Did he ever say to you in his early stages or even in that first Car Ride im going to be president one day . Not that he would be the president. But he always was involved in politics. He was very in tune whats going on in the world. Especially in this country. Lawrence well have more of that later. Plus, Kamala Harris breaking down her economic policy proposals but not without serving up another word salad, im dizzy again. Holistically, and looking holistically at the incentive to engage in planning in holistic manner. Steve more on that coming up. Big news, Hurricane Helene barreling toward florida bringing potentially a deadly unsurvivable Storm Surge. Governor Ron Desantis is going to inouts on the states preparations straight ahead. Brian second hour of Fox Friends starts right now, mornings are better with friends. Its a Fox Friends exclusive, after two years Donald Trump sat down with us for wide ranging interview opening up her life before, during and after the White House. And what prepared her most to be the First Lady . Ainsley you said in the book sometimes in order to succeed, you must be willing to take risks. How did the risks early on as a model prepare you for life as the First Lady . First laid in front of the world Fashion Industry. The Fashion Industry is glamorous but at the same time its very tough everybody judges you. Look at you a certain way. So, its it can be mean world as well. So, nothing prepared me more for this world than fashion. It gives you a thick skin. Steve tough business the fashion business. Brian do you see the way she holds herself . I wonder what she learned in the business because the way she stands, the way she looks. Always seems to be aware of angles. Ainsley she is very polished. She is very elegant. Yes, even if the last hour when we interviewed her about Kamala Harris, she was gracious. She said this is why im not supporting kamala; however, america gets to decide. So, we are we talked to her for a while. Were going to show you an extended version of that coming up in this hour. And in this segment, were going to talk about her family. Her relationship with Donald Trump. And what it was like to join blended families. Steve in fact, dont you have a soundbite about barron . Ainsley we do. Thank you for teeing that up. Here you go. Ainsley there is a picture in the book and you are working at the desk. And you have barron in one of those small little motorized cars. Books, his Childrens Books are all over the floor. You have papers all over the desk. I looked at that picture and i said this is a working moms life. We can all relate to this. Everything is chaotic. Everything is hectic but so much fun. And everyone tells us to enjoy those moments because they are fleeting and your kids grow up and it just flies by. When you look at that picture, what was happening in that moment . When i see it, that was the time that i did qvc selections steve. Ainsley it sold out. It did. It was very successful. I was doing all at the same time. Working, playing with barron. He has his own with his car and his books. We talking. So i think its very important that we show our children we are working to give them an example how life is. That they see us as real productive that we have ideas. That ideas come to life. And thats barron. Steve love that picture. Lawrence she gets criticism for her decision to be more active in barrons life. If you remember back in 2015 she made it very clear her first priority was to be a mom. That time goes by so fast. Remember, barron was so short when they went into the White House. Now the kid is like 68. Ainsley Donald Trump said because of her moms cooking. We do talk about the locals of her mother. We talk about if she wanted more children if donald and melania discussed that and what it was like for her to give up her job and just focus on being a mom. Brian yeah. I also think she must feel somewhat burned by her friends that have written books about the friendship and gone on other networks and said stuff. She has done nothing to deserve that. Ainsley she writes that in the book and some ever of her answers are pretty telling in the interview. We have much more from Melania Trump, her personal life, her relationship with Donald Trump. That will be in this hour. And also on sunday, we are putting together an hour special incorporating this interview and some interviews we have had in the past with her. You will want to stay tuned for that learn more about the relationship and what she is like as a person. Brian 10 00 . Ainsley i dont know what time its going to air. Do we know what time its going to air on sunday . Steve its sunday night. You get at least one hour of overtime. Very nice. Lawrence did you talk to brian about this how does he feel but getting a one hour special . Because typically he works. Brian want to talk in the break . Hold this over in the break because there is some tension. Ainsley there is a lot of ainsley time this morning. Is that killing you . Brian yeah, im going to talk about it. Steve ainsley is very happy about that the former president has suggested no tax on overtime. Ainsley thats true. Steve so thats coming up. Meantime talk about the news of the day. The Vice President sat down for a major interview last night. And admitted that we do have a broken immigration system. Thats progress. Lawrence so the democratic nominee plans to visit the border in Arizona Tomorrow it. Would be her first trip there since 2021. She is the border czar. Ains. Brian can you tell by the masks. Ainsley Peter Doocy was there the last time Harris Visit wanted the border and he joins us live from the White House. Thats true. Is that the last time during the pandemic, peter . Peter it was the first time and the last time and now somebody is turning on the Rain Machine so its harder to hear us. But, Vice President harris keeps talking about a new way forward that just really does not square with what President Biden was saying yesterday in his own interview on The View that she has been a key player in every decision for the last three and a half years. And it specially does square with the fact that now she is still not taking responsibility for the broken immigration system. We do have a broken immigration system. Umhuh. And it needs to be fixed. Fnsd if we take a step back, months ago, some of the most conservative members of the united States Congress came together with others, proposed a border security bill. Donald trump got word of the bill, realized it was going to fix the problem he wanted to run on and told them to kill the bill. Peter Vice President harris is also calling now for something we have not heard in a Campaign Ad or seen on a poster or really ever heard about when talking about federal funding for housing. She wants it to be holistic. So work is going to be through what we do in terms of giving benefits and assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars. And looking holistically at the connection between that and housing. And looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing for working people. Peter the campaign seems happy to let that interview stand. Vice president harris has no campaign Events Today but she will be here at the White House and even though there is only one president at a time and the president sets Foreign Policy and conducts diplomacy she has her own Meeting Today separate with President Biden with ukraines volodymyr zelenskyy. Back to you. Steve interesting. Ainsley interesting they are separated. Steve no kidding. Peter, she is going to go to the southern Border Tomorrow. Is it going to be like yesterdays interviews where she doesnt really announce anything its just a photo op. . Peter almost certainly. Although its a friday time for a policy. Trial balloon out. We dont expect her to do anything but take a being a lot. Any other comment she made about the border since she became the nominee. Dad, i will bet you a dollar she is going to go there and talk about how Donald Trump told republicans to vote against the bipartisan border deal. And that they if she is president , she will bring it back. Steve peter that, is the second time in your many years on fox that you have ever called me dad. That was a mistake. Right . Peter yes, im so sorry, mr. [laughter] ainsley i would not take that bet. I think you are 100 percent right. Thats what had thats her talking point. Lawrence spot on, thanks, peter. So something is changing she did Interview Talk about 60 minutes. Releasing this border. Going to the border. They are seeing some stuff in polling that she is not too confident about. If things were going totally well, then she would continue with the same strategy. Brian i watched mark cuban. Doing so well Approval Rating got better. Because she is not Joe Biden. Thats the only reason she hasnt earned that. She can read the prompter though. This is the Key And Dana perino pointed this out last night. Joe biden came out on The View and says she was a united states senator, significance consequence, Vice President not a single thing did i that she couldnt do. I was able to delegate her responsibility in everything from Foreign Policy to domestic Policy And Dana had a great point, congratulations you just officially named her responsible for the biden Administration Game on. Dont detach yourself now. Steve so she is going to arizona. The interesting thing when you look at the statistics to try to explain it because were sitting in new York City. We dont know what is going on in arizona. Right now the late latest poll and other polls out there show that Donald Trump is ahead by 1 point in arizona. However she is under water by 11 points when it comes to immigration and the border whats the Number One issue in arizona right now . It was in our Packet Today its defending democracy. Thats Number One. So, obviously, she is going to go to the southern Border Tomorrow she can pick up one or two points in the big number, thats a win for her. Otherwise, i think it probably just going to be a photo op. But, ultimately, the people of arizona appear to be more interested in democracy, number two. Brian i would love to see another poll. Ainsley democracy than the economy . Brian preserving democracy. 27 . Second is inflation with 26. Immigration is third. With 21 . Do you know what that says, brian, is that the people of arizona, as the people in every Swing State are being bombarded by Tv Ads. The Tv Ads are moving those numbers. Because those numbers are different than the numbers we saw about two months ago. Ainsley when we hear protecting democracy, i know democrats love to say that because they want to say that against Donald Trump. When i hear what protecting democracy means for me is protecting this country that i love. Who is going to do that better . I dont want to lose this country. And i feel like we are becoming these progressive issues im not a progressive. Im probably more moderate or conservative. But, i just im floored, i was floored when Bernie Sanders ran. And was pushing socialism and some people got on board. And then. Steve he was leading in all the primaries. Ainsley what is going through Peoples Mind . How can i be so far away from the people who support Bernie Sanders . Brian he pretends to be the voice of the Working Class and those horrible billionaires. All right. Heres a sid Side By side. Trumpharris, watch. China right now is building major auto plants in mexico. We will put a 100 Percent Tariff on every single car that they want to come across our border. And tell them only that they will get rid of the tariff under one circumstance if you build your plant not in mexico but in to the united states and use our people as your workers. Donald trump also talked a big Game On our Trade Deficit with china. While he constantly got played by china. I will never hesitate to take swift and strong measures when china undermines the Rules Of The Road at the expense of our workers. Of the 1. 3 million jobs migrants, illegal people that came in illegally into our country got 635,000 jobs. The cost of living in america is still just too high. Many americans who aspire to own a home are unable to save enough for a Down Payment on a house. Ask yourself is anything less expensive than it was four years ago . No where are the mimi missing 818,000 jobs . Steve that is what go s. Going on out on the stump two different approaches. Brian here is a look at the manufacturing job reality. Look, 414,000 jobs added under trump, 177,000 added under bidenharris. Prepandemic, they did lose trump did lose 178,000 during the pandemic. I just dont know how youre going to quantify that and blame that on him. Lawrence the problem, brian, im noticing, the difference between the two candidates. Okay, brian, you are exactly right. She can read a prompter and deliver the speech they want her to give on the stump. But the speech is not tangible. Its not relating to the average day people and theres no who is the villain . She continues to say that she is going after the wealthy and the people that are making it. And she keeps saying oh, im going to empower the middle class. But she is attacking the very americans that are helping, you know, their Family Members when they are in this terrible mess right now. I dont think its resonating with people. When Donald Trump talks about the tariff is he saying, look, im going to make sure that the jobs are back here. If you want a business, a lot of small businesses in this country right now, make sure your business is here. Im going to do there is going to be less regulation and then there is going to be a 15 corporate tax. Its everything that is tangible to the people that are out there. Ainsley that corporate tax is going to effect the small businesses, too. You think corporation, you think walmart. Its not. Its every business will have more taxes. She might give you a break if you open your first business and 50,000. But the corporate Tax Rate if she win also go up to 28 . No matter what you own steve right. Thats what she proposed. Although it is 10 points less than what Joe Biden has proposed. Ainsley, you touched on an important thing, that is for the people who are listening to Kamala Harris talk, if you think will opening a small business, her Loan Thing of 50,000 bucks, that sounds great. If you are thinking about being a first time home buyer, that 25,000 sounds great. If you have a new baby that 6,000 Tax Credit is not great. Ainsley what if you dont have Child Care . Steve if you are not in one of those categories. Yesterday she was talking about investing in ai and stuff like that. New batteries. Which would be great. If you are just the average person who is trying to struggle to buy gas or to buy groceries. Its like, okay, that stuff sounds great. But whats in it for me . Wheres the beef . Lawrence to have such a soft interview by raul and to give her this layup to just make it relatable. Give us what does this Play Mean . She had no more feedback. Brian right. Covered some of that she did do an interview later and said some of the questions i didnt get answered. Quick thing to her speech we went back and forth on. One thing said totally wrong who put that in there. Donald trump only cares about the people in the offices. We care about the people Who Wire The Building and build it. Just the opposite. Trump is the one in the building picking up nails, talking to construction workers. Dealing with people and the one thing about him if you go to Atlantic City and other places he talks to the waiters, he talks to the kitchen help. He talks to the construction workers. He loves that stuff thats like for example an exathlete walking out off the Football Field he wants to talk to the players. Whoever wrote that portion of the speech. You totally fueled trump. Ainsley you should say to them youre fired. Brian absolutely. Just the opposite. Steve meanwhile Big News down South Fox Weather alert. Hurricane helene is expected to crash into floridas big Bend Coast as a dangerous cat 4 hurricane some time tonight. Brian Storm Surge warnings are in place for most of the states West Coast and officials warn this could be potentially a deadly event. Ainsley lets check in with Janice Dean for fox weather forecast. When you show those images, it is massive. Janice so massive. In terms of how big this is 500 miles wide. You dont typically see a hurricane that big in the gulf of mexico. There is only a handful of them. It is going to effect much of the state of florida. I also want to make mention we have three Threepoint Line Toro warnings. South on the border of georgia. Confirmed tornado. You will z. The rotation with this storm. Scraping across land and the potential for tornadoes and thats why we have a tornado watch. Thats one of the risks as this storm i mean, this Storm Isnt really even close to land and its already giving us tremendous impacts along florida. Here is the track. We are going to get a new advisory at 8 00 a. M. We are expecting rapid intensification. Its category 1