6 00 a. M. On the East Coast thursday, october the 3rd. And this is Fox Friends. Ainsley where is brian where is brian . Lawrence where did he go in ainsley he better not be picketing with the dock workers. Steve he is on the assignment. Ainsley could be coming to Grocery Stores and all of our Gas Stations all of that as we learn more about the Union Boss Life of luxury. Steve yeah, who knew . Plus, mawmp talking about todays polar and dangerous political climbed. Not surprised. And every event that has happened, im thinking what is New Mexico . Ainsley devoted dad treks nearly 30 miles through helene floodwaters to walk his daughter down the aisle, answered joins us this hour. Steve oh, man. Lawrence Fox Friends starts right now and remember, mornings are better with friends. Steve all right. 6 01 here in the East Coast. Today marks the Third Day of the dock Workers Strike. Union members are vowing to stay on that picket line. 24 7, until they get a new contract and get what they want. International longshoremans association is saying the ila seeks more than 5 yearly Wage Increase over the next six years. Our members dont w typically 9o 5 hours. Lawrence strike would crush their livelihoods as concerns grow about Price Hikes and shortages. Ainsley but Vice PresidentKamala Harris saying, quote, this strike is about fairness. Foreign owned shipping companies have made record profits. The longshoremen who play a vital role transporting Essential Goods across america deserve a fair share of these record profits. Steve do you know what . And she and Donald Trump agree on one thing. They believe they are on the side of the strikers. Do you know what is interesting, and there is something to what she said about essentially, you know, all these shippers are foreign companies. Thats absolutely true. You know, we dont really talk about this, but, of the 40,000 Cargo Ships in the world, do you know how many are based in the united states . Take a guess . 200. 200. So, democrats and republicans alike are taking aim at the european and asian shippers. Heres the other thing. Here in new York City, we oftentimes see the big Cargo Ships along the river or at the Port Of New York and new jersey, one of the biggest companies it says cosco. Cosco. Do you know who owns cosco . China. It is a chinese state operated enterprise. And so what they want to do, essentially, is they want to make cheap stuff, china. They want to ship it cheaply, which they do. And they want to unload it even cheaper. Unfortunately, for china right now, those Men And Women who are striking are saying, hey, wait a minute, you are making too much money. Shapiro it with us. Ainsley yeah, i mean, i get it, like i understand that. I want them to make more money. They are working extra hard and they took us through the pandemic. Lawrence we appreciate the job they do. Ainsley absolutely. They are blue collar workers. Not like they get paid a ton. These are guys just good guys trying to make a normal Wage Put Food on the table maybe have extra to take their kids on vacation maybe to Disney World or whatever. I want them to have extra money. Is this normal at a strike to ask for 80 raise . Lawrence its absurd. The president is putting his hand on the scale. I get standing with the workers. Try to get them to reach some type of solution. Get them involved in the negotiation. Ainsley Effects Everybody else. Lawrence thats exactly right. Look, The Point that steve is making is correct in the sense of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both stand with the workers. Because only one candidate in the race that wants to get to the root of the problem, which is bringing the jobs back to the country, bringing the manufacturing back to the country, getting the workers here in america and then solving that problem first. Kamala harris is going after Donald Trumps Trade Policy right now saying that its going to Cause Inflation and all of that it wont Cause Inflation if the jobs are brought back here to america. Lawrence that would be great. Right now, those are the you know, a lot of these some of these ports are actually privately owned. So they would like to automate and just save the salaries. And i get that, too. And technology is the future. But right now we are just at one of those Transition Points where, you know, both sides want something else. And it will be interesting to see how long it goes. Because the dock Workers Strike also threatening Essential Goods like in addition to 100 of the World Americas bananas things like Oil And Gas and even if it were resolved today, our next guest warns it would take weeks to recover. Lawrence joining us now is naval Veteran And Supply chain consultant jim nelz. You know this issue all too well. What are we missing as someone that stands with the workers, obviously, we appreciate all they do. When we looking at 80 increase in wages. It doesnt seem fair, compared to other jobs what are we missing . I would love to get 80 Pay Raise im sure you guys would. If you look at it though, the automation is really a big thing with the pay. They rejected a 50 Pay Increase the night before the strike. They want more money. The automation is the big one. They dont want any new automation or Semi Automation in their ports. They dont want the cameras to do the reading of License Plates of trucks in and out of the port to make a log. They would rather have people standing with a Clipboard And Record that this is shortsighted of the ila. What he should be doing is negotiating with the carriers to say lets automate together. Automate in a way that makes sense i want to make sure any of my workers displaced because of the automation will receive new jobs in your organization with the same pay and benefits that way we can bring the united states ports into the 21st century. Right now our ports are the most inefficient in the world because we are unloading ships the way we did in the 1950s. Ainsley i would rather them take a picture. I support these guys. I want them to take a picture of the License Plates. Not two guys on Clip Boards maybe they would miss a truck and there would be a terrorist inside. I would rather have automation in some of these areas. Maybe sit down at the Table And Figure out where we could have automation and where we dont and work together and compromise. Yesterday we interviewed a guy who owns a Restaurant Close to one of these ports. He said all these workers come to my restaurant. Im losing money and dealing with high prices because of inflation. I just dont want it to be trickled Downtown American people. You wont be able to get your products, the things that you need for your kids. How do you prevent all of that . Can we come to the table . Do you see this happening in the next few days . No, i dont. I believe they are going to stay out at least two weeks in order to prove a point, maybe three before they have any sort of serious negotiation. Remember, this costs the u. S. Economy 5 Billion a day for every day that the strike happens. In addition, for every day of the strike, its going to take about one week to catch up. So we are already looking at three weeks from now at The End of the Strike Today to get caught up. The other part of this that not a lot of people are talking about. Is president of the ila vowed to crip tell the u. S. Economy, end quote, in order to get his point across. There they are estimating that over 100,000 Union Workers will be put out of work because of this strike were talking Truck Drivers and people working in warehouses and people that perhaps work oat that restaurant of the gentleman that you interviewed yesterday. Then its going to trickle down into auto workers because they are not going to have the parts they need to make the cars. This going to impact a lot of people. I think its a major miscalculation instead of getting the american people to support the dock workers, which again, we all should support people making a fair wage. Going to turn americans against them. Especially as we start to see problems with people getting the things that they need to recover president hurricane. Home depot, lowes, walmart, those are three of the biggest importers into the united states. They cant get goods into the ports now. Which means people in asheville, north carolina, for example, cant get the Hurricane Relief they need. Steve im glad you addressed that as well. So we have got the Men And Women who are striking but, at the same time, we have got this disaster in the midatlantic. Down through florida as well. And that impacts the Supply Chain. I mean, in portions of western north carolina, we have heard something like 300 roads were taken out of commission. They are reopening most of them. But, nonetheless, its hard to drive a truck across a road that isnt there. If you are going to drive from the Upper Midwest down to florida, you got to go through some much those areas and right now you cant. They are adding additional time into the Supply Chain if you are actually to able to get the products to ship from one place to the other at this point. Steve all right. Jim nelles thank you for lending your expertise on this thursday morning. Thank you, too. Steve one of the things i was talking to members of the crew about yesterday i noticed it with my own two eyes. The business at costco is through the roof. Its like christmas. Every Parking Space is taken because people are doing panicked buying just like they did before the pandemic. Because people think okay. Im not going to be able to get all that stuff. Of course, they are running out of Toilet Paper, people think, but, heres the thing to know. You dont have to panic buy Toilet Paper because the Toilet Paper is either produced in the united states and shipped around the country or if its manufactured over abroad, it either comes from mexico or canada, so it is driven in or via rail. Dont worry about Toilet Paper. Ainsley we have ptsd after covid you couldnt get Toilet Paper or paper towels. People are str stocking up. Lawrence war breaking out in the Middle East. David marcus puts it this way in this new Fox News digital oped. Here is the headline right here, the southeast sunday water. The Middle East is on fire. Ports are closed. And where is Joe Biden . If you go to the larger quote he goes its for all intents and purposes, the united states of america has no president , but what we but what we do have a host of Crises Level situations at home and abroad. They are not being confidently addressed. For four months, for four more months until either former President Trump or Kamala Harris is sworn in as president next year. Our ship of state have no captain and a normal world Joe Biden would have stepped down by now and he would be free to lay On The Beach in delaware all day, which he does anyway. Buy these are not normal times. Until january the 20th, the best we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best. Ainsley, i mean, thats just a stunning quote but its also so true. And i dare you to disagree with it. Ainsley we dont have a leader right now and have to get used to it. There is nothing we can do about it. Roll through this election and on january 20th, whichever one wins will be our new president. Im watching awful our loved ones, our friends in north carolina. Those streets new York CityDthrough Thestreets of north ca. Steve on a good day. Ainsley streets are windy. These are like the small towns, straight roads and main Street And Grocery stores along that then when it starts to Fork And Splinter off you go up in these mountains and you drive and you drive and you drive. So a lot of people are trapped. We talked to people yesterday, they didnt even know if their house is okay. They cant get to it yet. We hear these stories over and over. The president needs to be there. Steve thats The Point i was trying to make with people are going to the stores to buy Toilet Paper and to buy supplies because there is so much crazy stuff going on. We really, in many ways, just have ourselves to rely on. Is the government going to bring me stuff i need . No, i got to go get it right now. I think that the more and more refined out about what is happening with Joe Biden and the concealment is disqualifying for Kamala Harris. I mean, we shouldnt have a constitutional republic we have to cross our fingers if the leader can make the best decision or not just on a good day. If this is a good day, is he going to be able to have Cabinet Meetings . Is he going to remember the content . Thats just not normal for the worlds super power. And everyone knows its happening. Youre not a not allowed to aske questions. He crumbled before our eyes this has been happening for months. Steve lawrence, he does remember how to get to the beach. Lawrence he does. Ainsley now to the Campaign Trail, former President Trump and Vice President harris are heading to key battleground States Today as Team Harris Release as new ad promoting heller economic agenda. Lawrence Doug Luzader is live in washington. The Upper Midwest getting a lot of Attention Today as well it should. Take a look at the campaign schedules. Vice president Kamala Harris first heading to wisconsin. Where she will be appearing with former republican Representative Liz Cheane cheney hoping to reat to republican voters. Donald trump is heading to another Swing State michigan. The Harris Campaign is out with a new Ad Campaign that according to reports is specifically targeting black voters, touching on an issue that has been a weak spot for democrats. And thats rising prices. We will lower Housing Costs by building more homes and crack down on landlords for charging too much. We will lower your Food And Grocery bills by going after Price Gougers. And while the rate of inflation has come down, the huge spikes in prices that we have seen in recent years are largely locked in now with Consumer Prices up nearly 20 under the bidenharris administration. And as for Harris Tax Middle on a number of issues, a progressive may be looking at that simply as an election strategy. Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar told the Washington Post its about us organizing and seeing how