizer is more than double. the smallest is up 20%, 30%. >> carley: i'm sure you mention diesel fuel to fill up your trucks but how much are you paying? >> right now farm diesel is up around $5 a gallon. the speed to it cost to much to fill up your tank? >> it could be several hundred dollars. >> carley: is it diesel fuel impacting farming and christmas tree farming, fertilizer i'm sure is a major issue but the things more expensive than last year. >> for fertilizer is going upwards of $100 per acre and now $800 an acre for fertilizer. you know, so knitting, christmas tree stands and even mr. sharpies up 20%. it is just everlasting inching up for us. >> carley: even the sharpies, you are right, it is everything. the businesses across the country, restaurants across the country whether utensi

i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. world leaders expect polan

that is why they are going to lose on tuesday. >> todd: . >> todd: here's your opponent sean patrick>> i think this races razor close. i think anybody who cares about the extremism in this maga movement the racism, anti-semitism, the violence needs to vote. neither you or i know what will happen on tuesday so let's wait and see and secondly, i'm telling you we are not perfect but we are responsible adults. >> todd: boy, that is a democratic playbook. not confident in their chances of winning so ghastly. is that extreme independence and democrats that you are speaking with on the campaign trail? are they talking to you about extremism charge? >> look, he's running an entire campaign based on lies and smears because you can't defend his record. he is voting 100% of the time with nancy pelosi and joe biden. we have seen the results, 41 year record high in inflation, search in crime, skyrocketing energy prices, southern border with massive inflow of the illegal immigration but drugs coming into the communities. and parents label domestic terrorist for daring to ask questions about their

: i'm todd piro. they are laughing and enjoying their lives just days before their deaths. brooke singman has more on what we aring at today's police press conference. >> brooke: the murders of kaylee goncalves, ethan chapin, this includes two tiktok videos showing the victims in their homes, this one shows two victims in halloween costumes and this one shows them joking around with kaylee goncalves pet dog seen here. the "new york post" reports the dog is safe and with kaylee goncalves ex-boyfriend after being spared from the brutal killings. it is believed the murder weapon is a fixed blade knife like this one, the actual weapon has not been recovered. denying reports kaylee goncalves had a stalker and says after a thorough investigation, there is no evidence to support that information. there is insight into the killer's potential motive, this defender did not randomly choose this location, he targeted one or more of the people in there, he either has a relationship or past relationship with one or

carley and todd appear >> todd: my sources tell me we have oil in the u.s. we are working to confirm that. alexandra, thank you kristi noem said president biden's energy policies are crushing the economy in her state, watch. >> doing more to do bad deals instead of venezuelan oil rather than american clean energy. so, he is doubling down on very bad policies that are impacting families here incredibly every single day. and south dakota, we grow a lot of the world's food. we just do, we feed people. you drive up fuel costs like diesel and gas, that is impacting farmers here in and how they take care of their families bow they get their food to the processors that put it on the grocery store shelves and a lot of that is passed down. remember, a lot of farmers don't have a lot of money to put the seed, fertilizer in the ground they are borrowing from the bank. they are going out and getting operating notes at higher interest rates because of joe biden and borrowing it and putting it in the dirt and hope they can grow your food and give it in a way that has cash

. >> todd: i am todd piro and scary images out of surrounding areas decimated by hurricane en, 45 countiesh a state of emergency and 60,000 people already without power. >> carley: griff jenkins live in palm beach, florida. what are you seeing and experiencing right now? >> hey, carley and todd, good morning. it is a category 1 hurricane nicole around 3:00 a.m. near the beach and this would normally be an outdoor bar area where in november, people are savoring the sun but obviously not today a little colder as you see the winds with the trees, but the story of this category 1 hurricane is hitting in november. they haven't seen a hurricane making landfall in november and their concern as you mention 75 miles an hour coming on shore here are the eye is but the storm surge, you can see the angry seed behind me coincided with the tide appear that is when the full moon makes a large tide. and we will see it today high tide, little after 8:00 a.m. and worried about could actually collapse and that is the images in daytona. i will watch a little bit and obviously, this retaining wall all along he

carley, todd. >> carley: brooke singman, thank you so much. it is so tight in the senate and one big headline with fox news power rankings for the house, there is no predicted outcome where democrats with maintain control of the house. why? because there is a new "wall street journal" poll that shows 71% of voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction. they say the gop has a shift in favor among several voter groups issue including latino voters and women and particularly white suburban women, that group has shifted 26 points away from democrats since august in favor of the gop, now by 15 points and democrats rely on latino voters and suburban women to vote in their direction and their message to the two groups is that republicans are racist and want to take your rights away, which is not true, but it worked in the past and now it is not. it is more than economy and crime, it is because republicans really for the first time are running diverse slate of candidates and women candidates, as well. >> todd: democrats overplay their hand

>> 3:15. >> will: ready to talk to todd and carley. florida now brevard county at morning glory cafe in satellite beach, win for donald trump in 2016 and 2020. ron desantis with a lead over -- when did you vote? >> early voting last week. >> >> will: all right. what do you think the answer is to this question. in my memory, florida was purple, it was a swing state, red sometimes, blue sometimes, now seems reliably red, why? >> we have an incredible leader with desantis in our state and i think that he has shown us what a strong leader is. i wouldn't want to live in any other state, love florida. >> will: how many people voted already here? what was number one issue for you when you were voting? >> inflation. >> i keep hearing that over and over, i've done so many diners, texas, florida, inflation, they are all nodding, inflation is number one issue. >> will: look, florida may not be in question today, this is the center of attention, matter of a week, we'll be talking about perhaps the governor of florida and donald trump facing off in

>> you are exactly, right, todd.rida up until 2 2021 had over 200,000 plus more democrats than republicans registered. if you look to today, things, the great work ron desantis has done in florida, we have 300,000 plus more republicans meaning 500,000 person shift. you are seen where the npas nonaffiliation and independence leaning to the republicans and conservatives based on the fact they feel we are better for the economy. we are better for the inflation cost. we are better to ensure the we don't have attacks on fossil fuels and will secure our borders to ensure sovereignty whereas not to lower the criminality going on as a result on soft-on-crime policies. so when it comes to florida, we see great numbers here for the first time in my county in all counties. we see in equivalent and higher vote by mail early voting by republicans. i think we see not just a red wave, red tsunami in the state of florida. >> todd: you heard from cory mills on "fox & friends first." let's go to arizona. arizona democrats last night,

you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro, a new "wall street journal" poll shows republicans gaining support among latino voters and women as president biden's economy deals democrats a decisive blow putting the gop two points ahead of the left on congressional ballot. >> carley: brooke singman is breaking down the critical races we're following across the country, brooke. >> brooke: new polling data from the nation's crucial races showing razor-thin margins with just a week until election day. in pennsylvania, new poll shows democrat john fetterman leading dr. oz by single percentage point. fetterman publishing op ed that reads, whether rise in crime or cost, we need leaders who understand problems we're going through in pennsylvania and have the experience and ideas to do something about it. dr. oz pointing out john fetterman's true position on crime to tucker carlsson last night. watch this. >> taken a strong chance to protect criminals over the innocent and want to release one-third of all prisoners. if he could wave a magic wand, he would

>> president biden: nothing. >> todd: beverly hallburg joins us now.when you hear the president say he's going to do nothing to improve horrific economic status of our country, what goes through your head? >> he thought election day was a victory lap that he could take because of the results. he was having a good day with the press yesterday, democrats did do better than expectations, he thinks this is about him and it's not. 75% of the country are unhappy with how things are going and had people come out and say we don't want him to run, two-thirds of americans don't want him to. 1 in 5 democrats don't know if he could serve effectively because of his mental capability. he may think it is a rubberstamp approval, he needs to take a hard look. republicans ran on what was wrong and not what they can do to fix it and that is essential as inflation continues to creep up. >> carley: yesterday he was asked if he would run in 2000 twour, he says it is his intention to do so. a progressive group launched a don't run joe campaign, we cannot risk losing in 2024

now it follows a pattern, todd and carley.times," "the washington post," cnn, only getting around to verifying the damning contents of that laptop, many, many months later. after joe biden is in the oval office. so, this is where we are at at this point. and i have a feeling that this is the way hearings into hunter biden and a that laptop are going to go once republicans take back congress. it's going to be dismissed. it's going to be mocked in the same way that it was in october of 2020ing. >> carley: associated press caught playing defense for the biden administration. the original a.p. quote says joe biden has said he has never spoken to his son about his foreign business and nothing the republicans have put forth suggests otherwise. so, now the quote says or ends with saying there is no indication that the federal investigation involves the president, jonathan turley it peeled this together and says app. creates a problem rather than facts the a.p. shields the president does. seem that way even though they are making a co

. >> todd: it is here and i am todd piro. entire house of representatives, third of the senate and 36 races across the country on the ballot the balance of power in the future of our country at stake. >> carley: republicans need a net gain of five seats to take back the house. only one seat to flip the senate, and allies around the the battleground. brooke singman is live in palm beach florida with the latest, brooke. >> hey, good morning, today is a big day americans across the state as testing their pilots as early as 5:00 p.m. eastern. more than 34 million pilots have been cast by mail or in person early voting centers of the mike according to the associated press. the republicans looking to put both chambers of house. 35 seats up for grabs in 35 house seats up for election. it is all lies on the battleground as republicans hope today will be a referendum on feeling democrat policies and it could come down to four states: pennsylvania, arizona. that senate candidates from the pivotal state speaking at rallies yesterday and

suppression of the hunter biden laptop story back in 2020, carley and todd thank you. >> todd: the whitese wants a stronger stance and support for lockdowns in china. >> those people literally risk being thrown in prison, tortured, murdered. but they were standing up for freedom and this is an inflection point. joe biden ought to step up and unequivocally stand with the people of china and say they deserve to be free. but this white house won't do that. >> todd: the white house did say they support the demonstrators right to peacefully protest lockdowns to which a chinese foreign ministry official shot back yesterday attacking the white house white house covid covert response, gun crime and federal crisis with zero covid policy as a means to protect the people's lives and ensure a better life. twitter users having context china remains the main source of fentanyl traffic in the u.s. tim cook goes head-to-head with elon musk, tucker carlson said apple is totally ignoring the brutal tactics of the ccp, listen. >> we can say for a fact apple is covering for the government of china. apple is

. >> todd: i'm todd piro, police are seeing a surge in calls from people concerned with their own safety. officers reminding people to call 911 before notifying friends or family members in case of an emergency. brooke singman joins us to explain. >> brooke: it's been two weeks since the brutal killings of four university of idaho students. police have not named a suspect or motive. students have the option to finish the semester remotely over concerns over a killer being on the loose. authorities say that they are looking for a knife, similar to rambo-style blade like this one. they remain tight-lipped over the investigation. kaylee goncalves's father says he hasn't gotten an update since before thanksgiving and they are tired of being left in the dark. >> they are telling me they can't tell me much, which is frustrating to me, because i've been very trustworthy. >> brooke: almost no answers from police over what may have happened are swirling, officials warn this case will take time and reiterate their request for patience from the public. >> we just want responsibility and for people

>> todd: can you believe it? we are one week away from the midterm, the nation's biggest races are tightening and democrats are sending barack obama back out on the campaign trail hoping he can keep their party from losing the house and the senate. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. joe biden is heading to florida, biden's approval is lower at this point than his former boss or president trump. >> todd: ashley strohmier has high approval ratings, she joins us with more on the white house's main strategy. >> ashley: biden will stop in florida today, former president obama, the democrats are counting in places like nevada. biden is heading to florida and new mexico on thursday and obama will make apeerances in nevada and arizona, the two will finish the campaign trail in pennsylvania on saturday. it has been noted biden made far fewer campaign appear thinkas than sitting presidents before him. the sitting president has been absent from the trail in the final week

. >> todd: i am excited it is friday.m also looking to the peach state with massive spending and initial senate race. fox news exclusively learning herschel walker holden $3.3 million on the first day of his new campaign alone. brooke singman joins us live in the studio. brooke i think we are spending record. >> holding out hope they can clinch the senate majority and three senate seats are still left in play as the republicans hold 49.51 needed for the majority. and make it all hang on georgia. the senate runoff is officially underway with democrats raphael warnock and herschel walker hitting the campaign trail with one last effort to be elected to represent the peach state. it seems like republicans are feeling pretty confident, but people still need to get out and vote. >> no pressure because i'm built for this. the only thing i will do different is go to some of the places i did get t didn't get te vote because i'm there for them he was big once again for the fate of the country depends on herschel. herschel will win

. >> todd: i'm todd piro, money pouring into the peach state, which saw massive spending in the initial senate race. herschel walker halled in money on his first day in office alone. >> brooke: republicans and democrats holding out hope they can clinch the senate majority. republicans hold 49 with 51 needed for majority and it may hang on georgia, the senate runoff is underway with raphael warnock and republican herschel walker hitting the campaign trail in one last effort to be elected to represent the peach state. republicans are feeling confident, but people need to get out and vote. >> only thing i will do different, go into places i didn't and make sure i get those votes. i'm there for them. >> the fate of the country depends on georgia, herschel walker will win this race. >> brooke: votes in nevada and arizona are still being counted and nevada governor race lombardo holding a lead over democrats sisolak, and the gap is cloeding between adam laxalt and catherine cortez-masto. votes continue to trickle in, laxalt said he is not worried. >> it is important it note, the las vegas mai

carley and todd. >> todd: . >> todd: anita vogel, thank you.r in arizona, the gubernatorial candidate katie ke hobbs leading kari lake 51% to 49% and with more than half of the states counties reporting. election officials say they don't expect to count all of the ballots in arizona until friday. that is after 30% of voting sites in maricopa county saw ballot which is an hour into voting. they say printers were not producing dark enough marks on ballots. a judge ruling against g.o.p. lawmakers to extend hours for voters affected by the glitches ruling that there was no evidence that the heirs. look at that, seen outside of maricopa sites including scottsdale. fox news voter analysis remaining the most important issue for voters by a huge margin. 61% blaming joe biden's policy for the inflation crisis. moving over to the crime crisis 51% say they feel less safe under the current administration. and public schools but their focus too much on unnecessary work issues with 52% say, there was too much emphasis on topics like gender identity. 51% say

. >> todd: i'm todd piro, here is where things stand. 63 seats up for grabs in the house, republicans inching closer to securing 218 seats and flipping the lower chamber. look at the board, right now gop tallying 200 and democrats 172. >> carley: in the senate, four seats up in the air, each party has 48 in their column, democrat john fetterman is projected to beat republican dr. oz in the senate race, republicans notching a win in ohio where jd vance, claims victory over ryan. >> todd: and raphael warnock is ahead of herschel walker by less than 1% and mark kelly holding a six-point lead ahead of republican blake masters, only 62% of the vote is counted there. another nail biter in nevada, incumbent catherine cortez-masto and laxalt jockeying for the job, laxalt ahead by 20,000 votes. >> carley: in wisconsin, ron johnson is ahead of mandela barnes, brooke singman has more on all of this. >> brooke: john fetterman defeats mehmet oz in pennsylvania, fetterman delivering his victory speech early this morning. listen. >> we jammed them up. [cheering] >> we held the line. i never expected

. >> todd: fox news alert, anti-lockdown protest erupting across 15 provences in china. the bbc reporting one journalist was arrested and beaten while covering the demonstration. watch you'ring "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the white house is responding to the fight for freedom, hoping to keep things calm between beijing and washington. >> what is the white house lying that everyone has right to peacefully protest and not that people should not be locked in their houses to prevent covid? >> it is not a policy we support here, there are people in china that have concerned about that and they are protesting that and we believe they should be able to do that peacefully. our message to peaceful protesters around the world and the same, people should be allowed the right to assemble and peacefully protest. >> does the white house support their effort to regain personal freedom? >> the white house supports the right of paresful protest. >> todd: the magnitude of what we're watching here, we're watching history. the size and scope of the

quicker shipstation the #1 choice of online sellers go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free >> todd: 24 reported tornados ripping through the south overnight with 400,000 people still under active warning. officials warning a dangerous situation could reek havoc in arkansas, missouri and mississippi. >> you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. power outages and flooding issue, as video shows a bridge in mississippi completely washed out. the threats will continue today as the storm moves east. fox meteorologist janice dean. >> janice: these are storm reportses, 24 reports of tornados and large hail and damaging winds across the mississippi river valley, storms in progress right now, tornado watch right now for parts of mississippi toward alabama. we did have a tornado watch that has been lifted, that is why it says 4 a.m. central time so 5 a.m. eastern time, this watch is good until 6:00 a.m. central time, conditions are favorable for more tornados and severe storms. looking at severe weather now, yellow box, severe

todd, also a parent looking at this. this is not cheap.e free, likely. making those decisions really count but you can't wait until they get sick college to tell them how great america is. take them to places in this country that let them know that this is the best. >> todd: a great point. as a father of two girls, i'm not taking any prisoners today. cross mount holyoke off the list. across all of these other colleges that are indoctrination factors off of the list. i want my girls to go to school and get a great education and prepare for the world of work, but i want them to learn how to thrive and healthy relationships, be patriots like you mention, be good partners and good spouses. i want them to form relationships based off of love, not off of hate. these schools push this hate agenda. it has to stop. no mount holyoke, none of these schools. i'll homeschool them. >> harris: really quickly, i want people to know how wiggly you got started. how old are your babies? >> todd: two years and five months. i'm not messing around. >> emily: ab

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todd piro, jump in. months and from a political perspective why did people in these northeast winter states not vote for something, not vote for policies that were going the to insulate them, no pun intended, from a really, really tough winter, when have you to pay double, sometimes triple, if not more, for home heating oil, for energy than you did last year. that makes no sense to me, dan. >> todd, great point. great question. but unfortunately, voters don't always necessarily tie all of these things together. voters may have been voting on different issues. energy may not have been top of mind at that point. but ultimately they are going to be paying a lot more for home heating oil, as well as electricity. it's going to be far more expensive this year. it all goes down to limited supply, the more you limit supply, the higher the cost. maria: well, i mean, look, we're looking at dwindling supplies of diesel. that's driving prices to a record premium, the price of diesel gas now $5.29 a gallon today. tha

>> excuse me i am going to cede time to todd. maria: driving water i want to hear what you have to say have water but you know what here is a situation, this guy was a major donor to the democrats, todd so is it any question, any are you surprised that we didn't have any hearings on crypto that we didn't have any legislation number two bin george soros in terms of donation. obviously, no shock whatsoever yes argument to be made maybe people in pour ie, senior members of our conditioning didn't necessarily understand ins and out of crypto to bring to a hearing but there were enough people in government, in understood crypto possibly getting rich off crypto, as a result you did not see the regulation, of crypto, that probably should have happened, one final point, on this democrat connection, you mentioned off the top a lot of money out there that is owed to a lot of people, there is something in the law when you go to bankruptcy called a clawback basically exactly what it sounds like you can get the money, from the company that wa

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okta ceo and cofounder todd mckinnon joining us. todd, thank you so much for stopping by.oming up, we are going to hear from microsoft president brad smith from cop27 in egypt. we're going to talk about microsoft's new climate initiatives and how the company is also navigating the downturn. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the cop27 summit is underway in egypt with this year's event providing a chance reinject momentum into the energy transition. heads of states and governments all in attendance as well as major companies, like microsoft, which plans to be carbon negative by 2030. i caught up with microsoft president brad smith. take a listen. brad: i think it is really important to think about the problem that we and others are trying to help solve. so much of the work that is needed really involves better use of ai, more data, better protective modeling. you look at predicting wildfires, whether you are in the united states, india, or africa. when you look at things like responding to floods, you need to be able to predict these things and then give people early

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and todd sechser with us to todd's is the todd is the edmonds discovery professor of politics at the university of virginia, professor of public policy at frank batten school of leadership, public policy and director of, the democratic statecraft lab at uva. he is also a faculty senior fellow at the miller center. todd is the author of weapons and coercive diplomas c, as well as numerous articles on both themes nuclear weapons and coercive diplomacy as well. articles on deterrence and, military technology, writing for leading journals in the field, as well as for national publications as the wall street journal and, the washington post, and particularly for our conversation here today. prior becoming an academic, todd had been a nuclear policy analyst at the carnegie endowment for international peace. so we have a great group here to talk about the moment and we got here and i would start with aaron. you as coauthor of the volume, but also someone who had spent so time looking at the nixon administration and the saw process and thinking about where nixon had come from to that moment.