>> started shooting. >> mass shooting at a bank in louisville. the shooter live streamed the deadly attack. >> five people killed. among the wounded, a police officer shot in the head. >> i want to thank them for responding and doing their best to try to save some of my friends. >> chinese warplanes and navy ships crossing into taiwan's self-defense air zone. >> drills followed a week in which taiwan's president meet with the speaker of the house. >> we needs the weapons there to deter an invasion by chairman xi. >> nashville metropolitan council unanimously votes to send expelled tennessee democrat justin jones back to the state

legislature. >> holding hostage house of representatives is not an exercise in democracy. >> happy easter. >> president biden says he plans to run for re-election. >> i plan on running, al. i will either be rolling an egg or pushing them out. >> president biden says he wants to be six easter egg rolls that's beyond a second term. >> i quit my job to ride a horse. i will go from austin to seattle. i bought a horse on craigslist next couple weeks preparing him and myself for the great journey ahead of us. ♪ >> brian: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a fifth victim has died following yesterday's shooting spree inside a bank in downtown louisville, kentucky. >> ainsley: one heroic rookie police officer still fighting for his life after running toward the gunfire just 10 days after graduating from the police academy. >> steve: all right. todd piro joins us right now with the overnight developments. todd? >> the number of victims killed rising following yesterday's rampage at old national bank

right near louisville slugger field. police say all five victims were bank employees. at least 8 others were hurt, including two police officers. 26-year-old officer nicholas wilt clinging to life right now after getting shot in the head while lunging toward the gunman. >> officer nicholas wilt, just graduated from the police academy on march 31st. he was struck in the head, engaged in this incident. nick has come out of brain surgery and is in critical but stable condition. >> todd: police have identified the suspected shooter as 25-year-old connor sturgeon. officials say he was employee at old national bank but recently told he was being let go. police say he opened fire on his co-workers just before the bank opened yesterday morning. witnesses hearing gunfire in a conference room sends them running for their lives. >> he started -- he had a long assault rifle and you hear the

shots just started firing. >> whoever next to me got shot and blood is on me from it. >> gunman was shot and killed by police when he pointed his rifle at them. officials say he live streamed the attack on his instagram account even telling friends and family about his plans. the community now coping with the senseless loss of life. holding vigils for the victims and survivors of yesterday's tragedy. kentucky's governor who says a close friend is among the dead asking for prayers and support. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. >> steve: thank you very much, todd. now let's bring in a congressman from kentucky james comer. congressman, good morning to you. >> ainsley: good morning. >> good morning. >> steve: we know that the hearts of people all across the country are broken that this would happen again and i'm sure you have got some things you would like to say in the wake of this horrific shooting at this bank. >> yeah. it just terrible, senseless act of violence, unnecessary.

the shooter showed no signs up until the morning that he was capable of doing anything like this. i'm sure police are questioning his family and friends that he apparently communicated with prior to going into the bank. he went into the bank prior to the bank's official opening, which obviously he was known and he was let in early before the bank officially opened. but, you know, this is just terrible. i think we all need to show our appreciation to the louisville metro police department for rushing to the scene. they were there within seconds they never hesitated to run in and, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the police officers who were inj injured. >> brian: do you have the same problem when it comes to staffing of police officers. >> absolutely. ironically, the department of justice and merrick garland were just in louisville a few weeks

ago criticizing the louisville police department over the breonna taylor incident that happened a long time ago. and that's a whole nother story. at the end of the day, you know, what we have heard from louisville police officers prior to yesterday was the morale was low. you know, the officer that is fighting for his life now just graduated from the police academy. they are having a hard time just like every police force in america trying to get officers willing to put their life on the line and face the criticism from many on the left that are constantly criticizing our police force and wanting to defund our police force. but i believe we have got a very good police force in louisville. i fly out of louisville airport every week. so i'm in louisville several times a week. i know that this city is like many cities in america. they have seen uptick in crime. but, our police are there for a reason. and thankfully, we have well-trained, brave police officers in louisville. >> ainsley: yes, officer wilt

ran into the gunfire to save lives and hanging on now. he did have surgery. shot in the head. so everyone pray for him. we are getting news this morning that the biden administration is going to allow the gang of 8 to go through those classified documents that were found at the homes of president trump, president biden, and vice president pence. what can we expect? >> well, i think we all have a lot of questions. i know the gang of 8 has a lot of questions. two big questions that stand out in my mind, why was donald trump treated so differently than joe biden? secondly, from an oversight standpoint, we are very concerned about one document in particular that the president's son emailed to some of his associates on the whole burisma deal in ukraine. we know that there was a classified document at the biden residence that pertained to ukraine. we know that there's a document on the president's son's email that is very suspicious.

so, we have conf in the gang of eight. allow the gang of eight to have access. there is a lot of distrust among the average member of congress and the biden administration, the federal government right now with how they have handled this situation and are they being completely honest with not only congress but the american people? so, hopefully we will be able to find more information out today. >> brian: congressman. we don't know -- they went into joe biden's lawyer's office. we don't know what they took. we don't know the contents of the university of delaware. we don't know spenk specificallt was in rehoboth or penn. we know a couple of dozen documents. but we don't get any leaks from that investigation. man, do we get a lot if you get "the washington post" delivered by your paper boy or girl or whatever and you get a lot of information, how do you explain that? >> you can't explain it. and it's a very serious problem. they are supposed to be three branches of government or what

has happened in the last two years fourth branch government bureaucracy no oversight of this bureaucracy. it gets worse every day. we learned from kathy chung transcribed interview that she actually transported those documents that later we learned were classified to various locations, including chinatown for joe biden. and, yet, they weren't stored anywhere safe. they weren't behind the lock. she transported them in her car. we have no idea who had access to these documents but, yet, donald trump is the one that is in all sorts of trouble over mishandling of classified documents that he kept behind a lock in his basement in mar-a-lago. >> steve: well, this story is breaking this morning. it's from punch bowl news. and what it says essentially is that this is a win for congressional oversight the senators mark warner and marco rubio both had been pressing show the gang of eight what is

in it because there is such interest. the average rank and file member of congress not going to see it. but the gang of ate will and they will tell you what they can tell you. >> do you trust the quang of 8? >> brian: who is briefing them? >> i trust the gang of 8. i don't trust the biden administration. >> brian: whoever is briefing them will decide what the gang of 8 will learn. >> that's exactly right. that's the problem there. >> ainsley: they won't be able to see all of the classified documents? have access to everything? >> brian: it's going to be their decision. we don't know. >> we're going to find out. >> steve: meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about this. on monday morning, here in manhattan, over at the javits center. they have a field hearing where the house judiciary committee is going to be interviewing some of the victims of alvin bragg's

policies here in new york. of course, he is the manhattan d.a. who has been accused of being soft on crime. he is also the guy who indicted donald trump just about a week ago as well. what do you know about this? and what do you think we are going to learn? >> well, i think that it's very good that the judiciary committee is going to have that field hearing in new york city. crime is a huge issue in america. this is an issue that's been a priority for the republican majority in the house. we have looked at crime. we believe we have high crime rates for various reasons. two of which are we don't have a secure border. therefore, more drugs are pouring across the border leading to more crimes and a lot of soft on crime prosecutors. i think that's one of the areas they are going to look at with alvin bragg. our resources are limited. the court dockets are limited. but we have district attorneys and prosecutors who are focusing on things to enhance their political career as opposed to trying to put real criminals

behind the bars for shoplifting, for murder, for rape. for carjacking. this is -- these are problems in new york city just like every other big city in america. i think that's what the judiciary committee is going to focus on in new york city and see where alvin bragg stacks up in all that. >> brian: alvin bragg says don't be fooled. coming to a city in america for a political stunt. won't engage in actual effort to increase public safety such as supporting national gun legislation and shutting down the iron pipeline. >> i don't think many people are going to come to his defense and say new york city is the safest city in america right now. >> brian: nobody. >> ainsley: numbers in new york city compared to numbers in ohio, which is where jim jordan is from. what's the latest on the hunter biden investigation? i know you're house oversight, y'all are investigating that. >> a lot. you know, we are almost through all of the suspicious acts tiflt reports. remember, these are the bank violations that janet yellen said she would never allow the republicans on the oversight

committee to have access to even though she is supposed to. she said in her last letter before she let us. in you are going to have to provide evidence as to why we should allow you. in we provided evidence that a lot of people haven't seen the next day we are allowed in. and it's been very valuable to our investigation. we're probably going to have a press conference within the next two weeks to update the american people about what all we found, but it's very concerning. and i think joe biden is going to have a lot of explaining to do with respect to how many countries his family was influence peddling in and how many members of his family were involved in this influence peddling scheme. >> ainsley: was he getting paid by his son? >> well, we are still looking into that. there are so many different llcs that were funneling and laundering money from these countries and there are a lot of expenses that are credit card bills and things like that. we have some tips on what some of those credit card expenses were. we're going to keep digging and

i think that in the end the american people are going to know the truth about the biden family. >> steve: congressman, exit question for you. have you found that they -- have you found evidence that anybody broke any law? >> well, if the president was involved in this, obviously he would have broken many laws because we don't believe that china would have paid the biden family millions and millions of dollars for nothing. we believe that china was more than likely getting something in return. the same could be said for ukraine with burisma, the same could be said for some of these shady characters they were dealing with in russia. so what we're trying to determine is if, in fact, joe biden made policy decisions and did things that were not in the best interest of the american people in order to enrich his family, then those are laws that are certainly broken. we're going to fix the laws on influence peddling. this is getting out of control.

>> brian: absolutely. >> if we don't have tighter ethics laws you will have countries like china that are going to come in and buy off relatives of high ranking government officials and people are going to say like the democrats are saying now well, they didn't break any laws. well, we are going to change the laws. but with respect to joe biden. we're focused on him because we are very concerned that his family was getting this money because of things he was doing both as vice president and president. >> brian: is it true you flipped one of hunter biden's business partners is cooperating? >> we have several of hunter biden's business partners who were in communication with right now. and i think the american people are going to learn a lot more about this in the coming weeks. >> ainsley: congressman, thank you. great to see you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. >> steve: about a quarter after the top of the hour. ashley joins us with news out of san francisco proving, once again, the streets there not safe. >> ashley: right. this is a story we have been covering all week long.

so, this footage, it's shocking and it is showing a senseless attack in san francisco. a warning the video we are going to show you is graphic in nature. it shows the moments a former fire commissioner is bashed over the head with a metal pipe right outside his mother's house. the victim needed more than 50 stitches on surgery on his skull. assault with a deadly weapon. convicted double murderer alex murdaugh reportedly transferred to a new prison. the maximum security facility on the south carolina state line has a special management wing. it's more inmates in protective custody. that modify comes as we learned murdaugh has received dozens of messages from fans reaching out to extend friendship or even confess their love. murdaugh is serving two life sentences for the murders of his wife and adult son. the city of oakland is evicting a camp full of homeless people after a years' long battle.

bulldozers and garbage trucks are clearing up huge piles of trash and debris roughly to 70 people call that area home. the cleanup could take two weeks. nearby residents say the encampment a source of rampant drug use and violence. a florida family recreates part of gawftd national gulf club in their backyard. set up a miniature version of the -- even hosted a big party last weekend for the ultimate masters viewing experience. and the golf ball used by tiger woods during the 19 # 7 masters sold for more than $64,000 at auction. woods gave the ball to a 9-year-old boy in the crowd during his final round. tiger's victory that year made him the youngest masters champion ever at just 21 years old. i hope they validated that ball that's all i could think. >> ainsley: i would think it could go for more. >> steve: is he probably

thinking why did i hand it. >> ainsley: maybe they need the money. >> steve: maybe. >> brian: 16 minutes after the hour. coming up, if joe biden jumps in the 2024 race, what would the campaign look like? look no further than social media influencers how the internet army could play a huge role. >> ainsley: giddy up. one texas man jump frfing the cyber world to the saddle to ride his horse across the country. bring his incredible story coming up ♪ giddy up ♪ i'm living in the country ♪

give your small business one tech solution that checks all the boxes. it's all here with the comcast business complete connectivity solution. peace of mind with cyberthreat security. the power of the largest, fastest reliable network. plus, save up to 75% a year with comcast business mobile. the complete connectivity solution. from the company powered by the next generation 10g network. get started for just $49 a month. and ask about an $800 prepaid card. comcast business. powering possibilities™.

>> see, this is exactly what leadership looks like. unlike republicans, president biden actually supports

democracy and is he not just going to sit by and watch republicans do these crazy radical things like expelling democrats for supporting gun control. thank you to president biden and these representatives for standing up for democracy and standing up for america. >> steve: that tiktok influencer could be included in what axios is calling joe biden's army of influencers if joe runs in 2024. and they have reportedly might even get their own briefing room in the white house. because they are that important. joining us right now with reaction grace curly show up in new england. grace curly. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> we were talking about this yesterday. you got to hand it to the biden people because it's brilliant because most of young america is not watching tv. they are watching their phone. and these influencers are very impactful. >> yeah. this is not the first time the biden administration has done. this actually around this same

time last year they met with a growch tech tockers to explain to the masses how the price of gas was not joe biden's fight it was the fault of vladimir putin. it was so propagandaesque the way these tiktokers went out to their followers that i think it would make north korea plush to be honest. now they are going to try it again. we have talked about this before. it's easy to roll your eyes and saying this is so ridiculous they will get their own briefing room how silly. but these people, these influencers they are called that for a reason. they convince people to buy lip gloss and books and watch tv shows. they have a lot of power and essentially what they're, steve, is they are sales people and if joe biden can get them to hawk the product of his failed administration that's a huge win for him. >> steve: absolutely. look at influencers they are very young people and for the most part people who follow them don't follow the news. when their favorite influencer

says hey, joe biden, that's what leadership looks like, suddenly a kid who might not be engaged in what is going on politically they are going oh, joe biden, is he showing leadership people remember that stuff. >> i always hope that people can be more influenced by their own reality and see what is going on around them. the price of gas and what is going on in the grocery store. like you said a lot of these kids are spending most of their time just scrolling and become their reality. if they get instagram how great a job joe biden is doing takes them 15 seconds to read it. that could have a huge impact. >> steve: the exit point would be. this i know we have been talking a lot about tiktok which is owned by a company called bytedance which is based in china. and, perhaps, it should be banned here in the united states. some legislators have suggested. grace, you know, that in joe biden is using it to help him

get reelected there is zero chance is he going to order a ban wrote saw jamaal bowman allude to the same thing. some young people on there tend to lean left. why would we let this base of people who are listening to us disappear. >> steve: indeed. the grace curly show is where she is going to be working later today. thanks for getting up early with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> steve: opening statements underway in the wake of doomsday mom lori vallow. all the details and tragic as well coming up next.

hi, i'm darlene and i lost 40 pounds with golo in just eight months. golo has really taught me how to eat better and feel better. as long as you eat the right food groups in the right amounts, that's all it is. it's so simple and it works. golo was the smartest thing i ever did. go to 1-800flowers.com, find the perfect gift and wow the people you love. wow! wow! this is amazing. whether you want to say 'happy birthday'. so cute! or i love you. i love you too. thinking of you. wow! go to 1-800flowers.com celebrate the people you love. how do we decide what hotel to book? fear not, i got you.

choice hotels has a hotel for every type of stay. like a comfort with the kiddos. spacious! that's what they all say. stay twice and get a $50 gift card when you book direct at choicehotels.com. >> ainsley: doomsday mom lori vallow trial officially underway in idaho along with her husband. she stands accused of killing her two children and chad day bell's ex-wife in 2019. the while the defense argues that the cult mom has alibi for their death. the prosecutor says that the children were obstacles that she needed to remove to get what she wanted. joining us now with more on the trial criminal defense attorney brian claypool. good morning, brian. >> good morning, ainsley. >> what did you make of the

first day of the trial yesterday? >> i personally think that the defense lawyers for vallow made a big mistake. if ever there was a case one would argue insanity you can't do that in idaho it was abolished her lawyers would argued diminished capacity. what is that? i'd n. idaho you can argue that a mental illness defeated intent to kill why is that important? her lawyers could have argued she didn't intend to kill the kids or daybell first wife secod degree murder or involuntary manslaughter. instead what she has done now oh, well, i was at my brother's apartment at the time of the killings and i now have an alibi. i think that's going to be a fatal flaw in her defense. i don't think this jury is going to believe her alibi. her better argument would have been i was crazy.

i spent nine months in a mental hospital. and chad daybell is the one that brought this doomsday culture into my life. >> ainsley: the prosecutor says she was motivated by money, power and sex. his first wife had a life insurance policy. he was the beneficiary. j.j. the 7-year-old who was killed special needs child and the prosecutor said takes a lot of time and energy and it took away from the mom's time with chad. and they said that tilely receiving social security benefits from the death of her father. they are saying that was the motivation. let's talk about the missing mom. her madeline kingsbury. 26 years old and lives in minnesota. drops day care texting with her sister and just goes silent. what do you think happened here? >> yeah. look, the father of the kids went with her to the day care center 8:00 a.m. he then drives her back to her house. he's there from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. before he leaves for a few hours and then he comes

back. she has got her cell phone, her wallet still left at the house. look, i know police have not named the father of the children as a suspect. but, they are going to have to dig deep into that relationship. was there any domestic violence that went on. what was his demeanor when the kids were dropped off at day care and look at the history. look at surveillance video of his behavior. and where did he go during these several hours? >> ainsley: were they married? >> pardon me? >> ainsley: were they married? >> they were not married, no. he is the father of the kids. but i think what you are going to have to do. they have to get search warrants and get the phones, they got the phones of madeline. they have got to get his phone, too. to track where he went during those critical hours. much like you saw in the alex murdaugh case. but, look, who else do you have as a suspect? and he was the last one to be seen with her. >> ainsley: okay. her sister said she didn't have any enemies and they texted all day long. she stayed in touch with her

family and they haven't heard with her since. thank you so much. if you have any information or tips on madeline kingsbury contact the police department at the number at the bottom of the screen. thank you again, brian. still, it could be bigger than snowden, the pentagon warns there could be more to come at the serious document leak. compromising essential data an update from washington. plus the leader of france cozying up to china while criticizing the united states what is going on with our allies. stuart varney is going to join us to react next. ♪ ♪ ♪ what is it about the first warm breeze of the season that makes you feel lighter than air? ♪ no matter where you are... when it crosses your path...

you'll feel compelled to take to the road and see where it leads. ♪ the first step begins at the lincoln spring sales event. going on now, for a limited time.

(wheezing) asthma isn't pretty. it's the moment when you realize that a good day... is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger than that, with trelegy.

because one dose a day helps keep my asthma symptoms under control. and with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy helps improve lung function so i can breathe easier for a full 24 hours. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy contains a medicine that increases risk of hospitalizations and death from asthma problems when used alone. when this medicine is used with an inhaled corticosteroid, like in trelegy, there is not a significant increased risk of these events. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase risk of thrush and infections. get emergency care for serious allergic reactions. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ♪ what a wonderful world. ♪ ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy for asthma - because breathing should be beautiful. ♪ >> brian: welcome back. the biden administration is scrambling. scrambling to investigate and contain a massive leak of

classified pentagon documents that appeared on social media in january. the breach details u.s. intel on both allies and adversaries and reportedly forced ukraine to alter its surge plans this spring. alexandria hoff joins us live from the white house with the latest. alexandria, this is just beginning. >> it's just beginning, i mean, the timeline and the potential consequences just growing here. yeah. we are learning that these leaks began long before secretary austin was briefed about it. that happened just week. we know these top secret documents were related to the war in ukraine, china, israel, the middle east, popping up first on the gaming platform and chat rooms. called discourse where that first popped up. the white house says right now they do have a working theory on where the leak came from. it is just a working theory. they don't know if it's going to stop. do you believe the leak is contained. are there more documents out there that have not been released publicly? is this an ongoing threat. >> we don't know. we truly don't. >> main concern is that they are out there, period.

they don't need and shouldn't be. absolutely shouldn't be in the public domain. >> well, lawmakers are anxious to learn more. here is republican congressman brian mast. >> we haven't been briefed on this yet. clearly, kirby doesn't even know what is he looking at with this. what you have here being very evidently -- very evidently on display is sources and methods of the united states of america. and not just surveillance. not just what we see but what do we predict? >> and that does not just involve adversaries but exposes intelligence that the u.s. has gathered on or with our allies. >> how is it different from past leaks whether it was snowden or wikileaks? >> we're still coordinating efforts to determine the impact these documents might have on our national security going forward. so, there's still a lot that we have to review and assess, but that review and assessment is ongoing.

>> as far as we know, this leak is physically smaller than the case of edward snow den but our jennifer griffin was told that its impact, brian, could be worse. >> brian: absolutely. if you think about the relations too, alexandria, with south korea, our relationship with israel. and with what we also found out about the state of ukraine's missile defense. devastating if you are trying to win a war. thanks so much. and the fact that what is so astounding is they don't know how this got out. they don't know if this is edward snowden character or a country or an agency, and, evidently since it's been out since january and we didn't know about it until the "wall street journal" put it public front and center, the russians are have tn it and manipulated and lessened to 16,000 when we know it's 200,000. what do you believe and what don't you believe? the one thing is pretty clear, nobody should feel secure about exchanging intelligence with the u.s. until they get a hold of

this, which is devastating. let's move on. french president emmanuel macron wrapping up his three day visit with chinese president xi by taking a jab at america? macron saying this europe must resist pressure to become america's followers adding europe should reduce its dependence on the u.s. dollar? joining us now the host of varney and company american built fox business stuart varney. i was stunned to see this french betrayal. is it just words or do you expect action? >> it's just words. what macron is trying to do is position europe as the third sawrp pawrks the china, the u.s., europe in the middle as a third super power. just come back from three-day visit in beijing. there and saying nice things to his host. he wants to exert leverage over china. he is fooling himself. he said we should not be entrailed by the u.s. dollar. move away from it if we can and promote the yuan. if he thinks that's going to

happen? he is dreaming. is he saying it to be nice to his chinese host. not because he thinks it will happen. 90% of the world's obligations or transactions i should say 90 percent in the dollar. maybe 4% in the euro. less than 1% are in the yuan. decades before the currency takes the place of the u.s. dollar. >> brian: i hope you are right. but china loved it? >> yes. >> brian: they increased their pressure on taiwan and military sites because of it. they said this. this signals a dead end for the u.s. strategy of luring europe to contain china. that according to beijing's global times. so he comes back to america with his nice tailored suit and he looks like sea hero to the french people who despise him because they, as a country, are lazy. and don't even want to work until 65. and they have street protests. >> stuart: you got anything else to say about the french, brian?

>> brian: for them to say europe is looking to take over. they won't supply arms and tanks and bullets for ukraine to fight a war that is more effects them more than us. >> stuart: europe, led by the french, wants to move out of the u.s. orbit. they are not real sure about moving into the orbit of russia or china. they really don't want that. but they are prepared to say move away from the american orbit. they really cannot do it. this is the huge economy that dominates the world still to this day. we have russia right on the doorstep there in real trouble itself. china actually trying to come on strong. but only just recovering from the pandemic. i don't think the europeans really can move that far away from the united states. >> brian: didn't they try this with the iran deal. >> and they did tried to go to the euro. brian wine we are going to forget. >> they want the euro. not exactly a failure but not a dynamic currency by any means. there is no alternative to the

u.s. dollar at this moment, period. >> brian: this is a little diplomacy i know do you more business. don't you think a stiff rebuke from the u.s. state department to show that macron stepped out of line and we don't appreciate the betrayal. >> i can't understand why president biden hasn't picked up the phone as he is supposed to and called xi jinping in china and say what is going on here? let's figure it out. >> brian: do you know what they said? there is eminence convergence tweens us and our european allies and fartherners. that's the rebuke that didn't come. that's what the state department said. could that be more disappointing. >> sit up and take notice of that. >> absolutely. they are frightened stiff. europe is trying to move away from the united states. i don't think they can do it conclusively. >> brian: yetts. just a shame when your friends turn on you at a time when we are helping them out the most in europe. >> stuart: now the president goes to ireland won't be answering any questions won't take this on whether it's the documents or china or russia or ukraine, whatever. he will not answer questions. he is back to the basement

strategy which worked last time. good morniit doesn't work this . >> brian: zombie presidency. if you don't mind i would like to watch your show in between my radio show from 9:00 to noon. i will be joining us at one point on your show at varney and company. american built mondays, 6 days to wait 9:00 on fox business. now it says i should thank stuart varney. thank you, stuart varney. >> stuart: you are welcome brian kilmeade. >> brian: we never get a one-on-one. this is fantastic. let's go upstairs to ashley strohmier. >> ashley: department of investigation opening investigation into loudoun county schools over the district's response to reports of se sawlt. sexual assault. writing this is about protecting students from sexual assault and sexual harassment. it's important that the politics are taken out of this. and they do a thorough investigation to make sure that

these problems are remedied. l.a. and chicago top the list for population decline 2022 as states like florida and texas welcomed influx of new residents. average of 1 # # thousand residents left l.a. county last year. that is followed by cook county which lost about 9 # thousand people. and new york's three counties lost between 60 to 78,000 residents each. a mother wins $2 million in florida lotteries scratch off game and the windfall coming just one day after her daughter completed treatment for breast cancer. the daughter says her mom took out her life sanks to help pay for her care and the winnings will help the family get back on their feet. the prize amounts to $1.6 million after taxes. what a great story. actually gave me chills. we are going to send things out to senior meteorologist janice dean who has a look at our warm forecast this week. >> i know, it's amazing. it's one of my favorite stories

of the day. let's take a look at -- well, you know what? first of all, say high to my friends what's your name. >> suzanne will congress. >> >> leslie. >> nonprofit. >> beer city training for adults with disabilities. make a beautiful and wonderful all natural dog biscuit. >> janice: can i take that for lola. >> please. >> janice: appropriate pet gift. take a look it temperatures for natural pet day. amazing for all of our pets to date in the northeast. 52 in new york city. we are going to get into the 70s, even the 80's across the upper midwest in michigan where my friends are from. temperatures well above average ahead of this cold front. so that's going to be the biggest story today in the weather department. no severe weather, which i love. and look at this. chicago 75 today. minneapolis 80 degrees. sioux falls 83. feeling more like june and milwaukee, chicago, detroit. detroit 80. that's pretty good. that's pretty awesome.

all right. do you want to say hi to brian kilmeade. >> hey, brian, how are you doing? we know you have dogs. we gave biscuits yet for you. >> brian: they have not made it in to my dog but we do have pictures of my dogs. >> janice: excellent. >> i have not gotten rights from them. we hope to get it the last hour. >> janice: i will bring them pet treats. >> brian: thank you so much. great to see you, everybody. coming up next, our next guest goes from tech to trekking across america on a horse. why he dropped everything to go on this ride of a lifetime. he'll tell us live from his journey, next. ♪ all right now. ♪ baby it's all right now

if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee, even if it received ppp, and all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then we'll work with you to fill out your forms and submit the application; that easy. and if your business doesn't get paid, we don't get paid. getrefunds.com has helped businesses like yours claim over $2 billion but it's only available for a limited time. go to getrefunds.com, powered by innovation refunds.

. >> i quit my 6-figure tech job in texas to ride a horse across the country. i'm going to go to austin all the way to seattle, washington. the rules are simple. giving myself 100 days and self-supported. >> steve: what was he thinking? let's talk to him. he and his horse left from austin just a couple days ago. >> brian: now they join us about 50 miles away in round mountain, texas. what were you thinking?

what prompted this? what about -- is this a mid life crisis? >> >> ainsley: is he only 24. >> not a mid life crisis i'm only 24. >> brian: you never know. yeah. it's a couple things. but, one of the most important things, it's a family tradition for each one of the eldest sons of my family on my dad's side, thethe burtel a adventure. a right passage. my great grandfather started and my grandfather and democrat and now pee. i combine that with the love of horses and horsemanship i have been riding for years and went for it. >> ainsley: did you have to quit your job? would they have given you time off? it's six figures? >> well, they didn't say unlimited pto but i quit my job. i just went full, all in and started training, started preparing. and now i'm making a big leap. >> steve: you certainly are. well, we hope that this horse that you bought off craigslist can make it that whole way

because i don't think the horse knows what is in store for him. en one of the things to get reay you had to desensitize the horse to cars and stuff like that. but, the -- what you learned, i think it was yesterday, the day before yesterday, you were picking some rocks out of the hoof and the horse took off. >> yeah. that was actually yesterday. i had ridden through some muddy parts and some rocks had gotten into his hooves. i hopped off and started taking the rocks out. i slipped and fell on him. which spooked him a little bit. as i'm trying to reach back to get him it spooked him even more and i couldn't reach the reins in time and he just took to have. i thought my day was done right there. >> steve: how did you catch him? >> i started running down the street and i see this mini cooper. hop in my husband is going to drive you. so we run down and, you know, i just opened the door and stopped

my horse and that's what happened. >> brian: just like they used to do in the old west in the 18450s, stop mini coopers when the horse got away. >> exactly. >> brian: you say it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. what did you discover? >> say that again? >> brian: what are you going to discover on the journey? what do you mean it's about the journey, it's not about the destination? >> yeah. so, it's a lot of things. i see this as a challenge, mental, physical, spiritual, so i think i'm going to learn about myself. i think i'm going to learn about the country i live in. the people i live with. and i'm going to have unsurmountable what seems like unsurmountable challenges ahead and be ready to face them. people go to university and stsortof take this university o. tough spots and think i will be a better man afterwards. >> ainsley: what did your dad say? you are crazy or thanks for carrying on the tradition? >> well, sort of both.

because he didn't do it by horse: he didn't do it by horse. a trip across the world for three years which is a little different. he was very supportive. he just told me hey, son, just worry about your safety. that's number one. we want you back at the end of the day. and may be a great big adventure but we want our son back. i want to be alive to tell the tale. >> steve: indeed. people can watch you. what's the website? >> yeah. i'm on tiktok, instagram and shortly soon i'm going to be on youtube. it's 2 raw 2 ride. >> steve: good luck to you and giddy up. >> ainsley: we wish you the best. stay safe. coming up, biden's green agenda could soon be putting you in the red. the host of the big money show. we're going to join you next hour. ♪

voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪

are >> the shooter livestreamed the deadly attack. >> among the wounded, a police officer shot in the head. >> thank you for doing their best to try to save some of my friends. >> taiwan's self-defense air zone. >> taiwan president met with the speaker of the house. >> deter it by president xi. >> voting to sen