just his picture. >> steve: says it all. >> so much intensity in the photo. eye contact. position of his head in that photo. we can hear more from the former president how he feels about that. this morning he is free at his home in bed minister, new jersey out on $200,000 bond. out of 19 total defendants in the case there are just two who still need to turn themselves. in as for this snapshot in history it was taken as the former president turned himself in last night at the fulton county jail in georgia. 6'3", 215 pounds. we are told he was processed as any other criminal defendant would have been. the former president telling fox news digital, quote: they insisted on a mugshot and i agreed to do it. it is not a comfortable feeling, especially when you have done nothing wrong. now, 11 other co-defendants have so far had mug shots released. trump and 18 others have been charged in this sweeping racketeering case including trump's former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former attorneys rudy giuliani, sidney powell and jenna ellis. the former president said this before departing atlanta. >> if you challenge an election, you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged election. a stolen election. and i should have every right to do it. it is what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. >> so mugshot. everybody is talking about it this morning. long awaited an the former president didn't wait long to use it as a campaign tool. returning to twitter now called x for the first time in two years, his website was included there as was the phrase never surrender with an exclamation point no. surprise at all already popping up on supporter merchandise and attire. many of those supporters believing that fulton county district attorney fani willis is using the court for political gain. here is trump attorney alina habba. >> every d.a.s and a.g.s who are now able to come out and say i want to get donald trump elect me on that cause and i'm going to do it. but they didn't bring it until now. and now they need a speedy trial. it's political -- election interference. >> speaking of speedy trial day. october 23rd trial date for all 19 defendants. that is seen wildly unrealistic. arraignment expected to take next month. he is expected to plead not guilty. he is going to have a new attorney at his side, steve, ainsley, brian? >> steve: he is. i understand app. apparently one of the co-defendants, a fellow by the name of kenneth chesebro has asked for a speedy trial and sounds like it will get started in october but that will be the only one. real quick though, let me ask you about this, alexandria, before we got the official mugshot from the county, there was a fake mugshot that looked a lot like this floating around the internet. who put that out. any idea? >> that's such a good question. i actually don't know that answer. i wouldn't be surprised at this point if it was a.i. generated. we kind of knew what the president's positioning would be we knew he would appear defiant in some ways. what you are seeing there on your screen represents a lot how the former president is feeling about the cases all four of them proceeding against him now. this was his one chance to demonstrate that with his facial expression knowing that this, the legitimate one we are seeing would be spread far and wide and used by political opponents as well as supporters, too. >> steve: absolutely. alexandria a thank you very much. senator tommy tuberville of alabama said to nbc news regarding that photograph, he said i've seen that look when playing golf with him. when he misses a putt, he gives that look according to the senator. >> ainsley: when he is upset or angry. >> steve: that's a scary look. >> ainsley: uncomfortable feeling especially when he feels like he has done nothing wrong. this happened during laura ingraham show last night. very quick, only 20 minutes. he touched down in atlanta. he drives over to the fulton county jail. he turns himself. in there is the m mugshot. he lists himself as blond hair and 215 pounds. back on his plane again. flying back to new jersey. >> brian: that is a great height and weight. people are commenting on that. >> ainsley: did he have to stand on a scale? >> brian: i think he turned in his own weight. >> steve: a aid filled it out ahead of time. >> brian: judge said yeah, you can do it on your own. out of the 19 he is going go first. when he makes his case, if he ends up being found problem with the case and end up blowing up a lot of these things, other defense attorney is going to be sitting there and taking notes seeing what is going to work. jury comes out kenneth chesebro you can leave now. that is going to blow this case open. >> steve: that's what he is opening. >> brian: sarah isgur, a big attorney, says you are going to have a -- they think the case excellent shot. mark meadows excellent shot of making this a federal case, whatever you accuse him of doing, it happened when he was chief of staff. whatever happened on january 6th. he was still working for the president of the united states. and if he goes to a federal court, the rest will go. >> steve: ultimately he is going to go before a judge in georgia and is he going to say what they're alleging, that was part of my official job duties. >> ainsley: as secretary of state -- i mean as a.g. staff. >> steve: was fixing election part of your official duty? we have seen that happen in new york with one of the trump cases. and the judge said no. that wasn't part of your -- >> brian: there's a sense they will say yes. there is a strong case that they will say yes. >> steve: that would be good for mark meadows. >> brian: good for 17 or 18 ever left. take meadows. the president the united states is this a local or federal case? >> ainsley: depends on who makes the decision. if they are big democrats they will probably say no, brian. we have seen that and this is so politically motivated. if this is someone down in georgia fulton county makes that decision they are going to say no. they are going to say this is not federal case because they know if it becomes federal case then he could. >> steve: it would be different. >> brian: he could pardon himself. something else. it will broaden out the jury instead of being this very blue jury because a very urban environment in fulton county that went heavily for joe biden and hillary clinton. then you have all of georgia so that's why a lot of people who want trump convicted are upset by this d.a. who has taken head shots before and is running that she is prosecuting him just like this clown alvin bragg in new york city. they are making it political because they got to run for election. whatever you think of trump, just look clinical, just think legal for a second. they want oil-if people want to see trump convicted they want jack smith's case, pure, easy to understand, right to the point. 19 people sitting being tried at one time in a very complicated case, how are you ever, as the governor kemp said, how are you ever going to bring this before the election? he says it will not go before the elections. and your goal is to hurt him politically more than anything else. then this could be an epic fail and complicate the other cases. let's see where it goes. >> ainsley: they say democrats are posting this mugshot all over social media. if you are friends with democrats they're posting this. republicans are so upset they feel it's unbalanced, unequal justice. so they're mad. jonathan turley was talking about how this has totally divided our country going to be even worse than it was before. he has hired a new attorney, his name is steve sadow. no stranger to celebrity clients either. he represented t.i. and x ross the rappers. earner, the lawyer howard k. stern do you remember him partner of than nicole pass? the dad of lynn. >> steve: i saw on drudge that mar-a-lago has been transferred to don jr. out of donald trump's account or however that works. >> ainsley: he put mar-a-lago in his son's name? >> steve: yeah. absolutely. so so, anyway, what we heard donald trump say before he got onto the jet, to go back to newark. he said, you know, i have got every right to challenge the election. and, obviously, to the point that she has charged him with 13 felonies, the d.a. differs with that said you did more than challenge it, he is accused of impersonating a public official, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, conspiracy to defraud the states, and acts involving theft. so, that's what she has got to prove. >> brian: here's the thing, let's talk about what it means for the overall election on the g.o.p. side, 48 hours since our last debate. 13 million people watched. >> steve: that's awesome. thank you, america, for watching fox. >> brian: without the most popular person in the world. and that is donald trump. you have 8 people on that stage, maybe 3 or 4 of which everybody is familiar with. the reps said introduce me to yourself introduce yourself to america. fantastic ratings shows a point the numbers were good 2.7 million for 18 to 34. that shows maybe younger people are open to voting republican. we will see. the other thing that the president should keep in mind, when asked, in a yahoo pool, would you vote for the president? would you vote for donald trump if convicted? he loses 17 points. so, if any of these cases get convicted, that's why there's a lot of hope on that stage that the gap could rapidly close because donald trump has got a substantial lead over ron desantis. >> ainsley: you were there, brian and you were talking to everyone, did you get the cents they were still going to vote for donald trump but this could be the vice president or did you ever get the sense that they have an open mind? >> brian: both. i mean, i guess people there bleed trump and other people see i want to see how they are. i want to see if someone can win me over. >> ainsley: i want to see those polls now after the debate. >> steve: we have got one. >> ainsley: who did best. >> brian: i did this morning. >> steve: two different panels we're going to show you. the first one is who do you think won the debate, performed the best? ron desantis won as you can see right there. according to something like 700 republican primary voters. ramaswamy came in second with 26%. nikki haley 15% and mike pence rounds out the top tier. we have got another panel to show you and i think this is more interesting. who gained and lost support? and so, as you can see, they talked to all these people before the debate and then they talked to them after. and the big question was who would you consider voting for afterwards? so ron desantis is firmly in, as you can see he has 67%. >> brian: up 5%. >> steve: the trump number we have gotten that wrong. pro-debate he was at 66, post debate he is at 61. apologies that number is in the wrong spot. anyway, he lost five points but not showing up at the debate. nikki haley went up 17 points. she had been at 30%. now she is at 47%. and vivek ramaswamy is right behind. the way things work right now, according to this poll, who do you consider voting for, number one is ron desantis. number two is trump, although he lost five. nikki haley, now half the country is thinking about her and ramaswamy as well. >> ainsley: nikki haley is going to be with us today at 7:30 and vivek ramaswamy will be with us at 8:30. >> brian: i love this spot jabs. governor desantis thought he would be attacked more. he was fourth in how much he talked. i thought i was going to be number one because everyone said they were going to attack me. i ended unjust watching this going back and forth. so biden was jabsd the most. 1 times. i wonder if he is sore today. trump 6 times. ramaswamy 6. haley 2. pence 2. and desantis 1. christie was only jabsd once. you don't want to jab governor christie because you will get ripped back. everybody, even if you were more turned off than turned on about ramaswamy, everybody is talked about vivek. he just seems so happy to be there. >> ainsley: energy particular, excited. >> he talked to everyone. >> ainsley: he was excited he did well. he said after the debate that was so much fun. i'm ready for the next one and do it again. a roller coaster. >> steve: he came in hot. maybe too hot. >> brian: i asked if they everywhere sore after the burpees. i know you did a lot of burpees. they swore to me and i need a second source. they were not sore. >> ainsley: they do them regularly. >> steve: he would be a primary source whatever he said. secondary source doesn't work. >> look it up. >> ainsley: who here likes burpees? >> not me. >> brian: they are punishment. >> steve: they are tough. ron desantis by playing it safe, is he at the top of the pile. >> brian: he had the coolest shoot yesterday. he went to the field of dreams in iowa with his family and his super pac had -- his super pac had an event there legally he was able to show up over in iowa. he said i'm going to hit every county so it's going to be interesting to see him grind it out. >> ainsley: there is his daughter. >> brian: his daughter has the best swing did. you see that? there is his son. >> ainsley: they went outside and played basic with his son. >> steve: that is so cool. is that kevin costner on the porch? >> ainsley: no. >> steve: you can rent that place. last cycle bernie sanders actually, remember he played softball there? fell down as he was diving into second or third place? >> brian: really? >> ainsley: really? i don't remember that either. >> steve: that was good. peter was there peter walked out from the cornfield, if you go it, peter will go. so anyway, we have a busy day and of course a friday in the summer. that means today is our smawrts and we kick things off blue smoke today we are doing pulled pork sandwiches, sliders on the master built series grill. and this is going to come inside with y'all. and this right here as well. >> this is a triple threat smoked boston butt pork shoulder as we would call it in the south. so, we are feeding it up for everybody out here. >> everybody needs to pitch fork their barbecue when they are doing it. steve i know you definitely will down in florida when you cook. this right here is what is coming inside for you guys. and follow us on the mclemore boys. >> see you at 7:00. >> brian: that is devilleish. >> ainsley: i thought the same thing they got that from the halloween store. >> steve: that is going to be a lot of pulled pork. just saying. >> ainsley: $800 million stolen in covid fraud nationwide. 800 million. how far relief funds are connected to trans national crime and murder for hire. our next guest says this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> steve: and did this security guard swiftie go too far for a picture? 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a li little bit of controversy o bring you. taylor swift concert guard getting fired for asking for a selfie. >> i handed out little pieces of paper to a couple of the audience members, directly in front of me. that i'm not allowed to have my phone out. and when taylor swift gets close to me, i would really appreciate it if they took a photo of me with taylor swift in the background. >> security guard said he applied for the job largely to attend the show paying for ticket. smart move. steve, you have got to be a security guard if you are working security. >> steve: but he has got proof he worked the show. carley, thank you very much. >> meanwhile the department of justice charging nearly 400 people in a nationwide sweep accused of stealing $836 million in covid-19 relief funds. so, let's break down these outrageous numbers. up at the top, according to the department of justice, 63 defendants have connections to violent crime, including gang members accused of using the money to pay for a murder for hire. how crazy is that? an additional 25 defendants have alleged connections to trans national crime networks. you know what that means. all bad. and in total, the department halls now seized more than $1.4 billion the criminals snol criminals stolein federal relie. misspent money like this will never be found and this is heart breaking. here with more is imhat winegar, senior fellow in poverty studies at the american enterprise institute. matt, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> at the height of the federal pandemic when trying to get money out as quick as possible. money was good but they ultimately made it too easy to steal. >> that's right. and this is what is represented in the department of justice's case. what viewers really need to understand is that's a relative drop in the bucket compared to the total losses experienced across the (interpreter translated.) of these programs during the pandemic >> 3,000 defendants charged with pandemic related fraud crimes. i understand that of those people, is that how many people took part or is the number much bigger than that? >> the number has is undoubtedly much bigger than that just this week the government released a splat report on maybe the most abused unemployment benefit program. that found that 36% of payments under that program were lost or misspent. so you are talking in a program that supported 15 million people, for example, at one time, that's something like 5 million people either who were involved in the rip-off or more likely their identities were stolen in the course of the rip off. bigger than the population of chicago or houston. >> steve: that is crazy. i mentioned when we were going down those tower numbers behind me that apparently some of the money was used for a murder for hire. federal dollars. people's taxpayer money paid for the murder of somebody? >> unfortunately so. that's what the case suggests. and it's really not surprising since gangs were so intimately involved in. this both domestic gangs, one in milwaukee but also trans national gangs in russia, china, nigeria, romania, you name it. >> steve: unbelievable. matt, i know you say that this is just money back in a profound way. who do you blame for this? >> ultimately it's attributable to the zeal of policy makers to get money out the door during the pandemic. much of it is flawed designed of these programs. minimal controls the goal was to flood the zone with cash and that's not appropriate with government dollars. and criminals immediately recognize that and took advantage of it as these cases prove there was money just for the asking. they asked and they got it and probably got away with it. >> steve: matt, thank you for joining us live today. >> my pleasure. >> steve: all right. that's really something. moving on, we have a fox news alert. it is the mugshot that's can't investigating the world right now. donald trump booked in georgia last night for that 2020 election interference case in georgia. and the prosecutor responsible now facing an investigation. more on that coming up. plus, a journalist scores a major legal victory after being assaulted by antifa protesters in portland four years ago. why he says this is just the beginning. straight ahead on "fox & friends." ♪ i'm patriotic kenny. and, hi, i'm amanda on tiktok. my scooter broke down. i went into a depression. how do you feel about that? 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>> carley: believe he had some sort of heart condition but don't know if that's related. >> ainsley: oh gosh, his heart. thank you. >> carley: you are welcome. >> ainsley: a fox news alert. president trump speaking out on the travesty of justice after being biewkd and released from the fulton county jail on charges from the 2020 elections. >> this case here is a travesty of justice. i did nothing wrong we did nothing wrong. trying to interfere with an election. there has never been anything like it in our country before. this is their way of campaigning. and this is one instance but you have three other instances. it's election interference. >> steve: well now, house republicans on the house judiciary committee are demanding fulton county d.a. fani willis answer questions over her, quote politically motivated prosecution. >> brian: here to react former house judiciary committee senior counsel gillian epstein. great to see you. >> good morning. >> brian: legally, when you saw the different mugshot you had different emotion. legally when find out when he will get into court with 18 others. is this a strong case? is this a case you would have brought if you were ms. willis? >> i don't think it's a particularly strong case and good morning, brian. >> brian: good morning. >> i don't think it's a particularly strong case. i did not vote for donald trump. and i was very critical of the january 6th activities and the riot. and the raid on the capitol. i still think if you are going to bring a case against the former president, it has got to be a compelling case, not just to 12 jurors but to the country as a whole. >> steve: um-huh. >> i'm not sure this does this. there are a number of questions. the first question i had i had no had a good answer. to say how did it take the local prosecutors and i'm saying this as a democrat. how did it take three and a half nearly four years to bring this case? why have they not answered the case about fani willis' conflict of interest? she held a fundraiser for the opponent of one of the targets of this investigation. we haven't heard any answer to that question. third, you know, generally, when a state and a federal government take on a very similar, almost identical case and this is very similar to the case that is being brought by the justice department on the january 6th matter, the state would have to have a rather distinct and separate interest. what is the strong from the state has here that is not being served by the federal prosecution? so i have real questions about democrats say they are playing it by the books. look for accountability. that's fine. i think the democratic elites and left elites in both the legal and the political world have have got to answer some of these questions. i think beyond that. problems with this case as a ricco case. 1 defendants. # 1 counts. hundreds of owe investigators act. some of the overt acts tweets and press releases and public statements by trump declaring -- president trump declaring his victory things all protected by the first amendment. you and i talked about this last week, bribe. i think the case, the central arguments of this case are going to be questionable. i mean, the case really rests on two essential arguments. first, that when president trump said to ross tenberger find me 11780 votes. when he said that, was he asking ross ten berger to falsify the votes. that is the presumption. >> brian: and he will say no. will. >> he would say no. i think him simply saying find me 11780 votes i think that's a matter of will. i don't think that's is he looking to falsify the votes. the other question is, this issue about false elector. this it issue of false slaft electors. this essentially relied on a legal theory of some of the president's attorneys on the reading of the 12th amendment that the vice president has turn down electors from states. i think that's bizarre theory. a couple of well-known attorneys hold it. i don't know that holding that theory or acting on it is necessarily criminal. i think there is all kinds of problems in this case. >> steve: no kidding. obviously. and we have talked about that. julian, we booked you because you were senior counsel on house judiciary. >> chief counsel for the democrats. >> steve: thank you very much. that makes much better business cashed. now it sounds like the house republicans under the direction of jim jordan they are going after fani willis and trying to figure out whether or not she clashed with the biden administration. we saw this with alvin bragg. he opens the case against trump in new york city and republicans went after him and local d.a.? >> i don't know at the end of the day it will make that much difference. i don't think it had an impact in new york. new york prosecution is a travesty as well. i wrote about that. i did a piece in the "wall street journal" about that. i think that was an awful case. the committee has a jurisdiction to do it. the course of the prosecution. one of the things that bothered me is democrats out there saying they don't want this to be political, they have not answered the question as to why it took nearly four years to i don't think there is a good answer to this and dropping this case in the middle of election season asking former president trump to be, you know, in three or four potential trials during the height of election. >> brian: crazy. >> i just see smacks too much of politics to me. i don't think democrats can claim that there's no politics here. >> brian: especially when you take head shots and run on it going for re-election. >> ainsley: timing of it and all these crazy counts. they just need one conviction. they are slapping all these counts. really quickly, yes or no, will this become a federal case. >> i think it's likely at least for some of the defendants to meet the removal, ainsley, the removal requirement. so i think some of the defendants could get a removal. i think. [sneeze] >> steve: excuse me. >> touch on because you have got 1 defendants, some of them will have a case for federal removal. some not. i think it's going to be almost impossible to get this case tried before the election. new york won't be tried before election, and i think the other two there are real doubts get to those before the election. >> brian: give you credit you like alan dershowitz said i'm not going to vote for trump, never will, never have. but you are fair. the law is the law. >> i wish more of us were like that way. i think it would help the country a lot. >> brian: i hear you. thank you so much. appreciate it. 1 minutes before the the top of the hour. america's homes are shrinking. literally. how builders are keeping rooms small to avoid big costs. ♪ home is wherever i'm with youn home, tly homeschooling their children. our complete k through 12 homeschool program includes courses in math, science, social studies, reading and language arts. it also includes electives such as music, 3d printing and programing. power homeschool has really transformed our child's experience and allows her to work at her own pace. visit our website at power homeschool dot org to learn more and start your child's educational journey. with the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices down. so to help us, we brought in a reverse auctioneer. which is apparently a thing. mint mobile, unlimited premium wireless. can i get 30, 30 bidder get 30 bidder get 20, 20, 20, bidder get 20, 20, bidder get 15, 15, 15, 15. just 15 bucks a month. sold! mint mobile premium wireless. let's check his tongue for steroids. mint mobile premium wireless. 15, 15, bidder bid 15, bidder bid 15 15 15 and... sold! what brand of coffee do you drink? ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ ( ♪ ) constant contact's advanced automation lets you send the right message at the right time, every time. 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will that make a difference. let's ask global real estate jenna. why are we standing the structure of our houses and what we need and don't need? >> first of all, thank you for having me on this show today. yeah, this is the new reality that we're facing. to really put this all into context. home ownership is really the quintessential american dream. and, unfortunately, it is just becoming harder and harder for it to be achieved. so what people are having to do is they are having to make sacrifices right now. so, buyers are really faced with a lethal combination. so there is limited inventory. there's elevated home prices. and there are relentless interest rates. rates just went up to their highest level in over 20 years. and, of course, the market is very bifurcated in terms of who it impacts the most. and the young families, first time home buyers, young adults that are trying to get into the housing market, they are the ones that are being hit the hardest. the cost of owning a home, it has gone up over 70% in the past three years. americans are having to pay over 40% of their income to own a home. so this all tells you how challenging this housing market is and what buyers are having to do is they are having to make sacrifices. they are having to down size. they are having to get creative in order to achieve this dream of home ownership. >> brian: i could not believe the medium price of a home these days is now $415,000. take a look at what you say on the whole we are converting some of these rooms. to say not only are some of the rooms being changed, they are now getting a little bit more practical in my view no. more dining room. bigger kitchen within a island. separate kitchen room. instead of tv room and sitting room. bathtub with two sinks. a bigger walk-in closet converted to a second small bathroom increases the value of a home theoretically. extra room more outdoor space. maybe you don't build it. maybe just keep a bigger lawn. are some of these things effective? is this the right thing to do? >> it is the right thing to do if you want to attain that dream of home ownership. i think this is actually something we even started seeing during the pandemic. people started becoming more efficient with square footage. they started catering homes more to their lifestyle during the pandemic. i know buyers that decided hey i don't really need a house with all these extra bedrooms for guests. my guests can stay in a hotel room and instead of having that larger bathroom i need an office. so, now this trend though it's just being driven by affordability. that's the catalyst behind it. >> brian: you are 20-something years old in theory. you have got to get that down payment is stuff. look at that payment supposed to be one week of salary should be your mortgage payment in theory. now mortgage is significantly up. and i heard yesterday they that they might raise the rates again. closer to 8%. so, it's a little sad, very challenging with limited inventory. jenna, thanks for the insight. >> thank you. >> brian: all right. meanwhile, let's find out more about what is happening. not so much indoors but outdoors where adam klotz has promised to give us the weather but to stay protected. stay indoors. it's kind of raining. >> adam: i am indoors because outdoors it is raining out there, brian. that's the case up and down the east coast. this is what it looks temperature-wise across the country. all that heat in the middle of the country. going to be a big story next couple of days. if you are here in new york city up across new england and mid-atlantic. heavy round of showers on early morning commute. this rain is really going to be cooling things off. your forecasted early morning lows tomorrow morning. are going to feel like fall on saturday and sunday. temperatures in the 50's and 60's across the midwest, back up and across the mid-atlantic up into new england there is still plenty of heat. heat advisories stretching across the southeast, the middle parts of the country. extreme heat here as we head through the weekend. still summer, brian. >> brian: thank you very much, adam. hopefully not going to effect. it will stop by the time we get the concert going. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley, only on "fox & friends." we'll keep them apart. we promise somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi - this is my moment. there's nothing on my skin and that means everything! ♪nothing is everything♪ now's the time. ask your doctor about skyrizi, the #1 dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you save. more shopping? 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>> i think jesse watters said it best last night it elicits emotional response. you see our country going into a new dark chapter and it's very sad. >> ainsley: yeah, it is. the debate was a few nights ago. and millions of people watched it. nikki haley came away with that. across america saying we liked her answer on abortion. i know this was an issue for you when you ran for governor. you said no exceptions except for the life of the mother. no abortions. you feel like that hurt you, right? >> absolutely. i was defined by the democrats way before we could even get out there and talk about what gretchen whitmer had done to the state. no one really understood how important abortion would be in 2022 because no one had run on a post roe world. so we suddenly got attacked, viciously attacked by the democrats. it is winning message for them. when i saw nikki haley and her answer, it was so wonderful. she talked about embracing this as being a personal issue for every man and woman. she talked about the reality of it. you have to have 60 senate votes. you have to have the majority of the house. she said, folks, this is not something we can come out and say we are going to do. can't we all agree that we need to ban late term abortions. we need to encourage adoptions. we shouldn't force doctors and nurses to perform abortions. contraception should be available. we are not going to put any woman in jail or give her the death penalty for having the abortion. it was the perfect response. it was the perfect response i said to her afterwards, i wish you could sit down with republicans across the country and explain you are unapologetically pro-life and yet you still understand that we need to come together. we need that consensus on this. >> ainsley: you know, would it have been satisfactory if everyone on that stage had just said let's make it a state issue or do you really want to hear what their thoughts are, or what their beliefs really are? >> i think it's important for people to be able to say look, this is what it is for me personally. i want the american people to choose. i want the american people to decide and i want us to come together because that's what this country is about. >> ainsley: tudor. what about to the republican party if they don't change their message on this and adopt more of the nikki haley version? >> we had $50 million in attack ads. abortion attack ads spent against us in the state of michigan. let me tell you, you cannot defeat that you cannot come back from that. and nikki haley said great things about coming together for moms. coming together for families. make sure you save as many babies as possible by creating policies. families and young mothers. that's what we need to focus on. that is absolutely the message. >> ainsley: mastriano said it was the same reason. and dr. oz lost because of that republicans are upset. because he said across the board, i believe, correct me if i am wrong, no abortions at all. >> yes. that's my understanding. yes. and i'm telling you, it's just not a winning message. and to nikki haley's point, if you don't win in '24, you can't get to the border. you can't get to government corruption. you can't get to national security. you have got to win in 24 to make sure that you can protect the country from everything else. >> ainsley: you are right. thank you so much for coming on with us. >> thank you. >> ainsley: thank you. all right. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. brian, get to the couch. where are you? >> steve: all right. we start this hour of "fox & friends" on this friday august 25th with a fox news alert. former president donald trump's mugshot made public after getting booked in the georgia jail in the 7:00 hour last night on election subversion charges before being immediately released. >> ainsley: okay. >> steve: trump speaking out with fox news digital about the, quote, uncomfortable experience and what he is calling election interference. >> ainsley: bryan llenas not brian kilmeade get over here my friend. he is walking to the couch. the other bryan is live outside of if you feel ton county jail. bryan, the mugshot is everywhere. look at the front cover of "the new york post." it's just a picture of donald trump. no words. >> no words are needed. good