>> ainsley: kathy is the greatest mother ever: >> steve: tips. >> ainsley: good thick is having a morning show the dads do the lunch. >> steve: i'm going to have some of this right now. >> ainsley: guess what? guess what? second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now steve soup's on. ♪ >> all right. president biden touting the inflation reduction act. yep. one year later after signing it. but stays silent on his son's legal problems. also admitted this was misnamed and giggled. hunter now losing his criminal attorney after claiming the justice department backed out of a plea deal. and david weiss begs to differ. peter doocy is live at the white house just down the road from me in our d.c. bureau. and, peter, i saw your name on your office and it is huge. it's got a poll and i could not believe you got all these things. that's why you rushed back to work. >> pete: brian, i'm at the white house. can you check my mail? >> brian: i will. right away. i saw the postman there a second ago. is he wearing shorts here at the white house we don't hear much anymore. we never got update from president biden since last year's pledge that his number one domestic priority is lowering inflation that is going to change today with a big anniversary event. maybe the reason we don't hear from it as much is because of this. the inflation reduction act is really all about climate. about three times more about climate than we were told. they had advertised it as $385 billion worth of climate spending. it's more like 1.04 trillion, that's the biggest investment in climate from the government ever we do expect a lot of happy talk about the economy today. we do not expect any talk at all about the family's legal problems. his son hunter is swapping out his lawyer because that lawyer, chris clark, may soon become a witness. we are being told, quote: under the witness advocate rule, it is inadvisable for mr. clark to continue as counsel in this case. withdrawal will not cause a substantial hardship to mr. biden. that's republicans so far been unable to prove that president biden benefited financially directly from hunter's influence peddling schemes are trying to prove the president benefited financially indirectly so here's a text between hunter and his assistant in 2019. this is before biden announced a campaign about paying some past due bills. hunter wrote my dad has been using most lines on this account which i have, through the gracious offerings of eric schwerin his partner have paid for the last 11 years. if president biden is not addressed any of this today or tomorrow, there is a chance friday he has some visiting dignitaries. there is going to be a press conference at camp david. so it will come up then as long as suspect who has chosen to ask a question actually asks about it brian? >> steve: of course, peter, you are never on that list. hey, peter, given the fact that hunter biden and that thing you were just talking about hunter claimed he paid his dad bills for the last 11 years, have you ever paid your dad's bills ever ever? >> pete: i get a lot of lot of letters from blockbuster. i think you need to return something. check the basement. >> steve: have you actually been in your office? i know you have got one but you have been at the office for a number of years and campaign trail. >> i was there once to check the mail. >> ainsley: and to go swimming apparently. >> steve: who knew. all right, peter, thank you very much. >> brian: do you know what? what i find amazing that's exactly what people are saying the problem is joe biden doesn't have any deposit slips into his account. but the guy that's doing the international business deals with devon archer and eric schwerin, he gets the millions and writes the checks. he la meant is he paying everyone's college bills. that's the link to the president, who was vice president at the time. who is paying all your bills. who is sending you on vacation. who is keeping the lights on. who is keeping a phone in the hand? it looks to believe, if we are to believe the text messages correspondence bank records catch up it is hunter. game on in the investigation. >> steve: a bunch of names in those emails and text messages the house investigators are looking into that they need call those people up sit down under oath and ask them a bunch of questions. nonetheless, peter was talking about how the president is touting bidenomics and is he going to do that from now until election day if he is still the guy running. here is senator john kennedy a republican from louisiana. is he always able to put things in perspective. he was on with harris yesterday. the whole idea of bidenomics. while the white house may think it's a brilliant use of the worked biden and economics, a combination. the senator not sold on it. >> bidenomics is pretty simple. it's just bigger government, more spending, and the higher prices. and i have said this before, at least louisiana inflation is gutting my people like a fish my people are doing good, barely getting by. and president biden is out there saying prices are high and your 401(k) is crashing because the economy is so good. he just doesn't get it. and that's why he is polling up there, right up there with, i don't know, with a fungal infection. each if inflation goes to zero tomorrow, we're still going to be stuck with these higher prices which are direct result of president biden's economic policy. >> ainsley: is he right. how is your 401(k) doing? how about when you go put gas if your car? prices are going up again. what about the interest rates? were you able to sell your house and go buy that house you would like to have? no, because the interest rates have gone up. what about your credit card. the average american has more credit card right now. we are in debt up to our eyeballs. he is right. the prices are not going to go back down. once they have raised the prices and they see that people are still buying those supplies. >> steve: to your point, ainsley, i think it was moody analytics came out this week and they said that the average american family is spending over $700 more per month than they did two years ago when joe biden first started. >> ainsley: did it say what? did it go into detail. >> steve: just across the board. i bought a dozen eggs yesterday. they were 6 bucks. >> ainsley: i bought a pound of turkey and i thought it was outrageously expensive. it was close to $20. turkey at the deli. it's that expensive? >> steve: if you use that in the rollups you have the to the doll it out. >> ainsley: for my daughter's lunches for camp. >> brian: i always get it sliced thin. i would add this. the inflation reduction act he is now laughing at us when we came out and said it's not going to reduce inflation oh, yeah, it is. a year later he said yeah i misnamed it. it's not going to reduce inflation it's all about green energy. >> steve: about getting elected. >> brian: prescription drugs to wind mills and guess what? you got duped and is he laughing about it and it's cost us 1.5 trillion instead of under -- instead of 500 billion. good luck with that among the people who feel duped. some democrats who voted for it including senator joe manchin. so, one year later on the hook for a lot of spending. meanwhile, now to a fox wildfire alert. at least 106 people sadly have lost their lives others missing in maui. emergency crews searching through the ash and through the rubble. >> steve: pro-surf everywhere by the name of kaliney is calling out the government for their lack of response on the devastated island. watch this. >> we are kind of sitting back waiting for help to arrive and then nothing was sort of happening. we were just in shock. it was just like day after day. where are they? i haven't seen one state, one county, one federal official at any one of the donation hubs where people are most suffering. people are sleeping in their cars. >> ainsley: president biden says he will visit hawaii as soon as he can. after the historic wildfires. will, how do people -- how are they reacting to that because it is a democratic island. many of them voted for him. >> steve: good morning, will cain. >> will: good morning, ainsley. yeah, good morning to you guys all. i'm coming to you from con pally which is about as close as can you get to lahaina. these hotel that line the beach now are starting to be filled with locals nobody is on the beach by the way. it's incredible. it's completely abandoned. except for now. locals and people who live in the area. take a look at this image from -- i want to show you something from one week ago almost exactly last webs at 2:00 a.m. hawaii time. this is what it looked like from where i'm standing now over the camera shoulder. you would have seen this image of the hillside of lahaina burning throughout the night. there are on wednesday morning, august 9th. now here we are a week later, ainsley to answer your question directly. the attitude toward government response has been absolutely disappointed. it's been more than disappointment, it has been how is it? and i have said this and i think this is a general sentiment. just tell me how it is that we can send hundreds of millions of dollars to ukraine but we can't find more than $700 per household for the people in lahaina. that's $9 million. that's actually if you gave to every single person in lahaina. go household what are we talking about $4 million going to the people of lahaina? while hundreds of billions go to ukraine? i don't know why it's so hard to rally for americans in east palestine or lahaina, hawaii and so easy to rally for some place all the way across the world flies into the banner of the ukrainian flag. the answer, ainsley, to your question is disappointment. >> steve: and a lot of frustration. will, to your point, while the government may not be doing anything, they were caught flat-footed. the people of america are i know over the last couple of days, after you were dispatched to maui that go fund me page that you were talking about that you set up that was started by your friend wayne drier. the famous author out there. you guys have raised. i just looked, $1.2 million so far. >> will: we haven't raised. let me tell you something, people of america and i will say, this fox viewers have raised that money for us in the last five days. at this rate fox viewers are going to raise more people than the people of lahaina than the biden administration. >> steve: exactly. >> will: it's absolutely heart-warming. it's incredible to see people respond and, look, steve, i will say rumors open up the roads later today. who knows, the information over here changes day by day. probably get more media presence in here at some point then. we have seen and shared this with you guys. i'm honored to have done so from the air from the sea and on the ground we got into lahaina. got on a boat. stay here because you will get unique looks at the destruction in lahaina. and i think i'm just so touched that fox viewers have seen all of this and responded in the way they have in helping lahaina. >> steve: go fund me.com help the people of lahaina. >> ainsley: will, you have done excellent job. we will check back in with you. >> will: thank you, guys. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about this. we have been hearing all these stories how kids are transitioning and whether or not schools should notify their parents. two stories for you. one in the state of maryland u.s. court of appeals in the fourth circuit dismissed a case brought by three parents of students in montgomery county, maryland. it is the northern suburb of washington, d.c. and it's all about whether or not the schools should november notifythe parents if those chiln are transitions. >> steve: the court said the parent didn't have standing in the case because their kids weren't transgender. montgomery county school district can continue to keep gender transition from their parents. >> ainsley: this is just outrages. could you imagine if your child is going through these difficult decisions? >> steve: you might not know about it. >> ainsley: you don't know about it. the teachers know and you don't know. the superintendent knows or the nurse knows at the school? i have to sign something saying that my child can have a tylenol. but they can help my child transition without letting the parent know? the parent i think this day and age parents want to have open conversations with their kids and be involved in their lives and know what is going on. are they worried that they are going to go home and tell their parents and parents are going to blow up and get mad and kick them out of the house. >> steve: that's why parents in new jersey are standing up if you know any parent going through this they are supportive and want to be involved. they want to be there for their child. they don't want their child to live a life and not be happy. i don't know. even if you don't agree with it, you want to be able to have these conversations with your kids. >> brian: it's ridiculous. let's be honest. you go meet with a teacher. parent-teacher meetings. if your kid is having trouble. i need to see you. what time make a phone appointment. exchange email. enough to we can zoom. so you meet your teacher and you go well your son is getting a c in math. he is getting a b in english. i have a quick question, does he want to be a girl? don't bring it up. it's none of your business. it's nuts. if it a kid comes home and says i want to switch genders, you don't say yes. at the very least you get a therapist to examine, understand what this means. understand that is other people online who have transitioned and they regret it they wish people had talked to them in the past. again, if you are asking yourself where should i live if a school district in a school district that shares my values. don't look at these school districts in maryland. another reason to look for a charter school. it's nuts. people want to find out what your kid is doing every subject. but if you are going to switch genders we can't say a word? insanity. >> steve: in new jersey we have been looking at this 100 parents showed up at the courthouse in new jersey certainly because a judge is considering whether to block three school districts from a new policy that requires teachers in new jersey in this three school districts, it requires teachers to notify the parents if their kids want to change their gender identity. as soon as the school districts adopted that policy the attorney general for new jersey. >> ainsley: and the governor. >> steve: filed emergency suit. once the school outs a student to their parents, the harm is done. it's irreverse sickle. so the question could be settled by this judge in new jersey whether or not parent have a right to know that their child is transitioning. >> ainsley: can you believe that? three school districts said we are going to notify the parents. >> it's their job to be involved. they berthed these children. they are raising these kids. some of these teachers are trying to push these kids in a certain direction. and these kids are influenced easily. and many of them are regretting it. we heard that young lady who said she transitioned and then she regretted it. we heard her speak to congress and she was in tears and said she wanted to commit suicide afterwards. because she regretted it. >> brian: alli london was on my radio show yesterday. and he was becoming a korean woman and then realized he is having a mental problem. he went and saw someone and goes what am i doing? i'm having all types of hormone blockers. going through all types of he had labors physical activity. and now he has sobered up. i asked him what do you say to people? he wrote a book about it. they won't carry his book in book stores because he talks about the dangers of transitioning. and he blames social media, specifically tiktok. he says in the u.k. they are crashincracking down on it stopg hormone blockers. we seem late to sober up. i feel bad for teachers. you know instinctively they want to tell you. now districts are stopping it and unions enforcing it. bad cycle. >> steve: good for jersey 100 parents showed up so judge realizes we are serious about it. >> ainsley: why do you have to have my permission to gived a 1reu8 but not my permission to give hormone blockers. >> brian: the world is upside down, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are right. it's nuts. agree where disagree with it. it's your child you get to raise that child. my child is not the teacher's child. my child is in that teacher's classroom for one year. >> steve: more on this later. 7:18 here in the east. carley joins us right now with the news. and this body cam is something. >> carley: it certainly is guys, yeah. take a look at this. body cam footage showing a florida self-'s deputy save the life of one-year-old baby parents called 911 when he started turning blue on sunday morning. the deputy found the infant choking and began cpr until baby carlos was thankfully breathing again. [crying] >> got him breathing. i'm not sure what else he has got going on though. >> carley: that cry the most beautiful sound in the world. thanks to hero deputy baby carlos you see him on your screen is okay and back home with his family. lionel richie apologizing after bad weather and flight problems forced him to cancel a sold out show at madison square garden over the weekend. >> i tried to bribe the pilot and the pilot said i do want to see my wife tomorrow. so tonight we are going to -- >> richie had fans waiting all night long on saturday. eventually canceling his concert with earth, wind and fire one hour after it was supposed to start. now he is apologizing, guys, i should leave the singing to him. >> steve: he said he tried to bribe the pilot please take off. the pilot said, look, i want to see my wife tomorrow so we're going to stay on the ground. >> ainsley: not a good idea. >> ainsley: always listen to your pilot if you are flying private, brian. >> brian: i wouldn't know but i would say this. i remember kobe bryant he was desperate to get to that game and we know what happened. we don't know the details. for that baby carlos. get a lifevac. everyone should get one. always works. go get one. >> carley: little sizes for baby as well. >> brian: you will never regret the purchase. >> steve: we bought them for the grandkids. come with three different sizes. >> carley: maybe not infant, i don't know. >> brian: so easy to use. let me tell what you is coming up straight ahead. plot twist one of america's favorite feel good court stories may soon become a drama. ongoing legal battle between michael oher and the family who took them in. >> steve: they were blind sided. former it president trump hit with another indictment after another big hunter biden development. coincidence? ainsley posed that question a moment ago. and in a second she is going to be walking the timeline. ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary spraying flonase daily gives you long-lasting, non-drowsy relief. 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and then the very next day, look at this, jack smith indicts trump in the mar-a-lago document case. then, on july 26th, that's the hunter biden sweetheart deal that's rejected, the very next day, july 27th, jack smith adds more charges in the mar-a-lago case. let's slap some more charges to that all right. so then in july, let's go to d.c. devon archer interview vs. trump's third indictment. so this was the january 6th stuff. july 31st, devon archer testifies that joe biden was on 20-plus phone calls with his son's business partners. the very next day jack smith indicts trump for the january 6th case. coincidence? we don't know. you decide. now let's go to georgia. this happened recently last few days. fbi agent transcript vs. trump's fourth indictment. so in the morning on august 14th, g.o.p. releases the transcripts from this fbi agent involved in the hunter biden investigation. and it has -- it happens to coincide with what the whistleblower was saying. that they -- someone tipped off the secret service tipped off hunter biden. he was never interviewed. so, their stories are very similar. so then on august 14th, that same day, later in the afternoon or that night, that evening, fulton county d.a. fani willis charges trump and 18 others in the georgia 2020 election probe. you have the facts. you make up your mind. your decision. is this a coincidence? 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>> because it's warm do you have any place to stay tonight? don't you dare lie to me. >> todd: a family's lawyer says ore tried to extort them for $15 million to not go public with his claims. the attorney says, quote: the notion that a couple worth hundreds of millions of dollars would connive to withhold a few thousand dollars in profit participation payments from anyone, let alone from someone they loved as a son, defies belief. now the actor who played ore in the film says he was blindsided by the lawsuit. quinton aaron telling the "new york post," quote: i was shocked and completely caught off guard. i can say just from my personal experience from meeting with both parties i have the utmost respect for all of them over the years leave sandra bullock alone as they demand she should give back best actress in the film. another twisted turn in a story that we thought we knew for years. over to you. >> steve: and it all changed in the last couple days. all right, todd, thank you very much meanwhile one week out from the highly anticipated republican primary debate right here on fox with martha and bret. what are the top issues that voters would like to see the candidates address? let's talk to our panel here in our studio. independent voter dominic chick really he is screen right. we have got republican brian ben stalk. is he in the middle. independent screen left. the former president trump has not indicated whether or not i would show up not doing it but advisers are saying don't do it. mary, good or bad idea? >> bad idea. >> why? >> i think we need to hear him. i think it would be amazing to see him on stage with the other candidates. i mean, based on what he did during first run it was amazing. it would be highly televised and at this point he needs to be front and center and just speak to the american people. >> and, brian, you are nodding your head. you think he is great at it and he should show up. >> absolutely. i mean, he is not going to miss this. this is his arena. what he thrives for. i would like to see them thrash the other candidates but, more importantly, i would like to see him bring out the facts bring out contrast between his administration now and what the other administration would look like. that contrast is missing right now from the american people. we need to see that difference. >> sure. and dominic? >> i also agree. i think he should come out there. is he a past president. i think he needs a platform to speak. the biden administration has been very vocal. and, you know, i think he needs opportunity to speak his peace. >> steve: do you know what he says i'm so far ahead in the polls i don't need to show up. >> other guy biden who hid in the basement last time. >> how did that work out. >> he got to be the president. worked out pretty good. trump has got a lot to say. especially in light of the indictments. i would like to see him out there. >> okay. so what do you want to hear from whoever does show up? you know, it could be ron desantis in the center square right now. is he in second place. what do you want to hear, mary, the candidates talk about. >> we have to fix the border. this migrant situation it's insane. it's disseminating new york city. we see what is happening just in our city, let alone what's going on in the country. if somebody doesn't address and really fix the situation, i think, you know, we are really seeing a lot of america in decline because we can't even support our own people. look at what is happening in maui. the fact that we are sending money outside of the country to foreign nations to ukraine in particular. and we are not even helping the citizens of this country? we don't help the citizens of our country before anything else. and it's a sad state of affairs. >> steve: okay. so that's what an independent wants to hear. brian, what about a republican? >> i want to see unity. i want somebody to unite the president, the country. i think the job of the role of a leader is to unite everybody to be the chief vision officer. here is warm i see america going and here's how i'm going to get us there. we can't take one section and leave the other section behind. so divided right now. the person that can communicate that message to say hey, i'm going to live everybody. and i think trump did that during the first administration. he had african-american employment, female employment at the highest levels ever been. entrepreneurship and those groups at the highest level ever been. and this just gets washed away. that's important. the private sector jobs that he created are really the fabric of america. will. >> steve: dominic, the economy is the number one priority for you as a business guy as well. how are bidenomics working out for you? >> it's just unbelievable desks that went on the last couple of years, you know, for me, i want to see a president that is going to put america and its citizens first. we need a stable economy. immigration is a big issue. put our veterans first. and, listen, common sense policy. a president with strong business sense to be able to negotiate for america as opposed to just giving away our assets to other countries. >> steve: mary and brian and dominick great discussion who is going to be watching the debate on fox? good answer right there. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> steve: august 23rd, #:00 on fox. and bret and martha as i mentioned a moment ago, they are hosting. they are going to join us an hour from now. in the meantime, still ahead, it's been two years since the taliban recaptured afghanistan after that disastrous u.s. withdrawal. brian is going to sit down with the lieutenant governor of virginia and retired marine as well winsome sears. can you see she is there in the d.c. bureau. they are coming up next on "fox & friends." choosing a treatment for your chronic migraine - 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start. it's the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. so far, more than 5 million botox® treatments have been given to over eight hundred and fifty thousand chronic migraine patients. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. don't receive botox® if there's a skin infection. tell your doctor your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions and medications, including botulinum toxins, as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. in a survey, 92% of current users said they wish they'd talked to their doctor and started botox® sooner. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you. learn how abbvie could help you save on botox®. oh, oh, oh...i'll be the judge of that. oh, that's nice... oh!! searchable, verified reviews. that's better than the ham, and i've never said that. booking.com booking.yeah ♪ (inspirational music) ♪ this is not just walgreens cough syrup. 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and they just -- they are driving our equipment. they are using our rifles, our machine guns, everything. the taxpayers paid for that. and, by the way. what we said to the afghan people is that you can't trust us because, remember, we promised to protect them we left them there until we had veterans group to come and save them and bring them out and many of them came to virginia. it finished us in the eyes of our allies. they are wondering if they can trust us in time of war and, of course, it diminished us and showed weakness to the rest of the world. >> never communicated to nit toe when we were pulling out and the timeline we were keeping. disaster. number two, remember it was president obama to held put prematurely out of iraq. in comes isis and we had to cut a deal with iran to fight back isis and later we had russia come back into the region and we saw what happened in syria because of that another major issue facing people of virginia as well as the people of this nation is the 150,000 immigration cases in july alone. the numbers are back up after a brief dip after evaporation of title 42 i would argue no major city has been hit as hard as new york. over 100,000 migrants have come through. how do you feel about new york having to write a check now statewide 25 million to house migrants knowing that your dad came here legally got off the gentleman make can a. >> brian: you lost your accent. >> can i bring it back at any time. we got off the plane at jfk. and so having been raised in the bronx and we know we came to america the right way. we have to know who is coming across the border. and by the way the rhetoric about new york being what do they call them a sanctuary city, sanctuary state? now you are seeing what the ramifications are of that. so, don't be surprised when all of the immigrants come there and now you have to support them what we are saying it is the commander-in-chief, the president is not doing the first part of his job, which to keep all of us safe. you have fentanyl coming across the border. in virginia we are losing five virginians per day and by the way it's hitting males and black males more than one and a half times more likely to die from fentanyl than anyone. and that's in virginia. so, commander-in-chief has to do his job. he is failing us at every point. and that's why elections are important. >> brian: right. and the commander-in-chief knows that the foundational elements are found in china. >> yes. >> brian: go over to mexico where it's weaponized becomes fentanyl when it comes across our border. >> yes. >> brian: having said that there is a story that china says we will crack down on fentanyl be if you guys release some of the sanctions on our individual ministers. what's your reaction to that deal? we'll do what we are supposed to be doing all along. >> you know, i think we just have to get a backbone and it starts with the president because he is our commander-in-chief if you show weakness, mr. president, then all bets are off, you have already done that time and time again. he has failed to keep us safe. our borders are not secure. we don't know what -- listen, we have got inflation up. you can't buy eggs. you can't buy the fuel for your vehicle. you know what's not up? test scores. our reading scores and math scores are not up. how about just doing your job? getting off the beach. >> brian: i know. he has gone on vacation again and took him four days to acknowledge. >> he is the most vacationing president we have ever had. >> brian: worked his whole life to become president and doesn't want to be president. >> i'm not trying to dig at him but the truth is the truth. >> brian: you have got to work in life. you know that. you and the lt. governor. a lot of times lt. governors and governors don't run well together for convenience or win an election. that's not the case between you and governor youngkin. >> no. we are wonderful. we are a team. >> brian: that's what everybody says. that's got people thinking maybe virginia will go from blue to purple to red. but it's a one-term situation for governor. no matter how good you are and glenn youngkin is doing well. have you thought about being the next governor? >> well, as i said, i'm the one who came off the plane but we are focusing this year, the governor, focusing this year on winning back the senate and keeping the house and even taking more seats because we have to. we have $500 billion of a budget surplus that we're trying to get back to virginians that we are being stopped at every turn. parents are asking for school choice so they can decide where to send their children to school. we have got so many things that we are trying to accomplish and if we don't win the senate it will be for not. we can't have that. we have work do. not just virginia alone next to washington and national feel if you see this poll out how would do president biden for presidency. youngkin w win 44 to 37. >> wow. that's amazing number. even though that's great we are focusing on virginia 2023. we have got to win the senate. so here's what we need our virginians to go out there and secure the vote.org. so that we can win. >> brian: you don't want to talk about running for governor. if i ask you if governor youngkin should i run for president what would you tell him. >> that will be between he and i. i think he is going to talk to god about that first. >> brian: you would stay out of it? >> yeah. you know, laser-focused. we have to win in virginia. that's why we are sending people to go and get their absentee ballots because they will get a ballot, every special election, every primary election. every general election. you have to do it. we can't go in to each vote 10,000 votes on election day we're down. not anymore. >> brian: early voting has got to matter. winsome sears, thanks so much. congratulations on your success. >> by the way my book is coming out. >> brian: which is called? >> "how sweet it is." >> brian: nice, when? >> it's going to be launched on the 22nd. it's available for preorder. winsome sears. >> brian: great to see new studio i will talk to you on radio too. >> amen. >> brian: highly anticipated contest will be decided here on "fox & friends." we are talking business in the front, party in the back. i'm talking about a lifetime of glory on the line. i'm talking about the 2023 u.s.a. mullet champion. it will be revealed only on "fox & friends." ♪ lo ♪ before i'm throughp. ♪ et the look you want for less. you got this. we got you. ♪inspiring music♪ ♪ start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. sleep more deeply. and wake up rejuvenated. with purple's new mattresses fall asleep 20% faster have less aches and pains and sleep uninterrupted. right now save up to $900 off mattresses sets during purple's labor day sale. visit purple.com or a store near you (janet) so much space!... that open kitchen! 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[laughter] >> ainsley: we have one for you, too. >> steve: we are announcing the winner of the 2023 u.s.a. mullett children's championship. here are the finalist 6-year-old rory. 50-year-old cunningham and 2-year-old ezekiel. >> ainsley: the top mullet is, drum roll. roy air electric and his cheddar whiz mullet. he joins us now with his mother aaron. [applause] >> steve: they did not know until just now that they. they are so happy. congratulations. >> ainsley: that's awesome. look, everyone is excited that is great. dad, mom, mom, are you crying? >> aaron, are you crying? >> i am crying. careful. it's okay. knocked over all the chairs. okay. >> steve: and, to the producer fers in the control room. figure out how we can get more than one more minute because we only have one minute at this point. rory, tell us how you feel. >> my heart is beating so fast. >> carley: mom, why the tears? what does this mean to you? >> it's just hysterical and i love it. i love every part of it. it's been such an amazing, fun contest. and the community has been so awesome. and it's so overwhelming. >> steve: absolutely. rory, give us a profile so we can see your mullet and shake your hair. >> long in the back. >> ainsley: how did this happen? how did he decide he wanted to join this contest? >> steve: quick. >> we don't even know. honestly we went to the barber. he wanted a mullet and said he wanted to do this contest and now here we are. >> steve: we just saw the champion. 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