senator joni ernst. just with our allies. she was in europe, in the middle east.ey in the way we're in? and for the long haul? we'll ask her. >> no blank check means no black check. we don't send everything that people ask for in the blink of an eye without thinking about it. i think i waited this long to get botox® cosmetic because i take like no time for myself. my kids are sports kids. we're always running from one activity to another. i'm still tonya, and i got botox® cosmetic, and this is like the first thing i've done for me in a really, really long time. my life is still crazy, it's just as full as it was before. just with less lines. botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make frown lines, crow's feet, and forehead lines look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness may be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not receive botox® cosmetic if you have a skin infection. sid

joni ernst of iowa, member of the senate armed services committee, will be in "focus" shortly. she will take us deeper inside china's spying and she also just got back from a visit to our u.s. southern border with mexico and she went to mexico to talk with officials because we now have a serious cartel problem on this side of the border. we'll get into it. president biden battling crisis upon crisis since last year's state of the union address. the mounting list of controversies looming over his head ahead of the big night. the "new york post" today calling out the biden administration's latest headache of the china spy flight. the national security threat looming over biden's speech. another buzz kill brutal numbers. those polls showing the president is underwater on his handling of almost every single key issue. cnn even laid it out with this headline. biden is in a weak position heading into the state of the union. the president expected to go hard after republicans. we know he does it every day. they are not optimistic that americans will get words of unity from the preside

iowa senator joni ernst joins us to discuss, coming up next.takes a look at the life of justice thurgood marshall, the first black justice on the u.s. supreme court. ♪ ♪ >> thurgood marshall was the first black justice on the supreme court. in 1930 he was rejected from the university of maryland school of law because he was black. then he attended howard university law school. as a practicing attorney, he worked on br brown v.board of education, the landmark case that integrated public schools. he began a 25-year affiliation with the naacp, later serving on the national staff and representing the organization in many cases. in 1967, president lyndon b. johnson successfully nominated marshall as associate justice to the supreme court. marshall retired during the demonstration of president george h.w. bush and was succeeded by clarence thomas. thurgood marshall argued 32 cases before the high court, more than anyone in history. he ultimately won 29 of them. america together celebrating supreme court justice thurgood marshall.ette ♪ ♪ sthma attack

and of course senator joni ernst videos you couldn't miss the structure of the wall, reinforcement.s a problem with fentanyl there, imagine what it is along the porous borders in arizona or former arizona and texas? she has missed the mark so much that she couldn't go to the obvious place, her home state, and cover the epicenter of fentanyl killing so many people in the country right now. if you think democrats are worried about somebody stepping up into her seat, why do you think the primaries? they are giving him a ribbed way to get into south carolina first. once he picks up the black vote, 62% of the voters that vote in the democratic primary most recently have been african american. they know they picked that up. james clyburn delivers again. that is what they are hoping. so a democrat comes along and they don't have to worry so much about that person challenging. >> emily: kaylee, the reason she hasn't gone back to her home state, the polling is an allegedly from those who know her best and granted she grew up much of her time in canada but she claims to be from the area where

yesterday's classified briefing about that thing flying through the sky, all three of them, senator joni ernstervine breaks down the latest inflation report about how rising food costs are weighing on seniors, they are not buying meat anymore and not going out, plus clay travis and host of special forces rudy rays, all here. special forces features dwight howard, hannah brown and carli lloyd, he will give us preview of tonight's brand-new episode, that kicks off on the channel you trust for your morning news. we have ashley and todd back in a couple, you are watching the world's number one early morning tv show, "fox and friends first." . you could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. . . (soft music) elevate your body and mind with aerotrainer. ♪ by combining the benefits of pilates, yoga, and spinal stabilization, the aerotrainer creates a therapeutic movement experience unlike any other. de-stress and feel your best with aerotrainer. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox ne

in fact gop senators rand paul and joni ernst wrote to the inspector general of the small business administrationfraud is tied to paycheck protection program? >> there are definitely indication of widespread fraud but it is impossible to estimate right now what the full extent will be. time will have to unfold. these investigations will have to be undertaken. >> reporter: democrats criticized gop leaders on the oversight committee for targeting its investigation of fraud. alexandria ocasio-cortez highlights problems in kentucky, the home state of oversight committee chairman james comer. >> louisiana dispersed more than one million to individuals after the date of their death. in kentucky, state employees applied for unemployment benefits while still employed by the state and none of these states have been put under investigation by this committee. >> reporter: republicans are highlighting covid fraud as a way to reduce spending and address the debt ceiling. however budget experts say cutting waste is not enough. >> these pie-in-the-sky proposals coming out does make it more difficult for serious

look at senator joni ernst, if we were canceling student loans as president biden continues to claimthe people would not be paying for it. senator mitch mcconnell calls the student loan socialism. slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college. do they think they have a winning issue here as well? >> i think there are some americans who do feel that if they were to not benefit from this, if they look around and see that others had portions of their debt forgiven and they don't, sure, i think that there would be perhaps some resentment and anger there, but i think there would be others, of course, who would feel exactly the opposite who say, look, this is, you know, the debt is crippling, the college payment system is out of whack right now with what the average american can afford and a little bit of a help up particularly among people who have not benefited much in the past would be appreciated. so this is a tricky one and does play down party lines to be clear, but polling does suggest that on the whole it's more popular with americans and that's what the biden

my colleague, joni ernst, mentioned the profound reality that a 77% of young people ages 17-24 are ineligiblen to p serve in the military. much of this can be attributed to the alarming fact that ultra processed foods now comprised of two thirds of the calories children and teens eat. so in this farm bill i believe it's imperative that we scale up the nutrition programs that we know are working and are evidence based and are making a difference to people's health andan well-being. we know that we can do better. we have evidence of that fact. one program i know that he is isworking and we need to scale p is the gust net program. while we know that it provides life-changing benefits, i've seen it myself in communities helping people get off their prescription drugs which cost taxpayers money, helping people improve their lifestyle and well-being. this program is a powerful incentivean and benefit for farmers. we know that it will help those that are growing fruits and vegetables for the communities. can you talk about that aspect how it is a farmer helping folks, how this program helps folks? >