>> a war of words in the white house over the war between ukraine and russia. president trump blasting ukrainian president zelenskyy, saying that he's ungrateful and gambling with world war iii. their meeting was cut short and the battle is sending

shockwaves across the world. welcome to another hour of fox news live. i'm molly line. we begin with lucas tomlinson. he's in west palm beach with all of the fiery details as they went down and where things stand now. lucas, good morning. >> well, good morning, molly. president trump has returned here to palm beach to the winter white house. he's playing golf today. now, before leaving the white house last night, he spoke about what it will take to repair relations with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy after that contentious meeting in the oval office. >> how long down it will -- (inaudible) >> he says he wants it now. he wants to come back right now, but i can't do that. >> now, zelenskyy hastily left the white house after that contentious meeting. later on trump's orders the press conference and lunch were canceled as you mentioned and the mineral rights deal was not signed. later on special report with bret baier, some in the trump

administration were expect ago apology. zelenskyy did not offer one. >> and i'm failing to hear that you owe the president an apology. >> no, i respect the american president, and the american people, and if-- i think we have to be very open and very honest and i'm not sure that we did something bad. >> many democrats think zelenskyy was set up yesterday in the oval office. >> president trump become a lap dog for a brutal dictator in moscow. it's got to be hard for americans to understand how the white house has just become an outlet for kremlin propaganda. >> now, today zelenskyy is in london. n.a.t.o. secretary-general called zelenskyy and says he needs to make up with the trump administration. a few weeks ago in brussels, molly, n.a.t.o.

secretary-general says today russia is on a full war time footing and making more ammunition in three months than the entire n.a.t.o. alliance makes in a year. each month the united states makes 50,000 artillery rounds, the russians, 250,000 rounds, molly. molly: quite a difference. lucas tomlinson thank you for pointing that out and the report. so what does all this have mean for peace talks. here to discuss, retired u.s. army four-star general david perkins. sir, thank you for sharing your insights with us on this saturday morning. greatly appreciate it. i just want to get your thoughts. >> good morning. molly: what you saw in the oval office and what you make of it? >> obviously, tensions and emotions are running high as they always do in times of war, where there's a lot on the table, both within ukraine and actually the world in general. you know, when you're in a public setting like that and on camera, there are things that are probably best not said and details that you don't go into

that behind closed doors when you're getting ready for negotiations are best left for those periods because what you don't want to do is sort of show your hand to any part of the negotiations about what you're willing to do, what you're willing not to do, what's on the table, what's off the table. so i think this can sort of be repaired. everyone probably has to take a deep breath and i think president zelenskyy's going to meet with his people and maybe figure out how he can reengage with the american administration. molly: yeah, i think you've touched on something there with the emotions involved and the president actually talked about it there during that discussion, take a listen. >> i'm not going to align with putin. i'm not aligned with anybody, i'm aligned with the united states of america and the good of the world, i'm aligned with the world. you see the hatred he's got for

putin, and tremendous hatred, and i can understand that. the other side isn't exactly in love with, you know, him either. you want me to be tough? i can be tougher than any human being, i'd be so tough, but you're never going to get a deal that way. molly: so the president touches on that that there are big emotions and you can see the big emotions there just in that room and yet, when the president talked about some of the cards that either president zelenskyy had or didn't have, that's kind of putting things out on the table. your thoughts? >> yeah, you know, the role of the united states globally is very unique and very positive in that we, unlike any other country, have the ability to bring multiple sides together and discuss these very tough geopolitical issues, unlike anybody else for a number of reasons. to be able to be for the lack of a better term, a mediator, to bring sides that have, you know, pretty deep-seated

animosity toward each other, if you're the mediator you have to work very hard to make it clear to everyone that you have not picked a winner and loser already because if either side goes into a negotiation and they think you as a mediator are stacking the cards against them or you pick somebody else as a winner, you're just not going to-- you're just not going to move forward. so the u.s. has a very unique role, a very important role and i think it's key that before the negotiations start and definitely publicly, that for lack of a better term, it's very hard to read the u.s. and that the u.s. is not picking winners and losers. molly: it's interesting to hear the president say he's not aligned with anybody and i think president zelenskyy was hoping to hear something different particularly when it comes to the guarantees he's seeking. a completely different topic, we've gotten word, learning this morning that the u.s. military has carried out a precision air strike in syria,

targeting killing they say a senior leader in an al qaeda affiliate. your thoughts? >> well, one, that's good news, if in fact that they're saying that they did take out an al qaeda leader. it's also good news that-- so in that part of the world there's been, you, know, a series of if you want to call it leadership challenges or leadership vacuums. hezbollah has been reduced in capabilities and hamas, proxies of iran and syria with assad leaving. what we've found is malign actors like al qaeda take advantage of these power vacuums and they move into areas that are sort of ungoverned spaces and set up their base of operation so it's based on this report, it looks like al qaeda is taking advantage of the power vacuum in syria so i think good news, the u.s. keeping an eye on it and making sure they can't establish a base of operations there.

molly: great point. a lot of concerns about all sorts of different entities potentially grabbing power there across syria. thank you so much, general. we really appreciate your insights. thank you for joining us on this saturday. >> no problem. have a great day. molly: to some new developments now in the other major war that is happening. hamas rejecting israel's request to extend phase one of the cease-fire deal, which ends today. meanwhile, hamas is also saying there has been no progress on phase two talks. so what is israel saying about this? israeli ambassador to the united nations, danny danon is here to talk about it and it seems like a difficult day, a challenging day. your thoughts. >> good morning, molly, thank you for having me. it's a difficult day, a difficult week. last week we buried the bibas family. the entire nation stood by

them, the father and we received four bodies of hostages, and it was a difficult week for us in israel. we're willing to extend phase one as mentioned earlier, unfortunately, hamas is rejecting. and we continue with the talks and we support the negotiations and we hopefully will be able to get to something tangible. but, you know, the main question is what will happen in the future, whether hamas will stay in gaza or not stay in gaza and on that point we have a very clear position, hamas will not be part of the future over the region. there will be no hamas. so there are two options for them. they can lay down its weapons and move to another place by themselves or they can wait for us to re-enter gaza and e eliminate them. those are the options. molly: ambassador, your situation is really, it's a nearly impossible situation because you're dealing with an entity we've seen just in recent weeks the horrible condition of the hostages as they're being released. you know, there's heartbreaking

ceremony that they held when they returned the bodies of the bibas children and eventually their beautiful mother and yet, you have to try and communicate with these people and there seems to be an impasse right now as to what they're willing to do to move forward. they seemingly do not want to move forward. how do you deal with that? >> well, i think we need a reality check. we need to look around what happened in the region, what happened to hezbollah. what happened to syria. to iran, and to realize that they're isolated and frankly, i speak with many arab leaders either at the u.n. and they are telling me, we will not be involved in supporting the palestinians in gaza if hamas is there. we will not send the money, we will not be part of any plan if they are involved so they have to realize, israel, the entire world will not allow hamas to stay in power after october 7th and the question is how to

implement it. whether it will be a creative way which we're open for ideas or going to be the hard way, the painful way, but we are commit today -- committed to achieve the goal on hamas. molly: i want to look at what appears to be a significant day without moving forward in the negotiations. what do you anticipate on tomorrow, sunday, monday, tuesday. what do you see coming in the next couple days? >> we'll discuss all options, but for us, we said it from the beginning if there will be no understanding and there will be no clear path to move forward and to build a new vision for the region without hamas, we will keep the option for resuming our military operation. we still have nearly 59 hostages, we assume and we hope that are still alive. we will not leave them behind, we will bring them back to israel to their families. that's why we will not stand still and wait for them to take

action, we will take the initiative. molly: i think that's a great point about the hostages. incredible resilience, incredible that they have survived this long, and yet, hamas looks at them as final bargaining chips. all they have left. 70% of their infrastructure has been destroyed. you know, where do you even begin to communicate with them and what can-- this is all they have to hold onto and there aren't many allies left willing to help them at this point. >> you know, molly, both israel and the u.s. share the same values and we fought, we fought the bad guys. you fought the nazis and took part in different wars and we did the same, but we never met such quality. we never met such cruelty. and the bibas family, the way

they were executed and trying to hide this crime, inhuman. and we committed to finish the job, finish with hamas and another six months, another year, but at the end of the day hamas will not be part of the equation. molly: yeah, and this is certainly a week where we're thinking of shiri bibas and thank you for difficult days ahead, as well. >> elon musk making more cuts this week. could he start to get help from congress, congressmen, the chairman of the doge caucus is coming up. perhaps we'll have clarity and later, it's a real life hollywood mystery. investigators are looking for clues after actor gene hackman, his wife and his dog were all found dead inside their home.

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>> elon musk and doge making more cuts this week, now the house doge caucus is preparing to help the congress malgroup, announcing three new bills this week aimed at cutting

unnecessary government spending. texas republican congressman pete sessions is the co-chair of the house doge caucus. joining me now, sir, thank you so much on this saturday morning. we appreciate it. your thoughts on the success you are having. is it that you're working with doge, inspired by doge? how ask going? >> good morning. yes, on wednesday night we had a face-to-face meeting, government reform and oversight committee with steven miller who represented the president so well, not just about his ideas about us working together, but actually the responsibility that we have that i believe house republicans are moving forward and that is to look at not only money, but government efficiency. government efficiency is the heart of the matter. as we all know, the government must have help of congress, but the idea is not just to cut

inefficiency, but to look at systematically the laws of the country. so that's one of the bills that i am bringing forward. our other two co-chairs are doing an awesome job of making sure that they are talking to their colleagues and our colleagues about how we will move forward. you hit the heart of it and it is spending. it is the money that has been unveiled and that we have seen because of omb, because of the information that we're learning, it means that we can bring back firsthand to our appropriators now that we have signaled our desire to pass reconciliation on the floor. very excited. so now the speed will pick up of not only what we're doing, but the working together with office of management and budget. molly: there's a lot of targeting on elon musk specifically because they say he's unelected. here you are the elected

officials inspired by what's happening at doge, essentially trying to reach the same end to rein in the spending. elon musk was actually on the joe rogan experience podcast. take a quick listen to that. >> they say that trump is a threat to our democracy, which is ironic, he was elected with majority of the popular vote. they're saying i was a threat to democracy. if you just replace threat to democracy with bureaucracy, that makes sense, that the revolution could succeed, restore power to the people instead of to the bureaucracy. >> there's a complaint that what elon musk is doing isn't fair because he's not elected. you are the elected officials to weave this into spending bills, how americans' money is

being spent. is that who you you look at it? >> i think we are. we look at it of a high perspective, donald trump, president trump brought what is probably the greatest entrepreneur, a man who looks at complex ideas, brings the answers to the table. we are using the things not only that he's bringing to the table, but we also as members of congress have a responsibility as the chairman of government reform and oversight, government operations committee, last year in a major hearing, we heard government officials, government witnesses say that on a three-year period the federal government has and expects to have at least 1.7 trillion dollars worth of waste, fraud and abuse. we know where that happens and we know where it needs to be stopped, but we've got to get government workers back. they're part of the equation. we have to right size the government and we need to have

technology match-up to where we get the information, we do this with the states through a term called federalism, that's where we work together. this is where doge comes in to not only highlight this needed effort, but to work with the administration. president trump, i think, has gone from what might be someone who has the art of the deal and negotiates or a tactician. he knew sees what he wants and congress needs to move appropriately through this process. we now know the facts of the case. we now know where the problems are and the house republicans will meet that challenge. molly: it will be an interesting couple of weeks particularly ahead and some of those looming dates like march 14th. we appreciate your insights and thank you for joining us on this saturday. texas congressman pete

sessions. we appreciate it. >> thank you. molly: a ski trip going downhill for vice-president j.d. vance and we him being greeted by protest, anti-vance and pro ukraine signs as he arrives to a ski resort in vermont for a vacation. and more protesters met the family outside of the resort and the family ultimately had to move to an undisclosed location. and they said i hope vermonters remember that the vice-president is here on a family trip with his young children. while we may not always agree we ought to be respectful. we will follow this closely and bring you updates as they come. we wish the vice-president safe travels and particularly his young children. anti-israel protesters breaking

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>> investigators searching for clues in the suspicious death of oscar winning actor gene hackman and his wife betsy found dead in their new mexico home earlier this week, that investigation continuing and matt finn joining us from outside the gated community where hackman had been living with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> hi, molly. this community is very rural and secluded so it's clear anyone who chose or chooses to live here wanted their privacy. this is the entrance to the deathed community where gene hackman and his wife lived. beautiful, picturesque area just outside of downtown santa

fe. the couple, they wanted privacy and ultimately that's what they had. authorities now say they were likely dead in their home for maybe nine or 10 days before they were discovered on wednesday and the running theory this week was that perhaps gene and betsy died from carbon monoxide poisoning especially after one of gene's daughters said she suspected toxic fumes, but yesterday, the santa fe county sheriff essentially shooting down carbon monoxide, saying there was no carbon monoxide detected in the home and that the pathologist says both bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide. the sheriff also says that evidence so far is pointing to february 17th being gene's last day of life. his pacemaker registered an event on that day and investigators and gene's doctors might be able to pull more data from that pacemaker for concrete insight. gene was found on the floor in his mud room, sunglasses nearby. the responding officer says it

seemed like gene had suddenly fallen, but the pathologist says that gene and his wife did not have external injuries. authorities say gene's wife betsy was found on the floor in the bathroom, scattered pills on the counter top. now, a warrant reveals pills taken from the home were tylenol, thyroid and high blood pressure medications which one experts tell fox were not associated with any type of overdose. as this mystery deepens, law enforcement is naturally turning to electronics. >> we will look and try to gain access to their cell phones. we'll be analyzing cell phone data, phone calls, text messages, events, photos in the cell phone to try to piece a timeline together. >> now, that sheriff also says out here at this remote property, gene and his wife did not have any type of surveillance or cameras inside or outside of their home and one report indicates that gene hackman said years ago he had a stress test done on his heart,

at that point his heart was showing signs of being weak and he says he ultimately left hollywood to move here to be secluded and to have peace and quiet and it seems like that's what he had. back to you, molly. molly: matt finn, great point. where do detectives go from here? we had fox news contributor ted williams to talk about this. ted, thank you. can you share clarity on what we know so far and draw any conclusions? >> well, molly, i don't think we can draw any conclusions, i might tell you, but talking to good investigators. when the investigators arrived at the scene and found gene hackman in that mud room where a cane and his glasses were, it appears as though he had fallen. when you look at the scene where betsy arakawa, his wife

was found. it was close to a bathroom, a space heater going in there and at the same time, there were pills all over the place in that area. the dog, who was-- that was found dead was found somewhere in a kennel and i think they've already performed an autopsy on all of these individuals, to include the dog and i would not be surprised if the dog died of starvation and that what they're going to look at strongly is whether there was a suicide involved in all of this activity. i'm not saying that there was, but they are going to have to look at that. molly: one of the things that they've said was that carbon monoxide apparently did not play a role. does that finding leave them -- does that clear up a lot as far as that avenue is concerned? >> absolutely, it does.

because if there was carbon monoxide, it could very well be that they died both at the same time or close to the same time, but the fact that they were not carbon monoxides find in their system, then it gives investigators the right to look in other directions and i think that the investigators, by virtue of the fact that an autopsy has been performed, they know a great deal more than they're telling the public and i think they're waiting, molly, for the toxicology reports. trying to determine who died first or whether mr. hackman died first or ms. arakawa. molly: that's my next question as to whether we have that information. ted williams, we greatly appreciate it. an incredibly talented man and she was talented as well, a concert pianist. and a sad ending to this remarkable life that they led.

thank you very much. and now to the vatican where the pope, latest on his condition and anti-israel protests erupting again. how are the colleges responding now? check in time is 3:00 it's 2:55. i know. is this what he's doing now? as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. no games. no fun. yes, coach. (♪) meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one you have all to yourself.

>> the vatican is saying pope francis is resting and had a peaceful night after suffering a breathing crisis yesterday. jeff paul is live in rome. he's outside the hospital with the very latest. good morning, jeff. >> yeah, molly, after days of slow improvements it sounds like pope francis suffered from his second medical crisis in the span of about a week and this latest episode, the vatican is saying that pope francis received ventilation, a mask that went over his nose and mouth to help him breathe. the vatican saying he's now

breathing normally. he suffered a broncospasm and in the pope's case, with vomiting and inhalation. and he cooperated with doctors. pope francis now spent 15 nights in the hospital in rome where catholics continue to show up and pray for the appropope's recovery. >> and we want to pray, and only for the prayer to heal. >> now, given the pope's older age, 88 years old, and his past respiratory problems, his recovery remains touch and go. we're expecting another update in a few hours, 7:00 local time, 1:00 eastern, molly. molly: there's a whole globe praying for the pope. thank you for the update. and for more fox news

contributor jonathan morris. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. your thoughts as i mentioned the whole world praying for the pope now, hoping for a recovery, but he's really struggling right now. >> he is. and this is eerily similar to the last weeks and months of john paul ii. i was there at rome during the time of his sickness death and the conclave that came after. john paul ii was in and out of the hospital twice for two-week stints, very significant hospital stays and the vatican wanted to get him home and they did and he ended up dying inside the vatican, easier and much more dignifying for the passing of the pope and i'm sure they'd like the same with pope francis, but haven't been able to get him out of the critical state. with john paul ii thought he'd go home to recuperate or at least to eventually have that hospice care, which he had. molly: you know, this pope,

particularly remarkable leader. he has this warmth about him. he's made special efforts from the very beginning to reach out to the poor and he's also viewed as an environmentalist, but here in just these recent weeks he hasn't been able to have the contact that he usually has with the faithful. but it seems like the faithful feels very much in tune with him. >> i would say yes and no, molly. i think you've brought out those points that are so true, there's a warmth to him, a simplicity to him. he's living not in the papal apartments or palace, but in the very small and simple hostel or kind of a little hotel inside the vatican. he's really lived out what he's preached in terms of simplicity, poverty, et cetera. but he's also made a lot of controversial statements and i would say quite confusing statements and it's caused a lot of anguish within the church. listen, the pope's main job is

to give clarity of what the catholic church believes and teaches so that people can say, yes, i want to be catholic or no, i don't want to be. what does it mean to be a follower of jesus. yes, he has great love around the globe, i love him dearly. we should be clear he's been a little confusing at times. molly: jonathan, while you have you as well. here we are on the cusp of lent and as we're talking about followers of jesus, pew research shows decline of christianity in the u.s. has slowed down and maybe level off. and do you expect to see a shift towards religion here in the u.s.? >> yes, it's a fascinating and very, very large study. they've only done three of this extent. 37,000 people interviewed across the 50 states and over the last 20 years, there's been a steady decline, actually dropping 20 points from those who would say i am a christian. so 20 years ago, about 80% of

americans said that they were christian. over the last four or five years, it's down to about 62, 63. that's a big drop, but the big headline from this, offense the last four or five years, it hasn't dropped further and what does that mean? i believe it means that the human spirit eventually wakes up and said, wait, where am i finding meaning and purpose in life? and it can't be just in material things. we always see a big jump in religious affiliation during really hard times, war, for example, sickness, but in these last four or five years there hasn't been that and it's interesting that even without some massive catastrophe, americans have stopped losing their faith. i think that's at least a positive optimistic way of looking at it. molly: well, we appreciate your positive and happy way of looking at things. and we greatly appreciate your

insights. thank you, jonathan morris, for joining us here on a saturday. did you see in? anti-israel protesting erupting again. this is barnard college, some even using force, taking over a campus building. we're going to talk with a jewish student here in a couple of moments about this latest disruption. plus, president trump hatching a plan to stop these soaring egg prices. this has been hard not to notice if you go to the grocery store. the details next.

> >> stop resisting. >> jewish students rattled again paf after a wild seen at new york's barnard college this week. anti-israel protesters forcefully taking over a campus building and allegedly assaulting one employee in the process and the protests continued throughout the week. barnard college sophomore and jewish student rachel kaufman joins me now. thank you so much for coming on to talk to us about what you and other jewish students are experiencing there at barnard college. i want to start with that, do you feel safe?

how are you doing? what has this last week been like? >> well, thank you so much for having me, molly. it's definitely been a struggle. i think that it's hard for me, the biggest thing is being able to go to class. i picked barnard to be able to learn and it's just so frustrating to have my classes interrupted and to see this on my way to class, and jewish students are struggling. i'm going to put it like that, point blank, period, we're struggling. we have each other to rely on, but it's hard. molly: you know, it's been over 500 days since october 7th. there are still hostages held in israel. on a day that the protests kicked off at barnard, that was wednesday, the say that shiri bibas, this jewish mother, warrior mother was laid to rest in israel. and the timing this have, reestablishing itself now?

>> the protests? i think it's because at the beginning of the semester there were students that interrupted a history of modern israel class and they walked in and they wouldn't let the professor talk and they got expelled and i personally believe that these students should not be allowed to learn here after breaking the university's rules so many time and the protests were response to them getting expelled because protesters were not happy. molly: yeah. you know, there was an executive order signed. the president directing additional measures to fight anti-semitism. there will now be a task force enacted and there are plans to have people visiting. many of the campuses that experienced these protests and to go directly to these colleges and talk to them about a need to address anti-semitism on campus in a more powerful way.

your thoughts on this, on this task force and if it will be effective and if it's something that we need right now? >> i personally hope it will be effective. i think it's really something that we need because it's so disheartening to see protesters and the t-a and faculty, you know, being so in support of this violence and i really do think it's a really good thing. i truly hope that it will make a difference on campus for jewish students and for anyone affected by the violence, honestly. molly: the university, the vice-president robert levine, confirmed that a faculty member had been injured. do you feel like the school's response to the protests has been powerful enough? >> no, no. i don't think so at all. there was on wednesday night a faculty member was sent to the

hospital. i really don't think there's been enough punishment or response because you can't keep getting away with this, right? like our learning, our safety, our well-being is at sake and honestly, israel is like the u.s.-- it's america's strongest ally in the middle east. we really need to be focusing on, you know, the safety of the jewish people and i don't think that barnard college has done enough. molly: in fairness, the one brief part of a statement from barnard, masked protesters attempted to undermine barnard. and remains completely unacceptable. rachel kaufmann, thank you. thank you for coming on and telling what students are experiences and you're experiencing there on campus. we hope you can find peace and make it to class in the coming

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>> president trump's tariff threat coming to fruition. the white house is set to slap 25% tariffs on inports from mexico and canada on tuesday, on top of an additional 10% on chinese products, who will really pay the price? will you pay the price is the big question. let's ask fox news contributor, gary thank you for your insights today. gary, your thoughts on this, who pays the price? >> if i had the ear of the president i'd tell him to be careful. by definition, a tariff brings the cost to the business and decide if it passed on to the consumer. just be careful about it because we have an economy i really believe has lived off the government and debt for the last couple of years and i just wonder what's next. so, hopefully he gets it right and hopefully it's just a

tactic. hopefully we get to fair and free trade as we move forward and we don't have to worry about the word tariff anymore. molly: it's interesting you used the word tactic. china is one thing, but canada and mexico are our allies and neighbors and canada tried to meet demands on fentanyl and so has mexico, sent back cartel members. and as you mentioned tariffs, is it a tactic and implemented and see how it falls out, the actions of canada and mexico. what's going on here? >> i think that the president is going to watch very, very closely. if the tariffs really affect business. he has to make decisions. it's good to see mexico moving a little bit and canada, by the way, they're number one and two of our trade partners, that's why they're so important to us, but i believe the president thinks we do not have fair trade on top of what's happening with the fentanyl, on top of the cartels, so he's

hoping they move a little bit towards us that way. again, i don't think anything good happens if the tariff stays around and also, we keep hearing the moving targets on tariffs, not only on one percentage, but also on dates and it's very tough for businesses, especially small businesses to plan out their future when they don't know what their costs are, which has to do with their profits, has to do with their sales and have to do with their employment. so, again, if i have his ear, i just say be very careful, watch closely and understand that we have an economy i think that is somewhat on a mirage the last couple of years because of government spending and government employment and i don't think we're too far away from trouble. molly: super quick on this one, gary. i bought a half dozen eggs yesterday, 50 cents an egg. other shoppers walking on egg shells, if you will. your thoughts? >> there's nothing like disease and demand to cause the problem. not enough birds, not enough

eggs forces prices up. the government is addressing it right now. they're looking to import eggs from other places, that's number one. and they're looking to replace the birds as quick as possible. but that's going to take time. i think six months from now, we'll be talking about egg prices back down 50% from here because i do believe that this disease is not going to be long lasting. i'm no doctor, but usually goes by the wayside. molly: i hope so. gary kaltbaum, thank youfore your insight on a saturday. thank you for watching. i'm molly line. stay right here for your latest news. fox news live continues. we have griff jenkins coming next. ♪ >> a fed ex cargo plane was forced to make an emergenc