>> they're saying it's okay for a 2500 people every day the to crosses the border illegally and come into the united states. >> i'm so sick and tired of this administration getting in everybody's way from trump to nvidia, microsoft, everybody else, and in the leading where it should be leading which is supporting our allies, israel and ukraine. >> it's the same phenomenon that we've seen in policing, that when there's something recording, people feel they're accountable for their reaction actions. when people know they're being recorded, again, most folks change their behavior. >> it's a known fact in washington that joe biden has a basically become a recluse, that the he's become a hermit when it comes to having these meetings with lawmakers because he can't really effectively communicate with them. ♪ ♪ thank you for the sacrifices made ♪ stuart: thank you? is that -- not sure of the

relevance of that to any of the stories of the day, but we'll take the it. lauren: i can't help you. stuart: there you have sixth avenue. lauren: thank you for no traffic. [laughter] stuart: oh, okay. that's it. it's for the veterans for d-day. lauren: oh. stuart: thank you for your service, thank you for your sacrifice. well done, producers. fine choice of music. 11:00 eastern. d-day. to the markets, hardly any price action. i keep saying we've got the jobs report tomorrow. maybe there's some caution ahead of that. we have the dow up, what, about 40 points? a fractional loss for the s&p. the nasdaq's down 10 points. that's what we've got. can you show me big tech, please? have you got that lined up? yes, we do. apple, microsoft on the downside is. check the 10-year treasury yield too, that's a little higher but right there at 4.300%. it is the 80th anniversary of

d-day when allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy. that's where we find our own martha maccallum who joins me now. martha, set the scene for us, please. >> yep, i hear ya. i'm ready. stuart: okay. martha, i just introduced you. set the scene, please. >> hi there, stuart. it is so great to be with you. this has just been an absolutely extraordinary day here, and we watched all throughout today as world war ii veterans came by us, some walking, some in their wheelchairs into their place with their a families, with their grandchildren. and it was a very moving ceremony as this played out. you know, we heard from president biden, he talked about a the commitment if to democracy, he talked about a never turning your back on democracy. he talked about a ukraine and the threat that it faces from russia. you know, we look at it both in terms of the 80th anniversary,

what happened here, the strength and courage and bravery that it took on the part of these 18, 19, 20-year-olds in order to be the tide that a pushed hitler back. once this invasion happened, it was clear that germany had no offensive power left in it, and that truly turned the war. so, you know, it's important to look at it in terms of the 80-year anniversary, the men who are just, you know, the focus of so much of our attention as they should be here because they have such deep lessons to teach us and and also what are their lessons for where we are now. is there a next greatest generation who could take us through the really sort of gathering shadows that we see of unrest in the world, stuart? if. stuart: martha, this is, there's a political element here as well because the president is kind of on show. he's on the world stage. we have former secretary of state mike pompeo saying that biden's legitimacy on the world

stage, he's questioning that legitimacy on the world stage. listen to this for a moment. roll tape. >> you know, i say this with no joy, these aren't just private conversations where we can see that president biden is no longer up to the task of being the commander in chief and keeping america secure, but he can't follow a teleprompter, basic skill sets that every leader of the free world needs to have it. we can see it in how he interacts with people. i'm counting on our commander in chief to have the mental acuity to actually deliver for america, and i think we can all see with our own eyes with, we don't have to rely on anybody else to see that there is this real risk. stuart: how does the president look on the world stage? >> well, stuart, i think the speech was strongly delivered today. i think he made a lot of powerful points. i talked to john kirby afterwards, and that'll be on "the story" later on about whether or not his strong words match if up with the kind of real support he's giving ukraine

in time and whether or not russia russia is wearing down -- russia is just wearing down ukraine because we're so hesitant to give them what they need at the time that they need it. on the other hand, he also did not call on europe to do the more in terms of giving their fair share. now, maybe those are going to happen behind closed doors. but if biden is as committed as he says he is to democracies in europe and pushing back russia that clearly presents the kind of threat in many ways that we saw in 1938, then, you know, we have to see those words be matched with action. i will say one other thing, stuart. to a person, everybody after the ceremony who i spoke with and got their a reactions from really gave emmanuel macron a lot of credit. he was very energetic, very sincere with these veterans. he held both of their shoulders, kissed them on both cheeks as the french do. he gave them the very emotional a medals of the french, the french medals of honor, and that

was very moving. macron got very high marks today in terms of the perception of leadership that we watched. stuart: good. martha maccallum, thanks for joining us on a very important day. we will make sure to watch you on "the story," every day, 3 p.m. eastern on fox news. and now this, they are the crown jewels of american business. they have accumulated vast wealth because they're good at what they do. they are leading the world into the digital revolution are which has become the a.i. revolution. you know, it's good to see american companies right out front. microsoft is the most valuable of all a, $3.151 trillion, that's their value as of wednesday's closing price. nvidia has jumped into with second place at $3.001 trillion. apple, third, $3.900 -- 3.0033, google fourth, amazon, $1.886

trillion. you add all that lot up, and the crown jewels are worth just over $13 trillion. it's hard to wrap your arms around that much money, but investor love it. according to gallup, 162 million americans own stock. that is 622% -- 632% of all of -- 62% of all the cults. the stock market -- of all the adults. that makes these companies unpopular in some quarters. the left isn't happy because the wealth isn't spread around evenly and because big tech's money is private so they can't control it. worse, big tech is largely nonif union. oh, the horror. -- non-union. the europeans can't compete, the regulator don't like it because it's big and, therefore, monopolistic. there are republicans who don't like it because tech tends to be woke. but what you can't deny is the success of american technology. this is the third hour of "varney & company," and it will

continue momentarily. it's going to continue now. i thought we not that, you know, the animation stuff, but, no, we didn't have that. gary, you're up. am a i right in calling these big tech companies the crown jewels of american business? >> 1,000%. the amount of wealth they have created and the amount of productivity gains that they have created. when i was a kid, i had the encyclopedia britannica ca as my google, and it was one year old. now you can go on search and find out anything and everything about a everything. just the advancements we have received from these companies, i have to tell you i wake up this morning and and i hear one of our, our justice department is talking to nvidia and microsoft about antitrust and worried about moth and a.i -- microsoft and a.i. and their deal. and i'm thinking to myself,

can't they leave greatness alone? stuart: yeah. >> it's the government that's running $35 trillion in debt. these companies are profitable, created massive amounts of wealth and, by the way, it's not just them. how about a walmart that we're hearing that people that a started as a cashiers are now making $400,000 a year running one of the stores or becoming regional as? i mean, amazing american companies in where we have gone over the last two or three decades, and i guarantee it's going to continue. i'm hoping the powers that a be, all they've got to do is just get the heck out of the way. stuart: gary, that was fine stuff. i'm glad you agree with me. it's just great to see american companies right out front. gary, i'm very short of time so i'm cutting it short, but we'll see you again real soon. >> have a great one, stuart. stuart: lauren's looking at robinhood which is up nearly 6%. lauren: they're doubling down on crypto, buying bitstand, very big in europe and asia, for $200

million cash that allows robinhood to serve institutional a crypto clients as well. stuart: jm snucker, i think we covered this yesterday? lauren: no, earlier today, they own jif peanut butter, they just bought hostess cakes last year. their gross profits rose by 15% in the quarter. stuart: price power, does it every time, doesn't it? lauren: strong margins. stuart: ebay. >> citi upgraded them. they expect to return to margin expansion, and just yesterday ebay said it will no longer accept american express payments because of the high processing fees starting in the middle of august, so that would save them some money, i suppose. and then you get an upgrade. stuart: coming up, eight members of congress are -- [laughter] listen to this, they're going to jump out of a plane to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. darrell issa a is one of those congressmen. we'll ask him what the prep was like for a jump. look at that.

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is scheduled to attend a private meeting with a powerful business round table on june 13th. he wants to do this to try and develop an alliance, of course, with major corporate leader. the meeting, we are told, will be off the record and closed to the press. joe biden was also invited by the round table but couldn't attend because of a g7 meeting overseas. is another administration member's going to attend. the round table features more than 200 ceos and trump, of course, hoping to persuade them to support and donate to his campaign. this group includes blackstone ceo steve schwarzman who recently endorsed trump, but other members among many include jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon and carlyle group ceo harvey schwartz. stu. stuart: there'll be a lot of money in that room, and that's a fact. ashley, thank you. 9. the trump campaign has begun the vetting process for potential running mates. doug burgum, marco rubio, senator tim scott, senator j.d.

vance, they're all on the short list. republican donor andy say ban joins me now. you haven't yet given to trump in this year, 2024. why not? [laughter] >> i felt he was unhinged after the 2020 election. i'm actually two at the point of rethinking it because of the possibility that my friend, with who i think is by far the best vp candidate, tim scott, may be his choice. stuart: hold on a second. you would put money into trump's campaign if he chose tim scott as his running mate but not unless he does that? >> i am going to rethink. obviously, i think tim is by far the best, and i've supported him right along. but if tim is the running mate, i will most likely support the team of trump and tim scott. stuart: okay.

you're in touch with other big republican donors. have they come, come into the field? are they giving a lot more money because of the guilty verdicts on trump? >> so on monday night i cohosted a fundraiser for tim -- tom cotton. 20 senators were there, many, many donors. obviously, nobody really cares about the conviction. the conviction, you convicted trump, and i you also convicted the american justice system. if anything, that conviction helped in terms of people coming behind trump. what i find interesting is that democratic donors who hate trump are so upset about that conviction that they're thinking about voting for trump now. stuart: voting for trump -- >> but i've been supporting all the a senate candidates and

house candidates, cohosting -- we have another fundraiser monday night with a bun with. of senators -- bunch of senators. i've been -- that's the real firewall with, is the senate. but i think donors don't care about the conviction. and if everybody thinks back to gore v., when gore and george w. got together, at the end of the day the supreme court went ahead and overruled the florida supreme court. we may see something similar, i hope, if there's no justice on, you know, when they sentence trump and if they try to keep him off of the campaign trail by giving him either putting anymore jail or giving him community service. anything they can do to stop him is where they're at, and i think the supreme court should

intervene for the hack of due process. stuart: okay, we hear you. andy, thanks so much for joining us. we'll talk to you again later, thanks a lot. some democratic groups are launching an effort to help the party in down-ballot races in battleground states. which states? lauren: arizona a, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin but also a new hampshire. so democrats are hoping that abortion, voting rights are all motivating and winning issues. they want control of the statehouses, and they're spending millions of dollars to do that according to axios. stuart: thank you, lauren. now this, biden's losing the support of young voters, the young voters that he had who were supporting anymore 2020. what's the problem, ash? ashley: it's interesting, biden continues, apparently, to receive poor if marks from gen-z and millennial voters, the same group, by the way, that convincingly voted for biden four years ago. polls also showing support for the president has a fallen among younger black, latino and

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stuart: no clear price trend on wall street this morning, cow's up 50, nasdaq -- dow's up 50, nasdaq's down 222. -- 2 22. microsoft, nvidia and apple are all a down. check the cryptos, we had bitcoin hitting $71,000. it's there now, 7 11,4. etherium ever so slightly lower at 3839. president biden's in normandy, he spoke commemorating the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion. peter doocy is there, what were the key points, peter? >> reporter: the key theme, stu, looking ahead is that, in president biden's opinion, the things that happened in europe in the 1940s ahead of d-day are not that different than some of the things that are happening here in europe right now. >> aggression and greed, the desire to dominate and control,

to change borders by force, these are perennial. the struggle between a dictatorship and freedom, it's unending. here in europe we see one stark the example. ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant bent on domination. >> reporter: and today could not be more different than june 6th, 80 years ago. birds chirping, the sun is shining, and the men in their teens and 20s who stormed the the beaches are now near 100 years old. president biden's remarks really painted a picture of how terrifying the largest amphibious assault ever was with german positions above raining bullets and bombs down on the allied forces below, sacrifices president biden says were ultimately worth it. >> every one of them knew the probability of dying was real. but they did it anyway.

they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. freedom is worth it. democracy is worth it. america's worth it. the world is worth it. >> reporter: president biden had a chance to meet with dozens of men who were at either d-day or the invasion in the days that the followed here in normandy at omaha beach. he told them privately and then at the podium as well that they saved the world. stu. stuart: and they were the greatest generation. peter doocy in normandy, thanks so much, peter. congressman darrell issa is with me now. he's actually in normandy as well. what's your take, congressman p on biden's position on the world stage? how's the world seeing him? >> well, stuart, when we're over here, corey and ronny jackson and myself, we're over here to

celebrate the greatest generation, to replicate that by parachuting in tomorrow. but as we stand the united, including with our president, obviously his standing is quite diminished, and it's one of the challenges, his inability to rally behind ukraine, to the take out iran, the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan has made it much more difficult. we hear that from our allies. stuart: congressman, you're flanked by congressmen cory mills and ronny jackson. all three of you are going to do a jump tomorrow, i believe. why are you jumping out of a plane? [laughter] >> well, all three of us were paratroopers in our previous lives, and so we have the experience, the training. we've requalified. but most importantly, we wanted to be part of thanking and replicating what the greatest generation did when the 8 82nd airborne came in and 101st airborne, they did to so knowing

that their chances of survival were even less than those hitting the beach. but they did so, and they did so valiant -- you know, gallantly. stuart: any nerves? i presume it's been a few years since you gentlemen have jumped out of a plane. >> no, we all did it in the last two months. we had to requalify. they didn't want to have us splat fresh on the ground, so we're all current in static line jumps with a t-10 which is the old-fashioned round parachute and pretty excited to hit the ground. i won't be in a dress uniform, i'll be dressed like these two thugs, and we'll all look alike. show 'em your helmet. >> this is 101st airborne here. yep. >> you know, he's got his name on the inside, so if they can't recognize him, they'll look at the helmet. >> that's right. [laughter] stuart: and i believe you're jumping out of the original c-47 transport planes that were actually used in world war ii, is that right? >> absolutely. these military versions of the

dc3, tail draggers with big radio engines. ours was one that actually flew in very early, in the first round, and it supplies again. and it gives you a reason to remember that paratroopers do not fly out of perfectly good aircraft. they're scared to stay in the aircraft they're in. [laughter] stuart: congressman cory mills, you're going to be on the show tomorrow. are you jumping before you appear on the show or after you appear on the show? >> i'm jumping before the show, so you might want to have a backup just in case. [laughter] >> that's okay, ronny will catch him. stuart: all three of you, were you in the 8 22nd and 0 10 -- >> i was 1st infantry division but went through fort benning, what they call the benning school for boyses, and got my qualification there a long time ago -- >> i was navy if airborne.

stuart: do you miss if those days, i mean, the camaraderie, the brotherhood of being elite troops? >> we have it right here. >> we have it back! [laughter] stuart: you do, indeed. gentlemen, we want to wish you the very best of luck9 with the jump tomorrow, and we honor all those wonderful people who made d-day possible. gentlemen, see you again soon. >> thank you. stuart: now this, in an interview with sean hannity on fox last night, trump attacked biden's mental fitness. ashley, come on in. what did he say? ashley: a yep. well, during that interview, of course, he did question biden's mental a fitness and said it should stop him from spending another four years in the oval office. take a listen to mr. trump. >> look, we have a man that a shouldn't be doing this job. he's not qualified. he's not mentally sharp enough. and i don't believe he was 20 years ago a either. we need a president that's as a sharp and is respected. and we're closer the world war iii.

now, you take a look at what's happened in the last few days, putin is now talking about the nuclear weapons for the first time. he's talking about them all the time because ukraine is not talking about hitting russia. and and biden doesn't know what the hell to say. [laughter] ashley: trump's comments, of course, follow the report you've been talking about all morning, "the wall street journal" that cited interviews with 45 people who claim biden is slipping behind closed doors, relying heavily on note cards during high-level meetings and waffling, as the journal put it, between a man in command of the room to someone who has trouble with even the slightest of details. so that report's having a big impact. of course, backs up the argument of donald trump. stuart: it does. all right, thanks, ash. back to the market for a moment, the dow is up 60 points, 30,866. who are the big winners? salesforce is up% -- 2% now. amazon, projector and gamble,

merck, verizon all on the upside. the s&p 500 winners, jm smucker, that's still up 5%. illumina, 5%. lululemon, 4. paypal and uber technologies round out the list. how about the cryptos? nasdaq winners, actually. ill illumina, lululemon, paypal and brown forman. now the cryptos. bitcoin is at $71,500. coming up, donald trump's in arizona. immigration, the big issue there. we have a report from phoenix. president biden facing challenges on his electric vehicle push. only 99% of people -- 9% of people in america own one and most others are not interested in buying one. we have the full story next. ♪

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stuart: here's one of those important numbers, the yield on the 10-year treasury. this is a good number if the yield is below 4.3. that's a positive for stocks. let's see the price of oil, around about $700 -- oh, it's going up a little bit, $75 per barrel. that's where we are with oil. now this, the white house is pushing forward with its electric vehicle agenda, but people just aren't buying into the vision. mike emanuel joins us. what are the latest roadblocks for biden's ev goals? >> reporter: stu, one aspect is the rollout of charging stations for electric vehicles has been a total failure so far. then there's places like the commonwealth of virginia rejecting a massive transformation to ev. >> i have the privilege of announcing that we are ending, once and for all, the california

electric vehicle mandate if in virginia. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: -- slammed on the brakes on electric vehicles' mandate. it would have forced dealerships to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. the previous democratic governor adopted california's standard. consumer demand for electric vehicles hasn't shown up as hoped by many democrats. i spoke with the virginia attorney general about why officials there stopped the mandate. >> this is a tax on working class virginians. the average electric vehicle costs anywhere between $10,000-70,000 more than compared to the comparable non-electric vehicle. so it's a luxury item. i have a lot of friends that love their ev, and it goes back to consumer choice. >> reporter: nationally, a huge issue is the lack of charging stations. president biden's infrastructure package authorized 500,000 new

charging ports. a senate progressive blasted the administration for that rollout being a disaster. >> the fact that we passed this bill years ago and not one charging station has been built in my state and only seven, as you put it, seven sites around the country? if that is -- that is a vast administrative failure. >> reporter: the federal highway administrator told senators the goal of 500,000 new charging stations should happen by the end of the decade. stuart: any day now. mike emanuel, thank you very much, indeed. the white house is rolling out two major solar projects in idaho. ashley, what is so special about idaho? ashley: it's what they're being built on. these two big solar projects are are being built on u.s. department of energy-owned a lands, as you say, in idaho that had been cleaned up after decades of tests on nuclear reactors there. that's what makes it

interesting. it's just the start of a multistate project that will see renewable projects actually across 700,000 acres -- 70,000 acres of d doe land in new mexico, nevada, washington, idaho and south carolina. all of this part of joe biden's lean -- clean electricity goals. the administration wants the u.s. grid to run on clean energy by 2035. biden says deploying clean energy solutions can help save the planet and strengthen u.s. energy independence which i do believe we once had. [laughter] stuart: yes, paradise lost. thanks, ash. now this, elon musk's xai is planning to build a new supercomputer. where? lauren: memphis, tennessee. stuart: why not? lauren: would be the biggest investment the state has ever seen although we don't have a price tag. xai fresh off that $6 billion fund raising i haul, and they want to build this massive supercomputer in tennessee. it would house 10 1000,000 invis

that are being used to train the chat bot, grock. the price tag hasn't been revealed. also the incentive package that memphis gave has not been disclosed. stuart: but it's the biggest investment in tennessee's history -- lauren: multibillion dollars has been confirmed. stuart start check out the dow 30, please, get a sense of the market. it's pretty much a to go-nowhere , evenly-split market. the dow is up 44 points. donald trump will be heading to deep, deep blue california for a fund raising blitz. he got warm receptions in deep blue new york and deep blue new jersey. will we see the same thing in the golden state? we will ask leo terrell next. ♪ i'm going to california, a place where the sun always shines. ♪ and i'm going to california,

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alicia acuna is in phoenix for us. what's on trump's agenda today? >> reporter: hi, stuart. former president trump is going to participate in a town hall here in arizona. it's being hosted by turning point action, and he is expected to take questions from the audience. a lot of -- some of the topics that we're expecting to hear on had been the economy and immigration. last night in his interview with sean hannity trump addressed president biden's executive action on the border. the president hopes to drastically curb the number of migrants seeking asylum, but the former president says it won't help. >> he didn't need anything from congress. all he has to do is shut the border. you say shut the border, sign an order and the border will close. i did it. we had the best border, the safest border in history. >> reporter: when registered arizona voters were asked in a recent new york times/are sienna college poll what issue is most important in deciding their vote in november, the economy came out on top followed by

immigration and abortion. president biden has made a handful of trips to the grand canyon state since his narrow win here in 2020, but recently he trails trump in poll after a poll. this morning trump marked the anniversary of d-day on truth social writing, quote: today we honor the immortal heroes who landed at normandy 80 years ago. the men of d-day will live forever in history as among the bravest, noblist and greatest americans to walk the earth. they shed their blood and thousands gave their lives in defense of american freedom. they are in our hearts today and for all a time. trump's stop in arizona is part of a western state swing that will also include california and nevada, and while here, stuart, trump and the rnc are really expected to push their swamp the vote usa initiative. this is to promote absentee voting, early voting and mail-in voting as well. stuart? stuart: alicia a acuna, thanks

very much, indeed. i want to bring in leo terrell. trump's headed to california next. he got a warm reception in deep blue new york, deepen blue new jersey. what -- deep blue new jersey. what kind of reception does he get in deep, deep blue california? >> he's going to get a very warm reception just like the bronx. and the evidence is quite significant. he's going to raise a lot of money in beverly hills, newport beach and san francisco. there are parts of california, stu, that are -- that is basically trump the country. beverly hills, newport beach, san francisco, he's going to raise a lot of money. stuart: well, those are very wealthy areas, aren't they? >> they're very wealthy areas, but i'll tell you right now california has the same problem that every state in this country has. a bad economy. high inflation. remember, we're in california, high gas prices. trump offer as an alternative to the biden failed policies. if he does not carry california, he's going to get a lot of support from california

financially and also at the ballot box. stuart: well, we heard yesterday that the state of california is mandating government jobs for illegal aliens. we also a heard that the government of california, the taxpayers of california will fund down payments on homes to be bought by illegal aliens. illegal migrants. surely that's going to set off some kind of reaction in california, isn't it? >> it's going to establish a backlash. thank goodness i'm a lawyer. there are going to be lawsuits. that's illegal! and there is preferential treatment being given to illegal aliens over citizens of california. i guarantee you those laws, if they pass, will be faced with a massive lawsuit. i'll be more than happy to spearhead it. plus, i guarantee the federal government, when trump gets elected, is going to stop some of those funding for illegal aliens. stuart: okay. let's talk about the black vote.

5050 cent -- 50 cent says black men are identifying with trump over biden. roll tapeful -- tape. >> [inaudible] >> i see them identifying with trump. >> why do you say that? >> because they got rico charges. stuart: rico charges, okay. [laughter] leo, how many black voters will switch to supporting trump because of those guilty verdicts? >> let me tell you right now, black americans can relate to the, in my opinion, ridiculous verdict against trump because, stuart, 20 years ago, 30 years ago the legal system was racially motivated against blacks. now it's politically motivated against trump to stop him from running. and i will submit to you that the black male population is shifting to trump. 50 cent is in a awkward situation because there's pressure in the black community not to vote for trump. i'm out in the open.

but 50 cent is going to vote for trump. but there is pressure publicly to announce that. secretly, many, many black americans, stuart, are going to vote for president trump. stuart: is masculinity, is it a factor in the black vote? >> i think trump represents the strength of america. and i think black men can relate to that. i also believe that black men can relate to trump being a victim of the criminal justice system. so there's a common bond. also back americans, stuart, want -- we talked about this before -- want the same thing every american wants. they want low inflation, good jobs, secure border, law ask and order. those things -- law and order. those things are universal regardless of race, and that's what black men can relate to with donald trump. we don't want to be dependent if on the government. you hear me, joe biden and the democrats? stuart: leo, i want a prediction from you. in the last election, joe biden -- i'm sorry, donald trump got, i believe, 8% of the black

vote nationwide. i want you to predict what proportion of the black vote he will get in 2024. >> thank you for -- hold me to this. president trump will get 18% or more of the black vote in america. i'll come out to new jersey and buy you dinner if i'm wrong. stuart repeat it, 18? 1-8%, did you say? >> 1-8% which means the death of the democrat party. 18% or more or dinner on me in new jersey. stuart: i kind of like mcdonald's, so you'll get off easy. [laughter] leo terrell, we will see you again soon. >> thank you. take care. stuart: here it is, the thursday trivia question. this is a beauty. the trivia question, which artist wrote backwards? i didn't know anybody did. michelangelo, leonardo da vinci, botticelli, vincent van gogh? if the answer when we come back.

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stuart: one of our most intriguing questions we've ever had, which artist wrote backwards? michelangelo, leonardo da

vinci, vincent van gogh? what have you got? ashley: i am going to go with michelangelo because he may have been hanging upside down when he painted the sistine chapel. i will go with number one. stuart: that is good. lauren: writing from right to left. berger charlie. stuart: i'm going with vincent van gogh because he was a little crazed. leonardo da vinci, he called it mirror writing when he wrote from right to left. there is no recorded reason why he did this. just fooling around, i guess. don't forget to send your friday feedback this week. keep it short and pithy. varneyviewers@fox.com.