the pfizer vaccine can come as soon as next week. the news comes as hospitalizations reach their highest levels yet . good morning. we are thrilled that you are with us, this saturday, august 21st. thanks for waking up with us. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. good to see you and good to have you all with us this morning. 5 million people in long island and connecticut in the eye of the storm of tropical storm henri. the storm expected to strengthen into a hurricane later today. it s likely to make landfall on new york s long island tomorrow. if henri stays on the course, it will be the first hurricane to directly hit that area in 36 years. connecticut and massachusetts, for example, have both activated their national guards in anticipation of the life threatening storm surges and widespread power outages that are expected ahead of henri s land fall. sc massachusetts governor charlie baker said this about what people should expect. we re activating 1,000
migrants. we have the jaw-dropping stats. do you want to know how many big macs you need for the world record? they are flame broiled. we have a new burger king. fox and friends first on friday continues. went up to the monitor which is 2 inches wide at this point. the song came up in 1997. there is a bad word, a negative feel, they are playing it right now. jillian: he sends daily notes every day but he doesn t start watching until a little later. is getting ready for the weekend. and then can t wait to see the note. you are watching fox and friends first . todd: violent crime surges in the big city congresswoman corey bush stands by her calls to defund the police. and defendant spending thousands on private security for herself. ashley strohmeyer joins us with more. jillian: the misery represented was ripped by critics after the defending the defund the police movement but in the same breath that it is warranted to have private security. take a listen.
speak. democrats packed 3.5 trillion of help into what would be the single biggest and most expensive bill ever passed through congress if, and that s a big if, they can get it passed. want to bring in experts on this. mike memoli at the white house, lee and caldwell on capitol hill, and white house correspondent eugene daniels, coauthor of the politico play book. lee ann, start with you. this is the kind of spending bill that could break records. it has the child tax credit, free pre-k, expanded medicare benefits. the barbie dream house of improvements to the human condition, we all want to live in that barbie dream house, but how are we going to pay for it. that is one of the $3.5 trillion questions, how this is going to be paid for. democrats insist it will be fully paid for. they say that because there s a lot of moderates with anxiety about the price tag, including senator joe manchin who told me yesterday that is something that he wants, is to be fully paid for. howev
far from the surge of illegal immigrants. congressman ralph norman grilling secretary mayorkas yesterday leading to this tense back and forth. why then would the leader of this country and the vice president not want to go physically to look at the border, talk to the border patrol agents? i consider that question to be quite unfair and disrespectful. i would like for you to answer simply. the vice president served as the attorney general of a border state of california and she is quite familiar with the situation on the border. she has not been to the border. i have a limited amount of time. she is laughing at it. harris: rich edson is live at the white house. good morning. the biden administration is defending its approach to the u.s. southern border. you saw the secretary of homeland security testifying before the house homeland security committee in which he says it is his job to address the southern border. it s why i m the secretary of homeland security an
now. i m on top of the world a todd: not only are produces great produces but extremely generous because i like to mention the music, you can only place in songs once a day. they left johnny cash s ring of fire for another show to use for this clip story so they are good humans. obviously someone will want to play that at some point. they went a little more hip, same thought, different song. jillian: we will take you to the top of the world to show you that when it happens live. a great day this morning. i sent a text to you during the show. we couldn t get elon musk on the horn. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday. jillian: let s begin with the story, president biden s first overseas trip declaring the united states is back. all this as he uses a warning for russia ahead of this high-stakes meeting with vladimir putin. benjamin hall joins us from cornwall with the latest. reporter: for the last 5 months since taking office presid