>> donald trump's going to win the primary, he's going to go on to win the general, stuart. there's absolutely no doubt in my mind. you look at where the country is now compared to where the

country was three years agoing, the choice is abundantly clear. the country needs donald trump. >> all the democrats, all the time coming after him. these people rally behind a person like donald trump. >> republicans pay attention to these issues,es and hay want solutions. donald trump delivered when he was president. >> where do i put my money? if look at what big cap tech is doing, a lot better than we thought. that's actually where i am putting some of the bull's eye money on the capital claim. >> if you have an s&p 500 index fund, you've got about 14 president of it 'em wedded -- 14% of it embedded many those top four companies. they do lift all ships when they go up. ♪ welcome to the my house. ♪ baby, take control now. ♪ we can't even slow down. ♪ we don't have to go out ♪ stuart: well, that's interesting music. florida. you see, i got it right this time. [laughter] kennedy's with us. she's absolutely appalled at my

lack are of knowledge of music. it's 11:00 eastern time, it's thursday, april the 27th, yeah. to the markets, look at that, dow's up close to 200 now, and the nasdaq's up 153. i'm going to call that a rally, pretty much across the board. centered many big tech though, look at that. we have meta platforms now up $30. that's 14%. 3% up for am. they report after the bell. alphabet, 2%. apple 1.5%, they're all up. it's a rally. the 10-year treasury yield just above 3.5%. that's the markets. now this. every day when i leave this studio, i go past a charter scoop. students i see are almost all minorities, and i can tell you that during the pandemic they were in school, learning. while the city's public schools were shut down. no surprise, academically minorities in the city's to

charter schools mostly perform to grade level. minorities in public schools mostly do not. this tells us that getting right form of education, minorities learn just like everybody else. some will do well, some will not, but we would not have the mass failure that we're currently seeing many so many big city public schools. incredibly, there are 55 schools in chicago where not a single child achieves grade level many reading or math. incredible. with this in mind, i watched the teachers' union president, randi weingarten, appearing before a congressional committee yesterday. she was answering questions about her union's influence on school closures. she didn't show much understanding of the magnitude of the school failure x she did not accept responsibility for the lose -- closures or damage done to the students' mental health. she spent a lot of the time blaming trump. that's not good enough. big city education is in crisis. action is required. but we won't get it aslong as

the teachers' union has a stranglehold on public education. last point. yesterday when i left the studio as i i walked on manhattan's west side, i saw a group of studentses from a public school smoking marijuana. two blocks down the charter school kids were eating lunch. third hour of "varney" starts right now. ♪ ♪ [laughter] stuart:. i've got a nasty feeling about what kennedy's going to say this response to that my take moments ago. you've got youngsters many school. i think in new york city -- >> i do. public schools. stuart: does my take reflect reality in new york? >> well, it's interesting because a lot of times the private schools are worse, and they are ones who make parents sign all sorts of pledges claiming to be oppressors. and most parents are, like, i

just want my kid to do well. all i want is my kid to do well and to be happy, and enough of this nonsense. they are so hyper-obsessed with things like race that they forget to teach math and writing which are critical things that we are failing children utterly in this country. not just in new york city, but in the big cities, you're absolutely right. we spend so much more per student than this other parts of the country, and they fail when we have restaurant grades in new york. so if you walk past a restaurant and they have a c, you're not going to go in there. if we had grades on schools, you wouldn't sed your child there. but a lot of times parents live in districts where they have no choice. randy wine quarten, what she's cone to families and schools and particularly children being locked up during the pandemic, she has been the the great spokesperson the school choice movement has ever had. stuart: this is that is very true. but nothing's going to change

until there is political change -- >> yes, because democrat politicians, by and large, happen to be in power in big cities. teachers unions start oh their -- stand other their shoulders -- stuart: look at chicago. i mean, that's end incredible, what happened in chicago. >> yes. and parents across the board should be able to send their kids to a school -- if you want your kid to learn music, send them to a place where they learn music. you want them to learn about government and communications, send hem there. parents don't have that choice many in most cities because of the unions. stuart: one more for you, a weight culture journalist, that's the official title here, a weight culture journalist said in an interview that fitness-minded people who want to be skinny are, quote, complicit with white supremacy and patriarchy. you really have to listen to this. roll tape. >> we trace the history of modern diet culture, we really trace it babb in the united states to the end of slavery. celebrating a thin, white body

as the ideal body is a way to other demonize black and brown bodies, bigger bodies, anyone who doesn't fit into that norm. by continuing to pursue thinness, you are on some level maintaining your complicity with white supremacy and patriarchy. stuart: ken kennedy, i think we're on the same ground with this topic. this is nonsense. >> yeah. she's an unhumpable white devil and has the most unsophisticated argument i think i've ever heard. go back to evolutionary biology and people who were incredibly corpulent had a very hard time surviving and could probably be victims of predators. so if you were muscular and if you could run and procure resources, you probably had a better chance of surviving. and she's also wrong because she needs -- i've spent a lot of time around teenage girls. they don't want to be, like, stick thin. they want curves. they want butt lifts.

they want the bbl, this is not the kate moss era. this is the serena williams, beyonce, kim kardashian era, and girls want curves. stuart: i'm going to leave it right there because it's dangerous ground for a guy like me. [laughter] but that was good. i believe you're on fox business tonight. >> absolutely right. 7 p.m. eastern, 4 in the west right here. stuart: and the name of the show is? >> kennedalia. stuart: what? [laughter] thank you very much, indeed, kennedy. you're all right. back to the markets, please. let's have a check of where we are. dow's up 170. is that -- 180. nasdaq, 150. s&p, 3 points -- 33 points, yeah, that's a rally. in my opinion, this is based on big tech. big tech is really rallying hard today. i think this is a big with tech breakout that leads the whole market higher. what say you, lou? >> yes. i say that's not on my cheat sheet, the first question i had on there, come on, youn't

do that to me. stuart: good one. [laughter] >> look, i think you're exactly right. big tech is making anyone that's bear withish look like a fool again. and this has always led the market higher. you've that had a few other guests talking about how many, how big a concentration big tech has in the major index. it doesn't matter. focus on the fundamentals. microsoft last night coming out and showing they had moderate growth on the top line and fantastic double-digit growth on the bottom line. stock prices follow earnings. as they go up, so do stock prices. admittedly, i missed this move. last quarter we were talking about microsoft's report, and i was looking for a pullback maybe to 200. we missed it. the stock's just gone into rally mode. i still think there's room to run for microsoft if you look at the historical valuation runnings. it could go as high as $380 if he hit its peak pe valuation. a lot of room to run there. i'm looking for the laggards, amazon and alphabet, to really pull this rally and make it into a sustainable one.

they are trading at really low valuations, and in the last year they've pretty much been flat. amazon's actually down about 20% over the last year, alphabet's about flat. if those two names keep this momentum going like they're doing today, call 911, all the bears are going to the hospital. stuart: to make sure i understand, big tech lifts all boats. >> it does because, i mean, if you look, apple and microsoft alone just because of their size account for, i i think the last stat was about 13% of the weighting in the s&p 500. so if you see those two names rally strongly, it's going to the drag the indexes higher. same thing with the nasdaq. stuart: okay. what do you think the market's going to the open at tomorrow morning? [laughter] that wasn't on your cheat sheet, i know. i'm try ogg to surprise you. >> look, i'm not a day trader, i just poll the trajectory. i think it's going to be the higher as long as amazon reports strong results. the possible risk is remember last quarter they said cloud

growth was strong, but they had seen consumers shift their buying behavior particularly in europe. we see that the trend over to the united states, we've got this then divergence where big business is doing great but consumer is really ab acting like they're in a recession. so i think that's the key thing to watch for tomorrow. stuart: you handled these unscripted questions remarkably well, lou. congratulations to you, lad are. i'm sure we'll see you again. thank you very much. i've good mover, same company that's been moving a lot recently, and that is eli lilly. they have a new -- >> lauren: obesity drug, yep. weight process of -- loss of up to 34 points in trial, and they expect pda approval as early as later this year. stuart: i could be in real trouble. [laughter] if you lost 34 pounds -- lauren: i can't lose 34 pounds but, you know, i could lose a few pounds. separately, you know, they

raised their full-year forecast, so that always helps your stock. stuart: let's move on. keurig -- like pepsi, p&g -- lauren: they hiked their prices. do they have pricing power? stuart: look, stock's down. lauren: peak pricing. we hit peak inflation, i think we all agree with that, now the market is saying peak pricing. customers are going to start to say no. i mean, p&g,. pepsi, they hiked prices and customers, you know, said okay. but maybe that's not happening at keurig. stuart: put up domino's pizza because they're down 5%. lauren: this one i don't understand. they hiked prices but same-store the sales went up, it was a good sign. and then there's the call going on, and executives were talking about their delivery business, maybe that's slowing. anyway, a 5% decline. stuart: down $17. you can get a whole cheese pizza

for that. lauren: probably. i haven't add had a domino's in a while. stuart: claiming covid came from china could soon land you on minnesota's government bias registry. what happened to free speech? we're on it. teachers' union head randi weingarten defending the covid school lockdowns, defending them. roll tape. >> i live in new york city. i live near a hospital. every other minute there was a ambulance. there was terror. our members were terrified. we were simply looking for clear scientific guidance. stuart: congressman jim jordan was at that hearing. he's going to be on the show shortly, he'll tell us all about what he that heard from randi weingarten. a former espn reporter slamming the network for their tribute to transgender swimmer lia thomas. charlie says it goes against espn's policy of keeping politics out of sport. charlie just joined outkick, but

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♪ don't stand, don't the stand so -- ♪ don't stand so close to me ♪ stuart: the police. it's a great song, actually. that's minneapolis, by the way. 65 degrees. it looks like 65 crease but rather cloudy. if i go to minnesota and say covid was started in china, i could soon find myself in a government database, a biased database.

i'm biased. >> stuart varney, forever in th- lauren: yeah. your words will be logged and recorded even if it's not a crime. minnesota wants to report biased speech to the state department of human rights. so if your words are reported, you land your name in that government database. so my opinion is this creates a state of at thing -- tattle tails constantly triggered and reporting people. stuart: did i die and go to china or something? is that watched to he me? good lord. reporting speech? our next guest -- i'm going to change the subject. our next guest is a former espn reporter, and she is slamming espn for their on-air tribute to the trans swimmer, lia thomas. charlie arnold is with me. what was your issue with espn's trans coverage and lia thomas? >> yeah. the whole issue is they always

make such a big deal about keeping politics out of programming, and yet during women's month they found it appropriate to the air a one-minute-long tribute about biological male swimmer lia thomas which which i i thought to be very hypocrite school, quite frankly, as a woman a huge slap in the face. during women's month when there are so many incredible female athletes to be celebrated, they turn to the most controversial figure in sports, lia thomas this, a man, to be celebrated. stuart: were you stifled as a reporter many. >> yeah. there's a lot of issues i needed and wanted to speak up on, and my opinion wasn't -- you know, it wasn't a place where it was allowed or i was comfortable even speaking out, because it didn't fit within the narrative of that of espn. the trans issue being one thing. a lot of the covid mandates that we all experienced for years on end that that, actually, are still in effect for much of the sports world and athletes sill in effect even though they've been proven to be scientifically ineffective.

we were never allowed to question them even though all of us, or i'll say some of them in our minds thought them to be rather stillly. stuart: but you -- silly. stuart: you opposed mensches -- men transitioning should not be competing with women. >> absolutely not. there was a comment made yesterday by ya thomas saying it is transphobic of women, when women have no obligation to support lia thomas or other trans athletes because it is a slap mt. face as a woman. quite frankly, i think we need to stop giving such power the these slurs from the left like the word transphobe -- transphobic. if standing up for women means i'm transphobic, then call me that that all day long. stuart: well said, charlie. i'm going to talk about football about which i know very little. aaron rodgers made his first media appearance as a new york jet. watch this. >> i'm here because i believe in

this team, i believe in coach sala, i believe in the direction joe douglas, obviously, great things to the green bay packer organization for an incredible run. that that chapter is other now. and i'm excited about the new adventure here in new york. stuart: you're a sports person. he is, i believe, 39 years old. kind of old for a quarterback. >> not when you look at who just made history in his career, that was tom brady. he just retired this year at age 45. this is his second retirement, of course. he first tried to retire at 44, came a back at 45, but if he's able to do that, why shouldn't a guy like aaron rodgers who's never experienced any significant injury through the the course of his career? he has a renewed sense of motivation coming to new york, because it was either retirement the or find a new home. he's been welcomed with open arms because jets fans, bless tear heart, they have gone through a lot, and it is great that they finally have something

to feel hopeful about. it's a very exciting young team that rodgers is getting placed right into. stuart: but why is he coming to live in new jersey with the highest taxes -- >> he's got a lot of money, stuart. he can afford those -- stuart: believe me, nobody likes paying more than 50% of their income in taxes. nobody. >> well, also, you know, he's a single guy from what i know. i i think this is probably a more exciting place to live rather than in green bay. have you ever been to green bay? stuart: yes. >>s the not a fun place. stuart: it's cold. [laughter] manchester city 4, arsenal, 1. know anything about it? >> no, soccer's your thing, football's mine. stuart: you're a sports person -- >> i'm going to intend more time on the set with you and learn more. yeah. lauren: she's american. stuart: i'm an american. lauren: i know. stuart: charlie, it was fun. >> thank you so much. stuart: have fun in your new gig. >> thank you. stuart: quick check of those markets, please. i see the dow is now up 140, and

i see the nasdaq up 174. i'll call it a rally. check back again on big with tech, still in rally mode. apple is up 1.7%. amazon, which which reports after the bell this afternoon, that's at 4%. ofst it's just moving up. and meta, spectacular report yesterday, $239 a share. and microsoft is at 03. 303. however, we have deutsche bank, i suspect on the upside, is it? lauren: it should be higher. and the reason they're higher is because they're cutting costs by cutting 5% of their work force, which is 800 jobs. that's happening the second quarter for senior and non-client-facing roles. investment banking revenue fell 19 -- stuart: european banks are having trouble, aren't they? what have we got now? barclays, another european bank. lauren: income at their credit card, consumer credit payment unit rose almost 50%, but they

acquired the gap portfolio. so if you had a banana republic credit card, it's a division of barclays. they acquired all of those balances. stuart: first republic slightly higher today -- a. lauren: so now they're only down, what, 80% this year. what will happen to first republic, right? what is their fate? can hay get jamie dimon and the 11, 10 other bank ceos for a round two, for an extra that infusion of money? if or does the government take them over, right? because they lost deposit flight of $100 billion in the first three months of this year. stuart: the point is first republic's action has not swept into the rest of the mark -- market with banking jitters. lauren: no. first republic is not considered a systemic risk. there are worries in the market, there is not panic in the market. stuart: and now we know. thanks, lauren. an elementary school in vermont is removing the words male and female from their lessons on reproduction.

they only want to use gender-inclusive language. we'll tell you all about it, believe me. teachers' union aide randy weingarten goes head to head with jim jordan about culture wars in schools. watch this. >> who started the culture warsesome. >> i know that when you have banning of books, when i talk about the culture wars, i am talking about things like book banning. stuart: congressman jim jordan is here next, reacting to randi weingarten. yeah, we'll be back. ♪ ♪

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stuart oh, look at met a go, now it's up a mere $29.76, it's a huge gain. susan's back. you know with, that must have been a really good report yesterday. susan: it was fantastic. think of $76 billion for meta in one single session, highest in a year for the stock and, yes, it's set to overtake nvidia as the best performer this year on the s&p 500. you're already up 74% in four

months' time so far in 2023. now, meta is lifting other social media socks, pinterest, snap and sales finally grew for the first time at met that in a year. profit came in better, costs came down and that's really thanks to 21,000 job cuts. and they actually grew daily active users to over 2.04 billion that visit facebook, instagram and whatsapp each day, so they add added 40 million users internationally. reels are, the tiktok competitor, helping increase overalling engagement. they're guiding for better sales, so things seem to be recovering after the apple privacy changes which meant that today couldn't directly track where you were going on the internet. they did talk up artificial intelligence on the call as well. dick says meta could use a.i. in the future to help generate better, more targeted ads.

how far, her costing and losing $4 billion on virtual reality, and zuck says he's not changing course, he's not going to cut on spending on the future meta verse. 17 price target hikes, up to 350, 320, 30% uppseudothat they're calling. -- upside that they're still calling. amazon's stock we're rallying into the earnings and the cloud performance we've already seen at microsoft and google, that means aws, their profit generator, will do better than those 20% growth rates. and as i mentioned to you heading into this earnings season, we had expectations so low, the worst earnings season since the depth of covid, that makes it easier for these companies to do better. any positive news will stock spike the stocks, and that's what you've seen across big tech. stuart: if those price targets are achieved which would mean that meta has doubled in a year's time. and and that's extraordinary for

a company that size. susan: i'll echo what you're thinking, we missed the -- stuart: exactly, exactly. [laughter] we missed it. that was the low, wasn't it? 90 and change. susan: yeah. stuart: thank you, susan. now this: teachers union president randy wine with garten testified on capitol hill yet. listen -- yesterday. listen to this exchange between her and congressman jim jordan. roll tape. >> you say most americans disapprove of the culture wars that have saturated education policies. who started the culture warsesome. >> i know that when you have banning of books -- >> those who think boys should compete against boys many in sports or those who think boys can compete against girls in sports, which one -- which side started the culture war? >> when i talk about the culture wars, i am talking about the things like book banning. stuart: okay. congressman jim jordan joins us right now, big smile from jim jordan. serious question with, jim. did weingarten accept any

responsibility for the disastrous school out shutdowns? >> no, she really didn't. in fact, if you remember back in 2021 when terry mcauliffe, then-candidate for governor of virginia made his famous statement parents shouldn't be telling schools what to teach, two weeks after that they did a 6-figure ad buy for mcauliffe's race. their focus is not on parents and children, seems to me it's what's best for politics and the democrat party and the teachers union. and, of course, they always bring up the culture wars, but i think, look, we didn't start the culture wars, it's always the left who says abandon tradition call curriculum. we want to the teach crt. it's the left who says book banning but what we're really focused on is age-appropriate literature. so it's always the left who seems to start these culture wars and then turn around and blame us. stuart: at the end of the hearing, do you think accountability was placed on randi weingarten for the

shutdowns and the appalling performance of kids in these shutdown schools? did she -- would she ever -- did she have accountability placed on her? >> no, it didn't seem like it. i thought she was a pretty good witness at sort of filibustering and evading the questions asked by my colleagues. but of course they're not going to take responsibility. they were in favor so much of keeping these schools closed, going with all this virtual learning can we know was not as good as in-person hearning which hurt children -- learning, the nape scores all show that. that's a big problem, a big concern. but i think it was largely the biden add america, cdc and everyone else also working in can cahoots with the teachers union to make it tougher for kids to get back in school. stuart: i've got a feeling that education, especially school choice, could be and certainly should be a major issue in 204. and it's a republican issue. this is for you guys. >> yeah. you're exactly right. i said this i last fall even during the last campaign, don't

vote for anyone -- i don't care what party they are, don't vote for them if they're not for school choice. if they're not for letting moms and dads decide where their kid's going to get best education, have the best future, if they're not for that, don't support them. again, i don't care which party. support the candidate, republican or democrat frankly, who is for school choice. if they're not for that, don't support them. stuart: is there any action that your committee can take following the appearance yesterday of randi weingarten? any action you can take at all? >> well, the oversight committee should do everything we can to allow school choice. we have much more say on education policy here in the district of columbia than we do everywhere else, and that's appropriate. that should be a state and local matter for education. but here in the district of columbia we should be continuing to focus on school choice opportunities for kids here. then what we can say is federal funds, federal funds going to school districts around country, you need to offer school choice or we could put some restrictions on that federal money. i think that's a good position for republicans to have because it empowers moms and dads.

first question i asked ms. weingarten, who cares more about a kid's education, the american federation of teachers and the teachers' union or the child's parents? after all, they know the kid's name, for goodness sake, so let's empower them with their tax dollars to give it to the school where they think it's going to benefit their son or daughter. stuart: jim jordan, i think you're just having too much fun in the majority in the house of representatives. >> you always have fun, stuart. good to be with you. stuart: thank you, sir. see you again soon. >> you bet. stuart: all right. of kids under 13 could soon be banned from social media, and older teens could need their parents' permission to log on. a new bill has bipartisan sport on canning top -- support on capitol hill. we'll deal with it next. ♪ ♪ call me, call me any, mitt ♪

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stuart: please put dropbox on the screen. it is down 2%. they're laying off 500 employees. that is 16% of the work force. the ceo blames slowing growth. as you can see, the stock's down 40 cents, but that is 2%. bipartisan legislation has been introduced that would ban kids under the age of 13 from social media. is the because of mental health? lauren: it most certainly is, yes. so this bill would set a national minimum age. if you're under 13, you can't have an account, and if the you're under 18, you need parental consent to have an account. how do you prove it? set up a government web site to verify your age. kids don't is have ids, they have birth certificates and such, but you have to find a way to upload all of that, right? the tech companies right now are still reviewing the bill because

if this is the done nationally, this is going to be a major headache for them. they could be fined, it could hit their business. meta isest thing this, using a.i. to confirm one's age by sending in a video selfie of yourself and then the computer, the bot says, oh, you actually are 14. so we'll let you create an account. finish the rub here is that, yes, there is a teen mental health crisis and the social media companies are saying, yes, there is. and they're doing everything that they can to mitigate it, but kids are still going to find a way online. stuart: okay. let's consider the question should we ban kids altogether under the age of 13 from social networks. dr. nicole saphier is with us. should we ban all kids under 13 from social media? >> you know, listen, i agree with lauren, we both have young kids. kids are going to find a way, and that's the truth. listen, there is healthy and unhealthy con end when it comes to social media, and unfortunately 8 to 12-year-olds,

about 20% of them are already on social media platforms. my children are not. i don't think it is necessarily good for them at such a young age, but i think really comes down to the parent. when you look at adolescents, teenager, over 60% to are on social media platform, but by the time you're an adult, over 90% use social media. we as parents need to set good examples for our children, monitor their content because while there is some healthy don't, there are some good things on social media, there are unhealthy things as well. and that is our role as a parent, to make sure our children are not being exposed to anything unhealthy. stuart: doctor, we've got an elementary school in vermont which has removed the terms male and female from their lessons on reproductive systems. a, that's confusing for kids and, b, what on earth is going on here? >> you know, it's really frustrating to see what's happening n. their quest for gender incollusion, they're essentially excluding over 90%

of the people who actually identify as boy and girl. why are we bending so far to this very extreme minority where all of a sudden you're going to have children very confused? in medicine we don't do that. we don't bend to the minority. if someone has a e genetic knewation that increases their risk for cancer, then we do a high risk screening on them, but we don't put that on the entire population because it doesn't make sense to extend the minority to the majority. all we're going to do at this point is confuse children. you're excluding them. they will not understand what is going on. and in this school they said they're no longer going to call it a boy, that's just going to be the a person that produces sperm, but i hate to tell you this, not all little boys are able to produce sperm, so what about those? now we're excluding those kids. stuart: we've reached the realms of being ridiculous here. that is just pure ridicule, and we should laugh at it, quite frankly. although we can't always. apple developing it's called a

health coaching service. it tracks your mood and a lot of other things in your body. do you have any problems with in thisesome because it sounds to me like a really good thing. >> well, listen, first of all, i'm terrible when it comes to tech. i am the least tech-savvy person ever, but i can tell you we are in a very lazy society right now, so i i support anything that gets americans to a healthier place. only about 28% of americans get the recommended physical activity every single week. because of that, we lead the world when it comes to obesity. one in three adults are overweight, and almost half of all children at this point are approaching being overweight. we have to do something. we need to be eating smaller portions. we have to increase our physical activity because people are relying on at rad roll, so if -- adderall, so the if there's a piece of tech to get people to get off their bum, i'm all for it. stuart: there was a proposition earlier that if you want to be skinny, you're a white

supremacist. would you care to deal with that in 30 second es? [laughter] >> we need to stop bringing race into these things. this is talking about physical and meth. everyone needs to -- mental health. everyone e needs to lose a little weight at this point. stuart: so well said, doctor, we really appreciate that. thank you so much, see you again soon. >> thanks for having me. stuart: 11:46, show me the state of the market. a lot of buying. everything's -- most things are green. we've got 23, i think it is, of the dow 30 are in the green, somebody's buying them, and the dow is up 252 points. washington state the drug possession is on tack to become legal. on july the 1st, that is. jason rants says it's going to destroy seattle. harsh words. rantz is next. ♪ ♪ my bad habits lead to you ♪

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that's portland, oregon. i'd love to know the name of that -- anyway, all right. in portland they are set to have the nation's first zero emissions delivery zone. tell me more. lauren: well, they want an area where you can breathe fresh air. so -- [laughter] they say portland is, you know, 40% of their carbon emissions comes from transportation. so they got $2 million in a grant x they are preventing mt. 16-block zone, commercial vehicles who are gas-powered from dropping anything off. so you have to be on a bike, in an ev truck or a regular passenger car. you can go around this 16-block area. if not, you can't. starts this summer, first in the nation. stuart: wonderful -- lauren: i think they love it there. i think this is the best thing they ever heard, even if it inconveniences them. stuart: i want to bring in jason rantz, seattle guy --

lauren: close enough. stuart: hey, jace, in washington state drug position is on rack to become legal july the 1st. wait a minute, is this all drugs, everything? marijuana, heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, everything's legalsome. >> everything across the board as of july 1st because of inaction from democrats at the state legislative level. we we do not have a drug possession law. a couple years ago state supreme court decided that our felony possession law was unconstitutional. the democrats put forward a temporary fix for two years. of it sunsets on i july 1st. this last legislative session they didn't come to an agreement on what the law should be because republicans and some moderate democrats are saying we need to have some criminal element to this, so we wanted to make it a gross misdemeanor but really pushing people into diversion. democrats on the progressive said side said, no, no, no, no, we don't want any criminal element to this, only diversion. and as a result, we don't have a law starting july 1st. stuart: i believe you think this

is -- i think you used the word destroy, that will destroy seattle. that's a strong word with, jason. >> it is a strong word, but i think that that's going to be the reality. right now we have a little bit of a leash are on what seattle can do as it relates to drugs. that leash is gone. and so now we're giving this kind of power up to the cities. most cities across the state will come up with sound solutions and policies. seattle, i don't trust. understand, of course, tata drug addiction not only is it a serious problem that we're dealing with now, but it leads to homelessness and crime. we're already at unprecedented levels across the board. imagine for a moment if we just basically said, yeah, now it's a free-for-all, do what you want. it's going to get worse. stuart: i've not been to seattle in many years, but if i went today, what proportion of seattle would be a no-go area? is it half the town? is it a quarter? what is it? >> it's not that bad from a person who lives here, like, i

can walk around in my neighborhood for the most part. however, for you as a tourist, you're not going downtown or into pioneer square after it gets dark. unless you're a drug dealer or homeless, there's really no reason to go down there. there are very few people who live there. we've got a lot of hotels in that area, can and so from my inter-- perspective, you've got a tourist walking outside and seeing someone smoking fentanyl or or using the sidewalk as a toilet, that's obviously not impression we want to give to anyone who comes to the city. stuart: one of these days we're going to to have you on the show, and you're going to tell us that seattle has miraculously turned around -- >> not yet. stuart: see you soon. it is thursday, so we've got the thursday trivia question for you, andst another good one. i don't know where the producers get them from, but this is good. giraffes can grow up to what height? 12 feet, 15 feet, 18 feet, 21

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lauren: purple, blue or black. it is dark. >> give us a selection, why don't you. >> dark color. stuart: fair enough. ashley to what heights can giraffes grow? ashley not there. lauren: 18 feet. stuart: 30 seconds left. >> ashley says 13 feet. only 20 seconds. stuart: i lived in east africa. i saw blots lots of giraffe. 18 feet. >> what sound? stuart: that is good one. they make no sound. they grow to 18 feet. time's up for stu. "coast to coast" starts now. ♪. david: ain't tha