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
f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
now we expect that they are going to meet on tuesday, next week, to make a decision about how to go forward. hold on a second. next tuesday? why are you meeting seven days from now? the fact is that the house is on recess right now and kevin mccarthy, the house speaker, is a broad. so as soon that they are going to be able to get together and have this conversation is next tuesday. that is exactly right. a lot of lawmakers, including mitt romney today argued why are we waiting so long? this is an emergency, we know congress takes time to figure these things out, we need to be on the sooner. hadn t president biden said he was not going to meet? i don t know if he ever stated that, but the feeling was that he was not going to meet with mccarthy because he didn t feel that the republicans were negotiating with good faith. what had been the holdup until now? one of the arguments the white house had made was that they were not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling. the
this year joey is on pace to do it once again with a whole new record high. but according to the most idiotic people that work in the white house, joe biden is not at fault. it s not his problem. they didn t have this problem with the last administration. biden halted construction of the border wall, ended the stay in mexico policy, and told illegal immigrants come one, come all, there s no vetting, not even during the pandemic as far as health issues. according to dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, his boss is not responsible. no. you ll never guess what s really responsible. climate change. he thinks [laughter] i know. he thinks there are climate refugees all over the world, and there s nothing that the president can do about it. it s the climate s fault. take a look. when we speak about the border, we have to put it in context, that this is not a challenge. and it is indeed a challenge. not a challenge exclusive to the united states. you know, chile, just deployed its m
alison camerota, welcome to cnn tonight. four americans are missing in mexico tonight after they were attacked and kidnapped at the border. officials say they went to mexico for medical procedures so boasted mistaking identity? where are the americans now? plus, arnold schwarzenegger taking on hate and antisemitism. using his macho image to send a message, don t be a loser. there has never been a successful movement based on hate. i mean, think about that. did not cease, losers. the confederacy, losers. the apartheid movement, losers. and the list goes on, and on. i don t want you to be a loser. and, more unsettling an airplane incidents. one flight on this passengers experienced the cabin filling with smoke. another flight, a passenger allegedly tried to stab a flight attended an open emergency door. on one private jet on boston today to plants clipping wings on the tarmac is it getting less safe to fly? let s bring in our panel to talk about all of this. here with me we