governor is hit with more accusations of sexual harassment. democrats breaking their silence as the case heads for an independent investigation. todd: plus, this is awesome. the definition of america together, two new jersey plumbers making a 25 hour drive to help texans in need. "fox & friends first" on your monday continues right now. ♪ it's a beautiful day. ♪ it's a beautiful day. ashley: every bit of anything i wanted to say was completely wiped clean watching todd dance to this. todd: i was giving you the -- hey, you have the lead on this one, you take it. ashley: you stole everything i wanted to say. todd: it's an aggressive way of telling you to take a lead. i could have pointed. but no -- what did you call it? ashley: it was a whole dance move. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning.

i'm ashley strohmier. todd: i'm todd piro. former president trump returning to the spotlight at cpac in his first public speech since leaving office. ashley: doug luzader is live in d.c., breaking down the biggest moments. good morning, doug. >> reporter: ashley and todd, good morning. and former president trump made this much clear. he will remain a force to be reckoned with within the republican party in the years ahead. he was given quite a welcome at this cpac gathering in florida over the weekend. this conservative conference is held each year. this was his first return to the stage since leaveing the white house back in january and since the attack on the capitol. former presidents usually give their successors a pretty wide birth. that was not the case yesterday with trump going after president biden on school openings and immigration. >> six weeks ago we had created the most secure border in u.s. history, took the new administration only a few weeks to turn this unprecedented

accomplishment into a self-inflicted humanitarian and national security disaster. >> reporter: trump again asserted that he actually won the november election and he went after a number of republicans who either voted for his impeachment or his conviction. at one point saying the party should get rid of them all. he put to rest speculation that he might start his own party, talking about helping the gop pick up seats in the 2022 midterms and he even, yes, dropped some hints about 2024. >> in the coming years, we will carry forward the. of -- the torch of american liberty, we will lead the conservative movement and republican party back to a totally conclusive victory and we've had tremendous victories. don't ever forget it. with your help, we will take back the house. we will win the senate. and then a republican president will make a triumphant return to

the white house. and i wonder who that will be. >> reporter: wonder who that will be. the trump speech was the main event at this cpac gathering. they had a straw poll there showing that 97% of those attending approved of former president's job in the white house. todd and ashley. ashley: doug, thanks so much. todd: today president biden set to meet with mexico's president virtually. they are expected to ask the u.s. for additional vaccine doses. jen psaki told fox news sunday that now is not the time to cross the border. >> the vast majority of families and adults are turned away at the border. this is not the time to come. we've been very clear about that. todd: the number of migrants crossing the border has surged since biden took office. ashley: being playful, for the first time new york governor a andrew cuomo is acknowledging

his behavior following sexual harassment claims from a second aide. todd: carley shimkus joins us. carley: amid another sexual harassment claim, new york governor andrew cuomo is trying to explain his behavior. he said in part, at work sometimes i think i'm being playful and making jokes i think are funny. i do on occasion tease people in what i think is a good natured way. i now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made other ofs feel in a way a never intended. i acknowledge some of the things i have said have been misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation. to the extent anyone felt that way, i am truly sorry about that. the governor did, however, offer an explicit denial that he touched or propositions anybody. now, his statements coming after a second former aide came forward with allegations of sexual harassment. charlotte bennett saying the

governor asked her questions about her sex life and if she had ever had sex with older men. the governor now formally referring an investigation into those claims to new york attorney general latisha james. the referral only came after his office first announced the investigation would be handled by a judge of his choosing, leading to widespread backlash and calls from several key democrats for a fully independent investigation. that call also coming from president biden. >> president biden has been consistent that he believes that every woman should be heard, should be treated with respect and request dignity. charlotte should be treated with respect and dignity. so should lindsey. there should be an independent review looking into the allegations and that's something he supports and we believe should move forward as quickly as possible. carley: house speaker nancy pelosi speaking out, saying the women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against governor cuomo deserve

to be heard and to be treated with dignity. the investigation must have due process and respect for everyone involved. the governor giving the attorney general authority over the investigation which will include subpoena power. todd: we'll talk to congresswoman nicole malliotakis at the end of the hour about all of this. ashley: a second brother accused of shooting two georgia deputies is behind bars. troy phillips was arrested yesterday afternoon following a manhunt. the shooting happened saturday night during a police chase near the florida, georgia line. the second injured deputy is expected to be all right. brad phillips was arrested after the chase. todd: the senate set to take up president biden's covid relief bill this week. the $1.9 trillion bill needs only a majority to pass the senate. democrats are reportedly dropping a push to penalize corporations who don't pay workers $15 an hour minimum wage. a source tells fox news, we

worked through the weekend, it could risk going over the jobless benefit cliff on march 14th. democrats came up with the plan after the bill was ruled out of order. ashley: johnson & johnson's vaccine could reach sites as early as tomorrow, the third vaccine available in the u.s., the first to require just one dose. despite a lower efficiency, dr. fauci warns against comparing it to pfizer and moderna vaccines. >> the only way you know a difference between vaccines is by comparing them head to head. we have three highly efficacious vaccines. that's the bottom line. ashley: around 20 million doses of the new vaccine are expected to be available by the end of the month. and critical care physician dr. jamie rutland joined harris faulkner on her america together special, the shot. it looked at why communities of color are hesitant to take the

vaccine. todd: he said the johnson & johnson could reach more people because they could be given out in places they trust. >> blacks are one and-a-half times more likely to die from covid-19. it's very important to include trusted resources like church and allow them to deliver the vaccination. one of the best things about the johnson & johnson vaccination is the fact that it does not have to be refridge traited and it can -- refrigerated. and it can be in temperatures up to 77 degrees fahrenheit and stored in places like churches an given to our population which is so important. todd: dr. marc siegel joins us later this hour. the 2021 golden globes was a little different than previous years. tina fey and amy poehler hosted

from separate locations. ashley: chadwick boseman's widow accepted his award. >> he would thank god. he would thank his parents. he would say something beautiful, something inspiring. ashley: so heart breaking but a beautiful message. other big winners include nomadland winning best drama film and andra day winning best actress. todd: still to come, a second recall campaign in california, this time against los angeles county da, george goescone. one order nicer says the only path to justice his getting him out of office. ashley: we have a report from cpac coming up next. ♪ i ain't leaving until you throw me out. ♪ going to have a little fun,

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>> for the next four years, the brave republicans in this room will be at the heart of the effort to oppose the radical democrats, the fake news media and their toxic cancel cultures. and i want you to know that i am going to continue to fight right by your side. we're not starting new parties. ashley: the former president returning to the stage for the first time since leaving the white house. todd: calling on republicans to come together, stopping just short of announcing a 2024 run but seems like gop voters still see him at the leadser of the party. tommy larn was there. she joins us with her reaction. i know this has been a crazy, busy weekend for you. how crucial was it for the gop that trump came out and said, look, all those rumors of me starting another party are wrong, we're not going to do that. now is the time for the gop to

come together. how crucial was that? >> well, he knows like i know and like everyone at cpac knows,he doesn't need the to sts own party because he's the leader of this party. as he said, why would i need to start my own party when we have the republican parties. he mentioned we need to drain the swamp on the left and the right. he made it clear to the rhinos that opposed in, those that don't have the america first agenda, they're in jeopardy of being voted out. he made it clear that his endorsement matters. what he says and who he men 20rs and who he likes and who he supports is going to be crucial. he knows that and everyone in the republican party knows that and the democrats know it too which is why they're terrified of the man too. ashley: cpac attendees chose trump for a 2024 run, while voting for ron de santis in a

separate poll if trump does not run. what kind of message do you think this is sending to the republican party. >> it's saying that donald trump is very much the leader of the party. the other frontrunners were ron de santis and kristi noem. it's because the american people and conservatives know how important it is to reopen america. any republican running, if they run on a message of getting people back to work, reopening schools, getting back to normal and ditching the new normal bogus, they will be successful. conservatives understand we want liberty and freedom. we feel we've been lied to. we want to get back to work and that's why you're going to see the frontrunners of the party being those who are dedicated to that and dedicated to freedom. whether it's donald trump, de santis, kristi noem, it's going to be an america first candidate, a candidate for liberty and restoring our rights. todd: the de santis noem coming

from cpac was palatable. when the numbers came out it was validated that i want to get your thoughts on this. border officials proct a peak of 13 -- project a peak of 13,000 child may grants will cross the border in may as the biden administration prepares to open another tent city in texas. how dangerous could the situation get for the border communities and of course the kids. >> this is going to be dangerous for all of americans. we look at this as a border issue. as someone who has been to the border several times and spoke to our agents several times, this isn't just a border issue. everything that starts at the border will come into the middle of the country. the american people are in danger. we're in the midst of a global pandemic. the democrats remind us of that daily. they don't seem to be concerned over who comes across our border, whether they're vetted. we don't know their criminal or health records. it will be a huge problem. those who claim to care about migrants, those who claim to care about the children, need to understand you don't get across the border without the help of a

coyote or criminal organization. they control the border. they're putting children at risk and now this administration has sent that message to the world, come and come now. it's those children that are defenseless really that are going to be the victims of all of this and we'll see child trafficking, sex trafficking, and we're going to see these border towns being affected by that and the rest of america being affected by that as well. so the democrats who claim to care about people, claim to scare about migrants, they should understand what they're doing and who of they're putting at risk here and it's all of us. ashley: thanks. be sure to watch the after cpac special today at noon on fox nation. thank you for being with us. todd: after that, get a nap n you've been working too hard. >> i'm going to try. todd: time now, 17 minutes after the hour. still ahead, no teal, iran shooting down nuclear talks with the u.s. ashley: the demand they want met before even considering a return to the table.

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todd: welcome back. a foreign policy setback for the biden administration, iran rejecting an invitation for informal talks on the nuclear deal while u.s. sanctions are in place. ashley: greg palkot joins us live overseas with the rising tensions. good morning, greg. >> reporter: hi, ashley, todd. absolutely an early rebuff from iran to the biden administration's efforts to get the u.s. back involved in the iranian nuclear deal, tehran turning down an offer for the u.s. to sit in on talks with iran and other european partners. iran repeating demands today that the u.s. drop sanctions against the country. an iranian foreign ministry spokesperson also saying considering the recent actions and statements by the united states and three european powers, iran does not consider

this a time to hold an informal meeting with these countries which was proposed by the european policy chief. the actions referred to no doubt the attack last week by u.s. forces on an iranian backed militia base on the syria, iraq border which left casualties and damage. that a response to an iranian linked rocket attack which left among other casualties one american service member injured. and there was more military activity overnight, guys. israely missiles hitting targets around damascus, syria. they hit targets in syria, apparently a response. for its part, the biden administration is saying it is disappointed in the iranian reaction and it is ready to re-engage with diplomacy with iran if they want to. back to you guys. todd: such a situation that we need to follow.

it is growing day by day over there. greg, thank you. ashley: senator mark warner, chair of the intel committee, says the biden administration's decision to strike iranian backed forces in syria last week was the right call but says they should have given congress a better heads up. listen. >> i think the iranians are always going to test a new regime. i think you can create a dual track where you guard our troops but also potentially reopen conversations with the iranians. but they will continue to press any opportunity they see and i think the biden action was appropriate pushback. ashley: ilhan omar and others have been vocal, questioning the legality of the strike without congress' approval. todd: the which dole of jamal l khashoggi calling for the saudi crown prince to be punished. she said it is vital for world leaders to ask themselves if they're prepared to shake hands

with a person whose couple pant as a murderer has been proven. the biden administration is going to make an announcement over why sanctions were not placed. ashley: a california teachers union president who led the charge on school closures seen dropping his daughter off at in-person preschool. his response to the back-to-school backlash. todd: plus, we take you back to orlando, check in live with pete hegseth. i don't think pete has left that chair. he's been there for literally 96 hours straight. he spent the weekend at cpac, his major take-aways from the former president's speech, next. ♪ don't stop the party. ♪

>> all right the biden administration has proven that they are anti-jobs, anti-family,

anti-borders, anti-energy, anti-women and anti-science. they are providing to migrant children on the border, while at the same time millions of american children are having their futures destroyed by joe biden's anti-science school closures. todd: donald trump making his message clear as he takes the cpac stage in his first public aconference since leaving the -- address since leaving the white house. ashley: pete hegseth was there for the speech. he joins us to react. people were pretty fired up during the speech. >> reporter: very much so. good morning to you both. that first sentence that the former president used, miss me yet, certainly summed up the feeling in the room. i was in the room. i watched the speech. ultimately, the feeling was from the crowd was, man, it's so good to see you, like that friend you haven't seen in a while who you genuinely want to hear from. that was the sentiment. i think the president delivered

a fast ball right down the my dem this was -- down the middle. this was classic donald trump. he litigated the current administration and the things they're overturning that he accomplished. he talked about the a accomplishments of the trump administration. he came out and said, teasing 2024, we may have to beat them for a third time. which got a big laugh and a big response as well. and he talked a lot about going back to school and opening back up and the vaccines and the extent to which his administration was responsible for delivering these record-breaking vaccines and how adamant -- and if there was a topic that animated the cpac it was open back up, it was getting back to normal, it was restoring power back to the people and the president certainly hit on that theme as well. so the audience loves seeing him and gave him exactly what they were looking for. todd: you mentioned the fast ball. this quote right here, the statement right here that he's about to deliver on video is really a force right down the

middle. take a listen. >> the mission of the democrat party is to promote socialism. they want to promote socialism, ultimately leading unfortunately to communism. the mission of our movement and of the republican party must be to create a future of good jobs, strong families, safe communities, a vibrant culture and a great nation for all americans. todd: look, you and i attended so many trump rallies over the course of the last four years. that sounded like a campaign speech to me. the question to you, is it going to be him or do you think he'll be campaigner in chief for some combination of, i don't know, de santis and nome? >> reporter: i don't know. he did say our work is unfinished is a quote from the speech. you know he was will be involved. the question is, will he be the candidate. the cpac straw poll was released right before showing

overwhelmingly attendees of cpac would like them be a nominee or a disciple of his be the no, nominee. that's had his choice. what he could take away from that room, this is still the republican party of donald trump, should he want to be the nominee in 2024. the path is there for him to do so. i think he was happy to throw it out there, let the press chew on it and he'll make a decision at a later date. ashley: pete hegseth, thanks so much for being with us this morning. todd: thanks, pete. >> reporter: you got it. thanks, guys. ashley: dozens of crime survivors rallying in downtown la this weekend seeking to recall newly elected district attorney george gascone. the progressive da introduced sweeping reforms effectively lessening sentences for violent offenders. members of the recall campaign joined us earlier. >> i'm one of many who are

outraged by the policy of criminals first, victims last. >> if you're a victim of crime, next of kin, it doesn't matter if you're republican, democrat or independent, this is criminal justice, public safety, nonpartisan. ashley: the policies include no death penalty and no longer seeking enhanced prison sentences. todd: a teachers union president who led the charge to keep schools closed in berkley, california spotted dropping off his daughter for in-person preschool. patrice onwuka joined us earlier to call out the hypocrisy. >> a lot of people in the teachers unions, they don't send their children to the public schools in which they defend which tells you something about the quality of education they claim they're defending but notwilling to support. todd: he gave this statement in response. quote, i have my 2-year-old in preschool. there are not public schools for kids her age. we're excited we will be reopening soon with a plan the

members and the district supports. ashley: now to extreme weather, heavy rainfall triggering flash floods across south central kentucky, some areas seeing almost 5 inches of rain. todd: this as emergency crews rescue five people from a truck after it slid off a bridge in tennessee. -- janice dean joins us live with the latest. >> we're getting into the spring showers. we have what frontal down di trays been in -- boundary that's been in place across the southeast, tennessee and mississippi river valley for several days. along the front we're seeing say showers and storms. we have relatively warmer temperatures behind that front, that's where we have the cooler temperatures and right the there, that's where we've got the showers and thunderstorms along that front. heavy rain, flash flooding going to be i'm flint over -- imminent over the next 12 to 24 hours.

flash food warnings and watches are posted. that's going to be lingering over the next couple days. the next batch moves in tuesday and wednesday and then we'll clear things out. there's the forecast precipitation for the next several days, southeast, watching you. the northwest, you're kind of drying out. that's great news and the northern tier looks really good so there's your forecast today. we'll just watch that frontal boundary and the showers and thunderstorms for the next several days. know what to do if there's a watch or warning in your area. ashley and todd, back to you. ashley: and janice, you had exciting news. a new book, make your own sunshine, is out tomorrow. >> yes, i do. oh, my goodness. that looks so wonderful with the clouds in the background. it's coming out tomorrow. i can't wait to share it with both of you. these are stories of spreading kindness, what i call the recipe for making sunshine. there's the book -- wait.

right there. right there. it's right there. so it is -- it comes out tomorrow. we'll talk more about it. all of these stories i -- a lot of them i did during the pandemic and you both know i was going through a dark time with my husband's parents, losing them and these stories really brought sunshine into my life, my family's life, so i hope it can bring sunshine into your as well. ashley: i'm sure it will, janice, thanks so much. todd: we've got one shot at this life, right? we're not getting another shot on this planet and it's a good opportunity to spread some kindness and do you that day in, day out, jd, even though you're going through tough stuff right now and that's what this book is about and that's why people should get it. >> thank you, my friends. i'll see you tomorrow. ashley: thanks, janice. todd: we love stuff like this, an east coast plumber winning over hearts down in texas. andrew mitchell and his brother-in-law traveling more than 22 hours from jersey to houston to repair pipes damaged

during the deep freeze there. calls poured in as soon as they arrived with hard to find supplies. >> this ain't good. >> a silent destruction. it's like this -- you wouldn't even know, people didn't have no water for like two weeks. ashley: the plumbers repairing an average of 10 homes a day. they don't plan to stop until they run out of material. that's a great story. 5:36 eastern time. two arrests after weekend violence leaves more businesses wrecked in portland. the frustration for the owners. todd: students are headed back to class today. vast changes students will return to when we come back. ♪

todd: protests taking a violent turn in portland, protesters

smashing windows and spray passenger ' painting walls over -- painting walls over the week end. ashley: cheryl casone joins us with the latest. cheryl: violence once again in portland over the weekend. about 150 antifa protesters smashed several business windows, reportedly they're protesting over federal immigration policy. >> get off the streets! get off the street! cheryl: two people were arrested, a starbucks, a grocery store, a bank, shipping business all damaged overnight in that. todd: not getting better over there in portland. in chicago could the nightmare for students be getting better today is the day students return to the classroom. things will look different. k-5 kids will attend in split sessions. wednesday all students will be remote while classrooms are cleaned. it's a return for kids after

almost a year of remote learning. ashley: there we go. now you can hear me. this is my favorite story of the day. a teacher got slimed by her student, posted on tiktok and they raised $50,000 for shriners hospital. cheryl: yeah, yeah. that's the story. so it was a big moment for a group of fourth graders. this was from rescue elementary in california. watch. >> three, two, one. cheryl: the kids got to slime their teacher as a reward after they raised as you mentioned $50,000 for shriner's children hospital. the kids went viral on tiktok. tony hawk gave them a shoutout. that helped them get to the $50,000 mark. the final reward, you get to slime your teacher. who did not want to slime your teacher when they were in school. todd: i think when cheryl and i were growing up, nickelodeon,

sliming, that was a big deal. ashley: a it was a thing for me too. cheryl: that was the thing, yeah. todd: you can't do that on television, remember all those days. oh, the '80s, what a fun time. cheryl: the best decade ever. todd: there you go. thank you. ashley: still ahead, dr. marc siegel joins us live as millions of johnson & johnson single dose vaccines ship nationwide this week. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ hey limu! [ squawks ] how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... oh, sorry... [ laughter ] woops! [ laughter ] good evening! meow! nope. oh... what? i'm an emu! ah ha ha. no, buddy! buddy, it's a filter! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

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>> i hope you're as excited for "fox & friends" coming in 15 minutes as i am. governor cuomo is his 11th year in office his last year in office. we'll discuss what happened to him this weekend. that's a whap on cpac, former

president trump bringing down the house with his first public speech since leaving washington. we recap that. other major moments including governor kristi noem, what she did, what tom cotton said and jim jordan. another recall pushout of california going after los angeles da who is terrible whose critics say he's too soft on crime. even dolly parton isn't safe from criticism from the left. art kell claims -- article claims her apolitical nature has sinister undertones. john rich will wear his hat and talk to us about that. don't miss it. todd: brian, thanks. going after dolly, you need to reevaluate your life. governor cuomo is facing backlash as a another former aide accuses him of harassment. ashley: here to respond,

congresswoman nicole malliotakis. thanks for being with us, nicole. nicole, can you hear us? >> yes, i can hear you. ashley: okay, good. i want to get right to the response from andrew cuomo about these allegations, these new sexual harassment allegations. it says quote at work sometimes i think i'm beings playful and make jokes that i think are funny. i now understand it may have been too personal. i never inappropriately touch anybody and never propositions anybody and never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable. your reaction to his statements to these allegations in. >> it's absolutely outrageous that the governor is now trying to say that these were jokes and he was being playful. this was a 25-year-old sexual assault survivor that he made very inappropriate comments to when you read through the story of what he is actually been talking about. and i think that the governor now is trying to deflect but most importantly what i saw in that comment that he just made

is that it's admission, that he acknowledges that there were conversations that were had and that is why you're seeing so many women from both sides of the aisle coming out now, calling for an independent investigation. and the governor tried to actually control even this investigation by originally suggesting that a judge that he appointed be involved in the process and that another judge that he has close ties to be involved in the process and be the one who conducts the review. so now i'm happy that the attorney general who is of his own party has stood up to him and said no, asked for the referral and she is going to be the person who appoints an independent review board. todd: it certainly was a curious statement. with that, hillary clinton, kamala harris, elizabeth warren, all silent. you heard nothing from them on cuomo. senator kirstin gillibrand waiting to respond. these women were all over the me

too movement, the moment it started. >> absolutely. we know that. there's a double standard. if this were a republican governor, he would be gone already, considering what has occurred already in the scandal to cover up nursing home deaths, the putting positive patients into nursing homes and under-reporting that number, the stonewall of the state legislature, the bullying of ron kim in new york who stood up to the governor because he lost his kell in a nursing home. we know there's a double standard. you know what? they can't deny it for much longer because they're seeing public pressure mount. you're seeing even people like speak i pelosi come out, alexandria ocasio-cortez and kirstin gillibrand just said something. she dragged her feet but she is finally saying something. that's the key point. i've been calling for this governor to resign for months now. he has to go. people can add their name at

enoughcuomo.com if they agree with me. whether by resignation, prosecution, i don't think he makes it to the ballot box next year for sure, the governor is going to have to leave because this is piling on and it's way too much for new yorkers to tolerate. todd: we've got about a minute left. you were in albany. now you're in d.c. doing the federal thing. a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed the house, headed to the senate this week. does it pass or does your fellow colleague from new york, chuck schumer, turn the screws and get all 508 democrats to -- 50 democrats to sign on. >> i don't believe the bill we passed on friday makes it to the final law. i'm shocked and disappointed where nancy pelosi limited debate. our congress had 30 minutes to expose what was in 600 page, $1.9 trillion budget. this is not representative democracy. the idea that i can't speak out against a $3.5 billion going to a global fund in which american tack pairs pay 88% of the

international group's expenditures, money for planned parenthood, money for nancy's rail line, all the other pork that's in here. less than 1% goes to vaccine manufacturing, distribution which is our top priority right now. the bill needs to be revised. i hope they do that and we can provide something positive for new yorkers and americans that need unemployment, that need stimulus, and that actually helps out small businesses but it those be tailored. ashley: a lot to take in there. congresswoman nicole malliotakis, thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. todd: thank you. still ahead, dr. marc siegel joins us live as millions of johnson & johnson single dose vaccines ship nationwide this week. don't go anywhere. wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention.

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gold bond champion your skin ♪ ♪ >> the fda has given the go ahead to johnson & johnson for a single-dose vaccine. >> dr. marc siegel is here about what it means. let's pop up the full screen comparing these various vaccines. you have the pfizer at 95% effectiveness. moderna, 94%, and johnson & johnson, updated number there, 85%. over the weekend dr. fauci said, look, don't compare these vaccines, and that doesn't make a lick of sense to me. if i'm one of your patients, i'm

going to ask you which one should i take, the doc? which one is better for me? isn't that a normal question for us all to be asking? >> so that is one of the questions, and it's actually one of the questions i was asked on the faulkner special last night. and the answer is, todd, that it actually depends on several things, and i'll tell you what these things are. number one, the j&j vaccine doesn't work as well if you're over 65 and you have diabetes or you're overweight with underlying conditions, so that's one thing. the other thing is i think overall i would say that the pfizer and the moderna vaccines have been proven to give a higher degree of efficacy, in other words, more effective at 95% and really safe, and the other point is that we've given them to almost 70 million people already, a shot. and that's a huge amount of people that we can say took this shot safely are. so i put them at the front of the line. with but, todd, i want to say two things that you're not expecting.

one is that j&j is the only shot that's been tested for one shot. so for the people out there who are only going to get one shot or are not going to take more than one shot, this has been proven to be very safe, and it decreases hospitalization and death by 100%. so that's really, really, really good. it's a very effective vaccine. it may be that the second dose of it brings it up to the level of pfizer and moderna. they're actually studying that now. and last point, i as a primary care physician, todd -- and that's half of the vaccines in the country are given by doctors like me, i can put it in my refrigerator for three months. i can lay it out on the ledge waiting for the patient. guess what that means? that means that i can use the j&j shot in my office, and that's the one i'm probably going to get, and i'm very excited about it, -- >> is this going to be something that we have to take every single year, or is it going to

be something that a we build immunity up for longer periods of time or do we mow? >> ashley, that's a great, great question, we talked about that yesterday too. here's the answer to that, it's probably -- we're very conservative, as you know, in the medical establishment, it's probably going to last more than a year. of it's looking good, maybe two, maybe three. and if we have to give a booster, it's because variants reemerging that we want to cover better. my personal belief is it's going to be probably every two or three. ashley: as far as recapping america, it was harris faulkner's special last night, the shot, participant of that looked at why communities of color are resisting the vaccine. tell us what people's main takeaway needs to be from this. >> i think there's been 400 years of mistreatment of the black community by the medical establishment, i think that involved the tuskegee experiment

with the united states involved in that. i think that there's a long memory of that,distrust, and the way to overcome that is one to one. as former surgeon general jerome adams has told me repeatedly, if you want to care what i say, first show that i care about you. and that's a powerful statement. i've got to care about you if you want to know my knowledge. and the other thing is that the religious communities have to be involved with this. i'm not saying they have to give the shot, but a lot of times minorities are get information not just from their doctor, but from their community and from their church. ashley: dr. marc siegel, thanks for being up early with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thank you, guys. todd: all right. and, finally finish. ashley: your favorite. todd: astronauts successfully completing a space walk on the international space station. crews working for seven hours to prepare the station for future upgrades to its solar system. ashley: a second space walk is

scheduled for friday, panels will be delivered by spacex in multiple e trips. donald todd it never gets old. i love watching that space stuff. sent your dvr4 a.m. every morning, "fox & friends" starts now. bye-bye. ♪ ♪ >> usa! usa! >> cpac, do do you miss me yet? [cheers and applause] joe biden has had the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history. [cheers and applause] >> andrew cuomo after a second former aide claims he sexually harassed her. >> more and more people on both sides of the aisle calling for an independent investigation. >> fda granting emergency use to johnson & johnson's covid vaccine. >> prevent you from having hospitalization and death is near 100%.