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♪ ♪ -- begging you to touch and go ♪ will: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends." good morning and welcome to "fox & friends" live from the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida, for the daytona 500 today, 2:30 eastern time on fox. we're right here, yards away from the track. rachel: we're in the danger zone. [laughter] will: well, if yesterday was any indicator, the cars going around the track today will be the second faster thing you will see or hear, the second loudest thing you will hear. if the thunderbirds buzz us like they did yesterday -- [la...

Will: i don't know, what did pete do? >> 154.55. >> you did 154.56, so you also became part of the 15 is 0 club, so here's your shirt you can wear on set. i don't know if pete hit that. >> i think it was 154.55 for hegseth. that's a shame. [laughter] pete: seriously. i don't even know how to react to that. rachel: i've never seen you more plugged into a segment than this. will: you were watching that with eagle -- pete: there is no way! will: corey's on set -- >> i don't believe it,st it's bogus. i don't believe it. rachel: why? >> have you seen that scene in talladega nights when ricky bobby ...

Washington really believe that the white house is probably out of reach right now and they only can manage salvaging the majority of the house and the senate and they'll take that. in order to keep the house majority, they need -- republicans need to prevent democrats from taking up 30 seats. on the senate side, it's a 54/56 majority so republicans need to keep their losses down to about four seats. if hillary clinton were to win the white house. so that is where their focus is right now. they say they maybe can do that by separating themselves from the top of the ticket. of course that's very...

>> shepard: some business news now we begin with home sales. sales of previously occupied homes fell 5% last month actually better than the analysts were thinking. they warned that home sales will likely continue to fall after a home buyer's tax credit expires. that's bad for folks who want to sell but good for those looking to. the average interest rate on a 30-year loan was down one basis point according to lender freddie mac 54.56%. on the job hunt this evening. a sharp increase in the number of folks signing up for jobless benefits. 37,000 more americans filed first claims for benefits las...