in his chair. >> brian: i know. i got the bad chair. >> ainsley: whatever, you were late. you were late. >> brian: i got the worst one. [laughter] >> steve: bad chair. >> ainsley: steve, what a gentleman. brian, pull it in a little. get on up here. come join the show. >> brian: am i on my mark. >> lawrence: favorite putting the cushions on top. because i don't have the long torres so of a because they don't make phone books anymore. where were we? take two. >> ainsley: president biden reportedly hiring new pollsters. he didn't like the old ones, as the first lady comes to his defense. >> he is losing all the battleground states -- >> no, is he not losing in all the battle ground states. >> all but one. >> is he coming up. once the people start to focus in it's obvious joe will win this election. >> lawrence: plus more rules for thee not for me. california governor gavin newsom fast food chains while luxury restaurant pays less. >> brian: doesn't sound like the gavin newsom i know. the man who once held newsom's job arnold schwarzenegger shares why he credits america for his success. >> america is the greatest country in the world. there's a lot of people didn't want to come to america to take advantage of america. and i am very vividly against that. >> steve: hear more from arnold in a moment during the second hour of "fox & friends" which starts right now and remember mornings are better with chairs that work. >> brian: yes. [laughter] >> ainsley: the biden-harris campaign hiring new pollsters now, according to politico. >> lawrence: and in a few hours vice president kamala harris will campaign in north carolina in her fourth visit to the state this year. >> steve: mark meredith is live on the north lawn of the white house where it's a much drier day than it was yesterday, mark, good morning. >> steve, ainsley, brian, lawrence good morning. it is much do i haver. we'll don't have a share here. we are already losing exart to you guys. as we heard many times president biden repettedly says that the press is not highlighting the right polls only highlight the polls show him trailing former president trump. the biden campaign is trying to staff up to understand this poll better. this is the poll that the "wall street journal" had which showed the former president beating president biden in six of seven swing states. the biden campaign telling politico it's staffing up now because it's building infrastructure to put us on the path to victory this fall and bringing together a battle tested world class data and polling separation is an essential step. now, the president is going to be heading to a battleground state. is he going to wisconsin next week to talk about the economy. and one of his most high profile surrogates, first lady jill biden told cbs she thinks his path to re-election is sit. >> no, he is not losing. >> all but one. >> he is coming up. is he even or doing better. so, you know what? once people start to focus in and see their two choices it's obvious that joe will win this election. >> today vice president kamala harris will be in north carolina. a state democrats lost in 2016 and 2020. the biden campaign reportedly set to open at least 10 offices across the tar heels state. so much focus has been on the fundraising campaign effort. this weekend former president trump will be hosting a big fundraiser down at mar-a-lago. chairs for that event are expected to cost quite basis money. expected to rake in $40 million for that event this weekend. democrats still have that cash advantage. we are seeing the republicans trying to play catch up at this point. >> steve: i liked the way you ended chairs at that events. usually described at dinner plates. >> i'm the one serving usually. i don't get a chance to sit down and enjoy. >> steve: listen to you. >> brian: thanks, mark. what about those pollsters, so he linda lake. pollock, murphy. they are coming in with new ideas. and the question is they are going to do polls. and they got to come up with a strategy to start winning people over. one of the big problems is a lot of the groups the president was dominating in with the black vote, with the under 30s, hispanic vote, not saying dominant hispanic but majority he is sucking wind on all of them. >> lawrence: doing this thing that they did in 2016, again, where they are shaming voters. saying oh, it's just such an obvious pick. you can hiring all the pollsters. if you are shaming they are not going to be honest with you. in 2016 silent trump vote. people didn't feel comfortable going on the record and saying hey i'm supporting candidate donald trump because they were shamed. >> ainsley: you have to reach a threshold in order to be considered legitimate if you are a pollster. or if you run a poll. like, ipsos or gallup poll or real clear politics which is the average of all of the polls. >> brian: or fox news. >> ainsley: fox news. >> steve: our favorite. >> ainsley: does this mean donald trump can hire his own pollsters and put out his own polls. >> steve: he just hired. >> ainsley: will they be considered legitimate polls included in real clear politics? >> steve: no. those pollsters do polls for the campaign. >> ainsley: just for the campaign. >> steve: that we never see. what is interesting about this is what they are doing is because the democrats won big in the midterm elections in 2022, essentially they are bringing in all these pollsters who polled the audience back in 2022, when the democrats won, and they said okay, what messages do you do in your races all across the country that resonated with the audience and why did you win? so, essentially, a couple of the pollsters were the people behind joe biden now talking about maga republicans. they think that that is very effective. some of the pollsters specialize in black and latino voters. so what they're doing is bringing them on board as part of the big data operation to figure out in 2024, what are the messages that we can say to get you to vote for joe biden? >> brian: how interesting that they are doing this now. what a degree of panic. that all plays into why president obama evidently was calling and saying what are you doing? you are not building out your machine? where is your staff? he was concerned. and that's why he was going right to the chief of staff because one thing president obama knows how to do, he knows how to. >> lawrence: mobilize. >> brian: win election and mobilize. get into detail. the "wall street journal" poll yesterday, the president had 91% of the black vote. now he has 68. he had 63% of the hispanic vote, now he has got 48. for voters under 30, he had 61. now he has got 50. so, i don't have to be a pollsters to know that's where i should be focusing. >> lawrence: brian to your point, sorry, ainsley. would. >> ainsley: i was going to ask you a question. >> lawrence: brian made the point about barack obama being able to mobilize. that was a campaign that was built around the candidate. >> steve: you worked on that. >> i did back when i was 15 years old. it was built around the guy. the problem with joe biden and this is the struggle, is you can't build a campaign around him because, first of all, he has nothing to run on that is going to attract voters and, number two, he can't be, as president, he is not that alert guy. this is a change. because joe biden used to be the guy that could fire up a crowd. he is not that guy anymore. >> ainsley: why do you think, lawrence, when you hear those statistics barack obama got what 99% ever the black vote. >> brian: in 2020 joe biden got that 91. >> ainsley: what is it now 68? >> brian: yup. >> lawrence: the economy black folks flourngd under the donald trump economy. personality aside, people care about the money. the number two, and we done a lot of conch on this, what is happening with the migrants. american citizen -- forget black america. american citizens don't like outsiders being able to come into the country illegally and get benefits when they're struggling. and i just think it's a bad message, also the religious stuff as well, ainsley, when you have got the president with -- i don't know the pro-trans message whatever you want to call it on easter sunday? how are you going to go to a black church now after you did something like this? when you just bashed the number one holiday for the believers there. i don't understand how any pastor can stand next to him in a traditional christian church. >> brian: he didn't know he did it. he signed it. that auto pen must have been working overtime. >> lawrence: so true. >> steve: one of the other things the pollsters are going to work on and we were all in these chairs. you were in a different chair at that point. >> brian: i got into the chair late. >> steve: your chair back in those days worked very well in 2016 and 2020. the pollsters, you know, notoriously were inaccurate. they got 2016 wrong. they got 2020 wrong. so what they are doing is now they are mobilizing this gigantic big data operation in wilmington, delaware, to try to figure out okay. exactly what works and what doesn't? >> brian: i think they would say they got 2020 right. wouldn't you say democrats felt as though they got it right? did anyone have donald trump winning before the election? i thought it was very close. >> steve: it was close. but, as that turns out, with the exit polling and the audience participation stuff fox and others did it was okay. we didn't see that coming. >> ainsley: let's talk about what is happening with the restaurants in california. the law is now in effect. we have been talking about this law. you have to pay an employee $20 an hour if they work for you, a franchise. left's say you buy a chick-fil-a in california, you now have to pay your workers $20 an hour because there are 60 or more of those restaurants, chick-fil-as around the country. if it's a big operation, a big franchise. even though you might have only bought one store in california, you have to pay more. the average -- the overall minimum wage is 15.50 there. one of the highest states in our country. >> steve: now they are bumping it up $4.50 more if you are part of a franchise. >> brian: unprecedented. >> steve: here is the reason we are showing you this. if you run a fast food place, which has -- and the other caveat, ainsley, you have -- you cannot offer limited or no table service. one so, in other words, you can't make tips. the governor of the great state of california, it turns it out, actually is co-owner of a couple of facilities out there, a couple of restaurant wine/bars that are not paying 20 bucks an hour. and technically, when you look at the small print, okay, well, they don't have 60 locations. that's right. but, for instance, from zip recruiter, here is a job posting for a busker at plump jack cafe for $16 an hour. they have another one for a hosts a well. it just does not a good look where the governor is saying okay, every eatery in the state, fast food place has got to pay 20 bucks except not mine because we don't have all those locations. >> brian: there he is. >> lawrence: fake smile. >> brian: little less gel. [laughter] >> steve: he put his in a blind trust. i don't know if he has got any control over it but it's bad look. >> lawrence: whether it's a blind trust or not. >> brian: or blinders. >> lawrence: or blinders. you have to be living under a rock to understand the restaurant business, a food business is a low margin business. and, also, the people that are working at these restaurants are young people, most of the time. and i understand everybody wants to make money. i was outcome and precocious and wanted to make more money but you don't give the kids anything to look forward to if you are trying to pay them wages that are unreasonable. >> ainsley: what going to happen the restaurant owners are either going to have to close shop or have to charge more for their food. or. >> lawrence: lay them off. >> ainsley: going to have to lay people off because they can't afford. this some of these are small families. small little local businesses. >> brian: pizza hut already laying off a ton of people. if you bake bread you don't have to bake so many -- of course because it's so easy. i can't give them $20 to bake bred. it's too easy. like panera bread, big donor. i was watching his state of the state address. doing a press conference because they are buried in debt. i have an ice cream shop do i have to pay $20 an hour in the answer is we think yes. ththey are not even positive. 11th grader sitting there scooping chocolate chip ice cream all of a sudden they get their money doubled. the ice cream shop owner says why am i in business? >> lawrence: who is going to pay 13 bucks. i love ice cream that's the one thing i a. agree with joe biden about ice cream. i'm not paying 12 bucks for ice cream cone. >> brian: in california you are now. >> steve: ultimately if you read the fine print as ainsley did, if they have tables in there, for instance, brian, the pizza hut, they wouldn't have to pay it because they have table service at pizza hut. if you have limited or no table supervisors then have you got to pay it andrew gruel last night out in california said pizzato hut has laid off hundreds of workers and they are reacting that way. >> ainsley: gavin newsom saw the picture of plump jack cafe and you got that ad. plump jack group specializes in wine and high end. >> brian: calls it his babies. >> ainsley: operates four bars and restaurants under this group because it doesn't have the 60 restaurants is he exempt. >> steve: other thing is if you are working, i believe if you are serving wine have you got to be at least 21 years old. >> brian: do you have to prove that the person is drinking the wine? >> lawrence: inspectors. >> brian: one of the questions was to gavin newsom in a time like this, when you are buried in debt is this the right time to raise the minimum wage $20? it's not my decision, it's a trigger. wait a second, you put the law that set up the trigger. >> lawrence: he is so clueless and never takes responsibility. speaking of california, the last republican to run california was armed schwarzenegger, terminator. jason kelce just recently retired. he has a podcast are. arnold stopped by to talk about the greatness of america and how he owes a lot of his success to the country. watch. >> for me, coming to america was the key to my success. america is the land of opportunity, even though people criticize it. and politicize it and it doesn't matter if the democrats are in charge, if the republicans are in charge, america is the greatest country in the world. and it has given me all the opportunities in the movie business and in body building and making millions of dollars. and, you know, and my family and everything. >> what do you think it is that makes america so unique? >> it's just a place where foreigners are welcomed. this is the key thing. if you are willing to contribute to america. there's a lot of people that want come to make to take advantage of america. and i'm very vividly against that because everything is a two-way street. i mean, i come to america and i see that i'm being welcomed, and received with open arms, then i want to make sure to do everything i can to give back to america. >> steve: that's curious. i wonder who he is talking about when he says there are a lot of people who want to come to america to take advantage of america? >> ainsley: i think we know. >> steve: i think we know too. jason talking about, now that he is retired, he wants to put a focus on his health. i played my whole career at 295. i'm trying to get down to 250, 260, my goal is 2 pounds a week but maintain my muscle mass monitor protein, cautious, fats to make sure i'm doing well. >> steve: arnold gave him advice. >> ainsley: around the model for weight loss and success and body building, he said the most important thing is that you slowly decrease the body fat and increase your body muscle. he said so you just switch. it doesn't have to to do just with the weight. of course, you want to reduce your weight because it's much healthier, you can get much faster and more energetic but slowly decrease the fat and increase the muscle mass. >> lawrence: is that your routine, brian? >> brian: arnold takes a lot of my principles and incorporate into california. i will say this. have something to judge him by. we did see jason kelce without a shirt on at the buffalo bills game. hopefully when kansas city plays the bills in the playoff. jason, do you mind having two dozen beers and taking your shirt off next year when you watch your brother in playoffs. >> ainsley: can't have the beer now trying to reduce his fat. >> brian: didn't say no alcohol. don't overreact. you are retired. so. >> steve: so have you got to wonder whether or not that famous picture of him at the kansas city chiefs game, if he wants to lose all the way weight. >> brian: you think he is getting blow back? >> steve: yeah. >> brian: we know he was an iny bellybutton. [laughter] >> ainsley: isn't it true for any athlete you are jacked when you are playing and leave and see them a year later and look completely different. >> brian: offensive linemen especially it's amazing and keep usually the same suits on like a shell of themselves floating in their suits. >> steve: brian, do you remember and this was probably. >> brian: take my shirt off. >> steve: when i did. when the women's. >> brian: you were crazy. >> steve: women's u.s. soccer team that won the world cup came on fox square. >> brian: brandy chastain had taken her shirt off. >> steve: famously went like that with her shirt. >> brian: what did you do? >> steve: i took off my shirt showed up on "people" magazine. look on my wall. >> ainsley: completely bear? >> steve: completely bare. not beer belly man that guy is skinny. so i started swimming for 10 years and i put on some amazing body mass. >> brian: all we need women to win another world cup and take their tops off. >> lawrence: i was telling ainsley during the commercial break i'm in operation summer. operation summer that means i'm working to get my 6 pack back. >> steve: i don't have a 6 pack i have a keg. >> lawrence: can you could that married for 30 plus years. >> brian: can you let yourself go is what you are saying? >> ainsley: a restaurant we were talking about. >> lawrence: where there is a view. >> ainsley: go outside and sit outside in the back of the hotel and there is a pool right there. >> steve: palm beach. >> ainsley: eating and watching people sun bathe, also. but the pool is like right there. it's amazing place. >> lawrence: i want to be able to go out there and i want to be correct. >> brian: i will say, this steve, you do not have to go to your office to see that picture. lawrence has the same shirtless shot in his office of you. so it's on display. >> lawrence: how i show my love. [laughter] >> ainsley: before the show is over, can we show this picture? >> steve: technically we probably don't have the rights. >> brian: steve has the rights and he is not giving them up. >> steve: can i show it to you but we can't show it on tv. >> brian: we will reenact it. >> steve: nah. >> ainsley: carley has more headlines for us. >> carley: i certainly do. operation summer for all of us is officially on. we have a fox news alert to get to here starting with. this we are learning more about several of the illegal immigrant squatters who were arrested in new york city last week only to be released without bail. one of them was arrested last august for attempted murder. but the charges were dropped because the victim refused to comply. three of the migrants were rearrested by the feds yesterday and are now in custody. one of the migrants is still on the run. authorities found guns, drugs, ammo, and scales during the initial raid. outraged texas homeowners confronting a squatter c