he says the status change needs to change watch. >> jeff bezos did an op-ed says americans don't trust the news media. now they're the least trusted of all. i think he is speaking a lot of truth there i think the status quo, particularly when it comes to legacy media needs to change. >> carley: quick thoughts on that before we hand it over to "fox & friends"? >> joe: yeah, podcast like joe rogan, donald trump gets 7 omillion views meanwhile msnbc can barely average 500,000 viewers. 10,000 per state. cnn can't get to 400,000. we are searing it all change right now the media ecosystem offers some convenient options listen and watch content anywhere any time new world in 2024. >> carley: candidate going on a podcast well spent because it's free. we learned that thank you for joining us, joe. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪

>> ainsley: good morning to you. it's 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. it's wednesday, november 20th, and this is "fox & friends." president-elect trump named his education secretary despite calling to get rid of the $238 billion agency. >> i just spoke with jordan peterson about school choice, ironically. >> education k through 12 is woke beyond comprehension it's it devolved around state level at least there will be a diverse choices. >> help with the border crisis as we help well over 1 million illegal immigrants with deportation orders have yet to leave the country. >> steve: and donald trump also in the lone star state yesterday around 5:00 to watch the world's most powerful rocket take off. he has been talking talking about it. yesterday he got it see it with his own two eyes. "fox & friends" for this wednesday starts right now.

♪ >> president-elect donald trump standing firm on choosing former florida congressman matt gaetz as his attorney general. >> brian: and vice president-elect j.d. vance heads to capitol hill today to hold meetings between some of trump's cabinet picks and senators. >> steve: all right. it's chili in the northeast, rich edson is in west palm beach. no tie once again with a wrap-up of what happened yesterday. >> good morning, steve, ainsley, brian and lawrence. very pleasant day here. very pleasant morning again here in west palm beach. you know it's going to be a busy week up on capitol hill. senator j.d. vance, vice president elect making introductions around the office this week. picking a handful of president-elect cabinet choices ahead of their confirmation hearings. do some introductions with senators on the hill it. dliewdz the attorney general pick matt gaetz who is facing significant opposition. trump says he is sticking with him. >> mr. president, are you reconsidering the nomination of

matt gaetz? >> no. >> >> even some republicans have acknowledged gaetz, hot house ethics committee is investigating for alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use has uphill climb in the senate. gaetz joined pete hegseth u.s. ambassador pick, elise stefanik veterans affair secretary choice doug collins on the vance senate lobby tour. chosen the co-chair of transition harold lutnick as his commerce secretary nominee. lutnick also considered for treasury secretary, a pick we are still waiting on. trump has selected celebrity heart surgeon dr. mehmet oz to run medicare and medicaid. wrestling executive and of the small business administration linda mcmahon is trump's education secretary nominee. we will send education back to the states and linda will spearhead that effort. for trump, that largely means eliminating the department of education, something that

congress would have to sign off on. back to you guys. >> steve: so, rich, you know, linda mcmahon was thought to be in line to be commerce and howard lutnick wound up getting that job although he had thought to have been on the short list for treasury. so it sounds like the president has got loyal people who he knows will do a good job. and is he just trying to figure out okay. what chair are you going to sit in? >> rich: yeah. he is putting these pieces together. we saw this in the first administration he would bring people in for one job and think they were maybe better suited for a different position. secretary-treasurerry position, elon musk weighed in on this he wanted lutnick as treasury secretary. we thought he was coming and lutnick goes to commerce. >> steve: just like that. >> brian: it's exciting. i saw ben carson was at mar-a-lago yesterday. i can't imagine a situation where he doesn't get an offer to go somewhere. number two is also shows you we

were just discussing. this elon musk are buddies he wanted lutnick and he went somewhere else. trust him as an adviser but i'm not going to do everything that you want. the friendship obviously survived. they went and saw the other guy's rocket ship take off which is different than the buddy movie that i would have they are pals not necessarily get the final word. >> ainsley: linda mcmahon worked in the last administration. we know her from the wwe her and her husband co-founded it. trump transition co-chair. she was working with lutnick to help figure out who was going to be in what seat during the transition. and helping with all these appointments. the small business administration administrator during trump's first term, she was appointed to the connecticut board of education in 2009 and former candidate to represent connecticut in the u.s. senate. >> lawrence: she is going to

have a tough task. she is going to be responsible for almost dismantle dismantling the department of education because that is essentially a campaign promise for the president-elect. i think he is going to trust -- first, he wanted someone he could trust to be able to do that. not someone that is a washington insider more loyal to the department of education and the institution. but she also understands budgets and how to go through it, pick out what's needed and what's not needed. >> brian: also, i would add, this that she is knowns a the real -- before she went into government, she was really running that organization. she was hands on, can put up -- make quick decisions on the fly. used to dealing with very head strong people. from her husband on down. this is what i thought was interesting, the president said, linda will fight tirelessly to expand school choice and also to empower states. so maybe keep the department of education, diffuse the power. but why give the oversight? why give the oversight to all 50

when you only won 30 and probably 20 are going to do things you are not happy with. >> steve: the problem is shuttering the department of education would require congressional approval. there are a bunch of republican congressman whose districts rely on federal money to keep the schools open. that's what the department of education looks like. look at that budget. a quarter of a trillion dollars. so, if she -- you know, and we heard of vivek ramaswamy say a couple of days ago. shutting down the department of education would be a great idea and trump said it as well. but she also has recently been the chairwoman of the american first policy institute. and they have put out some suggestions what they would like to see happen to the department of education. so i think this really is the road map to what she is going to do. they have suggested in the past stopping schools from promoting inaccurate and unpatriotic concepts from history. and expanding voucher programs for parents.

so, knowing trump, if he was able to get those two things, he would probably say that's a win. >> brian: steve, don't you want also to get rid of the 1619 project curriculum and year 250? >> steve: two things they did. >> brian: 250th birthday of america is extremely important. and this president is going to salute it. why not put it in the curriculum from washington? >> ainsley: go through the curriculum not so woke focus on reading and math and subjects that our kids need to learn instead of teaching them too early about sex and transitioning and all of this. jordan peterson. >> brian: i still don't know about that. >> steve: wait for a commercial. >> brian: i talk to my friends on the corner like everybody else. >> steve: my mom gave me a magazine. >> ainsley: a my dad made me watch animal geographic animals mating. >> brian: i got a nod. >> ainsley: you figured it out you have three kids. >> brian: do you know who

deserves credit coming up this hour. jordan peterson knows about schooling. he formed his own institute, own college online with his daughter and he knows what it takes to make it work. he knows that the states need more power. watch. >> i would say that providing a more diverse range of choices at the state level is likely to be an improvement from the perspective of people on the classic liberal or conservative side. because, all of the education system k through 12 is woke beyond comprehension. if it's devolved down to the state level at least a diverse change of choices. the liberals and conservatives have a fighting chance against the frozen mob. that's highly likely. i mean, can you see that starting to happen already with school choice. >> lawrence: i think the main thing that this administration needs to focus on is getting our kids to read. i mean, it's ridiculous. we go through -- we have done these reports on baltimore and chicago and the literacy rate. these kids cannot read. how are they graduating high

school without being able to read? we got to stop all the other nonsense and get back to the fundamental. >> ainsley: i agree. and a lot of these kids were learning to read during covid. the teachers were wearing masks. they are behind. >> steve: one of the problems though -- and i'm with you 100 percent. adults don't read, except their phone. nobody reads books anymore. and that is one of the problems. obviously, that's how you spur learning. >> lawrence: yeah. >> steve: but things have changed not for the good. >> brian: you got remind yourself to read a book. because you get into articles and quick soundbites and one pagers. so i think, you know, as adults you have to remind yourself also, i think there should be an emergency urgency alert for education to maybe grants to the huntington learning center and extra help sessions. maybe the parents are workings two jobs or don't have the ability to teach where you get some grants to get these kids to go to extra school to catch up. and we will see how that goes.

meanwhile, to a fox news alert. strikes over the ukrainian capital of kyiv as the u.s. embassy there has shut down over fears of significant air attack by russia. >> steve: this latest escalation coming just days after president biden gave the green light for ukraine to start using longer range american made and supplied missiles so they can strike almost 200 miles inside russia. >> ainsley: fox news senior correspondent benjamin hall has the details from london. hey, benjamin. >> good morning. yes, at the moment the u.s. embassy in kyiv remains closed. they are warning of potential airstrike, third potential airstrike in the capital. shelter in place. this comes just one day after ukrainians for the first time used one of those long range atacms to strike inside russia after president biden finally gave his approval to do so. the kremlin has been warning against this for months. they have said that if washington permits the use of atacms, then moscow would

consider the u.s. to be directly involved in the war. russia also announced a new nuclear doctrine yesterday in response to this. saying that because of u.s. participation in strikes into russia. that it would allow for a russian nuclear response. and ukrainians have argued that using thee atacms gives them significant influence in the war. it woo lieu them to hit air bases. supply lines and push back russian forces who have making advances for a moment. for now only allowed to use them in the kursk region where ukraine continues to hold russian land. the other side to this decision is political. president trump has talked about a peace deal and doing it very quickly. all eyes right now are two months from now when president trump will take office. trey yingst is currently inside ukraine. he is with president zelenskyy. he asked him about this yesterday. >> are you hopeful that president-elect trump will be able to influence putin to end the war? >> it will not be simple but i think it's to use all the issues

what the united states has, yes, he can. because he is much more stronger than putin. he's stronger. the united states is stronger. >> great work by trey at the moment inside ukraine.seeing ukg to position themselves ahead of a potential peace deal. both sides escalate in various ways. gave permission to use antipersonnel mines some criticism from him. the russians are pushing. ukrainians are pushing. they know in two months they will be sitting down. some type of negotiation that will begin. guys? >> brian: benjamin, what could you see us about the undersea internet cables cut to sweden and finland. russia says they know nothing about it. clearly this was a deliberate action. isn't it? >> benjamin: that's right. germ has said this is sabotage all these things point to russia. bring the internet in there. they are very hard to cut. we know that russian ships have been in the area. and so the feeling is right now

they have gone down. lungly finland has other capabilities so they are not cut off. it reminds you how much power is under the sea. how many wires are under the sea and how easy it can be for the russians go in and cut those office and bring them to their knees. >> brian: russians have cables too, don't they? they should think about that. thank you, benjamin. did you see about the discovery in hezbollah the idf is in hezbollah in the tunnels. fighting brand new delivered russian weaponry just delivered high tech. because they want chaos. they want us distracted. they fully armed the houthi rebels providing information in the red sea where the shipping is coming in so they can target them. they want this chaos that's taking place. it's not by coincidence. >> steve: you know there is a little chaos here in the united states. the stock market sold off big time yesterday because of fears of escalation between now and when donald trump takes over. >> brian: back to the mattress with my gold bars. [laughter] >> steve: meanwhile we know one of the things that donald trump is going to do on day one.

is he going to do something about the border. and it's interesting. the texas land commissioner, a woman by the name of dawn buckingham wrote a letter to president trump and essentially said okay, if you're going to be deporting a lot of people, you're going to need some room and i have got a spot. she is offering 1400 and two acres. 35 miles east of texas revalley. estate bought rancher back in october. the rancher -- they had bought it because they were going to put a wall there but the rancher said no, i'm not going to let that happen. and ultimately, now the land commissioner is saying because they didn't allow that border wall, there on that property, there were a number of migrants who were abused and it was a violent area and now it's going to turn around. >> ainsley: so nice of your state, lawrence, to donate this land so they can build a facility for processing. >> lawrence: spending billions of dollars for the border crisis. >> steve: don't hold your

breath. >> lawrence: why not continue to help them with this process. they are going to need a massive area to hold the illegal immigrant before they get their final deportation order. and so i think this is -- you're going to see them probably build some buildings there within the hold illegal migrants. >> ainsley: 1.4 million illegals already been ordered deported by federal judges, which means their cases have been heard and decided. and of those, ordered to be sent back to their home countries, 13,000 are being held in custody by ice. and some of these cities know what donald trump is going to do on day one. they are vowing to protect these illegal citizens. look what happened yesterday, the city of l.a. they voted to become a sanctuary city. the school district there the lausd they voted to become a sanctuary district. they want to protect anyone there that is illegal. >> brian: one of the focus tom homan lois 300,000 kids lost track of. not say they are missing but

lost track. whistleblower says that they knew that there were problems. they thought they would help these kids with puzzles and keep them occupied until they were placed with families or sent back it. turns out they were just pushed into, they say white glove delivery service of children to traffickers. no proof of i.d. and these idiots stopped with the d.n.a. testing at the border where they could immediately find out if that guy was related to that kid. and when they stopped doing that, they realized any trafficker could grab anybody, cross with that kid, pretend to deliver and maybe they end up in sweat shops or on farms. we lose total track. that was because trump did the d.n.a. and he wanted to do the opposite. do you know after a while, all they had to do was take out the stick and pretend to swab, they didn't have enough kits but the traffickers never knew it. as soon as they pulled out the q-tip, okay, it's not my kid and put them under arrest. >> lawrence: they are harvesting the organs of those children as

well. sex trade as well and selling the liver of children to the highest bidder. here is a little bit of that testimony yesterday. >> a local resident whose property straddled the border told me about the screams of women and children he hears. i found discarded clothing. personal belongings, and chilling evidence of brutal assaults. all under the control of ruthless cartels no one passes through without their approval. among the discarded items i found ids, many ing to children. some real, others forged or burned. 5-year-old columbian girl. a haunting reminder of the dangers these children face. >> for over a decade the department of health and human services has been responsible for the suffering of countless

children. hhs has a 10-year demonstrated record of losing children to sponsors who abuse, exploit, traffic, and harm children in unthinkable ways. hhs simply does not have the knowledge, skills, ability or the trade craft to protected children from traffickers. >> steve: she is talking about sponsors, she is talking about people okay you are right, i'm related or i'm going to take care of this kid. they had testimony yesterday about how one young girl was raped. and then the federal government sent her back to the sponsor because they didn't know whose kid that kid was. and there was another instance where the whistleblower, the second woman said that children are being sold for sex and that a florida care provider did testimony you know what? we're seeing kids who are 8 years old with sexual transmitted disease. come into get help from us but

it's too late. >> ainsley: little girl that was raped they gave an example of this little girl. she arrived with individuals that were claiming to be her family. they checked out her body. she had bruises. she was disor centered and she was in pain. they did a medical exam and proved she had been raped. she was a young girl. yet, she was sent back to her abusers because no verification was done to her guardianship. imagine being that little girl. you finally see police or you are in the hospital and you know. >> brian: bad move. >> ainsley: finally i'm saved. they send you back because they didn't want to do the testing to verify that was your guardian. >> brian: he talked about this. just so you understand when people say tom homan is being too tough or not caring? when you enforce the people and tell people they are not going to get in or never cross period? when you leave them in mexico. then all of a sudden the money dries up. people don't make the journey and kids stay where they are. apply the proper way through embassies or families. because that process will be reformed, too. don't pretend that guys like tom

homan don't have a heart. they do have a heart. by being tough at the border. and being tough in these sanctuary cities and getting rid of them, they will stop things like this from happening. it's all related. >> lawrence: it's a criminal enterprise. people talk about the border. >> steve: big money. >> lawrence: sexual assault. human trafficking and drug trade that goes through. you cannot separate one from another. >> brian: this is all on mayorkas. this is all on biden. they could have stopped this. if these whistleblowers come forward you know they got this message in washington. >> ainsley: d.n.a. evidence on these little girls. if they're being raped. you don't send them back to the person who is doing this to them. >> brian: i would think. >> steve: to that little girl, this is the united states? this is the great thing? i got a feeling around noon on january 20th, there is going to be a change at the southern border. >> brian: not in certain cities. they are fighting back, steve. it's unthinkable. 21 minutes now after the hour. carley shimkus, you have the other news. >> carley: more consequences when it comes to what is happening at our southern border

right now taking place in georgia. the laken riley murder trial continues from a courtroom in georgia this morning as the state resting its case yesterday after showing this video of the nursing student's final moments while out for a jog on campus at the university of georgia. prosecutors also providing a heart wrenching timeline of riley's final text messages and phone calls. the defense began presenting its case as suspect jose ibarra spoke for the first time telling a judge he will not testify. >> do you understand that not your lawyer but you personally are the one who decides whether you will testify or not? [translated] >> carley: the bench trial expected to wrap up today. two people were shot, including a new york city police officer and a robbery turned shootout in a robbery turned shootout that left hundreds running for safety. the suspect was killed and he had a lengthy record including

murder. he reportedly drew his gun on the officer and shot him. the officer returned and hit a woman by the crossfire -- in the crossfire. both the officer and the bystander are expected to make full recoveries. some wild video out of cleveland. look at this. an intern working for the ohio department of transportation just narrowly avoids being hit at high speed by a wrong-way driver. the intern getting out of the way as the car smashes into a dot vehicle. the driver tried to escape but was quickly arrested by state police. officials believe that suspect was drunk behind the wheel. and those are your headlines, guys, back over to you on the couch. >> took some quick thinking. >> close call. >> thank you. >> 22 minutes after the hour. trump's new york sentencing delayed but not dropped. is bragg kick the can to 2029. here to talk about it is the cover of the "new york post." ♪lowe less than i thought.

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disciplinary actions while behind bars. a former prison guard and a prosecutor who helped convict her is reacting to the parole hearing and a new fox nation series that's hosted by judge jeanine pirro. >> is she ready to return to society and by looking at her institutional record of disciplinary actions? it's no way that i believe she would make parole. >> since susan has been incarcerated, i always say her behavior has proved the fallacy of the jury's thought that she would sit and be remorseful. i think she is remorseful for how it affected susan. >> ainsley: the parole board is not expected to announce its decision during today's hearing. steve, over to you. i remember that case well growing up in south carolina. i was in high school. >> steve: absolutely. all right. thanks. thank you, ainsley. coming up, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has agreed to delay but not drop sentencing

president-elect donald trump in that new york criminal case. our next guest says he believes that bragg is drying to manipulate trump and asking that the prosecution be suspended for four years. former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and fox news contributor andy mccarthy joins us right now. andy, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: there is a possibility that he -- bragg is going to say okay, i'll just wait you out. see you in 2029. >> yeah. well, i think the best way to look at this is like there is three buckets, right? there is -- trump has made a post-trial motion to dismiss or to vacate the guilty verdict and that is an important point because while the democrats throughout the campaign refer to him as a convicted felon, he is not a convicted felon at this point. the criminal law you don't become a convicted felon until the judge sentences you and enters formally the judgment of conviction that can't happen

until the judge rules on the post-trial motion. then have you sentencing -- assuming a post-trial motion gets rejected then you have sentencing in the entry of the judgment and then you have appeal. i think trump's conundrum is that this case is a terrible case it should be reversed on appeal. he can't get to appeal until he gets sentenced and the judgment is entered and i don't think he wants to have a judgment entered. he don't want to be president as someone under a criminal conviction. i think bragg knows that to so to bragg i think he figures if i wait trump out he would rather have a delay and not get sentenced then get sentenced and proceed to appeal. >> steve: you know, you make a perfect argument on what is going on. trump is in a real catch-22. there's a real possibility donald trump will actually outlast alvin bragg.

>> oh, yeah, i think that's right. i also think, steve as a practical matter. let's assume president trump finishes his term. he has a successful term. he is twice elected president and he comes out of office and he is 83 years old. who in his right mind is going to pick up this case and run with it at that point? >> steve: indeed. meanwhile what always happens in washington when one party is about to lose power is going on right now. happening last night. senate democrats are trying to jam through as many judicial appointments on the chuck schumer-joe biden watch as they can. and donald trump -- we talked about this yesterday. donald trump posted on truth social the democrats are trying to stack the courts with radical left judges on their way out the door. republican senators need show up and hold the line. no more judges confirmed before inauguration day. a bunch of republican senators are not there for the votes, including the vice president elect and marco rubio who there

was a judge who was being considered yesterday from florida he won there. >> a long history in the united states, we all get it, where a politician runs for the next high office or next opportunity. and that disserves the people that elected them to the jobs they have now. we all know it happens and it's a fact of life. but the elections is over now. and these guys got to get to work. because there's nothing that's more important than having president trump be the one who fills these lifetime appointments than have radical lefties appointed which is what is going to happen if biden -- biden and the democrats can steam roll these nominations through if the republicans don't show up for work. >> steve: right. the republicans have said we're going to try to slow things down as much as we can but if we don't have enough people on the field, it makes it tough. andy, thank you very much for getting up early. >> my pleasure, steve. good to see you.

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>> janice: lots to talk about at moss fearing river, a bomb cyclone across the west and that's bringing epic flooding over a foot of rainfall. look at this, this is wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, so all of this moisture being pumped in from the pacific and we are not only seeing heavy rain along the coast. also seeing incredible amounts of snow in the mountains, this is what is going to help weather makers across the country. wednesday, thursday, friday, there are your flash flood threat especially today and thursday. of course make sure you have a way to get your alerts. a cold blast moving in across the central u.s.

that's setting us up for snow for the chicago area. yesterday it was in the 60's. we are in to the freezing mark. and then the snow comes towards the brakes. the northeast over the coast next couple of days and area of low pressure will set up and bring us really nasty weather, thursday, friday, saturday. the good news is we need the rain. the bad news is it is going to mess up travel and maybe a christmas tree lighting. i will keep you posted. all right, brian, over to you. >> brian: and my hair. >> janice: your hair is very important. >> brian: thank you, janice. incoming fcc chair bran dan carr dismantle the censorship cartel and free speech for every day americans. dr. jordan peterson exhails and he knows about censorship having dealt with it in two countries the author of a brand new book quote we who wrestle with god. dr. peterson and brilliant daughter michaela talk about that and more. >> brian: dr. peterson when

people talk about censorship i think about you what you have been suffering from and what elon musk was able to do unmask the censorship that's been taking place for years. whether it's the laptop or whether it's the pandemic. your thoughts about what a good fcc chairman would do. >> well, i think at minimum, he should ensure that we know how the algorithms operate on social media networks and how things are promoted and how things are hidden. because the real danger, one of the real dangers that confronts us is that our discourse is going to be mediated by intelligence systems whose mechanisms are completely hidden from us. and that actually interference with our perception what we see is prescreened and increasingly automated that's not a good harbinger for the future, let's say. transparency with how things are promoted and demoted.

that will be real helpful. >> brian: here is brendan car in his own words. >> a couple of top issues free speech is the bedrock of our democracy and there has been this unprecedented surge in censorship over the last couple of years. we need to restore americans' first amendment rights. number two is to look at our approach to media. i think the status quo particularly when it comes to legacy media needs to change. >> brian: miguel i'm sure you can with that. 30% of young people get their news from influencers online. >> yeah, that we also have a bit of a problem with how many people get their news from tiktok. we don't even know how the tiktok algorithm works and whether news is getting pushed on to that. trearnsz there would be good but hopefully this guy can bring about some change.

>> brian: invited journalists bike michael shellenberg and matt taibbi when he bought twitter to expose the twitter files. saw the explanation from the fbi to people like adam schiff. that got him on the bad list with everybody. he with trump. is he off that bad list, wouldn't you say. >> turns out that elon musk knew what he was doing when he bought twitter. he is generally a bad man to bet against i would say. pundits constantly describing how elon musk is making mistakes. i think well, you know, god willing, you would make the kind of mistakes elon musk makes. so interesting to watch x emerge to come to nate too that's the case around the world increasingly. we will see what happens as a consequence of his alliance with trump. >> brian: do you feel like you are unleashed, dr. peterson? do you feel like you have gotten through the worst times when the canadian government was cracking down on you? >> we'll see. my license in canada is still

threatened. i'm still in the middle of intense battle with ontario psychologists and behavior analyst. to say call them unreasonable is to barely even scratch the surface. i guess i'm pleased about that battle in some regards, all of the things they are accusing me of are things that turned out to be -- i was on the side of the angels, let's say. so, for example, they are after me because of my opposition to the promotion of dismutilating trans surgery for children and the fact that i was an early adoptser of that objection is looking pretty damn good. so no, it's by no means over. not in the least. they want to reeducate me. they are reorganizing that right now. although the details have still remained, you know, frustratingly unclear. trudo in canada is doubling down on the free speech front in a terrible way. >> brian: you guys got to get rid of him. mikhail what is it like watching your dad go through this i can say it from outsider and you can

say it from bias the perception and be 100 percent correct. walls that tough for you to see. >> i can't describe how stressful it was. especially our views of mainstream media changed during that period when we saw that they were publishing lies about my dad. but every time something negative came out it changed people's perception of my family around us which was awful. it was incredibly stressful. i would say dad is still in the midst of it with the college in canada and canada is not heading in a positive direction like america is. but at least people are more we're wary of what they read online. our lives have gotten much less stressful than they were a couple years ago. i think feel the tide turning a year ago being pro-freedom of speech and talking about trans issues, that started to get less

offensive. so i'm more positively probably inclined than my dad. >> brian: i think jordan is much more optimistic about america than canada until they get rid of that prime minister. still ahead, dr. peterson plans to abolish the department of education and his new book. first, ready for liftoff spacex launches the world's most powerful rocket. watch. now. >> 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheers] is

>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheers] >> we have lift off. >> ainsley: president-elect donald trump was in texas for the launch of spacex starship, the world's most powerful rocket. so what does this mean for american innovation and the future of space exploration? >> lawrence: here to discuss it polaris dawn pallet and colonel scott kidd poteet. thank you so much for joining the program. >> good morning. >> good morning, guys, it's a pleasure to be with you.

i was confused as i was watching this lye. it was supposed to go into chop sticks but it landed in the ocean. when it came out to discuss it, it didn't look like they were saying it was not a success can you discuss that? >> absolutely. so this is a developmental program. brand new rocket and going through developmental test missions to try to tease out the technology and continue with the advancement of the capability. things are going to happen. just similar to like we had with the polaris dawn, developmental, you are developing this technology as you go through it. it was a true success. they learned everything -- they learned things every time they launch this vehicle. so, it's a testament to the capability of what spacex has been able to do with spacex plofer ration. >> ainsley: lawrence and i were talking about this during the commercial. we have so many questions. i know elon musk says in his lifetime he wants to send

astronauts to mars. they are pushing to go to the moon in two years. elon poured $100 million into trump's campaign. i know he is the wealthiest man in the world. how does he actually make money from this? i know we learn a lot. we develop a lot. is he spending billions of dollars, i imagine to do these tests how does he make money? >> there is so many benefits to space exploration. this vehicle alone is the largest rocket ever built. it's over 400 feet tall. it's twice the thrust of the saturn five rocket go to the moon it. will be the vehicle help land on the lunar surface once again. eventually we will go further than that and go to mars. its capabilities is exponential. the capability to deploy star link satellites and star link providing that laser communication around the world continues to benefit everyone on this planet and it's only going

to be beneficial for the future exploration. >> lawrence: so real quickly, we only got a few seconds left, what's the end goal for spacex? >> honestly, i don't know if there an end goal. you know, the next step is to support nasa with are a disprogram. and starship is going to the the lunar lander for that project. the moon is not that far away when you put in t the context of what is out there amongst the stars. that's the idea is we want to explore the last great frontier and eventually go to mars and beyond. so there is so many benefits to what spacex is accomplishing. it's real productivity in space. it's going to create a space economy when you talk about the ability to manufacture, mine, explore, do some additional research and technology development. so, we're all just looking forward to what the future holds. i just wish i was 20 years younger and had this opportunity in the future.

>> ainsley: you have had quite a career as a polaris pilot and retired air force lieutenant colonel. so thank you so much for serving our country and for talking with us this morning, kidd, we appreciate it. >> thank you, sir. absolutely. ports headlines. >> brian: raffaele nadal giving emotional farewell to the sport he dominated for decades, capping off 23 year career while representing spain. [cheers] roger federer all paying contribute. federer saying. this you challenged me in ways no one else could. on clay it felt like i was stepping into your backyard and

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