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witnesses would never be able to get away with, and that includes donald trump. >> what is, i think, concerning and maybe most people don't know is, is that many countries including russia have signed a treaty saying that they were not going to use offensive weapons from space. so maybe that's more of the conversation. >> the virus has changed to the point where it's relatively mild, it's the really not much more than a cold or a bad cold. it's far less severe than the flu, and we're at the point where the risk of taking these vaccines is greater than the benefit. >> americans see with their eyes, they believe he is in decline and that he is not up to being presidential and being able to take on the job. ♪ ♪ i gotta brand new car and a $2 bill, yeah ♪ [laughter] stuart: that's got some life to it, doesn't it? yeah. it is the ray charles. oh, great guy. here we go, it is 11:00 eastern time, friday, february the 16th. let's start with the markets,

please. still some red ink down there, 71 points down for the dow. nasdaq's down 67. show me big tech, please. a mixed picture there. we do -- no, it's not a mixed picture, they're all down. microsoft, amazon, apple, alphabet, meta on the downside is, one and all. the 10-year treasury yield is going up, and that's a big problem for the market. this follows hotter than expected inflation. the yield on the 10-year treasury moving up to 4.30 poverty. -- 4.30%. and now this. we have another example of biden's disastrous foreign policy. venezuela. biden did a deal with the socialist dictator nicolas maduro, venezuelan oil would i now again, and ma a door row promised to hold free elections and a half million venezuelan migrants got legal status to stay in this country. if ever there was a one-sided deal, this is it. and it's broken down. maduro will not allow free elections. he's already reneged on that.

and some of the venezuelan migrants are known to have been involved in. rampant crime here. what a rotten deal. the world gets dirty the oil, where are the environmental aists on this? maduro continues his dictatorship, and we get migrants accused of running crime rings. how did this happen? biden's weakness. he caved to venezuela because he needed their oil. he had ended america's energy independence, gas prices were rising, the saudis were offended when biden called mbs a pariah. they didn't want to help him, so biden does this phony deal with another foreign dictator. very sad to see an american president going cap in hand to a foreign dictator and then get cheated. ma a door row is the only one laughing here. third hour of "varney" starts now.

stuart: steve hilton is with me, what say you. >> yes, exactly. this is such a perfect outline of one of many catastrophes. it connects to the conversation about bind's mental decline and his capacity -- biden's mental decline and his capacity, because the worst as aspects of this administration are the foreign policy fiascoes. and it's in the area of foreign policy where biden has the most leeway, where the president has most free rein. and just basically act on their own without congress. you have this weak president who's barely in charge and the team around him, hold others from the obama era which gave into dictators like assad in syria, for example, and it's because of that that the foreign policy of the united states has gone so far off the rails. stuart: that's a fact. change the subject, steve.

electric vehicle sales falling in california. tesla sales down more than 10% in the fourth quarter. some greenies are worried that california might miss its climate goals. so, steve, what's going on here? are californians sick of teslas? they do all look the same. charging stations are having their difficulties. why the decline in ev sales in california of all places. >> i think the basic point is they've run out of rich people to give the subsidies to. that's really what's been going on. that's the whole story here. you've had subsidies to buy electric vehicles mainly to the affluent. so you go to places like the bay area where, you know, big tech is based, every other car is a tesla. but regular people do not want electric vehicles, working people don't want them. her not if reliable enough, the charging network isn't there yet, and the market demand isn't there even in california. and this is the point that the industry's waking up to and, yes, why you saw all these stories one after another, hertz

selling off its electric vehicle fleet, gm cutting back, cutting production, ford as well because the market isn't there for it, and the government continues to try and push it. the politicians want you to have it, but the people are saying no. stuart: is governor newsom still popular? >> look, if you look at polling now, there are massive numbers on the wrong side of the ledger for him in terms of california going in the wrong direction can, san francisco -- i saw a poll yesterday where he was mayor, of course, 76%, i believe, saying the city's going in the wrong direction. so in terms of the actual assessment of how california's doing, no, very negative. he, other than, is pretty popular. and i -- on the other hand, is pretty popular, and i think that's why he wants to get on the national stage because that's where i think his next opportunity lies. stuart: i agree with you. he's a very effective politician. looks good, sounds good and debates well. >> exactly. stuart: he's got a lot of political talent, this guy. okay, steve, thanks very much.

see you soon, enjoy that weekend. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: okay. back to the markets, please. look who's here. well, we've got some red e ink, dow down 80, nasdaq down 57. now look who's here, that's jonathan hoenig. jonathan, kenny polcari was on this program earlier today, and he said, look, today's hotter than expected inflation report means all rate cuts are off the table this year. what do you say? >> yeah. i think rates are actually going up, stuart. the 10-year's up about 6% in just the last month. and although stocks have been strong, all-time highs tends to beget all-time highs, higher rates are particularly bad for tech stocks and particularly bad for a.i. i mean, look, stuart, i'm not a bear, but this a.i. trend has gone parabolic. nvidia's up 50 percent this year. palantir is up 52% just this year, and super micro computer, oh, i don't know, 210% just this year. it reminds me of the cannabis craze from five years ago. every day we were talking about cannabis, cannabis.

those stocks crashed dramatically, you know, not predicting a crash for high-tech, but i think it's time to avoid these a.i. names that have come too far too fast. stuart: bitcoin has been surging. we're looking at about $52,000 at the moment almost exactly. i can never if remember your position on bitcoin. >> i don't get it! stuart: did you say you wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole? >> i don't understand it, stuart. 50% of the people who own bitcoin own it, in their boards, as a fun investment, and only -- in their words, as a fun investment and only 2% use it to buy anything. i don't fight the tape it's extraordinarily to strong, but when the tape does turn, who are the natural buyers for bitcoin? everyone is long unlike the corn, wheat or soybeans, there's no commercials waiting to buy bitcoin on the way down. i think it's strong. i wouldn't fight that tape, but set your stop loss order and get out. stuart: here's what our viewers wait for, your exotic pick,

investment pick. today it's all about clean water. >> yeah. let me just take a swig here. [laughter] it's kind of a miracle, stuart, isn't it? we have clean, freshly available and actually pretty cheap water in the western world. 20% of the world's population, however, don't have water. so i'm investing in an etf that that tracks a lot of water-related companies, salnyization plants, water utilities, etc., and given the fact that water trends are grow, so -- 10% in the next 10 years, take a look at these water stocks. we own the etf if at capitalist pig capitalistpig.com. stuart: that's not exactly exotic, but it kind of fits the bill with. jonathan hoenig, you made your point. you don't have to kill yourself with the water right there. >> staying hydrated. stuart: i understand. see you next week. >> be well. stuart: ashley, you've dot to -- got to deal with doordash. >> yeah, down double digits

today. why? the food delivery service dropping after reporting a wider than expected loss in the fourth quarter, net loss of $154 million which, by the way, works out to 39 cents a share. but it's not all bad news for the company. they did beat estimates for delivery orders, and they also, by the way, brought in a record number of monthly users. doesn't seem to impress anyone, it's still down 10% or nearly 11%. take a look at paramount as well, down more than 3% today. "the wall street journal" reporting that paramount is discussing a streaming deal with comcast. it's reportedly one of several potential entertainment deal options that paramount is considering right now. investors say not so great, down more than 2.5%, close to 3. stu. stuart: coming up, democrats in california anytime the state has a crime problem, but they say progressive policies are not to blame. we'll try to explain that a one for you. the senate expected to passt kids on social media.

this is a blockbuster tech regulations bill, and we've got a full report on what those protections would actually do. president biden finally visiting east palestine, ohio, today. if a full year after the toxic train derailment. donald trump says this is an insult to residents. does the ohio secretary of state agree with that? we're going to ask him because he's on the show next. ♪ ♪ (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪)

stuart: today the president will head to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio more than a year after the disaster. madeleine rivera joins us from east palestine, ohio. madeleine, how are residents reacting to the visit? >> reporter: stu, president

biden is getting a lot of heat for not visiting east palestine a lot sooner. listen. >> this town's suffer, and they just need more help. we feel this is nothing more than a political stunt that he's coming here right around election time. why did it take you a year to come here? >> reporter: president biden will be delivering remarks later on today. the he will be meeting with state and local officials regarding the recovery process. the white house says this is a trip the president had wanted to makers he was just waiting for the right time to do so. they say they're going at the invitation of the mayor. hundreds of people were forced to evacuate after a norfolk southern train carrying toxic materials derailed and caught fire last february. afraid the contents could exmode, first responders made the decision to vent and burn five tank cars sending plumes to have black smoke in the air. many of the people living here still have health concerns. the biden administration if has pointed to what they call a robust response, mobile eyeing

several federal resources -- mobilizing several federal resources and agencies in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, and they say they'll continue to hold norfolk southern responsible, insisting that his visit here is not a political stunt. >> you will see a president that is, that goes out there whether it's a red state, blue state, urban america, rural america to hear and make sure that he is a president for all. >> reporter: behind us a group of people have gathered not only from east palestine, from around the region. they are protesting the federal government's response and the president's visit. they say more than a year later it is just too little, too late. stu. stuart: madeleine rivera, thank you very much, indeed. i want to bring in frank larose, secretary of state for the tate of ohio. mr. secretary, why did he delay for a year? any idea? >> there's no explanation. president trump is right, it's an insult to the people of east palestine, and it's the also too little, too late. just another example of the hapless leadership, lack of

leadership from joe biden. the village doesn't need a photo op or a field trip, they need help from the federal government, and when they were in need of that help, he was on say a case or or visiting ukraine. -- vacation or visiting ukraine. stuart: how do you think he will be received? i just asked madeleine rivera that and apparently the reception was not rosy. how do you think it's going? >> the people of ohio are respectful of the office a, so they're going if to be nice to him, but their disappointed in the lack of response from the federal government. i think of doris who i was with when i was there just a couple weeks ago, she waved me over in a little café. she's a widow on a fixed income and was talking about the financial difficulty that she's having as a result of this. i think about chad, the village administrator, who asked me who he should call at the white house when he had a question. he didn't even know the right point of contact in the office of intergovernmental affairs that he should be speaking to. that's an example of why the president should have been there building these relationships and coordinating this response. stuart: mr. secretary, the ohio

government just rolled out a new, it's called a tool women kit to help navigate a.i. in schools. parents, teacher, students -- students all encouraged to weigh in on how to approach a.i. in your opinion, are there more benefits than risks to a. i. in schools? >> like any technology, like any innovation there's a mix of benefits and risks. i think america should be on the cutting edge of this like we have been of every technological revolution of the last 20 years, but -- 200 years, but again, we have to mitigate the risks as well. educating the next generation to understand this technology is important. stuart: do you think this current -- can do you think any of us really understands a.i. at this moment in. [laughter] >> we understand a.i. the way most of us understood the internet in 1990, right? it's something that we know is going to be big. we know that america should lead the way on it, but we also a want to make sure we're mitigating the risks and, again, that's why it's important we do educate the next generation about this. stuart: a generation ago when i

first came to network, i always thought of ohio as a blue statement, and i believe a generation ago it was. am a i right in saying that it is now a very red state? and if it is a red state, how come the shift? >> you know, it's a state where a lot of working class people including there in east palestine recognize that, listen, the democrats have left them, and so they have now left the democrats. we're the party of hard working men and women, those people that take a shower after work instead of before work, and they've been coming over to the gop. stuart: how about the border? what would you -- how do you fix the border which is not your border? it's the mexican-american border, but you feel the impact in ohio. what do you want done? >> ohio has a border with canada as well that is a cause for concern. i'm the only candidate in this race for u.s. senate that understands that. i actually served on the u.s.-mexican border as a part of a counternarcotics tax task force. we need to use the military as far as i'm concerned and be with

clear there will be no amnesty, and if you come here illegally, you should be deported. stuart: should they work? just a quick question because we've got millions of them in the united states. we support them entirely, food, education, health care, you name it. shouldn't they work? >> well, i tell you what, if you're here illegally, you should be deported. we do welcome people that want to come here and strive and assimilate, but you have to come legally. of course, we're a nation of immigrant, but we want to have a severe -- stuart: mr. secretary, we're not going to deport 8 million people. it's never going to happen, is it? somewhere we ought to start with those that are difference, those that have violated the law, those that are on the terrorist watch list that the biden administration has admitted that is come into the country. those are the ones we should start with, but we have to be clear that you won't benefit from breaking into our country and coming here illegally. stuart: frank larose, ohio secretary of state, thanks for joining us. come and see us again. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: you bet. we've got this openai, that's

what it is, just announced a new text to video a.i. tool. can you tell me how it works? ashley: i'll do my best, stu. it's called sora, and it can generate videos up to a minute long based on whatever prompt the user types into a text box. so if you want to see a grizzly bear riding a bicycle across a lake, sora can animate that a screen in seconds. the technology not available to the mix yet, but it is creating a bit of a buzz. there's also concerns over how it could replace human jobs and help spread digital disinformation. the company says it is collaborating with experts to test sora a for its ability to cause harm via a misinformation, hateful content and bias. openai, by the way, has not said when this particular technology will be available but, hey, it's going to be out there at a some point. stuart: ashley, i don't know whether you saw the video on the

left-hand side of the screen -- >> no. stuart: it was really sharp stuff and that was a.i.-generated. it was really impressive. ashley: it's incredible. stuart it is. thanks, ash. check the market, please. red ink prevails. now -- no, it doesn't. the dow's down 47 points, the nasdaq down 20, the s&p eking out a tiny gain. coming up, there were more than 10,000 job cuts in the video game industry last year. there's already been 6,000 so far this year. why are these companies hemorrhaging employees? we'll dig into it for you. a private school in california had to shut its doors because the students were subjected to drug use, nudity and intruders. this is all a result of the homeless crisis. the founder of the school will tell me what he wants done about it. that's next. ♪

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stuart: remember, please, we're coming up to a 3-day weekend for the stock market, closed on monday for president's day, so there's a limited amount of price movement as we head towards the closing bell this afternoon. big tech has been all over the place today, mostly lower. show it to me now, please, and i think we've got them all on the

downside. we waiting on that one? we got it? if okay. there you go. ing one winner, amazon, up all of 99 cents. let's get -- 9 cents. let's get to the 10-year treasury yield, it's moving up 4.31% on the 10-year. take a look at some crypto plays. crypto venture funding, it's ramping up investment in cryptos for the first time in nearly two years, i believe. ashley, this has to be because of the bitcoin rally, surely. ashley: yeah, it's certainly helping. in the past 12 months, bitcoin has more than doubled in price. coinbase stock up 40% year -- 140% year other year, but it also comes following the launch of that first spot bitcoin etf late last year. that has helped. it's no doubt, it's a long way from the crypto winter or so-called crypto winter of 2022 and the chance of ftx. venture funding in the fourth quarter of last year totaled this should 1.9 billion. that's a 2.5% increase from the

prior quarter. and there's some other trends. analysts say they have seen a concentration of capital going into fewer crypto start-ups, but those have focused on finance and technology as well as stocks on the blockchain. but definitely enjoying a renaissance, if you like, stu. stuart: it is. all right, the senate has finally enough support or to pass the can kids' online safety act. this could be the biggest piece of tech regulation to pass in decades. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. if passed, what would this bill do? >> reporter: or stuart, this would give parents more control over what their kids do on these social media a platformses. here's what the bill does. it limits who kids can talk to on platforms. it limits infinite scroll ising and notifications for them. it makes it easier for kids to delete their account and data. it would default children's accounts to the most protected privacy safety settings. it implements easy to use parental controls, and it gives parents control so they can set time limits for kids on these

apps. this bill would apply to all social media platforms, and even some have said this is a good idea. snap and x have both endorsed the bill and even companies that are not social media sites like nintendo has also a endorsed it. and republicans and democrats in the senate are both onboard. senator richard a blumenthal and and senator marsha blackburn are sponsoring the bill together, and it's gained some key ally like senator lindsey graham too. if. >> watch us on the kids online safety act. where we have common if ground. watch us on earn it where we're trying to protect children. >> every parent and grandparent feels they've lost control. what happens on social media can destroy your children's lives. i pledge to you if you're worried about your children and grandchildren, senator blumenthal and i and everybody on the judiciary committee is going to make the united states vote -- senate vote on a bill to protect your children. >> reporter: this bill has 62 senators signed on which means

it's pretty much guaranteed to pass the senate. the house though is uncertain, but at least president biden is onboard, and that has big sway with house democrats. president biden said when the bill was introduced pass it, pass it, pass it. so we'll see writ goes. stuart? stuart: hillary, thank you very much, indeed. now this, a private school in los angeles has been forced to close over the homeless crisis. the school says students were exposed to drug use, nudity, intruders all coming from a nearby if homeless hotel. dana hammond is the founder of that school and joins me now. dana, was that homeless hotel there when you opened the school? >> yes. project room key was housed as a temporary solution during the covid crisis, and i want to say we're no enemy -- we're notmies to the homeless pandemic, crisis here in los angeles, but we were told it would move when our lease commenced, and it never moved. we built our enrollment based on being told it would move, and the question that we come to find out is how can the mayor of

los angeles pay a wanted fugitive -- 1.5 million a month -- $1.5 million a month to house the unhoused, is what they refer to the individuals there. and at the sacrifice of black and brown kids who have a state of the art facility. this is not a political play for us. we've done everything possible. but what message if is the mayor sending to our students? stuart: sure. were your students primarily minorities in. >> yes. we have been servicing d we started off as an after-school program over in the crenshaw area here in los angeles, and our students are from ingle wood, our students are from watts. and we built this block by block over 20 years to get to a tate of the art a facility. we grew during covid. we came from a 6-room church to 52,000 square feet of space, and we pay over $10,000 a month for a lease -- $100,000. and we deal with homeless individuals who constantly are

intruding and constantly are entitled and smoking marijuana, nudity in front of our school, in back of our school, intruders. constantly. stuart: have you had to close it completely? >> oh, yeah. january 10th was the last straw. we had an intruder high on lsd enter a classroom. it took eight police officers to detalk about him. he assaulted someone else, tried to carjack someone across the street. it was horrific; so i had to get our kids out of there. stuart: can you relocate? >> that's what we're working on right now. real estate is hard to find in l.a. a, especially for a school. withdrew need all the entitlements. -- you need all the entitlements. this is going to be a 4-year journey to reopen. it took me 4 years to open the school, 20 years to get to a 52,000-square-foot facility. so this is 20 years of work down the drain. i'm about service. our community, our staff is about service. andnot only our staff has been displacedded, or our vendors are upset.

i'm taking the backlash for all of this, and i can't even get a meeting with the mayor. stuart: some california lawmakers trying to address the homeless crisis, they're going to ban encampmentsment would that solve the problem for you, or would that just move them someplace else? >> listen, you can't move the homeless from one street to another street. council member kevin dehe onhas a plan for tiny homes in rural parts of the city that has been proven to be successful at a fraction of the cost. now, listen, i'm no politician, but i am saying that we do have a problem. there's a lot of resources being spent, and i think the most cost effective way is to rehabilitate where we get the homeless population who suffer from drug illness and mental illness away from the drug dealers who are around these. r encampments. i see it every time, prostitution in front of our school, the city may say we have security guards. there's 20 security guards that don't speak english, you know? it's just like -- you move them to tiny homes, i fully endorse

that idea because it is an idea that works to rehabilitate our homeless population. stuart: dana ham offend, i and our viewers really feel for you, and we thank you very much for coming on the show and telling us just how it really is. you're a good man. hope to see you soon. >> thank you so much. stuart: yes, sir. democrats running for senate in california getting ripped apart by critics over one hot topic in a recent debate. ashley, this has got to be crime, right? ashley: you are correct, sir. three democrats running for an open california senate seat denied in a recent debate that progressive policies, they haven't gone too far despite, as we just heard about a, surging crime in the state. democrat adam schiff along with reps katie porter or and barbara a lee all refusing to directly connect california's crime surge to progressive prosecutors. california voters passed ballot measures supported by prominent democrats inclined -- including

the infamous prop 47 that turned felonies into misdemeanors, lowered the threshold for a parole. schiff did acknowledge the state has a crime problem but said the data doesn't show that progressive reforms or propositions are to blame. really? if lee, mean meanwhile, said there shouldn't be a return to tough on crime policies because they lead to terrible racial discrimination. in the meantime, the crime wave is out of control. stuart: i'll leave that one alone, ash. you know where i'm going. ashley: yes. [laughter] stuart: in 2022 there were only 25 churn between the ages of 12-17 who were. prescribed the weight loss drug wegovy. last year there were over 1200. we'll break don't. there's a spike in prescriptions. tell you all about it. toy sales in the are on the decline. what's behind the drop? we sent lauren to a toy store in new jersey to find out. lauren is next. ♪ -- in a barbie world ♪

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stuart: video game companies laying off thousands of employees this year. ashley, what when's the numbers? how big a layoff is this? ashley: well, in the first six weeks of 2024 the gaming industry announcing more than 6,000 job cuts. that already outpaces what was a brutal layoff of year in 2023. it includes 1900 jobs for microsoft's gaming division after that $69 billion acquisition of activision blizzard. about 35% of game developers say they've been affected by layoffs in just the past year. one reason is a spate of acquisitionses as companies consolidate. there has also been a slowdown in the industry that's led to revenue stagnation if as new technology becomes more and more

expensive. for recent survey show showed about 56 percent of game developers are concerned their company could see layoffs this year. that's a lot, stu. stuart: it is. retail sales tumbled last month. toymakers were hit especially hard. our very own lauren simonetti is at a toy store in new jersey. come on in, lauren. have kids stopped playing with toys? >> reporter: well, they're distracted, i would say, by screens, video games and phones, but, sure, they're still playing with toys. in fact, on that toy heaven, tons of toys is literally the name of this retailer in new jersey. and as you can see, stuart, the shelves are completely full. and the reason heir full is because if this is no hot toy. there is no gotta-have toy for the parents to buy the kids this year or last year or, heck, even the year before. so i said, all right, well, what about barbie? okay. it's a hit movie. here's the barbie section. it's pretty full but this store

said, well, mattel got us the toys late and they didn't have enough of the items the kids actually wanted like a version of this, the pink rc hot car. not this one because they can't get it, something similar. mattel is forecasting, believe it or not, flat sales for all of 2024. if you look industry wide, last year overall toy sale fell by 8%. 8%, despite all the hot movies and and despite people feeling a little bit better about the holiday the season. so where do we go from if here? is it the fact that customers don't want to spend money or they can't find an item to spend money on? the it's a little bit of both, but they are her finding expensive items. if you take a look over here, this lego set, building blocks are always popular. in fact, they rose last year. this set, it costs $850. who bought this? several people, all adults. the kid-dult category. $. >> 850 for a lego set.

another item is much less than $800, the squish mellows. these are popular every year, but that's it. like i said, there's no hot toy to get the kids into the stores. so traffic is down, and here's one reason for it. listen. >> last year it was down a good percent. i wouldn't say every week, every other week, every three weeks. [audio difficulty] >> reporter: yeah, i didn't hear the rest of that. basically, to get people into the store, they would have toy parties, and before covid 20, 30 people would coming you can play with the toys, take home a toy, sometimes free, sometimes you bought it. they had a toy party last week and five kids showed up, stuart. stuart: five -- okay. lauren, come back in for friday feedback in about 5-6 minutesful we'll see you then. wegovy, the weight loss

drug, seeing in a surge in demand from a new type of a patient. ashley, children? now getting, taking wegovy? ashley: never in growing -- they are in growing numbers. in the first 10 months of 2023, 1,268 children ages 12-17 diagnosed with obesity, started taking wegovy. in 2022 only 25 children were prescribed the drug, but that's because there was no approval --ing we goa i have for the adolescent use until december of that year. according to federal estimate es, nearly 20% of u.s. children, that's about a 4.7 million, are classified $14.7 million are classified as obese. families are more than willing to try the weight loss drug especially as an alternative to surgery even though the weekly injection can be extremely expensive and there's very limited data on the long-term risks and benefits, but more and more children taking we geoff i have to try and lose weight. --

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stuart: this is just coming in to us, senator joe manchin just announced that he will not, repeat, not, run for president on a third party ticket. okay. here we go with friday feedback. lauren, ashley, we're all ready. let's get started. first one comes from dana. it's about the couple in massachusetts who took in a migrant family. why don't families take in american families in need? we have lots of those in our country, and if we want to be good humanitarian the, take in americans. ashley, what do you think to that in. >> i think that's absolutely right. i mean, across the board people are in need of help, and, you know, in need of any resource, shelter, food, whatever it be.

americans should always come first in the line. i have nothing against other people joining in and getting help as well, but not when you come into the country illegally should you be getting access to these services first. that is wrong. stuart: what do you say, lauren? >> i agree. there are so many problems and people that we could be helping in our country. extend yourself to your fellow americans first. i agree with that. stuart: okay. more on the same subject. this is from roland are. yes, charity and compassion should be applauded. however, the question being asked should be, why did their guests leave chile in the first place? if the answer is economics, we need to seven them home. they are probably economic refugees, but how on earth do you deport, get rid of, send back 8 million people? sorry, folks, i just don't think that's going to happen. next case, this is from gene. the next time ken golden appears on the show, how about offering some potentially priceless "varney & company" memorabilia? if game suit from stuart's first broadcast?

[laughter] he probably can't fit into it anymore. that that's, oh, so true. [laughter] a lock of ashley webster's hair. ashley, what price do you think you'd get for a lock of your hair? >> oh, it's priceless. i'm thinking of donating it to science. not only is it full and thick -- [laughter] but it's bulletproof and waterproof. so, i mean, how can you put a price on that? stuart: worth a fortune. do you have any memorabilia ya you wish to offer for sale, lauren? if. >> me? if oh, my eye line. my eye liner. i use a specific one. it's hard to find. uh-huh. [laughter] stuart: i've tried to find it myself. this is from don. stuart, how old were you when you started playing soccer? were you a player on any of the current competitive british teams? are you kidding? and do any of your grandchildren play soccer? >> yes. half of them play soccer. no, i was never on any kind of team whatsoever but ashley was. you were on brighton, weren't you,. ashley:?

>> well, no, let's not get carried away. yes, on school teams i had a trial, god, 50 years ago a probably by now, and as you can see, i've had a nice career in broadcast, so it didn't go that well. but, yes, a long time ago. stuart: you're a very athletic guy, loving all sports -- >> i played soccer. stuart: i'm sorry, lauren. >> i played soccer in the second grade. yep. i got a lot of cramps from running, so i quit. [laughter] stuart: this is from ross. i like this one, this is a good one. which would you prefer to have if you could only have one? a cook, a maid, a personal assistant, driver, nanny, butt lehrsome -- butler? i would want to keep the personal assistant that the i already have. fox provides me with one, and it's a wonderful thing. juliana takes good care of me. what would you -- which would you prefer? lauren, first. >> a maid, hands down. it would make my life so much easier. stuart: okay. ashley? >> i'll be different, i think a

butler would make me uncomfortable. i like to drive, so i don't need a driver, but a cook would be great. stuart: lauren, go ahead. say what you're going to say. >> a maid. make the beds, change the sheet ises, do the laundry, clean up all the crumbs off the floor. >> that's good too. >> i mean, priceless. stuart: you don't have one already? okay, move on. [laughter] this is from keith. love the show, it as far as starts by day off just right. you always talk about how the u.s. sent spam to britain in world war ii, and you were appreciative. i bought some, tried it and liked it. i was born and raised on spam. wonderful stuff. a little greasy practice -- perhaps, but it took us through world war ii. lauren, have you ever tasted spam? >> no, i have not tried it, fried it or liked it, like the jingle that you just said. no. we do prosciutto instead. stuart: you do what? oh, prosciutto. is that ham? >> prosciutto.

stuart: italian ham. >> it's fancy, aged italian ham, uh-huh. stuart: i still eat an occasion occasional can of package is how about you, ash in. >> i haven't in a long time but used to have it all the time at a home and at a school, by the way, so -- but i haven't had it in a while. i have no objection to it. it was fine. stuart: i'll send you some. next one -- >> your soon to be chef, ashley, will not allow you to have a can of spam. stuart: from jodi -- >> good point. stuart: -- who comes up with your daily trivia a questions? obviously, some are much better than others. who does come up with it? is it robsome rob mcnally, yeah. studio shot, control room shot. stand up, rob. are you there? >> come on. stuart: okay. we'll -- stand the up, stand up. there you go. he does the questions, and he's very good at it. it's time for the friday trivia question. if which country has the most time zones, france, russia, u.s., china? i know, i know. guaranteed, i know this one. the answer, my answer, when we

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stuart: before the break we asked which country has the most time zones and i'm

convinced i know the answer. about france, russia, the united states, china? go first. ashley: russia i would think because it is an enormous country. i will go number 2, russia. lauren: what is your guess? lauren: let's do the unexpected. let's go with france. stuart: nice try. i am convinced it is russia. show us the right answer. what? france. what? what? don't be so smart. at some point of the year they have 13 time zones because of the number of territories they govern. the us and russia are tied for second with 11 time zones. ashley: trick question. stuart: i thought it was russia flat out, hands down. see you next. varney and company is done. coast-to-coast is next