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have not and of course, measures that have been used to address that have not gotten very far. we are going to talk momentarily with the two congressmen from texas, both named gonzalez, spelled differently and what it takes to improve the situation, right now bad to worse. casey stegall with stunning numbers out. what happens now. he's at eagle pass with more. >> good to see you. governor abbott, as you know made a stop here in eagle pass this past week on thursday along with more than 20 state lawmakers where they touted the success of operation lonestar. as you know, operation lonestar is the state's border enforcement and security mission, a mission, by the way, with more than a $10 billion price tag so far. the governor essentially saying texas will continue to take matters into its own hands until the biden administration or congress takes steps to slow the migrant surge. abbott says they're currently

working on a plan to add more national guard troops in and around eagle pass and other busy crossing spots, as well as additional miles of razor wire and no-climb barriers. the specifics were not given. however, the governor says the deterrents that have been put into place here in the lonestar state are working adding fewer migrants have been illegally crossing in spots that have been fortified by the state. >> even though texas represents about two-thirds of the border, we represent only about 30% of the crossings. the lead crossing areas are california, arizona and new mexico that represent 70% of the crossings. >> so check out the new video from the fox flight team drone. yesterday we witnessed a small migrant group a little more than a dozen, and trying to

cross the rio grande, national guard intercepted them telling them to turn around and they did, they returned to mexico. since the start of fiscal year 2024, which began back on october 1st, more than one million migrant encounters have already been recorded along the entire southern border that's the earliest that particular milestone has ever been reached, neil. neil: casey, just staggering. casey stegall at eagle pass. two congressmen in texas, very interesting views on the subject, fair and balanced, and prominent democrat and we begin with vicente gonzalez, the democratic congressman kind enough to join us. congressman, the back and forth is nasty and you see some potential common ground. >> i think we both recognize we

have a problem it's not a democratic or republican problem it's an american problem that requires bipartisan solutions and political will from both sides. unfortunately, as you saw that the bill, the bipartisan bill in the senate never made it to the floor, i thought it was a historic opportunity for speaker johnson to bring the country together and show that we're here to work for the american people and solve some of the problems that are really critical to the nation at this time, but we have work to do. neil: there was a lot in there that a lot much people on the other side of the aisle didn't like, you know, the minimum number that would be allowed in, we can argue back and forth when that would kick in, i get everything you're saying, congressman. the question now is what now? if there's another alternative bill, doesn't look to be one. i'm just wondering that that border is a seive, and better than a million come into the country since october. i'm wondering whether you see the numbers increasing more. >> potentially, and i think we need to hold the government of

mexico's feet to the fire and ask for more cooperation, along their southern border to hold migrants from coming through the country. >> but they don't budge and this is an area where you've led the effort to look at what they're doing and they're not doing a whole lot. what do we do about that? >> lately, they've been doing a little more. certainly still not enough. i continue to advocate here and everywhere else for safe zones and as i said, and in guatemala, in panama and colombia where migrants can ask for asylum in that area, and until then we'll have a problem. it's a political football. former president trump was active in deterring that to the floor. that was far from perfect and a lot of things in the bill i didn't think would bring the final solutions that we need, but it was a beginning and it was a good starting point.

we had, i think, 26 republicans that were-- that were committed to voting for it until president trump came and killed that bill for the american people and it's really shameful, especially for members on the border like myself, who have been very critical of all administrations, democratic and republicans, of how we've handled the southern border. i think there's a lot more we need to do. we need to put politics aside and think about what the american people really need on the southern border and be strict and harder with mexico and other countries further south to stop this pipeline of migration that's pouring into our southern border. >> well, as you know, he and his people have said and those who don't agree with you, that this wasn't better than nothing, that this was not that kind of measure, but you're quite right to be frustrated about the process. congressman, i did want to ask you to respond to what governor abbott wants to do in his beefed up border plan, that even some federal lawyers and

the like have said goes too far. what do you think? >> well, obviously, you know, governor abbott is playing his own politics, right? i don't know if he's running for vice-president or what it is he's doing, but all the things that have happened under his watch on the texas border have not curbed migration into the state. we have even with razor wire, with national guard troops and building his own wall. it's cost texas taxpayers billions of dollars and no real effect in deterring migration, if it did, i would be his number one supporter on it. we could use that money to take care of our veterans and seniors and fund more public schools, a lot more we could have done with the $10 billion that the governor has squandered on the southern border. he needs to work with the federal government and make sure that the dps and cbp are

moving in the same direction and he's failed us on that. >> he argues he's got a federal government that's not exactly helping him out. again, still early in this, hopefully cooler heads prevail. congressman, thank you for taking the time, i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> now the other side of the view here, with tony gonzales and he spells his name with l-e-s at the end. and you heard your counterpart, frustration with a measure that ended up going nowhere, a border security measure, you were not a fan of that measure, right? >> i wasn't for a couple of reasons, doing something to just say we've done something doesn't solve the problem and also, doing nothing doesn't solve the problem. it has to be something that's meaningful that actually tackles the situation. neil, we're on year four of this border crisis and every year worse and worse and worse with no end in sight. here in san antonio last year 37 police officers that were

shot at. i just add that number. the near before that it was 15. i add that to say more and more communities across the country do not feel safe and i do believe there is a direct connection to the lawlessness that's happening at the border. you don't get rewarded for doing your job if you're a border patrol agent, punished put in the processing centers, it's why it's so important that the biden administration just needs to do this, they need to deport people that do not qualify for asylum, deport them by the thousands not by the dozens and they also need to talk about legal immigration. reward those that are doing the right way. there's no discussion of any of that. >> what do you think of the numbers? we talk about those who go through the normal immigration process, one and a quarter, one and and a half million who do become citizens, no matter who is president. and at the border, double,

triple, quadruple that, a million in october and rising. how do you slow that wave? >> it's madness to see we're already over a million people coming over the country illegally. 6500 people coming over a day and no one's really blinking an eye. they're going well, this isn't as bad as it was in december. that's the wrong approach. the number should always be zero. we should always be fighting to prevent all illegal-- it's not just people coming over, it's drugs, it's just bad actors, it's just people from all over the world. it has to end. it's unsustainable long-term. just think if joe biden wins another election, what the heck does our country look like three years from now, everything is at stake and that's why i've been focused on results and not rhetoric and the next thing the senate border bill fell apart and the next thing that bill shouldn't have been 370 pages, it probably should have been 10 pages, it should have been narrow in focus on border

security and changing some of the immigration status. i think that's something we can get done today in this congress. neil: you know, there's a lot of back and forth on the politics of this, president biden was fond of saying the former president, this wasn't worth it, it was foolish for republicans to pursue it because ins a great election year issue, i wonder if that risks boomeranging on republicans that you had a chance at something and you slapped it down. what do you think? >> you know, it is frustrating, neil. so many people view the world through a political lens and this is a politically lucrative topic, i can see where president trump say hey, i didn't pass any bill and i was able to secure the border, he's not wrong. there are things that president biden can do today that he doesn't need congress for, but i'd say that congress can't just be throwing rocks at the administration and saying you're not doing your job. we have a role to play. i sit on the appropriations committee one thing i've been

pushing for you want more money for ice and ero flights, i'll all in or money for special groups within border patrol doing a lot of heavy lifting, i'm all in, you want more money for soft-sided facilities for endless amounts of illegal immigration? i'm all out. this is impacting everyone across the nation, i m met with four mothers who lost their children to fentanyl. and this is an opportunity to put politics aside and saying to the house republicans we need to take a down payment in 2024 on border security and we come back for the rest when we win the white house. neil: congressman, you argue your points eloquently. good to see you again. >> thank you for having me. neil: for many viewers of the show we won't like to take sides on this and no one cares my opinion on this and nor will i share it. we want to hear from republican

and democrats. and same with the markets, don't book a bull without a bear. and see whose position you like better on the border, i think that's fair, i think that's balanced. i think that's journalism. all right, in the meantime, we think this is worrisome, the irs is going after, well, maybe a lot more folks than we thought, a lot more than just the wealthy. it hopes to raise $100 billion immediately and maybe up to half a trillion focusing on loopholes and what do you think is the one loophole more than any other that gets their attention? i'll tell you after this.

>> all right. relax, america, this just in. taylor swift is going to make it to the big game.

we found out just moments ago that she had been rushed to her private jet moments after her concert ended in tokyo. a 13 hour flight from tokyo to the super bowl out in vegas so she'll easily make that. we thought we'd share with you because there was international alarm that she would not be able to join him, that travis kelce can look forward to the fact that she will be there for the big game. the accommodations were made. good to hear. relax, america, there's that. if you're in a good mood about that, maybe you're not a taylor swift fan and you're worried about taxes: the irs armed with a boosted budget says it's going on a tax collection campaign unlike anything we've seen maybe in human history they hope to raise $560 billion in overdue and unpaid taxes and focused on popular write-offs and not just for the well-to-do. and then i learned that the

number one write-off, the number one sort of attention they give is to the people who have home offices or say they have home offices and a lot of those expenses that come around and that is like a big old red flag. dan, you know him as a great stock trader and analyst, but he's an accountant by trade and he knows of what he speaks. first of all, you're relieved about the taylor swift news and i thought i'd pass it along. the other thing here is the irs, this is not welcomed news to those who just don't like the scrutiny not doing anything illegal or, but the irs when you're talking about raising that kind of money, you're going after more than rich guys, aren't you? >> yes, you are, neil. there's only so much money you can get from the rich and it's very politically popular to say, well, all these audits that are coming down the line, we're going to go after people like cavuto and everybody is for that, but there's just not

enough money so what happens is the irs is going to need to expand that pool of people that they're going to look at. so, yes, there are areas that the irs is specifically targeting and you mentioned one before, this home office deduction, which, by the way, had been wiped out under the trump tax cuts, but what people are doing is they are creating these businesses on their tax returns for which they're deducting home office expenses and that has really become an area of abuse. the irs doesn't like that, and they're going to come hard after those people and those are not the wealthy, neil. those are just your average american taxpayers. >> i understand that it got out of control with covid, a lot of people at home, that makes sense. a lot of people have legitimate home expenses tied to jobs remotely or doing mostly

remotely and now they're fingered for it. what does the irs look for there? well, the home office deduction, neil, was eliminated completely back in 2017. so, where people are trying to take that deduction is what's called the schedule c on their 1040. so, the irs is simply going to those that are reporting income and expenses on that schedule c, looking for office expense and saying, let's go there and see what's going on. so, that's the red flag that's out there for people, neil. >> a lot, too, with donations, charitable and otherwise, if that gets extra scrutiny and they're sort of invisible percentages if you earn this amount of main and giving away this amount of money, sometimes it jibes and other times it doesn't. what's the rule of thumb there? >> neil, what happens there,

people should only be deducting their charitable deductions that are legitimate, but what happens here, remember, the tax system for the most part, you're on the honor system. so what happens is, the irs will look at the trends, how much money people make and then how much they generally, as a percentage of their income, give to charity. and when it falls outside of that boundary, neil, that's where you get the scrutiny. another area, by the way, that's scrutinized is the earned income tax credit because that's an area that's been subject to a lot of abuse. now, the people who are getting the benefit of that, neil, are those that are making low to moderate levels of income. however, they can get a benefit up to close to 7500 dollars. so you have people that are trying to push the envelope

there. the irs sees it, they don't like it and they come calling. >> thank you for all of that, you're the best. dan following that for you, making sure you're on the right side of money and the right side of irs. in the meantime, senator marco rubio, one president versus another president, and the white house occupant and not for the former white house occupant and marco rubio on that and much more after this. , it's easy as 1-2-3. one: call newday and apply. two: take out an average of $70,000. three: pay off your credit cards

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>> you know, history was made this past week. the s&p 500, which includes 500 companies from all swaths of industry, much better representative stock market average than let's say the dow 30. anyway it's at a record a little over 5,000, all major market averages up for fifth

week in a row. and week in and week out on the year. the s & p is up 5% and technology a big part of it, optimism that a soft landing, even if cuts in interest rates might have to be put off. despite the drama on capitol hill not things not getting done. talking about things not getting done and double standards, i raised this whole documents case issue with marco rubio, one of the chats we got into not just the markets, but this notion that is there a double standard? forgive joe biden, do not forgive donald trump because in the particular case regarding joe biden, marco rubio is saying there's a lot there there. take a look. >> the report found every element of a crime. in fact it said it was intentional and he knew what he was doing and what it said even though all the elements of a crime that exist, we're using

pros prosecutorial discretion, and by the time he's not president he might be an 85-year-old man and even in interviews he is like a nice old man with memory problems and don't believe that a jury could convict him. and even charges even though the elements of the crime is met. >> the prosecution is saying, sir, that he was not even aware of-- he's forgetting a lot. >> that aside do you think those grounds enough. absolutely, but do you think that those are grounds enough and the revelations enough even the president's protests after the fact last night where he seemed to actually dig an even deeper forgetful hole that he is up to the task? should he quit? >> i think that's a very valid question and that's one that i have. i can't assess the president other than what i've seen, and i'm careful about that, plenty reason to vote against joe biden other than he appears to

be age related dementia, there's a lot of other, but the report is being read in beijing, in taiwan, in moscow by the terrorists hiding out in little caves and it may incite them or invite them to put action against the country. and put our country in danger. there's embedded hypocrisy here. i guess the only special prosecutors we're allowed to attack are the ones that go after trump, but if they want they can say-- merrick garland, by the way, prosecutorial discretion, no problem with that, it has to be far. the same thing about mar-a mar-a-lago, the damage that indictment has done is more than storing it at mar-a-lago was and i argued at the time. in that case they didn't use it, in this case they did. and i think we can't ignore what it said about his memory. neil: on that issue, a lot of

democrats come to me and say, you know, people should scrutinize donald trump's speeches as he misplaces and mixes up names and individuals and they want a jihad who remembers and forgets what. is that what you get when you run two old men against each other for the highest office in the land? >> i think that that's what campaigns are about and making that assessment. i don't think anybody would be honest and compared the way that donald trump performs and the way that joe biden does. look, people that are concerned about his memory, about his acuity and mental acuity are not basing it off one report. they're basing it off watching this guy the last two or three years. this has been going on for a while and we've heard the same murmurs out of democratic circles as well. we've seen that. we know it's a problem. it's not just an age thing. there are people that serve in the senate past 80 clear as a whistle, can remember things from a long time ago and so

it's not-- it has to do with, you know, whatever he's going through, whatever it is, you know, it's apparent to people. you're watching it on television. we watched it again last night. you know, and then he goes up out there and screams about, you know, israel's gone over the top. just think about, i imagine that was unscripted. he's asking more money and then he says they're over the top. it's issue time and time again that makes no sense an and he keeps doing it. i'm concerned about it primarily because our adversaries are seeing it and if they think he's not to the task they may do things what they want to do. say what you want about trump, they were scared of him and didn't know what he was going to do and they frankly feared them. i don't think they fear joe biden. neil: so quickly, nikki haley earlier on in the campaign advocated a mental competency test for those of a certain age

and i think she put donald trump and joe biden in that together. what do you think? >> i think it's gimmicky, and there's no requirement for that and a lot of people in the u.s. senate would have to do that and leaders of party over a certain age they would have to take it, too, again it's not an age thing. we all know people in their 90 and could run circles around people in their 60's. it has to do with your mental acuity. you know, it has to do with-- and it's legitimate questions, we're not trying to be cruel or mean here not just the special counsel's report. it's things we're watching every single day. neil: sing to-- continuing to monitor my that and e-mail, neil, please don't fall for the taylor swift stories that when anything happens you have to cover it, but taylor swift is rushing to

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>> all right. ahead of the big game, the big sweep, the security sweep, this is a human gathering events come, this is within for the record books. matt finn following it very closely, the assignment, i don't know how matt got this. he has an amenable way of getting what he wants. >> neil, the super bowl is a tier one national security event. that means it gets a special team from the federal government to assist the state and local authorities here. the federal government says there was an extensive operation here in part, department of homeland security says it operated a bomb prevention workshop, also, u.s. customs and border protection says it will be scanning vehicles and cargo entering the stadium for narcotics, weapons and explosives. the sheriff of this town thinks they'll handle this event so

well there will be more in the future. they're expected to generate more than 600 million dollars and attract more than 330,000 people. >> we planned this a year ago, we didn't think the 9ers would come, we had faith and it's awesome being here once in a lifetime. >> are you going to the game? >> no, trying to get tickets. >> what is your highest price you're willing to pay? >> i'd say about five grand. >> and here in vegas, as we talk to people like that gentleman, there's a lot of chat going on about taylor swift and whether she'll alive on time or at all to tomorrow's game. after performing in tokyo today. the japanese embassy in d.c. even released a statement saying that considering the time difference, taylor swift still has the ability to jet from tokyo here to allegiant stadium to see her boyfriend, travis kelce in the game

tomorrow, neil. neil: amazing, thank you for the updates left and right and continue to work hard young man, matt finn in las vegas with that. it's been 40 years, i remember well, and had the pleasure of watching joe theismann, back-to-back super bowls, the former washington redskins before the commanders, nfl quarterback, former mvp, super bowl 17 champion. kind enough to join us. great to see you. and i'm sure you're breathing a sigh of relief that taylor swift will be able to make it to the new game. there was no tech phenomena like that. >> no, i'm waiting for norad to post her travel flights over the seas. i mean, they do it with santa claus, why not with taylor. neil: absolutely. >> i think the whole thing is wonderful. it's something, obviously, a conversation piece, but what really is going to take place on the field will garner more conversation, you've got the veteran versus the young guy. you've got the two very, very good coached teams, two hall of

fame coaches in my opinion are in this game and everywhere you look, you've got stars all over the place. neil: when you look at those stars, of course, 40 years back, people forget, this was during the reagan years and back-to-back big games. there's enormous pressure on guys. i'm sure the second time around a little less so, but it's still a pressure cooker, and some perform well under that type of pressure and others not so much. that's why, you know, there's a lot of attention to kansas city, they have the experience and the breadth, they've done this in the past. so they're ready for this. does that make a big difference? >> you know, i don't think so. i'll tell you why. it's a double-edged sword. if you've been there before there's not a newness to it, there's not this excitement, this anticipation of what might happen. you've seen it, you've done it, you've been there. the thing you have to fight is complacency, we've been here before, we've done it before. on the other side in san

francisco, with brock purdy, the young guy, the gunning gun, it's all new to him so the adrenalin is flowing, you get excited. i like to look the way the quarterbacks perform in the first five minutes of the game. can you settle yourself down. you can't take emotions out of this game. patrick's going to be the same way as brock is, both going to be excited to get out and do their job and how quickly can you get settled into what you're supposed to do and run the offense the way you're supposed to run it. neil: so let me ask you about, you mentioned patrick mahomes, you know, the chiefs quarterback. some controversy a week ago with the dad bod thing, looked fine to me he laughed it off and dismissed it. what did you make of it? >> it's, you know, what else are they going to talk about, i mean, have you ever seen tom brady without a shirt? and tom doesn't exactly look like the new jack reacher, got to be honest with you. what's the big deal about the body. look at his right arm, the arm

that does the work for him and his legs that gets him around. to me, it was just something else to talk about with patrick mahomes, we've run out of the expletives to say how great he is and then his body. their appearance, the way they look, the way they walk, and he handles everything so well, and he's the best quarterback in football right now no doubt whatsoever and interesting, neil, too, because the chiefs have dropped a lot of footballs through the course of the year. patrick had a heck of a year. the guys were just dropping the ball. in the last three weeks they've held onto everything and look at the efficiency of the offense and the defensive side only about 17 points so they're a formidable foe, believe me. neil: yeah, it's all about who is hot in the moment, but you know the fact the physical, look of things, that's the shallow world and that's why i

go to the beach in a suit, actually a three piece suit. [laughter] >> as someone who's been there for the big game and the football players are making enormous sums of money. do you ever wish you were born a few decades later? (laughter) >> yeah, when you take into consideration, neil, in 1984, i believe ways the fourth highest paid player in the national football league at a million dollars a year. i look at the numbers now, it's phenomenal, it's astounding, but on the other side of it, i don't begrudge these guys one penny, it's great you can get everything you can possibly get. it's a short-lived career. the moments are spectacular that you get to enjoy and the economics are part of it. if they're able to pay quarterbacks this kind of money how much money are the owners making? if you put it in perspective, it's a very, very lucrative business to be in commanders sold for 6.2 billion dollars. so the economics, you know,

work out for the guys and listen, everybody deserves to get what they can get. they work hard for it. like i say, i wake up every morning and i think of aaron rodgers at 60 million and joe burrow at 55 and as soon as i stop crying i go have my coffee and sit down and dwell on what the day might be like. neil: yeah, i hear you. i heard other anchors here are paid and that ticked me off so i've got to look into that. [laughter]. neil: who do you pick to win the big game? >> like i said i think that patrick mahomes is the best in the league, i'm picking san francisco. i think they can't get off to the bad starts they've had so i have a lot of friends in kansas city, i apologize. because it's a two point spread means it's under a field goal. either way. kansas city wins wouldn't be a surprise, but i'm on the limb with san francisco, i think they can get it done. neil: all right. joe, you provide great memories and great example set.

very few do and what they mean to the football community and the world what you've done since leaving the game. you're still very much in the game. i appreciate that as a fan. joe theismann, some great memories there and painful ones too, what he had to endure one particular game comes to mind. we have a lot more coming up, the latest on king charles and his health troubles. and they say why can't they be more forth coming and we hear it from this side of the pond. we don't have a great track record around our leaders or around them being very forth coming either. after this. st know that the best rate for you is a rate based on you, with allstate. because you know that just because it fits in the cupholder doesn't make it 'to-go'. and you know how to brake, without breaking everything. and you're definitely not doing -okay, i don't even know what this is, but you're definitely not doing that. with allstate you're connected to a rate based on you. (♪)

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have been quite open with their health encouraging others to get the important checks and raise awareness. buckingham palace said during the king's recently hospital proceed prostate enlargement, and diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer, but did not elaborate or specify the form, but confirms it's not prostate cancer. his majesty will undergo regular treatment and he will recover in his country home. he'll step down from his public roles, leaving his son prince william in the spotlight and with princess kate suffering from abdominal surgery, fears they can be stretched thin and 11 members active including some in their 70's. william will step up engagements. there's speculation the

diagnosis will help heal the rift between the king and his youngest son. prince harry visited less than an hour before heading back to california. in her first appearance since the 75-year-old was diagnosed, queen camilla speaking at a charity concert saying her husband was touched by the support. >> very touched (inaudible) >> yeah, and overall officials say the king remains positive and looks forward to getting back to full active duties, neil. neil: thank you for that, stephanie. as stephanie pointed out dealing with a cancer, we still don't know what type of cancer. so that concerns a lot of people who think maybe buckingham palace keeping something from us. well, we had a history in this country of doing the exact same thing. sometimes it works, sometimes

it doesn't. take a look.

>> all right. think fast. you're looking at pictures of charles and we're going to show you woodrow wilson and john f. kennedy. i swear we are. but the fact of the matter is, there's more that links these individuals than you might think. charles, we know he has cancer we just don't know type of cancer. we know woodrow wilson many years after the fact complications deterioration of many strokes that essentially had his wife running the country and we learned later and tragedy after jfk's assassination, he was battling illnesses, including addison's

disease. and we didn't know at the time. and now us the former aide to margaret thatcher, and nile, you know, a lot of us in this country are saying why don't we know the type of cancer that king charles has, but we've had our own bedevilling problems where presidents weren't exactly forth coming about their medical status. what do you make of that? >> neil, thank you for having me on the show today. as you point out, buckingham palace has made an announcement with the king having cancer and have not released information the exact nature of the cancer and i expect the main reason for this is that the palace wants to see how the king actually responds to the treatment before making a further announcement and so, already i think there's been a significant amount of transparency from buckingham palace, but they do not want to go the extra step right now and release details of the exact

type of cancer and i think that potentially, of course, this-- the cancer that the king has is very serious and the king, of course, is fighting against this cancer. he's a strong man. the british people are hoping that he will it ultimately defeat the cancer. the palace does not want to reveal the exact nature of the cancer and wants to see how the king progresses in terms of his treatment and fighting this cancer and i've spoken to a number of senior political figures in london and very little information has been released at all in london and i think very few people know the exact details of the exact cancer diagnosis. neil: and that might be by design. and discovered more than i will, that queen elizabeth was battling a type of cancer that was revealed after her death.

how far does buckingham palace go, or 10 street, as the prime minister who had a number of issues that he was dealing with. >> it's not clear how much knowledge downing street even has with regard to the exact nature of the cancer. i think that buckingham palace will be very concerned about any possibility of leaks coming from political figures. so, the exact details of the cancer may be just kept to a very small number of members of the royal family and a few palace aids and it's not even clear to me even if prince harry knows exactly the nature of the cancer, after all, harry has been accused in the past of multiple leaks with regard to information relating to the royal family and so harry just

spent about 24 hours on the ground in london to see his father briefly for about a half hour and so, i think the nature of the cancer is a very-- it's very closely guarded, very few people know any information at all and i expect that's going to be the case for some weeks to come. neil: you're probably right about that. nile, thank you, and it's having getting into the palace intrigue on this, what they feel comfortable releasing and what they do not. harder these days, we live in a very public volatile world. fox news continues not only following this, but a lot of other developments after this. and jen z. each planning their future through the chase mobile app. jen x is planning a summer in portugal with some help from j.p. morgan wealth plan. let's go whiskers. jen y is working with a banker to budget for her birthday. you only turn 30 once. and jen z? her credit's golden. hello new apartment. three jens getting ahead with chase.

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