in to play in the biggest tournament of the year outside the major, and who knows? maybe people will eventually vote to ban joe biden. paul: all right. remember, if you have your own hit or miss, tweet it to us@jer on fnc. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. eric: more americans are vanishing south of the border, now two sisters from a small texas border town reportedly missing in mexico along with their friend. that after they drove this to sell clothes at a flea market. police say they crossed into north mexico late last month. one did speak to her husband on february 24th, but he says he can't reach her. three days later. and since then she has been gone. hello, everyone, welcome to "fox news live." i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm

arthel neville. the report of the missing women comes a week after the armed abduction of four americans who had traveled from south carolina and had just crossed the border into northeastern mexico. surveillance video appears to show armed men forcing them into a truck. two were later found dead allegedly at the hands of a mention concern mexican cartel. the other two are back in the u.s. debbie lesko says tourism is on the line if the and mexico won't work together to keep americans safe. >> our administration can do more to force the mexican government to the cooperate, and i would assume that the mexican government would want to get their act together and keep americans safe, otherwise tourism is going to the go down the tubes. and i would recommend that all u.s. citizens do not do so until the mexican government takes control of the mexican cartels. eric: bill melugin is live in

texas where the three missing women began their journey as they crossed over the border. bill, what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah, eric, good afternoon to you. obviously, a lot of concern for these three missing women, who of concern two of whom are texas sr.s, the third one their friend. they disappeared two weeks ago when they crossed into mexico to go to a flea market. let's take a look at their photos here so you can get to know them. this is 47-year-old maries e saw rios, her 48-year-old older sister marina rios and then their friend, 53-year-old dora alicia cervantes. none of them have been seen or or heard from since february 24th when they crossed into mexico. you take a look at more images of these women, penitas pd says the families are highly concerned that the women were potentially kidnapped somewhere in mexico. the local police department says they did notify the fbi, the fbi

tells fox news they are aware of the missing women, they are working it, but they have no comment at this time. the police also add the women were last seen driving a green 1996 chevy silverado with texas plates. and we'll talk about the area where they crossed and where they were going. take a look at this happen -- map here. again, they're from penitas west of the mcallen area. they crossed into mexico somewhere in the rio grande valley, and they were heading towards montemorelos about 3 hours south of the u.s. border. again, they were going to sell clothes at a flea market, then they went cardiac. that was two weeks ago. -- went dark. texas dps now urging all texas residents, do not go to mexico for spring break. take a listen. >> our county is urging anyone -- our department is urging anyone thinking about traveling to mexico, especially spring breakers, to the avoid those areas. right nows the too dangerous

with the increase in kidnapping that are taking place, and i can't express enough to those thinking about traveling to mexico especially for spring breakers, that's one thing we are preparing for in the coming weeks, to avoid those areas as much as possible. >> reporter: now, when it comes to these three missing women, there's been no confirmation that they were kidnapped or anything nefarious has happened. however, it's obviously highly concerning. it's been two weeks, and their families have not heard from them. what we're told is mexican authorities are spearheading this investigation, they're taking lead on it. the fbi is handling it on the u.s. side, and we are told by the state department they are aware, but they have no comment as well. right now it's the unclear if these women are u.s. citizens or u.s. residents. we're waiting for some clarification from the federal government. back to you. eric: this is about more than 550 americans missing in mexico. hundreds. bill on the southern border, thank you.

arthel? arthel: bill and eric, thank you. well, critics are slamming president biden's budget proposal. they point to concerns that his nearly $7 trillion in the proposed new spending would add $17 trillion to the federal debt. this budget does include more than $840 billion for defense spending. all this as the white house pushes back on reports that it's the decided to approve a major oil krilling project in alaska. drilling project in alaska. lucas tomlinson is live there at the white house with all the details. there's a a lot going on, lucas. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, arthel. the new jobs report released yesterday says over 300,000 were created, but manufacturing took a hit and lost 4,000 jobs. most of those was in the travel and hospitality area. now in the trillions more in spending in the president's budget, it's going to grow the national debt by some 50%. just earlier the republican convention in california house speaker kevin mccarthy spoke about the budget.

>> so it's not a revenue problem, it's a spending problem. we've got more money than ever coming in. the problem is that the democrats in the majority increased spending by 30%. >> reporter: a point echoed here in washington by the gop's freedom caucus. >> we can so our debt crisis responsibly if we shrink washington and grow america. mccarthy's not going to cut a deal with democrats. >> reporter: now, let's take a look at biden's tax proposals. there's a 25% minimum tax on people worth $100 million, a 39.6% capital gains for people making more than 400 grand. 28% corporate income tax the, a 4% stock buyback ax and a 3.8% surtax on investment income. and as you mentioned off the op the, arthel, the white house is denying reports it has approved a massive $8 billion drilling project many alaska over objections from environmental groups. as a presidential candidate, joe biden said he would nebraska

approve any drill -- never approve any drilling projects. >> no more subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, no more drilling on federal lands including offshore, no able for the oil industry to continue to krill, period. ends. >> reporter: now, this project is expected to make more than 2500 jobs and you revenue for the federal government by some $17 billion, but right now the left is very outraged about the president's apparent about face. arthel? arthel: so going all electric is bad, krilling for for oil is bas bad, i'm confused. and when will the gop present their budget? i'm sorry, i can't remember that date lucas. >> reporter: we'll have to talk back in december. arthel. arthel: lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you. eric? eric: well, it turns out to be the second biggest bank collapse in u.s. history. silicon valley bank, it's

shutting its doors. its demise sending shock waves through global markets and battering banking stocks. a branch in new york city had to call the cops on some of the tech company founders, folks who have lots of money in that silicon valley bank. when they showed up to command their money. nate foy is out that branch, it's got the doors locked and, of course, closed today. nate, what's the latest? >> reporter: well,st it's certainly a much more quiet day than yesterday. after you mentioned that group of about a dozen tech founders and ceos came here to the lone branch. of the bank here many new york trying to withdraw their funds. the cops were called on them, they were told to come back on monday morning as were people who were looking to do the same hinge in california waiting outside the banks. but this came just one day after the largest bank run many in u.s. history where customers of the bank withdrew $42 the billion in one day which amounted to over a million dollars per second over a 10-hour period. this came after the shocking announcement of a $1.8 billion

loss for sell con valley bank. concern -- silicon valley bank. the bank crumbled after being forced to sell bonds at a massive loss. the bank's best known for lending to the tech sector which is leaving a lot of start-ups in crisis mode. this weekend, eric, other companies that lend to the tech start-ups are trying to raise funds to keep those start-ups alive. we spoke to the ceo of one -- with the ceo of one company. >> usually meet payroll on monday, tuesday, or wednesday, so we have to hold some money, all 130 people to make sure we can fun these companies to meet the payroll on monday. >> reporter: the fdic put out a statement that a reads in part, quote: all insured goeser thes will have full access to their insured goes sents no later than monday morning -- can morning. now, the insurance limit is $5 the 0,000 -- 25 the 0,000, but

the bank's customers were largely corporations with a lot more money in the bank than that, right now the exact amount is not known. for uninsured depositors, whatever assets remain in the bank, again, the amount of which right now is not known. the 17 branches of the bank as well as headquarters will reopen monday morning with normal business hours. that's when insured customers will be able to receive the insured amount of $25 the 0,000. you mentioned this is the second biggest bank failure, the biggest was washington mutual which, of course, happened back in 2008, eric. eric: yeah. a lot of those companies have a lot more than 25 the 0 grand in deposits. its loo -- it looks like lots of ripples monday morning. nate, thank you. arthel? arthel: for more on this, let's bring in the president and chief information officer of leventhal global advisers, dominic devel la.

we're going to get into those uninsured customers, depositors in a moment, but what went wrong, dominic? why did this happen? >> arthel, it was almost literally the perfect storm, unfortunately, for silicon valley bank. a combination of they had a very concentrated number of clients as your reporter mentioned in the silicon valley area. it was bitcoin and coinbase-type investments, it was start-ups, it was venture capital. and over the last 12 the, 18 months they've been burning through cash very aggressively are. the market environment, their ability to raise additional capital, they were withdrawing at an accelerated rate. probably most harmful, the bank itself had 60% of its deposits in fixed maturity bonds. and as many investors learned last year, when interest rates go higher, when the fed raises interest rates. the value of those bonds went lower. so as demand for cash came out,

they were forced to sell those bonds, $21 billion worth of bonds, at almost a $2 billion loss. so those are two big issues right there. arthel: wow. yeah. so here's a question, should the u.s. bail out svb or the uninsured depositors, the customers who spore stored more than $25 the 0,000 in that bank? >> yeah, arthel, we have two questions here. one is the investors, the shareholders, the people that invested in this bank, hired management, have a board that is supposed to oversee how the bank is run. and i'm sorry, those people made an investment, they need hindsight, a bad one. i don't think with especially the u.s. taxpayers should be in a position where they're protecting the investors. on the other hand, the guess to haves, i think --s depositors are trying to make cash flow. i think the government should help another bank come in and

acquire with silicon valley bank and asis the goes ther thes in getting their cash flow and their money back. arthel: this all brings back nightmares from 2008 during the housing market bubble, bear stearns, stock nose dive 50%. lehman brothers chanted. i mean, we could go on. but is svb an isolated event, or is it contagious? >> well, the thing that caused it in itself is not isolated. and this is the federal reserve raising interest rates and making the value of these bonds go lower. if you're able to hold these bonds to maturity, you're going to get your money back. but if you need to lick by candidate them and quickly, number one, you're going -- your to sustain a loss. there are most banks out there there own these bonds on their balance sheets, but they also own mortgages, they also lent out for car loans, business loans, credit card balances. they have a more questioners portfolio.

so even though banks, insurance companies, pension funds were all dealing with this same problem, the valuation of our bond portfolio, but having a diversified portfolio that can soften the blow and the management of those bonds can soften the blow. in a position where they had this huge run for cash in a very, very short period of time they couldn't shove the concern solve the problem. arthel: yeah. because there are at hot of start-ups doing banking there. so where do those start-ups go? >> that's the problem, right? so a significant number of the depress to haves were businesses, start-ups, again, technology companies. they usually, and i mean burning through cash because in the early stages of these companies you're going through cash because you're try tokinging to get a product up and running and eventually out to the market, that's why i do think that the government should encourage

another bank to step in, help take over these at accesses, manage the portfolio out and i think, again, most of the depositor's money can come out safely. a lot of this money did come out but, unfortunately, some depositor money is still sitting there. arthel: yeah. a run on the bank, for sure. i want to squeeze this in. generally speaking, if you have more than $25 the 0,000 of working capital, you know, money you need to access, what should you do? >> well, the 250,000 applies per registration, so a and wife theoretically could each put 250,000. they could also do a joint account, and that gets a little wonky. but you can use multiple financial institutions, but if

you're a large corporation, kansas kind of hard to function and operate this way. so when you set up a segregated account and you buy direct treasury bills and notes that mature on a specific date, so cash flow management is part of the job of running a company, mine included. >> how this happened, i think there'll be books written about it. arthel: uh-huh. i'm sure you'll have a book coming up on particular topic yourself. dominic tavella, thank you for joining us. i'm sure you already have books. do you have books already? >> no, i don't, but i have gotten many a phone call this weekend, do we have any exposure, any involvement? and in an e-mail from outside firms that we work with aend testing that they don't have exposure. clearly, there's a worry in the market about this, and i think it's settle down the or calm down, but we with might have a

few days of volatility. arthel: dominic, thank you. eric: talk about the uncertainty, man, oh, man, another round of severe weather has been battering the west coast. more snow and heavy rain is causing a massive flooding and mudslides in central california. fox weather's max gorden is live in monterey county with the latest will. hey, max. >> good afternoon. well, a flash flood warning has been issued after a levee failed, flooding the neighbor behind me. the national guard has been rescuing dozens of people, though some folks have been wading true the water themselves. one man did just that. >> a lot of people are going to go to to nothing. i had to walk on the water. like, 4 feet of water. >> reporter: currently, 34 counties in california are under

a state of emergency. this comes after massive amounts of rain fell in this area. one national weather service rain gauge picked up more than a foot over a 48-hour period. in santa cruz county, mudslides, downed trees and power lines. thousands of people had their power new yorked down with around 50,000 people going without power during the height of this storm. emergency management officials have confirm confirmed two deaths and they that the the danger is not yet with over. water levels have been rising triggering flooding in the eastern parts of the state. and the threat, of course, not yet over. another system is expected to hit california early next week. not what this state needs after so much rain. eric: that is for sure. max, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. all signs point to florida governor ron desantis the running for president in 2024.

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arthel: odd the marks three years since the world health organization declared covid-19 a global pandemic. yesterday the house of representatives voting unanimously on a senate-approved bill that would declassify intelligence on the origins of covid-19. the bill now goes to president biden's desk, but he hasn't said just yet if he'll sign it. charles watson is live in atlanta, home to the cdc. charles. >> reporter: yeah, hey, good afternoon, arthel. that vote in the house was a sweeping show of bipartisanship with 19 concern 419 -- 419 yeas in favor of classifying that -- declassifying that information to 0 nays and really, quite a frankly, the strongest message yet by both republicans and democrats indicating that americans have serious questions about where the deadly virus came from and how to prevent another one from spreading out of control in the future. >> whatever is ultimately

declassified, i would hope that my colleagues and the american people would approach that information with the humility, the intellectual humility that we need to approach something as serious as a pandemic. >> if it looks like a duck, swimming like -- swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. folks, this screams like a duck. >> reporter: and so what does this bill do, it requires the director of national intelligence to release any and all data related to the origin of covid-19. it certainly is a different posture in relation to 2019 when democrats refused to bring this bill sponsored by republican senator josh hawley ott to the floor. it is now on its way to president biden's desk, but at this point the president says he's not sure if he plans on signing it. take a listen to what he had to the say about this late friday. >> will you sign the bill to declassify the covid intelligence?

>> mr. president -- [no audio] >> reporter: yeah. and this has really been a contentious op thetic between u.s. intelligence officials who are at odds on whether the leak came from a lab in wuhan or spread from animals possibly from a wet market. all of this really came to a head earlier this week when former cdc director dr. robert redfield old lawmakers that dr. fauci denied him access to internal conversations regarding the covid-19 origins because he sided with the lab leak theory. dr. fauci has since denied the axis -- accusation. >> i didn't put him or take him off, and it's really kiss the turning that in a public hearing of a congressional hearing he makes an accusatory statement that has no basis whatsoever in reality. >> reporter: yeah, and, arthel, this all aligns with the 3-year anniversary of the pandemic which so far has seen more than a million americans

killed by covid-19. arthel? arthel: boy. boy. charles watson live in atlanta, thank you. ♪ ♪ eric: well, florida governor ron desantis the making a special appearance at an event in nevada today. you know, that is just one day after he stopped in iowa, all part of a book tour to promote his new biography. but these trips to early caucus and primary statements having lots of people buzzing over his possible white house run, and there are reports that governor desantis the has told his supporters privately that, yes, he does plan to run for president and take on former president trump in 2024. as for mr. trump, he is scheduled to the campaign in iowa on monday. alexandria hoff has the very late from washington. >> reporter: the iowa caucus less than a year away, so whoever wants to secure the first republican win of the nomination contest next february really needs to get to work right now.

that's regardless of making the big announcement or not. both governor ron desantis and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley stopped in iowa yesterday. it's the second visit there for haley since kicking off her run for the white house. former president trump is scheduled to visit the state on monday. he's currently in his third straight presidential bid and has taken some clear jabs at desantis along the way who has not announced but is considered trump's leading rival. the governor has indicated that he's waiting until florida's state legislative session wraps up in may to the make a decision, and it's been a busy one as he highlighted in iowa yesterday. >> so we say very clearly in the state of florida we will fight the woke in the legislature, we will fight the woke in education, we will fight the woke in the business, and we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. our state is where woke goes to die. [applause] >> reporter: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre was asked about desantis' use of the word "woke." listen.

>> when republicans, extreme republicans, these maga republicans, don't agree with an issue or with policy, they go to this conversation of woke. but that is not actually policy. what they, what that turns into is hate, what it turns into is despinninging concern despicable policy. that is just hate, and it is shameful. >> reporter: governor desantis has riled both hate and criticism for pushing back against progressive agendas in school. eric: you can hear more from the florida governor about his plans and policies, he will be on brian kilmeade's program tonight, "one nation," 8 p.m. tonight here on fox news channel more with governor desantis with brian. arthel? the -- arthel: when will it end? the battle for bahkmut rages as ukraine fights to hold on and

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of that city. they have not achieved that yet, it's not clear they're ever going to the achieve it. there's an enormously high death toll on each side, and ukraine is also dealing with thousands of wounded ukrainian soldiers, many of them severely wounded trying to rehab those fighters. it's not unusual to see 59-year-old soldiers in ukraine or 59-year-old soldiers wounded by shrapnel in the back trying to rehab in order to return to the front lines. constantine said the hardest part was the start of the war when he was unable to protect his home and family. >> translator: now i've got to get back as fast as possible and drive those people across the border. >> reporter: this man -- this woman sees the scars of war every year. >> translator: the most positive thing is to help someone function again so they can be independent. >> reporter: just imagine you're 59 years old, you got sent to the front line, you got shrapnel in the back underneath

your breast pleat, and all you want to do is finish your rehab as quickly as possible. constantine has a family, but it's clear he has one idea that motivates his whole life right now, that's getting back and driving the russians out. and it's clear from talking to him that he's ready to die trying to do this. arthel? arthel: truly extraordinary. steve the heir began in kyiv, thank you -- steve harrigan in kyiv, thank you. >> as war rages in we're europe, as china continues its provocations in the asia-pacific, we cannot let the world forget that the great source of terrorism in the world is iran. and the mullahs. [applause] eric: that's former vice president mike pence, of course, on china's aggression and the threat from tehran. he spoke this morning at the organization of iranian-american communities summit, that was in washington d.c. it's a resistance group that supports the largest one, the national council of resistance

of iran, calling for the overthrow of the regime. the vice president's warning comes as the director of national intelligence, avril haines, says the communist party of china is the, quote, most consequential threat to u.s. national security. and now that new deal brokered by china establishing diplomatic relations between iran and sabia, it's not -- saudi arabia, it's not only going to help beijing, but iran and vladimir putin as well. a former cia operations officer, former director for the department of energy's human and cyber intelligence reporting enterprise and founder and principal of capital ark strategies joins us now. laura, good to see you. now we have a partnership. you've got iran and saudi arabia, diplomatic relations established, all made possible by beijing. what does this mean for u.s. influence in the region? does it really, obviously, help china? >> well, it shows that over the last two decades while we've

been distractedded with counterterrorism internationally and, sadly, internal division divisions at home, beijing has quietly been building itself up into a great power. we've neglected great power competition, and this is, sadly, part of the result. right now china is our greatest adversary militarily, economically, geopolitically which this deal shows and even perhaps scariest, technologically. eric: and following, you know, the traces, let's say we go from beijing, they headed the agreement between iran and saudi arabia. >> yep. eric: you know what's going to the happen, money and trade and support is going to flow from beijing into tehran, and that could only bolster vladimir putin because iran is providing donees -- drones, ammunition and other military equipment. so, in effect, is beijing indirectly helping putin's war on ukraine? >> absolutely.

i mean, it's already happening. beijing is provide -- providing parts for iran's shahib drones which russia has deployed existence innocent civilians in ukraine. so that's clearly happening. and we saw this week that the administration sanctioned several not only banks, but also companies that are supplying apartments in the supply chain -- parts in the supply chain. remember, the pra, the chinese communist party -- pla -- has been using bank, financial and business cutouts for years for its nefarious actions. i mean, there's a company called china poly-edges which the u.s. has -- technologies, which the u.s. has sanctioned numerous times for nation-state proliferation as well as introducing ak-47s south-central the l.a. i mean, this company further questionersfied itself to get into the art world because what

is the art world good for? moving people, money and objects across borders undetexted. eric: the company's not here, so we don't know what their response to the that would be, but you bring up a great point, and that is support for the totalitarian regimes and this new axis that we have. one of the things that the vice president, mike pence, today called for is free come and democracy. and -- freedom and democracy. and he criticized the biden administration policies, the iranian nuclear deal, trying to help tehran of a. let's listen for a second on what the vice president said. >> an unbroken truth of history is no pressive regime can last forever. before inside the human heart is an unquenchable fire that burns to be free. as the soviet union collapsed under the weight of its own sins, in a new, glorious day will dawn, a bright future will begin ushering in an era of peace, prosperity, stability and

freedom for the good people of iran and the world. [applause] eric: what can the biden administration do to try and support that, if at all? >> well, the first thing i'd say is that the problems and the illegal actions of tehran are not the fault of any u.s. administration. it is the fault of the mullahs in tehran. so i think that's really important that we stay unified and don't try to blame one administration or another. in terms of what we can coboth on the executive -- do both on the executive branch side and in congress, i think we're doing some of it. we can continue to sanction, that's really important. and we can continue to build our allies. i mean, it is -- to solve the challenges with iran, we need the international community or at least the west and the democratic part of the international community unified in how we approach the united

states -- or, sorry, tehran. i think one of the really scary things right now is that tehran is very close to the enriching uranium to 90%. it used to be a matter of months, and it's a matter of weeks. eric: that is frightening, and we'll see how that plays out. they have, they deny they want a nuclear bomb, but many other people say, no, that has been their intention and is. laura ballman, thank you. thank you for your service to our country and for your insight today. >> thank you. eric: of course. arthel? arthel: eric, six high school seniors in new orleans are making the crescent city the proud. we're winning to find out how they're raking in the dough in scholarship money. that's up next. for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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scholarship offers from multiple schools around the country including notre dame and usc. the high achievers from st. awe gus inthe's say they started the journey to excel years ago, and now it's time to reap the rewards of their hard work. malcolm is one of those students, he joins us now with st. augustin high school administrator kendall crawford and, actually, mr. crawford, i'm going to start with you. how did this come to be? i mean, how kid we get here? >> it starts every year, as the students said, putting in the work, putting in the time, building their resumé, putting in in the extra hours, listening to their principal, doing what they're supposed to do at all times, and now they see the fruits of their labor. arthel: yeah. and, malcolm, i just want to know how high are you flying and floating right now? and after that, tell us how much hard work and dedication this a takes. >> so as of odd and this morning, we counted i, myself,

have gotten over $2.18 million in scholarships from over 50 universities across this country. and so it really starts with just dedication and, of course, just knowing who you are and just getting yourself out there. you know, it really does take a lot of guts to apply to college, but when you apply and you start to see the acceptances along with the money, you kind of realize, okay, if this college is accepting me, why not apply to the next one and the next one? and the colleges and the money keep control -- rolling in, and by the time you're finished, you've applied to over 100 schools with 100 acceptances and shows how much you can do when you put your mind to it. arthel: well, i i applaud you, of course, but not everybody who's going to apply to 100 schools would get 100 acceptances -- [laughter] but, you know, you're extraordinary, of course. you just said you've been offered a little more than $2.8 million in scholarships, so if we take a closer look at that, that's $238,000 from the

university of notre dame, you've got $12 the 6,000 from university of tulsa, loyola university, new orleans, offering $120,000. university of kansas offering $64,000. and the university of southern california offering $43,000. -- 63,000. so, malcolm, when do you have to make a decision? >> so may 1st is national signing day which means that on may 1st, i have to make a decision by then. however, those aren't all the acceptances, i'm waiting on my number one, howard in washington, d.c., and harvard university along with about three other schools. so hopefully by then, and if the money is right, i should make my decision by may 1st and hopefully either u or sc or one of the other schools on the list. arthel: well, i want you to get exactly what you want. mr. crawford, malcolm is -- [laughter] is in the prestigious company of five other st. augustine, land con bishop, we're going to put their pictures up, kevin,

lester, joshua. he said he was awarded, what, $5.4 million from 77 schools, but this goes beyond curriculum. what kind of ethics and and values are y'all instilling at, those students there? >> i want to say that leadership is the one that they have exhibitedded the most. just today i was with lester and malcolm at an earlier event, and they had a chance to interact with younger students. those students saw what it took to get where they are, to have over $4 million in scholarship money between the two of them. so the from the time they entered st. augustine high school, they've put in the work, they've listened to what we've had to say, they've been disciplined in studies, building their resumes outside of school, and this is what they have to show for it. they're here on national tv being able to be celebrate for the great academic success over

the last five years of their career. arthel: they are being celebrated, indeed. [laughter] so, malcolm, you're ahead of the game. as a working, you know, you're a working journalist. you went to the white house. you met vice president harris. so in a perfect world, malcolm, where will you be in five years? >> ooh, in five years, that's a really good question. so the next five years if god says the same because they know what they say, if you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans. [laughter] arthel: that's true. >> yes, definitely. it's all in god's hands. but i cohopefully want to be graduated from college and go on to the law school and become a second generation lawyer. both of my grandparents are both attorneys, introduced me to the field very early and, hopefully, go to law school and/or by then become a rhodes scholar and study at maybe oxford if university or somewhere along those lines. anywhere that god wants me to be, whether it be in law school or working.

i'm up for the challenge. arthel: hard work, hard work, great teachers and counselors, great parents and lots of prayers and strong faith. you can't beat that combination. >> yes. arthel: i'm proud of you, malcolm, very proud of you and all of your students, fellow students. thank you so much. keep up the great work and, i don't know, my heart's full. malcolm and mr. frauword, thank you very much -- crawford, thank you for joining us. best of us. >> thank you for having us. thr, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your business with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. (vo) if you've had thyroid eye disease for years and you can't get any shut eye because you can't shut your eyes, it's not too late for another treatment option. to learn more visit treatted.com.

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eric: some sad news from the sports world. former minnesota vikings head coach and hall of famer bud grant has died. he was 95 years old. grant led the franchise to four super bowl appearances and 11 division titles. known for his stoic demeanor as much as his winning record, grant gave football fans a lasting memory. back in 2015 he took part in a wildcard game coin toss wearing just a polo exphirt slacks, and service the -30 degrees, wind wind chills. he was 95 years old. arthel: rest in peace.

well, florida governor ron desantis joins maria bartiromo tomorrow live on "sunday morning futures" after stepping out in iowa for the first time and parking -- sparking rumors he could soon announce a presidential run. house speaker kevin mccarthy also joining maria tomorrow the at 10 a.m. aaron. check it out. eric: you know what's coming out -- up, st. patrick's day. for the 61st straight year, look at that, the chicago river dyed emerald green. spectators line the riverwalk and then the downtown trade -- parade, they did that this morning. they say the dye is harmless to wildlife and covers about a mile of the river. wow, that's pretty cool. dia arthel: always cool to see. it's the number one doctor recommended brand that is scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar.

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