if they don't register, they are breaking the federal law. >> todd: a.g., how vital will such a religion edge jis industry be to try to combat illegal registration and keep our residents safe? 25 seconds to you. >> i think it's important. my last name is meyers. my family fled cuba. they had to be fingerprinted and go through extensive interviews and extensive medical background and provide before they could come to this country legally. the idea we have millions upon millions larger than the population of 32 u.s. states across the border illegally under joe biden, we have to know who these people are and what their background is. >> carley: we certainly do. this as daily border numbers have dropped to 15-year low, just 200 illegal immigrants u.s. southern border just tried to cross which is very low number compared to what was before this administration. got to leave it there. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: all right, bubble

up, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, wednesday, february 26th, this is "fox & friends." president trump will be hosting his first cabinet meeting today. i'm at the white house where i will speak with members of trump's cabinet a little bit later. brian? >> brian: speaking of cabinet members. good to see you out there with your overcoat, lawrence. >> lawrence: ha! >> brian: can i finish please i sat down with marco rubio for wide ranging interview including how close the u.s. is with a mineral deal with ukraine. >> my last indication was it was very close to the finish line. we were not only on the one yard line. almost like when the eagles push the quarterback across push bush thing. >> a lot to get to today cabinet meeting in d.c. excellent job with marco rubio.

"fox & friends" begins right now. remember, your mornings are better, always, with friends. ♪ >> lawrence: so in just hours here at the white house the president will huddle up with his full cabinet for the first time. >> steve: that's right. mr. trump's team is looking to keep advancing the maga agenda at maga warp speed. lucas tomlinson joins us live from d.c. with more on that. lucas, it sounds like elon is going to actually be in the room with them. >> lawrence, great to have you in town. now, joe biden didn't host his first cabinet meeting until april 1st of 2021. everyone wore face masks and maintained a few feet of social distance. of course that was during the pandemic. president trump will hold his first cabinet meeting later today. >> what are you expecting the cabinet to be tomorrow? >> going to be a cabinet meeting and i'll preside, unlike biden, i will preside over my own cabinet meeting. [laughter] >> lucas: likely a reference to

jill biden. remember how much she dominated that last cabinet meeting in september. now, elon musk will attend attend today's cabinet meeting. no word whether that chainsaw will be there. 21 civil service not musk hires saying in a letter they don't want to complicate governor services. after french president emmanuel macron visited on monday. it's kier starmer's turn. he visits tomorrow with the goal helping russia's war in ukraine three years after putin launched his full scale invasion. volodymyr zelenskyy will be flying to washington friday to meet with president trump. zelenskyy is scheduled to hold a press conference in the next 30 minutes from kyiv where is he expected to talk about that new mineral rights deal with the united states. >> president zelenskyy is coming on friday to meet with you. the mineral deal sorted out? >> yeah. i hear that. i hear that he's coming on friday. certainly it's okay with me if he would like. to say he would like to sign it together with me. i understand that's a big deal,

very big deal. >> both britain and france have expressed interest in sending peace keepers to ukraine but moments ago russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov prolong. pull cold water on korea like model to end this war. >> brian: when they say korea like model. korea never acknowledged they gave up the north. the 38th parallel where the fighting stopped. they are in a cease-fire now, technically. and obviously north korea doesn't feel that way. >> ainsley: lawrence? >> lawrence: back here at the white house the first cabinet meeting. we will have the opportunity to talk with some of the cabinet members karoline leavitt is going to be on the show later on today. i think the president just got a big win though on capitol hill, guys. i got to be honest. i didn't think it was possible. i thought they were way too disorganized but somehow, some way they found the votes to pass the g.o.p. budget resolution. >> steve: yeah. >> this is a gigantic win for the trump domestic agenda

because, and it was crazy. it was a crazy whip count event last night. what they did last night in the house of representatives, at 6:00 they called everybody in okay, we're going to have a couple of votes. the first one is going to be about something else. then the second one is going to be on the budget. okay. that first vote was open for an hour. and then at 7:30. they said, you know what? we're not going to have the vote tonight. because there were four republicans -- four republican holdouts. they could only stand to lose one. then during that time, after they said there is not going to be a vote tonight. donald trump got on the phone, talked to a couple of them. next thing you know out of nowhere okay we're going to have the vote. ultimately, tom massie is the lone republican who voted against it. everybody voted for it. what it calls for, $4.5 trillion in cuts to the federal budget. a $2 trillion reduction in spending. and it clears the way for the big parts of the trump agenda.

>> ainsley: good news is it will extend the trump's 2017 tax cuts. because they are set to expire at the end of this year. yeah, it was crazy. because they didn't think they had the votes. we are canceling this. >> steve: they didn't. >> ainsley: see some of the house members on the phone. we were told that trump did get involved by phone. he spoke to holdout victoria spartz. not sure we saw congressman tim burchett and warren davidson on the phone. not sure if they were talking to president trump. >> steve: you gotta figure. >> ainsley: they rush back in and it passed. >> brian: no democratic help. victoria spartz said i want to vote for it because it is going to add to the deficit. i called her up and personally guarantee you. she was worried about healthcare. i personally guarantee you that it will make healthcare better. we are going to find spending cuts in fraud and abuse in healthcare and in social security. so this is a blueprint. now, it's up to the senate to take a look at it. this is one big beautiful bill. this is the foundation for it.

but they say the final vote is likely to come in april. they hope to get two more seats because that's when they expect to fill the gaetz seat and the waltz seat. they are worried about stefanik. we don't know when that is happening in new york. >> ainsley: they are trying to delay it. >> brian: delay, delay, delay until september, which i. >> steve: the white house is very happy about what happened last night. and now they are looking to friday when it sounds like zelenskyy could actually be in washington, d.c., brian. >> ainsley: so, really quickly, before we get to brian's interview. it goes to the house committees. they are going to meet. they will build their own proposals around the framework. then it will be negotiated into a compromise bill with the senate. >> brian: they do have to rid out social security and without messing with people's payouts. they have to go in there and make this smoother and find it where the fraud and bruce is. meanwhile, secretary of state, marco rubio gave us the first interview with fox since he got the job as secretary of state. he's gone over 35 days to 12

separate countries and cities. it's been amazing. he got back to the state department and then talked about his new job. but, most of all, his old distances. for example, he sat down across from the russian delegation. knowing that they represent vladimir putin who he never liked. listen. >> senator rubio called vladimir putin a thug. you still feel the same way? >> at the end of the day, what we feel about vladimir putin would be irrelevant to achieving a peace here. what we are trying to do now -- we have to be grownups here. we are trying to get people to the negotiating table. you don't get people to the negotiating table like vladimir putin by calling his names or being antagonistic. it's costs billions of dollars for the united states. billions of dollars for europe. this is not a pr thing. this is not a political campaign. this is real world. >> brian: he just keeps his eye, lawrence, on the big picture. and that's bring an end to this. but having a peace that's not going to be temporary like the

2014 deal. but something that is going to be lasting, hence the deal that president trump is going to be announcing. they don't want to get out of it, about some type of equity in rare earth inside ukraine. >> lawrence: you know, brian, today is going to be the first cabinet meeting. and in that cabinet room, you are going to have a lot of disrupters. you have the secretary of defense pete hegseth. you got marco rubio. you got the envoy, the special envoy witkoff and all these other folk, pam bondi. they promised they were going to disrupt. i think what marco rubio is saying is of course we all think putin is a bad guy. but, virtue signaling and just saying that for the world in the middle of a negotiation brings us no closer to peace. and so i think what you are seeing with this administration is trying to get something done. i don't think we are losing any of our leverage but you need putin at the negotiating table. >> absolutely right. he is still a dictator just

saying. >> lawrence: of course. everybody knows it it's-to-see what is going on the entire ensemble because so many of -- yeah, a couple of the people who are going to be that room, lawrence, over the last couple of days have stood up to elon musks give me five bullet points on what you did last week. we are not going to follow that we will have guidance later will karoline leavitt is going to be joining us this morning on "fox & friends." actually you at the north lawn. she was asked a couple of times who exactly is the doppler radar indicated for doge? and she never responded. but then the white house came out and said that amy gleason is the acting administrator and apparently her promotion was a big surprise to the people who were there because nobody had actually realized she was running the show. >> ainsley: apparently, elon musk has received more than a million responses from people giving the five bullet points.

did you talk to marco rubio about the cabinet meeting tonight? what are they expecting? >> brian: no. we didn't really talk about the cabinet meeting. we did talk about yesterday the parliament in ukraine passed a resolution saying that he has our support, zelenskyy, to be president throughout the war, which says officially eliminates him as a dictator. >> ainsley: there was that u.n. resolution condemning russia we are not supporting that we don't want to antagonize. we are trying to come to the table like he said in that soundbite and we need to compromise and not going to antagonize putin today. >> steve: does sound like the good news for ukraine did drop the demand for $500 billion worth of future mineral and gas and oil rights. that has gone by the bye apparently. according to people who talk to the bbc. i was reading this morning. and ukraine wanted security guarantees from the united states, but it sounds like at this point, they did not get

them. >> brian: right. they think the presence of the u.s. there is enough. >> ainsley: more of that interview that you see on the right side of your screen. brian said he took a train to another train to another train to another train to get to d.c. and he got the interview. >> brian: i only forgot one thing. >> ainsley: your coat? >> ainsley: he left his coat on the rack above him on the train. >> brian: i left it on amtrak. the corridor. >> ainsley: can you get it back do you think? >> brian: so nice out. i didn't know i needed a coat. i kind of forgot i needed it. >> lawrence: did you bring the man bag? >> brian: yeah. >> ainsley: can you get the coat back? is there a lost and found? >> brian: it's up to you. if you are out there and saw a black overcoat like lawrences only his is much more expenses he has all these demands with his wardrobe deal. >> lawrence: unbelievable, this guy. >> brian: find something like that, just return it. looks like something i will wear. >> steve: i was just telling the story i flew to dallas last week to see my grandson who turned 2. and i left my backpack on the

plane. and long story. >> brian: but you got it back? >> steve: the airline couldn't find it. i got a call from the dallas police department. hey, somebody took your bag out of the gate area. we have got it. i looked in it, everything was there. and then today or last night, i checked it, i wonder if somebody put a tracker in there? >> brian: maybe. >> lawrence: just good texans, steve. >> steve: no, it was good texans. >> lawrence: never happen in new york. never ever. okay? >> steve: we're not going out on the streets. we are not leaving anything out there. >> ainsley: let's talk about the house of representatives in the state of maine. voting to censure a state lawmaker. so she can't vote. she can't over a social media post about fairness in women's sports. >> brian: right we have this idea that women should play with women. todd piro joins us with more. >> todd: state representative laura libby censor censored by

colleagues all over a social media post pointing out a transgender athlete won first place in the girls pole vault this after competing a girl one won year earlier. libby's post included the name and 230e9 of the minor. so this representative now unable to vote or speak on the house floor until she issues an apology. libby telling fox news digital she does not plan to do so saying quote this was an individual who participated in a public event who publicly stood on a podium and accepted a championship medal that rightfully belonged to the girls standing on the second place spot. on monday, she opened up to "america's newsroom" about why she is speaking out against her state's policy. watch. >> president trump is right on with issuing this executive order that the vast majority of americans and mainers agree with. they don't want to see boys in girls sports. so, we have a lot at risk here in our state. 250 million in federal funding.

governor mills has got to let go of this extreme policy. >> this comes as attorney general bondi sent letters to maine, california, and minnesota over not following the title ix legislation. telling them, quote. this department of justice will hold accountable state that violate federal law. indeed we have already begun to do. so we also stand ready to sue states and state entities that defy federal antidiscrimination laws. a.g. bondi says she hopes the doj won't have to take further action. back over to you. >> steve: so, todd, the maine state rep will not be able to do her job, essentially, until she apologizes. it does sound like she is going to apologize, does it? >> todd: it does not sound like she is going to apologize. seems childish rules there in maine which they may or may not have in other states are treating this representative like a child in a time-out because she is on the side that 80% of americans are on. it just seems very bizarre. but this apparently is the hill that the maine legislature wants to die on.

>> ainsley: i wonder if they will go after philadelphia, too. philadelphia school district say they will continue to allow transgender girls to play on the girls team. >> brian: they are ignoring the order. it's unbelievable. lawrence, thanks so much, todd. lawrence, have you ever talked to carley from washington? >> lawrence: no. and never from the white house lawn. >> carley: whoa. >> lawrence: carley, looks like you have some headlines. >> carley: this is a phenomenal first, lawrence. thank you so much. we have headlines here starting with a fox news alert. thousands gathering along the streets of central israel honoring the lives of the bibas family. shiri and two young sons during funeral procession earlier today. the show of is support comes just days after hamas handed the remains over late last week as part of the fragile gaza cease-fire deal. a private funeral was held near the family's home where they were taken hostage during the october 7th terror attacks. the somber day comes as the new agreement is reached which will see hamas turn over bodies of

four more israeli hostages in exchange for the release of hundreds of palestinian prisoners. >> carley: happening today the family of the menendez brothers will hold a news conference. they plan to release key facts surrounding the 1996 murder case. this comes after the l.a. district attorney said last week that he opposes a new trial. the menendez legal team argues the brothers should get a shot at freedom pointing to new evidence alleging that they were abused by their father eric and lyle menendez are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. dalton illinois mayor tiffany henyard who critics call america's worst mayor lost her democratic primary by a landslide. the embattled democrat crushed by former ally village trustee jason house he got nearly 88% of the vote. but, before the results came in, henyard hinted that a loss may not be the end of her political career. >> if you don't win, what are

you going to do? >> i might run for something bigger. i don't know. you painted me bad news for four years. >> carley: controversy certainly has followed henyard who has been accused of mismanaging taxpayer funds and just last month she and her boyfriend ended up in the middle of this brawl at a public meeting. so this could be the end of an era, guys or just the beginning of a new one. we shall see. >> ainsley: she said she is going to run for something bigger. this is lawrence's favorite story. >> brian: i want a recount. >> lawrence: who are those 500 people that voted for her? i can't get enough. >> steve: listen, i don't think we have heard the end of her. >> ainsley: i don't think so either. >> steve: if i was over at bravo or one of those reality channels. >> ainsley: oh, yeah. >> steve: she would make a fantastic star of a reality show call it breakfast with tiffany. call it something like that. >> ainsley: that's a good one. >> steve: pete, the stuff she has done over her term, who is that dog? >> ainsley: lawrence, what is she accused of?

>> steve: mismanagement. >> lawrence: money on her nails and hair. she has a security detail now. she? a little town. they have problem with crime. okay. but she has a four car motorcade. and i love how she says you guys have demonized me i'm going to go for something bigger now. it's delusion of all delusion. but she is beautiful. i think bravo would pick her up. >> steve: she is very entertaining. just saying. >> brian: she is not good at her job. >> steve: that's makes the best funny show. >> lawrence: yeah. i mean, i think that is what reality tv is though, brian. >> brian: no, no. it's real. brian. >> ainsley: do you remember when brian said yesterday the mayor of chicago. mayor johnson only -- his approval rating is 16. that's just his family. his family is the only one supporting. she got 12% of the vote. maybe she has a family of 500. >> lawrence: that's a big family, ainsley. >> ainsley: it is amazing that

people voted for her after what she did. >> brian: if you are going to be bad, be really bad. if you are going to be good be really good. don't go in between. don't make it close. 19 minutes after the hour. >> ainsley: a near collision out of chicago's midway airport. the chair of the ntsb gives us the latest in her investigation. >> brian: plus, more from "fox & friends." we have this exclusive interview with marco rubio. we touched on a lot of his portfolio, foreign policy, the border and more. >> i think it has a lot to do with president trump. it has to do with the fact that people coming here realize this isn't joe biden. ♪

known for pursuing your passions. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer. fda-approved for 18 types of cancer, including certain early-stage and advanced cancers. one of those cancers is early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. keytruda may be used with certain chemotherapies before surgery when you have early-stage lung cancer, which can be removed by surgery, and then continued alone after surgery to help prevent your lung cancer from coming back. keytruda can cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your body during or after treatment. this may be severe and lead to death. see your doctor right away if you have cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, nausea, or vomiting, headache, light sensitivity, eye problems, irregular heartbeat, extreme tiredness, constipation, dizziness or fainting, changes in appetite, thirst, or urine, confusion, memory problems, persistent or severe muscle pain or weakness,

muscle cramps, fever, rash, itching, or flushing. there may be other side effects. tell your doctor about all medical conditions, including immune or nervous system problems, such as crohn's, ulcerative colitis, lupus, or myasthenia gravis or guillain-barré syndrome, an organ, tissue, or stem cell transplant, or received chest radiation. keytruda can harm your unborn baby. keytruda is an immunotherapy and is also being studied in hundreds of clinical trials exploring ways to treat even more types of cancer. it's tru. keytruda. see all the types of cancer keytruda is known for at keytruda.com and ask your doctor if keytruda could be right for you. ♪ (three little birds remix) ♪ ♪ [breathing of man through a mask] [woman exhaling] [flames crackling] ♪ [water crashing] [scrubbing] [salt falling] [fire crackling] [cheering] [flames roaring] [liquid flowing] [water rushing] [water droplets falling] [water falling] [water running] [wind ruffling] [waves crashing] ♪ [seagull screeching] [waves crashing] [frog chirping]

[birds chirping] ♪ [waves roaring]

our xfinity network is built for streaming all the stuff people love. how can it get any better? -i'm just spitballin' here, but, what if we offer people apple tv+, netflix and peacock? for one low monthly price. -yes. so, people could stream the shows they love. and we could call it... xfinity streamsaver!

mmmmm. what about something like: streamsaver? ooooooo. -i love that. add streamsaver with apple tv+, netflix and peacock included for only $15 a month... and stream all your favorite entertainment, all in one place. >> adam: february but still feeling like spring for a lot of folks this morning. temperatures in the middle of the country climbing up into the 50's already this early. fairly mild on the eastern half of the country as well. this is going to continue as we get in today. highs will be climbing up into the 60's across the southeast. the southeast pushing 80 degrees. unreceivable type of weather. going to last the next couple of days. you see tomorrow a lot of spots 50, 60 degrees. the same case on friday. remember, it's still basically winter out there. this can't last forever. we are tracking a couple of low pressure systems that are going to be diving across the eastern half of the country as we get into the weekend.

that's finally going to drag a little bit of cooler air. not the first one, the second one, it's the third one. regional storm talking about snow across portions of interior new england and cold air down into the mid-atlantic. ultimately how much snow dragging back across the midwest as well. some cases those pink colors talking about maybe getting up to 6, 7, 8 inches of snow on the way. those are the weather headlines for now. ainsley, pass it over to you. >> ainsley: thank you, adam. a plane at chicago madeway international airport is trying to land they would have collide. it comes day after another flight had to make an emergency landing in the cabin appeared to fill with smoke and beyond that, a series of significant and some fatal incidents in just the last month. starting with the passenger jet and the army helicopter crash that killed 67 people in d.c. national transportation safety board chair jennifer homedy joins you now.

jennifer, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> ainsley: you are welcome. talk about what happened yesterday where the southwest plane is trying to land. thankfully the pilots were aware. they saw that private plane. why was that private plane on the runway? >> yeah. >> that's actually one of our questions for this investigation. we don't believe that this was an air traffic control issue. it appears this was a failure of the flight crew from flex jet to listen and abide by the instructions of air traffic control. they were supposed to line up and wait and hold short of runway three-one c which southwest was landing on and they failed to do so. >> ainsley: what happened? the pilot is scolded? what happens? >> we still have to conduct our investigation. we have a lot of information we still have to collect. we want to know what was going on in the cockpit of that

airplane we have asked for the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from flex jet. we have also asked for the flight data recorder from southwest. we will have to do some interviews and that's part of our investigative process so a lot more to come. >> ainsley: people are feeling uneasy because we have seen these stories in the news and spring break is around the corner. what can you say to parents and families to assure we are all safe? >> yeah, i can empathize with the concern but i can tell you aviation is incredibly safe. we have seen a lot of tragedies recently would have sounded alarm bells for a few years. just taking midway 22 million passengers flew out of midway in 2023, and landed safely at their destination. midway is incredibly safe. i have flown the last few weeks from alaska, philadelphia,

savanna, atlanta, now i'm in tuscaloosa and so it is actually the biggest risk is getting in your car to and from the airport, not on the plane. >> ainsley: yeah. what can you tell us about air traffic displol we have heard there are not enough people manning the air traffic towers? what's the latest on that? >> yeah. and this is actually something that secretary duffy has really taken very seriously and the administration has taken very seriously. i'm very happy about that because over the last couple of years, this is what i can tell you, the ntsb has sounded the alarm bells over and over again about the potential for catastrophe. last spring, i testified before senate commerce that the department of transportation needed to take action, they needed to get beyond words, beyond safety forms and that didn't happen and here we are today. secretary duffy has stated that he is going to fix it. and he is going to fix it fast.

and i think he's a great safety partner and i look forward to working with him. >> ainsley: i don't care what they have to do, double their pay, hire the best people aware and alert to keep all the passengers safe. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you so much for having me. >> ainsley: you are welcome. secretary of state marco rubio speaking out in our "fox & friends" exclusive as the administration looks for a russia-ukraine peace deal. that is next. >> if what they insist on is unrealistic then we know they are not real about it. but we have to test that proposition. we need to know and the president's to know early in his presidency are the russians interested in ending this war?

there are many ways to do things. at old dominion freight line, we do them this way. this way has people who start early. people who care and inspire each other to do things the way they should be done. this way uses technology (♪) and goes the extra mile (♪) to deliver your promises on-time, every time. this way is why we're the number one national ltl carrier for quality. for us, this way is the right way which is why it's the only way we go.

what do a neurosurgeon, a country artist, and a television & radio host have in common? they all saw the writing on the wall. big bank sharing your financial information with big government. join them as owners in old glory bank - the pro-america online bank that protects your privacy, security, and liberty. invest today at own.oldglorybank

>> steve: ukrainian president zelenskyy is expected to meet with our president on friday after he has reportedly agreed to terms of a major mineral deal with the united states. >> brian: mean be while i had a chance to sit down for an exclusive sitdown with secretary of state marco rubio. yes, we did walk.

and here's what he told me about all of this. >> brian: mr. secretary, first off, congratulations, 99 votes. i guess everyone is behind you. how does it feel 30-plus days in? >> busy. we have been busy. we are doing the work of diplomacy in state department. president trump is not a patient man. he moves very quickly. he has been given a mandate. he hit the ground running from day one. >> brian: one thing he said he wanted to do was address the ukraine russia deal. it looks like the mineral deal has been done can you confirm that? >> i can't confirm it, obviously. the secretary-treasury bessent is working on that. he has done a great job putting that together. my last indication was that it was very close to the finish line we were not even on the one yard line we were at the half yard line when the eagles push the quarterback across tush push thing. look it's a good deal. an important deal. we still want to end this war. that's the important thing the president has made very clear he campaigned on it. >> president zelenskyy and the president clashed last week. there's no doubt about it.

this week is going to be different. looks like president zelenskyy is going to be here in washington this week. how much friction is between president zelenskyy and president trump? >> you know, people -- there's a lot of stuff in the media about it but at the end of the day, the president's objective is clear. he wants the war to stop. to do that, you have to have both sides agree to it, right? we talked to zelenskyy. i think what the president was irritated by and rightfully so was this argument that somehow we haven't talked to ukraine. after president trump spoke to putin, which he hadn't spoken to in four years he picked up the phone. i was there for both calls. he immediately spoke to zelenskyy. he met with treasury secretary and me and the vice president and then he met with kellogg. he has had engagement, constant engagement. i talked with the foreign minister of ukraine twice in the last six days to say we are not engaged with them is just not accurate. >> brian: what makes you believe the russians sincerely want this war to end? >> i don't know. i don't know the answer to that. >> brian: what do you think. >> i think we are going to test it. we told them do you want to end the war or continue? if you want to end the war we can talk about what it would

take to end it from their perspective. if you want to continue on the war tell us now. they agreed to a follow-up where we are going to send teams of diplomats to meet with theirs to talk about what it would take to end the war. if what they insist on is unrealistic we know they are not real about it. we have to test that proposition. we need to know and the president wants to know early in his presidency are the russians interested in ending this war or are they not? >> brian: germany had a big election. president trump congratulated the presumed leader although it will take months to form a government. frederick emeritus. he said. this i would never have thought i would be saying this on tv but after donald trump's remark last week it's clear that the government does not care much about the fate of europe. my absolute priority w will be o strengthen europe as quickly as possible to step-by-step we can achieve independence from the u.s. nato in its current form is in jeopardy. european nations display to establish european defense capability, your reaction? >> my reaction nato is not in jeopardy.

the only thing that puts nato in jeopardy nato allies who barely have militaries or militaries are not capable they spent 40 years not spending money on it. all that president trump has argueside what every american president has argued the last 30 years and that is these are rich countries especially in western europe. they have plenty of money. they should be investing that into national security. they are not. you have countries spending 1.5% on their economy. and we just can't keep subsidizing that it's not fair and not sustainable. >> brian: he thinks the wants the u.s. out of europe, do your own thing. is he misleading donald trump. >> no. why is it unreasonable for the united states to ask rich european countries to invest more money in their own national security. >> what a start have you had panama, el salvador, costa rica, will dominican republic, germany, israel, saudi arabia and uae. in the beginning six neighbors.

central and south america. there is a message, it seems to have been our border matters. let's establish some relationship. because we have got to control our southern border and have you got to control yours. what did you walk away with? what was your message. >> all those countries that you mentioned in central america are all migratory routes. that's the route that people tactical to get to the southern border. our border, in many cases when it comes to mass migration begins there. so we want countries to cooperate in strong it. in addition, a number of these countries, i add honduras now to the list. a number of these countries have now agreed not just take back repatriates flights but people from other countries who basically enter the united states illegally send them to their countries. they have a choice go back to their own country or their country. these are powerful tools. that's why you are ceceing historically low numbers under president trump. at the border. >> brian: your visits? >> i think it has a lot to do with president trump. it has to . the people coming here realize

this isn't joe biden. you are not just going to be able to come in claim asylum and stay forever. we are literally in some of these countries, i had a call yesterday. one of these countries have people doing u-turns on their way here. they are not playing around anymore. president trump is serious. and have done a u-turn. trying to go back to their country. we are seeing that happen. that is as a result of president trump's very clear leadership on migration. >> brian: we allowed over decades china to make their way to central and south america. is panama an example of that. >> yeah. >> brian: we have just not put enough attention in our own backyard. is that what you heard when you went there? >> it is. a couple things. corruption. previous president, two presidents ago, those people are all wrapped up in a web of corruption. in fact, he is standing trial in panama now for that they bought their way like they have done in many parts. you wake up one day and realize they control both of the portsd of entry for the panama canal. they control the cranes. they have a huge presence there. i'm very happy that after our visit. i think the same day i was there, panama became the first country in latin america, in the

western hemisphere to 2k3we89 out of the belt and road initiative. more news coming up soon panama all positive for america. >> brian: you called china the most dangerous adversary america has ever faced. >> ever. >> brian: steps to face off with them who clearly are building up their military to face off with us as sophisticated as possible. what is your plan? they have told us by 2027 they are taking taiwan. what could you do about it? how committed are you and the president of the united states to defending taiwan. >> china is going to be a rich and powerful country. no matter what we do, we will have to deal with that we have to deal -- what key with not have a world where china is so powerful we depend on them. that's right now where we are headed unfortunately. it's going to change under president trump. and number one is we have to have our own domestic capability. if you don't want to expend on china make it through yourself. allowed way too many industries to fall into the hands of the chinese. everything from rarely earth

minerals to pharmaceuticals, we have to have domestic capacity. one of the ideas behind the tariffs that the president is pursuing at large. why people say only put tariffs on china. that's not enough. because china has factories in other countries all over the world. flood us with those products. we have to have our own domestic capacity. number two is we have to be present. iindo-pacific they are trying to drive us out. we are a pacific nation. we are. we have relationships in the pacific and we are not going to abandon those, japan, south korea. you mentioned taiwan, we have a long-standing position on taiwan that we're not going to abandon. that is we are against any force coercive change in the status of taiwan. that's been our position since the late 1970s. that continues to be our position. that's not going to change. the third is, you know, it's outside the purview of this department at state, but we have to have military cables that allow us to respond to the threat that china is posing. we need to be concerned. we have our aircraft manufacturing, our ship manufacturers, they are not keeping pace. china can build 10 ships before

we can build one. that's a very serious vulnerability that cannot continue. and obviously i know pete has a plan for that and the president has a plan for that and think are working on it. brian. >> steve: excellent interview, brian. marco rubio was born for that job. is he fantastic. >> lawrence: yeah, he was. >> ainsley: brian, you covered russia, ukraine, countries not spending enough on own national security and relying on us. you talked about the border, panama canal china and taiwan very wide ranging and i learned a lot from it. >> brian: steve, you are absolutely right. this is what he loves. when donald trump had his first term, lawrence, you remember, he told marco rubio you got central and south america. you handle cuba. he totally trusted him with screns the regime change it never quite worked out but never acknowledged maduro. now, i do talk to about i don't know if it's going to make the cut maduro. are you acknowledging that during row is a legitimate leader even though a scam election by getting hostages out and letting them take their

people back and he said no. it's a complicated situation. put it this way. he knows he works for president trump. but, also president trump likes that he is in charge. >> lawrence: let me tell you, brian, great job with the interview. i love the pairing of secretary rubio and donald trump. i have always said that marco rubio may be the best communicator from a communication standpoint, reaching people, knowing the message of the party in the republican party. but, to pair the communication style of marco rubio with the policy agenda of donald trump, i think we're going to be able to achieve a lot of peace around the world. and i can't wait to see what's next. >> ainsley: even though he has a hand what is happening in these countries allowing us now to send illegals back to their countries you ask and said is this because of you? he said it's because of donald trump and his policies. >> steve: one other thing do you know whos really bad in all of this the biden team. essentially after three years of war, donald trump and company really are wrapping it up in

about three weeks. >> lawrence: so quickly. >> steve: it's unbelievable. hats off to marco rubio and company over at foggy bottom. >> lawrence: steve you make an interesting point the president said he was going to get it done on day one. all the media outlets ran with that headline. one day versus three weeks in the grand scheme of a war that's been over three years, i think the american people got the message. >> ainsley: incredible if this war ends in the next few weeks. >> brian: a lot of moving parts. don't get involved in the play by play look at the result. more behind the scenes moments with the secretary of state on the job just 40 days. >> steve: but, first, it's a once in a lifetime experience that one man got to have twice. he was on board that spaceship yesterday. a blue origin's crew member on second time in space happened this week. hear from him, next.

[coughing] copd is an ugly reality. do you have his medical history? i watch as his world just keeps getting smaller. but then, trelegy helped us see things a little differently. with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy keeps airways open for a full 24 hours and prevents future flare-ups. once-daily trelegy also improves lung function, so he can breathe more freely all day and night. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. ♪ ♪what a wonderful world♪ ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy for copd

because breathing should be beautiful, all day and night.

experience especially the second time that acceleration. that thrill of knowing you are going to have a view of the planet that only 719 people have had. >> steve: right. >> it's great. >> steve: compare that to the scariest ride at the scariest amusement park? what does it compare to g-wise? >> i will say you don't want to do this if you don't like amusement park reads. it's quick. the g-force is high. but i will tell you, i have been on worse rides at amusement parks. >> steve: i bet. so you and your cohorts are there in the capsule. i think what would freak me out

is looking around and there is nobody driving the ship. it's pretty much robotic, right? >> it is. i mean, this is the ultimate in autonomous vehicles. we all talk about self-driving cars. but, you know, you go through the engineering and see how well the ground crews prepare for this. and you really have a real good comfort and sense of calm. >> steve: in fact. i think you said after the first trip that you took with your son cameron, by the way, a couple years ago. you said that being up there, it helped you with your business because it cleared your mind. >> it does. you know, when you look at the earth from that perspective, and it is extraordinary, you realize how humanity as a whole is only restricted in its potential by humanity's ability to get along. you think about that in a business perspective, what you do in the boomer, the pressures you face up economies and down economies.

it all just seems serene. >> steve: yeah, i bet. i know that the cost you paid to fly in it has been kept a secret. it's not publicly known. >> that's correct. >> steve: i know virgin charges 600,000 per seat i know you don't want to say how much it costs you. for the cost, do you get to keep the flight suit? >> you do. in fact, this is my second flight suit. they give us a lot of what i call swag, memorabilia, we each received commemorative watches. well worth the cost for having the passion of a lifetime of a voyage fulfilled. >> steve: fantastic. i would love to do it too. lane, thank you very much. >> you are welcome. thank you. >> steve: carley joins us now with the news from dallas. >> carley: the world of dallas.

ddan kitchen. dominating watching up a triple double on the way to a lakers win wide open. magic on display. >> carley: the next time these two pete in early able when luka will make first return to dallas since the trade. after a dominant super bowl victory over the chiefs, president trump says he hopes the philadelphia eagles will visit the white house. >> i thought it was a great performance by them. and absolutely they will be extended an invitation. would you do that right away by the way? >> yes, sir. >> we will do it right away. we will do it sometime today. they deserve to be down here and we hope to see them. >> carley: that's right. an eagles source told outkick that the team would visit the white house. so there you have it. they are going to the white house, steve. >> steve: indeed, carley, thank you very much. >> carley: you are very welcome.

>> steve: straight ahead more behind the scenes of brian's exclusive interview with ourselves marco rubio. that is still ahead on this show. >> after the cold war we sort of lost our way. we have a chance to remake american foreign policy and put the national interest like what's important to america first and foremost. i didn't have the millions of dollars to put towards marketing, and that was the hardest thing. when i posted on tiktok that went from maybe a few hundred people knowing about my product to millions. (♪) we were able to make over $300,000 in less than two days. it saved my business and it saved lives. an msc cruise isn't just a vacation, it's a holiday. - full of european style... - ah! and all the things americans love too! c'mon, bloom! there are a ton of football matches. games. football games. woo! you ready for some adrenaline?

i was born ready. how high is that? so high. privacy. privacy. gelato. fro-yo. architecture. sharkitecture. that is a big hat. it's american, of course it's big. what a vacation! don't you mean holiday? my bad. we should stop now. yeah. you might know harbor freight for affordability. what you might not know is performance and durability goes right along with it. you see, we test. and then we test again. world-class engineering and rigorous testing to ensure our tools perform at the highest level and stand the test of time without testing your wallet. now it's time for you to put us to the test. whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight. (♪)

♪ ♪ >> lawrence: all right. buckle up.