we truly appreciate you getting up with us and what is sure to be another wild next two years in the world of politics. thank you very much. >> ashley: thanks, kellyanne. >> thanks. >> todd: busy two hours. obviously "fox & friends" is going to finish the coverage. pete at a diner there in north carolina. >> ashley: going to be interesting to see if those voters connected with biden last night. >> todd: we will see. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [cheers] >> folks,. >> folks. >> look, folks, the state of the union is strong. [applause] >> biden and the democrats have failed you. >> some of my republican friends want to take the economy hostage. i get it. [boos] >> i'm not saying it's the majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office. >> the radical left's america, washington taxes you and lights your hard earned money on fire.

>> american border problems won't be fixed until congress acts. >> fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. >> border. >> we now have the worst border crisis in american history. >> china threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did. >> the president's refusal to stand up to china, our most formidable adversary. >> it's never a good bet to bet against america, never. >> america can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: we are using the official state of the union address music as you can see. good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, february 8th, 2023. currently in our nation's capital it is 44 degrees.

come on in here to studio m., midtown, manhattan. we are at 36 degrees. and welcome to the official post game show. if you did not see what the president was talking about last night in the congress, we got you covered. >> ainsley: we have all the highlights for you. did you all stay up and watch? >> brian: yes. >> steve: hard to miss. >> ainsley: we watched sarah huckabee sanders give the republican rebuttal afterwards. >> brian: went to post game and then came here. brought a gym bag. >> steve: steve joe biden hung around for 45 minutes. after the speech wandering around kind of like what pete hegseth is doing. is he in north carolina and talking to folks at i think it's called pete's family restaurant there in carthage, north carolina. >> ainsley: any relation? [laughter] >> pete: look, folks, not a joke. we're going to be here for a couple hours and finish the job. [laughter] >> brian: all right. good job.

>> pete: i'm just letting you know. pete's family restaurant carthage, north carolina. in fact, these great folks responded to donald trump's state of the union in january of 2020 or february. it was so good we thought we would come back. and they are up early out here. because we watched the reaction. i thought sarah huckabee sanders did a fantastic job. pundits responding. politicians that were in the hall. the far more interesting aspect of what we do here all the time. what can average folks, hard-working folks across america think of this speech? did they watch it? and if they did what was their take away. >> good morning. >> pete: you are on with brian, steve and ainsley. wave to them. [cheers] >> pete: who here watched the speech last night? who here loved the speech last night? >> steve: i don't see many hands. >> pete: not many response there. we will get a sense of what they liked, what they didn't like. what they believed and didn't believe. that's the point here at "fox & friends." >> ainsley: if you are a republican you might have loved the speech.

it was interesting to watch the republicans respond to the speech right there on the floor. they actually did some negotiation. >> steve: it was like a focus group. >> ainsley: social security and medicare. >> pete: you know what, ainsley, i didn't hear a word you said. i will get my ear piece fixed. when i do i will respond. >> pete: pete, jen says a lot of that his wife will say i didn't hear, understand anything you said. he gets away with that we will have to work on that. his lifetime fy too. so the president doubled not only at the state of the union address, it kind of was an audition for his re-election which you think would be a no-brainer. but, if you look at the polls of late, you see the fact that america and democrats are not rallying behind the president even though, according to him, he is doing a great job with a ton of accomplishments. and last night even with his age after getting the job two years ago, i felt like it was an audition.

>> steve: well, it was. because he is auditioning -- the whole idea of hey, let me finish the job is i have already had one term, i. one more term. and so, it's interesting. you know, he was not very good. i he was a little rusty. he sped through the first half of it. he filibustered some lines. he called chuck schumer by the wrong title. ultimately though, most americans did not watch last night. and, instead, they are going to see the clips. and they are going to see the various clips where he engaged with the republicans and ainsley, to your point where there was some back and forth which is good for both parties. ultimately, this was all about, as we zoom way in on joe, this was all about his official kickoff to 2024. >> the cover of the "new york post" says joe lyden. tells so many lies can't count. fact checking. medicare and social security. fentanyl and immigration. when he talks about taxes and

china. and big oil and gas taxes pensions and oil and coal and gas that effects anyone who makes under $400,000. they are calling him out. doing the fact-checking. here is one of the soundbites. he talked about he was boasting about creating all of these jobs. we'll tell you the truth at the end of the soundbite. listen. >> two years ago the economy was reeling. i stand here tonight, after we have created, with the help of many people in this room, 12 million new jobs. more jobs created in two years than any president has created in four years because of y'all. [applause] >> steve: so that is not accurate. so he said that he created 12 million jobs. edward lawrence from fox business sent out a note and said according to the bureau of labor statistics, under this president, the economy added back all the manufacturing jobs lost during the pandemic and has

actually created 214,000 manufacturing jobs. same with overall jobs. we hear the president say he created 12 million jobs. according to the bureau of labor statistics the president added back all the jobs lost during the pandemic. but he has actually only created 2.7 million jobs. he was off by 10 million. whoops. >> brian: when it came to manufacturing jobs, it was dramatically different than he claims claimed. manufacturing jobs 750,000. i claimed i brought them all back. in honesty, a lot of people were told there is nothing to build. we are in a pandemic. when they came back and did the math it's actually 214,000 manufacturing jobs. when he was talking about more untruths taxing the rich. now, look, the rich are voting for some reason they vote democrat. and republicans should measure themselves when they go to bat for so-called billionaires. mislabeled as a party of billionaires. but he came out and said they are only paying 8% of their tax. for the most part.

they did a study. and for the most part. the wealthiest households paid 23%. the top 1% paid 43% of the entire taxes for the country. top 5% pay 63%. the top 10% pay 73% of all the taxes. so he is picking out the wrong people to vilify. they are actually driving the country. you should be incentivizing them to continue to build and buy. >> ainsley: if you didn't watch last night the headline this morning was there were a lot of back and forth moments between democrats and republicans. the republicans started fighting back and booing and chanting and standing up and yelling things. >> steve: it was crazy. >> ainsley: if they disagreed with something that he said. if they thought he wasn't telling the truth. one of the biggest moments is when he talked about medicare and social security. we knew he was probably going to say this going up to it if you watched any of our shows. he is going to say that republicans want to get rid of your social security. they want to get rid of your medicare. well, he did that and republicans were prepared. watch their reaction. >> so my -- many -- some of my

republican friends want to take the economy hostage. i get it. unless i agree to their economic plans. all of you at home should know what those plans are. [shouting] >> instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some republicans, -- some republicans want medicare and social security to to sun set. [boos] i'm not saying it's the majority. [boos] >> let me give you -- anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i will give you a copy -- i'll give you a copy of the proposal. [boos] >> that means congress doesn't vote -- well i'm glad -- no, i will tell you, i enjoy conversion. >> steve: what is he talking about, rick scott had a suggestion about sun setting social security and medicare. that was just one suggestion a while back. we knew joe biden was going to do this because he does it every time. he talks about how republicans want to cut your social security and medicare which really angers

people. it also it's not true. here's the thing you could tell that was inserted in the speech because he wanted to baited the republicans. then he wanted to have some back and forth and he did. >> brian: you think he wanted that? >> steve: absolutely. do you know why? because he had a big smile on his face. >> brian: he reacted in the room. >> steve: so happy that the republicans got ahead and jeered at him. >> brian: there is no way he wanted that. >> ainsley: i don't think he wanted that either. let me tell you why. he said the republicans were yelling we didn't want that. you're a liar. then he has to be on the defensive. >> brian: he lost the talking point. >> ainsley: exactly. wait a minute is oh so you are on the same page as i am? so you agree? so i guess we all agree now? let's discuss our mutual plans together and at that point mccarthy stands up. >> steve: right. because he said okay. if that's off the table now let's talk about the seniors. the reason i said that was peter doocy, nobody has seen joe biden give more speeches than peter doocy over the last five years.

peter said you could tell the way that that was written that he wanted to engage the republicans. and ultimately he did. and what did he do he? got them to essentially say okay. that's off the table. now let's move on to social security. >> brian: he knew that wasn't even up for debate. >> steve: people want the clips. >> brian: kevin mccarthy in the afternoon said medicare and social security are are not in the conversation when it comes to the debt ceiling. number two rick scott. rick scott did this crazy thing and said social security is going to be bankrupt in 10 years. we have to look at this and reform it. oh, we got a talking point for the mid terms. actually, rick scott was actually being responsible but politically it was detrimental. if you want to talk about responsible. 40-year-old governor of arkansas. the composed cool way in delivered substantive speech dichotomy against joe biden it. walls there for you last night. here's a clip. >> in the radical left's

america, washington taxes you and lights your hard earned money on fire. you get crushed with high gas prices, empty grocery shelves. and our children are taught to hate one another on account of their race. but not to love one another or our great country. whether joe biden believes this madness or is simply too weak to resist it. his administration has been completely hijacked by the radical left. the dividing line in america is no longer between right or left. the choice is between normal or crazy. it's time for a new generation of republican leadership. >> steve: right. she also said at 40 i'm the youngest governor in country. at 80 he is the oldest president in american history. i'm the first woman to lead my state. he is the first man to surrender his presidency to awoke mob that can't even tell you what a woman is.

>> ainsley: she talked about her cancer how she is cancer-free now. >> brian: yep. >> ainsley: talked about her children opening christmas presents which donald trump was president they get on a flight and go over to iraq and how the troops responded. and their conversations with the troops. now she will never forget them just screaming out on christmas morning they didn't know that they were coming and they were chanting "u.s.a., u.s.a." she talked about how her mom had cancer at one point when she was 20 years old and newly married. they told her you might not live. you will never walk again and you will definitely not have children. she said here i am. i am thought governor of the great state of arkansas. we have ghof a lot of spiritual messages talking about birth right and for such a time as this and god and freedom. she said that the democrats are worshiping false idols. >> steve: she was fantastic. >> ainsley: she was great. >> steve: thank you very much for joining us for the post game show on this wednesday. we have lots more to go. >> ainsley: still ahead from president biden's speech to

sarah huckabee sanders rebuttal, which themes resonated with you the voter most last night. lee carter is dialing for us at the top or in the next segment right after the break. >> steve: she has got the dials. >> brian: plus lebron james becomes history all-time leading scorer. enes kanter freedom crying foul. his fiery response still ahead ♪ good morning ♪ na na na ♪ good morning ♪ the rest of my life going to start today ♪ ye ♪ ah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand elderberry. people remember ads with a catchy song. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a little number you'll never forget. ♪ customize and save. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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>> ashley: we're going to begin your headlines in new york city. nypd honoring the loss of a fallen hero in blue. adeed feiz died days after shot in the head in a botched robbery

in brooklyn. police say the officer was gunned down by a career criminal on duty trying to buy a used suv. the suspect who was arrested with the officer's handcuffs now faces murder charges. officer fayas leaves behind a wife and three children. he was just 26 years old. overseas rescue crews digging through rubble and freezing conditions in search of trapped earthquake survivors. over 9400 people are confirmed dead from the quake that rocked turkey and syria on monday. but, of course, there are glimmers of hope. a crowd people cheering as responders known as the white helmets rescue a 10-year-old girl in syria. [shouting] >> ashley: and in another part of syria a newborn girl is saved after the mother gives birth to her stuck under the rubble. unfortunately the mother didn't make it. but the miracle baby is expected to make a full recovery. on the west coast, four united

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ms. alan ski and partners lee carter. >> good morning. >> ainsley: he talked about fentanyl which obviously is a problem watch the dial at home. red republics, blues, democrats and yellow independents. >> if their family turned pain to purpose working to end the stigma and change laws. he told us he wants to start a journey doug's we are with you. fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. [border] >> let's launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production and the sale and trafficking with more drug detection machines, inspection cargo, stock pills and powder at the border. [applause] >> ainsley: republicans were yelling secure the border. >> republicans act reacted by b. independents a d. now here is what was interesting. a really rare moment where republicans and democrats come together and independents

disagree. but, what republicans are saying is they wanted to hear him address fentanyl. they were glad to hear that he was going there. they didn't necessarily like the republican cross talk. we heard that from both sides. the democrats didn't like that either. exchange the way the republicans behaved really did turn off a lot of independent voters. >> ainsley: really? >> it sure did. >> ainsley: republicans even told you they didn't like the cross-exchange but a lot of people i talked to liked it the ones who are republicans. they liked the fact that they had a chance to rebuke what he was saying. they said he wasn't telling the truth. >> you could see a fair number of people that they did. you saw the bump in the dials. when i looked at the verbatims what people were saying over and over again there should be some amount of decorum. you can fight back. flap back. there is a lot of times and places to do it. other ways to do it. they didn't like the coliseum feel that was happening last night. >> ainsley: it was the president's time.

all right. here he was talking about inflation. >> inflation -- inflation has been a global problem because the pandemic disrupted our supply chains and putin's unfair and brutal war in ukraine doesn't haved energy supplies as well as food supply blocking all that grain in ukraine. but we're [inaudible] any country on earth right now. gas prices down 1.50 from peak. food inflation is coming down. not fast enough but coming down. inflation has fallen every month for the last six months while take-home pay has gone up. >> you can see democrats gave that a b minus. independents a d and republicans an f. what we did hear from voters was. you would think that democrats might have even given this a higher grade. in some ways one of the voter we heard from this is some somewhat divorced from my relates. this is not the place that i am living in. and so part of the problem with the speech last night wasn't that it was a good speech. it was the credibility of that

speech. a lot of people questioning whether or not things were true. and i think you're going to be waiting to hear how things go from here if he is going to deliver on any of these promises or anything he said. a lot of people fact checking. >> ainsley: yeah. because the american people know how much we're paying at the grocery store. >> that's right. >> ainsley: paying more at the pump now than when he took office. >> that's right. >> ainsley: here is sarah huckabee sanders. she is a republican. now the governor of arkansas. and she gave the republican rebuttal. listen. >> beyond our border from afghanistan to ukraine from north korea to iran. president biden's weakness puts our nation and the world at risk. and the president's refusal to stand up to china, our most formidable adversary is dangerous and unacceptable. president biden is unwilling to defend our border, defend our skies, and defend our people. he is simply unfit to serve as

commander-in-chief. >> ainsley: when i was watching i thought i know what she is doing okay. defend our border? we know that our skies, she is talking about china. >> no doubt about it. can you see republicans and independents loved everything she had to say. they gave it an a. democrats not surprisingly gave it an f. this is what you would expect the big divide. i'm always fascinated to see how the independents go. they very much were in line with the republicans. this job she did last night is a really tough one. a lot of people go on to die. you are there to attack. not received very well but it does the job. she was able to do that attack. deposition biden and some others and come out looking good to her base. i think she did an amazing job and republicans and independents agreed. >> ainsley: thank you so much, lee. >> thank you. >> ainsley: don't go anywhere. enes kanter freedom. special guest last night. we will hear his tame on the state of the union. pete hegseth having breakfast with friends in north carolina. he is going to get the president's take on the voters

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against h hometown of turkey hun rights abuses and enes kanter freedom joins us live right now. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> steve: this is kind of our post game show about people's reactions to the state of the union, you were there in our nation's capitol as a guest of the speaker. what did you think? >> first of all, i had the best seat. i definitely want to thank speaker mccarthy for taking care of me we actually had an amazing conversation right before the whole speech and it was definitely an eye opening for me. and you know, it was an amazing experience that i see all this, you know, president biden and his cabinet, also everyone else was just there to talk about america. you know, what can we do to make america better. but, you know, i just wish that

president biden really more touched on human rights violations around the world, but other than that, i had an amazing time. >> that's great that you were able to be there. >> last night, while you were there, lebron james actually broke the nba's all-time scoring record. and while that is quite a feat, you have been very critical of him. you have tweeted this out 38338 points. zero morals. zero values. zero principles, zero empathy. one bow down to china congratulations at king james. why do you feel that way, enes? >> you know, as a player i have no problem. obviously he is one of the best players to ever play the game. he just broke the record last night. i congratulate him but same time, if you -- if i see what he stands for, you know, there are so many human rights violations that are happening around the world and also, you know, he calls himself more than an

athlete. he calls himself a human rights activist or freedom fighter. so, i was just very disappointed in him just, you know, choosing money and business over his morals, values and principles. and obviously he is -- you know, he sign with a company like nike that pretty much use slave labor at sweat shops over in china. he talks about all the problems they are having around the world when it coming to one specific topic, china, he stays silence. that's hypocrisy. that's why i wanted to expose it and call him out. and i just hope that speak out about not only the problems happening in america but all around the world. call yourself more than athlete people are going to ask you questions about it. >> steve: enes, were you surprised that given what speaking of china, what happened last week with that chinese spy

airship that the president didn't talk more about china and that the threat from china? >> i was actually hearing that from the audience. one of the i believe congresswomen said speak about the spy balloon. and i was actually expecting him to address it but. unfortunately he did not much. i mean it's not a lie that china has been trying to spy on us for a long time. everybody is talking about spy balloon people is spying on americans every day with tiktok. definitely need to ban tiktok in america. it's unacceptable what they were doing. other than that i just wish he definitely talk about china more.

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is officer. >> good morning, brian. >> brian: were you happy about the seven lines about china. >> much more spoken about china. particularly what we went through the past week and what we will continue to evolve in the coming weeks as we go through the forensics of this debris we are pulling from the ocean and so on. the issue of china being the greatest strategic threat we face in this century is not going away. we need to speak more and more about it publicly and make sure we rally the nation. because, what we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg here. >> brian: right now you are splitting the screen with the remnants of the balloon being pulled out of the water. china wants it back. what should would he be doing with it. what should would he be revealing about what we got? >> i would pick through it so we understand what the instrumentation was that will give us a sense of what they were collecting whether it was electrical optical information, signals, whatever the case may be. once we understand the instruments that will help us know what they were looking for. that may tell us that they have gaps in their own coverage to include gaps in space. furthermore, we may discover how they're building this tech,

right? are they using u.s. ally components? there is a lot that we can pull out of this grab. which is why i argued that we should try and bring it down so we can collect the pay load intact rather than just blowing it out of the a. >> brian: from what you know could we have brought it down? i'm not sure that we knew how to do it. do you think we did? >> well, we should have brought it down when it was over the allusions, over alaska. and i don't know for sure there are various ways to do it someone suggested to me that you would punch holes through the balloon part of it itself come down in a more controlled dissent as you release the helium or hydrogen, whatever is keeping it afloat and more secured dissent. we should not have allowed it to cross the united states for sure. >> brian: real quick, i know you have been over this a little bit. did it really cross into the u.s. during your couple of years as secretary of defense? >> well, i have said not that

anybody ever came and briefed me. not that i ever read in any intel report and so on. now we found out in the last couple days that really they didn't piece this together until after the trump administration ended. they went back, i guess and looked at radar data, signal data whatever the case may be and figured out this had happened in the past. >> brian: i cannot know we were capable of seeing a balloon until recently makes no sense for me as a civilian we need to figure out what happened and fix it. >> brian: how important is it explain to the american people regularly what is going on over there. >> did he not do it last night. should have been more on russia, ukraine and china. look, here's what's at hand. i have said repeatedly this was the focus of myself when i tried to push for the national defense strategy for the united states that we are in an arrow strategic competition. greatest strategic threats are russia and china. >> this is the democracies of the world vs. autocracies of the

world. ukraine is taking the fight to russia. really bloodying up their military and doing the dirty work with great courage and resolve and skill and so we should encourage them. they are on freedom's frontier fighting this first fight of the 21st century. that's why there is so much similarity between what vladimir putin in russia is trying to do and what xi jinping in beijing is trying to do. >> brian: i don't see any big picture strategy. we give them $27 billion worth of aid and arms. how long is it going to take to replenish the arms that we are giving. >> it will take years. i worked in the defense industry for many years. these things aren't, you know, they are not cookies in the oven. it takes months, if not years to replenish stocks and stockpiles. building weapons and ammunition. we need to put more money there quickly. and, look, we still need to supply our allies and partners, particularly taiwan i might add. >> brian: which they are still waiting for stuff that they ordered that got okayed. mark esper, thank you so much.

>> thank you, brian. >> brian: let's go over to ashley. ashley, you got the latest news. >> ashley: we do. we will start with this story about gabby petino. her attorneys releasing the family at least attorneys photos of injuries from the day utah police responded to domestic dispute between gabby and brian laundrie. this photo shows scratches around her eye and what' as to be blood smudges on her nose and cheek. lawyers say that image was taken before 911 call was made in august of 2021. police body cam footage captured gabby later that day but officers say they didn't recall seeing any marks or blood on her face. gabby's family is suing the moab police department arguing they ignored a clear case of abuse. police say weeks later laundrie killed her in wyoming. new york city is converting the tallest holiday inn in the world into a massive shelter for migrants and "new york post" analysis finds that one side alone is costing taxpayers a whopping $93,000 per day. mayor eric adams has set up

shelters in other parts of the big apple equipped with laundry service, special menus and video game consoles some migrants refuse to stay in them instead opting to leave the city for canada with bus tickets funded by taxpayers. and out-of-control tesla slams into a california home. the driver says he was trying to pull into his garage when the electric car accelerated out of nowhere. the tesla smashed into the wall which celebrates the garage from the kitchen. you can see the impact took down the counters and the fridge. the car just took over even though it was thought on auto pilot mode. amazingly no one was hurt but that damage could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix. kelce's mom will be wearing to support both of her sons the first brothers to play against each other in the super bowl. >> well, it's more of a jean jacket. ezra made for me. i don't know if you can see it

it has chiefs and -- and also shoes. >> ashley: i like the shoes. cleveland heights ohio high school lighting up the chiefs red and eagles green. the super bowl airs this sunday on fox. brian kilmeade will be live from glendale, arizona, starting on friday. those your headlines, back to you. >> brian: going to bring that tie for the record. just reminds me. let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean. she has promised to give the weather. it's up to you. i will give you the time you do whatever you want. >> janice: make sure it's sunny and warm in arizona for brian kilmeade going to the super bowl. take a look at the maps. it's going to be warm here in the northeast. not as warm as arizona. but we will take some of these temperatures close to, you know, 60 degrees in some cases so can you see we have this system that is bringing the potential for some stronger storms, parts of texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, over the mississippi

river valley ahead of that thars where we have push of very warm air from the south. springtime for millions of folkings all along the seaboard. area of low pressure tracks great lakes behind it. we will see measurable snow ahead of it. it will be mainly a rain event. severe weather threat today for parts of the south and the mississippi river valley. the threat continues ahead of the front along the cold front on thursday and friday for parts of the gulf coast and then the southeast will continue to keep track of that there's your rain forecast several inches of rain in some of these areas could cause flash flooding. so just be aware and there's the temperatures for today, 53 in new york. 48 in boston. 61 in d.c. feeling more like late march and then looking at atlanta, feeling like april, orlando 82. mobile, alabama 75. i think temperatures will be in the mid 60's for glen gail, arizona for you brian kilmeade. >> brian: all right. i'll take it. >> janice: will there be a marching band for you? >> brian: there probably will

be. we know it will be 40 degrees when we are doing the show. so that will be interesting. go get them. >> janice: okay. >> brian: back out to north carolina where pete hegseth promised to have breakfast with friends after yesterday's state of the union address. pete, set the table. >> pete: good morning. i'll set the table. we're waiting for our food though. it's coming. this is carolyn and donald. you'll meet them at some point this morning both from carthage. both watched the speech. and it's been really interesting walking around talking to folks getting their sense of what was said. what was unsaid. what was true, what was not true last night in the state of the union, right? >> that's what it comes down to. >> we will bring it to you in a moment on "fox & friends." don't go anywhere. ♪ if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com

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>> ashley: we are back with a couple of quick headlines beginning with this. alec baldwin's attorneys seeking to disqualify the special prosecutor overseeing the rush legal case. the appointment is, quote, unconstitutional because she serves as a state ladges temperature. she insists her decisions are not impacted by politics. last friday baldwin and the film's ar armorer were charged h involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer halyna hutchinson. cammeron tells fox news digital that the book tour, quote, couldn't come at a better time given the crumbling state of our morality of our nation. cammeron says he is working to take back story hour for kids and families in awoke and broke america. guys, back to you. >> ainsley: thank you, ashley.

what did the american people think of biden's state of the union address last night? we're about to find out. >> steve: we are. pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends in carthage, north carolina on this wednesday morning. >> brian: he joins us from pete's family restaurant but it's not pete's family but that is pete. >> pete: just different pete. pretty close at this point. pretty close. pete from pete's with my family here in carthage, north carolina, great folks having wonderful conversations and we want to bring them to you right now. this is donna and annie both of who watched the speech last night. donna, open field, what was your reaction to what joe biden said last night? >> nothing but lies, all lies. didn't hear anything about the border. how can you have a nation without a border? how does anything else even matter in this country without a border? and everything that's coming in? >> pete: absolutely. what are your thoughts? >> same thing. the border. nothing was mentioned about the

balloon. inflation is out of control. we're struggling with buying groceries. gas is going up. it was just all lies. i stayed up to watch it but i wanted to be here early and hi, mom. [laughter] >> pete: hi mom. we love that donna and andy thank you very much. appreciate it. let me go to ken here real quick. ken served 40 years in the army. thank you for your service. appreciate it. you watched the address last night. you know, from your perspective, what with were your takeaways. >> i was disappointed in the fact he didn't mention anything about the border. i spent almost five years as commander in the national guard in california and we built the fencing down there. and now it's like we didn't do anything. just letting people come across. >> pete: why do you think he didn't because there's nothing to say? what's the policy there? >> i don't think he has a policy. and i think his vice president has dropped the ball completely. i think they both need go away. >> pete: oh, yeah, she is

supposed to be the border czar, ain't she. >> she ain't no border czar. [laughter] >> pete: she clapped really hard for that thank you for your service, ken. appreciate it. >> pete: here are some great folks very hungry. we will talk to them in a moment. very fun. linda and carter. thank you for being here. brenda, you watched the speech. what are your thoughts? >> the best part of the speech was sarah huckabee sanders rebuttal. we really enjoyed that i think he is going to be fantastic. >> pete: she did a great job. what was your -- how about on the speech? how about joe biden's speech? what do you think? >> well, there were no surprises. he makes everything sound great and it's not. it's the worst it's been the last two years. s it disheartening. >> pete: carter, what do you think? >> typically liberal speech. evidence promised everything but deliver nothing. and but i think that the best

part of it was when he tried to blame the republicans for, you know, social security, cutting social security and medicare and all along that's never been part of their platform. and so i think he got his own medicine on that one. [laughter] >> pete: he was called out pretty quick on that one no doubt. i agree. sarah huckabee sanders did a fantastic job, quite a contrast between her and him. brenda, carter, thank you. >> i think. so i think we are going to see a real future with her. >> she may be giving us the state of the union address herself. >> pete: rave review for sarah huckabee sanders and joe biden, you know, you heard it. >> brian: she was great. >> steve: pancake pete, thank you very much. >> ainsley: thank you, pete. >> steve: we are going to step aside post game show coming uper >> brian: that's our logo. he ce to make new ones every day with verzenio.

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>> the president of the united states. [cheers] >> the state of the union is strong. >> boos, yelling and outbursts. the house floor erupts. >> i'm not saying it's the jurors. [years] >> anybody who doubts it -- >> seven sentences on china in the president's prepared remarks. >> china threatens our sovereignty? we will act to protect our country and we did. >> it's not a lie that china has been trying to spy on us. >> there should have been much more spoken about china particularly what we went through the past week. >> america's border problems won't be fixed until congress acts. [secure th