ron desantis during his speech while former texas congressman will hurd received a chorus of boos in response to his criticism of the former president. our bill melugin tracking all of this, he is in des moines with the details. bill? >> reporter: molly, good afternoon to you. the iowa gop caucuses are still almost six months away, set for january a 15th. but all these gop candidates here in des moines last night making their pitch to voterser at the lincoln dinner. before the dinner started, iowa's very popular republican governor kim reynolds got on stage to speak. she has not made an endorsement yet, and it's highly sought after by these candidates. we'll get right into what they had to say starting with former president trump. he got on stage and talked about having the most secure border in american history under his presidency. he talked about his polling numbers being better than ron desantis', and he slammed joe biden's foreign policy specifically on afghanistan. take a listen. >> the most embarrassing, i think, moment in the history of our country, and because of that i i e believe that was the incentive for vladimir putin to invade ukraine, when he saw the incompetence of our military and our leadership more than anything else. the whole afghanistan mess, what a shame it was. >> reporter: when vivek ramaswamy got on stage, he talked about -- he said he would shut down several federal agencies including the fbi, the irs, the atf and the cdc. he talked about restoring pride in america and wanting to fill the void in young people with patriotism and hard work. take a listen. >> this is not a moment for reform. i don't stand for reform, i stand for revolution. this is the moment of the american revolution. [applause] ♪ >> reporter: and then former vice president mike pence got on stage as well. he called for a 15-week abortion wan at the federal level, taking a very strong pro-life position then, he also said it's time to resist the politics of personality, potentially a hot at former president donald trump, and he also had his plans for what he would do with the military. take a listen. >> we can embrace our role as leader of the free world, confront russian aggression and chinese provocations with a new military fitted to the challenges in the 2 21st century. and we can end the political correctness at the pentagon including reinstituting a ban on transgender personnel in the united states' military. >> reporter: so again, you hear there former vp mike pence calling for a ban on transgender personnel in the u.s. military. former president trump though still blowing everybody else out of the water when it comes to the polling pretty much in every single state. he made sure to point that out, that in the state of south carolina he is beating both candidates from there handily, a little shot across the bow to both tim scott and nikki haley. back to you. molly: yeah. we watch those polls, but it's always interesting to see what the party faithful think when candidates get together in one event. bill melugin, thanks for the highlights, appreciate it. griff: great reporting, bill. gop presidential hopefuls hitting the campaign trail hard this weekend. you're looking live there at north dakota governor doug burgum, he's holding a meet and greet in iowa, hoping to increase his numbers. we'll bring you more as we get it, we'll follow them all. ♪ ♪ griff: president biden is now, for the first time, publicly acknowledging his seventh grandchild, the 4-year-old daughter of hunter biden and london roberts. this as hunter admits he made nearly $700,000 from his association with a company backed by the chinese communist party, directly contradicting his father's previous claims. cat tomlinson is live in washington following all of this for us. hey, lucas. >> reporter: the president's announcement welcoming his seventh grandchild into the family just in time for little navy to celebrate her 5th birthday next month. her mother used to be a dancer here in washington. that means we could see another stocking hanging above the fireplace this christmas. here's a photo from the white house last year. president biden spoke in maine at a textile factory boasting about the the economy, but thousands of miles away not far from where bill melugin was speaking, biden's vice president offered a much bleaker economic message. >> earlier this week "the washington post" suggested republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down. maybe they'll decide to impeach me because it's coming down, i don't know. i love that one. >> most americans are a $400 unexpected expense away from bankruptcy. >> reporter: economists dispute president's claim saying inflation is going down. many people say it's still going up, it's just going up at a decreased rate. it was the president's son hunter taking center stage the week in delaware. his team thought he'd be in and out of that courtroom in 5 minutes, instead the, as you know, it stretched 3 hours after the judge e request questioned immunity for hunter. a misdemeanor plea deal for concealing millions of dollars in unpaid taxes to the u.s. government is not normal. in court hunter admitted he made $664,000 from a chinese company, but apparently without his father's knowledge and recall the president made the following claim in a debate with donald trump. >> my son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, china. >> reporter: former hunter biden associate devon archer is expected to testify about the president's role, if any, in hunter's business with dealings. griff, you interviewed a member of the house oversight committee last hour, said to expect that transcript. asap. >> we're going to have a transcribed interview, and as soon as the transcript is done, it will be released publicly. and, you know, it's very important because the question that we're trying to ask on the oversight committee is we know that hunter biden is, you know, engaged in criminal activity and is corrupt, but is his father. >> reporter: we'll be awaiting that transcript to see what it says about archer. recall that archer was a former board member at that ukraine energy giant burisma where hunter was paid thousands of dollars. griff? griff: we will be awaiting that that transcript. interesting days at the white house with the president on vacation. lucas tomlinson live in washington covering everything, thank you very much. molly? molly: all right. for more insight on the rapid collapse of the hunter biden plea deal and what could come next for the president's son, what it could mean politically, hans von spakovsky joins us, senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation and a former doj attorney. we really appreciate your insight and for joining us on this saturday. i want to get can your thoughts on what unfolded this week where the hunter biden plea deal seemed to dissolve right before the eyes of journalists. the expectations that it would take minutes, it goes into hours, and it seems like the judge really wanted clarity on a lot of things. your thoughts to on how things played out in court and if the judge made the right decision to essentially put a pause on everything for now. >> i think the judge did make the correct decision. first of all, there was disagreement between the doj lawyers and hunter biden's lawyers on how far immunity stretched. the doj lawyers were saying, well, this takes care of the tax and drug and gun issues but not his failure to register as a foreign agent under the fara statute. whereas hunter biden's lawyers were saying, oh, no, this plea deal takes careful all possible criminal charges against him -- care of all possible criminal charges. the other thing was this bizarre diversion agreement that was put in on the possible gun charge, the essence of which said if hunter biden didn't comply with the requirements of the diversion agreement, rather hand the justice department -- rather than the justice department then filing criminal charges against him, they were going to give it to the judge to decide what to do about it. and the judge said, uh, there's a constitutional problem with that, separation of powers. i'm not a prosecutor, i can't make a decision like that. and when she asked the doj lawyers, is there any precedent for this kind of an agreement, they said, well, no, there isn't. molly: yeah. you know, judge noreika really seemed to be seeking clarity about this. >> yes. molly: and there was an indication almost that all of this seemed to be a little bit unusual, the diversion agreemen- >> oh, it is. molly: -- the tying of the taxes and the gun charges. wait, clarify for me just how unusual all of this is. >> oh, extremely unusual: for example, the two doj lawyers who were in court, the tax charges -- remember, they said that he didn't pay between $1.1-1.6 million, yet they're charging him as a misdemeanor, and they're recommending probation. these very same lawyers just a couple of years ago prosecuted a former baltimore police commissioner for exactly the same thing, except that commissioner didn't pay between $40,000-100,000 in taxes, a fraction of what hunter biden evaded. they recommended jail time for that commissioner and, in fact, he got jail time. given him probation so he just walks away from this? that is, that is very unusual. molly: you know, before we run out of time, i do want to look ahead and get your insightses into what potential testimony from devon archer, a business partner of hunter biden, before congress, what that could mean. that's expected to the happen on monday. we are expecting to get a transcript which should be pretty interesting. your thoughts. >> well, look, there's been a lot of allegations that joe biden actually not only knew what his son was doing, but actually was participating in and profited from the business. and obviously those are the questions that are going to be asked of hunter biden's former business partner who would have intimate knowledge of that. and this could be devastating testimony against, you know, not just hunter biden, but against joe biden himself. molly: could it affect the hunter biden plea deal which at this point in time may not necessarily come to pass? you know, it could -- could they, could there be more of an intertwining now? >> oh, or yeah, they could. and remember, there was an amicus brief filed with the judge in this case by the house ways and means committee asking them to take a look at the irs whistleblower's sworn testimony that said that doj did everything they could to stop this investigation and to minimize it. and i think the judge needs to take that into account. molly: very interesting. hans von spakovsky, thank you so much for joining us this weekend, we really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. molly: griff? griff: well, millions of americans are baking in above average temperatures this weekend as a historic heat wave grips a large portion of the country. we have fox team coverage of the sweltering temperatures with meteorologist adam klotz standing by in the fox weather center and c.b. cotton live in new york's central park. c.b., let's start with you. how hot is it? >> reporter: oh, griff, it's really hot here in central park today. listen, this is the third day that millions of americans will have to adjust their day-to-day routines to try to stay cool in this dangerous heat. now, there have been record-breaking temps across the country according to the national weather service. more than 100 million people from southern california to the east coast are under some kind of heat alert today. many places dealing with daytime temps in the 90s. other places the humidity is making it feel like t it's at least 1000 degrees or hotter. -- 100 degrees or hotter. some power grids have had concerns about whether they can provide enough electricity. operators declaring hot weather alerts, telling energy companies to stall any unnecessary maintenance so plant and power lines are ready for service. as new york city's grid works overtime to keep people cool, city leaders have asked can air conditionerrer units be set to 78 degrees or the lowest of the cool settings and nonessentials like laundry and microwave use be postponed. there is some relief in sight with some storms expected to push towards the i-95 corridor. experts say pregnant women, children, elderly are the most vulnerable, the safe safest place is inside with air-conditioning. and the potential for thunderstorms is welcome for some people because it's going to drop temperatures by at least monday. the southwest and southern plains have had sweltering the triple-digit weather for weeks on end. phoenix sent to receive some much-needed rain this weekend according to the national weather service, and that could finally break the streak of # # 10-degree days. if people are brave enough to step outside, they're doing their best to stay cool. >> drinking a lot of water, being, you know, in shade or around water and keeping them, you know, as active as possible indoors and outdoors. >> reporter: and again, if you do want to come outside if in this weather, experts say you need to find shade as often as possible and drink water even if you aren't thirsty. griff. griff: and, c.b., we applaud you for being brave enough to go out in that sweltering heat. c.b. cotton, thank you very much. molly. >> reporter: thanks, griff. molly: for more on this heat and the severe storms that are threatening parts of the country, we head now to the fox weather center where meteorologist adam klotz has a check of your latest forecast. adam. adam: hey, molly, even as we speak the heat is climbing, it's only going to get hotter. you see the lower tier of the country, a lot of spots in the 90s, 96 over in dallas, but this is the early part of the day. all of these numbers are going to continue to climb up, and heat alerts and advisories are stretching all the way from the pacific -- excuse me, all the way from the west coast right here to the mid- atlantic. really from coast to coast at least some sort of heat warnings here on this saturday. temperatures actually maybe going to cool off a little bit tomorrow to. we'll talk about that in just a minute, but the forecast on the day does get really warm. 93 in new york city, 94 over in quiets. 102 in dallas. another day of triple-digit heat across texas. now, those heat advisories that we're seeing particularly here in the mid-atlantic include d.c., down to richmond and does include big cities like new york, up towards boston. this is the last day of extreme heat in this part of the country because we are going to see line of storms that, yes, could get up to severe level. it's a 2 on a scale this of 5, so likely to see some severe thunderstorms here. big thunder, frequent lightning, perhaps a little bit of hail. but the real story here is that this is going to be very welcome because things are going to cool off. you see the temperatures drop pretty drastically behind i. so you go from if your high forecast today, there's that cold front where the showers and thunderstorms will come down. that settles farther to the south and all of a sudden for your sunday forecast highs in new york city are getting only to 83 degrees. d.c., 86. degrees. 82 back in pittsburgh. cooler air is on the back side of this system, and it stays cooler for the next couple of days. daytime highs only in the 80s after seeing that nice long stretch of temperatures in the 90s. now, unfortunately, i wish i could say there was cooler air coming to the gulf coast, that is not the case. i'll leave you here with the next couple of days, but pretty regularly temperatures in the upper 90s, up close to 900 degrees. -- 100 degrees. it's going to be very sticky. 101 in new orleans on monday, 105 in dallas. so, mollying for those folks in the south, unfortunately, the heat is going to continue. molly: yeah, that's where the sweltering comes in. it's funny to hear you talk about the 80s are the cooldown. adam: i'm looking forward to it, yeah. molly: exactly. adam, thank you so much. griffsome. griff: all right, molly. does x mark the spot where e elon musk can turn around the fortunes of the company once known as twitter? we'll debate that next. ♪ ♪ way back in 1982 we took care of about forty kids and had to turn away over two hundred and fifty. it's the emotion of that moment that said man that just isn't fair, and i think it was at that moment that operation smile was born. every three minutes a child is born with a cleft condition. thousands are waiting for the cleft surgery and care your support gives. they need you. give joy and a new smile. scan the code or go online to give today. griff: well, elon musk is causing an uproar with his twitter rebrand to, and, leaving people confused about what this all means. so for the answers to our probing questions, joining us now the bold tv ceo and business reporter david grasso. david, you've helped us before try and understand these things in the tech world. what is elon musking doing here? >> well, let's start with the positive. twitter really never made money, and elon musk has a point, right in it needs to become much more than a social media platform. and what he's doing with can x is trying to turn it into something meaningful that is far beyond just the global public square including payments, video, etc., etc. so this seems to be the first move. now, however, griff, we're all very confused as to why he's going with the name x. not the best name for families and what not, you know? here on vacation with kids, i don't know if i want them on x.com. now, we're all unsure as to where he's going, where elon's going with everything. of course he's done a great job with tesla and spacex, but there are a lot more questions than answers at this point. griff: and i'm on television, david. i've got to figure out how to not sound like an idiot. and, of course, i tweeted earlier to tune in to watch fox news live with david grasso joining us and other things to be watching, but will we change the term to i x'd today or will it still be tweeting? there's so many things unresolved here. >> well, you know, he's been very trigger-happy. supposedly, the logo was user-generated in 5 minutes. i have a friend who works for a big brand that you would recognize in just branding, and think about it, right in it takes so hard for consumers to learn names of things, to recognize things, to recognize logos. we're really all bird-brained, no pun intended with the twitte- [laughter] i've seen this logo from asia to south america, to europe, it's really hard to suddenly hoist a new logo on us. of course, he says he's going to refine the logo. you can see right there in this picture he tried to take down that sign in san francisco. he forgot to get a permit, so the san francisco pd stopped him. but elon does something that's very trumpian which is he really does get a lot of free press. and, you know, the mainstream media likes to say unprecedented, unprecedented. and i'm going to have to agree with the mainstream media on this point. this is all very unprecedented in american business culture. griff: you mentioned the logo, by the way, and their putting the x on top of the twitter headquarters in san francisco. and i'm on a tangent here, but when i saw this story that san francisco stopped him because he didn't have a permit, i'm sorry, every walgreens in that city is being robbed about every 30 minutes. of they've got a major crime problem there, and you're worried about elon musk getting a specific permit on top of his twitter building? come on. >> well, i can see your point, griff, but that would be a different department, right in architecture, planning and reservation is more concerned about -- preservation is more concerned while the san francisco pd has to follow california haw which is currently in the process or has already been amended. we've had a real problem in california because any theft turned $1,000, they couldn't prosecute it. so heir working on fixing that -- they're work on fixing that, but i see your point. the priorities of the cities are not quite where they should be. griff: you're keeping me honest, i like it. let me take you back to the rebranding. and, obviously, elon musk is a billionaire who has done amazing things like traveling to space and fundamentally change the way we looked at our vehicles. when the9 battery thing came out at first, we were like no one's going to do that. now everyone wants a tesla. is this rebrand k and i know it's just your opinion and gut feeling, is it geared towards mostly young people, or do you think this is one-size-fits-all rebranding? >> so it's funny because the name x comes from the papal mafia, right -- pais pal mafia. a lot of these people are -- paypal. a lot of those people are billionaires. x come is something elon has owned for a long time. x is an edgy name, it's easy, it's simple, but it's also a easy to poke fun at. access sesame street tweeted that x was holding a press conference, and they had the letter x with a microphone, and wendy's tweeted x would be elon's most expensive ex, poking fun at several divorces elon has been through. but elon is a visionary. we tonight know what he has in store, but for a layperson like me and you, i think it's a little hard to follow right now and we're still trying to figure out whether this is a good idea or not. griff: as always, i am enlightened and educated further. david grasso, thank you very much. by the way, with we know you're on vacation. get back and have fun on that beach. >> greetings from the beautiful state of florida. thank you so much. griff: all right. ♪ molly: newly-released, disturbing body cam footage capturing the moment a gunman ambushed police in los angeles. the gunman opened fire on the officers while they were conducting an unrelated traffic stop. christina coleman joins us from from los angeles with the details on this. christina. >> reporter: hi, molly. yeah, there's a lot of disturbing out right now of the crime here in california. oakland's naacp chapter is calling on city officials to declare a tate of emergency due to all this violence. in a letter to city leaders, they say failed leadership, the movement to defund the police and a proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for criminals. outraged over the crime boiled other in a public safety -- over in a pluck safety meeting -- public safety meeting thursday. >> they just drive around and -- it's just, it's getting scary. i'm fearful. >> how do we stop this hamster wheel of crime? because that's really the question. >> reporter: it's a great question. and last friday this woman who did not want to be identified escaped an attempted carjacking in oakland. take a listen. >> they pulled in front of me. the guy jumped out, ran towards me with a gun. i thought he fired off three shots. apparently, he was rapping on the window. >> reporter: just terrifying. take a look at this disyou are the turning area out of the bay area, at least four people stole this sedan, took off speeding and plummet off san francisco's sanchez stairs. the car landed upside down and the suspects ran off. two people were arrested for the incident including a woman who had been released from parole for a prior felony offense back in march. yesterday the office of san francisco's democrat d.a., brooke jenkins, confirmed that both suspects in this case have been released pending further information and witness unavailability. and yesterday los angeles police released that body camera footage of a man opening fire on officers during an unrelated traffic stop. police say officers ducked for cover and returned gunfire during the june 28th incident. the 44-year-old suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. no one else was injured during that shootout, and, you know, it's another disturbing act of violence against law enforcement. molly? molly: yeah. and what a remarkable series of videos. christina coleman, thank you for bringing all of that together for us. we appreciate it, thanks. griff? griff: robert chambers, known as the preppy killer, is now a free man after serving another 15 years behind bars. chambers was first arrested in 1986 for brutally murdering 18-year-old jennifer he vin in central park. after serving the maximum sentence for the slaying, he was released in 2003. chambers was then arrested again in 2008 for running a drug operation out of his apartment. he is now out on a parole until 2028. if molly? mo moll caught on tape, america's most geriatric political leaders having some senior moments this week. our political panel breaks it all down after the break. ♪ ♪ rgh, pennsylvania. financial well-being to me is knowing that i can be free to do the things that i love to do. i hope when i retire someday, they say, that guy made this place a special place to come to school and gave as much as he could to help the community. >> senator feinstein. >> oh, from me? -- uh -- >> and is a string of -- million moll all right. those recent blunders by some of our nation's older lawmakers has sparked some new calls for potential age limits in congress. for a closer look at these concerns, let's bring in our political panel. with us today, the founder of grv strategies and jonathan katz, a capital council llc partner. thank you, gentlemen, for your time on a saturday afternoon. we appreciate it. i just want to get your thoughts on what we've seen recently. we know that this particular congress in general is older than some we've seen in the past, and we've seen a number of these moments in recent weeks and in potentially the last year. not just these two particular lawmakers. your thoughts on a potential age limit, jonathan. >> i don't think we need an age limit, but i've always felt that a lot of public servants in the senate serve one too many. it's a hard decision to make and sometimes your body just isn't is up to it. let's not forget i may disagree with nearly everything mitch mcconnell has cone in his life, but mitch mcconnell and dianne feinstein have had storied careers, and i hope they're remembered for more of their legacy than these few moments. but, yes, we have to look at getting a young general ration? there, people who are more in tune to what's going on in the country and people who can serve for a long time because i do think the experience helps, right in there's nobody that that knows the senate better than feinstein and mcconnell when they're at their best. they've had great careers, and i hope that's what we remember them for. molly: yeah. you know, jonathan, you raise a great point, it takes two to tango. the voters keep serving these older lawmakers back to work. i'm from virginia, and robert c. byrd was among the longest certaining ever -- >> we have an age limit every november. molly: there you go. [laughter] and i guess it's up to the voters, but we shall see. you know, right now here we are, we're rushing into 2024, it's getting closer and closer. the first fox news channel debate just around corner, and yesterday in iowa a slew of these gop candidates were out there before a big crowd, some of the most, you know, hard core, dedicated gop voters in that first in the nation caucus state of iowa. and even with indictment after indictment and a potential indictment looming, the former president, donald trump, gets rousing applause and is still leading in the polls. garrett, your thoughts on the gop field right now and if anyone else can catch up at this point to where the former president stands. >> well, the short answer to that question is, no, no one's been able to catch up over the last few months, and he shows that he continues to dominate every poll. national polls have him up 30, sometimes 40 points on his next closest challenger, ron desantis. and if you dig in even into the polls from fox news, he's up 30 points in iowa and south carolina, and the environment matches that on the ground. voters really like him, and those who criticize him, you saw will hurd get booed off the stage. donald trump continues to have a strong grasp on the republican party, he's running away with the nomination. you're seeing a poll this week, harvard-harris has him up 5 points on joe biden, and in that same poll republican voters trust him as the strongest candidate to beat joe biden by a 30-point margin, so no one's going to be able to catch him at this point. molly: jonathan, i want to bring you in on this because when we talk about age, we are looking at a leading contender for the republican party being older as well as president biden, who'd be the oldest particularly if reelected. biden already outliving about 59% of u.s.-born men his age. what does this herbally mean as we look at a democratic critic? >> for joe biden it means we have an even more seasoned and experienced president. we knew how olding he was in 2020. i'm one of the people that thinks he's done a great job and if, you know, this is what turning 80 looks like, i hope to be half this man at 80. i doubt i will be, because i'm getting tired already. he's accomplishing a lot for the country, and i'm not too worried about his age. i think it just means he's got four more years of experience, and he came in as probably the most ready, experienced person to be the there anyway. he has four more years to get it done. molly: i mean, we know that argument has been made by candidates in the past as well. i want to talk real quickly, fox news channel debate up here in august, right now there are seven candidates, gop candidates that qualify with both polling and donor and then the former vice president, pence, right now qualifies with polling. but we're still waiting to get final numbers on donors. he thinks he's going to be on the stage. what what do you think of that stage right now, grate -- garrett? >> i think it's what we went to before, these are basic things to show you have support for a campaign, 40,000 unique donors, so presidential candidates should get this too, all they have to do is reach 1% either in some of these national polls or rnc-approved polls at the local level, iowa, south carolina, new hampshire. but at the end of the day here, it just continues to show trump is dominating. no matter who's on there. there's a lot of warning signs for ron desantis, right? when you're doing a campaign reboot two months into an election, that's not a good thing, since he's declared. and you're seeing him slip in the polls. he's firing staff, bleeding campaign dollars here, so i think you're seeing a lot of folks looking for an alternative. the issue is poll after poll on the ground there really is no alternative to donald trump. he can continues to run away with the nomination. molly: garrett, jonathan, thank you very much for joining us, we appreciate it. thank you. griff? griff: molly, alabama is going after the young woman who admits she lied about being abducted on the side of the road. what that hoax may soon cost her, next. ♪ ♪ glucerna protein smart with 30 grams of protein to help keep you moving. uniquely designed with carbsteady to help manage blood sugar response. glucerna, bring on the day. my father didn't know his dad. with ancestry i dug and dug until i found some information. birth certificate. wow. and then you add it to the tree. it's like you discover a new family member. discover even more at ancestry.com your wyndham is waiting... to help you check things off your bucket list... ...and his. with 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from, your wyndham is waiting. get the lowest price at wyndhamhotels.com (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwide. 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griff: all right, molly and steve. for more insight, joining us live is attorney andrew stollman, always gives us good insight. and i don't mean to stick you with the unanswered, major question there. but, andrew, people look at this and do say, why would she do this? >> look, i don't know the answer to that. i guess i'd can ask the same question, why did jussie smollett do it? doesn't it kind of remind you of that maybe without the racial overtures to it? i don't know if she wants publicity, i don't know if she wants her moment of fame and she got it. but in the same sense, griff, it's not a victimless crime, right? you had the police officers putting all this time in there. i guess my question to you is what happens the next time somebody comes forward and they say they were kidnapped? will the police investigate it as a aggressively? will they suspect that the person is lying? it's not a victimless crime, i hope they throw the book at her because she deserves it. by give and i want to to get into the charges. just for our viewers who may just be hearing about this, what set this off was a 91 # call on the evening of thursday, july 3th, when carlee russelling made this call. listen. >> hi, i am on interstate 459, and there is a kid that's walking by theirself. >> how old do they look? >> like a toddler, like maybe like 3 or 4? friday griff and here's the two charges, the misdemeanors, as you mentioned: false reporting to law enforcement authorities and falsely reporting an incident. clearly, that police chief in steve's report wanted stiffer penalties. could there there be with maybe some wiggle room to add to the charges, to stiffen the penalties? >> yeah, you know, alabama has a felony disorderly conduct charge, and i think that's what she deserves because she's not going to get prison time. she has a clean record. at least according to her side, this is going to be a victimless crime. i think alabama legislature needs to change the law. it won't apply to her, but i think this needs to be a felony in all states. if you report a crime and it really wasn't a crime, that should be a felony punishable by five years in prison. there's a to prophylactic, depersistent impact by charging these people with felonies and having them serve jail time. and already her supporters are coming out and saying, gee, she shouldn't spend time in jail? that that's b. suspect, she should. griff: i hope somebody in alabama's legislature or governor might be watching, that's a good suggestion. i guess in the last 30 seconds or so, what impact this has on people who are real victims of kidnapping? >> griff, that's the real damage. jussie smollett did the same sort of damage here in chicago when he claimed he was racially profiled and targeted. it cast suspicion on real victims, and that's a problem. that's an issue. that's not something we want to see because there are so many real victims that they shouldn't be questioned when something happens. griff: yeah. and, you know, the next time someone starts thinking about doing something like this, hopefully they will think twice because the pain they cause and the resources they waste, like hoover's police chief laid out so eloquently. andrew, thank you for taking time on saturday. have a great rest of your weekend. >> thanks, griff. griff: molly? molly: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy paying a visit to the front lines as russia's invasion of his country rages on. we will have a live report on the latest in the ukraine war just ahead. ♪ ♪ imagine you're doing something you love. rsv could cut it short. ♪ rsv is a contagious virus that usually causes mild symptoms but can cause more severe infections that may lead to hospitalizations... ...in adults 60 and older... ...and adults with certain underlying conditions, like copd, asthma, or congestive heart failure. talk to your doctor and visit cutshortrsv.com. 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