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and president trump set to attend the daytona 2500 this hour and air force one flew over the speedway moments ago. president last attended the great american race in 2020. how about that, back in office, back to the big race. we're following it all on fox news live and taking you to the speedway not long from now. welcome to fox news live. i'm kevin cor corke in the natis capitol and we're learning about the push to end the war between russia and ukraine. dana mcnicholl is live with that story this afternoon. i don't mind saying you, my friend, we can all be very helpful and the administration -- hopeful and the administration certainly is.

reporter: you cranen president zelensky was asked if ukraine could survive without u.s. military support? >> very, very difficult. all the difficult situations, you have a chainsaw we'll have a low chance, low chance to survive without the support of the united states. reporter: it has to be permanent and not temporary and can't be ended on the battlefield and nato has to step up their contributions and three, american people deserve some type of pay back for the billions of dollars they've invested in the war. there won't be a seat at the table for talks with russia about ending the war and

>> we're not there yet but the ukrainians and europeans have to be included because of the sanctions on putin and russia as well. reporter: secretary rubio said this is the first step in the process saying they have a long way to government kevin. kevin: long way indeed. danamarie, thank you very much >> president trump will carry the talks in the coming weeks and moving quickly to end this conflict, and we will bring everyone together as appropriate. kevin: that was mike waltz on upcoming meeting with russian officials with saudi arabia and it's an interesting conversation

that has to be had, but eventually will include the ukrainians and for that perspective, we welcome the ukrainian mike waltz talking about these conversation withs vladamir putin and some of the personal relationship between the president and russian leader can't pay dividends in bringing the war to an end. listen to this. oh, we don't have waltz. i thought we did. but he's saying the president can talk tafanely putin whether in saudi arabia or elsewhere and then can bring president zelensky into the conversation. from your perspective, is that the right way to handle things right now? >> kevin, thank you. we had active engagement with

our friends and president zelensky and president vance and secretary rubio was there and actively engaged with working with the strategic allies regard to russians, we have to be clear, they're the ones that attacked us in 2014 and 2022. they can end this war. any day they want and if president trump convinces them to stop this war, god bless him. we all will work together with president trump to do it. as you see now, today horrible attack by russians and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity because of that attack and attack on chernobyl confinement shelter two days ago. putin clearly still shows that he's not ready or willing to talk about peace. look, we'll be working very active with our american friends

to do whatever is important for them to be able to actually bring putin to the table, and hope peace is achieveability. zelensky believing peace is achievable and we've been phygoing for three years and liberated 50% of what russia has take and ukraine is defending our home, and we rely on our american friends in doing so. kevin: speaking of the president, he said this about not being invited to saudi arabia. listen to his remarks and get your reaction on the other side here. >> we don't have any invitation and something strange for me to speak in this case, this format. before we have no negotiation for the partners and i remember, russia is not our strategic partner. kevin. the conversation doesn't nighed

to include president zelensky right now, but ultimately stake holders not just in the row john but -- region but globally need to be involved in the conversation to restore the great nation. >> nobody knows russians better than us and we had rounds and rounds with them and all the civilized communities from this and international rules and president zelensky has always been ready for the diplomatic discussions and we've been leading them and president zelensky suggested that other elements, which could be a basis for just and lasting peace. we're engaging actively and notable with american friends and partners but european friends and partners.

ukraine is the armed forces of european content and lethal and battle tested army that is defending the values on which our country is built, america is built, european countries are built. freedom, dignity and independence, we're fighting for that there. kevin: people have suggested that, yes, it's a nato force there but maybe it's time you heard the president suggest a more lethal european war and ukraine is the largest outside of russia certainly in the continent. i think his point is well take and we're short of time, but i would be remiss if i didn't ask you about nato membership. people suggested it's not going to happen and other leaders say it's not off the table. in the last 20 seconds or so, what's your reactions to that? >> nato is a consensus organization and created to

defend countries and ukraine is a democratic country that fights and defends democratic rule and we would like to be part of nato and we'll work hard to be part of nato. in the meantime, ukraine is part of european family and we are defending european families so whether it's going to be quick or later on, the main question is how we or democracies can defend ourselves and ukraine is a important element of that. kevin: no question about that and continued expansion of the russian empire is a real problem and a real threat frankly for a lot of countries in eastern europe in particular. madame ambassador, thank you for your time. really appreciative. >> thank you very much. kevin: and the meantime, secretary of state marco rubio is meeting with benjamin netanyahu today echoing president trump's message that the "gates of hell will open if hamas doesn't release every single hostage still in gaza.

for more on this, bring in our senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot in tel aviv. hey, greg. reporter: hey, seven. it was secretary of state marco rubio marco rubio's first trip to israel and had a lot for everybody who seemed to get along well. prime minister praised him and also praised of course his boss, president trump. president trump's plan still getting reaction about the u.s. taking over and renovating the gaza strip as the palestinians are stepping aside. in the wake of the release yesterday. there was unity to get all the hostages home fast and something more muscular as you noted and netanyahu echoing president trump saying he would open gates of hell if need be. particularly strong, the call by both to go after iran and now vulnerable after its area

proxies weakened its own defenses hit. >> ziti reel and america stand shoulder to shoulder and ayatollahs must not have nuclear weapons. >> single greatest source of instability in the region behind every terrorist group and every act of violence. reporter: one more show of the current closeness of the two allies, a new delivery of 2,000-pound unguided bombs held up by the biden administration last year, they were concerned about civilian casualties in gaza. all bets are off between these two in tel aviv right now. kevin, back to you. kevin: thank you, greg. >> donald trump has two republican houses and he's got a budget discussion that has to have a resolution by march 14. why isn't he getting the

republican leaders down in the white houssaying here's what we're going to co. he's making all these cuts without them because he doesn't even think the republican leadership will go along with him. bill clinton did things to shrink the size of government and did it with congress. kevin: you see right there, that was democrat senator tim cain from the great state of virginia, the commonwealth and appearing on fox news sunday shandon anne donovan bream and voicing concerns about president trump's push to reduce the size of government. we to want bring in the political panel, two handsome gents. election integrity hogan gidley and fox news contributor richard fowler. guys, i want to begin by sort of unpacking this idea that, listen, some of what's happening now, vis-a-vis doge online and it's reminiscent under president obama and is he trying to make

the government more efficient? >> look, i think there's nor efficiency in this government and i think there's members of congress that agree with that and there's been a lot of american people watching today and making the government more efficient and the question is how you make it more efficient. that is where the consternation lies and what we saw happening this week is 300 of the individuals were laid off and they said we didn't mean to lay you off and baning them back. this is moving to fast without doing investigation and asking kevin: sorry, i don't want to smollett yuppies but you see the president arriving at daytona

3500 right there. >> we saw the same thing at veteran affairs and sent the fork in the road e-mail out to skilled doctors and nurses taking care of vets every day and saying, sorry, we didn't mean you and that's moverring too fast and not paying attention to the efficiencies. kevin: hogan, that's a pretty good serve playing tennis and how do you volunteers andly that? >> it's interesting to me that democrats collectively rallied around and they're on the record supporting advocating for fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government. it blows my mind they're out there touting and arguing against the cuts that are clearly necessary the american people deserve to know how their money is being spent and where and donald trump and doge worked together to say guys, here is where the money is being misspent and misused, and i remember because i'm old enough,

that democrats used to care about the government and the fraud waste and abuse and now it seems they're on the side of the entities that have been long known to waste the taxpayer dollars. kevin: can both be true, the president wants to locate the areas of fraud, waste ask abuse and maybe they're move ago bit too fast and getting a bit over their skis in the process? >> i love washington dc's mentality of what fast is. i guarantee you donald trump thinks it's moving too slowly, all of the cuts and the recommendation process to congress and exposing it in addition it's getting the public on their side. kind of like a pr campaign saying look at where the money is going and yes, there'll be mistakes as elon musk said in the oval office but said as soon as we find t we'll admit and fix it and that's what's happened. kevin: speaking of the president's popularity, i just want to share this sound. this is chuck talking about, richard, if the president does things like this, they'd say

some of this isn't a bad thing. >> i joined the democratic party in 1979 to fight nafta and drain the swamps and make sure my tax dollars not going to foreign wars or wasted and that sounds like donald trump today. that's why we loose to him because we've let him steal our verbiage. kevin: steal our verbiage, is he wrong? >> i think he's right but he's a good friend of mine and where we'd agree is the idea you're going to eliminate hogan's explaining that we're providing recommendations and we're waiting for congress and that's not what happened at the consumer protection finance protection bureau and this organization is one that was created to protect consumers. created to not have absorb taint

overdraft -- absorb tent overdraft fees and this organization was decimated by elon musk. not a recommendation. wasn't a hey, congress, we think you should change this. it was elon musk and his doge associates going and saying y'all don't come back to work because the idea of keeping american credit card bills safe and holding banks accountable to the american people is something we don't care about. those are uniquely different than recommendations to congress. congress. kevin. i think they would argue and respectfully say it's not that they want to disrespect what the cfpb was doing, but rather we can do a better job with the same resources and we'll have to see. >> and tell us where and how? that's my point. kevin: the devil's always in the details. gentlemen, thank you very much. two sharp brothers. now, we're watching daytona beach, florida, as the president is arriving. that's next.s of ♪ .

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of those dangerous people in the city. kevin: it's fear mong mongeringd implemented by the media. >> yeah, and ice is ogoing out and going into schools and churches but they're not doing that. they want to go after criminal illegal aliens and they're housed in new york city and not letting them go 24 and let criminals out of the jail, you're letting them back into the community in new york. kevin: i found myself talking to some agents, former agents at least in my case here in washington and they seem universally to believe this is still not just an important change for our country's policy, vis-a-vis removing illegal migrants that committed the heinous crimes and more broadly protection and people talk a lot

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that's the only way to is to work together and get on board with ice and get the criminal illegal aliens arrested. kevin: real quick, is it your sense watching agents go out into the community that they are making headway? i've heard here in washington, the president would like things to speed up just a bit. >> once they get settled down into what they're supposed to be doing, they'll be making great arrest and picking up the tempo and be successful. kevin: john fabrico torre in colorado. thank you very much. >> thanks, kevin. kevin: we'll take you back over toto daytona beach for the 500 d maybe we'll spry the president. the leader of the free world is this. take you there next and coming up, we'll have a chance to chat with former cdc director about the health of the country

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kevin everyone welcome back, he can be. 30 minutes after the hour and maga meets the great american race and took it down to new orleanss and today he's ready to enjoy the daytona 500 many american as is madison scarpino live at day toe no international speedway. exciting day, madison. reporter: hello, kevin. president trump's motorcade made an appearance on the daytona and he's being greeted by executives and other people and the crowd went wide when his car was on the track as well as air farce one flyover a bit before that.

we're expecting to see him again, likely very soon. and the fans will probably get excited for that as well but speaking of fans, if you're looking up at the stands right now, those can hold over 100,000 fans and this is known as most prestigious race in nascar and exciting day for the drivers, and it is going to be a competitive one today. we have -- we heard this morning on "fox & friends" from several drivers and that includes 20124 nascar cup series champion joey la guano, take a listen. >> people are excited and you want to make it happen. there's nothing like it. the biggest day and you want to make sure everything is prepared and you're ready for battle. reporter: the opener set to

begin any moment and viewer cspan watch it all on fox. kevin: kevin, thank you so much. keep them posted with all the action on fox news as well. thank you. >> what i'm interested in is people that made really bad decisions on the nutrition guidelines and people at nih that are involved in the amyloid plaque scandals that derailed alzheimers treatment for 20 years. it's all construction. those kind of people need to be moved. kevin: robert f kennedy jr. discussing his plans for national institute of health and employees and the secretary of health and human services and more on this and removal of the covid vaccine mandate for schools, we welcome dr. robert redfield, who was previously the head over at cdc as well.

doctor, it's great to have you with us and we could take this conversation in a number of directions and in the interest of brevity, we acknowledge there's millions of americans incredibly intensely interested in what's going to happen at hhs with bobby jr. over at the helm. what's your impression of what you're hearing, not just from your friends in the administration but broadly in the medical community about the change? >> yeah, i think rfk will be the most consequential health secretary our nation has had. he's on a mission to make america healthy again, it's very sad that really what's happened over the last 30, 40, 50 years as our nation has become progressively sicker and we lost 1.2 million people during the first few years of covid outbreak and many other nations

lost far knewer is we're a sick nation. kennedy has a really good plan on how to address chronic disease. including the highly processed foods and the dyes and additives in the food. also focusing on the way to treat and manage chronic disease and the current system that i've been part of for now almost 45 years, which is a disease system. let's convert to a health system so we can recapture the american public and 70% of the american people can't join it past the medical examine. it's time for an aggressive transformation of our approach to healthcare. kennedy will do that i think. kevin: yeah, that's the sense from laymen like myself we hear

and read different things and seems like change is afoot. i want to share this and this was part of a conversation, doctor, between robert kennedy jr. and laura ingram talking about the impact big pharma has been having on the health outcomes. listen to this. >> you have a generic list of kind of people that if you've been involved in good science, you've got nothing to worry about. if you care about public health, there's nothing to worry alaska f. you're in there working for the pharmaceutical industry, then i say you should move out of the pharmaceutical industry. kevin: he's talking about impact that big pharma has had not just on the health outcomes but the prospects to try new and different approaches to making americans healthy again. do you understand where he's coming from?

>> yeah, there's a term that he uses the term corporate capture in the private sector in big pharma and they are in the general issue trying to research and improve health. one thing that negatively impacts the pharmaceutical industry is obviously if we figure out how to affectively treat something without medication. we have a health system right now whose answers to most problems are medication, medication, medication, medication. we've seen that with mental health and kennedy will be aggressive trying to advocate that we take a fresh look at how we approach disease management and chronic disease. i think this is the it's going to be a breath of fresh air.

kevin: that would make a difference i suspect. dr. robert redfield,ing thank you for your time today. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. god bless. kevin: god bless. kevin: could andrew cuomo return to politics and dropping more hints about a possible run for mayor of new york city. nate foy joining us with more on that . say it ain't so, nate. >> post ago cam tiana style video on oral media over the weekend and presumed majorrer and ick adams defended himself this morning against calls to resign.

kevin: adams attended a church service and adams facing criticism after moving to drop the description corruption charges and some worried about a secret deal, a possible secret deal between adams and president donald trump. seasing on skepticism with campaign run of his own. take a look at this. >> we've seen the ups and downs and make this state safe for everyone and not exactly for them what you're going to do. going for attorney general letitia james and found he sexually harassed 11 women and cuomo denies the allegations and attempted to conceal the true must remember number of nursing home deaths from covid-19. >> did you ever speak with anyone, you, governor cuomo, at

cms or cdc about the directive beforehand? you, governor cuomo? >> you ask that had question and i answered the question and aid no. i said no. i answered the question. >> not even after; correct? >> nay never called me after. kevin: if he does in fact enter the race, going for the democratic primary, four months from now and meanwhile on the republican side of the ticket, adams defeated the man back in 2021 is again running for mayor and filed the paperwork going to focus on violent crime, homelessness and affordability problems in the city. we'll send it back to you, kevin. kevin: i vote for nate foy. >> appreciate it. kevin: a fox news alert and daytona 3500 where the men in -- daytona 50 where the man in the red cap, the commander in chief, president of the united states absoluting the crowd.

you heard madison scarpino talking about this and going to span around the track and his chance for the second time in as many weeks and it was just a couple of weeks. he's had a chance to take in major sporting events and down to new orleans for the super bowl and warmly received and you can well imagine a similar situation played out at daytona 500. it is not, by the way, his first time attending the great american race. he actually did so back in 2020. it's a chance for him to reconnect not just with voters and americans that are taking in the big great american race but a chance to get an active administration and going out this week and going for a close look. i'm trying to see the president right there looking like he's surrounded by some of the drivers and i do know there's been some nascar.

in case you missed it earlier, we had live coverage on the channel and air force one do a flyover of the dare toe that international speed way. welcome madison scarpino on the ground. what are you seeing from your vantage point? reporter: i can tell you that the crowd at daytona international speedway went wild any time they got a glimpse of the president whether they was him walking on the track and his air force one flyover and motorcade making a brief drive around the track so people are really fired up about it and a closer look at what exactly our viewpoint is at this moment. we know that president trump is not alone on this appearance. white house says he's with his son eric trump, his with transportation secretary sean duffy, interior secretary doug burgum, byron donalds along with some other lawmakers.

and this race getting started and it's his second appearance as president and he served as grand marshal back in 2020 and commanded all the drivers to start their engines so fun times here at day know that beach. hopefully the weather holds up and we'll keep you updated with everything going on with the race as well as what president trump is doing here. kevin: hey, maddie, i'm not sure, that looks like the king over there. is that the great richard petty? is that what i'm looking at there? reporter: i wish i could see where you're looking. maybe. there's so many -- kevin: yeah, it's tough to see from where you are and this camera shot and looks like the president is shaking hands with one of the all time greats and it's awesome to watch. reporter: i can see the shot

now, yes. kevin: see what i'm talking about there, madison? reporter: looks like he s. we are -- the service out here is spotty with so many people, but there's said to be a lot of nascar legends here today. i would imagine that the president is meeting with them and some of the drivers participating in the daytona 500 and very, very cool experience for all of the nascar fans to be watching right now. kevin: you know, i can tell the folks just a bit of color and you can chime in on this, madison, as much as this is for the racers down there in the pits and for all the incredible teams, i mean, these racing teams are highly skilled and they work incredibly hard and for many of them, this is real americana, chance of a lifetime to see a sitting president up close and personal. this is remarkable for the fans in the stands and there's a

massive amount of people outside of the rationway and this is the something to behold. chime in on what you saw making your way into the raceway today. reporter: kevin, you're breaking up a bit but i heard you say about all the people not even in the racetrack right now. they're in the stands and in the fans zone, there's endless amounts of people and across the street countless rvs and campers and people spending the night on property not just for the past couple days but for some as early as the beginning of the week and it's a weekend event for die hard nascar fans and it's a week-long thing and like you said just to be able to see some of these nascar legends to see the president here, it's not common that a president will come to these things and i

believe that george bush was the only other sitting president to come to the daytona 500 so, yeah, just a very unique and special experience for people here. kevin: once you make your way in and past the legions of campers and rvs and fans and f-150s and you'll see it all and fancy sports cars and all the way through to your mom and pop toyota that's tricked out for racing. you see it all when you make your way in. once you're inside the daytona international speedway, it's really tightly controlled. you have areas obviously just for the fans and in my opinion, i like to be pretty high up in the stands because i want to see the race unfold, especially sometimes you can see what's happening if there's a wreck on the other side of the track as we watch the president now make his way back toward the tent. see him gesturing at some of the

people. but it's also fun because if you're on the infield, it's interesting to watch and see what's happening and sometimes they'll do some nice events leading up to the big race week. of course race week comes, nobody is going to be in that infield and we've got to keep everybody safe, it's all about getting around there for 500 miles and making sure if i'm not mistaken, madison, it looks like the president of the united states has just gotten inside the presidential limousine and if history is any indication, i'd put money on the table he'll probably cruise around the track and make his way as a fan, you see the picture of air force one fly overhead and it's dramatic because it's huge and close. and it's an angle you don't usually see what's in the stand

and cruising around. the p ickture is breaking up a bit and there's a lot of cell technology given all the cell phones in use and there's a picture sometimes pix late a bit. that's common and it happen ifs you've been to a big sporting seventh try to make a phone call and things are slowed down because of so much usage in this case. but we'll try to keep the nice clear picture as madison and her crew give us a nice clear view there of the beast. the presidential limo and looks like someone is on the right rear corner and it's secret service making sure he's squared away and then at some point here he'll make a nice leer uroly cruise.

leisurely cruise. it's a long way around and it's a -- even going 6o it feels like you're crawling compared to the racers booming around. american flags everywhere and a lot of trump flags on the way into the motor speedway at daytona beach. if you've not seen, yes, we have cloud cover, and that is in part why we are watching coverage now weather appears to be moving in the direction and you see a packed house as we look on the left side there, the presidential limousine and frankly heavyweights just about to take off here. listen in and see if we can hear what the announcement is.

kevin: we are approaching the 2:00 hour and this is fox news live and kevin corke with you this afternoon. we have live coverage over on what we call here in just a building and big network at big fox and local fox station. hope you leave it here as we bring you this unique experience, that is the president of the united states for the second time is at daytona 500. may remember taking in the race in 2020. he was grand marshal and this time i'm trying to see what's happening there in the infield

giving you a bird's eye view and that's what it sounds like and beautiful bird's eye view and great american race taking a look. those may be thunder birds. toyota racing, they're pretty solid as we take a look at our fox broadcast there. this is of course the world center of racing, daytona international speedway as president trump inside the beast. if you look lower left on your screen there, you see the presidential limb zone and we're expecting -- limousine and expecting they're going to cruise arnett the track shortly. sounds like the thunder birds may have gone by overhead.

in this case, leader of the free world expected to take a cruise around the track as he attends the great american race, daytona 500. let's bring back in madison scar pea know with -- scarpino with coverage on the ground. what are you seeing from your vantage point? reporter: i can tell you that air force thunder birds did a flyover which was very, very cool to see. i don't know if we can turn the camera up and show a bit of

that. loud airplanes going up in the sky and the crowd is just [ planes flying over ] kevin: the beast isen o the move. the presidential limousine is making its way around the track. i don't have a stat sheet in front of me. i'm going to guess it cost just a bit more than some of those -- maybe not. i mean, it's an expensive car. i can tell you, i've been up next to it many, many times and it is as i mentioned earlier, a great slice of americana to see it up close and listen. whether you're at the top of the stands or you're one of the bluebloods and down close to the racetrack, it's a time to get out your phone and see it. it's so meaningful and i think this is a message that i think the president is attempting to send. it 3459ers to him he's experiencing hiss support for the drivers and event itself. connecting with the person people. not running for reelection, not

that i'm aware of. don't think he s. this is a last chance to do everything for the first time. as a sitting president for president trump. and maybe every year. that he's in office this time around. but this is only his second appearance at the daytona 500 as we see some of the vehicles now getting a little track time and getting those tires nice and warmed up as we watch the beast versus the cup car. look it there. is this great or what? we were getting known as b roll for some special that we were shooting back at kusa in denver. it was a terrific time to get around the track. driving 60, feels like you're crawling and not o doing very much. give as real perspective of the

bank too that these drivers are cruising around at more than 15n it's really something. as we take a look together, i'm going to lay out and let the folks enjoy state queens. the president of the united states riding around the track before the daytona 500.

madison scarpino gave us a hint of an indication the president might be doing this it. i think i speak for a lot of race fans. it is pretty cool to see. madison, from your vantage point i am imagining the crowd right there you go, there's a good shot. imagining the crowd is getting a real kick out of this. by the case in case you are wondering this secret service still has to be there we are not just going to have the beast cruising around by itself. lots of secret service impacted. making their way along with the presidential limousine. this is of course that kick off

shoot nascar cup a season. the daytona 500 the great american race. affectionately known by his son some as the super bowl of nascar. you see quite a lot too. we have seen air force one flyover. we have seen the president meet and greet with drivers including the great richard petty. we have seen the beast cruise around the track. let's welcome madison scarpino into the conversation. as far as assignments go you drew a pretty good one my friend. [laughter] >> hate kevin, the energy is still very high now. i heard you talk about how

everyone just takes their phones out to capture the moment looking at all the fans surrounding me right now but that is what everyone is doing. what a cool thing to see the president leading the way it right now at daytona international speedway. unsure if he is going to stay for the whole racer wo widow sun planning on doing i can siphon the fan perspective people are soaking all of this in. ♪ because it madison i went to ask you. i know you got a sense early on today this was going to be on like many other days at the track. of course other presidents have attended including the great ronald reagan, with whom i share a birthday. not bragging. but obviously having a president come back again is fantastic.

in this particular case i say fantastic for the fans. i think i am looking at it from a fan perspective. it adds to the excitement, is that you are sense and watching all this unfold? >> absolutely by the white house did not officially confirm that the president would be here today until earlier this morning. president trump put out a statement just talking about the significance of this race and the involvement with the u.s. military as well really right before he even got h there were rumors swirling around over the past three days that it would happen. every fee and we would speak to without us even bringing it up and oh, did you hear president trump is going to be here? they would go on and on about how excited they were about that. and just how much that means to them that a sitting president would come to such a special

event like this. especially if special special for the nascar fans. i absolute think it adds to the excitement for all the people here put a lot of the locals, people from florida but also people from all around the world. as far as people in the u.s. people travel here as far as maine. really cool for all the people here. >> for the folks who did not get to see the early part of our coverage, madison and your great crew over there gave us a terrific shot of the president not just taking a joy round around daytona international speedway also having a wonderful exchange with some of the drivers the current drivers that will be taking part today but also a man affectionate the king, the great richard petty. eighty-seven years young i saw him shaking hands with the president. that was quite a moment. and i say that because if you like nascar you know that right away it's terrific for all of us to enjoy. shannon: i'm shannon bream