a demilitarized zone, as i indicated earlier, occupied by international for forces that kind of keep the peace in the middle. so i think, however, our transactional president is wise in that trying to recover some of that $300 billion we have spent on this unfortunate war, he has made the proposition of getting some rare earth metals. that's important because more than 80% are controlled right now by the chinese a our true adversary hear and that's a great deal for us as well as energy exports. >> todd: i think that's fair. we have given a lot of taxpayer dollars. men and women of the united states go to work every day try to put food on their table and pay taxes a lot went to ukraine. we should get something in return. lt. colonel bob maginnis, thank you for your time. with that "fox & friends"

begins -- >> carley: right now. >> ainsley: good morning, everyone. it is 6:00 a.m. we are here on the east coast. it is thursday, february 13th. and this is "fox & friends." key trump nominees front and center today, starting with a vote to confirm r.f.k. jr. as the hhs secretary. and, we will finally see the confirmation hearings for the education secretary, linda mcmahon as trump vows to dismantle the department. >> i would like it to be clolingsed immediately. look, the department of education is a big con job. they rank the top 40 countries in the world and we are ranked number 40. >> steve: that's not good. trump's border czar headed to new york city to talk to the mayor. the guy whose charges were just dropped, as the administration democrats are looking to spend more as team trump looks to spend less. >> we really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to the rule of the people

democracy. >> brian: wow, sort of interesting seeing him without his son on his shoulders. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> steve: so as the graphic says happening today on capitol hill, the confirmation hearing for education secretary gets underway a little later on this morning. >> ainsley: look at that picture. >> brian: really nice. plus, just hours away from the full senate vote on robert kennedy jr.'s nomination to serve as next health and human services secretary. hold your ears caroline kennedy. she is not happy about this. >> ainsley: no, she is not. >> steve: she will vote no -- oh, she can't. >> ainsley: doug luzader be. >> that is a pretty shot of the capitol. >> ainsley: it's a little hazy. >> i thud go outside and take a look at it. >> steve: you got to work. >> doug: maybe later. we expect president trump to make considerable headway filling slots.

robert f. kennedy jr. is expected to win full confirmation. is he promising to make america healthy again as many democrats have been fighting him every step of the way. >> you are literally about to confirm somebody who says that everybody at the fda should pack their bag. that sounds like somebody who is going to enthusiastically shut down or very very least neuter the fda. >> it is worth asking ourselves why donald trump would support a nominee so unqualified for this position whose views are so contrary to science. >> okay. let's move on now to linda mcmahon trump's nominee for secretary of education. she will face tough questions in confirmation hearing with democrats and teachers unions fights this nomination. >> we will stand up to mcmahon and every other anti-public education politician elected.

[cheers] >> or appointed or anointed. >> we are not going to let them to destroy the department of education. >> our public education in america is under attack. >> here is part of what mcmahon is planning to say this morning in her opening statement. if i am confirmed, the department will not stand idly by while jewish students are attacked and discriminated against. it will stop forcing schools to let boys and men into female sports and spaces. it will protect the rights of parents to direct the moral education of their children. and, finally, we have kash patel's nomination to head the fbi. we expect the senate judiciary committee to move him along to a full senate vote. patel has promised to reform the fbi while democrats are accusing him of already trying to orchestrate a purge there. steve, ainsley and brian, back to you. >> steve: doug, it looks like all three, who you just depicted, are going to get

through, right? >> yeah. which means that outside of matt gaetz, trump has gotten all of his picks through. >> steve: everything he wanted. >> ainsley: you are right. >> steve: do you have a window? do could you take a look at the window? >> doug: see if i can knock this ball down behind me it might take some time. there it is. >> ainsley: so hazy. >> brian: looks like the smoke machine. >> steve: doing a music video. >> brian: looks like make jackson is doing it. president trump is at the confirmation obama pace. senator john thune deserves a lot of credit for that he put his foot on the gas first week when he went into delay of game he said you are working this weekend. he said you got to get this done. >> steve: but there is a problem this week because starting tomorrow is the munich security conference. 20 u.s. senators are supposed to go to this. this is one of the most beloved codels as they call it congressional delegation of the entire year.

>> ainsley: what will they do? still go? >> steve: john thune sent out an email yesterday that said plan to work friday and maybe this weekend to vote on the people who might be confirmed. that will be a problem because the caudill starts today because they fly out -- the event starts tomorrow. maybe they could do it maybe in foggy washington, d.c. put their foot on the metal and try to get stuff done as quickly as possible. they can't go to munich if they have to vote. >> ainsley: linda mcmahon will take the question from the senators for nomination for the education secretary. saying she will most likely focus on how she will help dissolve the department because that's what donald trump wants. school choice and address the poor k through 12 student achievement. she is known for leading the wwe. she took that business and made it multi million dollars business with her husband. she led the small big

administration two years. served on kentucky's state board of education. she does support school choice. she wants more choice for career technical. the president is looking to diminish the dod. already put dozens of staffers on paid administrative leave. he said he wants to dismantle it. listen. >> i would like it to be closed immediately. look, the department of education is a big con job. we are ranked -- so they ranked the top 40 countries in the world. we are ranked number 40th. we are ranked number one in one department. cost per pupil. spend more per pupil than any other country in the world. norway, denmark, sweden, i hate to say it china, as big as it is, it is ranked in the top 5. that's our -- that's a primary competitor. we are ranked number 40. so, if we are are ranked number 40 that means something is really wrong, right? >> brian: right. it's going to be interesting. r.f.k. getting through. it's got to burn a lot of people

but it shouldn't. he should be a unity candidate. even though he talks about what his personal life was like. getting attacked by a lot of his family members. if you look at what he wants to do it's the universal -- i don't know if you get this a lot. i have more people talk to me about what is in our food since he started bringing this up profile. casey and calley means, jillian michaels talking about the same thing see what is possible to get done. he at the very least expose what is happening. school lunches, look at what is going on with food stamps or what you are getting money to buy just because are struggling doesn't mean you have to eat terrible. >> steve: we are all on board with his food approach, his food agenda. it's just the stuff he has said in the past about vaccines that troubles a lot of people. you know, any turbulence he hits it's going to be vax related. >> brian: steve, can i say one thing? he wants to look at the studies. many of which haven't been

studied since the 1970s. i want you to back up this study. show me the science behind it, if it stands the test, it stays. is he also going to take some money and go can we just study some of the -- what the new vaccines coming out. can we see we are going in the right direction? can we start making sure that pharmaceutical companies are not funding these things? >> ainsley: other networks are saying he doesn't believe in vaccines he says he does. all his children are vaccinated. he wants to look at these studies and make sure what we are putting in our children's bodies is safe. >> steve: we watched the testimony. i don't know if he sold any democrats on his vax stance. it will be interesting to see if any republicans go against the president and his wish to confirm him. i will tell you what. when it comes to the people he will work with there might be fewer deaths at the department when he takes the harm if he does. that fork in the road program by elon musk, 57,000 people have said they're going to take --

75,000 people have said they will take the deal. it would be higher number of people in washington eligible for that but they are just worried, whether or not, it's legal, whether or not it would actually happen, or if they said hey, i would love to take the free salary for 8 months and if it doesn't go through suddenly elon musk has got a list of 85,000 people who don't want to work there. they would be the first one to go. that's why a lot of people didn't sign at this heard from some of my friends in d.c. >> ainsley: a lot of people moved during covid and they were working from home and they don't want to go back to d.c. get the green light from the judge you are not align to sign up for the program anymore if you didn't already. >> brian: 2.5 million federal workers. he said y'all have a chance to leave with your six to eight months pay. then that got frozen by the courts. yesterday got unfrozen. the unions said you can't do that and then the judge essentially said i don't know. can't they make their own decision? he said yeah. so, okay. what is it 60-80, 90?

probably go higher than that little by little pay them on time don't have to take lump sums. pay them out. not one big lump sum. don't say we are taking money away or conditioning it. don't get jammed up there and then after 8 months you will see everything shrink. the one thing elon does say sometimes if you cut too much get some back. if one agency is bare and barron, no pun intended put some people back there. >> steve: sewerly. surely.they pulled the plug las. if you haven't signed up yet, don't bother because it's closed. they are worried that it is not legal. the judge who was appointed by bill clinton back in the 1990s, what he said was the unions don't actually have standing. he did not say whether or not it's legal. i'm sure that's going to be adjudicated as well. but, you know, there will be fewer people working in the federal government if elon musk is able to get that buyout to

work. he was actually on just very shortly ago, while you were sleeping. he did a zoom call to world governments. it was a summit in dubai. here's what he had to say about entire federal agencies vanishing. >> we really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people size of the federal government. basically reducing regulation. you know, there is a it amount of overregulation that's happened over time. >> i think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed to leave part of them behind. if you leave part of them behind, it's easy -- kind of like leaving a weed -- if you don't remove the roots of the weed, then it's easy for the weed to grow back.

>> brian: what dun doge has don- >> steve: delete. >> brian: ant particular total information gets in front of his guys and women doing work, bring people in you got 15 minutes explain what you do. you know how oftentimes you hear from federal workers or maybe it's you guys out there. you feel as though you are doing a good job and no one really cares? all of a sudden you have that moment to say wow, you are asking me what i'm doing. great. maybe you hate it because you get in the way with murder or getting that check. you know you are not doing anything. if you care about your job. you relish that moment. then you add in this is what i would do if i'm in charge. that's what impression presses elon musk, if you look at his other businesses and most managers. all of a sudden you are in a job, like a drab office, going to a federal building, and you 1w50eu7 in and feel like what am i really doing? waiting to retire? well, not anymore. he is going to make people accountable. believe it or not teddy roosevelt talked about doing the same thing only without the pass. different type of a security

system. >> ainsley: also focusing on immigration and stripped money from new york city. the front page of the new york u.s. vs. new york. trump administration claws back 80 million from migrant hotels. what happened was that money was approved by congress in 2023. they put it in a bank account last week for new york city to be able to use that money for immigration -- for shelters? >> steve: no, the money was for fema. federal emergency and they are using it for the migrants. >> ainsley: exactly. the trump administration said i don't think so. they went to check the bank account, the money is gone. >> brian: not just 60 but 80,000. >> steve: 80 million. so, exactly what is curious is, and the picture is of the mayor here, eric adams. new york vs. >> brian: this is fascinating. steve steve here's why it's fascinating. in the post it talks about how apparently christie nosm and company was able to claw back that money. we don't know how the money -- yesterday it just vanished out of a bank account here in new york city eric adams says we are

going to look at it listen, this is the same guy to last week donald trump's department of justice dropped the charges against him or suggested they drop the charges. the u.s. attorney still sitting on the charges in lower manhattan. he is going to come face to face with tom homan. he is hacked off at him. he sells he says new york city is not helping. in fact, remember when tom homan sat on the couch about a month ago? he said that when he sat down with the mayor, right there, the mayor discussed reopening the ice office on refresh my recollection and he said that r. he also said he was thinking about an executive order to unravel the sanctuary city rules where new york city could actually work with ice noon of that stuff happened.

governor cuomo. >> steve: good luck. >> curtis lee was there. got the nomination last time. height be might more top larr now looks like governor cuomo wants to be mayor cuomo. is he making moves and much higher approval rating. but can you imagine if eric adams goes full republican, full maga and gets the power of donald trump lined him never nor popular in new york city you never know and of course the surrounding area of queens and the bronx is getting more conservative. you never know what is going to happen. what happens with eric adams. this is the reputation, talks a lot. the execution is the issue. he can press tom homan because he says he will cooperate, but he is not cooperating. >> steve: not at all. >> brian: at the very least, if you can't send the nypd it to get him, tell us where these criminal illegals are at. at least get us in. we are not getting that cooperation.

also, i want that office in rikers. and you come to the ice office and talk to me today, i'm not talking to you. >> ainsley: sanctuary city laws that's what president trump has a problem with pam bondi sued chicago, sued city leaders in chicago and the state and illinois and now she is doing it to new york. listen to this. >> this is a new doj, and we are taking sentence to protect americans. american citizens and angel moms like the mom standing right behind me. new york has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over american citizens. it stops. it stops today. as you know we sued illinois and new york didn't listen. so now you're next. >> steve: and, in particular, what they are doing is they are targeting what is known here in new york state as the green light law, which allows new york to issue a driver's license to somebody who is in the country illegally. and they say that that is just

the gateway to all the sanctuary benefits. and they're illegal given the laws of the land. that's why it sudden'ly is u.s. vs. new york. >> brian: suing chicago and the state of illinois. you learned your lesson when we sue these guys. at the very least donald trump knew he was going to get court blowback. let's have this fight. let's find out what is actually possible and what is not. >> steve: hang on. fire truck. >> ainsley: say a prayer whoever they are going to. >> brian: just a few blocks away. >> steve: a moment ago. >> brian: carley comes out and she waives at me while i'm on television. >> steve: she waves every day. >> brian: i was raised to wave back. on television. >> steve: ambulance just drove by you didn't flinch. she comes in and goes hi. how are you? >> brian: so nice. >> ainsley: i wave to her but

waived when we had something else on the screen. >> brian: hold back the wave. >> carley: i wanted to see what brian would do. i was curious. >> steve: i always wink. >> brian: you wink? >> steve: i wink with the eye you can't see on camera. >> carley: you are all wonderful people saying good morning to me and america. that's right. all right. we have more news to get to, starting with this developing story in the middle east, hamas, reversing course. the terror group now says it will release three more hostages as agreed upon under the gaza cease-fire deal. this comes after president trump issued this warning to hamas to release all hostages after the group threatened to delay saturday's exchange. >> i'm speaking for myself, israel can override it. but, it for myself, saturday at 12:00, if they are not -- if they are not here, all hell is going to break out. >> carley: more than 70 hostages are still believed to be in hamas captivity as of sunday. indian prime minister modi arriving at joint base andrews last night ahead of meetings

with president trump planned for later today. with hopes of strengthening india's partnership with the united states and avoiding a trade war. india reportedly plans to cut tariffs in dozens of sectors, while the country is our largest trade partner. the u.s. currently has a trade deficit of more than $45 billion in india's favor. and a bitter hollywood battle intensifies, blake lively subpoenaing phone records from justin baldoni and his associates. it's part of her legal effort to expose a smear campaign she says was orchestrated against her with ends with us co-star and director. this massive fishing expedition desperately seeking any factual basis for their probably false claims they will find none. but lively's lawyers say the texts and call data will, quote provide crucial and irrefutable evidence about the alleged retaliation plan.

and tomorrow is valentine's day, guys. but today women across the world are getting ready to celebrate another holiday. >> what is gal len types day? >> only the best day of the year every february 13 february 139d now known as gal len tiny's day exploded after that 2010 parks and recreation turned into a yearly celebration of female friendship usually over brunch and quite possibly drinks, if that floats your boat. >> steve: it's not late in the day. it's breakfast lunch. >> carley: whatever you want. happy gal len tiny's day. >> brian: don't you think as a nation we shouldn't let sitcoms pick out our holidays they did it with festivus. >> steve: it lingers still here.

>> brian: we have to explain this history to our next generation it was a funny show in the 90's and took root as opposed to he discovered america, columbus. >> steve: wouldn't you rather have a holiday be more contemporary than something they celebrated 500 years ago? >> brian: i like the history. >> ainsley: i like a reason to celebrates. >> steve: any time you can have a drink at brunch, hey -- >> ainsley: i was invited to a gal gal len tiny's lunch yesterday. i wasn't able to get back so i couldn't attend. do it every year. >> brian: if you are not inevented to two dozen gal len tiny's event there is no gal len tiny's day. i have never seen anybody with more friends everyone likes ainsley. >> ainsley: you are sweet i grew up in a social home and i like to be around people.

>> ainsley: i would if i had been there. comparing trump time to the less protest agenda, next. ♪ bow to him ♪ but we want him in jail

when winter season hits emergen-c supports your immune system with so much more than vitamin c. be ready to fight back with emergen-c and for on-the-go immune support try emergen-c crystals. no water needed. let's get started. bill, where's your mask? i really tried sleeping with it, everybody. but i'm done struggling. now i sleep with inspire. inspire? inspire is a sleep apnea treatment that works inside my body with just the click of this button. a button? no mask? no hose? just sleep. yeah but you need the hose, you need the air, you need the whoooooosh... inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more, and view important safety information

at inspiresleep.com ahh. it's a good day to cough. oh no. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing at the movies!? hashtag still not coughing?! ahh! mucinex dm 12 hour doesn't just quiet coughs, it treats coughs caused by excess mucus at the source and controls them for 12 hours. it's comeback season. stubborn chest congestion? try mucinex 12 hour. (♪) ♪ three little birds ♪ ♪ (steel drums playing lightly) ♪ (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪)

dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business.

>> brian: here we go. productive versus performative. president trump gets straight to work as democrats protest, curse, and file lawsuits. >> white supremacy is rampant in this country. look at the current administration and our own legislative body. >> we are not trained to take down elon musk as a businessman. this dude is literally breaking the law inside of the federal government. >> i say [bleep] trump. >> i don't swear in public very well but we have to [bleep] trump. >> donald trump and elon musk. >> we have got tell elon musk nobody elected your [bleep] >> and we will win. [chanting we will win] >> brian: here with reaction the founder of the american majority ned ryun. i'm astounded every day because you try to get the other side for the radio and for your show, and all i hear is yelling,

singing, screaming, cursing. >> right? well, i think democrats are truly regretting trump not winning four years ago and then following that up by pursuing him with lawfare and trying to put him in jail for four years. he has come back even stronger and better. and i think, brian with a greater understanding of his power and role as president. and i have to tell you, i think we are going to look back on these first few weeks of the second term and think these are some of the most important weeks we have ever had in our history. not only did november 5th pump the breaks on us going over to the abyss of what i believe it would have been one party authoritarian rule, he has pivoted us in the past few weeks back to a path in restoring truly representative government, government of by and for the people prioritizes people and deconstructing what i bleep to be deeply unconstitutional state. the amazing part, brian, in all of this, is he like a boxer who has his opponent in the corner.

he hits him with dei and before they can respond he hits them with we are going to ban biological males in women's sports and hits them with elon musk and usaid and doge. as they are trying to respond to that, you know, russ vowted at omb hits them on the consumer financial protection bureau. and pam bondi hits democrats in new york state last night. they seem punch drunk. they seem punch drunk. they seemed dazed. they don't know how to respond to this. we see them in the streets whining, singing ridiculous songs and protesting on behalf of unelected bureaucrats who have been wildly out of control, spending our money, abusing the authority given to them. >> brian: right. >> they have no vision. this is the thing that's really becoming very apparent. democrats have been reduced to lawfare, to try to nullify the elections. they have been calling for violence because they have no vision for a better path for the american people. >> brian: right. i want you to see here are some highlights from what trump has

done so far. >> i think president putin wants peace. and president zelenskyy wants peace. >> should have had this gentleman out a long time ago. you know, we did it in two and a half weeks. he had four years to do it? >> we just set records records r closure. >> we have already found billions of dollars. not like a little bit. billions. >> brian: that's a will little of what is going on. at the same time this is what i feel the difference is now. you got so much experience inside government, is that he has got people doing their job. so he could be more of a conductor. he doesn't have to do everything. he doesn't have to run the bases, hit a home run and work on the fielding. and they understand him. so, rubio knows what he is doing. he is doesn't know what every day he is doing. secretary hegseth knows what he is doing. he is over there in europe feeling comfortable. you know tulsi gabbard is going to hit the ground running and you know pam bondi. do you think donald trump wrote

that speech he knows what he wants on immigration she will go do the play. >> he has incredible team around him this time trump 2.0, again, not only a better understanding of his role as president but a very trented team. a very strong team around him, more so than trump 1.0 weak insipid four years of the biden administration, these first few weeks have been strong and energetic. it's just a startling contrast. i think the american people, first of all are appreciating trump made promises. is he fulfilling those promises but also the strength and vigor that he is showing in the white house, showing the american people i'm for you. i am going to advance your interest. it's pretty startling contrast between the last administration and this one right now. >> brian: remember the inflation reduction act. the infrastructure deal. the stuff that he did sign, that joe biden signed, he didn't do. he just signed it.

he wants the house in mar-a-lago one week, senate in washington and talk about implementing the next day. this is hands on. >> think about few weeks and where we have come. we have just getting started first round of 12 round match. wait until he gets all of his other people nominated in office. think about kash patel fbi. harmeet dhillon doj civil rights division. it's going to be incredible. >> brian: ned, you will be be on talking about it here and doing work for your organization, too. ned ryun, thank you so much. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: congress is set to hold a hearing on the usaid betrayal we're talking to a witness today who was an administrator at the agency, next. i told myself i was ok with my moderate ♪ riatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling.

if you still have symptoms after trying a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq works differently. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling as fast as 2 weeks for some. and even at the 3-year mark, many people felt this relief. rinvoq can stop joint damage. and in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. rinvoq can lower ability to fight infections. before treatment, test for tb and do bloodwork. serious infections, blood clots, some fatal; ...cancers, including lymphoma and skin; serious allergic reactions; gi tears; death; heart attack; and stroke occurred. cv event risk increases in age 50 plus with a heart disease risk factor. tell your doctor if you've had these events, infection, hep b or c, smoked, are pregnant or planning. don't take if allergic or have an infection. done settling? ask your rheumatologist for rinvoq. and take back what's yours. (♪)

a sleep number® smart bed is perfect for couples. (♪) it helps reduce snoring with a tap so you both get your best night's sleep. and now, save 50% on the new sleep number® limited edition smart bed. shop a sleep number® store near you. [sofi mnemonic] can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh yeah. borrow up to a hundred thousand dollars to consolidate bad debt and save money for your next goal.

take a swing at your kitchen reno... meant that literally. or design your actual dream wedding. consolidate bad debt and fund all your ambitions with a sofi personal loan. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. maya knows how quality care can bring out a smile. but it's been a few dog years since she was able to enjoy a smile of her own. good thing aspen dental offers affordable, complete care all in one place. and new patients without insurance get 29 dollar exams and xrays. plus 20% off treatment plans for everyone. loving our patients unconditionally. it's one more way aspen dental is in your corner. if you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan that's smart now... i'm 65. and really smart later i'm 70-ish. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance

plan from unitedhealthcare. with this type of plan, you'll know upfront about how much your care costs. which makes planning your financial future easier. so call unitedhealthcare today to learn more about the only plans of their kind with the aarp name. and set yourself and your future self up with an aarp medicare supplement plan from unitedhealthcare. if you have generalized myasthenia gravis, picture what life could look like with... vyvgart hytrulo, a subcutaneous injection that takes about 30 to 90 seconds. for one thing, could it mean more time for you? vyvgart hytrulo can improve daily abilities and reduce muscle weakness with a treatment plan that's personalized to you. do not use vyvgart hytrulo if you have a serious allergy to any of its ingredients. it can cause serious allergic reactions like trouble breathing and decrease in blood pressure leading to fainting and allergic reactions such as rashes, swelling under the skin, shortness of breath, and hives. the most common side effects are respiratory and urinary tract infections, headache,

and injection site reactions. it may increase the risk of infusion-related reactions and infection. tell your doctor if you have a history of infections or symptoms of an infection. talk to your neurologist about vyvgart hytrulo for gmg and picture your life in motion. businesses need shipping software that keeps up with their growth. with shipstation you can automatically sync inventory and manage returns across all your sales channels. ♪ so you fulfill your orders accurately. and ship the right products to the right customers. shipstation makes it easy to manage everything on one platform, with the lowest carrier rates... no matter how big you get. keep your business growing. go to shipstation.com to start your free trial today.

phone for severe storms yesterday a couple tornado reports across the south. because of that cold front moving into relatively warmer air and then the next storm system moves in and brings the potential for very heavy rain, not only for northern and central california but southern california where we had the wildfires that burned so a good news situation in they need the rain bad news that could cause flash flooding and some of that energy from the west going to give us next huge storm system friday through the weekend. severe weather, snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain all of

the above. fox weather.com we'll keep you up to date as will i, brian kilmeade over to you. >> brian: keep going. brian. >> janice: i'm sorry, steve. there you are. my apologies. >> steve: there you go. you are thinking about the weather happening today the house foreign affairs committee is going to hold a hearing on usaid to examine concerns over foreign spending as president trump calls out the agency for a lot of waste. >> when you look at the usaid, when you look at things that they are giving -- the billions, the billions of dollars that they are giving to, and it doesn't make sense. it is interesting that when you are looking for fraud, you look at items, hundreds of items. and you will find one or two, maybe. if you are lucky. here is something where you look and they are all fraudulent.

>> steve: andrew andrew how do you say your last name. >> natsios. >> thank you. pretend i didn't ask you. he will testify at the hearing this morning. he joins us right now from texas. andrew, apologies on the name. you know, we have been talking on the channel for a couple of days about some of the questionable usaid expenditures. and we have got a list of them. you would admit those are head screamps in some cases because they have drifted away from the goal of the agency. >> those are state department projects. elon musk misinformed the president. he said $50 million worth of condoms sent to gaza. he meant what the record shows it's gaza mozambique not gaza, israel. the project wasn't for condoms it was for hiv aids

anti-retrovirals. we sent condoms into afghanistan not to the taliban to help clinics that usaid had helped 25 years ago when i took over usaid. and they were sent in because famine is developing there first people that die in a famine children under a 5, pregnant women and lactating mothers. most of the women who get pregnant in afghanistan will be dead by the end of the year because of the famine. that's the first things do you to stop pregnancies in a civilized way. that's the best way condoms. let me also mention a billion dollars of usaid money goes to christian ngos every year. i don't think elon musk ever told anyone that. that money is supporting dozens of church-based ngos all over the world. catholic, evangelical, ostal and main line

protestant my church gets money. franklin's samaritan purse food in sudan. it's not accurate. i might also add that many of the countries usaid works in are, in fact, failed states. there is no government in sudan right now. that's where samaritan's purse is for example. they are doing very good work keeping people alive in the famine. because there is no government, there is no police. things get diverted sometimes. aid workers get murdered. we lost 350 aide workers being murdered by the taliban in afghanistan. >> steve: it's absolutely terrible. andrew, we should point out, you are a conservative republican. >> i am. >> steve: you are concerned with fiscal responsibility and that's one of the reasons why you think it's a mistake to abolish usaid as an agency. if elon musk were watching this right now, what advice would you

give to him? because there are parts, you know, you are talking about the food and the medicine, that's important stuff. what would you tell elon musk to do regarding this agency? because he wants to shutter it. >> i know that. i would hire a conservative republican administrator like me or mark green who was the head of aid under trump 41 who was an excellent administrator. the career people will do whatever you tell them to do. i'm pro-life. as soon as i came in, i said going to change this policy on abortion. i didn't even have to tell the career people. they had all the papers prepared. i signed them. president bush signed them and we went back to the mexico city policy. they didn't resist me. they did what i asked them to. i'm arguably the most conservative aid administrator in the history of the agency. i think the obama people used to say you know how right wing he is. but the career people did what i said. appoint a decent administrator. they will fix it. one of the things i did when i took over aid after clinton is i removed every single project.

we canceled like 60 or 70 projects and produced billions of dollars -- millions of dollars in savings. all you do is you can do that very quietly. you don't have to shut the agency down. the stuff they are talking about is like 1 percent of the budget. 99% of that budget is well -- is properly spent. now, i have to say there are projects that i saw that i was shocked at under biden. that's because biden told them to do it. they didn't do that on their own. they did it because the white house and the congress and the state department told them they had to do it. the state department controls every single line of spending at aide and they have since 2007. so, the notion that aid is a rogue agency is nonsense. >> steve: we appreciate you coming on. there's a lot of questionable things that they have spent money on and that's getting a lot of attention and so, andrew natsios it's great to have you on and get your point of view. you also said during the

time-out when we were chatting during the commercial you said it would be good for elon musk people to actually go out into the field to see how the money is spent and that would be an eye-opener for them. sir, thank you very much for joining us today from college station, texas. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> steve: you bet. all right. a lot of stuff i didn't know. how about you? meanwhile, scrambling for eggs? sky high prices hit the shelves amid a national shortage. thest lent solutions help bring it down for consumers coming up next.

planning to move? join the 6 million families who discovered a smarter,

more flexible way to move, with pods. save up to 20% now for a limited time. whether you're moving across town or across the country. save up to 20% at pods dot com today.

♪ >> ainsley: well, we know egg prices still sticker shocked with prices rising 53% year over year. and 15% in january alone. that is largely driven by the bird flu. wiping out farms and flocks as the cdc finds over 15 # million cases in poultry birds in the last three years. but that is not the full story. vice president of eggs unlimited brian joins you now. hey, brian. >> hey, ainsley, how are you? good morning. >> ainsley: i'm doing well. when you go to the grocery store you can't buy eggs and sometimes they limit what you can buy. seeing prices go up. affecting farmers and restaurants and moms and dads and families.

so what's the problem? is it the bird flu? is it supply chain? what's the crisis? >> yeah. i mean the real crisis is that we are going through the worst bird flu outbreak that we have had in the last 10 years since 2015, potentially the worst bird flu outbreak we have ever had in the history in this country, lost 120 million birds since the beginning of 2022. in the last few months alone, since the middle of october, we have lost 45 million egg laying hens that's of the country's 310 million egg laying hens, a significant amount of production. more than 13%. we are dealing with supply shortages and it's just a disaster right now because of this ai virus is in top of the egg laying states in the country. it doesn't seem like it's stopping any time soon. >> ainsley: feel sorry for the farmers because livelihoods are wiped out in one swoop. better way to track the virus and prevent it? >> really, we are just trying to figure out and the farms are trying to figure out how the virus is getting.

in several different catalysts, including wild migratory birds flying over the country in the fall and the spring each year. it's now in the nation's dairy cattle, to some extent. and we are also wondering is it in the ground and air around these farms? some of these farms that have been able to clean out and working on repop plating have actually been hit again. there is even some speculation around drones that are flying around the farms potentially bringing the virus in. so the farms really need help in identifying where the virus is coming in from and then solution to stopping the virus so that they can repopulate, resupply and ultimately help to bring. >> eggs unlimited one of the largest international suppliers in the country. service major retail accounts, distributers, food service accounts and also a national broker. it's difficult, right? there is less production out there in the market. there is less eggs available.

right now we are really focused on making sure that our customers are getting the orders and their supply and making sure that they have eggs on their shelves for consumers and trying to limit their impact with pricing and the supply change shortages we are seeing right now. >> ainsley: what about the cage free regulations? >> it's having some impact. obviously. california was the first segment of the country to be impacted by the virus. going into the end of last year in 2024, they lost a significant amount of production in california, obviously, cage free regulated state there are other states that are currently now cage free as of the last couple of years, including michigan and colorado and arizona. some of them have already repealed their cage free deadlines or pushed them back further and some of them are looking at potentially allowing conventional eggs in at least for a brief period of time just to open up the supply chain a little bit more. that being said, inventories in

general are very tight. so, maybe they have some price pull back on the cage free supplies that they're currently buying but commodity prices have surged and are kind of right behind some of the cage free and specialty eggs out there as well. >> ainsley: hopefully fix the problems and prices will go down soon. thank you so much, brian, for coming on. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. hand it over to carley for more headlines. >> i certainly do. sports headlines to get to here. nascar driver chase briscoe gives toyota first daytona 500 pole top starting time a fraction ahead of austin cindric. briscoe doing a little victory lap afterwards. here he is posing in front of the bass pro shops race car with his team right behind him. and you can be sure to tune in to the daytona 500 this sunday at 2:30 p.m. eastern time only on fox. philadelphia eagles fans celebrate their team's super bowl victory with a unique collectible. you see it right there. the company the realist is now

selling kansas confettis from the seals in new orleans for nearly $60 a pop. each piece was collectively collected and certified to guarantee it was truly dropped after the big game. those are your headlines, how funny is that, ainsley? >> ainsley: that's hilarious. they certified it to make sure it was real. people will actually buy that i wonder where the money goes? who collected it? we should have done that. that's a great way to make a little extra. thank you so much. >> carley: you are very welcome. operation return to sender. dea arrest venezuelan gang members. where the successful raid just took place.et ♪he they don't show up like they do on tiktok. and i had all these people rooting for me on tiktok. empowering over 7 million us businesses. there's no way i'd be able to support this building or any of my employees. > that went from maybe a few hundred people seeing my product to millions. they rely on tiktok to succeed. i don't think i could have gotten this far

if i didn't have that kind of community. small businesses thrive on tiktok. (♪) if you're living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or active psoriatic arthritis symptoms can sometimes hold you back. but now there's skyrizi, so you can be all in with clearer skin. ♪things are getting clearer♪ ♪yeah, i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me.♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ with skyrizi, you can show up with 90% clearer skin. and if you have psoriatic arthritis, skyrizi can help you move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. don't use if allergic. serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight them may occur. before treatment, get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. thanks to skyrizi, there's nothing like clearer skin and better movement, and that means everything. ♪nothing is everything♪

now's the time ask your doctor about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. after last month's massive solar flare added a 25th hour to the day, businesses are wondering "what should we do with it?" bacon and eggs 25/7. you're darn right. solar stocks are up 20% with the additional hour in the day. [ clocks ticking ] i'm ruined. with the extra hour i'm thinking companywide power nap. let's put it to a vote. [ all snoring ] this is going to wreak havoc on overtime approvals. anything can change the world of work. from hr to payroll, adp designs forward-thinking solutions to take on the next anything. i'm thinking of updating my kitchen... ...thinking of redoing our kitchen. ...we are finally updating our kitchen. for all those people who never seem to get around to it... —...a breakfast nook. —chase has financial guidance. let's see how you can start saving... —really? —really? at home or in-person. that's guidance from chase. join thousands of advertisers who have built their businesses,

reaching america's most influential audience. need creative? we can help. fox news media impact starts here. advertise with us today. serving customers with top tier mobile service is our business, but our mission is to honor and serve patriots. patriot mobile gives back to organizations that defend our god given rights and freedoms. with dependable nationwide coverage on all three of the major u.s. based networks. you get the same great service with a higher calling. go to patriot mobile dot com now and make an impact every time you use your cell phone. tempur-pedic designed the ergo-pro smart base, to help you fall asleep — more easily. it's gentle massage and relaxing sounds...

help calm your mind, every night. during our presidents day sale, save up to $500 now on select adjustable mattress sets.