billy bush will tell us if he is making a serious offer to buy back bud light. we will show you what teenagers in beverly hills know or don't know about money. friday august 18, 2023, "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪. larry: i like that, we started a three hour show i want upbeat and powerful success, durand durand. let's get right to this, president biden has been touting his bidenomics as a success. good morning lauren, do voters agree. >> eight and ten say the economy is in bad shape and half, 52% believe biden is making it worse that means bidenomics is not working in the inflation reduction act did not reduce prices, americans have paid over $2200 more in energy costs since joe biden took office in 20 million american households are behind on the utility bills. larry: that's not a good situation, jackie deangelis joined me now, voters, that's really clear, they don't see the economy in the same way that the rest of us do. >> i'm looking at a different line, the better line, are you better off now than you were four years ago that's what people are go

billy bush n: billy, it's sad, i hope.and by the way, you know, it was benefiting the molson coors and miller lite. >> they're all benefitin g coors light, miller lite. you know, their sales went through the roofs ligh at anheuser-busch's expense. >> appreciate you being with us. roofstraight aheadt. ahead, the woke left. they have a new target now. first of all, is your stove, then a chair, your air now itioner and your aerator. now they want to go after ice cream trucks in new york city. . i mean, really go after them. lisa bonet hits the streets of new york when weill hi back with a full report. >> i actually had ice works first. ou can heat makes r it less real. the power of contrast, there. so you can rise from pain ice here. back in my we didn't have all of these types of fancy chicken for sure. >> you have buffalo wings and fried chicken. well, we didn't have garlic farm or sweet bourbon barbecue ,and he had to walk uphill both ways. >> and it's not every time. yeah, right from here. >> from my nail fungus is nasty.

. >> todd: that not that billy bush but the other billy bush.ud light. >> jimmy: only thing save the brand. >> carley: i a&e agree. >> jimmy: bud light got great real men drank beer. nobody wants real men of genius. it's not the same brand. and i think if they leaned into their roots like stripped it down what the beatles are doing in the end. back out 58 bum got all the special effects out of the way we are just a rock band. they were the number one beer in the world. >> carley: offer is on the table. who knows, maybe they will want to sell off that sinking ship and he could turn it around. >> jimmy: stop it. >> todd: hire the coors light twins. will. >> jimmy: please clap. >> todd: "fox & friends" now. >> carley: bye, everybody. ♪ ♪ we begin "fox & friends" with a race for the white house. fox news polls revealing former president donald trump still nominating among the 2024 republican president candidates. >> but donald trump will have to keep these numbers up as candidates like vivek ramaswamy and senator tim scott are picking up steam befor

here is billy bush, from the anheuser-busch empire on the sideline talking to tomi lahren about if the opportunity ever game, imbev said, let's get rid of budweiser, he will buy it, first in line. watch this. >> they knew who their drinkers were, they were with bar owners and liquor store owners and talking day in and day out. when you are a foreign company and rely on woke students coming out of woke colleges to do your advertising for you, you are making a big mistake. you need to go out and understand who your core customer is. if they don't want that brand any longer, sell it back to the busch family, sell it back to me and we'll make that brand great again. >> brian: that is brilliant people are saying get a famous athlete or actor and put a bud light in their hand to change perception. what about the person that started it want it back, we created it and sold it, my family understands you, we will deliver to the bars. that would rescue bud light. >> ainsley: pretty much the only way to surn that company around fchl he bought it back, he will get it for a better price right now, i

ashley: billy bush said his ancestors would be appalled by the campaign with a transgender influencerlisten. >> i think my family, my ancestors would be rolling over in their grave and they were very patriotic and loved this country and what it stood for and they believe the transgender and gays was a very personal issue. they loved this country because it is a free country and people are allowed to do what they want. it was never meant to be on a beer can or pushed in people's faces. ashley: in that interview with tmz, he was asked why he doesn't believe the beer is american anymore. bush doesn't think the audience drinking beer into transgenders saying "people that drink beer care about wholesome things and patetism and think certain things should be kept private and denied he was being prejudiced". sales in the u.s. dropped 14% year over year. big hit to bottom line. stu. stuart: that story doesn't end. thanks, ash. ashley: it doesn't. stuart: america's woman's soccer team out of the world cup and what upset many people was not the loss but politics involved. we will get into that.

donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab 'em by the [bleep]. - he's bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that has erupted. - already a parade of republicans has either condemned trump's comments, withdrawn their support completely, or called on him to step down. - any truth that he's dropping out? - no. - kellyanne conway, reince priebus, others, were scheduled to be on the sunday shows. all of them canceled their appearances. and the one person who went on to defend him in wake of that was rudy giuliani. - joining me now is former new york city mayor and donald trump supporter, rudy giuliani. - rudy giuliani, top advisor to donald trump. - thank you. thanks for having me back. - that was a moment for rudy giuliani to really step up and show that was willing to be donald trump's number one defender, number one attack dog. - men at times, talk like that. - i don't know how much he was exagge

she brought up the access hollywood tape and the former president's own words to billy bush about howd sexually grope women. here's what she said. mr. trump -- >> mr. trump said that he heard mr. bush clearly. i think women all over the country heard very clearly what he said. >> i ask you, what does work in this environment in terms of landing a criticism or a punch on someone who is opposing you? >> i remember that debate. that was the cleanest punch that everybody and he landed on -- ever landed on president trump. bobby lindell was not on the stage with president trump but we were on the campaign trail. everybody, all the campaigns were trying to figure out how to land something. when you do these silly attacks or insults, he's just going to punch right back. if you are going to punch a trump, you better landed. nobody did that better than carly figure ina. >> trump won't be there tomorrow night. that's an issue. candidates will be asked about him. here's ted cruz in a debate that president trump boycotted. here's how he tried to handle that. >> let me say, i'm a maniac. everyone

you know when the billy bush tape came out in 2016 between the two debates, just before the second debateal of us on the rnc in touch with the chairman, begging him to at least put it to a vote to the rnc members to either a resolution against him or pulled the party support or something. and even then, there was simply no courage. >> you know, adam, one of my favorite forms of trump era whining is whining from conservatives who don't of donald trump but are willing to go along with it, be stuck with them. it's liberals fault that conservatives are stuck with donald trump, and the wall street journal, they have a real lock undoes. this is an editorial talking about democrats and the trump indictment spectacle saying, they want the election to be about the former president, all the time. >> we're not really choosing here. why do you think that there is not more freak out, a sort of base political level about what it means for electoral profits. >> it's like doctor frankenstein turning to everybody in the village saying, why did you do this? their audience will not listen to anyone outside

she brought up the access hollywood tape and the former president's own words to billy bush about how he could sexually grab women. here is what she said. >> mr. trump said he heard mr. bush very clearly. and what mr. bush said. i think women all over this country heard a very clearly what mr. trump said. lisa: i bring this up to ask you what does work in this environment in terms of landing a criticism or a punch on someone who is opposing you? gail: i remember that debate. that was the cleanest punch anybody ever landed on president trump. i was with bobby jindal at the time. he was not on the stage with president trump, but we were on the campaign trail. and everybody, not just our campaign, but all of the campaigns were trying to figure out, how do we land something? you do these silly attacks or silly insults, he is just going to punch right back. if you are going to punch at trump, you better land it. nobody did that better than carly fiorina. lisa: trump will not be there tomorrow night. that is an issue because candidates there will be asked about him. going back to that 2016

. >> but the point i'm making, kari, my view is that in 2016, when the horrible billy bush tapes cameout and trump was in trouble many of his trouble with many of his traditional actually traditional supporters, actually at that moment in time, having mike pence as the vp candidate, a committed born again christian, actually helped to shore up that base with evangelical voters, southern baptists. so i kind of think that who the vp choice is does matter . m atter. >> matter. >> do you? well, i don't think he's going to be talking about vp choice. and that's even going to come up tomorrow. we're talking about should he be at the debate? >> i'm not. i've moved >> no, i'm not. i've moved on from that. have? no, no. from that. oh, you have? no, no. i'm saying does the pick of vp matter? because i think it does. >> think president trump >> and i think president trump is strong that know that is so strong that i know that when comes time for him to when it comes time for him to choose the vp, which will probably a year from probably be about a year from now, he's going look the now, he's goi

2016, mike pence was picked as the vp running mate and i think after those tapes came out, the billy bushere some fairly scandalous comments. i think having a strong , committed, born having a strong, committed, born again christian there as the vice presidential running mate did help donald trump in shoring up that support when some people, some of his supporters were running for the hills. so it really matters who becomes the vice presidential candidate. and i have a feeling that in milwaukee it becomes a little bit of a beauty contest for that. ron desantis , of course, that. ron desantis, of course, had been the clear challenger thus far , not had a great thus far, not had a great campaign . and somebody that i've campaign. and somebody that i've been talking about and writing about that. i think may maybe could be very interesting , about that. i think may maybe could be very interesting, is a guy called vivek ramaswamy . he's guy called vivek ramaswamy. he's 38 years old. he self—made, very successful , a huge believer in successful, a huge believer in the american dream and is more

in 16, when trump chose mike pence as his vp running mate, it's my contention in that when those billy bushrump making boasts full, he called it locker room talk . room talk. >> some viewed it more dimly, but his views and what he said about women and i felt that pence being vp was a very important moment in keeping that evangelical southern baptist vote with the trump campaign. could it be could it be that if trump makes a wise vice presidential pick , that that presidential pick, that that person could appeal to that middle ground ? middle ground? >> absolutely. there's governor kristi noem of south dakota is a name that comes to mind. there are a number of very effective, successful female governors that that could run with trump. and they have a record of accomplishment, a record of success. and i do want to correct one thing. i'm not anti trump. my job as a pollster is to say like it is and to try to be as accurate as i can. i acknowledge, by the way, that back in 2016, the exit polling , back in 2016, the exit polling, we didn't do it. i just reported on it. we didn't do it. i just re

2016, mike pence was picked as the vp running mate and i think after those tapes came out, the billy bushere some fairly scandalous comments. i think having a strong , committed, born having a strong, committed, born again christian there as the vice presidential running mate did help donald trump in shoring up that support when some people, some of his supporters were running for the hills. so it really matters who becomes the vice presidential candidate. and i have a feeling that in milwaukee it becomes a little bit of a beauty contest for that. ron desantis , of course, that. ron desantis, of course, had been the clear challenger thus far , not had a great thus far, not had a great campaign . and somebody that i've campaign. and somebody that i've been talking about and writing about that. i think may maybe could be very interesting , about that. i think may maybe could be very interesting, is a guy called vivek ramaswamy . he's guy called vivek ramaswamy. he's 38 years old. he self—made, very successful , a huge believer in successful, a huge believer in the american dream and is more

in 16, when trump chose mike pence as his vp running mate, it's my contention in that when those billy busht with trump making boasts full, he called it locker room talk . room talk. >> some viewed it more dimly, but his views and what he said about women and i felt that pence being vp was a very important moment in keeping that evangelical southern baptist vote with the trump campaign. could it be could it be that if trump makes a wise vice presidential pick , that that presidential pick, that that person could appeal to that middle ground ? middle ground? >> absolutely. there's governor kristi noem of south dakota is a name that comes to mind. there are a number of very effective, successful female governors that that could run with trump. and they have a record of accomplishment, a record of success. and i do want to correct one thing. i'm not anti trump. my job as a pollster is to say like it is and to try to be as accurate as i can. i acknowledge, by the way, that back in 2016, the exit polling , back in 2016, the exit polling, we didn't do it. i just reported on it. we didn't do it. i

. >> but the point i'm making, kari, my view is that in 2016, when the horrible billy bush tapes cameout and trump was in trouble many of his trouble with many of his traditional actually traditional supporters, actually at that moment in time, having mike pence as the vp candidate, a committed born again christian, actually helped to shore up that base with evangelical voters, southern baptists. so i kind of think that who the vp choice is does matter . m atter. >> matter. >> do you? well, i don't think he's going to be talking about vp choice. and that's even going to come up tomorrow. we're talking about should he be at the debate? >> i'm not. i've moved >> no, i'm not. i've moved on from that. have? no, no. from that. oh, you have? no, no. i'm saying does the pick of vp matter? because i think it does. >> think president trump >> and i think president trump is strong that know that is so strong that i know that when comes time for him to when it comes time for him to choose the vp, which will probably a year from probably be about a year from now, he's going look the now, he's goi

donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. >> when you were a star, they lethatever you want. >> and he's bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned. absolutely stunned. >> there is a political storm that has erupted. >> the parade of republicans have condemned trump's comments, withdrawn their support completely, or called on him to step down. >> did he say he is stepping down? >> kellyanne conway and others were scheduled to be on the sunday shows. all of them canceled their appearances. the one person who went on to defend him in wake of that was rudy giuliani. >> joining me now is donald trump supporter, rudy giuliani. >> that was a moment for rudy giuliani to really step up. and show he was willing to be donald trump's number one defender and attack dog. >> men at times talk like that. i don't know how much he was exaggerating or how much was true. he's a different man than he was then. >> men say stupid things in the locker rooms. we should move on. >> rudy giuliani bet on trump when very few people were doing so. he stuck with trump

like, why didn't billy carter and donald nixon and neil bush and roger clinton get special counsels? you think of merrick garland's role in all of this. >> i think the problem is this is an extraordinary time. we have a sitting, the former president of the united states under indictment in four places. and we have a particularly -charged environment, political environment. this guy was effectively, u. s. attorney weiss, was effectively a special counsel as it was, given his mandate to basically do whatever he felt he needed to do. why not make it official in just eliminate any issues and then get a report on the backhand? i understand if you are hunter biden or the biden family, you can't be happy with this. but look, this is a whirlwind, literally. >> let me just ask you, george, i think there's also the political dimension of this as well. you rightly point out, there will be a report, there will be a process. that is important to respect the process. but there is also the very real narrative that republicans are clinging to, as you point out. trump faces multiple federal criminal

billy in every possible way important? i remember perfectly well how then us president george bush said, gosh, really was a very good guy. i simply grinned at the time. i went to the white house, then how's the head of the administration and said, well we'll wait and see about that time has shown just what a good guy he is. he's just crazy and very dangerous. and the us methodically guided the situation into a conflict on russia's borders, nurtured in every possible way. a group of people who at the time we're pursuing this course, said by soft gosh, really immediately before the conflict, he will come to several american delegations, including i believe one with condo is a rice. in all likelihood, he was told, don't worry, there's been a change of leadership in russia and in a lot of other factors too. and nothing will happen to you for doing this. and then he rushed to execute this provocation at full speed. so the us did not just add fuel to the fire or try to put a puzzle together. they directly led the situation to this clash. by the way, they then began to try to dig themselves out and portray a bad situation in a

billy in every possible way. give us an appointment. i remember perfectly well how then he was president george bush sense that gosh, really was a very good guy. i simply grinned at the time when i went to the white house, then how's the head of the administration and said, well, we'll wait and see about that. time has shown just what a good guy he is. he's just crazy. he said it's very dangerous. and the us methodically guided the situation into a conflict on russia's borders, nurtured in every possible way. a group of people who were at the time we're pursuing this course, said by saga, surely, immediately before the conflict says, he will come to several american delegations, including i believe one with condo is a rice case in all likelihood he was told to me and don't worry, there's been a change of leadership and russia and in a lot of other factors too. and nothing will happen to you for doing this. and then he rushed to execute this provocation at full speed. so the u. s. did not just add fuel to the fire or try to put a puzzle together. they directly led the situation to this clash. by the way, they then began to try to dig thems

bush, his brother. it didn't work with half brother roger clinton, it didn't work with billy carter.ters are hearing from the gop and the trump campaign about hunter biden come next fall, and what they're hearing from joe biden and the democrats is social security, reproductive freedom, the fate of our democracy, social security, all those things. they're much stronger positioned because at that point, the swing voters don't want to hear about hunter biden. they want to hear about what matters to them at their table. >> so, are you essentially saying that this daily drumbeat that natasha says, you don't think we'll be at the forefront of votes minds' heres. it seems like democrats waved off the stories that involved hunter biden. should they be stronger with their messaging as it pertains to him? >> i think they should never bring up hunter biden. what the american public cares about is x, y and z. what the hunter biden stuff does is it feeds the red meat to the gop base who likes to hear about it. but in the end, the people that are going to decide the elections, those swing voters

these other -- i mean, billy carter is a sad situation. you look at some of the bush issues., it's somebody in the shadow of either a brother or a father or somebody else, and they go out and try to trade on the name. yeah, it's pretty terrible, but if you have somebody that's actually making $2 billion off the saudis, building a relationship off of middle east peace talks, off the saudis, again -- once again, the false equivalency is outrageous. do we have that clip of the poor guy, the poor republican trying to -- yeah. let's, you know -- sometimes, and i know this better than most, sometimes you should just stay off of tv, right? sometimes it doesn't pay. that happens to me about 75% of the time i get on tv. but here's a congressman from new york that needs to give me a call the next time he thinks he wants to go on an interview. play the tape. >> despite nearly two years now of an investigation into the president's son, while you have certainly unearthed a trove of evidence that the committee says proves the president's association, there has not been produced a smoking g

. >> as one of the bushes states in america, researchers from st billy on look at dozens of key wordsm google. they based the study on words related to expensive taste, including how many people search for luxury brand items instead of discounts are copycat. according to the study, the bougie estates are nevada. number 5, the new jersey and hawaii. and of course, california made the list and number 2, well, you might be asking what's number one for the bush's state? well, that went to new york. for the 10th time in recent months, a bus filled with migrants shipped out of brownsville, texas, arriving in los angeles this morning. the la welcomes coalition was there to greet the migrants with open arms. our sister station ktla reports that asylum seekers are families of 21 children in 19 adults this time and they are reportedly from guatemala, el salvador, honduras, peru, and venezuela. the youngest among them is a 5 month old baby. they will get medical checkups, supplies, clothing before they head on to their final destinations. president biden and first lady jill biden took off from r

bush got elected. george clinton was brought up, the half brother of bill clinton, it never worked. nixon's brother was brought up over and over and over again, it didn't work. billyght up in 19 -- it doesn't work. it is a distraction, it feeds the base, swing voters do not care about hunter biden. >> matthew, last night one of the president's most loyal allies on capitol hill addressed any possible conviction of trump in washington, d.c. and here's what he had to say. >> well, shawn, any conviction in d.c. against donald trump is not legitimate. so they're charging him with a crime of taking bad legal advice, that's what this is about. >> okay. so that's lindsey graham. what do you make of what he just said? >> well, what lindsey is trying to say is is basically any decision -- you can object to any decision if it is not in a jurisdiction you don't like. for example, don't remember lindsey graham bringing up that a donald trump-appointed judge is overseeing the trial in florida, a state that george -- a state that donald trump carried twice in the course of this. what is good for the goose is good for the gander. if it is not supposed to be in d.c., then it certa