[national anthem] [national anthem] pete welcome to fox friends on this saturday morning, our nations anthem and your photos. They continue to pour in, and we thank you for them. Keep serving them, friends foxnews. Com, and welcome to the show. Its august 5th, year of our lord 2023, and its Rachel Campos duffy and will cain. Rachel were all back the bands back together. Pete it was never apart, but its together. Great to see you guys. Rachel great to see both of you. Loved the photos today, especially the photo of the virgin mary right behind the american flag. Thanks for sending that. Will we want to say happy birthday this morning to Louis Anthony izino, hes a world war ii hero who turned 100. Pete that is awesome. Rachel he looks great, by the way. Look at that, playing the piano. Pete were until toll he plays 30 minutes a day at his Retirement Home in ocala, florida. On a daily basis. Other folks there look forward to him plague. World war ii vet, still kicking. Love it. Rachel yes, that is awesome. Happy birthday. Pete we appreciate it. Rachel all right. Former President Trump hitting campaign trail yesterday in alabama, Slamming Protectors of President Biden for what he says is direct interference, election interference. Will trump saying the indictment this week in d. C. Was ridiculous and an Ab Act Of Desperation by the president and allies. Pete Alexandria Hoff joining us from washington with the latest. Reporter good morning. Logistically, the former president s Court Appearance appeared like a blip on his campaign calendar. Hours after pleading not guilty, trump traveled to alabama delivering remarks at a dinner hosted by the state party. Heres what he had to say. This ridiculous indictment against us, its not a legal case, its an act of desperation by a failedded, a disgraced, Crooked Joe Biden and his radical left thugs to preserve their grip on power. They want to do anything they can to preserve it. Biden and his protectors know he cannot win this race any other way, so now theyre trying something that hasnt been tried in this country, election interference. Reporter the four criminal charges the former president faces here in washington stem from his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. He feels additional legal jeopardy will only bolster his support in the 24 campaign and that the charges represent an unfair legal treatment of him versus President Bidens family. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the Corrupt Biden Doj could have been filed two and a half years ago. They waited right to the middle of an election. Every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. [applause] one more indictment, and this election is closed out, nobody has even a chance. Reporter well, Last Night Special Counsel jack smith requested a protective order in the latest case writing this all the proposed order seeks to prevent is the improper dissemination or use of Discovery Material it is including to the public. Such a restriction is particularly important in this case because defendant the has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and and others associated with legal matters pending against him. Now, the post thats being cited there in that legal form is a truth social post where the former president wrote this if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith argued that witnesses and the case itself could be compromised if trump were the post discovery documents op line. Will, rachel, pete . Rachel its getting silly. So he posts you come after me, im coming after you pete well, theyd love to give him a gag order to, if they could. This is a protective order saying materials pertinent to the case can cant be released. If they could, theyd shut him up entirely, which is the point. Were callous to the fact that this last week was like nothing weve ever seen in this country. Rachel im not call out to it concern. Pete i didnt mean that, we all are. Oh, another indictment. What we are seeing is absolutely unprecedented targeting of a political opponent. Rachel its interesting, this week also we see alexei navalny, putins biggest critic and opponent, getting put in jail. Britain, the e. U. All issuing statements about how bad it is that putin is trying to jail his opponent. Wonder if those same organizations will come to the defense of donald trump. Probably not. Will its almost like the slightly indirect shots of an indictment of a president are so loud and explosive that the direct shots go unnoticed. President trump saying if you come after me, i come after you and its a direct shot and in surprise. Its sort of been his ethos. If you after me, i go after you. Pete im a counterpuncher. Will but there is another fascinating set of sound, and i hope well grab it later in the morning. Doris Kerns Goodwin on msnbc said something to the effect of we have to do anything we can to stop him from winning the election. Thats a direct shot. You are saying you need to subvert the democratic process. Youre acknowledging Donald Trumps not just potential, but perhaps probability of winning an election and saying well do anything we can to to stop him from being president of the United States. And its not just doris Kerns Goodwin, theres sound of President Biden saying the same pete saying the very same thing. Will when asked what will you do about your rival, we will do anything we can to protect this democracy. Rachel her comments were mt. Context of the lefts, the democratic partys, were still stunned. Weve indicted him three times and his poll numbers go up . Theyre freak out. Then basically she said if this whole indictment doesnt work and Everything Else weve try on him, we have to figure out some way because its just not tenable for us to have that guy be elected. Pete yeah. And its staggering what hes endured. Hes facing hundreds of years of potential jail time. So we went from investigations to impeachment, to to indictments, to the potential of imprisonment. This is what were talking about, the imprisonment of a political opponent before an election. And heres a protective order, theyd love to do more than that if they could, they want to silence him. They certainly dont want him to the to look under the hood any more than he already has. And theyre starting to point out his only defense is to point at hunter. Its not about me, what about hunter. But with as Victor Davis Hansen pointed out last night on the bottom with line, hes pointing to a twotiered Justice System that do does exist in america right now. None of these elites are ever subject to the consequences of their the own directive ideology. We have gavin newsom here in california that dines without a mask and then hes telling people that youve got to shut down your small flower shop because you didnt wear a mask or weve got John Kerry Reckturing on why were going lecturing on why were going to have to give up agriculture as He Gulfstreams here and there to help us us. Its not just the unequal application of the laws, its a haughtiness, an a arrogance that we, because of the alphabetic letters or the titles behind our name or what zip code we live many or who we associate, were entitled to exemptions. This is going to be a reckoning, there always is. Its just a a matter of the longer we prolong it, the more, i think, the more severe and the more sustainedded its going to be. People are reaching a boiling point. Rachel yeah. Pete its true. Rachel i agree, people are reaching a boiling point. And the best exhibit of what hes showing, of course, is hunter biden. Whoever would have thought that donald trump would be indict canned and facing all of this indicted and facing all of this and then joe biden and hunter biden who have taken millions of dollars from ukraine and russia, nothings happening to them. And by the way, lets also not forget that what joe and hunter biden are trading on, lets rook at, for example, the firing of the prosecutor, you know, with this whole in ukraine and burisma and all this, theyre trading on our money. So when he says, you know, youre not going to get a trillion dollars, thats a trillion dollars of our money pete billion. Rachel im sorry, a billion dollars. Might as well [laughter] pete were in the bs, what does it really rachel yes. Its a billion dollars. Thats a lot of money, and theyre trading on our money and enriching themselves. Pete exactly right. And this week with as will and i are going to show on off the wall later in the show, confirmed the system, how it is it has worked. The moment theres information about hunter biden, here comes an indictment. The moment the plea deal falls apart, here comes an indictment. Were going to go off the wall talking about the timing of this its week and how theyve come after donald trump. Rachel meanwhile, a social Media Influencer is causing or caused a riot in New York City yesterday after promising to give away Gaming Systems and gaming accessories. Pete great. He was taken into Police Custody for causing that chaos as his young fans turned to destruction, even attacking Police Officers. Will ashley strohmiers here with the story. Reporter hi, guys, the Twitch Streamer was released from the The Manhattan Precinct late are last night after being charged for inciting a riot in union square. The 21yearold has a huge following of more than 20 Million People online and thousands of those followers crowded the downtown square after he announced a giveaway claiming he would hand out computers, Playstation 5s and microphones from a truck. It is the unclear if he was able to give any of those things away. The crowd quickly turned to a riot with people throwing things at nypd can officers, destroying stores and jumping on parked cars. Police calling it a a level four response after the crowd began to swell yesterday afternoon. Police also made dozens of arrests as the situation got worse. About 65 people were taken into custody, that does include 30 minors. At least 3 Police Officers were reportedly hurt, but theyre expected to be okay. The nypd chief of department spoke on violence against police after incident. Watch. Our officers were attacked. We were crushed, we were pushed. I had officers on the floor. As you see, im a little embarrassed because im very dirty right here, but i was mt. Middle of the crowd. I was hit with multiple objects as well. Reporter also charged with Unlawful Assembly since he had no permit. He was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket to appear in Criminal Court at a future date. Back to you guys. If. Will whats fascinating about this story beyond the violence and rioting which is just, again, a travesty for the city of new york and is once again an example of one of the most Dangerous Things you can run into in life is a group of rowdy teenagers, is the pied piper effect of these online celebrities. Pete is that him . Ill. Will the turnout to union square and thousands show up. Rachel he has millions of followers. Pete 20 million. Will never heard of him. Pete i havent either, thats the thing rachel theres a whole subculture that were just not part of, you guys. Pete were old. [laughter] its true, and he puts out a post about a giveaway free playstations rachel and this is the reaction. Pete turns into that. Will i mean, honestly, is it a a subculture in i bet my shops know who he is. My sons know who he is. Rachel im positive my kids do. Pete New York City. You want to hope youre not on that block. Rachel it was right here at Union Station can. Pete union square, you mean . Rachel yeah. Pete were going to go from new york to alabama because theres a Public Library in alabama that, so kirk cameron and riley gaines, but kirk cameron really and rare books rachel brave books. Pete excuse me, have been doing see you at the Library Events where they are reading faithbased books or books about god, values or family. Rachel and it was a reaction to the drag Queen Story Hours. Pete absolutely. If you can read drag Queen Story Hours, then we can read actual books with traditional values in them at library libraries. Free country, right . And a local Public Library said, no, we cant do it, too many people, cant host an event here. And i think did that after kirk cameron said he would be appearing at that event. Will what was the excuse . Pete not prepare to host rachel those rowdy christians. [laughter] pete we can only have 250 people, and it looks like more than that are coming, and we have to shut down the whole vent. Navy had massive responses at these events, but its going to happen. The news on this is that they tried to turn it away, but theyre now saying the event will happen. Heres a statement from the huntsville Madison CountyPublic Library in alabama to fox news digital. They with wrote the huntsville Madison CountyPublic Library has agreed to accommodate the planned meeting on saturday, august a 5th, at the Madison Library with a limit of 25225 the 225 attendees. There will be over 300 libraries in 46 statements today states today that will be doing see you at the library event. And talking to kirk about this, he said the response has been like nothing hes ever seen. Parents just want good stuff, and why cant we have that in the Public Square. Rachel yeah. Its an incredible thing that brave books is doing and the first time that kirk cameron tried to go to a library, the footage we just showed of this Huntsville Library is gorgeous. What the heck else is that beautiful facility for than to host a bunch of kids with a good, wholesome message of a book . I guarantee you they wouldnt have turned them away if these were drag queens, at least wouldnt have given the pete thats a nice library. Rachel its gorgeous. Pete why dont we fill it with people . [laughter] rachel nice parents who wanted to do something good for their parents. Riley gaines is also part of this. A lot of people we know, nicole staff fife has a brave book,ing nicole saphier, so does sara carter, riley gaines has one, and heres what she had to say about it. She said weve seen this before, the library has come up with an excuse to prevent us from sharing wholesome messages to children and their families because they dont want to be associated with it. The people have shown that they want to attend the event and support the mission of brave books. Its situations like in that embolden activists and antifa. Im happy to say the event now is a go again, and we will continue forward with full force. Its times like this where we must stand our ground as conservatives, but more importantly, as christians. So brave books partnering with moms for liberty, two great organizations, and just trying to push back a little bit on the culture. Pete yeah. Stick around later in the program because kirk cameron and riley gaines will be joining us live at 8 30 a. M. Central time, theyll be live outside the library in tennessee where theyll be doing the first of multiple events that theyll be attending as they crisscross the cup. Will look forward to that interview. Rachel yeah, thatll be great. Turning to your headlines starting with a fox news alert. Two florida Police Officers are in Critical Condition after a being shot during a traffic stop in oral. In orlando. Officers were investigating a vehicle wanted for a homicide in meme. During the stop the suspect in meme. During the stop, the suspect shot our officers. This is a sad day for our department. For the suspects out there, we will find you, and you will be brought to justice. Rachel police have not released the identities of the injured officers or possible suspects, but the shooters remain on the loose. With senator tim scott now pledging to finish the Border E Wall if he wins the 2024 president ial election. While visiting an arizona border city yesterday, he said he would continue the trump era construction. As president of the United States, i will finish this wall, and i will use the Available Technology to surveil our border to stop fentanyl from killing another 70,000 americans in the next 12 months. Rae rae the move follows republicans calling for the reversal of biden era policies on border security. So far this year Border Patrol has reported more than 1. 7 million migrant encounters. Im sure that numbers probably higher. Donny osmond fans lining up around the block yesterday for one of our biggest crowds ever for fox friends summer concert series, and he put on an amazing show. Check this out. You and me together, you and me, Y