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>> i thought joe biden likes democracy. if you like democracy, you love the dobbs decision which gives the power back to the people to have a vote. >> one of my constituents actually texted me, this is the hate of the union speech. all he did was point fingers and blame republicans for his disastrous policies. >> all americans are ticked off that he hasn't closed the border and and fixed the border issue. he has all the authority he needs to pix the border issue without a new border bill, without any more taxpayer dollars. >> it's also a sign of what the biden administration's been about, which is only about a them. the country has been an excuse for their power, their reach, their ability to do as they please. so i think that this was a perfect similar is boll of what biden stands for, what the democrats stand for. ♪ ♪ stuart: what's this song?

what is it? eye to eye. i'm not quite sure the relevance of that song to any news item today, but i'll work with it. kind of like it. oh, eye to eye. i'm old. i just don't get this stuff. 1 11:00 eastern time, it is friday, march the 8th. check those markets. we're still holding on to a very modest rally. dow's up 100, nasdaq's up about 100. the 10-year treasury yield had been coming down earlier. right now the 10-year treasury yields, i'll get there sooner or later. grocers, not sure where that a comes from. i can assure you, it's approximately on your screens now, 4.08%. it's starting to go back up again, and the market has ended some of its gains. all right. now this. it was a campaign speech, but the president did not seem to connect with voters. he lambasted republicans, he showed contempt for his predecessor -- wouldn't use trump's name. but where was the direct appeal

to voters and their concerns? where was it? voters are upset about inflation. they want to know what a second biden term would do about it. he didn't tell us. instead, he railed against businesses for shrinkflation. he talked about a bag of chips with fewer chips in it for a higher price. look, i don't think the conversation around the kitchen table centers on the chip kind -- chip count in a bag of doritos. he went on about junk fees, air a travel, cable bills. are these fees a big deal? not compared to your grocery bill. disconnect. he tried a little class warfare. he couldn't resist bashing billionaires. he used the expression pay their fair share. how many times have we heard that? of course, we never hear exactly what a fair share of your income should be taken by the government. class warfare does not resonate at the kitchen table in america. main in britain, but here not so much. disconnect. and then there's the border. the number one voter concern. the president didn't bring it

into his speech until 40 minutes in, and then he offered no solution. he simply blamed republicans and trump for the migrant mess. he went off script and mistakenly called the murdered student lincoln riley instead of laken riley. thank heaven her parents refused to attend. it was the most political state of the union i've a heard. blatantly partisan, disconnected from voters. the best you can say about it is at least he made it all the way through. but as a road map for a second term, i think it was a failure. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: brian brenberg sitting to my immediate left. not politically, but -- >> we could talk about that, i guess. [laughter] stuart: i think biden's speech was completely disconnected from voters. what say you? >> yes. it was a study in avoidance. he avoided the things that americans most want to hear

about and that he wants to talk about least because it's the least that he's done on the things people care most about. the border coming in 40 minutes into this speech. if it would have come 20 minutes into the speech, you would have said that is way too late. double that, and that's when he starts talking about the border. and the worst part is all he could say was you won't send me the thing i actually don't need to fix problem. and every american knows he doesn't need that a bill to fix the approximate -- the problem. he creates a false barrier to create a false -- to create a reason not -- stuart: since we're blaming the republicans, it's easy. the republicans did it. he doesn't have a handle on this. >> that's right. and he mentioned the former president five times as many times as he did inflation. stuart: did he? did he ever actually use the word inflation? >> i recall him maybe using it once or twice. he didn't, then i'm wrong. i overestimated what he said. think about that. americans are saying tell me how

you're going to make my kitchen table more affordable, and he said, let me tell you about my predecessor is. stuart: right. he made a joke about a candy bars to address this, what do you call it, shrinkflation. we've got it on tape. watch this. >> the snack companies think you won't notice if they change the size of the bag and put a hell of a lot fewer -- [laughter] same size bag, put fewer chips in it. [laughter] no, i'm not joking it's called shrinkflation. pass bobby casey 's bill and stop this. you probably all saw that commercial on snickers bars. finish you get charged the same amount, and you've got about, i don't know, 10 fewer snickers in it. -- 10% fewer. stuart: that does not seriously address -- and he did use the word, i'm told. >> he wasn't supposed to, and he didn't use it many times. he's trivializing an important issue. i love mike johnson's face in

the background of that image. as an american you say, mr. president, i'm not complaining about snicker bars and chips. i'm complaining about cars, houses, insurance and protein in my grocery bill. and notice he didn't say anything about any of that except on housing which was to say i want to shovel money at you to fix the housing problem i started. stuart, that's an insult to people who daughter about these things -- who care about these things, to talk about snickers bars. stuart: that's a strong word, insult. >> don't you think? stuart: i'll go with that. the president also said he wants to raise the minimum corporate tax. watch this. >> but that's still less than working people pay in federal taxes. if it's time to raise corporate minimum tax to at least 11%. -- 21%. [applause] so every big corporation finally begin begins to pay their fair share. stuart: i have never seen attacs

did not like. >> just a few days ago a he said he was going to be a -- to have a strike force on unfair prices because corporations cost too much. so he's going to sue them on that, and he wants to increase their tax bill at the same time which, of course, does what? raises the prices that you pay. there is no internal logic in his economic policies. which is why he gets enamored with things like snickers bars, because it's something he can understand. and america says give me logic, not candy quips, okay? and we didn't get that. stuart: not talking about candy bars around the kitchen table. >> no. maybe eating them, not talking about them. stuart: brian, thank you very much, indeed. back to the markets, please. i still see a little bit of green. the dow is still up, okay, i don't know where that came from. dow up 100, nasdaq up 65. and look who's here, joining us in new york city of all places, jonathan hoenig is with us.

wait a minute, i'm looking at the prompter here, and it says jonathan has a problem with nvidia. [laughter] does he really? >> it's not a personal if problem, stuart. >> are we going to get into it? >> yes. a lot of could have, should have, or would have. in fact, i think that's a lot of what you're seeing, fomo, fear of missing out. nvidia is up 100% just this year. if it continues like this, it's going to be up 1700% for 2024. that's not going to happen. and what worries me isn't the company, but the valuation. when you're buying a stock is, you're buying a valuation. it reminds me very much of cisco systems back in the late 1990s. cisco was like the nvidia of the internet age. oh, if you're into the internet if, you have to own cisco. 25 years later, cisco is exactly where it was back in the 1999 despite the fact the internet has succeeded. i'm bullish on a.i., but the valuation of these stocks, especially nvidia, is too far, too fast. study stuart there's a lot of people jumping into it with the

intention of selling, it's like a gambling chip in that sense. >> it is the greater fool theory. you mow i'm a momentum investor, and new highs tend to beget more new highs. the fact that the nasdaq and nvidia are near all-time highs, i'm a contrarian. i'm looking for things that are off the radar screen, things people aren't talking about day after day after day. that's that i'm focusing on. stuart: and you have brought with you the goes got you can investment of the week, an etf for africa. i've not seen this before. explain if it. >> yeah. turns out it's not just a song is, stuart. did you know that? there's actually a continent -- stuart: used to live there, actually. >> that's fascinating. you probably know more than anyone, this is a really troubled place on earth, stuart. the most extreme poverty of anywhere on earth, and it's been like that for decades. when i look at africa as a continent, i see opportunity. any place capitalism has even been just try, you see prosperity follow. you saw the same thing in china, small, tiny movements in the '90s and 2000s brought

prosperity. a a fk focuses on probably the most exotic of locales, african stocks, and i think it's a buy. stuart: afk. africa. i've not heard that one before, but, jonathan, i appreciate it. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: lauren's looking at boeing. lauren: down two-thirds of 1%, united is down half a percent. video one, a wheel detaverned from united-operated boeing 777. if you take the banner down, as a it was departing san francisco yesterday morning, the tire falls off into a parking lot and damages cars. video number two, another united-operated boeing plane, this time a 737 max, rolled off a runway into a patch of grass at george bush airport in houston, texas. the faa is investigating. one boeing jet in grass, the other loses a tire as it's flying on takeoff -- stuart: just another bad p if

r -- lauren: yeah. that's not a problem united wants to deal with right now. stuart: tell me about eli lilly. >> major alzheimer's drug delayed. the fda will hold an advisory committee meeting to talk about it, likely delays their decision on whether they should green light it. the stock is down 1.5%. stuart: how about carvana? didn't it have an incredible recovery -- lauren: they really have, and they're jumping another 11% today. rbc upgrades them not to buy, but the neutral. but they doubled or their price target. they were at 45, and now they go to 90 which is essentially where the stock is, but they think it's been on this recent run, and the momentum is its friend. it's just going to keep going up. stuart: jonathan hoenig is a momentum investor e. >> i gotta tell you, i think it's actually much more with eli lilly than carvana right now. there's this whole theme of the graying of america, people are getting a little bit offedder. not those of us at this table, of course, but other americans. that fits in with that theme, health care stocks are doing well with.

stuart: we're not talking about age on this set at the moment. but thank you very much, jonathan. [laughter] coming up, would you trust a.i. to help you find the love of your life? one app a wants to be your personal match maker using a.i. we'll dig into it. nancy pelosi gave a i glowing review of president biden's speech last night. watch this. >> he did it with vigor, he did it with vision, with patriotism, and i think it was one of the finest state of the union addresses i have seen, and i've seen many. stuart: okay. the finest she's ever seen. we'll see if steve hilton the agrees with that assess.. -- assessment. steve is next. ♪ is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you ♪ ♪

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stuart: well, the president painted a rosy picture of the economy at the state of the union. watch this. >> i inherited an economy that was on the brink. now our economy's literally the envy of the world. 15 million new jobs in just 3 years, a record, a record. [cheers and applause] unemployment at 50-year low. record 16 million americans are starting small businesses, and each one is a literal act of hope. stuart: brian brenberg knows a thing or two about this economy, and he's here to set the record straight. how does the current economy back up, stack up -- >> right. stuart: -- to when biden took office? >> this is what got me, he made that inherited comment, right? i inherited a disaster. i thought, i don't know, did you

inherit a disaster? what was it like in january 2021? so we ran some numbers. the first one we picked was housing because that's on everyone's mind right now. so when biden took office, what was the housing situation like? you might be surprised to the know the mortgage rate was 3%, pretty nice. your average monthly mortgage payment on a $400,000 house was about a $1300. stuart: yep. >> today it's the over $ 222100. over a $700 increase on your mortgage payment over the course of 3 years, stuart. stuart: that's extraordinary. >> does that sound like a disaster in january '21? stuart: no, it sounds like a disaster was on the way around the corner. >> right. look at gas prices, okay? we all have to drive around. $2.42 in january of 'the 321. that's gone up 37% to $3.32ed today. and, of course, a lot of us today are thinking more of $5 because that's how bad it got, but it's still that difficult. think about heating your home, for example, natural gas. how much has that gone up?

again, look at the numbers here. biden says he got a disaster. americans are saying, no, that was pretty good relative to where we are right now. or electricity, powering your life. same story. 27% increase isn't january 2021 until january 2024. stuart, here's the point. we've got an election coming up. you're going to hear a president who talks a lot about what he inherited and what things were like when he took office, and america needs to know what things really were like so they can make an informed decision. otherwise the solution you're going to keep getting is let's pour more government spending -- stuart: oh, yeah. that's coming. >> and i'm telling you, that's how we got here. that's not where we start. stuart: brian, thank you very much, indeed. that was good stuff. the president says our state of the union is only getting stronger. watch this. >> i say to the american people, when america gets knocked down, we get back up. [cheers and applause] we keep going!

that's america! [cheers and applause] that's you, the american people. it's because of you america's coming back. it's because of you our future is brighter. it's because of you that tonight welcome proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. stuart: yeah. and get off my lawn. steve hilton joins me now. what did you think of the speech last night, steve? >> goodness sake, no thanks to you, joe biden. can i just add, stuart, to the fact check on this idea that the economy was on the brink? if growth when he took over, growth in the economy, 6.5%. inflation, 1.4%. we were there. do you remember the pan the demick poem were talking about the v-shaped recovery? we were on the upward swing of that v with trump: the economy was rebounding incredibly strongly. what he did was bring in the inflation that has caused all that pain that you've just been

discussing with brian. the speech itself was literally nothing but a string of lies and distortions and divisive partisan. rants strung together with a bunch of cliches and random yelling. it was just appalling. stuart: whoa, strong stuff there, steve. listen to this, or nancy pelosi really disagrees with you. she thinks that was one of the finest state of the union speeches that she has ever heard. i'm going to roll that sound bite again. play it, please. >> because i think what he did was spectacular. he did it with vision gore, he did it with vision -- vigor, with patriotism, and i think it was one of the finest state of the union addresses i have seen, and i've seen many. stuart: steve, he did have some vigor at the start of the speech. it didn't last until the very end, but at the start, he had some vigor. give him that. [laughter] >> you can call it vigor. you could also a call it demented. the whole thing was completely

ridiculous. she can use whatever adjectives she wants, of course she'll sprint, but she can't lie about it -- spin it. i watched the interview. the lying was so shame will-less. she actually said e that biden's speech was not political. she said the political aspects of it were from the crowd yelling four more years. biden was presidential, not political. she then went on to say that trump with his state of the union speeches, she said the state of the union speech is not supposed to be a political rally, but that's what trump did. for goodness sake, i mean, even democrats say this morning that what you saw from biden was a political speech. launching his reelection. so to just completely lie about it was just ridiculous. stuart: at least he made it through to the end, that really pleases the democrats who weren't, perhaps, expecting that. last word to you. >> and, actually, you could say that is the silver lining for republicans, because if you believe that joe biden is a weak candidate in november, then

actually this speech made it more likely that he'll remain the candidate. stuart: fascinating. steve hilton, thanks very much, indeed. enjoy california this weekend. see you later. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: all right. a group of 40 attorneys general just sent a letter to meta. meta's at $514 a share right now. what are they asking for? if. lauren: they want to know why users' accounts keep getting hacked and locked. a bad actor comes in, changes your password, locks you, the real other than, out of your account and creates panic. do they have your financial information? so many people have have their personal and professional lives on facebook and instagram. so the a.g.s, these users have been calling their local a.g.s in panic, right? they need support. a 1,000 increase in reported melt that account takeover complaints over four years. they're asking meta, they're asking the a.g.s to have meta do something about this.

stuart: so they should. check those markets, please. still some green. not a whole lot of it, but we've got some green there. dow is up 80, nasdaq has now turned south. at the open we were up over 100 points on the nasdaq. now we're down 1 point. coming up, president biden claimed that the american economy is the envy of the world. that's a very strong claim. the chair of the all-important house ways and means committee, jason smith, weighs in on that one. california's new framework for teaching math may no longer require students to memorize multipri case tables. can rebumming -- are we denialing down the schools -- dumbing down the schools? kennedy is here on that. ♪ new math, new math, it won't do you a bit of good to read new math. ♪ it's so simple, so very simple ♪ the best advice i ever got was to invest with vanguard for my retirement.

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stuart: check those markets. now we've got red for the nasdaq, red for the s&p and a very small gain for the dow. quite a turn around, i'd say. lauren's got -- i want you the start with costco. it's down, isn't it? lauren: about 7%. holiday quarter sales missed the of the lofty expectations. shoppers still going, traffic up, still spending a lot of money, but high margin items they're selling less of minus gold parse -- bars. they sold $100 million worth this quarter.

stuart: show me tesla. that's down as a well. it is -- lauren: 2. stuart: 174. lauren: ev sales in general slowing in china in january and february of this year. number two, live yarntion a competitor, they're betting on small with the rt-2, and they've taken pretty big preorders already. but there is speculation that rivian might be courting a financial backer, and that could be apple. stuart: they're no longer doing the car. apple's not doing an electric car. lauren: exactly. rivian was up 13% yesterday, now it's flat. stuart: stem professionals, those are people who work in science, technology, engineering and math. they're raising the alarm about california's new framework to teach math in schools. they're concerned that kids may no longer immediate to memorize their times tables -- need to memorize. kennedy is with me. wait a minute, is that so bad? you don't have to memorize times tables? is that such a bad thing? >> yes, that's a horribling

thing. stuart: why? >> how are you going to know math if you don't know math? memory is a critical part especially of the foundational stuff, division, multiplication. they're talking simple multiplication. just times tables. everyone should know them because that's the math you need for the rest of your life. they should drill it into your head. that is one of the few things that you are required to know, and if you -- and now if you get a college degree and in california, you need at least two years above algebra in order to graduate from college. you need multiplication for all of that stuff because if you are fortunate enough to study calculus and even more advanced math than that, you better have the foundation set. stuart: so you disapprove of -- >> i disapprove like the s.t.e.m. teachers do. they don't want you to memorize every single function. they don't want you to memorize every as aspect of graphing, but you need to memorize basics like times tables.

the earlier, the better. stuart: well, i learned my times tables, and look at me now. >> you're a rich genius. [laughter] stuart: where'd that come from? brenberg -- >> i'm not going to top that. stuart: so do you think kids should be -- remember your multiplication tables. you with that? >> yes. is not supposed tock easy, it's not supposed to be fun, but it's supposed to be done. and the problem right now is we live in an education world where nobody wants to fail or say you didn't get there. you got the answer wrong, you're not going to pass. and if you have that kind of education establishment, math becomes impossible. so what they do instead is say don't do the math anymore. stuart: we've never learned how to teach kids math. >> we sure have, stuart. look at the crowds on the road right now. we have self-driving cars in development. that's completely math. this whole studio is math, every light, every camera here is run on math. we can do math beyond what we ever dreamed because with we taught it well. stuart: are you lecturing me?

>> he's an economics professor. he can lecture on math. >> i'm saying, stuart, open up your wonder about a math. it's everywhere where around you, and we know how to do it. stuart: i'm really not arguing with anyone here. i'm just provoking a discussion, and a i'm going to move on because this is the story that i'm truly interested in. a new dating app is using a.i. to break the ice with potential love matches. excuse me. [laughter] unstead of filling out a dating profile, it has users message a chat bot to find out their interests. that chat bot then goes on a virtual first date to find compatible -- i don't understand this. can you explain it, kennedy? >> it's really strange that we're becoming more -- we're one step more removed from each other in the critical aspect of partnering, of getting allal manned up if you're a heterosexual woman. that's all you want to do. a lot of desperate people out there, they're using apps, but now they're using one more

shield that distances themselves from the fun, gooey as aspect of love that you cannot realize -- stuart: what do you have in mind with the gooey aspect -- >> this is a family show, stu. family show. [laughter] you know i can't go into great detail. i appreciate tata you are a british-born pervert, but i cannot -- [laughter] stuart: but the ratings would go straight up, if you did. >> i don't know if we can afford them to go any higher. you're already a legend. stuart: i said i was a prude yesterday? i think i did, actually, yes. [laughter] i've no objection to a.i. improving the dating process. >> sure. improving the algorithms in the app, but you are sending a.i. to talk for you. stuart: what you object to is electronic dating -- >> i don't have a problem with that, the initial algorithm temperatures. my problem is go talk to someone face to face. stuart: well, how do you meet them, in a bar? >> i mean, i met my sexy teenage boyfriend in an elevator.

that's real. he doesn't even have cable. he just thought i was real. stuart: that was face to face and gooey, wasn't it? >> sure was. [laughter] stuart: kennedy, thank you very much, indeed. this is a comedy show. there's a new -- this is serious, and it's for you with. lauren: what a transition. stuart: there's a new phone call scam that uses a.i. to clone a loved one's voice. how do they do that? lauren: you know when you get a phone call and you say, hello, hello, who is this? all different ways they can clone your voice is. scammers for years have been making these phone calls in the middle of the night, and people are a little groggy, maybe not as sharp saying all sorts of things to get money from you. this is the story of a couple that lives in brooklyn, and they have elderly parents, and they were told by the scammer that the parents were being held hostage. they knew not to jump on this. they're younger, one used to work in law enforcement, so he called one of his friends who had experience with hostage negotiations, and he's on speaker phone, he walks them through this conversation with the scammers who were demanding

money. at first, $500, then 250. and they had proof of life, proof of that person, the voice. they never imagine ifed it would be an a.i.-cloned version of the voice. stuart: that's interesting. kind of scary. lauren: this happens with finances. when you have what someone sounds like and you're calling in the middle of the might and scare ising people -- stuart: anybody knows what we sound like. lauren: yeah. take my $500. that person is clearly worth more than $500. stuart: we done with this one? yes, we are. coming up, president biden is trying to win over voters with the promise of more free money. we'll break down how much those handouts will actually cost. the president also wants to hike taxes on businesses. jason smith is the chair of the house ways and and means committee. important guy. he holds the purse pursestrings. can he do anything to stop biden taxing us? we'll ask him, he's next. ♪ money changes everything ♪

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♪ ♪ stuart: well, the president packed his state of the union address with promises of free money like universal preschool, more tax credits. grady trimble at the white house today. who's going to pay for it all, grady? >> reporter: oh, the tax taxpayers, stu, of course. president biden pushed for raising the corporate tax rate in his state of the union speech to pay for these proposals which gop critics would call expensive free bees. freebies. >> we enacted tax credits of $800 per if person, per year, reduce health care costs for millions of working families. restore that child tax credit! [cheers and applause] no child should go hungry in this country. i want to provide an annual tax credit that will give americans $400 a month for the next two

years as mortgage rates come down. >> reporter: the president makes the case all those policies and cancel ising student debt are good for the economy. he often talks about building the economy from the bottom up and middle out, but republicans argue it's these types of programs from the biden administration that have caused higher prices and higher interest rates, making the american dream less attainable. they say he is out of touch with the american people. >> they're not concerned about how many dorito chips are in a bag, they're concerned about whether they have enough money to pay their mortgage that has doubled under him because of inflation and interest rate hikes. and, again, he's doubling down, he's pouring gasoline on the fire of inflation, and and he's going to make the quality of life and standard of living even worse. >> reporter: after the president's speech last night, republicans are once again making the case, stu, that if you tax the job creators, that a

means fewer jobs and more financial hardship for everyday americans. stu? stuart: yes, it does. grady, thank you very much, indeed. joining me now i is the house ways and means committee chair, congressman jason smith. congressman, thanks for coming back on the show. it's always good to see you. the president pushed for corporate tax hike last night. can you stop those tax hikes? >> well, the house, the republicans control the house of representatives. we've been stopping bad policies that president biden has been pushing since republicans took the control of the house. what people need to be reminded, stuart, is that we are in this economic crisis strictly because of biden's policies. in his first two years in office where the democrats controlled the white house, the house and senate, stuart, they spent more than $10 trillion which has led e to inflation increasing by almost 18% since joe biden's taken the oath of office. and that means every american is paying more to put food on their table, clothes on their backs and gas in their cars.

he talks about this tax credit to purchase a home in the reason why mortgage interest rates are the highest they've been in more than two decades is because of biden's economic policies. stuart: so you've got to reverse those policies which means spend less, tax less. is that right? >> it's exactly. and that is why we are spending less now than what we were spending the years before. but we need to do better. we need to have some help over in the united states senate. it's why i'm advocating for passage of tax relief for american families and workers act because we went across this country, stuart. we've heard from small business owners and working families of the issues they're facing. i would encourage joe biden to do the same. when was the last time joe biden was in a supermarket, or when was the last time joe biden was at a gas station? if do that, you'll see what real americans are experiencing. stuart: but you've got to have republican control of the senate and an increased majority in the house to get done what you want to do. >> you bet.

and we will. and is we also need to have the white house. so we need to make sure that he has an exit if plan when he loses in november. stuart: the president defended his record on the economy last night. in fact, he called it, quote, the envy of the world. that's what he said our economy is, the envy of the world. what do you think to that claim, congressman? >> i would say if any biden is moving their lips, there needs to be fact checks. and what he said right there is completely wrong. inflation's gone up almost 18% since he's taken the oath of office. real wages for americans has decreased by 4.4% since joe biden's taken the oath of office. the facts don't add up to what he's trying to sell the american people. and you know what? the american people aren't buying it, because they believe that the economy is worse now than it was four years ago when president trump was in office. stuart: give me 30 seconds on what you really thought about the speech last night. >> it was nothing but a political speech, stuart, without a doubt. i have never known or sat in a

state of union speech where i have seen the sitting president attack his main political rival over and over again. what we witnessed last night was unprecedented, stuart. stuart: but he did get, make it all the way through. i'm saying that's one of his accomplishments, if not the big accomplishment last night. he made it all the way through. last word to you. >> stuart, it's a really sad day whenever you just hope that your president can stand upright and talk without mumbling too much. that is really sadr for our country. stuart: it's kind of a low bar. congressman, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thanks very much for being here. >> great to be with you, stuart. stuart: on your screens, a state of the markets. all 30 of the dow stocks. there's a majority of winners there, and the dow is up. holding on to a 60-point gain. it's that time, friday, almost lunchtime. don't go anywhere, friday feedback is next. ♪ ♪

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♪ let me hold your a hand. ♪ i wanna hold your hand ♪ stuart: why not play a little beatles? we've got a question about the beatles coming up in friday feedback. that, by the way, is carlisle, pennsylvania. 54 degrees. we're ready with lauren and brian,s start with this one. jane. stuart, viewers from the fox windows are often a shown before and after commercials. you often note how empty the streets and sidewalks are since covid. i remember those days, but some viewers may not. how about a side by side comparison pictures then and now. okay. our brilliant production staff did it. put it on the screen, please. where is it? what's that,s 2019. okay, there's thursday -- lauren: not much difference. stuart: i'm sorry guys. >> it's a little different. lauren larp i think there was more traffic in 2019. i saw more cars on the road. put it back up, yeah. i'm sorry. stuart: can you put it back up?

can we do that? lauren large we're taking too much time. stuart: we can't do it. we've taken too much time. cheryl writes this: hi, varney team. i like this. what is the best hotel you've stayed in and why? if okay. i've got the answer. the ritz carlton in naples, because it's right on the beach, and the breakers in florida. wherever it is. palm beach with. yeah. there's my two. what you got, lauren? lauren: i really enjoy the jw marriott in peru. something about a it. stuart: okay. and brian? >> the shores of lake superior in duluth, minnesota. an old brewery. that's right. stuart: okay, we'll take that. this is coming from june. stuart, it's my pleasure to witness such informative financial news sprinkled with humor on a daily basis. keep up the good work. that's flattery, and i know it when i see it and hear it. [laughter] keep it coming, i love it. next one from timothy. do stuart and ashley spell words

in the british day such as colour when they writesome no, i do not. i've completely -- i'm completely americanized. lauren: you spell my name l-o-r-e-n sometimes. stuart: that's because i'm a mistaken. >> even now? stuart: next one from charles. i watch your show regularly -- oh, this is the one. of charles, you're in trouble. i watch your show regularly, but i'm completely bewildered by your love of the beatles considering the negative impact on american society which continues to proliferate today. we naturalized american citizens in your age bracket with, remember they started a movement of disrespect to parents in our american society. well, charles, i greet -- completely disagree with you. the beatles educated america about a really good harmonic music and a new style of high. come on. lauren: your answer suffices. >> like we're going to disagree with you? the b side of abbey road, i think, is the best b side in the history of music.

>> and what is it? >> mccartney's medley of songs, it's like eight different songs. it ends with the words in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make, which i bet charles isn't going to -- lauren: he's fact checking you. >> you know that's right. that's the end of the last beatles' album -- lauren: he's literally fact checking you. stuart: from a family, we did a cool-cation over new year's a couple of years ago, and it was awe asome. we did hawaii, we did dog mushing, we did -- we did alaska. did dog mushing, and it was amazing. thank you for that message from the alaska visitors' bureau. you sold it well. time for a cool-cation? >> i'd do it in a heartbeat, i'm from minnesota. lauren: iceland. stuart: you're a beach person. beach and pools.

>> you don't know how to spell her name, how do you know that a? [laughter] stuart: this is from dave and vanessa. last week you mentioned you'd attended only four pop concerts in your youth. which bands did you say? jose feliciano, tom petty, saw him in new york. bryan adams, saw him in new york. and there's one more. and i can't remember it. [laughter] i just -- i wrote it, no -- i'm sorry, folks, i've got to move on because i can't remember it -- lauren: did you ever take any of your daughters to nkotb, new kids on the block? stuart: no. lauren: taylor swift? stuart: no. i have children who take their children. >> can i tell you my first concert? the who. stuart: oh, the fourth one was eric clapton. lauren: do you know who i've seen many times in concert? bruce with springsteen. stuart: well, we don't have him on the show. thanks to everybody for sending in your feedback. now it's time for friday's trivia question.

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was not one of the four states to join the united states, delaware, new jersey, connecticut. lauren: connecticut. stuart: i'm going to go with connecticut. the answer is connecticut. the first four states to join the union were dollar, penciling you, new jersey and georgia. connecticut was the fifth to join the union. i'm going to say thank you for sticking around. we will be watching you 1:00 eastern on "the big money show" right here on the fox business network. i wound up a little early. for 20 seconds now. i did say i remembered the fifth, i was contacted by a relative who told me, with dire straits, i was informed by a relative. coast-to-coast