this coming for two years and yet all of this seems like everybody was surprised, the rebels are like suddenly letting them know what they want. we want action, if you don't like how congress has been operating, you should be very happy with how these negotiations are going. things are going well if you are someone who wants a more responsible congress.

stuart: tired of waiting. these producers are doing well with the titles of the songs. lauren: if they wait one more week, staffers on capitol hill won't get paid, january 13th is a rally. dow is up now 514. thp 1 -- s&p up 1.5% and nasdaq u big tech up all across the board exempt for alphabet down 15-cents and apple up nearly 2% and amazon and meta and microsoft all on the upside. where's the yield on the 10-year treasury? down, sharply so and maybe that's helping big tech. you're at 3.58% down 10 basis points. big drop for the yield on the ten year.

now this: we're going to take a short break from the fight in congress to the latest on the fight in britain's royal family. the two are not connected but the public reaction to them is very similar. the guardian, a left wing british newspaper, has obtained a copy of harry and meghan's book called spare as in the heir, william and the spare, harry. they have to be startling to justify all the money they've been paid to air their grievances endlessly in public. the book details a fight between william and harry. when i say night, i mean it -- fight, i mean literally. william goes to harry's place to talk about the rift between the brothers and says meghan is rude, difficult, and abrasive. harry didn't like that and the confrontation escalates, insults are exchanged and then, writes, harry, he "came at me, he grabbed me by the collar ripping my necklace and he knocked me to

the floor. i landed on the dog's bowl, which cracked under my back and the pieces cutting into me". i guess you need the detail about the dog's bowl, makes it real. according to the guardian, the theme throughout the book is harris' resent -- harry's resentment to being the spare, second in line behind william. he's trashing his brother, his family and beloved grandmother, queen elizabeth ii because he resents his role in the royal family and the royals didn't tweet his american wife quite the way he wanted. harry and meghan are washing their dirty laundry in public and doing it for money. enough already. third hour of varney starts right now. stuart: all right, that was my take on the harry and william fiasco. i'll talk more about this with sandra smith later in the hour.

if you recall, she covered the royal wedding so i'm sure she has a lot to say about in going on. lauren: and six brothers and sisters. stuart: who? lauren: sandra. she knows a lot about brothers. stuart: we've got to bring her on for the fight. we've got that. next, the house will reconvene at the top of the hour, 12, noon, to vote for speaker, again. steve hilton with me right now. you're out there in california, steve, what do you make of this nonsense going on in dc and how do you see it playing out? >> well, i don't know exactly when it's going to be resolved, but i think it's moving, frankly, in a positive direction. why? because all though you could say that a small minority of the rebels are motivated by personal an mercer and they want to get at kevin mccarthy, the majority of the rebels, it seems to me, are pushing for substantive reforms in how congress works that are positive and that everyone should welcome. i'll give you a couple of examples. the time period that they've put in now for reading a bill, of

course it's ridiculous that we have a situation where lawmakers were supposed to approve these enormous bills without even having time to read them. that's an offense to democracy. they've changed that. that seems now to have been agreed by kevin mccarthy saying in terms of the spending, we all go on and on about out of control government spending. one of the reasons it is out of control is that literally congress has had no control. they put out these giant spending bills all clumped together and omnibus spending packages with the last $1.7 trillion and now they're waying you can't do that anymore. you have to package it up so if you want to talk about defense spending, there's a bill for that. healthcare and pensions, there's a bill for that so you can have proper scrutiny of taxpayer money. these are positive changes and they wouldn't have happened without this rebellion and i look at it much more positively than a lot of people. it has to end sometime and we have to get a resolution, but so far it's been progress in a positive direction. stuart: that's a different point of view and we welcome it.

good stuff. next one for you, gavin newsom starts second and final term as california governor today. you think he'll do anything differently this time around or just more of the same old same old? you're laughing, why? >> well, i have to say, i think a lot of californians will welcome half of what you said there, the final term. at least we know it's not going to go on and on. he's been a complete disaster. obviously most evident in the absolutely crazed lockdowns, totally unjustified by the science. we know all the stories there but it was worse here in california than anywhere else. more cruel, more counter productive, more people suffered. so we've got him to thank for that. if you look at the policy agenda that's been implemented by gavin newsom and the far left democrats in the state legislature, they have a super majority there, they've been able to push through everything they want and that has been hugely damaging. not least to the economy of california where you see higher unemployment than most other states, you've got much higher

poverty, the highest in the nation according to some measures and you've got the business climate totally hostile so that you see companies large and small leaving the state, destroying the kind of opportunity that california was once famous for, it was the land of opportunity within america, which itself you and i know is the land of opportunity and it's a total tragedy what he's done and no sign of any kind of change or any kind of accountability because you've got this democrat dominance in the state. so there's no check on them. that's why we're going to see more of the same. unless of course he leaves and starts running for president, which i know a lot of people are interested in whether that's going to happen. stuart: i'm sure that's going to happen. i want you to tell us about this bomb cyclone we hear about hitting california. sounds dramatic, bomb cyclone, that's quite a name. are you in the middle of it, what's it like? >> i am in the middle of it. we've had a lot of rain. you and i, stuart, might say this is normal weather in england, it's a rainy day for

quite a few days in a row. what's the big deal? look, the big deal is that we're not used to it. but actually it does point to something that the climate authoritarians ought to bear in mind. we have in california, a climate that's been the case and many, many dry years then a wet year that's why there's a system of reservoirs to contain the water so you have water for the dry years that you collect during the wet years. but again, the democrats have failed to invest this that. we've got the same water infrastructure now as we had decades ago when the state had half the population. on top of that environmental reasons, for the rest of the year, they're letting the water out into the ocean and we're not making the most of the water that comes through the rain to keep us going in the dry years and then of course they complain about a drought, blame it on climate change to justify all their far left climate zealous movements that hurts working people. stuart: i don't know why you

don't move but we've been through that before and i week we like that because but need someone from california. sunday night, 9:00 p.m. on fox news, thanks, steve. jonathan honig is here. i'm worried about a lost decade like the 1970s and i lived in america during the '70s and i was a stock market commentator and nothing was happening. stocks for flat for the decade. you think we're in for something like that in this decade? >> stuart, that's a great point. people forget that and we think of the market as going up 10% a year, but that's a long term average and the fact is as you pointed out there's been a lot of period throughout market history where basically the market has gone nowhere at all. there's been four times since 1900s that the markets had a 10 year negative annualized return and in the 1970s, that's true, stuart, 1980 the market is right where it was in 1969, but you

didn't have to go that far back. even in 2015 the nasdaq where it was in 2000 so it i echo your fear now. that's my real fear moving forward is not that the market won't have bull periods and bear periods, that we're in for a long log and 1970s-style slow session if you will where stocks basically go nowhere at all and inflation, of course, caused government with the real problem and real culprit here. stuart: why do you think that apple and bitcoin are separately obviously, why do you think those two items, app and will bitcoin -- apple and bitcoin are heading lower? >> we talked about apple a year ago and was shocked about being negative on the stock but just in the last week, it has had a new 52-week low. for a long time, trends tend to persist in the market and apple is not a terrible company but a terrible company, but the company and the stock are two very different things and apple ironically not unlike microsoft back in 2000s. in 1999 or 2000, microsoft was

like the apple of the era. everyone owned it but then microsoft was dead money for basically a decade, 2001-2010 so apple, it's not going away but the market is looking for new leadership, it's finding it in pharmaceuticals and merck has done very well and emerging markets and commodities and i'm looking there and not old stand byes like tesla with a 52-week low and apple not far from it. stuart: jonathan hoenig, always good stuff on a friday morning. thanks for the t-shirt. capitalist pig t-shirt, i got it. >> you're welcome. stuart: lauren is back and looking at movers and start with tesla, down but not as much as before. lauren: no, look at market rallying big time and the good news is you can get model 3 for under $35,000. stuart: in china? lauren: yeah, tough go to china. this is the steepest price cut musk made on the model 3 and model y sold in china and prices

coming down another 5 to 15% and there's a lot of competition and china already 30% cheaper than in the u.s. and down 13% in the short year thus far. loser last year and this year so far. stuart: got it. how about l lulu lemon. it is up again. lauren: yeah, up more earlier. wells fargo likes them and raising to overweight and the consumer is challenged in 2023 and challenging for retail but they call lululemon a rare name with momentum and the tail wind is freight prices coming down but don't have sales. most people go into lululemon and pay full price and that protects their margins. and copper is rallying and freeport mack miran and the dollar is down, china is reopening and with that they're trying to reignite demand for property sectors and homes use a lot of copper. stuart: nice gain. 5.8%, all right, the dow is now

up 547 points, i mean that's a rally, isn't it? thanks, lauren. people in texas not optimistic about president biden's upcoming third year in office, roll tape. >> i just think that it's going to be even worse than it already is. >> i just expect him to be as same as he's always been. stuart: not much confidence there. we'll show you the full clip a little later. bill's safety demar hamlin no longer using a breathing tube days after suffering a cardiac arrest on the football field. we have got his inspiring message for his teammates. talk to you. the president will make his first trip to the border on sunday and visiting the el paso area and saw an average of 1800 migrants cross every day last month. will his visit do anything to stop the border surge? we'll deal with it, next. ♪

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gesture and said biden's failures can't be bikessed with a photo -- fixed with a photo opportunistic at the border and says he needs to do more than visit the boarder and hold him accountable. this week, florida governor ron desantis also seen by many as a potential 2024 front runner told a crowd in tallahassee that he believes the biden administration created kansas city chiefs toosh fio with lax -- kansas c catastrophe witx border policies. >> he's made a mockery of the rule of law allowing massive amounts of narcotics to infect our state and importing criminal aliens and green lighting the flames of uic of millions of -- flow of millions of illegal aliens into the country. >> former president trump that made immigration a top issue in previous campaigns and engaging on immigration issues for 2024 and called on the u.s. to employ a naval embargo on drug tar

kells and -- cartels and a recent fox news poll found that registered voters ranked immigration and border security issue as the second most important issue facings country. stu, you can get what the number one is and that's the economy and a lot of voters talking about what's happening on the southern border. stu. stuart: mark, thank you very much indeed. i want to bring in deroy murdock for the coverage of the border. he's with me now. what do you think will come out of president biden's visit to the border this weekend? >> i think what will come out of this whole thing is that joe biden will be able to check off a box that said he went to the border. he's been in american politics for 50 years, since 1972, and this will be the first time he's gone to the boarder and that gop talking point that biden has never been to the border will be blublunted and probably be the extent of it. stuart: now, he's going to restrict enter into america for people coming from venezuela, cuba, haiti, and nicaragua.

saying don't come to the border to apply for asylum. stay home and apply from home. i would have thought that might have some impact on limiting the flow, a little, wouldn't you say? >> well, i think he said they're going to allow 30,000 people from each of those countries per month to come in sort of a guaranteed almost on a quo a qua basis and 283,000 and everybody wants to come to the country and do what you did and my parents did which is go to the u.s. embassy and fill out the paperwork. that's not too much to ask. if you want to come to america and join in this wonderful experience, wonderful, go to the u.s. embassy and try to enter legally. that's the message to give not to just the four countries but every one of them on the planet. stuart: the timing of the visit to the border is really good. from a political point of view, here he is going to the border looking at the problem, and whereas in dc, the republicans cannot agree on a speaker and it's a fiasco. i mean, there's a real contrast

there to the president's advantage. jot symbolism is good and >> the symbolism is good of him at the border and the campaign ads if he reruns and if he was serious, he'd do one simple thing and that's let the folks in arizona keep the shipping containers they've got as impromptu temporary wall and stay in place to keep illegal aliens from invading the country and instead issued an order to the folks that they should get tractors out and big heavy gear and take down that temporary wall that's made out of shipping container. that one fact in arizona shows joe biden is not serious about the deliberate effort to bring as many americans into the country and do so illegally without checking their health and checking for covid or crime records and result of joe biden's deliberate willful

policies? are you in florida? >> i'm in miami. i'm not in a big rush to go back to new york and freeze in the chill but came down here to visit friends in fort lauderdale and came to miami and scheduled to go back tonight but i may stay longer. stuart: florida is still booming i take it? >> it's booming, it's lively, colorful, lots going on. it's 79 degrees today. new york is a wonderful place, but right now miami is pretty irresistible. stuart: well said. deroy murdock, thank you for being with us. how many jobs were lost after the president shut down the keystone pipeline? what's the number, ashley? >> up to 59,000, stu, jobs that were lost because the pipeline was shut down the moment joe biden took office back in january 2021. the estimate comes from the biden administration itself, the published congressionally

mandated report highlighting the positive economic benefits of the pipeline if the permits were not revoked. not only with thousands of jobs lost but studies show the pipeline would also create an economic boost between 3.4 and $9.6 billion. biden's decision to cancel the pipeline has received as we know widespread criticism from republican lawmakers and energy industry reps who argue it would have help keep gas prices down and let's not forget ensure energy security. instead we now look to opec and venezuela for more oil. that says it all. stuart: it does indeed. we've got another one for you, fox news spoke to people in texas about how they think president biden will perform this year. what did they say, ash? >> well, it's not good. americans in the lone star state said, we don't expect to see much out of president biden in 2023 with several indicating little confidence in his ability to actually improve the economy.

listen for yourself. >> i just expect him to be the same as he's always been and not really do much for our country. >> i don't think he's a good leader. >> i hope that we can get the economy better. i hope that his team can get it back up to where it used to be. i don't know that i really see that happening. >> i think that it's going to be even worse than it already is. inflation is already so bad. >> well, not exactly a vote of confidence in joe biden and that last person said, another big concern is the prospect of a recession this year as the fed continues to hike interest rates to fight the dreaded inflation. stu.stu. stuart: all right. next case. how does professor clinton sound to you? hillary clinton signed onto teach at ivy league school. we'll tell you which iowa ivy le school. after three days and eight rounds of voting, a speaker is

made in the election and we'll see. sandra smith here shortly to break down the election news. sandra actually is next. ♪

stuart: sounds like a downer alert. that is dallas and it's 56 degrees. this is the first week of january. the markets, yes, it's a rally and it's holding at least through the first two hours worth of business. the dow is up, what, 522 points. 1.6% and here is susan with the movers. what do you got? susan: i want to talk about the talk silicon valley, which is the artificial intelligence program, chat gbt, a computer program that helps you write essays and more creative human responses using machine learning so it's creator open ai now one

of the most valuable startups in the world. they're raising cash at a $29 billion valuation. so the most expensive for the most highly valued startup in america, still spacex, elon musk, and behind that is stripe, which is a payments company and fortnite maker epic games around $49 billion+ and then ai. microsoft is an early investor and plowed in $30 billion in open ai and incorporate chat bt into the bing search engine and could be a google killer and the best billion ever spent at microsoft possibly. stuart: now i understand what you're talking about. talk to me about apple. susan: higher because of positive nudes and apple's mix reality headset that could be announced as soon as this spring according to one of the top

headsets and the oculus headsets and virtual reality and this could be a mixed reality headset doing ar and apple only releases devices when they're 100% perfect and i wouldn't be holding my breath on this. bloomburg said we'll get a headset sometime this year, i'm not 100% sure and morgan stanley reiterating their call to buy the stock. saying 150, 120 is near term floor and stock back up to 175. stuart: bed bath and beyond. susan: retailers and bath on the brink of bankruptcy seizure bankruptcy in the nextfew weekse running out of cash and 30-year lows for the stock so 20% coupons you get in the mail for your bars of soap is not working. now costco -- stuart: they're the exact opposite. susan: yeah, one of the biggest gainers because stu goes. fantastic holiday sales period,

$23 billion+ and highest sales in six months. impressive. stuart: great store, love it. thanks, susan. the house will recon seen in a half hour to vote for -- reconvene in a half hour to vote for speaker again. sandra smith is joining me. does mccarthy have a deal? >> i make no predictions and this is day four of this. i think people -- there's mixed reaction with the american public watching this play out in washington. i think there's frustration, certainly. i think there are some who like to see this sort of sauce san se making happening and there's obvious -- usaage making and obviously -- sausage making and frustration happening in washington that you don't have the republican party coming to consensus willing to negotiate to avoid this playing out so publicly right now and, stuart, the question i've asked every republican joining us off the house floor as the votes have taken place is why wasn't the homework done? mccarthy has been working really hard for getting this done for quite some time and the negotiations started last

summer. why did this vote come to the floor this week without this, you know, these guys being more prepared? i don't understand. stuart: because the holdouts or far right, they knew they had leverage because the majority that the republicans enjoy in the house is very, very narrow. that gives them enormous leverage and they've used it. >> are they going to start negotiating with democrats? don bacon was on my program yesterday and threw it out that possibly we'll start negotiating with democrats to not vote potential already with mccarthy if they can agree to committee diversification of committee assign want -- committee assignments or whatever it maybe. it's unlikely but he threw it out there. stuart: mccarthy's caved on everything. >> not everything. stuart: just about everything. let's move on. some good news today. buffalo bills safety demar hamlin's breathing tube has been removed and reportedly face timed with his t teammate this s morning and that's the best news

of the day. >> i was live on the air yesterday when we got an update from the hospital and we took it live to the doctors and report that had he woke up, this was not last night but the night before, and he woke up and not able to speak and he was using the breathing tube but woke up and first thing he communicated because he had to write not speak, who won the game? that is really remarkable. stuart: that's great news. >> the doctors responded to him, you're winning the game of life. not just lucky, he's had so many people praying for him and wishing him well, and it's been remarkable to see this. they said he's making progress, but he was still in icu at the time. still critically ill. this will be a recovery period, apparently there's still things to deal with with his lungs that can happen as a result of this kind of cardiac event, but man, we're all rooting for him and behind him. stuart: now, you covered for fox the royal wedding, i believe? i >>--->> i did. stuart: i'm telling you the latest. new details le leaked from prine

harry's new book called spare. harry describes a physical fight between him and prince william and harry writes that william pushed him to the floor and harry and meghan are airing their dirty laundry in public and i say enough is enough. >> i feel so personally attached to this because i was there for the wedding. stuart: you're fascinated by it. >> i am. i came back from the wedding and told you they were welcoming meghan and harry with open arms all around great britain and so excited. they loved her, they embraced her, they celebrated this marriage. i don't know why it has taken this turn. i've been hopeful for quite some time there'd be a reconciliation for the brothers and we were helpful and we loved watching them -- hopeful and loved watching them grow up and how close they were, kate, will, and harry, they were so close for so long. meghan game into the picture and they embraced her and i don't know why this is happening. i'm at the point where i don't know if reconciliation is possible. stuart: it doesn't look like it.

if you have a physical fight for heaven's sake and tell the whole world about it. how on earth -- >> that's the point. we all know behind closed doors families deal with things. we do. when you start airing so public and leaking things and writing books about t that's tough to come back from and charles is saying behind closed doors, hey, boys, don't make my final years this much of a nightmare and i wish they'd come together. stuart: that was fun. we'll be watching you on america reports. >> always enjoy joining you. stuart: 1 to 3:00 p.m. on fox. talking money. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: chat gpi, the new artificial intelligence tool banned in school and teachers say children could be using bots to cheat. we're on it. school officials blame a lack of funding and staffing shortages but the critics say the real problem is what's being taught in the classroom.

we'll deal with that next. ♪

stuart: hillary clinton taking on a new role as a professor at which ivy league school? >> joining columbia faculty next month and clinton a professor of practice at school of international and public affairs and international fellow at columbia world project. in making the announcement columbia touted her "extraordinary talent and singular life experiences adding that hillary clinton is unique and most importantly exceptional in what she can bring to the university's missions of

research and teaching". as a fellow she'll be expected to support programs related to protecting democracy and engaging women and young people worldwide. that is hillary clinton's new gig. stu. stuart: thanks, ash. the decline in enrollment at public schools has forced some districts to either close schools or consolidate them. lydia hu in new york. lydia, how many kids have left the public school system? reporter: stuart, in all it's about 1.4 million students that have left public schools since the pandemic. you can see here according to a new wall street journal analysis these school districts suffered declines of about 10% including new york, los angeles, philadelphia, and fort worth, texas. now take a look at this photo because these five kids from florida are among those that left traditional public school and their dad tells us that mandated virtual learning showed him what his kids were and were not learning.

>> kids being home and the assignments coming home and expectation of the parents were now going to be the teachers kind of left a bad taste in our mouth. reporter: now, with fewer students in the school, some school districts like denver and indianapolis are shutting down or consolidating underused schools and superintendents insist that streamlining will help improve education because it saves money and allows for more classes and extracurricular programming, but critics say it is -- that's not the problem. what's the problem is what's being taught inside the classroom. republican governors like glen youngkin of virginia and ron desantis of florida are making education a focal point of their adminisadminisadministrations an signing orders banning critical race theory and that very policy, stuart, resinating with that father you just heard from

and he's one of the thousands of parents that have now voted with their feet on this issue. stuart. stuart: over a million out of the public schools. that's a big number. lydia hu, thank you very much indeed. new york city schools blocking access to this artificial intelligence tool called chatgpt. ashley, do they think kids will use this to cheat? >> well, it could be tempting, put it that way. new york city's department of education concerned this highly intuitive chat bot will lead to students easily generating essays and other assignments by pressing a few keys and chatgbt released in november and gained popularity for uncanny ability to generate human-like responses producing high-quality responses including essays, poetry, even jokes. teachers say the tool writes like a very smart twelfth grader

but education officials say it doesn't build critical thinking and problem solving skills and that's why it's being banned from school devices and networks but as a young school buy, i might have been tempted to have a look at that chat bot, especially in math. stuart: me too for any subject. give me the bot. thanks, ash. it's that time when we show you or try to give you a sense of the market. i think you can get a sense of the market from that, 29 of the 30 stocks on the dow are up. there's only one, united health, which is down and the dow itself is up 1.6%, 550 points. that's a rally. don't go anywhere, friday feedback is next. ♪

stuart: a beautiful, clear day in atlanta. very attractive. time for friday feedback and we're all together for the first time in some time, actually. lauren, ashley, susan, and moi.

here re-with. let's get started with this from peter, what resolution will you try hard to keep in the new year? that's easy, my resolution is to lose 5 pounds. the 5 pounds i gained over the holidays, that's my resolution and i'll stick with it. lauren: it's not going to take you all year. i don't make them but i made one on january 3 and that's to be more social this year. stuart: more social in lauren: yeah, to do things on the weekend, at night. stuart: okay. lauren: like hiring babysitters. susan: my resolution is to be more mindful and enjoy the moment. lauren: that's a good one. susan: that was crickets. lauren: i like that. stuart: okay, ash, what do you got? ashley: my wife and i began making lists every day like three things we should get done rather than just procrastinating and so far it is what, january 6, yeah, we're still on track. stuart: i make lists simply because i have to remember everything and if i don't write

it down, i won't remember but that comes with age. lauren: with satisfaction i love to cross off the list. that's the best feeling in the world. stuart: this is from mark: california now has a minimum wage of $15.50 as of january 1. what's your opinion and will this spread across the country? i think it will on the grounds that there's a shortage of workers and you have to attract them so you pay them more. anyone else on this one? no, mass shaking of heads. move on. larry writes this: it is really great that you continue to get byron donalds on the show. he's a great american and i hope he continues to rise in the gop. he may be a bit green to be speaker but with more seasoning, he'll be a perfect choice. he's a great guy and more to the point, i also enjoy interviewing his wife, who is a school choice expert and very well spoken on that one. anybody else want to chime in on byron donalds? lauren: rising star. stuart: okay, rising star. next one --

ashley: rising star for sure. stuart: from tom, the primary threat of wokism and aggressive liberalism began with wood stock. just my opinion. to get us a real feeling, you should ask david assmann, our colleague on fox business because he was at woodstock way back wen and remembers it well. he's not woke and anybody but wokeness, guys. i don't think it start there had. susan: woodstock was 50 years ago? stuart: was is '69? susan: i asked david how old he was and he was a teen anger. stuart: you weren't even born. we're not getting into that. i remember reading about woodstock from england. rob writes: based on esg requirements from blackrock, are you considering selling the stock you have stated you own? well, i own blackstone not blackrock. therefore i have no intention of selling a stock which i don't even own already. i'm hogging this friday feedback

session. i want you guys to get involved here. lauren: i don't own blackrock or blackstone. stuart: okay. this is from mark, do you fully disconnect, slightly disconnect, or stay involved when on vacation? i slightly disconnect. lauren? lauren: i want to go with fully but it's hard to do. susan: i try to learn something on vacation. stuart: you're so virtuous. please, i try to learn on vacation. what was the last vacation you took and what did you learn? susan: it was over the holidays and i tried the chatgbt, term nay torr sky killer. what do you have, ash? ashley: i try to fully disconnect and try to ignore the phone, try not to watch news, but i'm one of those people who just has to stay up with things. ask my wife, she's like do you ever turn off? i think those of us in the business don't really to fully disconnect is the idea really on vacation. stuart: never disconnect from premier league soccer do, you, ashley?

ashley: never. stuart: good games recently. from ester: washington dc was chosen as capitol because it was the geographical center of the country at that time. might not be a bad idea to move the capitol to kansas. what do you think? susan: i want to move somewhere stunningly beautiful like wyoming, maybe montana. stuart: where would you like to move the capitol to, lauren? lauren: i'm fine with kansas, i've never been and gives me an excuse to geopo go. stuart: ash? ashley: why not, a lot of people live in the middle of the country and the democrat leads forgot about and may forget a lot of people in the middle of the country are there. stuart: i'd like to go to florida. the capitol should be in florida. florida. lauren: slowly is. stuart: should be the nation's capitol correspondent from florida. that's what i'd like. susan: naples in particular. stuart: it's a wonderful place. it's all good.

afraid time is up and thanks to everyone that sent in their friday feedback material. here is the friday trivia question: when did the u.s. buy florida: 1798, 1807, 1819, or 1830? enestly, i haven't a -- honestly, i haven't a clue. i could google it or something. look at bottom right hand corner of the screen. dow up 6 points. dow up 6 points. that's moment.

stuart: when did the u.s. buy florida? the choices on your screen. lauren? lauren: 1819. stuart: susan? susan: 1807 stuart: ashley? ashley: 1830. stuart: well, i'm going with 1798 on the grounds that it was a long time ago. apparently i'm wrong. it was 1819, the feel was finalized in the treaty of [inaudible]. [inaudible]. lauren: lauren is right. stuart: adams honis? never heard of that. i need history lessons. neil, it's yours. neil: stu, have a wonderful weekend. we're on top of some maybe startling developments on capitol hill right now regarding what will be the 12th day of votes to determine whether kevin mccarthy ever gets that speakership. go to chad pergram thas er