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>> they are hearing from the government the air and water is fine. you know what? a lot are not feeling fine. >> todd: canada announcing their own ban on tiktok. >> china is well aware this is not a healthy platform for kids. >> desantis upping the ante in his fight against disney stripping the self governing status. >> they will finally fair their fair share of taxes and pay all the debt. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> ainsley: look at that diner. thank you all for waking up early and coming down to be on "fox & friends" with brian kilmeade. brian is loving it. brian, what a crowd. that's amazing. you are at the metro diner in ponte vedra. [cheers] >> brian: there's. [chanting u.s.a.] >> brian: it's a very patriotic place not so much republican or

democrat. they are very pro-american. you find a lot of military. not only do you have naval base but a lot of military go i'm retiring here after they go through it. also a lot of the jaguars say when they are done they are going to retire here. so i was reading my issue. i don't know if you get this, lawrence, at your house but sand cattles is the local newspaper i'm paging through it and found out there was a major event a short time ago and featured our own ainsley earhardt and opening act with sean hannity and big appearance. i don't know if you can see it. ainsley, did you know you were the feature in the local paper. >> ainsley: i haven't seen it. >> brian: you were the number one story. >> ainsley: do you see the lady at the very bottom right above where your hand is he bottom. that's janet. she hosted this event at her house when my book came out. she had so many different people that are "fox & friends" fans at her home. it is wonderful. she catered the event and i was so impressed. i was introduced to janet by you, brian.

she is one of your friends. she helped you with your book. i think she is in the diner this morning. >> brian: and you appeared at the theater down the road. >> ainsley: it was so fun. >> brian: everyone loves you as they will, lawrence, when you come to town. when you take and do the unauthorized lawrence jones story, when you write your unauthorized biography. >> ainsley: he has a book coming out and i told him to go down there. >> brian: oh, he will. absolutely. >> lawrence: i would love to. brian, if you could host the dinner, it would be great. >> brian: yep, all right. so we'll talk more about this. talk to the diners but we now turn to the windy city. to today, chicagoans head to the polls. guess what? because it's time for them to cast their vote. even though the prompter is not moving. for the next mayor's election, we know this is going to find out if anybody gets over 50%. they get over 50% they get the job. if not, they have a runoff for the top 2. >> ainsley: that's right. runoff april 4th. looking like there will be a runoff because there are so many people that want this job.

there is lehrer lightfoot. she is the current mayor and she is in third place according to the polls. new report that chicago inmates pressured to vote to give the mayor lori lightfoot a boost. >> lawrence: this is a funny story. garrett tenney is live from chicago to break down the race. garrett, what are you learning? >> yeah, well, good morning, lawrence, as you know, from coming out here last week, the number one issue in this c state is crime. you can see why. four years murders are up 59%. robberies are up 27. theft is 31%. and the number of carjackings has nearly tripled. today voters will decide how much lightfoot is to blame for the surge in crime that many large cities have seen over the last few years. but it's clear the standard quo is not going to cut it. in a poll this month by local media outlets, 65% of chicagoans say they don't feel safe. lightfoot is facing competition from the right and the left in

this race. her top competition is former head of chicago public schools paul value also a who has been indivorced by the city's congressman chewy garcia. to win this election outright. a candidate needs more than 50% of the vote otherwise a run off lightfoot won every ward in the city in the run off a few years ago by becoming the first black and openly gay mayor in the city's history. today it's not clear she will even make the runoff and she could become the first windy city mayor to lose re-election in 40 years. lawrence, ainsley, brian? >> lawrence: garrett tenney live in chicago. thanks, brother. as i'm reporting about it the

guy just steals. here's the footage. >> fix the windows because of crime. >> lawrence: is that why you are all fixes these windows. >> vandalism. [shouting] >> ainsley: what did he steal? >> lawrence: he steals all these shoes. you hear the alarm going off. there is no one there to arrest him. the cops have been demonized and they don't want to have to chase after anyone anymore. ainsley, this has just become assess pool. >> corey brooks, the hood founder and you talked to him about crime and his concerns. with the race that's happening today. the mayor, would they elect a new mayor? will it continue to be a little bit of the same or more of the same? i can't believe crime is up that much. murders are up 56%. listen to this interview with pastor corey brooks. >> i think crime is the ticket and the issue that everyone is talking about, you know, because 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. i think what we are going to see

is paul vallas and probably the mayor being a runoff. she knows she is in for a tough race. there is no doubt about it that she needs a lot of people to vote for her much, to put her over the top to just get in the run off. so we are going to see today how it turns out and chicago it's a great opportunity for us to do something different. >> brian: just so disappointing. i just think it's performance matters. we watched the worst secretary of transportation with his oxford degree not show up at any events. not get ahead of the southwest story. not show up until three weeks later and then you have a situation where the president of the united states doesn't show up in ohio, can't be bothered. then you have got a governor in this state all he wanted to do was work. all he wanted to do was get stuff done and he ends up with a 19 point victory. performance matters. another guy who never glirgets of wuhan story is senator tom

cotton. obviously a member of the senate intelligence committee. senator, were on our show one of the first things when this pandemic hit you were telling president trump this is real. shut down the flights from china to america because this pandemic is coming our direction. and you were always convinced this was coming from the lab. do you feel as though -- what was your information then and how do you feel today? >> well, brian, thank you for that from the very beginning i believed this virus almost certainly came from a lab. i thought it was just a matter of common sense. you didn't need secret intelligence or classified information just to look at the facts. you had a food market that the chinese communist were saying was the source of the virus. didn't even sell bats in an area where bats were not located. then you had a laboratory where they were known to focus and work with bat based coronavirus that had had a history like many chinese labs of safety incidents. again, to me, it was a matter of common sense. what did the liberal media and what did joe biden and other

democrats do? when you point these things out, they called you a racist or xenophobia, said you were spreading conspiracy theories and all the rest. now, three years on, i think most americans recognize that it almost certainly came from that laboratory. that the chinese communist covered it up. and that you still have the liberal media and democrats acting like lawyers for chinese communist. trying to excuse them. trying to say there is not much consensus. much like they did a couple weeks ago had when china sent a spy balloon to america and people in joe biden's administration saying well maybe it was just blown off course by strong winds. >> the kind of deliberate, obfuscation and excuse-making for china that we saw three years ago about this lab incident and saw a couple weeks ago about the balloon that flew across america is dangerous for the american people. because it encourages chinese communist to think that america will not stand up to their provocations. >> lawrence: senator, i'm just curious because the white house

when asked to respond to this report from their department of energy, from their department, from their fbi, they say they haven't reached a consensus. i'm just curious, have you been briefed on what agency is saying something different? >> yeah, lawrence. this is an example of what i mean of joe biden and his white house officials bending over backwards to make excuses and apologize for chinese communists. almost act as their lawyer. the media in the last few days have said intelligence offices in the department of energy have now concluded it most likely came from the laboratory. media reports have long said that about the fbi. there is some other agencies that have asserted that they don't have enough information to draw a conclusion. i will be getting briefed more on in this week once we are back in the capitol and have access to the classified information. as i have said all along, there is literally no evidence, no evidence whatsoever except for the word of chinese communists that this virus originated in a food market. all the other evidence, maybe

circumstantial, but all the other evidence and your common sense points towards the lab. yet, you still have liberals in the media and the biden administration acting like a defense lawyer for the chinese communists, covering up for them, apologizing for them, excusing them, acting like we can turn the page when millions of americans lost loved ones, lost businesses, lost jobs, and we have not yet held china accountable for all of that harm. >> ainsley: shatter, i want to ask you about the afghan report. i want to ask you quickly why. why do you have so many people on the left that aren't even interested in learning about the scientific information? >> i think it's at least two fold, ainsley, one that you have conservative republicans like me saying it. if we are saying it, they have to ram the man parts. >> ainsley: they are going to say what china says? >> exactly. look at what they did that balloon, ainsley. china sent a spy balloon to america. obvious, no question about it. they are saying it got blown off

course from guam to alaska. that's one heck of a wind. willing to ram the man parts to defend the chinese communists because they don't want to say oh, tom cotton or other conservative republicans had this right from the beginning. you still see that in media outlets like "the washington post," and "new york times" and cnn. i think a second reason is that they don't want to rock the boat. they don't want to take what they would consider provocative action. they are trying to smooth the waters with the chinese communists when the chinese communists are continuing, continuing their aggression against the american people and our economic well-being and our national security. >> ainsley: well, should i ask you about the afghanistan -- go ahead, brian. >> brian: senator, i tell you, anthony fauci last night still says it didn't come from the lab. he is not budging. i have a few diners here that want to ask you a couple questions if that's okay, senator, take a question from florida? >> yeah, go ahead. >> brian: is that all right? >> , brian. >> brian: what's your name, sir?

>> my name is john. >> brian: john rehard, look into that camera and ask senator tom cot ton of arkansas a question. >> senator cotton, first of all, we want to thank you for standing up for the truth very early and not wavering when all the liberal media outlets were going against reality and the truth. >> brian: quick question? >> i want thank you. how do you feel feeling vindicated for standing up for the truth for america and americans? >> well, john, thanks for the very kind words. it's nice that more and more people are beginning to see the truth, what most americans felt. i have to say i don't really feel like the liberal media can vindicate me i was right all along. most americans were right all along. what i want to do is vindicate the interest and honor of the american people who were harmed by chinese wrongdoing who lost their jobs, who lost their businesses and lost loved ones. that's the vindication i really want. >> brian: so he says that he just wants those people that lost loved ones, that was the

key. >> absolutely, prayers for them all for misinformation from everywhere. brain brian senator doesn't need a pat on the back but he definitely deserves one. ron, you have a question for senator tom cotton. >> i do. america needs your voice, senator. how did you lose your last race and what will it take. >> brian: he didn't lose but the republicans did not take the senate. >> what's it going to take to win the senate back for republicans? >> brian: he wants to know what is it going to take to win the senate back for republicans next time around? is it a favorable map, senator? >> yeah. actually, the 2024 map looks pretty good for us. we have got great candidates who are starting to come out and run in places like indiana and west virginia and ohio and montana. places where you had democrats running in states that donald trump won twice, sometimes by a large margins. i think as the chickens come home to roost from joe biden's policy and inflation continues, crime increases, america is disrespected in the world, the american people are going to be

ready for a change next year. not just in the senate but in the white house as well. >> brian: right. thanks so much, ron. and he says favorable map. is he optimistic. that's what you should know. okay. senator, something else you can are relate to as a guy who served in the infantry. the new study came out that we left $7.2 billion worth of military equipment in afghanistan as well as losing american lives in the process. your reaction to this and where are the hearings for this? what questions do you still have about this? >> well, brian, as you said the really tragic loss is the 13 brave americans who died in afghanistan as a result of the president's poor planning and lack of foresight, lack of coordination. the new report that came out just yesterday makes all that clear. again, i think most americans seen what happened in august of 2021, recognize that joe biden had not taken the steps necessary to have an orderly and safe withdrawal from

afghanistan. of course we left billions of equipment there as well that the taliban now have. that's one reason why joe biden's polling numbers fell in the immediate aftermath of that chaotic withdrawal and they have never recovered. because it undermines the american people's confidence in joe biden's leadership. also one reason why vladimir putin invaded ukraine while taiwan is -- china is ratling the sabers around taiwan while north korea is threatening south korea with tactical nuclear weapons. afghan effect it. emboldened our adversaries all around the world because they believe this president is not up to the task of protecting america's national security. >> lawrence: thanks so much, senator. thank you so much for joining us senator from the great state of arkansas. tom cotton. ashley strohmier. >> brian: thanks, senator. >> lawrence: ashley strohmier has some headlines for us. ash an the defense rests its case in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh after his own own brother tells jurors about

the horrors of cleaning up his nephew's remains. >> 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 imagine what i experienced. it had not been cleaned up. felt 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. >> ashley: murdaugh's team also calling forensic expert who testified there could have been two shooters. now, this morning the prosecution is expected to call more witnesses to the stand for rebuttal and the judge is also allowing jurors to visit the scene where maggie and paul were shot and killed at the kennels on their property that will happen later this week. senior scientists within the biden administration warned the president that offshore wind development could harm whales.

and that warning was delivered six months before the recent string of whale deaths in the northeast. since december, at least 12 dead whales washed up in new jersey, new york, delaware, maryland and virginia. a top official at the national oceanic and atmospheric association elevated east coast due to the marine life in the area. the campaign for western oregon to succeed to idaho is gaining traction. in a weekend op-ed be the former oregon house speaker writes, quote: idaho would have the satisfaction of freeing bold conserving communities from progressive blue state law. we are dismayed by the manner in which oregon government has marginalized our values and villainized our resource based livelihoods. if successful, idaho would absorb 63% of the oregon's land mass which holds 9% of the state's population and those are your headlines, guys, back to you. >> ainsley: that's amazing.

>> ashley: i would be okay with it. >> thank you, ashley. still ahead. slap that was heard and seen around holiday and now chris rock is heading back in a new series addressing the oscar viral moment for the first time. jimmy failla is here to react. >> lawrence: first we go to brian who is having breakfast with friend. >> brian: here at the metro diner. quick question how is the economy doing? show of hands if you think the economy is doing well. sohio your hands if you are worried. not doing well? [cheers] >> brian: sir, what about the economy worries you? >> just inflation. everything is more expensive than it was even a year ago. it's tough to keep up. >> brian: all right. but you are going to be able to pay your bill, right? does everyone have enough money to pay your bill? no? all right. lawrence, can i have your credit card? back in a moment. a lot more show to go. and you guys keep eating. don't run out on your check. ♪ ♪ [cheers]

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>> ainsley: infamous slap seen around the world will smith slapping his crock at the oscars on stage. now chris rock is finally ready to talk about it all in his upcoming netflix special. jimmy failla hosts "fox across america" on fox news radio and fox nation and joins us now. >> hey, hey, hey. so glad chris rock is finally confronting this head on because ever since this happened, everyone comes up to me as a comedian. are you worried will smith going to storm the stage? i'm a fox news radio host 99% of my fans are armed. if you storm the stage i'm worried about you. live comedy show not sea world.

stay in your seat you don't get to touch the animals. you do have to stay seated. this is a brilliant move by chris rock. why? because he waited to drive traffic to his netflix special. >> ainsley: smart. >> exponentially higher audience than if he would have done what most people do in this day and age which is give it away on social media for the next day for the clicks. in the immediate aftermath of the oscars, the intensity was such that anything he tweeted, anything he said would have gotten a gazillion likes but chris rock is a smart businessman he realizes if it don't make dollars it don't make cents so he played the long game. >> ainsley: watching that is horrible to watch the violence. in a way it's helped his career. is he going to make a lot of money from netflix. >> sold out like 100 shows not that he wouldn't have but sold them out at a higher price. there is a huge demand for it. in a round about way. maybe we should be thanking will smith, too. because he finally got liberals to pay attention to black-on-black crime. even if it was only for a day,

at least will brought it full circle. yes, i think it was a brilliant move by chris rock, the miscalculation by will smith is that we love chris rock. >> ainsley: you know him personally. >> i met him a bunch of times. great, great guy. brother tony is a phenomenal comic. that's where will smith screwed up. there are a thousand celebrities he could have smacked and we would been like yeah. not chris rock. we love chris rock. >> ainsley: yeah. he has a great reputation in the business. >> is he a really sweet guy. great to other comics, very funny. >> ainsley: what do you think he is going to say? this is a netflix live show. >> yes. >> ainsley: on march 4th. if you want to watch it, going to be on live. >> yeah. >> ainsley: what is he going to tsay. >> g.p.s. to take. >> ainsley: serious? >> the thing chris rock really good social commentator. is he brilliant. he will take you inside the moment. so i expect to laugh but i expect to have a feel for what

it's like to have the fresh prince of blair leaving a fresh set of prints on your face going to be a wild one. >> ainsley: it's not sea world. but there is. >> stay in your seats, folks. >> ainsley: this one there is a slapping section. thank you so much, jimmy, for coming on. we have florida governor ron desantis is going to join us live. plus, we are live all morning metro diner in the beautiful, friendly ponte veed drarks florida. hey, brian. >> brian: guess what, ainsley? this is where used to be a congressman who represented this very area. breaking news, there is going to be a soccer team in this area usl franchise. bob, what's the name of the team. when can we see pro-soccer in jacksonville. >> pro-soccer in jacksonville will launch in 2025. spring of 2025. a team is not named yet because community. right now it's jacks usl. >> brian: not bad. only guy wearing a scarf here.

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the governor vehicling self-governing power and repay taxpayers hundreds of millions in share of debt and taxes. >> ainsley: florida governor ron desantis joins us now. he has a new book out comes out today. we will get to that good morning, governor. >> hey, good morning. >> ainsley: a lot of folks at the diner that are with brian, too. they will ask questions after lawrence and i ask you a few, too. so happy to have you on this morning. yesterday, you signed this bill taking control of disney. what does this mean for the american people? what does this mean for the residents of florida? >> for almost 60 years, disney has had an arrangement unlike anybody else in the united states, certainly anybody else in florida. they have actually had their own government as a corporation it's been something that's allowed them to be excepted from laws that everybody else has to follow in the state of florida. gave them huge tax breaks and actually allowed them to wrack up 700 million in municipal debt. and at the end of the day, when

they have gone the direction they have, going against our parents' rights bill. talking about putting sexuality in programming, we were in a situation in florida where, okay, corporations can do that i think it's a mistake when they get involved in this stuff. but, disney was doing this and florida was basically de facto subsidizing their activism because of this special arrangement, so it's not good policy to have a corporation control its own government anyways but particularly under these circumstances and so we said the corporate kingdom is going to come to an end. they are not going to have their own government in the state of florida. they are going to abide by the same laws as everybody else. they will pay their fair share of taxes and debt in florida. there is a new sheriff in town and new day of accountability in central florida. >> lawrence: real quickly, governor, i want to get to your ad, first, there seems to be a split within the republican party on this issue. there have been some republicans that criticized you and say it's not the government's role to do

this but you say, look, they are getting money from the state. they are getting subsidies. what went into your calculation of doing the decision like this? >> well, lawrence, is it free market economics to have a corporation run its own government? and be exempt from laws and be treated better than all its competitors? of course not. you know, that's corporate welfare. and so this was something that had really been embedded in florida's d.n.a. because disney was so powerful for many, many decades. nobody even questioned. this and basically disney ran the show in this state for a long time until i became governor. and we said, you know, we're going to side with the people of florida. we're not going to kowtow to awoke company based in burbank, california, but, make no mistake about it, lawrence, we have a more competitive market today than we did when they were operating their own government enjoying those special privileges. >> ainsley: friends of ron desantis' pac have released this

new ad. let me play you a little bit of it? >> florida is proof-positive that we, the people, are not destined for failure. success is attainable. and freedom is worth fighting for. >> ainsley: this is fueling the rumor mill people are wondering if you are going to run for president. new fox news poll you come in second behind donald trump he gets 43% and you get 28%. granted he has already announced you have not announced. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think it's less about that than about telling florida's story and one of the things that has struck us in florida is floridians are very pessimistic about the country's direction, about the biden administration, but, yet, a majority of them were very satisfied and encouraged by florida's direction. and so you think about it, normally if things are going bad nationally people are going to feel bad across the board. but people recognize that florida has actually done it

right. we have stood for the right principles. we have been willing to fight these fights when it's not easy and we have stood up for a lot of people and really lifted them up. that's why the state has succeeded. we have people visiting here. moving here like never before. we have got a record budget surplus. one of the lowest tax burdens in the country. we are number one for education, freedom, economic freedom. fastest growing state. so it's a good story, and i think the video is more about telling that story. and we have the book coming out, as you mentioned. and so the book really talks about a lot that went into that. and so i would say it's more about that than any type of campaign thing. >> lawrence: governor, the book is called the courage to be free. florida's blueprint for america's revival. and it's on sale today. you make the case here how to be free. you provide the model to be free. i don't think you're the type of guy that would give this book to someone to also then run the country. so, what goes into the

calculation of the decision to run for president? because you provided the model for the people. >> well, part of what we are doing with the book is showing how states can really take the lead and we have had other states that have done great, too. iowa had a red wave under governor reynolds. you know, georgia under governor kemp. they have really been able to lead their states in positive ways as well. so, we would love to see states because the model has been there, the woke left states are failing and the freedom-focused states are succeeding. and at the end of the day i think that's really significant that we have our red states really lead the way. you know, in terms of nationally, i think that we can turn things around. i have been pessimistic about sitting here with the biden administration, a lot of people have, but, you know, there's a lot of great things about this country. there's a lot of great people in this country, and i think that, you know, you just need a new birth of freedom. so we are going to continue

doing our job here. i havi have a big legislative sn coming up. i made a lot of promise. we are going to deliver a lot of wins over the next few months. stay tuned for. that will do some stuff on the book tell the story of florida and deliver a lot of victories and then once the dust settles from that we can see where things lay. >> ainsley: governor, quickly with florida taking more than 800 people a day, new york, california, michigan garages wisconsin, losing a lot of people every day. when they move down to red states and make those states redder does that hurt republican's chances for president? how insure that a governor could win? in a state like new york zeldin would have done better if you had just taken all the people that had moved to florida over the last four years. there is no question about that. those are massive numbers. i think the midwest has been pretty consistent. we have got -- i mean, if you are in february, you are down in

naples, you think you are in wisconsin or minnesota because they are all down there. so we appreciate that. it's been great. but i think that -- i think that the messaging is so different from what the dems are offering that i think absolutely a republican can win. but i do think in some of the states like new york and new jersey, some of those governor's races would have been closer and maybe even gone the other way if you took -- because it's not just 10,000 people that have moved. it is a lot. disproportionately republicans who are fleeing the bad policies. >> lawrence: governor, you dominated in the midterms. some of the people who made that happen are there are brian kilmeade and they have some questions for you, brian? >> brian: yeah, governor, great to see you. congratulations on the book. you are no stranger to st. john's county. of course the metro diner. i'm sure you have been here before. this is linda. linda, you have a question for the governor? >> yes. first of all, governor desantis, thank you for all your hard work in the great state of florida. i just want to ask about what you have in store for veteran

teachers as far as salary goes. i feel like we have a lot to bring to the table but we feel a little bit forgotten. you know, we are sticking around when teachers are leaving like the profession like crazy. so what do you have in store for us veteran teachers? we need help. >> great question. so first of all, brian, i used to live -- my wife and i used to live walking distance from that metro diner. i remember when it opened. we have been there many, many times. we probably know a lot of the people who are there. it's a great part of the state of florida. and we miss it. so, the good news is we have increased teacher pay by over 2 billion. we did focus a lot on recruiting new teachers by increase guilty the average minimum salary. we have succeeded in that. so we're going to do a billion-dollar categorical in our budget and all of that increase can go however the school districts want. it's got to go to teachers. they can do all of that increase for veteran teachers if they want. but i will tell you, one of the things we saw this year there

was massive money for teacher increases. some of the school unions were holding it up and we had six, nine months after the budget was signed that teachers still didn't get a pay increase. what we did this year is put a time limit say once we approve this in the budget, get it into the pockets of the teachers. you are definitely going to see increased salaries and money for the school districts to raise teacher pay. >> brian: it's coming. just get the unions out of the way. that he was the theme. thank you so much, linda for what you do. >> thank you. >> brian: performance of florida schools extraordinary as of late. governor, best of luck on the book. we did an interview yesterday. would you will hear it on the radio 9:00 eastern time. back to you guys. mark i will get to you in a while. we had a few other questions lined up for the governor. back to you guys in the studio and i believe johnny zan zant is on his way. he is going to be joining us shortly. jacksonville is on. >> lawrence: thanks, governor. >> ainsley: thank you, governor. thank you, brian. coming up dr. marc siegel is live in east palestine, ohio talking to residents on the

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missy, how do you feel about the government being here versus the community. who is helping you more the government or the people. >> i would say the e.p.a. is here and i'm grateful they are making norfolk southern dig up contaminated soil i believe tomorrow. but definitely the outpouring of love from the american people has been by far and away exceeded everything i could have imagined. >> tell me about your daughter,'-year-old daughter got sick, you were sick. your husband was sick. how do you feel about the future of your children and your own health. >> it is concerning. my family has had some health ailments since we have been back. we have been concerned and just thinking maybe it's like correlation with it being winter in ohio. now that we have been back in a little longer, we are starting to get concerned that maybe it is something more. >> you went to urgent care. do you feel you were well cared about? do you think the doctors know what they are doing here? i'm a physician myself. are they telling you the right answers. >> did i go to urgent care yesterday. and i was treated which was good because i was a little nervous

about that. the doctor did say look, i'm not really sure exactly what is going on with you and exactly what i should be treating you for or what tests i should run because we are not sure exactly what is going on and what i should be evaluating with all these chemicals and exposure. >> lisa you lost a husband and you have a son left. i'm so sorry about that. >> thank you. >> the mental health aspects of this. how do you feel? do you feel neglected and under more pressure as a result. >> i feel more it's a dead end. you keep thinking it's going to go one way and then the other you keep getting some answers for some questions but none of them seem to be the right ones now. >> your brother was sick, you were sick. you had some rash on your hand. nobody explained it to you. do you feel that people should be more coordinated in the help? how about the state? is the state helping? >> i think people around us are helping more than the government is not sure how to treat it or whether a to do. even my own physician is like, you know, these are obviously

caused by that but, you know, you can't pinpoint it. there is no way to find the exact answer. >> misty, you told me you want to stay here. you are committed to the community yet, you have young children. are you going to stay here? >> my family would like to stay here we moved here from the cleveland area and we really want to raise our children in a small town america. but the data suggests otherwise that it is unsafe to be here, obviously we will move for the health of our family so we are hoping we can get some answers and more data and have some transparency on what the best thing is for everybody around here and for our family in general. >> lastly, i'm still smelling smoke in the air and i'm just here a day. what's going on? are you worried about that smells and. >> oh, yeah. always. some days you walk out and it's more prevalent than other days and you sometimes get nose blind to it. >> lawrence, back to you. it's really tough here right now. >> lawrence: i was there

thursday and friday. i still felt, you know, my breathing was off when i was there. i can't imagine living there in this every single day for over three weeks. doc, thanks so much. so coming up, brian talks to the jacksonville, florida sheriff on his successful strategy and curve in violent crime. >> brian: at the diner, who here is worried about crime? [applause] >> what's your worry, sir? >> i'm 75 years old. even putting gas in the car you are targeted by some of the young punks who want to make easy money. >> brian: look good for 75. am i right? rowps? what's your name? >> my name is jim, how are, are brian? >> are you worried? >> of course worried. organized in principle behind every society is the enforcement of laws and the safety of the population. and we're not doing that and it trickles down and it effects everybody. it effects us economically. >> brian: he has quote to get his own show. sheriff waters is coming up

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let's take a look at the maps, you can see it. the snow flying to upstate new york and parts of england. right now, a don't like slushy mix in new york and the commit is not good which weather alertr millions of folks, you can see the winter storm warning for a winter advisory for the rest of the country. and then we look at the next storm system to bring severe storms to the south and the same areas hit hard this past week with tornadoes and area of low pressure to give us a chance for another storm in the northeast but from new york city mainly a rain event up your your storms for thursday, he'll damaging winds, tornadoes possible again and winter weather alerts for california and the west where we get socked again with rain and snow here that will continue for the next couple of days through friday. i did mention it's been above average with record-setting temperatures across the south including florida where brian kilmeade is having

breakfast with friends, over to you. >> you should never be jealous of me, janice. a chance to experience the snow as is ainsley. thank you very much. we are here in st. john's county. where jacksonville, florida. it is a crime plaguing the entire country. the crime rates, the police department is obsessed with keeping 900,000 residents a peer of the newly elected chair, a round of applause for share of tk, everybody. [cheers and applause] sheriff, as republicans, why do you think you won in november? i think recognized experience and recognize i believe in law enforcement and taking care of the people. i think that is the main reason.

>> brian: what got you when law enforcement? what was your goal to be sheriff? >> i was a sergeant major and my plan was to join the military in 1980. in thin what happened, -- >> brian: now you took on the tough job of jacksonville. as you look at the main obstacle, the stats say it is gang activity. how do you detect that? >> we have a program called biased reduction strategy program and what we have done is created a support piece and enforcement piece that is targeted and focuses mainly on the young men in the community that commit bodily harm and we track them and their activity and we watch them real time on social media. we need several different things to try to stop them. >> brian: i live in a city in new york city where you have a d.a. that thinks criminal first. the quick thing how do we get the criminals back on the

street? you have support here from prosecutors. >> melissa is our elected attorney. she is amazing. actually for me the target prosecution unit at the same individuals we are looking out on a day-to-day basis that we track on a day-to-day basis, she has attorneys assigned to that unit to help us make connections with those guys. >> brian: what makes you a republican? >> just my core system. i don't believe that, one, i don't need anybody to help me do anything. i believe with drive and education, we are capable of accomplishing anything. i believe in law law and order. i believe african americans being able to accomplish anything. and i don't follow the line that we are not able to accomplish anything without help. to be when you look at frederick douglass in booker t. washington, they tend to be conservative spirit is that the loss when people are talking about it?

>> look, i was elected sheriff in the southeast. so for anyone to say it's not possible, it is ludicrous. >> brian: this is black history month. what do you need to know about the state of relations? >> i think there are pockets where there are issues. i think racism is here. i wouldn't deny that, but it's not a determining factor about who we are as a community, as a nation. i think overall, we are in a really good position. i think if you really look at it, the fact i'm elected is proof positive that we can do anything. now our message needs to go places. >> brian: sheriff, to comfort jacksonville to rebuild the cystic? speak of the best is yet to come, sir. we're looking to a lot of good things. >> brian: you know what is interesting as you grow, so do o the jaguars. do you guys think the jaguars

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