popularity. >> pretending that they didn't like her. >> steve: thank you so much it went so quickly. thank you for watching. the great christmas debate is up until the "the next revolution" will be televised. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> carley: a fox news alert, "the new york post" exclusively learning the fbi was warning twitter about so-called act material circulating about hunter biden and weekly meetings. the 2020 presidential election and those warnings were so specific that twitter was ready to censor the post report on hunter's laptop immediately. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm ashley strohmier filling in for carley shimkus. >> todd: griff jenkins in new york with todd piro.

in the top possession very same time. the first time appearing in a room full of celebrities at the white house yesterday where reporters say there were questions on a couple of friends ask. >> brooke singman joins us live, hey, brooke. >> a lot of new developments around hunter biden but let's start where hunter joined his mom and dad at the kennedy center at the reception. there he faced questions about house republicans to infest him as well as "the new york post" reporting on his personal laptop. by the reportedly did not answer. hunter is already under investigation with reports there is sufficient evidence to charge with tax crimes in a false statement to buy a gun. former presidents attorney general eric holder pressed on the potential for the president signed to be charged yesterday. listen. >> the defendant should not be treated the in the more harshly because who we is related to and should not be given braids

because of who we is or isn't related to but treated as truck president trump like any other american citizen and if there is culpability that person should be held liable for his or her apps. speak to "the new york post" with a major biden bombshell. >> the fbi came to twitter and told them in the weekly meetings before the 2020 election to look out for a hacked material evident operation and about hunter biden and it was going to come in october. of course, when twitter saw our story in october about hunter biden they censored it immediately. speed >> coming from sworn declaration of security but meanwhile twitter ceo elon musk with the release of more details from the social media platform on his handling of the story,

listen. >> it has been a double standard where democrats were not censored and those causes not censored but republicans were. and i think this is frankly obvious to anyone who uses twitter without any twitter files. and you expect from a company that essentially a distillation of san francisco politics. >> you on musk comments leading republicans to: two investigations for google and facebook for similar practices. >> griff: brooke singman kicking things off, brooke, thank you very much. house minority kevin mccarthy calling for a broader investigation into big tech involved in here is what he is saying, listen. >> white elon musk has been able to do and now we know why the white house wanted to fight so strongly against him owning twitter. all he has done is put out the

truth. now we need to start looking at facebook, google. these have become arms of the democratic party, arms of the biden administration but they use the intel community as well to lie to the american public. should those people keep their clearances and still have information? if they will be political individuals, then no, they should not appear this is the tip of the iceberg of what we need to investigate going forward. >> ashley: let's bring in congressman james comer at the ranking member of the house oversight. congressman, in light of everything that transpired since friday night since this was released, as it points to the oversight committee, is the way that you do this investigation changed at all? we hear things like the fbi and brooke singman's report there. we hear the fbi was having weekly meetings with twitter and all of a sudden in this report came out before the election,

some would argue that his election interference, is it not? >> it is election interference but the only thing that has changed with respect to biden peddling investigation is the fact there is more credibility as to why we come in fact need to investigate the bidens. this was the cover-up of the highest level of the government to protect joe biden. what they are protecting is the laptop and the content of the laptop, which show not only did joe biden know full well what his son and his brothers were doing with respect to influence peddling but it shows joe biden was very involved with this effort. this is something that should concern every american. >> griff: congressman, when you hold hearings, want to know if you attempt to call james baker one of the revelations we have gotten from all of this is the counsel for twitter that had been the former jury counsel for the fbi under the 2016 russian

collusion investigation was, indeed, part of this. >> absolutely. baker and the two most profile twitter employees we would hear from him. my advice to them is prior to coming to the oversight committee in january or february as soon as we can get them to the oversight committee, they need to look hard to try to find evidence as to why they suppressed the story. if they can't find evidence from a government entity like the fbi saving in fact suppress the story, then my next bit of advice for them would be to contact heirs and omission company because they will have a lot of columns moving forward because this was such an important story. the fact that they suppressed it when we now know it was very true and buried imaging to the biden campaign is very concerning. >> ashley: i want to ask one more question on this topic as it pertains to social media as a

whole. this is obviously all around twitter and surrounding twitter right now, but does this make you concern for things like meta-and following that interview with joe rogan and mark zuckerberg talking about how it was probably a mistake. is this going to lead to potentially more people and the social media platform world and the top brass of these companies to be held accountable for these similar situations? >> absolutely. big tech will be a republican for do priority for the republicans. and bring these people forward to talk about the problems with big tech and the role they play in censoring conservatives but respect to the oversight committee, we are focused on the biden investigation and the big development over the weekend is the fact that the federal government was involved in suppressing this story. i think what you are going to see over the next weeks and

months is elon musk is going to slowly produce more information and more evidence and remember what he produced this weekend, this was prebiden, biden campaign and the fbi. the weeks and months ahead are things that the biden administration did to suppress conservatives free speech and to encourage twitter to ban certain people who were hostile to the biden administration and their policies. that should be concerning to every american when the federal government is involved in suppressing free speech. >> griff: also concerning, congressman my want to change gears a little bit is china a report claiming that the chinese media is pushing divisive videos about u.s. politicians to millions of tiktok viewers, mainly republicans. your thoughts? >> china is a bad actor. china continues to get their foot in the door in every institution in our federal

government. one of the things that china does with respect to trying to infiltrate politicians is they try to find vulnerable politicians like eric swalwell or more vulnerable politicians like hunter biden and they try to develop relationships with them. they are doing also all sorts of things to gather as much information as possible. and it is more advanced than we thought. we thought china was focused on her intellectual property in their patents to try to make money, but now what it seems like is china is very involved in trying to understand the workings of our military and the inner workings of our federal government. they should be very concerning to every american. this is why the republican majority, you will see congress get serious about and kevin mccarthy very specific how to stand up to china. this administration sure has not done that. >> ashley: congressman, you

are watching a new probe into president biden's failed deal. saudi oil production before the midterms but what do you guys expect to find in that? >> well, we just want to know what the biden energy plan is, first of all and secondly what did they base their decision to sell strategic oil reserves. third most importantly is what are the specifics of the deal with saudi arabia? joe biden went to saudi arabia and begged them to produce more oil. it was very specific in his asked, "please produce more oil prior to the election hopefully to reduce the price of gasoline." i would assume after the election, you can cut production back, and therefore, cost the american people even more. that is a quid pro quo. republicans are very concerned about this. we are concerned about the overall biden energy policy. look, china wants the united states to have the green new deal. this benefits china at the

expense of the american economy. so, when you look at again why investigating the biden family, they have received millions and millions of dollars from china pure code that would make one wonder, is this administration compromised because of all of the money they have taken from a and the biden administration goes all in on the green new deal, this is something that should be investigated by congress. that is why we are focused on the biden peddling as well as where they are energy policy is going in the future. we cannot continue to afford joe biden's bad energy policy. >> ashley: we look forward to what is coming about that, james comer, thank you for getting up with us on a monday morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> ashley: no problem. a developing story, 40,000 residents in north carolina are without power. this comes after two substations taken out by gunfire. the moore county police department said more are affected by what they say was

intentional vandalism at two power grid stations. the residence under mandatory curfew 9:00 p.m. as official say it could take until thursday for the power to be restored. but as of this morning around 36,000 people are still in the dark. >> griff: and out to this and the families of the slain idaho students still trying to fill in the blanks as one of the victim's parents think the killer might have sought out his daughter and best friend. marianne rafferty has the very interest in this case, marion. speak the parents of one of the four murdered idaho's patient's are laying out their theory. the parents of kaylee goncalves and her friend were targeted based on where the killer entered the home. >> the entry point was a slider of the window, the metal floor. so, to me, he doesn't have to go

upstairs. his entry and exit are available without having to go upstairs or downstairs. i'm using logic that he chose to go up there when he didn't have to. >> moscow, idaho, police said indeed, this is a targeted attack but have not concluded whether the residence or the occupant spirit grief stricken parents are working on hiring a private investigator since they have lost confidence in the police as the investigation weas on. >> we just have no information as family and it gets tough day after day after day reaching out to friends in california every day that have connections that we are hoping to raise some money to get a report to get an investigator. >> third party. >> third party. >> we are hearing from one of the surviving roommates, bethany who was inside the home at the time of the attacks. a pastor reading a tribute in her own words.

>> they were truly all one of a kind. they all lit up in the room they walked into and were gifts to this world. i wished every day i could give them all one last hug and shelled them much i love them. >> students on the idaho campus and surrounding areas remain on the edge. more than three weeks later with still no arrest. actually, grip. >> griff: marianne rafferty, thank you. an elderly employee dies from trying to stop a thief. surveillance footage here shows the moment back in october when a man was allegedly stealing pressure washers and an 83-year-old gary leapt into action. the robber shoved to the ground and rushes out of the store. the employee passed away last week do to complications from injuries he suffered from the blow. a medical examiner is ruling his death is a homicide if you're the is still on the loose. a spokesperson for home depot tells fox digital, part of the team for more than nine years

and will be dearly missed. >> ashley: the police in mexico see 660 pounds of mental stuffed inside of coconuts. and on board of a truck traveling on the gulf of california that is right across from the border of arizona. mexican authorities say two suspects are in custody in connection with the blast. >> griff: here we go to the nfl has the cowboys, 19 prime time outscoring 33-6 in the second half. the eagles also getting a big win over the titans. and the first eagle to throw 35e passing touchdowns and rushing and mvp written all over it. in spite of the world cup, the giants and the commanders tied to peer at washington scoring to

force overtime and new york missing game-winning field goal 20-20 draw. and aaron rodgers had some harsh words for his head coach and the quarterback was made about his coach is declining to challenge a close call. rodgers would go on to lead green bay back but to win 28-19. and the joe burrell and the eagles snapped the chief five game winning. watch. >> he threw it, perhaps trying to hold on it and need some help. the ball came out! first and goal, backpedaling, and that is a touch down! >> he is in. the fourth quarter score, the game-winning touchdown cincinnati 20-24 win. you have to see this video. a toddler is attacked by a

coyote, you are that right, and a driveway and the phoenix dad screams into action. we will tell you how that little girl is doing this morning. >> ashley: apple making production changes with backlash over a relationship with communist china. what does this mean for ceo tim cook? we will dig into it after this.

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♪ ♪ >> secretary of state antony blinken said the biden administration supports chinese protesters standing up to the communist regime brutal zero covid policies. the administration accused of going soft on the ccp. >> does the biden administration support the protesters in china? >> of course we do. we support the right for people everywhere whether china, iran come any place else to protest peacefully and to make known their views and vent their frustrations. if that is suppressed in any given country, we speak out against it and stand up against it and take action against it. no american president will be silent on that. >> griff: no american president will be silent on that. despite that message, president biden was silent on that issue last thursday, watch. >> in the meantime apple

reportedly making plans to abandon china as protesters threaten the factories and the country along with their iphone supply chain, "the wall street journal" reporting, "turmoil at a place called iphone city help apple's shift as many as 3,000 workers work in a factory were run by foxconn to make iphones and apple products. at one point it come alone made 85% of iphones." a fellow institute policy studies, dean, this was quite a story coming out of "the wall street journal" because as many know, you have china and apple married at the hip for decades and now, they are trying to break up and look for places in india and vietnam. your reaction. >> i think it is important to

recognize this isn't quite a divorce. "the wall street journal" story, for example, notice that apple had other suppliers. what is trying to do is distance itself from foxconn but not necessarily from the people's republic of china. >> griff: in deed. why now? why has these protests, particularly at foxconn and elsewhere why has that become too much for tim cook and apple? >> i'm not sure that it actually has. i think part of the issue is these reports, for example this year's iphone will be in short supply. they will miss the christmas season because of all of the covid protests. i think that is a key factor. it is a bottom-line issue and not a human rights issue. i think it is important, for example, to note here apple pulled a plug on a key app that protesters were using to share files. and seem to have only pulled it

in china. so, it doesn't seem like apple is actually particularly squeamish about the moral aspects as much as the bottom line. >> griff: so, you are talking about the airdrop and our own hillary vaughn fox business tried to question tim cook about why they had censored the airdrop, so to speak. what do you see moving forward? where does this lead to? china is the dominant player in the supply chain. and now here we are, what happens next? >> i think we will see apple diversify its various production sites appear they had already moved error pods off to vietnam i think around 2020. so, we have seen other things move out to india. i think we will see apple expand its range of suppliers physically as well as in terms of a number of countries. but remember, tim cook signed

$275 billion deal with the chinese. you don't walk away from a deal like that. and certainly beijing will not let apple walk away from that. >> griff: no, good point. let me change gears imminent because a scientist who worked closely with the wuhan lab said covid was man made and leak from the facility. dr. andrew huff, former vice president of alliance said "look at the greatest coverups in history and the biggest u.s. intelligence failures since 9/11." your reaction. >> well, i think it is pretty clear that we do not have the whole story on what happened. with covid in china. eco-health alliance seems to have a long history of dealing with the chinese in terms of the wuhan answer to and virus development. one can only hope at some point there are hearings, subpoenas

and people are compelled to testify under oath to get to the bottom of this. >> griff: dean, in the ten seconds we have left, do you think we will ever know the full history of the full story behind covid's origins? >> we now know much more about soviet gulags and of course the death camps. i think eventually the truth will be coming out. when that will occur i don't know. >> griff: dean cheng thank you for getting up early on a monday morning as always. ashley. >> ashley: remember when the candidate joe biden said this before the 2020 election? >> if you have a problem, figure it out with her from me or trump then you ain't black. speak to that comment is still hunting him. and warning the democrats ahead of 2024.

and jesse watters praising sam bankman-fried who even after he lost billions of dollars. will there be any accountability when he faces congress? those details are next

>> ashley: former ceo sam bankman-fried will not testify in front of the judiciary but praising the disgraced crypto boss who oversaw the collapse that cost investors billions of dollars. >> griff: alexandriahoff live w. speak with the last election cycle sam bankman-fried the second highest honor to democratic campaign second to george soros and this made the

rounds telling news outlets he messed up big time not for the donations but collapse of crypto trading for ftx. a class action suit said investors suffered $1 billion in damages. congresswoman maxine waters seen the former tweeting to bankman-fried on friday, "we appreciate that you are discussions about what happened at ftx but talking to the public will help the customers, investors and others. to that end, we welcome your participation on the 13th. very polite there. bankman-fried said he would testify before the house financial services committee only once he finished learning and reviewing what happened saying, he is not sure that will happen by december 13th. investors who lost something have something else in mind. >> he should already be in jail. he should already be behind bars. he should be made to surrender all these assets with lawmakers

to get the funds back from the democrats, to the house and to the bahamas. we don't know where the billions of dollars went. >> congresswoman katherine clark would not clarify if democrats should return the fbi x donations. >> that is going to be up to individual campaigns, but you know, this is how our system works. one of the most alarming things that we saw in november was the rise of dark money. money coming in from individuals exceeding over $1 billion. and money and campaigns that we don't know who it came from. >> some democrats have pledged to donate what they received from bankman-fried to a charity, but there are plenty of ftx investors, especially the small ones that said, they want their money back. >> ashley: alexandria hoff live, alexandria.

house minority leader kevin mccarthy told president biden to end the covid vaccine requirement for military members or republicans will tank the national defense authorization act. listen. >> we will secure lifting that vaccine mandate on our military. >> you are saying in the end daa which he will drop next week the vaccine mandate for the military will be lifted? >> yes otherwise the bill will not move. i think they were the president. >> ashley: leader mccarthy with the president and the president told him he would consider it pure of the secretary of defense has recommended retaining the mandates and the president supports his position. this comes after republican governor sent a letter to joe biden demanding to lift the mandate saying it is hurting the military's ability to recruit new members. what do you think, griff? >> griff: it is a major development and he has a right to commit is hurting him greatly. we lost 1800 members of the army, 2,000 and of the navy,

3700 marines and discharge for refusing to get the vaccine. but the question is what was the deal made between the white house and kevin mccarthy to get this in place? i hope it is in the end came. we will find out but a talk later today in the next hour with congresswoman claudia tenney about this important issue. these young members of the military, uc china position for whatever comes next. we need to bring our young men and retain them. >> ashley: one of the biggest concerns i have about this, the president said he talked to mccarthy about her and he would think about it, but that doesn't mean anything. especially when he's more for, obviously, the secretary of defense saying, "yeah, i'm with him in retaining it." it is so unfair with the members and anyone who lost their job because they wouldn't get a vaccine. like you said, we are low on recruitment. these are the people who protect

us. every single day. and they lost their jobs, their livelihood for something they stood for, especially in america when we have medical freedom. i hope they dude just drop it because it is not fair. >> griff: it is important to get those 8,000 back. >> ashley: exactly so that you can come back if you want to. will there be retro pay may be because they lost their jobs? we will see how this plays out. >> griff: turning to this, radio host's before taking aim at democrats while reliving one of biden's controversial comments. >> if you have a problem and figure it out whether you are for me or trump, then you ain't black. >> that is a lot of how the democratic party feels. they feel like black men, black women, they are loyal voting black pier they show up no matter what. that is something, there are black conservatives out there,

sorry, you know what i mean? not all black people are a part of the democratic party. that is something i don't think the democratic party can take for granted anymore. >> ashley: former georgia senate candidate and the chairman of "kings for america," i will ask you the same question, charlamagne tha god, had this question to president biden and said, it sent me when i heard it last year but i will ask you, do you think the democrats have the black vote or do they have more work to do? >> i think that history shows the democratic party has the majority of the black vote. president biden made those offensive comments come i actually thought that would take his campaign but it shows how committed the black community is to the democratic party. charlamagne tha god is not a republican. he is a democrat. but he is really pulling out the hypocrisy of the democratic party. the democratic party has made

promises, reparations, stimulus, student loan forgiveness and none of that has come true. now, i'm not a fan of those things, but i think a lot of black voters, they are starting to ask what else is out there? are there other options? this is a great thing for the republican party and the republican message to talk about policies that lift up the entire economy like we saw with president trump, the history of our country had happened. and those the kind of values and policies that will lift up all people, especially the black community. >> griff: i love that charlamagne tha god so surprise, they are black bumpkins, they just are. why do democratic leaders and they believe that the black vote is a democrat monolithic voting block? >> i think it is historical. i grew up as a democrat, my

family voted democrat and not until i went to college that i came a republican because of the republican values. the same conservative values i was raised with. so that is a little bit of a conflict. i think charlamagne tha god is conflicted right now because he sees the democratic party does not have a good solution to help the black community. we should really focus on all people and not do these politic type efforts because they don't work. someone always has to lose. so, i'm hopeful that many in the black community will see this as a open-door to the republican party and republican discussion. there are a lot of republicans out here. >> ashley: there really are. let's talk about the rut told mike george of runoff races tomorrow and president biden is steering clear of it. i'm not sure but a lot of people at midterms when they didn't go to the ballot seats but michelle and barack obama is down there

and took over before midterms. are you shocked that he hasn't gone down there and what does your optimism look like for this race tomorrow? >> i'm not shocked at all. anytime you have a sitting president with 40% approval rating, that is really more of a wait versus someone who would lift up your campaign. so, i would stay away or have him stay away from my campaign also. and something similar is happening to our republican candidate, mr. walker, because former president trump really not on the ground in georgia either because of the risk of his campaign in the late stages. but in terms of my outlook come i think you will be very, very close but unfortunately a candidate has a lot of baggage and some challenges. and we are in a great position in terms of collaborative environment and so that we could push them over the line.

and it will be a very, very close race. i'm concerned. >> griff: it seems brian kemp is doing everything he can to pull him across the line. for the viewers, you are in this race. you were a candidate. is herschel walker the front candidate? >> oh, absolutely. he came to georgia after living in texas several years. he has such a legend in georgia. georgia, obviously a sec championship which we are excited about. he brought the first national championship in 1988. people love herschel walker but when you step into the political field, you are exposed. you have to perform. there were some challenges with mr. walker, but hopefully, the tide will be in our favor and we can get back what we desperately need to. >> ashley: it is literally a different ball game with politics. it is. you never know what you will get with that. kelvin king thank you for being with the spirits the spirits but want to, dogs, politics aside, how about the georgia bulldogs?

>> go, dogs. >> griff: thank you for being here to kick off monday. turning to the scary video, a toddler is attacked by a coyote and her dad springs into action to fight it off. we will tell you how that little girl is going right after this. >> ashley: scary. what is the problem with whiteness? according to the university of chicago based on critical race theory, where she went to school and will tell us what she thinks what she thinks about this move from her alma mater. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> griff: if you are just waking up and joining us, check this out. a california father springs into action as a coyote attacks his 2-year-old daughter. watch. >> [screaming] >> go, go! >> griff: you can just see the father turned his back for a second when the coyote latches onto the toddler grabbing her across the sidewalk. oh, my goodness, he charges at the animal sending him running what appears to be a water bottle. the girl's mother said she was taken to the hospital and treated for scratches and bruises across to her left leg

and face. but luckily, she is expected to be okay. and then school in virginia, offering students a controversial after-school satan club. a flyer on the satanic temple says "hey, kids let's have fun at the satan club." environment free from threats of eternal. really? many parents outrage that the club is being offered to students so young. the lawyers are fighting back citing the first amendment right, freedom of religion. a public hearing on the matter is scheduled for december 12, just three days before the club's first scheduled meeting. wow! ashley. >> ashley: the university of chicago facing backlash over a new course set to kick off next year called "the problem with whiteness." the university said the spring class will be based off of critical race theory, claiming in recent years whiteness has

resurfaced as his conspicuous problem with liberal discourse. the seminar examines the problem with whiteness through anthropological plans drawn from classic and contemporary works of critical race theory. the university of chicago and cofounder of the chicago thinker, and needed duffy joins me. what did you think when you saw this was going to be a course at your former school was at shocked or expected? >> you know, i was not shocked. i think it is hard to really tell exactly what is going to be taught at the school because as you can probably tell, part of the decision is full of academic jargons. once you can get past that, it is pretty clear they will be teaching crt. the problem is exclusively to crt. that is the premise to start in the first place, but we will not debate whether crt is a valid way of viewing the world than we know for sure this is the case

of indoctrination and not education. sadly indoctrination teaching students to be racist is very disturbing. but just to go into the story a little bit. there was a student who exposed this to myself, alumni and parents. and just brought up the story and said, this is being taught in the class. i think this is a pretty good example of anti-whiteness in the community. they have smeared him as a cyberbully, cyber terrorist peer that is a pretty unfair accusation to make for a student just saying, "let's talk about the importance of what we are teaching and the insertion of ideology and not genuine truth speaking in the universities." but this court is emblematic of they need not just the sort of cyber war between this professor and daniel schmidt, the student. it is a problem of a deficit in

the middle of the road in conservative -- i graduated last year. i wanted to take that course very easy. if i wanted to take a course from a professor who is sort of going to present arguments and we will talk about them, work through them. it is very difficult to find professors like that. because conservatives professors have been weeded out or bullied into silence on college campuses. i think it is a real disservice to the american education system. i think alumni, parents, they deserve to know the truth of what is going on here that is exactly what this student did in this instance. >> ashley: the statement about the course, the university defends the freedom of instructors to teach in a course here that the faculty process and including courses that may be controversial. is that response good enough for

you? >> yeah, i think the university of chicago doesn't want to shut down any sort of academics or anything. we want to offer whatever the courses are interested in studying and pursuing. i think there is fairness to that. i think the problem is there is only one side of ever being taught on college campuses. the response of the university should be, "let's work on fostering a culture of intellectual diversity on the campus. let's look at teachers with different opinions." what is upsetting about this course is because there is not a lot of challenges to the ideology being taught in whiteness and many classes with students with crt is that it is intolerance on campus. this is university endorsed and tried discrimination. if you have black and brown multicultural sinners. this is exclusive racism that is

being condoned by the ideology by this class. there is zero professors or students preventing any alternative, intellectual ulterior of ideology. >> ashley: evita, thank you very much. you want to point out the backlash that horses push back to march 20th. evita duffy thank you for being with us. we appreciated. >> think you. >> ashley: no problem. brand-new reporting from "the new york post" exposing deeper ties with the fbi and big tech over the hunter biden laptop story. and it's giving g.o.p. investigators more fuel for family biden investigation. >> the only thing that has changed with respect to biden family influence peddling is more credibility. this was a cover-up at the highest level of the government. >> griff: we will get reaction from fo fbi assistant plus

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>> griff: jeffries putting his support behind possible president biden reelection campaign in 2000 twour as he praises the president's extraordinary record. >> the thing about president biden's track record of success, it i