[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete good morning and welcome to fox friends. It is saturday, april 20th. Year of our lord, 2024. And you continue to send us phenomenal photos for our nations an them. What a beautiful, beautiful start to the morning. Pete we do that every saturday, every sunday. And were glad to have you. Will dr. Nicole saphier in for Rachel Campos if duffy. We had hours, dogs, we had flag pete giant cranes will on a Crane Outside of a barn. We had a bald eagle nick can you get more american than that . With. Will and then, out of the blue, we have a pole vaulter. Pete athletics. Will awesome. Pete hopefully, it was a female pole vaulter. Nicole foreign female. Will would would never know, was that a male or female Pole Vaulting Competition . Zoom in and then ask. Pete we play never know. [laughter] will are you in the male or female division . More of that in just a moment on fox friends. Were going to start with this, protest it is across Ivy L
First up, antiisraeli Protests Wreaking Havoc all across the United States, disrupting airports, bridges, highways, Stock Exchanges just days after iran attacked a jewish state. This is an Iranian American Tiktoker Born In Great Britain slams anyone trying to defend tehran. In what capacity have you distorted the story to make the Islamic Republic the victim . Ainsley plus, former President Trump due back in court for day two of his Hush Money Trial. Lara trump is here. We learn the judge might make him skip barrons graduation to stay in court. Lawrence Caitlin Clark officially a proselected as the number one pick in the wnba draft. [applause] brian oh, yeah. Fox friends starts right now. Remember mornings are better with friends. We begin the first hour of fox friends with this. This is unbelievable. Antiisraeli protesters fly the hezbollah flag in front of the New York Stock Exchange the terroristic flag found in lebanon chanting death to america. While marching through the streets o
ain t that america. something to see, baby ain t that america. home of the free. yeah. carley: good morning from nashville, tennessee, i m carley shimkus live outside the grand ole opry. ahead of the fox nation patriot awards taking place tonight. todd: i m todd piro, in new york, not nashville. you are uch waing fox and friends first on thursday morning. carley shimkus, you know two questions, one how is it going and two, the question i ask when you travel, how is the food? carley: the food has been excellent. i ordered room service last night and ate it in bed, everything a new mom would want, need, dream and desire. i ve been in nashville less than 24 hours and i ve such a wonderful time. i m right outside the grand ole opry, you just got a sneak peek of what it looks like inside. definitely stay tuned all morning long. it s been so wonderful to be here. the patriot awards will be taking place tonight at the grand ole opry, country music s biggest stage where e
[marching band] [marching band] [shake it off] [marching band] [shake it off] ainsley: wonderful job. that s franklin high school s marching band. a little taylor swift this morning. y all are so talented. thank you for waking up to be with us. thanks to all at home for watching. we are live at the grand ole opry house for the patriot awards. brian: 95 years of history. this has been in a few different places. much like madison square garden in new york. it s been all over new york city. now it s the 34th. there is something that is still here from its inception 95 years ago. and it s the little circle right in front of us. steve: what they did was they cut out a 6-foot circle from the reiman auditorium, which is still standing in downtown nashville, walked by it yesterday. and there it is. that way all the performers here they grand ole opry house are able to do exactly what people have done for 95 years. and that is stand in the center. ainsley: that s