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before you focus on your own financial. have great week. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> ashley: thanks, sean. there is a lot to unpack today. >> todd: the san francisco story, the crack pipe story and what's going on in canada is unreal. "fox & friends" will pick it up from here. they begin in 3, 2, 1, have a great one. ♪ ♪ met with cheers as they served an affidavit to school board members demanding a cease and desist to covid-19 mandates. >> god does not intend for us to walk around with a diaper on ours face. >> spend one more hour in a mask made me sick because i can't breathe. >> senate republicans now want answers. >> our responsibility to take this as a calling to stand up and say. >> our approach to covid must change as the disease changes. >> two canadian provinces swiftly moving to end vaccine
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passport. >> the comes as the freedom shut down the border. >> plan to house single adult migrants in cities across the country. >> home curfew program put more illegal immigrants on the street rather than in detention centers. >> this is a political hit job. you should apologize if you regret something. i do think you have to be very careful to not apologize for nonsense. ♪ beautiful like diamonds in the sky. >> brian: i apologize. if you are at the top of that building someone left the lights on. that is charlotte, north carolina, a beautiful city, emerging city. and north carolina, of course, is something that is -- that so-called battleground state that used to be solid red. and also as you hear joe rogan, i think we are in a time in america where you have to really reconsider if you should
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apologize or not even if you think you are wrong. that is a theme, i think, that's going through on kitchen tables, anyone on social media or certainly in our jobs. >> ainsley: apologize for something you said in the past. >> brian: it gets worse because no one is living a perfect life. >> steve: joe rogan said you apologize for stuff that you feel bad about. i did feel bad about what he apologized for. more on that on this wednesday morning. thank you for joining us on "fox & friends" live from studio m. >> ainsley: so glad you are here. you went to new orleans yesterday for assignment. >> brian: i was with percy miller, talk about his remarkable life. you will see a two-part series and what he has accomplished and what examples that he sets for the next generation of americans. i think it's -- i have never done a shoot like that. >> he was an cleat and on the street or something. >> he grew up in the worst conditions possible. the murder capital of the united states. he emerged as a self-taught wrapper and business mogul now
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on the forbes top 400 list and all he wants to do is help other people to follow his path to ownership. >> ainsley: strong christian. >> brian: extremely strong despite be a jecketd situations parents and grandparents you are going to church. don't worry about what you don't have. focus on what you do have and it's paid off in his life. >> steve: he listened. >> ainsley: when are we going to see this? >> brian: next week, i'm going to sell the rights to the show. i'm right now in negotiations. next week. going to take our time. two or three parts. if really nice we will make it three. tell you what, remember what we were talking about when it comes to masks and mandates and restrictions? follow the science. it's more follow the political science. now the restrictions are following like dominoes this morning. >> steve: big difference is now there are democrats involved. a growing number of states unmasking kids in classrooms as parents is say i have had enough and so have my kids. >> ainsley: people are frustrated. griff joins us live with
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virginia who may be next to follow suit. >> griff: what virginia's governor glenn youngkin started with lifting mask mandates in schools while enduring, by the way, mask criticism and multiple lawsuits is now gaining bipartisan support of virginia state legislature. 10 of the state senate's 21 democrats having a sudden change of heart. voting for an amendment making school masks optional. now it, comes as you mentioned more blue states with democratic governors follow youngkin's lead, take a look at this so far. you have got connecticut, delaware, new jersey and oregon all announcing they will soon start unmasking their students as omicron cases continue to drop precipitously while public frustration increasingly gross. meanwhile, at the white house, press secretary jen psaki who as recent as monday cited the cdc forced to walk back her comments disapproving of the democratic governors ending mask mandates in their states. watch. >> do you believe then that the
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democratic led states who are breaking with the cdc on this guidance that they are not-that they are throwing science away? >> these states, i think it's important to note they still allow for decisions to be made by local school districts. i hope is that states leaders will look at the science and data about what is going on. they will make decisions about local school districts. local school districts have always made these decisions. griff griff and change coming to you guys there in new york. your governor kathy hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandates today on businesses. but not schools. at least not yet. she saying she is still deciding mandate in new york schools expires in two weeks. we will see what happens there by the way according to the "new york times" who were briefed on apparently these plans, can you leave that covid vax card at home now when to a new york business. >> steve: big changes come. griff, she is apparently going to wait until after the winter break to see how many kids get
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sick. griff, it was subtle, but it sounded like jen psaki was walking back something she had said on monday. on monday she said the white house view is all kids should mask up. on tuesday it's like well, every state should be able to decide by themselves. >> griff: that's exactly what we witnessed during the span of 24 hours. spokeswoman at the white house changed course, which was in direct opposition to those states, all democrat states led by democratic governors who are choosing to make their own decision to lift masks. that's why as we started this hit talking about virginia's youngkin, what he started in the commonwealth here near me in the suburbs, particularly, loudoun county and other places where this all began, is spread from coast to coast, california, by the way, also looking at some points to lift business mask mandates. >> ainsley: lifting the mask mandate passed in the senate
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voted with republicans and now it goats house? >> correct it will go to the full legislature where at least reports here locally suggest that it is going to pass because that bipartisan democrat support is quite strong. mostly from folks by the way that oppose the governor's decision initially. steve: thank you, griff. >> ainsley: thanks, griff there was a school board meeting last night in loudoun county. we covered these school board meetings a lot over the last two years. and the parents are just frustrated because they want their kids to be able to take off the masks. they want to be able to make the decision not the school board. >> here is a little of some of the chaos that took place in loudoun county as you know that did not go to glenn youngkin but he got more percentage than previous republican candidates there. we sought parents walk. in they also were thrown out. watch. >> this time they had affidavits. >> not intend it for us to walk warned a diaper on her face. this is no way to learn a foreign language or play a musical instrument. much less sing.
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respect away my rights i have no trust it in any you have. >> the thought of spending one more hour in a mask made my sick. sick because i can't breathe. literally sick because lack of oxygen gives me a killer headache after seven hours. even the box itself does not provide protection against covid-19. >> in the end, the rule is really just a tool for compliance. it has nothing to do with common sense law or science. [cheers and applause] >> steve: and they call it loudoun county because it's loud in the county. it was loud again last night. what is interesting about this is here comes a crowd of the children who were students and the parents as well and in their hands they have these affidavits. and what they're doing is calling for an end. they are going in front of the board and they're saying you have got to end these mask mandates. so we have printed out the reasons why you are going to see thousands of them it look like right there. but then that's when we heard these particular children talking about what a burden it
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is to wear a mask in the class. >> ainsley: so this is a parent, a loudoun county school parent who spoke to fox news digital said we are parents. who want to be parents and look after our children. we have tried to talk to them. they will not listen. essentially a list of demands, a list of grievances. and if these school board members, if they don't listen, they are going to be voted off come time for election. we saw that happening in the governor's race. and every time we went there and we talked to the parents, they said glenn youngkin is listening to us. the democrats are not. they think they know what's best. they are not listening to the voice of the people. >> steve: ainsley, what's important about that. we are not talking about just republicans who are upset. democrats and independence. everybody is upset. >> ainsley: that's why you had 10 democrats voted with the republican senators. >> brian: cloth masks 5% safer. let alone the kids 99.5% not vulnerable toward any serious illness when it comes to
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covid-19. you are not even looking at the stats or the science. and the fact that all this stuff is melting away before our eyes in blue states without any big study that they can cite or any stat that they are building this on shows this is pure politics. and it just adds to the same theme. every time you see a lawmaker in a crowd situation. with people around them like stacey abrams with masks on and they don't have it. the governors and mayors in stadiums without masks, while everyone around them has to do it, it shows they don't even believe in what they are doing. i hearken back even to the u.k. where boris johnson restriction lockdown until he gets to the political turmoil then everything is released. we are not idiots. we know what's going on. the question is who is going to be responsible for the last year and a half of people's lives that were locked down and ruined because any time you make these rules there should be a child psychologist and there should be an economist along with people
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like government public healthcare workers like anthony fauci. this president made the biggest mistake leaning on an 8-year-old man who listens to one other person and that's francis collins and we're all worse because of it. >> ainsley: can you hear what he said though? yesterday he said hopefully these mandates will be lifted soon. now he is changing his tune, too. my question is in new jersey and new york and connecticut and all these people. >> brian: why now? >> ainsley: why now? it is a political year. but, also, they are telling the parents. they are telling adults can you take off your mask but if you are a school child who is the least vulnerable in this situation, you have to keep yours on. makes no sense. >> steve: keep in mind, in a lot of cases, it's the teachers unions saying they have got to keep the mask on. it just goes to show you just how much power the teachers unions have. also, one other covid note, that is according to i believe it was in politico today, the department of -- rather, health and human services and the cdc are now asking hospitals to
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delineate between, okay, you say that you have got 500 people in the hospital with covid. tell us, how many people actually came in for covid and how many people came in for a broken leg and then they designated it as covid? because the covid numbers with hospitalizations look really high. the thinking is that what's going to happen is that is going to drive down the number of hospitalizations. and then that would explain why they are loosening up these policies. in the meantime, there is a big story on drudge today. drudge story about how -- while omicron cases are going down the deaths are just as high at the top of the wave. it is unvaccinated. it is elderly, people going through chemo. it's a lot of vulnerable people. but, as we have been talking, we're going to live with it we have got figure out how to manage the risks. >> brian: going to find out now. it's funny, we are going to look at this made the decision to
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release the mask mandates. the other thing is you just watch they are examining hospitalizations now. soon they will be examining deaths wait, how many people died, had covid but not because of covid? and you are going to watch, we'll be sitting here in a couple weeks or in a couple of months. you know that 900,000 or 1 million number? that's really way too high. we overestimated because people died with it not because of it. we will see if we ever get those numbers out. why do they need now they suddenly realize this is what they do for a living. we are testing people for covid because they maybe have a sprained ankle but they got to be tested so we know what room to put them in yeah, covid now that counts. they are just figuring that out two and a half years into this pandemic. that's nuts. >> ainsley: you have 100 people in a hospital with covid. 50% came in for a broken arm or sprained ankle or something like that. and then they end up saying that's a covid case in the hospital. those kids or whoever it is are fine. >> steve: we have been talking about that disparity on two
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years on this program. now they're doing it bause it's an election year. >> ainsley: 6:13 here on the east coast. coming up next. new york city cop says no neighborhood is safe. the shocking warning out of the big apple as crime spikes in every single precinct. >> steve: plus, joe rogan the podcaster responds to the the spotify backlash. why is he calling the criticism. there is that word again, political. we'll be right back. watching "fox & friends" live from new york. ♪ have a nice day ♪ ts and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema,
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>> ashley: today two campus police officers will be honored during a memorial service.
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john painter and j.j. jenkins came under fire bridgewater, virginia. they were responding to reports of a suspicious man on campus. virginia governor glenn youngkin is expected to attend today's service, a 27-year-old former student is under arrest and facing murder charges. the los angeles county board of supervisors growing in favor of a motion that could result in the firing of more than 4,000 deputies and it's over their covid vaccine status. the sheriff blasting the vote warning, quote: this is nothing more than another politically motivated stunt by the board which has no bearing on public health but will definitely harm public safety. sheriff villanueva will join us in 7:00 a.m. hour to discuss the mandate's impact. new photos surface of georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams smiling maskless surrounded by people and children in a mask as she apologizes for the photo op., listen. >> protocols matter and protecting our kids is the most important thing and anything perceived as undermine nag is a
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mistake and i apologize. >> this apology comes after she posted and deleted this photo on twitter. and team u.s.a. claims its first gold medal of the 2022 beijing olympics. lindsey capturing snowboard. oldest snowboarder to with medal at the olympics and the oldest american to win gold in the olympic sports. not cracking the leader board just yet. seven total medals so far. so i guess a little good news with the olympics. sort of. >> ainsley: she is the oldest and she is 34. i consider that very young. [laughter] wouldn't that be great to be such a good snowboarder or anything at that level. >> steve: this is shaun white's last one. the x gamer is out. we thought we would give you an olympics update because nobody is watching the olympics. >> ainsley: i know. look at the front cover of the "new york post" the hamburg burglar we will tell you about
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this crime is up central park. one of the cops says the only -- only the squirrels are safe. >> brian: no neighborhood is safety rate. lose the city by saint patrick's day. i hope is he indeed exaggerating. if you are not going to prosecute crime. the cops aren't going to be making the arrest. they are not going to waste their time and put themselves in trouble if they're not going to get qualified immunity when it comes to any type of conflict that might rise up. it's an overcorrection what they thought was -- they thought was a nationwide push for police reform. so the police are saying you basically are not letting us do our job. and we are seeing the results front and center which was once the safest city. new york. >> steve: once upon a time in
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the 110th precinct here in. >> no elm hearse queens. crime is up 1 2%. in harlem crime suspect 22%. harlem is the home of the controversial manhattan d.a. alvin briggs. >> ainsley: brag. >> steve: thank you very much. harlem is in the middle of a crisis. he is a political person. he sees the predicament his day one memo has put his party in. and now apparently, on friday. they reversed two of the policies. one is now a commercial robbery with a knife will be counted as a felony again. >> ainsley: oh, well, good. >> steve: exactly. and if you use a gun in the commission of a crime, it's going to be counted as a felony. because, as we had told people, you know, if you have got it, you don't shoot it, you pretty much walk. >> ainsley: then you can go back
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home. retail theft that do not involve risk of physical harm, however, get a pass. >> ainsley: retail thefts up 36%. this guy the hamburglar he went into a trader joe's which is abusery store i guess they have them all over the country now in new york city told we can't do anything about it we need the cart back. he stacks them all up. he is having trouble carrying them. walks outside and sees the street cleaner grabs one of his. the street cleaner gets mad at him hey man what the f are you doing? i need my bag out. the guy takes them back and gives the guy's bag back. is he homeless and hungry and wants a steak. >> steve: that's what he says however the post does explain why would a homeless guy -- what's a homeless guy going to do with 10 raw steaks? shoplifters take a bunch of stuff and resell them to
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unscrupulous bodegas, grocery stores here in new york city. commercial theft are up about 40% in the last year. and that just goes to show you the brazen nature of these guys. there was somebody at a cvs who was stealing $200 worth of my gill and cold medicine and stuff like that. the manager tried to stop him and the guy pulls out a knife and stabs him in the hand. >> ainsley: that was in queens? >> steve: absolutely. goes to show you, this is a town you do not want to visit if you have a choice hey where should we go. what would be a fun tourist spot. don't come here. >> ainsley: not just a problem in new york. seeing crime go up in major cities across the country big cities. >> steve: don't go there either. >> brian: the president said is i'm not the one who said defund the cops never said that but his father about did cori bush is not backing down she still wants to defund the police unbelievable. senator tim scott and corey brooks were working to reform so-called police reform for a
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year and a half. they could not agree. senator tim scott said i don't like where it's going. i think it's going to make everything worse. i'm walking away from it and vice is a versa. postpone that until after the midterm elections. the president is going to look to do a series of things to, he says, rein in and bring forward police reform on his own. meanwhile, senator tim scott gave us access to a speech he gave yesterday where he talked about his philosophy and the need to fight crime and not make this a racial issue. watch. >> there are some who believe that this is a republican issue or a democrat issue. nothing could be further from the truth. some would tell you that this is a black issue or a white issue. this is cops or communities of color. why is it that the press and other folks want to make this into something that it is not? this is wrong vs. right. >> steve: that ultimately is
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what people will be deciding come november so this all tie-ins with our lead story earlier about the covid restrictions being lifted. political just as. >> ainsley: he was speaking to a group of sheriffs around the country. >> steve: right. indeed. >> brian: 25 minutes now after the hour. as you know joe rogan the most popular podcast in the country coming under fire. because he was liked to interview some doctors and others that may be counter to what dr. fauci and the government has been saying. now spotify says okay. i hear the criticism i will put a disclaimer disclaimer. said i will try to put somebody on with opposite view something controversial. thought it was done. it wasn't. video of him using the "n" word on which he has had the podcast on different venues and then he apologized again over the weekend. secretary of defense he is embarrassed. taken out of context but i'm embarrassed i regret using the
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"n" word. >> steve: since then donald trump has come out and said he needs to stop apologizing. ron desantis said yesterday don't give an inch apologize. stand up. if you do that there is nothing that they are really able to do to you. he, joe rogan said i'm going to apologize for things i feel bad about as he explained that video in particular coming out where he has used the "n" word overred last decade or so. >> that was a hit job. here is joe. >> you know, in a lot of ways like all this is a relief because it's like just -- that video had always been out there. it's like this is a political hit job. so they're taking all this stuff that i have ever said that's wrong sand smush it all together. it is good because it makes me address [bleep] that i wish wasn't out there. you should apologize if you regret something. i do think you have to be very careful to not apologize for
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nonsense. >> equity dr. >> ainsley: spotify we moved 100 episodes from his platform of past shows that had some of this language in it. and rumble said, you know what? we will let you keep all of your video content on our platform if you move over to us we will pay you 100-million-dollar over the course of four years. dave rubin put that tweet out suggesting that he comes out over to rumble. steve see it he is part of rumble. will. >> ainsley: since that came out. people who wanted to rogan putting out videos will wearing black face the rock making disparaging comments about chinese. now you have jimmy kimmel and jimmy fallon look at them wearing black face on television in the 1980s or 1990s. it is just amazing to watch this. it was a different time when different things were accepted. i'm not making excuses for it. but there is nobody who can go
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in their past whether you are a tv personality, a radio personality. >> ainsley: or a preacher. >> brian: go back to people's past what you said in high school, which happened with judge kavanaugh. there is always something that in 2022 that you regret. so i hope if people are going to put people like you disagree with in many cases joe rogan. i hope your life is on that high bar, too. >> ainsley: all right. 6:29 on the east coast. brian, what's coming up? >> brian: still ahead. a high school student in illinois confronted by a classmate with a knife for not wearing mask. she will join us to discuss the mann date madness next. nucala reduces asthma attacks it's a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occured.
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caught on camera the terrifying moments a homeless man hits a woman over the head with baseball bat in seattle fracturing her skull. the fraternal or not of police say the city is dealing with 14 year high in crime. listen. >> i have got to make something perfectly clear about this. a lot of these crime rates going up things happening in our communities is a direct correlation with prosecutors and d.a.s not holding criminals accountable. >> the suspect has been charged with first degree assault. the woman has only been identified as an amazon employee and her condition is unknown. emails obtained by the daily
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mail showing hunter biden tryings to broker $120 million pipeline deal with a now sanctioned chinese oil company in kazakhstan. messages show he worked with the former prime minister now facing treason charges. the venture coming years after similar oil deal was shot down by western energy firms. hunterrens business partner at burisma emailed that he was excited that this offer could make him rich. ivy league says transgender u penn swimmer lia thomas will be eligible to compete in conference championship this month. swimming world magazine reporting ivy league saying in part recent rule changes do not impact la's eligibility the same cannot be said for the ncaa championship. fate still in limb lobo as the association prior physical development as a male gives unfair advantage and those your headlines, brian. back to you. >> brian: thank you. mask hysteria, you know about it in high schools probably
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familiar with it you probably don't know this story. an illinois teacher says teenager says she was confronted by a student wielding a knife because she was not wearing a mask in class when she was allowed not to do. this despite the school district making masks optional for all students. that student from brims high school is senior grace joined by her mom who is with her now debra. thanks for joining me. grace, tell me what happened? >> as you said on monday, it was ruled that they had an option to rule a mask or not and i personally chose to not wear a mask. and as i was sitting in my seat, like normal, a student anally said no one better get near me and i look at him confused and he goes you, especially you. and he points his finger at me and then i look around for a second and by the time i look around he pulled a knife out and lunges it at me. i start freaking out and
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screaming and shaking no, no, no, no. no. he is not putting the knife down. i don't know what to do. i immediately run and go get a teacher and the call the assistant. >> brian: you were in class when this happened? >> yes. i was seated in my seat. >> brian: there was no teacher in the class at the time? >> no. it was during a passing period. >> brian: understood. did you go and get -- was anybody else in your class without a mask in that classroom? >> yes, there was. but in that section of the classroom i was not. on the other side there were other people who were not wearing masks. it was just me on that side. >> brian: debra, how did you hear about this? at what point during the whole incident did they call you or did grace call you. >> brian, grace called me. she ran out of the room apparently hysterically crying. i picked up the phone because she was in school andy not understand one word. not one word. just her crying, hysterics. i basically hung up. called the school and said ohio was and i needed to find my
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daughter what was going on? i had no idea. no idea when she left that morning this would happen. >> brian: grace, what happened to this kid? what did they say to you. were they sympathetic and were they as concerned as you were. >> yes. the school was very concerned and he was arrested. and they were very supportive of me and the school was very helpful and my safety after the event. >> brian: grace, can you tell me in the school, did you expect when the governor said you can make your own judgment on this, you can decide whether you want to wear mask or not, governor police kerr and you decided not to wear a mask. did you sense there was going to be tension? >> 100 percent. i knew there was going to be tension. it was foreshadowed. i mean, people were saying like it was all over people were going to get punched in the face if you don't wear activist that. i knew 100 percent knew there would be tension. i had no clue it was going to go to to this level.
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definitely the high school school knew there would be tension coming in on monday. >> brian: what do you hope happens from here. >> i hope we can rise above it i would love a message to the parents to coach their children to, you know, respect others. respect the choices. and we are not going to be in masks forever, right? and it is really sad to see that these children have to go to school in fear. and there is crying. she went to school the next day. there is crying. there is hysteria. it's awful. i'm expecting parents to rise above this and come together with compassion and love. >> brian: guys, your story sadly is going to be a story we are going to be talking a lot about. we sore divided on this. and we are finally releasing all of these restrictions and mandates. debora and grace thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: good luck going back to school. the safety and security of our students and staff is a top priority. grateful for the thousands of students and staff who respected each other masking decisions and
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constitution. arizona attorney general and u.s. senate candidate mark brnovich joins us now live from scottsdale. mark, good morning to you. >> hey, steve, how is it going? >> steve: okay. we know there is no enforcement at the southern border for the most part. now they are talking about do this pilot program. you are going to be under house arrest in houston and in baltimore. there is not going to be any enforcement of that. >> yeah. it's obvious that the biden administration is systematically trying to not only dismantle ice but essentially eliminate our entire southern border. and the taxpayers, hardworking middle class taxpayers are going to subsidize this progressive left social experiment. unfortunately, it's going to be all of us are going to pay the cost in increased crime and increased drug addiction and really destruction in our inner cities. >> steve: sure, the proponent of this say if we do it this way, this house arrest thing, it would only cost us 6 to $8 a day
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versus $142 per migrant when they are in a detention facility. but, when you look at it tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of migrants coming across, mark, where is that money coming from? >> ultimately the cartels are enriching themselves and the gangs are prospering as a result of failed biden administration policy. so, this is what they do in d.c., right? they threw out this number and that number. it's all a bunch of malarkey as joe biden would say because the reality is how do you put a price tag on 100,000 americans dying last year from drug and opioid death. how do you put a price tag in increase in violence. people don't feel safe going to the malice or sending your kids to school. job of the biden administration to secure our border. if they won't do it. then the states are going to have to do it because make no mistake about it. when you have literally millions of people entering the country illegally, that is going to be a huge cost on us, the biden administration is incentivize and decriminalized people coming to cross illegally.
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i say if you want to save money. let's start by enforcing the law. let's deport the more than 1 million people deportation orders. let's stop providing welfare and social benefits to people who have entered the country illegally. that's the case argued the u.s. supreme court later this month there are things that the government should be doing, they aren't doing. head scratching to think they are coming up with ways to accommodate people that have meant law. let's start with enforcing the law and then go from there. >> steve: at the core of the law is the u.s. constitution. you have read the constitution. and you have determined and you are the first person who has done this, you read the constitution and you realize wait, what's going on on our southern border, all these people from other countries coming in, that's an invasion. >> yeah. i mean, look, at the end of the day, when you have not only more than 2 million people coming into this country illegally. we know that there are also tens of thousands of got-aways. you know the cartels are making millions of dollars every day enriching and empowering
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themselves as a result of the failed biden administration policies. our community are more dangerous. we see homicide rates going up. crime rates going up. we see a record amount of fentanyl flooding into this country. the price of methamphetamine is dropping. so, americans are dying. make no mistake did b. it. the cartels are at war with us. and they are using chemicals or drugs. precursor chemicals supplied by china. they are at war with us. as soon as the biden administration and enables in congress cartel kelly and. is he run. >> steve: he is running for senate in arizona. first one going to be in the capitol this morning. thank you for joining us live. he is, i'm telling you. all right. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. she is the first one in the weather center today. janice, do you know what? chilly in the north as expected but it goes way down south today. >> janice: yes. absolutely. so, temperatures in the 60's in
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miami, but oh my goodness, look at the wind chill in alaska. this is alaska. northern alaska where it feels like minus 77 in dead horse. that is no joke. they set a record. a record low of minus 53. the coldest since february 1st of 2012 when they were minus 54. the reason i'm showing you that is well, we can't complain. and then we're going to set records in california where temperatures are going to be soaring into the 80's in burbank and fresno and medford. all the way up towards the northwest oregon. we have heat alerts. heat alerts in southern california which is really incredible. and for the game on sunday, temperatures, i mean, in the 80's. so it's going to be warm in los angeles for the big super bowl. so, bottom line is we have got the cold temperatures. we have got the warm temperatures. a little bit of snow from these clipper systems. but the rest of the country relatively warm but i will tell you as far as south as miami
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temperatures today 68 for the daytime high. but they have nothing to complain about when it's minus 57 in dead horse, alaska. back to you, steve. >> steve: we have been doing this show for like 25 years, first time dead horse, alaska ever got a shoutout on the program. >> janice: very important. >> steve: all right. thanks, janice, coming up next, truckers in canada shutting down that major bridge as the fight against vaccine mandates takes a new turn. wait until you see the video. you are watching "fox & friends." as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance
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>> ainsley: junk trudeau is doubling down against the protesting truckers as they shut a key border crossing. our next guest the canadian trucker says the prime minister is only making it worse. david henry is here to explain. good morning, david. >> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: good morning. thank you for all that you do. you provide everything that we see on our store shelves and we are so grateful to all of you. they blocked access. the truckers blocked access ambassador bridge between michigan and canada that carries 25% of all the trade between canada and the u.s. what is your reaction to what's
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happening? >> well, i believe that we ended up -- item crazy has a right to peaceful protest. i can't say that i agree with a blockade of a bridge like that. and of trade. there is others of us that want to keep working and want to keep providing. it's all kind of a mess right now. >> ainsley: the prime minister said if truckers come into canada if they're canadians from the united states they have to show proof of vaccination. i know you have said this is the straw that broke the camel's back because you all are already dealing with so many problems. what are some of the problems you are already facing? >> lack of access to good parking. lack of access to wash rooms and showers. and getting decent food. you know. because place aren't letting us in. they seem to discriminate against truck drivers, you know,
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people -- it's not-it's been a lot of little issues that have built up over time and this is, you know, 90% of truck drivers are vaccinated. why put a mandate on now. like, it just seems like a slap in the face. >> ainsley: yeah. how do you feel about that that your prime minister is not supporting you after all that you do? >> i'm not surprised. i mean, he -- he called the protesters a fringe minority with unacceptable views. and he has shown that time and time again that he says things like that. and he is very dismissive of anybody that doesn't share his own personal views. so, i'm not surprised. disappointed, i wish that he would -- when it this all started he went into hiding and i wish he would be a leader for us. >> >> ainsley: the most shocking video i saw this morning was police arresting the great grandfather that was just
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supporting the truckers, here is the video. he just honked his horn to support you guys and this is what happened. what's your reaction to this? >> i'm not seeing the video but i think i know which one you are talking about. and man, that's hard to justify on any level to treat an older citizen like that -- i don't care how are. that's just not right. >> ainsley: well, david, we appreciate everything you are doing, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. could another quarterback keep rob gronk can i in the nfl. hot tampa tight end says the he would like to work with now that tom brady is retiring ♪ walk this way ♪ talk this way ♪ walk this way ♪
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>> biden administration policy plans to house single adult migrants in cities across the country. >> unfortunately, it is going to be all of us are going to pay the cost increased crime and increased drug addiction. >> the growing number of states unmasking kids in classrooms as parents say i have had enough. >> in the end, it has nothing to do with common sense law or science. [cheers and applause] >> as the homeless crisis rages out of control bay owners help house the transients. >> this is something they can do when they feel that despair. >> stacey abrams is apologizing
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as more pictures of her appearing maskless with kids surface. >> that was a mistake. protocols matter and i apologize. >> i don't think she is sorry above the rule. >> will if you continue play hog would you want to be your quarterback right now. >> i kind of like the young buck quarterback is he in the super bowl now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: okay, as we look at rhode island go on zillow and figure out how to buy that house. what a beautiful view. >> brian: it could be joe biden's house. >> ainsley: is he in delaware. >> steve: in row who are bot. beautiful as the sun comes up. 26 in narragansett and going for
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a daytime high of 40. we are live from new york on this. >> ainsley: brian is like some president lives there rhode island? obama has nantucket and hawaii. i think his place in washington. >> brian: they both have n. >> ainsley: sounds as people in. >> brian: same people who named it. >> steve: welcome to hour two of "fox & friends" for this wednesday. all right. one of the top stories that we have been talking about over the last number of years is a number of people coming in to our country. now the steady flow across our southern border. we were just talking to the attorney general for arizona, it's nonstop. and he says it's an invasion. well, because it is costing so much to house various migrants at for profit detention centers. the biden administration has come up with a great idea. we are going to essentially send them to different towns and we're going to have them do the
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honor system where if they stay off the street from sundown to sun up. that's going to save us a lot of dough. >> we are going to put ankle celebratelet on them. the detention centers are costing us $142 per day per illegal migrant. the home curfew calling this program cost 6 to $8 per day. a pilot program. >> 120 days houston and baltimore. in two crime ridden areas where 100 to 200 single adults placed house arrest. genius idea. i don't think the vice president is handling root cause of the problem. still a problem at the border. doing a great job i'm surprised it's still an issue. $140, 2.2 million people coming here illegally on an average day. do you believe we could have built a wall like 25 times by the time we are done paying for this program. i have a sense that this is going -- i have a sense this is one person's brainchild and no one stopped them. are they actually going to --
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jen psaki is going to announce this program? >> steve: they have announced it apparently. and what they're also going to do is request $400 million to help cover the cost of the migrants in the system. here's the thing with this honor system home arrest thing. it's not going to be enforced. if somebody -- can't go out between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. what if you do? what if you go to a pizza place at midnight? what's going to happen? >> ainsley: if you leave the state you have to call. >> steve: nothing is going to happen. >> brian: all those cell phones we gave you? >> steve: it's not happening at our southern border. it won't happen with these programs in baltimore and houston. at least that's according to the attorney general. i mentioned a moment ago. mark brnovich running for the senate they said the state is going to have to do more. >> result platly the cartels are enriching themselves and the gangs are prospering as a result of the failed biden administration policy. and so, you know, this is what they do in d.c., right? they threw out this number and
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that number. it's all a bunch of malarkey as joe biden would say because the reality is how do you put a price tag on 100,000 americans dying last year from drug and opioid death? how do you put a price tag on increase in violence and people don't feel safe going to the malls or send are their kids to school? it's the job of the federal government, the biden administration to secure our border. if they won't do it. then the states are going to have to do it. >> steve: critics and there are critics on both sides of the aisle, the critics say that's way too lax. the honor system. there is no enforcement. or critics say it's too strict. you cannot crack down on people like that. think about it. if the choice is you are in a detention center, which is a prison, or you are at home watching tv, how is that strict? i don't get that part. >> brian: coming here illegally to begin with. what college intern came up with this program and why their
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supervisor didn't represent premanned them for bringing this up. fox news digital. critical if someone in u.s. congress is willing to expend funds to secure our borders overseas thousands of miles away not willing to secure our own border witnessing not a threat an absolute invasion taking place right now. also a move among republicans in the house and the senate to say we will not fund any type of ukrainian war effort unless you fund any type of our border effort. >> ainsley: that bill was written by the guy you just quoted matt rosendale, a republican from montana. he said is he going to block security and military assistance to ukraine until we first secure our own border. i'm not sure if he will have support of everyone. but i imagine all the republicans would support him. >> steve: right. >> brian: by the way, it's just -- it's basically spitting into the wind because no one is going to support him for this. not one democrat i know of is concerned about this. 6 minutes after the hour. one thing we used to do when we used to travel for songer tournament.
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if retrospect we never stayed in hotels we would stay in other families. we gold virginia. >> steve: like an exchange student. >> brian: show up. all your players would show up and other parents of the other would show up i will take two. i will take two. going into these environments from 9 to 17. and oftentimes we would have to do chores for the people. >> ainsley: they always pick dawn and the girls and don't want him. >> brian: no, no. it wasn't our team. i wasn't married in high school. >> ainsley: this is when you were growing up. >> brian: every time we traveled. we didn't have money for hotels never even thought about it now hockey teams and track teams stay in hotels because you don't know what environment you are bringing them into. number one sending kids with parents that might be great or might be terrible. >> ainsley: where are you going with the story? >> brian: in san francisco they have homeless problem. instead of putting them. >> steve: homeless soccer players? >> brian: it's all going to make sense in a second. instead of putting them in hotels and write the check for it i have an idea. anyone with extra room in your
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house can you take one of the men and women on the street and house them and feed them. >> ainsley: these charities are asking you if you live in the bay area where there is a big problem. open up your doors, spare room, even if it's next to your 5-year-old little girl. put the homeless man in there. >> brian: you know nothing about them. >> steve: mayor of richmond which is one of the cities near san francisco set up the program to match homeless people with landlords who have empty apartments. and they will pay landlords a year's worth of rent. >> ainsley: up front. >> steve: if you don't ask for a background check for the employment. they obviously don't have credit and they're not employed. >> ainsley: what about the background. the background is sketchy. >> steve: here's the thing. they talk about how when people walk around, it's hard to look at the homeless people on the street doing the things that they do when they're homeless. we get that. >> brian: it's dangerous. >> steve: remember that expression nimby not in my backyard. don't build that power plant in my backyard.
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now they are saying nimby. ninb not in my bedroom. they are saying let people take over one of your spare rooms. but the problem is and we talked about this for a couple of years. when it comes to homeless and there we can see one city in venice, california. taking part of the homeless encampment out. one of the things is they never addressed the root causes. and the root causes of homelessness often are drug addiction and mental illness. so, are you going to invite somebody in to your house or into your apartment who is a drug addict or has mental problems? if you do, that says something because the average person is not equipped to handle something like that. >> ainsley: nancy pelosi lives in that area. doesn't she have a mansion? >> brian: has a lot of refrigerators. people listen, even if you don't have apartment complex if you have spare bedrooms in your home sometimes can you do that invite people. in let them stay with you and get a small stippen and
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sometimes you could do it purely as a charitable gesture. people are hard on their luck it's a little different. there is no way you can responsibly bring somebody into your house that you know nothing about. it is nuts. >> ainsley: gavin newsom should house them because he is the one who said if you are homeless, come on over to california. we love you. we will support you. we will give you free healthcare. go shoot up in that parking lot over there and we won't arrest you. and we will give you a tent. and here in new york. we're going to give you a free crack pipe if you want to -- what do you do? smoke crystal meth or what do you do. >> steve: probably can do both. if you are watching. >> brian: i will google it. >> steve: if you are watching -- if you are watching from the bay area and you think this is a good idea and invite somebody into your house or apartment, call us, triple 8 tell fox or email us friends@foxnews.com. tell us why you think it's a
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good idea and why you are going to do it. we would like to set up a skype signal to see how that works out. >> brian: on fox nation. >> steve: on is show live. >> ainsley: super bowl can s. coming up. is greg somewhere free agent in march. >> brian: i'm going to go for fox. worked for fox. and then tom brady said i'm going to bucs. he said i'm thinking i am going to got bucs. they won the super bowl and had a good year last year. and he had an injury. people assume he retire there might be somebody who could lure him -- stop him from retiring. let's listen to what gronk said to that prospect being that tom brady for now is retired. listen. >> i kind of like this young buck quarterback. is he in the super bowl now. it's joe burrow, man. i watch him in college. i love the way, you know, that he presents himself out on the football field in that pocket he is so calm. and he just, you know, slings it out on the field. i love his swag, too. if i had a pick a quarterback i would go with the young buck joe
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burrow, man, is he killing it in the game. >> ainsley: we will see. >> steve: big question is rob gronkowski thinking i would like to be a bengal. if that's true bill hemmer would be screaming yahoo. >> brian: with the salary cap. if you are in a certain amount of years you have to pay him a certain amount. even if you want to take a discount. he could only go so slow that's what the union negotiated. he wants to play. i think that would be a an option for him. but i don't know if you discussed this yesterday tom brady on podcast coming out and opening up the door for possibly coming back he said i will never say never. >> steve: he said he is happy with his decision right now he doesn't know how he is going to feel in six months. >> brian: right. >> ainsley: that has to be hard decision. >> brian: is he 44. >> ainsley: shoulder gronk? younger? >> brian: 34 or 35. >> ainsley: is he younger. if you are the tight end though
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and play for the bengals. you are worried because now gronk wants your job. right? >> brian: that's a good point, too. he is someone that wouldn't need to be the feature of an offense at this point in his career. the other thing is, as soon as you retire there is going to be a bidding war. he has the personality to come on hopefully. >> ainsley: seems linings a lot of fun. i took a vacation day. >> steve: super bowl? >> ainsley: you had him here i had a vacation day something that day. and i missed him. >> steve: he appeared here with condi rice. only on "fox & friends." >> ainsley: together? why did you have them both together? >> brian: they were booked on the same show. >> steve: we put them together. >> brian: i think we threw footballs. >> steve: i have a signed one upstairs. >> ainsley: how did condi do she a great golfer. >> brian: next commissioner of the nfl. >> steve: speaking of the nfl, the big game is this sunday and why are dispatching our own lawrence jones. is he going to be life at the super bowl starting with our coverage this friday right here
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on "fox & friends." >> ainsley: hand it over to ashley. are you going to watch the super bowl. all the commercials? >> i might be asleep. i'm not sure yet. we will see what happens. i know my fiancee will watch it. we will start with this. out of new york. >> the new york governor kathy hochul is expected to end mask mandate today for businesses but not for the schools. the "new york times" reporting businesses would also no longer have to ask customers for proof of vaccination. this comes as dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. is getting out of the, quote: full blown pandemic phase of covid-19. and now to this fox news alert. breaking right now. first responders are on the scene of a large water main break in philadelphia. the water flooding homes and cars and evacuations are underway. this as crews work to fix the brakes. so far no injuries have been reported. we will monitor and bring you the latest updates. hundred dale and kia are
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advising owners of half a million vehicles in the u.s. to park outside and away from buildings because the risk of fire. the auto maker is issuing the recall over risk of engine compartment fire that could happen even if the vehicle is turned off. the automaker say 11 reports of fires but no reports of injuries. and nothing says i love you like a lash grown diamond ring. and that's exactly what panera bread is offering up for valentine's day. even comes in a ring box inspired by panera's iconic bread bowl. the company will give out 22 rings. to enter you have to share a picture and join your favorite panera products. #panera date and sweep states. a st. louis bread company. >> ainsley: you already have a ring. >> ashley: i know. sorry. >> steve: i love it best thing panera has going for them for my money is the bread bowl.
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>> ainsley: broccoli and cheese soup. bread gets soft and pull it out and has soup on it. >> steve: i wonder what they would do with the king cake, that being a bun and put a ring inside it. if you wind up -- that would be a choking hazard is is the problem with the king cake. >> ainsley: be careful. they put the baby jesus in there. >> steve: they do in new orleans but not at panera. they are not going to do it that way. >> brian: anyone ever gotten something of value in a cracker jack box? >> ainsley: tattoo. >> brian: always exciting. >> ainsley: thousands of heroes could soon lose their jobs thanks to l.a.'s vaccine mandate. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva now on this -- he says this is a death blow to public safety. >> brian: no kidding. first, a new report, on the withdrawal from afghanistan reveals the white house failed over and over again to grasp the capability of the fall ban.
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moral obligation to help those at risk afghans to come out of afghanistan. if confirmed i commit to you to look at what options are available to be able to assist in that department. >> brian: isn't that nice we are still debating this president biden's pick to lead u.s. central command lead u.s. allies left in afghanistan as we learn new details of the botched withdrawal and it's worse than anyone thought i believe.
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an army investigation report released to "the washington post" revealed, quote: senior white house and state department officials failed to grasp the taliban's steady advance on afghanistan's capital and resisted efforts by u.s. military leaders to prepare the evacuation of embassy personnel and afghan allies weeks before kabul fell. senator tom cotton served in afghanistan. senator, up until three days before kabul fell, that's when anthony olympicen said we better pick up the timetable if we are going to empty our embassy. do you believe the ineptness that we witnessed? >> well, it would be hard to believe, brian, except we all saw it play out with our own eyes that army report is accurate i can tell new realtime last year on both armed services and intelligence committee as we monitored what the army was doing as well as what the cia was doing. they foresaw security situation was deteriorating rapidly. they did a pretty good job of getting their own people out. but they were only responsible for their own people at the state department that's responsible for all-american
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citizens and green card holders. and all those afghans who served alongside of our troops for so long. and they obviously failed catastrophically. and that's why you saw the chaotic scenes in kabul last august while we had the service members killed by suicide bomber and left behind thousands of american citizens and green card holders and afghans who served alongside us. the state department still has no plan to help get them out. they mostly want to sweep fund the rug so they can turn the page on what was a very dark chapter in our government history. >> brian: learned about a skirmish. remember president biden said for the longest time they weren't attacking us because they knew we were leaving? oops. >> it's becoming increasingly clear that a lot of what joe biden and a lot of what tony blinken were saying in the run-up to the fall of kabul and even as kabul was falling in its mediate aftermath was simply not telling the truth to the american people. trying to cover up for their gross mismanagement of that
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crisis. >> brian: and there were people on the ground trying desperately to get in touch and get reality into them. as mackenzie said in the report. oops. >> not my problem. great to be a general and not take responsibility. meanwhile, the other story took place at the state department where the drama has taken place on many fronts. one of which is iran. the integrity that we are selling out to ourselves as we desperately try to get them involved again in a nuclear arms deal. here is matt lee, sparring with ned price yesterday and, again, it got a little out of control because we are not getting the true story. listen. >> long list of things that you said that these waivers give. you are saying that there is no benefit toe iran in any of that? >> i am saying that the net benefit of this is nonproliferation benefit for us. what is in our nonproliferation
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interest can also be in some ways in iran's interest. >> get any benefit out of this or not? >> it is -- some of these steps. >> do they benefit or not? >> this is in our interest to do. >> brian: a nuclear waiver for iran is in our interest? >> brian, ned price can't defend joe bidenens foreign policy because that foreign policy is indefensible. we gave nuclear waivers for iran to continue working so-called civilian nuclear program without anything in return. truly, brian, without a single concession in return. this is because joe biden is so desperate to reenter the iran nuclear deal the ayatollahs know they can make unreasonable demands and within a few weeks joe biden will be agreeing to it it's so bad, brian, that members of joe biden's negotiating team are starting to resign in protest because is he giving away the store. this is exactly what happened in 2015. when barack obama and john kerry were so desperate to get a deal
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that we started negotiating about a nuclear program and thenned up even lifting the conventional arms band so iran could start buying rockets and missiles and battle tanks in addition to racing toward a nuclear weapon. >> we have dangerous to the united states that joe biden is so desperate and projecting that desperation to the ayatollahs. >> brian: any deal has to be approved by the senate by two thirds. not only did he not get two thirds. he didn't get democrats. he didn't get schumer. he didn't get menendez in the last deal. this is going to be a worse deal. republicans have to stop it. that's the reason why donald trump was able to rip it up. because it never passed through the senate. that's important. real quick. go ahead. you want to weigh in? >> i was going to say that's right. that's exactly what i said. the ayatollahs in my letter back in 2015. if the senate doesn't ratify an international agreement like a nuclear arms control deal. then, of course, it won't be finding on future presidents or on the united states. >> brian: a year ago some riots
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took over city streets and burned some buildings and destroyed some the black lives matter rioters. man burned to death by one of them. now, what has happened to that man thanks to the doj? >> this is a shocking development, brian. montez lee burned a pawnshop to the ground so he is guilty of arson. is he also guilty of murder because there was a man burned alive in that building. a father of five. he was charged with arson in the federal courts carries a 20 year sentence. the department of justice, the united states department of justice got barely half that because they said he was participating in a peaceful protest. giving voice to the unheard. that his cause was righteous. it is completely inappropriate for the department of justice to be meting out criminal punishment based on their view of the criminal's political positions. this is not some crazy soros prosecutor in san francisco or
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new york or los angeles. this is the united states department of justice reducing sentences for an arsonist who killed a man because they like the cause for which he was protesting. when he committed that arson. this is outrageous. merrick garland and the department of justice needs to answer for it. >> brian: yeah. i hope they do. senator, thanks for pointing it out. appreciate it thanks for joining us, tom cotton. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: 28 minutes after the hour. still ahead stacey abrams apologizes for maskless photo with students. new photos reveal she spent the entire day at the school without a mask. it the covid hypocrisy next. ♪
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>> brian: growing fallout for stacey abrams nor photos posing maskless surrounded by children at georgia school. >> ainsley: abrams who support mandates for children admits she was wrong. >> protecting our kids is
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important anything purr received as undermining that i apologize. >> steve: "fox & friends" pete hegseth is here with reaction. holding up his finger like that. we had only seen one picture with her with the kids. outkick has gotten a whole bunch of. them. spent the entire day without a mask. clearly she got caught. maybe she is doing what some california politicians do and spent the buyer day holding her breath. >> yes, exactly right. eric garcetti they should have a breath holding contest for sure. if you look at this entire statement. it's not an apology. it never is because she doesn't believe she violated anything. she doesn't believe she is a hypocrite because the standards don't apply for her. they are for us, here's the thing. i approached the podium with a mask on. no, she didn't. all the other photos show that she didn't. then she said i followed the protocol. of course she didn't follow the protocols. do you think teachers are every
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day taking their mask off in front of their kids to speak. i wish they would. i have asked my own kids. teachers are wearing a mask all day long suffocating themselves. she is not following the protocols. in the excitement she said i finished after she finished her speech, it was so much fun that i had to take a picture with the kids. that is another california reference. that's london breed remember she said, san francisco mayor she was feeling the spirit because tony tony tony was playing. if tony tony tony was playing protocols. >> brian: that's in the executive order. >> if you are feeling that kind of spirit and kids can feel that kind of spirit. profit coals matter and our kids are the most important thing she says. ultimately she says anything that can be perceived as undermining that is a mistake. so it's about the perception. see, she is a leader like joe biden wearing his mask outside between the helicopter and the
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white house that's going to make me feel like i should wear my mask outside as well. all above the rest of us. for her we knew she was an election denier. now we know she is a science denier, too. >> steve: pete, the reason she did not wear the mask at all was it was a photo op. you can't wear a mask people won't recognize you photo op. if you don't take your mask off. >> pete: especially if you want benefit from that photo. teachers don't get benefit from that photo neither do the kids they don't have to take their mask off. everyone has to see the smiling stacey abrams face for sure. do you know what the courteous thing is these days people do this a lot. guys, if you want to take a photo take your mask off real quick for the photo no wouldn't say that protocols don't apply to her. this is going to be really damaging for her a run offing your life this will be on
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campaign ads as it should across the state. >> they don't really believe what they are making everyone else do. they are telling us to wear a mask but they are not. so do they even believe in wearing mask or pushing that because that's what all the democrats are telling them to say. >> pete: like joe biden walking outside with a mask on from the helicopter to the white house. he doesn't believe that makes him safer. he thinks he has such stature by signaling to the rest of us we are going to put our masks on, maybe two, maybe three. that is -- by definition they don't -- she is vaxxed and doubled maybe triple boosted. she believes she has protection and rightfully so. and as a result probably doesn't feel that concerned about taking the mask off which is the whole point to begin with. let the rest of us take it off too,. >> brian: she has a problem with candor. first one to come out and call for the all-star game pulled out of georgia. when it hurt business she's changed editorial in the "u.s.a. today" called for it and then denied it she is doing the same thing with masks only this time
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this is wrong vs. right. >> ainsley: that's senator tim scott addressing the sheriff about the threat facing law enforcement as crime surging all across our country. it's an issue our next guest has been warning us all about. let's bring in los angeles county sheriff alex villanueva who was at that meeting. good morning to you, sheriff. >> good morning, ainsley. >> good morning, do you agree with him? >> oh, he was spot on. it's a breath of fresh air to finally see someone admit that what we're facing has nothing to do with politics public safety. right on the mark. >> ainsley: tell us what you are seeing in your area when it comes to policing. >> what we we have seen we have a very elite political class that call the woke privilege crowd. they are still insisting on defunding here in l.a. county. they are still pushing that false narrative that we're some kind of existential threat to, for example, young black men, yet, in the community, it's the
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community that's all the communities of color begging for more deputies on the street and transit systems as the board of supervisors still actively defunding the department. and we can't really have these alternative versions of reality. the fact is people are dying on the street and it's not because of law enforcement. it's because of the absence of law enforcement and absence of enforcing the rule of law with our progressive d.a. gascon. >> ainsley: yesterday, we were talking on the show about the people that are not vaxxed that work in l.a. and how they stand to lose their jobs. there are 18,000 people that work for, i guess, the city and the county that could lose their jobs? and then we were reporting that 4,000 of them are with your department, with the sheriff's office. 3,000 of those are deputies. they voted last night 4-0. so does that mean 4,000 of your employees will lose their jobs this week? >> they will not lose their job this week. it's going to be a long legal battle, which i warned the board don't even start it this is how
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dumb the situation is. we have roughly 10,000 people who are vaccinated. and their positivity rate right now is 3.4%. the unvaccinated, their positivity rate is 3.8. so we're talking about a difference of 0.4% in positivity rate. i just lost an employee who was fully vaccinated and the day before lost one who was not vaccinated. so we have -- there is really hardly any distinction between the two groups. this is something we should realize absolutely idiotic to push an agenda that is going to cause that many people people to leave while we are in the middle of a crisis. ains ains you say you lost them, they passed away? >> yes. >> ainsley: i'm so sorry. these were the very individuals that the board of supervisors were calling heroes before the vax. and now they want them to lose their jobs? how do you feel about that? >> well, i think it's a morally repulsive to think that the same
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people that had to be forced into homes, into businesses, and expose themselves to the virus when there was no vaccine, are the same people they want to fire today while they were at home in the safety and comfort of their home doing everything via zoom and webex so they didn't have to stick their neck out there. now those people want to fire the people that did have to stick their neck out there. they had no alternative. you can't do police work, you know, inside a bubble. operate that precious little bubble. they are totally out of touch with the community. >> ainsley: sheriff, you are dealing with homelessness and crime going up. we see all the smash-and-grabs in your area. in addition to that they are talking about defunding and now they want to fire people that aren't faxed? what's the morale like? >> well, the department, all the personnel outraged just the, i don't know even know what words to describe the board of supervisors right now. but they insist on doubling down on stupid.
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while the community is suffering from the effects of defunding. we lost 1281 personnel due to their budget cuts. while they are sitting on a $2 billion surplus. yes, 2 billion surplus and they are defunding the sheriff's department. on top of that now, this move to end up with exposing 4,000 employees being terminated. absolutely idiotic concept that they are pushing and the people that pay the price are going to be our community who can least afford the loss of law enforcement. >> ainsley: yeah. i was talking to one of the officers here at fox and he said his son wanted to go into law enforcement and he was trying to talk him out of it because of everything that's going on. do you regret it or if you could do it over again? >> no, i don't regret it at all. all of us that came into this line of work to serve the community. we will continue to serve the community. i don't care what these woke politicians want to do. but, hopefully one day they won't be in office anymore. we will have a new group of
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people. like senator scott are referring, to they are going to focus on public safety. not on politics. >> ainsley: i hate that you are not getting the support that you deserve. sheriff, thank you so much for coming on with us. god bless you. >> you got it ainsley. >> ainsley: check in with janice dean for fox weather forecast. hey, janice. >> janice: hi, good morning. much of the country lower 48 above average a taste of spring right now for the first week of february or the second week. 33 in chicago. 46 in memphis. 33 in atlanta. 65 in miami. they are not going to warm up very much. we shouldn't complain. look at what is happening in alaska. we have wind chills of nine news 78 degrees. not a whole lot of people live here it is noteworthy. these are. so coldest temperatures they have ever felt in northern alaska. and that's going to be ongoing for the next week or. so temperatures and wind chills in the nine news 70-degree range. that is crazy.
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here is your forecast today for the lower 48. really nice temperatures. it feels like spring. we are going to actually set some records in california with temperatures into the 80's, close to 90 degrees for los angeles. that's going to hang on for the big game on sunday in burbank and san francisco. so, looking good for much of the country. we do have a couple of quick clipper systems that are going to move across the upper midwest and the great lakes. but otherwise a quiet forecast and above average temperatures for the lower 48. >> we have below average for alaska. and if i could real quick, ainsley. it is theodore's 11th birthday today. i know you like to say -- >> ainsley: we are so glad you were born, theodore. i remember that day. >> janice: yea. >> ainsley: congratulations. >> janice: thank you, my friend. >> ainsley: what are you going to do. >> janice: favorite lemon pie for dinner and some hamburgers. >> ainsley: you will have to include that recipe in steve's next cookbook. >> janice: i will. janes.
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>> steve: anti-semitic crimes surged served 300% here in new york city. there.
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disturbing anti-jewish sentiment is being exposed. here's an example. at the elite new york city prep school, they recently asked fifth-graders if jews were "responsible" for the great depression. did not consider the jewish people an inferior race. and a tennessee teacher is under investigation for giving your students a lesson in "how to torture a jew." the upcoming book, "the war on the west. that book is coming out at the end of april. douglas, what is going on right now regarding this? >> i think it is when one way straightforward. they can come from absolutely any direction. we tend to know when anti-semitism comes from the political right. we've got to identify it.
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however, there is also this movement of it coming from the political left. historically, it has been the case. it is the case now. on the political left, particularly from basically the critical race theory movement. the crt people see jews is a problem. they want to call them white. they want to say their privilege. and, they have this big problem with this. it is an extraordinarily ugly turn. sometimes you see that coming out of people like gail that you just mentioned. other tiles from prominent leftists like whoopi goldberg on national television. it's a very ugly thing coming from the political left. the political left has a deal with this. >> steve: is that unfortunately, we distributed a commercially available study guide to fifth-grade students that contained an anti-semitic trope.
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we apologize unequivocally to everybody. and it goes on. is it just a coincidence that anti-semitism and the attacks are up 300% here in new york city with the fact that there is a gigantic crime spike over everything here in manhattan and the five boroughs. it is through the roof, because there are little consequences if you break the law. >> that's right. the lawlessness in new york and frankly in other major american cities at the moment is and should be a national scandal. the way in which, you know, basically crimes are being seen as being noncrimes. we have this problem with the d.a. in new york. we've got all of these problems. the police endlessly pressured, endlessly pressured to basically not pursue what used to be crimes. of course, everything is going
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to go through the roof. it is an absolute scandal. >> steve: the new book that's coming out is called the war on the west. essentially it is the world ganging up on us, aren't they? >> yes, it is my biggest book to date. i think it explains the underlying problem going on in our societies which is a war on everything to do with our past. a war on our history, a war on our religious past, a war on our cultural inheritance. i think it is gone and identified were too long. i expose it. i explain how it came about and i explain how we get out of this. >> steve: good luck. it comes out soon. "war on the west" will be released on april 2,015th. we are going to step aside. joe rogan on the controversy next. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a
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>> another school board meeting coming to a screeching halt. dozens students. >> god did not intend for us to walk around with a diaper on our face. >> senate republicans want answers to our responsibility to stand up and say -- >> a breath of fresh air to finally see one. because of the absence of law enforcement. >> apologizing is more pictures
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appearing massless service. >> protocols matter and i apologize. >> the standards don't apply it to her. they are for us. >> mayor lori lightfoot says she is why the carjackings have tripled since the start of the pandemic. >> remote learning and projects. >> this is a political hit job. i do think you have to be very careful. ♪ ♪ >> we have not seen a shot like that before. >> they change the camera wants an hour. >> if you live there, 40 degrees today at 22 for allow. i know you are curious. you didn't have the zip code there. >> i'm told not to.
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evidently, it's a distraction. >> steve: nobody spends anything. >> that's the case, i won't tell you what they are. start with a zero. >> brian: that's fine. >> steve: the state of maine to our main show, it is our number three. >> we began with the school mask mandates falling like dominoes. >> the science is coming into shape now. a growing number of states unmasking kids in classrooms as parents say enough is enough. it looks like virginia might be the next. what is different is a bunch of democrats hopped on the republican bandwagon in the state senate and said you are right. let's take those masks off. >> they sure have. virginia's governor glenn youngkin sparked a national trend when he looked at mass mandates and schools and he endured massive criticism and multiple lawsuits. he's getting bipartisan support of virginia state legislature.
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ten of states and 21 democrats voted to make school masks optional. hey, there is democratic governors follow the lead. so far you can see here, connecticut, delaware, new jersey, oregon all announcing they will start unmasking their students as coming cases fall and growing public frustration from fed up parents. stunningly, the biden administration continues to be a step behind. "right now, our cdc guidance has not changed. we continue to endorse universal masking in schools. press secretary jen psaki walking back comments disapproving of blue states ending mass mandates. watch. >> do you believe then that the democrats let states who are breaking with the cdc on this guidance that they are not -- that they are -- >> these states. it's important to note they still allow for decisions to be made by local school districts.
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our hope is that state leaders will look at the science and data about what's going on. they will make decisions about local school districts. local school districts have always made these decisions. >> steve: expected to make your decision today to live indoor mass mandates on businesses, but not yet on schools. this after california announced a similar end on businesses next week. the white house won't get on board. there is a white house briefing later today. we will see if they finally have a change of heart. >> brian: thank you very much. on wednesdays over the last six months or so, we have given you some highlights of what happened the day before. down in loudoun county, virginia. at their school board meeting. because they had their meeting on tuesday afternoons into the evening. yesterday, it was interesting because a bunch of students and parents walked in with signed affidavits. and here they come. here comes a parade of
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affidavits. what they are calling for for the school board to end the mass mandates. clearly the entire commonwealth of virginia is getting on board. nonetheless, there goes some of the affidavits. and then after that, their children, the students actually explain why the masks have got to come off. >> god did not intend for us to walk around with a diaper on her face. this is no way to learn a foreign language or play a musical instrument much less sing in a chorus. you have taken away my rights. i have no respect nor transfer any of you. >> the thought of spending one more hour and a mask made me sick. i can't breathe. lack of oxygen gives me a killer headache after seven hours. i'm sick of wearing masks. even the box itself says it does not provide protection against covid-19. >> the rule is really a tool for compliance. it has nothing to do with common
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sense, law, or science. [cheers and applause] >> steve: so there you go. the parents have spoken out. the kids have spoken out. >> brian: talk about how this absolutely affects them. that alone some of the tension that arrives in these schools because of it. teachers walk around militant. but that over your nose if it drops a little bit. a second grader being brought up. and you find out the science. you know how and susceptible these kids are to getting it and having severe illness because of it. he found out that the masks are so ineffective. at what sacrifice knowing everyone brings up the child psychologist. no one talks about the damaged done to the kids. no one talks about how their learning curve has been destroyed. and i think now people are seeing the political science. i am punishing these kids and parents and instead of looking responsible, i am looking oppressive. and i might lose my job. that is why you see everything from the biggest office in
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boris johnson to the smallest of small or all of us like the governor of new jersey almost lost the election and you are seeing the governor of new york come out saying, the more i think about it, i'm going to get rid of our mass mandates for everyone except the schools. why is this happening? there is no pie chart that said it should be happening. it's all pure politics. >> ainsley: are governors feeling the heat from parents. they are saying, when i go on a restaurant, i don't have to wear a mask. i'm an adult. i'm more vulnerable than my child, but yet my child has to still wear a mask on the playground at school. parents are really frustrated. she says she's not going to make a decision about the school after presidents' day weekend to see what it's like when the kids are coming back to make sure they are not bringing covid into the schools. >> steve: here is a quote from one of the parents to fox news digital. she said, "for parents who want to be parents and look after our kids, we have tried to talk to them. they will not listen. essentially it is a list of
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demands, a list of grievances regarding those affidavits. earlier, i mentioned how the hh f and also the cdc now asking hospitals to change the classification. when you see the number of people were admitted to the hospital with covid, the number has been pretty nonhigh. now what they are saying is we want you to distinguish between people who came in with covid rather than, i came in and, you know, i have a broken toe or something like that. because the lower rates would explain their reasons for the policies that people are tired of. my friend, our covid doctor, he said there is a financial incentive for hospitals to admit covid patients, because there is a triple payment to the hospital if the person is on a ventilator.
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if covid is simply listed. there is 20% more for this covid doctor and you are paying for the uninsured as well. it has been for the last coming up on two years, best interest financially for the hospitals to say -- >> ainsley: 369,637 cases. on monday, 340,947 cases. >> brian: you look at the asymptomatic. i cannot believe i tested positive. i feel great. then you find out the other issue here is the president of the united states telling us if you are vaccinated, you're not going to get this virus. it turned out to not be right. diminishing symptoms they say. if you are vaccinated and you
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get it as it stopped the people double boxed and boosted from getting it. that's where people's heads and started getting ready to explode. there is nothing that would prompt it except maybe the super bowl and embarrassment from the championship game. then it all plays into it. the other big story in america is 72. 72 of 77. the safest city precinct in new york city to now have crime on the rise to epic levels. no neighborhood is safe. we will lose this city by st. patrick's day. if you are not irish, it's marc. >> ainsley: look at the cover of "the new york post." this guy is walking out of a trader joe's. all of these packages of steak. he's a shoplifter. all these guys who work in the store tried to stop him. they said actually, we could get
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fired. we will get in trouble if we try to stop him. if you take the products back. will you leave the shopping cart here? he left that shopping cart and walks out and sees a street guy who is changing the garbage cans on every corner. and he grabs one of the garbage bags and he stuffs the meat in there. another guy said hey, man, what are you doing? give me my backpack. the homeless guy takes the meat back out, stacks it up and walks away. he said i'm hungry, i'm homeless, not hungry. he knows -- >> do you think you can rock cooked steak? >> ainsley: he works on all that stuff. apparently according to "the new york post," a lot of these shoplifters are stealing a bunch of stuff then taking it to an unscrupulous bodega grocery store here in the new york city area and selling it to them. then they resell it. it would be kind of weird to be at a place on a corner in new york city and it is, like, why does it say trader joe's on
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14th street? i had no idea they had an affiliate here in the upper eastside. this is happening. there is a manager of cbs that got stabbed in the hand because he tried to stop someone from stealing cold medicine yesterday. crime is rapid because there is no consequence for crime. and it is permeating this city and a lot of big northeastern towns. liberal cities. people are fed up they hear like this covid thing. it's a political year. the politicians are going, maybe we should probably do something about that. that explains why "vanity fair" came out with an article that came out yesterday and said you know, the administration is thinking about actually cracking down on crime. >> ainsley: one of the precincts in new york where crime is not up is the 22nd precinct which happens to be central park. one of the cop said only the squirrels are safe. >> steve: so far. >> brian: he gave us actually some video exclusively.
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he along with cory booker on either side republican and democrat were spearheading conferences on reform. it became clear that law and order was the problem and not really the people who are supposed to inflict order on people. every industry could always improve. he saw where this was netting. it would've probably made things worse. also, not everybody on the left has given up to defund the police mantra. one is cori bush you doubled and tripled down on it, the congressman from missouri that we have hit upon the police. we should not give up. senator tim scott. this is not right or left. it's right or wrong. >> there are some who believe that this is a republican issue or a democrat issue. nothing could be further from the truth. some would tell you that this is a black issue or a white issue. this is cops or communities of color. why is it that the press and other folks want to make this into something that it is not?
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this is wrong versus right. >> brian: here in new york in manhattan where we have this new d.a., alvin bragg, his controversial policies, obviously, he has seen the national polling and he knows that their predicament he has placed his party in. a new memo has come out and essentially, what it says is, if you rob someplace with a knife, that will be a felony. if you rob a place with a gun, you know we told you last week the policy was, if you rob something with a gun but you know suited, it's not a felony. well, now, even if you doesn't work, it is going to be a felony. if you rob somebody, but there is no threat of physical harm, you will get a pass. that is why he just sold to new york strip steaks to a place over that way.
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>> ainsley: we talk about what's happening there and the board of supervisors voted to take that power away from the sheriff. this year for speaking out against these vaccine mandates because he stands to lose 4,000 people in his department. 3,000 of which are deputies. the entire area stands to lose 18,000 workers in the l.a. area. here is that sheriff. we interviewed him earlier on "fox & friends." >> we have a very elite political fire that calm the privilege crowd. they are still insisting on defending here in l.a. county. they are still pushing that false narrative that we are some kind of existential threat. young black men in the community -- they communities and that's all that communities of color, more deputies on the streets, more deputies still actively defining that apartment. people are dying on the street not because a law enforcement.
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it's because of the absence of law enforcement and absence of enforcing the rule of law. >> ainsley: that was the sheriff responding to tim scott. this is not a black/white issue. >> steve: going into the board of supervisors meeting yesterday, he said i'm not going to fire those 4,000 employees on my payroll. the board of supervisors said, okay, you're not going to fire them, we are going to take that authority away from them. he said, it's not a done deal. this is going to be a long legal fight. ultimately he feels he will prevail. >> brian: we know where that mask mandates are going. we have to see where the vax mandates going when these variants are not really stopped by the vaccine in many cases. they say they basically admitted even if you get the booster that you have less symptoms and will have a better outcome if you are vaccinated but you can't say it is prevented.
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the other thing we are finding out it is natural immunity is as good if not better than vaccinated immunity. that was done by the horrible organization called johns hopkins. that has to be taken into -- good >> ainsley: like they do in israel. we were talking about this yesterday on assignment. out of those 4,000 they could be fired, they should test all their immunity. if they have immunity, they get to keep their job. it's frustrating. they were our heroes without the vax and now we have the vax and they want to fire them. >> steve: the cdc has never done any research that they have released to say that that's a good thing. why wouldn't they do that? >> ainsley: they don't have to release that information. >> brian: if you have natural immunity, you don't need a shot, do you? >> steve: pfizer is going to have the biggest quarter in the history of that company. they have sold more drugs of the vaccine then any pharmaceutical company in the history of the world because of covid.
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>> good morning to all three of you. we are going to start with this sad story. at two kansas police officers will be honored during a memorial service. j.j. jefferson came under fire last week on the campus of bridgewater college in virginia. responding to reports of a suspicious man on campus. virginia governor glenn youngkin is expected to attend today's service. a27-year-old former student is under arrest and facing murder charges. the biden administration is planning to place illegal migrants under house arrest in baltimore in houston instead of detaining them. it is in an effort to cut costs. it was on and u.s. candidate weighing in on fox & friends earlier. listen. >> the taxpayers are going to subsidize this progressive left social experiment. and it's going to be all of us are going to pay the cost and increased crime and increased
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drug addiction and really destruction in our inner cities. >> ainsley: it is unclear how i.c.e. plans to enforce the program. firefighters are going door-to-door in philadelphia's neighborhood after a water main break floods several streets. the evacuation efforts beginning just after 6:00 this morning. a charter school nearby is closing because of the high water. presidents are reporting damage to the cause as well as rising water in basement spirit there were no reports of injuries. placing a record-setting bed on the bengals to the super bowl. he spent more than $4.5 million. it is the largest mobile wager in history. mattress matt's winnings will be around $800. >> steve: he's famous for those kind of bets. coming up on 8:20, here are the
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ripple effects of remote learning. by chicago's mayor is tying the rising carjackings to school closures. >> ainsley: valentine's day might not be as rosy as we imagine cataldo supply chain crisis is putting florist and a thorny situation during their busiest holiday of the year. (vo) what makes my heart beat? having everything i want in the place i love. jamaica. heartbeat of the world. let's go! unitedhealthcare medicare plans offer more... like the “visit a doctor anywhere our rv takes us” plan. and the “zero copays means more money for rumba lessons” plan. find the right plan for you from unitedhealthcare.
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>> we are here in an inordinate number of juveniles that are perpetrators of these carjackings.
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in chicago, there was a correlation that we believe between remote learning and the rise in carjacking. >> steve: really? we have known school closures have been hurting kids when it comes to learning. good day also be contributing to america's crime crisis? that revelation comes at chicago residents have seen carjackings tripled since 2019. that's being in chicago alderman. and ne, keep in mind. remote learning at chicago because the teacher said we are not going to work. essentially, she is saying somebody stole your buick, blame the teachers. >> yeah, good morning. welcome to the world of chicago. i believe that this administration has my teenage kids writing the excuses here. telling them three for a dollar. it is unfortunate that the chicago tax dollars doesn't get solutions. the idle mind will always be the
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devil's playground. in the city of chicago, the no criminal charges is going to be the criminal playground. they just don't go after criminals here. it is sad. the juvenile right now for our gang bangers is being used as the criminal mule. there is zero, zero effect on them when they commit these crimes. so i mean, you can make any excuse you want. you want a solution, they should import every single state charge into a city charge in the city of chicago. we should be going after these criminals and juveniles as a city instead of waiting for our state's attorney to finally do something. >> steve: what you just said is they don't go after criminals which, you know, we are in new york city. they don't do that here unless you have a gun. you can walk out with ten steaks. nobody cares. i don't go after criminals. they don't go after kids. because they are kids. are you suggesting they change the rules in chicago so that different charges are involved? you charge somebody a
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17-year-old as an adult and suddenly, they are looking at real prison time. speak out yeah, to do something. instead of riding excuses, we need solutions. to do something instead of putting in our state's attorney which we know she's doing nothing or draped the criminals charges. you can go after them as a monetary value and put them at work program. you could have them do something. you get put them in a city charge in prison. there has to be a consequence. if you are telling a kid don't touch that fire because it's hot, they are never going to learn at all. >> steve: i've asked a number of times over the last couple of years. we have watched the crime rate skyrocket in chicago. why do people put up with her there? i've heard this a million times. it is just certain neighborhoods where it is a problem. carjacking is not just in a certain neighborhood. of these people who steal the cars go all over and steal people's cars from the entire town. you would think that people would be up to here.
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haven't we had enough of this? >> yeah, the city has had enough of it. you can't walk anywhere in the city right now where we are not worried about crime. it comes down to voting. you've got to vote the right people in these positions. you have to actually vote with someone who is going to go after crime and rule on crime with an iron fist in conjunction with the states attorney and with conjunction with what i city charges. we are losing our city day by day. we've got to stand up and take it back. >> steve: you are a former police officer in chicago. thank you very much for joining us live today from chicago. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: still ahead, joe rogan responds to the spotify backlash. got a $100 million deal from trouble convincing him to leave spotify. we will talk about that is so much more coming up next on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪
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>> ainsley: mirabilis giving spotify a run for its money over
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joe rogan. >> steve: the video platform offering 100 million reasons for his podcast to move matching rogan's exclusive deal with spotify of $100 million. >> as last year, let's bring in the host, dave. did you come up with this idea that joe rogan might be perfect for rumble? >> yeah, i did come up with the idea. it was sunday night. i was sitting at dinner with a rumble team. we were all talking about what we could do to help joe rogan. nobody thinks joe rogan is honestly a racist. joe rogan is a comedian who has long form conversations. nobody thinks he is a racist. this whole thing is complete nonsense. the machine just keeps it going. we are sitting at dinner and i said to everybody around the table, can we offer him $100 million? believe it or not, the ceo made a couple of calls in the next thing you know, we got it out
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monday morning. joe, if you're watching fox right now, they offer is 100% legitimate. maybe it is just our first negotiating point. we want to deal you back in. we believe in free speech. >> steve: you are at $100 million, would you go $200 million? >> well, that's for joe. i am just saying. i'm just saying, we are here. we can meet you somewhere. >> ainsley: have you heard from him? has he responded? >> we have not heard from him directly yet, but obviously, he knows of the offer appeared at joking aside, it is for real and we all need to fight. everyone knows joe rogan isn't a racist. everyone knows canceled culture is out of control. free speech and our ability to debate topics whether it is covid or crt or whatever it might be. although that is being attacked right now. without our ability to communicate like we are doing right now, we don't have a
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country. we don't have a place that all people of all walks of life can come to an exchange ideas and build a better country for their children. that's what we are fighting for right now. i hope you will consider the offer. it is our best foot forward. >> brian: donald trump, yesterday saying you can't apologize. here's what joe rogan said. >> in a lot of ways, a lot of this is a relief. that video had always been out there. this is a political hit job. they are taking all this stuff that i've ever said that's wrong it's pushing it altogether. it's good because it makes me address some stuff that i wish wasn't out there. >> you should apologize if you regret something. i think you have to be careful to not apologize for nonsense. >> correct. >> dave, do you think he should apologize? >> joe has to do what's right in his heart as anyone else would have to do in the situation. do i honestly believe that he
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thinks he's a racist? i don't think so. but we just don't know what pressure was brought to bear and we don't know what it's like. most people don't know what it's like to sit in a boardroom with a bunch of people when you have $100 million contracts and all that pressure and you've got a wife and kids and you got family and people you are supporting all those things. joe is right and that you should not apologize for things that you did not do that were not intended to be wrong. there are far more racist people out there. i've got ten liberals right here. i wrote them down this morning who have all been in blackface that are still main screen liberals. justin trudeau has problems up in canada. jimmy kimmel, sarah salvesen, lady gaga, ralph northam, and alyssa milano. they have all been in blackface. why are we not destroying them? i am not destroying them but a little cancel culture equity. perhaps that would stop this.
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>> steve: dave rubin has heard on rumble, where i hope you got that $100 million deal. it dave, thank you much. >> i did not. >> you might eventually. >> we are doing all right. >> brian: meanwhile, about biden administration funds to the u.s. spirit turned its back on a board or agent hospitalized with covid and desperate for a flight home to recover. the wife of that agent along with one man helping to get him home joins us next.
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month when i had a chance to talk to her on "fox & friends" fighting to bring a husband back home to cleveland after he contracted covid in the line of duty at the border with handling all of these illegals. he was hospitalized in november and the government refused to pay for his trip back to cleveland even though that would help and aid his recovery. last night he was finally transported closer to home after a company donated his medical flight appeared how can the government justify secret flights but not for federal employees serving his country doing his job. peter martin, global ceo of focus point international. i think i will start with you. if i can. how did he do on the flight? >> yesterday, yeah. he did well. it was a little exhausting for
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him. but they were able to include my son on the flight. he got to fly home with his dad. that helped a little bit. with his anxiety. but he was super excited. once i saw his face and he saw mine, that smile made everything worthwhile. >> ainsley: he raised over $70,000. he went ahead and transported him for free. why? >> good morning, brian. my wife and i were sitting watching "fox & friends" when you ran the story. a situation that they were in is not untypical for a lot of people that work travel from home whether it is leisure for work. they caught up in this web where the benefits insurance benefits won't cover these exclusions. they really don't have any
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options. i know that we could provide assistance. i knew that we could get in contact with the family and told them we were going to make sure that they got home safely. >> steve: how do you feel right now about it? >> i feel great. when you look at all the things at the family has been through to be able to step up and help them give them peace of mind and obviously, get him in an environment around family where he can recover better and get more support. it just feels great. >> you and your wife are great americans. you help facilitate this and tell everyone about this or this would not have come to light. how do you feel gratified today? >> yeah, i started my career. i promised them the day i retired that i wouldn't stop. having their backs until i took my last breath. let me say this. thank god for fox news.
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one of your producers didn't hesitate. he got this show on the air. fox news stepped out. the federal government didn't. you got this man home to his family. it is a great story. i am so proud to be just a small part of this network. proven over and over again that you have the backs of our first responders, our military, that men and women of border patrol and i.c.e. bless the fox, you guys are great. >> steve: thanks for making it possible. it's the least we could do. thank you for us and lightning to this. we will check in with you. >> ainsley: thank you so much. >> steve: thanks so much, guys. meanwhile, would got to read this statement. covid claimants will receive loss connotations. every recipient will arrange the logistics and provide payment. this is the transportation request authorized by a physician. we couldn't wait for that. gun i'll not gofundme.
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go to "fox & friends" right now because the expenses are astronomical, not just for the flight. ashley. >> good morning, brian. we'll start with this. illinois teen is confronted with an eye for not wearing a mask in class. >> i was sitting in my seat like normal. a student angrily said, no one better get near me. i look up at him confused. and it goes, you especially you. and he points his finger at me. and then i look around for a second paired by the time i look around, he pulls a knife out and lunges it at me. i start freaking out and i'm shaking and screaming no, no, no, no. >> grace kelly "fox & friends" the encounter happened after the school said i mask was optional prepolice are promising to pursue charges. and a great-grandfather is arrested during the freedom convoy protest in ottawa after
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honking his car's horn and support. >> what are you doing? hey, hey. that is assault. i've got it all on video. >> absolutely horrible. truckers not backing down as two canadian provinces announced they will begin easing covid vaccine mandates. those ear headlines. >> let's check in with janice for a fox weather before we go. >> hi. let's take a look at the temperatures. it's all about the temperatures in florida where it feels pretty cold for the sunshine state. temperatures in the 60s today for south florida. 89 in jacksonville, 30 in tallahassee. in the northeast, it still feels cold here in albany and buffalo temperatures feeling in their 20s. then we go to alaska. they set a record, minus 53. that was the air temperature. right now with the windshield, it feels like minus 77.
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crazy temperatures. very cold in alaska. the rest of the country lower 48 very warm. going to warm things up across the central u.s., the southern plains on the west coast. temperature in the upper 80s. it will set some high record temperatures for the big game on sunday. 81. it's going to be spectacular. people in shorts they get to go see the big game. all right, brian back to you. >> brian: are they going to be wearing masks? roses are red, violets are blue. could the supply chain prices around valentine's day for you? one florist shares her dire warning. let's check in with dana perino who is coming up on a show. >> i thought you were going to recite a poem for me. >> brian: that was as close as i get. >> may be monday. ben shapiro coming from the daily wire. democrats getting at president biden on loosening restrictions. the freedom convoy has paralyzed auto about about the effect of
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>> ainsley: there might be a even higher price tag on though this year. supply chain delays. my next guest says or if flower shop at a stop buying materials the week of christmas. the owner of thoreson massachusetts joins us now. hey, heather. >> hey, ainsley, how are you? >> ainsley: you had to repair in advance. were you able to get enough to fulfill all of your orders? >> eye is sure hope so. we planning for quite a while for this big day. >> ainsley: when you normally have to start preparing for valentine's day? >> normally i start thinking about it after christmas. this year we definitely had to take a look at it before the christmas holiday to really ensure that we got enough flowers for than a man. >> what is the reason for the delay? what are the suppliers say? >> there is just been so many challenges across the board. really every step of the way
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from the grower to transportation, airlines, trucking. every step we have had a little bit of a hurdle. we start experiencing the last holiday was mother's day and we saw a flower shortage then. we were preparing for this time. >> ainsley: nationwide, roses are 54% expensive this year. now they are even higher. have you seen this price go up, too? >> we have seen a little bit of a price increase. we were able to keep the roses in place. we have seen it creeping up for sure. >> ainsley: good that you can keep them at the same price as last year. how many do you have so far? >> right now we have 200. valentine's day is a really last-minute holiday. it will really comment on sunday and monday appeared we are trying to tell people this year to really order ahead of time to
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make sure that you luck in your order. >> most people don't. we don't think about it until that we can before. valentine's day is on monday. >> we are open on sunday. we hope you will think about it ahead of the big game and come in early and get everything locked in for monday's delivery. >> come covid affected your business? >> covid has actually increased our business. global demand for flowers has increased rapidly 20% or 30% over the last two years surprisingly. >> that is interesting. why? >> i think people experience the joy that flowers bring people. they haven't been able to visit people as much. people are definitely sending flowers and place of maybe visiting someone in the hospital or nursing home. it is definitely in increased demand. more people need flowers to cheer them up. we are spending more time at home. >> ainsley: what is the most
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popular arrangement that you make? roses? >> this time of year, definitely roses. >> ainsley: i wish you all the best. they are so beautiful. heather sullivan. if you want to buy an arrangement and you live in springfield, massachusetts, thanks, heather. have a good one. happy valentine's day. we have more "fox & friends" just moments away. ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> live in clemson, south carolina. i wonder what ainsley -- >> dana: i spent a lot of time there. the 13th grade. everyone in my high school went there. so i spent a lot of time on that campus. there is a lake there. that must be the lake. bye, everyone. see you tomorrow. >> bill: good morning. here we go, america. the great unmasking continues. new york and illinois expected to join the growing number of blue states that will phase out the mandates as we say good morning from new york. i'm bill hemmer. hello to you. >> dana: you are so excited for the super bowl. >> bill: every hour of every day i'm thinking about it. i don't know how our boss did it for 20 years. he was a patriots fan. how did he do it? >> dana: this is "america's newsroom." the polling data on the masking must have been

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