Fox news

want to add is to add

another host for the round couch at ‘Fox & Friends’.

Enterprise reporter and commentator

Lawrence Jones wants in, joins in

The conservative news channel’s morning show begins

Monday September 18th

the network announced Thursday. Jones also hosted a weekend show, “Cross Country,” this past year.

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will be the current team of

Steve Doocy

,

Ainsley Earhardt

And

Brian Kilmeade

. He will also be the only black man to co-host a daily program on a major cable news channel. He will also be the youngest anchor on cable news.

“Fox & Friends” is the most-watched morning show in cable news and has rarely seen host changes. The last staff move was

when

Oorhardt

joined

the program in 2016 after the departure of Gretchen Carlson.

Jones, who grew up in Garland, Texas, is a libertarian. He first gained national attention in 2015 when he worked as a contributor for the conservative channel

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He helped The Blaze raise money for a pizzeria in Indiana that had to close after the owners refused to host a gay wedding.

Fox News hired Jones in 2018 and executives have been grooming him for a bigger role since his arrival. As a roving correspondent, he traveled around the country reporting on various stories for the network, often focusing on violent crimes. Hey then

has

was a fill-in host on several Fox News primes

–

time programs.

Jones had to commit a mea culpa after his reporting on the Robb Elementary School shooting in May 2022 in Uvalde, Ulvade, Texas. Jones, who was at the scene, denounced an Associated Press report that the

Ulvade Uvalde

Police

had

responded slowly to the incident that killed 19 children and two adults.

Jones called the report “simply ridiculous,” citing his own police sources. A few days later, when it became clear

that the

AP was right, Jones acknowledged that

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authorities “dropped the ball” in their response to the shooting.

Jones has also done specials examining the state of race relations from the perspectives of civil rights activists, religious leaders and law enforcement. He hosted a special on the Fox Nation streaming service

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featuring an interview with NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace about his career and activism in the Black Lives Matter movement.