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weekend at camp david amid the numbers. and we have chad on capitol hill and we saw you in the video chasing house speaker mccarthy. >> they're aimed to get bill texted today, and mccarthy says it will not be a long, thousand page bill. they're close, but they're not there yet. >> i think we're all tired, that doesn't mean that we're willing to take something that's not acceptable. nothing is done. all the interplay at the table makes even a short list more complex. >> fox was told permitting reform for energy projects is out, but mccarthy contends that's not finalized. conservatives will need major

buy-ins on spending to get their vote. it's believed that liberals and conservatives will vote no. >> if it's going to be a $4 trillion raise we're going to need to see something on the other side of the ledger. we agreed to $1.5 for the things that we had on the ledger if. they're going to more than double that, my goodness, doesn't it seem reasonable to see where else you can make up that difference. the votes will come in the middle. moderate democrats and members of the blue dog coalition are in play. >> we shouldn't have to be a day or 24 hours or 48 hours, 72 hours from coming to an agreement every single time and that's something that we need to work together as a congress to assure that we keep our credit afloat. our credibility afloat. the stability of the dollar globally afloat and everything else that not only our country relies on, but the rest of the world does. >> and watch for this. each bill which comes to the floor, it needs a rule. that establishes that the house can bring the bill to the

floor. there are three very conservative members on the house rules committee. if all three vote no, the g.o.p. needs democrats just to start the debate, griff. griff: chad, let me just follow up. we saw janet yellen moving the deadline date to june 5th. how might that impact the timing on this? >> well, it gives them more time. some breathing space, as one source said to me earlier, but it could also unintentionally slow them down. so they probably needed that, frankly. there was no way they were going to get this done by june 1st. remember, they have to get this through the house first and even if they move, say, tuesday, wednesday, it's probably going to be next weekend before they move it through the senate and that's right up against that deadline. griff: chad live for us on the hill. we'll check with you as things develop. alicia. alicia: president biden spending the holiday weekend at camp david as the debt ceiling

negotiations continue on capitol hill. lucas tomlinson is outside the white house with more. good to see you. >> remember, president biden cut his trip to asia in short in part to negotiate with house speaker kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. biden has met only once, that was on monday. he did sound optimistic on the way out of town. >> with regard to the debt limit, things are looking good, very optimistic. i hope we'll have some clearer evidence tonight before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal, but it's very close and i'm optimistic. >> so very close says the president. now, house speaker kevin mccarthy spoke to reporters at the capitol earlier today and sounded optimistic and patriotic. >> i still believe we can get there. and what are we doing today? we're negotiating. i never give up on the american people and i'm not going to. i'm optimistic because i live

in america, and we are so blessed to be in this country and we should produce policy worthy of the american public. >> now, some critics are asking how much of this so-called debt ceiling crisis is real and how much is just politics, alicia. recall back in 2011, the former chairman of the federal reserve alan greenspan says the u.s. can never default on its debt. janet yellen issuing a letter to mccarthy, based on the most recent available data we estimate that treasury will have insufficient resources for obligations if congress has not raised or suspended the debt limit by june 5th. mccarthy asked if he thinks there will be a deal by june 5th. he answered in the affirmative. alicia: you mentioned that speaker mccarthy and the president met on monday and the president is at camp david. is there a risk to the

democrats that the president is out of town or is that not a factor? >> of course, president biden can pick up the phone and he has his negotiators here at the old office building right next to the white house. so negotiations can be held and they are held this weekend and the president, we're told, will be involved every step of the way. as you heard from president biden, he says very close. so it looks like things are very close. we heard something very similar from speaker mccarthy as well. alicia. alicia: lots of optimism, no deal yet, but thank you for watching. lucas tomlinson at the white house, griff. griff: no done deal yesterday. we're joined from the senator from oklahoma, thank you for taking time on this holiday weekend. >> thank you, griff. griff: lawmakers are busy and what is your take? >> speak are mccarthy is a very good friend of mine and visited quite often and recently visited. he's very, very, very

optimistic a deal will be done next week as senate republicans have done from the beginning, we have supported 100% what the house republicans have done under the leadership of kevin mccarthy and we think they've done an outstanding job laying down their plans, their future for america, making sure we get debt and spending under control. the thing is, we've been waiting on the democrats. the democrats haven't laid down anything. it took 100 days before biden even engaged with spiker mccarthy the first time after he said he wasn't going to at all. we've been very clear. two things we will not do. we will not do a clean debt limit increase and we will not raise taxes on the american people. for some reason, that's a sticking point for the democrats. we have to negotiate and what that bill looks like, who knows yet, but we have to negotiate to move forward for the american people. >> you mention sticking points, senator. and let's dig into where you

see the sticking points now. now, we're hearing reporting from our colleagues, chad pergram, alexandria hoff saying that work requirements might be part of it. what is your insight? >> work requirements is a big issue which i don't understand that. why would they not want able-body single without kids individuals not working 20 hours a week? think about this. we are paying people that are obviously-bodied, have zero dependents, with no kids, not married, to sit at home and live off the taxpayers and drain social security benefits for no other reason they're not willing to go out and work. our work requirements are simple. if you're single, you have no depe dependents, no limitations to keep you from working, no reason why you can't go work 20 hours a week and what the democrats are arguing, that takes time away from shopping for a real job. if they were shopping for a real job, they'd have a job.

i don't know an employer that's not hiring. we're enabling them to stay home so the work requirement is simple. griff: democrats by the way, are saying they do not want president biden to bow on work requirements and president biden most recent sound bite saying he will not bow. is this going to possibly be a hurdle that they're going to have a longer time than we expect to get over? >> you know, i don't-- i'm not involved in the conversations, but i will say that speaker mccarthy is very optimistic about this. the messaging is on our side. that you can't argue with the fact that you want able-bodied americans to go to work. what is so hard about that? how are you ever going to achieve happiness and success in this country if you learn not to work. all we're trying to do is give you a hand up while you're trying to get out of the situation you're in and build a path to get to success and i don't know their messaging on

that. i don't know how they can explain that's not a good thing to the american people. because 70% of the american people think that work requirements is positive. griff: before rerun out of time here in the last 30 seconds or so. walk me through, assuming we get a deal and the house votes and passes it, comes to the senate and walk me through what it looks like when it hits the senate. >> you know, it will depend on what the final bill looks like, the republicans are very unified on making sure we don't default. we pay our debts. and so, we feel very confident that if kevin mccarthy and the house republicans can negotiate a good deal with the white house and the biden administration, what they send to us, will be able to pass. griff: senator markwayne mullin from oklahoma. hope you have a nice memorial day weekend. >> thank you.

alicia: on the other side we'rm problem solvers caucus, congressman davis, thank you for being here. you heard your colleagues from the other side of the aisle, congressman mullen,mullin talk about the work requirement. can you talk about that? wondering why there shouldn't be a work requirement to receive funds? >> alicia, so good to be here today. when we think about work requirements, i would simply say there are already work requirements in play in many cases that's already taken effect. so, in situations as well, we're talking about expanding these work requirements and i would simply say, you know, it raises great concerns and what i think is important right now

is we're back across the country in our districts. time's running out and i think it's important for us to get back to d.c. and i am pleased that the president, the speaker, the negotiators are making good faith efforts to move us forward at this point in time, you know, the question is, you know, will we put the american people first? will we put the american people ahead in terms of, you know, so america does not default on its debt. alicia: our own chad pergram is reporting that source is telling him that the extension by the treasury secretary of the deadline from june 1st to june 5th gives them some breathing space, however, there's some concern that that new space also can help drag things along in an unintended way. what's your worry here? >> you know, again, we are in

our districts right now. we were in d.c. we could have continued to work while we're there, but we're back here. there's an opportunity for us as we are preparing to commemorate veterans, military service members who died, that were killed, serving our country to keep us free. but i think one of the greatest things we can do right now is to put aside all of these differences, at the end of the day when we find ourselves in the situation that we tend to go through here at the end, this is not a democrat or a republican issue, this is an american issue. we have to pay our bills here and at the end of the day, i agree. we need to continue to look at the spending, over 31 trillion dollar national debt is of concern and i believe there's enough of us who would come together to engage in this conversation whether it's around this deal or moving

forward. >> and folks watching, who may not know you, may not know that you are an air force veteran, you are a minister and also an educator. i think you could be described as a very patient man, but americans are getting impatient at this point. i'm going to put up a poll here. president obama was dealing with a similar problem with the debt limit. who americans would blame if they failed to reach an agreement. in july of 2011, those polls set 32% said they would blame president obama. now it's 47% would blame president biden if things fall apart here. congressman, what concerns do you have with regard to your party and the impact that it could have there, especially going into 2024? >> alicia, at the end of the day, playing the blame game only hurts the american people. it's time for us to, you know, come together. the devil's in the details.

looking forward and to seeing the text so that we can see what's before us and at the end of the day, this is what i understand. you know, this may not be perfect, but we have an obligation here to avoid a default. it would be devastating to have rippling impacts across our economy and across america, so, you know, at the end of the day, let's not get into the blame game. let's get it done. >> and congressman, again, we thank you for being here on this saturday, on this memorial weekend. is there a message you have out there for folks, what you think they should keep in mind this weekend? >> absolutely, let's leave out today keeping in mind for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country and leave with the words that were shared and penned before and that is, america without her soldiers is like god without his angels.

thank god for those who served our country and paid the ultimate sacrifice. we honor them and above all, their families and those who they served with. alicia: congressman davis, thank you so much for your time today and thank you for your service. >> thank you so much. alicia: tomorrow on fox news sunday, shannon bream will interview speaker of the mouse kevin mccarthy and also talk exclusively with house intelligence committee ranking member and lindsey graham, set your dvr if you want to watch it later. and on media buzz, howard kurtz explains ron desantis' campaign twitter launch and the line between desantis and elon musk. griff: alexandria ocasio-cortez facing heat in her district during a town hall last night. some participants shouting out frustrations at the democratic lawmaker over issues like

immigration, ukraine funding and the debt ceiling alexandria hoff it sure did get heated in that town hall. >> heated to say the least. they brought the heat. shouting at each other. and it happened in queens, new york, in a neighborhood called corona, where several took issue with rep cortez's stance on immigration and ukraine and one point she's talking about the debt limit and it spiraled. because we should eliminate the debt limit in the united states because of the constitutional-- . [applause], [shouting] >> what you voted for. where were you. boo! >> (bleep). >> stop it! >> okay. are you going to stop to the question. are we going to--

. we know about it. >>, [shouting] >> let the veteran speak. let the veteran speak! >> the pandemonium continued through what was supposed to be a question and answer session and some did come to the congresswoman's defense and while signs were president po present, and those who lashed out were led away by security. and the congresswoman put out a tweet after thanking everyone coming out and saying that the crowd was great. griff: that's unbelievable. we haven't seen a town hall like that in quite some time. alex, thank you very much. alicia. alicia: thank you very much. and vice-president kamala harris making history today as the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the u.s. military academy at west point. this year, more than 900 men

and women took part in the ceremony. in her address she applauded them for their service and emphasized a strong united states military is vital to world security. >> in the face of all of these challenges, america plays a singular role of leadership. cadets, global security and global prosperity depend on the leadership of the united states of america. >> last year, harris gave the commencement address to u.s. coast guard graduates and in 2021 became the first female commencement speaker at the u.s. naval academy. griff: have you gone to the beach yet, alicia? as millions of americans head there this memorial day weekend, there are now warns about close encounters with one of the top predators of the ocean, sharks. that's next. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition.

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>> many people are making their way to the beach this weekend marking the unofficial start of summer, but along parts of the new york coastline, officials are putting in place some extra safety precautions after more than 50 shark sightings in just

the past two years. our cb cotton is at rothway beach in queens, new york with the best assignment of the day. cb, are you seeing any sharks out there? >> griff, not yet. i agree i've got the best assignment. listen to this, memorial day weekend it opens up pools and beaches across the state with lifeguards on duty. take a look at the one behind me. lifeguards here, they have to be thinking about sharks. this is top of mind for be goer after scary news. a connecticut woman had her foot reportedly bitten off after snorkeling in the turks and caicos after graduation. listen to the lifeguards warnings and instruction, even if it means putting a pause on the fun. >> they calmly take them out of the water and they don't let

them back in until the safety protocols are in effect and usually the first hour and maybe knee deep after two hours, waist, after three, fully back in. but the best thing is, residents work with these guards. residents respect them. >> there's been an increase in shark sightings here as long island beaches and they're turning to drone technologies to keep swimmers safe. in hempstead, every day the drones are used by the lifeguards before it opens. and governor hochul announced 10 more drones will be in use at state parks on long island. something to be taken seriously here. jet skis and boats have been crucial to shark patrol and pulling people from rip currents. >> take awareness of seeing any flags. if the beach area is closed, there will ab flag out. if there's a rip current, there

will be signing. >> and one sighting from a lifeguard, it literally jump out of the water and he saw a five foot shark break out fully in the water. >> new reporting from the new york post in morning, showing at least four great white sharks have been spotted in new york and new jersey waters ahead of memorial day weekend and griff, our fox affiliate reporting that a 15-year-old girl was bitten by a shark last sunday while surfing off the new jersey coast line. you best believe i'm keeping my eyes out. >> be careful out there. i see some surfers making me jealous, but everybody, as officials said, respect the lifeguards, they play an important role. live for us in rockaway, cb. thank you very much. coming up in the next hour, we'll hear from one of the world's top shark behavior experts, mike hidehouse, he'll give us break down attacks that cb was talking about, and offering tips how to stay safe in the water.

you don't want to miss that coming up. alicia: an estimated 3.5 million travelers taking to the skies this memorial day weekend with triple-a predicting the busiest memorial day for air since 2005. charles watson is live from the airport with more. >> hey, good afternoon, alicia. certainly going to be a busy one, memorial day weekend travel, certainly seems likes it's on the rebound and is expected to be a busy holiday weekend for both airlines and their passengers at airports across the country. they're getting things started here in atlanta. take a look at the main tsa check point. you can see it's filled with a lot of passengers trying to make it to their flights. we've seen waves of these long lines throughout the afternoon and now, into the morning, but the tsa agents up there seem to be getting folks through quickly and get to their flights. they're dealing with a lot of folks this weekend. projecting 3.4 million people will fly this holiday weekend. that's 11% increase over last

year and those numbers are also expected to eclipse pre-pandemic numbers. holiday air travel was up more than 5% since 2009. the tsa says that demand has been up all week long with friday expected to be the busiest of all travel days. this will be a test of the system, says transportation secretary pete buttigieg, who says the department of transportation has been working with airlines to avoid major travel disruptions like we saw last summer and the last few holidays. they spoke to a few folks mo are flying this weekend, who are prepared for the worst, but say hoping for the best. >> well, first of all, when you get here, get here early, be patient. plan ahead. a lot of people were taking carry on luggage instead of checking their bags so once again, a matter of planning ahead and being patient. >> got to be tough, going to be more people travelling the countries are easing up so everybody wants to get out.

>> yeah, patience is always the key word. so, look, airline industry officials are addressing staffing shortages and hiring 30,000 additional workers this year and also reducing flights and using bigger planes soon to increase capacity. additionally f.a.a. is training some 3,000 new air traffic controllers. they're not expected to be prepared for this summer, but they're hoping, at least the department of transportation and the airlines are hoping that some of the changes that they've made already will help make for a smooth holiday travel weekend, alicia. alicia: let's hope it's smooth. charles watson in atlanta. thank you so much. griff. griff: alicia, turning now to the weather on this holiday weekend. as of 2023 hurricane season begins on thursday. heavy rain, gusty winds and dangerous beach conditions are possible for parts of the southeast coast this weekend. fox weather is taking to twitter posting some pretty

ominous beach looking weather. hey, will. >> griff, this is not what a memorial day weekend should look or feel like. the beautiful resort pool behind me is empty. the beach behind it is empty as well. take a look at this, because they've packed up the beach umbrellas. everything is secured down, the lifeguard stands have been taken down. this is not the sight that you'd expect to see. not only if we had rain here the past 24 hours because of the rain maker off the coast, but it's cold here as well, chilly. it's jacket weather no matter where you are, difficult to enjoy a walk on the beach. let's talk about the economic impact as well. the resort where we said we were sold out and now numerous no-shows and cancellations and alternative plans, fortunately for myrtle beach, they had them covered, the indoor traction, and aquariums and mini golf to take advantage of. this was not the vacation that so many people had been

planning and saving for. meanwhile, the seas are rough as well, griff. the coast guard station out of savannah reporting they had to do a water rescue yesterday and a boat capsized. three people rescued to safety after that. these are not ideal conditions all around. it's going to continue through tonight and improvement starts to happen sunday evening and they'll be tracking that on fox weather. if you have friends and family vacationing, north carolina, south carolina, go easy on them they don't have the vacation they'd imagine. griff: worried about my friends at pauley's island south of you. alicia: we'll check back with two small business owners who survived covid, increased crime and inflation. find out how they're doing now right after this. re cashbacking you could earn on everything with just one card. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the racking... ...or crab cracking, you're cashbacking.

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american rescue plan was passed inflation rose to 7.4%. fuel, as well as food costs, as well as you know, household energy costs as well, all skyrocketed altogether. >> certainly have to be adaptable and i've watched a number of my friends lose their businesses. it's been tough. but you know, i feel like there is some light at the end of the tunnel here. griff: those were some of the comments our small business panelists made last time they joined fox news live, talking about challenges their businesses faced during the pandemic and they join us now to give us an update. and a real estate advisor and realtor for atlanta fine homes, sotheby's, and chris, from the social spirits, evian, chris, thank you for joining us. i want an update. avian, start with you. how have things changed since you last appeared with us? >> certainly.

so of course the real estate market has definitely been impacted, as recently as q3 and q4 due to, of course, the interest rates being increased. so, when you see interest rates going from 2.75 that we had just about two and a half years ago, skyrocketing to 7 and a quarter percent, it immediately impacted the average buyer's budget. when buying a home unfortunately looking at $924 more a month they have to add to household income when they're trying to apply for a home. so that, especially when it went to a high of 7.25, it costs the market to slow down nationwide, not just here in atlanta. however, now that interest rates have backed off and come down a little bit, to 6 1/2%, we're now seeing buyers returning to the market and resume their purchasing. griff: you know, we looked at a

gallup poll, this is quite stunning, that asked americans if it's a good time to buy a house. look at this. 2019, 61%. 2021, 52%. today only 21%. is there anything that would give you reason to believe that that number is going to rise? >> well, you know, a lot of people have angst or anxiety around their next home purchase and rightfully so because, of course, that's the most important investment they'll ever make. you know, we have a quarter of the market primarily in the millennial and gen z market who decided to wait at least another year to buy a home and decided to rent instead. however, we do have a lot of families, primarily my baby boomers, my gen x's that already have equity saved in their houses that are still choosing to buy and sell real

estate. you are still seeing that people are having to move for job relocations or schools for their children. so life style changes are not going to stop them from buying a house, but you are seeing first time home buyers being negatively impacted unfortunately. griff: chris, let's check with you. it sounds like if you want to buy a house you may need a stiff drink, enter the spirits. how have things changed for you? >> changed fundamentally. most small business owners are resilient and adapt and we've been three different businesses in three years. thankfully the one we're today are doing better than at the beginning, but it's changed. we're not the same. we can't do things the way that we used to do them. we've learned some good lessons during the pandemic and the recovery. griff: why not? why can't you do those things? >> well, a lot of it has to do

with the specifics of our industry, but we have-- it's very difficult for us to be a medium sized business and that model worked a lot better when we could have retail outlets, when people come directly to us and we could get those margins. we really can't do that anymore and we've been put into a position which many businesses, particularly in spirits, where you're period of time going to be small or you're going to be big. because the market for us is set by larger players and the real difficulty that we've had over the past three years is mostly about supply chain. you know, inflation has been an issue as well, but supply chain has been particularly difficult for us, because we don't have the market players, and partners that helped us through that. but for us to survive, we have to scale. we have to start looking outside of our back yard and we have to start being a player in

more states. >> and chris and avian, i have about 30 seconds or so, if you could just tell me if you had a message for lawmakers in washington, na could help business owners like yourselves, what would it be? chris? >> well, mine is simple. right now, things are getting better and i want them to -- i don't want anything to rock the boat. so i think they need to do their jobs just like i have to do mine and i'm much less interested in any posturing or messaging for your base and much more interested in the economy continuing to grow and anything to make that happen and anything else, leave that aside. >> avian, the last word. >> sure, for us, especially as i represent the real estate market here, i would tell congress be very wise when it comes to inflation and very wise when it comes to spending. the more you spend, the more it negatively impacts of course inflation and the more that you race the basis rates or

interest rates, the more home owners can't afford the next home. so please, if we could lower the interest rates down to at least 4%, you'll see housing come back very quickly. griff: there you go. be wise. thank you very much, have a great memorial day weekend. >> thank you. griff: all right. meanwhile, newly released fbi documents reveal a shocking plot to kill queen elizabeth in america, decades ago. the details next. cause i wantd to check my fico® score, but it does so much more. this thing shows you your fico® score, you can get your credit card recommendations, and it shows you ways to save money. do so much more than get your fico® score. download the experian app now. hi, i'm norma, and i lost 53 pounds on golo. (soft music) a lot of people expect to fall apart as they age, but since taking release, my energy's improved, my skin's improved. i've never felt better. ♪

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came from the ira and emerged in 1983. there were concerns then ahead of a visit by the late queen elizabeth ii and visiting san francisco with her husband prince philip and met with president reagan during the trip. these were released and according to the records, police obtained documents that there were plots to harm the queen. there were no details of arrests in the files, but documents say a man wanted to carry out an attack either by dropping an object by the golden gate bridge onto the royal yacht or attempting an association while the royals were visiting yosemite national park. the files didn't contain what measures were taken on the attack, and queen elizabeth

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>> hiring our heroes is bringing america together by helping military spouses with training and career opportunities. in 2021 the organization served more than 42,000 people in the military community. joining me now is hiring our heroes executive director elizabeth o'brien. so great to see you. thank you for being here. why don't you tell us more about your organization and what you've been able to do and to accomplish? >> well, so well over a decade hiring our heroes, a program of the u.s. chamber of commerce has been working for

transitioning military members, military spouses to find pathways to economic opportunity. alicia: i'm going to put up some numbers you provided to us, your organization did, so people understand the need out there. okay, so, 22% of military spouses are unemployed. 92% of military spouses are female and 75% of the military spouses who responded to this had at least a four-year degree. in other words, there are a lot of people out there who are available to work and who are likely very qualified. >> absolutely. and when you think about the idea that there are over 9 million jobs that are open in the united states of america, and we have a 22% unemployment population rate for a population that's 92% female. we have some work to do certainly. we have men and women that are ready to go to work that have the skills and that are educated and so, our job at hiring our heroes is to make sure that we are creating those points of connectivity and creating innovative programs to make that happen with american

business. >> can you explain why it can be such a challenge for military spouses to maintain a career, start a career, get a job? >> yes, absolutely. i'm a military spouse close to two decades now and we are seven times more likely to move over state lines. so, we have to rebuild our network every time that we move. we often have to recertify or license when we move to new states, so it becomes really important that our community service central landing places for men and women that are military spouses that are moving to our communities all over the globe. >> when it comes to applying for a job, are there spouses of those in the military who find that there's a challenge there, just with the businesses themselves, that are-- are they resistant to hire them because they're concerned that maybe, that the family is going to end up going overseas if you mention? >> i think we've done tremendous work at hiring for heroes with some of our great corporate partners like usaa and toyota who shared the message that military spouses have the capability to go to

work. we're watching innovative programming being launched in clap ration with the department of defense that replaces military spouses in internships across america. so we're allowing-- we're creating the mechanism for our companies, small, medium, large across america to see firsthand that military spouses have the capability and we need more to come alongside and be a part of that solution. >> we're putting up the website right now. so if there are businesses right now interested in helping out our military families on they can see the website right there. in the final moments can you go over the challenges that your organization is still facing right now? >> yeah, i think especially as we are reflecting upon memorial day weekend for us, for military families, that is near and dear to our heart. every day, and so, we need america to know that o caregivers, our surviving

spouses are moving back to communities and we have to create pathways of economic opportunity so that we honor the sacrifice that was made by those that chose to wear our nation's cloth. alicia: absolutely. elizabeth o'brien, thank you for discussing the organization today and hopefully it helps more folks out there, have a good one. >> you, too. griff: alicia, great interview. and angry members of aoc's district, more from last night's fiery town hall coming up. i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uh... here i'll take that. -everyone: woo hoo! ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishing moments giveaway for a chance to win $10,000. oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪

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>> we are sending -- >> a town hall meeting held bypa ocasio-cortez descending into chaos when the democratic lawmaker faced criticism over handling of issues such as ukraine funding, drag queen story hours and the debt dealing. welcome to fox news live, i'm alicia acuña. hi, again, griff. griff: i promise not to yell at you like the town hall. wow. here we go. one more hour. i'm griff jenkins. several protestors were removed in queens, new york after hurling firing insults.

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