[national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 a.m. here in new york city on a beautiful memorial day weekend, and i m so happy to be joined by my friends will cain and joey jones. good morning. will: good morning. that was the navy s national anthem the national anthem performed by the navy s northeast ceremonial band, they were with us yesterday rachel: they were so good, we had to keep them. joey: it was the navy s national anthem, it s everybody s national anthem the. [laughter] rachel: air force and america. yeah. so it s great to be back, and it has been beautiful. i spent time laying out with my family by the pool. will: you did? [laughter] rachel: yesterday. just getting an early start to the memorial day celebration. joey: i guess most americans are probably their second, third day into their memorial day weekend, working for me means i get to share stories and talk about the people that matter so much to me, so honestly i don t think there
and a moderator. he praised each other and bashed the mainstream media. no shortage of hit pieces on you in the press over the last week or two. i thinks this is a function of these, the legacy media, these corporate journal they re in their little bubble. i saw a headline from the atlantic basically claiming that anyone who listens to this space on twitter basically a nazi. howard: but by then they d lost half their audience, so why did ron desantis roll the dice on twitter not blowing up like a spacex rocket? he s hardly a big fan of the mainstream media and not a great can orator, so he made the digital bet. the coverage of musk, who s been hated by left-wingers and admired by right-wingers. i mean, look at in this disgusting vanity fair headline, ron desantis the will formally announce with elon miss you can because apparently david duke wasn t available. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, finally a debt ceiling deal, but is the press t
friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson, and viv ecoramaswami. he will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a so-called unity ticket, the idea from the bipartisan group no labels, include democratic senator joe manchin, independent senator kyrsten sinema, and republican larry rolling hogan, the former maryland governor. trump s biggest obstacle still seems to be his own legal entanglements. among them his recent self-incriminating remarks on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by fulton county, georgia, d.a. fondy willis who signaled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray finally steps ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary fineout. he writes for florida playbook for politico. previously worked in the associated press. nice to s
fingerprinted and photographed. the former president s son defended him on fox & friends this morning and pointed to what he calls the dangers of allowing the manhattan d.a. s politically-motivated witch hunt to set a new standard for justice. watch this. the will happen to every single republican. i mean, change the name to donald trump to whoever s sitting in that the number one seat, and you better believe they re going to get attacked, and they re going to be slandered and smeared, and the other side s going to pay for fake dossiers and try do im to to the impeach them. they weaponize the legal system. meanwhile, the united states secret service and the nypd have been goshing how best to deliver a former president to the manhattan courthouse and the president s detractors may be disappointed that sources say he won t be handcuffed. here s trump s former acting attorney general on what to expect. obviously, there s major security risks anytime a former president
[national anthem] [national anthem] pete: good morning. welch to fox & friends. it is april 30th, year of our lord 2023. may is tomorrow. rachel: my goodness, i didn t even think about that pete: i didn t either til i just checked my phone and realized what day it was. rachel: wow. pete: good morning, will. will: will good morning. awesome pictures. barns rachel: sheds. will: dogs, babies, jet skis, pretty much covered the base withs. rachel: yeah. when i see kids in cam camouflage and flags, i just think of hegseth kids. [laughter] pete: the kids are building forest in the woods all over the place forts, but they re using all the bright-colored blankets from inside the house. you look outside, there s a purple and gold blanket over here, pink. rachel: you can tell the pink ones are probably the girls. pete: correct. okay fine for now, but we ll replace it for will: i grew up not in a manor, but i grew up in the country as well. you know what s inter