north korea and russia. and it's actually what i write about in my book "total empire." yeah, it's exactly the same stuff. >> ashley: be sure to check out general tata's up coming book out this tuesday. thank you. we appreciate it. "fox & friends" starts right now. happy saint patrick's day. ♪ >> they can do external operations in under six months. >> head of u.s. central command telling major isis military groups could potentially attack the u.s., isis and al-qaeda. >> they smell weakness in this white house. >> 69 people on the texas it? >> woman and are granddaughter killed in a crash. >> that extra step not to be a texan. >> several members of the family received payments from a chinese energy company. >> comer claims biden's

granddaughter hall live received money. >> biggest banks in america jump in to rescue first republic. >> our banking system is sound. >> head of the treasury? they are the one those caused the problem. >> no good. and they upset the number 2 seed. [cheers] >> this is all part of the madness. [bagpipes] ♪ [bagpipes] ♪

>> brian: the inspirational soothing tunes and tone of bagpipes because it is saint patrick's day that is the rockland pd emerald society drum corps. celebrate saint patrick's day. no longer alive. in new york city, bigger parade than ireland. >> steve: the first parade for saint patrick's was actually in st. augustine, florida back in 1600. and then they started in boston and new york. and, as it turns out savannah, georgia has got one of the biggest in the country and that's why rockland county police department -- fire department from new york are down in savannah, georgia today. >> ainsley: boston has a big one. savannah does. they die the water green.

chicago has similar festivities and new york already starting to put up the divider. >> steve: poor that potties are up in front of the building. >> i want to give a warning if you are not irish you can't participate. >> ainsley: yes, you can on saint patrick's day serve irish. >> steve: i'm irish, too. >> ainsley: i have some irish in me, too. >> brian: you have to travel with your family tree and circle the people that make you irish. listen, i'm not going to budge on this. >> ainsley: take your 23 and me card down to savannah where tom shillue is. he is having breakfast with friends in savannah, georgia. there is a huge festivities there. are you getting ready for the parade? >> tom: this is great. these people have been up all night. last night when i came in i heard the pipes. you guys were playing last night as well. i went to sleep and when i woke

up i heard the pipes again. we are at jay christopher's restaurant. revelers coming in for breakfast or lunch or dinner or whatever it is they are eating. i think we have our dispensations that we can eat our corn beef and cabbage on friday during lent. i am right about that? yes. so we are so excited. this is one of the biggest celebrations in the country after new york and chicago. that's what they tell me. it's a wonderful tradition here. everyone is so excited and so happy. i'm glad to be here. >> steve: tom, you are absolutely right. cardinal dolan given catholics of new york a dispensation where can you eat corn beef friday in lent. a lot of catholics don't drink on fridays in lent and you can have alcohol according to cardinal as well. >> that's great. we are ready to celebrate here. and i think they got the message out here because people have been partying up all night and so we are excited to be here, breakfast with friends.

having all sorts of breakfast. there is also specials on the menu with the corn beef and hash and everything else. >> ainsley: i like the as scott. was it cary grant wore the as scott. >> brian: once a big star or anyone that was cold would wear something around their neck. a lot of people embarrassed by adams apple now as a society we began tomorrow brace it. there go the scarves. >> steve: i have learned a lot so far. >> brian: absolutely. turning to grave warning from the u.s. central command. isis faction gaining strength taliban could hit the u.s. or american interest abroad in just about six months. >> steve: this growing threat comes as dozens on the fbi's terror watch list have been caught trying to cross the u.s. southern border with mexico in the last month. >> ainsley: that is very scary and alexandria hoff live in washington to cover the details for you. >> ainsley, steve, brian, the particular concern is isis-k, which is the afghanistan branch

of the islamic state terror group. growing in strength under the country trips taliban control. >> this is the same group responsible for the suicide bombing at kabul's airport that killed 13 american service members in august of '21 during that chaotic withdrawal. now the armed services any is being warned that an attack on american assets abroad could come as early as this summer. >> it is my commander's estimate that they can do an external operation. western interest abroad in under six months with little to no warning. it is much harder for them to be able to do that against the homeland. >> vulnerability of the homeland though is hard to ignore. new cbp data reveals 16 people on the terror watch list were arrested crossing illegally at our southern border last month. that brings the total so far this fiscal year to 69. we are on pace to beat fiscal year 2022 where 98 terror watch list arrests were made.

compare that to 2017 through 2020. where there were eight. that's total in that time. and truly devastating news out of ozono, texas. confirming a 7-year-old and grandmother killed after a car crashed into will human smuggler's vehicle fleeing authorities high rate of speed and ran a red light. two smugglers in the vehicle were killed as well. congrcongressman tony gonzales responding to this tragedy quote while i'm heart-broken i'm enraged. enough is enough. illegal immigration is killing americans. we need stop with the rhetoric and deliver solutions. fox news is told that the human smuggler is a u.s. citizen from louisiana. he is still hospitalized. >> brian: yeah military base. thanks, alex. unbelievable this happened. you have a grandmother and a 7-year-old driving and, of course, in the middle of the border, which is anything but under control. she had the human tragedy and human cost there.

i was heartened to see that mark kelly sat down with bret baier yesterday. and he sounded like the guy i thought he was going to be when he got elected he has been invisible until he decided to run for re-election. a military guy with a security background. obviously extremely bright as an astronaut, but he spoke and he sounded, you know, he sounded like henry cuellar yesterday in talking about how bad the border is. listen. >> it's been a crisis for my entire time in office. you know, times it gets a little bit better. i was on the phone a couple days ago with the mayor of yuma, doug nichols, the numbers are a little bit better but they are still way too high. it's a real challenge for border patrol and cbp to do their jobs. it's not secure. my attitude about this is to listen to the professionals. listen to the border patrol agents, the guys on the ground who have to deal with this every single day. and when they will tell you in some plates we need barriers.

you know, we need border wall. >> steve: he is just being practical, he has seen things with his own two eyes which makes the spectacle of the hearing earlier this week where republicans had that hearing down in mcallen, texas but none of the democrats showed up. they said the republicans were making it political. it's not political. it's a fact. i mean, you look at the fact that as alexandria detailed, there is a possibility that isis could hit western interests in the next six months. all those people on the terror watch list, the human tragedy in ozone know. one bad thing after another. >> ainsley: how sad is that. is that what it's going to take another 9/11 to realize. can't you see the headlines these guys came across the southern border and attacked our country. 16 in the month of february y'all. 69 so far this fiscal year. that's five and a half months. it started in october. we are halfway through march.

five and a half month you have 69. last year fiscal year 20232, 98 total. if we have 69. let's say 70, if you take that number and double it, it's going to be 140 terrorists that have come through by the end of this face equal year. >> brian: what do we do in afghanistan? why do we need a presence in iraq? why do we still have troops in syria. this is why. they were able to track and understand terrorist groups. find out hot leaders were, with just a small presence and intelligence and developing sources on the ground. when you pull out and say i'm tired of this, and it's not explained to the american people the benefits we are getting from this, now, all of the sudden, we are totally blind and playing defense on our southern border where we normally would be tracking these guys. >> ainsley: these numbers came out after they had the meeting down at the border in mcallen, where the chief, the border patrol chief says we do not have operational control of our border. >> steve: right. and just one other thing, we have given you a bunch of

numbers so far this morning. this is different today. because of the grandma, and her grandchild, granddaughter, who were killed by that -- by that migrant -- or rather by the human smuggler running that truck with 11 migrants in it, suddenly there is a face to it. rarely are there crashes involving innocent bystanders, usually it's the smuggler and the migrants who wind up dead in these kind of accidents. but this time they hit that grandma and has put a human face on it. and that's why across texas and the country today, there is outrage. it's like they did not have to die. absolutely did not have to die. but smuggler was being chased by the cops at a high rate of speed because he had a truck full of migrants and he is going to go it jail. >> ainsley: now the daughter and son lost their child and mom. the liberal's d.a. office is offering employees shuttles to work. but isn't the d.a. responsible

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rescue first republic depositing $30 billion in the bank this move comes as treasury secretary janet yellen assured senators yesterday our banking system is sound and fax pairs won't foot the bill for shoring up the banks. the fdic under president biden is ignoring other routes under regulatory law. meanwhile just two weeks after silicon valley bank went under the ceo greg becker, is he reported now hiding away in hawaii in a $3 million town house los angeles county district attorney's office offering free shuttle service to keep employees safe from crime. this comes in response to staff complaints about aggressive confrontations on the way to work. over the last hearing, crime on l.a. public transportation increased by 24%. one prosecutor says progressive d.a. george gascon soft on crime policies are to blame. new york state is lowering testing standards for students in both math and reading.

a response to major drop in academic performance after the pandemic as many students struggled to keep up. this is a growing problem across the country. national assessment of education says nearly four in ten eighth graders failed to grab the basic math concepts. new york's lowered standards are set to take effect next year. those are your headlines, guys. >> steve: why bother even having tests. >> ashley: that's what i'm saying. >> steve: thank you, ashley. yesterday the briefing room, the brady briefing room in the west wing of the white house absolutely erupted because the reporters had been told earlier that there was going to be a joint press conference with the prime minister of ireland later today. they always have that ceremony. they bring in shamrocks, joe biden is going to be all part of it and then is he going to go up to capitol hill and have lunch congress. when the reporters started to erupt. then karine jean-pierre said hold your horses, there will be a spray event where the cameras will be in there. the pool will be able to shout questions. the problem is when shouting

questions are asked of the president, he doesn't necessarily have to answer, unlike the 2 and 2 joint press conference with the prime minister. >> ainsley: she insists he is going to take questions, right? the reporters just erupted on her, saying this is becoming a pattern. is he telling us is he going to answer questions. he is not doing that here's a little taste of what happened yesterday. >> you laid out a very detailed schedule with the president tomorrow with the prime minister of ireland but it did not include a two and two press conference can you say why not and whether that might be added tomorrow. >> these are diplomatic conversations that happen with the countries that are visiting and it is something that is decided in that way. um, but, there will not be a 2 plus 2 tomorrow as you just noted. your colleagues will have an opportunity to ask questions during the, during the pool spray of the oval -- at the oval that happen every time -- a -- a head of state visit so, that is

an opportunity to be able to pods a question to the president or, or the head of state that visiting the white house on that day. but, again, this is coordinated. >> he has answered questions. i cannot speak to -- is going to take questions or who is not going to take questions. as you know, this is a president that takes shouted questions often. >> brian: here's the thing. for her to tap dance through that and their communications division communicating with the chief of staff not to make the president available is not a choice. you have a job as president to communicate. obviously she has no message. she plays defense and just deflects every single question she gets. think about what has happened over the last 48 hours. we had a banking crisis. he gives a 3 minute speech and literally turns away from all these questions. we have regional banks that may or may not be solvent. treasury secretary that's getting grilled on capitol hill. he is a no-show. then we get a drone, a predator drone shot out of the sky by the

russians. one of the. >> steve: clipped. >> brian: one of the most substantial clashes between two powers that we have seen over the last 50 years. he is in las vegas talking about guns, talking about an executive order that nobody even knows what he is talking about. you would think he would be proud of it. and talking about it. then he is going to a depend raiser out there. he should want that opportunity to explain to the american people why you should not worry about regional banks. this is how i'm handling russia. i'm watching the belligerent approach to the mexican government towards our country when it comes to fentanyl and the border. i notice what is happening to republicans and democrats down there. i'm going to comment on what the border patrol said about the security of the border and recommendation to build a wall that joe biden refuses to do even though we paid for. this is the type of thing you would want to do if you run to be leader of the country. instead, he runs from the press. it is so disrespectful to the people and to the press corps. >> steve: well, he gets away with it.

he wants to, you know, they want to keep a clean slate until he declares he is running for reelection. >> brian: tell that to the russians. he can't do it. you are president of the united states. it's not up to you to have a clean slate. you are not running for office. you are in office. you have the job. >> steve: he can do what he wants. >> brian: it's not acceptable. >> steve: by who? >> brian: by us. is it acceptable to you? are you okay with that turning your back on the press? >> steve: i want to hear from him as much as possible. >> brian: why is it acceptable? >> steve: it's a >> brian: it's a terrible choice and disrespectful to the country. >> steve: you have made that very clear. >> ainsley: if that's going to be his choice, then he has to be open to criticism. >> steve: is he getting plenty of it. >> ainsley: american people want to hear from him and our banks are collapsing and the people are scared the president should come out and speak it is his choice not to. >> steve: it absolutely is. >> ainsley: it helped him. he was in the basement campaigning and he won. >> brian: he didn't have the job. this is the president. if donald trump chose not to talk about the pandemic and

avoid criticism, that would be a terrible decision. because you have an opportunity to lead. the russians just shot a $50 million predator drone out of the sky. and they are trying to fish out the cutting technology. he doesn't feel compelled about it. >> steve: actually, we are probably the only channel talking about the fact that he is not having a press conference. >> ainsley: serve talking about march madness. >> steve: everybody. unlike the professional sports team there are always cinderella stories and upsets and yesterday there were bracket-busters that everybody is talking about. >> ainsley: if if you areman, t. evcouldn't believe it. >> brian: inbound pass, gets intercepted by derek. who tossed it over to j.b. who hits the jumper who had just missed minutes before. >> the point guard, he tried to escape a trap by a pass down the

floor to kill the clock. said that was a mistake. >> as your dad would say. >> intercepted. >> made a parrillo meant move to furman zone defense in the second half. 12 point deficit evaporated. 13 beats number 4 virginia. patrick mahomes we got his tweet. he said, virginia, what are we doing? j.j. watt put out a tweet march madness is off to a hot with a bunch of ttts start. now let's talk about the jersey team of princeton, number 15. as it turns out they destroyed pretty much the entire world's bracket because they beat number 2 arizona 59-55. it's princeton's first ncaa tourney win in 25 years. in fact, the last one was against unlv in 1988. princeton's head coach mitch henderson was on that princeton

squad. >> ainsley: look at her reaction. >> steve: it was moment for them. >> brian: happy. ainsley? >> ainsley: video we saw earlier it was just them clapping. princeton, they are so just polished. i saw them just like this. >> steve: very excited. >> ainsley: i didn't see that video before. >> brian: keep our eye on iona and uconn. rick petino is back in the tournament st. john's. taking on daniel hurley and uconn. he has always done magical things in the ncaa tournament. we will see if that happens. >> steve: my kansas jayhawks yesterday in iowa beat the vice president's team howard university. it was a blowout. let's see kansas 96, the howard buy son 68. >> ainsley: kamala harris talked to the team. >> steve: she did, indeed. gave them a pep talk.

>> brian: evidently she got booed whether she entered the arena and stephen colbert. >> ainsley: booed? >> steve: look for video of the booing yesterday in des moines and we couldn't find it. >> brian: widely spread reports. >> ainsley: 25 minutes after the top of the other. still ahead a disturbing new report reveals u.s. maternal deaths have surged to the highest rate in nearly 60 years. why healthcare, covid and heart disease are to blame. your wyndham is waiting. ♪ when bucket lists need checking... points need redeeming... work trips need crushing... or anniversaries need... celebrating? no matter who you are, where you're going, or why. with 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from... your wyndham is waiting. get the lowest price at wyndhamhotels.com

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2021. they rose exponentially. in fact, the 2021 maternal mortality rates increased by 50% when we compared them to 2019. so we know that that's an issue. really, a larger issue that has been going on lack of health access a lack of good quality hospitals. and black maternal mortality, black females are three times as likely to die childbirth then white women. so we have some disparities that really have to be addressed. >> ainsley: women dying during childbirth or pregnant or after. >> world health defines maternal mortality death during pregnancy or 42 days after pregnancy. how many maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. 2021 that number was 33 deaths per 100,000 compared to 2020 when the number was 24.

and 2019 it was only 20 per 100,000. the increase significant. and the us actually has its highest maternal mortality rate compared to any other high income country. we are the most dangerous country high income country to have babies. >> ainsley: i'm blown away by. this it seems like back in the day you heard my great grandmother died in child birth, but you rarely hear it today. but the numbers show otherwise. what's the solution? >> the solution is looking at the preventable causes because, actually, 80% of the maternal deaths are from preventable causes. and so we want to look at co-morbidities, like obesity and cardiovascular disease and most important healthcare. want to expand healthcare to make sure mothers are getting prenatal care certainly in the second trimester. rural areas a lot of ladies don't have the proper access to medical care. most of it is preventable. >> ainsley: older women or

younger women? because many of us are waiting later in life to have our children. >> that's a great point, ainsley. because there is a huge disparity. if you are over the age of 40 and giving birth you are almost seven times as likely to die than if you are less than 25. so, yes, we have more ladies who are older giving birth and, of course, with the per fertility treatments and wonderful advancements you have these older ladies but also the older you are the more likely you are to have cardiovascular disease. great point. >> ainsley: great to see you. happy saint patrick's day. wearing your green, good job. have a fun time and a great weekend. thank you. >> you as well. >> ainsley: okay. bye-bye. still ahead all in the family, newly released bank records tie bbeau biden's family. could have benefited from back door deals. miranda devine is the expert and going to react to the story next.

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>> brian: welcome back, everybody. house oversight committee james comer said up to seven biden family members involved in business dealings. these are all in bank transactions. newly obtained records show hallie stweefd payments totaling $35,000 one of them after walker received $3 million wire transfer from a chinese energy company. >> joe biden defenders have said is this is a business deal. this is a business deal. there's no business. they were influence peddling. it looks like they were getting money for some type of service. now, i don't think hunter biden can provide the type of service that would generate millions and millions of dollars from the chinese communist party. but i believe his father could. >> brian: here to react new york

columnist bestselling author "laptop from hell" knows all about this miranda devine. miranda, what significance is it that hallie is on the payroll? >> good morning, brian. well, it just shows that hallie, who worked at a primary school there in delaware as a guidance counselor didn't have any expertise any more than hunter did to work on these big international business deals. it's just a kickback for joe biden's immediate family members, four of whom are listed on the bank accounts as having benefited from this one tranche, remember, one of many tranche of $3 million that was paid to the biden family and their associates. biden's chinese income conglomerate not just any old company as biden's lawyers are trying to say a private company.

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on behalf of the chinese communist party. >> brian: let me bring up for those who don't know the belton road program it was created to compete with american interests around the world comfortable danny taking money totally anti-american. i always thought it was interesting that they have -- also have a bank account identified in records as belonging to biden. we don't have a first name on that one. they were very careful, according to tony bobulinski to never mention his name and that's why two separate people, including tony, reference him as the big guy. now, when this comes out everyone wants to say how dare you attack a widow. that's not the point. here's what hunter biden legal time said. hunter biden with a private citizen with every right to pursue his own business endeavors joined several business partners venture privately owned legitimate

energy company in china. as o. as part of the venture received good portion seed funds shared with hallie who he was involved with at the time and sharing expenses. so, do you feel as though they missed the point. >> yes. it's quite a bizarre response. good faith seed money, i guess is what they are going to hang their hat on as if this chinese company is just dolling out millions of dollars to them as a prepayment, as a down payment on some nefarious or some mysterious work they are going to do for them now that joe biden is out of office. and i mean, that doesn't pass the sniff test. and there is -- you know, a lot of evidence from tony bobulinski and others to show that that's not the case. and you know, hunter biden was in financial trouble at that time. he was paying $37,000 a month alimony to his ex-wife. he was in a relationship with

his brother's widow hallie biden, and as well his money from burisma, the ukrainian company, had been cut in half once his father was no longer vice president. so he needed this chinese money. >> brian: right. and we still don't know what it was for and what they actually brought to the table. no expertise to be found. hunter was the lawyer. james wasn't. no energy specialty and is he working with a program that was created to compete with america. and they felt good about that as private citizens. that is epically flawed. meranda, we are just starting, thanks so much. >> we will have you back. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: ahead on this show and saint patrick's day and lucky to have very special guests on fox square. firefighters from ireland will join us live before they march into today's massive parade. but, first, let's check in with fox news contributor tom shillue who is having breakfast with some of his best friends from is a van that, georgia.

tom? >> tom: that's right. we are on the parade route in savannah on the streets. we are at jay christopher's talking to some diners. let's have some music, once again, from the rockland county police emerald society. this is head banging music. this is head banging music. [bagpipes]

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is will ainsley will expand on that in the final hour of the show. damar hamlin poised for nfl comeback. the buffalo bills general manager says hamlin is dialed in and every intention to play and everything is in the right direction. he still has medical appointments left. latest update after hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a hit in january famously hamlin spent several days in a coma still making remarkable recovery. don't know what happened. >> ainsley: we are praying for him. we wish him the best.

>> steve: better every day. >> ainsley: that's wonderful news. 49 minutes after the top of the hour. it is saint patrick's day so wear your green ahead of the big parade in new york city. senior meteorologist janice dean has some very special guests with her on the fox square. hello, janice. >> janice: real quick forecast because i know you are counting on good weather for the parade. coverage is going to be in the 50's. 45 right now. a cold front sweeping the nation. we could see the potential for stronger storms for texas in towards new orleans. the gulf coast. that's where we have that red shaded area. and then the potential for stronger storms, including tornadoes. we will watch for that and the rest of today's forecast looks pretty good. here in new york city we will hold off those clouds and showers until later today. the parade will be spectacular. all right, my friends. you are from county mayo in ireland with the fire service and i'm going to start with you, my friend. you are going to introduce yourself. >> hi, janice, patrick mcmahon and i'm a firefighter with the

county mayo fire service and i'm over here as a team of 17 march in the parade alongside the fdny. >> janice: i love. that is this your first time. >> it is indeed, yes. >> janice: how long have you been with the fire service? >> 21 years. >> janice: just a baby all right my friend and to you is this your first year? >> station fire station this is my first year here in new york. never here before. really looking forward to the parade. hope to come back again. it's absolutely awesome here. >> janice: of course. how long have you been with the county mayo fire service. >> 42 years. >> janice: you started when you were just a babe. >> i started very, very young age. >> and you, my friend. >> yes, my name is i born and d in mayo and have the pleasure of leading the fire department of

70 odd staff. and it's my fifth time in new york city. i love new york city. the city that never sleeps. my first time an honor to take part in saint patrick's day parade with our colleagues in the he remembered society. >> janice: my husband is battalion chief he is very proud to be with you and serve as well. tell me about your adornment? those look like lucky. >> shamrocks. >> janice: lucky shamrocks from ireland. >> this is the shamrock. not to be mixed up with the clover. shamrock is tree leafs. and date back to the times patron saint. saint patrick extinguished the snake out of ireland and shamrocks started to grow then and national emblem. we wear it proudly on saint patrick's day. >> janice: thank you for your service. thank you for coming for this wonderful day. it is my favorite holiday saint patrick's day. can you tell? am i overdressed? [laughter]

you know what? ainsley, steve and brian in my book i am the storm i talk about county mayo. the woman that did the forecast for d-day prolonging it by one day is from county mayo. we have a wonderful connection today. i can't wait. >> steve: j.d. thank you very much. >> ainsley: is there a county it -- my door man is from. i love the shamrocks. how cute is that. >> steve: adorable. >> ainsley: can you only wear that if you are irish. >> steve: today everybody is irish. today is saint paddy's day. lucky to be having friends down south. >> brian: tom shillue is in savannah georgia catching up. tom? >> tom: this is not your first

parade. >> 43 year, minus the covid years. my parents have been coming since they moved here years ago and great tradition to bring my kids and family to now as well. >> tom: we have a first timer. >> first timer, absolutely. i'm actually his brother-in-law. so we are going to have all the cousins together here for a great experience down on it write square. we look forward to it. >> tom: you recently moved here. >> it's been 10 to 15 years. but we bring the family down, the kids, we have a great time. special day. >> tom: have a good time, guys. let's meet some more diners. you guys are gutfeld fans? >> i love gutfeld. >> tom: looking good. i want to get this here. this patch here, tell me about this. this is some kind of secret society? >> this is a many irish groups and we march in the parade every year. our father was one of the founding members of this group.

>> tom: really? >> it incorporates three of the different squares downtown, you had the italian, catholics, you had the polish catholics, even greek catholics and irish catholics. >> tom: whole rainbow of catholics. >> so we grew up a block and a half from here i grew up on the next street over and went to the big church, the cathedral all my life and so my grandfather marched in the parade, my father marched in the parade. all my brothers and sisters marched in the parade. now our kids are marching. >> tom: it is a family tradition i love it. great to meet you. steve is going to be excited about this because i think we have a kansas family here, right? >> that's right. i went to school there a little before steve though. >> tom: congratulations anyway on the big win. and are you visiting here? >> no we live here. >> tom: you live here. still loyal to kansas, right? >> still 4r0eu8, yes.

>> tom: great to see you. you having a great time here. >> wonderful. >> tom: is that like mardi gras? do you have to do anything to get those. >> no, nothing. just buy them. >> tom: that's fantastic. have great saint patrick's day. >> you too. >> happy saint paddy's day. >> steve: good job. i bought them at the store. did i not earn them. >> brian: i love the way tom rated his performance i am fantastic. >> ainsley: it fun. >> brian: g.o.p. in congress demanding president biden withdrawal faa nominee has zero experience in any aviation unit. the controversial nomination, these that's a kind way to say it next. >> steve: first, shear a live look at temple bar in dublin saint patrick's day. drin k there. drin k there. it's funa payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight minutes to get started.

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