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>> do you consider this acceptable behavior? we are talking about prioritization of who will be deported from the country. >> the biden administration for deportation on ice, breaking down the new guidelines that some say affects cops on law enforcement. jillian: hitting up the happiest place on earth after his super bowl win. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪♪ jillian: growing or tom brady. still celebrating -- it is like old high hat. todd: are you sure of one thing? he is still celebrating. gronkowski is 100% celebration all the time. remember when he was in our room, the energy he brought,
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everybody was so happy, people were loving and hugging and it was a fun day. imagine winning the super bowl, must be off the charts. must be nice. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. jillian: thank you for joining us. in a few hours, the second senate impeachment trial for donald trump begins after both sides of the aisle agree to a speedy process. todd: griff jenkins has more on the schedule and rules. >> reporter: we will witness history, the second impeachment trial, incitement of insurrection. senate majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell agreed on a framework double-click something like this starting at 1:00 pm, it kicks off in four hours of debate, divided over the constitutionality of the trial followed by a simple majority vote to proceed at which point starting at noon tomorrow house
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managers have 16 hours to make their case followed by 16 hours for donald trump's legal defense was ultimately majority leader schumer says there is one clear goal. >> senators will decide question. is donald trump guilty? >> some republican senators or sworn jurors are pushing back. >> the president's actions were reckless, this snap impeachment raises serious questions about fundamental fairness, due process or more accurately a lack thereof. >> reporter: no witnesses are scheduled. house managers could call them if the senate approved. however managers mail to rely on witness testimony. >> i intend to put into words that every american can here for decades to come how close we
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came to losing our democracy. >> reporter: this aspect from legal team previews their defense calling the trial political theater highly a brief stating, quote, mister trump used the word fight a little more than a handful of times and each time in a sense that has long been accepted in public discourse. it was not and should not be construed to encourage acts of violence was the bar to convict is high, 67 senators would have to vote against trump, 17 republicans, no indication they are anywhere near that number. is this impeachment trial begins, in georgia the secretary of state launches an investigation into the former president's calls the state election officials seeking to overturn election results. never a dull day. todd: today isn't dull. thank you. jillian: senator lindsey graham has this warning for democrats about the danger president they could be sitting with a snap
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impeachment trial. >> what we do today will make history for the rest of the time america exists. what democrats have done is declared war on the presidency itself. the impeachment in the house took place without a hearing, without one witness being called, without a lawyer for the president of the united states. you can't get a traffic ticket based on procedure they used to impeach donald trump and impeachment a man who is out of office. when you combine a snap impeachment with impeachment of a president who is out of office you will destroy the presidency itself. jillian: keep it on the fox news channel all day as the impeachment trial gets underway. we will have all covered. todd: the commander-in-chief brings a new approach to immigration as the press secretary is depressed are not supporting illegal immigrants who drive drunk. jillian: the act that ice may be asked to follow. >> reporter: nothing is set in
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stone but one thing is for certain. the rules will be different than the last four years under the trump administration. ice is expected for new guidance saving them from what is convicted of less serious offenses like drunk driving it assault. ice will be surfacing more resources on high-risk individuals like suspects and certain crimes and gaining members. >> the priority for the enforcement of immigration law will be those are opposing a national security threat, public safety threat and recent arrivals, nobody is saying dui, assault or behavior should be tried and sentenced as appropriate by local law enforcement. the prioritization of who is deported from the country. >> along with drunk driving tax
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fraud, simple assault drug offenses and solicitation, crimes that would no longer lead to deportation. norm rosenberg whose son was killed by illegal immigrants joins us earlier to weigh. >> the people they are talking, going after murderers and rapists. and rape is not the first thing they have done. >> accusing the federal government of promoting lawless attitude that would get americans hurt or even worse, killed. to make matters worse, he said illegal immigrants are released from custody in the us without covid-19 test. >> in the haste to open the border, this is something i expected to some degree, the covid-19 issue, conveniently overlooked during the time. jillian: after a federal judge
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impacted on president biden's 100 day pause on deportation. todd: how deportation guidelines can impact american neighborhoods including yours. >> any illegal alien charged with a crime but not yet convicted of a crime would be safe from deportation. what does that mean in practice? it means ms 13 member arrested for drug dealing with previous convictions for extortion and grand larceny would have to be released into the united states, maybe and your neighborhood even if he had been deported many times before. that is not some crazy hypothetical. things like that will happen. todd: ice made 133 arrests this year. enforcement and removal operation reports, 70,000 of those arrested were convicted.
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todd: the justice department expected to ask a meaning us attorneys appointed i donald trump to resign. this does not include the delaware us attorney investigating hunter biden's alleged business dealings. john durham will resign but stay on as special counsel investigating your gems of the russia probe. a turnover at -- comes at the start of a new administration. 46 obama appointed us attorneys asked to submit resignations in march of 2017. >> chicago teachers union voting on a plan to get teachers back into the classroom, the plan makes a staggered approach. of approved it starts on thursday, would return on march 1st. philadelphia teachers stage and unusual protest on monday. bundling up, conducting lessons outdoors. others stage a rally before
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students and educators can safely return. >> and ronnie jackson, to get back in the school, how teachers are unions feel. we had that guidance, the appointed cdc director has the same information. president biden is being manipulated by the teachers union, the relationship between democrats and teachers union is incestuous and all about money. >> president biden received more money for teachers union, and 32,$000 a. >> he is a man of his word after saying he was going to disney world gronkowski actually went
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to disney world the orlando park, two touchdowns in the big game. jillian: he played with light sabers, colors and many. >> we are about to see a grass spike. what do you think of that? you are so adorable. todd: which one is gronkowski? the one on the left. and and lisa joins us to explain why this will hurt more than help. >> don't disk the mask yet. how long americans might have to stay covered up. football might be back.
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>> the president talks about this in the campaign trail, to help working families to make ends meet, it is emergency funding for the first legislative proposal, child poverty happening this year, the child tracks credit in that. jillian: democrats calling for emergency funding for increased tiles -- child tax credits. the proposal sounds good but critics say it could hurt the same people it is supposed to help. todd: lisa maclean joins us to explain why. let's put the proposal on the
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screen so viewers can see it. here's what democrats want to do to expand the child tax credit. 26,$000 over a year for children under age 6, pre-k over a year, for children under 18 distributed monthly. that is what we mean by over year. it phases off or individual that 75,000 coming out to 150,000. is this anything more than a bride in the form of legislations when votes? >> what i think it is, it sounds like socialism to me. that is my concern. we already have over $1 trillion from the last covid-19 relief packages that we have not spent. money is not going to fix the problem. creating jobs and getting people back to work for a long-term sustained future.
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that was going to fix the problem. jillian: the second impeachment trial for donald trump, consuming the capital but a lot of people are saying this will consume a lot of time, the need to be done in this time. at the end of the day who does this hurt and how many republicans do you expect in terms of convicting? >> this is going to hurt the american people. in two ways. look at how much money we are going to be spending on impeach a president who is not even in office. we have real issues, immigration, national debt, getting children back to school, covid-19 relief distribution of the covid-19 vaccine. those are the issues we need to be focusing on for the american people, not the impeachment of a
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president who is not even in office. as pertains to how many republicans will sign onto the impeachment process i hope 0. that is my hope because it doesn't make any sense. todd: you've heard calls the senate can walk and chew gum at the same time, you've heard that phrase over and over. you think that is true or will this suck up all the oxygen in the room and we won't get anything done for weeks or months? >> if it is anything like it was in the past, it is going to suck up all the oxygen in the room and we are not going to get anything done. we need to move this country forward in a positive fashion. we heard democrats talk about uniting the country and we need to come together. i don't see how the impeachment of a president who is not even sitting in office rings this country together. jillian: what is the most important thing that needs to be done?
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>> jobs and the economy. the greatest gift you can give a person is the gift of a job so they can pay taxes, give to charity, start families, begin to invest in your community, we need to get jobs and the economy up and running for the american people. todd: my guess is you did not vote for current president biden but with that in mind wouldn't you think that he wouldn't want a senate trial because he wants congress, the senate and the house to push through his agenda or do you think he said look, i have a pen, i can handle a gender through executive action and this impeachment shenanigan. >> i have no idea what president biden is thinking. there are three branches of government for a reason. we need to get back to the traditional values this country was built upon if we want to
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move forward in a positive fashion. that is the goal. think about almost 7% of americans are unemployed. they want to hear how will i have a long-term solution on employment? shutting pipelines down is not a positive movement for this country going forward. let's unite, stop the personalization and get back to work and get back to making america the greatest country in the world again. todd: congresswoman lisa maclean, appreciate you talking to us. >> have a great day. jillian: a majority of american students kept out of classrooms for almost a year. high school seniors open up about the devastating toll of the shutdowns. todd: elon musk and tesla going
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todd: this is not good. high school seniors give great disturbing responses to a survey, the media reporting seniors at pittsburgh area high school described feeling isolated, anxious, depressed and hopeless, one saying i feel so disconnected from myself and my friends and i don't have motivation or passion for anything was another saying my life is very vague and lonely. the mother two who conducted the survey will join "fox and friends" to discuss. jillian: new york's health
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department revealing covid-19 deaths at long-term care facilities was worse than reported. the number jumping by 1600 including adult care center residents who died, new york was previously the only state to not include that data. the total is just shy of 15,000 deaths. todd: one in three small businesses across the country say they will not survive without more federal help. jillian: cheryl casone joins me with more. >> reporter: more aid now is what small businesses need according to the federal reserve, this report found 88% are not back to pre-pandemic levels and 30%, one in three expect to be out of business without further government assistance. what is more worrying, the survey was done in september and october last year. many small business owners say they use personal savings to stay afloat.
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these numbers could be worse than they were in the fall. todd: those savings account are depleted by now. i'm no economist but something told me $15 minimum wage is not going to help small businesses get by. >> reporter: depending what state you are in this is very true. this is from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. raising the federal minimum wage gradually over time to $15 will boost pay for millions of americans but it would cost 1.4 million jobs in the process. president biden has advocated a gradual increase over several years from the current threshold of $7.25 an hour. dozens of states have surpassed that. white house press terry jen psaki says her boss is not backing down. >> the prisoner remains firmly committed to raising the minimum wage to $15 which he believes any american who is working a full-time job trying to make ends meet should not be at the
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poverty level. >> reporter: the president is acknowledging it may not survive senate budget negotiations. jillian: todd referenced a couple minutes ago bit coin as payment for a car. >> tesla making a major commitment to bit coin, as an investment which you can do but saying they would accept this point, for other product. elon musk is tweeting, rallied yesterday, snoop dogg and kiss rock pushing that. there is the image. this is based on a dog and started as a joke in 2013, capping at one point, more than $15 million believe it or not. people probably thought it was never going to go anywhere, look at it now. jillian: we all say bit coin is
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a crypto currency but there's lots of them. but they are recovering, isn't that cute? i'm not laughing now. todd: when you said i thought you were talking about the singer. jillian: i am ready for kitty coin. todd: cheryl casone, we appreciate it. jillian: potential policy changes could save illegal immigrants convicted of certain crimes from being deported. todd: tomi lahren has spent time on the border, she sounds off on the biden administration property next. ♪♪ ♪♪ do it ♪♪
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security threat. no one says duis or assault are acceptable behavior. we are talking prioritization of who will be deported. jillian: gronkowski -- jen psaki doubling down on ice guidelines which prevent illegal immigrants from being deported. todd: tomi lahren joins us, thanks for being here. what is to be gained by allowing those who commit drug crimes, dui, low-level assault, fraud and theft to stay in our country? >> this is nationalizing century city and state policies you see in places like california and having been to the border and doing ride along with ice agents in los angeles i can tell you they have to go to great lengths to deport criminal aliens that
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are living in the shadow of our country, committing crimes, recommitting crimes, many people have been deported several times in the biggest thing i hope people understand is these criminal aliens have come into the country illegally in the first place but they have committed crimes here and they will recommit those crimes in the very immigrant neighborhoods they live in and the democrats pretend to care about. this is not only putting americans last, it is putting immigrants and even other illegal immigrants in these communities last. it is bad policy, what i expected from a biden administration and something every american should be deeply troubled by. jillian: when you went to the ice ride, aside from how difficult the job is have you talked about how difficult it is on a personal level, how they are up against so much, things are changing and when they go to work they don't know if they are going home at night?
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>> you are seeing demonization of all law enforcement and that is what i expected from a democrat president but furthermore i tell you because i did spend time with border agents during the trump administration that was the bright light at the end of the total, they felt supported, that they could do their jobs and they still had incredible difficulties and challenges in california but they felt they had an advocate in the white house who understood. now they don't have that, they don't feel that, they are being told to sit back and stand down and those who dedicated their lives to protecting americans and protecting the country that is incredibly disheartening and it will only get worse. todd: i think this will backfire at the ballot box in 2022 because there are immigrants who don't want people in the community who are criminals just because they speak the same language, that is not what they want, they want to be safe like the rest of us and they could have some pushback. peter doocy sparring with jen psaki on where the new jobs are for those who lost them with the keystone xl pipeline.
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here is the exchange. >> the biden administration let thousands of fossil fuel industry workers where they can go? >> i welcome you to present the thousands and thousands of people who won't be getting a green job. todd: a lot to say on the condescending tone from jen psaki. does that exchange show that the biden administration does not have an actual plan, they have some platitudes but they don't have an actual plan to get those individuals who lost jobs jobs asap? >> absolutely, they took away the jobs and say they will find something else and to someone from south dakota, my entire family lives in south dakota and north dakota it is being felt and hurting those states, they lost their jobs and not only
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those people, not the thousands of jobs being lost in the fossil fuel industry in the pipeline industry but those communities that rely on them. think about living in a small town in north dakota or south dakota being a business owner you rely on those workers, you rely on those business and that is evidence there are so many suffering and being told by this administration don't worry, we will find you something else to do. it is incredible insulting, all the forgotten americans that were remembered during the trump administration have been forgotten once again. i hope they won't forget come midterms and the next election. jillian: the director of the us office of government ethics in the obama and trump administration says president biden should take steps to address the appearance of conflict of interest with respect to his brother. listen to what he had to say. >> there is a problem here. an appearance problem. appearance matters. i would like to hear the president say that he has asked his brother to stop touting the connection to the white house. jillian: what is your reaction?
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>> he will ask for transparency but this administration doesn't need to be transparent, they control the media, they control big tech, they control hollywood, they control pop culture, that is the left and we are not going to get any answers so once again just like the pipeline jobs and hunter biden and the laptop, all the investigations that should be happening, talking about family connections we are not going to get that and when those questions are asked you see jen psaki and that is getting defensive, you don't need to answer because frankly why would they? they can shake it off and that is the situation we are in and it is ironic because after the trump administration was the enemy of the press, you can't even ask the biden administration a question without getting a snarky require response. there's very little transparency because they don't need to do it. todd: no interruption with todd: with tomi lahren, unclear if she will wait, you just have to tune in.
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tomi lahren, appreciate it. jillian: 36 after the hour. good morning, adam. >> more snow. it is winter and there's more winter weather on the way. folks in the heartland continue to see absolutely frigid temperatures, they will last through the week, current temperatures 0 but widespread, getting to negative 15, closer to negative 20. it remains very cold when you add the windchill when you step outside, negative 35, holding negative 50, it is freezing. beyond the cold temperatures we are tracking another round of winter weather, a couple of inches, 2 or 3 inches through the ohio river to the mid-atlantic, snow in new york city, round after round. todd: it is february.
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i have to keep reminding myself of that. neil: mvp at my house every day. jillian: he complains about it every day. time now 37 after the hour, this was horrible. look at that. an elderly man attacked california's child -- chinatown in the middle of the day, the increase in police presence as they search. jillian: a mass operation to fight covid-19 misinformation. how the tech giant is getting involved. ♪♪ and rescued his nose. with up to 50% more lotion puffs bring soothing softness and relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed.
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threat at all, at that point you could start thinking in terms of not having to have a uniform wearing of masks. >> giving mandates on when mask mandates could be used nationwide. the infectious disease expert saying if we stay on pace some restrictions might be lifted in the fall. anthony fauci believe schools could go back in session and the cdc could offer guidance on that. >> and or dining will resume earlier than expected, restaurants can reopen friday at 25% capacity, two days ahead of schedule. why does two days make a difference? the move comes as they are pressured to take advantage of valentine's day week. jillian: facebook stepping up the fight against covid-19. the text i'm vowing to help people get involved and vaccinated.
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>> facebook, misinformation related to covid-19 vaccine, running one of the largest worldwide campaigns to tell people when and where they can get vaccinated. they are giving $120 million in ad credits in agencies to provide information about coronavirus around the world. they are partnering with the world health organization and governments in 120 countries. after false claims related to vaccines the company says it has removed 12 million pieces of content from facebook and instagram containing misinformation. facebook getting in the mix after twitter updated its rules remove the most harmful and misleading information about covid-19 vaccines. google taking action, the tech giants that would give $106 million to mote vaccine education. the company said it would do that at vaccination sites.
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>> still ahead a young graduate student and army veteran shot to death near campus investigating road rage and possible food site. is there more to the story? an update on the case next. >> brian kilmeade coming up on "fox and friends". brian: coming up, a white house sign language interpreter targeted for supporting donald trump, she will join us with the efforts that were made to silence her and a judge bans an attorney for putting radical ideas in play saying he must comply with the law. with every novel concept? is not right. jim gray has a forward to his book written by tom brady, talk to tom brady after the game about what it means to get that nickname. listen.
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>> durability, sustainability, leadership, determination, a great team player. all those things in different aspect of different sports come to play. >> that was before he won a 7 super bowl. what about after? he will talk about that. post game conversation at 8:45 eastern time. i shouldn't even have to ask you to get dressed. back in a moment. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ sfx: [sounds of fedex planes and vehicles engines] ♪♪ sfx: [sounds of children laughing and running, life moving forward] (noise of fridge opening) sfx: [sounds of children laughiguy fieri!ning,
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todd: police in connecticut investigating the killing of a yale student who may have been targeted. jillian: they are trying to determine if a road rage incident led to the killing.
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>> major questions remain what led to the shocking murder of a 26-year-old army veteran and yale university graduate students. kevin was found lying outside his car on the newhaven street saturday night. police say he may have been a victim of a targeted attack. >> he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and we can tell you we feel it was possible he was targeted. we can tell you this was not a drive-by, seems like it was much more up close. >> no suspects or arrests have been announced. they are seeing a violent start to 2021, marking the sixth site so far this year. former homicide detective brian foley said this is a concerning trend that is happening across the country. >> they are up right now in
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newhaven and connecticut. it is a concern. >> he got engaged one week before his death to celebrate his 20 seventh birthday next weekend. the army national guard and regularly volunteered editorhaven baptist church. earlier this week i agreed to officiate kevin's wedding, now i will be officiating his funeral instead. the president of yale university called him an extraordinary young man committed to improving the world. todd: that statement from the pastor gets me every time. jillian: police and fbi trying to hunt down a hacker who tried to poison the water treatment plant before the super bowl. the person gained remote access to the facility's communis system, added dangerous levels
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of lime before anyone was at risk. todd: that is scary. a 19-year-old man finally shoved to the ground is a growing trend of older people being targeted. the suspect has been arrested. they set up controls ahead of the lunar new year. other video showing a brazen smash and grab person running out of that condo smashing the rear window, $7,000 in camara gear before speeding home. jillian: taking on big tech. >> brian hughes working with the governor to stop social media platforms from filing to conservatives. he is next. ♪♪ coming to your town ♪♪ we will help you ♪♪ an american man ♪♪
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todd: texas taking on big tech with new legislation to hold the powerful platforms accountable while protecting free speech. jillian: brian hughes joins us live with what he hopes to aca michigan many thank you for joining us -- accomplish. thank i for joining us. with democrats in control of obviously the white house, the senate and the house, do you expect this bill to go anywhere? what type of hurdles are you expecting?
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>> we certainly do. these tech companies are the new town square. this is where folks go to share their views, share their ideas and especially with the traditional town square closed down because of covid, these platforms have to be kept open. we're going to protect free speech. we can do it in texas. todd: let's look at this poll, how likely are social media sites likely to censor. look at the breakdown by party. republicans are in the very likely camp, 60%. democrats only 19% say very likely, 40% say somewhat likely. look at this from a different perspective. how do you overcome the notion that, look, stuff that involves silicon valley, stuff that involves big tech is a federal issue and there's not much you can do at a state level to stop it. >> that's part of the problem we face.
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section 230 in the federal law gives the companies so much power, protects them for whatever they say with no accountability. they have it both ways, as a publisher, not being held accountable as such. we can regulate them. that's what this bill does. any texan who is knocked off because of their religion, politics, because of protected speech, this bill gives them a way to get back online. jillian: this is i guess -- bouncing off of my first question a little bit, i know you filed a bill similar to this during the last session two years ago, passed the senate, not the house. a lot has happened in two years. a lot has changed. if conversation has changed when talking about big tech and censorship. do you see those change as a liaison to perhaps getting it passed this time? >> we do. this is the time to do it. governor abbott has gotten strongly behind the issue. the lieutenant governor told me yesterday this will be a top 10 bill on his agenda in the texas senate. many members of the house have asked us about sponsoring the
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bill. this is the time. folks get it. we have a small group of people in san francisco and they're controlling speech for the entire country. that's not the american way. we're going to do something about it. todd: in the 30 seconds we have remaining, if big tech is allowed to continue down this path and you are unsuccessful and like-minded people to you are unsuccessful, what does our future look like? >> free speech is that uniquely american right. the exchange of ideas. we're not afraid of a debate in america. but these folks are. they have a narrow, misguided world view, they want to force on the rest of us and we cannot let them be the gate keepers for free speech in america. jillian: okay. state senator brian hughes, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having he me. todd: all right. check this out. i'm going to let the video speak for itself right there. how do you survive that? look at that. a driver somehow surviving that plunge, 70 feet off an icy ramp
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in wisconsin. his truck hit a snowbank, skids and plummets to the highway below. jillian: the vehicle landed upright with the driver conscious and breathing. the sheriff's office said the driver did not show any signs of impairment. todd: when have you guardian angel and that's a sign right there. jillian: unbelievable. todd: champions rod gronkowski and tom brady getting spooked by the ladies. jillian: the second time you said by the ladies and it creeped me out equally both times. models parodying the bad boys for life brady posted after winning the nfc championship last month. i love seeing the videos. you love to see the family support. tom brady's kids and stuff out there, i think it's so cool. todd: people like to see people being real and that are real and living their lives.
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