"i will be back. i'm back" >> laura: he loste cl out in the classic series of the riesincredible hulk. ♪ ♪ i certainly didn't expect arnold to be there but we had fun. that is it. >> todd: a fox news alert from the streets of new york city all the way to overwhelm southern border. joe biden's migrant crisis being felt every corner of the country. today the republicans are ready to hold the president accountable. you were watching "fox & friends first" on a wednesday morning i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. a hearing on the border crisis and finally have their chance to run down on the failures that lead to the record surge. brooke singman here with all the details, good morning, brooke.

>> that is right, guys that house judiciary committee led by jim jordan with the border crisis since republicans took control of the house and today lawmakers plan to zero in on fentanyl. this comes as cbp officers make three major fentanyl bus in two days. 200,000 fentanyl pills recovered in the car with another 458,000 hills stashed in the roof and gas tank of another vehicle. and at least 14 pounds of fentanyl powder found in the bumper of a car. meanwhile in the span of six days, the del rio sector 4200 got a ways that they know of. a bill melugin taken to twitter, approximately 40% of people coming across the border are successfully evading and escaping into the u.s. without apprehension in recent weeks. the gotaways will not be included in recent numbers. these will not be counted. one g.o.p. lawmaker is ready to

bring articles of impeachment against secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> your remove someone from office to my republic domestic public official from office who is causing harm and that his impeachment. look at just the damage he has done. he came in and basically got rid of every policy that was working. last year, that sector alone had over 360,000 encounters. those are the people bringing drugs, human trafficking, sex trafficking and put this country at risk. >> todd and ashley, that sector of dell real workup smuggling something illegal in the u.s. >> todd: some of those gotaways i'm sure will not be nuns and priests but some will not be saints and that is the concern. it was coming into the country that has a bad design on doing something bad. we don't know who they are. speak with those people, the republicans on the house judiciary committee today will

be asking the witnesses. >> todd: and it's not just the border but everywhere. >> the southern border, northern border as well and exactly why jim jordan is focused on today coming in at the border, who are these illegal migrants coming through. >> ashley: let's talk about what happen and what is happening in new york city? >> absolutely the border crisis is not just affecting the southern border but the big apple where dozens of migrants refusing to relocate in dozens of shelters and president biden slammed for ignoring it when he was 1 mile away yesterday. he touted his new 300 million in f$300.000000 infrastructure protection sleeping on the floor instead of a shelter with food d water. democratic new york city councilman rubber open saying absurd he wouldn't want to visit the migrants. that is really disgraceful to say the least. the president is pushing his agenda but he doesn't want to

fix the border mess he created. in the meantime activist side with the migrants with the stand up them to their stay to the hotel. ashley. >> todd: brooke singman, thank you. new york city councilman joe borelli, lots of questions for you. let's start with jokes, one, why didn't joe visit the migrant camp? okay, let's say he didn't want to go to the hotel but why didn't he visit the terminal where they >> some decent people in new york city who feel responsible for taking care of

the food and shelter needs of all of these migrants. it is unfortunate he chose not to do that. i'm not surprised. i wish some of these handholds would be met in the tunnel might have separate his head from being buried. >> ashley: he was only a mile away. this was a perfect opportunity if he didn't want to travel to the border to see what his lack of leadership at the southern border has caused and trickled all the way up to new york city. joe, i want to talk about the law enforcement aspect of this. todd, he was out there yesterday morning for "fox & friends." we mentioned there were police standing around. do you think this is diverting police what they are supposed to be doing for the taxpaying city? the new york city taxpayers and diverting it to relate to the migrants. and is it muddying up the situation even more? >> it certainly is and we are facing a budget crisis that is putting a squeeze on the nypd

every agency in new york city budget. basically the police department. and yes, dozens of officers are assigned to watch some of these migrants, whether talking about those at the watson hotel where we are talking about the ones that occupy several dozen buildings throughout the city. so it is squeezing the budget, squeezing the resources and that is why we see mayor adam so strongly come out against what has been happening. he's been fairly clear, let's be honest. he said weeks ago that it is full and they cannot release the hotel rooms. there is no hotel rooms to lease. when you hear about how women and children are given priority to these hotel rooms by asking single men to go to sort of a congregate shelter, this seems entirely reasonable to anybody but these wild, crazy, left us activist who really want to get more money to for nonprofits of new york city and change housing. >> todd: i'm glad you

mentioned the activists because being out there yesterday, it was clear the activists were running the show. something "the new york post" picked up as well. migrants are the only problem but so are the liberal activists whispering in their ears and pushing them not to leave the hotel. joe, give yourself new york city taxpayer. what do you make the goal of these migrants in these activists to say that what we are giving them isn't good enough? >> this is straight ou out of te lefty playbook. it's not even the upper-class part but the freshman interest up here they come out and say, everything is a result of the racist ego society and even our own shelter plan for the migrant spirit and the only solution is more funding, more resources going to the shelters which incidentally wrote by the same nonprofits. i'm not surprised. we see this all over the place. and really these nonprofit and advocate organizations have accumulated a large amount of

power in new york city and other large cities in america. they are playing these migrants as pawns. i'm sure they are decent people who will be influenced by them but unfortunately if i'm migrant, you're seeing a pretty good track record with advocacy groups because the city is basically bending down wherever needed. >> ashley: i'm not one to ever praise eric adams, but at least he is going out there and move to the shelter that we have set up for you. but my question, even though new york city is essentially new york city, these migrants are saying these to mike this is not good for us and we will camp out in front of the hotels causing chaos for people because really, this is not fair to new yorkers for people to walk through this every single day. is there anything to say if it's not good enough you can leave? or is it because sanctuary city is in place, they cannot be expelled in any way, shape or form? >> they certainly cannot be expelled, but we can offer them tickets on a bus to anywhere

they want to go. that is a point not being said that none of these people have a gun to their head. none of these people are forced to stay anywhere. all of these folks if they believe better resources better shelter, a better job elsewhere, they are free to leave and the city would provide them with transportation whichever final destination they would choose. they are staying here because the golden goose is pretty good in new york. we have right to shelter law, which the mayor is constrained by. he is under some obligation to provide the bare necessities. and that is what he is actually trying to do by opening up the large shelter. again, we are saying to women and shelter, we are asking single men by themselves, maybe you can build a larger facility to accommodate more people and hopefully low cost to new yorkers. >> ashley: one thing that will come back onto american taxpayer. thank you for being with us this morning.

>> todd: thanks, joe. >> thank you guys appearance be speed to u.n. investor nikki haley running for president and set to announce 2024 bid two weeks from today in charleston, south carolina, the state where she served as governor. here is what she had to say two weeks ago about her presidential inspirations. >> when you are looking at a run for president you look at two things, first as the current situation push for new leadership? the second question is, am i that person that could be that leader? yes, we need to go in new gillette gnomic direction. can i be that leader? yes i think i can be that leader. b >> ashley: haley served as u.s. investor to united nations under the trump administration. the fbi searched the biden center after classified documents or discomfort appeared we are learning unspecified number of agents served around mid-november and recovered on november 2nd. the president was seen fully

aware and consented to the search but it is unclear if additional documents were taken. in total between 20, 25 documents were found in biden's possession. here is miranda devine explaining hunter biden fits into all of this. >> it just adds to the entire sort of doubt and suspicion that hangs around hunter biden/joe biden and these classified documents. i guess joe biden because he had so far successfully managed to quarantine himself of the doj investigation into hunter biden that has been going on since 2018. and now, because of the classified documents in the special counsel that merrick garland has appointed to look into those, joe biden is now being linked, like it or not not, with his son's influence peddling operation ar around the

world. >> todd: president biden said climate change is a bigger freight to humanity in nuclear warfare this a closed-door venue yesterday and he told donors in new york city, "we don't stay under 1.5 degrees celsius, we are going to have a real problem. the single most existential threat to humanity we have ever faced including nuclear weapons. so we have a real big problem. the claimant remarks as the state department accuses russia violating key arms control agreement. just months ago the president raised the possibility of armageddon when discussing vladimir putin's rhetoric. a lot more on this curious statement from the president, he makes a lot of curious statements, but this one wide ranging implications. in an armed robbery suspect making this shocking statement after an arrest in new york city. listen. >> [indistinct] >> todd: but just wait until you hear what all happened after this. >> ashley: plus, how far your

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♪ ♪ >> todd: we are days from president biden state of address and more than 60% of americans say the country is weak, just two weeks into his term. >> ashley: doug luzader joins us from washington with more. >> good morning to pull that you mention is very interesting that the president presumably with the final touches on next week's state of the union address next week. about a clear majority of u.s. adults, 62% leave the state of the unit is not very strong or not strong at all. while republicans and democrats, excuse me republicans and independents more likely to express skepticism, the democrats are equally divided. this has president biden prepares for his first big meeting today with a new republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. a top issue will be lifting the nation's debt ceiling with

republicans pushing for spending cuts. the president says he wants to see the numbers. >> show me your budget and i will show you mine. >> republicans mean time to flex their muscles in the house not that they have control of that chamber with the house oversight committee holding a hearing today to investigate what many believe is just rampant waste, fraud, and abuse and covid recovery spending. >> for the past two years, democrats have not conducted a single hearing of oversight of what may turn out to be the greatest theft american tech payer dollars in history. >> under the guise of pandemic relief hundreds of billions of dollars have been stolen from american taxpayers lining the pockets of criminals and foreign adversaries. >> now, as part of that hearing, we expect to hear testimony from u.s. government accountability office and office of investigation at the u.s.

secret service. back to you guys. >> ashley: doug luzader live for us, thank you, doug. he knew poll chose two-thirds of americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck with nearly 5% of those struggling earning more than $100,000 a year. here to explain how they are getting by his louisiana mom and dad of four and florida grandmother of two tracy james. thank you so much for getting up with us this morning. >> thank you very much. >> ashley: amber come i want to go to you first, you guys have four children but i want to know when you started feeling the heat of all of the crisis going up and where you caught first just to stay afloat. >> well, so far, it's been a couple of years but this past year has been the worst, hands down. cutting back on the extra snacks, the things that you

don't need the most, snacks, those things that you did before is not happening. extra things like that is not something you can do anymore. speak to you tracy you said making six figures is not what it used to be. why do you say that? >> so you work very hard in your career with certain compensation and then when you finally get to the six figure mark, it just doesn't look the same on the paycheck once the taxes are taken out, which is a lot because you are in a higher tax bracket. on top of that your medical insurance and if you have a family, more in the amount you pay for the medical benefits. and then if you have 401(k), putting something aside for when you retire, even those deductions, once that comes out, the paycheck looks different on the gross versus the net. >> ashley: tracy, have you had

to cut in your budget just to keep things above water? >> oh, absolutely. with the increased cost in food and increasing gas and now kind of food the forefront now. so the prices of food and the car insurance has gone up and maintenance on the car. we have so many different things that we take care of out of our paychecks that are increasing as well. so those things taken out, yes, it hits you in the pocket a little bit more. we do use apps on our phone to make sure we keep all of our receipts. rescan to get points to trade those in and get gift cards and discounts. we are definitely cutting corners. >> ashley: amber and craig, how are you piggybacking off of what tracy said. this year has been the hardest. craig, do you see any light at the end of the tunnel with this? >> not currently know.

>> ashley: amber, what about you? >> no, definitely i haven't seen anything. but that doesn't surprise me at this point, quite honestly. i don't see anything easing up for us. >> ashley: you have young children and i know you were having issues finding baby formula for a while but how hard is this? do they not understand quite yet? >> we have a 10-year-old and a five year old as well. just my 10-year-old yesterday was saying, "mom, where is all the chips? where is all the cookies?" one, you don't need that anyway and two, that is something we have to do right now. hey, this is what a budget is. this is what inflation is here this is why we have to make the changes in our household and a great lesson to learn. and something to prepare to teach them firsthand without going for certain things.

>> ashley: have you guys been able to save money at all? >> no. >> ashley: tracy, have you? >> so, we did have an emergency fund at one time but once we had an emergency, it's been difficult to get where it was. >> ashley: i will ask the same question i asked amber and craig, do you see light at the end of the tunnel or the america as we know it from here on out? >> i've been optimistic and we've struggled for a while. i've speak and too many of friends and colleagues. many people are experiencing the same struggles. we don't know what is going to come over the horizon. so hopefully, things will get better so that we can have a little bit of relief at some points. >> ashley: amber, have you guys had to pick up second jobs to make ends meet? >> no, unfortunately i can't pick up a second job right now with the four kids.

but i mean, we definitely looked at it. i've looked at different options to go back to work but with four children the cost of day care is getting higher appeared a dozen definitely not going to be something that's going to outweigh me going to work. the cost outlay. >> ashley: it is so sad to hear people make over $100,000 just cannot make ends meet. you guys are right, it is not what it used to be when it is costing so much just to fill your tank up to get to feed your families. good luck to you, we are praying for you, amber, craig, tracy, thank you for waking up with us. >> thank you. >> ashley: governor ron desantis getting backup from a democrat on one of his recent actions to keep wokeness out of schools. we will definitely want you to stick around for this one. >> todd: plus san francisco p my police officers asked to leave the pizza shop.

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>> todd: today tyre nichols will be laid to rest in memphis. vice president molly harris and george floyd expected to attend after a traffic stop and party kim pham rich from the memphis police department sparking nationwide and charged with murder for alleged roles in nicole's death. two other officers at the scene relieved after begin investigated the case. the city firing three ems personnel who responded to the scene for failing to provide with adequate medical care tyre nichols. armed robbery suspect prove criminals take advantage of the week i am laws. here's what he said after being

arrested in a wild crime spree in new york city. >> ashley: marianne rafferty is life with the details, good morning, marianne. >> good morning robbery suspect comes after teens rob 13 victims across 13 breweries over several hours. the new york city police a they arrested two men shortly after they crashed a white minivan after entering the bronx. charges are pending and the names have not been released. the six robberies began in queens, led in brooklyn and ended manhattan and each time the crooks taking jewelry, wallets and rubbed a food truck washington square park and local hotel queens boulevard. the later shocking crime spree highlights the soft-on-crime policies. many members of vulnerable communities have simply packed up and left. there's been a decline of black families in new york over the last three decades from just

over 2.2 million in 1995 down to 1.7 million in 2020. a lost of just 500,000. it appears many have headed south texas, florida, georgia and north carolina with the biggest gains of black population. meanwhile, new york, new jersey, new michigan with the greatest loss. one new york activist with both political parties have hail black families. >> and come here and make your dreams happen and we will pay for it. meanwhile on the backs of taxpayers. it is on the backs of city workers who are working tirelessly to keep the trains running, to keep the garbage picked up, the firefighters and the police officers answering 911 calls. but then the services are not afforded to us. they are offering 55,002 -- they can even rest to provide for their own families. they have to get up and leave and go over the money is stretched out. the course of living works for

them. >> with crime in the city soaring, showing no signs of slowing down, ashley, tied to. >> ashley: all right, marianne thank you. san francisco fired an employee who refused to serve police officers. the police union tweeting, "an employee told several officers that they were not welcome in the restaurant." the police association notified the owners of the restaurant of hateful actions of one of their employees. we appreciate the owner's swift apology and praise for the hard work or officers do and the owner's commitment to meeting with the affected officers. the employee was fired as bad yelp reviews stacked up with one bay area local bowing he has never doing business with this company. pizza square insist its views do not align with those of the fired employee. who had only been working at the shop three days. got a couple of things to say about this. i would have absolutely fired

that employee. you don't hire people to do a job to give their opinion about something. that is not what you think or how you feel. and you know, i feel like i say this every single day, but my husband has had this happen to him before. it's really gut-wrenching because they put their lives on the line they don't even serve them food? i have no words for these people. they deserve to get fired. >> todd: i'm not surprised this happened in the least because we talked about this and it happens to your husband all the time. what i'm actually surprised about, this was a trainee here that part of the story stuck out to me because how we got to that point in society where a trainee, somebody obviously in a probationary period at this job hoping to continue with this job has that assumption and overconfidence to act like that towards a police officer. obviously, the bigger issue is declining to serve the officers. and good on the pizza shop. i actually disagree with the

person that said they will never go to this pizza shop again. i think the pizza shop did the right thing here. they can't -- they can be held responsible for the person being hired. >> ashley: they are. >> todd: you take what you can get but they accept the responsibility and got rid of this guy before a bigger issue so kudos to them. >> ashley: but still, this is the situation you see over and over again. it can be in a topic and not just the police but it can be military they turned around. it doesn't just happen to police officers. the only business from a restaurant, you are there to serve food. you shouldn't have a trainee or any employee spouting their opinions. this story infuriates me. i have a hard time talking about it. >> todd: i think you hit on the important word but i think it is silly, the word food. this individual, this trainee denied a basic human need to another fellow human simply based upon their job. >> ashley: it stinks for the business owner of the restaurant that they have people saying

this now because it ultimately will come back on them. and i know it is hard in the economy right now, but you really need to bet your employees. they probably will now. there may be a survey. you never know. >> todd: are you going to deny cops? >> ashley: they might have to, you never know. >> todd: with that, turning to capitol hill to testify before congress next month. hey, we are in february. as lawmakers concerning the chinese run platform poses a threat to national security. forbes piece are living tiktok's collection of america's data saying "instagram, facebook, twitter ever imagine, it is quite plausible to the chinese government has access to all op and related data." joe rogan on the podcast with concerns. >> all of your filenames they have access to that. keystroke patterns or rhythms.

so it means they know every belief that you type. >> todd: the research association from tech policy center at heritage foundation drains me now. jake, waiting march 23rd at the congressional hearing, take us inside tiktok know. what does every american need to know? how much data does tiktok take from users quite like >> it is unlike anything we have seen before, really. joe rogan encapsulated that in the last segment you showed there. they are lugging your keystrokes and geolocation data. it all comes together in this copper comprehensive data profile that is accessible in beijing. so when you consider the implications of just the average americans and politicians, a great deal of concerns. >> todd: what does the ccp do with this information? it is a great question. we honestly don't know. some of the biggest impacts might come ten, 20 years and now when they have new technologies?

they will not disappear overnight but stay there and be stored on these files and used at any point. so whether it is general intelligence gathering or pulling down the road, we don't know yet. >> todd: as for the avid self how telling is it in the u.s., tiktok is basically here to dumb down our youth, whereas china tiktok is an educational tool where kids learn things like subject matters, math, science, et cetera. >> many call the application digital's fentanyl. the perfect way to describe it it is poisoning the minds of our children with depraved content and nothing like what the chinese are allowing their own children to view. they are a real-world implications for the kids are being promoted as bodily harm content. things that encourage them to behave in a way that for them and have long-term consequences. no one is doing anything to protect them. so the burden should be placed upon the parent entirely but the lawmakers should step in and bear the application. >> todd: to that point, number

of states have decided to ban the app when it comes to government devices. you are of the opinion, jake, tiktok should be banned throughout the country, government, private, no matter what it. >> that is right. you know, that is a great step forward the states have stepped up to the plate and bayonet on their own for the state devices, but it does not solve the entire problem. if you are on government wi-fi many states allow you to access tiktok on your personal pies. the reality of this application, i know if a governor worker on your device. not some maligned profile. they know who is using the application. so the the security risk the same. to make sure the sands, we have to ban it federally. >> todd: if it is not man and you want to tell the audience, remove it from your phone's like literally immediately before the commercial. >> absolutely. if parents out there reflect

back with your child over the holidays the extent to which they were on their devices and likely statistically speaking now, most of that was spent on tiktok. just kind of consider the content they are consuming here. none of it is consuming the behaviors or things that will improve their lives. encouraging them to engage in all sorts of terrible trends to put them down the wrong path. from the security concerns to the personal health it is absolutely the right decision to uninstall this from their devices. >> todd: what do you expect to learn from those tiktok seo from capitol hill? >> honestly, we will not learn a whole lot of new information. tiktok is proudly misled us throughout this entire process and trying to regulate and solve this problem. so, they might get up there and tell us everything is okay and china doesn't have access to this type of information, we can't believe any of it. i think the real story is we have all the information we need to ban the application and in

its entirety. this might be a great opportunity for a victory lap, but it shouldn't dictate the path for the word. the path forward. >> todd: we are all lawmakers and press the seal with real questions. are you worried the lawmakers are under the influence of the tiktok lobbyists as you well know have a huge presence in d.c. question like >> i think some of the members of the u.s. commerce committee have questiot more information out of this but none of it will be a big revelan that would change remove the needle here in any capacity. i think the reporting from forbes and other outlets has carried that weight and given us all we need to see in order to ban this. you are absolutely right when you mention lobbing, they spent $5.5 million this cycle. lobbing members of congress to slow this process and trying to extend the time. frankly, they are happening this is resulting in a hearing rather than us moving forward with legislation right away. when this hearing concludes, it

is important we take that information and move forward in this process and actually ended. >> todd: jake with a warning for everybody out there, thank you. brooke sanders hitting the road with new book titled "it's okay to be angry about capitalism but you won't believe how socialist is charging for a ticket to hear him speak. >> ashley: new biology book for kids sparking sex is not a primary state." we will talk to the person who uncovered this book right after this.

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♪ ♪ >> ashley: house republicans can vote as soon as today to remove congresswoman ilhan omar from foreign affairs committee. the decision to remove her as the squad member faces backlash for controversial statements she made it. one comment in particular viewed as anti-semitic as though mike after she said that israel american federal will buy support. on sunday she apologized and said she was unaware of the jokes about money. >> todd: loaded democrat agrees with governor ron desantis for the state's education department to

reject a proposed ap african american course. the commissioner bill proctor is slamming the course. take a listen. >> frankly, i'm against the college boards curriculum. i think it is trash. it is not african american history. it is ideology. >> todd: desantis plucked and said it will stop woke act that was passed last year. oversees the ap program and a revised syllabus for the class will be released later today. and the biology textbook is being considered by an arizona school district but also sparking outrage for teaching kids "we now know that sex is not a binary state and active area of research. that book was leaked by a mom who speaking out school board meeting to become a school board member herself. >> ashley: heather brooks joins us now, good morning, heather. i know you licked this book but how did you find out about it in

the first place? >> good morning, we have right now a curriculum adopt adoption process in the district for math and science. so we had a group of west valley parents uniting with a nonprofit organization. we had members from that group, grandparents, parents, community members going into the district office to view the textbooks in the district office. they are available for parents to see. we had parents reading through the textbooks that would be provided to our children, and it will be voted on by the school board this coming may. that is how we discover this biology book for high school students. >> todd: what was your reaction when you saw the text firsthand? >> i was pretty shocked. because i'm also a parent in this district. so, i was completely shocked at what i saw. it did not seem to think that this is what i had in high school growing up in this district. that is not what i remember in

my biology class where my biology textbook. so, it is just really crazy. >> ashley: do you think now that you've gone from being a normal parent to asking questions to now a board member that you will get more answers that really the school district and the parents and the children deserve? >> yeah, absolutely. i've only been in this new seat for about two months now. i've already started to ask questions and to make sure that we are holding the district accountable. and making sure that parents know what is going on, not only this district but arizona and across the country. and i think, i can only speak for myself. i can't speak for the board. but i think we really need to consider what is going on in district across arizona. >> todd: i read a general statement, to general statements about what was in these books. if you could, describe a little more detail what they consider

"biology?" >> so, they talk about the two -- i guess there is more genders now is what they are discussing in this textbook for a biology. and that it is not determined anymore on what you are born with biologically. it is now referencing that there is more ways for you to be either transient and are they are talking about intersects in this biology book. that is determined in researching more to figure out and we need to be understanding of that when the research comes out. i think that this is wrong to do for children because these are young children talking about. and the parents need to be aware of this in the textbook for biology. it talks about there is many variations that exist now. some individuals are born with

intermediate and/or sex characteristics and do not match the gender meaning transgender so that is what is actually in the textbook for biology and high school. >> ashley: heather when all said and done, what do you think will happen with this book? with a it through and will it be taught in schools? >> i really hope that they don't, but this book comes from a larger company that pearson company and that is something we need to look at, it is not just here in the school district but across arizona in the country. that is a huge curriculum company. i am hoping this does not go into our classrooms. i can only speak for myself and i would tell you i would not support something like this as a peer in the classroom. >> todd: here is what the district said providing us with the statement, the district cannot discuss resources consider that as part of the procurement process due to pending final request for proposal board recommendation. lot of words.

for the public meeting later this spring. ten or 15 more seconds to you and now that you are inside the curtain, heather, how much are they trying to indoctrinate k kids? >> first i can see it. it was a veil lifted. before clement was bits and pieces but now a veil lifted and it needs to stop peer that is why i ran for the school board and i will let parents know of what is going on in this district. i will not allow for this to continue. >> todd: being a parent is a tough enough job to begin with but it's getting increasingly difficult across the country unnecessarily. heather rooks thank you so much. less than a week from the first stage of the union address and most americans say the state of the country is not strong at all. take a close look at the numbers. >> ashley: plus joe concha, cheryl casone, michael waltz on deck for the 5:00 hour of

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>> todd: we are less than a week away from the state of the union address and president biden is expected to tell americans that the economy is strong and the country secure. but the majority of americans disagree. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. the currents state of the union is not believed to be strong at all, 72% independents and 48% of democrats. the independent and democratic number you h