stuart: insanity? lauren: yes. stuart: what's insane?as we talk about them many times. stuart: actually that's true. >> like which cultural issue? there's so many. stuart: careful. careful. careful. >> serious. stuart: all right lauren: it's going on in some of the schools, the restrictions of parents. stuart: very good. susan? >> i'm not a parent, so -- stuart: tom writes this. do any of you record and watch the show, if so, what's your reaction when you see yourself on tv? i'll start. i never watch myself. i don't watch the tapes, because i know that if i did, i'd be extremely critical. i'd be shouting at the tv and it would really upset me. do you watch your tapes? lauren: no, because it ruins my day. it really does but we should, because you can perfect things. i'd rather not know. stuart: i've got a feeling that susan does watch her tapes? >> i'm a bit of a perfectionist so so i like getting better each time so i do watch the tapes. but i still can't stand my voice at this point: stuart: can't stand your voice? lauren: it's hard to

stuart: really?idn't know that. >> it passed the california legislature a year ago started being implemented with no publicity. it's nuts. stuart: the more you earn, the more you pay -- >> yes. they have four brackets. stuart: in utility bills? >> four brackets. if your income is above 180,000 you get the maximum, about $ 1,000 a year extra you'll be charged for electricity. not for the juice itself, but for what they call all the administrative charges. stuart: you're a flat tax guy aren't you? >> yes. stuart: that's what you've always wanted and what be the percentage of the flat tax that you'd imagine? >> 17%, and that's with generous exemptions for adults, a family of four would may no federal income tax on the first $53,000 of salary. that's how much junk there is in the code and only $0.17 on the dollar above that and no tax on savings and no death taxes. i always believe you should be able to leave the world unlisted by the irs. stuart: so if you're taxed at a 17% rate would you bring in more

stuart: oh, okay.'s move on. i'm not changing the subject. lauren: you didn't ask me how i felt but i let you know. stuart: moving on to our other subject of the day which is the market ain't doing much at all. dow is down 12, s&p down 1, nasdaq up 6. not much movement. we'll be back. ♪ we really don't want people to think of feeding food like ours is spoiling their dogs. good, real food is simple. it looks like food, it smells like food, it's what dogs are supposed to be eating. no living being should ever eat processed food for every single meal of their life. it's amazing to me how many people write in about their dogs changing for the better. the farmer's dog is just our way to help people take care of them. ♪ stuart: not much movement on wall street as we have what, just two minutes to go to the opening bell. keith fitz-gerald with us this morning. does the russia story give any opportunity for investors here? >> absolutely, stuart, because both lockheed martin andretheon for example, just to name

stuart? stuart: all right.ed for for his skills after tackling a suspect who was fleeing authorities. yeah, it sounds interesting, looks good. take me are through it, ashley. [laughter] ashley: i think it is. history big rig driver apparently was taking a break from the road in a florida parking lot in martin county down near juneer. jupiter. suspect ran by him, he was being chased by sheriff's deputies, you can kind of make it out prosecute video that the trucker took matters into his own hands, tackled the suspect, pinned him to the ground. the sheriff's department posted a thanks to the unknown good samaritan on facebook saying, quote, the mystery trucker with skills of a linebacker -- hilarious -- in the heart of a truck stop stepped many in and created the wall that people joke about hitting when they have a bad headache. [laughter] the suspect, 19-year-old robert clark, by the way, arrested facing several charges include aring resisting arrest or resisting a trucker. you name it. good stuff. stuart: yes,

>> yeah, stuart.he military has a long history of bringing in folks who came here legally and served for an extended period of time, were willing to die for this country, and then swearing them in as citizens, but look. two things. in this case, you have to, in the past you had to do a full enlistment. you have to serve honorably and, you know, this gives me real pause and concern to look at the timeline here and think just a couple of weeks, and then secondarily, we can't slap a band aid on this sucking chest wound that is our recruiting crisis for our military. i mean, the army is now down multiple divisions worth of soldiers in just a couple of years, and this isn't going to be the answer here. stuart: how would you do that? >> they need to get to the root causes of this problem. stuart: what's the root causes? why is there such a recruitment problem, why? >> because you have multiple narratives at play on the left. you know, what family, what minority family would want their son or daughter to joi

stuart: yeah.ecause there are so many people in this country who don't want to do one job. stuart: exactly. get out there and hustle, that's what you've got to do. >> and a lot of these second jobs may be in the home, so it's a lot more readily available. stuart: all good. let's get to the market and show me the dow 30 stocks, please, sense of how we're trading today. a lot of buying. we've got 7 losers and 23 winners, and the dow is up 157 points. >>> next case, a recovering addict claims san francisco is just a magnet for drug addicts. he says addicts know they can get high, get a free tent and get money from the government. we'll tell you all about immaterial, it's next. ♪ no shoes, no shirt and no problem ♪ - this is our premium platinum coverage map and this is consumer cellular's map. - i don't see the difference, do you? - well, that one's purple. - [announcer] get the exact same coverage as the nation's leading carrier. starting at $20. consumer cellular. bridgett is here. she has no clue t

stuart: true. go back to what you were just saying, trump says there is a specific reason the indictment came down on thursday. watch this. >> it's no coincidence they indicted me the very same day that it was revealed that the fbi i'd explosive evidence that joe biden took a $5 million illegal bribe from ukraine. next, hunter will probably be charged with some very minor offense so that the fbi and doj can pretend that they're fair. stuart: just a crazy situation. >> hours? hours after, are you kidding me? they released this literally hours after the full oversight committee is able to look at these. i think, i think donald trump is absolutely right. he's been right on pretty much everything -- stuart: he has. we've never seen thinking like this before. we have a former president who is the principal opponent of the current president indicted on espy name -- espionage charges, still going into an election in 2024. this is crazy. >> yeah. and jack smith, the prosecutor who who went before the camer

stuart: okay.i miss out on a huge rally that's coming in the second half of this year, i'll blame you, leo kelly. ashley: [laughter] >> you can blame me stuart but show me a year where we haven't had volatility and i be surprised. stuart: okay, we'll leave it there and leo thanks a lot see you again real soon. we've got a lot on the show today how about this? we told you about new york city 's plan to crackdown on coal and wood fired pizza ovens for heavens sake. dave portnoy loves pizza and he's fired up about this. listen to this. >> do you know what's going on in new york? you got rats. you got trash in the city. you got cars, planes, private planes. you've got people getting slashed on the subway. you've got flash mobs robbing stores and you're coming for coal oven pizzerias? stuart: yeah, we'll talk to the owner of a new york pizza shop fighting back. can he win? florida governor desantis unveiled his border security plan. oh, watch this , please. >> republicans and democrats always chirping a

stuart: got it.s for taking the time to be with us, sir. we appreciate it and we'll see you soon. >> absolutely, thank you. stuart: look at that time, 11:55. you know what that means, it's time for the monday trivia question. it's a good one. who is the only female to win an oscar for both best actress and best original song? julie andrews, cher, liza minelli, barbra streisand? we'll see if ashley knows the answer. ashley, after this. ♪ing ♪ mind-blowing! they collect hundreds of data points like hrv and rem sleep, so you know all you need for recovery. and you are? i'm an investor...in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to... nasdaq 100 innovations like... wearable training optimization tech. uh, how long are you... i'm done. i'm okay. . . i've spent centuries evolving with the world. that's the nature of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to balance risk and reward. with one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. agile and liquid. a proven protector. an ever-evo

stuart: yeah.e of these bets are really exotic. who's going to score the next touchdown, how far will this pass go. you can bet with on all that kind of stuff just like that. >> stuart, i really believe that with the capabilities now of some of the new stadiums and some of the upgrades in the stadiums as we see them, pretty soon you'll be able to have your cell phone, you'll have your hand held device in your hand, and you'll be able to do exactly what you just said. you can sit there and say, okay, i think this play's a pass, $5. this play's a run. i think the defense will stop 'em here, they won't pick up this yardage. there's all these, quote-unquote, proposition bets that will become available, i believe, possibly to people as they sit in the stands to increase the fan experience. whatever you want to define that as. but it certainly is an issue, and i'm glad the nfl is getting out in front of it as quickly as they are9 with the stringency of these rules, because if not, we've already seen i th

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stuart: got it.r a second here mayor adams of new york city, mayor adams, is backing off his pledge to house migrants in grac ie mansion. he says there are legal issues. watch this. >> i think that leading this challenge of the migrant problem is both substantive and symbolic and as i always say the good generals lead from the front. they don't send their troops into battle and ask how was the war? they lead them into battle. so the symbolism of saying hey, i'm willing to put a homeless family and gracie is that symbolism. stuart: that symbolism also has legal problems as he admitted. don't ordinary citizens have legal problems if they put a migrant in their own home? >> of course they do, this is all about illegal problems because this is illegal immigrants and pouring across the southern border and catastrophic and a crisis since joe biden has taken office and it impacts districts across the country. every district is a border district. every state has become a border state and what's happening is

stuart: got it. separate bill sent to governor hochul would create a committee on slave reparations. that would make new york the second state to have one after california. what do you make of reparations? >> well, i mean, you know that's sort of outside of a district attorney but again, you know, we need to address our opioid overdose crisis, and money and any money and resources that the state may have should go into not only prosecuting those cases but also for helping victims and providing services for addicts. stuart: sir, you're in suffolk county, and new york city, i believe, is suing your county over its migrant policies. let's get right to the heart of this. do you not want to house migrants, any migrants in suffolk county? >> well, you know, i'm the suffolk county district attorney so i'm concerned with public safety and i can tell you that our social services are stretched to the absolute limit, so now, you know, the migrant crisis represents a failure on the part of the federal government

stuart: what a mess. lauren: tbd. it is a mess. stuart: thanks.enate is holding a hearing today on the criminal use of artificial intelligence. aishah is on capitol hill for us this morning. reporter: they're using it in a several ways and problems popping up domestically and fbi warning parents about an up tick in sex tortion cases and they're using ai to manipulate pictures and videos available into believable sexually explicit content even involving young, young kids. also terrifying, ai can pretend to be your kids. arizona mom jennifer disafanno experienced this firsthand and testifying on capitol hill about how scammers used artificial intelligence to clone her 15-year-old daughter's voice and tricked her into believing her daughter was kidnapped. >> she was saying, mom, i messed up. mom, please help me. and then they started demanding money otherwise i was never going to see her alive again. we need regulation, we need accountability otherwise if we don't have any, we're not going to be able to stop this because we're enabling them through t

stuart?just wave a magic wand snap your fingers and start to produce it here just like that. you can't do that. it takes time. good stuff. thank you very much indeed. there's a new episode of " american built" on tonight. this one is all about the gate way arch. watch this. >> it was a dream ahead of its time. >> it was really remarkable this is being carried out in the early 1960s. the engineers realize they had to make their calculations at night. >> it was heartbreak. >> he did not live to see the arch. >> there was zero room for error. >> there was basically a tolerance of 164th an inch. >> it was a question of millimeters. >> how they built the icon of the midwest. >> it's truly an engineering marvel. stuart: the gateway arch. we've built good stuff back in the day and you can catch all new episodes of "american built" at 9:00 p.m. on fox business prime. coming up on this show today, texas is the latest state to ban transgender athletes from playing on college teams. ben watson was a col

stuart: let's hope some good news.ow this, former president trump set down for an exclusive interview with brett baier. join the conversation, he did he'd like to change his approach in the next election. >> what did you learn from your first term that you took from and changes you would make if you get elected? >> i would like to be less combative but i find the press is extremely dishonest and if i'm not combative, i don't get my word across. i don't think you could win if i'm not combative. these radical left maniacs would come after them at a level you've never seen before and they won't be able to withstand it. our country is sick. it's sick. we have people that will do anything and it's a sad thing. stuart: byron joins us for political commentary. his trump capable of being less combative? >> probably not. it was a good question and really interesting answer for about half a second when the former president said i'd like to be less combative and spent the rest of the time saying why he had to be combative. i thin

stuart: oh.o it's official as of today and they will have more regulations they have to face. stuart: and ubs is up a fraction lauren: i'm not sure you care. i don't think that i convinced you but this is what's going on with the banks. some are getting bigger. stuart: right. okay. thanks, lauren. we've got to take a quick check of the big board. we're four minutes into the trading session. as you can see , the dow is up 85 points. you're very close to the 34,000 level, again on the dow industrials, some movement this morning. dow winners to start with, salesforce is at the top, walgreens boots alliance, intel is $31 a share on intel, ibm, all tech moving, visa is up .72% the s&p 500 winners whose in the lead there that be carnival and norwegian cruise lines got upgrades. there's renewed travel. lauren: that's how we're spending our money. by the way goldman sachs says the s&p 500 is going up another 5% to 4,500 at the end of the year. stuart: we'll take that one. nasdaq, what are the winners ple

stuart: you're right. >> it's delightful. stuart: shall i get to the question?all three contestants were unable to solve a simple puzzle on the lord's prayer. here's the puzzle. put it on the screen. matthew 6; 9 says our father who art in heaven then blank, hallowed by thy name. >> is says something about our society; right. there's a lack of education this is the words when the disciples asked jesus, how should we pray? he said, this is how you pray. generations need that type of teaching. stuart: do they need christian education? >> absolutely because i believe that christianity is needed. stuart: in the public school s? >> there needs to be -- i would not be happy if they were mandating kids to do christian prayers, absolutely not. but a liberty and freedom for christians to be able to practice their faith within public schools. stuart: i'd agree with that . i've got to cut this short unfortunately because cava, the cava group, it's a company, they've just begun trading. the share price opened at $42 a share. ipo price is $22. clearly cava got a very good re

stuart: that's nothing.'s get to microsoft and activism, acquisition in the works for a long time but the fcc ftc stepping in to stop it. what are they doing? >> federal trade commission says microsoft living dollar blizzard is illegal, they applied for temporary restraining order so the federal stop it. that's a big deal. this is ftc, they fear microsoft would go ahead and try to close the deal friday of this week so they want the court to respond by thursday. if the deal is approved, it would be the largest acquisition in the history of your games. european union greenlighted after microsoft said it's going to allow popular games like call of duty for instance on rival services. microsoft sees the future of video games not with consuls but the cloud so if they have vision blizzard, they have game titles you can stream just like you would on netflix to play your video games from anywhere, from any device. >> strange that stock is up even though the deal has been blocked. >> microsoft is inviting it, for he

stuart: you got it.ned unlikely allies in fight with russia, sean penn, ben stiller, u2 band members visited the country since the conflict began. ashley, who else are they trying to bring? >> the latest strategy get celebrities from latin america to visit ukraines as western stars you pointed out since the star of russian invasion last year. the latest push to win over countries like brazil and india that actually retain friendly ties with russia, not just their governments are being 25r targeted it is theirs celebrityas well. stars in particular have a lot of followers on social media, are considered influencers. ukraine says it is critical to take the cause, make sure the world doesn't forget their plight, using big name personalities has been effective keeping the war with russia in the headlines. case in point is a colombian singer called maluma, who has 63 million followers on instagram. ukraine says that is huge potential audience for kyiv's message. they hope to secure his support. it is actually

stuart: fair question.ret baier were just named moderator of that first republican if debate this august. do you think trump is going to skip it, or do you think -- >> i liked the first part of what he said, i like to debate. and i think that he would do well to be part of this process because i agree with him, he's got an enormous edge right now. we see these things shift over the course of american political history. it could move. it looks like he's in a very solid position right now. but he will be taking incoming that night. and so it's not like him to not want to push back against it in the moment and immediately. stuart: true. >> so i think he can come into it with a very strong position of strength. certainly in the scenario we're in right now he would be front and center on that stage. there's a lot of tough criteria for these folks. they're got to have 40,000 individual donors, at least 1% in legitimate polling for the rnc to allow them a spot on that stage. so i think it's going to be a little bi

stuart: ash. fighter jet, the thunder birds, which was amazing but i did throw up. just want to throw that in there. lauren: ho how was your neck? ashley: sore. i lost about five pounds in sweat but it was an amazing experience. stuart: bet you wouldn't do it again. i understand these things. got to go. time for the friday trivia question and here it is. how many people are estimated to have lived on earth? 97 billion, 107 billion, 117, 127 billion? in the whole history of our planet, how many people have lived on this earth? the answer after this.obbl ♪ turkey! rude. who are you? i'm an investor in a fund that helps advance innovative sports tech like this smart fitness mirror. i'm also mr. leg day...1989! anyone can become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq, a fund that gives you access to nasdaq-100 innovations. i go through a lot of pants. before investing carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com. your wyndham i

stuart: thank you.n gate, stockton rush, tested the sub in 2018, had photos of these tests. to reach lauren: he started working on the titan in 2013 and tested it in the bahamas five years ago. those are the images of his tests. the first voyage was in july 2021. there were several locations. rush said publicly i broke some of the rules to build this. instead of titanium he used carbon fiber. he would launch in international waters to get around industry regulations. when you look at these pictures of his baby, if his dream and you see what happened, it's really sad. stuart: the director of the movie titanic broke his silence, what he saying. lauren: he says uber's -- hubris may be behind both tragedies. >> i'm struck by the similarity of the titanic disaster itself where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship and yet he steamed at full speed, a similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded, to take place at the same exact site. with all the diving going on all around the world i t

stuart: good stuff. complicated as we go forward. >> when you think about the crowd in florida, many people who live in south florida, came from countries with bigger present governments so they are likely to want to pardon donald trump. ramaswamy who will pardon trump and wants charges to commit to that, he will be on your show at 10:50 a.m. stuart: this show. >> i will move for you anytime. stuart: wednesday all day. the downside move, everyone waiting for the fed on interest rates. opening bell is next. ♪ future suggest makes market at least until we hear from the fed this afternoon. dow down about 100. lucas here -- shark along is back. the second most hated bull market in history but are you buying it? >> we have no choice, investors stay on the sideline will wish this is probably as good a time, i still think it's a risky position but again the last bull market in history was the most hated bull market in three years most people stood on the sidelines watching the header for addicted to waiting for

stuart: now this. alejandra mayorkas is the homeland security chief, randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers, mayorkas just appointed weingarten to be the department's school safety board, this is how the elite entrench failing policies. mayorkas failed to protect our border, weingarten failed to educate our children but both are well connected. appointing a teachers union head to a school safety board is particularly galling in the name of safety that she kept the schools closed during the pandemic, in the name of safety very young children have to mask up, in the name of safety is that in vaccinated teachers were fired, no thought was given to the mental safety of children, academic achievement plunged, math and reading scores showed the worst declined in decades. at the border mayorkas hardly kept us safe from fentanyl and our safety is in doubt when 10025 terror suspects across the border just since october. we need regime change, school choice and do unionization of pu

stuart: two points.c i would watch and it would be fantastic viewing, number 2, if he did a trump town hall, there would be mass resignations at msnbc and i would applaud. last one to you. >> we saw at cnn, donald trump on the air last month for a town hall in the mutiny began for having the audacity to do that. all these folks bearhug to donald trump in 2015-16 when he was making ratings great again. stuart: it's fun to be on the sidelines, isn't it? when you have cnn and msnbc to play with. come back and see us again soon. ron desantis attacking california in his latest campaign ad. which of california's failings is he taking issue with? lauren: all of them, homelessness and crime leading to population loss. watch part of it here. >> governor gavin newsom admits the state has not made progress on the homeless crisis. >> rising crime in san francisco. >> feces outside. >> we had a next parenting governing philosophy. >> reporter: desantis was in sacramento, $3,300 fundraiser. and sent migrants from texa

stuart: let's talk russia.resident biden says the us had no involvement in the rebellion. >> we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system, too early to reach a definitive conclusion about where this is going. the outcome of all this remains to be seen. stuart: you have written about it in the wall street journal. how is this playing out? >> you achieved great things, actually, winston churchill famously said russia was so difficult because russia was a puzzle, an enigma. a mystery inside an enigma. we don't know, this is so bizarre. you have this attempt by this guy, according to everything we knew, he leads this march, could have gotten to moscow, very little resistance. this is a mutiny, i will punish people responsible. and in comes belarus, deal is done. supposedly the waggoner group allowed back in the military. then putin comes out yesterday and says people can be punished. i think there's a lot going on here. the defense minister, achieving the defense, there's a lot

stuart: e vehicles. because they were expanding their self driving capability to beijing and other expressways in the area and self driving capabilities in more cities this year. stuart: it spiked and came back down again. thanks. some house conservatives want to abandon the recently broken debt package. chad partrom on capitol hill. what do they want to cut? >> that is unclear. it will come out through the appropriations process. conservatives hope to abandon the debt ceiling package brokered by kevin mccarthy and president biden. they want congress to spend less than what the deal detailed. >> any spending agreement that is arrived at by the end of the year has to be consistent with the resolution of the default prices. what was it all for? >> reporter: it is unclear if even some republicans can accept lower spending levels, wanting the house the passage of the spending bills individually, not together in a massive take it or leave it on the bus. that could be pie-in-the-sky. >> the chance of the appro

that's stuart tv right there. stuart: careful, we might do it.eading toward the opening bell, a little bit of red but not that much. remember, this is the day after federal reserve pause interest rates and suggested maybe down the road rates would go down more. what we've got is an 18-point loss for the dow, 60 points down for the nasa. that's not a selloff like some have expected. here's what we have coming up, secretary mayorkas under investigation for his alleged dereliction of duty at the border. listen to what x border patrol rodney scott had to say. >> when i worked for secretary wolf, we had team meetings and asked for the input. generate 20th, 2021 got shut off and made it clear expedite processing and find new ways to let migrants into the u.s. and that was the only agenda. stuart: that's what we always thought. one was to bring them in and of course they will never admit it. back to the trump indictment. new york times raises concerns about the judge assigned to the case. she was appointed by trump in 2020 and had no previous experience

stuart: and it's not over.s not over, but i want to transfer attention to something else that is simply outrageous. i think it's safe to say that congressman adam schiff is not bothered by being censured. rachel just watch this. roll that tape. >> our standing up to them and more importantly that are standing up to their master, donald trump. >> roosevelt said in his time there are times when you could judge a person by the enemies they make and sadly, i think we're in that kind of a time and by that standard, i'm doing pretty damn well. stuart: okay, yeah, he's still smiling raising money out of this but rachel here is the question. do you have any doubt that if he runs for office, any office in california, he'll win? rachel: probably. i mean, it's a democrat state and they like what he did, but you remember when bill bennett wrote that book " the death of shame" that's the death of shame. this guy lied. it's now proven. he lied. it was essentially an attempted coo from the inside this story about russia collu

stuart: his another negative.he federal reserve chair says you can probably look for more rate hikes this year. >> that's like throwing salt on the wound. i honestly think what he's trying to do, what the fed is trying to do is awfully. what they effectively did last week to say we're done raising rates because -- for now because we've already raised them over five percentage points so we will take a break for a month or two in the we are keeping our eye on the ball and we may raise them against just because we really want to be inflation and then ... by the way at a six months we might actually because inflation -- awfully cute and i think the market things it's awfully cute which is the tug-of-war we are seeing right now. stuart: fascinating. very good analogy. [laughter] let's get back to the 2024 election. ron desantis will be up in california and governor newsom. >> for decades in this country people have beaten a path to california. it's a beautiful state, great topography, all kinds of diversity in terms of

stuart: one more. legal analyst at cnn is slamming the department of justice by slow walking the hunter biden investigation. roll tape. >> this is preposterous. this has been pending since 2018. five years, this investigation is not the laptop. this is attacks issue, and obscured gun law and which we are not allowed to do, did he lie about that. this man's the trump administration. i don't know what is going on. stuart: that is on cnn. is the media starting to wake up by the hunter scandal. >> the man has a point certainly, it is not an obscure gun law, about buying a gun, possessing a gun, i have a legal expert to say some of these charges against hunter biden are open and shut, could have been dealt with in a matter of days, weeks, months manatt year after year and the wrinkle to this is theirs one whistleblower in the irs saying they are in a position of evidence that the administration is slow walking this inappropriately so there's an aroma of politics involved here, it throws another wrinkle and

stuart: and we love it.iz: would love to have a good slate on the republican side facing against president biden. stuart: politics -- liz: too much fun. stuart: the hunter biden campaign says the case is closed. >> hunter will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses. $2,000 in back taxes over two years and enter a plea trial diversion agreement, the bottom line is he will stay out of jail. republicans are crying foul. william bar says the doj is responsible and they are stonewalling. >> half the country believes there's a double standard of justice. i believe there's a double standard and i've been an insider and i said before these pleas were announced, critical the department provide assurance to the american people these cases will be fairly and thoroughly followed through on and now that is especially heavy. lauren: the doj should release the documents that they have been talking about. the 1023. it alleges bribery, re-lease the form and not have more than half read acted. that's how you get somethi

stuart: are you with trump?ing for a candidate who will come forward with the forward-looking agenda in the american people will decide t that. stuart: that was an important statement there, you want to look to the future so that counts trump out, doesn't it? >> at any moment we could focus on the future, that's what the american people want. it's about where we are going, not where we've been we cannot allow president biden to take us forward for four more years of the disastrous policy implemented. stuart: thanks for joining us, see you again soon. in the wake of the indictment trump supports seemed largely unaffected. has that changed? >> change in voters opinions of the president of the impact is still a question. this is a poll, 33% have a favorable opinion down from 37% last month. yet 47% support trump versus other republican. desantis second-place with 26% support. in the court of public opinion will say we think character matters the soldiers the ability to be an effective leader, it's policy more impor

stuart: solo.c, 57% of their staff, they are committed to reducing their real estate, cutting costs, normally stock would go up when cutting costs but it is down 1.3%. >> endless layoffs from all kinds of sectors, the employment rate is well below 4%. we have trouble for google, the european union says it is looking into breaking up their ad business. susan, what are the europeans accusing google of doing? susan: they broke european antitrust laws in the past few years, this time it's the european commission, a legislative branch of the eu led by margaret vestige or and the commission takes issue with google favoring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of tech services, advertisers and online publishers so they are saying google abuses its role in buying and selling of online ads. google is telling us the commission's investigation focuses on a narrow aspect of advertising business. it's not new and they disagree with the ec's view and we will respond accordingly

stuart: good luck with that.accuse these woke companies of prioritizing social agendas over customers financial return. madison alworth with me with the latest. >> reporter: we are seeing investors pull back support for environmental and social shareholder proposals. they hit their lowest level in six years. the backing for resolutions focus on things like climate change, workers rights, diversity and corporate governance, that declined to 22% annual shareholder meetings. the peak was 33% approval in 2021. this comes after a full-scale campaign by republican lawmakers who put forth 70 anti-esg bills the last two years. on the state level looking at dc, they restricted use of the hg factors when it comes to state funds. west virginia was the first state to move in this direction and the state treasurer tells us the state has not suffered after pulling funds from esg focused investing firms including blackrock. >> in terms of what we've done with the treasury we've not taken any losses whatsoever. the beauty of the

we will talk to the ceo stuart miller. i'm alix steel with guy johnson.elcome to "bloomberg markets" and i was excited about a 10 basis point increase in the two year yield in europe. that has petered out somewhat, and in the u.s. too. guy: the market is questioning what we are hearing from central banks. i will say if you want a hawkish message, give the message to christine lagarde. she has delivered again. jay powell, i think the market was unconvinced. alix: or just the why the dot plots were revised. do we need 50 basis points of more hikes or making sure we are not pricing back in cuts, jobhunting situation? -- and the jobhunting situation? guy: and why wait until next month? is the fed that afraid -- too afraid of suppressing the market? they are scared of their shadow. that is such a position they cannot surprise the market. or, about a new vice chair and i wanted to make him look bad. alix: for different factors driving inflation? christine lagarde spoke about the wage price spiral. we are not seeing that in the u.s. powell does not say that is w

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reliable one from stuart broad as always. right?— reliable one from stuart broad as always, right?in. i want to tell— always, right? absolutely, gavin. i want to tell you _ always, right? absolutely, gavin. i want to tell you a _ always, right? absolutely, gavin. i want to tell you a bit _ always, right? absolutely, gavin. i want to tell you a bit about - always, right? absolutely, gavin. i want to tell you a bit about what i l want to tell you a bit about what i saw here yesterday. the day before a test match, none of the first bowlers too much as they conserve energy. stuart broad was in the middlejust behind me energy. stuart broad was in the middle just behind me visualising what he was going to do. was not running butjust feeling the ball in his hand, position of his wrist and fingers, rehearsing in his mind what he would do when this match began. and let's show you what he did win this test match began. now the way he got his wickets today, five of them, everyone a bit different but we saw again the way he manipulates that ball, put it right where the batter does not want it

you can watch stuart varney, varney and company weekdays at 9:00 a.m.merican built on mondays at 9:00 p.m. on the fox business prime channel. >> stuart: thank you. >> ainsley: thank you so much. the wagner mercenaries halting march to moscow. the next guest says he doesn't buy that for a minute. long time kremlin critic going to join us next. could be turbulent summer for travel. warning of air traffic delays and you won't believe what could cause it. we will tell you coming up. oh, no. ♪ i don't know where my home is ♪ and baby, i'm going to needng. for you. >> probably don't have to tell you wagner chief very good prigozhin claiming march on this weekend claiming he wanted to blood shed. next guest says doesn't make sense and questioning behind the move. blacklisted russiansecurity 200. arch enemy of vladimir putin ever since. he is the reason by the that begin ski act which was the name of his lawyer killed because of vladimir putin. bill, your reaction to first off this chain of events the biggest threat to vladimir putin since he took power. >> put

in the _ take stuart broad. moeen ali will be the spinner. in the top _ take stuart broad. spinner. in the top seven - take stuart broad. moeen ali will be the spinner. in the top seven ahead | the spinner. in the top seven ahead of him, the batters now expected to deliver runs in at the new attacking style typified by the number five there, harry brook, who has scored more than 800 of them in seven tests since his debut last year. it of them in seven tests since his debut last year.— of them in seven tests since his debut last year. it is a dream come true to be involved _ debut last year. it is a dream come true to be involved in _ debut last year. it is a dream come true to be involved in my _ debut last year. it is a dream come true to be involved in my first - true to be involved in my first ashes and growing up and watching some of these players who are still playing against the best in the world and the best australians and english players to play, so they are one of the best sides in the world and just off the back of a world test championship when, and have always

stuart broad and moeen ali lead the way — as england take crucial australian wickets in the ashes.tla nd scotland have a stunning comeback against norway to maintain their euro qualifying campaign. and in the hunt for a fifth major — rory mcilroy is just two shots off the lead at the us open — we'll have the latest from los angeles. also coming up on sportsday: it's an all british final in nottingham — katie boulter will meet jodie burrage — after the british number one got the better of heather watson. and hull fc are left to rue what could have been — defeat to st helens — in rugby league's challenge cup. hello there — and welcome along to the programme. we start with the ashes. england's cricketers have taken key wickets from australia — on the second day of the first ashes test. edgbaston was working with stuart broad's double, but stubborn century is keeping them in the hunt. they are 311 a5, and trading england is keeping them in the hunt. they are 31145, and trading england two runs. this is already a test match of fascinating flux, and now the weather has shifted. saturday

stuart: no doubt.t to talk about the gop presidential primaries, always promised to be interesting but getting really interesting, mike pence jumping in next week, maybe chris christie. the first the bait coming in in august on fox. fascinating stuff and than the democrats, not going to have any debates. brian: a president that does not want to campaign. he is not out there raising money. he's not having rallies are telling people how bad the republicans are and how donald trump, doesn't even matter. the rose garden strategy for an aging president who will use surrogates to get the word out and let the republicans tear each other's eyes out and i think that will be his plan. i don't know if it will fly. he's not going to get much done and look like an effective president in the biden government, don't know how he gets past that. i don't know if you are a democrat, but aspirations, think you're going to be president, why you are not running. didn't stop ted kennedy or others. didn't stop pat buchanan or

stuart broad and moeen ali lead the way — as england take crucial australian wickets in the ashes.tla nd scotland thrill norway in their qualifier, who else but that man early haaland. and in the hunt for a 5th major — rory mcilroy is just two shots off the lead at the us open. we'll have the latest from los angeles. it's an all british final in nottingham — katie boulter, will meet jodie burrage — after the british number one got the better of heather watson. and hull are left to rue what could have been — defeat to st helens — in rugby league's challenge cup. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. hello there — and welcome along to the programme. england's cricketers have taken key wickets from australia — on the second day of the first ashes test. they were on the front foot early too — with stuart broad renewing his rivalry with australian opener david warner. the visitors dug in — and a stubborn century from usman khawaja, who also survived a scare — leaves them in with a chance. patrick geary has more. this is already a test match of fascinating flux, and is now the w

stuart: genius, baby. i will list them for you. a positive, a negative, b positive, b negative, o-positive, o-negative, ab positive, and ab negative. that is four you got me? >> we got you. stuart: thank you very much for being on the show. >> always a pleasure. great to have arc back here. stuart: great to have the man back in new york city. a glutton for punishment. don't know what he is doing here. that is it for "varney & company." "coast to coast" starts now. ♪. neil: all right. no matter what is going on half a world away in russia, our markets are focused what is going along here. fewer and fewer signs these days recession is imminent. hsbc might be forecasting one as soon as the end of this year. but we're not seeing it right now. i will go through the data how we're not see it. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. we have a curious market development. after six straight down sessions dow is largely reversing itself. most of the data coming in we can avoid recession or any of the hard landing you hear talk about, with consu

stuart: thanks, great stuff covering this. community college professor, what is your reaction to the ruling? at the very heart of this is president biden doesn't have the authority to make this kind of decision, wiping out all this debt. what's your reaction? >> i'm not surprised by the decision. even with this decision it doesn't tackle the real problem which is the high cost of college education and that is attributed to the government student loan business as well as the idea of pushing four your university bachelor degree. i talked to my students at my students chose community college because it is fiscally responsible, viable alternative and we need to stop pretending the only solution to a successful life is a four your degree. we have trade schools, community colleges, they can start their own business. there are viable solutions to have a successful career and i'm the product of a community college and i have been successful too. stuart: my next question, we've been kicking this about, what happens from here, we expect

stuart: the ancient ruins of machu pichu is in what country? lauren: i've been there and the answer is peru but it's -- it's peru. stuart: you didn't tell us that. lauren: i was there four years ago. susan: it's been highlighted. stuart: peru, that's the answer constructed around 1420 and occupied till 1530. lauren: real high up and you get dizzy. coast-to-coast starts right now. neil: hearing about the miami mayor joining us momentarily and the david rubinstein to the group. welcome, i'm neil kansas city cd happy to have you with us right now. go to another drama unfolding in china that seems to welcome entrepreneuring and billionaires and not so much u.s. politicians and one is on the way; right, edward? >> the ceo has a very warm welcome over the past couple of weeks and, yes, secretary of state antony blinken on sunday on his way to china and china seems to be dictating the terms of the visit and only seeing unnamed chinese officials and this image from today the chinese have put together an image between a meeting with bill gates and chine

the pace bowlers will be james anderson and stuart broad, with 0llie robertson.united again. in at numberfive will be harry brooke. this will be his ashes debut at edgbaston and he really personifies the new attacking approach england have had over this past year or so, an approach he says will not change, even in an ashes series. baz and stokesy have tried to make it as relaxed as we have been in the last few test series, so it doesn't really feel like a different series, and yeah, we're definitely going to go out there and try— and play exactly the same way. it might not come off every time, but the longevity, the time of doing it, i'm sure it will come off better than not. make no mistake about it though, that approach, that baz ball attacking approach, will be stress—tested by the aussies, because their attack, their bowling attack, is absolutely formidable, and it is likely to feature josh hazlewood, who is fit now and raring to go. having missed the world test championship final over india. the aussies sent steve smith to come and talk to us today, a man wh

stuart: ashley, what have you got? ashley: 117, 117 billion. stuart: you knew that because it just popped up on our prompters. no -- [laughter] that's it for me, "coast to to coast" starts now. ♪ neil: all right. if these gentlemen gathering right now with the leader of india can or sort of spell out what they're worth, you'd have a multitrillion dollar powwow going on there. we've got sam altman there, zahn daughter by i chai and apple's tim cook, they're all discussing a lot of high-tech advancements no doubt with the president of the united states and the indian prime minister modi. all that going on. edward lawrence following it for us as well. edward, to you, my friend. >> reporter: yeah. and don't forget the ceo of amd, the semiconductor maker. there's a lot of heavy hitters here at the white house, those ceos trying to the crack open access to the -- 1.4 billion -- 1.4 billion people in india. india is positioning itself as a tech hub for manufacturing. many u.s. companies trying to move some supply chains out of china. the prime ministe