>> i think this reaction to nvidia is way overdone.

every metric the other day, they blew the roof off the house and gave robust forward guidance. >> he's doing something that no other secretary of defense has probably done before. not only is he working for the soldiers but says what's really going on and tell me what's happening on the ground. what do you need? >> he can continue to fulfill the agency mission to protect public health and the environment with a significantly reduced budget and work force. they would work much better. >> instead of removing some funding, if you allow this to happen within your campus walls, no federal funding, period, end of story. and you need to send that message. >> it's a huge blow to russia and what did putin want? he wants to conquer ukraine and donald trump is investing in ukraine three years later and going into business with ukraine. this is a genius move. ♪ stuart: all right, what's this?

put it on the screen. earth, wind and fire, happy seasons. let's move on. 11:00 eastern time. it's february 28th. it's not a leap year so no february 29th. it's the last day ask march 1 tomorrow. look at the markets. solid gain now and dow up 278 points and nasdaq up 140. show me big tech and quite a few winners there including nvidia, up 2%, amazon, alphabet, apple, little change but microsoft is down 45-cents. the yield on the 10-year treasury, where's that? down to 4.25%. any moment now, president trump is going to welcome ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky to the white house. the two will hold a meeting in the oval office and later signing a key mineral's deal to help end russia's war. we're monitoring this and bring you all the headlines.

now this. it's the trump show. the president of the united states on live tv almost every day. this is a very effective way to communicate and helps of course that donald trump is entertaining occasionally funny and always willing to take questions. he enjoys it. of course, the trump haters will turn him off whenever he appears on the screen. but the rest of the country looks on in wonder and the contrast to joe biden is day and night. appearing so constantly, trump overwhelms his political opposition and sheer volume of the announcements and always something new and trump on tv to explain and promote it. he negotiates in public. he's currently negotiating with ukraine's zelensky and not afraid to resource course on anything he said in the past. you've got to watch this. >> calling zelensky a dictator? >> umm, did i say that? i can't believe i said that.

next question. stuart: did i say that? i can't believe i said that. he says it with a smile. yes, it is the art of the deal. where are the democrats? they are reduced to watching from the sidelines. they don't have a ukraine policy. they don't have a peace policy. but trump does. we're about to see it unfold on live tv. volodymyr zelensky and donald j. trump. it is must see tv. ain't that right, steve hilton joining me now. he's on tv every single day and that approach works and speaking directly to voters. >> yes, but it works because he's good at it. and he's good at it because he's authentic and he's absolutely confident and everything he says

and he knows what's going on on the policy front, on the personnel front, on the world stage. heavyweights done it before, he's had time to reflect on it and got an incredibly clear plan, really strong team. he is so confident and that's why it works. he's not waiting for the aids to write him a note card to read it. put joe biden or any other current politician on tv all the time and wouldn't work. they'd be annoying and boring and scripted and pompous and all the things we're used to from politicians. donald trump is the exact opposite. stuart: yes, he is. left hand side of the screen, front of the white house waiting for arrival of zelenskyy's limousine to begin the meeting with president trump. steve, the president, trump, accepted a second visit to britain. >> it was my privilege and honor to bring a letter with me today from his majesty the king. not only sending his best wishes

but also inviting the president and the first lady to make a state visit to the united kingdom, an unprecedented second state visit. this has never happened before. it's so incredible it'll be historic. i'm delighted that i can go back to his majesty the king and tell him that president trump has accepted the invitation sean: incredible and historic. steve. stuart: it looks like starmer was trying to flatter trump and i don't know if that's a gad idea. >> there's a phrase, laying it on a bit thick. stuart, it was just so obvious but the thing is actually to be honest, he had to do it. why? keir starmer is the most left wing british prime minister since the 1970s. he's massively pro union and saw in that interview with bret baier last night, he was siding with the palestinians, even after the horrific murder of

those two boys came to light. he's got a lot of work to do with president trump, and actually playing the royal card as it were is very effective. we know that president trump loves the uk, he really loved and republicanned the late queen e liz -- respected the late queen elizabeth and has a great relationship with prince charles and william and saw that in the notre dame visit. it was an effective tactic, but i think it's necessary for someone like keir starmer. stuart: i noticed that prince harry was not mentioned. [ laughter ] stuart: couldn't resist it. steve hilton, you're all right. thank you for joining us as always. see you soon. >> thank you, stu. stuart: back to the markets and the dow is moving up. close to 300 points and that's about 0.7%. the s&p is up almost 0.7% and nasdaq up 141 points. it's friday. that means it time for jonathan hoenig. jonathan, if you're down 15-20%

on tech stock like nvidia or microsoft, i'm down a lot on microsoft. do you think it's time to sell, take the loss and walk away? >> stu, it's always all about your own context coming to any individual decision. if you've really got a long term time horizon and in your 20s and 30s and investing for the long haul, no, i don't think 15 or 20% is that big of a deal. if you're an older investor and trading individual stocks or if you're trading larger positions, then, yes, i absolutely do think you need to respect the tape. you know, the market is up today but even underneath the hood we're seeing about 300 new lows and 50 new highs and what worries me, stu, is people buying stocks on the way down. if you have a 30% loss, you need a 42% gain to get back to even. we always say don't buy weakness, buy strength and don't buy on the way down -- don't catch the falling knives.

stuart: got you there. you bring us exotic picks every week and now it's hoya capital dividend yield etf. tell me. >> nothing too exotic here, stu, but dividend checks. it's a monthly dividend payer focussing on real estate and been surprisingly strong given the fact that real estate delinquencies are higher. we're seeing interest rates move lower and i like some of the reach right now and this could be a place to hide out if you will if the growth stocks and nvidia and meta take a tumble. i think there's some of the reads like riet are a place to hang with a 10% dividend yield. stuart: do i get a dividend check every week? is that what you're saying? >> pays monthly and of course, there's o always risk, stu, even with a diversity payer and part of a diversified portfolio, i've been impressed and it could be a place to hide out when the growth stocks fade out.

stuart: very interesting. jonathan hoenig, have a great weekend and see you again real soon. >> thank you, stu. lostuart: look at stocks moving and starting with blackrock. lauren: world's biggest asset manager and allows bitcoin into the model portfolio with $150 billion and allocation between 1-2% to bitcoin trust etf and ibit and this opens new demand potentially for bitcoin at a time when there's some skiddishness among investors. stuart: bitcoin from 79,000 to up to about 83, 84 now. maybe that's got something to do with it. redfin. lauren: a $3 million loss in the last quarter and 41,000 home sales in the month of january and 14% of contracts signed fell through. investors backing out and redfin down 12% on that loss. stuart: mcdonalds egg mcmuffin. lauren: turns 50 on sunday.

the sandwich egg mcmuffin and selling for $1 on sunday. at a time when dennies and other places doing a surcharge, get it for $1. stuart: we'll deal with the egg surcharge in friday feedback at the end of the show. lauren: anyone intend to get one on sunday? let us know. that's a good deal. stuart: no egg surcharge there. lauren, any moment now, president trump will welcome ukraine zelenskyy to the white house before inking the historic mineral's deal. >> this deal takes out the possibility of any corruption. it's a win win and brings ukrainian people and the american business community closer together. stuart: this deal comes as zelenskyy works to regain support in the war against russia and mike baker will take that on. mike's next. ♪

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stuart: we're just moments away from president trump meeting from you crane's president at the white house. they will sign a historic deal on rare earth minerals. jacqui heinrich, she's at the white house right now. jacqui, what does this deal mean for the united states? reporter: stuart, the document itself not released but the deal allows u.s. and ukraine to jointly develop ukraine's deposits of rare earths minerals, oil and gas and revenue going into a joint fund that is managed and operated by both the u.s. and ukraine and be used for purposes of reconstruction and doesn't come with a promise of future u.s. aid, but the administration sees

american investment in the region as its own guarantee. and president trump views this as back pay for past u.s. support. >> this shows the american people that there is upside here for them. that we have not squandered the money and the american people are always concerned about overseas interventions and there's a lot of corruption. president trump is going to be the first president ever to create assets for the american people rather than debt. reporter: the deal states that the u.s. government will support ukraine's efforts to obtain security guarantees. already britain and france volunteered to play a peace keeping role. still, democrats have pushed back on this saying it sets a precedent where u.s. help comes with strings attached. >> i've never felt such shame about american policies before and i don't know how our allies trust in after this.

in terms of what to hope for out of this meeting, i only hope the president doesn't bestray our ideals more than he has already and ukraine isn't forced to give up something for nothing. reporter: the president's tone about zelenskyy shifted and he's seemed to regain his support and the president walking back past statements that zelenskyy is a dictator. yesterday, uk prime minister keir starmer came here, it was billed as a push to get trump not to abandoned ukraine but after their meeting, he was praising the contours of the peace talks so far and expressing support for this deal. despite initial concerns, it seems loo trump secured key approvals from u.s. allies over his approach, stuart. stuart: jackie, thanks very much indeed. next case, listen to what president trump said about a possible peace deal between russia and ukraine. watch. >> i think we're going to have a very successful peace, and i think it's going to be a long lasting peace, and i think it's

going to happen hopefully quickly. if it doesn't happen quickly, it may not happen at all. one issue i want to see on a humane basis, i want to see soldiers stop getting shot because largely it's soldiers and towns have been obliterated but it's largely that. i don't want to pay billions and billions and billions of dollars, nor does the prime minister or anybody else on a senseless war that should have never happened. stuart: let me repeat the important part there. if it doesn't happen quickly, it might not happen at all. mike baker is a former cia covert operatifid joins me now. the president is publicly negotiating with putin and putting pressure on him big time, get it done. >> right, he's doing what he's doing with the tariffs and other things; right. he's always done this, i think, in a sense. he's putting these ideas out there. at first it makes some people step back and go what is he saying? there's a purpose behind it and it's this idea that now you've got pressure out in the open and they've got to respond. i want to go back to the

something the democrats said or adam schiff referred to and oh, this sets a dangerous press dent that this idea that perhaps u.s. aid comes with a price. u.s. assistance has always come with a price. stuart: of course. >> even if it's just we expect you to be aligned with us; right, in the future. that's what this world is about. the concern about going to the mineral that i have, it's not gotten much discussion. the critical minerals, and that's really important and rare earth minerals and people hear rare and think oh my goodness. they're not rare but difficult to get out of the ground. critical lithium, uranium, titanium, cesium, the problem here is that much of those resources is in the eastern portion of ukraine controlled by the russians. so the majority of the key resources that we're talking about currently are held by the russians. so if we're making this

mineral's deal, that's good. i think it's actually an important idea, and it's advancing the ball somewhat towards peace perhaps, but there's a complexity here that's not being discussed, which is, you know, what are we going to do with all the resources that, you know, theoretically are in ukraine but have no control over them. stuart: yeah, that's a good question. nobody has raised that point. >> yeah, it's interesting. stuart: earlier on the program today, look at this headline. it's in the washington post, "trump dealt russia a devastating blow: a deal for ukraine's minerals could effectively end this war". that was from marc thiessen in the washington post. do you agree with him? >> i would exempt for what we mentioned. it's one of the reasons russia has focussed on the eastern side of ukraine. it's not just that, it's gas. they control the vast majority of ukraine's natural gas resources now. coal, that's why they're there and the whole area that's been

under contention but it's now controlled by the russians. so i think it's great and as far as security guarantees, if we're in there and have u.s. companies in there even in the portions that ukraine does control and are taking care of those resources and working with them to take advantage, then, yes, that is a deterrent because the russian military with putin is a rational actor. and if u.s. companies are active in ukraine, busy. he'll think twice. before aggression in the future. it makes sense and it's just more complex than being described, i think. stuart: south korea's main spy agency says north korea is sending even more troops to fight for russia in ukraine. ukraine are you concerned about the relationship between russia and north korea? >> absolutely. for one top line reason, and that is weapons technology transfer. and kim jong-un, his regime in north korea, they're not doing this pro bono.

there's a reason why they're getting everything from oil, food, and weapons transfer and accelerating the regime and pneumolarra and ballistic capability at -- nuclear and ballistic capability at a pace we've not seen. stuart: pausing for a second on the left hand side, full screen. president trump is awaiting the arrival of limousine of zelenskyy. there we go. it's going to start. mike, they're going to sign this deal. this is going to happen. the trump show begins by the way. >> every morning. every morning it's the trump movie. stuart: kn. this is. this is a massively important encounter. >> from zelenskyy's point of view, he felt out of the room during those initial discussions in riyadh and israeli stan bull and had second -- istanbul and had second round of discussions and this is a important step for zelenskyy. stuart: hold on, any questions

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>> on the markets, dew up over 1 -- dow up 160 and s cpi p ask nasdaq -- s&p and nasdaq holding onto modest gains. start with walgreens, lauren. lauren: down almost 4% and cut to sell at bank going with the cig mother partners and -- sycamore partners and have to break walgreens into three entities and would be challenges. stuart: talk about that stuff being locked up all the time. lauren: i was taking a walk and man took out a bottle of detergent saying it's $7. i said where did you get that?

i stole it from the local market. tried to sell to me. just like that. says he does it all day long. stuart: how do you make money like that? let's go to nova vax. lauren: a buy with $19 price target and stock is at 8 after a 15% gain. here's the reason, their covid vaccine is user friendly, high ev efficacy and this btig said they may become a significant player in the $9 billion covid vaccine market for those still getting the covid shot. stuart: i take it you did not buy the detergent for $7? lauren: no, but was fascinated talking to him and he was so honest about what he does. he admitting he steals all day long. global power and stronger profits in the executives on the call say they're on shoring their supply chain to the u.s. to limit their exposure to tariffs. getting the message. stuart: thanks, lauren.

now this, today is the deadline for schools and universities to end their diversity programs or risk having their federal funding revoked. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. do we know if most schools have complied? reporter: stuart, the guidance is confusing for a lot of schools so they say. they say they don't know what programs violate president trump's order and what programs are okay. states like washington, california and new york are urging their educators to stick to business as usual till they get more guidance. american council on education saying they need more information "the dear colleague letter the department of education sent ambiguous language led to confusion on campus and reference to dei programs doesn't provide clarity to institutions about obligations under the law or how previously legal programs designed to support students now could be in violation of the law"president trump gave schools two weeks to halt practice that treats people differently and schools that fail could face

investigation, lose federal funding and lawmakers in congress hoping to provide backup to the executive orders and savings that doge recovered and most of which has come from the department of education, $881 million so far. and that's according to doge. >> we're going to protect our taxpayers, and we are going to make sure that we make a more efficient federal government. that's what we're trying to do, and i was so glad that elon musk met with us today to help all of our senators and the doge caucus understand how we can better partner with these initiatives, and make some of these executive orders for president trump permanent. reporter: democrats say dei programs don't pose a threat and congresswoman summer lee joining democratic colleagues writing a letter to the department of education saying "this is yet another example of concerted movement to dismantle educational opportunities for the most marginallized students. schools dei initiatives aim to

level the playing field and redress the ongoing harms of segregation". department of education is asking for parent's help and launched a new portal website "end dei.gov that allows parents to go on and report any dei programs that the department can then investigate. stuart. stuart: thanks, hillary. now this, i want to bring in leo terrell. leo, there you are on the right hand side of the screen. you were a high schoolteacher. i take it you very much approve of doge rooting out dei in education? you like this, don't you? >> i love it. dei is racist and discriminatory and pits students against each other based on race and color, white privilege. this is indoctrination and stu, not only is a schoolteacher do i like it and civil rights attorney and violates the law. there's no need for dei in public schools. let's focus on reading, writing

and arithmetic. this is a backdoor way of trying to use affirmative action and it's illegal. these schools are on notice, if you don't eliminate these programs, we're going to take away federal funding. we'll see you in court. stuart: president trump promised sweeping change, and we're getting it i must say. please owe, you're heading up a new justice department task force to combat anti-semitism and sent letters to 10 universities about this. what did the letter say? what are you telling the universities to do? >> first of all, i want to thank president trump, stu, for giving me this opportunity. i'm -- i am working with the best attorney general this country has had in the last 50 years, pam bondi. she's giving us marching orders to stop the anti-semitism that is going on. so i targeted 10 schools, columbia, harvard, michigan, ucla, usc, let me tell you what we're going to do. we're going to take away your funding. we're going to sue you under

title 7, we're going to sue you under title 6. why are jewish americans -- why aren't jewish americans being protected at school? it didn't happen under biden and garland. i guarantee the jewish american students and parents it -- you will be protected under president trump and pam bondi. stuart: you know what happened to barnard college. a mob mass took over the college, sean: hour sit in, damaged property -- six hour sit in, damaged property, hurt one college worker, marched out and banging drums and all masked up and not a single arrest. that's outrageous. >> it's more than outrageous, and i want to mention to those professional front pushing testers, federal -- federal protesters, federal hate crime charges. that was criminal conduct and not free speech. that was offensive when that representative from the college tried to appease these criminals. stuart: they did. >> that's not going to happen. we are going to seek federal

hate crime charges. these students are professional protesters, and they are violating the law reporter: i'll tell you something right now. if they were black students, that wouldn't happen. the jewish american students have been ignored and will not happen under pam bondi and president trump. stuart: yeah, if a clown walked in with white sheets and all, somebody would be shot and in prison. it's not happening when jews are being intimidated. moving onto another one. attorney general pam bondi dismissed all dei lawsuits involving police officers and fire fighters. she says the biden team unjustly targeted departments for using aptitude tests to screen candidates. were they using aptitude tests to weed out some job applicants they didn't want in? >> absolutely. they're using aptitude tests to get the best candidate. pam bondi was absolutely correct. stu, i want to make sure everyone understands this, there was no intentional discrimination at all found.

they wanted to eliminate the aptitude test and get less qualified people in there. pam bondi did the right thing by dropping the lawsuits because they were philadelphia frivolous and unconstitutional. stuart: leo terrell, you always tell us how you really feel and we like that. see you again really soon. >> thank you. stuart: coming up, shoppers facing sticker shock on egg prices. now another grocery store stapedius muscle l getting more expensive. there's a warning for you. okay. those rising prices are putting pressure on restaurants, some are expecting more bankruptcies and ask bar rescue host john staffer what he thinks about these. staffer is next. ♪ ♪

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stuart: as of right now, president trump is meeting with zelenskyy in the oval office. we are beginning to get just a couple of headlines from that conversation. trump says this is a very fair deal, the one he's about to sign with zelenskyy, and call it had a big commitment with the united states and said we'll be digging, digging, and digging. he tells zelenskyy, his soldiers have been very brave. he said he spoke to putin and they have -- this is his words, they have started the confines of a deal. that's his conversation with putin. i don't know exactly what that means but that's what the president just said. on the markets this morning. the dow keeps going up a little bit and now up 200 points and nasdaq up 117. coming up of course, 12, noon, the big money show cohost jackie deangeles is here. what do you have today, jackie? >> hi, stu, couldn't be a bigger two hours for us and we'll follow on what you were talking

about which is that crucial meeting between president trump and zelenskyy at the white house and digging into what this rare minerals deal means for the united states and who it benefits and won't benefit. we're looking at inflation and tariffs and the markets are nervous and were yesterday and recovering a bit today. our guest for the two hours, adam johnson and a gary kaltbaum and help us unpack all this and what it means for your money. see you at the top of the hour. jacqui: yes, you will. jackie, thank you very much. # 13 restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy last year. that number could be higher this year. bar rescue guy, the host there, john taffer is with me now. what do you think is the main reason for this rise in bankruptcies in restaurants, john? >> stuart, it's four elements working against us together. number one is the fallout of the

pandemic and restaurants and retailers in debt and fallen behind on the equipment and hole created from the pandemic and add inflation and all the costs now are elevated, including energy costs, real estate costs, you name it, the cost is up. third element, stafferring issues. having a hard time finding the employee base that we need to properly serve our customers and then the fourth element, surprisingly are all the diet drugs that people are taking. stuart, i'm finding people came in for a meal and they're coming in for a advertiser. that's all they can -- appetizer. that's all they can eat. these four elements are affecting us heavily. icons, tgi fridays, dennies, ruby tuesdays, these companies are about to file bankruptcy or have, red lobster. it's a shame to see iconic brands like this go through such struggles. one last thing if i might add, hooter is another one going bankrupt. that's not so economic. truth be told i used to own a couple of hooters, stuart, years

ago. you know, i call it the howard johnson syndrome. when restaurant companies change, howard johnson still had orange se seats and blue counters. hooters became dated and these elmore pacts happened. restaurants need to stay current. they also need to stay current in their economic models. the restaurants that are going to survive today, stuart, have a model created for today's environment. stuart: well, you know, you've got good news here, your show bar rescue was just renewed for a tenth season. well done, young man. well done. give us the recipe for success for struggling business? what's the first thing you do? >> first thing you do is have to focus on your customer and not yourself. what can you do to win that customer back to build that confidence to establish a brand? we've proven iconic brands don't last with younger generations. the newer brands tend to get more traction than iconic legacy brands. get customers in but have to work hard at it and no excuses,

stuart. don't blame the economy, don't blame the pandemic and take accountability yourself and get your business together. this season of bar rescue is tough for all the reasons we talked about. stuart: i've got to watch. congratulations, jon. it's a great series and we'll be watching. jon taffer, everyone, good man. now this, eggs, no, they're not the only food getting more expensive. beef prices on the rise as well. ashley, what's going on here? ashley: yeah, u.s. cattle herds are experiencing what they're calling a down cycle with cattle inventory at historically low levels. in january for instance, prices for beef and veal rose 5.5% outpacing entire food at home category. the high cattle prices and unpredictable future profits might force farmers to sell more female cattle for beef rather than keeping them for breeding and if that happens, cattle industry could keep shrinking and prices could go even higher. it's a vicious cycle.

major retailers and fast food companies including wal-mart, wendy's and shake shack sounding alarm about higher commodity prices led by beef followed by eggs and bacon. couple of my favorites. we're going to see, stu, if those higher costs will eventually be pastramid on to the consumer -- passed on to the consumer. there's a good chance they will a the longer these prices stay elevated. stuart: you have a nice day, ashley webster. ashley: sorry about that. messing with your eggs and bacon. stuart: i'm an eggs and bacon kind of guy. don't go anywhere, folks. ash, lauren and myself responding to your friday feedback next. ♪

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the way i approach work post fatherhood, has really trying to understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families like my own. in the average household, there are dozens of connected devices. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways. stuart: the president is meeting with zelenskyy in the oval office and that's on going. trump will take rare earths and use them for all america does. that includes ai and military weapons. he told zelenskyy ukraine will not go back to fighting. zelenskyy says he's helpful the deal will be a step forward for ukraine. the meeting is on going. time for friday feedback.

ashley, lauren and i are getting started with this from bill. i wait for your trivia question every day ask re-post to my grade school kids. first one to get ten right gets a monetary prize. very educational. i used to do that with my kids. lauren: jeopardy questions? stuart: world capitols. what's the capitol of wherever. if they got it right, they got a buck. they swotted up and got them all right. it was a good idea. glad you like the trivia. this comes from tom: stuart and ashley and lauren, tea or coffee? i'll start. start with tea then i go onto coffee and then i get espresso by about 10:00 in the morning. how about you? lauren: coffee all day long. all day long. it's terrible. stuart: ashley, a tea guy? ashley: coffee in the morning and tea in the late afternoon and evening with a couple of biscuits. stuart: if i have any caffeine tea or coffee after 12, noon, i

can't sleep at night. period. can't sleep. lauren: you go to sleep too early. stuart: that's very true. brian, my take monologues, do you write them yourself? yes, sir, i do. great difficulty and usually at my computer. used to have a typewriter. terrible. by about 5:00 in the morning. don't have much time. from james, i know you and your teamwork very hard to put out an informative three hours. when you, ash and lauren take a vacation, where do you visit? everyone needs some r&r. ash, you live in florida so i doubt you go out of state. ashley: no, but a big trip my wife is australian and we go there and you know all about, stu, it's a long way or back to england and my daughter is living there right now. i like to go back and see how she's doing. stuart: lauren. lauren: vacation with the children is not r&r so my ideal

vacation is alone in my house for ian an entire weekend. stuart: good luck with that. this is my chance to show you my pictures from my recent vacation. that is me, stuart varney, that's the forbe in argentina. lauren: i feel like i've seen every picture from that trip but not that one. best for last. stuart: if you go, those falls. they're extraordinary. more water comes over that cliff than any other waterfall in the world and it's really well done. i digress. woe asked you all what you thought of the egg surcharge. we got about 100 responses -- remarkable. this is what claudine had to say. i personally don't have any issue weeing surcharges. with that being said, i have a small restaurant and the cost we have to absorb these days is off the charts. okay, on the other hand we have this from brad. at a price of $10-$15 for three

egg omelet breakfast here in california, a surcharge is ridiculous and i would personally walk away. i have to say the e-mails were split on where you stand on egg surcharge and i'll ask you, lauren, would you pay the surcharge? lauren: yes, but i would be annoyed because of all the surcharges in the past five years and tips on any and everything, it's inundating. stuart: ashley. ashley: i wouldn't walk out. small businesses operate an small margins and have to pass it on. for lauren's point, it gets expensive to eat out. stuart: no objection, when the price gos up, they have to cover their cost. this is from jeff, you and the whole team seem to have amazing on screen chemistry. we fool everybody all the time. do you socialize off screen or once the camera is off, everyone goes their own way?

i have to say lauren wouldn't be caught dead having a drink with me. wouldn't come to my house the other weekend. lauren: i had broadway tickets that weekend. ashley: nobody was invited to the varney household, that's unheard of. lauren: ashley, i got an invite once. stuart: yeah, you didn't come. the truth s look, ashley lives in florida and we're in no position to socialize when the show is over. ashley: very true. stuart: and lauren has a family and rushes off as soon as possible and so do i. we don't socialize. lauren: we've known each other for 17 years. ashley: e-mail. stuart: yeah, we text a lot. i want to say thank you to everyone for sending in your feedback. keep it coming, please. here we go with the friday trivia question. who was the first president to visit all 50 states while in

office? eisenhower, johnson, nixon, george h.w. bush, that'd be bush 41, i guess. the answer when we return. lauren: have no idea. ♪ (vo 1) when you really philosophize about it, there's one thing you don't have enough of, and that's time. time is a truly scarce commodity. when you come to that realization, i think it's very important to spend time wisely. and what better way of spending time than traveling, continuing to educate ourselves and broaden our minds. (vo 2) viking. exploring the world in comfort. ..

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stuart: before the break we asked who was the president to visit all 50 states while in office. you first. ashley. stuart: ashley: i have no idea. i will go with 3, richard nixon. ashley: is going to go with nixon, complete just. stuart: our camera operator said it has got to be nixon so i will go with nixon and he's right. he checked out all 50 states while in office and did so in less than three years, the presidents visited all 50 states, george h w bush hw bush, bill clinton and barack obama. we are almost out of time. we had a good week. it was an intense week because we saw so much of donald trump, always on camera, very entertaining, hope he does it again next week. time is up for us but see you next week, right now "the big money show" starts now