>> things to our guests in our studio audience, i'm greg gutfeld, i love you, america. [ cheering and applause ] >> trace: good evening, i'm trace gallagher, 11:00 pm on the east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". we knew it was coming and here it is. >> i think what he's doing is a mistake.

i don't agree with his -- i think it's outrageous. what i'm calling for is for the israelis to call for a cease-fire. >> trace: breaking tonight, it sounds like president biden's ironclad support for israel is now at the melting point. after biden issues his biggest criticism yet of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's handling of the war on hamas, calling his approach outrageous and a mistake. and the timing of this widening rift could not be more problematic because iran is threatening a direct attack against israel as retaliation for a strike in syria that killed several iranian commanders. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with what president biden is saying now about his commitment to israel. good evening kevin. >> reporter: good evening trace. they say president biden wants to have it both ways but simply can't. keep in mind in the wars early moments, biden bout unflinching support for israel, even flying

to tel aviv to publicly hug the president but since then israel has leveled gaza and things have really changed. at home of course, under siege from protesters demanding a cease-fire. overseas, america's standing being battered by the perception that israel is fighting a war with american money and support. now even though biden continues to criticize netanyahu and israel, net and yahoo has been leaning into it. this is as a report says that the commander of sitcom is -- meant to meet with idf officials amid threats from iran on israel. with that in mind i want you to listen carefully to how the administration is, you know, using this threat of tough talk to sort of back israel a little bit more strongly than it has while at the same time, as you pointed out, distancing itself from the war in gaza.

>> we also want to address the iranian threat, they are threatening to launch a significant attack on israel. as i've told prime minister net and yahoo, our commitment to israel's security against these threats from iran and it's proxies' ironclad. let me say it again, ironclad. we are going to do all we can to protect israel's security. >> trace: ironclad support for israel's security. but when it comes to the war in gaza, maybe not so much. the push for the cease-fire continues, there's also fresh reporting tonight that finding hostages, trace, may not be as simple as some believe. is from cnn. thomas has indicated it currently is unable to identify and track down 40 israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a cease-fire deal, which of course is raising fears that there may be many more hostages who are dead than the public previously understood. >> trace: that is awful news for a lot of families out there,

thank you kevin, let's bring in the founder of last people forget along with a host of -- middle east analyst. thank you for coming on. i mean to you first, eric. it's really hard when you see the president with more ironclad vows to back israel. he said it after october 7th. now you see him, it's not just calling for a cease-fire, he's criticizing benjamin netanyahu's entire war policy,'s stance on the war, the way he's fighting the war. this is an about face. >> at the worst possible moment. as you said in the lead in, as the iranian regime is threatening to directly strike israel, president biden decides to establish daylight between israel and the united states. by the way this is not just israel's fight, the iranian regime refers to america as the great satan and in their ideology israel is the little satan, the first line of descent -- defense for the west and yet president biden just through our closest ally in the middle east

under the bus. this is the height of mixed messaging. in one breath saying this is outrageous on behalf of israel, in the next saying we have your back, it's ironclad. here's the problem, the iranian regime does not believe there's any teeth behind biden's comments backing israel. >> trace: you talk about throwing out the boss, maybe he's going after the far left voters. he's clearly swayed by them but at the same time you are alienating a lot of moderate jewish democrat voters and it's a big block. -- bloc. >> it is. what i hope people are paying attention to is the fact that our domestic politics has now infiltrated and infected our foreign policy. we are seeing people protesting in the streets and that's fully manifesting itself in our country's foreign policy. united states of america has had a long-standing and unique and special relationship with the state of israel and today we are seeing that relationship start to crumble before our eyes. >> trace: you are exactly

right. eric, you have iran and america both simultaneously criticizing israel. texas congressman had the following to say and i thought it was instructive. watch. >> the only thing that has kept entities like hezbollah and iran from entering the war and making this the great war that they've always talked about to eradicate israel is the threat that the u.s. will stop them. if you take that threat off the table it's a very dangerous path to go on and it eventually gets us into a war. >> trace: and when you are being criticized from both sides, if you are benjamin netanyahu, you are like who will have your back -- our back when push comes to shove, which could happen soon. >> that's a problem. the interesting thing in terms of having israel's back, that nations that are most concerned about the iranian threat besides israel of course are the arab nations like saudi arabia, egypt, gord -- jordan, the gulf states. they know the threat that this iranian axis poses.

they've been pressing the biden a ministration behind the scenes constantly to do something about it, to have more of a show of force. it doesn't even have to be military force, just be firm in your public statements. optics are everything in the middle east and right now the biden administration is failing the test. >> trace: the optics are terrible. i mean that's what the whole thing is, that regardless of what your back room policy is, the forward optics have got to be strong and right now they are not. the telegraph writes the following here, how it became fashionable for the left to hate israel despite it's model of tolerance. going on to say the murder of george floyd in 2020 and the rise of the black lives matter movement also created fertile ground for a resurgence of anti-israel sentiment. amid all the talk of white supremacy and colonialism, we had people basically making out that israel was an outpost of the british empire. it was a turning point and that resonated with students. i mean this is truly hatred fueled by ignorance.

>> it is and the problem is, what they believe is criticism four or criticism of the israeli government's blatant anti-semitism. we've seen it on college campuses, on our streets, we see it everywhere today and the problem is that when you look at history, any time a country is overwhelmed by anti-semitism like our country is right now, it's a precursor for much greater challenges. i've said it on the show how many times? anti-semitism never arrives on it's own, it's merely a symptom of a greater problem and often a very fractured society and i hope not just jewish americans but all americans are paying attention right now and thinking about that. >> trace: i think a lot more people are paying attention right now than they were two and a half hours ago. maybe that's a good thing. elizabeth pipko, eric, thank you. meantime former president trump on the campaign trail where he tried to clarify his abortion policy after arizona's controversial new ban on the procedure. meantime's interaction with a black supporter at a chick-fil-a now going viral when she called out the media and set the record

straight -- straight on black voters. ashley is live with that part of the story. >> reporter: president trump was back in the battleground state of georgia today. the same state where he is facing charges for interference in the 2020 presidential election. some voters there seemed unfazed by the allegations including this black woman his interaction with the former president went viral. watch. >> we support you. >> let me give you a hug. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: that moment is campaign gold for the trump staff that likely wants more focus on what they believe to be winning issues like immigration, a crime and the economy and let's focus on his recent abortion comments. it anchored both democrats and republicans but for different reasons. >> the states will determine i vote or legislation or perhaps both and whatever they decide must be the law of the land.

in this case the law of the state. many states will be different, many will have a different number of weeks or some will have more conservative than others. this is all about the will of the people. >> reporter: trump weighed in on the issue today after the supreme court in arizona upheld a civil war era ban on abortions that doesn't make exemptions in cases of rape and incest saying that the court went too far. >> straightened out and as you know it's all about state rights. i'm sure the governor and everybody else -- and it will be taking care of quickly. >> reporter: into night trump is back in his home state of florida for a fundraiser where he's expected to rake in millions of dollars for his campaign. back to you. >> trace: ashley live in new york, thank you. let's bring in adam along with

attorney -- thank you for coming on. here's more of that viral moment the former president at chick-fil-a. watch. >> i don't care what the media tells you, we support you. 4:00 pm. >> let me give you a hug. [ laughter ] [ cheering and applause ] ret. >> trace: she is not just talking because i want to put the numbers back up. this is the biden coalition 2024 versus aaron 20 -- 2020 and i will get your thoughts on this. in 2020 biden took 91% of the young black vote. in 2024 it is now down to 68 percent. so that was a hug, it was a viral moment but gets significant because it's got numbers to back it up. >> absolutely. there's been a precipitous drop in black support and definitely black youth support for democrats because democrats have played politics. historically speaking black voters largely support democrats however you haven't seen the deliver on those policies.

at the end of the day black voters are the same as every other american, they care about the economy, they care about safety, they care about immigration, the way everybody else does and so they sated themselves, man, democrats are trying to play political games by doing things like naming kamala harris to be the or moving south carolina up on the primary map instead of delivering policy proposals that are making my life better. people are realizing that, recognizing it and that's why their boats are moving. >> trace: you talk about policy proposals because ron maclean the former chief of staff was quoted saying i think the president is out there too much talking about bridges. he does two or three events a week where he's cutting a ribbon on a bridge. you go to the grocery store and you know eggs and milk are expensive. i mean i'm not sure he's any better talking about eggs and milk then bridges because eggs and milk keep getting more expensive. >> you are right. we saw in march inflation went up another 3.5%.

biden really can't talk about egg prices and groceries and gasoline because he's so out of touch. he's either in his basement or he's threatening to sign an executive order to actually protect our southern border but i don't see him actually doing anything to help the american people. if he did the first thing he would do is unleash american oil and allow for drilling and fracking on american lands, stop our reliance on foreign lands, saudi arabia and all of our enemies today, but he's not going to. is going to continue to let our economy tank because he wants us to depend on government and americans are turning their back faster on joe biden than ever before. >> trace: interesting that you brought up the security of the southern border because biden was talking to univision and he was asked about executive action on the border and he said this... >> we are examining whether or not i have the power. i would have that power under the legislation when the border has over 500,000 people -- 5000

people a day. there's no guarantee that i have that power all by myself without legislation. >> trace: one, i'm not sure he knows what power he has and what power he doesn't have if you listen to that interview. but he really has no idea. he did this, he did this, he turned it all off on day one in office and he can turn it all back on again, but he won't. >> that's correct, trace. he won't turn it back on and it's very funny to here joe biden talk about what authority he does or does not have when it has not stopped him from taking executive overreach to new heights in his administration. he has no problem canceling student loan debt for millions of americans even though he's been told he does not have the authority to do so, but action that could be taken to help secure the southern border, he does not do because it's not politically advantageous for him i don't see joe biden taking any action on the southern border

until after his major portion of his primary season is done. while he is clearly the democratic nominee, he clearly has a base issue as well when it comes to democratic voters and until he can sure that up and not anger them more by making moves to secure the southern border, which it's clear democrats don't want to do, he will continue to throw these out there as ideas but never actually deliver on it. >> trace: i just want to ask a few things that the arizona abortion decision puts the former president in a bind. >> look, i think this is a tough decision in arizona but president trump said it best. i think the fact he's been in the middle, he's upsetting pro-life movement that is saying that he wasn't strong enough, and he's upsetting democrats that want to universal ban. but we have to remember president trump promised he would deliver roe v wade so we had authority back in our states and it needs to be the will of the people. the states need to sort this out. it's a states issue. we live in a republic today.

we don't want congress unilaterally pushing laws. tomorrow they could say abortion on demand at will any time. is not where we want to be today. we want this decision closest to the people. i think arizona will be able to figure this out. >> trace: thank you both. let's bring an republican it senate candidate for more on arizona's abortion ban. great to see you on the show. the former president was asked about the arizona abortion decision and he said this and then we will get your comments. >> did arizona go too far? >> yeah they did and that will be straightened out and as you know it's all about states rights. i'm sure the governor and everybody else will bring it back into reason. >> trace: kind of hard to here there but what he was, in essence, saying is that he thinks that arizona is going to straighten this out. i just want to ask you so that we are clear here, you agree with the former president and you disagree with the arizona ruling, is that a fair

assessment? >> absolutely. i also agree that it will get straightened out. i know that lawmakers are working on it, i've been talking to them today. it will take a little bit of time to bring people together and get this all worked out. i'm unapologetically pro-life but i am also a realist and i understand that i don't get to dictate my beliefs on the people of arizona. this is an issue that is sensitive, it's very personal and it's very private. we need to have the people of arizona have made it clear that they want access to safe abortion. we are going to make sure that that happens and so we are going to make sure that the people in arizona have access and we will find out how this all works out in the coming days but i believe that lawmakers will come up with a plan that provides some access, with exceptions obviously, for rape, incest and the life of a mother. i do not believe however in a federal ban and i would never as u.s. senator, it which is what i'm running for, vote for a

federal ban on abortion. >> trace: clear this up for me if you will because you got some pushback in the media the past couple of days because you have previously -- you just said, you are pro-life, you've said in previous interviews that abortion is "the ultimate sin" and now you don't want to really push your beliefs on people, you think there's a happy medium. >> well what i think is going to happen is we are going to, since ropy weight was ruled unconstitutional, we are going to have 50 different state laws and we will have to deal with that. one state may have a more restrictive abortion rights and laws and one might have up to nine months like our democrat extremists are pushing for so what we need to do as republicans and frankly as commonsense americans is work around ways to try and help women so that when they are faced with a pregnancy that they are anxious about, unwanted pregnancy, that we can talk to them and show them that there are options, whether it be financial help if they needed, adoptive services so that they are going in -- not going into

an abortion clinic and only having one choice, that they know there is help out there and that's where we need to be better. that's what i vowed to do in the u.s. senate, make sure we are giving women true options so that they have the ability to be a mother if they choose to do that and they can make a better decision. >> trace: yep. thank you for coming on the show as always, we appreciate your time. >> thank you trace. >> trace: coming up, a top journalist at national public radio is now accusing npr of having a left-wing bias. and the liberal los angeles times says the reason you don't like the biden economy is all in your mind. commonsense department has thoughts about that. and later in the nightcap, a new debate is taking over the music scene. do use it or do you stand at a concert? some say if they buy a seat they are going to use it, others say standing as part of the whole experience, even if it bugs the person behind you. are you a sitter or a stander and why? let us know x and instagram

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>> trace: the whistleblower at national public radio says the coverage of major new stories over the last few years like a hunter biden laptop has been riddled with left-wing bias aimed at damaging donald trump. we are live with that story. >> reporter: an award-winning senior editor at npr radio just wrote a piece in the free press titled i've been at npr for 25 years, here's how we lost america's trust. saying npr always had a liberal bent but it was around the time of former president trump selection in 2016 that npr really started to go off the rails. writing "what began as a tough a straightforward coverage a belligerent truth impaired president veered towards efforts toward damaging or trouble trump's presidency. at npr we hitched our wagon to trumps antagonist. adam schiff was on npr 25 times

a leading to -- alleging to -- alluding to alleged collusion. another example, npr managing editor initially shot down the hunter biden laptop story claiming it was a waste of listeners and readers time but later the laptop story was confirmed and samuel was even promoted. in the coverage of the killing of george floyd, they write the message from the top was that america was absolutely racist and that npr was part of the problem. and npr spokesperson responded to the scathing article saying npr is proud to be one of the most trust is -- trusted news outlets but acknowledging it's open to critique writing we have an obligation to consider and measure how our coverage fulfills our public service to all audiences. saying npr just hired a new ceo. she it has a tech background not news. he says her first role should be not to tell people how to think. >> trace: that's a good rule, thank you.

[♪♪] >> trace: the "fox news @ night" commonsense department is always fascinated after reading the los angeles times because the times conjures the most compelling characters in it's fictional world of news, including today's op-ed saying that president biden is getting little credit for the economy, especially in california. the peace goes on to blame psychology saying consumers pay more attention to the extra money they have to spend than the extra money in their paychecks. does the la times read it's financial page? does the la times have a financial page? doesn't know that inflation is far outpacing wage gains? milk is up 20%, bread up 30%. eggs 50% and gas in california is up 71% since biden took office. the los angeles times is blaming psychology? is the times covering some mystical california secret world where the hobbits are getting a 71% pay raise to pay the gas?

is biden the bilbo baggins of this world? are it's only a matter of time before his magic elixir saves the day? even the los angeles times acknowledges the psychological impact on californians might be more significant because prices are so high to begin with. and it does not help but the unemployment rate is the highest in the country. commonsense thanks the los angeles times should give a good riddance goodbye to bilbo and a healthy hello to frodo. let's bring in board-certified medical doctor. we will talk more about that. i want to go back to the npr thing because i think this is fascinating. literally a top journalist, whistleblower saying we've been leaning left for a lot of time. it says about the lab leak theory we have talked so much about, came in for rough treatment almost immediately dismissed as racist or right wing conspiracy theory. anthony fauci and former nih head representing the public

health establishment where it's most notable critics and that was enough for npr. you were saying you used to listen to npr back in the day, back in your medical school days but you think wow in the past seven, eight years it has moved from basically left to way left. >> and that's the problem. health should not be politicized. science should not be politicized. it's okay for any news outlet to have some kind of editorial slant. that's fine but when it comes to actual fact and twisting of the fact rather than just avoiding certain things, that's where they got it wrong. when they took something like the leak hypothesis and failed to acknowledge that a theory or hypothesis that is actually valid may exist, it allowed people to go down a very different rabbit hole and cause people to waste time and ultimately not really get down to the bottom of wear the pandemic came from and that's something we can't ever afford to happen again. >> trace: and staying with the npr thing quickly because i know

you know california politics better than most people, the headline i've been at npr for 25 years, your house we lost americans trust. it goes on to say that adam schiff became npr's guiding hand , it's ever present me you. by my count npr host interview schiff about 25 times about trump in russia. during many of the conversations, schiff alluded to purported evidence of collusion. the schiff talking points became the drumbeat of npr news reports. he of course is now california congressman that is running for dianne feinstein's old seat and might likely get the seat and yet you talk to voters and they have no idea that adam schiff was twisting the facts for years about russian collusion. >> so that's why on the part of npr this is journalistic malpractice. they have a duty not just to report one side but to verify those facts and to give any other opinions some voice and they did not do that. if you are an npr listener you

were hearing just one side of things, you were hearing on fact checked information from that one side and it led people to believe things that were all speak as they did not know any better. that was a common theme throughout the pandemic as well as throughout our recent political history. >> trace: and you look at new york times and csn and msnbc in the washington post and it was the same narrative, the very same narrative. you think they all kind of bit on the same hook and you think why did that happen? meantime the secretary of education was asked a question today and it was a pretty simple question. a pretty tough answer. watch. >> would you agree that women are physically different than men? >> i know where you are going with this. i would love to talk about how we can work together to support -- >> mr secretary, do you agree that women are physically, biological women are different from biological men physically? this is a simple question for an educator. you are not going to answer,

okay. >> trace: he's not going to answer. it's unbelievable. we've gotten to a point where in congress that's what it is, they won't answer. they know the answer but they won't answer and you wonder why. is it because you are afraid of alienating people, afraid of alienating a certain segment of the population? >> i don't think it's even that. i think the problem is, as many of us have been saying for four years now, it's when you politicize biology, when you politicize health, politicize fact, all of a sudden you start doing things that make absolutely no sense and they don't even know why anymore at this point. it's easy for the secretary to just answer that question without offending anyone. what people believe they are in terms of their identity has nothing to do with biological fact. in fact they are saying that that biological fact to them is meaningless psychologically because they believe something else. and that's fine but it doesn't change the fact that there is, you know, a biologic basis to people's physiology.

>> trace: you are exactly right. dr, great to have you on. meantime some of the women behind the world war ii character rosie the riveter now being recognized for their service to the country. here's the senior congressional correspondent. [♪♪] [ singing ] ♪ she's making history ♪ >> reporter: few world war ii images endure like rosie the riveter. >> the iconic picture of the muscular bandanna we celebrate that in you there is nothing we can't do. >> reporter: 6 million women pressed into service. >> they were house wives, they were mothers, turned war heroes. >> reporter: they weren't in the military, they welded in shipyards, assembled letter b-17s and build bombs while american men fought overseas. >> 1800 women are employed and

they have to be mechanics. war aviation production gets the feminine touch. >> these are the invisible warriors on the homefront. >> reporter: on the same day president biden greeted the leader of america's world war ii adversary japan at the white house lawmakers bust out there highest civilian honor on 24 surviving rosie's, the congressional gold medal. 98-year-old may is one of the oldest rosie's still living. >> up until 1941, it was a man's world. they did not know how capable as women work, did they? [ cheering and applause ] >> we might say in brooklyn, the rosie's got it going on. >> reporter: leaving the capital crowd was sage advice. >> my last thought is remember these ur at little words we can do it. >> reporter: and in the case of the rosie's, not only can they do it, but they did it. [♪♪] [♪♪]

>> reporter: on capitol hill, fox news. >> trace: nicely done. coming up, an 11-year-old student wanted to start her own prayer club at her elementary school in washington state but she was denied, which is all considering the school already has a 2slgbtqi+ pride club and a green club among others. the fifth-grader joins us live next. and still ahead, watch as this woman reaches new heights by climbing the eiffel tower and a bride runs off with a man who is not her husband and leaves the guests somewhat puzzled. the days best viral videos are next. but first a live look. wisconsin. did you know wisconsin is home to the first-ever ice cream sundae? who knew. we are coming right back with a story you need to here, an 11-year-old girl tried to start a religion group in her elementary school and they said

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[♪♪] >> trace: a new front on the war in religion and washington state. a fifth-grade student wanted to start an interfaith prayer club at her elementary school and was promptly denied. but one week prior the school did grant permission for a pride club. let's bring in laura who's in fifth-grade and first liberty attorney kayla tony. thank you for coming on, we appreciate this. elora to you first, you are very brave coming on the show and we appreciate it. i want to know in your words while you wanted to start this prayer club, this faith club at your school in the first place. >> i wanted to start it because i felt kind of alone in the classroom and really just at school and so i realized i had some friends and i knew some other people that felt the same way and so i talked to them and i was just like you know what it

would be a great idea to make a club where people could come together and do good in the community and so that's kind of -- that was kind of the idea of my interfaith prayer club. >> trace: it's interesting because i read this and maybe you can correct me, you said that everybody was welcome. every grade level, everybody was welcome in this faith group. >> yeah, anyone who would want to go, anyone who would feel like they just wanted to feel welcome. >> trace: yeah. it's a great group, it sounds like a great club. khayla to you now it seems to me like this is pretty basic first amendment stuff, am i wrong? >> you are not wrong. the first amendment is clear, the free speech clause and the free exercise clause both protect laura's ability to pray, to speak about her faith, to gather with other religious students and the law is clear,

if the school allows at least one noncurricular club, no matter what the club is about, it has to allow a religious club and it's actually viewpoint discrimination to deny a religious club just because it's religious. >> trace: i want to put this up because this is creekside elementary. here's what their spokesperson said in part, "once the school year begins, the building budget is set and additional clubs are usually not added until the following school year." they are saying we just did not have the money to at this group? was laura asking for money? >> not at all. she even offered to do fundraisers if necessary. the pride club again had started just a week before and another club is due to start pretty soon as well. so that excuse definitely did not make sense. >> trace: i wonder, laura, when they finally said no, you can't do this, did they tell you personally or did somebody else have to tell you, were they forthright and explained to you

why they did not want to do this? >> well, she kind of told me know when i had a meeting with her, but it wasn't very clear why. and it just did not really make sense. >> trace: yeah, it seems like it did not make sense. the other thing is that if you are going to say no, shouldn't you gather the parents and other people together and say listen, here's the reason we are making this decision, because you know it's going to get some notoriety they are only a few miles from -- where the football coach won the decision of the highest court. >> exactly. i'm so glad you mentioned that because the supreme court made it very clear that the first amendment protects students and employees freedom and ability to live out their faith publicly, to pray, to exercise their faith it's not something we have to hide as americans because we have this strong protection of the first amendment. >> trace: lastly to you laura, have you given up or are you

going to keep fighting to make sure that this school has a prayer club and maybe your junior high school as you go on and on? is this something you are passionate about? is this something you think should happen at your school? >> i think that this is something that i am very passionate about. i would not be here if i did not really want to make this happen, if i did not think that it would be a great opportunity for everyone. >> trace: yeah, you are going to be changing lives. laura, thank you for coming on. best of luck to you, keep us up to speed on what's happening because we are going to follow this and we are going to be at your first -- on the sidelines of your first prayer gathering. thank you, best of luck to you. >> thank you. [♪♪] >> trace: first up into nights viral videos, a french woman brbre world record for rope climbing 361 feet above the ground up to the second floor of the eiffel tower in about 18

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[♪♪] >> trace: we are back with the nightcap crew, tonight's topic,

concert courtesy. there's apparently a new debate online that is going viral. sitting versus standing during concerts. some say if they buy a seat they are using the seat. others think standing is part of the experience. but what do you do if the crowd is a mix of standers and sitters what do you think? let's start with matt. often concertgoer matt. >> i was just at a country concert in phoenix a couple weeks ago. i did not have a seat and i was looking for one because after a while you get sick of standing. i think if you pay for a seat though you can do whatever you want. >> trace: what about the guy behind you were in front of you. >> it's up for them -- up to them. that's just how it goes out concert. >> trace: kevin corke. >> i kind of agree with matt. if you are out concert you should expect that you are probably going to have to stand at least for part of it and if

that happens you just go with the flow. >> trace: go with the flow. doctor. >> i like to sit when it's, you know, the regular part of the concert and then stand if there's a particular part where it warrants it. so i have a hack for this by the way because i do understand that people deserve to stand so i always get the front row in the nosebleeds. this way there's no one in front of me but i'm also not paying what you would pay for front row down at the bottom. >> trace: elizabeth. >> my mom is actually a concert pianist. the best in the world by the way. if i stood and cheered it one of her shows i would be in a lot of trouble. however if you find me at a follow boys show and you're sitting behind me i am very sorry but you should know what you signed up for. >> trace: i was always told if you go to the la philharmonic and you stand up they walk you out but if you go to taylor swift and you don't stand a walk you up -- out. ashley. >> i think it depends on the type of concert.

i think if you are sitting at a concert and you just no that you are going to be blocked, no matter where you are unless you are in the front or in the nosebleeds, you know you will get blocked so i mean most people stand but i think it depends on where you are at. >> trace: yes 66% on instagram, 57%. keira says i say standing because if i wanted to sit i will go to a movie not a concert. if i buy a seat, i want to sit. it's rude just while others experience. if you want to stand, by a general admission ticket. can. if it's rocking i'm standing. if it stinks, take a nap. i'm gonna go with the flow. i have to go with the flow, thank you for watching, we will see you tomorrow.

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