expires in under one hour after they a -- they were accused of holding back evidence. what else could we learn? steve and we are tracking the ongoing measles outbreak happening in at least 10 states. who is most at risk and how to protect against it involves getting a shot. >> ainsley: second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> today is deadline for schools and colleges across the nation to end their dei programs or

risk having their federal funding revoked. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera joins us with all the details. hi, maddie. >> madeleine: good morning. there has been a patchwork of responses from the trump administration. some schools appear to be complying. the university of southern california, for instance, says it is now reviewing dei programs to make sure it complies with legal requirements. the head of princeton university, orthopedic is urging staff and students to keep calm and carry on until the legal status of the executive order becomes clearer. and teachers union has sued to block this policy. it comes as the education department unveiled this public portal for parents, students, and teachers to submit discrimination reports. but doge remains undeterred in its effort to cut costs, elon musk met with senate republicans in the doge caucus to talk about the work that they have been doing. that meeting happened yesterday. caucus chairwoman joni ernst says hit the ground running to save taxpayer dollars. we are just getting started to make sure government more

efficient and protect taxpayers to ensure washington works for the american people. >> you, but in a blow to doge, a federal judge has blocked the determination. federal probationary employees to issue these terminations. >> maddie, you are down in washington. the "the washington post" has a story that it sounds as if federal employees could get a second email. but, unlike the first one, the first one came from the office of personnel management and yesterday the judge said opm had no authority over firing people in other agencies, other than in their own agency, opm. it sounds like this new email, which will go out, sound like this weekend, is going to be from the various agency heads. and that would be applicable to the people who work for those agencies. >> madeleine: yeah. that should go along with the direction that the opm has already said that the agencies will be issuing their own

instructions as to -- in regards to whether these federal employees, what they should follow. so i guess the way that that sounds, it sounds exactly what the opm has been suggesting all along. of course, we shall see. we talked a lot about the confusion that a lot of these federal workers are experiencing. we will see again what happens this weekend and we will see who follows. >> steve: exactly. >> lawrence: thanks, maddy. >> madeleine: you got it. steve. >> lawrence: it's going to be the same system. essentially every single department or cabinet member now has a doge representative. and elon musk essentially alluded that there was going to be some type of second email back in the cabinet meeting. essentially what they are trying to do is just see if there's a living person behind the screen. and so code, same code for every agency and all going to go to the same system. >> steve: here's the thing. you would think that every manager in the federal government just go to the managers and go, okay, how many -- you have got 100

employees, how many of them are in the office. all right? of the 98 that are at home, how much do you talk to them? how sure are you that they are actually working? is it efficient to have so many people out of the office and so many people who are not being held accountable in many cases. >> well, when it comes to the did. ei in our schools. the president sent out that memo on the 14th of february. two weeks to get dei out of your schools. >> higher and lower education. and some of the schools are pushing back, officials in new york city not shocking, washington state and california are urging the schools not to make the changes. western michigan university's president told the campus, told his campus to please proceed as usual. antioch university very liberal, higher education, said most higher education will not comply unless the federal law is changed. parents don't want their children taught about dei. they want them to learn to read and do their math. when you look at the nation's

report card the reading for grade 4 only 31% are passing. grade 830% are passing. for math and fourth grade only 39% passing. for grade 8 for math, only 28% are passing. >> brian: they also want to bulk up the history, social studies component in these schools. >> ainsley: that will be great, too. >> brian: two weeks ago i went out to the university of austin talk about higher education. craziness columbia. the university of austin, like to a degree hillsdale, they are not conservative. all they are doing teaching the classics pushing entrepreneurship. getting all the dei out. formed a private institution, didn't take any federal funds, because they don't want the biden oppression or the -- or the pressure from the top down. there is a huge push to get rid of this. >> lawrence: can you -- can we just talk about how backwards this is? they are more focused on woke

books and these crazy books when the kids can't even read the book. there has been more emphasis on the programming of the young minds instead of getting the young minds to think and be able to do math. this directly impacts the workforce and the kids going into criminal activity. it starts right here and it just doesn't seem like there is any emphasis in the school. >> brian: school choice would be huge nationwide. blue states don't want anything to do with it. school unions pay the democratic party. >> steve: 100 percent. today regarding education, dei, is supposed to die. meanwhile, ice, ice officials confirming the arrest of a violent gang member outside a charter school in the city of chicago. and school officials are outraged over ice doing that and arresting that guy. >> lawrence: todd piro has the

details. >> todd: good morning to all four of you. this arrest taking place wednesday charter school in chicago. fox news obtaining the video of the suspect being taken away by ice. you see it on your screen. federal officials have revealed that the man is a violent street gang member with a criminal record that includes drug trafficking, gang loitering and property damage. officials also saying he had been previously deported from the u.s. in 2005 and 2013. hours before officials confirm the 17's criminal past, the chicago teacher's union and city officials condemned the. parents from our schools. >> we got to wonder. what is the chicago public schools doing to protect our children. >> i would like to see our school district figure out how to keep people safe. thousand keep schools open and welcoming and safe for our young

people. >> todd: that rally was planned before the ice arrest. they have been in talks to close seven charter schools. ice confirms they did not attempt to enter the school. back over to you. >> steve: todd, just to be clear, so this guy, who is accused of being a gang member and drug trafficking and things like that, he was in a car near a school. there were school kids in the car, it sounds like, but they weren't his kids. so, it was just a bunch of coincidences, it's near a school, there are school kids in there, and the fact that it was so close to the school, that's what outrages them, right? >> todd: but, of course, steve as we well know and have covered multiple times the left takes an opportunity like this to make an example regardless of whether or not the facts are on their side. here as we reported the facts are not on their side. these ice agents did not go into the school. this individual is a criminal, according to our laws and under

president trump and tom homanens efforts, criminals that are illegal migrants are going to be deported out of our country. >> lawrence: i don't care if they even went into the school killing children, recruiting kids. prosecuted it's different prosecution. i want the guy out. i don't care if you have to go in a school or not. more outrage area. go back to process with the democrats more concerned about the process than the crime being committed. >> ainsley: i think they are focused on the wrong thing. >> lawrence: yes. >> ainsley: a guy from mexico, been deported twice. known member of a street gang. been convicted of drug trafficking. gang loitering, and damage to property. if i'm a mom at that school, i want him arrested. i'm going to say why is this guy hanging out in front of our kids' school? >> lawrence: and who were those kids. >> steve: hanging out with kids. >> lawrence: you said those weren't his kids so who were those kids?

>> steve: here is the thing a lot of schools no gun zones. if the guy has a gun, go after him. we don't know exactly the particulars about it. nonetheless, i think a lot of people on the left are trying to make it seem like there are arrests near schools, migrant families will not drop their kids off at school. if you are not a gang banger, i don't think you got to worry about it. >> lawrence: exactly right. >> brian: the other problem, that's why the guy has 18% approval rating as mayor. kim foxx got voted out and hopefully alvin bragg will be next. big push in country to be aware who your das are. get those criminals once arrested to stay in jail. hopefully these cities one by one will start straightening themselves out. texas surprised me. this suspect in harris county you just did this story, lawrence, wanted -- convicted for -- he is out on bond after the murder of an officer, back in october. it's happened 20 years ago. enough to the former harris county district attorney was on this case before leaving office. wanted to pursue the death

penalty. and now she is slamming the judge current d.a. for putting a billion dollars bond out there seemed to satisfy the bond so he is out. >> lawrence: first time this is happening in 20 years. he was in quexz with the murders, over 40 shell casings at the scene. they ambushed this cop, 28 years old. part of the sheriff's department and they decided to put him out with an an telling monitor. of course if you have been watching this program. have done a ton of stories on this. ankle monitors don't work. the family is outraged. earlier today i had the opportunity to talk with the district attorney, former district attorney, she was apparently too moderate for the crazy leftist in houston, texas. this is what she had to say. >> our judges, unfortunately, in harris county have shown a pattern of releasing repeat violent offenders among us right now more than 830 fugitives or individuals on bond for capital

murder or murder. lj none for the murder of a police officer. this is a first for us. >> she could have set a bond that was high enough to protect the public. unfortunately, judge hillary unger is a rogue judge, notorious for releasing repeat offenders who go out and kill other members of our community. we have got to stop these rogue judges. i was attacked as d.a. for fighting against this type of activity by our local judges. right now we appear to have a d.a. that's complacent and okay with it hereby's the thing the rogue judge set bond for one guy 3 million bucks, he couldn't make the bond. the other guy set it at 1 million bucks. he made bail. >> brian: where did he get the money. >> ainsley: only need 10%. >> steve: put up his mom's house. we have no idea but it could be a collateral thing.

>> ainsley: in texas in 24 case that didn't happen. now, when you talk to this guy, the one who is out ended up getting out. talk to defense attorney her name is cheryl ervin, she said the judge didn't set the bond because she said the state filed for a hearing right after this all happened, when he was arrested, which would have made no bond an option. but that hearing never happened. making frances, this guy who was let out, eligible for bond and his attorney said i want a bond. and the judge said okay. a million dollars. the other guy 3 million. >> lawrence: it's unacceptable. >> ainsley: he killed a police officer. >> lawrence: he is a cop killer. he did it. do you want to know where he got the money from, part of the drug trade. that's the whole reason they targeted this guy. ambushed him as he was sitting on in the house. over 40 rounds into the car. and lets him out on the street. so, he is going to reoffend again probably or number two, is

he going to get away. he is going to flee. because he has nothing to lose right now. if he is convicted in the state of texas, the people of texas is going to ask for the death penalty. so he is going to evade in some capacity. of course, liberal justice doesn't care about that. the other number -- former d.danumber of people capital mur cases out on the street. >> ainsley: 830 fugitives on bond for capital murder. remember when we were growing up in south carolina if you murdered a cop you got the electric chair. >> lawrence: that's right. you should still to this day. >> steve: there should be a death penalty. ultimately do you know who is most outraged as well they should be, the police officers' union. we're putting ourselves out on the line every day. and then here is an alleged cop killer getting out. is that right? and they say no. and we bet you do, too. >> let's say yes to carley shimkus other breaking news including on this drug trade.

>> carley: exactly right. interesting news to get to here. starting with a fox news alert. 29 cartel members just extradited to the u.s. from mexico amid tariff pressures from president trump. and today one of the cartel bosses will face a judge in brooklyn, federal court. drug lord raffaele quinn tarot is the co-founder one of latin america's powerful cartels accused of killing a dea agent in 1985. the cartel member drug trafficking and murder. the extraditions are believed to be apparent peace offering to the trump administration amid pressure over tariffs. the house oversight committee releasing a promotional video ahead of next week's hearing sanctuary city leaders. watch this. >> push back in the sanctuary city of boston, player michelle wu: >> the the goal of the trump administration is to get us to surrender our humanity.

>> we will let them explain what their policies are. see if they can answer some questions as to who is paying for this. >> boston mayor michelle wu mocked the video and proceedings ahead of her testimony on the impact of sanctuary city policies. >> it's pretty dramatic. you see so much effort going into hyping up the hearing. there are important topics we need to talk about, and i hope we will get a chance to share the facts and the truth as well. >> carley: on wednesday, mayor wu will appear alongside the mayors of new york city, denver and chicago. we will be watching. all right, check out this wild video. it shows a distracted colorado bus driver caught swerving off road while reading. the kids were screaming in terror. this happened in april the video was just released. students falling out of their seats. the county school system driver was distracted but claims he swerved to avoid an elk which you can't see in the video. that driver is still employed in

the school system in the same position. now to wild video of gator vs. gator. check out university of florida gators along -- shoeing away that big fellow using his golf club. happened during the pga national in palm beach gardens. of the quick thinking getting up quick and personal after the acevader the game. >> brian: could that gator catch him? >> ainsley: is he frrld from florida. his dad he grew up watching his dad grab the gator's tail. he says he has never done that before. i would be running the opposite direction. >> brian: what about caddies? >> steve: over christmas my family stayed at the pga resort right there. and right on -- next so the sliding glass door beware of gators there is a lagoon right there. of course we were aware of gators the entire time. forget about santa and the

reindeer, look out for the gators. >> brian: russia peace talks on the table. a key deal with ukraine. get trump's signature when zelenskyy comes to town today. should be here about 11:00. are those negotiations enough to end the war? ght know harbor freight for affordability. you might not know performance and durability go along with it. we test. and then we test again. now it's time to put us to the test. whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight. (♪) ♪ chocolate fundraiser. with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. ♪ that's convenience from chase. how are folks 60 and older having fun these days? family cookouts! ♪ playing games! ♪ dancing in the par... (high pitched sound)

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>> brian: happening today president trump is set to host president zelenskyy at the white house. what week he has had. the two set to sign a big deal that could make the u.s.a. a lot of money. lucas tomlinson at the white house. good morning, lucas. >> lucas: good morning, brian. one of the questions today what security guarantees if any are in this proposed agreement with president volodymyr zelenskyy which, of course, is what brings him here today. and part of a draft -- part of what is in the draft agreement is a 50% mineral rights deal which gives the united states half of all the minerals and rare earth that comes out of the ground in ukraine. we have description some of those minerals read them to you include titanium, which is used in the f-35 joint strike fighters bulkheads. components in the aircraft and engine parts. lithium used for batteries and smart phones, electric vehicles, graphite key material and steel production.

nickel used in battery. cobalt used in rechargeable batteries and ev production. now half the rare earth materials ukraine territory occupied by russian forces ahead of zelenskyy's visit today. gone is the harsh rhetoric describing him. here is president trump yesterday. >> do you still think mr. zelenskyy is a dictator? >> um, did i say that? i can't believe i said that next question. >> zelenskyy is the third world leader to come to the white house this week. french president emmanuel macron on monday and british kier starmer. he said he is optimistic about mineral rights deal. we are going to be having a good conversation. no, we want to work with him, president zelenskyy, she said before we will work with him. the president and i have actually had a very good

relationship. sara money korea, is this germany? is this ireland? british prime minister says he wants peace keepers on the ground in ukraine but russians say that's a nonstarter,. >> brian: brian yeah, talking 30,000, thanks so much, lucas, let's bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic analyst. chairman of the institute for the study of war. general, your thoughts about the deal that's going to be coming down today and they are going to announce it about 11:00. >> well, i think it's overwhelmingly positive and certainly both sides had a compromise to get the deal which is pretty normal and certainly something president trump is used to seeing. look at it. it ties the united states to ukraine for a generation in terms of exploration and mining for these rare minerals.

obviously, with unbelievable interest in the future security of ukraine. why? because if war continues, there's no explanation -- exploration. there's no construction going on. there's no mining going on during a conflict that's for sure putin you know full well does not like this deal. this deal is in the united states and ukraine's interest. and that's what makes it a good deal. >> brian: general as you know in 2014 they stopped fighting and breached 2022 with the invasion. allies are saying put a peace keeping force of maybe 30,000 there. the u.k. said you can count us in. looks like france, too. not us. but, you say that's a nonstarter for russia? well, that's a stop for -- that's also a nonstarter for the west. >> well, i think it remains to be seen if putin is really going to negotiate and that means be willing to make some compromise. he has already come in with a

hard line position at the negotiations that took place yesterday where they said they want more territory than what they are occupying. he wants ukraine to demilitarize. he wants them to have an election so he can undermine that election successfully as he has done very much in the past and hopefully get a stooge in there that can he influence and control. he wants ukraine to go down 85,000 troops only and only be able to fire a missile 25, 40 miles in other words. so, those are very hard line positions. it remains to be seen how much progress we are going to make here. but, putin has got major military problems and personnel problems coming in '25. there's a lot more pressure inside on putin than what is recognized publicly. ukraine going into this, they mention, as we just discussed here, they want some future security here certainly the euros providing peace keeping

forces, a step in that direction. listen, here's what we do know, brian, did we get a deal, and there is cease-fire and some kind of an agreement, putin will look at that as a temporary pause. in the meantime, china, iran, and north korea will continue to arm him. sanctions relief likely will take place. that will give him the opportunity to recover his defense industrial base. president zelenskyy knows this. the trump team know. this what else could we do then to strengthen ukraine to deter putin? we can help him build an f-16 air force. give him long range missiles, air defense systems. artillery weapons. all the things that we have done to help make a difference just not in time to be decisive by the biden administration. more tanks and armored vehicles. the trump team can come up with their own list with zelenskyy. just to give our audience a feel for what that would take place. and, guess what, brian? there is no reason for the american taxpayers to spend $1

on this. brilliant journalist marc thiessen and i wrote an article about this deal coming right now on rare minerals using russian frozen assets and state department can issue loans. they just issued a foreign military funding loan to poland, $11 billion. it's a loan. what is poland going to do with that? build up their defense industrial base. we can do of the same ukraine and take the american taxpayer off the tactical. but, strengthen ukraine in terms of their own security to deter a future attack from russia, which zelenskyy knows will come at some point. >> brian: so interesting. because you could tell putin, yeah, if you want that hard line, if you walk away from the table, you are not going to like what is going to happen in ukraine, so there is going to be a files pay. also, does he want to alienate donald trump the first months of an administration who he has got to deal with for the next four

years. the question is how much pain is vladimir putin and his country in. general, i love talking to you about it because you are right at the tip of the spear. thank you so much. >> great talking to you brian, have a wonderful weekend. >> brian: amongst my guests the ruthless podcast to lead us off. markwayne mullen also going to be joining us, governor brian kemp will be with us and we will also have jimmy failla who will be joining us too. we are going to announce a special in the university of austin in texas revolutionizing. i hope to see you march 22nd, history, liberty and laughs also with fox nation it will be streamed brian kilmeade.com. straight ahead the measles outbreak turning deadly in texas dr. nicole saphier on how you can protect your family.

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>> let's check in with meteorologist melissa torres for our "foxcast." >> here in the northeast it does feel a little bit chillier complement of an area of low pressure out of the midwest and into the atlantic. that cold front pushing through dropping the temperatures. we are coming down so high above average that really we are back to average for much of the northeast. that system departing but, if you notice, just above minnesota and wisconsin that is our next clipper system that one is eventually going to work its way east. now, with snowfall, yes, it will trigger some snow from the upper part of michigan, the up of michigan into upstate new york, new hampshire, vermont into maine. but it's also going to help trigger some of that lake-effect snow. this is elevation event. >> this is a lake-effect snow event. notice some of these areas shshaded in light pink could say signal half a foot of snow. remembering some of those areas are areas that do trend above

100 inches of snow in any given season. take a look what we are looking forward to in tuesday and wednesday next week. tomorrow is march 1st the start of meteorological spring. transition season and very turbulent weather. the first few days of march nothing but turbulent looking ahead to tuesday, wednesday and into thursday for the threat of dangerous storms bring on tornadoes to the plains and mississippi valley as well as very strong damaging winds, ainsley. >> ainsley: okay. thank you so much, marissa. one child has died in texas, at least 124 cases of the measles were detected in that state. state health departments have reported additional cases in nine other states. health and human services secretary r.f.k. jr. addressed it in the trump administration's first cabinet meeting. >> put out a post yesterday we're going to continue to follow. incidentally, there have been

four measle breaks last year 60. not unusual to have measles outbreaks every year. >> ainsley: dr. nicole saphier joins us now. good morning, dr. saphier. >> good morning. >> ainsley: school aged child died in a hospital in lubbock, texas. also hearing about the mennonite community, 08 cases in west texas there. how concerned should would he be? >> well, ainsley, we are seeing a large amount of measle cases in the beginning of 2025 because we are almost at the halfway mark as to all the cases we saw in total of 2024, so it does seem like we are seeing a rise in cases this year. when we look at what is going on in 2025, it kind of mirrors what we saw is in 2019. 2019 largest spike of measles cases since we declared it eraderadicated in 2000. 31250 cases in 2019. 57 of those were related to tight-knit orthodox jewish

communities specifically in new york city state. i'm sure you remember we reported on that as well. the majority of the cases we are seeing in the united states 2025 mennonite community in west texas and the surrounding areas. that is because these are curly conservative religious groups that don't toned interact with the traditional health services and the kids do not go to public schools. they historically have low vaccination rates. the mennonite community i believe hovers around 98% mmr. when you see dips below the goal of 95% vaccinated you are going to see infectious diseases once eradicated they will continue to spread. as we have seen when it comes to measles, anywhere from 10 force 20% of children, unvaccinated children infected with measles will be hospitalized and it is tragic that we are seeing now one death in these cases. it's important to note what r.f.k. jr. said that we do expect to see some pop-up everses of these cases. clusters of cases throughout the united states not related to the mennonite community.

even in north texas there was someone who tested positive for measles. they were not linked to the mennonite community in west texas. that was actually from international travel. that's where the majority of cases come to the united states when people travel outside. when you have these little pockets of unvaccinated communities, you will see it continue to spread. >> ainsley: dr. saphier, how contagious is it for those folks watching that are not vaxxed or their kids aren't vaxxed. >> measles, unfortunately is one of the most contagious viruses and one infected individual likely infects anywhere to 9 to 12 people. largely because it lingers in the air for a large amount of time. if one person in the household is infected, highly likely the entire household is going to be infected. the best way to protect yourself against measles is by making sure that your community and your family are vaccinated but the problem is, this is a very emotionally charged topic. and, unless you acknowledge both sides of the argument, both sides here saying that the measles vaccine has caused some adverse effects that have harmed

children. there have been children who have died from the mmr vaccine. you have to acknowledge that when you have the conversation, which is why it is so important that we talk about benefits and risks with vaccines. the biggest problem that we saw is when the cdc decided to lump the covid vaccine with the mmr vaccine because, when it came to the covid vaccine, the risk of covid was so low for children, whereas the side effect risk was actually higher. and so they were still recommending universal vac sin seen covid vaccine i wasn't able to get the high mat because the risk before the didn't make sense to me. when it comes to the mmr vaccine i acknowledge there are risks with it. those risks are rare. more rare than the serious risk of measles in children. so that is why for me, it makes sense the mmr vaccination schedule which what is recommended it does not eaquatic what happened with covid, because they link them together more vaccine mmr.

>> ainsley: dr. nicole saphier thank you so much. >> you are welcome, ainsley. aches ains we are awaiting remarks from j.d. vance at the national catholic prayer breakfast as the white house puts the focus back on religion. plus, the governor of maine taking on trump's efforts to protect women's sports. one teenager in that state isn't standing for it and she's next. ♪

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>> the justice department released a wave of jeffrey epstein. pame pam bondi accusing the fbi of withholding thousands of additional pages demanding those documents to be handed over by 8:00 a.m. this morning which is in about 12 minutes. chanley painter is here with the details. good morning. >> keep checking my watch. not sure they are going to make that deadline, lawrence. for days attorney general pam bondi teased the release of these epstein files. so much so. social media influencers were invited to the white house and seen showing the content inside did not live up to the hype of the # hundred or so files included much of what we have seen before like flight logs, the contact book and a redacted masseuse list believed to refer to epstein's victim.

a.g. bonding making the move as an act of transparency. and now she is accusing the fbi in new york of withholding documents after learning from a source that there were thousands of additional pages demanding in a letter to the fbi director, quote: by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, which is today. the fbi will deliver the full and complete epstein files to my office. including all records, documents, audio and video recordings, including materials related to jeffrey epstein and his client regardless of how such information was obtained. there will be no withholdings or limitations to my or your access. well, the fbi director kash patel responding saying, quote: the fbi is entering a new era. there will be no cover-ups, no missing documents. no stone left unturned, and bondi is also demanding the fbi conduct an investigation into why her order to produce these documents was not followed. steve, over to you.

>> steve: lots of questions. all right. chanley, thank you very much. they have got 11 minutes now. meanwhile, a high school senior from the state of maine, attended a white house round table yesterday, stressing the importance of protecting women's sports after she was forced to compete against biological males. this comes as maine's governor refuses to comply with the president's executive order on transgender athletes in female sports. >> we are the federal law. well, you better do it. you better do it, because you are not going to get any federal found at all if you don't. your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports. so you better comply because otherwise you are not getting any, any federal funding. >> see new court. >> good i will see you in court. i look forward to that. >> steve: okay. maine high school senior cassidy carlisle and her father doug join us right now from d.c. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> so, cassidy, you have been competing against trans athletes

for over a year. >> yes. >> and during the biden administration, i'm sure you probably said this is not fair. that's a guy and i'm a girl and it's not a level playing field. now, that there is a new president in the white house with different directives. how do you feel about that? >> you know, as a woman, it makes me feel so much more comfortable. i'm not fighting this fight alone anymore. i have somebody who is fighting with me. although my own state is not fighting with me currently. i have someone that's higher than them who is fighting with me. >> steve: indeed. doug, i know. you're a coach as well. you have got two sons who are older than cassidy. they have gone through sports programs in school. it's not a clear fight, when a biological boy faces off against a biological girl. it's definitely not. my son, they are just stronger. biological males are just born

that way. they were created that way. speaking up on this. this is a huge platform. a.g. bondi was amazing yesterday. she took time to meet with the girls, talk with the girls. and just let them them know how important they are and how important this fight is to her. >> steve: cassidy, at one point attorney general with you. she had heard another one of the young ladies say, you know, i feel so alone in my fight. and pam bondi saw her in the hall and said, you know what? you are never going to be alone again. how important is it for you to know someone in the federal government, in fact the entire executive wing now is on your side? >> you know, i think of all the things that she could have said yesterday, that one stuck out to me the most. we were just talking out of the room. all the speeches were over. she had had all the attorney generals go around and say their names and where they were from

allow us to know they are with us. as we were walking out, she had just specifically said that, you know, you are not alone anymore, and you will not fight this alone anymore. >> steve: doug, exit question. you have got the president and the attorney general on your family's side. but you live in maine. and the governor of maine, we think you heard a couple days ago say you know, i will see you in court, mr. president. i'm not going to follow what you say. how does that make you feel as a person from maine? >> it's hurtful. i mean, we trust that he is coming after this issue. and the state, you know, i'm hoping that the federal funding stays. our schools need it. we are in a financial crisis in maine. so, we just need this to be resolved and move forward and the state just to comply with the federal government. it's not right and i'm proud of my daughter for speaking up. and hopefully more girls around the country will.

awesome yesterday. >> steve: you guys were awesome as well. doug and cassidy carlisle, thank you both for joining us live. >> thank you for having us. >> you bet. >> thanks, steve. >> carley, let's talk big tech. >> carley: let's do just that the house judiciary committee issuing subpoenas to 8 tech giants, including met tax appear mel, amazon and tiktok. this is concerning their communications with other countries over fears of foreign censorship, jim jordan saying the committee must understand how and to what extent foreign governments have limited americans' access to lawful speech in the united states as well as extent they aided or abetted. now to a multi-tratrillion-dollr typo. new report revealing that a werkerer at citigroup led to a client getting $81 million credited to their account instead of 280 bucks. that colossal mistake hours after it happened last april no.

money left the bank it. turns out this is not citigroup's only close call. "the financial times says the company reported 10 near misses of 1 million bucks or more last year. february is american heart month and we are highlighting a global partnership looking to transform treatments of childhood heart disease. the decoding broken hearts initiative brings together experts at the murdoch children's research institute in australia last year. the gladstone institute in san francisco. researches are using artificial intelligence and stem cell technology to advance treatments hope for children suffering heart disease worldwide. more than 40,000 babies in america alone are born with heart defects each year. to learn more about this partnership and make a donation scan the qr code on your screen or head to go.fox mcri. a wonderful organization. >> steve: no kidding.

ar changing lives. thanks, carley. >> carley: you are welcome. >> steve: straight up, u.s.a. fighters teaming up with the fbi. we will tell you how that will work. vice president valen j.d. vanceo speak at the national prayer breakfast. we will take you there, live. ♪ [clears throat] sounds like you need to vaporize that sore throat. vapocool drops? it's sore throat relief with a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ whoa. vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops.

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