>> at some point these alternatives to trump are going to have to do better than just

come in a strong second place. >> what they're saying deliberately is they were targeting an american ship. they are directly targeting not just israel, but the united states which means the bombing campaign that biden just did and which was basically, hey, shut it down, they did not get the message. >> it's almost laughable to say that this has been a successful presidency. we are borrowing almost $4 billion a day. a day -- [laughter] and they're considering this a success. >> all systems go. i think what they're going to be looking for is can he get to the 50% threshold. i would argue if he's north of 50%, game over. game, set, match. ♪ ♪ stuart: there you have it, altoona, iowa, -9 degrees. that is the temperature, ladies and gentlemen are, that is not the wind chill. flat, gray and exceedingly cold

on this caucus day, and we're playing ain't she sweet, for some strange reason, by the beatles. 11:00 eastern time. it is january, monday, the 15th. markets closed for martin luther king jr. day, but we do have a quick look at futures for you. obviously, very, very thin trading. dow down 20 but the nasdaq up 6 points. we do have the international oil market active, and oil is at $71 per barrel. we can also show you the price of bitcoin holding at $42,200. now this. senator bernie sanders is a socialist. he was close to being the democrats' nominee for the presidency in 2020. well, now as chair of the nat budget committee he's -- senate budget with committee he's a leader of the progressive movement. he wants the president to change course. he went on cnn to say young people and most americans are not excited by what's going on in the world today. you can say that again. all democrats are running scared

of the president's deteriorating condition. the president is severely underwater among key groups and on key issues. only 18% approve of his handling of immigration. the border has become as important as the economy. only 26% approve of his handling of israel's war on hamas. he has just 31% approval among women. 28% among democrats -- sorry, among independents. and overall, biden's approval rating -- this is overall -- it has sunk to a new low, just 33%. that's it. it is ironic that bernie sanders wants the president to change course. it was sanders who pushed the progressive policies that have failed. ed it is progressives who support hamas, progressives who pushed the very expensive war on toes still fuels -- fossil fuels. the left seized control of biden's government right from the start, and now we can see the results. america is a different place now to what it was three years ago. the open border, the decline of our cities, our standing in the

world. biden won't change course, but a new president certainly would. senator sanders should be careful what he wishes for. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: well, let's wring in -- bring in steve hilton, our california guy. today he's covering the world. will biden actually be the democrat candidate in november, steve? >> well, it's interesting, stuart, because your analysis is spot on there. and so it's been a disaster. and it's not just a disaster on all the policy areas that you laid out, but obviously personally. if you look at the president right now, people see the person that's blundering around, that can barely walk across the stage without his wife holding his hand, and actually gone beyond with contempt which we should have because this is the guy that was foisted on us all by the democratic party

establishment. we should be angry about that. now it just seems sad. and so people look at that and say how is it possible that this guy can barely complete this term, let alone another four years? people wonder how it's possible. however, the other side of it, he's not going anywhere. he doesn't want to leave. he can't be pushed out. and and he is someone who's wanted to be president since he was about 20 years old. that's well established in various biographies. so while you look at the situation and think it can't go on like this, it's hard to see how they actually get rid of him if he doesn't want to go. stuart: what do you make of the idea that at the convention next year, i believe it's in july in chicago, at the convention the grandys of the party say, prime minister, you can't win, step d mr. president, you can't win, step aside, and in comes michelle obama? i've heard this all over the place. what do you say to it? >> well, first of all, again, who's going to tell him in and

how will he actually decide to go if he doesn't want to? but let's just go with that scenario. let's say also there's another scenario where actually no one would wish this, but there's some evident decline, even further decline in his physical and mental health and obviously even to jill. so you hear that name, michelle obama. i would use the phrase you used earlier, stuart, be careful what you wish with for. she may be very popular now, but i think if she puts herself in the political arena, she'll be very, very unpopular. stuart: why? >> just like hillary clinton, michelle obama is a very, very divisive character when it comes to politics. and, actually, you can see in the way she talks about the country and about trump supporters and so on. she's much more like hillary clinton and the deplorables' mentality. she really can't stand anyone who disagrees with the democrats. yo compare that to bill clinton, for example, if you think about his policies, he was a brilliant politician and actually wanted

everyone to like him and liked america. you look at michelle obama just like hillary clinton, you get the sense she doesn't like america. she certainly doesn't like the half of americans who support donald trump. stuart: it's going to be a very interesting year in politics and that, sir, is a fact. steve hilton, see you again real soon. >> good to be with you. stuart: now i'm going to bring in another steve, steve forbes. i want to get back to my editorial top of the hour, bernie sanders telling biden to change course. i think that is ironic because it is bernie sanders that created some of these progressive policies that have obviously failed. >> irony on steroids. bernie sanders wrote the platform of the biden administration. when biden pushed him out in that coup, bernie sat down, came up with a list of things they wanted done. a lot of us thought, oh, that's just a face saver for bernie sanders. no, it was the blueprint for the biden administration, and i think it's visibly failed. they're say we've got to do -- they'll say we've got to do

better message, and he does hit biden hard on israel and that a maas. he thinks israel's being too hard on hamas and doesn't realize it's a terrorist organization and wants to eradicate israel. stuart: he wants to change course. good lord. [laughter] i'm going to show you a headline in the "wall street journal," i'm sure you've already seen it. it won't be a ve -- recession, it will just feel like one. unemployment still rising and growth is slow, do you think there is a risk of a recession here? >> there is, but i don't think most people give a hoot about what the economic theologians say is a recession or not a recession. they're going to ask themselves how is my situation. what are the prospects for me. what are the prospects for my children. is it going to be easier to get a house and things like that. most people are pessimistic about the future. some are just beginning to emerge. their wages are going up, but they notice everything else is going up as a well. do they have confidence in joe biden that he really has a handle on inflation?

no. call it what you will, it's bad times for most people. stuart: the economy keyses say, look, you've got to have back to back quarters of negative growth. that makes a are version. but everybody in the country is saying, wait a minute, that's got nothing to do with me. >> it's monthly when bills come in. stuart: almost weekly too. voters tell "the washington post" they're not confidence the economy will get better under a second biden term, however, many of them still plan to vote for him. what would your message be to those people? >> when the campaign gets underway and you have two candidates, one of them is not going to be joe biden. let's pretend that it is. what you say to the voters is here's our alternative, here is our platform, here's why it's going to be better now than it is under joe biden. look what happened the last time the republicans before covid were in charge. real unemployment went down. wages went up. inflation was 1.5%. not the 3 or 4% today. that's what you do. have a platform. people say now we have to make a real choice, and they're not

going to go with the democrats. stuart: you and i both remember the days 40 odd years ago in the debate with ronald ronald reagan and president carter and reagan said to the country as a whole, are you better off now than you were four years ago, and the answer was obviously, no. you could say the same question now, couldn't you? are you better off now than you were three years ago? >> absolutely. and, by the way, the republicans should take a cue, the candidates running against president trump in terms of calling each other liars, reagan had a wonderful way of dealing with those things. there you go again. i don't know why one of them doesn't say, hey, why don't you go work for burger king, you tell good whoppers -- stuart: that's a good line. did you invent that line back in your presidential campaign? >> no, and that's why i'm here today. stuart: did you run in iowa? >> yes. stuart: the caucuses? >> and in january, i can testify, it gets really cold. stuart: it must be utterly exhausting. >> it is. and the cold doesn't help it. [laughter] trudging out there.

but again, lighten up, have a platform. and they haven't done it yet. stuart: steve forbes, thanks for being here. always appreciate it. now this, president biden's 2023 fund raising numbers are in. ashley, how much dud he bring in last year -- did he bring in last year? ashley: $235 million, according to the campaign, from launch last april until the end of 2023. including $97 million in the final three months of the year, ended 2023 with $117 million in cash on hand. biden's campaign says december, by the way, was the strongest fundraising month to date. biden, of course, making defending democracy a centerpiece of his re-election bid, and campaign officials say it has seen a wave of grassroots donors. nearly one million supporters have made more than $2.3 million contributions, and 97% are of all its fourth quarter donations were under $200. in fact, i think the average was, hike, just under $42.

biden's latest poll, by the way, outpacing the final three months of 2011 for president barack obama ahead of his successful re-election the year before. the following year. so the money's coming in. we'll see. stu. stuart: i'll bet you a couple of billion will be spent between both candidates. ashley: yeah. stuart: probably more than that. ash oh, yeah. stuart: coming up, some health care companies are betting big on a new form of cancer treatment. it's a more precise form of chemotherapy. we're going to tell you how it works. it's marthe martin luther king jr. day. we'll take a look acrobat -- back at the lasting impact of his e legacy. the candidates are making their final push in iowa, but with subzero temperatures, could we see low turnout for caucus goers? the full report from iowa next. ♪ finish. ♪ ♪

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campaign headquarters in urbandale, iowa. what are the folks in iowa e telling you? are they still willing to caucus in the freezing cold? >> reporter: stu, the most committed caucus goers tell us they're showing up tonight no matter how cold it is, but some of the candidates are clearly concerned about turnout amongst those who might be less passion mate caucus goers. and here at trump hq, you can see congressman byron donalds of florida right behind me. these are all volunteers working the phones, trying to make sure they have as many iowans as possible behind them. they're also making sure that they know where their caucus site is and to know to show up around 6:30 because the caucuses start at 7. former south carolina governor nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis are out braving the frigid temps today talking to iowans in an 1 19th hour pusf course, hoping they can close the gap between them and former president trump tonight.

one of the concerns here not so much the cold weather, but especially in rural parts of the state that roads might still be tough to navigate because of the back to back snowstorms iowa had last week. if all of the candidates are urging their supporters, regardless, to layer up and show up. >> people need help, you know, we'll spring into action a, and we'll be there. but a caucus even without the weather is a process. it's not the same as just filling out a ballot and doing it. so we recognized that from the beginning. it does require a certain amount of motivation. >> people are determined to got out and vote. so while it's cold and while we know they need to layer up, they need to bring their photo id, they need to be prepared to stay for a bit, i think they're ready to do it. finish. >> reporter: didn't realize you couldn't see congressman donalds in the shot when i mentioned him earlier with, but here he is talking to the volunteers here. stu, remember back in 2020 we didn't get results on caucus night because the democratic party's app malfunctioned?

the iowa gop says they're going to learn from the democrats' mistakes, make sure that they get result results tonight, and they're as confident as can be in their technology. so hopefully that is the case. stu? stuart: good news. grady, thanks very much, indeed. carolyn leavitt is a sur date for donald trump and joins me now -- surrogate. i am told that no matter how cold it is, trump's core voters will not be deterred at all. i'm sure you're going to agree with that. >> i do agree with that, stu, absolutely. look, iowans are tough. i know that if these journalists have descended on iowa in the last few days are not used today cold, but the great people who live there are used to it, and they're more enthusiastic for president trump than any other candidate in this race. just look at his rally yesterday. the overflow crowd was larger than those events for nikki haley and ron desantis combined. it's very clear that iowan withs trust president trump to lead on the issues that matter to them. that is securing the border, bringing peace around this

world, reinvigorating our domestic energy industry and rebuilding or our economy from joe biden's disaster. is so if you live in iowa, brave the cold so we can turn the page from this primary and take the fight to joe biden and the democrats who are fundamentally destroying america as we know it. stuart: donald trump just criticized vivek ramaswamy publicly for the first time. i'm going to show you vivek's response. he was on "fox & friends" earlier this morning. roll tape, please. >> people have to have their heads stuck in the snow not to see what's happening on the ground here. i know the mainstream media's ignoring it, but there has been a massive surge here late in the process. a number of endorsers who were widely expected to go to donald trump, legends in iowa like former congressman steve king came for me. i think people who are actually on the ground are not blind to that reality. stuart: okay, caroline, why is trump choosing to go after vivek now? >> well, vivek ramaswamy is

running in this primary, and president trump has every right to attack his opponent. and vivek also was caught on tape minuting a voter into -- manipulating a vote iser into telling her she must vote for him in order to save donald trump? that's political trickery. nobody needs to save donald trump. what he needs is the great people in iowa to get out and caucus for him tonight. a vote for vivek who is knockoff maga is a wasted vote is. we need the leader of the america first movement to win this primary and go back to the white house, and that is president trump. the only one who can deliver on his promises. he did it before. stuart: "the des moines register" puts fort for trump -- support for trump at 48%. if he bashes vivek ramaswamy, he might get a couple of percentage points of vote added to trump's total which would put him over 50%. which would just about guarantee him the nomination. is that the real reason why he bashes vivek? >> well, again, a vote for vivek ramaswamy, yes, is a wasted

vote. and so if you want someone to lead on the america first agenda, then vote for president trump. he's the leader of this movement. he secured the border before, he reinvigorated our american economy. he brought historic peace around this world. look, stu, we cannot afford to gamble america's future for the next four years on a first-time candidate like vivek ramaswamy, nikki haley or ron desantis. we need someone who can go in on a day one and lead this country effectively. no other candidate offers that other than president trump, and that's why iowans should get out and caucus tonight. stuart: we're going to find out later on tonight if mr. trump has the 50% that he really wants to have. caroline, thanks very much for joining us this morning. i appreciate it very much is. >> thank you. stuart: the senator joe manchin addressing speculation he could join the 2024 race. what's he saying, ashley? ashley: well, the west virginia democrat telling shannon bream on "fox news sunday" he says, look, he would only run to win, of course, not just to affect the outcome. watch this.

>> i have never been a foiler, nor will i will be a spoil. if i'm involved, i'm involved to win. to be a spoiler for the sake of throwing an election one way or the other, i would never do. and that's not what when, how or what i would ever make a decision about. we'll just see where we are at that point in time. ashley: by the way, manchin did not rule out the potential of launching a last minute campaign for president but says he wants to gauge where the parties are by super tuesday. a cagey approach, stu. stuart: that gives him some time, doesn't it? thanks, ash. here's a headline in "the new york times": how college-educated republicans learned to love trump again. ooh. what's driving that group back to trump? we'll get into it. the faa is putting a big focus on diversity in their hiring process. but after a string of dangerous situations on airlines, is now really the best time for this rather than improving safety? we've got the full report next.

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stuart: a warning from flight attendants less than two weeks after a door plug blew out of an alaska airlines flight. ashley, what are the flight attendants saying? ashley: well -- [laughter] this is interesting, the message is, pay attention to that preflight safety demonstration. let's be honest, most of us don't. we're too busy getting settled in, already watching streaming entertainment or reading e-mails and texts. but both alaska airline flight that had that door plug if blow out in flight and the japan airlines plane that caught on fire after hitting another plane on the tarmac shows the importance of travelers paying attention to flight attendant safety. in both those cases, by the way, no one was injured, thankfully. but the japan airlines plane took just 18 minutes to evacuate helped in part by passengers who left their cabin bags behind as a instructed. many don't. authorities say it's even more important to pay attention these days because airlines have reduced flight attenadapts while

increasing the number of seats on each plane. so, yes, rather than be blase, pay attention to that safety demonstration, ah. -- stu. stuart: we're learning that the faa is making a recruitment push to hire people with severe disabilities. hillary vaughn joins us. what kind of disabilities are we talking about? >> reporter: intellectual and psychiatric disables, stuart, which is now coming under focus after that the 737 max mid-air blowout. boeing announcing today they will do additional quality inspections for the aircraft, but it's not just boeing in the hot seat after that catastrophe. there are questions if the faa was m mia and missed this whole thing after assuring congress the aircraft was totally safe. now people are taking a closer look at the faa's hiring practices, particularly their dei, diversity, equity and inclusion-focused hiring. the faa has gone out of its way to include people with different disabilities but -- abilities

which is giving some people pause. the faa writes this on their site: targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the federal government as a matter of policy has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. they include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability and dwarfism. the agency also boasts that for some of these people, managers can hire disabled people, quote,, on the spot if they have proper documentation. the f if aa is defending their diverse work force telling fox in a statement this: the faa employs tens of thousands of people from administrative roles to oversight and execution of critical safety function. the agency proactively seeks qualified candidates from as many sources as possible. all of whom must meet rigorous qualifications that, of course, will vary by position, stuart? stuart: thanks, hillary. a quick reminder, of course, the markets are closed today, but we

can check futures for you. of course, trading is extremely thin. what we have so far is a small loss for the dow industrials, from the s&p 500 and a poddest gain, and i mean really modest, for the nasdaq composite. jason -- there you are on the screen, 24 down for the dow, 4 down for the s&p. jason katz is us to cover the market even though they're closed. why do you think stocks are will rally in the second half of this year? >> stu, i think you're going to have the tale of two markets this year. first of all, you're going to have a market waiting with bathed breath on every -- baited breath the on every word the fed is going to say because they're not probably going to cut rates even in march. i do think in the latter half of the year that they will. also we pulled forward so much performance in the latter part of last year. however, there is the sun rising in the latter part of the year. we are very constructive in the second half. stuart: how about profits that are being report reported in this next week, two weeks? >> i think the profits are going

to be pretty reasonable. in the second half, however, i think earnings are exceedingly better than the lowered bar wall street has set at around 10% earnings growth. and in the second half, inflation does make that leg lower and we finally get those rate cuts, not to mention election year. so you're going to get that boost in the second part. stuart: lower rates, moderating inflation, good profits, and it's an election year. put your money up for the second half of the year. which group of stocks do you like most? >> so is health care looks really aa tracktive. attractive. people are living longer. the population is aging. people are working longer. present company included, right? [laughter] stuart: there you go. >> and so you're going to see an exponential rise in the ecosystem around health care, and the valuations are just so reasonable. last year the group was flat. they traded at 10% discount to that of the s&p. and so i think that you can get

long that sector now, and you could probably see mid single digit returns at a minimum, not to mention maybe double-digit returns if the m&a activity continues. we've seen an onslaught of acquisitions to start the calendar year. stuart: we had a wonderful year in 2023. it's not going to be quite as good in 2024? >> you know, i'm suspect only because last year, remember, so many so-called pundits were saying continuation of a miserable 2022, and we had the opposite. now everyone's so constructive heading into this year. so my radar's up, but i am looking forward to a latter part of the year that should have modest results, and i do think the other sectors like health care get us over the finish line. stuart: i wouldn't be surprised to see some profit taking in the next couple of weeks, because if you take your profit, you don't pay the capital gain until april 2025. >> exactly. stuart: so i could see some feeling in the near term -- >> my own clients did the very same thing. they postpone those sales until

the first week or two of this year. stuart: yeah. you've got 18 months to make it up. jason, thank you very much for being here. ashley, you have some breaking news on the defense secretary, lloyd austin. what's happening? ashley: yeah. the 70-year-old austin released from hospital earlier today. that's the good news. he spent two weeks at walt orer reed medical center -- walter reed medical center after suffering complications from surgery for prostate cancer. the pentagon releasing a statement saying, quote, the secretary continues to recover well and on the advice of doctors will recuperate and perform his duties remotely for a period of time before returning full time to the pentagon. he has full access to required secure communications capabilities. now, austin received a lot of backlash are after he kept it secret from senior biden administration leaders and staff for days and, again, he is expected to work from home as he he recovers. in fact, he had the prostate cancer surgery december 22nd,

readmitted on january the 1st because of an infection, but it wasn't until sometime later, january 4th, that the biden administration learned of his being in the hospital. joe biden later calling it a lapse in judgment. but lloyd, defense secretary austin out of the hospital, recovering at home, stu. stuart: got it. thanks, ash. coming up, the dei officer at johns hopkins university said anyone if who is white, christian or straight benefits from privilege. the school quickly apologized. the man -- the lady was not if fired. we'll take that on. john kerry stepping down as climate czar. is he done with politics forever? we'll bring you the story in full next. ♪ ♪ every time that flag's unfurled -- ♪ we're coming to america. ♪ gotta dream to take 'em there -- ♪ they're coming to america ♪

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♪ ♪ stuart: yes, the iowa caucuses are tonight, and the republican candidates are battling it out until the very end. roll tape. >> brave the weather and go out and save america, because that's what you're doing. >> join with me and caucus. i promise you do our days are yet to come. [applause] >> we will not stop until we get this job done. >> you go out and caucus for me, i'll be fighting for you for the next eight years as the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] stuart: neil cavuto is in iowa, and he joins me now. all right, neil -- neil: hey, stuart. stuart: keep warm, sir. what's the state of play going into the caucuses tonight? neil: i know. we mentioned about keeping warm, that's going to have a significant impact on the turnout here. as i speak to you, we're at -6 degrees which is the real feel, i'm told, -17 when people start heading out tonight in this iconic caucus-voting moment.

it will be down to a real feel of around -30 to -35 degrees. a lot of people tell me what's the difference between that kind of cold, well, anything with a minus in front of it is justin real. and you get a number of -- can just unreal. a number of people say i might go out and vote, but i'm not going to have my mom and dad or aunt and uncle do it, so how many will brave all of this? iowans are a tough bunch, even they tell me this is unusual. but, you know, it is a big task for voter turnout particularly among the most vulnerable part of the population. stuart: 186,000 iowa republicans under the out in 2016 -- turned out in 2016. neil: that's right. stuart: i wonder if they can beat that number now bearing in mind the cold? neil: i don't know. i think at the time that was about 19% of the available voters. so it would be below that. and then you start seeing how it crisscrosses, whose voters are

the most loyal with. you often hear that old line, that donald trump voters would walk over broken glass, but will they walk over, you know, sheets of ice? we'll see. you know, it's simply too early to tell. i've gotten a pretty good gauge talking to folks in and outside of diners, my favorite part of the job, by the way, and to a man or woman they say we'll get out there. we recognize our duty and are keen on it, but i do find it interesting that when it comes to loved ones or relatives, they're not keen at putting them in harm's way. some of these homes the way it goes with day excuse voting, the crowds get so big they're waiting outside. and in this type of a weather situation, not the best of ideas. stuart: that would turn you off, i do believe. neil, see you again later on on today. neil: all right, buddy, thank you. stuart: okay. "the new york times" reports that college-educated republicans have learned to love trump again. that's the headline, learned to love trump again. ashley, that's a shift.

what's behind it? ashley: it's -- yeah, it certainly is. well, according to the times many college-educated republicans are simply incredulous over what they describe as excessive and unfair legal investigations targeting the former president. in fact, that shift can be pinpointed almost to the moment last year when a manhattan grand jury indicted him for his role in paying hush money to a porn star. others, meanwhile, say they're just underwhelmed by ron desantis and view mr. trump as more likely to win than former governor nikki haley. others, meantime, see trump as a more palatable option because they want to prioritize domestic problems over foreign relations. and the times also points to a suffolk university/"usa today" poll that shows that trump wins support from 6% -- 62% of republican voters including 60% of those with a college degree. fox news polling also showing trump's backing from white college-educated republicans

doubled to 60% over the course of last year. so that key group is coming back to donald trump. stu. stuart: climate czar john kerry, i know he's leaving the biden administration. well, is he retiring from politics? ashley: if only. [laughter] kerry, apparently, will leave the administration later this winter but is planning to help president biden's re-election campaign. kerry says biden's re-election is the single biggest difference that can be made in this year for climate progress at home and globally. of course. kerry is jetting off to davos this week for the annual economic forum where self-important, sanctimonious blowhards will contribute to global warming themselves by endlessly telling us what they should be doing while they make vacation plans on their carbon-pumping superyachts. i digress. no word, by the way, on who may replace kerry in the administration. stuart: i think we know where you're coming from, ashley.

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stuart: today is martin luther king jr. day. ebenezer church in atlanta where mlk was co-pastor is celebrating his legacy. madison scarpino is there and joins me. takes i -- us through today's events, please, madison. >> reporter: hi, stuart. the 56th annual commemorative service is going on right now. and dr. king was born and raised here in atlanta, and he led

ebeneezer baptist church up until his assassination in 1968. now, dr. king is remembered as a civil rights hero. he was the youngest man to receive a nobel peace prize for his nonviolent approach to social change and protest. dr. king participated in the selma mar. martha: which led to the ability for african-americans to vote, and he's, of course, known for his iconic i have a dream address at the washington memorial. now, again, the service is still going on, and we've been listening to speakers like senator raphael warnock and dr. king's daughter, reverend bernice king. she says there has been little progress since her father died in terms of racial disparities like in housing, education, health care and criminal justice, and she also mentioned the rise in political polarization. today's keynote speaker is reverend bradley. equal justice founder brian stephenson spoke last year. >> we're living at a time when

these challenges can seem like it's impossible to see a way forward. there's political division and dysfunction. and so i'm wondering what dr. king wants us to do in this moment. >> reporter: celebrations and more will continue today after the service ends, and mlk day is actually the only federal holiday that is designated as a national day of service. finish stuart? stuart: madison, thank you very much, indeed. let's bring in jack brewer. he's a former nfl player and works with the america first policy institute. jack, what would martin luther king think about where we are as a country today? >> you know, stuart, that's a great question, but i think he'd be a little heart broken. you remember, this man is not just dr. martin luther king jr., he's reverend dr. martin luther king jr. this is a man of god. and for him, if he saw a country that has ripped, you know, prayer out of schools and tried to distance our young children

from spirituality, if he looked across at a black people that have left so many of our kids fatherless right now, you know, 70% of kids born in black households are fatherless. parents not getting married. he'd be heartbroken. he would look at this as a civil rights issue of our time, and that is fatherlessness, you know? he marched for jobs and freedom, and now we live in a society where as a black man, you can go to school wherever you want, you can go to college as long as a you work hard and pursue your dreams in this nation, and we just have been failing at so many parts of our society because spiritually we're sick. spiritually we're hurting. and we have a sin problem across the board in many parts of our society, and we have to fix that. stuart: so dr. king would have a spiritual response to the fatherless problem that you have. >> that's right. stuart: what form would that take, a spiritual response?

how would that work? >> it'd work, stuart, by teaching kids the ten commandments again. we have so many kids that don't even know the ten commandments. stuart: right. >> it'd start by going into schools and seeing that church participation is at all time lows not just in the black community, but in communities across our globe. we used to lock arms and love one another. that was the message of dr. martin luther king. when he said don't judge anyone by the color of their skin, but the context of their character, he was coming with lib -- biblical truth. love thy neighbor as thyself. you can only do that if you're coming from a place of spirituality and true love. you can't promote if sin to these little kids. i mean, if you look out, stuart, you look at our schools, our reading and math proficiency levels are lower now than they were back when he was marching. we've got whole schools in inner if city neighborhoods where kids at the fourth great can't read and write on grade level. we have childhood poverty right now that's the highest since he was alive.

and so those things only happen because we have fatherless households across the board, we have 18.4 million fatherless kids. the jack brewer foundation, which i chair, goes into these inner if city schools. we go into these prisons, and we see these issues that are helping hands on. dr. king was about serving. he walked around with his bible, he touched people, he prayed with them, he served people. this is a day of service, and we have to remember that. we can't just run our mouths like so many want to do. we've got to go into the communities and do something about it. stuart: it is a national day of service. jack brewer, thank you very much for being with us on a very important day. thank you, jack. see you soon. >> god bless you. stuart: the time for the monday trivia question. which year did martin luther king jr. win the nobel peace prize? 1960, '62, '64 or 1966? the answer when we return. ♪

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first. >> i will go with 1964, number three. stuart: i will go with 1964 on the ground of 1960, 62, too early he made the great speech of the washington monument in 1963 so he was awarded in 1964, doctor king was given the award for his nonviolent struggle for the african-american population, he received the nobel prize in the same year that lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act, that will be 1964, now you know, a great show today, thank you very much for showing up on this national holiday. we will be back to normal tomorrow, the markets will reopen at 930 eastern time and we will have money to talk about, that is a promise, that is it for "varney & company" today, "coast to coast" starts in three, two, one, now.