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♪ rachel: all right. it's the final round of our "fox & friends" go-kart races. i was disqualified for slamming into the fence. now it's time for pete and rick to go head to head on this, for the "fox & friends" trophy -- pete: you gave it away, rachel. rachel: i'm going to do the natalie woods thing here. on your mark, get set, go! will: pete's got the inside track, but rick's got the right turn angle. oh! he cut him off! they're not going very fast. there it is, rick are. tight inside curves. that's one lap down. pete: oh, man, i'm struggling. will lap two, rick taking a commanding lead. he seems to have the line on the track. pete, come on, man. pete: what's going on? will: rick's got his line, you've got to knock him off his line. that's lap four. uh-oh, rick -- pete: i can't catch him! rick: you're going out, will.
heartland of where our nuclear capabilities are and joe biden waited until it got here to soot it down. it raises the question of how much were they able to push back to beijing that's actionable for them in the future because the balloon at 60,000 feet is more granular and detailed than a satellite orbiting that goes over one particular location at a time. rachel: can i ask you something that's tangential to this. you're a former military guy. think about the mindset you had when you wanted to join the military and when you see this kind of weakness, maybe there's a great reason why the biden administration didn't act sooner but when you see this kind of weakness, you know, lack of action, how does that affect recruitment? we're in a really bad place recruitment-wise. pete: i would call it risk aversion. there's a disease of risk aversion inside our pentagon. the pentagon's job is not to be safe. pentagon's job is to stand up to our adversaries, he hopefully prevent conflict.
i narrowly beat will. he almost took half the crew on a wide turn. rachel: and some tourists. pete: watch the guy with the checkered flag. watch will. will seems to be ai be aiming f. ththat was some athleticism. we have rachel who came running up to the studio, who is the winner. how does it feel to beat rick reichmuth. rachel: rick thinks he won. he says i'm not equity, so i'm willing to leave -- >> are you for fairness? we saw you cut you few cones. rachel: then i think rick will win. >> you'll give up the crown after the event? rachel: i am. it's up to me to end this equity thing. whoever won won and that's it. pete: will, what do you think? you're a sports guy. will: i've never seen someone give up the crown.
so the point is, is that we've got to keep a main focus not only on u.s. national security interest but how to make sure that our allies and our friends will know that the united states will stand by them as well as our adversaries will know, will, and you i think -- pete, you picked up on this, they only understand strength. the only way we're going to maintain peace is through strent strength. rachel: it's a -- rachel: it's a good point. we've been talking about the military bases there, obviously that's going to be of interest to them. the balloon went over our heartland. we know chinas is gobbling up farmland, trying to corner in some ways our food supply as well. does the that concern you as well, lieutenant general? >> i'm very concerned. i'm very concerned, rachel. youyou probably saw in the presa couple months ago or so, chinese were buying property outside of grand forks air force base, a major installation for training and operating. i think we need to be on very close watch starting now and there is, again, i don't trust
rachel: i'm the anti-leah thomas. i'll be fair in this competition. pete: you're going to be a loser then. rachel: all right before she has given up, ceded her seat to go to rick. does rick have reaction. rachel: you guys said that i -- will: you put him in the wall, that was nice. pete: right there, you took out four cones. rachel: i did. >> rick took a cone out too. rachel: i saw will almost take out a tourist. pete: rick took out cones too. maybe you haven't reviewed all of the tape. you still want to give up you your crown? rachel: , again, i'm all for fairness. pete: all right. when america thinks rachel, they think fairness. [laughter] rachel: that's true. why are you laughing? >> i'm not. rachel: what are you saying? >> i didn't laugh at all. rachel: you didn't just laugh, you guffawed. what the heck?
there was a go pro and they said the speed of it knocked the go pro over so you have to do it again. i had to do it a second time right after. >> okay. >> and that was it. that was all just this summer, man. do i have the best job or what? >> you have a good job. you're standing out in the cold right now. we're in a warm studio. you've got the best job. [laughter] >> rick, we appreciate you. we love having you part of the team. >> i love being here. >> national weather person day, best embodied i rick. start your you engines, a he preview of the busch light clash airing live on fox is next. we're gearing up for a race of our own. who will take home the "fox & friends" trophy. pete's in the finals. i don't know who he is racing against. that's coming up next. ♪