Rachel: it s the 8 a. M. Hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this. Donald trump rallying in pennsylvania taking on kamala harris fracking flipflops. Would not ban fracking as vice president i did not ban fracking as president i will not ban fracking. There s no request i m in favor of banning fracking. It is a fight for free speech. A brazilian judge bans x formally known as twitter in the country as founder of telegram is facing questions in france over alleged criminal activity on his platform. Joey: plus boeing for our veterans we re talking the charity group knocking down pens to help america s heros, the third hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. rachel: good morning everybody. What a beautiful shot of summer still hanging on. Pete [laughter] pete: done. Pennsylvania could have been wisconsin. Late for that matter. Rachel: a beautiful shot. Pete: regardless, labor day weekend always just feels like get outside while you can. There s plenty of months and
we hold our hearings next month we wish to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we are forced to take this step to make sure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law and do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done, and the committee lays out in clear detail just why they need the testimony of these five congressmen pointing to their roles in multiple aspects of the trump coup plot. the committee writes this about jim jordan, representative jim jordan was in communication with trump on january 6th and participated in meetings and discussions throughout late 2020 and early 2021 about strategies for overturning the 2020 election. regarding scott perry, the committee says, he was, quote, directly involved with efforts to corrupt the department
mccarthy, scott perry of pennsylvania, jim jordan of ohio, and andy biggs of arizona and mo brooks of alabama. all of whom did not comply with earlier requests from the committee to share what they know voluntarily. in the announcement today they note why testimony from these five is so important. quote, these members include those who participated in meetings at the white house, those who had direct conversations with president trump leading up to and during the attack on the capitol and those who were involved in the planning and coordination of certain activities on and before january 6. whether these five republican congress men ultimately comply is at this point uncertain. as questions now swirl about the long-term implications of today s decision. politico writing this, quote, members were mindful that demanding testimony from lawmakers would potentially set a precedent while house and senate enlices committees have subpoenaed members ab staff before. there is lel police dent for