. >> alex and i are identical twins. we have an older brother.he five of us, my dad, my two brothers, and my grandma, came to the u.s. in 1979 with less than $800 between us. we did not speak a lick of english. we moved into -- we were actually former soviet refugees, from soviet ukraine. we moved to new york city, and ethnic neighborhood in brighton beach, and grew up there. really a working class family. my dad, for the first eight months, did not speak any english. he still has his notebook where he learned 10 english words a day until he learned enough to pass a technical civil engineering exam and began to work for the city of new york. we grew up, went to public schools, i went to public university, and the first chance we got, all three of us served in the military, to return the favor ingratitude gratitude to this country. we all served in uniform. >> what did all these experiences teach you? >> hard work. the value of patriotism and love of country. i worked with people from all walks of life. it did not matter whether you were a democra

. >> laura: that's the twin, that's not the congressman, oh, they are identical twins. joining me now eric schmitt and ari fleischer former house press secretary and senator. senator, let's start with you. these sums are staggering. isn't this why people are saying these entire agencies in some cases have to be eliminated and why didn't congress pick up on this earlier? >> yeah, it confirms the worst fear real people have in america that their government has been completely out of touch spends and wastes a lot of money. now actually putting meat on the bones what they are finding is crazy. we thought usaid was the first round here. guatemalan sex changes. once you start getting into illegal immigration and social security payments that are being paid to people that have been dead for 100 years people are happy with the pace of this. >> laura: how does congress. i like what doge is doing i asked this to all the congressman and senators who come on the show. how did i guys miss this? the pentagon has failed an audit now 5 straight years. >> laura: senator, we keep writing

they are identical twins. eiscjoining out sent missouri senator eric schmitt, and ari fleischer. these sums are s staggering. isn't this why people are saying the entire agencies have to be eliminated? why didn't congress pick up on this earlier?ir g it confirms the worst fear people have in america that government is completely out of touch and spends and wastes a lot of money. you are actually putting meat on the bones. but they are finding is crazy. usaid was the first round guatemalan changes and textilent is for that but once you getpa illegal immigration get to the social security payments paid and people have been dead for a 100 years, that is when all this stuff comes out and people are frustrated and happy with the t pace of this. >> laura: but how doesal congress -- i like what doge iss doing but all the congressmen and senators that have come on the show, how did you miss this question marks because there is oversight, right? >> laura: it is fine to plain l bureaucrats, that is terrible. >> but they have failed not at five straight years. >> laura: senator, we keepts t

. >> we are identical twins. we have an older brother. the five of us, my dad and my brothers and grandma came to 1979 with less than $800 between us and didn't speak a lick of english and former soviet receive fewees from soviet ukraine. we moved to new york city, ethnic neighborhood in brighton beach and grew up there. working class family. my dad for the first eight months didn't speak any english. and he still has this little notebook where he learned 10 english words a day and passed a technical engineering exam. we grew up and went to public universities and first cans, all three of us served in the military to return the favor in gratitude to country and served in uniform. >> what did this experience teach you? >> hard work. the value of patriotism and love of country. i worked with people of all walks of life. didn't matter, black, white, hispanic, we all serve and we love this country and frankly some of the most patriotic people i work with are immigrants who had the opportunity to come here whether as refugees or as immigrants

time from your dedication that you are a twin imagined your brother adrian, who inspired your love of history. i think you said so. part one is are you an identical or fraternal part as you talk about the man brothers and in this book where the dualism of the two presidents, i was one of them being a twin had any effect on your attraction to two? you know, to protagoras, this kind of stories i'm good. my wife says always to say. that's a very interesting question. so i'm glad you asked. it. i thought you were leaving early. no, i have a in adrian. actually born on a different day. i was born before midnight, but he was a young, a genius historian in england, and won national prizes for history and it was always assumed in our family that adrian would be a professor of history. he won a scholarship to oxford and i kind of and he just edged my way into cambridge and. but i as the as the years went by, i switched to history. when i went to cambridge university and i realized what it was that so fascinated him. and my father had assumed i would be my father, be came from a working class background, but became editor in chief of the london times and s

identity politics as a weapon. it was divide and conquer like when i got into that sword fight with conjoined twins r.ughter] no wonder the left is freaking out. the truth is out. they weren't just exporting chaos to the world, they were growing it here and forcing us to smoke it. >> announcer: period! >> greg: todd, today i guess trump laid off all of these usaid workers and it amazes me that the people it was supposed to help don't care. you are not hearing it from any other country, you were just seeing old democrats screaming about it. what say you, my favorite unknown, obscure host? >> just because i'm on at 5:00 a.m.? he's right, no one knows who i am. i walk in the streets of new york city and no one cares. i think you nailed it. because, let's face it. the people that are complaining are not complaining on behalf of the american people, this is not a winning issue for democrats or the left. it is not like you have voters in these swing states saying bring back u.s. it -- usaid. americans, quite frankly, matter what side of the fence they are on, they really don't want to support foreign nation

identity saved their lives. josef mengele, the so-called angel of death, believed they were twins and spared them for his inhumane experiments. their father, a prisoner of war in south africa, had no idea his family had survived. their mother, in an act of extraordinarily currently, risked her life to visit them inside the camp, reminding them never to forget their names, never to let their identity be reduced to a tattooed number. after the war, the sisters were plplaced in an orphanage run by anna freud, daughter of sigmund freud. they believed they were alone in the world. until a picture, the same picture they had kissed every night in auschwitz, arrived with a letter. their parents had survived. they were among the rarest of holocaust survivors, children whose entire family made it through. ... today she calls sacramento county home. she and her sister never stopped telling their story. since 1995, they have returned to auschwitz bringing hundreds of students with them to ensure the world never forgets. just recently she spoke in my district where she shared her harrowing testimony. madam speaker, as the yea

identity politics as a weapon. it was divide and conquer. like when i got into that sword fight with conjoined twins. no wonder the left is freaking out. the truth is out. they weren't just exporting chaos to the world, they were growing it here and forcing us to smoke it. all right, here he is. >> todd. so today, i guess trump laid off all of these usaid workers. and it amazes me that the people the usaid was supposed to help don't care. you're not hearing it from any other country. you're just seeing, you know, old democrats screaming about it. what say you? my favorite unknown, obscure host. >> just because i'm on it. >> 5 a.m. yes. >> he's right. nobody knows who. >> i am. i can. >> walk nude in the streets of new york city and nobody would care. >> i dare. >> you, i don't. >> know, i think you nailed it. because let's face it, the people that are complaining aren't complaining on behalf of the american people. this is not a winning issue for democrats or the left. it's not like you have voters in these swing states saying no, bring back usaid. americans. quite frankly, no matter what side of the

. >> we are identical twins. we have an older brother. the five of us, my dad and my brothers and grandma came to 1979 with less than $800 between us and didn't speak a lick of english and former soviet receive fewees from soviet ukraine. we moved to new york city, ethnic neighborhood in brighton beach and grew up there. working class family. my dad for the first eight months didn't speak any english. and he still has this little notebook where he learned 10 english words a day and passed a technical engineering exam. we grew up and went to public universities and first cans, all three of us served in the military to return the favor in gratitude to country and served in uniform. >> what did this experience teach you? >> hard work. the value of patriotism and love of country. i worked with people of all walks of life. didn't matter, black, white, hispanic, we all serve and we love this country and frankly some of the most patriotic people i work with are immigrants who had the opportunity to come here whether as refugees or as immigrants