Program decade and a half ago friends, fox friends, this was either the first song we played on the show or it was the second song. But we did it because if your name is fox friends why cant we be friends . Griff, why cant we be friends . Griff we can be. Thats why i came to fill in for kilmeade. The band for the famous low rider. Ainsley dazed and confused. Matthew mcconaughey, all right all right all right. Griff in the 80s I Ha Convertible Mustang and we rode with low rider. Steve cisco kid was a friend of mine also a war joke. I worked in a disco in the 1970s in college and i played these songs. Ainsley you knew all the songs . Steve so busy. A lot of political news but start on the west coast. Ainsley we are watching that Hurricane Hillary strengthening now to a cat 4 storm that happened overnight as its barreling toward california with winds nearing 1400 Miles Per Hour. Steve the Baha California Peninsula bracing for Tropical Storm conditions and severe flooding that could begin as early as tonight. Griff lets check in now with adam klotz with the fox weather forecast. Adam, whats it going to do. This storm has randily intensified overnight. Eye wall off the coast of mexico. The waters are warm and that has allowed this to start to intensify very rapidly. Those outer bands of clouds running up to the baha, Getting Up Toward Cabo Saint lieu as cass. Saint lucas not really seeing bad weather yet. Its going to continue to track to the north. As it tracks to the north anyone off the covid19 coast of Southern California knows the water is cold. People go surfing in wet coats because its so cold. Its going to weaken. Down to 745 Miles Per Hour sunday evening. By Monday Morning 60 Miles Per Hour. Enough to do damage. It is picking up a whole lot of rain and moisture with it. That is going to be what causes the problems. You see this ultimately running all the way up into the Pacific Northwest by tuesday morning, winds down to 30 Miles Per Hour but dragging all of that moisture with it. So flooding is going to be the major concern. Really wide area here where you are seeing those oranges 3 to 5 inches of rain. We are easily going to see in some spots 8 to 5 inches of rain. So flooding is the biggest concern. I will leave you with these last graphics, guys. Thats saturday but by sunday we are looking at extreme flood threat across portions of Southern California. This is going to be a story to pay attention. To say even if it doesnt make landfall as a hurricane the moisture is going to come with it. Steve adam, during the life times of most of the People Living in california right now, they have never seen a Tropical Storm. I was just reading its been 84 years. Since 1900 two Tropical Storms made landfall. The last one was 1939. This does not ham. It doesnt even rain in Southern California in august. This is pretty rare. Ainsley we were doing a double take when we saw its heading toward Southern California. Thats rare. We normally see this type of weather on the east coast in florida. Griff watching the waves as well. Ainsley i bet you are. A surfer. Could you really surf in this dangerous . Griff far too dangerous and as adam pointed to, this is really going to have a lot of water which causes mud slides. Very dangerous conditions. Steve unlike when its on the east coast, the Storms The Cyclone Nic Activity is counterclockwise. Had it been clockwise, it would have been gigantic super duper rainmaker because it is coming in over the baha and central california. So its going to peter out before it gets before it gets to the terrible stage thank goodness. Ainsley we will be gearing up for the big debate. The fox debate is next week bret and martha. They wont be overseeing it. What is the word i am looking for . Steve hostess. Ainsley moderators. Steve emcees. Ainsley millions of people watching. Biden campaign and the dnc looking for opportunity. They say this is a leverage the g. O. P. Messaging operation. This is what they say. Its an opportunity to drive their message by blitzing the airwaves, running a new aggressive media paid Campaign Driving action. Including organizing and fundraising from the bidenharris supporters. Its an aggressive war room that will hold the republican candidates accountable for their extreme maga views. Auto. Griff its worth pointing out they havent been in charge of the economy for the last two years for which we are seeing in our Polling Numbers americans arent too happy about. Steve no, they are not. Heres the thing. What theyre gonna do, the dnc and the Campaign Next week is what biden has for the most part been doing his entire campaign. That is were just going to sit on the side and watch the republicans and watch the chaos between donald trump and all the republicans as they duke it out. This is nothing new. But, you know, ainsley, as you were detailing what the dnc is planning. Theyre going to have Tens Of Thousands of people, it sounds like on social media, every time somebody says something that they take exception to, they want to draw the parallels, look. If we go back to the oldies, when a republican was in the white house, were going to get rid of all of this progress we have made. So it will be interesting to see how effective they are. Because i know most people wont be watching it on tv. At the same time, a lot of people watch on tv and they look at the twitter or the x now or the threads or whatever people look at these days. And thats how they get the news. Ainsley i feel like in my family at least we always watch the debates together because its so fun to react off each other. I like to hear what other people in the room are i sag so we can react the next day on this show. Watch all the poll numbers Election Night fun to watch as a group. The Biden Campaign is actually even admitting this to fox digital. They said we know americans are mobilized against the maga agenda. This serves as a perfect opportunity to energize and activate the bidenharris coalition well ahead of the general election. Griff we want to get to the polls. You mentioned that people tuning in and watching the debates. They are looking not for The Great One liners that are the headlines, but also how is this candidate going to make it easier to go to the gas station, easier to go to the Grocery Store, easier to pay for your childrens education. Ainsley help your family. Griff we see in foxs latest poll has the Biden Economy made the economy better or worse . You can see now 25 say better. 52 say worse. 22 no difference. Now you look back to 2021 when it was a much different picture, a little more balanced 42 better, 47 worse. Things have clearly changed in that. Ainsley september was two years ago. First year, 2021 first year in office. Now we are two years after that. Rolling into the two septembers from that 50 say its worse. Steve and you look at the numbers, when you look at and we were talking about it yesterday. You look at inflation. A year ago north of 9 , which was crippling the economy. Now it is just a little north of 3 . They have got a target of 2 . Still,. Ainsley why arent we seeing changes . Steve theres a good possibility they have to tighten Interest Rates again. And this is what is slowing down the money supply. Thats why its so expensive. Home mortgages are the highest they have been since close to 2,000, i believe, with things north of 8 . And thats why some of you, when you were asked this question, describe your personal financial situation essentially. A super majority said its poor or only fair. And that is not good for joe biden. Ainsley thats really sad, isnt it . Think about all these individuals saying that 65 of our country, they are in really fair or poor conditions. Steve do you know what it is . The stuff you need. Gas for your car and gas for your body, food. You know, we have got another graphic that shows you that since joe biden took office, Consumer Prices have gone up 50 . 15 . U. S. Gas prices up close to 62 . Home prices up 11 . And Credit Card Debt is close to 34 . And whats telling about that is because first of all, when you are strapped for cash, youre going to spend, you have to, spend your savings. If you really have to, you are going to be asked to take out part of your 401 k . If you are out of that, then you are going to run up your Credit Card Bill and thats what people are doing. Griff griff thats life. Thats the reality of main street americas lives, right . But the folks at the white house are putting the messaging out, they are spinning, if you will, saying bidenomics is a great thing. Its working fine. Listen. Bidenomics is working. When i took office, the pandemic was raging and our economy was reeling. Supply chains are broken. Millions of people unemployed. Hundreds of thousands of Small Businesses on the verge of closing after so many had already closed. Bidenomics is just another way of saying restoring the american dream. Bidenomics is working. Last month we created 187,000 new jobs. That means today yeah, go ahead and clap. [cackle] bidenomics is, again, working when we say that you look at the data, right . Cost is going down. Folks, thats bidenomics, its about growing an economy, by strengthening the middle class. And that, my friends, is called bidenomics. Steve they ever using it like a brand name. Bidenomics is working because joe bidens name in it. Isnt it great in the answer is if you look at the polls, the answer is no, it is not great. So, next year, next summer, into the fall, whoever the republican nominee is, they are going to be running an ad that says hey, joe bidens economy, bidenomics. Are you better off today than you were four years ago. Remember, back during the trump years, unemployment, until the pandemic was very low. Inflation very low. Unemployment was historically low and so if joe biden wants that fight about bidenomics is working, a super majority of you, according to this poll says not working for me. Griff its a tough case to make though to pick up on that. You heard in that montage Karine Jeanpierre the data is working. Here is the data. The cpi said as you pointed out in that graphic prices are up 16 . It costs 16 more to buy stuff since biden took office. But wages are down 3 . Now, it doesnt take a Rocket Scientist to figure that math out that you cant make ends meet when thats the relates. Ainsley donald trump said these claims that the Biden Administration is making disgraceful. He said look at Mortgage Rates. He said when i was in office, 2. 65. Now were almost at 8 . You are right about Consumer Prices. Gas prices. Look at that they are up 61. 8 . He said what were they when he took office they were like 1. 90 or 2 on average when he took office. Steve way south of where it is. I will give you the one number that Stuart Varn Varney talk abt all the time the Grocery Store where the rotisserie chicken used to be 5 bucks. Well, it was 16 at the height of bidenomics, now its down to 12 bucks. Just saying. Ainsley still a lot higher. More than double. Steve its more than double. We know what you are feeling. Anyway, we thought we would show you what you are saying. Ainsley electric bills through the roof. Song is resonating in america. This song received 18 million views. Just some guy, a working class guy. Blue Collar Worker his name is Oliver Anthony he lives in Farmville Outside Of Richmond in virginia. Is he a factory worker. This song went viral and number one on apple music global chart. Up with travis scott and morgan wallen. Is he a celebrity now. Just an average guy singing about what is bothering americans. Its high prices. People arent getting enough money. We are taxed through the roof. The Richmond North of richmond talking about washington, d. C. They are making all the decisions and they are in roll. Here is a snippet of that song if you havent heard it but im sure you have. Listen to this. The rich man north of richmond lord knows all just want to have total control know what you want to think wanna know what you do they dont think you do they know that you do if your dollar [bleep] and its taxes because the red spin, the red spin. Steve that is the number one song okay on itunes is he actually going to make a little money off of that so simple. He just describes himself very simply essentially what he said was i have been selling where was it, he describes himself on facebook as just some idiot and his guitar. He was given the fact that this song has struck a chord with so many people because its about real heart aches and this guy has been through a terrible life owe was offered 8 Million Bucks apparently by a Record Company by a contract. He said you know what . In. Im not going to take it. Is he going to perform august 23rd in his hometown of farm veil, virginia. It sold out in just about two minutes. A place only holds 300 people. But this, so simple. Its just a good microphone in his backyard. Brian. Griff such a humble guy. Here is what he said on facebook. People in the Music Industry give me blank stairs when i brush off 8 million offers. I dont want 6 tour buses, 15 Tractor Trailers and a jet. I dont want to play stadium shows. I dont want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music i wrote because of i was suffering with Mental Health and depression. Connect with people on a deep level being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment. They were being sung, no editing, no agent, no b. S. , just some idiot and his guitar. The solid music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place. You know, this guy just pours his heart out. Anybody thats ever worked seven days a week, 12hour days to try and make ends meet and then cant and felt the helplessness of you cant provide for your children or your wife and you feel that you failed, thats the chord that he struck. I call this song the ballad of bidenomics. Because some people in the nation are feeling what he is singing about. Ainsley conservatives are calling it the working class anthem. The lyrics are not only powerful but very clever when he talks about the rich men north of richmond. And he talks about i wish politicians looked out for minors. Meaning the coal miners and not just minors Jeffrey Epstein involving minors. Im a Iraq Vet Marine this one got my eyes a little soggy, too. Im very proud of this young man for having the cohan nasa to tell it like it is. Semper fidelis, oliver. This is the first time a nongoes pep song brought tears to my eyes and made me speechless. Im 75 years old and worked overtime for the b. S. Pay my entire life and i approve of this message. Steve so many of you out there could have written these lyrics and felt the sentiment. I know he has turned down 8 million. But anthony or rather, oliver, if you would like to perform live on fox friends. I know there is some language involved. We might have to bleep a little of it. Consider this an invitation to be on our show. Ainsley we would love to meet you. Steve the right to be protected from climate change, thats right. 16 children are suing their state to advance the green agenda. And they have won the first round. Our next guest is a constitutional lawyer who says that ruling wont stand. She will explain coming up next. 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