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. - that's fyre fest founder billy mcfarland. who did he offend?w that he announced a second fyre festival. - ok. - oh my gosh. - so who would be offended by that? people who went to the first one and they were like, don't do it. - points. - all right. yeah. [applause] - billy mcfarland offended fyre festival 1 by announcing fyre festival 2. y'all remember the first one? they was promised a concert out in the beach and then all they got was airport sandwiches. - you come to fyre festival 2, don't be talking about "where's the music?" [laughter] i don't want to hear anything about "i'm hungry." - or "i want a toilet." - yeah. don't bring that here. - tickets for the new fyre festival range from $1,400 to $1.1 million. now the question is, well, what do i get for $1,400 to $1.1 million? - i would hate to say in front of people what i expect for that kind of money. [laughter] - here's billy hyping the event. - we're going to have artists across electronic, hip hop, pop, and rock. we might have a professional skateboarder do a demonstration. - you say
. - that's fyre fest founder billy mcfarland. who did he offend?w that he announced a second fyre festival. - ok. - oh my gosh. - so who would be offended by that? people who went to the first one and they were like, don't do it. - points. - all right. yeah. [applause] - billy mcfarland offended fyre festival 1 by announcing fyre festival 2. y'all remember the first one? they was promised a concert out in the beach and then all they got was airport sandwiches. - you come to fyre festival 2,...
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will reeve is back with more. >> billy mcfarland spent four years in prison for scamming people. ossal disaster that it has become shorthand for colossal disasters, so who wants to try again? billy mcfarlane does. he says fyre festival 2 is coming a couple months from now. officials there say they don't really know what he's talking about. it began as one of the most anticipated music festivals of the 21st century with vip packages going for $12,000 and promising an event for the ages. but then reality hit. >> no electricity, no showers, no bathrooms, no running water appeared. >> the promised musical acts like blink-182 failed to materialize. >> what we got was probably closer to $0. >> instead of deluxe accommodations, concertgoers found themselves surviving on cheese sandwiches. >> i am stranded in the bahamas amidst hundreds of others extremely unlucky festivalgoers. >> billy mcfarland, host, sentenced to six years in prison for pocketing the proceeds, now says he and his infamous festival are back. >> i figured i would be best to hear directly from me was actually happening.
will reeve is back with more. >> billy mcfarland spent four years in prison for scamming people. ossal disaster that it has become shorthand for colossal disasters, so who wants to try again? billy mcfarlane does. he says fyre festival 2 is coming a couple months from now. officials there say they don't really know what he's talking about. it began as one of the most anticipated music festivals of the 21st century with vip packages going for $12,000 and promising an event for the ages....
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organizer billy mcfarland said the multi-day event will take place in late may to early june.facebook that no person or company has requested permits for said events. you'll remember the original fire festival in 2017 was a notorious disaster. mcfarland was found guilty of wire fraud after its failure. >>> coming up next, it's no joke. comedian steve carrell has a special gift for high school seniors impacted by the california wildfires. steve car special gift for high school seniors impacted by the california wildfires. (♪♪) (♪♪) voltaren... for long lasting arthritis pain relief. (♪♪) still have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis... ...or crohn's disease symptoms after taking... ...a medication like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief with rinvoq. check. when flares tried to slow me down,... ...i got lasting remission with rinvoq. check. and many were in remission... ...even at nearly 2 years. and rinvoq... ...helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check. rapid sympto
organizer billy mcfarland said the multi-day event will take place in late may to early june.facebook that no person or company has requested permits for said events. you'll remember the original fire festival in 2017 was a notorious disaster. mcfarland was found guilty of wire fraud after its failure. >>> coming up next, it's no joke. comedian steve carrell has a special gift for high school seniors impacted by the california wildfires. steve car special gift for high school seniors...
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billy mcfarland took to instagram to refute these claims and assure attendees that this won't go up indition of the festival back in 2017. the tickets for this festival, they're on sale, of course, and they are incredibly expensive. so i mean, they better deliver, whatever it is. they better get in contact with the tourism board. >> especially for the million dollar tickets that include a yacht experience. >> and everything in between? >> better get on it. >>> up next, lebron james shoots past another milestone. >>> and a viral snack at auction. can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. seriouallergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today.
billy mcfarland took to instagram to refute these claims and assure attendees that this won't go up indition of the festival back in 2017. the tickets for this festival, they're on sale, of course, and they are incredibly expensive. so i mean, they better deliver, whatever it is. they better get in contact with the tourism board. >> especially for the million dollar tickets that include a yacht experience. >> and everything in between? >> better get on it. >>> up...
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the founder and convicted fraudster billy mcfarland took to instagram to refute the claims and assuren't go up in flames like the first edition of the festival back in 2017. well, here we go. i mean, if he says that's not going to happen, how much weight does this hold after everything that's already happened? >> i know. >> it's concerning. >> talk about a red flag warning when if comes to this fyre right here. >>> when we come back, the tate brothers are in more hot water. >>> and two era tours facing ticket thieves. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪ jen loved her gain flings. then brad showed u
the founder and convicted fraudster billy mcfarland took to instagram to refute the claims and assuren't go up in flames like the first edition of the festival back in 2017. well, here we go. i mean, if he says that's not going to happen, how much weight does this hold after everything that's already happened? >> i know. >> it's concerning. >> talk about a red flag warning when if comes to this fyre right here. >>> when we come back, the tate brothers are in more hot...
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fyre festival founder billy mcfarland insists fyre two is real, but this comes eight years after thel was supposed to happen in the bahamas and ended in disaster, with the attendees stranded. all right. president donald trump is leading a pivot back to oil and gas, but one kind of green energy could soon gain momentum. fox business correspondent lauren simonetti is in washington with the details. >> president trump and energy secretary chris wright tapping geothermal as a major player on the path to u.s. energy dominance, but without significant investment, the u.s. risks falling behind to china. >> this is a great technology originally developed in the united states. plenty of other countries are looking at geothermal, and i think the u.s. is moving slow on it. other countries are going to pass us by, and there's no reason for that. >> geothermal is largely bipartisan. it uses the expertise of the shale revolution to provide clean, reliable energy. 24 over seven by using the energy stored in the earth to generate electricity. similar to fracking, wells are drilled, water is pumped i
fyre festival founder billy mcfarland insists fyre two is real, but this comes eight years after thel was supposed to happen in the bahamas and ended in disaster, with the attendees stranded. all right. president donald trump is leading a pivot back to oil and gas, but one kind of green energy could soon gain momentum. fox business correspondent lauren simonetti is in washington with the details. >> president trump and energy secretary chris wright tapping geothermal as a major player on...
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i'd like to get the $1.1 million package. [ laughter ] that guy, billy mcfarland, he did four years foraud, for bank fraud, for making false statements for law enforcement. how he's not a part of the trump administration already, i have no idea because -- [ cheers and applause ] the whole country is a fyre festival right now and elon musk is soaking the mattresses. it's so much worse than i think anyone even imagined it might be. elon and his musk tiers -- you probably heard -- sent an email to all federal employees ordering them to list five things they did at work last week. trump loved this idea and said it was genius. he said anyone who didn't respond to the email would be "fired or semi-fired." what if that was his catch phrase on "the apprentice"? "meatloaf, you're fired, or semi-fired!" [ laughter ] but then, just a few hours later, the office of personnel management said responding to the email was not mandatory, it was voluntary, and a number of trump's other departments, like the fbi, the justice department, the defense and state departments, specifically told their people, do
i'd like to get the $1.1 million package. [ laughter ] that guy, billy mcfarland, he did four years foraud, for bank fraud, for making false statements for law enforcement. how he's not a part of the trump administration already, i have no idea because -- [ cheers and applause ] the whole country is a fyre festival right now and elon musk is soaking the mattresses. it's so much worse than i think anyone even imagined it might be. elon and his musk tiers -- you probably heard -- sent an email to...
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however, fyre festival founder billy mcfarland went on social media to let everyone know the event is years ago, the first festival was supposed to happen in the bahamas, but ended in disaster with attendees stranded. mcfarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud and he was sentenced to six years in prison. wow. yeah. >> i can't believe it. all right. a dolphin weighing over 900 pounds jumped from the water and landed on a boat on a fisherman's boat, surprising all the people on board. as you might imagine, three new zealand men said it felt like the dolphin fell out of the sky. luckily, nobody was hurt by this. but the bottlenose dolphins flailing, broke all of their fishing rods and damaged the bow of the boat. the men alerted new zealand's conservation agency and drove to a boat ramp, where workers could help the dolphin out of the boat. the owner of that boat also named his boat after the tribal name the dolphin was given, which is tohu, which means sign. >> wow. >> that was definitely a sign from the sky, to be sure. wow, that is incredible. >> you don't really get how huge they are unt
however, fyre festival founder billy mcfarland went on social media to let everyone know the event is years ago, the first festival was supposed to happen in the bahamas, but ended in disaster with attendees stranded. mcfarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud and he was sentenced to six years in prison. wow. yeah. >> i can't believe it. all right. a dolphin weighing over 900 pounds jumped from the water and landed on a boat on a fisherman's boat, surprising all the people on board. as you...