>> president biden is just incapable of speaking the truth on the economy. that the trump tax cuts were a blue collar boom. and that's what the facts show. those are the actual numbers. >> i think this fourth quarter could be a massive rally if republicans take back both the senate and the house. i think it'll unleash a wave of hope that things can change, because the status quo, stuart,

correct me if i'm wrong, it's not working. >> i think the trend lines here in october are looking great, so i really do feel like we're going to have a great night for the house. i used to think it was about 15-25 seats, now i think it's more like 20-30 seats. >> the surprises get more billionish, but right now -- bullish, but we're in that brackish area where we're going to need so see something, and it'd probably have is to be fairly big for the market to take another leg down. ♪ oh, here we go, feel it in my soul. ♪ really need it, need it ♪ stuart: that's kind of get up and go music. who is it? fifths and the tantrums -- fits and the tantrums. can you imagine a band like that? probably from england. [laughter] okay, i'm an american, don't worry about it. all right, let's go. 11:00 eastern. it is tuesday, october 25th. the markets are showing some green. dow's up 170, nasdaq's up 156. we had a weak consumer

confidence number at 10:00 this morning. that helped the market. maybe they think that the fed won't be raising rates quite so aggressive. look at big tech. amazon down, all of one cent. as for the 10-year treasury yield, look at it all the way could be to 4.09%. that's why big tech is doing rather well this morning. all the way down on the 10-year yield. all right, folks, now this: monday the president had a very bad day. he had just come back from a weekend vacation, he should have been fresh and focused. he was not. he called vice president harris president. he seemed to get lost on the stage. and his staffers had to walk back his mistakes on student loans. not the image a chief executive wants with crucial elections two weeks away. the news background didn't help. the report card on public schools came in. it was a shocker, serious declines in math and reading

scores. and today we hear most of the $122 billion earmarked for the schools has not been spent. the democrats get the blame here. they're hand in glove with the failing teachers' union. education, school choice, they are now winning issues for republicans. and then there's the border and the news of record illegal entry. 2 the.5 million in 12 months, nearly 900 migrant deaths and an explosion of fentanyl. smuggling, that is. the president doesn't mention it. of course he doesn't. the border has already cost the democrats most of texas, and they may well lose arizona as well. it would have been a really bad day if the president had tried to tell us again that the border is secure is. it's obviously not. the president himself made his bad day worse. he a made statements that were simply wrong. he has not lowered prescription drug price or health care premiums or energy bills. all of that may, repeat may, come true in a couple of years,

but it is absolutely not true now. he ended by saying the republicans will crash the economy. nice try. if this economy does crash, it will not be a republican victory that does it, but two years of bad policy. third hour of "varney" start ises right now. ♪ ♪ stuart: well, after the president's bad day, he went on to call what he calls mega-maga trickle down economics. okay, have a look at this. roll tape. >> republicans are determined to hold the economy hostage. either give in to their demands on social security and medicare which millions of americans rely on and earned and paid for, or republicans are going to crash the economy. stuart: let's check out charlie -- [laughter] there are he is, the man himself. no wonder candidates don't want him campaigning with them, charlie. [laughter] what have you got to say about

this? >> exactly, exactly. this is the longest line of bunk that we've ever seen in politics. this is absurd. this is the sign of a very desperate man. they are trying everything that they can possibly throw at voters. they're trying to give away free money, they're trying to let people out of prison, they're trying everything because nothing is working. and that's because no matter how much joe biden tries to lie about things and and nancy pelosi says things like, oh, when they bring up inflation, we just have to change the subject, no matter -- voters aren't believing it. the jig is up. they realize what's going on here. and democrats have been in control of every lever of power many washington for two years. they have employed every single one of their very best ideas, and they are in the process of destroying the country. not because they didn't have their way, but because their ideas are terrible. and, you know, we're talking about, you know, a very rosy night for republicans right now,

but there are all kinds of races that we're not even talking about right now, stu, that i think on wednesday morning after the election we're going to wind up sitting here talking about. stuart: we just got new fox power rankings, just came out. they showed the republicans gaining momentum mt. house, now forecast to win a 16-seat majority. the gop would grab 233 seats, democrats 202. meanwhile, the senate is still a toss-up. all comes down to pennsylvania, georgia, nevada and arizona. but, charlie, i'm looking at this as a progression as the polls move forward. and it seems overall there is a move towards the republicans and, if anything, it's gaining momentum. there is a possibility now -- i'd call it a probability -- that the house and the senate go republican. what say you? >> i think you're exactly right. i could not, i couldn't be more bullish for republicans right now. and you're exactly right, the trend lines are what's

important. i don't believe any polling. you know, a pollster can make a poll, say anything he wants it to say. but watching those trend lines is the most important thing. and to watch this swing go in republicans' direction, we've got two weeks before the election. that trend is probably going to continue, and the most important thing is that when you have the misery index that we're facings right now -- facing right now, the independents that are undecided, the more miserable people are, the higher degree -- percentage of those independents cut for the opposing party. and so i think that not only those trend lines are going to continue towards republican, they're going to break even farther, even faster for republicans before election day. which, of course, stu, is why democrats want to have everybody vote, like, last easter -- [laughter] so they're voting before you have the debate and all the issues come in. the longer -- the more people mow, the more people hate democrat ideas. stuart: i don't know whether you saw it, but i have to bring it

up again. the debate last night between governor desantis and charlie crist. charlie crist called desantis the most anti-business governor in history. [laughter] there was a burst of laughter when he said that. he just lost right there, lost flat out. i'm sorry, charlie, i just had to bring that up again. we will see you again soon, i do hope. all right, mike murphy is with us. we need 40 to look at the markets. dow's up 200, nasdaq is up -- it's a rally, isn't it? >> it's a continued rally, stuart. we're up a little over 3% in the last week. so the market came all the way down to around the 350 level for the s&p, and now we've rallied off that. stuart: does this rally continue? it's never going to be unbroken, but a solid uptrend? >> we're on a solid uptrend. we've started to have a little faith in what the fed is doing, and all eyes are on earnings,

and tonight we've got alphabet, google and microsoft. and if they put up the numbers i expect, rally continues. stuart: you are expecting strong numbers, google and microsoft -- >> from big tech, in general, i'm expecting strong to very strong numbers. the concern that i do have is if the ceos look at this time to kind of throw in, throw some cold water on next quarter's earnings, to guide -- to take their guidance could be a little bit because they get a free pass with it right now with all the macro conditions concern. stuart: the call will be important in all cases. if republicans do sweep and house and the senate in november, is that really, really bullish for the markets? >> i think it is, but it's also bullish, stuart, just getting past the midterms because as we get past the midterms, the market generally likes when the election's over, and i think that will continue this rally past the midterms. stuart: stay there, please. you've agreed, strangely, to be with us for the entire hour. >> i love being with you guys.

[laughter] stuart: we'll fix that. lauren: starting now. stuart: hey, lauren, you've got movers. pulte homes. lauer lauren they warned, this is the bad news, of slowing demand because, obviously, mortgage rates are near 7%, but they grew revenue double digits in the quarter and, guess what? their margins hit 30%. of and maybe the idea of a pause or pivot would be really good for the home-building sector. stuart: what are the margins at sherwin williams? lauren: 42.8%. they're raising prices again and again. how much can paint cost? upwards of $100. stuart: you've got to be kidding me, $100? if. lauren: yeah. their last price increase was another 10%. stuart: obviously, they've got pricing power. >> they co, for sure. but if people aren't going out and buying new homes so much, they need to refurbish their current homes, and that plays into sherwin williams' hands,

and all the paint manufacturers should have a great 6-12 months -- lauren: a lot cheaper to paint your home than buying a new home and have to repaint it. stuart: ross stores, i don't know. lauren: up almost 6%. wells fargo says this is the best way to play off price retail for a couple reasons. everybody's concerned about inflation, right? and the inventory that the department stores are so bloated that ross stores gets a lot of that extra inventory. so the assortment is good. they upgraded them to overweight and say the stock is going to $110 a share. stuart: you never touch retailers do you? it's not in your bailiwick. >> it's so tough to pick what's going to be hot next year, so when i see the call, i say i'd rather stick with a walmart where i know they have a history of performing in good economies or bad economies or amazon. stuart: you've got walmart in your -- >> i do own wallet mart. lauren: what about tjx?

>> so, yes, i like the store, but i'd rather own walmart just because it seems cleaner to me where tjx is more volatile. stuart: i've got to move on. nice if conversation -- >> thank you. lauren: he's taking the show. stuart: the reverend al sharpton has a message for democrats, start talking about crime. he says it's a huge problem, and voters want to talk about it. interesting. republicans want to to block the irs from hiring 87,000 new agents. congress juan michelle steele -- congresswoman michelle steel is leading that charge. 60% of people now living paycheck to paycheck, that that's forcing democrats to reshape their messaging on inflation. good luck with that, two weeks before the midterms. the report from capitol hill next. ♪

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♪ ♪ stuart: two weeks to the midterms. democrats are trying to adjust their economic messaging. [laughter] hillary vaughn on capitol hill. what exactly are they saying and doing, hillary? >> reporter: stuart, they're talking about inflation because it's an issue that they are on defense over. they're having to defend their spending, but while doing that they're pointing the blame at republicans. >> what are the republicans' response to inflation? what do they want to do? well, maybe they want to cut wages for workers. do they want to raise the minimum wage? no, they don't. so i think it's important to take the attack to the republicans. what do they want to do other

than complain? >> when you reduce unemployment, it's inflationary. that is a fact. our economy is on the ballot. they also understand, but the difference between inflation and cost of living. >> reporter: president biden is going on the offense, cautioning voters what will happen if republicans gain control of the house and senate in november, warning them about, quote, mega-maga economics and calling out house minority leader kevin mcthink's pledge if in power to not raise the debt ceiling until government spending is reined in. >> if we don't meet their demands, they're going to shut the place down. and then they talk about inflation. everything they'll to do is going to make inflation worse. republicans are going to crash the economy. >> reporter: -- that that the president is referring to is this idea that not raising the debt ceiling until spending gets cut would push the u.s. economy

to go into default which would ultimately crash the economy. stuart? stuart: okay. i think that seems pretty clear. thanks. very much, hillary. all good stuff. thank you. the rankings for the largest economies in the world kind of shifting around. hey, ashley -- sorry -- [laughter] your name is ashley, i do believe that, and i'm talking about california moving up in the rankings. have i got that right? ashley: call me anything you want. yes, you're right. the golden sate's gross domestic product is poised, get this, to overtake a germany's. that's the fourth largest in the world, now just after the u.s., china and japan. californiaed had already leapfrogged brazil and france seven years ago and surpassed the u.k. in 2017. many of california's current figures won't be published until next year, but estimates suggest that state may have already caught up with germany with at least one forecast implying california is ahead by $72 billion when considering the state's recent growth rate.

remarkably, the state boasts 379 companies with a market value of at least a billion dollars, and the san francisco bay area accounts for 78% of the market cap of all publicly-traded companies in california. and one final stat, california's population is right around 40 million. germany's stands at twice that much at 83 million. really remarkable, stu. stuart: yeah, i agree, that is truly remarkable stuff. thanks, ashley. i got it right, believe me. [laughter] congresswoman michelle steel is a republican from the state of california and joins me now. woman, it's not easy being a republican in california. you're facing re-election in two weeks. what are the biggest issues in your cricket? -- district? >> you know, in my district the biggest issue that i already knockedded on the door of more than 165,000 houses, everybody's talking about inflation and gas

prices. california gas prices almost $6-7 -- actually, not almost, high $6 a gallon. people have to take their kids to school and go to work. how are they going to pay for this with the high inflation? stuart tooth you don't have any trouble getting reelected with issues like that on your side. your margin of victory is trouble double digits, isn't it? >> i'm working very hard. and you know what? i walk every weekend with my volunteers, and we just reached out to our constituents. stuart: okay, one last one. you introduced a bill to block the hiring of 87,000 new irs agents. i hear a lot of people say, hold on a minute. why not allow the collection of uncollected taxes? what's your response to that. >> and you know what? this is a typical democrat

playbook, tax and spend. and this came from inflation reduction act, and they want to put $80 billion into irs. and, actually, 90% the funds raised by new us audit is from middle and low income classes. you know, the families. so we really have to stop this because i think irs should be focused on serving americans but not targeting americans. as of now, you know, irs is the largest and most feared agency. why we give more power over citizens. we really have to stop that. so my bill is actually the family and small business and taxpayers protection act, and we're going to stop and when republicans take the majority, my bill, it's going to be the first bill that we're going to pass, and we're going to serve our americans. stuart: last one, if i may. maybe a strange question. do you think we will, in my

lifetime, see a republican win a statewide election in california? in my lifetime? >> we working on it. [laughter] we working on it. and we've been walking, and we have a great, great candidates. and i hope that everybody's going to vote, you know, vote for republicans for this year. stuart: that was a very good answer, congresswoman. you didn't question my longevity. that's excellent. [laughter] michelle steel, thank you very much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it, thank you. >> thanks. stuart: back to the markets. all right, let's see, this is a nice rally, mike. 200 for the dow. what's that? 2000 for the nasdaq -- 200. >> i'd call that more than a nice rally. this is a rally that's gaining momentum as the day goes on. i think a lot of the negative news, the bad news is priced into the market, so if we get any sign that we're starting to hear that the fed after this three-quarter point hike at the next meeting may start to reduc- stuart: that's a lot of

speculation there. >> for sure, but, you know, the speculation got us to the selloff also, stuart. no one knows what the fed's going to be doing next year, so we're trying to price in what is going to happen. really i think if you look back in history, the market responds well post-midterm elections. historically, the market does well post-midterm elections. we're going to be there in a couple of weeks. we have a market that's sol off a lot -- sold off a lot, so the pressure is to the upside. stuart: do we rally to the end of the year? >> provided we get strong -- so this week, you can say big -- can't say big check whiffs and the market rallies. that wouldn't be the case. but there's no sign of that. i expect good to very good reports from tech. stuart: look at the screen, they all report this week, they're working up, investors are working up these earnings reports and pushing the stocks higher hawaii's a bullish signal, i would have thought. >> tonight you're going to hear

from google and microsoft, both stocks are down 25, 27% respectively for the year with. but apple's only down 14 or 15% for the year to date. so if apple can get to a point where it's up for the year, you know, whether that be post-earnings or a couple weeks after, that's going to be very, people are going to look at that as a very bullish sign for the overall markets. stuart: very interesting situation. it's tuesday morning, we've got a rally. had a rally yesterday, pretty good week last week, it feels good, doesn't it? >> sure does. stuart: a pinprick in the bubble would burst it immediately. all right, now this, great story. a group of tourists safe after being stuck underground at the grand canyon for more than 26 years. how the rescuers got them out. the ohio senate race is a dead heat. republican j.d. vance against self-proclaimed moderate tim ryan. "wall street journal" guy, bill mcgurn, says ryan is no moderate. bill mcgurn is next.

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♪ ♪ stay tonight, fight the break of dawn ♪ stuart: that is fox square, new york city right outside i our studio withs on sixth avenue. 66 degrees. ready err -- rather cloudy in the big apple. a group of tourists just rescued at grand canyon. they were temperature trapped underground for 26 hours. ashley, how did that happen, and how did they get 'em out? ashley: well, they became stranded at the grand canyon caverns 200 feet underground after an elevator malfunctioned. so they brought a generator in, but it wasn't an electrical problem. it turns out to be a millional -- mechanical issue. some people didn't have the physical ability to climb the flight ares of stairs. there was a small restaurant down there, but authorities say a search and rescue team came n local fire departments brought

in hoisting equipment, managed to lift the people out. two of those tirists trapped were in -- tourists trapped were in their 70s, there was another family of four with two children. bottom line is they are out and safe after 26 hours stuck in that motel 200 feet under the ground. stuart: who knew there was a motel underneath the grand canyon 200 feet down. great story concern. ashley: no one. stuart: good story. ashley: yeah, good story. stuart: we've got to get back to the markets. up 250 on the dow, 200 for the nasdaq, 45 for the s&p. show me apple, please. not sure i understand this, but they just updated their rule for cryptos and nfts in their app store. the company says cryptos cannot be used as an alternative payment option, and in order for apps to sell nfts, they'll is have to go through apps in apple's in-app purchase system. you got all this, lauren? fortunately, murphy's still with

me. look, do you know anybody who's actually used crypto to buy something tangible? >> i don't. and i think that was the push, stuart, that a lot of people were going to be trading in nfts regularly and were going to be using something on their phone, some sort of a cryptocurrency on their phone to make purchases, but now i think apple realizes, a, that's not really happening and, b, they could have some liability if it did. so they're going back to using what has worked for them, what has gotten them to this multitrillion dollar market cap. so they're going to have to play by apple's rules going forward. stuart: it's not a currency. to me, it's a gambling chip. i don't know that there's anything there. >> i'm with you. and you know what? it could still develop. when you go away from the crypto piece, there's a blockchain piece that's there. but as far as trading in whether it be bitcoin or any other coin, it is for trading or gambling,you will. stuart: all right, thanks, mike. an op-ed in the "wall street journal," quote: tim ryan's

moderate con in the ohio senate race. bill mcgurn wrote it, and he joins me now. tim ryan calls himself a moderate democrat, and he did oppose the student loan bailout. you don't think he's ad moderate? >> no. i don't, stuart, because he votes like a liberal. he might make moderate noises all the time, but the only place he really dissents from his party are on things like the student loan which is not legislation. it was ap an executive order. when they need his vote, the liberals have it. stuart: i want to bring up -- you have a strong relationship with, i'm not going to say with china, but certainly with asia with. i know you have that relationship. and now we have china's president xi jinping, he's got absolute power. i just want you to listen to what gordon chang had to say about this earlier on this show today. roll tape, please.

>> xi jinping has been very clear about this. he has said that the communist party must absolutely control society and that he must absolutely control the communist party. so we're talking about a one-man state. we've got problems here that are beyond what we normally think they are. stuart: all right, bill. where does our relationship with china go from here? >> well, i know where it should go, we should be on a footing to deal with the growing threat from china. you know, not just economically, but we ought to enter more agreements like the u.s./u.k./australia deal on submarines, build up our military and build up taiwan to deter an attack. we don't want like ukraine, have to deal with one after the fact. we want to discourage china from going in. i absolutely agree with gordon, there's no secret about it. he sees himself as a latter-day mao heading a richer and more

powerful country, and a lot of people are paying the price. stuart: last one. there is talk that biden's aides will try to organize a summit meeting with hawaii jinping -- with xi jinping in bali next month at the g20 meeting. if that summit were to take place, could it be a breakthrough at a time of great tension? >> no. [laughter] simple answer. [laughter] xi jinping only responds to force. he doesn't -- look at joe biden. do you think he's afraid? do you think that it makes him reconsider his plans? the only thing that will deter them is a military buildup. we have is a lot of allies. we have a lot of people in asia we could work with. india on the western border, you know, which has roughly the same population, are russia to the

north, japan, korea. then you have asean. so i think we need to shore up all the defenses there. and also provide countries like incentive passing protections, legislation, like chips. have a tighter-knit group of people like t tpp that countries could produce the chips for us. we need to think very comprehensively, and so far i don't see it. stuart: okay. bill mcgurn, thanks very much. i know we'll see you again soon. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: i go you got it. mike murphy, he just hanged around -- hangs around for the entire hour. can't get this guy out of the studio. >> i have nowhere to go. stuart: you don't touch china stocks do you? >> not these days and probably not in future days. as an investor whether it's in the private markets or in the public markets, you want to have an edge. you want to understand as much

data as you can and try to have an edge. and when you start talking about china and the chinese government and the laws that they enforce over there, i don't have an edge. i don't know that anyone does have an edge. i think that, for sure, we need to, you know, if biden were to meet with xi, i'd be rooting for him. hopefully they'd have a strong meeting and put usa first and what we need first, but i don't see that happening. as far as investing there, the day i figure out china and chinese government and and chinese politics is the day i'll start investing more there. stuart: and you haven't figured it out yet. thank thanks mike. rishi sunak just made his first address as britain's prime minister. he's promising to unite britain as it faces, quote, profound economic crisis. do the brits think he's up for the job? i will ask neil shaun. more than 1400 nypd officers

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♪ stuart: america's crime crisis, do you remember this? this was 2019. a man in a suit pulls a gun, actually, right across the street from our studios in the diamond district. new footage has been released of the moment the thief pulls out the gun. remember, the manmade off with nearly $4 million worth of diamonds. he's actually in custody. he's in court. prosecutors say he should serve 14 years in jail. how about that? new video. right across the street. democrats keep trying to

reverse the policies that got us into so much trouble. the reverend al sharpton is the latest. ashley are, what did you say about -- did he say about crime? ashley: interesting, he says it's time for chem a accurates to actually -- democrats to actually start talking about it. listen to this. >> some of us have been saying to the democrats you've got to talk about uncomfortable things that are really concerning and that are very important to the base of voters that you want to come out with, come out and vote. so, yes, we've got to talk about voting rights, we have to talk about democracy. but with we also have to keel with crime -- deal with crimes. victims -- ashley: well, you know, crime has become a top issue for many voters. a recent harvard-harris poll found that 68% of voters consider crime to be a very important issue. the survey also showed that 64% of americans blame woke politicians for the country's

spike in crime. a monmouth university poll also found that just 32 the % of respondents had a favorable view of president biden's handling of crime issue. republicans have pressed their advantage on the issue, framing democrats as a soft on crime outfit especially in the big cities. philadelphia's seen a 7% surge in violent crime. in new york city, the overall crime rate up more than 15% in september year-over-year, and other major cities such as denver are on track to report, they're going to report record-breaking crime statistics. so as al sharpton says, you cannot ignore it. stuart: okay. a similar story. the nypd on pace to see a record 4,000 cops resign or retire this year. but new york city's not alone. big cities across the country are facing the same police officer shortages. jeff block in philadelphia where, i believe, they're down, what, 500 officers in philly? that's a real problem, jeff.

>> reporter: by one measure, stuart, 1300 officers at their maximum. and you know what happens when you don't have enough police officers. you know, we cold you -- told you about the wawa store that was going to close in philadelphia. well, this is what it looks like inside there when they close. they're in the process of closing this down right now. don't have i enough police, safety and security concerns, wawa cites. take a look at what big cities around the country are doing to try and attract police officers. los angeles offering $10,000 signing bonuses and $24,000 in housing allowances. seattle and new orleans, $30,000 bonuses. portland, which was, you know, the center99 of the defund the police movement, $24,000 extra to join the police force there. it's a perfect storm in some ways, stuart. retirements, way up. resignations, way up. and hiring very difficult to do right now, down about 5%. and the experts like the former

head of, lieutenant of detectives of the new york police department say the problem is in one case the police do their job, and the prosecutions don't happen. here's what he told us. >> they know that there's going to be no, there's going to be no accountability for their crimes, so they know even if they get caught, they're going to be out of jail. sometimes literally before the ink dries on the printer. >> reporter: and look at this number, stuart. in philadelphia a alone last year, over 9,000 reports of retail theft. how many charges? just 1,000 of those cases were charged because the policy here is if it's a small-time theft, we don't prosecute it. well, but what happens if it's t a small-time theft here at the wawasome hey, we can't operate like this. we shut it down. that's what happens. stu9 stuart well, the pictures tell story, and that's a stack. -- fact. great report. see you later.

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stuart: king charles has long been an environmental activist. all his life, actually. but even that cannot keep him safe from fossil fuel protesters. roll it. >> the science is clear, the demands are simple. just stop oil! it's a piece of cake. stuart: that's not the end of it. i mean, you see -- look at that. they're pathetic. frankly, i find that disgusting.

these protesters this that dump milk on the floor of supermarkets, they chain themselves or stick themselves to the wall of the british art museum or whatever it is. that gentleman right there is neil shaun. what level of support do these climate activists have in britain right now? >> good afternoon, stuart. lovely to see you, as ever. yes, this happened yesterday at madame tussauds, and it's interesting, isn't it? when you think about it, they break into these things, do criminal damage, let's not forget. it really is criminal damage. and then the poor people are on minimum wage that have to clean this up. i think what is interesting here is that i i was talking to a couple of the so-called just stop oil climate protesters x they told me this fascinating facts, that they are paid around about 350 pounds per day including their hotel and travel if they a come around, you know, out of london, that sort of stuff. and around about 50 pounds an hour if they're willing to sit and block roads. that includes fire engines --

stuart: wait, wait, wait, who is paying them? and who is paying them? >> this is where it gets really interesting. this was a report in the media yesterday that a certain person associated with the getty empir, that made their fortune on oil, you know, if you read into that, that's even more fascinating. seemingly, it's this lady who's a granddaughter of john paul getty, and she's apparently donated a million pounds to this particular cause. as ever, you know, it's an interesting debate, isn't it, because why would you do it? stuart: well, can't you get a decent lawyer to charge them with criminal conspiracy to commit damage to buildings? can't you do something like that? >> i'm totally with you on this, stuart. what we find fascinating, over here the mayor of london has yet to speak out at any level about this criminal damage. you pointed out in this intro that, you know, superstores like hair rod's, the luxury store, are being sprayed with orange

paint, milk being thrown over the famous red carpet, it loses the economy money because people are nervous to go into these things. nobody wants to be in this altercation, you know? and when you look at yesterday with the defacing of king charles, you know, people -- yes, there's a lot of fun attached to that on social media, but it just proves the lack of security in these places if you have that much is access, you know? stuart: i always think of britain as uber-green, one of the greenest places on the planet. that's the way they want to be. has this kind of activity changed that a little? are people getting really annoyed at this so they will change their views on the environment and fossil fuels? >> no, not at all. i think the opposite way is, you know, we all want to be green, is and we all try our best, you know? if you look at all the major companies, they're trying their best. it does seem to be, like, a small minority of uneducated people that seemingly are doing this. i would suggest, stuart, not

necessarily for the cause. when you're offering money like that, particularly if you've got student debt or you have time on your hands, why on earth would -- there's better wayses of getting your point over there. also today i might point out that bob get do have has said he was 100% behind the protesters at the national gallery. so when you have people like that -- [laughter] you do wonder, is he looking for pr? have people forgotten the boomtown rats? [laughter] where are we at with these crazies right now? stuart: that's the question i was asking. [laughter] the answer was, welsh they're still doing what they're still doing, and that's just not good enough. >> nobody's actually being firm. you're right though, stuart, nobody's being firm. what we're getting is people arrested, and then it's a wishy washy affair. the police lille -- literally ask them, are you okay? is there anything we can do for you? we're looking at the mayor who's

supposed to be in charge of all of our roads, transport and metropolitan police, he's doing nothing. stuart: neil, i'm very glad i'm an american. neal sean, thanks for coming to us today, you can have britain. [laughter] >> pleasure. stuart: all right. now it's time for the tuesday trivia question. it's a good one. don't bag to it. -- google it. where were french fries created? the answer after this. ♪ ♪ then i got the dexcom g6. i just glance at my phone, and there's my glucose number. wow. my a1c has dropped over 2 points to 7.2. that's a huge victory.

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stuart: yes, earlier we asked, where were french fries created? we got to bring in mike murphy and ashley webster to decide on this one. gentlemen, your guesses please. >> ashley, to you first? >> thank you, mike. france seems a trap, right? french fries. i'm going with germany. bell had the waffles. going with germany. >> i'm a french fry expert or my wife is, going with number four, u.s. stuart: i will sable -- belgium. the answer is belgium. it is believed in the 1680s locals in belgium fried potatoes to eat after the river froze in winter, they couldn't go fishing. that is pretty good explanation. >> god bless them. stuart: thank you, my time is absolutely up. it will be in two seconds. neil, it is yours. neil: thank you very much, for that, stuart. we're two weeks aw f