Rachel: it s the 8 a. M. Hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this. Donald trump rallying in pennsylvania taking on kamala harris fracking flipflops. Would not ban fracking as vice president i did not ban fracking as president i will not ban fracking. There s no request i m in favor of banning fracking. It is a fight for free speech. A brazilian judge bans x formally known as twitter in the country as founder of telegram is facing questions in france over alleged criminal activity on his platform. Joey: plus boeing for our veterans we re talking the charity group knocking down pens to help america s heros, the third hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. rachel: good morning everybody. What a beautiful shot of summer still hanging on. Pete [laughter] pete: done. Pennsylvania could have been wisconsin. Late for that matter. Rachel: a beautiful shot. Pete: regardless, labor day weekend always just feels like get outside while you can. There s plenty of months and
Of americans hitting the roads and skies as the presidential nominees calf off a cap off a busy week. Former president trump barnstorming the battlegrounds as vice president harris prepares to hit the ground in michigan and pennsylvania on monday. Where do things stand in the seven swing statements? we re on it. But first, to the great exodus as a record number of americans say goodbye to summer with one last getaway. We ve got rick like huth reichmuth on the travel rush and jeff flock on the road. Happy weekend to you. Hope you got where you warranted to go and if your home you re home, you re happy and having a good time. I m neil cavuto. What you re facing if you re heading out, rick reichmuth to do the honors. Rick: overall, we ve got a pretty good scenario for the country overall. Central plains, you re looking good. Much of the west, you re looking perfect. But we do have some troubles especially down across parts of the south. Southwestern areas of texas all the way new the loui
From msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with decision 2024 and 66 days until election day, 10 days until the first residential debate, and six days until voting by mail starts in north carolina. New today, another push by the harris campaign for open microphones at the september 10th debate with donald trump. We will have more on that in just a moment. Also new, reaction from the first gen z member of congress, touring college campuses and talking with potential student voters. Maxwell frost is telling my colleagues at msnbc s, the weekend, that young people are energized. People are fired up all across the entire country. North carolina, arizona, ending today in pennsylvania. The rooms are packed. Students are assigned to go organize. Young voters have been so neglected in politics for generations, and we are seeing a candidate run a full campaign to court the youth about, and people are saying, this is out of this world. Morning rea
Six days for west nile virus recently? i remember reporting that. It is in such context right now. We think it is far away but it is happening in our backyards. Thank you. I would like you to come back later in the show to repeat this information. Thank you. September 10th will be here before we know it. In moments, what both candidates are doing and not doing to prepare. It may surprise you. good day to you. I am alex witt and this is alex witt reports. We begin this hour with breaking news from the middle east. U. S. Military operation in iraq killed at least 16 islamic fighters and six soldiers were injured but none of them were described as lifethreatening. The joint operation with the rocky mac security forces happen in the country s westerni desert. Joining me from rehobeth beach, delaware, gary is here. What is the biden administration saying about this? reporter: at this point, not a lot. We have that statement reporting of the operation, along with the security forces you
Far as we followed chris getting. Certainly the day was wild. What is often reported is the level of also camaraderie among the writers on the day, a surprising aspect that i didn th fully anticipate. We sort of show this in the film, where after the evening of the sixth, they go back to the hotel and are having an after party, barbecuing in the street, sort of celebrating and talking about their exploits of the day. It is extraordinary. I have love talking with you, i wish you the best of luck with this film, homegrown. Thank you so much for joining us. In just a few minutes, steve korn nike breaking down the shift for, harris in one battleground state. Very good day to all of you from him as a bc world had go to new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We begin with decision 2024, and 66 days to election day and the countdown to the first e presidential debate. That is just 10 days from now. The harris campaign today pushing on social media to keep candidates microphones open during t