♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 35 it is the 8:00 a.m. hour of fox and friends we can start with this. trump is taking the verdict dick head on. >> is a very sad thing happening in our country and honored to be involved because were but fighting for our constitution. to effect political warrants and democrats might went to think twice between hyping up the type verdict on the campaign trail. will: new jersey woman saving her own life by hitting by a train and losing her legs. pulling yourself on the platform and using her shirt as a tourniquet. rachel: she is amazing. will: will hear her incredible story. >> we are going rv the third hour of fox and friends weekend starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪. will: south carolina. rachel: i don't know guys. [laughter] main it. i was going to guess main and look to early there. i feel like a mane, the son is already hi hi i guess it is only 8:00 a.m. rachel: i didn't think they had such sandy beaches i thought more rock in my mind. cooked york beach main for those of you listening. pete: will go to fox and friends for it saturday at fox and friends weekend. we have a new addition to the family. support we do and mentioned it on social media. pete: we didn't name it i said i would reveal it on the show. you're going to like this name. are you guys patriotic which is a good guess but if that was it with. will: you going to like the name? as a person name, human name? pete: is original name was karl. >> it was going to be karl anthony townes recalled a house name katz and jen said no if the mavericks when his name is maverick. so far thought your name him luca. pete: 's name is maverick. rachel: ar very top that i appr. see what he did in honor of my team beating yours? pete: yes we are confident i was going to have a horse named cat instead i have a horse named maverick. rachel: it's almost like a pete petenaming a child after you. pete: i did this for you, wilt. will.will: look at that manner. rachel: that's your house? very nice. pete: that is my house. he is fun, he has five years old. he is broke and we have not written him yet. you can go in there, pet him, brush him. superhot why be written him? pete: will have a saddle or a bridle. rachel: she knows how to ride horses? pete: she knows how to set up when one directs but we need someone to come in and show us how to jewel of that. will: is broken? get on him bareback. 360 were for the amish three or four years on the streets of his street broken he is a friendly little guy. will: put those reigns on him hop on him bareback you can do it. pete: i don't know anything. rachel: that is never stopped it. [laughter] pete: have had the temptation to jump on a potato and a broken neck. i'm going to get it. will: saddle up, cabell he has a broken horse. rachel: why don't you come to the ma manor give pete a lesson. will: love too. pete: you talked a lot about who this morning. their stuff does not stink i love scooping it it's easy, smells like grass and got fertilizer everywhere. rachel: this is what it's like working with these two junior high guys they've been talking about poo all morning. will: it s jude having times and gotten the wrap stop, stop, stop. [laughter] congratulations. welcome for it maverick. sue had this big game changer, love it. before moving on joe biden speaking out a former president trump's guilty verdict as trump vows to appeal his conviction. rachel: comes as his campaign has real then get this, nearly $53 million the first 24 hours only since his guilty verdict was issued. >> medlin is a wash of the latest big. >> good morning present biden is trying to not comment on former president trump legal woes make it to make space them on the scale parts or marks on private market shift in that strategy to told americans to trust the justice system. watch. >> the american principal that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. donald trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. it was a state case, not a federal case and it is reckless, it is dangerous, it is irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don't like the verdict. >> he did not take question smiling and walking out the room instead after his speech he did answer some questions from our peter doocy after a celebration for the super bowl champs, kansas city chiefs of the white house. >> dyou think this conviction helps trump when the election? are you worried this could happen to you someday? seven bring up some chargers and try to bring in the court after your term? >> i didn't do anything wrong. the system still works. >> and trump says you're trying to bruise him what you say? politically politically he thanks you're pulling the strings behind the scenes, doing all of this to help yourself. >> i didn't know was that powerful. >> meantime former president trump's campaign at roughly 53 million-dollar online a hole in the 24 hours after the guilty verdict is a sign of their growing momentum. >> i was leading the republicans. i was leaving the democrats, is leading everybody in all of the sudden they brought it back. it's a very sad thing that's happening in our country but i'm very honored to be involved because we are fighting for our constitution. >> turbo boost his campaign coffers even more next week he attends top dollar fundraisers in california. >> think it madeline. will: a lot of talk about the conviction this week we played earlier the gleeful response from places like the other politicians across the board repeating the mantra donald trump convicted felon politicos warning be careful that may actually backfire. here's a headline and politico dems may not want to talk a lot about trump's guilt on the trout they write in arizona representative ruben is seeking an open senate seat the verdict placed best as the fundraising appeals to supporters on his online donor list heaps issued a pleat for donations using the phrase convicted felon trump. public statement was far more tame i respect our justice system that rule of law the process played out we should demand accountability for elected leaders he wrote in a post on x. how does that phrase not play with donald trump's base or not play with the hard-core democrats of the view? how does repeating this mantra reminding everyone of this trial plate with the independent? >> it is equally very palpable among the left people like jennifer rubin is probably one of the leaders of the trump derangement syndrome club changer twitter a lot of them are doing x name their profile name so now it's jennifer convicted felon trump ruben. they are really embracing this for they think it is a winner. i would say i'm with the politil be careful to the demographic looking at this look at venezuela major serious challenges one was on house arrest he was charged with insurrection. the other one was told she was charged with some trumped up charge and now she cannot run for office. people in latin america have seen this kind of stuff. the weaponization of the legal system to prevent your opposition, when they're real big threat to member donald trump is leading in the polls i would be very careful a lot find it repulsive pick would have wondered when the left is going to pick up on this. this step is a back clashing and has how many times as i have to back lash from russia, prussia, russia from impeachment one, impeachment two to the mar-a-lago raid. they lose their mind we've got it this time in his poll numbers go up in his fundraising goes out. what made them think stacking 43 charges made up trying to make him look like a convicted felon is going to work in their direction? there's 53 million reasons this morning why they are now realizing it isn't. which is why see some like ruben who was a total partisan sink i cannot speak i've got to be cap very careful how you talk about this. it's exit hurting me too emphasize a system that is rigged against a political candidate. rachel: people look at this is a selling out your country to the chinese nothing happens but nine years who have an accounting error in facing 134 years in prison if the charges -- all of the charges and up in the sentencing that way? people are not they can scratch their head's not just selling out to the chinese. how about the death and destruction by what about fast and furious that ended up from obama too. >> other criminals out on the street right now that were released immediately that make up discharge frequency decreases everybody charges as a violent crime except this one? there's a book at donald trump. people see through this. >> stephen miller posted on x a good job for trump at least i was found competent to stand trial. one of the reasons joe biden was not charged he was dismissed as a confused old man. >> too old but to your point, pete, early polling shows this in trump's favor tomorrow, exclusive interview former president trump right here fox and friends weekend for the three of us will sit down with president trump purple are that tomorrow morning the first sitdown interview since the conviction we would love for you to take part in that e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com and let us know what you'd like us to ask in what you like to hear from former president trump. rachel: i love her including our viewers were definitely going to taketechnet your questions. putting some of them forward. pete: e-mail us at foxnews.com. maybe we'll share some of the end of the show as well. moving on to this topic which is the state department. the folks in charge of our foreign policy, our diplomacy representing us around the globe. new report out from the heritage foundation look the hiring practices at the state department. who gets hired, who gets promoted at the state department isit is an obsession. research fellow simon hankinson who put together the deep dive on the state department early in the show, watch. >> we should expect to have an elite and the foreign service. there are certain professions you have to have free and fair competition but end up with the people best able to do the job. in the end it is not really matter if all of our pilots are black in our brain surgeons are women and our plumbers are jewish as long second flight the planes, fix the brains and swap out those drains. you can swap out the ethnicity and the profession but in the end americas about competition it is about selection and merit its people doing what they want to do. we want to create equal opportunity but we can never create equal outcomes without exactly inputs which is going to have a brickwork it's interesting he's bringing pei which is happening across the government across corporations and institutions very gladly brought the state department. i believe in diplomacy. i believe it's one of the most wonderful things we have and modern governments as we have a way to communicate with our enemies in a diplomatic way so we can avoid wars and unnecessary conflict. and protect our children's future. if that breaks down we get nuclear war. look at what we are on the brink of. we have these dei programs that have exponentially helped women to get in positions of power and the state department. i do not think it has brought us any safer. if you look at diplomacy it's completely broken down in this country. we are on the brink of war. wars that none of us would've voted for. they are doing nothing. in fact the state department is interfering with negotiations for peace in ukraine. they have done it -- check twice they have done that. where's the diplomacy? where's the goodwill from the women are in positions of power and not bring peace? >> state department this is that we've not seen the report we welcome diversity of viewpoints [is ironic they welcome any type of diversity except for viewpoint diversity. >> rachel erase a great point about the plums the best way to be the effective is to reach your hand out and shake their hand of the huge tank behind you if you don't negotiate with me i will shoot you in the face. that is how we have one, that's how diplomacy comes about. so from the south the diplomacy i was talking to i was talking fairness in some sense you're right about that. he mentioned a guess about the obsession to pdf document of my book and typed an obsession to see there's a quote that fits with that i found this excerpt that pertains to the defense department but it's the same idea from the war on warriors. i wrote i could go on and on a unit by unit, day by day it's not just unitless or senior its not just junior officers are senior officers of the cross similitude this is pei crt it has become an obsession. every unit knows social justice trans gender and woke training is the top priority. not doing this training are not doing it properly it will get a commander or ju junior leader fired. not doing a real field training becomes secondary. they say the reason for this is to make people feel safe, included. everyone knows them a people mandating the stuff of the bullets start flying this approach is going to make everybody less safe. simon talked about free and fair competition and meritocracy. that is what you need in the military. our best people in the best places. one example we talked about in the book i'm going he fired up your, it's one of our commands you have sent, and self calm with south america did what they are obsessed? c5 who runs it? pete: general laure richardson is really focused on women's position, lgbtq issues, climate initiatives in south america and abortion access. china trying to take over south america momentarily and strategically we are preaching women in leadership and climate initiatives to them. that's her incentive structure and what has gotten her promoted. that is our military posture predated training, they do everything. i got people who work there involved in this and continually frustrated that pride month is the most important thing at south column. to get one tiny little message about memorial day or one tiny message about the fourth of july just a totally different focus, and obsession you might say. rachel: would try to take over south america as your state take and reports, take your infrastructure provide all kinds of economic incentives for governments in south america to side with the chinese. when that is what you are offering is the social justice issues we just don't look serious. so clearly they are moving this is a serious -- likely take over the chinese and western hemisphere is the most existential threats it's really sad to see her focus on that. so before the war on orders comes out this week. pete: comes out tuesday. now's a time to order it yet to have it your mailbox by tuesday. rachel: great father's day gift cannot think of a better one. pete: go to war on orders.com i will sign one for anywhere books are sold fox news books come appreciated guys screwed us before turning to the headlines ntsb revealing deadly gas explosion in a downtown high-rise in youngstown, ohio two sabers caused by crews cutting a gas on the thought was turned off. they say the crew pulled the fire alarm after realizing there's a problem alerting the residents and employees at chase bank on the ground floor to evacuate. the explosion happened just minutes after the line was cut. bank employee was killed, seven others including six bank employees were hurt. west virginia sitter joe manchin is registering as an independent leave the democratic party he is blaming bipartisan extremism saying this. >> i change my registration to be a no party affiliation independent. my reason for that, i can speak to both sides without having a brand if you will. branson gotten so bad we have a d by your name you are supposed to hate republic is of it are by your neighbors must hate democrats i do not hate either when they are not our enemies. >> he previously announced to not seek reelection in november. >> of these going on. mike tyson bout against paul has been postponed of tyson suffered and also on sunday for the shock announcement coming to an half weeks after the two weighed in at the first press conference promoting the fight. new date is set to be announced on june 7. tyson issuing a warning to paul saying he this man bought you some time but in the end you will still be knocked out and out of boxing for good. rachel: how old is mike tyson? >> 50s, 58 he think he's ready to go. pete: before i get a ton of notes from horse animal i know the hurt and having multiple is good with just training was started with one. on the color of your horse brown precooked chestnut could beat sorrell i'm thinking chestnut. pete: help me out with that, i like it. dollar general turning a series of profit is sticky inflation leaves shoppers hunting for better deals. rachel: business supercharged chatrialscharles payne and tayls will react to that, next. why choose a sleep number smart bed? can i make my side softer? i like my side firmer. sleep number does that. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 48 months when you add an adjustable base. shop now at sleepnumber.com a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet! switch to comcast business and get started for $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. call today! rachel: welcome back to fox and friends were dollar general's doors turning serious profit as americans if in the pinch of inflation as they tried to stretch every dollar that they can. the franchise is raking in close to 10 billion it's first quarter alone as more shoppers are flocking there for basics here to react making money host charles payne big money host taylor riggs. we'll start with you, taylor seemed like the dollar store as a bellwether tells us a lot about the economy what are these numbers in the dollar store tell you about the health of our economy and future? >> they are telling us the consumer is still feeling really pinch some people and some of the elites will come out and say the consumers good you just don't feel it truly important look at companies like dollar general saying those of people living paycheck to paycheck those are the people instead of going to walmart they're going to dollar general t their feelig really stretch. dollar general certainly making money i think the less so than they otherwise would have because her having to bring back a lot of the promotional items, bring back some of those discounts to make sure people are still buying things so more people are coming into stores but they are buying less expensive and less frequent items that is telling us the consumer, the low-end consumer is still hurting a little bit. rachel: us on this on biltmore he was on interviewed the economy is doing great but people don't know it. i thought that has got to be so infuriating to hear from a multi millionaire like it once a last time he went to a dollar store or a walmart record at walmart was too expensive for him so he had to go to a dollar store? >> i've had knockdown drag out fights on my show almost daily i invite the top upon us on wall street asked him about these fights i want to hear. [laughter] >> labor economists in general i find 90% are liberal very liberal liberal labor economist you got to be careful there's all kinds of schools of economy. they say the same thing. their marching orders out there. keep in mind you can argue about the aggregate which means everyone. the old joke is like you and bill market walk into a bar bartender rose to millionaires just walked in, right? but heat would be the millionaire. i'll give you an example. rachel: your point i