>> gamestop was up another 40% in the premarket on just this idea about little kitty or roaring kitty, whatever you want to call him. he's just an investor, he's talking about his position. if you're buying stocks based on what he does, you know, that's your issue. >> the left is, like, vote for democracy year, we've got to save democracy. regular people say, well, if you try to jail your opponent in a sham trial, that's an attack on democracy. >> they don't really care what a joe biden says, the cartel. what they care about is election results, and they see trump might likely be president. >> clearly, we're putting at least 100,000 people a month to work hard coming across the border illegally. it would not be possible without flood of immigrants. >> it reeks of desperation. when you have to act at the 5-year-old level to try to take your opponent down, you don't really have the substance to attack him on policies. ♪ keep me in mind somewhere down the road, you might get lonely

♪ stuart: keep me in mind by the zac brown band as you look at a lovely, sunny day in new york city. it's 11:00 eastern time, friday, june the 7th. to the markets, please. what a turn-around. the dow is now up 60, it had been down 200. the nasdaq is down 20, it had been down 100. there was a strong employment report this morning, and that put some investors off the stock market. show me big tech though, they're all up. apple is close to, well, 195 right now. meta, amazon, alphabet and microsoft, they're all up. not much, but they're all up. the yield on the 10-year treasury not really upsetting investors that much even though it's prisoning sharply -- risen sharply, up 13 basis points. the yield has movinged up -- moved up to 4.42%. now this. president biden is on display in france. he's there to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day.

it's not going that well. this morning he apologized to ukraine's leader for the delay in sending weapons. he blamed republicans. he brought internal politics onto the world stage. earlier he gave a very short interview to david muir of abc news. trump gives free-ranging interviews. they last forever. biden's lasted just 8 minutes. it was taped and, therefore, subject to editing. it did not instill confidence. his debate performance will need a lot of work. today we find first lady jill biden has flown back to the courthouse where hunter biden is on trial. there's speculation she will appear as a character witness for him. wouldn't that be a little intimidating for the jury? and, by the way, who's paying for her one-day, europe to america round trip? another awkward moment has appeared. actor george clooney placed an angry call to the white house. his wife, amal clooney, played a part in arranging the arrest warrants for israeli leaders.

biden called those warrants outrageous. clooney did not like that. he's a big democrat donor. after a his call, biden softened his language saying the arrest warrants were not the right answer. do actors now run foreign policy? then there's this, the president's billion and mental a performance in france on occasion, in public he seemed confused. the first lady appeared to tell him not to sit during the d-day ceremony, but he did anyway. he seemed to be sleeping, and he was unsure about what he should do and where he should go. the president's performance is a story that will not go away since "the wall street journal" put the president's declining faculties on the front page. every move he makes and every word he says will be scrutinized for signs of trouble, signs that it may be one day -- may one day be president kamala harris. third hour of "varney" starts right now. ♪ ♪

stuart: batya ungar-sargon is with me this morning. i said it constantly, been saying for months, i don't know of anybody who thinks joe biden can be president for another four and a half years. what say you? >> yeah, it's very hard to the imagine, and it's very heartbreaking to see these scenes. i don't think anybody's enjoying seeing this, this elderly man who's been put in this position that seems very undignified. it's really hard to watch. stuart: but they can't get rid of him, can they? [laughter] >> they can't get rid of him, and i think that's why you're seeing the sort of ramped-up attacks on former president trump, because the contrast is so stark. you have effectively two incumbents running on their records, and the records are so different, the appearance is so different, the energy is so different, and so they're having to attack president trump from all a different can angles as a result. stuart: do you think it's possible to remove joe biden before the election? i mean, just take him away? i don't know how to say --

replace him? >> i don't think they can do that without him wanting to, and i don't think he seems to want to do that. what do you think? the. [laughter] stuart: i think it's the incumbent upon jill biden to be clear about the president's actual position. i think it's incumbent upon her to do that. i think she should. you look at the man in public, he's slow, his voice is very soft, very hard to hear him. he shuffles. he ruses -- loses his train the of thought almost on a daily basis. i hate to do this, i hate to dwell on this, but it's a public service. you've not to point out what's going on here. >> yeah. and that's in addition, of course, to the terrible record on immigration, the terrible record on so many other issues, crime, inflation, right? the real kitchen table issues that americans are really hurting as a result of. stuart: indeed. president biden told david muir, abc news yesterday, he's ready for his upcoming debate with rump and to let voters see the difference between them. watch this. roll it. >> we are three weeks from this

debate. what do you think you need to accomplish if on that debate stage? >> say what i think, let him say what he thinks. the things he said are off the wall. i want to be a dictator on day one, i want to move in a direction where -- he talks about a, or you know, suspending the constitution. hear what he says, remind people what he say is the and what i believe, what he believes. he's about him, i'm about the country. >> are you ready for this debate? >> yes. stuart: see there, not a strong voice, not a deliberate delivery right there. do you think biden's saying, hey, trump's going to be a dictator, is that a winning strategy? >> let me tell him why they call him a dictator, stu, because the truth is that a donald trump is a consensus candidate. if you look just at the issues, you look at a him on abortion, 5 weeks, im-- 15 weeks, immigration. this is where the democrats were on immigration in the '90s whether it's trade, whether it's

courting unions, courting black voters, donald trump is speaking to where the vast majority of americans are at a, and that is even more dangerous to the democrats than a dictator. stuart: it is, indeed. batya ungar-sargon, thanks very much for being with us today. come back soon. okay. let's back to the markets, please. it's friday. yes, it is, all a day. and that means jonathan hoenig is here with his exotic pick. this is one -- i wouldn't call this exotic. [laughter] you like canadian telephone business, it's bce, i think that's the ticker symbol. what is it? tell me about a it. >> it's anything but exotic, stuart. this is old school value stocks, you know? before nvidia, before the semiconductor craze it was telecom stocks. they were, like, the technology stocks are the 1990s. and a lot of them are quietly starting to perk up. tmus, t-mobile at a 552 -- 52-week high, so i like bce, completely off the radar screen. it's yielding 8%, and as a i

said, stuart, this is a value stock. this is the type of enterprise. they own retail stores, they own 30r9s teams. a value investor, an agitator could come in, whip this company into shape and, i think, boost the price. it's trading at the same price it was in 2007. a lot easier to buy hand a stock the line nvidia, in my opinion, that's up hundreds of percent in the last couple of weeks. stuart: hold on, jonathan. i see on my screen you say not to informs in the big three -- invest in the big three tech names, microsoft, nvidia, apple. what's wrong, jonathan? >> well, look, stuart, you've got to go where the herd is not, and the fact is that these big three names, these mega-cap, mega stocks now account for 20% of the entire stock market, 20% of the s&p. that's the biggest going back to 1980. these stocks are dominating the indices and, in fact, most stocks are underperforming the indices. it's those mega caps that account for two-thirds of the

entire s&p 500, so you've got to be a contrarian. even if they're great companies, nvidia is a great company. it might be a success, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the stock will be a success. twenty years ago siriusxm traded at $70 a share, $60 a share, they only had a million subscribers, now they have 30 million subscribers, and the stock is down about 955%. you've got to be ash -- 95%. not sexy, but cheap. stuart: okay, you're kill killing me with microsoft, but with i do hope you have a wonderful weekend -- >> it's always a supposed to be diversified portfolio, stuart. don't put your eggs in one basket even if it is microsoft. stuart: i'm afraid if i did already. [laughter] jonathan, you're all right. see you again soon. next case, keith gill, better known as roaring kitty, the driver of the meme stock rally, well, he's preparing for a live stream about an hour from now, roughly 12 noon eastern. i don't know what he's going to say, but kelly o'grady is with

me. initially, this sent gamestop's stock soaring. but they came out with a bad with report, and now the thing is falling. you want to sort this out? >> reporter: yeah. we have been all over the place with this stock for the last 24, even the last hour, and i think the way to think about this is this is really a story of hype versus business financial. so this is going to be roaring kitty's first live stream in over three years. the stock did close up 47% yesterday and, like you said, it fell sharply this morning on a surprise earnings report. they weren't supposed to come out with it -- stuart: it's halted right now. >> reporter: right. it's down 26% on the day. what we got from that earnings report, a 29% drop in quarterly sales versus i a year ago a, a loss of $332 million. also the news the company going to issue 755 million -- 75 million shares after they already did 45 million in may. analysts are saying, okay, this means they need cash or perhaps they're feeding into this meme mania. we're expecting keith gill to

speak about a gamestop. he used to host these hours-long lives during meme mania about his investment thesis. we're likely going to get the same especially given this massive position in the stock he has. he's got 5 million shares, 120,000 options. at the close yesterday, that was worth $586 million. obviously, it's been fluctuating a lot today. to be clear, though, he'd need $2400 million to exercise those -- 240 million. on top of that, he sells a seize, portion of the shares, the stock plummets. so you can expect a lot of volatility when he speaks at noon. maybe it shoots up. regardless, this is going to be really difficult for him to realize any of these gains especially when you've got the regulars watching. stuart: okay. thanks very much, indeed, kelly. see you later. president trump was in san francisco last might for a fundraiser. the streets were lined with supporters and a few protesters. we'll tell you how much he raked in. former fbi official andrew

mccabe says if trump gets reelected, he's worried he'll will have to the flee the country. >> these are tortuous discussions about whether or not they have to leave the country to avoid being unconstitutionally and illegally detained. stuart: all right. congressman mike waltz will respond to that. president biden's executive action a closes the border after 2500 migrants are ap a rehedgedded in a single day -- can apprehended. but according to leaked data, nearly 101,000 were in custody just yesterday -- 10,000. border guy chad wolf takes it on next. ♪ [ applause ] the day you get your clearchoice dental implants

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♪ stuart: leaked documents reveal tens of thousands of migrants are actually exempt from biden's new border restrictions. come on in, ashley. who's exempt and why? ashley: well, migrants from countries including china and venezuela, for example, because their home countries refuse to accept them back. more than 150,000 people from those two countries alone have illegally crossed into the u.s. so far this year despite biden's new orders to stop processing asylum claims once migrant encounters hit 2500 per today for 7 consecutive days. there are exceptions. a dhs memo reported in "the new york post" basically tells border agents that these migrants from these countries that won't take them back should be given a court can date, released into the u.s. and allowed to pursue asylum which, as we know, typically takes years to resolve. there's one unidentified dhs official that put it, it's total

b.s. and, no, that doesn't stand for border security. [laughter] stuart: you've got a sense of humor. that's really good, ashley, well done. on a friday, nothing like it. thanks, ash. according to "the new york post," on thursday alone, thursday of this week, just yesterday, 10,000 migrants were apprehended by border patrol. that is 4 times the number allowed under biden's new executive alaska. former dhs secretary chad wolf joins me now. what are we going to do with all of these people? >> well, it's a great question. and, look, the point of your first reporting, we knew this was going to be the case. we knew that mexico, for the most part, only accepts individuals that speak spanish back, pushed back across that border. so chinese nationals and others, they simply won't take. and so what the biden administration is doing with this 2500 cap, they're not actually solving the hard problem of removing individuals from this country. they're not addressing the symptoms and really the underlying factors of what is

drawing people here to the united states. so simply having this cap in place is not going to do it because exceptions and the exemptions and how you put this into practice makes all the difference in the world. and what we've seen over the last three years is time and time again when they implement something, they implement it half measure and they don't actually enforce it all the way. and so i think that's what we're going to start seeing, onces this is enforced, is that the migrants don't care because if they get turned away, they just go to a port of entry on the cbp1 app. there's multiple ways to get into the country under the biden administration's policies. stuart: so what are we going to do with all these, tens of thousands of people who will be coming into our country regardless of the new rules, what do we do? setting up vast camps on our side of the border? is that what a's happening? >> well, a couple of different things, right? under the biden administration they're going to, again, in theory remove them back to mexico if they can. mexico has to be a willing

partner to do that. others, the 2500, their likely concern they're likely going to release into the country under catch and release. it's been hair policy, it's not change. so the 2500 that they allow in every single month before they reach that cap, those individuals will continue to be released into the country. they talk about putting them in expedited removal, all these different things. they've been talking about it for three years. there has been no result. the result is released into communities, and that will continue. stuart: has there been any noticeable change on the border after biden's new rules were imposed this week? >> i haven't seen it, and i haven't heard it. look, the flow is going to continue. there may be a lull or a dip in those numbers that you're likely to see and probably i would say3-4 weeks. but once the traffickers, smugglers and others start figuring out the loop loopholes, the exceptions, children, chinese nationals and others, you're going to see a big influx of those populations start to come across that border that are

exempt from this. and then exactly how you implement it makes all the difference in the world. stuart: yeah. >> and i think we're going to have to wait and see how that's implemented. stuart: i really want to know, i mean, when you reach the 2500 mark, that level, i'm joking about it, but what do you do, ring a bell or something? i just don't understand how it works. >> it's so convoluted and difficult. it's going to be very difficult to understand when do you reach that level across 8 different border patrol sectors across that southern border, and what do you do with one sector the really high on apprehensions and one sector really low on apprehensions? what are you doing with the manpower? it's the wrong approach. time and time again, this administration goes in the wrong direction. instead of putting policies in place that disincentivize this type of behavior, that allows border patrol to process and hold people accountable, there's a different approach and a better way to do this. stuart: trump looks like he's certainly in the lead in this presidential election.

does that mean we're going to see a flood of people trying to get in before he's elected? would you predict that? >> well, i think that's a good guess. i think there's going to be a variety of folks, there's going to be ngos that operate in mexico and even south of mexico in central america and others that will say now is the time to come, particularly if it looks like president trump's going to win many november. they're going to say now's the time to come because there's going to be stronger and more, you know, more enforcement should he come into office. so i do -- that should certainly be expected. stuart: this is one wild year in politics and on the border. chad rolf -- chad wolf, thanks for being with us. have a great weekend and see you next week. >> thanks. stuart: a new measure on the arizona ballot would make illegal migration a state crime. all right. ashley, would this allow arizona to just stop the flow of migrants? ashley: a well, that's certainly the aim. it's parking lot of a package of border security -- it's part of

a package of border security measures being proposed as arizona a faces, like other border states, a flood of illegal immigration. the secure the border act makes illegal immigration a state crime meaning law enforcement can arrest illegal immigrants who enter the state. now, other states like texas and oklahoma already have enact ad similar laws -- enacted similar laws. the resolution would also enhance arizona law to insure that individuals illegally in the state would not be able to receive public benefits or become eligible for entitlement programs. the ballot initiative the tries to bypass democrat governor katie hobbs who vetoed a similar bill earlier this year claiming the legislation would demonize communities and lead to racial profiling. stu. stuart: thanks, ashley. here's what we have coming up on the show today, chicago police are preparing for the democrats' convention in august a. they're getting special training. we'll tell you what that means. new fox polls show donald trump is beating joe biden in

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stuart: some stocks that are moving today, the dow's up 832, the -- 82, a complete reversal a. lauren, start, please, with walmart. lauren: it's down 1 1 -- 1.4%. they're now paying annual bonuses to regular workers in the stores, up to $11,000 a year -- 1,000 a year, and it's calculated based on how well your store does. mine, for an hourly worker? that's like a minimum wage worker some of the time? this is incentive to work hard. stuart: good stuff, indeed. spirit airlines. lauren: shares are are down 2% even after a report that they're not considering a chapter 11 bankruptcy after their deal with jetblue fell through. i think investors are doubting how they're going to go it alone, right? their planes, many of them, are

grounded, and some of their routes are bloated in key markets. stuart: i'll never understand why they wouldn't let jetblue and spirit get together. could have saved them both. next one, lauren, donald trump was fund raising in deep, deep blue california yesterday. how was he received, and how much did he bring in? lauren: so the rnc says he brought in $12 million last night when he went to the belly of the beast -- [laughter] san francisco voted 85% for joe biden back in 2020. this dinner was $50,000 and upper plate. it was at the home of the billionaire venture capitalist david sacks. sacks tweeting or x-ing, he said it was a success. he says five times more trump supporters came out than anti-trump pro festers. finish -- protesters. in silicon valley. that's an enthusiasm gap. stuart: san francisco. lauren: it's happening in san francisco, imagine what it is outside of san francisco. stuart: just think. lauren: trump is headed to vegas where he's also a up in the state of nevada. vegas has a lot of union jobs,

has by faulty workers. stuart: i think he's up by 5 points in nevada. thanks, lauren. the latest fox polls show donald trump is beating joe biden in florida, but it's a marrow lead. ashley, what's giving trump is very small edge in florida? ashley: i think it's all about the can economy, stu. you could argue that florida is the poster child of capitalism where low taxes, a business-friendly attitude and a conservative approach to spending have created an economic boom. even during covid. it's t right out of the republican playbook. now, look at this, the state also -- florida, that is -- expects a budget surplus this coming fiscal year of just over $7 billion even without a state income tax. by comparison, deep blue and high-tax california battling a $45 billion deficit. so with a republican governor and legislature, you'd expect florida to be somewhat of a shoo-in for donald trump. he won the state in 2016 and

2020. the latest fox news poll -- [audio difficulty] trump leading joe biden by 4 points, within viking distance, you could argue -- striking distance. but, again, the tate's economy will be the key. the polls also show that a just 113 of floridians feel -- 13% of floridian feel they're getting ahead in their financial situation while 45 say they're falling behind, up from 34% in 2020. biden -- [audio difficulty] when it comes to who would better handle the issues, no surprise, trump wins easily in florida over biden, 47-40 -- 57-40%. and then there's the ron desantis factor. the florida governor's approval rating is slipping a little but still popular. you know what, stu? if that's a number joe biden couldn't dream of. stuart: for sure. thanks, ash. i want to bring florida congressman mike waltz into this. congressman, it was just a

4-point >> 600,000 more democrats in florida. by the end of this year, there'll be over a million more registered republicans. and they are fired up. they're going to turn out, and i expect them to blow that 4% right out of the water. stuart: congressman, you suddenly appeared on our screen wearing what looks like a battle helmet from world war ii, if not a uniform from world war ii -- [laughter] and i know that you've jumped or you're about to jump out of a plane to commemorate the normandy landings. tell us more, please. >> well, we actually just jumped, stu, over the famous

castle you see in the background. i brought along nine other members of congress. speaker johnson was praying extra hard for our parachutes to open well, but i can report that all a members have is landed safely. in all seriousness, it's the 80th ap a rester havely of d-day, the average age of the world war ii veterans here are 1011 years old. what a -- 1011 years old. what a great way to honor their sacrifice, their historic aa chee. of liberating the world from nazi germany. i wish i could bring every american high school class out here to walk this hallowed ground at omaha, at d-day, see the crosses and just commemorate this historic event. stuart: you jumped out on the 80th anniversary, like today, and you jumped out on the 75th anniversary, 5 years ago. do you think you're going to be

doing it again on the 85th or 990th or 100th anniversary of d-today? [laughter] what do you think? >> well, stu, you know, i retired after 27 years as a green beret. my wife is asking me, when are you done with this. [laughter] but honestly, we jumpedded out of a world war ii plane, it was 81 years old wearing these vintage uniforms of our forefathers. i hope to be coming here the rest of my life. it's truly a special place. and the thing that jumps out at me is the gratitude of the french people. huge banners, we love you, america, thank you for our freedom, welcome to our liberators, you know? you see all these reenactors running around in world war ii uniforms waving american flags, they tend to be french people and little kids wearing ike and patton t-shirts are french kids. you would think -- the atmosphere here is you would think d-day happened last week,

not 80 years ago. it truly is special. stuart: that's a wonderful thing to the see. i understand that president biden is going to make a speech in the same spot where reagan made a speech 44 years ago, and that spot is where american marine climbed that 100-foot cliff in the face of german if fire from all a angles, and they made it. you've seen that spot, i take it? >> stu, yeah, it's point tehawk, and it was u.s. army rangers that climbed those cliffs -- stuart: sorry. >> we love our marines too. but they literally had grappling hooks getting machine gunned by the germans, they would not be stopped. they had to take out the big guns, big artillery guns that were on that cliff that could have sank the invasion fleet if the rangers weren't successful. and that's where the term rangers lead the way was coined that a day. they took horrendous casualties

but, you know what? they accomplished their mission no matter what. stuart: congressman, mys spoke. president biden has already spoken on that spot, but great to have you with us, sir. come back to america, and you'll be on our screens very soon, next week. congratulations, sir, cheers. you got i. [laughter] all right, a.i -- we're going to really a change the subject. no, we're not, actually. a. a.i. is being used to create living exhibits of veterans from d-day. how's that work? if. lauren: it's amazing. 18 veterans were interviewed who were on those normandy beaches. they're still alive and they were there. over 2 days they asked them 1,000 questions. they recorded their answers and used artificial intelligence to categorize them so when you go to the museum, you can ask a question to the veterans, a.i. veteran, and one of the answers will automatically pop up that would satisfy your question. i mean, over 1,000 questions, you'd imagine they'd be able to give the viewers an answer. what was it like?

where are you -- were you scared? did you think you would die? it's just -- this is a beautiful way that technology is helping to not rewrite, but maybe give color to -- stuart: preserve memories. not preserve memories, but give color to an occasion that happened 80 years ago. lauren: yeah. the greatest generation. they're pushing 100 years old. 18 of them still able to contribute. stuart: it's a fine thing. thanks, lauren. coming up, memphis officials are welcoming elon musk's plan to build a supercomputer in that city. they say it could help combat crime. we'll tell you how that a works. folk got a firsthand a look at connecticut's controversial self-defense brigade. officials worry about a group of armed citizens taking the law into their own hands. the full story after this. ♪ ♪

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stuart: fox got a firsthand looked at connecticut's self-defense brigade. this is a group of armed citizens who patrol their neighborhood to keep crime in check. bryan llenas is here with me. i guess officials are worried about vigilante justice here? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, stuart. they are worried about that. the mayor of hartford, connecticut, telling fox news that the city needs the heal, come together, and this isn't is really the way to do that. they don't need people walking around the streets with guns, taking the law into their own hands. yet the residents of harvard -- hartford, connecticut's neighborhood have turned to the so-called self-defense brigade, a up group of 40 legally armed citizens. the group's founder, cornell lewis, says the foot patrols are done mostly on nights and weekends by trained legal gun owners , and it's working. lewis insists they are not vigilantes. >> democratic machine in hartford is either unwilling or

uncapable -- incapable of doing it. and people are paying their tax dollars, and they're not really getting any kind of service. so we want the people to understand, number one, self-defense is not a dirty word. >> reporter: now, the brigade communicates via walkie-talkies and wears body cameras to record their interactions. the group has installed 75 security cameras in various homes and deploys a dozen drones to keep watch 24/7. the patrols started at the behest of of the local archbishop after two men were shot and killed right next to his church. >> i feel that we are really putting a dent can on crime. i think we're curbing it, and i think that we should continue to move on to other parts of the city to do the same thing. we've gotten some calls from folks downtown who have businesses down there that say, hey, come down here also. >> reporter: some residents in new haven, connecticut, have reached out to patrols there, but the mayor of new haven and

the police chief say they are not welcome there, so we'll see. stuart: that's a very good story. bryan, thank you very much, or indeed. remember this story? a homeless man beat a woman at a queen subway station almost two years ago. he blinded her in one eye. ashley, come on in, please, because i understand he just took a plea deal. is he going to jail? ashley: yeah, he -- absolutely, it's very disturbing video. he faces 22 years in prison as a result of that plea deal. the 43-year-old, as a you can see, caught on camera brutally attacking jf if k security guard elizabeth gomez as she was headed to work on the subway. gomez underwent emergency surgery which, as you said, resulted in the loss of her right eye. foster, who is homeless, pleaded guilty to attempted murder. he had two prior arrests for attacking women and records show he was arrested when he was just 14 years old for beating his own item to death -- grandmother to death. foster set to be sentenced on june 24th.

stu. stuart: took two years to get a plea deal? he could have been sent to prison immediately. ashley: yep. shouldn't have been on the streets. stuart: thanks, ash. chicago police getting special training ahead of the democrat convention. it's in august, by the way. i guess they're preparing for violent riots? lauren: the chicago police are sending the message they're not going to stand for it. the dnc is august 19th-22nd. 50,000 people are expected, to the police department is trained on how to handle assaults, how to mass arrest, how to remove the injured, and then 250 to-- 2500 officers are getting more advanced training. this sounds like war training. not what you would expect when a party is going to nominate their candidate for president of the united states. not going to fault them for being prepared, but this is the state we live in. stuart: memories of 1968 in chicago, and that was a war zone, for sure. thanks, lauren. we brought you the story that elon musk is planning to build a supercomputer in memphis,

tennessee. ashley, officials say this is going to help combat crime. how does that work? ashley: well, that's the hope. state lawmakers say the supercomputer facility could provide valuable career opportunities and divert young people in memphis from a live o. city leaders say the plans will not only bring jobs to the new facilities themselves, but also opportunities with businesses to pop up alongside them. state lawmaker brent taylor says memphis' large black population could lead to the city becoming the largest concentration of black tech talent in the country. the xa a i project is a multibillion dollar investment. it's also the largest by a new to market company in memphis history. final job counts and total investment are still being calculated by the company, but that is the hope. it can, you know, possibly take a bite out of crime in memphis which, unfortunately, is high. stu. stuart: got it, ash. it's that time, show me the dow

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a few other sodas were mentioned but only received one vote so don't count. ashley, what's your favorite brand? ashley: yep. you know what? no matter where i go, coke. when they say is pepsi okay, i say, no, it's not. i don't know why, coke. stuart: lauren? lauren: i'm going to go with cherry coke is my absolute favorite. stuart: i almost never drink soda, just don't like it. never did, never have. if next one is from al. if they made a movie about your life, who would you choose to play you? i suggest either hugh jackman or hugh grant. hugh jackman's a talented guy, but my choice would be colin firth. [laughter] okay, ashley, who would you choose to play you? ashley: well, i was going to say colin firth. why? because my wife, she would be very happy if that were the case. she loves colin firth.

stuart: lauren? lauren: i'll give you a compliment, by the way, those were two nice names to be compared to. julia a roberts. i've always been a fan. stuart: she's very tall, you know. lauren: wishful thinking. stuart: you're not. [laughter] we got a few responses on if you should text before calling. marion says this. i always text ahead and ask if it's a convenient time. of course, there are times when a text beforehand won't work. jimmy says maybe it's because with i'm 62, but i had to laugh at someone not liking being surprised and expecting a text first. answer your dang phone. lauren: yeah. stuart: well, i'm starting this one. i always text first. ashley? ashley: no, i don't. but i'll to only answer the phone if i recognize the number, it e comes up with a name, otherwise it goes to the voicemail. stuart: lauren? lauren: i pick up the phone if i can, and i never text someone before i'm calling them unless it's something really important

and we need to talk, i'll say, hey, make time for phone call at 3 p.m., and then we'll hook it up. stuart: okay, that's a hedge dance. perfectly okay. gene writes this, if i didn't work behind a standing desk, i would have fallen out of my chair when i heard stu tell leo terrell that he preferred mcdonald's. has stuart varney turned away from wendy's? yes, i have. they stopped serving that pickled, spicy sandwich, and i went straight to mcdonald's. lauren lauren what do you get at mcdonald's? stuart: big mac. that's usually my thing. what about you, ash? ashley: nothing with pickles. the devil's food, pickles, i hate 'em. laugh of. stuart: love 'em. lauren? lauren: i'm indifferent. literally. the only thing -- there's one that starts with a b that i don't like. stuart: okay. i think we'll leave it at that for friday feedback. thanks, everybody, for taking part. lauren: that's it? stuart: that's it. it's 11:55.

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brickley asked what color are sunsets on mars? the choices are red, green, blue, and yellow. i will say red because mars is the red planet. what have you got? ashley: i thought was a trick question, there's no sunset on mars but i will go with number 4, yellow. stuart: a trick question possibly? lauren: you said i can't pick red. the answer is blue. totally not blue. it's brown. stuart: at all has to do with the light spectrum and what particles are in the atmosphere, the atmosphere on mars is filled with fine dust. the way refracts light makes the sunset appear blue. now i know. i thought it was a trick question. great week. thanks for everything. coast-to-coast starts now. ashley: roaring kitty speaks