for you guys. we know you are the engine of our economy and we need small businesses and it looks like the big business, although the climate is difficult for them. they have been able to deal with some of the hits. we cannot forget about our install business. tim, thank you so much for getting up and joining us. >> thank you very much. and i appreciate you chatting small business this morning. >> lawrence: you got it, brother. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> we showed that we can and must revitalize america. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> brian: and just like that he was. in we begin this hour with the florida governor ron desantis making it official. we all knew it was coming, launching his campaign for president. he just announced his first stop

on his great american comeback tour. >> ainsley: his initial rollout was not so smooth there were technical issues on twitter spaces delaying the big announcement hosted by elon musk. >> lawrence: peter doocy is live at the white house with all the details. peter? >> peter: even though the desantis campaign launch couldn't be seen or heard by anybody for more than 25 minutes because of technical difficulties, losing about half of its original audience in that time, the sunshine state governor is trying to spin it as a success. >> we had a huge audience. it did -- it was the biggest they had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we're really excited with the enthusiasm. ultimately, it's about the future of our country. >> peter: the republican frontrunner donald trump's team says ron desantis' botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high and the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on a first

timer who is clearly not ready for prime time. the biden team got in on some of the controlling on twitter, too. they posted this fundraising link that said this link works. is he way behind donald trump more than 30 points in polls now. more than 30 points from polls from april. desantis is hoping to narrow the gap with this pitch. >> i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel in our bones. >> peter: desantis is going to have more traditional campaign style launch next week in iowa. and that is one way to make sure that people can actually hear you go talk to them. back to you. >> brian: thanks, peter. appreciate it. so, we know president biden took note or the white house took note and president trump took note of ron desantis' launch.

why is everyone so interested in this second -- the guy who is consistently in second place on the right. >> ainsley: i think it's the biggest threat because they are not neck and neck if you look at the polls. trump leads him by a lot. it's his biggest threat. i think he feels like i helped you win, so give me some time so that i can have a win for the next four years, possibly. and then can you run. and i will help you run. i think that's a lot of it. if you listen to some of these campaign ads that trump has paid for. that's what he is going after ron desantis for for not being loyal when he was loyal to him. lawrence like any other sporting event you like a little competition. look at the score board. crowd sizes and support. as someone who is in diners every single week talking with voters and all of that, the score board is kind of leaning to donald trump. over 450% of republicans right now are with him. i think people are excited about a little bit of competition. i think to ron desantis point and we are going to play some

sound from him later. he is at his best when he is taking on joe biden and the democrats. if he is going to go toe to toe with donald trump. i watched the 2016 race. we saw all these distinguished republicans. we had the biggest bench of everyone and these astute politicians. ted cruz the fire brand of conservatism. known to take on the democrats. when he started taking on donald trump he got knocked out. rand paul got knocked out. you got marco rubio that got knocked out. so, i think that is going to be his play. ron desantis was on with trey gowdy last night. this is what he had to say. >> a president who is a listless vessel. not energetic and not dealing with the key challenge that are facing our country. but it does not have to be this way. our decline as a country is not inevitable. it is a choice. i think we can choose a better pathway. and so what i will do is help restore normalcy to our

communities, integrity to our institutions. and sanity to our society. truth needs to be the foundation of everything we do and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue handle and cope with the nicknames and insults that come your way from the democrats or from president trump. and he pales in comparison. look at arlington national cemetery enlisted in the navy in 2004. then he was sent to naval station jacksonville, florida became a prosecutor there i assume is that when he met casey working for pa television bret bvr. >> brian: met her in golf at the driving range. >> ainsley: sent to guantanamo. iraq, worked as adviser to u.s.

navy seal commander. then in 2010, he left the navy and 10 awards and decorations for service and politics. >> brian: wrote a book. urged to run for office. won straight out. got married. did that for a little while said i don't want to be away so much. maybe i will run -- maybe i will run for senate. i'm going to run again. okay run for governor. trail by 20. started clothes closing the gap. had a good district attorney bait. the president's endorsement helped. won by 19 and catapults him at 44 years old here. what you were saying, lawrence, president trump obviously hasn't lost his fast ball unlike the current president that everyone agrees. he is saying hey, you ran in 2016. you ran in 2020. it's somebody else's turn now. let me go. >> lawrence: you got to be able. >> brian: this is the first time is he a candidate day one. >> lawrence: he has been running for a while. he said he wasn't running at the time but.

>> brian: he had a book tour. >> lawrence: that wasn't a book tour. >> ainsley: today is the official day running. >> lawrence: i get your point, brian. he hasn't declared. he hasn't declared as a candidate until yesterday. but everyone knew that he was going to run for president. they have did it under 9 guise of the book tour and that, you know, he still had. >> ainsley: friends of friends say that their friends were working for campaign and already raising money behind the scenes. >> lawrence: he did get some type of bump but i don't think it's enough just yet to get the voters. lobbyists and donor class that it seems like ron desantis is more palatable that's going to turn off trump base right there. he has to win some of trump's base. it seems like they are unmovable right now. >> he has to have all of it. so it's all or nothing. so, if you -- with the nomination, and you lose trump's base you can't win the general. that's why it's so tough and so

interesting. that's why it almost never happens. outlines of grover cleveland who lost and then came back and won after winning originally. so it's going to be interesting. i just want to see how he handles the attacks, for example, does he want to have a flat tax? tell me about it. do you actually want to raise the age to retirement to 70 years old? i would like to hear your side of the story. you know, what is your stance when it comes to disney? why are you right and why is trump wrong when you think it's wrong to take on a corporation? was it true that charlie crist, that he was left a great situation in florida, that he really didn't improve it at all? that's what donald trump says. so now we're going to get the answer. >> ainsley: let's talk about this investigation now in washington in the house because james comer is going after the fbi saying we want this paper. we want this fd 1023 form to investigate to see if it's true that a whistleblower has said allegedly describes a criminal scheme involving joe biden and a foreign national exchanging money for policy. did that happen?

we as americans deserve to know that. so, he has asked the fbi to provide this information to provide this form. they did not. they didn't make the deadline, so now he is saying if you don't give us this document, by the end of the month, i think it's may 30th, right, brian? may 30th. you have until may 30th to comply. you will be held in contempt of congress. >> brian: james comer is going to go over and meet one-on-one with christopher wray who, by the way. he is not pleasing democrats or republicans and ron desantis says if i win he is fired. here is james comer saying he is not going to give up. listen. >> i received word that the fbi director is committed to meet with me next week in washington. and we can discuss this. but, nothing is going to change with respect to holding him in contempt of congress. if he doesn't turn over the document. not only do i expect the document, sean, i expect to know exactly what the fbi did to investigate the validity of the claim. because, as i have said on your show before, this claim is

consistent with activity that we have seen in other countries around the world and it all stemmed over the course of 2015 and 2016 during the end of the obama administration when joe biden was vice president and he took it upon himself to travel all over the world to some of our adversaries around the world. and talk about foreign policy and foreign aide. >> comer is really starting to impress me, guys. normally the republican parties -- and gals. he is starting typically press me because normally republicans will do things on the campaign and then once they get into office. you know, they start playing the politics game. comer is saying i don't care if you want a meeting. i still wants my document. you are not going to be able to weasel your way out of this. we found information out from the durham report there is special interest going on in the fbi that you all conceal information. that y'all targeted presidential candidate. and now we have whistleblowers. he also said look, we did this search and we said hey, just

give us all the documents that have joe biden on it from the fbi. and they said well, we have multiple documents. >> brian: 5 million. >> lawrence: where are all these documents at? of course the fbi released their own statement. this is what the fbi said. the fbi's mission is to protect the american people, releasing confidential source information could potentially jeopardize the investigation, put lives at risk. the fbi remains committed to cooperating with congress oversight requests on this matter. others as we always have. but, again, comer said if you don't want these identities to be released. just mark them out. still give me the document they still don't want to give the document. >> brian: they take it in but they don't verify it. they don't want unverified stuff out there. since when? fascinating to see cbs and cnn interview and announce another whistleblower announce real problems with the pace of the investigation. >> ainsley: from the irs. >> brian: pace of the investigation irs into his tax form.

gary shapely is his name. 14 year veteran. listen. >> there was multiple steps that were slow walked at the direction of the department of justice. >> had you ever encountered that before? >> i have not, no. these deviations were normal process and each and every time it seems to all of a sudden benefit the subject. >> he says he decided to blow the whistle after a heated meeting last october with federal prosecutors. >> that was my red line meeting it. just got to that point where that switch was turned on and i just couldn't silence my conscience anymore. >> lawrence: yeah, so there is a lot of shady business happening right now four government. i thought we were the country and i thought the democrats was the party of protecting whistleblowers. it's amazing when you have whistleblowers that don't go along with their narrative that they start to publicly shame them. remember, they are all trying to make these whistleblowers. i don't know these guys politics have they said it? do we have any record?

we just saw questioning in congress where they took a fake twitter profile and tried to bang this guy's head and he kept saying this is not my profile. this is not me. they continue with their questioning. >> brian: one of the four fbi agents who came out and got hit and they never even admitted that it was wrong. >> lawrence: exactly right. >> ainsley: marcus allen. there is a football player marcus allen. there are a lot of marcus allens out there. that's not my page. she continued to ask the question do you agree that january 6th was a conspiracy started by nancy pelosi? >> lawrence: that's what they go to they deflect. >> ainsley: what are you talking about? that is not my twitter page. >> brian: came forward with facts they don't like vindman a whistleblower, loved him. >> lawrence: loved him. >> brian: go anywhere. speeches multi million dollars affairs. >> ainsley: coming to work and not have an fbi and irs investigation into these agencies that are supposed to protect the american people and be above board not be political? >> brian: right. 87,000 irs agents looking for something to do now.

>> ainsley: totally. >> brian: ashley strohmier, hey, irs, leave her alone. >> ainsley: there is nothing to find here i promise. good morning, guys, we are going to start with this. she was simply the best. fans across the globe are mourning the loss of tina turner. the 83-year-old died peacefully yesterday in her switzerland home after a long illness. tributes to the queen of rock and roll are pouring in from rock royalty. mick jagger mourning the loss of the friend calling enormously talented performer and singer inspiring, warm, funny and generous. the country music star dolly parton says now she is rolling, rolling on to glory. roll on, tina, we will always love you, parton referencing one of turner's biggest hits. watch. ♪ proud mary ♪ keep on burning ♪ rollen

♪ rollin' on a river. >> ashley: tina turner is survived by husband and two sons. los angeles police searching for the person who stabbed a met throw bus driver last night before running off. officials have not revealed what led up to the attack but the lapd released these photos of the suspect they're looking for. the driver was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition. george washington university announcing its new nickname after dropght colonial mascot after back backlash from students. revolutionaries better represent the community because they're, quote: are not afraid to break boundaries and change the game. gwu scrapping its colonials mascot scott last year after a student led petition deemed it as, quote. incredibly offensive. and those are your headlines. >> brian: right. so revolutionaries, no one will use that whole name to root for a team. go revolutionaries? >> ashley: very hard to say. >> lawrence: so lame.

are brian doesn't like that. >> brian: go colonials. >> ainsley: change the name of a school. that china and trade. >> lawrence: is he history. that's what he does. you're messing with his pay scale there. you can't do that. >> ainsley: that's with his wheelhouse. >> brian: i can't hear you. you are actually talking about me in front of me. >> ainsley: if brian wasn't married to dawn his page would say historian and i like it talk about trade. >> brian: china. >> ainsley: china and ukraine. >> brian: a very lonely site. all right. coming up. >> ainsley: and soccer. >> brian: yes. come up straight ahead we are breaking down teacher's union boss randy wirnted's moves during the pandemic. how much influence did she actually have over the cdc? >> ainsley: plus, why she could face a subpoena from the house g.o.p. pete hegseth explains, next. ♪

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owed carrots. now, fast forward to february 2021. an email from an aft director thanked cdc director rochelle wolenski for openness and thanked a few days later. another email sent to wolz commitment to the partnership. a call was arranged between wolz

and weingarten on february 7th. just five days in the event of high community transmission results new variant of sars cov 2 new update of these guidelines might be necessary. now, republicans in the house covid subcommittee are threatening to subpoena her, weingarten, in heir investigation into covid school closures. here to react is "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth. hey, pete. you have been all over this topic. what do you think about this? she needs to hand over those conversations between the cdc and bind's team you cover-up exposed what was happening in schools and what the union really is represents adults and paying dues members not kids. once the biden administration came, in you see that

transition. is threatening they are brought into the back door the most power constituency democrat party effectively writing the cdc guidance. they have written their own obituary here, ainsley. went to trying to write and manipulate cdc guidance and covering it up now. i hope they get these emails and texts show an even cozier relationship. they write their own obituary because they unleashed a school choice tsunami from arizona to iowa to west virginia to florida to now north carolina, likely texas. parents saw what the unions are doing. not about their kids. all about the adults and they want options and they want out. and legislatures across the country are delivering it. while that is happening. school choice, it's good on brad wenstrup and others in congress to dig in, get the details of how intertwined these were because randy weingarten she may be an activist not a scientist. s into business writing

guidelines. >> ainsley: what about the parents in these states that were totally locked down? i know so many people in new york complained about this. our kids are learning to read with masks. all because this person who is over a teacher's union is making decisions for our children and not our scientists or not our doctors. >> pete: and not the parents ultimately or the communities within the schools. there are a lot of schools that say hey, we will accept a different amount of risk. we want our kids in person they will fall behind. >> ainsley: yep. >> pete: heavy hand of the government, the cdc and especially the unions. the unions wanted the schools closed more than anyone else. that's why this cover-up is so important to them because they want to rewrite history like they are doing right now in textbooks about american history, they want to rewrite history to make it look like someone else was the bad guy and they weren't locking kids out for two years and that's not why your kids have fallen behind. they wanted more money for the adults not focused on the hearts, minds and souls, well

certainly not the souls, they don't care about. hearts and you minds of kids. >> ainsley: people say this is over. this was years ago. why are we talking about this. we have to investigate this. hold people accountable so it doesn't happen again. >> pete: yeah. can't happen again and now parents are playing catch-up. and i hope more parents choose to take their kids out and go somewhere else if they have the opportunity and thankfully there is more school choice than ever across the country. >> ainsley: you are right. thank you, pete. great to see you. >> thanks, ainsley. >> ainsley: burn after reading. stunning revelations coming from the mother of brian laundrie falling that chilling note she wrote her killer's son. the creepy promises bringing him a cake if he ever went to jail. officially joins the white house race. retired navy seal panel of congressman weigh in on the 2024 election and america's most important issues next. ♪

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you need to dispose of the body, i will show up with a shovel and garbage bag. in exclusive statement to fox news, laundrie claims the letter to brian was written prior to gabby and brian leaving my home. i wanted to convey how much he meant to me. brian laundrie was found dead suicide next to handwritten confession note a month after remains were found near a wyoming national park. things getting a little heated yesterday during a house hearing on proposed he regulations for gas stoves. squad member congresswoman cori bush republicans are more concerned about appliances than climate change. listen to this. >> i can only imagine the number of my constituents who are unknowingly being poisoned by their gas stove in the state that it is without this proposed rule being in effect. >> ashley: back in february set new energy standards for cooking products including gas stoves. new york's 35th annual fleet

week is in full swing after kicking off with the ceremonial parade of ships. thousands of service members are spending the memorial day weekend in new york city for the celebration. this is the first year the event is fully back after covid-19. it's a great chance to meet u.s. service members and even tour the warships. over in annapolis blue angels taking flight ahead of the united states naval academy graduation on friday. the team of fighter jets put on a show for thousands, forcing multiple road closures in the area and blue angels will be back up in the skies for another rehearsal this afternoon. what a school site to see, brian, those are your headlines. >> brian: absolutely. going to be seeing a lot of the men and women walking the streets of new york city. hopefully they will be safe. thanks, ashley. >> ashley: you are welcome. >> brian: florida governor ron desantis officially running for president. >> i'm running to lead great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it with our eyes.

we feel it in our bones. we see the border being overrun. we see crime infesting the cities. what i dual is help restore normalcy to our communities. >> brian: that's what he hopes for. normalcy. what can we expect as we look ahead to 2024? let's ask four esteemed guests retired navy seal congressional panel. montana congressman former interior secretary ryan zinke back with us. texas congressman morgan luttrell is here. arizona congressman and entrepreneur eli lake and wisconsin congressman derrick van orden. great panel. congressman van orden, let's start with you only 33%, when surveyed in the fox news poll say that joe biden is a strong leader. does that number surprise you? >> it does. i can't believe that 33% of the american public believe that. he has really not done anything as president other than destroy our economy and make us weaker as a nation and make the world less safe place to live in.

he abandoned thousands of american citizens to terrorists in afghanistan. it's unforgivable. you remember when he was vice president, russians annexed crimea which emboldened their invasion of ukraine. i'm very surprised that 33% of the american public believe that joe biden is a strong leader. >> brian: congressman zinke, they always talk about how much joe biden was able to get done from infrastructure to the inflation. gun reform done. how do you explain both? >> there is no more. let's be clear. the gentlemen with me today we have given an oath to defend the constitution all enemies foreign and domestic. now we are faced with a debt we're going to hold firm. the power of the purse belongs in the house and we're going to attain it. and biden administration, they i-we are not giving them any quarter. we are not giving up on this fight.

we are doing the right thing. for once, brian, i can tell you the republicans did not overshoot the conditions that set forth are absolutely appropriate, accurate. and we're going to go back to the constitution, which we gave an oath to, article 1 appropriate the power of the purse and retain it. >> brian: congressman luttrell as you know what is going on right now debt ceiling days away. the president is showing leadership by going to camp david and then going to his summer house. is that the type of leadership people can really embrace? >> absolutely not. i mean, we are here. we are ready to work. they are taking this thing for granted and the country is at stake. i don't have any idea why the president or the senate is not even in session right now. this will be the first time we ever default. it's not something we want to do as a country. and i and my colleagues here on this panel in the house have been asking every day. hey where are you at? come to the table. let's make this thing happen. we are here waiting.

>> brian: congressman crane. i know this is your rookie year but so far we are about to do something unprecedented default on our debt and maybe have ourselves downgraded in terms of our credit rating. the communication on the right has been pretty effective. on the left they seem to be fracturing. i noticed the squad had a press conference yesterday. hakeem jeffries had one yesterday. none of them are in the negotiations. >> yeah. well, i think we are pretty united right now in the house we surprised everybody by passing a pretty awesome debt ceiling raise. it had some amazing cuts in it. we cut the funding for the irs agents that the american people completely abhor. we cut the student loan bailout. inflation reduction act. green new deal light and many other woke and weaponized spending programs that the democrats have imposed upon the american people i hope our leadership holds strong encouraging them and stick together and actually get a good deal for the american people.

>> brian: you strengthened the speaker's hand by delivering an answer to the question of what do you want in exchange for raising the debt ceiling? you actually agreed on a bill and i think it surprised them and i don't think they have gotten their political feet yet. guys, you are going to stick around. when we come back, an important announcement with this prestigious panel. coming up though the importance of honoring those who serve on memorial day. that's one of the topics we will be talking about with our panel when we come back ♪ at least i know i'm free ♪ and i won't forget the men who died ♪ who gave that right to me ♪ and i gladly stand up ♪ next to you ♪ea and defend her with the money we saved, we thought we'd try electric unicycles. whoa! careful, babe! saving was definitely easier. hey babe, i think i got it! it's actually... whooooa! ok, show-off! help!

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sure that we. you know, we do our part and on on all of us feel very, very passionate about this subject. ah congressman van orden when you come back to real life ah, it is like the adjustment and a

lot of times. you need psychological help, even though people wouldn't admit it in emergency situation on the list legislation if you walk in and you hit the criteria got 72 hours. they have to see you. speed matters, right? it's critical. listen i was diagnosed with ptsd have five combat deployments. and if i wasn't in a i would be abnormal conditions that we put our veterans in. you know, we serve the nation in combat, and that is very stressful. so coming back can be difficult, and we need to make sure that our folks have an on ramp into the v, a number one legislative priority is preventing veteran suicide and ryan introducing this bill is going to take great strides to make sure that we can hopefully help us many veterans as possible. very proud of you for doing that. thanks that's hard for me to say, because he was an officer, right? i know you guys are going at it. uh eli in particular. we're not in a hot war right now. but a lot of guys. men and women are coming back, and we've got to make many lives could this save?

>> morgan, do you want to take that one? >> brian: eli. >> wait a minute. ask me the question again. i can't hear anything in my mic. >> if this bill is implemented and is passed and i can't imagine people standing in the way to be able to see someone thinking to yourself now, see someone quickly how many lives could this save? >> you can't quantify that. i mean, you hear the statistics that we're losing 22 a day. that's just 22 reported. the biggest complaint we have in our districts is the time at which an individual, a veteran, man or woman, calls or contacts the v.a. and then is turned away. now, when it comes to cognitive and emotional instabilities, our quality of life, if you can reach out, the v.a. actually reaches out and touches somebody, that will decrease the statistics of our suicide and our emotional problems underneath that post-traumatic stress umbrella, you can't quantify it. >> brian: eli, final thought on this and then i want to get your memorial day message. >> yeah. final thought on this from me,

brian, is. this this administration has been lying to veterans about what republicans are trying to do when our debt ceiling bill. they have been telling veterans that we are going to cut the v.a. by 22%. that's a complete lie. any time you try to change anything this swampy town the knives come out. the lies come out. and i have never been on one phone call. never been in one meeting. i know these guys will back me up on this. we never ever talked about cutting veterans and i know when you see you know appropriations go through these guys will be proven, once again, as misrepresenting and lying to the american people. >> brian: right. i think that's important because they were using that as a talking point. let's go around the horn congressman zinke what do you want to know. >> veterans constitution why we fought. believe me doing our duty in congress. take our country back. we take the constitution and maintaining the power of the purse. we take it seriously and we are going to hold the fight.

>> brian: a lot of memorials out there congressman van orden. >> van orden household we have easter, christmas, and memorial day in that order for holidays. it's incredibly important that we honor our veterans and also our gold star families. we owe them a debt that doesn't ever get repaid. we will go down in washington vietnam veterans memorial this morning and i'm just so thankful to live in this country and there are still men and women willing to stand the watch to protect us. >> brian: morgan, what's going to be on your mind? >> is it my turn? >> yep. >> we wake up every morning -- we wake up on memorial day i tell my sons why we are celebrating this day. and then we spend the day celebrating the lives of those that provided the blanket of freedom that we sleep under every night. >> brian: eli? >> last thing i want to say is the keating family, the feeks family momma lee. all the god star families we know we thank you and we will be thinking about you this weekend.

>> brian: we thank you that your service never stopped. you don't have to wear face paint and camouflage still giving back to the country. >> god bless america let's defend her. >> brian: find a way to get that debt ceiling raised. thanks so much. thanks for your service and sharing memorial day with our "fox & friends" viewers. appreciate it. meanwhile, i like to check in with meteorologist janice dean for the fox weather forecast. janice? >> janice: that was great interview, brian. really great. great americans there. let's take a look at the weather forecast here in the northeast our memorial forecast looks wonderful for the weekend. we do have an area of low pressure offshore. we are going to have to key an eye on. it's 51 right now. cooler temperatures for the northeast. you can see florida lighting up there with showers and thunderstorms. also the risk forever heavy rain the potential for severe storms for parts of the high plains, the southern plains, the central plains over the next couple of days and then we are going to watch that area of low pressure move up the coast on the east coast. there is the southern plains, severe weather threat for thursday, friday, saturday. some of the same areas getting

slammed. and then this storm system that's going to creep up the coast of florida in towards the southeast up towards the mid-atlantic. and that's going to bring heavy rainfall saturday, sunday, and some very gusty winds for the beach areas. keep that in mind. fox weather.com. of course, we will keep you up to date. i know, i don't want to show this forecast but it looks like a lot of rain and storms for the south carolina area, north carolina area and georgia along the coast certainly. if it turns into something tropical, it will get a name. the hurricane season officially begins june 1st. there are your forecast highs today. the southern plains, the central plains, and the northern plains very warm but, again, the rain in the forecast along the high plains and southeast coast we will be monitoring. all right. i will toss it back to brian kilmeade. you are the best brian kilmeade.com. >> brian: you are the best. thank you, janice dean. appreciate it. coming up straight ahead. >> transform your backyard with the perfect patio furniture. we have the best backyard setups for memorial day because we booked skip ♪ fight for the right to choose

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