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department official who said of americans needing to leave ukraine, it's not just time to leave ukraine, it is past time for private citizens to leave ukraine. the president, who is at camp david this weekend meeting with his national security team, will speak with his counterpart, russian president vladimir putin, we are told, sometime in the 11 a.m. hour today. we are hoping to get some details soon after that call. overnight, state department and other diplomatic staff were told to leave at this building, this is the u.s. embassy building in kyiv, ukraine. it shows that the united states is not only preparing for a conflict, but one that is expected to potentially make its way to the ukrainian capital. yesterday, edward, at the white house the president met with counterparts from around the world from canada to germany, to great britain to talk strategy about ukraine and what's looking more like a definitive russian invasion. president biden and putin met face to face in switzerland over

the summer, ukraine was not really even the top topic of that meeting. but things have certainly changed. russia wanted this specific call today with the president to take place monday, the white house insisted today to underscore the urgency. yesterday here at the white house national security adviser jake sullivan underscored the urgency of the situation. listen. >> if you stay, you are assuming risk with no guarantee that there will be any other opportunity to leave. and no prospect of a u.s. military evacuation in the event of a russian invasion. if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds if, it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. >> reporter: americans are told to levey ya private commercial aircraft or private vehicle, and even though russia continues to say there are no definitive plans to invade

ukraine, this is important. overnight russian state media is reporting that russians living in ukraine at the russian embassy are also told to evacuate their embassy, and that's very telling. edward: that's a chilling sign. david spunt at the white house, wow. so americans in ukraine, get out now, as you heard david say. it's past time to get out. that's warning from officials in the u.s. they say russia's military buildup poses an immediate threat of invasion, so retired lieutenant colonel bob mcginnis joins me now. about two hours ago a secretary of state antony blinken spoke with the foreign russian minister, love lavrov. -- lavrov. this was the readout. the secretary made clear that a diplomatic path of resolving the crisis remained open, but it would require moscow to deescalate and engage in good faith discussions. you know, is this sort of like where the united kingdom, where not a lot of police officers carry guns and say stop or stop again? doesn't sound like a lot of

teeth there. >> well, there really isn't, george. clearly, mr. putin and, i think, has made a decision. whether or not it's going to be a false flag operation into donbas in the east and seize a piece of terrain there, or he's going to use the troops that are gathered in belarus, eastern ukraine and, of course, even the naval forces near odessa to take that country. set up a pup puppet government in response to what moscow wants. from the very beginning, mr. putin has made his objective clear. he never wants ukraine in nato, and he doesn't want strategic weapons from the west sitting on moscow's doorstep. so you either neutralize, you know, the whole idea of ukraine becoming part of nato, or he's going to continue to ratchet up the pressure. now, he could just keep the pressure if, you know, with exercises and the like which are really a ruse, but that keeps

the western europeans on edge. or he could do something with the natural gas, of course, and we've discussed nord stream 2 and the dependence of europe on russian gas. so there are a host of issues here. edward: so as you look at this with the forces that he has in place, does it look like a full scale invasion to you, or does it look like the crimea situation where he just carves out a little bit? you know, you heard jake sullivan say yesterday they're talking about bombing kyiv. that could be a possibility. so what are you seeing from what you know? >> well, he has the pieces, you know, to do a full scale invasion. you know, we've heard about nine different routes. certainly, the first guards tank army could now outside of the ukrainian border, could take one of those routes directly into kyiv. now, if, in fact, they do that, as was mentioned moments ago, you know, there'll be effort to knock out air defense

capabilities, their air forbes their naval forces and, of course, their communications. so it will become very difficult. but kyiv will be the target, the primary target. and then they'll move quickly to install people to represent moscow's best interests. now, at that point, you know, what does nato do. of course, nato long ago made a commitment that they would, you know, watch out for ukraine. after all, ukraine surrendered in 1994 all its nuclear weapons back to moscow, and they were expecting that they would get some sort of accommodation. well, nato membership is not forthcoming, and neither probably, given macron and schultz's recent discussions, i don't see that it will come anytime soon, if at all. edward ward: so, bob, the message from the national security adviser, get out now, because we're not going in to come get you if russia invades. now, he's not saying to russia

do not put american's in harm's way or -- americans in harm's way or else, so what signals does that send to president putin? >> well, i think from the very beginning last summer, as your reporter indicated, the president has not, you know, president biden has really not put pressure enough on putin. the idea of sanctions would be overcome with the help of president xi in china, so i really don't see that the u.s. nor the sum of western european nations have the upper hand, and that's why i think macron and schultz are going to do whatever they can to mitigate the tensions. but the reality is that i think mr. putin can kind of dictate the terms of what's going to to happen whether it's going to be a full scale invasion that could be very bloody and costly to him or a false flag operation or something in between. edward: so i want to tell you that we can now report that biden and putin, president biden

and russian president vladimir putin, will speak very soon. so inside ukraine we're hearing military officials is have never been more nervous, but officially the government's saying it's business as usual. listen to this from the ukrainian president today. listen. >> we have different information and now the best friend for -- in our country. and all this information details only for -- [inaudible] doesn't help us. edward: so people are going about their normal lives, this close to an a invasion, what do you think about thatsome. >> well, when they see russians and americans leaving kyiv, the locals will take note. and they'll begin preparations. so the idea with of panic, of course they've been seeing panic through psychological operations and hybrid operations for the last few months. this is nothing new. and i suspect the ukrainian

people are very much in the fear mode. edward: appreciate it. thank you, lieutenant colonel, retired army lieutenant colonel bob ma guinness, i really appreciate it. looking live at protests in paris where they are marching against covid vaccine rules there. police officially banning them to block off any parts of the city like we've been seeing in canada, but clearly those protests in canada spreading now as the message is spreading. people are just tired of these lockdowns. you see the amount of police and the amount of people that are clashing in paris there. we are looking, we are going to follow this throughout the course of this show here. that is developing now. so now to the drama building at our northern border here. police moving now to remove protesters blocking a bridge between canada and detroit. alexis mcadams has the latest from ottawa. >> reporter: hi, that's right. well, things are a little bit

different here in ottawa than they are at that bridge where you saw the police going off and trying to tell those people -- we told you once, twice, three times, you guys have got to go. the mood is still kind of fun even though it's freezing out here. people say this is about freedom. it's not that their anti-vaccine by any means, these truckers say, they want these mandates done, they want to go back to their daily lives. 90% of canadians are vaccinated, and a loot -- lot of them are saying why'd we do all this if we can't go back to normal. exactly what we're seeing in ottawa, we're expecting thousands of new protesters to show up because things really pick up here on the weekends even though it is very cold out here. tensions could escalate at some point because police say they'll no longer ask people to leave, but will have to force them to. ontario under a state of emergency. you can see in this video shot in the past few days the look of the crowds out here. officials threatening the protesters who block the flow of goods, people and critical

infrastructure with hefty fines and even jail time. on friday the city of ottawa asking the court for another injunction, this one focused on putting a stop to loud noise, idling, fireworks, open air fires and illegal use of parks and city facilities. city leaders tell us they need more resources out here, asking the prime minister to listen. >> i think there is a lot of people that think the federal government has been late to recognizing this is a national crisis. i think they're getting up to speed now, but i don't think, you know, suggesting that the ottawa police service has enough resources right now is what he should be doing because we are clearly hearing from the chief that we need more help. >> reporter: a judge on friday ordering protesters at the ambassador bridge over the u.s./canadian border to end the nearly week-long blockade there. that's stopped the flow of millions of dollars worth of

goods. that blockade also forcing the auto industry on both the united states side and the canadian side to have to roll back major production. now, last night the police told everybody you have to leave that bridge by 7:00. when that deadline hit, the crowds didn't go anywhere. and take a live look again here in ottawa, right in front of us, this crowd isn't going anywhere. they actually moved more supplies in just in the past few hours and more crowds are coming out here as well. the weekend has been the busiest here for the canadian convoy coming from all over the country to try and show their support. once again, they say this is not about vaccines, this is about hair freedom, and they don't -- their freedom, and they don't plan to go anywhere until the prime minister listens. edward: another week of rampant crime, former nypd commissioner howard safer on who needs to step up, but first, inflation soaring, so why is president biden still pushing spending?

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edward: fox on top of america's money under siege, inflation at a 40-year high, consumer confidence at a 10-year low. fox's claudia cowan is talking to shoppers who are feeling the pain. claudia? >> reporter: edward, consumers are seeing high higher prices and in some cases lower inventory at market like this one in mar run county just -- marin county just north of san francisco. inflation soared to a new 40-year high. the labor department says consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared to january of 2021. the steep year-over-year increase since february of 1982. fueled by shortages of supplies and workers, low interest rates, robust consumer spending and more spending out of washington, d.c. on covid relief and that big infrastructure bill,

inflation is costing americans $250 a month, and that was before thursday's hotter than expected report wiping out any pay raises and forcing some shoppers to cut back. >> higher prices in just the basic things like bread and milk and yogurt. >> just are careful as to what we buy and make sure -- [inaudible] >> it is a little painful. and maybe i've reduced in some areas but not the wine and fresh produce. >> a lot of our suppliers are shorting us on 10-20% of our orders. we're talking about hundreds of cases every week of product that we're not getting can -- and staple items, distilled water, cereal we haven't been able to get lately. >> reporter: the president sounded sympathetic and promised relief. >> i know food prices are up and we're working to bring them down. price at the pump went up, and i understand. but these things are

necessities. we're working to bring down prices where they're not totally what families, in fact, have to pay now. >> reporter: and how much more are families paying? compared to 12 months ago prices for meat and eggs are up 13%. poultry up almost 10%. milk up 6.8%. bread up just under 6%. coffee up 8.6%. and consumers also a paying a whopping 40% more for gas and 10 % more for electricity -- 10% more for electricity. sticker shock across the board putting a lot more pressure on consumers edward? edward: e yeah. thanks, claudia. now, the president saying spend more to lower costs. national taxpayers' union president brandon arnold and get trialed and company's dan geltrude. dan, when the government spends more, does inflation come down? talking about costs, but inflation? >> absolutely not. so the government juices up the

economy more, you're spreading out the money, that increases demand. we already have supply chain problems. what happens? more inflation. the formula is quite simple. stimulus and spending is giving us moreen nation. we just -- more inflation. we just have to look over the past year. the proof is there, all the consumers know it and they see it. edward: so, laura, the white house is not signaling any shift in policies like the regulations they added on the energy industry, increasing royalties for drilling on federal lands. the fix to supply chains will take a lot of time, so when does the president take a step back and say, okay, look, we needed to do something differently? >> well, i think that if you look at the global, worldwide pandemic crisis, you're seeing this happen in countries across the globe. this is not unique to america or american policies, and i will say this: you know, when you look at what dan's saying, it's

not stimulus. when we're talking about bbb and some of the spending that biden wants to do, it's really about long-term spending. it's long-term investments in american families. so i group up as the daughter of two grocery workers, and i'll tell you, they certainly would have liked help with chair childcare -- with their childcare, prescription drugs, those are long-term things that are boeing to help -- going to help americans long after the inflation has settled. i think we'll see changes in the short term, and with biden's package, changes in the long term for family, -- families. 'd. edward: it's still spending though. brandon, inflation's at 7.5% year-over-year, costing every american family about $276 a a month. so why is inflation a tax on workers living paycheck to paycheck? >> what we're seeing is good jobs numbers, we're seeing increased wages, but right now inflation is outpacing those gains. so even as people have a little

bit more in their pocket -- more money in their pocket, it isn't stretching so favre -- so far. these policies that the biden administration are pushing would make problems worse. the budget model said build back better drives up inflation even further. it's bad possible -- >> .1%. that's -- edward: i want to ask you about this, month over month inflation numbers are going down, but that's not the case in the last report we got with. month over month inflation leveled off, staying the same. the message has been now don't look at one month. so they're hoping this just settles down, it seems, when the supply chain unclogs, right? >> i think certainly that's true. i think they also know that the fed is going to act, so those are short-term pressures, but american families care about long-term pressures because childcare costs are going up and not going away, prescription drug costs need to be gotten under control, and the reason it

doesn't impact inflation over the long term is because it's paid for by tacking corporations and the wealthy, and that means it's not deficit spending -- >> not true. >> -- that money is going into the pockets of american workers but -- [inaudible conversations] 14 nobel laureates -- >> and then they turn it off, magically pretend like that spending is going to turn off when we know in all likelihood they're going to spend that spending, and, therefore, you're looking at a build back better plan that costs our economy trillions and trillions in deficit spending -- >> 14 nobel laureates disagree with you. edward: we have to get to that long-term thing. brandon arnold, we have to leave it there, dan, laura, thank you very much. i'm up against a hard break. this is a great debate. school mask mandates lifting for some blue states, why one mom says the new york governor needs to make the same move now. but first, as shoplifting surges, businesses are paying the price. what former nypd commissioner

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muck. ♪ ♪ e ed as crime continues to ramp up, business ownerses speaking out. they're calling for tougher enforcement as they face a wave of shoplifting. one knight city supermarket chain locking up everyday items like toothpaste and increasing security in stores. some say this is a product of the soft on crime policies by district attorneys across the country. former nypd commissioner howard safer joins me now. the first question, you know, this lawless problem was a message which took a long time to develop as criminals start to realize the policy changes protected them.

so can the fix happen quickly? >> it can happen quickly, but you have to give police the ability to do their jobs. and what's happening now and still happening across the country is these soft on crime district attorneys and the bail reform laws which let people out every day with no consequence after they commit crimes, constantly emptying the jails and prisons of individuals who should be in jail and telling the police that if you take any assertive action, we're going to prosecute you instead of the criminals. that's what's happening in the country. edward: and we've seen those repeat offenders do it again and again. what's the fix? does it come from the d.a.s office as, the judges or the police? >> it comes from all three. there's three parts to the criminal justice system. the police can arrest, if the criminals don't get prosecuted and the judges don't set bail because of these stupid laws,

we're going to have what we have now, chaos. back in the '90s and early 2000s we reduced crime in new york by over 40%, and we did it by telling police you can do your job and that if you do something in good faith, we're not going to prosecute you and talk your job and your family's earnings away. the end of -- end of qualified immunity, for instance, in new york for police officers is ridiculous. they're going to sit around and and not take assertive action. edward: and that period you talked about started a great expansion for new york city. the economy was booming there. so we know that local policies of letting off criminals without bail or just low bail, they just commit another crime, but what kind of federal response or message do you think needs to happen? >> well, we need a president who doesn't call cops broughtal and racist, which is what he did right after the george floyd incident. we need a president who is going to provide funding and a message that says to criminals if you commit a crime, you're going to

be held accountable. right now criminals are hearing that they can no -- they can go in, they can shoplift, they can assault people, and they're going to be right back out on the street. that's ridiculous. edward: during the last presidential election, we heard both president biden and kamala harris say nothing for at least three months as cities were burning during riots. now, did that also set the stage for what we're seeing now, the rhetoric? >> well, absolutely. they were supporting black lives matter or and antifa which turned into being terrorist groups in seattle and portland that were looting and burning their own neighborhoods, and, you know, their message from the top is very well received by criminals that the majority of people in this country want law and order. and, hopefully, in the next election we're going to see that they're going to vote what they really feel instead of this liberal, leftist move towards letting criminals do whatever they want. edward: now, you know about recruitment being the head of the new york police department. m.d.es are struggling now -- the

police departments are struggling to find new officers giving attacks physically as well as the rhetoric, as you mentioned, from elected leaders. how do police departments get the recruits they need then? >> they have to send a message to recruits that if you join the police department, we're going to protect you and your family as long as you do not commit criminal acts, and that's exactly the opposite of the message that's been sent. right now not only is recruitment difficult, retirements are at an all-time high, and if you look at the last month, more police officers have been shot in the line of duty in the last month than almost anytime in history. and that's because criminals are not afraid to carry guns. they used to be when we were doing stop, question and frisk in new york, criminals did not carry guns because they knew that if they did, they were going to get arrested. edward: interesting. so do you think that message is getting out no those -- to those recruits, that they will be protected should they come into the fold? >> not yet. mayor adams is going in the right direction, but los

angeles, chicago, san francisco is not. we need to change this rhetoric, and we need to send the message that if you're in -- you're a police officer, we're going to let you do your job. edward: great debate here, i appreciate it. thank you. so to mask or not to mask? we are still talking about that. now some blue state governor withs breaking ranks saying enough enough. we dig deep orer into that. and then matt stafford and joe burrow facing off tomorrow. meet the man making the biggest bet in super bowl history and find out who he's putting his money on. ♪ ♪ ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? they're banking, with bank of america. the groom's parents? they just found out they can redeem rewards for a second honeymoon. romance is in the air.

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has more on the real cost of the pandemic e on higher learning. lydia? >> reporter: it's been one million fewer students enrolled in college now than before the pandemic. strict covid protocols, a red hot job market and the cost of higher education that has increased five times the rate of inflation over the past 50 years are all to blame for this accelerating trend of students skipping college. a new study from my e-learning world estimates that at least one million students will miss out on $1 trillion in lost lifetime earnings. it equates to more than 600,000 bachelor's collies toes, nearly 180,000 master's degrees and almost 40,000 doctorates. the data, which we should note is voluntarily reported by schools, shows that only four states account for half of the national decrease in college enrollment; california, new

york, ohio and texas. >> overall, you know, where you see the steepest decline happening, placeses hardest hit by the pandemic, places where you saw students, a significant number of students from populations that tend to be from more diverse and underserved, first generation communities. >> reporter: but this trend could hurt all of us. people without higher education are four times more likely to be living in poverty. they tend to need more in government assistance and pay 45% less in taxes according to the college board. but there's no quick and easy fix to this, but to be sure, the higher education community is surely feeling the pressure as a $630 billion industry. they are having trouble filling seats. they may be considering barriers to entry that could make college for accessible and enticing.

back to you. edward: thanks, lydia, in new york. more blue states, perhaps, making an effort to reverse damage by lifting mask mandates for students but not in new york where my next guest is calling on governor kathy hochul to follow the science. she's a mother of a pre-k and a third grade student. she's now running for new york state senate, and she joins me now. i would like to menace, first, we -- mention first, we did reach out to governor hochul. we have not heard back, but the invitation is open. daniela, what kind of damage do you believe masking students is doing to their education? >> thank you for having me. i think it's really hard, masks on young children, because they cannot hear their teachers. they are having a really hard time learning to read. they need to learn phonics to learn to read. we know this based on the science of reading. and if they cannot see their

teachers' mouths speaking and learn the sounds, they will not learn to read. edward: right. there's a social aspect to this. is this why you decided to run for office? >> i decided to run for office because new york state has not prioritized children during this pandemic. if i could go to a restaurant, have dinner, you could go to the gym to exercise, but my son could not go to school. we kid not put children -- we did not put children first, and we need to do it from now on. and that's why many other mothers are running for office. edward: that was the pattern in virginia, why the governorship may have changed. you heard lydia say one million fewer students are enrolling in college than before the pandemic started. that could limit future earnings those kids could make. have we lost this zoom generation? >> i'm an optimistic, so i don't think we have lost the generation. but i think we need to prioritize kids. we have not tone that -- done that until now, and from now on

we need to make schools and children a priority many all our public policies in new york. edward: we've seen a lot of moves from states with strict lockdowns to others like new york going to florida, california going to texas. now those blue state governors are coming around. maybe, you know, it's an election year, they're seeing that. what did -- why did they finally wake up and see this? >> i don't know, but i'm glad they're waking up. i'm glad they are starting to prioritize children, and as i always tell my kids, we live in the greatest city in the world. we are so blessed to live in new york city, and i hope this can continue being a place and a city that is welcoming to families and put children first. edward: did you ever consider leaving new york because of the lockdowns, because of the struggles that you faced with your kids? >> no. i have never considered leaving new york city. i love new york city.

my husband grew up under communism in the soviet union, i grew up in brazil. we just feel so blessed to be able to raise our kids here in new york city. edward: and now you'd like to change it from within, to change some of those ideals. i appreciate that. thank you, danyela. we'll see when all the kids can finally see each other's faces in school. thank you very much is, appreciate it. with new warnings as a russian invasion of ukraine could begin at any time, where does the sanctions bill in congress stand? veterans.ore than at newday, you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos. already own a home and need cash? with the newday100 loan, you can get up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments $615 a month. no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newdayusa.

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♪ edward: so with russia ramping up over there, what's holding up the sanction ises on russia here? fox news congressional correspondent chad pergram joins me now on the phone. chad, you know more about this than anyone. if you would, first, lay out the teeth that's in the bill and what the holdup has been. >> reporter: well, the biggest issue here is how they would go

af after vladimir putin and also kremlin officials, really kind of some of their personal finances and, you know, mega-sanctions we're talking about. a bill here with teeth. the biggest holdup here seems to be the nord stream 2 pipeline, and if they were to address that, that might undercut the european if allies. you know, this sends natural gas to germany. that's a problem. and there was a meeting here with olaf schultz here in the past few days, and it seems senators are very concerned about cutting off their allies in europe who get the natural gas from this pipeline. you know, even during the cold war west germany got natural gas from the soviet union, so kind of what's the difference here? you know, this is the problem in how they balance that. so, in short, the sanctions bill is stalled out. chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, indicated that he wanted to have a bill done before an invasion to make a deterrence, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

the united states really didn't do very much to hit vladimir putin after he invaded crimea with. edward: interesting. senator bernie sanders raising that war powers act, and there's a lot of lack of clarity as to what the president can actually do against russia now, isn't there. >> reporter: that's right. there are always risks to having troops overseas, helping nato allies under article very, even country of the nato alliance must -- [inaudible] but it's always a dangerous when you have these troops abroad. no american forces will be in ukraine itself, but it's dangerous anytime you have a conflict, unexpected things tend to happen. what if there's an accident or a shooting. this is what happened in somalia in 1993, black hawk down. this is why bernie sanders took the senate floor this past week to talk about unintended consequences, he invocked rosy scenarios painted in battles

ahead of vietnam if, afghanistan and iraq. edward: so where's your sense of where congress is related to sanctions that go forward and the president's power to do that? should russia decide to act. >> reporter: he could certainly do some things unilaterally, on a unilateral business. chuck schumer indicated that this bill has to be bipartisan, so there are divides there. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, mind you, bob menendez, the chairman of the foreign relations committee, said they were on the 1-yard line, and, i tell you, i don't know how many downs they have, they keep running these plays -- [laughter] would not commit to having this bill done before the presidents' day recess on capitol hill at the end of next week. and with all this saber rattling, there's talk this could happen in the next couple of days in terms of an invasion, it looks like they've missed their mark on capitol hill. ed that was my next question, where do we go from here then? >> reporter: yeah.

that might actually intensify the resolve to do something ex post facto, if that's possible, but again, you know, i asked chuck schumer straight up, i said, what about doing this right now before there's an invasion. the purpose of the sanctions are to be a deterrent, but so far this doesn't seem to have deterred anything because congress is -- [inaudible] edward: thanks, chad pergram. your reporting excellent as always. thank you very much. so u.s. destroyers that were off the east coast of the u.s. now in european waters all as a russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. stay right here, we're on it. h'p just because of this. (woman) wow, that's something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. [echoing] get a quote today. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

edward: checking back the in with those protests in paris marching against covid vaccine

rules there. the scene heating up as police banning them from blocking off any part of the city like in canada. you can see people running around there in the streets of paris, france, as the debate is spreading around the globe. i also want to take a look at windsor, canada, here. this is canada, now, we're going to move to. the police are now moving those truckers off that bridge, the ambassador bridge in canada there. that decision has been made. this is after president joe biden yesterday spoke with prime minister justin trudeau about this situation and decided this could not continue. it is affecting american plants, it is affecting car plants on the canadian side of this. so the two world leaders said that they will not stand for blocking commerce, so the police are acting on the windsor bridge, on the ambassador bridge, i'm sorry, in windsor, across from detroit to make sure the flow of goods can travel

back and forth. we will keep an eye on both of these stories as they are unfolding right now. so looking for a good place to watch the super bowl? if you happen to have $299 5 million to spend -- 295 and need a 21-bedroom mansion in bel air, this might be the one for you. the most expensive u.s. residence ever listed is going up for auction at the end of the month, so let's find out if taxes played a role. maybe the owner moved to texas, i don't know. real estate specialist katrina cam pins joins me now. is this the point of buying this, that you can show that you can buy this. >> this is obviously a masterpiece, it can never be created again, but everybody is purchasing real estate to hedge against inflation, so i think the economic trends of low

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you're never going to be able to create this again. many things occurred to make this house happen, if you really want to call it a house. in my opinion, it's more like a hotel. [laughter] and the importance of home has really become so, so, so important after covid. so if we do have a lockdown for, god forbid, any reason, nobody if has to leave this property, let's be real are. you have everything. you have pools, you have a spa, you have a candy bar, you know, you have everything imaginable. edward: let's talk about in general, we know housing prices have gone up, i've seen some estimates, 20% increase in 2021. still low is saying this year housing will increase 11%. is this sustainable on the pace of increases given our economy? >> i do believe it's sustainable, and i'll tell you why, it's because we have very low supply. so the conditions of this market are what's driving this frenzy, if you will. there's very low supply. remember, before covid even occurred, we had a shortage to begin with, and then that became

even more important of after covid when people were, you know, having this desire to really spend more time in a home. and the reason that a lot of builders were not bullish about building before covid was because the millennials were not purchasing real estate. since then, they've entered the market, they're becoming a very, very vital part of this demand. and there just isn't enough supply. and it's the first time in my real estate career, and i've been doing this for a very long time, where there's so many buyers out there, but we simply cannot find sellers. edward: in the last 30 seconds we have, is now the time to buy or do you wait for a possible bubble to burst? >> there's no bubble that's going to burst, and i said this even in the midst of the pandemic. i said real estate is going to drive us out of the recession. i do not believe this is a bubble, we just do not see those conditions. so if you're going to buy and you find the right property, i would encourage you to do so before interest rates rise. edward: i appreciate it. break's coming.

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clear out and allow this bridge to reopen. overnight a few dozen remained and this morning some started to clear out, but a couple dozen still there saying we're not going anywhere, this bridge as you mentioned is really a crucial artery for trade between the u.s. and canada. more than 300 million dollars a day in goods that cross it. for the last five, now, six days though, this bridge has been empty. folks we've spoken to in the auto industry say they are expecting this bridge will open at some point today. that would be welcomed news for automakers who have been forced to cancel shifts, shut down operations due to deliveries of parts not being able to come through on schedule. toyota, gm, ford. stallantis and this handles trade. and they have been forced to travel north to the blue water

bridge in port huron in order to try it get across. there were some slight delays, but they cleared up potentially in anticipation of the ambassador bridge being reopened after several days of increase professionals from leaders in michigan and in action to get this bridge among others opened. edward: thanks, garrett. do you get the sense that they will come back at some later point or do you think the pressure is too great on either side, u.s. and canadian side, and they just won't block this bridge again? because it does affect all of that commerce? >> well, it's hard to say that this won't happen again given how effective it has been in getting the attention of leaders this week. canada is our number two trading partner and this bridge accounts for a huge proportion of that trade. so when you shut that down for five days, if you're looking alt 300-plus million dollars a

day you're over a billion dollars just this week alone in trade na has been clogged up not able to cross the border. very effective in terms of getting folks' attention when you hit them in the wallet where it hurts. so it wouldn't be surprising to see this at some point going forward as well. edward: to your point, garrett. i talked with the largest union president in canada for the automakers union for them. when you build a car in the u.s., parts go back and forth over that bridge six times back and forth. so you could see how it would impact that. garrett tenney, i appreciate it. thank you. now we'll turn to canada's capital ottawa. alexis mcadams is in the thick of it. she has been all morning. what's going on now, alexis? >> you can take a look behind mement depends on what street you're on in ottawa. there are 400 trucks and the drivers tell they're not going anywhere, it's about freedom.

they're not anti-vaccine, 90% of the trucking unions and 90% of canadians are vaccinated. they say it's about getting their freedom back. they did all of those things and abiding by the restrictions for months and months and now they want to enjoy their lives. and we are going to walk and see what we're seeing on the streets of ottawa. officials threatening the protesters blocking flow of goods and people and infrastructure with hefty fines and jail time. and the city of ottawa asking the court for another injunction, they want the noise which goes on until pretty early in the morning to stop, the fireworks, the idling and the horns and they don't want anymore of the open air fires that people are using really to keep warm because the temperatures are dropping out here. a judge on friday also ordered the protesters at the ambassador bridge over the u.s.-canadian border that garrett talked about, to stop there so we're watching closely that police presence to see exactly how that plays out because that could impact

what's going on outside of parliament. the opp and police are blocking streets in ottawa trying to keep them from going back over to parliament. the people are going to show up and they don't care about the temperatures, they care about their freedom and going anywhere unless they possibly get arrested. police are saying they want much more resources fromhe government, but we're waiting to see exactly how many officers roll in. we'll keep a close eye on this. edward: yeah, don't slip while you're walking around there. do you get the sense if arrests start happening there, that they will come back, the truckers will come back or do you think that that could clear the situation? >> it's going to have to see how it plays out pretty much. they say they're not going anywhere. chanting freedom here on the streets of ottawa. but they're saying if the police do come in they're going to have to move them forcefully. they have their trucks and

supplies and people are moving supplies in the overnight and they plan to stay here until they have to leave. edward: an evolving situation there on the streets in ottawa, canada. moving now to the escalating situation between russia and the ukraine. president biden is having a call with the russian president vladimir putin at any minute. white house-- meanwhile, the white house is ordering nonessential employees at the u.s. embassy in ukraine to evacuate and urging americans living in the country to flee now as no u.s. troops will be sent in to save them if war breaks out. lucas tomlinson is in kiev with the latest. lucas. >> that's right, and at the u.s. embassy here in ukraine, ordering staffers reduce today a bare minimum and urging americans to flee as soon as possible. ukraine's minister vowed that no russian force will take any of ukraine's cities. we spoke to a young lady at a coffee shop, she appeared very

calm. >> i have noticed that foreigners, they are more afraid than we are. you know, my friends from the united states, for example, they say to me, you guys be careful, what's going on around and so on, and i don't know because i don't have time to think about it, you know. >> ukrainian citizens here learning how to defend their city of three million and how to launch insurgenties should russians come to kiev. we caught up with ukrainian teens to vowed to fight to the death if necessary. >> are you prepared to fight the russians if they show up in your city? >> yes, of course. >> we're ready to stand for our country till the end, even if we will need to die for it. >> u.s. sources are moving to the region as well. president biden approving plans to send in additional 3,000 paratroopers from the 82nd air

division. and members of the national guard will be evacuating their training mission at western ukraine. the mood is one of calm and victoria the barista earlier, i saw a couple getting married and they seemed happy. i bumped into the gentleman who says he has a gun, and of course they don't have short range missiles. >> are they really ready for the russians to invade? >> you wouldn't know that an invasion is pending, ed. a colleague of mine, we walked to the grocery store earlier today, there was no panic buying. it was a typical saturday here so i've been told and you just saw people shopping, it wasn't like a snowstorm in northern virginia in the winter where there's no food on the shelves. there's plenty of produce, plenty of meats, plenty of items on the shelves just looked like a typical saturday. all is calm right here.

a far different story here in washington at the pentagon. edward: thanks, lucas, stay staff should -- stay safe there should anything happen. and the white house says we won't send in troops to save you. what message does that send to world leaders. let's ask the former state house department, the white house made it clear, no troops will go into ukraine. it's not that the russian president should not harm americans or warning americans. instead he's telling that americans are going to run and leave ukraine. what message does that send to vladimir putin? >> it's weird, it's this alarmist message the united states and biden throughout this crisis has been very bellicose, very aggressive, the opposite of what theodore roosevelt suggested, walk softly and carry a big stick. but to suggest the u.s.

citizens leave. i think this americans has been burned badly by the failure in afghanistan and don't want to be accused of being caught flat-footed. and it's different in ukraine, you don't have to escape through iran or uzbekistan or pakistan. you can move out to the west if you have to and there's questions as lucas reflected in the sense of kiev that the threat is not as imminent as the white house makes us believe. edward: any minute the president is speaking to president putin. is there anything that he could say for the situation? >> and they don't want the u.s. forces to permanently be stationed in the parts that joined after the cold war. putin wants it enshrined and would like other things, he'd like a pro russian government

in ukraine. and russian probably has gotten what it wants. even if the united states wants ukraine in n.a.t.o., it seems clear that germany will not accept that. the russians made it clear they're going to go to war if they join n.a.t.o. and germany will never take that step. more likely biden will do what he's done through the crisis just to restate the u.s. position again and again and again and putin actually knows that. edward: what should have been do to not get to this point? it's laid out over the past couple six months or so or since afghanistan, the withdrawal. >> right, if you go back to early '21, putin did the same thing surged forces in the western part of his country instead of ukraine, sort of went away. and the president and frankly, very hawkish republicans in congress haven't explained to

the american people what u.s. interests are. they've spoken vaguely of democracy. ukraine is an imperfect democracy, but many think our chief adversaries are china and the iranian regime sliding toward nuclear weapons, not pushing russia into china's arms any more than we already have. nined a way to deescalate and give ainsurances to putin behind the scenes, speak softly, carry a big stick, not the opposite. edward: what happens next, you referenced this briefly, but what's the ramifications? the chinese are watching this, the chinese president and the russian president formed a partnership it seems. and is chinese looking at taiwan looking at ukraine? >> i don't think that xi jinping the chinese dictator is going to be emboldened if we don't do something in ukraine.

i think he'd like for us to get bogged down in ukraine the same way we'd get bogged down in middle east back waters. we need a bigger navy and air force, i think that xi is watching, but i don't think he's drawing the conclusion that our intelligence is drawings. edward: thanks, christian. we're watching this all morning. thank you for your time. the surge at the southern border is not stopping. 2,000 new apprehensions in two days. we'll take you there live.

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>> fox news can now confirm that the call between president joe biden and the russian president vladimir putin is now taking place. we will follow this as information comes out. we will get a readout of the call afterwards. we can report now the call between the two presidents is taking place right now. so, to the southern border now.

there's no end in sight with the surge at the del rio sector alone. seeing 2,000 apprehensions in just 48 hours. bell melugin is in la joya, texas. >> they're tracking down migrants who do not want to be caught after they cross illegally. take a look at the video we shot just after sunrise tracking down the runners, as they're called, out in the brush. these are typically single adult men who wear dark clothing or camouflage and do not voluntarily give themselves up. they're trying to sneak further into the united states in order to evade. and when the border agents aren't involved with families they're able to catch men like this. we saw similar scenes, same area, same spot here in la joya. a bigger group of runners caught in the brush out here, a lot of nicaraguans caught and

many migrants are claiming to be from nicaragua and throwing their passports away because right now the nicaraguan government is not accepting somebody back without a passport. and they feel like if they don't have one they won't be sent back. and a smuggler used a child daycare transport bad to hide 23 immigrants from guatemala inside, to smuggle them into texas. the 23 guatemalaens were expelled via title 42 and the driver facing charges. and photos out of del rio, the chief there posting this photo saying they found these two men after they crossed illegally, wandering on a private ranch and ran checks on background, both were convicted sex

offenders violent claims against minors. del rio has been active in 48 hour span, they had more than 2,000 migrant apprehensions. send it back to you. edward: bill melugin, fantastic reporting there. and better hair than me. and stopping a trading ban with a catch. we'll talk to a lawmaker who introduced a bill next. ♪♪ meet brett from apartment 2b. he's not letting an overdraft alert get him stressed. he knows he's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks or less. overdraft assist from chase. make more of what's yours. with ww, i lost 30 lbs and i feel incredible! i love the new program because the app

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the judiciary, has no reporting. the supreme court has no disclosure. it has no reporting of stock transactions and it makes important decisions every day. edward: the momentum is growing in d.c. to ban lawmakers from trading stocks. house speaker nancy pelosi changing her stance now saying she'd back it, but only if it's government-wide, that includes the judiciary branch. reaction from one of the lawmakers who introducedle bill. republican finance committee, senator steve daines. what do you think, should the judiciary branch be involved in this? >> well, look, americans have lost trust in so many institutions, including congress. they're losing trust in their government. you look at the approval rating of congress, they are some of the lowest ever. i think a root canal is more favorable than congress so something has got to be done. and we need to restore the

trust of the american people in this institution. when you're elected to serving congress, you're elected to serve not to be served. the american people see what's going on, and some of the things going on on capitol hill and that's why if a republican from montana, a democrat from massachusetts who are working together. edward: wow. >> with this ban on trading individual stocks and keep in mind, your own fox poll that came out recently said 70% of the american people support this. and by the way, it doesn't matter whether you're a democrat or republican, the number is about the same, 70% of the american people, they want to see something done here. edward: thanks for the plug. and senator majority leader chuck schumer signaling maybe he supports this. what's the likelihood this gets past the senate? >> it's gaining traction and this is the first bipartisan bill with elizabeth warren and my bill and most time we don't

agree on anything, we have different views on the future of america. but we agree on this and that's why it bodes well for something like this getting passed and signed into law. edward: it's interesting, this debate is coming up as you might be asked to cast a vote for the federal reserve nominees, representative jamie raskin failed to disclose had an over million dollar for his wife. what about sara bloom raskin vote. and what about the decision on trade stocks? >> first of all, i'm on the banking committee also and we will have that vote for ms. rat raskin, but i'm concerned about the biden administration when they're nominating these far left ideologues.

and stopping the capital flow and you cannot do that when you're part of the federal reserve. there's a mandate, we want to understand the mandate and the they don't bring ideology that could shut down the oil and gas industry at a time when energy costs are skyrocketing. edward: so we're going to put on all of your hat and put on your energy hot, you're on the energy committee and you're from montana. and tom fanning, one of the largest utility companies in the u.s. he says they get cyber attacked a million times a day and they fight it out and we talked to the ceo of edison international. >> and that comes from geopolitical tensions frshgs nation state actors, all the way to somebody sitting in a basement someplace. what i would say though is that the strength of the partnership

is helping us continue to improve and the bad guys are getting worse, but the partnership with the federal government has been critical in giving us intel sense and giving us the tools. edward: what do you think, russia and china seem like they're not stopping or turning a blind eye to hacks from their country or actively involved in those cyber attacks, what do you think? >> first of all, he's right, this is a real threat to our infrastructure and to our economic security and our national security, the cyber threat. i think it's an important step back and look at the direction. this biden administration is shut down made in america energy. one of the great accomplishments over the he course of the last 10 years we've become energy independent. since president biden took office, russian oil imports to the united states have more than doubled. it's trade, you can't make this up and the american people are suffering with skyrocketing energy prices. this is a major, major blunder

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upcoming midterms heating up as the white house deals with russia to inflation to the border and with early primary voting beginning in texas this week, there are signs latino voters could be moving towards republicans. alicia acuna has more. >> hi, edward. mcallen, texas is located in u.s. congressional district 15, an open seat and for the first time many analysts say it how leans republican. 90% of the population in hidalgo county is latino. after president biden's win the left leaning pac did a study because donald trump did better than expected. they found in hidalgo county 50,000 latinos voted in 2020 that didn't vote in 2016, and those who voted republican. and the rnc opened community centers all over the country in

a multi-million dollar effort to court hispanics and other minorities and texas has the most with five. >> democrats have taken the hispanic vote for granted so many years and banked on hispanics going out and voting for them and when we began to see the numbers not shift the way they were supposed to shift for the democrats, we saw an opportunity. >> the pac's founding says while biden won the hispanic votes, he calls it a death by a thousand cuts. >> and they said we lost a few points and that was just, we didn't get to canvass because we were staying home and wearing our masks. that's a fool's errand. >> and last year they elected the first conservative mayor. >> and i know that hispanic think differently than hispanic

people in california. i don't think they think different than florida and definitely in new york. >> of note, democratic congress woman alexandria ocasio-cortez will hold rallies today in san antonio today for two congressional candidates on the progressive side. >> and targeting moderate democrats in texas and other states, let's hash out removing the moderate candidates in texas that would be good or bad for the midterms. here to discuss from the washington examiner, what do you think, good or bad to push out the moderate democrats? >> i don't know how any democrat can look at the past year of the biden administration's failures and say more of democratic candidates is what the democratic party needs. one lost after another for the biden white house, they're pursuing an agenda so far to the left of what biden promised

on the campaign trail and a swing voter population, in the hispanic community, evenly divided between republicans and democrats. you do need moderate candidates. edward: and he ran on unifying the country and that has not happened yet. do you think that members like aoc will be well-received by voters in states or districts that could go republican? >> i don't think that-- it depends how she approaches the issues. if she goes and starts using the divisive rhetoric she's often known for, she's going to turn a lot of hispanic voters off, especially if she's not paying attention to the issues that they are concerned about. a lot of hispanic voters down in texas are just as concerned about the border as republicans are. they're concerned about inflation. and if she walks in and dismisses those issues as trivial, she is going to be considered divisive by the voters. edward: we've seen 29 democrats now in the house saying they're not running for reelection, and many of the moderate members.

what could be left is a more progressive democratic party. could this be a result of the midterms, do you think? >> it could be. obviously, it's hard to tell exactly how the midterms are going to go, though it's not looking great for democrats at this point. especially with so many people announcing their retirement. but really, if democrats do decide to continue pursuing this path of leftism, it's going to spell political defeat for them in november and even past that into 2024. it's just not a viable strategy long-term. biden has found that out the hard way this past year and they're going to continue learning that if they don't change strategies. edward: sure. and kaylee, you talked about inflation a 40-year high. that's a top issue for voters. how could inflation specifically impact the midterm elections for republicans and democrats? >> we know that voters care about economic issues that directly affect their wallets and inflation is hitting people hard right now. gas prices are continuing to rise. we don't know how the situation

in ukraine is going to affect that. so, these are things that, if the biden administration doesn't get serious, and start addressing voters directly and come up with a plan of action for what it's going to do to help ease these costs at home, there will be a retaliation against the biden administration. >> yeah, and you're seeing that in poll numbers as of right now. thank you for coming on on this saturday, appreciate it. >> thank you. now, going to the growing tensions on the ukraine border, the white house's most dire warning coming yesterday afternoon that russia could invade any day and now that had stocks and oil plunging and oil prices surging. stocks plunging, oil prices surging. so what happens here if we get full-blown war in the ukraine. now to discuss, phil flynn, national taxpayers union executive vice-president brandon arnold. and let's talk about oil, phil flynn. this could directly impact all

americans by increasing gas prices, why, phil? >> well, basically because we have a global energy market and if you cut off supplies to europe, if russian decides to do that, you're going to see an energy priced shock. because the biden administration's pullback on u.s. energy we've been more dependent on russian oil. and we've been more dependent on russia when we could have been making this at home. this is a global market. it's like a highway, if you shut down one part of the highway it's going to be a mess, a disaster and that's what we're going to see in this country and energy price shock unlike anything we've seen since the 1970's. >> so dan, i want to get to you talking about stocks. react to go what the russian president might do. what do you think? >> well, this adds to more uncertainty in the stock market. not just because there's uncertainty about what's going to happen in the ukraine.

what happens if they do go into the ukraine? we do nothing, which may be the case, and then how china reacts related to taiwan. so, there's all kinds of geopolitical fallout of this, which doesn't spell good news for the stock market at all. and related back to the fuel issues, that's going to cause more inflation and what's the fed going to do? raise rates. that's a bad thing for the stock market. edward: yeah, and slowing down the economy making borrowing more money and your credit card and interest rates more expensive. brandon, inflation is a tax on people, included in gas prices. what happens between the u.s., russia and ukraine, is there any lesson that taxpayers need to see the uncertainty removed around the world? >> yeah, you can't control things in a geopolitical sense like covid, but you can have

plentiful energy. if this administration had done the exact opposite right out, they shut down keystone and restricted gas and oil drilling, right now in the midst of this economic crisis, this energy crisis raising royalty rates on oil and gas extraction, making it more difficult to get oil and gas out of the ground and to consumers. >> the taxpayers come out on the short end of that. i know you focused on oil and natural gas, do you think that removing sanctions on nord stream two pipeline emboldened the russian president to take the action we're seeing now and looking at a biden administration that's constricting supply here and allowing europe to be more reliant on russian energy, right? >> absolutely, yes. i think that he's using energy as an advantage. he's smart. this is all political gamesmanship and he knows that russia now controls energy in europe. and because of bad information from the international energy agency, which tried to massage

numbers to make it look like alternative energies could work, they turned out to be false and they admitted that that last week, they've underreported demand and overestimated supply, until russia is in a unique position to push their will because of using their energy dominance as a weapon. and the only way to fight with that as deterrents, we need to rebuild the u.s. energy weapon and that's the only thing that's going to stop this in the future. edward: so, dan, the u.s. says they're going to cancel the nord stream pipeline and the u.s. would make up the difference there. how do you do that when you canceled vital project in the u.s.? >> i guess president biden is thinking about going to opec, or going to someone else who's not our friend and asking them to pump more oil? look, the answer is is simple, straight forward. phil was talking about it, we need to move back to being

energy independent, we need to go back to being an oil exporter the awe were. if energy is going to be weaponized, which is clearly what russia is doing, then we need to arm ourselves and arming ourselves goes back to energy independence, pumping oil again and supplying the world with what we produce. >> and brendan, i wanted to ask you. how does the taxpayer then navigate what we've all described here? >> oh, it's difficult because they're not just facing higher energy prices, but higher prices and everything is nor expensive here. what they need to do to prepare themselves, contact their members of congress enact more energy supply, reduce tariffs, two things that make things cheaper rather than more expensive. it's a complete about-face for this administration, but really the only path forward.

we're going to see reduction in inflation and turn-around for this country. edward: and the taxpayers may vote. and thanks for coming in, an important discussion, thank you all. a live report from sofi stadium, where they're beefing up security for tomorrow's big game and why in could be the most expensive super bowl for folks watching from home next. veteran homeowners, need a financial boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. up to $60,000 or more. veterans are saving an average of $615 every month. with more ways to help more veteran families,

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>> more than 70,000 fans are expected at the big game. the rams are the second team in nfl history to play in a super bowl at their home stadium and unlike years or last year, this super bowl, there is no covid capacity restrictions so fans are still required to mask up in accordance with l.a. county's health guidelines for large outdoor gatherings. we'll have to see if fans followed that rule and many did not happen during the nfc championship, including governor gavin newsom and mayor garcetti, and they said they took the masks off for the picture. many fans are expect today turn up to the game and a lot of excitement. this super bowl is expected to generate more than $500 million for the l.a. region. edward: wow, you know, the l.a. mayor saying what he held his breath for that. aside from security, let's get you on record now.

l.a. or cincinnati? come on, christina. >> l.a., you know? this is the hometown, aim -- i'm a hometown baby. l.a. rams. edward: bill hemmer may have a problem with you. and folks at home not feeling as excited as the fans there at the stadium. not just because they won't see the game in person. it's more about seeing the super high prices for those super bowl supplies. fox business's madison allworth has more on that. >> edward, with inflation at its highest rate in 40 years, your super bowl spread is going to cost you more this sunday. chicken wings, for example, they're up in cost by 53%. it's not just wings, all of your super bowl favorites are costing more. that soda that you're stocking up on 5% more. and the cost of meat up over 13%, and poultry as a whole,

it's up over 9%. these increases in cost leave restaurants like dan and john's wings no choice, but to increase the menu prices. last week, the 50-pack of wings for the super bowl around $55. this year $99. and even with that steep increase they're not able to make the same margin they did last year, but they couldn't stomach charging customers more than that. >> we're not going to make a social media post saying here was our previous cost and here is our current cost and you figure it out. we have to have that long face and they kind of realize like, hey, we know you don't want to increase the price, but we have to to stay open. >> despite prices higher, demand is super high. this restaurant prepared 50,000 wings for the super bowl festivities on sunday and already sold all of them. edward. edward: 50,000 wings. all right, thanks, and how a win for joe burrow and the bengals to help our next guest

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>> the countdown to super bowl lvi is on, but the rams and the bengals aren't the only ones hoping to win big. americans are expected to bet nearly $8 billion on tomorrow's game and my next guest stands to win 16.5 million after placing a record setting mobile bet on the bengals holding up the lombardi trophy. houston area furniture salesman and famed sports gamble, jim

"mattress mack" mcingvale, why bet that much money. >> you buy a furniture 3,000 or better and reclining furniture 3,000 or better and get your money back. and betting mack is kind of an insurance policy affecting an insurance policy and that way i can pay back the customers with free, free, free furniture. edward: i've got to ask you, the bet online that you made. is this a straightup bet or playing the line? >> we're playing the money linehan plus 170 on the money line so it makes a good hedge against our mattress promotion and reclining sophia promotion. if the bengals win, i'll get back 16.5 million and customers have free furniture. edward: walk me through this, why the bengals? why did you put it on the bengals? >> a lot of lsu people and they love joe burrow and they're buying furniture hoping joe

burrow and the cincinnati bengals win the super bowl and i thought the bengals and rams are a tossup, great teams. bengals beat kansas city and i thought was impossible to do i'm riding with the cincinnati bengals and we'll have fun watching the game. edward: do you have this money to lose and it's entertainment. people have to be careful betting forward? >> yes, this money we're doing is a hedge. we've had our biggest sales and be careful. my wife says i have a gambling problem, i have a promotions problem and i like to run the promotions. edward: jim, quickly, are you going to be watching the game with a doctor? because if you win or lose, you've got to watch your heart. >> i'm going to be watching a group with 100 veterans at camp hope in houston, a place where veterans with severe ptsd recover. edward: that's great. >> and that group rooting the

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