this. muddy the waters so the american people don't know who to trust and believe in. they are doing it all for political pursuances. they know if they come out and admit this whole thing was a scam, a farce, a lie, they know the american people voting in 2024 are heavily going to consider that and they don't want that to happen. they have to keep it really confusing for us. >> ashley: thank you so much, tomi lahren. "fox & friends" start right now. have a good day. >> china's hearings today. conclude the covid virus likely originated at a lab. >> white house officials careful not to confirm. >> there's not a consensus right now. >> nothing in our lifetime done more to damage the credibility of government scientists. >> the defense has rested. the judge agreed to have the jury visit the crime scene. >> accused killer's brother describes cleaning up. >> no mother father aunt or uncle should ever have to see or do what i did that day. >> michael reagan will make

third trip to palestine. >> the president noticeably missing. >> i get all congested. >> why are not getting the same air. >> real problem is going to be 5, 10 years from now. >> chicago voters head to the polls. >> plagued by rampant crime and homelessness may give lightfoot the boot. >> she has literally made chicago known for nothing but violent crime. >> desantis is now upping the ante in his fight against disney signing a bill to strip the company of self-governing status. >> they're finally going to pay their fair share of taxes and pay all the debts. ♪ wake me up before you go-go ♪ don't leave me hanging like a yo-yo ♪ wake me up before you go go. [cheers and applause] >> brian: one of the most patriotic places in the country ponte vedra, florida. about 40 miles from the georgia border. [cheers] >> brian: now you have the other half right here. it's hard to know. i don't know, who is louder those guys or you guys?

[cheers] >> brian: they flooded to the kitchen. thank you all for coming out. we appreciate it. friend at the metro diner. this is the go-to place. get here early even if we are not on television if you want to get a seat. and also the weather is so good people wait outside for hours just to have a chance to come in. we got here early. we called ahead of time so they made some room for us. and we had a lot of cameras. guys, great to see you. >> ainsley: so good to see you, brian. it is loud in there. how did you get so many people at 6:00 a.m.? >> brian: i think the word went out that anybody who is very patriotic, loves the country we got this show called "fox & friends." and they all came, right? [applause] >> brian: they all came. >> lawrence: great brian kilmeade. did what's the topic of the town right now? is everybody waiting for ron desantis to announce? >> ainsley: new book and yes,

that, too. >> brian: yeah, i mean, they are talking about this. it's out today. they love their governor here. i mean, he just won a tremendous victory. you guys -- are you guys going to get this book? [cheers] >> brian: they don't want to lose their governor and sense he might be running for president shortly. you know that, ainsley. you were just out here. >> ainsley: you are right. that's what i always hear when i'm down in florida, please, please, i pray he doesn't leave this state. i wonder who would take over for him if he did become president or he ran for president, brian. >> brian: i assume the lieutenant governor ascends and see where we go from there. in terms of people in florida up and coming stars. michael waltz is a huge personality. byron donalds a big personality. so you have got a lot of talent here in this area. a lot of people have national profiles. but, i just think they will end up battling it out if that happens. man in the latest fox poll and i want to talk about this later in

the show it's donald trump by a lot. almost double. ron desantis in double figures. everybody else in single digits. still early. we only have four candidates -- three candidates in right now. and we'll see come spring if there is going to be a series of announcements with mike pompeo, with the vice president pence seemed like to be a lay up. and then governor desantis maybe later in the fall after his legislative session is done, unless something else comes up. >> lawrence: you know, brian, you were talking about a battle there is a battle going on right now in the white house. after that report came out from the department of agency saying that it was actually a lab leak. this is after months and actually years now of them making fun of anybody that suggested the lab leak got dr. fauci as well. the department of energy partnered with the fbi and they both came back with the suggestion that it was actually a lab leak. but, john kirby, who is normally great at spinning, great with communication says that the white house has not reached a consensus.

watch. >> the president made trying to find the origins of covid a priority, right, when he came into office. he has a whole of government effort designed to do it. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about exactly how covid started. there is just not an intelligence community consensus. >> ainsley: he is saying not an intelligence community consensus. the fbi saying they think it was a lab leak. then over the weekend we learned the energy department that confirmed that. here we are years later after that theory was being talked about in the press. tom cotton was talking about it, amongst others. and they were deemed conspiracy theorists, right? remember that? they were all told that what they're say something wrong, but then you have the democrats who were listening if you talk to the republicans what the chinese government wanted them say. listen to this montage. a flashback of the media just going after anyone who said it

was a lab leak theory. >> the conspiracy theory going around that the coronavirus originated and was, perhaps, man made inside a lab in china. >> ignore the dog whistles from the president. let science prevail. >> this theory that the virus was accidently released from a lab in wuhan, that's his new angle to feed the wing nuts. >> we know it's been debunked that this virus was man made or modified or anything like that. >> both scientistenned u.s. intelligence community agree this vice was not man made. that's not a possibility. >> there is a danger in the administration either putting out theories that cannot be substantiated or deliberately provoking a fight during the middle of the pandemic. >> many of us feel that it is more likely that this is a natural occurrence as has happened with sars, cov-1 where it goes from a reservoir to a human.

>> you know what's so interesting is not only is anthony fauci not repentant, not does he ever admit that he is wrong he doubled down yesterday. said it most likely came from a natural occurrence. again, that was an old shot but the same belief. is he desperately holding on to something. what i also think is so unbelievably disturbing and i can't quite figure it out is if you don't agree, why are you sidelined, called a conspiracy theorist? why are you told to quiet down you are dangerous. why are you marginalized a group of people want to know and say to themselves like jon stewart said with stephen colbert a year ago, let me see a unique covid virus -- coronavirus leaks out of a place where there is a coronavirus institute right there, wuhan instituted right there, only logic tells you more than likely that's exactly what happened. especially when you can't trace it back anywhere. and that's just it. why are people so invested in

making sure that china is not blamed for a virus that they leaked out? the bigger question is was it intentional or not. senator ted cruz weighed in last night. >> there has been nothing in our lifetimes that has done more to damage the credibility of government scientist or doctors than dr. anthony fauci. there are now tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of americans saying a scientist or doctor working for the government says. and that's dangerous. if god forbid we have another pandemic. let's say we have something like ebola that has massively high mortality rates. i want advice on how to keep our families safe. >> lawrence: brian, you asked a key question why are they still stealing the chinese talking points. ms. move, the spokesperson for the communist party essentially said the same thing that anthony fauci was saying. two fold.

one i want the republicans to have some type of win. no one wins here. i don't understand why they think it's a win. mainly because 9 republicans are ahead of this and said this was a theory. i think there is also a conflict of interest in this investigation. when you have the nih, who was under the direction of anthony fauci that funded some of this research, i don't think he wants the blood on his hand there. there's a reason why they brought the department of energy in. it's because they managed some of the national labs. this is what admiral kirby says. i don't understand all the democrats who constantly say trust our institution. trust in democracy. not trust in the fbi or the biden department of energy. it doesn't make any sense, ainsley. >> ainsley: you had had dr. robert redfield who used to run the centers for disease control. he said this two years ago he thought it was a lab leak. one day everyone will understand that it was. i will be proven right. his local newspaper in baltimore wrote about him, front page of the paper he says talking about how he is a racist. grandkids live in that area and

he said that was very hurtful. why name call when we are trying to look at scientific information. we are awful different scientists and have different opinions, come together and if i can out the origins of this. let's be america and not just spew the talking points of china. if that is an option, if it could be a lab leak, let's talk about it. now you have the intelligence community believing that yes, they have not come to a consensus. why is this so divided? why can't we come together, figure out the origins so that this doesn't happen again? brian senator t tom cot coming p 7 o'clock a.m. looking forward talking to him. he was talking about this a long time ago and was called names for it. brian, what's coming up. >> brian: coming up straight ahead on this show. not only talking to the people in the diner. talk about the defense rests in the double murder of the trial that's cap straighted this nation all over the channel. break down yesterday's dramatic testimony. lawrence, what else did you put together. >> lawrence: 128 years old

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>> lawrence: so the prosecution in the murdaugh double murder trial set to call more witnesses today after the defense rests its case. >> ainsley: alec murdaugh's legal team called for man a dozen witnesses to the stand including john marvin who told the jurors about the horrors of cleaning up his nephew's

remains. >> brian: alexandria hoff joins us with more. >> john harvin served as the defense's 14th and final witness. testimony intended to poke holes into the police's investigation that ultimately led to his brother being charged in the murders of his wife and son in june of 221. on the stand john marvin wept he described how he went to the property where maggie and paul had been shot to death and found remains of his beloved nephew were still there. >> and y'all have heard the descriptions. y'all saw it. i have never seen pictures and i told them before coming to this court that i was not going to see pictures. but y'all can you imagine what i had experienced it had not been cleaned up. felt like it was the right thing to do. i felt like i owed him and i started cleaning. and i promise you. no mother or father or aunt or uncle should ever have to see and do what i did that day. >> the prosecution alleges that john marvin's brother alec

killed his wife and son while in the throws of opioid addiction and financial ruin. murdaugh maintains his innocence despite admitting to being at the scene of the crime but only doing so once he took to the stand last week. yesterday the defense introduced a two shooter theory. >> my opinion is the totality of the evidence is more suggestive of a two shooter scenario. all of that activity was in direct alignment with the shooter and so i think minimally. minimally, that shooter is getting covered with this material, getting more or less the shock wave of that effect and more than likely getting hit with at least something that could have done injury. >> that's all trying to plant seeds of reasonable doubt there. the state has a chance to respond and prosecutors are expected to call on four witnesses today. the judge also granted a request by the defense for the jury to visit the scene of the crime. cameras are not going to be allowed there and security is going to be provided due to how much attention this case has captured, guys? >> ainsley: all right,

alexandria a thank you so much. check in for headlines with ashley strohmier. >> ashley: brazilian fugitive in boston spent two years running from murder charges in his home country. this is not the first time in u.s. custody. border patrol arrested him in california back in 2021 for illegally entering the country but they let him go pending court proceedings. meanwhile in orange county, border patrol agents make a massive fentanyl bust, seizing 232 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop. border patrol officials say that's enough to kill 50 million people. now to a fox weather alert. a messy commute this morning for people across the northeast as the region gets hit by the biggest snow storm so far this year. i was one of them. first responders in upstate new york are warning drivers to take it slow out on the roads after responding to this 18 car crash caused by black ice yesterday morning and yet another snow storm is slamming the west

coast. road crews near lake tahoe working around the clock in those whiteout conditions. meanwhile in michigan democrat governor gretchen whitmer is getting heat for apparently having a night out on the town while more than 150,000 people here? the states are dealing -- whether in her state are dealing without power for days after a major ice storm. for more on this story, download the fox weather app. or can you stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. vandals in new york city defacing the christopher columbus memorial statue in central park yesterday. you can see the words murderer and land back spray painted onto the 131-year-old statue. over the past few years statues of columbus across the country torn down and van everywhere vandalized explore's arrival led

to mass general side. michael jordan legacy offering six time champion. the dynasty collection features six air jordan sneakers all worn by his hairness himself jordan six which he wore first title in 1991 and jordan 19 wore in last dance against the utah jazz in 1998. those your headlines guys, back to you. >> ainsley: ashley that, had lawrence's name written all over it. how many pairs of ten shoes do you have. >> 260 something. >> ainsley: he has all of those. brian, you should buy that entire set for lawrence. >> lawrence: he has more money than all of us. >> brian: right. that's true. in fact i'm going to expose i have a passbook savings i will be holding up at the end of the day of the show. are you wearing shoes or sneakers right now. >> lawrence: no, no, no. dress shoes.

>> ainsley: he has pretty dress shoes. >> ashley: nice. >> ainsley: is he a pretty dresser. >> brian: one smelly closet. >> ainsley: locker room. brian, what are you doing down there? >> brian: right now in ponte vedra, florida about 20 miles from the georgia border one of the fastest growing counties st. john's county. go out to dr. siegel, i will talk to some of these people. the reason you hear the noise in the background they can't hear the show. they're not convinced i'm on the air or have a full-time job. ainsley i know marc siegel you sent him out with a toxic train story. let's find out what is going on. >> ainsley: you talk to the folks and we will talk to him. michael reagan is returning to east palestine today for the third time since that toxic train derailment. the e.p.a. will open a brand new welcome centered for the residents there as many report health concerns.

>> lawrence: it's really bad, ainsley. dr. siegel is in east palestine and spoke with many of them and he joins us now. doc, what can you tell us? >> hi lawrence, hi ainsley. the people in east palestine are suffering. they are hearing a lot from the government everything is fine, the air is fine, the water is fine. but, do you know what? a lot of them are not feeling fine. i spoke to a number of them yesterday. some with pre-existing conditions who are feeling worse instantly just from coming to east palestine. very disturbing. take a look. >> this is your pulmonary fibrosis but it looks like it's gotten worse, right? >> yes. since this accident come back i have had some type of reaction. >> because i was having such strong nausea, vomiting, rash, and had all the blood work and everything done. >> since all this started we have been renting hotel rooms on the weekend to see our kids because we don't feel safe bringing them home. my daughter had been here, unfortunately. >> do you have underlying lung conditions. >> yes, i do.

i get all congested in my chest and i -- cough and cough and cough. >> so we are just not getting the same care and nobody knows why. >> the real problem is going to be five, ten years from now. who is going to be here then? >> you know, i spoke to them as a physician, guys. but i also felt that a lot of the support they felt here, i thought why did they stay here? and one of the reasons is the community spirit there were people bringing them food and water from all over the country. we spoke to matt who came all the way from texas with huge pallets of water. and i said how much water are you bringing? he said as much as people need. and there was some comfort for me to see the cdc arriving yesterday. and i spoke to captain jill sugar who has a lot of experience in the environment. and she spoke to me about first responders which they are now tracking. take a look. >> what we are doing now is

trying to get a list of all of the local state and federal responders who were at the incident. when it occurred and also those who might still be in the area to try to get information from them about their health effects, where they were during the incident, if they were wearing personal ifer there tracking first responders the way they did after 9/11, they didn't do a great job after 9/11, but it makes me wonder and i'm not wondering too much that there are gonna be long-term health effects here. if you are tracking first responders you also got to worry about the local inhabitants. and we have been talking about this. i think cdc is worried, too about the long-term health effects here on people. lawrence, ainsley? >> lawrence: i can't tell, doc, because it took them three weeks to get into the town. i just think that's despicable. thank you so much, doc. >> absolutely. good to see you. >> ainsley: thank you,

dr. siegel. >> lawrence: calling it chicago's last dance chicago voters head to the polls contentious mayor race. pastor corey brooks weighs in next. >> ainsley: brian is down in beautiful ponte vedra, florida. >> brian: metro diner. thanks for coming. round of applause for yourselves. [applause] >> brian: quick question for you. there is tens of thousands of people coming to florida every day. >> is that a good thing or bad thing? show of hands good thing? >> depends who they are. >> brian: it's a bad thing? >> only two or three. >> brian: the number one story i will ask you guys number one story in the country wuhan virus and train election 2024. janet, what's the number one story in the country? >> there are so many. i would say the revelation of wuhan which most of you was surmised it might have happened there. and of course we have this

train. >> brian: toxic train is number two. >> the election coming up. it's a few years away but we don't know what is going to happen. >> brian: named her own big three. steve card you remember him from our show. transplant from the nypd now is in our area. steve, the number one story in the country right now? >> why every democratic state is now coming to florida, texas, and the carolinas. >> brian: including you? >> including me four months ago we moved down here. tired of the politics, the bail reform, everything that's going on in new york is a negative. >> brian: by the way, this guy has got to be hungry. look at this. eating very early in the morning. all right. thanks so much, everybody, for coming down. also on the outside. we are going to work that back with more from the metro diner beautiful ponte vedra, florida. let's leave to deafening applause as we go to break with music underneath. ♪ ♪

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today's election our next guest spent nearly a year camped out on the roof top to bring awareness to the crime crisis. thehood founder corey brooks joins us now. pastor corey brooks joins us now. what do you see the outcome of this race being i didn't think anyone could take her on now she is polling number three. what do you think the outcome is going to be? i didn't think anyone will get 50% plus one. paul vallas and probably the mayor run off. i wouldn't count brandon johnson out. it's going to be a tough race and we will see what happens. i believe we are set for a runoff in chicago. we know crime has been a major issue in chicago. it's progressively gotten worse. 695 homicides and 22 alone.

do you think that's the main factor for voters in chicago right now is the crime if you can't fix the crime issue, you are going to mess up the tourist situation as we have and as we have been seeing on michigan avenue on the magnificent mile. a lot of tourists aren't coming like they used to. a lot of people migrating out of chicago and leaving and going it other cities. suburban places as well. so, you know, crime is the issue that needs to be discussed is the topic that is first and foremost on most voters' minds. i know it's on mine. >> lawrence: i'm a little concerned that the mayor, trying to get the inmates to vote for her. we got reports earlier a few months ago trying to get the kids to campaign for her. trying every trick going to the voters to make her case maybe no

case to be made for her, right? >> this chicago they are trying to get even the dead liam to to vote, that's the chicago way. she knows she is in a tough race no. doubt about it she needs a lot of people to vote for her to put her over the top to just get in the runoff. so we are going to see today how it turns out in chicago. it's a great opportunity for us to do something different. >> lawrence: i'm going to be praying today, brother. i know chicago needs change and you have been on the forefront of that change as well. brother, thank you so much for joining the program. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> lawrence: lawmakers accusing president biden of gambling with your golden years as the administration financial managers the woke issues into retirement investments, congressman andy plans to overturn that rule. we are live all morning at the metro diner in ponte vedra, florida. brian, what have you got for us?

>> >> brian: first off, lawrence, metro diner first i have a question for you, are you ready? all right. 2024, who is pumped up for the election? [applause] >> brian: rapid fire. who is your man? who is your woman? >> my man, donald trump. >> brian: donald trump. >> donald trump. >> kristi noem. >> kristi noem. >> who is your man. >> donald trump. >> and woman. >> trump. >> brian: a lot of trump fans. >> trump and nikki haley. >> donald trump and nikki haley. >> brian: so far a lot of donald trump. i see governor desantis what about president desantis. >> i like it. i like it. >> brian: who is your pick? >> oh, gosh, i don't know. trump or desantis, i'm either/or. >> brian: right in the middle. who are you pumped up for. >> i'm super pumped. >> we need break from election, election. it goes from one to the other. it's getting exciting. we know nikki haley is.

in we know vivek ramaswamy is in. and we also know that it looks like mike pence, mike pompeo, and so many others are poised to jump, in including governor ron desantis whose book is out today. he will be on a little bit later. that's the latest from the metro diner. thanks so much for coming out. after this we go out to the patio and see who else is here and how they are lined up outside. that's the latest from ponte vedra in beautiful northern florida ♪ i need to get myself away from this place ♪ what a contest ♪ i could use a little fuel myself ♪ and we could all use a little

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record $4.22 million. and it was a spectacular sight in the skies canada and the u.k. and eastern washington northern lights putting on a pretty impressive show. people rushing out of their homes to check out the brilliant shades of green and red. this happens when energized solar particles rush through our atmosphere. the light show went on for hours. visible from sunday through this morning. and we're going to send it back over to you, ainsley. those your headlines. >> ainsley: incredible. thank you so much, ashley. facing bipartisan pushback from lawmakers who say the white house is politic siding american retirement accounts. this after biden's labor department issued a new rule allowing retirement plan manager to factor esg climate and social issues into investment decisions for your 401(k) accounts. now congress is taking up legislation to roll back that controversial rule. g.o.p. congressman andy barr is spear heading the effort and he

joins me now. congressman, good morning. >> good morning, ainsley. how are you? >> ainsley: good morning. doing well. shouldn't would he be focused when it comes to 401(k)s investing funds we can make the most money to retire and have more in the bank. >> absolutely. americans don't want their retirement politicized. they don't want politics as part of their retirement portfolio. they want financial performance. they want investment returns. this is especially true given the fact that there is a $3.8 trillion gap between the amount that americans have saved for retirement and what they are estimated to need in retirement 8 out of 10 americans are concerned whether or not they will be able to afford a comfortable retirement. now is not the time to put politics or climate or social justice or other political factors ahead of financial performance in 401(k)s and other retirement plans. >> ainsley: congressman, where does this go? i know you will get the house. joe manchin son board you will

need another democrat. if it does pass the senate it goes to the president's desk and he is expected to veto it. >> we expect the senate to be able to pass this bill. we are going to pass this bill disapproving this department of labor regulation that would steer americans into lower performance, higher fee, less diversified portfolios. and we expect all republicans to be in favor of the legislation today. we expect democrats, some democrats will also support it as well because whether you are a republican or a democrat, we think most americans don't want politics to be a factor in allocating their capital and determining whether or not they value secure retirement. yes, we expect bipartisan, bicameral support to disapprove of the department of labor regulation. we will get this resolution of disapproval on the president's desk and the president unfortunately has threatened to veto the bill. putting every member of congress on record to decide for their constituents whether they are going to put their constituents'

retirement security first or own progressive political agenda ahead of their own constituents, i think that's an important effort to hold america's members of congress accountable. and then, ultimately, we may need a new administration to reverse course on this. but i also expect an effort in litigation to invalidate this regulation that will hurt america's retirement security. >> ainsley: there are a lot on board to reverse this retirement option. give an example say you wanted to invest your money in oil and gas, what would happen? >> see, this is the problem. because according to the department of labor regulation, many of these retirement plan sponsors would be able to put workers into esg or environmental social and governance funds without the investor's consent without the worker's consent. they wouldn't even necessarily know that they're invested in

underperforming portfolio. here's the sad reality, that over the last five years, if you were invested in esg funds, your returns would be 250 bases points less than if you are in broadly diversified funds. you know, the track let's say the s&p 500 index. these are under performing stocks? because energy has -- energy stocks have out performed the broader market over the last year significantly. and tech stocks, which are heavy in these esg funds they have under performed the market. so, these are the type of nondiversified investments that don't deliver the returns that americans deserve and need. >> ainsley: i know you are introducing this legislation today. it's your money, you should be able to do with it as you please and not have the government tell you. thank you so much, congressman, for coming on. >> thanks, good to be with you. >> ainsley: check in with senior meteorologist janice dean. we were talking about this when we were getting lety for the

show. we walked outside and i was excited to see a little bit of snow. you probably got more on long island. >> janice: a little bit more. i'm apologizing hayden in advance it's not going to come true 4 to 6 inches. we will get an inch and a half in central park. my kids are upset, too. look at the maps it is at freezing or below freezing in new york city. 32 degrees, 33 in boston. you can see where the snow is coming down north of the city. so, yes, kentucky cut, massachusetts upstate new york you are getting snow but new york city is a slushy mess. it is going to be a rough commute heading in today. but the worst of it is over. it's just going to kind of be a little bit, you know, we have got some snow, some sleet mixing in and rain. so it's not fun. here are some of the snowfall totals, putnam valley, six inches, buffalo airport 4.3. it's been a rough year if you are a snow lover here in the northeast. i also want to make mention that we have our next storm system that's going to come up here on friday. here's 9 snow still to come. another chance on friday.

i apologize again for the kids in new york city. i don't think it's going to be a measurable snow event, iowa wawa ainsley. >> we might get snow again. sometimes there is snow? march. >> janice: i will see what i can do. put the spoon underneath the pillow. >> ainsley: i will do it. stick around, we are going to go back out to ponte vedra in florida. where brian kilmeade is having breakfast with a lot of our friends down there. hey, brian. >> brian: ainsley, a little bit of a battle, we have the indoor people and patio people. who is louder? [cheers] >> brian: wow. first off, this is really disturbing. look at this t-shirt that -- what's your name? >> nicole. >> brian: you say you like me and greg? that's impossible. make a decision. >> go with gutfeld. brian it hurts. >> brian: mark hey is here one of the premier personalities in beautiful jacksonville. one of the things discussing

disney losing autonomous zone is that good thing or bad thing. >> good thing. >> do you think kids any losing sole status? >> yes i do it's a good idea. >> brian: i don't know if it's going to effect the price. mark is on noon to 3:00. going to bring me inside jacksonville. >> bridge you inside the metro diner because it's really loud out here. >> brian: that's good. how loud can it get? that's the question. >> how loud can it get? >> brian: we are going inside. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ i'm not the only one ♪ all i want to do is have some fun ♪

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>> unjustice at this point. did it in the 60's. it was a sweetheart deal there was nobody else there at the time it was barren land. they need to go back to walton's vision. make sure it's family-friendly. don't hijack your programming to try to impose awoke agenda. >> brian: gotcha. >> ultimately not good for our country or society but also not good for your bottom line. >> brian: especially now. florida governor ron desantis with my radio show. you will see the whole interview in about an hour. finally putting an end to disney corporate kingdom invoking self-governing power. so bizarre they were able to have all this power.

ordering the house of mouse to pay back 700 plus million dollars in taxes. florida radio host. one of the premier talents of this region. nationally syndicated joins us now. >> thanks for having me. you said come to the metro diner. three cameras and a satellite truck. amazing. >> brian: some of the typest people. all these people your listeners. is this a good move for desantis. >> there is no bad move for desantis. arguably the most popular governor this state and probably any state. the people in the state of florida are kind of fed up with wokeness as you pointed out. go woke, go broke. florida is where wokeness goes to die. disney was acting up. ron disantd said we can't be business partners if you are going to take all the money you make from the benefits we give from you working in the state and invest in undoing the legislature that the people want. we know the people want it because look at the election. ron desantis landslide and if you ask any one of these people here desantis or disney i guarantee they will go with the governor. >> brian: remember what happened in georgia.

end up major league baseball pays out all-star game. delta and others decide to move their headquarters. people start boycotting movies. they weren't able to stop that but desantis was able to stop this. do you think it gives corporations the leeway to say i have to -- i can't listen to my employees in these woke. >> like escape clause. looking for someone to tell them please, give me a reason to not cave into the woke crowd. i think he absolutely does. when this happened, you know, a lot of it is california. a lot of people think it's hoorld. there was employee walk outout. we covered it. one guy showed up. >> brian: in florida. >> all from burbank. one disgruntled employee in orlando. >> why did you walk out today? he goes actually it's my day off. i go dude, you are doing it wrong. that's a walk-in. this is not something that the people or the employees or the cast members in florida want. this was a california initiative the whole time. >> brian: other big thing in this area is downtown jacksonville, they want to make it vivacious vibrating place.

are they beginning to do that now? >> they are. you know, we have the owner of the jaguars pumping in billions of dollars. finally got a winning team, knock on wood. hopefully that continues. that is what is going to fuel the downtown, you know reinvigoration because you have got a lot of land out there. we are working on our city council. there is a pushback from the older members who like jacksonville the way it is. this could be the next baltimore. this could be the next nashville. this could be the next austin all we need is a city council and a group of individual who are willing to make it happen and, of course, we need to keep those w's in the win column next year and the season after that. >> brian: down 27-0 they come back and beat the chargers which was pretty amazing. >> i was there. you were there you had better seats. >> brian: let's go meet the people. [cheers] >> brian: this is brad scott, how long have you been in the construction business? >> 40 years. >> brian: can you tell me how

this place has grown over the last few years. last decade? >> take this off or leave it on? how do you explain it. >> well, it's a great place to live and everybody is moving to florida from what i hear. >> brian: people are coming down and building. probably 201 was the best year to come down? >> yes. great year. it's gotten a little crowded now. i will give you an example. back a year or two back when the lumber price wases going crazy. >> brian: right. >> $100,000 lumber package a few years ago is now back down to 25,000. on a given job. lumber has come down but most of the other prices have stayed high. >> brian: got charges thanks. more from the metro diner. mark kaye thank you so much. round of applause for mark. back in a moment. "fox & friends" on the road. tom cotton straight ahead. ♪

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