lauren and alex went to a bar downtown one night. and lauren met someone.ame was shawn fields, and he was working security at the bar. he let the two women in, kept an eye on them throughout the evening, and then as they were leaving, he made contact with laura. >> she's like, i give him my number and i guess we will see if he contacts me. >> he did. lauren told alex the next morning. >> she's like, oh, he texted me and were going on a date this afternoon. >> shawn said he was a car part-time computer science student at a nearby community college. he was 28. a little old, but not a big deal. more dates followed and lauren told her appearance about the man in her life. >> it sounded sort of old fashion, the way that he was paying attention to her and asking her out for dinner. doing all of these things. >> yeah, i used to say oh, she's in love. >> you could hear in her voice? >> yeah. >> things moved quickly. lauren and shawn were soon exclusive. when did you realize they were boyfriend and girlfriend? >> probably a week and a half after they met. >> she wan

lauren. lauren: yeah, i know.g a college counselor, and she said everything is going to become personal. students are going to have to personalize everything in a way to just get the flavors and the chatgpt out of of the equation. mark, would you buy a book that was written by artificial intelligence. >> not by this artificial intelligence the way it's programmed. we've talked before about the biases that chatgpt has. it definitely is kind of woke. we mow that silicon valley -- we know that silicon valley tends to lean left, so if i wanted a short form children's book, very woke that talked about gender identification, maybe i would get it, but that's not for me. at least we know who can write kamala's teleprompt orer notes. [laughter] lauren: but who delivers it? i think i just laughed like her. apologies, audience. >>> and now this: planning a wedding right now, well, anything but cheap. roll the tape. >> what is that, is that dollars, $1200? >> this is a very reasonable price for a cake of this magnitude. >> a

lauren: yeah.nd then, you know, the year-over-year number while it might come down, you'll still be over 6%, and that 2% target is far away from 6. and that's one of the things jamie dimon says we can get stuck in this maybe 3.5% inflation environment and rates stay above 5% for a while, crushing the economy in the meantime. victoria, thank you. have a great, a great weekend. we have mainstream asset management cfo erin gibbs and kings view wealth management cio scott martin. welcome to both of you. you match, the pink. >> got the message. [laughter] lauren: the worst holiday of the year. lift shares are sinking, down over 30%. bad earnings, reporting a net loss of, what, clash 600 million in the quarter, twice what it lost a year ago because uber is seat eating -- eating its lunch. expedia is also could be today. erin, i want to go to you first on this. ache then together, what does this tell you about the consumer? >> i think there's a really interesting story about broad consumer and then very s

laurene: mm-hmm.id: why did you decide to go across the country to stanford, a great business school, but a lot of people in the east coast often stay in the east coast. so what prompted you to go to stanford? laurene: i wanted to go and study further. and so, i did. and i went to stanford because that was the place where exciting new things were happening. and that was what i understood. it was in a golden age of entrepreneurship. david: i see. all right, so you went to stanford. and you met steve jobs then? laurene: i did. david: and how did you meet him? laurene: it was my first week of school, first year, and he came and spoke to the business school during a speaker series called "view from the top," where there are several leaders that come throughout the year. and steve spoke to the business school, and he was electrifying and compelling and funny and delightful. and afterwards, he asked me out to out dinner, and we went to dinner, and we were together ever since. david: so, at the time, he was

over what, lauren? lauren: mismanaging climate risk.t in the uk alleging that shell's director failed to prepare the company for the energy transition. this is the first time corporate directors could be held personally liable over fossil fuel actions made by a company. nonetheless there's a lawsuit. ashley: uh-huh, see where that goes. all right, lauren, the country's largest auto show back in shipment that's always a fun time. madison alworth is there. madison, i bet there's a big push for the automakers to go electric. reporter: ashley, there absolutely is. a lot of electric vehicles are marquee vehicles but electric is still a small portion of the sales market. last year 5% of new cars sold were electric vehicles and up from just over 2% the year prior but still a ways to go but the automakers believe it's the future and the federal government supports that notion with the tax credits. i want to bring in james bell from kia. the vehicle we were just showing, it qualifies price wise for the tax credit, but not because of manufacturin

lauren: thank you. oh, i don't know how you do it. 30 stocks on the dow get a sense of where we are right now. more green than red as you can see and we're only up 54 points on the dow and chevron and united health leading the way on the other end and walt disney salesforce.com and that's where we are. don't go anywhere and friday feedback is next. ♪ get refunds.com powered by innovation refunds can help your business get a payroll tax refund, even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify. i went on their website, uploaded everything, and i was blown away by what they could do. getrefunds.com has helped businesses get over a billion dollars and we can help your business too. qualify your business for a big refund in eight minutes. go to getrefunds.com to get started. powered by innovation refunds. these days, our households depend on the internet more and more. families grow, houses get smarter, and our demands on the internet increase. that's why we just boosted speeds for over 20 mill

lauren, thank you.diploma s just saw the biggest wage gains in more than 20 years meantime, people with college degrees are seeing wages decline interesting. we're on it. celebrity investor kevin o'leary thinks artificial intelligence is about to take off. he also believes it could be as disruptive as amazon. kevin o'leary joins me now. ♪ ♪ what causes a curve down there? can it be treated? stop typing, and start talking. it could be a medical condition called peyronie's disease, or pd. and it could be treated without surgery. find a specialized urologist who can diagnose pd and build a treatment plan with you. visit makeapdplan.com today. ♪ ashley: beautiful blue skies, with chicago skyline in the background. message in a bottle, taylor swift and oh, by the way let's check the markets, and we can see we've been on the way up the dow up 272 points, after a very flat start. we've gained some momentum getting back some of the losses from last week. the nasdaq up 1.25% the s&p up nearly 1%. susan li joins

lauren: bam.t was the pivot into the culture wars and a rebuke of the radical left that she says is driving the white house and then i stuck on this , ashley. she called for a generation, a new generation of leaders and i wondered. i was like hmmm. does that also mean trump? in the new generation, right? ashley: new leaders, yes, i've got to say though it was a very strong rebuttal. i enjoyed that speech very much and lauren, by the way it seems like wall street is starting to love the possibility of a ron desantis run in 2024, right? lauren: well the big players are taking him seriously enough to game plan what stocks would do under a president desantis. strategis research naming winners including lockheed martin, raytheon, bigger defense spending, core civic that operates prisons desantis will be harder on crime, sof i'm tech will benefit when students start repaying their loans, imagine that? they listed jpmorgan as a winner , because they see its ceo jamie dimon as being anti-woke, and conoco

you know what, lauren?e've had a lot of market observers talk about the tech industry and someone there, i think it was lou basenese said earlier the tech should be celebrated not fears because they over-hired tremendously during the pandemic so we shouldn't be surprised what we're seeing now. lauren: but the numbers are huge it matters which estimate you look at but if you look at say 100,000 layoffs so far this year , the year is young. more than half of them are happening in the tech sector. so, you know, and those are the jobs artificial intelligence and the way oft lauren thank yoy much. let's get back to last night's state of the union, where president biden said jobs and pride are coming back. take a listen. >> we're building an economy where no ones left behind. jobs are coming back. pride is coming back because choices we made in the last several years. you know, this is my view of blue collar blueprint to rebuild america and make a real difference in your lives at home ashley: martha maccallum joi

lauren: this is up 12%.ble-digits right now because of partnerships with retail, with you name it, to delve further into artificial intelligence. stuart: if you have got artificial intelligence on your side, you're a take over candidate. lauren: discovering how to use it. stuart: get back to the balloon. navy divers working to recover the debris from the balloon shot down off the coast of south carolina over the weekend. mark meredith at the white house. what peace the latest from there, please, mark. >> reporter: stuart, trying to work deflating into the conversation after lauren did. good morning to you. the balloon is no longer flying over the united states. the national security headaches are for president biden very much up in the air. congressional republicans very worry what they have seen even though the white house insists reason they delayed shooting the ball ran down because of safety concerns. we saw the actual shootdown of the balloon. the pictures are on your screen. the president told reporter

[laughter] lauren: it does.t: that looks really cold. >> frankie valle and the four seasons, but it's just winter today. is that what it is? stuart: frankie valley -- valle? it's jobs day. 517,000 the jobs added in january. lauren: a monster report. i really don't know where to begin. we'll begin with the unemployment rate, 3.4%, 53-year low. this is my message, this is the theme i took out of this jobs report: big gain in jobs would want a big gain in earnings. so wages were the highlight. they rose, that's the month oh month -- over month number, but both came down from december. then this monster uptick in the number of hours worked. it goes from 34.3 to 34.if 7 in one hospital. that's huge. stuart: is it? lauren: mark zuckerberg said it yet -- yesterday, this is the year of efficiencies, companies doing more with less. you're going to the say what about all these tech jobs that were consistent? 100 crowrkz layoffs. this is the second and final point i'm going to make. maybe the laid off workers are getting r

lauren: yep.art: i want to know -- i know it is 200 layoffs, i want to know who is being laid off, that is important. lauren: top level executives who fledged loyalty to musk and his vision to turn around the company. i'm talking about specifically the head of the twitter blue service, subscription service. all in, as you noted talking 10% of staff, 200 people. so now, i mean, four months ago there were 7500 people that worked at twitter. musk comes in. now we have less than 2000. that is incredible. "the new york times" said employees found out they were axed after losing access to company email over the weekend. the big question is why? why are these top executives when some of them pledged loyalty, why are they now being let go? it could be, he is getting ready, getting the company to hand over the reins to a new ceo. maybe he wants a whole new regime. stuart: looks like it. is laying off project managers, data scientists. when you get rid of that group of people look like you're bringing in a

thanks, lauren.hat day is it? tuesday morning. do you see any improvement in the economy and getting better or worse and what do you think? >> it's getting worse and the layoffs and corporations are shutting staff and moved from the tech center -- tech centric shouting to now other businesses across the economy, and then you see what some of these ceos are saying and what they think the economy will be doing and banking ceos like jamie dimon or google or amazon and i say i'd have to vote with the people with skin in the game and american ceo rather than what the fed has to say and they've been terribly wrong and they're setting us up for a huge collision here. it's going to be very interesting and you and i will have a front row to this and even larry summers no big friend to the right expecting in order to get to the 2% level. the better part of two years and that puts us right into that election. can you imagine being a part of administration and we'd rather put it in the box than let you people lo

come on in, lauren, give us latest details. lauren: it is sad, ashley.new york times" are calling a severe auditory processing disability. he is trying to make out the muffled voice in the peanuts cartoon. he is strug struggling after his stroke this year. the senate equipped him with closed caption technology for him, labor russ for him, unfamiliar duties particularly taxing for someone in stoke recovery. he is lonely, right. he lives alone in d.c. apartment, drives four hours to see his wife and three kids when he can. i think his adjustment to the senate has been tough. ashley: question. lauren: he has been hospitalized. ashley: we wish him the very best. it is difficult. lauren, thank you. let's get back to the markets if we can. jeff sica joins me on this monday. great to see you, jeff. first question how long can the fed fight the market and keep winning? you're saying that the bulls are doing just, are ignoring everything that the fed is doing in trying to say, right? >> ashley, think about it. the mantra that has been drilled into our heads in th

lauren? lauren: is three enough or six? what are you asking me? want more or less than three hours? lauren: more than three hours. stuart: i knew i liked you. we're out of time, sorry. we could use another hour, couldn't we? ashley: yes. stuart: friday feedback now the trivia question cpi president was injured in the revolutionary war: washington, adams, jefferson, minnesota row? monroe? the answer after this. ♪ you can't buy those. but you can invest in them. at t. rowe price, our strategic investing approach can help you build the future you imagine. (vo) verizon has the epic new phone your business needs on the 5g network it deserves. boost your team's productivity with samsung's fastest processor yet. switch and save up to $1000 on the new galaxy s23 ultra. now that's epic. on the network america relies on. ♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calcul

lauren: it is! stuart: after three years? lauren: i know.ag about 50.4% of people coming back. this is the first line of the news article: more than half of workers in major u.s. cities went to the office last week. i was laughing as i read that concern the. stuart: yeah. lauren: congratulations, you went to work for the first time in three years. castle systems puts out the data, they look at badges swiped in buildings, and they looked at ten big cities. 50.4% of staff reported the last week of january, first time since to covid that more than half the people commuted. austin had the highest rate, 68% there. here in new york, 47. silicon valley, 41. i have that prediction is going to grow because of all of these layoffs. people are are getting scared. stuart: that'll get 'em back. [laughter] all right. lauren, thank you. check futures again, please. all eyes on the nasdaq can for the rest of the day. look at it go, up better than 2% on the back of meta's stock buyback and strong performance. of we'll be back too. ♪ ♪ money, money, money mak

lauren: how popular is it? lauren: only time will tell.a middle school being criticized after they took students to a drag show without parents consent. attorney general of the great state of missouri joins me now. why rid these students taken to drag show in the first place? >> it is a huge problem. we've seen this play out for years and that is problematic. statute in missouri governs how human sexuality is taught by educators. it doesn't authorize drag shows. there's the parental notification requirement. the school district undermined statutes by taking the kids to the drag show without notifying the parents but the school's responses tell them. the superintendent says school officials didn't know the drag show was part of the event and the drag show is not harmful for kids and can't be both. if it is not harmful why would they need to know about it. this is evidence of a woke left-wing ideology we will stand up and fight back and make sure our schools are about education, not indoctrination and parents have a say in that process. stua

all right, lauren. what comments did pete buttigieg make? lauren: several.that might be the biggest thing and then the minimizing of the situation repeatedly. watch this exchange. >> look, it has evolved a lot over the years but there's clearly more that needs to be done because while this horrible situation has gotten particularly high amount of attention, there are roughly 1,000 cases a year of a train derailing. lauren: oh, yeah, this happens every year, all the time. but he doubled down. that was with yahoo finance. there was another interview he did with a local tv station and i watched it over and over again the anchors question was, hey, when are you going to east palestine and he gave the same answer you just heard about there being 1,000 train derailments a year, meaning, he's not going, and that's just not sitting well with the people who live there or with senator marco rubio. he wrote a letter to president biden saying you've got to fire this guy. let me quote a little bit from the letter here. he refused to acknowledge the disaster in aerosols u

lauren: three u.s.arships are combing the debris field seven miles wide in water that's 47 feet deep. it will take days be manageable with simple scuba gear instead of deep sea equipment. they're looking to find out what was in the balloons payload, because china says oh, it was just a weather balloon that drifted off course. the u.s. doesn't agree. critics say the biden administration should have shot it down once it entered alaska. that was on january 28 and now the world is watching. what will the response or the retaliation from beijing be stuart: yeah, what will it be? we don't know at this point. it's probably something coming down the pike. president biden is now saying he authorized the pentagon to shoot down the balloon as soon as it was discovered. watch this. >> on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. reporter: you're saying the recommendation was from your national

lauren, thank you.et's take a look at the pre- market the futures showing us a bit flat right now in this monday morning. let's bring in david nicholas. good morning to you, david. first question is larry summers right. have we become too complacent on inflation? is it going to take more to cool it off? >> you know, ashley, i think he's right here. i think the market is cheering that the feds have won in their fight against inflation but that's premature. if you look at the game last night, the end of the first quarter it was 7-7. no team was cheering victory. the market is essentially cheering victory after the first quarter, and i think the fight that the fed has against inflation is far from over and we're going to see the cpi report this week and that'll help prove larry summers point but i think the market is way ahead of itself here and i do think that the near term risk is that inflation is going to be ticking up, where the market is not going to want to see especially when we see it later this w

lauren lauren just kidding.the founder of the related company, which is a real estate developer, he'sing -- 82. he says florida isn't for retirement anymore, it's for jobs, and companies need offices so he says he is building them. that's stephen steven -- steven ross. west palm right now attracts many of wall street, goldman sachs, and related is also developing one flagler, it's going to be finished next year. highest rented in the history of south florida. translation, there's big interest by business to migrate south, ashley. ashley: it is the already happening. lauren, thank you very much. >>> taking a look at the futures, looks like a positive start to this session. stick around, the opening bell is coming up next. ♪ preoccupied with 19, 19, 1985 ♪ ♪ we all have a purpose in life - a “why.” maybe it's perfecting that special place that you want to keep in the family... ...or passing down the family business... ...or giving back to the places that inspire you. no matter your purpose, at pnc private bank, we

lauren: up 23%.quarter loss on 16% drop in sales, retail customers cutting their orders, hanes is cutting its dividend to show off its balance sheet. stuart: you got it. there's concern about espionage at the self driving truck company 2 simple. spying? a truck company? tell me more. ashley: the justice department urged to take a closer look at this san diego-based self driving truck company that security experts say has close ties with china. us national security panel concerned the two founders of the company and current chief executive are in that it in properly transferring technology into a chinese start up. this is the issue. the panel recommending criminal charges but the investigation continues for now. 2 simple is linked to a chinese startup that is building a hydrogen powered semitruck's, the company denies any wrongdoing, stock is a $2 stock up dollars stock up 14% or $0.35, this comes as the biden administration has a range of steps to prevent us technology from being stolen by chinese en

good morning, lauren. take us through the report. lauren: slow progress.he bottom line is a small improvement, but inflation is sill way too hot. where is -- still way too hot. where is it most pronounced? in the things you need to live, rent, food and energy, gas with rising 2.4% last month alone. that was for gasoline, the third number on that screen. so better than fearedded, ashley, but signaling that the fed will likely stay on the rate-hiking course. next up, the fomc meeting is the end of march, march 29th. ashley: all right, lauren, thank you. as we mentioned, the futures went down, they went up, now their somewhere in the middle, in other words, flat. as you can see, slightly lower, but we'll say flat. ryan payne is here this morning. of ryan, what do you make of this cpi report? are we expecting to see better progress given what the fed hasp done up til now? >> i think it's a little bit unremarkable, if i was to put a word on it as the market's kind of not doing anything this morning. obviously, the year-over-year number is a little higher than e

stuart: lauren. lauren: can i come, ashley. tulum, mexico.waii is what i'm deeping about and my own private island at some point. stuart: i'd like real peace and quiet out in the country. it's that simple. here we go, this is interesting, from chris: on a personal note, my wife would like to adopt you as her grandpa. please let us know when you might be available. i personally just like to hang out and watch some soccer, futball, with you one day. i'd like to know how old this youngster is. lauren: me too. stuart: and how old they think i am, okay. susan: can we rent you and how much do you charge by the hour? stuart: it's a fortune. make me your grand dad but you're not in the will. this comes from norma. you're all wearing red today, was it planned and why? yes, it was planned but why? lauren: we support the american heart association cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the u.s.. we support that every single year here on fox. we all wear red. stuart: good stuff. all right, thank you. next one from tom: are there plans for an

lauren: agreed, 100%. stuart: thanks, lauren are.ty in virginia getting ready to cut ten traditional major problems like theology, religious studies, economics. i wonder what our resident theologian, jonathan morris, makes of that? well, he's here on the show shortly. >>> the governor of ohio, mike dewine, and epa administrator michael regan volunteered to drink tap water to prove it's safe in east pal sign. >> we believe the science, so we don't feel like we're being guinea pigs, but we don't mind proving -- >> thank you, i appreciate that. thank you. stuart: all right. former president trump will visit the site today. east palestine the, that's where he's going. he's going to put on a big show. this is a big deal, and we'll report live from east palestine next. you'll always remember buying your first car. but the things that last a lifetime like happiness, love and confidence... you can't buy those. but you can invest in them. at t. rowe price, our strategic investing approach can help you build the future you imagine. new project

good morning, lauren. why they call it off?auren: it was called off two minutes before lift off imagine that. nasa and spacex are blaming tech any call issues "a ground system issue" basically they weren't sure the engine ignition fluid was fully loaded. four astronauts would have been the sixth crew transported to the iss by a spacex rocket. no word on when they try again. stuart: it was the sixth true of astronauts that would have gone up there? lauren: yes. stuart: i've lost track of all of this. real genuine human beings are going up there. lauren: a russian, american, all nationalities going up over and over again. stuart: we've got a new fox poll , dramatic stuff. among republican voters donald trump still holds a commanding lead as the top pick for the nomination in 2024. charlie hurt joining us. you surprised to see donald trump way in front of ron desantis despite all of the good pr florida has been getting? >> no, i'm not and i think it's largely because the vast majority of american voters, republican voters, are not

avani: lauren hemmings is studying to be a midwife.ne boredom that kind of motivated me to download it. it was quite an innocent hope of just getting a good laugh, really, you know, like getting funny vide and seeing what was on it. i never had the intention of making tiktoks or sharing them. it was more just kind of from the viewpoint , yeah, the viewer. avani: lauren started following a popular fitness influencer on the app. lauren: there's one woman who had, like, quite a similar bodyype to me. and she'd expressed that she was unhappy with that body type. and she had started tracking calories over quarantine. she had lost a really, really significant amount of weight. avani: the algorithm then flooded her feed with content promoting unhealthy weight loss. lauren: i was no longer seeing funny dance videos or anything. it was just like this complete focus o that, like, fitness and healthy lifestyle goal. avani: tiktok pushed lauren toward the popular trend of meticulously tracking how many calories you eat in a day. something research

good morning to you, lauren. lauren: hey, ashley. ashley: how is mr.e trying to criticize desantis? >> he says nobody knows who he is nationally. i'm quoting, none of us really know what he'll be like on the national stage. i'm sure as heck not going to worry about what ron desantis is going to do or not do because none of us really know who he is outside of tallahassee. i differ. look at what dethe sanities is doing. everyone's talking about. he's setting his legislate i depriorities in his state, anti-wokeness, pro-school choice. he's aiming for more abortion restrictions, so he's shaping a narrative for a potential candidacy. the florida legislative session is over in may. i would say at that point he could put his name in the ring for 2024 which chris christie is also thinking about running. ashley: maybe a little bit of jealousy about mr. desantis there, we'll see. another one for you, lauren. congressman jim jordan is taking on big tech. he wants answers about how these companies colluded with the biden administration. who's he targeting in parti

thanks, lauren. ladies on "the view," they attacked the residents of east palestine because they sported donald trump in 2016. watch this, roll it. [inaudible conversations] >> because of somebody who, by the way, he placed somebody with big ties to the chemical industry in charge of the epa. that's who you voted for in that direction, donald trump, who reduces all safety. he kid. they need to look past the photo ops, these people, and say who's doing the job here. forget about the photo ops -- concern. >> i think this is donald trump's fault. [laughter] stuart: todd piro is with me, sitting right next to me. trump's to blame for everything. of. >> you got the first part right, literally everything is trump's fault. [laughter] you name it, the left blames trump. we have come to expect this over the course of the last six years in old. this goes beyond that. this is part and parcel of the left's victim blaming. you see it in every big city. oh, you're tired of crime? just make yourself more safe. what

lauren: yep.is the chamber for progress, they represent all the big tech players, and they want biden to lay out a plan to support job growth in technology during tonight's state of the union. they write to help prevent a worsening economic cycle and to maintain u.s. competitiveness during the current downturn, i urge your administration to put forward a plan. the president tonight is expected to call for tougher regulation on big tech players, maybe some antitrust enforcement. but the bar has never been higher, because there's a battle of the bots going on right now. you have chatgpt and microsoft, baidu out of china has something called earnings now. google has bard. you can't regulate too much or you strangle them, and they're going to the miss this next wav- stuart: good point. lauren: -- of computing. stuart: don't strangle them. don't do a california. lauren: very difficulted to do right now, because they're all cutting back. every single one of them. stuart: tuesday morning, we're down 100

lauren: bot? stuart: how would you describe that? lauren: artificial intelligence? stuart: yes.a chatgpt. >> there you go. stuart: i can't remember these things i'm telling you i'm in real trouble here however if you check the 10-year treasury i can tell that the yield is 3.63%. we just got this coming to us. the judge hearing the case against sam bankman-fried has denied his request to modify a bail conditions. the hearing remains scheduled for thursday. now this. if you want to teach biology at texas tech university, you'll have to put your politically correct face on. forget biology. just knuckle under and accept the texas tech's diversity equity and inclusion policies. you've got no choice. if you don't tow the party line you don't get the job. an op-ed in the "wall street journal" delves into texas tech 's diversity policy. the headline sums it up. how diversity policing fails science. the writer, john sailor, shows how the biology department weeded out candidates who failed the diversity test. candidates have to know the difference between equity and equality. don't make a

lauren are, good morning to you. lauren: yeah.ly one year ago he originally for the first time announced his retirement, and now, well, he has retired once again. >> good morning, guys. i'll get to the point right away. i'm retiring. for good. i know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when i woke up this morning, i figured i'd just press record and let you guys know first. i won't be long-winded. thank you guys for allowing me the live my absolute dream. i wouldn't change a thing. lauren: he got choked up there. seven-time super bowl winner, no doubt the greatest of all time -- stuart: that's the g.o.a.t. thing, isn't it? lauren: the g.o.a.t. thing, yes. but his life has drastically changed. he knew football, he knew his family life. of he's no longer with gisele, shares custody of his kids. now he'll no longer have football. what because he co-- does he do? well, he just happens to have a 10-year, $375 million contract with fox sports. [laughter] stuart: i wonder if he'll be in the broadcast booth for the super bowl.

lauren: 51.8%, the most ever. storage delivery, advertising, sales, exorbitant, more than half of each sale from 2 million third-party sellers but this is how amazon sees it at how merchants see it. it is a pay to play -- how much, 40% online goes to amazon. it is happening on amazon.com. they have to be where the eyeballs and the dollars are. this is exactly why amazon gets the heat politically and regulatory lease speaking. 51.8%, is there a cut on their site. ashley: no wonder it cranks a lot of dollars. one upscale restaurant in new jersey has a policy turning heads. lauren: next month no child under 10 can come. the reason is not the patrons complaining, the employees were complaining, don't dealing with the children are dealing with air masses. ashley, if you have a well believed 9-year-old, they cannot go. ashley: that is brutal. what is your take on this. lauren: i clean up after my kids. they don't behave nicely, i pick up the french fried's and i am respectful. give them an ipad. ashley: the employees ar

lauren is looking at the movers and we will start with the tractor company.ed their annual forecast for their profit, they were able to raise prices, folks who work on farms paid those higher prices, they are spending more money. remember the ceo bob iger said you are coming in four days a week, that is that, 2300 plus disney employees say no, we are not. they signed a petition warning of imploding long-term harm, what is long-term harm of commuting to work? their schedules, their life, the new life they have established working from home. stuart: they don't like it. lauren: we will see how it plays out. stuart: we are seeing this from other companies as well. in the first quarter. lauren: redchin expect to wire loss, they expect the recovery has stalled because of higher mortgage rates, potential buyers dabbled a little bit. they are back on the sidelines. stuart: mortgage rates have gone up for second straight week. not sure where we are. mitch rochelle is our real estate guy. our mortgage rates going up? not good news for the housing market. >> half a foot

lauren: they are recovering.was down sharply earlier, they swung to a fourth-quarter loss and missed revenue. i was saying avatar 2, such a strong box office performer. the storms could have kept people away during the fourth quarter but i looked at the concessions which average concession $7.43 a person. that's a lot. $7.43. do you purchase your stuart: everyone pays that much? i thought it would be more. neo is down 4%. now this. the days of spending all your time doing chores around the house might soon be over. artificial intelligence experts say nearly half of household chores will be done by robots. role it. ♪ stuart: okay. we will tell you how soon that could happen. despite rising food prices americans are shelling out big bucks to dine out. 25% more than last year. is it really cheaper to eat out than to purchase groceries, the man himself, bart rescue guy john tapper is going to be with me on set. he's in new york and is next. ♪ hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. being a veteran, the transi

thank you very much, lauren. now this >, the ratings for the super bowl are in and it was a great game and most watched. tesla just increased their profits for the fourth time this year. this year? it's only february. how much more you'll be paying for your new ev. and the u.s. may have misspent hundreds of billions of dollars on ppp and unemployment insurance and one congressman call it is the greatest theft of taxpayer dollars in american history. grady trimble will have that report from capitol hill next. ♪ get refunds.com powered by innovation refunds can help your business get a payroll tax refund, even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify. i went on their website, uploaded everything, and i was blown away by what they could do. getrefunds.com has helped businesses get over a billion dollars and we can help your business too. qualify your business for a big refund in eight minutes. go to getrefunds.com to get started. powered by innovation refunds. when people come, they say they've trie

it is snowing for lauren. first alert doppler, i will zoom into her local area or where she is now reporting near scots valley all the way into laurel along highway 17. we are seeing snow flurries sweep their way through the santa cruz mountains. we will continue to see hit or miss storms into this afternoon when it is more heavy. into millbrae, san mateo area, higher elevated areas seeing mixed precipitation. however the rest of us in lower elevated areas are dealing with rain. we will see hit or miss storms throughout the morning hours today. taking a look at weather headlines, starting with this morning, a few showers this morning into this afternoon. that's when the very strong storm sweeps through. i will time that out in a second. snow levels are expected to drop to around 1,500 feet. into futurecast, you see the winds in the distance from san francisco over into santa rosa. we will be seeing hit or miss storms until around 5:00 tonight. that's when it becomes more pronounced. it's an overnight system th

good morning, lauren. lauren: good morning.l he defended his call to take it down once it was over the water, but doesn't feel it's that big of a deal. >> it's not a measured breach. i mean, look, it's totally, it's a violation of international law , it's our air space and once it comes in our air space we can do what we want with it. lauren: you don't want to alarm the country, right? but between tiktok, china's u.s. farmland purchases and this , kind of ashley, it's hard not to be alarmed. what is china doing? one more for you. investigators are still trying to recover more of the pay load in that spy balloon, but from what was recovered, if you look at the electronics, and the wiring, the pentagon believes china was spying and they were able to intercept and listen in on our conversations, ashley. ashley: well, what a surprise. all right, lauren, thank you very much. you know, senator john tester, the democrat from montana, is calling out the administration for delaying its decision to shoot down the spy craft. listen to thi

lauren: and chicken sandwich. that's popular right now. earnings up 155% and they credit robust demand for their chicken sandwich and taco products. stuart: then we have alcoa, a company rarely talk about these days. it is important and it is up 4%. lauren: used to be a member of the dow 30, they are up 4.5%. city upgrades them to buy, price target of $65, they are citing a bullish view on aluminum prices, they think they can hit $3000 a ton and that would be good news. stuart: i remember yesterday morning walmart earnings early in the day, the stock was not changed very much. what did they say about the state of the consumer? lauren: under pressure, prioritizing necessity, discretionary. the supply chain issues have largely abated, prices are still high and there is considerable pressure on the consumer given the persistence of high prices and potential for macro pressures which we are taking a cautious outlook for the year. i want to write them off, you have higher income shoppers shopping, that is how walmart is gaining market share. wh

lauren: $28 billion last year.hey are going to reinvest that capital into the transition, the white house loves that while also producing more oil. they increase their dividends by 10% and there buyback stocks. stuart: oaks street health, primary care operator get involved with cvs. we to they are up 31%, the wall street journal is reporting cvs to buy oaks street for 10. $5 billion because cvs wants to expand into primary care. stuart: got it, next case, an education company that are so far down it is 20%, what's the problem. lauren: the problem is chad gpt, artificial intelligence, is hurting their subscriber growth. they also have a downgrade from keybank. stuart: gpt, gets you every time. gets you every time. disney's dominion over its magic kingdom coming to a end. governor santos has seized control of disney's self-governing district and wants the mouse house to pay up big time. vice president harris says it is up to congress to fix the immigration system. role it. >> congress must fix the broken immigration

lauren: it looks warmer.ove on, treasury secretary yellen, made a surprise visit to khiv and while there she promised the u.s. about ukraine, for as long as it takes and kurt volker the former u.s. investor date of joins me now and is are investor is america united and back in ukraine and have million i don't think it is. guest: while think indefinitely, that is the wrong metric i think this race as long as it takes, it is time to update that because nobody knows what it means and as long as what it takes exactly sue went to win when i guess but well how would you define went in ukraine. guest: right, but i think that ukraine has to defeat russian forces in ukraine and push them back to the borders russia has to say okay, we're done fighting and that's what we have to do and if that is a measure, and president biden and janet yellen are going to khiv we should be putting everything and everything into this as quickly as possible so say let's get this over with as quickly as we can instead. stuart: could you m

lauren, gave us lauren, gave us more lauren, gave us more details.auren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has _ lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has made - lauren, gave us more details. well, reeta, uk athletics has made its i reeta, uk athletics has made its position pretty clear tonight, saying it wants the men's category to become an open category in which transgender athlete would be able to compete, saying it would enable for the women's category to be for women who are registered female when they were born. in a 13 point statement, uk athletics as it does not agree with suppressing testosterone for transgender women because it says there is not enough data showing that male advantages eliminated. this has been welcomed by some women's group this evening, one say they are glad that uk athletics has taken the step and that having these categories in this way shows there is a place for everyone. gendered intelligence which supports people who are transgender because the move disheartening, and they say they ar

lauren: report say it is austan goolsby.economic advisor to president obama, serving as president of the federal reserve bank of chicago. he would reported the replace brainard as she becomes the white house economic policy director. here is the question. as vice chair, goolsby would be instrumental in influencing jay powell. he hasn't said much recently on inflation or rates. he did back the 25 point hike last time. the last i have on inflation is something he told fox business in november, too soon to see if inflation has peaked. the report would be austan goolsby. ashley: we are down but perhaps trying to come back a little bit, we were down a lot more than this, more than one% on major exchanges, now we are down half of 1% across major exchanges. let's bring it in lou, good morning, should people be scared of the fed and what their next move, cpi came in hot in january, and ppi number harder than expected. all of this point to the fed continuing to be aggressive. >> would you be afraid of a surgeon wanting to operate on

lauren: dead on arrival.y are sure it's not going to reply on the republican house but some are unsure it could even get through democratic senate. the billionaires tax idea being floated is a minimum tax 20%, not just on income but on unrealized gains so stocks you hold, encroaching, the white house is only for the top one hundred of the population, they need to pay their fair share. taxing them on stocks that they hold. ashley: and how do you measure unrealized gains,? it's an unrealized nightmare for an agency that is overwhelmed. dan, come back and, what's your take on the billionaire tax proposal? >> good thing the street uses more noise from the beltway that ultimately not going to happen. it just shows some of this legislation, risks that come out, this is more noise from the 202 area code than reality. ashley: they do that so often. i love your deadpan delivery, says it all. stay right there. you are the witness for the hour. as we always say we locked the studio door so you don't have a choice. 53% o