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eagles cheerleaders, gearing up for the big game. i presume it will be bipartisan, maybe tomorrow we'll have the kansas city chiefs' cheerleaders, i don't know. but there's the graphic, tomorrow is the big game. is it super bowl lvii? am i right? super bowl lvii, eagles/chiefs live on fox, and we've got brian kilmeade there this morning -- rachel: but not dancing. i was hoping to see him join the lineup with the cheerleaders. we talked about how 40 athletic they are, but he didn't join. pete: is that what happened? i should watch more often. joey: you were working, and you were hosting last night. pete: no, that was night after. you're helping me out -- joey: i'm trying. pete: but i usually cowatch. we're glad you cotoo, by the way, fourth -- do too. joey jones in for will cain this morning, and we're getting ready for the big game that's why we

sent personally, i booked his tickets, brian kilmeade to the arizona. it's only a two-star, brian with, budget cutses, it's tight. rachel: the biden economy, you got two starses. brian: right. i will say this, middle seat, pete, don't appreciate it. [laughter] tray table was good, my knees were in my teeth. it was unbelievable. a couple of things, yeah, thanks for watching the week cay show, yes, monday through friday. we did have the chiefs' cheer leaders on. rachel, you did not commit either way whether you were watching or not, we'll talk about that later. so this hour we're going to be joined by maybe the key, the person who has the key to the answer to the key moment of tomorrow, and that's the referees. the first head of the replay officials when we first came n dean blandino, he's now working for fox, doing some interesting analysis on the calls. was it right, was it gone. -- wrong. he's going on on set.

i wanted to get the sights and sounds of glendale and phoenix, mostly phoenix, to see is everybody making money. are the eagles and chiefs fans spending, are they in town, is the super bowl back. i'm going to bring you some of that and then talk to one of the people that organized their fourth super bowl and the biggest game of the year and, pete, you did get it right, it was 57. the roman numerals are getting up there. they're really testing us. on 100, i think i'm flat out out of luck and we should go back to numbers. more on that as it develops. the other big story is the most sought-after interview here and that is the mom of the kelce brothers. i was able to talk to her about what she's going to do and what she did to get her kids to the biggest game. this is the history making. watch. >> they're very, very close. they love each other a lot. they try to help each other. they've always had each other's back. i can tell you this as being an

nfl mom, it's not like being a college, you know, football mom. it's a little different because the nfl is very, very demanding, and they have a lot of thing, so you don't get to see them a lot of times throughout the year. but when we coget together, it's very special. brian: yeah, it's travis and jason. can you imagine that? having one kid in the super bowl, then having two kids in the nfl, and then having them play against each other in the biggest game? pretty amazing. at a time in which we try to keep sports many perspective and keep parents from beating each other up on the sidelines, i think this is how you do it. and they're good buddies, but they both want to be champions. rachel: sibling love, i love that. joey: and both really good football players. they're not just players, they're stars. pete: very much so. brian, we're going to check back with you later in the hour. brian: it's up to you. if you don't want to, you don't have to. [laughter] pete: we shall see.

behave yourself, brian kilmeade, and maybe you'll get lucky. thank you, sir. the u.s. military shooting down an unidentified object in our next story over u.s. air space in alaska yesterday. joey: the new incident comes as president biden faces criticism over his decision to shoot down a chinese spy craft after it went all the way across the entire u.s. rachel: that's right. alexandria hoff has all the details from washington. good morning, alexandria. >> reporter: good morning. it was a bit interesting how this takedown came to light. john kirby was handling the press briefing and only spoke ott the object after a reporter asked about a rumor. listen. >> reporter: can you speak to rumors that there is another chinese balloon above alaska or any other parts of the u.s. territory that the u.s. shot down? >> the department of defense was tracking a high altitude object over alaskan air space in the last 24 hours. it was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. president biden ordered the military to down the object, and

they did. >> reporter: u.s. officials say it's unclear what kind of object this was, whether it belonged to the a state, maybe corporate-owned. that's still the unclear. the object has been described as the size of a small car and once again traveling at an altitude of about 40,000 feet. it was determined to be a safety threat to civilian aircrafts. it was shot down around 1:45 yesterday by an f-22. president biden summed up his feelings with one word. >> reporter: do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? >> reporter: success. >> reporter: he said success there. well, unlike the suspected chinese spy balloon, u.s. officials do not believe this object was equipped with a significant payload. its remains will likely be more easily collected as they're anticipated they fell onto frozen water. fox news contributor lieutenant general keith kellogg weighs in. >> they're reacting much more rapidly than they did before, but this is reacting to something they really don't even know what it was, and they

haven't told us what it was, and i think they need to do that to clear the air. this is clearly reaction from the president, general milley, lloyd austin, they were a little embarrassed what happened last time. >> reporter: as for the suspected chinese spy craft, china's foreign ministry maintains america overreacted writing in a statement that u.s. lawmakers are, quote: hyping up the balloon for political manipulate. joey, rachel, pete? pete: alexandria, thank you for that report. let's bring in someone that knows about this summit, chris miller, the former -- former acting defense secretary and author of the new book, soldier secretary. thank you for being here. >> you guys, i'm, like, humbled and scared to death being with you guys. [laughter] i want to start off with something, you know what challenge points are. when general keane comes on or general kellogg, when you coin them, you outrank them. brother, thank you for everything you've done for our country. >> thank you very much. >> dude, i was in your same unit, man -- yeah jee thank you

very much. >> -- man in the arena, and i just wanted to -- pete: somebody else is going to have to buy a beer next time joey and i walk in. >> that's what i'm talking about. i got army, i got marine corps, i wore my navy socks, joint service. and the other thing -- rachel: and i'm an air force brat. >> we're all covered. rachel: we do need to do that, yeah. >> the most important thing was like so you guys understand, i got up and did my rehearsals and turned on and saw brian out there at, like, what, 5, 6 in the morning? i was like, holy cow, he's out there having fun. i'm so sorry, you guys get me. [laughter] pete: we're glad to have you. joey: happy to have you on the couch. pete: thanks for being here. so what do you make of these developments? you saw what happened with the first balloon, now we've got a second object shot down north of alaska. you've been in the halls of power at that point of decision making. what's happening there? >> i don't know. you know, my favorite part of

christmas is when you go to the norad web site and do the santa tracker, do you guys ever do that? rachel: yes, of course. >> my kids, i loved that. here's where santa is. we need a balloon tracker now, i guess. kirby was so interesting. you guys know d.c., how everybody has their political speak. he looked really, really confused. we don't know if it's a chinese balloon, we don't know if it's just some kid who was like, hey, i'm going to fly a balloon which really fundamentally is the issue that i'm trying to talk about in my book which is we spend so doggone much money, a trillion dollars a year -- rachel: thank you. >> and you guys know, we can't bring down a doggone, like, a controlled descent of a balloon? we've got to think about doing things differently. you guys got time in the field, you know what i mean. so looking at this, gosh darn, you know, pretty concerning. it's good, come on, it's great. if you're a late night writer

for late night tv or "saturday night live," you've got all the material you need for the next three weeks, but as an american, holy cow. rachel: i'm so glad you brought up the money, because i look at all the money we do send is to the pentagon and to all these, the military expenditures, and i thought the same thing. hike, why can't we do this? but also the money we do send is being spent on making sure our battleships are, like, grebe or crt -- green or crt and diversity training and all this stuff that doesn't have to do. and then we have this incident, and we can't handle it in a way that makes us feel safe. >> we have to send up -- and you brought it up earlier, in an earlier segment, joey, we have to to send up a $100 million aircraft to shoot it down with a $400,000 missile. the cost curve's all off on that one. what do you guys think? you've been in the field, it's, like, holeily cow. joey: -- holy cow.

you were acting defense secretary, some say it's providing cover, some say it's true intelligence, now the administration says in the has happened 50 times in some way, shape or form. okay, so after 9/11 we all fought a war in one way or the other, we all fought a war for 20 the years, and we look back and say there was this indicator, that indicator, we had this intelligence, we had to create a county of homeland security -- department of homeland security because those units weren't talking to each over. if this happened 50 times, should our department of defense not be in a place to where they are already foreseeing what the next step is? why does it seem like they don't have a clue? >> preach it, devil dog, preach it. i'm with you. that's the thing, so sunday night when we heard that the trump administration knew all about this, we all started calling each other, speed dialing. did you know anything? did you know anything? we're all like, holy cow, because we didn't want to be imprecise on what we were

saying, because we knew we were going to get call out. we had no beyond all doubt -- joey: the generals hide it from you all? >> i don't know. somebody hid something from it. i don't know if it was in the ufo files or something, but, you know, that's the key thing. you guys know this, accountability. you know, the way we were raised, the way we were raised in the military is you're responsible for everything that does and doesn't happen under your command or your leadership, right? what i'm seeing now is who's being held accountable for this? i want somebody to step forward and say, hey, we messed up. it's all right. we know it's all right, but let's accept responsibility because it's young people that you guys have led that expect that. pete: why would they? if there was no accountability for afghanistan -- >> oh, don't get me started. pete: -- then why would there be accountability for a balloon? >> and that's why i'm glad you had me on. that's precise hi the point of my book, accountability matters. that's the way we were raised. and, you know, you have -- we've

seen hose the leaders, coas i say, not as i do. that's what we're seeing right now. you talked about all the stuff that's going on, rachel, with all the wokism and all that stuff. nobody joined -- do you know anybody who joined the military to fight the culture wars? rachel: i know people who are not joining the military because of the wokeification of the military. >> it is ultimate her tock rah rah city. doesn't matter sex, creed, culture, all that matters is you work harold, you coyour job. you guys know that, you've all experienced that. that's my thoughts, you know, you can say i'm an idiot and i'll gladly accept that -- pete: we're not going to the say that. joey: not while you're on set anyway. [laughter] >> as long as i go outside after this and get some chow. pete: there is some chow outside. line might be long, but you can cut it. you have a permission slip if us. real quick, your book, soldier secretary, give us a rundown. >> you know, wanted to do, talk about this in an informative,

entertaining way. not one of those huge, you know, phone books that nobody reads. wanted it to appeal to civilians that haven't served and also appeal to you guys that have served and try to close that gap between the 7% that are veterans and the 93% that they have served. rachel: what's the main message of the book? >> accountability, absolutely, and that we need to do things differently going forward. rachel: yeah. pete: look forward to reading it. check it out, soldier secretary. chris miller, thanks for being here. >> really appreciate it. thank you. rachel: all right. well, we're going to turn now to some headlines. the u.s. military and aid workers are on the ground in turkey assisting earthquake relief efforts. the help comes as the state department confirms at least three americans are among 25 the ,000 killed in the natural disaster. crews on the ground not giving up hope as incredible scenes like this one unfold. that survivor covered in dust was pulled out of the rubble 116 hours after the quake hit.

just amazing images coming out of turkey. pennsylvania senator john fetterman is out of the hospital and with his family at home of after a health scare. the democrat was committed to george washington hospital on wednesday after feeling lightheaded during a democratic retreat. that would make me lightheaded too. [laughter] all right. a spokesperson says tests ruled out the possibility of seizures or another stroke. fetterman plans to return to work in the senate on monday. and what is your go-to snack food for the big game tomorrow? a new survey showing the top foods by state, and here's a look at the top snacks in the our states. in my state people are going for the dips. que, so in wisconsin. salsa in arizona, that sounds about right, and nachos in new jersey. pete: very similar mr. . -- there. ing. joey: when your state is great, you only need one. pete: easy, i cowboy. [laughter]

joey: you don't have to move around. pete: tater tots in minnesota -- rachel: yes! pete: and my new home state of tennessee, joey, you know what? just took me longer to get there. pigs in a blanket. rachel: ray that is a good snack. all right. in georgia where joey's from, people are hog wild for pigs in a blanket. and lastly in brian's home state of new york, buffalo wings are the main choice. and that's, actually, a great choice. pete: makes sense. that is exactly right. rachel: buffalo wings in new york. joey: you know what boneless wigs are? chicken nuggets. pete: i like boneless -- joey: they're just chicken nuggettings. rachel: they are. when you have the bone, there's more flavor. pete: there's a whole theory around steak and meat and all that, but there's a difference between a nugget and the boneless wing. joey: yeah, the know men clay church. pete: nope, the nuggets don't

have real chick, the boneless wings have more chicken. i'm telling you, you're trying to pretend like you're a purist here, it's not working. rachel: i'll tell you what was good, that chicken we were eating earlier -- pete: that's true. by the way, i want to take a quick moment and wish my mother-in-law, linda cunningham, a very happy 80th birthday. joey: beautiful. pete: and that is my wife jennifer and linda at our wedding in 2019. rachel: that was a fun wedding. that was awesome. we had so much fun. pete: we had a great time. linda, by the way, happy 80th. i'm i won't be on the couch tomorrow -- rachel: what a good son-in-law you are. you're getting all kinds of points. the on-tv message and you're actually flying out there. pete: and we're going to be out there. rachel: i'm proud of you. pete: happy birthday. rachel: happy birthday, linda. coming up, layoffs continue to sweep u.s. companies, but could this be an indication of tough ther times ahead? --

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♪ pete: corporate layoff ares are sweeping the country. yahoo! announcing it will cut 20% of its work force while disney slashes 7,000 jobs. so what does this mean for the economy and are signs pointing toward a recession? let's ask the economist who correctly predicted the 2008 recession, professor emeritus at nyu stern school of business z and author of "mega threats," nouriel roubini. thank you so much for being here. you're seeing the numbers like we are, and companies are forecasting problems, making changes accordingly by9 cutting staff. what's your take on the prospects of a recession in 2023 or beyond? >> well, the markets now are expecting a soft landing or a softish landing, maybe two quarters recession and then economic recovery. i'm more pessimistic.

i'm in the camp that we'll have a hard landing. the soft data, forward indicator of economic activity including those in the labor market suggest a very sharp slowdown in the economy. layoffs are increase. >>ing, consumer confidence is weakening, the retail sales inflation have been falling for the last three months. inflation has fallen, but i think it's going to be the very hard for the fed to get to 2%. the brutal invasion of ukraine by russia is going to get worse, commodity prices are spiking, iran is becoming a nuclear state, spiking energy prices, and the cold war between u.s. and china is becoming colder. we have negative effects on business and consumer confidence, and if china's going to go back to growth, demand for commodities is going to rise. on the supply side, by the way, there is massive investment in

commodities. production of new capacity not just in energy, but across board. so between demand and supply, i expect a spike in commodity prices, and i expect persistent wage increase in the united states given the tightness of the labor market -- mostly labor costs. inflation is going to remain much higher, the fed will have to the tighten more than otherwise, that's going to make for a hard landing. pete: spike in commodity prices obviously leads to increases in inflation. companies are looking at this, as you pointed out. it's not just yahoo! and disney. amazon laying off 18,000 employees, microsoft laying off 10,000. alphabet, 12,000. dell's cutting the work force by 5. will the u.s. go into a recession? you said folks are hoping for a soft landing, you believe it'll be a hard landing. what does a hard landing look like? >> well, a hard landing would be something like a recession that doesn't last only a couple

quarters, short and shallow, but might persist for several quarters, say for most of this year. the data from the labor market suggests that many sectors starting first with technology but others are starting to lay off, that's going to the impact negatively consumer confidence. job creation will be lower, we'll have lower real wage growth, and that's going to slow down at least two-thirds of demand. in the united states historically, whenever inflation is above 5%, when the fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, we always end up with a hard landing. we never end up with a soft landing. anded today to, of course, inflation is way above 5%, and that employment rate is around 3.4%. so the wishful thinking that we're going to be able just to tighten a little more, the economy slows down and there's enough slack in goods and labor market and inflation and wage inflation drops like a stone the

may turn out to be wrong. that's what the markets want, but i think it's unlikely to happen. pete: well, you correctly predicted 2008, you're predicting a rough 2023. i hope you're wrong, but i fear based on how you laid it out you might be right and, hopefully, we are as prepared as we can be. nouriel roubini, thank you for that insight. we appreciate it. >> thank you. pete: you got it. coming up, the chiefs taking on the eagles tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. on the east coast. right here on fox. and to get ready, brian is in arizona. he's joined by or maybe ruled by also fox nfl rules analyst dean blandino, that's next. ♪ come on, people, let's get loud, lengths get loud. ♪ -- let's get the loud ♪

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pete: fans across the country are ready to cheer on the eagles and the chiefs in super bowl lvii tomorrow on fox. rachel: and it's the expected to be a fight to the finish. joey: brian kilmeade is live in glendale with fox nfl rules analyst dean blandino. brian, let us know what the rules are. brian: absolutely. and there's so much pressure ooh too. ful i'm sitting with the guy that really reusherred in replay into start sports, and it started with the nfl. dean, thanks so much for joining us here, fox to fox. we think about the pressure, there's pressure on the players. there's so much pressure on the referees. >> absolutely. this, i've had two coaches tell me the same thing in different conversations, that there's three groups that affect teams, coaches, players and officials. coaches make the most mistakes, players make the next, and officials make the least. but the expectation on the officials is perfection. and there's so much pressure going into this game. brian: so roger good el, when he meets concern goodell, when he meets the press every year, he

says it's never been better. would you assess it the same way? >> i don't think it's any better or worse than the it has been. i do know that technology is changing, and we're in a transitional period because what we're seeing especially in the playoffs is more intervention from replay where officials are getting information in realtime from someone upstairs or folks in new york who have access to video. and i think that is changing the way the game so officiated on the field. and we're seeing more of that. and i don't think that's going to decrease, i think we're going to see more of that going forward. brian: so if i'm a referee and i know there's technology judging everything that i coin front of 100 million people, i might be hesitant to make a call. how does it affect the men and women that do this job? >> no question. and we've always talked to our officials about being decisive because, like we were talking about earlier, if to you don't make the call, there's nothing to overurn. the officials have to be decisive. but sometimes if you continue to get that feed toback from refrain, concern feedback from

refrain play, maybe they're less decisive, and that's not a good thing. brian: is the crew cohesive? is it the same team? working together is key for refs, right? >> no question. they work together throughout the season, but for the postseason that changes. then it becomes the highest rated officials at every position. so -- brian are you okay with that in. >> you know, i like the crew concept. i like the cohesion. if you and i are working ogd together all year, we're going to have that familiarity, and we're not going to have to learn anything new about each other. i colike the crew concept. i like having your best officials working as well, and i think there's a balance where you can keep that cohesion but then sprinkle in some of your best officials so you have the best crew possible. brian: you talked about gambling, you think about how much revenue's brought in, but it puts even more pressure on the refs, right? you blew that call. >> no question. and that's the thing, the scrutiny and the pressure is at an all-time high.

like you said, whether it's the games themselves, these two teams, coaches, their livelihoods, fantasy, gambling, everybody has a stake. and the officials are a very convenient target when it comes to that criticism because one or two calls could shift the momentum in a game, and it could be the difference. brian: lastly, you are a great story. mine, you got out of college, you're an intern at the nfl, you pick up officiating. heir so good, they hire you, and you work your way up and you're at the forefront of replay. you feel good about where you're at right now? >> i do, very blessed. it was a unique journey for me, went into the replay world and had some really good people around me. now look, we're here in phoenix and the super bowl, it's been incredible -- brian: and not only on the field, you're here for halftime, you'll see the usfl, right? running things. dean, thanks so much for coming on. back to you guys. pete, i'm sure, rachel and joey,

were second guessing everything i was doing -- [laughter] because i have your mic on, pete. feel the same pressure that referees do. you threw a few flags? pete: i did, i did. and when we check if the replay in the break, we'll see if it was the best or the second best. brian: let me know. i'll be here. pete: okay, see ya. rachel: thanks, brian. still ahead, lawmakers grilling twitter executives on capitol hill over their censorship of qualified doctors during the pandemic. dr. jay bat chiara was one of them, and he joins us next. ♪ ♪ we're the ones getting it done. we're managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk. we're on it with jardiance. join the growing number of people who are on it with the once-daily pill, jardiance. jardiance not only lowers a1c, it goes beyond to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease. and jardiance may help you lose some weight.

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>> i, along with many americans, have long-term effects from covid. not only was i a long hauler, by i had -- but i had effects from the vaccine. it was the second shot that i now developed asthma that has not gone away. i have tremors in my left hand, and i have -- rachel: that was congresswoman nancy mace. she said she had a vaccine injury in a hearing this week. she also said this: >> what makes you think you are -- you or anyone else at twitter has the medical exif per tease to censor actual, accurate ckc data? you censored harvard-educated. >>s, stanford-educated doctors, doctors educated in the best places in the world, and you silenced those voices.

rachel: in december twitter files confirmed stanford professor dr. jay bhattacharya was blacklisted for his covid-19 information tweets, and he joins us now. dr. bhattacharya, just an honor to have you on the show this morning. so you are stanford medical school educated. how did it make you feel to be fact checked and censored by a bunch of pajama boys at twitter? [laughter] >> i mean, it was shocking, actually, rachel. because the american people deserve to understand that there was a very wide range of opinions about how best to manage the pandemic. there was not a consensus. you heard dr. fauci saying i am the science, that was ridiculous. rachel: yeah. >> a very large number of doctors thought and epidemiologists thought that was not the right way to manage the pandemic. and what twitter 1.0 did was essentially deny the american people of that fact. it was a absolutely shocking breach of their responsibility to allow the debate to happen.

rachel: yeah. i proudly signed very early on the declaration. it just made common sense. but it seemed like common sense wasn't in great supply in the middle of this covid pandemic, and voices like yours were being censored. i'm really impressed with the congresswoman and her admission that she had a vaccine injury. i'm sure that's so reassuring to so many other americans who experienced that and were shamed and censored and told, you know, that it wasn't happening, they were gaslit. how much of a difference do you think her coming forward and giving that testimony will make for the lives of those e people? >> i think it's tremendously important. as you say, rachel, people use the vaccine, people meaning in public health, use the rack vaccine essentially as an opportunity to tell a noble lie; the idea is that nobody ever gets injured by the vaccine because it's so safe. that's not true. now, i believe the vaccine was useful for older people,

absolutely, but it was not -- it was always going to be a medical decision, something where you compare the benefits versus the potential side effects. what we forced the american people essentially to say, if you don't take this vaccine, you lose your job and, of course, if you are hurt, you can't say anything about it. i think what she did was tremendously important. rachel: yeah. i guess my fear, doctor, is that i don't know if we've done enough, i mean, i'm happy and reassured by these hearings, but have we done enough to self-correct so something like this doesn't happen, so more doctors feel, you know, secure enough and brave enough to step forward the next time something like this happens? quickly. ing. >> i think we need fundamental reform of our health agencies because, you know, twitter 1.0 execs, i actually in some ways feel sorry for them. they were subject to tremendous pressure from the federal health agencies to conduct this censoring. i've been part of this lawsuit by the missouri attorney general. i mean, they were telling

twitter, federal government employees were telling twitter what to censor, who to censor. rachel: yeah. i wish more doctors, i wish there'd been more courage among doctors during the covid pandemic. you were among just a handful, and i sure think things would have gone differently if more had had your courage. dr. jay bhattacharya, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: of course. joey? joey: turning now to your headlines, a bomb from world war ii explodes in england yesterday at a team of technicians work to the defuse it. thankfully, no one was hurt. the blast sending a giant cloud of dust and debris into the air. the antique explosive was discovered in a river crossing last week by contractors working in the area. you'd be surprised how often these things happen. in france hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets in protest of government pension reform plans that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. major unions are demanding that

the government scrap the bill, and they're threatening to bring france to a standstill if their commands are not met. and here at home, a retired veteran and father is now facing the fight of his life needing a heart transplant, but he can't get the surgery until he can secure a full-time caregiver. ron harper says his 11-year-old son and elderly father are all he has, but they're not able to provide the round-the-clock care he'll need. and the cost to hire a professional is astronomical, something veteran programs will not cover. he says he hopes if he can't get the surgery, the situation will prompt the government to the make changes in veterans' benefits. if you want to help, head to gofundme.com to the fundraiser for brian jif harper, and and i'll make sure the nonprofits i'm associated with check this out. and those are your headlines. we need to make sure that man's life is saved.

let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz. adam: out here on fox square making some friends with some folks from kind of across the country. new jersey over there, so you're used to the colder colder weatherer. virginia, kentucky, does this feel cold to you all? >> yes. adam: yeah,? okay, i agree, it does feel a little bit cold. it's not just here though, so you're not avoiding much of anything. let's ache a look at the numbers, what are we seeing? 19 degrees colder right now in new york city than it was this time yesterday morning. and there ising cold air stretching across the country, especially back in the middle. 20 degrees in kansas city early this morning, 27 in denver and 25 in chicago. the only really warm spot is where you're seeing that rain down across the southeast. they'll see some showers. otherwise things will be looking mostly clear. that is your weather forecast for now. joey, tossing it back -- everybody want to wave as we throw it back in to joey? back to you, joey.

a lot of joey fans out here. joey: i'm a big fan of all of them. and it's going to be winter for a little while longer e. adam: yeah, it's not over yet. joey: all right. brian took in the sights and sounds of the super bowl in arizona. the full fan experience is what's coming up. plus, the president and ceo of arizona's super bowl host committee jay perry joins us, the excitement continues live in glendale right there. ♪ ♪ (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy, long lasting relief in a scent-free, gentle mist. (psst psst) flonase. all good.

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pete: oh. joey: all right, the countdown to kickoff is less than 48 hours away, but arizona has been welcoming football fans all week. rachel: beautiful, beautiful arizona. and brian took a walk around the downtown of phoenix to talk to fans and business owners about all the excitement. pete: brian kilmeade likes to walk. take a look. ♪ brian: sundays, all about the game. leading up to sunday, it's all

about the is city. how is phoenix reacting? let's find out. ♪ this is the super bowl ♪ brian: what do you think? >> eagles. the eagles are going to win. brian: what because it mean to be a chief fan in arizona this week? >> it's indescribable, it really is. brian: nfl stuff's selling well, more chiefs or eagles stuff? >> i will say the chiefs' stuff has been selling, but there are a few eagles' things that are selling out. >> we're really lucky. everybody's in really good spirits. brian: how's super bowl week treating you? >> been great. brian: more chief fans or eagle fans? >> we're seeing a good mix. brian: i think i'm looking at three philly fans. [cheers and applause] what's it like? if they're kind of pumped up. >> they're very annoying. >> they chant all the time. >> no matter where you are, you

still doing e-a-g-l-e-s and everybody's in. brian: who's a a better tipper? >> there we go, let's go, eagles. brian: do you think there are more eagles fans? >> oh, absolutely. >> we've been here, we're ready to support. brian: prediction? >> prediction, 34-20, eagles. eagles win by two touchdowns. >> i think the chiefs jump out to an early lead, make philly throw the ball, and philly can't keep up with us. ♪ the winners will soon be known. brian: i smell a hit. [laughter] rachel: you smell a hit, huh, brian? [laughter] brian: i do. i have an instinct for that. remember, i thought florida georgia line would be special. i've got a special guest with me and, by the way, this place is pulsating. i do think there's more eagles fan, my unofficial survey is. this is jay perry, prime minister of the host

committee -- president of the host committee. >> is it's exciting. you saw all that fan excitement, and we just love the opportunity to host this amazing game. brian: you just told me last time it was here, 20 the 15, seattle existence new england, you guys -- against new england, you guys brought $719 million worth of revenue to scottsdale, glendale, the whole region. what about now? >> you know, we expect this to be a monstrous game, incredible economic impact last time. but i've got to say, super bowl, it's grown, and we've got the whole region -- brian: do you expect to surpass this? >> i don't know if we'll surpass, but we'll comp close. brian: what kind of investment does the nfl ask you to do once they give you the game? >> we'll raise about $45 million to host the game and create the events, but it's so important to showcase arizona to all of the fans. there's over 120,000 folks coming in to see the game, and all of our locals love to participate too. brian the ceos you want to say,

hey, move your company here. you want people to visit and say i want you to move here. i ran across so many people in arizona that are eagles fan. he goes, well, i moved. a lot of people want off the northeast. they're coming here. >> it's a pretty great place to be in our winter weather, right here in arizona. we cosee tourism increases -- do see tourism increases, so it bolsters the whole community and monday pride. brian: the pandemic hurt a lot of people, especially tampa, they were trying to bring in millions. last year los angeles, still held back. but this year it is balls to the wall. eagles are here in massive numbers, so are the chiefs. >> yeah, yeah. brian: you lucked out. [laughter] >> we feel lucky, and we hope everyone feels lucky to be here, because we're thrilled to be hosting. brian: jay, thanks so much. jay parry, thanks so much. you're going to have a busy cay. >> thanks, brian. brian: wish you guys could all be here, but you can't, so you're not. [laughter]

rachel: it seems unfair being that i'm from there, my parents live there -- pete: you're going to lobby for the super bowl now? rachel: but they still go now. i i shouldn't do the super bowl -- pete: you don't watch football. brian: should we say that you don't like football, rachel? rachel: fair enough. i'll just do a diner. [laughter] pete: well done, brian. b+ but solid. brian: thank you. pete: all right. still ahead, we're going to find out who has the best arm in a football-passing competition. may the best friend win. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ [cheering] rachel: putting our football passing test. pete: we have and six seconds on the clock three come to, one

time ago. [cheering] [background noises] [background noises] [cheering] what is this? what is this? what is this? >> i can't help i'm sorry. [laughter] [laughter] [cheering] pete: we went have a great saturday shows over. >> to have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska mr. president? >> the department of defenses tracking high-altitude object of airspace frequency object was about the size of a small car not similar in size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina on february 4 frequency object is flying at an altitude of 40000 feet. and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. the president absolute was