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♪ charlie: do not adjust your chocks -- >> wow, it snuck up fast today, didn't it? charlie: good morning, and is welcome to "fox & friends" been. brian: good morning. some music pumping in the morning as -- charlie: you mean from last night? [laughter] >> still in his head. brian: no, i got to bed early, but i think we're going to have some good live music, that drum can set -- >> it's keeping everybody moving this morning while we're on an hour sleep deficit. charlie: i actually thought i was late, and i was expecting to see you two on the drum kit lara: or i could get on that keyboard -- charlie: is there anything you

don't do? she's a pastry chef -- lara: i probably spread myself -- brian: was in a touring band. lara: whatever we want to go with this morning. brian: very impressive. little inferiority complex going on for charlie and me. charlie: that's a loot of confidence -- a lot of confidence unlike what we get out of washington d.c. house republicans are unveiling a 99-page spending bill to try to avoid a government shutdown while democrats are gearing up to vote against the measure. brian: madeleine rivera is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi, guys. it boosts defense spending by about a $6 billion, but it also cuts non-defense spending by about a $13 billion. the legislation includes the largest pay increase for junior enlisted service members in more than 40 years as a well with. president trump is urging

republicans to vote for the bill saying in part, i am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to september so we can continue to put the country's financial house in order. democrats, though, have previously insisted that defense and non-defense spending move in the same direction. house democratic leadership saying the partisan is house funding bill recklessly cuts health care, nutritional assistance and $23 can billion in veterans benefits. equally troublesome, it does nothing to protect social security, medicare and medicaid while exposing the american people to further pain throughout this fiscal year. we are voting no. easter republican congressman jeff van drew's reacting to that sentiment. >> well, if the democrats want to close government can down, that's up to them, but i believe we will have the votes. i think the importance of it is going to be stressed by the president, and i think we have to follow the president's lead in this case. we do not want to close government down. >> reporter: despite van

drew's optimism that republicans can muscle the bill through on their own, there is uncertainty over whether g work to p members can stay together. thomas massie, for instance, has been vocal about a his opposition toward a short-term spending bill saying he won't support one that funds everything at 2024 levels, and house speaker mike johnson can only lose one republican vote on any given day. he is teeing up the vote on tuesday before a partial government shutdown on march 14th. charlie: thanks, maddie. brian: thank you very much. charlie: now it looks like democrats are cruising for a government shutdown. brian: yeah. because their deal is you've got to increase all the intending. if you don't, you can't keep government open. larry: it's already -- lara: it's already $708 billion for nondefense spending. it's crazy. and the thing i love the most too is they really have to go off the their way to kind of mislead the american people.

they continue to talk about medicare, medicaid and social security not being art -- part of this. it usually isn't part of a continuing resolution. so the idea that this should have been in there anyway is ridiculous. donald trump has been very clear about saying i'm not going to touch that, we don't want to affect that. but i will say it's been nice to see the republicans mostly voting together and very unified, so i hope we see it here as a well. brian: the folks on the republican side who won't vote for this usually don't because they don't want to see spending cuts. the whole thing is to create saw space for doge and elon musk to shrink government. so for the first time in a long time, the freedom caucus side, the republicans are saying, you know, we're okay voting for this because we actually see it happening. so if you need a little running room to make that happen, we'll give you the running room to do that. charlie: and we'll talk to chip roy later this morning along

with karoline leavitt as a well. but chip roy is one of those people who often is reluctant to go along with these things and has signaled if we're talking about holding the line and then -- in order to find more cuts later, that's great. the other thing i think is kind of funny is democrats are also a complaining because they say if you're going to cut things, you have to also cut the military at the same level. and it's like, wait a minute. you want to defend all the -- everybody's borders all a around the world, but you also want to cut american defense spending? this makes absolutely no sense. lara: we want peace through strength, and the way to do that is, of course, as president trump has said many times, build up our military. but you never want to have to use it. by the way, just to the point of people like chip who don't usually vote alongside these things, you have members of the house like ralph norman of south carolina who has never voted for

a continuing resolution, he said i actually would be in favor of voting for this because of doge, because i've seen what president trump and elon musk have been able to do, shrinking the size of the federal government. and i agree with what's in this package. brian: well, continuing resolutions usually are no good because there's nothing else happening that's cutting government, but this time you have a continuing resolution with huge reforms to government. so give the president space to get it done. lara: he wents it done -- he wants it done. he was very clear. charlie: meanwhile, vice president j.d. vance was out with one of his children walking around and managed to pick up some protesters who diseases -- decided to heckle his 3-year-old as he posted on x. today the whiling walking my 3-year-old daughter, a group of protesters fold us around as my

followed us around. i decided to speak with the protesters in hopes i could trade a few minutes of conversation with them. it was mostly respectful conversation, but it you're chasing a 3-year-old as a part of political protest, you are a bad with person. he did not say bad. lara: blank. charlie: he did not say bad. lara: my kids are 5 1k3-7, and i've spent time with the vice president and his family. no one, i don't care what side of the aisle you're on, should ever be bringing children into this. a 3-year-old, you know, to harass them? i'm sure secret service was thrilled about this, by the way, that he stopped and wanted to engage with them. but kudos to the vice president for saying, you know what? if you want to have a conversation, come talk to me directly. brian: how about him doing that? that's impressive. that would have not been my

reaction. it probably would have created headlines, but he took the time to stop and have the conversation, and apparently it was a respectful exchange. but it's a testament, we talk about this, sort of ideas versus emoting? k.j. j.d. vance was willing to stand there with his 3-year-old and share ideas and say let's talk about your concerns, let's go through the substance. even in that absolutely nerve situation -- vulnerable situation, he was willing to do that which shows you what he's about. whatever side of this you're on, there are people of substance thinking through the issues rice now, and they're willing -- right now, and they're willing to depend the positions they take at least on the side of the vice president and the president. charlie: i've never understood twitter all that well. you wind up engaging some really ridiculous people, and it was interesting to read through some of the people who did react to vance's story there. and they're like, well, have you thought about -- and then

immediately goes past the heckling a 3-year-old and goes to, oh, well, you're a terrible person. it's, like, why are we -- why am i wasting time talking to these people? brian: that is a good question, charlie. lara: and the whole point of all of it is we want this war to end, right? the american people have been footing the bill for this war for how long now, $200 billion plus that we've sent over there. we want it to end. president trump and vice president vance obviously want that to happen and, you know, you've got to come to the table, you've got to make a deal, and that's what they're a aiming for so hopefully we see that. brian: yeah, hopefully. meanwhile, international women's day, excuse me, former president joe biden celebrating international women's day. of is this what he said? this is what he said. like so many of you, i'm celebrating the incredible women in my life today, a time to recognize the achievements of women and girls everywhere and

recommit our efforts to advance dignity, opportunity and equality for all -- [laughter] when women and girls succeed, must bees, economies and democracies succeed. harry: charlie -- lara: charlie can't contain himself. charlie: it's the messenger. brian: expressing the sentiment- charlie: after a four-year with assault on women's standing in the world, he's going to come out with this? it's the absolutely hysterical. he put on the supreme court a woman who could not define what is a woman. and one day we're going to look back at this period of time and, like, try and explain to our grandchildren, well, there was a period of time where all of our lawmaker, half of our lawmakers in washington did not if know what a woman was and allowed men to go and play violent sports with girls. and the children are going to be, like, how did that happen? lara: why did you do that?

brian: i just don't know. lara: by the way, joe biden did not write this. does anyone believe bind wrote that? charlie: that's totally through. lara: we all mow that he didn't write this -- know that he didn't write this. i hate to be this person, i didn't even know it was international women's day. for me, every day is international women's day, so i don't know -- brian: today is for you on this set -- lara: well, that's very nice of you. we didn't celebrate it yesterday. we'll do it today. joe biden didn't write it, it's ridiculous. the fact that they feel they have to come out and acknowledge all these things. they know this is a ridiculous post because, as harley just said, we've -- charlie just said, we've lived through four years of attacks on women's rights. brian: you talk about reactions on x, you unequivocally eroded the rights of all a women.

please. very succinct, i think. lara: that's all you need. charlie: an organization formed in order to protect women in women's sports. and -- [laughter] against the assault by joe biden and his clown crew. brian: do you think it's interesting, that like, gavin newsom, though, is kind of making a move the other direction on this? do you buy that? do you believe that? charlie: yeah. this whole thing gavin newsom is doing is the gavin newsom laundering project where he's going to try to bring on conservatives to talk sanely and sort of inch his way over. lara: like we didn't see anything over the past how many years? charlie: like tape doesn't exist. if you have enough hair gel, you can pull this off. so, of course, what is the first thing that he does except but start walking back his assault on women in sports. >> you right now should come out and be, like, you know what?

the young man who's about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports, you as the governor should step up and say not. would you do something like that? >> i think it's an issue of fairness. i completely agree with you on that. so that's easy the call out, the unfairness of that. brian: the charlie. [laughter] o-meter -- [laughter] of-eater. charlie: so easy. brian: let me play devil's advocate. maybe he's seeing what your grandchildren will see someday lara: but they've all seen it all along. brian: whatever reason he gets there is the fact that maybe he gets there a good thing, or is he just not going to get there? is that what the laughter's about? if. charlie: the concern is there will be a lot of people maybe in the democrat party who go along with it and give him a pass on it. but the guy's governor of the

largest state in the country. he's personally done real damage to women in women's sport sports personally. and so how do you -- so you go on a podcast and you begin the process of changing your views? lara: that's his podcast, that's his new one. was that his first guest, charlie kirk? charlie: yes. but he started it in order to do all of this. and so, yeah, i hope we -- you know, we -- i hope he doesn't get a pass on it just because he decided to say the right words now. brian: you said it's pretty bold though. do you give him a shred of credit? arkansas a rah: i think it's bold to have someone like charlie kirk on there who very clearly has completely opposing ideas. that is a little refreshing. but to me, it feels a little like we trying to make that turn and make us forget what has already happened and pose yourself as somewhat more of a moderate when we know you're

not? we'll see what happens. brian: i think it was an art aful dodge by him. i think he swerved right around -- lara: yeah. the weave that president trump talks about. brian: a less appealing weave. larry rah -- lara: exactly. charlie: also headlines exist, so we're going to read the headlines to you now. white house special envoy steve witkoff will be traveling to qatar this week to try to to broker a new hostage a release and ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. the and israel are pushing -- the u.s. and israel are pushing back on a $ a 53 billion arab-back trunks construction plan that is -- reconstruction plan. israel says hamas is still holding at least 59 hostages in gaza, dozens of which are already feared dead. the justice department is reportedly investigating a major egg producer as prices continue to soar. the report says investigators

are looking into whether companies are properly sharing accurate supply and pricing information that could be related to the price hikes. the latest monthly consumer price index shows the average a price of a dozen grade a eggs in the u.s. reached a or record high of $4.95 in january. the justice department is reportedly investigating major egg producers as those prices continue to soar. i think we're on to a different story at this point. and i just continued reading the egg story -- brian: i saw basketball. charlie: -- i am still so shocked by the price of eggs. but now i think we have the correct headline which is the final four -- the final saturday of the college babble -- yesterday sixth-ranked st. john's beating marquette in overtime of after a wild sequence at the buzzer. >> he pulls from distance,

missed it! ross little, rebound. taken away -- >> oh! >> st. john's at the buzzer! charlie: st. john's wins and now heads to the big east tournament as a top seed. you'll be able to catch the semifinals and the finals of that tournament on fox. is that what we call a buzzer-beater? lara: buzzer-beater. charlie: i thought you plaid basketball too. lara: i did. brian: you probably played in europe or something. lara: it was in middle school. [laughter] my son place, but it's first graders. these parents go nuts over it. yeah, it's the best. absolutely. brian ben we're going to talk movies. movies you should see before you graduate from college. have you ever thought about that before? so you've got a fun article on fox news digital, and it's frank stallone and robert bobby, is

that the right? two well known conservative movie guys, and they say here are the films you should see before you graduate from college. you could see some some on the screen right there. mr. smith goes to washington. you've got -- lara: state of the union. brian: these are take it back a little ways. lara: gone with the wind, grapes of wrath. charlie: these are good movies. brian brian are we going to share concern we had some thoughts on this. are we going to share those? lara: i think we should. do you want to kick us off? brian: mine is not quite as highbrow as a these. animal house, no. with today a's college environment and so many colleges are kind of, like, liberal indoctrination factories, you need a good, old-fashioned, pro-american movie, and mine, you can't beat it, rocky iv. i think every college student -- charlie: not the first one? lara: no, look, we're competing against do communists.

brian: apollo creed goes down, rocky avenges his death can. lara: i like that. mine is sort of self-serving, but dr. si valve -- zhivago. it will help you because my name actually was derived from this movie. julie christie played the character of lara. that's how we pronounced it. a lot of people don't know this. but it also was part of the bolshevik revolution. you see the destruction that communism caused and, basically, the danger -- brian: kind of like the front end of rocky iv. lara: see? we didn't even talk about it. charlie: mine came down to animal house or the best movie of all time, jaws, of course, which is an epic -- charlie: i

thought you would go with man in show. charlie: it's a spectacular movie every child should know, watch and have nightmares about. we would like to hear your suggestions. brian: i very much would. charlie: if you would e-mail us at fox no, friends@foxnews.com. lara: let us know what you think. charlie: more "fox & friends" ahead. i told myself i was ok with my moderate

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joining us. really shocking details out of this story in newark. >> yeah, a terrible story. you know, we still have another officer who was the officer in the hospital, reportedly critically injured, so we're praying for him. but i also think that there are some questions here, and i hope that we do get answers. according to the reporting, this 14-year-old got off 29 shots with a fully automatic weapon. now, fully automatic means you pull the trigger once, it keeps firing like a machine gun. so i am sure that there is a very penetrative investigation going on with a lot of resources right now as to how he got that gun, where it came from. there are a number of others under arrest. are they part of a gang? is there some reason that they -- if they had the intelligence that there was a gun there, which is apparently why these officers were responding, is there some reason they only sent the one patrol car? is newark shorthanded? because you've got a kid with a fully automatic weapon, if that

was the intel, you don't send two cops in a car, you go strong. charlie: right. >> so i have some questions here, and i'm sure they're pulling at these. charlie: yeah. the first timety read, that i'm so excused to the media not understanding guns, the first time i read that, i read it as when they said automatic a, i figured that the press, as a usual, got it all wrong and didn't know what they were talking about. but we feel pretty confident that, in fact, it was a fully automatic weapon. does that make it more difficult or easier perhaps to track where this guy, this kid got this gun? >> well, the gun will be more rare if, in fact, the reporting is accurate. and as of now, i just checked, all the reporting is uniform that it was fully automatic. and the fact that he got off 29 shots, were it, let's say, a handgun, that would involve a reloading. so it does argue that he had an automatic weapon, and that is, as i said, more rare than handguns which are very

prolific. charlie: yeah. >> i would imagine that, yes, i think it would make it a little easier or at least more of a trace to it that you can probably, you can pull at to see where this gun came from, where a 14-year-old got it, what he was doing with it on friday night. charlie: and, obviously, this kid was hanging out with a bunch of other kids, and you would assume that police made more than one arrest. and perhaps, you know, with the other people that you arrest, you might be able to coa better job of tracking some of the stuff down. >> yeah. you know, look, once you get one, they all talk. of course they do and they will. and this kid is 14 so we don't know what his mindset is. you've just got to say to yourself we are at a point post-2020 where there is far less of a pejorative in confronting police, attacking police n. if 2023 we set a record for the number of police shot on duty according to the

fraternal order of police numbers, and a lot of those were ambushes. it's the kind of stuff is we haven't seen since the 19 of 0s concern 1960s. this is still very much part of a trend. there's not a pejorative to it, it's become something to aspire to. charlie: right. >> in certain circles. you see it on the media, social media with, etc. look, i'm sure newark is pulling at every string to try to figure out why this happened. it's a terrible thing, and i'm sure we'll be hearing for about this, i hope we are, because we really should get answers as to how something like this could happen. charlie: absolutely. and you're right, that hatred of police spread to actual sitting politicians, so it was truly rampant everywhere. paul mauro, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, charlie. charlie: millennials are racking up credit card debt. we will look at a realistic ways to achieve financial freedom next. cough? congestion? i'm feeling better. all in one and done...

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brian: we're back with a fox news alert. massive clouds of smoke blanketing parts of long island as wind-fueled wildfires prompted a state of emergency there yesterday. the majority of the fires are now contained after more than 80 local departments responded to fight the flames. let's turn new to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. morning, rick. rick: good morning, brian. yeah, really windy yesterday afternoon a, and that caused those fires to burn really quickly. it's been generally pretty dry across the northeast. most of those fires, things looking at better conditions and winds are going to set settle down a lot. much of the southeast, get ready for severe weather. big, sprawling storm right here. nothing severe or this morning that's going on except down across parts of the panhandle of florida. look at this lightning over the last number of hours, waking you up likely around the panhandle

of florida and georgia. could look at a tornado or two, be watch withing for this, north parts of florida into southern georgia and alabama. want to give you a quick heads up about this coming week, two rounds of severe weather coming. one of them is tuesday into wednesday, the next one is friday. looking right now at potentially a very large storm that's going to have maybe some big severe weather, maybe blizzard conditions on the back side of it. lots of time to watch it, but looks like it's brewing for later this week with. lara, over to you. lara: a growing number of millennials are racking up credit card debt. new data shows 43% of the generation has been seeking debt counseling since the pandemic. nearly $7,000 was the average credit card debt for a my millennial last year, so what are realistic solutions to achieving financial freedom? here to offer some tips is bank rate senior industry analyst ted rossman. thanks for getting up an hour earlier with us today.

you got some great tips for people out there. your first tip, you say use a 0% balance transfer card to cut interest. what does that look like? >> that's right. that's going to involve moving your existing high cost credit card covert to a newly-opened card with a 0% promotion. some of these last as long as 21 months. cards like the wells fargo reflect, the citi simplicity and u.s. bank visa platinum. that is a huge tailwind with. considering the average a credit card charge is about 20%, avoiding that for nearly 2 years can really help you pay off this debt. lara: all right. the other option we could go with is maybe lower interest with a personal loan, you say. >> that's another form of debt consolidation. the way this works is that you take out a personal loan and then you pay a off the credit cards right away. and then you pay the personal loan back at more favorable terms over the next few years. if you have good credit, you can

probably get a 6 or 7% rate that lasts 4-5 years. that's going to bring down your total interest expense considerably if you're disciplined about paying it off. lara: and i don't think a lot of people know this, i didn't know this, you can actually negotiate with credit card companies, and you say you can seek counseling. >> that's right. nonprofit credit counseling is a great approach especially if you don't have great credit or if you have a lot of debt, maybe more than $5-6,000 in credit card debt. then your best approach is probably to go with a reputable nonprofit credit counselor, someone like money management international or green pep. they can often negotiate something like a 6-7% rate over 4-5 years, and you don't even need great credit. you can try to do some of this on your own. i'm not sure you're going to get that the rate quite that low, but about a 80% of the time when people ask the card company for

a lower rate, they're going to get one. i do think the first two ideas are probably going to give you your best odds of success. lara: why do you think we're seeing higher debt numbers now among millennials? >> inflation's a big part of it, high interest rates. the ed fed pushes interest rates higher by 5.25 points over the past few years to fight inflation, and they've unwound a point of that, but it's still left credit cards substantially higher than they were a few years ago. the fact that this is unsecured debt, delinquencies have crept up, credit card debt is probably most households' highest debt by a wide burglar vin. lara: -- margin. lara: wow. ted ross marne thanks for joining me -- rossman. >> thanks for having me. lara: blake lively making his first comments over the weekend. we break down what we said is, up next.

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brian: extra cameras captured fans in austin, texas, greet requesting blake lively at the south by southwest film festival friday where the star made her fest public comments -- first public comments since her legal battle with justen baldoni. but arrively was only focused on her new movie. >> i love this character so much. it's probably my favorite

character, is so when paul asked us to come back i was so compute excited. i was really nervous on the first one because we didn't know if we were making a drama or a comedy. he said, yes -- [laughter] which is not really an answer to the question. brian: fox new york stock exchanges is life -- diving into the chaos with a new series, blake v. justin: it didn't end with us. entertainment reporter lauren conlin joins us now. i am trying to dig into this and understand the contours, and there is so much information on both sides. how are you sorting through it on the fox nation if special? >> yeah. well, the fox nation special is really great to watch because you get the story, but with you get the story from the perspective of someone like myself who is immersed in pop culture and criminal cases. but then you get the perspective from two lawyers and someone

else who is in pr crisis. so i think it's an incredible thing to watch if you are familiar with what's going on, if you're not familiar. i mean, i'm very familiar and i learned a lot from these attorneys. but i gotta warn you, the whole thing while it's a nice if escape, it's also very, very cringe. brian: okay. so cringe, okay. i guess sometimes cringe is interesting though, so maybe that's why you want to watch. you know, my sense in talking with people is you think maybe you know where you are on this story when you kind of read a certain set of headlines, and then you dig into the other side and realize this is very, very complicated. is that what makes it so interesting? it's so sor kid and it's so -- there's so much going on that you to can't decide who to root for this in one? >> you're right. when i first read blake lively's civil complaint that a she filed back in december followed by her lawsuit, i mean, my jaw just

dropped. i'm thinking justin ball with doneny, he's -- baldoni, he's this man bun-wearing creep. and then a few weeks later his lawsuit comes out, and he is prepared. he has easter eggs, he has videos, he has just -- he has all the receipts. and my mind was blown. and at that point i decided that this might be a little bit more than what we're seeing. it actually might be the fact that blake lively and ryan reynolds did try for this hostile takeover of the film and, of course, you know, the legal, i guess the whole thing is playing out in the court of public opinion. but it's true that we won't actually know the truth until we get to court. but who knows if this will ever go to court. mine, it's scheduled to go to court in march of 2026, and i can only hope. but i think this is going to be bigger than what we've heard personally. brian: it doesn't seem like it's going to slow down anytime soon.

lauren, thank you very much. great report on that. be sure to check out blake v. justin: it didn't end with us, available now on fox nation. thanks again very much, lauren. okay. turning now to your headlines, lara, you've got headlines for us? las vegas louisiana i've got 'em. the vatican said pope francis had another peaceful night of rest and that he's showing grawjal, slight improvement. the pope is still not well enough to read sunday prayers as he continues breathing assistance using different types of ventilation. the 88-year-old pontiff the has been hospitalized since february 14th. rfk jr. is reported arely scheduled to meet with top executives of several major food brands tomorrow, the first sit-down between the hhs secretary and the companies previously accused of harming americans' health. everything is expected to be up for discussion. one u.s. city is now seeing a major boost in its housing

market as thousands of americans are flocking to chattanooga, tennessee, in part because of with its tax-friendly policies. according to the -- to realtors, over 10,000 home sales closed in the last year. chattanooga's warm weather, low cost of living and proximity to atlanta and and nashville are all contributing to the increase of people moving there. and those are your headlines. all right. coming up, it's fox can friends fear factor -- oh, my gosh. brian brenberg reportedly is scared of reptiles. i guess we're going to find out after this. so of course we brought a if few on set for him. that looks like a friendly little guy. brian: i don't think so so. ♪ ♪ we say our prayer, sing 'em to the sky. ♪ bust our backs barely getting by ♪ touches of black. they say a lot without having to say much.

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♪ charlie: so it's the return of "fox & friends" fear factor -- [laughter] remember when rachel confronted her fear of birds, and lisa confronted her fear of snakes? lara: brian has revealed that he doesn't love reptiles -- [laughter] so here to help him confront his fears is joni gallagher and max -- [inaudible] close enough. [laughter] reptile shows inc..

we've got at least one rep toil out so far. who is this? >> this is zoe, a black and white tegu liz regard from places like argentina. lara: can i say hi? >> you absolutely can. lara: he's very nice to. >> a lot of people think they're sleepmy. a lot of people consider them cold-blooded, but that that's a more outdated term. they're echo thermic -- lara: go ahead, brian. get involved. get this fella. he's kind of -- he's very nice. brian: his tongue is amazing. lara: i like the claws. look at the claws. >> they actually smell with their tongue. they pick up all those little particles. charlie: what are his jowls for? lara: that's an expansion opportunity. >> with this species, it's typically only males that have those big jowls, and it's for breathing purposes.

lara: brian wants to know who else you have available. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> we're going to go into the -- let's do this -- lara: we've got some boxes back here. oh, this is exciting. look who we have. brian: oh, my gosh. brian: what are the state regulations of getting brian to kiss one of these? brian: not gonna happen. >> this is a african bull frog. so it's an amphibian, it's not a reptile. lara: is he going to jump? >> they absolutely can. brian: are you serious. you're just going to pick that right up? [inaudible conversations] >> you can, just nice and gentle on his side. charlie: does he make a noise? >> absolutely can. they breathe through their skin, so typically we don't allow for touching on frequent occasions. charlie: no, no, he -- lara: jeremiah is his name, by

the way. >> they both oxygen passively through that skin, but they absolutely can. >> this is duck, and duck is a ball python. charlie: come on, palestine. you need to -- lara: you look like a professional. >> he has these great markings, and one of them is a duck. charlie: how can you not hold duck? you're not afraid of ducks, are you? rick: mine, it's not poisonous. charlie: you can do it. lara: give brian something else. >> give brian this one. go this to brian. brian: oh, gosh. >> this is a red rat snake. 2008ing this guy just went through a shed -- lara: so he's fresh -- brian: can you stand next to me? >> i got you. you're okay. you're doing great.

brian: am i? >> yeah, you're doing great. there you go, max. lara: he's got a little shedding. >> he actually shed yesterday. typically we give him a day to work with everything off -- brian: i've never done this before. i've never held a snake, and it is -- this guy does not seem that interested in -- you take him back. >> absolutely. you did great. really impressed. lara: let's step him up to the next -- [laughter] [inaudible conversations] lara: oh, my gosh. that is wild. >> are you going to hold this one too? brian: that can't be legal. what is this? so this is a common bow -- boa constrictor from central and

south america. and actually, he's not even done growing. brian: watch out for his tail. he's coming for you. larry: wow. you guys are amazing. thank you for bringing us all of these -- >> great to see you all. lara: and, brian, you did great. brian: i lived through the segment. how heavy is that?

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