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maria: yeah.t is why you had lots of drama over this past week with critics circling the wagons around mike johnson. you tweeted out this this week: the speaker of the house need not be a member of congress. nology nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing elon musk. think about it, you write concern. [laughter] nothing's impossible, not to mention the joy at the collective establishment, aka the uniparty, lose their ever-loving minds. [laughter] were you serious about this, considering elon missing for speaker? -- elon musk? >> you know, it might have been tongue in cheek. elon's got some important stuff to do, but i do appreciate his input. he's drawing attention to things i've been talking about for a decade. we had been talking about a lot of the waves, ridiculous, crazy things. for example, $760 million spent at the nih on diversity, equity and inclusion. i thought they were studying science over there. nope, it's about race. that's crazy. $600,000 to discuss why there are microaggre

maria: understood.uld vote on this nearly 9 help billion $900 billion defensebill today n to -- house lawmakers received a briefing on china's efforts to infiltrate america telecom companies. jim hines called this typhoon hacking the most significant and pervasive breach we've seen. ron widen introduced a bill requiring the b ftc to set cyber security standards. the house passed your bill ought rising $325 million to counter ccp disinformation on the global stage. there's more to do with regard to china. on the one hand, what's the story with the drones? are they chinese made drones? are whwhy don't we know more information about this? >> i want to talk about the drones. first, i agree, salt typhoon is a massive cyber security breach of the eight major u.s. telecom companies and it goes to compromising top u.s. officials text messages and cell phone data, millions of americans' meta data, it is a massive breach and it just underscores for americans who don't really appreciate the china threat, salt typh

, maria.suspicious money laundering notifications did u.s. banks send to the fbi on behalf of the bidens, was it 90? >> close to 100. maria: that's right. exactly. >> suspicious activity. maria: 90 suspicious activity reports. >> the plan they set forth maybe wasn't that good. maria: i've got the letter to joe biden from the house oversight committee and this letter was sent back in march of 2024. i'll read you the first line. during the 118th congress the house committee on oversight and accountability has been investigating influence peddling conducting by your and your family, the committee accounted for over $24 million that flowed from foreign sources to you, your family and business cosh quotes. the committee identified no legitimate services to merit such lucrative payments. you denied playing any role in your family's business activity but the committee has amassed evidence including bank records and witness testimony that contradicts your position on these matters, writes james comer

maria: yeah.look at that tweet, because liz cheney tweeted at you in the middle of it all when you yesterday or -- yet whether or not the fbi had people in those crowds. here's the tweet, hey, mike lee, heads up, a nutball conspiracy theorist appears to be posting from your account. when you posted that you wanted to know more about who was in the crowd and whether or not anyone was from the fbi. now, they've been talking about a potential pardon, a preemptive pardon for liz cheney. does she immediate to be pardoned for some reason? if -- she immediate to be pardoned for some reason? >> look, i don't know. what i do know is this: it's very strange that she would call people who were raising these questions nut jobs, nut cases, whatever it is she wanted to say when she herself is a member of this january 6th investigative committee, had access to a lot of information. this begs the question, did she know, in fact, that what mr. horowitz put out recently in the inspector general report, did she know

maria: yeah. me now in this "sunday morning futures" exclusive is tennessee senator bill hagerty on the senate foreign relations, banking, housing and urban affairs committees. senator, thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you, maria. it's great to be with you this morning. maria: i'm going to get back to the tax cuts this in a moment, but we have to get back to syria. president trump put a post on truth social yesterday, and he writes this: russia and iran are in a weakened state right now, one, because of ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of israel and its fighting success. i know vladimir well, this is his time to act. china can help, the world is watching. give us your sense of what took place in syria over the weekend and how this fits into president trump's incoming foreign policy, sir. >> what we've seen is a 53-year regime of the assad family completely collapse in the face of 13 days. this wouldn't had been possible had israel not taken its own best interests to heart and

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maria: i love it.speak with lots of businessmen and women who are running the great companies of this country and understand what it will take for them to be putting new money into the economy. so i'm grateful to get your thoughts on this, james. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> great. thanks for having me. maria: we'll see you soon. james bullard joining us. stay with us. we'll be right back. to go further, you need to be ready for what's down the road. as energy demand continues to rise, we're harnessing breakthrough innovations to increase production in the u.s. gulf of mexico. our latest deepwater development, anchor, produces previously inaccessible oil and natural gas, allowing us to deliver the energy we all need today so everyone can follow their own road. that's energy in progress. ♪ ♪ ♪ something has changed within me ♪ ♪ it's time to try defying gravity ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back. police have identified the shooter who opened fire on a wisconsin christian school yesterday. gerri

maria: sure is. grilling secretary of state antony blinken over the administration's botched afghanistan withdrawal after a hearing yesterday. here's the incoming chairman of the committee, florida congressman brian mass. >> the united states is sending tens of millions of dollars to the taliban, 14.9 million to be exact, to teach afghans how to do carpet weaving. $280 million to the united nations to do cash transfers for food in afghanistan. $75 million to teach afghan women to be farmers. we spent $9 billion to resettle 90,000, roughly, afghan refugees here since the fall of afghanistan. my simple army math tells me that's about $100,000 a person i think internationally it's $8 billion since the evacuation has helped divert t famine, held prevent the collapse of the economy, helped avoid bringing more disaster. >> we have no eyes on the ground. we have no business putting one dollar into that place. maria: morgan, your reaction? >> well, i'm glad that brian mask is going to be the chairman of hous

maria. maria: i have questions about the gun. 3d printing. >> reporter: yeah, that's what authorities said right now. maria: how is that possible? that's unbelievable. >> reporter: absolutely. maria: brooke, thank you. we're going to keep a spotlight on that. joining us is former federal prosecutor and constitutional law attorney, andrew krokowski. give us your reaction. >> i think he's been radicalized. it's not clear whether he had accomplices, whether there's some people or groups that worked with him to figure out this plan in the first place or to figure out his escape afterwards. i think what's most troubling from all of this is obviously the random nature of this but what got to him and what don't we know at this point. seems immature in a lot of respects but also seems to have committed a crime that was very sophisticated. so those two dynamics i think having that we're going to learn a lot more about. maria: i mean, the video of him as he appro approaches him, theo from behind, look

maria: t thank you so much. >> happy holidays, maria. maria: and to you. troy gayeski.e'll be right back. it's our son, he is always up in our business. it's the verizon 5g home internet i got us. oh... he used to be a competitive gamer but with the higher lag, he can't keep up with his squad. so now we're his “squad”. what are kevin's plans for the fall? he's going to college. out of state, yeah. -yeah in the fall. change of plans, i've decided to stay local. oh excellent! oh that's great! why would i ever leave this? -aw! we will do anything to get him gaming again. you and kevin need to fix this internet situation. heard my name! i swear to god, kevin! -we told you to wait in the car. everyone in my old squad has xfinity. less lag, better gaming! i'm gonna need to charge you for three people. maria: welcome back. well, now ousted syrian president bashar al-assad reportedly receiving asylum in russia after rebel -- is la mist rebels took the capital of syria on saturday. the u.s. striking isis camps and operatives across syria to prevent the terrorist organization fro

maria: good point. i know president trump was also upset that there was so much skean s censor ship going . to hear from mark zuckerberg that he wants an active role, what might that look like. elon musk has been a great influence for president trump. what does president trump want to do with regard to shaping technology. >> it's not just mark zuckerberg. you see the ceos coming to mar-a-lago, the foreign leaders, everyone wants to be part of the administration. they know it will take off like a ro rocket ship. with regard to mark zuckerberg, we no the president doesn't have to have committees or people inside the building, he's on the phone. he will call leaders directly. that's why he's able to get things done so quickly because knows how to cut through the nonsense and the staff and all the noise and go to the source so if we can get some support and cooperation from whether it's zuckerberg or any other ceo that's previously not supported the president, great, let's bring them on board but again, the

in maria bartiromo. president-elect donald trump sending a clear message to china, mexico, and canada. stop the drugs and illegal migration now, or face new tariffs next year. the threat already sparking response from our trade partners, a spokesman for china's embassy in washington saying, "no one will win a trade war." canada's prime minister just in truman dough calling up trump and vowing to work with him while mexico's president is agreeing to take action against migrant caravans but she's also threatening her own tariffs. meanwhile texas governor greg abbott and incoming border czar tom homan sent a warning to us cities who might stand in the way of border security. >> don't cross that line. it is a felony to knowingly harbor from immigration authorities, don't test us. the nation wants a safe country. we're not waiting until january. we're already talking and planning and we'll put a plan in place and secure this nation at the highest level its ever seen. maria: this as we saw more shocking video

maria: great to see you this morning. thanks so much. >> thanks, maria. maria: we'll be watching. be right back. t. measured. ready. the markets, like life, will turn and challenge us. but when emotions run high, we stay grounded. with the hcm buyline, we work to empower investors, in navigating market volatility and complex conditions. we provide a diverse portfolio with proprietary mutual funds and etfs aimed at growth and preservation. so you can invest with confidence. visit howard c.m. funds dot com. to go further, you need to be ready for what's down the road. as energy demand continues to rise, we're harnessing breakthrough innovations to increase production in the u.s. gulf of mexico. our latest deepwater development, anchor, produces previously inaccessible oil and natural gas, allowing us to deliver the energy we all need today so everyone can follow their own road. that's energy in progress. where can nfl fans get a great deal that turns christmas day into game day? x marks the spot. the nfl is streaming christmas day games exclusively on netflix, and you don't want to

i want it all, maria, and i'm a big hockey fan. maria: i got you.rump is pledging an additional 10% tariff on all chinese imports over beijing's failure to stop the flow of fentanyl into america. in response, china is hoping to unload cheap goods on developing countries like indonesia or pakistan, brazil. those countries fighting back, saying they'll put pressure on their own factories and kill jobs. the wall street journal writes this, many developing countries fear they will endure the same kind of china shock that gutted u.s. industries. economists are estimating the u.s. lost more than 2 million jobs between 1999 and 2011 as makers of furniture, toys, clothes buckled after competition from chinese imports. that's a major situation, the fact that these countries understand the impact of china dumping these products is significant. maybe they won't be able to get away with it as easily as they've been able in the past. >> i mean, i think that's definitely a hope. trump i think has to have a big stick, he has to be tough. he's using social media ef

maria: welcome back. good friday morning, everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is friday, december 6, 7:00 a.m. on the button on the east coast. time for the hot topic of the hour. doge co-leads elon musk and vivek ramaswamy meeting with republican lawmakers yesterday you cans both chambers of congress on capitol hill discussing their vision on cutting government waste. fox news digital political correspondent brooke singman with the latest. >> reporter: the doge duo, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, making their rounds on capitol hill yesterday. they spent the morning with members of the senate doge caucus before heading to a meeting with house gop leaders and the house doge congress. the house had a joint meeting with republicans and they received an enthusiastic response from republican lawmakers who pledge to work closely with the department of government efficiency to help cut costs. watch. >> i look at this where we ought to do this very regularly. >> cuttin

maria: yeah.you mentioned asset prices because that's also a real issue that should be considered, right? i mean, allen greenspan used to talk about the wealth effect all the time. right. the wealth effect is something that you see a market, stock market, market for your home, whatever, valuations go up, you feel richer, you feel better. you start spending more because of that quote, unquote wealth effect. and we're feeling it right now, right? >> well, there's a lot of unspent gains in the housing market, for example. you know, they're talking about the home equity loans going up right now because that stimulates consumption going forward and that will put more i think pressure on inflation as we move into next year. how that ends up, i don't know. but i do know we have increased the risk and that's something we have to be aware of. maria: are you expecting another spike in inflation, sir? because we've talked with jason treener and he's got his research firm that says any time you get a spike of

maria: good wednesday morning.nk you for georgina since morning i am maria bartiromo wednesday december 18 your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. the scramble is on as congress pours through 1600 plus pages of the continuing resolution to keep government open to the shutdown deadline this friday. all of this as the doge caucus hold the first hearing and backing the mission to cut weeds from government spending. the pentagon shrugging off concerns of the drums in the northeast while the house intelligence committee get the closed-door classified briefing, michael mccaul says china is behind the spy drones while the u.s. considers banning an internet router for use in the country. all of us coming up all morning long. futures indicated again at the start of trading. when looking at stocks higher across the board with the dow industrials 113 and the nasdaq higher by 53. again after the dow fell for the ninth straight session, down street not seen since 1978. investors anticipated the rate decision from the fed

maria: okay.ook, we've seen real animal spirits this year and certainly after the election, rebecca, because people expect easier policies, friendlier policies to business are coming in with the trump administration. that's why you've got bankers expecting global deal volumes to surpass $4 trillion next year, wall street gearing up for president trump's pro business agenda which will feature deregulation, cutting of regulations and lower corporate taxes and we know what happens in terms of deals under the biden-harris administration, lena kahn at the ftc kept saying no we're not going to allow deals and now we have new data finding the total of mergers of acquisitions up from last year, people are expecting that to ramp up big next year. the leading economic index up three tenths of a percent in november, breaking a three year strike of declines following trump's election. >> i agree, this could be the beginning of a reversal. here's the problem. you do see like the regulatory environment was real

maria: i agree.now why anyone would put their nat the ring to join government if they're going to be assassinated, their character will be assassinated. >> it's a dirty business. we all have a potential skeleton or dozens of them in the closet, right? or skeletons that can be completely fabricated and made up, right. >> i mean, the number of hit pieces against people, smear campaigns, it is -- it's completely unnecessary. and that is one of the reasons that the left has really despiced donald trump so much because he's not a politician. he doesn't play by those rules. maria: he doesn't care about coming out and calling you out. >> correct. maria: and calling out the fraud and corruption which we all know exists. now -- >> he won't back down. maria: politico is reporting this headline, buy biden whitee is discussing preemptive pardons for those in trump's cross hairs. including liz cheney and dr. anthony fauci. the piece says this, the white house officials are carefully a weighing the step of handing

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maria: welcome back retailers rolling back eei. walmart the largest private employer cutting back on the diversity policies forget the company removing controversial items from the website including items marketed for transgender children, retail giant target losing his bid this week to shut down a shareholder lawsuit which claims executive misled investors with a woke agenda was not prepared for the massive backlash over its pride mortgage under merchandise last year the farmer vice chairman of target toys are a ceo gerald storch, good to see you. thank you so much for being here give us his reaction to the rollback and eei and target what is it facing, your thoughts. >> you're dealing with two things that are close what is dei policies instead of companies in the other what goes on inside of the store and what's happening there, both cases what they have in common is not the role of the companies get embroiled, politics and controversy inside they want to do the right thing after george floyd this is what everyone else was doing

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maria: yeah. mean, i think just talking about deregulation one can assess the important impact that will have on earnings and just talking about tapping into energy one can think about what that will mean for job creation. but mark tepper, jump in here because once we actually see these policies implemented and executed, we don't know how big growth can be, we don't know how significant this could be so i do buy into the idea that this rally has legs. >> and i would agree with that. i mean, you look at just what happened to consumer sentiment recently, small business optimism. i mean, they've both jumped very, very high over the course of the last couple prints. so yeah, i mean, i think there's definitely some animal spirits at play here and david, i think one of the greatest things right now is we've got the seasonality is setting up for another great santa claus rally. the next two weeks historically are like the third best in history, the two weeks after that historically are the best two week

maria: thoughts?finitely has a place in asset allocation it all depends on the individual investor, that goes for anything in terms of what we were discussing earlier, i consider data centers to be a major part of overlooking a allocation and you see $3 trillion combined an investment by 2030 and data center, energy production, between the two things are is definitely a place. maria: great to talk with you, brian lynch. we are grateful. we're just getting started mysterious drums flying all over the northeast the alejandro mayorkas claims there is no foreign involvement, no answers from his office. we have more details, don't miss it "mornings with maria" live on fox business. we'll be right back. if you have wet amd, you never want to lose sight of the things you love. some things should stand the test of time. long-lasting eylea hd could significantly improve your vision. more people on eylea hd had no fluid in the retina compared to those on eylea at 4 months. eylea hd is the only wet amd therapy t

maria: good friday morning everyone thank you for joining us this morning. i am maria bartiromo. it is friday december 6, your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. today president-elect donald trump a new key administration post building on the border security team and naming a new crypto and a.i.'s are featuring top investor david sachs read all of this onto republican lawmakers meet with the trained to deal of elon musk and vivek ramaswamy where and how the federal government can cut need the spending, doge caucus founder for the congressman aaron being is here in the next hour with the very latest from the discussion, trumps big wind with the d.c. case dismissed as republicans clash over the best way and when to execute the tax agenda why are they waiting until the end of the 2025 to extend the tax cuts. we are on it, markets indicated to the client at the start of trading take a look at futures lower across the board with the dow industrial lower by 36. bitcoin this morning is pulling back from the 100,000-dollar mark hit the new milestone this week, it's not 98223. ever

i am maria bartiromo. wednesday, december 11 it is 8:01 oes we kick this -- of with hot topic of the hour president-elect trump making more appointments for second administration, just over a month now until inauguration day, fox news digital political correspondent brooke singman with the latest. >> good morning, maria. that is right president-elect trump tapping andrew ferg son to lead ftc to succeed lina khan he was confirmed back in march, expected to abandon the biden administration's liberal approach to go policing merges could pivot some of the antitrust enforcement agenda for cracking down on companies accused of threatening free speech lina chan aggressively followed antitrust enforcement fighting acquisition of grows recession through albertsons by kroger, preventing the companies from closing that transaction andrew has a pron record standing up to big tech censorship protecting freedom of speech in our great country nominating mark ma dora ftc commissioner former aide to utah gop senator mike l

maria: unbelievable.o undermine america, they have been doing and raising the stakes everyday, let me ask about domestic business, 11 days away from a potential government shutdown on december 20. speaker johnson pushing for continued resolution that would extend the deadline into early 2025. congressional leaders agreeing on a $900 billion defense bill, this week, it includes 14 and it half% pay raises it puts limits on transgender related medical care, dti base recruitment, teaching of clinical race theory in military run schools and futures borders security elements i created in northern border mission center, are you expecting the vote for this. >> ethic is necessary that we pass the nda and there is some good things there with respect to the pay raise for the enlisted troops, we need to make sure congress has been hearing reports of the junior enlisted service members have government assistance food stamps basically to feed their families. it's important to take a look at what is the pay for the juni

maria: that is pretty rema remarkable.ow would you like to see a speaker elon musk or a speaker vivek ramaswamy, that's what you heard from mike lee. >> the system is broken as is status quo must end this is the death of it. i hope to god we do not get back to normal status quo the american people will not have it we need differences and i love the bold proposals i'm not saying is constitutional but i love the suggestion. maria: is definitely not traditional and were looking all ideas on the table right now. we'll see what mike johnson comes up with. a lot of support from mike johnson will see with what he comes up with. were just getting started markets are also reacting don't kid yourself 10200 points a lot is uncertainty over the bill were looking ahead to the preferred read on inflation, the november pce is coming out 8:30 a.m. eastern that is a favorite inflation reading and it could move markets. senior equity strategist is here with her expectations. watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. we'll be righ

maria: jea look.erstand, not having urgency there, because the tax cuts don't expire until end of the year i am worried about two reconciliation packages, can they do one reconciliation deport border because they don't i am told don't have votes on border can you believe that? even though america voted for trump to return to white house, they don't votes for border need reconciliation deported border early on can you believe it. liz: i totally believe it that's going to make this a wedge issue feel successful for them even though obviously, has not been successful,, maria, my view would be they got to get tax bill done first i tell you what the -- thin majority in the house makes all of these bills passing kind of perilous if they can possibly incorporate, into one big ugly reconciliation bill tags and some of the border i think what they should try to do. never done two in one year i don't think going to happen. maria: a short break then come back at it we are just getting started this hour big show

maria: okay.et's talk about the doge could heads department government efficiency elon musk vivek ramaswamy to meet with lawmakers on capitol hill tomorrow are you meeting with them senator. >> absolutely. i want people to look at this like a business upside down we are bringing in special, turning this business around i think what elon vivek can do wroif that waste, fraud abuse is, i think things we can do in congress as well so going to help us prioritize grab low-hanging fruit can't wait to start we see 20 to day % entire federal budget waste, fraud, abuseing figure that out. >> that is a big a number hitting the ground ring doge x account emphasized illegal immigration cost 1350 billion dollars last year tell me about this cost in terms of housing caring for illegal migrants they've broken to law we've got reports 58,000 returning around new york why so expensive 158 billion last year alone. >> i want you to think about that 80 billion dollars to secure the border, long term going to save us h

maria: good to see you.ike johnson says the border will be the first major priority of the new congress as we expected, there set to vote on the defense bill were to get into it in virginia, gerson ben cline next you what you wanted to maria live on fox business. ♪ confident. measured. ready. the markets, like life, will turn and challenge us. but when emotions run high, we stay grounded. with the hcm buyline, we work to empower investors, in navigating market volatility and complex conditions. we provide a diverse portfolio with proprietary mutual funds and etfs aimed at growth and preservation. so you can invest with confidence. visit howard c.m. funds dot com. ok y'all we got ten orders coming in.. big orders! starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant.. that's a different story. i couldn't slow down. we were starting a business from the ground up. people were showing up left and right. and so did our business needs. the chase ink card made it easy. when you go for something

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maria: welcome back. good friday morning thank you for joining us this morning i hope having a good friday morning. i am maria bartiromo. it is friday, december 6, 8:00 a.m. on the east coast, time for hot topic of the hour doj senate caucus leader joni ernst out with a report finding remote work running rampant in america's federal agencies hillary vaughn live from capitol hill as they look for areas to cut back on spending, hillary. >> good morning, maria. no more phoning it in, federal workers will soon have to actually show up to the office, to go into work, after this new report from senator joni ernst found if you don't count security guards and maintenance staff less than 1% federal workers go into the office work 40 hours a week on a daily basis republicans say that is going to change, 90% federal employees work remotely 6% in person full-time, the average occupancy of federal buildings at 12%, corralling workers back to if office key part of elon musk and vivek ramaswamy's plan to make government

maria: good tuesday morning everyone. thank you for joining us this morning. i am maria bartiromo. tuesday december 17, your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. a classified briefing for the house intelligence committee on the mysterious drones flying above as president electron poison accusing the biden administration of a cover-up. >> the government knows what is happening. our military knows where they took off from, they know where it came from and where it went. and for some reason they do not want to comment. they want to keep people in suspense. meanwhile congress could be getting the specifics of a continuing revolution to give the government funded through march ahead of this friday's upcoming deadline. on capitol hill president trump cabinet nominees meeting with editors as ceos flock to mar-a-lago to meet with president trump to discuss upcoming policy changes included the ceo of tiktok. trying to avert a ban on januars digested from chinese owner by deeds or sold to a u.s. company. along put in place by the body to administration and is being endorsed by both side

"mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: president trump expressing support for u.s.ockworkers ahead of a potential strike next month. cheryl casone with the latest. >> were tracking this for you growing concern that the east and gulf coast dockworkers can go on strike january 155 days before president-elect trump is inaugurated that's when the current labor contract ends. they walked off the job for three days in october they shut their major printed new york, new jersey, texas until the body administration intervene they were offered a 62% pay increase over six years but that was content on a wider deal being reached by mid-january, the sites are stuck on the issue of automation the ports are growing volume of cargo the union opposes the use of technology but they say it threatens jobs. yesterday president-elect trump met with union leaders for an hr meeting after the meeting trump posted this untrue social, there's been a lot of discussion with automation on u.s. stocks the amount of money is nowhere near for american workers and the longshoremen they made it which

maria: right.'t cut in december, but that would imply to me an anti-trump stance. as it relates to fed policy, now i agree, you know, before the first cut 10 cuts priced in by the end of 2025, 10 total that is down to six i think they will continue toget taken off the table. if fed wants to look apolitical they have actually need to cut in december. maria: great point, great to see you. thank you so much keith stay with us. we'll be right back. . ♪ isn't she lovely ♪ ♪ at harbor freight, we design and test our own tools. and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love. whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight. ♪ . >>> ♪ [music] i could lock up every door ♪ ♪ check again just so i'm sure ♪ ♪ watch ziggy from the plane ♪ ♪ ♪ my garage i could open ♪ ♪ while i'm hiking in wyoming ♪ ♪ if my home just had a brain ♪ ♪ ♪ i could throw out all these copies ♪ ♪ of extra sets of house keys ♪ ♪ they were always such a pain ♪ ♪ ♪ i'd open and i'd clo

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