more communities are declaring an emergency. what exactly does that mean? we will try to explain it coming up. katie: plus it s friends at the fair. this week pete hegseth minnesota state fair. he joins us live from the fairgrounds in saint paul. pete? pete: good morning, guys. we have been on fox & friends with wisconsin and kennel ken state fair. i choose truth over fact. i will tell you the best state fair is the minnesota state fair and we will bring it to you on the other side of the break. my mom washes the dishes.
miami to jacksonville. we will keep watching this one as it gets closer and closer over the course of the holiday weekend. katie: adam, thank you very much. we appreciate it. the minnesota state fair is officially in full swing. brian: with more than 2 million people expected it s a busy week and a half at the fairgrounds. steve: pete hegseth joins us from his home state of minnesota where the fair is the land of 10,000 snacks, isn t it, pete? pete: oh, you better believe it. new ones every year. it s also the great minnesota get together. listen, here in minnesota we slog through long grueling winters. what do we do? we make sure the end of our summer is the best america has to offer at our state fair. i had a chance yesterday. i got three kids here in minnesota. two are in school because school started labor day. through an easy process of elimination rex my preschooler came with me to the state fair yesterday. take a look. you are here at the
which are we going to do first. the slide. pete: rex are you ready to go? rex, let s go. how about i spin you? [cheers] rex, good job, buddy. now we can go on the wheel. all right. that s so cool. pete: hey, rex. how are you doing? you want to go on some more rides? it appears we have a man down. state fair 1, rex 0. actually he won the day. at the end of the day it was a little much for him so it s bedtime. pete: that was a fun day here at the fair. guys, we met sweet martha herself of the sweet martha cookie jar. i hope you got special delivery overnight. steve: we have them here. katie: they smell wonderful.