that does it for us on this friday morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. happy friday. so glad you are with us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and it may be friday, but there s still a lot of news this morning, including big economic shifts. we just got the april jobs report, and instead of the decline economists expected, unemployment numbers ticked down. the unemployment rate is 3.4%. jobs were added, many more than expected. that is some good news, but with interest rate hikes, banking turmoil, layoffs, and store closures, how do you assess the state of the u.s. economy? former new orleans mayor mitch landrieu who s also a senior adviser to president biden will join us. plus, a judge could hand down a record sentence for a january 6th rioter today. how long that defendant could spend behind bars. and we re following reaction to the historic verdicts against members of the proud boys. what does it all reveal about the
Morning to you, todd. Were coming were putting our Pumpkin Carving Skills to a test with a competition out there. Thats the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. Thats how its done. Our reigning champ, Lawrence Jones, will try to he defend his title. He won last year. We brought him in because of that. Todd what is that dance . I dont remember winning it. Rachel yeah, you did. He wins so much, he forgets. Todd what was your approach . I havent done this before. What mental approach would you take in . I dont remember winning it. They told me i need to defend my belt. I didnt know about it. I remember doing the dance. They put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel when you dance that well, you know. Anyway, im glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. Will rachels been talking about it all morning long. This is her jam. She wants to help the American People scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. Will youre dressed like a duke boy. You look like bo and luke duke righ
collier or county, florida, where 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. rachel: search and rescue efforts still underway across the state as 30 people have been confirmed dead with 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people many florida still without power. here with us today is representative greg steube, he s from the house foreign affairs committee, and, of course, he is from florida. what do you know about this leveesome because we ve been getting conflicting reports, congressman. so i talked to the sheriff and, unfortunately, he couldn t join you because he could give you an update. if they were trying, northport from police and the sarasota sheriff s department has been trying to get people out on boats and and airboats, and they were actually using that intersate area to go back and forth and bring individuals from their homes to the interstate because that was the only way to get them in and out either by airboat o
morning to you, todd. we re coming we re putting our pumpkin carving skills to a test with a competition out there. that s the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. that s how it s done. our reigning champ, lawrence jones, will try to he defend his title. he won last year. we brought him in because of that. todd: what is that dance? i don t remember winning it. rachel: yeah, you did. he wins so much, he forgets. todd: what was your approach? i haven t done this before. what mental approach would you take in? i don t remember winning it. they told me i need to defend my belt. i didn t know about it. i remember doing the dance. they put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel: when you dance that well, you know. anyway, i m glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. will: rachel s been talking about it all morning long. this is her jam. she wants to help the american people scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. will: you re dressed like a duke boy. you
rachel: it is the 9a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this, fund raising fight. former president trump s palm beach gala expected to rake in millions. how it could stack up to biden s big venn is. pete: plus, the mayor of a chicago suburb nicknamed the dalton dictator after she misused taxpayer funds for hair and makeup and and who they re considering hiring to investigator her in,-chicago mayor ex-chicago mayor lori lightfoot. am i happy with the state of america right now? that answer is, no. am i going if to do it again this year? that answer is, no. will: the final hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. look what god gave her. if muck she walks in the room, it s like the answer to my prayers. the way that she moves, how could anybody blame her rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 9 a.m. here in new york city. and it s so good to be here this morning. pete, you said it s spring. it s definitely spring. it doesn t feel like it in