>> reporter: thanks to morgan ortagus, jamie lissow, kat timpf tyrus and our studio audience. fox news at night is next, i'm jimmy failla in for the king of late night greg gutfeld. i love you america. >> trace: good evening i'm trace gallagher it's 11:00 p.m. on the east coast 8:00 here in los angeles and this is america's late news fox news at night. and breaking tonight, california now suing the school district for refusing to keep secrets from parents about their child's gender. the state says the decision is, quote, hateful. team biden is also unhappy with california governor gavin newsome's plan to debate florida governor ron desantis. biden advisors call it disrespectful. but we begin with tropical storm idalia winds now 70-plus miles an hour meaning it could become

a hurricane at any moment and potentially a cat 3 hurricane at land fall in florida. fox 13 reporter kylie jones is live in tampa which could take a direct hit. kylie, good evening. >> reporter: trace, good evening to you, too, and the clock is ticking for people to get supplies, and the supply is running low in a lot of places. people waited in line for hours today just to get sandbags. all of that happening while mandatory evacuations are already in place for parts of the county. take a look at this video from one of tampa's main sandbagging sites this afternoon. another site in tampa was forced to close early after running out of supplies. residents braved the lines for hours though saying they weren't taking any chances this time. the rush also left people trying their luck at multiple gas stations around tampa. some saying they were already out of gas by this afternoon. and that the store's shelves of water already sitting bear. a lot of people in the bay area are getting ready, though, to ride out the storm.

>> so this line has literally taken me two hours. i've been waiting for two hours. it's been hot, as you know so not very fun. >> yeah, i had to go to three gas stations to get this gas, and fortunately, though, i am not a homeowner where i need to sandbag the house and so forth. >> reporter: hillsboro county is ordering a mandatory evacuation for anyone in zone a here or in mobile homes and homes in low-lying areas. you can see the sheriff's office here making that announcement driving through neighborhoods this afternoon. eight shelters in the county are already open for people to come in and the county is reopening sandbagging sites tomorrow morning first thing, the city of tampa also reopening sandbagging sites and will keep them open as long as the weather allows. trace, back to you. >> trace: and for florida, here they go again, kylie jones live for us on scene. kylie, thank you >> meantime a court date is now

set in the election interference case of former president trump, and the timing just so happens to put it one day before super tuesday. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the details on this. kevin good evening. >> reporter: evening trace. former president trump, a new trial date all set right here in the nation's capitol and for those of you inclined to do so mark your calendars for the fourth of march, 2024, which is, of course, just one day before super tuesday. now, that date is not sitting well with the former president's lawyer john lauer 0 who complained to the federal judge in the case, this is a request for a show trial, not a speedy trial. the judge pushed the trial date to the spring of 2024 telling the former president's attorneys that you're just going to have to make due and make the trial date work. of course pending requests for continuances and snafus and problems that invariably spring up inside and outside the court, so there's that. by the way march 4th is also when fulton county's da down in

georgia wants mr. trump to head to trial. of course that's likely off the table now. still the timing of it all, at least to some seems just a bit suspicious. >> it's definitely political. the motivation is now under investigation by jim jordan of fani and i believe jack smith should be investigated as well they intentionally waited years and years and years to bring it now when he is the leading candidate for the republican party. >> reporter: despite the drama the polls show the former president is the run away gop front runner but there are growing questions tonight about what his campaign schedule might look like, you know, in the months ahead. >> i agree with a lot of his policies. but the fact is, i don't know if it's four or five or six or how many indictments it is now, but he's going to spend a lot of time in a courtroom and not on a campaign trail. >> reporter: former president not the only one dealing with time away from the campaign trail. former governor ron desantis off

the trail for a bit owing to a pair of criesies in the sunshine state one the racially motivated shooting and the major storm which is approaching trace. >> trace: indeed kevin corke live for us thank you. and let's bring in kevin corke and princeton university lauren wright. thank you both for coming on. joe to you to finish up what kevin was saying, ron desantis off the trail back on hurricane duty for a couple days, the shooting in jacksonville. he kind of flush i shalls in these tough times for floridians. >> well, we've seen in hurricanes that have hit florida before trace that he has done an exceptional job in terms of preparing the state and afterwards after the damage is done repairing the state. so desantis here is at his strongest. obviously, again, this is a governor who won by nearly 20 points in november. won in blue counties such as miami dade, palm beach, and even won, you know, obviously

hispanics and suburban women. so ron desantis here can really shine without campaigning, but it is like a campaign to show i can run the country like i run my state, vote for me if you want america to look like florida, trace. >> trace: there are points to put up on the board, that's for sure. lauren, meantime biden, some of his outside advisors not happy about ron desantis, not necessarily desantis but the debate with gavin newsome because they say, quoting here, it's disrespectful. joe biden is running with kamala harris, that's the democratic ticket. the concern is, this could actually elevate desantis a bit more. your thoughts? >> i get it. i understand why the desantis campaign wants it to happen and i also understand why the biden camp is not happy about it. there have been questions swirling about whether biden will actually be the nominee. should it be harris, should it be someone else. is it someone like newsome who's sort of new to the fray.

and none of that is helpful to biden. all of it detracts from him. and, frankly, newsome has a lot of problems that people will absolutely focus on, whether it's how he dealt with the pandemic, education, school closures, immigration, homelessness, you name it, all related issues, those will be put in the spotlight in the very unlikely case, trace, that biden's not the nominee. >> trace: one analyst in california said he believes gavin newsome might get smoked in that debate. joe concha to you, trump attorney talking about the trial dates. here she is i'll get your response. >> these trial dates are going to move, it's unrealistic it's theatrics and no judge is going to say you can be on two trials at once in two different states because a lot overlap. look at the start date. but these are 4-6 week trials. >> trace: yet a judge today set march 4th, the day before super

tuesday, joe, as the first trial date. >> trace, this is a textbook case in irony. here we have a judge, an obama/biden appointee in a case where the prosecutor is charging donald trump with 2020 election interference literally this judge is interference in the 2024 election in agreeing to this date that happens to be one day before super tuesday. super tuesday, as you know, is arguably the most important, most cons quenchal day in the primary season when it comes to electing a party nominee. here are the states hold their primary, alabama, arkansas, maine, massachusetts, envelope north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, utah, vermont and virginia. is insane and anyone saying otherwise is blind drunk partisanship or unrealistic. >> trace: tell us what you really think. the last one i want to put to

lauren wright. lauren you want to put this on the screen. the associated press poll, 69% of democrats say biden is too old to be effective. as i often say you can't get 69% of the population to agree on the color of an orange lauren. >> well i love that i'm getting the biden questions, but, you know, sure. that is understandable. it includes a lot of democrats. it includes, you know, some republicans. and there's no question that when you ask in a poll about what the majority of americans think of the president, there's going to be a sizable percentage that think they shouldn't be the nominee. but, frankly, the real problem democrats have, and i've been saying this for a long time, is if joe biden doesn't run. because it is an insult to kamala harris, who is the heir apparent to the democratic nomination whether it's this time or next time and she has a

lot of problems. every other possible candidate is someone joe biden either beat. >> trace: we have to go lauren. >> that has a lot of policy failures. sure. >> trace: thank you so much. joe, lauren, thank you very much >> meantime the battle over what schools have the right to tell or not to tell parents about their own kids sexuality is intensifying in california with the state attorney general suing one district for what he calls outing trans students. marianne rafferty is live with the late nest the battle over parental rights. maryanne good evening. >> reporter: trace good evening. california democratic attorney general taking legal aim at one school district outside los angeles who put in place a policy says protects a parents' rights. at issue is chino valley's parental notification policy which alerts the parents of a child's wish to change their identity at school even if it's against that child's wishes. ag rob says the policy essentially lets educators out their students saying potentially puts some at risk for abuse while also violating the constitutional rights and

the state's privacy laws. also accuses the chino valley board to who are bore in discrimination and prejudice and while it only names chino valley they believe this course of legal action will impact other california districts with similar policies. >> i refuse to stand by and allow chino valley or any district board of education to put at risk or infringe on their rights especially one of our most vulnerable at risk groups. >> reporter: chino valley president shaw isn't surprised which she calls government overreach. she told fox affiliate that it's just another example of california officials quote using their muscle and taxpayer dollars to shut parents out of their children's lives. the district also says its policy does protect transgender students because it requires staff to notify law enforcement if they believe the child might

be in danger. trace. >> trace: maryanne thank you. ♪ >> trace: well, meantime the fox news at night common sense department is not surprised that california attorney general rob banta with the blessing of governor gavin few sop is taking legal action against the chino valley unified school district by choosing not to keep secrets about the child's gender identity. ag said the district made a choice to be quote hateful. really hateful? common sense would like to remind the state attorney general that he just called the majority of cheh parents hateful because polls show 75% of parents do not want schools withholding information from them if there was a state proposition on the ballot concerning whether parents are the overseeers are of the care custody and control of their children, banta and newsome would get destroyed. what next will california decide to withhold information about their child's declining grades?

their behavioral problems because the child might feel uncomfortable? it's worth reminding california's top attorney that both state and federal law require parents to review the education records of their children. common sense would also like to point out that kids are only in school for six hours a day, 180 days a year. does ag banta even realize for the remaining 6,000 hours a year kids are stuck with hateful parents? let's bring in sonja shaw, school board president for the chino valley unified school district and corey deangelis american federation for children, senior fellow. sonia, to you first, i want to play ag banta's hateful comment and we'll get your response. >> so it's a choice, a choice to be hateful, a choice to discriminate to hurt children to trample on their rights. they have chosen that and we are here to prevent them from implementing that choice. >> trace: he's coming after you sonia. that's what that's all about. he is looking and coming after

you and your school district. >> absolutely and gets what? we're going to stand in the gap because he is hateful. he's part of the political cartel of bonta new man and thurman and they have attacked rights and made a stand. and i'm going to tell you right now chino valley is not going to give up. i think to determine that parents are hateful is extreme, as he called us extremists once before, and we are going to make sure that we do everything we can to protect all children. is he going to be there with those hateful parents when, you know, these hateful parents are going to abuse their kids? no, a policy like ours in effect will make sure hateful parents do not have charge of their children anymore if they are. >> trace: and gavin newsome says, come on, no parents have more freedom than in california. watch him. >> i mean -- >> there is no state in america that supports local control and parental engagement like the state of california. no one comes close.

it's written into our rules. >> trace: i thought you might want to take that one on corey. >> totally backwards california closed its schools longer than just about any other state and gavin newsome is a hypocrite sends his kids to private school while he was complaining about the zoom school that happened in the public school system. a total hypocrite on school choice. look, what's wrong with these leftist authoritarians, the left has launched an all-out assault on parental rights in education, and it's time for parents to wake up and push back and rescue your kids from these radicals who are ruining the american public school stechlt people like gavin newsome. look, i'm on the board of liberty justice center, we're standing by ready to defend rental rights and education in chino unified school district. if you want to push back reach out to me on twitter, or x now, we're at the liberty justice center. >> trace: and sonia will be writing that down. i want to move on to randi

weingarten because you talk about the teachers union and their impact. she tweeted social media companies should be held accountable for the impact on young people's mental health and well-being. great resources here, goes on to quote some people, but it really is one of those things where you're like, did she just tweet that sonia. >> yeah, she did. and you know what? it's no surprise again because the unions and everything that they're doing has been trying take control of the children. i mean, you see it with their push on community schools, trying to take care of the whole family, the whole child. i think it's just another gift to the public to let them know that they want control of your children and not you. i mean, it's a joke. >> i want to play this because you had this back and forth with joshua cowan and i thought it was fascinating. i wish we had some more of the sound it was great. i'll let you explain it because it was about school choice and the hypocrisy. what did you think about that. >> total elitism from the left.

they send their kids to private school, josh went to private school himself and fight against school choice for others. he also went on and said that the parental rights and education kind of movement is a, quote, made-up crisis. what kind of socialist echo shameer must you live in to not see what's happening the past few years where parents have woken up to the indoctrination happening in the government school system. it is not a made-up cries and the more that the left tries to quadruple down on gas lighting parents, it's going to hurt the democrats at the ballot box so maybe they should continue to do so, come out fighting parents, show us who you truly are and parents will hold you accountable and the polls. >> reporter: yeah, and they will. corey deangeles sonja shaw, thank you both >> first up in tonight's crime crisis roundup we have new video showing the suspect of a shooting at unc chapel hill taken into custody. the community grieving tonight after officials say a gunman entered a science building killing a faculty member and

also paralyzing the campus for hours while police tried to track down the suspect whose name has not yet been released to the public. officials said it is also too soon to figure out a motive >> meantime chicago police investigating a series of armed robberies and carjackings that took place overnight on sunday. the robberies all involved victims being ambushed by 2-4 people. some victims were even beaten. a news crew from univision was robbed as part of that spree. >> let's bring in jason rantz, ktth seattle talk radio host and author of the upcoming book, what's killing america. cwbc chicago had this, quoting here jason, i thought you might enjoy it. the armed robbery problem has become so bad in chicago that armed robbers this morning robbed a tv news crew doing a story about an armed robbery in west town. i mean, that's not the first news crew, by the way, to be robbed in recent times. >> nope. yeah, i mean this is what the culture of rawlessness looks like.

you have people robbing people right in the beginning of the workday who are likely to film them doing it. that's how bad it's gotten. and, unfortunately, we're again dealing with a city that refuses to take this crime crisis seriously. kudos to the reporters for actually doing their job. and now what i would like them to do is step forward and point to specific policies and politicians who are responsible for exactly what's going on. because at the exact same time that they've got this crime crisis like so many other cities, their police department is struggling from a staffing perspective. even if you had cops to respond, you certainly need enough to be able to do the investigation if they don't. and right now that's where they find themselves. >> trace: but it's the finger pointing, the constant finger pointing, the mayor brandon johnson suing hyundai and kia saying their cars are too easy to break into and drive away. and raymond lopez said the following here. watch. >> we don't have a crime problem, we have a kia problem in the city of chicago according to mayor johnson.

>> trace: i mean, it's not the cars, right? i mean, it's not the people, it's the cars, it's the guns, it's the no locks on the frozen pizzas in the store. it gets to be a little monotonous jason. >> exactly. look you have criminals taking advantage of a vulnerability with these two cars. that's exactly what's going on. because you and i, we understand what the vulnerability is. we can go on tik tok and look up the videos but guess what you and i are not breaking into cars and stealing them. why? because we have a respect for the rule of law that these individuals clearly do not. >> trace: yeah. i wanted lastly to put this up because this is nordstrom pulling out of san francisco. jamie nordstrom said the following. the dynamics of the downtown san francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully. that's about backing into the crime problem as bad as you get. it slowed foot traffic down. people are robbing you left and

right. i have about 15 seconds left for you. >> just call it a hell scape that's exactly what san francisco has become like so many other dem cities where they have allowed the chaos and destruction to take over and when they finally acknowledge the crisis ultimately it's too late. i legitimately fear that san francisco in particular, we are seeing the city be destroyed and die in real time. >> trace: yeah. great city, too. jason great to see you. thank you >> coming up we are tracking tropical storm idalia which is just under hurricane status plus the irs under scrutiny by possibly letting sensitive taxpayer records get in the wrong hands. later in the nightcap if you were wrongfully put into an insane asylum how would you convince others you're actually sane and not just pretending to be sane? do you think you could convince them to let you out? let us know on x and instagram at trace gallagher. tell us why you're not crazy and we'll relate it to the rest of the country. meantime 8:21 on the west coast

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>> trace: tropical storm idalia on collision course with florida and growing in intensity expecting to become possibly cat 3 maybe stronger before making land fall later this week. fox meteorologist even oliver is live with the latest on the tract ian. >> trace good evening we just got the latest from the national hurricane center at the top of

the hour with 11:00 p.m. update and what we have here is a storm that is right on the doorstep, any upgrade to its intensity at this point and we're talking about hurricane idalia. the max winds at 70 miles per hour, right there. it's cabo desan and tone i can't the extreme tip of cuba the last hour a wind gust recorded up to 78 miles per hour so gusts certainly with this burst of convection very close to where we think the low level center of this is up over hurricane force with the maximum sustained winds aren't quite there just yet but they'll be there. and once this does, the national hurricane center is now explicitly forecasting in that time range from about 12 hours up to 36 hours rapid intensification. so this is entering a zone in the eastern gulf of mexico that is going to be very conducive very favorable for intensification and that's exactly what you see with this latest official forecast from the national hurricane center.

by tomorrow evening, this is up to maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. wednesday morning, this is into the overnight, tuesday into very early wednesday, it's approaching either the nature coast or the big ben region of florida as a major category 3 hurricane. for that reason, this is a significant threat. it's not an f, it's who and how bad. now, the western side of this forecast path would favor a catastrophic surge for big ben and parts of the nature coast. eastern side brings big problems into the tampa bay metro area. so that's what we're watching most closely. now for the winds, you've got hurricane warnings now that extend well inland from tampa bay all the way up to southern parts of georgia. that's the bright pink. new with this 11:00 p.m. update from the national hurricane center, though, this red. that's tropical storm warnings, which means tropical storm conditions are expected all the way over to the space coast and

points north. so florida's atlantic coastline there could be a period of time as we move into the overnight hours tomorrow where you have hurricane conditions occurring on florida's gulf coast and tropical storm conditions over on the atlantic side. so that's where the impact come in here when we're talking about hundreds of thousands maybe millions of power outages as this storm picks up is forward pace and charges right across the state of florida and eventually into places like southern georgia and coastal parts of the carolinas. an eastern track here, the right side of that forecast cone, would bring this back over water. there's the potential we get a hurricane off the coast of carolina. so a lot of people need to be watching this very closely. storm surge is always the greatest killer in tropical events. this area is geographically favored to produce an awful surge. trace, you can see the big ben down across the nature coast. this is a reasonable worst case

snare yo of up to 12 feet of surge up to seven feet in tampa bay, so folks need to be the watching this very, very closely it's a significant sdwleet indeed, we'll get back to you as the news breaks thank you >> meantime republicans in congress demanding answers from the irs after millions of sensitive taxpayer records mysteriously went missing. back now to marianne rafferty live with the details on this story. lot of questions with this one maryanne. >> reporter: lot of questions. think about all that personal tax information on that tax return that you file every year, and imagine what could happen if all that data got inside the hands of some bad actors. that's why two republicans on capitol hill are pushing the irs for some answers and raising a red flag to find out if any personal details have been exposed. now, this all stemmed from a watch dog report out earlier this month from the treasury inspector general for tax administration. it found that millions of americans tax information has been lost from irs storage facilities stating, quote, our physical inspection found empty boxes labeled as, including microfilm backup cartridges with

no explanation as to the location of those missing cartridges and the irs cannot account for thousands of cartridges containing millions of sensitive business and individual tax account records. now those cartridges the report mentions contain photocopies of tax data from 2010 including your name, address, social security number, all things irs guidelines require it to keep for decades. so this is why chuck grassley on the senate budget committee and house ways and means chair jason smith sent a letter to the irs wanting to know if the agency dropped the ball when it comes to scour and what exactly is missing. they say the irs's lackadaisical attitude with regard to millions of taxpayer records containing social security numbers tax records other sensitive tax information is appalling. the american people deserve better. it is a he not just individual taxpayer data that's gone but also sensitive business records as well, according to that ig report. >> trace: somebody dropped the ball. maryanne thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> trace: coming up a new

covid-19 vaccine will be rolling out very soon. what the biden administration wants you to do about it. but first, a police officer has an unexpected encounter during his nighttime patrol. and the queen of gymnastics is back with a record break performance. the day's best viral videos are next but first a live look tonight, downtown seattle. about 8:32 in seattle. we are coming right back. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there's no one else we'd trust. their experts replaced our windshield, and recalibrated our car's advanced safety system. they focus on our safety... so we can focus on this little guy. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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hospitalization and death. take a listen. >> we know that, as you all know, vaccinations against covid-19 remains the safest protection for avoiding hospitalization long term health outcomes and death which is why we are going to be encouraging americans to stay up to date on their vaccines. >> reporter: here's the latest. the cdc now expecting updated covid vaccines by pfizer moderna and novavax by september and then the fda will those vaccines. then the variance which is the most common strain of covid-19. this is all happening as president biden calls for more funding from congress to develop covid vaccines. >> i signed up this morning on a proposal to have -- to present to the congress a request for additional funding for a new vaccine that's necessary, that

works, and we would recommend everybody get no matter whether they got it before. >> reporter: this is all unfolding as several areas across the country have begun bringing back some covid-19 era measures such as mask mandates and physical distancing. but looming over all those decisions is a brand new mask study published by the nih, which, trace, suggests that the n95 masks may expose wearers to toxic levels of compounds linked to seizures and cancers. now that study suggests that cloth masks may be safer. it certainly deserves more study and i would love to see us do a poll question. would you go back to mask wearing. very interesting response from our listeners. >> trace: maybe we'll do a nightcap on that. the cloth masks are safer for the cancer thing but don't work a hoot when you're talking about covid. >> reporter: exactly. >> trace: thank you, dr. houman hemmati joining us now. i want to play a little more on that sound kevin was talking about. this is the president on the new

vaccine. watch. >> we will likely recommend that everybody get it no matter whether they got it before. >> trace: biden says you've got to take it, moderna says ask your doctor. very confusing. >> it's very interesting as well, trace. this administration wants congress, taxpayers, to fund new vaccines. the pharma companies have been making hundreds of millions of dollars on vaccines not just on americans but around the world. why in the world should the taxpayers being paying for anymore vaccines. if anything pharma companies are worried they won't recoup their investment if not enough want to take the vaccine so they're saying biden why don't you guys pay the bill. that doesn't make sense. for them to suggest this is something everyone should take without yet having all the data for safety and efficacy and without the fda and cdc having had a chance to look at the data let alone make a judgment they're jumping the gun and they don't care what the data is they just want everyone to take it. >> trace: fox business says the

following, paper straws contain toxic forever chemicals potentially harmful to health and instead of looking for better alternatives to plastic straws and stuff, we just come up with something easy paper. what do you think about the whole paper plastic debate. >> it's interesting, they switched from plastic straws to paper straws saying we're going to try to save the environment and reduce climate change and indirectly help human health over dozens of years. the problem is when you switch to paper straws they have to be coated? something water resistant. the chemicals they use to coat them to make them water proof are themselves immediately toxic and you're putting them in your mouth and putting fluid in it causing cancer thyroid disease a whole slew of problems. and your windy can't get rid of them they're called forever chemicals for a reason. you're taking a hypothetical risk and trading it for an immediate risk. >> reporter: this from peter doocy and karine jean-pierre at

the white house press briefing today. watch. >> let me tell you what i'm not going to get involved in. in that question right there, i have no idea, i've not seen the data. i cannot speak to this. i will leave it to the experts and not weigh in. >> reporter: so if the experts say two beers away -- >> i will leave it to the experts, i'm just not going to comment on that. >> trace: it's not a mandate it's just a recommendation but it's one of those things wherever they say it's not a mandate and suddenly it becomes a little more nudge and a little more maybe you should still to two beers a we can. your thoughts. >> i think they should leave people alone. people drink beer or wine because they like it pal people now know the risks let people make the decision for themselves. the government can mandate other things, actually they shouldn't. stay out of alcohol and food consumption. >> trace: yeah. it's interesting to me because as i was doing research i kept looking, two beers a week, what study shows two beers a week is actually the remedy, the a

lickser this is all you need is two beers a week. i couldn't find a single study that says two beers a week is what you need and yet here it is, the government saying i think two drinks a week is your limit. >> they're being consistent they're using the same evidence they used for everything else including masks and distancing, which is zero. it's what sounds nice to them. >> yeah, it is. but you wonder is this something that eventually gets into the bloodstream in the united states? is it like the physical fitness thing of the 1960s and 70s where they want you to do nine push-ups? there's no science behind it. >> i think if they try to tell americans today after the last few years that you should have only two drinks a week and nothing more people won't take it very well. >> trace: i think so too. dr. houman hemmati great to have you on as always. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: first up in tonight's viral videos, a police officer in maine came across this little stinker running the streets at night. a skunk with its head stuck in

two dunkin donuts cups don't you know. he coaxed the little guy over and dislodged it before he scampedered away. the officer deserves a metal perhaps some tow nato juice >> the city in iowa took down cables and towers of the old i 74 bridge with controlled explosion and all that debris just kind of tumbled into the river next to the new and improved bridge >> meantime a group of new yorkers beating inflation and ditching the extra pounds by using a rack of city bikes to conduct a spin class complete with an instruct or creative way to avoid pricey gym memberships >> three german shepherds policing the internet on their antics of a bouncy castle they put up in rainy days. the dogs had to wear socks to keep from popping it as they zoom down a slide into a ball pitt. the trio has amassed 3.5 million followers >> hundreds of cars showed up to

the peter son automotive museum in los angeles to celebrate 60 years of the porsche 9/11, all 9/11 owners in so-cal were invited to show up with their ride. 100 vehicles were specially chosen to show case their distinctive features. it was a porsche paradise >> simone biles is the first gist and a half men or women to win eight titles. she took a break following the 2020 olympics, she says she has personal goals she wants to hit no word if the paris 2024 olympics are on that list. if you have a viral video to share share it with us at trace gallagher or fox news night on social media. coming up, let's say you wake up one day and find yourself in a padded room. you've been a cued of being insane and pretending to be sane. how would you convince doctors that you actually do have your head on straight. ? still time to weigh in on x and

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♪ >> trace: we are back with the nightcap crew, kevin corke, marianne rafferty, jason rantz and dr. houman hemmati. tonight's topic, proving sanity. if you were wrongfully put into an insane asylum, how would you convince them that you were actually sane and not just pretending to be sane? kind of an interesting question, and i think marianne rafferty has been thinking about this for a while and i think she would go first in the, i'm not in sane sweepstakes. >> i would. i would turn on the texas charm just like when i'm trying to get out of a speeding ticket and they would let me right out. >> trace: she got out of a ticket the other night, she got out of a tkt with texas charm. i jut thought you were somebody else. >> i had no idea i was speeding. >> trace: what is the texas charm what is the first thing you say, no i'm not darling.

>> me? no. >> trace: i'm not insane. got you. kevin corke, your truth see um for sanity. >> i would literally just start teaching a class. pick any topic and i would have a lesson plan and i would say watch me for a week. if after a week of teaching other crazy people you can't figure out that i'm not then i guess i'm going to be stuck. >> trace: stuck in there but they'll feed you and keep you in a padded place not too bad. dr. houman hemmati, the doctor in the house, how does the doctor convince people he is totally sane. >> trace i can't convince people in the real world outside of an insane a time slum i'm not crazy you think i could do it inside one? absolutely not. aim locked up for life. >> trace: done. >> done. >> trace: the poll first do you think you could convince the asylum staff to get you out.

x 54%, instagram 60% yeah maybe i think so. tim carter says i would immediately start quoting jack nicholson lines from one flew over the cue cue's nest. that might work. what's one of the lines? i can't remember. michael says reverse psychology. i would do so many insane things at different times that those evaluating me could only come to one conclusion that i'm faking it. and water front ledgeoned said i would be calm stay polite engage respectfully be compliant they would let me out i hope. and jackie says i would school them with my common sense. jason rantz. >> i am a gay republican who chooses to live in seattle, so i am not sure i shouldn't be in an asylum. and i'm going to be totally honest. if it's got wifi, air conditioning, a private bathroomen a a laptop sign me up because i need a vacation. >> trace: done. yeah, i would have to go through

and slowly try to explain why van halen with david lee ross was better than van halen, you know, van hagar with sammy hagar. that is my insane not insane response. that you human maryanne jason and kevin. thanks for watching fox news at night with trace gallagher. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. when the murrays discovered gain scent beads, they fell in love with the irresistible scent. ♪ ♪ huh, huh, so did their dog roger. ♪ ♪ gain scent beads keep even the stinkiest stuff smelling fresh.

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