learn how abbvie could help you save. pete: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. the wagner chief who threatened to march all the way to moscow and open rebellion of russian president vladimir putin has backed down. rachel: belarus reportedly brokering the deal that will allow to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. will: greg p is live in kyiv with the latest. greg? reporter: hi, folks it is the morning, the day after and it looks like we are back from the brink in russia but still there are a lot of questions and

damage done to people and ideas. the wagner group mercenary fighters pulled out from the southwestern russian city which they basically took over as well as other locations that they reached including points closer to moscow. they are now headed back to their base camp in ukraine, with , it is said, their boss, pr ogosia. it has wees anger with the russian military and running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted upris ing as the symbols of russian power only to be diffused at the last minute in a deal brokered by belarus president with the agreement of russian president putin that saw all pretty much get off the hook for this attempted insurrection but he is being sent in exile to belarus. it's reported to the that u.s. intelligence was aware that something like this was going to happen especially as we kept a close eye on russia's nuclear arms. they wanted to keep an arms

length so moscow would not accuse washington of meddling in russian internal affairs and finally ukraine also has a huge stake in what was happening inside russia. we saw president zelenskyy last night. he said this was a sign of the chaos in the country and russia has to end its war. the ukrainian military launching fresh in roads into the russian front line to try to take advantage of this confusion and finally folks the big loser by most accounts this day after, vladimir putin. hired fighters running ramp about across one's country and a mercenary boss criticizing your principal war strategy. that's not a good look for a person who likes control. it is, in fact, just reported that putin went on state tv today to say that he is in constant contact with his defense officials. he is confident in the special military operation. that's what he calls his war here, and he claims he checks in on it morning, noon, and night.

i am in control i think he's trying to say but some rocky times back to you guys. pete: greg, thank you. what's the sense? is it that pragosia made a miscalculation that he would get more support than he did? he didn't seem to take aim at putin. he was taking aim at the minister of defense, but ultimately, i don't think he wanted to be going to exile. where did it go sideways for him >> that's kind of a mixed signal, really, as we look at what is the outcome for pragosi an. he watched him and his fighters leave that city that they took over last night and he was being cheered so in many quarters in russia, he still is a popular figure and i think that that's the problem for vladimir putin, that he doesn't want somebody else very powerful vying for the public's attention, especially online, which vladimir putin doesn't seem to get. will he be sent in exile in belarus? that's what people are saying. we still have to wait for

confirmation. it is thought by many though that haven't her d the last of him and he might try to get back in the picture in some way in the future with yet another band of mercenaries or reconstituted wagner group outfit. we'll see what happens but still , a lot of questions still to be answered. it's only about 12 hours since the resolution of this crisis. back to you guys. will: thank you, greg. so those details are what not necessarily are we debating two alternate near lackeys theories. we're trying to figure out the mystery wrapped inside a puzzle and that is russia and if it is a case that pragosian shot his shot and it came up short, on accomplishing whatever he wanted to accomplish, a change in the ministry of defence, if that's the case it's a little bit hard to reconcile vladimir putin's position of no harm no foul. you are allowed to peacefully retire to belarus, especially if it is as greg just pointed out,

pragosian is being cheered in towns inside of russia. i can't imagine that vladimir putin would stomach that type of alternative. that type of threat. now, i'm not suggesting to you that's not what happens here in russia. i don't know and we will have to try to figure out and that's what we're attempting do but in the alternative we just talked to congressman victoria sparks and we have to ask questions about whether or not this in any way actually is part of a plan for vladimir putin. not much in russia is done up until this moment without the direct control of vladimir putin, so did we just cross the rubicon, or is this part of the same old story in russia for the past two decades? rachel: like a red flag, or like he's a false flag operation. is that what you're suggesting? will: yeah. rachel: or that it could be. will: a distraction from some other goal in russia. rachel: and victoria kind of alluded to that as a possibility pete: i think the one thing we also can account for here are

the interpersonal dynamics of the relationships we just don't know. friendships, betrayals, positions in power. but russia has a long history of toppling regimes, but to your point, will, if you shoot at the king, as they famously said, you better not miss and if an attempt, if this was something that putin didn't have knowledge of and didn't approve of and it went it's hard to see him living out a life of luxury in belarus. will: because of what greg said it be hard to imagine him not re entering the picture. pete: exactly and how could vladimir putin tolerate that. rachel: right. i think it's interesting too, because a lot of people who are in favor of the ukraine war as a proxy war to get rid of vladimir putin, we've heard people like lindsey graham say that is the goal for example, but destabilizing there's a lot we don't know about russia. there's a lot of mystery about what happens in there and the dynamics, and destabilizing russia may not be as in our

favor as some of these people think it might be, especially when we know how many nukes they have that they have already moved nukes over to belarus and i just think there's a lot of uncertainty. war has a lot of uncertainty, and i think uncertainty with somebody like putin makes me really nervous as somebody who wishes that our leaders would just do everything they could to bring this war to a close, find a peace negotiation so we can concentrate of all of the things and all the problems we have in our own country. so, my thoughts on that. another fox news alert. a bridge over the yellowstone river in montana collapsing yesterday sending a tray carrying hot asphalt into the water below. alexandria hoff is live with the latest. reporter: good morning, according to officials instill water county, they feel how these materials cool the form that they cool in that

means this situation will be rather isolated. they hope that nobody will be impacted by this , responding agencies, they have been through the area, emergency measures were put into place at nearby water treatment facilit ies and where this crash happened is a sparsely-populated area about 60 miles west of billings. the water flows away from yellow stone national park and columbus fire chief rich calger is leading up this investigation. listen. >> it's going to turn out to be a fairly stable incident. two cars that had some dangerous materials actually stays out of the water and they are in good shape. >> we were able to mobilize our units, work with state and federal agencies as well as the mrl, and from our perspective their response has been great. reporter: and train owner montana rail link stated this initial assessment indicates compromised railcars contain asphalt and substances solidify rapidly when it is exposed to cooler temperatures

and they will work with local federal state and local partners to develop appropriate cleanup, removal and restoration efforts so no one was injured in this incident and investigators are looking into record flooding played a part in compromising the bridges integrity. we did have transportation secretary pete buttigieg weigh ing in saying he offers support following a derailment in stillwater county. we will be on the ground to investigate and residents concerned about potential impact should follow information and instructions from local authorities so that was a quick response there earlier this year . secretary buttigieg was criticized for waiting 10 days to address the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. will: we approached the one year anniversary of roe v. wade' at the supreme court. its been a year of protest, violence, problems throughout

the country and it's a year where standing on the anniversary, kamala harris says, vice president, it was a dire moment for the united states of america. watch. >> the day that the supreme court took a constitutional right from the women of america, i watt outraged. in fact the first person i called was my husband, because i could just let it all out with him. so going forward, let's not throw up our hands. let's roll up our sleeves. pete: well both sides are rolling up their sleeves because a lot of work went into laying the groundwork for overturning of a terrible decision of roe v. wade in 1973 and opening up a new chapter of life in america for the last year, so while there were protesters in washington pro-abortion protesters there have been a lot of people marking this anniversary as a beautiful one, as an important one, a significant one. one is a guest you had on the program earlier rachel abbey johnson, a former planned parent hood clinic director who is now

pro-life, and talked about what this anniversary is really all about. >> someone who has helped to facilitate over 22000 abortions, as an abortion, a former abortion clinic director, to me, the anniversary of roe being thrown into a day of history is a day of celebration, and certainly, a day of remembrance to the 63 million babies that were unnecessary hi killed by abortion, and it's really a day of freedom for so map it other women that will not make that decision in the future, because of dobbs. rachel: yeah, she's such an interesting advocate for the pro-life cause. she was the director. she saw firsthand some of the really bad conditions inside of the clinic. she actually helps women who want to leave that industry, get out of the abortion industry and find new lines of work and

many end up testifying and exposing so many of the bad things that happened inside of that clinic. she's also an abortion survivor she had two abortions herself. she talks about the pain and the trauma she went through, and the reason i think she says freedom, because, you know, a lot of people think a lot of women on the other side of this issue will say it's about freedom, and that it ends a problem when in fact, so many women that i know who have had abortions will say that it's the beginning of a whole new set of problems. also, this weekend, nikki haley and donald trump both running for president, talked about their pro-life messages. >> i am pro-life. >> [applause] >> i'm not pro-life because the republican party tells me to be. i'm pro-life because my husband was adopted. i had trouble having both of my children. i am surrounded by blessings,

but we need to make sure that our country stops demonizing this issue and we humanize this issue. >> [applause] >> this is personal for everyone. every woman and every man in america. >> that's why when i'm re-elected i'll continue to fight against the late term abortionists in the democrat party. >> [applause] >> who believe in unlimited abortion on demand. pete: he's right the fight continues. you can mark the anniversary of one year but if you live in certain blue states, you know, late term abortions, nine month, i mean, this is still a fight ongoing, and the death of unborn babies are still a thing across america, and state legislatures are the ones grappling with it. will: for somebody to proclaim they love democracy it returns to democracy. it's a state for , it's a question for every single person inside of every single state. you can vote and dictate the policies of your state. this is a question returned to the states. rachel: nikki haley talked about

how personality was for her because her husband was adopted and his parents chose life which is a wonderful thing. i'm the mother of a special needs child and this country, 90 % of diagnosis with downs syndrome and in abortion and the idea is they are defective and i guess i'm going to take this weekend to tell you that my little valentina is not a defect she's a human being and that's what so many of the pro-lifers in washington d.c. today were talking about bringing the unborn and recognizing their humanity and bringing them into the human family legally. that's what it's about, and i think this day of rage that kamala harris talked about is not the way many americans feel. pete: well, valentina is a beautiful soul and they talk about democracy, will, but it's not what they are talking about. they just want us all to do what they say. it's a code word for so much. will: canadian officials looking into launching a

criminal investigation into the catastrophic implosion of the titan sub. yesterday investigators began collecting evidence from the main vessel that carried the titan into the ocean for its release saying it could have valuable information. >> the vessels of these size are required to have a voyage data recorder which records audio that's on the bridge. the content of those voice recordings could be useful in our investigation. will: it's believed the titan sub imploded while descending toward the titanic shipwreck killing all five people aboard. an airline worker in texas is killed after being sucked into a delta airlines plane jet engine friday night. the plane had just arrived in san antonio from los angeles and only one of its engines was running when the worker died. the national transportation safety board is investigating the incident. pete: that's not good. rachel: wow. will: a massive asteroid about the size of a three story building is expected to pass by

earth tonight. it'll be the closest to earth around 7:19 eastern time and you can watch it live on the virtual telescope live stream. the asteroid was discovered last week -- pete: [laughter] will: i thought we got better heads up on these kinds of things. along with several others going past earth. it's not expected to pose any threat did i just not read it's the closest? pete: don't we have a big telescope that's supposed to look way out? will: the closest ever to come by earth to buzz us we get a little more heads up than a week i have to time to get ben affleck up there and bruce willis with an oil rig driller to make sure that they save earth. if we don't have time to get them up there, what are we going to do? rachel: you now can watch it buzz by, will. you can get on that site. pete: [laughter] somebody call ben affleck. will: i was watching at 4:00 something this morning and it was a video by ben affleck

getting a commentary cut on armageddon and he asked michael bay, hey, how come it's easier to train oil rig drillers to be astronauts an astronauts to be oil rig drillers? why do they have to send those dudes up to space to save us? rachel: i think i'll go on the website and watch it. it sounds really interesting. will: you haven't seen armageddon? rachel: no, come on. pete: does it go north to the mountains or south to the valley. sorry. down the drain! this is a good one for you this morning. save the date. fox nation will be hosting the fifth annual patriot awards on november 16 and we're in a new spot this year at the grand ole opry in nashville, tennessee. you can go to foxnation.com/ patriot awards for information on tickets and sort of save the date but tickets go on sale this summer but count on that date. it's november 16 in the evening,

nashville, tennessee and this year we're doing something different which i'm really glad we're doing. you can nominate someone for a patriot awards so in the past we've gotten input and it's more ad hoc. this year if you go to foxnation .com/patriot awards there's a place you can nominate a fellow patriot to receive an award and as best you can it should be tied to something in 2023. that's the guidance i got. there's so many wonderful people deserving of recognition for their patriotism, we try to keep it timely for something that has happened as more recently. all submissions will be looked at. rachel: so to move from florida to nashville does that mean me and will can just crash at your house? pete: you are crashing at my house. that's the expectation. november 16, patriot awards, we hope you join us there. rachel: it sounds very fun. it was last year. pete: please do send in your submissions. rachel: still ahead a new report on the origins of covid.

not telling us much that's new though. different agencies are still split on whether it came from nature or a lab, so is it time for an independent investigation we're going to ask former cdc doctors about that. will: plus is democratic hopeful rfk jr. gaining steam? pete and i will go off the wall on how outsiders can make quite an impact from presidential elections. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪

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rachel: the director of national intelligence finally releasing a declassified report on the origins of covid but it's raising eyebrows as it reveals how agencies are divided claiming variations in community analytic views on origins as the covid-19 pandemic largely stem from differences in how agencies weigh intelligence reporting and scientific publications and intelligence and scientific gaps. former cdc director dr. robert redfield joins us now. doctor, what do you make of this report and the fact we don't have a definitive answer after so much time? >> you know, rachel, it's very

disappointing. i think as you said earlier in your show, this is kind of an anemic report. it really doesn't make any attempt to show what the intelligence groups used, what data they reviewed, what experts they brought in, what was their analysis and how they came to the conclusions between the different agencies, and fortunately, in having reviewed the report, it pretty much just repeats stuff that's already in the public domain, and it was very very disappointing to me. rachel: so i'm trying to figure out why is the case, so the first thing that i noticed was how slow we were to get into that lab and then the u.n. had these people that got into the wuhan lab that peter dazik, who be like the last person you would want on this team, was part of the team. so much funny business including with anthony fauci who seemed to be trying to take everyone.

the media, the government, the public off the trail of the chinese. why do you think there was this effort to sort of cover up for the chinese and their involvement in this? >> well rachel, it's not just a cover up for the chinese. i think it's also the cover up for the united states. rachel: yes. >> we did fund a lot of it. rachel: that's right. >> and i think unfortunately, there's really been just a lack of transparency. i think that it worth noting that the energy department and the fbi both who said energy department moderate certainty came from the lab and the fbi monitored certain in the energy low certainty. both used their own internal scientist. they have very good strong scientific groups within their agencies. i think the other intelligence agencies largely relied on outside consultants, and this is why i think that it's important for each agency to basically go on record. what is the data they used? who were their experts that they involved? and then what was their analysis

and the basis for their analysis and then i'd like each agency to also make commentary on the alternative agencies analysis, because two of the agencies clearly say this came from the lab. four of them that they still think it came from nature although i will argue there's absolutely no scientific evidence that we've gotten to support the spillover event, when everyone says follow the science, show me the science there is no science for spill over events right now, and it's really just disappointing, because we are at risk for another pandemic. rachel: right. >> if we can't learn from this first pandemic, we're going to repeat the problem. rachel: i couldn't agree with you more and i think the purpose of this very vague report was to make sure there were no consequences for anthony fauci or for the chinese, who should be held responsible financially and reputationally, for the 7 million people who died of covid and all of the economic destruction that ensued in the aftermath.

dr. redfield, thank you so much. you've been an honest broker on this and we appreciate your opinion. >> thank you very much, rachel. thanks for having me. rachel: of course. thank you so much. still ahead a fox news alert. russian mercenaries abandoning their march on moscow and ending the most serious challenge to putin's grip in more than 20 years. congressman michael waltz joins us with what this means for u.s. interest, plus u.s. drivers could soon be fum ing as states weigh a new fee to bring in revenue from gas sales. we'll tell you more about that, next. ♪ lowe's knows you want to make the most of your summer. that's why we're offering 4th of july deals under $100. so your summer is full of fun and savings. come in and enjoy our hottest deals now. weeds... they have you surrounded. take your lawn back with scotts turf builder triple action!

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remove himself from the blood first it group he founded and we're hearing reports he will be headed to belarus in exile. rachel: and congressman and national guard michael waltz sits on the arms services committee joining us now. so congressman, great to have you on this morning. we've been trying to unpack and decipher what exactly is going on. help us out. >> well, there's a couple of things i'm watching very closely , guys. one is you notice that was being cheered bike a rock star as he left rostoff, and i think it's important to appreciate that he is widely viewed as the only, you know, the only real leader that was speaking out for and fighting for the common russian soldier, that has been fed into this meat grinder in ukraine that hasn't had the equipment, the arms, the ammunition, the support that they needed and calling out the corrupt ministry of defence and generals and

oligarchs, all who stood to benefit from russia taking ukraine, so he's seen as kind of a robinhood figure. what is unclear is how broadly that message has gotten out with all of his online videos and name and shame of the minister of defense grasamof, the chief general and that could serve as a very powerful kind of foil for putin. that could serve as a scapegoat for putin so i'll be watching whether putin launches kind of an anti-corruption campaign or starts to clean house in his ministry of defence and make them the scapegoat for their failures so far. will: congressman you're on the foreign affairs committee but also a former green beret and you've been involved in situations like this and you know about foreign militaries. i'm curious as you just described pragosian, a robinhood -type figure, he reportedly has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command which i would assume probably

has some loyalty to him, so can we just assume those soldiers he goes to exile in belarus and they become good old russian soldiers under the command of the department of defense or is this something that not only compromises the russia tempts to win in ukraine but also maybe the seed for insurrection and a second attempt at a coup in russia? >> yeah, that's a great point and that's what i mean by it. it's unclear how broad this message and this discontent across the russian military has spread. i don't expect to see these soldiers join just melt into the russian military. they were mercenaries. they were paid better, trained better, equipped better than the average russian soldier, but it's a real loss of capability for putin. not only on the frontlines there in ukraine but around the world. wagner was used in africa, in

northern africa and libya down in southeastern africa where they have been seizing control of mines in sudan and the issues that we've seen there but also in syria, so you know, putin is in a real rock and a hard place on this one in terms of losing that capability, because they were non-attributable. putin could kind of stick his hands up and say i'm not clear if those goes are associated with me or not and countries that just wanted to turn a blind eye to what was going on could also just kind of look away at the little green men that didn't have a russian flag on their shoulder so i don't expect them to be assimilated easily into the russian military and then but at the same time, putin needed that capability not only in ukraine, but around the world , and that's going to be a real loss for him if he can't find an easy replacement. pete: very interesting.

well, congressman waltz thanks for joining us this morning, great insight. >> thank you so much. pete: thank you. will: still ahead spoiler alert the mainstream media is starting to take notice of rfk jr.'s primary challenge as president biden becomes more politically vulnerable. pete: as the democrat outsider gains steam will and i are going to go off the wall to breakdown some of american history's biggest political spoilers and how long shot campaigns have had major impacts on who ultimately wins the white house. (♪ ♪) you inspired the lexus es to be, well ... more you. so thank you. we hope you like your work. (♪ ♪)

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rachel: we're back with a fox weather alert more extreme summer weather yesterday including a large double vortex tornado in minnesota. tornado warnings continuing throughout the night in the midwest, as the regions saw severe thunderstorms. heavy rain on the east coast as well, as storms pummeled new england. let's turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick? rick: good morning, rachel. all of that on the docket again for today for so many people across the country. take a look at the weather maps. we have a lot of heat out there in fact it's going to become a really big story this week. we're already 11 days into a heat wave across a lot of texas and louisiana, and this continues for as kind of as long out as our models go so another 10-12 days still looking at temperatures in the triple digits and really humid.

we also have a lot more moisture coming in not as much out across the west, in fact monsoon activity should start kind of close to now. we're not seeing signs of that just yet, but watch what happens this week across parts of the northeast. very heavy rain is going to fall across areas from pennsylvania upstate new york throughout much of new england. some spots three-to-five inches if you isolated spots more than that and that means flooding concerns. there has been a lot of drought that's developed rapidly across parts of the great lakes and northeast this will help but getting too much too quickly. all right will and pete send it to you inside. pete: thank you, rick. appreciate it. will: while president biden continues to be the front runner for the democrat party challenger robert kennedy jr. is causing the president's camp headaches, polling in the double-digits as it looks like the new york times are starting to take his bid seriously. pete: as biden becomes a little bit more politically vulnerable let's go off the wall and look back at history's biggest

political spoilers. in the very real impacts they had on past presidential elections. so, when the new york times takes a little bit of notice especially inside the democrat party, it's worth pointing out. their headline is why robert kennedy jr.'s 2024 bid is a headache for biden. i don't think the biden camp expected rfk jr. to come out at 20%. it's a big chunk with a famous last name but a relatively unknown member of the democratic party. will: your analysis is if mr. kennedy manages to maintain this level of support he could cause mr. biden embarrassment in the primaries. pete: part of the reason for that is joe biden moved the first in the nation primary to south carolina, a state that famously helped him out a lot in his first run. new hampshire and iowa are still holding democratic primaries. if joe biden chooses not to participate, this guy might be the only guy in the ballot, which means voters they would have to write in biden or vote for robert f. kennedy jr. and he

could win iowa and new hampshire which doesn't mean joe biden loses the democratic primary but that's a bit of a black eye if you're the sitting president and the presumptive nominee. will: there's a historical precedent for a third candidate, causing maybe even more than embarrassment in the primaries, but in some estimation, affect ing the outcome. let's go off the wall again and could look at the history. we'll start in 2016. donald trump vs. hillary clinton you had two outside candidates staying in the race until late. libertarian gary johnson the former governor of new mexico and jill stein, the green party candidate. pete: this is why i love doing off the wall. sometimes we're reminded of things forgot about their two candidacies, presumably he would have maybe taken more from donald trump as a libertarian, maybe a little bit more from hillary clinton but when you look at the actual numbers the reason jill stein's vote is so significant, is the percentage of vote that she got in michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, jill stein, green party candidate, was higher than

the margin of victory for donald trump, so let's say stein voters go to clinton. those outcomes could be different. will: a lot of this is analysis and guesswork from the supposed experts. it's true that while jill stein 's level of vote exceeded the margin of error. there are others that say yeah, but a jill stein voter was going to stay home as though if she were not in it they would have voted for hillary clinton, no, many say they wouldnt have become democrats. pete: that's right nothing is clear cut. exit polls show a lot of stein voters would stay home which is why it's impossible to project how in 2024, a manchin candidacy , or a robert f. kennedy jr. candidacy, enthusiasm really does matter. will: let's go to another election where we have the third party candidates believed to play a crucial role. going back to 2000 it came down to florida and it came down to less than 600 votes, 36 days and a fight there in florida ultimately settled by the

supreme court but in that situation as well, pete, we had a green party candidate. pete: remember this guy a big name at this guy, ralph nader, green party candidate. imagine that. there was a green party candidate running against al gore, mr. green. will: yeah. pete: that's pretty ironic considering what he went on to do. the reason that's also significant is nader garnered 100,000 votes in florida so if that's the margin and this guy gets 100,000, he's also ran, does that determine who was the president on 9/11? you know, it could have been al gore, not george bush. will: and then, perhaps most famously when it comes to third party candidates we can go back to 1992 when texas billonaire ross perot, ended up getting 19% of the vote and most people believe that ross perot's vote tally pulled from george h.

w. bush. pete: yeah, it's certifiable when you look at people, he was a populist, a billionaire, a blunt talker. i mean, bill clinton won with 43 % of the vote. under water on that victory. 19% changes the entire campaign. you talk to people inside the h. w. bush camp to this day or even clinton folks acknowledge clinton is not in the white house without ross per ot. will: they believe that to be the case and there are others again back to political polling that suggests if you just polled them one-to-one, h. b. bush against bill clinton it would have turned out the same way. it's always hard to know exactly the effect of a third party candidate but i think it is fair to say in this case we're talking about in a primary, not a next general election and therefore, it's fair to say robert f. kennedy could cause at a minimum embarrassment for joe biden. pete: it's also worth noting that democrats are most concerned about a third party candidate. just generally speaking when you look at the fuzz that it hurts joe biden because there's such a lack of enthusiasm for him, even

amongst his base in the general public people might stay home or switch otherwise. i looked it up and this is a famous quote from ross perot. if you see a snake just kill it. don't appoint a committee on snakes. will: [laughter] that's perfect. pete: it's classic ross perot. rachel: i'm sure there's so many more. guess what? first vote presidential vote that sean duffy cast was in that primary was ross perot. he always liked him. pete: always ahead of the curve. rachel: yeah, [laughter] and also i love the stuff reminding us about ralph nader and al gore that was funny too. al gore figured out who make money off the green stuff. great stuff. really awesome. pete: thank you. rachel. rachel: turning to your headlines states are considering charging a per-mile gas tax as income from gas taxes trends downwards. typically gas taxes are charged per gallon but states are making

less money due to inflation and the rise of electric vehicles. only three states, oregon, utah, and virginia currently generate revenue with a per-mile gas tax, but they may soon be joined by hawaii and colorado. and what are the least sexy looks in men's fashion? well, editors at the "wall street journal" named the top five with skinny jeans topping the list. they deduct extra points if the skinny jeans are also ripped. also, on the list? whispy scarves, tiny fidoras and wearing sunglasses on the back of your head. sounds like those are all metro- sexual looks i guess that's out and those are your headlines. still ahead, in gop presidential hopeful larry elder joins us live in-studio. you've got to stake around for that. -had enough? -no... arthritis.

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will: and in the usfl, the pittsburgh maulers move on in the playoffs after an overtime thriller against the michigan panthers. >> gotta have it. perry, and that is deflected right there at the line in pittsburgh. we're headed to the championship

will: scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime, where they secured their spot in next week's championship game. they will face either the new orleans breakers or the birmingham stall yonkerses who will square off tonight at 7:00 p.m. you don't want to miss that game because it's the league's top two quarter quarterbacks, the top two offenses, the top two high-scoring teams facing off to get to the championship game. so joining us now is the usfl executive vice president for football operation s, former cowboy, three -time super bowl champion, darryl johnson. moose, it's great to see you this morning. so first, before we get to the championship game, this is what you'd like for a conference, it's what you'd like in primetime tonight. you've got two high-powered offenses going head-to-head. >> absolutely, will. if you like defense, yesterday, was your game but if you like offense tonight is your game and its been contentious here every time new orleans and birmingham

have played at the hub but when they have the game that week, not a lot of friends walking around in the birmingham area so we split everything we do, move training rooms, pre-game meal is completely separate areas so this is one of the rivalries that's grown throughout the season that's been really fun to watch. will: and we'll take a look at the game tonight very quickly here together, but as you said, i mean, these are high-powered offenses. the stallions are 8 and 2, 217- yards for passing and then the breakers 7 and 3, 225-yards per game through the air, so you got this high-powered offense and in one week from now, they go up against as you mentioned the winner of the defensive juggernaut in your championship game. >> absolutely, and i think really, when you look at it, skip holtz, we named him our head coach of the year earlier this week, alex mcgoo, we'll have that next week, so really high-profile key positions being represented and birmingham our

defending champion from season one but when new orleans is playing well, but you mentioned the quarterback and how well he'd play this year but really when new orleans is playing well it's west hill that's the running back and the first time these two teams met new orleans won by 14 and it was really driven by west hill's 191-yards rushing and that offensive line for new orleans is the key of the game. will: that's championship game july 1, tonight watch these two square off to get to that championship game. daryl jontston, thank you so much. 7:00 watch the game on fox. all right, move over adam sandler. there's a new happy gilmore in town. golfers sparking smiles as he commits to ball state. ♪

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>> we begin this hour with a fox news alert. the uprising inside russia coming to a impeachment halt a . >> belarus brokered the deal with the kremlin that will allow the leader of the revolt to go into exile that would end for now that internal conflict. rachel: that's the same country where putin moved some of his nuclear arsenal. alexandria huff is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: the deal was arranged by belarus and a long time putin ally. it did halt what could have developed into a civil war. the chief of the bagner group