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godaddy. grip brian just checked the clock 7:00 east coast. february 14th, valentine's day. time to shop and get perfect card. also ash wednesday. this is "fox & friends." all right. that's my checklist. now the news. it's an alert, too. for the first time in 150 years, secretary mayorkas becomes the second cabinet member to ever be impeached. >> on this vote the yeas are 214 and the nays are 213. [cheers] >> the resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> ainsley: plus, the results are in. democrat tom suozzi wins that

special election in new york replacing george santos. what does that mean for you and your family when it comes to the balance of power in the house? >> steve: and speaking of a balance, today is valentine's day. it's also ash wednesday. one of the holiest days on the calendar. mark wahlberg and jonathan roumie are here with their message of love and prayer and they're going to talk about that very popular app. halo. >> who has a better build. >> ainsley: gets up in the morning about the same time we do. he gets down on his knees in prayer and then he goes to the gym. >> brian: okay, we will see. i'm busy. >> steve: so are we. "fox & friends" starts right now and remember mornings are better with friends. okay. fox news alert. dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas impeached finally over the

border crisis. it's the first time a cabinet secretary has been impeached in 140 years, 148 years. the last guy was accused of bribery. >> ainsley: william belknap was his name. proceedings move to the senate with a trial likely to begin either at the end of the month or the beginning of march. >> brian: i know one thing lucas tomlinson will put on his cable television he will be watching it or covering it. he is in washington now. lucas? good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. here's another quay to say it in the 24 # history of the united states. cabinet secretary has only been impeached one time that was under president ulysses s. grant. the s. doesn't stand for anything but i digress. here is what happens next to the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. the impeachment manager serve as prosecutor, citizens jurors. the day after the senate receives those articles. then, trials run monday through saturday. senators decide a full trial or

move to dismiss or have votes convict organize exonerating mayorkas. the senate could send the articles to committee for re reviewed will will dhs chief for the first time as you mentioned since 1876. >> i would be real surprised if they didn't try to rush it because, look, every day we talk about the border is bad for their guy. >> my message for the senate is they should look at the polling and they know our border security is the number one issue look egregiousness the lack of public trust. the secretary has refused to comply with the law on multiple occasions and multiple times. only three house republicans voted against impeaching mayorkas and two are not running for re-election and leaving congress. ken buck and mike gallagher, guys. >> steve: lucas, you just mentioned u.s. grant the s.

doesn't stand for anything. who is another president who has an s. and doesn't stand for anything as in harry s. truman. >> that's right. both those presidents. and if you are wondering how grant received the name s. his congressman from ohio nominated him to s. point put the s. on there and could never shake it when he showed up toes west point it stuck. >> brian: he was master horseman. >> steve: thank you very much, lucas. >> ainsley: bring in lawrence jones is he down in st. louis covering crime down there. you have covered the border extensively. >> lawrence: good morning. have to make the case to the american people. people talk about high crimes and misdemeanors. remember impeachment is a political process. not only is mayorkas on trial the president of the united states son trial. they have to bring the experts

in to show what has been happening at the border a lot of border patrol and family members that have died because of the fentanyl coming across the border. so you are going to see a lot of folks that are impacted day to day. law enforcement is going to be brought in as well texas dps. the republicans have to be careful though because they can't just be meritless facts. stuff that pulls at the heart strings of the american people. remember, guys, it's the number one issue for voters right now. they don't have to do much. just make the case keeps saying the system is broken. i inherited a broken system. i'm trying to fix it. what he did was undo the system that was functioning at a rate 450,000 a year as opposed to 12,000 a day. pointed out what he reversed. do what madison did. tillerson not happy with trump. resign if they don't like the

policy. it happens all the time. he could have easily walked out the door. instead he reinforced it and denied reality every single time he was in front of congress. >> lawrence: that's exactly right. >> steve: ultimately not going anywhere the senate. joe biden said he is not going to fire him and mayorkas said "i'm not going to quit." >> ainsley: go to trial and senate decide whether he is guilty or not. the senate is made up majority of democrats 51-49. the changes of him being impeached in the senate pretty unlikely. >> steve: because you need a super majority. >> ainsley: that's right. talk about this to another fox news alert. democrat tom suozzi is heading back to the house after defeating the republican mazi pilip to win new york special election that shift the balance of power in congress to 219 republicans, 213 democrats with three i have a keeps now. >> brian: suozzi had this slot. he left to run for governor epic fail. he goes and runs for it again after george santos was knocked out of this wins by four or five

points. the section here he is talking about his victory. >> we had very good early return results in the early voting in the absentee ballots and it looks like the weather gets better later in the day. >> steve: later in the day he was declared the winner. early voting also playing a major role in state level special election in pennsylvania. the race in bucks county not far from filly was called for the democrat after just 45% of the vote was counted. he won 85% of early and absentee votes. so, let that be a lesson. for republicans the early voting and the absentee voting does count. pilip race it was earlier in the month when she actually denounced the bipartisan senate

deal that would have done something about the border. which, you know, obviously a lot of people had been demanding. suozzi went on the offense and accused her of putting partisanship over national security. >> steve: brian you touched on this. called for tougher policies on border and called for joe to close the border. he had the good luck to have super pacs absolutely deluging the district with a lot of ads attacking her as anti-abortion he ran on cutting taxes, stopping crime and abortion rights. >> ainsley: republicans need to do a better job at mail in ballots. most republicans go on the morning of or day of. we had that winter storm that walloped the area. i'm sure that affected the vote a little bit at least. when you are hunkering down and kids want to play in snow.

you are in your cozy outfit you don't want to get out of your house. lawrence, republicans -- and also tom suozzi, he had so much more money. >> brian: two to one. >> ainsley: exactly. two to one. some ads. >> brian: nonstop. in fact, there were signs all over the place. about one mile from my house was the cut off. peter king used to have that area. redistricted. suozzi had it. santos won by 5. biden won by 8. mostly democrat. 42-38. democrat to republican at about 20% roughly of undecideds. they had a little bit of queens but a lot of nassau county. >> this is the key. don't run from the border. pretend as if you are upset by it. and tom suozzi ran from the squad. you got to run from the squad, lawrence, and act upset about immigration and then tell everybody your opponent wants to ban abortion.

>> lawrence: have to run again. every two years. he is completing this george santos run right now. it highlights a real issue for the rnc. they got to get better with this early voting stuff. >> steve: yes. >> lawrence: mail-in ballots as well. it seems to be a real issue. look, i understand it. i understand the moral, the view we don't wanted this to happen. the problem is it's the law right now. people are doing it. it's the democrats. republicans have to learn how it do it. i'm hoping with the change of leadership in the rnc, with the lavish spending. hopefully going away. >> that they have a real plan to focus on that. if the democrats are going to do it. they need an equal operation to combat that, guys. >> steve: good point. >> ainsley: i understand why republicans like to vote on that day. our system is so crazy and when you maim in your blorkts you want to make sure it's checked. you just feel more secure about it when did you go that day. yesterday was a perfect example of what could happen.

>> steve: life gets in the way sometimes. >> brian: two weeks before you could start voting. 11 minutes after the hour. new york democrat who is usually very outspoken is now dodging questions about president biden's age. >> steve: meanwhile a new report reveals there are tensions building in the white house briefing room. >> ainsley: and the president refusing to answer any questions at yesterday's briefing. but, he had plenty to say about former president donald trump. peter doocy live in the white house to cover. this hey, peter. >> peter: this part was a surprise, you guys. it seems like a good way to combat questions or concerns about your memory being no good would be to answer some questions. and to go off script like he did last thursday. but that did not happen here yesterday. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> before we begin, i'm going to s statement. let it stand on its own. i'm not going to be taking any questions. i will be taking questions tomorrow or the next day. i don't want anything to get in the way of the statement, to be very blunt about it. >> peter: that's what he has a press team for.

there is a new report about new tension between the to top two public facing officials john kirby and karine jean-pierre. according to the "new york times," quote: mr. kirby had privately acknowledged when asked that he would one day like to be named press secretary and he has expressed frustration ms. jean-pierre pick reporters ask him questions. guests like jake sullivan get to decide themselves who to call on at the microphone. it he's could the people talking in control. something democrats cannot control though are these questions and concerns about joe biden's age and acuity now think are hoping to make that a thing about trump, too. >> when it comes to the president's age, folks are talking about how he is 81. but we have to look at, first of all, donald trump is around the same age. >> 77, yeah. >> he is 77 years old. they could have gone to high school together. i know who i'm going to choose. one of the most successful

presidents in modern american history, that passed the inflation reduction act. that got us the america rescue plan. >> peter: there is a big reuters plan all the way experts believe democrats dropped the ball party wide in addressing questions about president biden's acuity sooner. but something we know is not going to happen when and this is from officials on the record, when the president goes for his physical, which we expect to be soon, he will not participate in a cognitive exam. back to you. >> brian: he refused to answer questions or just won't offer it to him? >> peter: it seems like it's just not going to be offered. >> ainsley: why? >> peter: and if it is -- i am not a doctor. i just play one on tv. >> brian: right. sats. >> steve: we think the president probably said okay i'm not going to take any questions because you asked him a question after the statement last thursday night and then they just went into a ditch.

ultimately, regarding the tension in the briefing room, and i know, you know, this has been talked about for a little while, but, you said on monday that during the super bowl the white house actually called you and said john kirby being elevated was not a demotion for k.j. p.ing. >> peter: it is where this whole thing where she gets to call on people that will get to ask him a question, that is something that not every guest has to do. some of the guests who are there more infrequently have to do that. but it's a way -- you know, if you are there answering questions, you might want to call on somebody -- you might not want to call on somebody. evidence does not have that power right now in the briefing room, which is one way for the hierarchy to remain where there is one press secretary officially, it is karine jean-pierre and john kirby, despite his new elevated title, is not the press secretary.

>> brian: that's got to burn as an admiral used to people salute you and now have somebody pick out questioners. how insulting. >> ainsley: in that article in 2022 when jen psaki stepped down and kjp was named, that the president said he was trying to reassure her not to worry about filling psaki's shoes and you will have an admiral looking over your shoulder. what is behind you, peter. did we lose him? >> brian: looks like it. >> ainsley: valentine's day card? >> steve: meanwhile, behind lawrence is crime. is he in st. louis where there is a terrible problem these days. he is in squad member cori bush's st. louis district. lawrence? >> lawrence: hey, good morning, family. this is stop 2 on our tour yesterday. we were in memphis. who highlight how the crime problem was out of control. we had left the city and our camera crew was still here.

attempted robbery happened on our team. we have security and everything. but you had someone trying to steal out of the camera truck. now we are here in st. louis where they are having robberies as well as homicides as well. we had the opportunity to talk with a mother who lost her son and then two weeks later lost her nephew. watch. >> lawrence: it seems like this escalation is not being stopped at the root of the problem. >> that's correct. i feel it needs to be stricter laws. >> lawrence: um-huh. >> starting with the juveniles. because a lot of times they are out here doing crimes, killing, stealing. and it's like a slap on the wrist. >> lawrence: how does that make you feel after going through what you did your son and nephew that they are just letting the criminals out. it's just a revolving door now? >> it's the biggest slap in the face ever.

and that's why i'm continuing to fight to get justice, to change laws and i won't stop. >> lawrence: you know, this mother talks about the elephant in the room, guys. i often talk one of my first jobs is working in juvenile court. she goes they want to let the kids out, but the kids are the ones doing these crimes. all this reform, when you have these kids carrying ars all over town shootings, stealing cars. you can't have a criminal justice system that puts the kids back on the street if they are violent offenders. >> brian: ferguson is right around there. this is where a lot of the unrest and unyou ruleliness and lawlessness took root, right? >> lawrence: that's exactly right. ferguson with the mike brown case was the first protest that i covered. there is really triggered a lot of the unrest because of the lies that the media spread

across the globe. unfortunately, brian, that wasn't true the entire time. it wasn't a hands up, don't shoot. you propelled that race because of that lie propelled cori bush activist on the ground. to become one of the latest squad members steve lawrence, before you go, something you said a moment ago. somebody tried to steal the tv equipment. were they trying to steal the equipment because it was tv equipment or just steal whatever was in the car? >> lawrence: such a great question, steve. so, young lady trying to steal out of the car didn't know what she was getting. she was overwhelmed once security came. she was trying to take as much as she could. >> sunglasses and gloves. >> sad. sign of the times. >> all of this coincides because you have been reporting on the rec centers close down. migrants put in rec centers kids go back on the street that young lady lost her son and nephew who happened to be in his bedroom

sleeping in the bed when someone drives by. >> lawrence, great reporting out there. thank you very much. 7:20 now here in the east. carley joins us. it was a bad day on wall street. >> carley: that is why we have a fox business alert to get. to say the stock market taking a dramatic slide yesterday. and the worst trading day in 11 months. the dow erasing nearly half of its gains for the year after a key inflation report showed consumer prices rose more than expected in january. charles payne will join us in just a few minutes to break down all those numbers and what it means for you. chinese nationals now make up the largest growing demographic of migrants crossing the southern border. cbp statistics showing the dramatic increase in chinese nationals illegally entering the u.s. growing from a mere 450 crossings in 2021 to more than 20,000 so far this fiscal year. fox news correspondent bill melugin posting on x that cbp

sources say 269 chinese nationals were apprehended in san diego just yesterday alone these numbers not including those who got away undetected. new york city schools experiencing a tech meltdown. remote learning got off to a rocky start. 1 million students couldn't log in to their virtual classrooms. the situation considered a major setback as the largest school system in the country navigated the first test of its controversial no snow day strategy that is so sad. it doesn't even work. mayor eric adams facing criticism from parents for not simply giving the kids the day off. well, happy valentine's day, everybody. today is the day and a new poll says more men care about the holiday than women. more than half of men want their partners to put in maximum effort for the romantic holiday while only 36% of women feel the

same way. that is so interesting. and the same poll it finds over half of people would grade their partner an f when it documents being romantic on valentine's day. so, if those 60% of people would grade their partners -- you guys have a surprise? >> brian: happy birthday valentine's day. >> carley: you get an a. you don't get an f. that's so sweet. >> brian: we joyce in the holiday. >> janice: these look like you got them somewhere fancy. >> carley: thank you, guys, picked them from your garden? >> brian: absolutely, especially the baby's breath. >> carley: it was a vase in there. >> ainsley: however you say it. >> steve: did you put that in. >> steve: yes indeed. on valentine's day that i got engaged. >> carley: oh, wow that is classic. january january my husband actually proposed to me before

valentine's day because he didn't -- it's nice that you did that. >> carley: that's sweet january like i'm telling the story i don't want to insult you. i love you too. >> brian: janice, too late. >> janice: that's why i do the weather. >> ainsley: kathy got you something do you want to tell us what it is? >> steve: no, because the day has not progressed. >> brian: there is a huge study that shows if you want successful, happy kids, the best thing can you do is be married. >> janice: i believe that. >> carley: i totally agree. >> ainsley: yesterday you were telling us that you bought her a gift and came too early. >> brian: with bungee cords. >> ainsley: do you want to give us another clue? >> brian: it looks like a heart. >> janice: heart shovels? >> brian: surprise her a little bit. >> janice: like a bouquet of shovels? >> carley: your wives are amazing.

thank you both for the flowers and producers who really did this. thank you, rachel and everybody. >> steve: happy valentine's day, everybody. meanwhile, coming up, a not so lovely story, another fight on a plane. this time on the way to hawaii. we're going to tell you what started it and what happened. >> brian: looks lie peyton manning and a california senate candidate pushing for $50 minimum wage? >> $27,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by. and so just do the math. just do the math. >> brian: okay. i did the math. [applause] >> brian: charles payne did the math. he's next to talk about it ♪ we going to light this up ♪ like it's dynamite (♪)

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>> charles: charles yeah. >> brian: when you saw the rise in consumer prices, did you expect this? >> charles: i did expect it. i'm shocked that this number hasn't reflected it already to be quiet f quite frank with youf antidotal reports ism. service and manufacturing prices paid are going through the roof. we are seeing this everywhere in all this data. what is really amazing to me is the economists how they just always kind of get it wrong. i just always wondered do you have anyone in your family middle class. anyone your family that's poor? because the things that drove up the cpi report are things that this was not news on main street. you know, rents aren't going down. you know, auto insurance through the roof. home insurance through the roof. things that you need live every day through the roof not coming down. >> brian: they thought since inflation was coming down and so would interest rates. when that went up. they realized that is a pipe dream. >> charles: here is the thing of pace of inflation is different than costs coming down. ultimately what is going to have to happen is, listen, too much

money came into the system, brian. we are living in a social experiment called modern monetary theory. essentially we are -- the bigger the government the more money it can print and the more money it can fist foist on the american public. going out to a bar 10:00 it feels pretty good the next day pretty tough and the day after that and the day after that. we are still living in the aftermath. the job of the federal reserve to fix it. they can't fix it. >> brian: right. we are in hangover. california wants to raised minimum wage at least to one cat democrat lee to $50 an hour. how would that work, charles? minimum wage? >> charles: minimum wage. their minimum wage made a big jump in already in april making a big jump to 22 bucks, i think. fast food workers. >> steve: 27,000 is not good enough. >> charles: this is the chicken and egg thing. california has always had these aarbitrary rules on things like minimum wage. if you artificially price wages

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valentine -- i did not valentine nebraska, indiana, loveland, arizona. love lock nevada. sweet idaho. look at that how cute. we have the potential for quick morning storm in the northern plains and great lakes. blasting the northeast with a quick look at snow on friday and saturday. saturday and another one behind it. not a big snow tro storm. watching the west by the way another round of heavy rain and mountain snow. fox weather.com for all of your latest details. happy valentine's day steve doocy over to you. >> steve: thank you very much, jedediah. >> janice: got it. >> steve: overnight an off duty police officer shot in st. louis when three suspects reportedly opened fire on a group of three off duty officers. one of the cops suffered a graze to his head, thankfully, expected to be okay. at that location right there. >> as new study reveals that

crime costs st. louis more than $11,000 per capita. and as crime rises across the united states, leaders in the community say their calls remain unanswered. lawrence is on the ground this morning in st. louis. lawrence, who is with you? >> hey, good morning, steve. let's bring the pastors because, obviously, the faith leaders are important here. pastor robinson, i will go to you, first. what's going wrongs? i mean, your church has been hit with some of this crime that's happened. >> some. >> things we find the instability of our communities. we reach out to citizens and you have some citizens here now that are gone a month or so from now. the stability is not there. therefore we find a disconnect with our young people. a disconnect with the parents and the grandparents who help raise those children. >> lawrence: pastor parnell,

have we lost our sensed of faith in the community. >> to a de. i would acknowledge the lord jesus without him we have nothing. the church has been for years the stability of the community which consists of the family. and with that and without that, that's where we get this term mental illness. you know, resulting in the disorder of the mind. that's where the break down come in. so, without church and function capacity. this is what we get. >> chaos. >> lawrence: talk about the law and order. the structure of the family, fathers being there and taking back the streets. >> yes, yes. yes. there has to be the family connection as pastor parnell said. the church has been a hub of bringing families together. two main things, education needs

to be -- needs to be better, better police. our children are better educated and we have opportunities for families to come fathers, coming to school. coming to help our students, as well as in our churches where we are the heart of the community where everybody can come together for a better understanding. >> lawrence: got to take back our streets. pastors, thank you for getting up early this morning. we appreciate it. send it back to you, steve. >> steve: all right. lawrence, great interviews. thank you very much live from st. louis. meanwhile, coming up, it's just not valentine's day today. you are looking live at the vatican as we mark arc wednesday. today is the first day of lent. coming up, actor mark wahlberg and jonathan roumie tell us how their hallow app. is helping millions find faith this lenten season ♪ ♪

>> carley: we are back with a couple business head lanes that could impact your valentine's day. thousands of uber lyft and door dash drivers across the country on strike for fair pay. and this might disrupt that flower delivery or dinner plans if you are ordering in.

platform accuses them of not paying fair wage. you are in charge for sticker shock. cocoa prices record high today. researchers say because of extreme weather conditions in ghana home to about 60% of the world's production. chocolate prices are up 11% compared to last year. those are your valentine's day headlines. anxiously, over to you. >> ainsley: all right. thank you, carley. listen to this. the prayer app., hallow like hallow be thy name. biggest spike in history after this super bowl ad. >> we thank you for this time to come together as a family, as friends, and as a country. help us, lord, especially this lent to grow closer to you. amen. >> join us in prayer this lent on hallow. stay prayed up. >> ainsley: i loved it. now more than a million people are ready to pray together starting today because it is ash wednesday. we have mark walberg and

jonathan roumie joining us on this incredible response. congratulations guys. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: god is as cross country super bowl some faith based ads the hallowed a was really touching. what is your reaction to this spike? you broke history? >> we just want to continue to encourage people to grow closer to god. so, it's been amazing. ever since i was fortunate enough to get involved with the hallow app. right around the release of father stu. really has allowed me to contribute as much as i possibly can and use the platform that i have to encourage people to have a relationship with god. >> ainsley: both of y'all are actors and we hear all the time that if you talk about your faith as an actor that that can remove you from different parts and different opportunities. >> that would be really hard for him considering the part that he plays. >> ainsley: i know. i know. if you haven't seen you have to watch father stu and the chosen. because, you play such a phenomenal jesus. you just exude love in that part. >> thank you.

i try. >> ainsley: what was your reaction to breaking history with this app.? >> it was awesome. i think we are -- hallow is filling a need and to be able to, you know, see the expression of that in a commercial during the super bowl and know that so many people want to get connected to god, want to have a relationship. they want to improve their prayer life and the fact that hallow can actually help them achieve that in ways that are so meaningful that is just music to my ears. >> so many things have caused a disconnect over the years. especially with covid. i had gone to church for over a year. it it was a very difficult time. people are really looking to reconnect and find something that will fulfill that need. i must say though, we had mast this morning. jonathan did the second reading and i was just listening to his voice and it was just -- it was different. >> ainsley: so soothing. >> yeah. >> ainsley: you have a 4:00 a.m. club. you clearly already had mass. >> they were they gym.

where were you it's my day off today. people are like why can't you have a normal schedule in my thing is if i'm at home i do all the things that i need to do that are personal time before the kids and my wife get up. but, i mean, i always get 8 hours of sleep. it's not like i'm burning the candle at both ends per se. i'm getting the rest that i need. it's just if i in a perfect world i will go to bed at 7:00, 7:30. wake up at 3:30. do my things and get those out of the way before i start the day with family or work. >> ainsley: start with prayer? >> absolutely. i have a lot to be gratefulful for. >> ainsley: you are on your knees immediately when you get out of bed? >> yes. >> ainsley: how important is that to start your day in prayer? >> i think it sets everything up. it sets up your mindset. it sets your spirit up for, you know, the challenges, perhaps for the day as well as the successes and i think as mark is saying starting the day with gratitude and knowing that, you know, we have been given to much

in this life to be grateful for to god and being able to express that through prayer. >> also, all of us needing to do more. people are always asking what are you giving up? i have given many things up for lent whether it be, you know, alcohol or something, you know sweet. but for me it's really about trying to do more. you know, trying to be better. trying to grow as a person, as servant to god, a father, a husband. you know, as an example. you know, and using all that real life experience that i have gives me a bit of credibility with people who have been struggling and faced adversity so, you know, we just want to be able to do more. i think what better than to have ash wednesday following valentine's day because where do you get more love than with the lord and in a time where there is such a disconnect. we need things to bring people together and the power of prayer is doing that. >> ainsley: you are launching the lent prayer and fasting challenge today on this ash wednesday. tell us about that. >> so, we basically for ash --

for lent, on beginning today, we on hallow we take this book called "he leadeth me" led by jesuit priest walter chezic a book all about surrender. he lived quite some time ago and basically spent 20 years in russia in prison camps and his whole experience of how he had to surrender to god in order to be able to get through that experience is the focus ever the challenge. and so, we pray everyday we do excerpts from the book. we pray different prayers. mark does a fasting challenge every friday, is it? >> yes. >> and basically we just lead people through prayer throughout the entire time of lent. >> ainsley: i love your app. can you choose the voice read meditation you are my voice every day. >> i'm not jealous by the way. i'm not jealous. >> i do pray with his rosary almost every day.

>> ainsley: that's beautiful. >> i hear from people oh my god you pray so fast. you speak so fast. i have a lot to do in a short amount of time. i'm still looking for time to catch up. >> ainsley: that's okay. everyone likes a different cadence. "fox & friends" prayer every weekend pete hegseth is going to read from the hallow app. during leapt. i know we want to read one of the meditations will you help me. >> sure. >> ainsley: how easy it is in time of ease for us to become dependent on our routines, friends and possessions surround us. one day it's followed by the next. good health and happiness for the most part ours. we don't have to desire much of the things of this world in order to have gained this sense of comfort and of well-being to trust in them as our support and to take god for granted. somehow then god must contrive to breakthrough those routines of ours and remind us once again that we're ultimately dependent only upon him that the things of this world and this world itself

are not our lasting city, that his we are and that we must look to him and turn to him in everything. >> oh jesus i surrender myself to you, take care of everything. oh, jesus, i surrender myself to you. take care of everything. o, jesus, i surrender myself to you, take care of everything. amen. >> ainsley: that's beautiful. yes, it's a simple prayer. i surrender everything and i know god will take over. >> that one prayer will change your life. >> ainsley: when you went for your audition to play jesus on the chosen, have you heard your whole life you look a lot like jesus? >> when i grew out the hair and the beard, i started getting a lot of comparisons. that and scot stap before the b. >> ainsley: i'm looking for jesus. i have been looking for jesus my whole life. >> haven't we all. >> ainsley: yeah. we have. god bless you both. >> bless you. >> ainsley: download hallow fantastic app. support them and support this

challenge. i just love you both. and i love jesus and i'm so thankful for what you are doing. our world is just -- we need people like y'all to talk about christianity. >> thank you. god bless you. thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. thank you. coming up, pete hegseth, will cain and house majority leader steve scalise ♪ didn't need no one to tell him ♪ what was wrong or right ♪ he had god but i got jesus here, and we were wondering if you might want to pray with us. well, not the actual jesus. obviously, but let's spend some time with the real one. is