stuart: okay.e should check the markets overall because this is very interesting situation you've got here. the dow is up 300, the nasdaq umm 200. the s&p up 44 points. all of them up 1% or better. just about. we've got a three day holiday weekend coming. you don't often see a really big rally right before a three-day weekend because you don't know what's going to happen over the weekend. you don't want to be caught with a stockholder that might little you down come tuesday morning. jonathan honing is with us this -- jon friday morning. why don't they stay out of politic s? >> they're starting to get the message, stuart. getting it from the consumers but the investors as well. there's no monopoly in a feet market and both consumers and invest -- free market and both consumers and investors voting with dollars and parent company of budweiser lost $15 billion in market cap in the last couple weeks and target down $10 billion market cap. just yesterday, stuart, vf corporation, they're the parent compa

stuart: what do you think? >> hunter biden? stuart: you think? biden because of hunter? >> i think so. that could be one of the thins and that's what i'm thinking. look at what china is doing is harassing taiwan, japan, and philippines and everybody and we are in position -- our position needs to be tough on the chinese communist party. stuart: change the subject. you're thinking of running and getting into the politics, aren't you? possibly florida? >> somewhere warm. preferably florida. you know, i have conversation with many of my friends in congress and they're like, what are you waiting for? we need your voice. you know, just go out there and just bring freedom. stuart: would you be a republican or democrat? >> what do you think? stuart: possibly republican. >> exactly. stuart: odds are. i'm going to change the subject again. i know you've got a new thing on fox nation, the price and splendor of freedom. tell me about it. >> people only know parts of it and this was the first project i want to go out and tell miochol story growing up in turk

stuart: lauren?a pharmacy in new york city and i watched a thief try to steal something, and was stopped and someone who worked in the store followed that person out. i followed behind them, and she said to him "god is with you today, how can i help you" and i was really taken aback by what i had just witnessed. stuart: wait a minute. how did it turn out? lauren: no. well he never stole the item. he put the item back, so by law if you don't leave the store with the item, if you're caught taking it but don't leave with it that's not a crime. >> yeah, there's like three bouncers in my cvs. they don't screw around anymore, and they look at you like hey how you doing? i'm like where are your baby wipes? they are like right there thanks for coming but other people come in shifty, following them around playing zone defense. lauren: this one tried to debt ceiling with this person to help i was kind of taken aback by it. stuart: interesting. have you heard the term "fun employment"? it means not worrying abo

stuart. stuart: thank yous madison.edly considering closing down streets for migrant tent cities and i next guest is happy homes h-a-p-i, hapi holmes building tiny homes. we're joined from new york this morning. new york city dealing with tens of thousands of migrants. they need housing. but your tiny homes, there's not enough of them; right? he can't do this? >> we can be part of the solution and we can help facilitate our homes that are 420 square feet. stuart: there's a picture on the screen. 420 square feet? >> yes, we can assemble in less than eight hours. stuart: you can be useful in terms of dire emergency and not a sudden migrant surge but a bad weather event and catastrophic event and surge. >> disaster relief and we can deploy these units and build them in less than eight hours and they take four to six we could accommodate it. stuart: how much? >> 50,000. $50,000. stuart: $50,000 installed and out the door and open the door and i'm in. this can be a perp nathanial hackette solution or temporary solution and m

stuart: okay, disney. this is an aggressive move on the part of bob iger, an aggressive move against desantis in florida. tell me all about it. >> well they are saying, okay, i think it's also opportune as well for bob iger and disney given they are trying to find $5 billion in cost savings so now in this fight against desantis in florida they cancel that $900 million florida camp that's almost $1 billion project there. also closing one of its most expensive rides, the star wars galactic star cruiser experience , which is a fully- immersive multi-night experience where you pay at least 600 bucks a night to enjoy yeah, so they make a lot of money off that ride so disney says it's because they say it's because of changing market conditions, but as i said to you , i think people say that it's political. it also might be a convenient way to kill two birds with one stone, meaning fire back at desantis while saving money at the same time. but you know, also, i need to note that disney is the largest employer in

stuart: okay.reaking point but we've heard nothing about repealing the city's sanctuary status. we've got a report on that. head of open ai is in the hot seat on capitol hill. that's sam altmann grilled about the risks of artificial intelligence and we're monitor it and we'll bring you the highlights, if any, next. ♪ the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card... like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more... plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases! and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas... ...a brilliant reality! the ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. stuart: some airports are testing facial recognition teening technology. lauren, is this getting me through security faster? lauren:

stuart: no, go ahead.her tickets, three tickets, $7500 on subhub for may 8th -- stubhub on may 28th at metlife, they can pay for parking, they don't need a hotel room. three tickets, $7500. and who's going to these concerts? teenager girl -- teenage girls and 20-somethings with their parents. so that's why i started this segment -- i love taylor, but my children aren't into her yet, so i get out of this this. stuart: i have grandchildren who are, and i believe they're going to that concert outside boston. lauren: fortunate nately for you, you got the presale tickets. stuart: i did. and i'm not buying $20 the beers. unbelievable. i'm going to move on, lauren. this is really killing me. the digital media company vice has filed for bankruptcy. ashley, that that's quite a fall for them. weren't they worth, what, $6 billion at one time? ashley: that's right. about $5.7 billion. that was back in 2017. oh, but after years of financial struggles, vice media has, indeed, filed for bankruptcy protection as it tries

stuart? stuart: got it.ndeed congressman russel frye, republican from the great state of south carolina johns us now. congressman, house republicans passed that border bill yesterday that limits asylum protections. do you know of any democrats in the senate who would supreme court your bill like sinema or manchin? >> no, not at this point but i think the american people do and i think that's what's really important here is that we're delivering on what we promised that we were going to do. the asylum process and quite frankly, really the entire immigration process has been abused by this administration for a very long time, so we hope democrats will support it and we hope that they send it to the president's desk. let's put him on record. stuart: congressman the administration is in the process of distributing these folks all over the country busing them left, right and center. do your constituents in south carolina, did they want to see migrants arrive in your state and what are you going to do to keep them

stuart: okay. jason katz, the one and only. thanks very much for joining us. >> we'll get that right. stuart: i got it. i got it. next case, hunter biden, he appeared in court today and he's petitions to reduce child support payments to the mother of his 4-year-old girl -- daughter. miranda devine is with me now. miranda, this is serious stuff. why is president biden, the president of the united states refusing to acknowledge his own granddaughter? >> well, i would assume, stuart, because hunter doesn't want him to. hunter has been trying from the very beginning to ignore this child and deny paternity, london roberts, the mother of the 4-year-old navy jones, had to go to court and get a paternity test to prove he was the father. in his memoir hunter wrote that he couldn't even remember having the fling with this woman, the former stripper from washington dc. that's not true because the laptop shows that he had an ongoing relationship with her for several months and in fact used to smuggle her in th

stuart: spectacular, it has. >> it has. stuart: 278 per share as we speak.y there, you're with me for the hour. >>> now this, a restaurant in california got backlash bigtime for playing the national anthem. roll tape. ♪man them. ♪ [national anthem] ♪ stuart: -- situation i've ever been in. okay. we'll have more on that for you, i promise. >>> an illegal immigrant accused of murdering five neighbors has been arrested. texas has been -- he has been dethe ported four times -- deported four times, and he has a long criminal history. some lawmakers are calling for the death penalty. >>> a public schoolteacher has had enough with woke diversity training. she claims schools are too focused on white shaming, and the parents should be appalled if they knew what was really going on. that teacher is next. ♪ ♪ type 2 diabetes, ♪ ♪ but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seee ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c. ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush ou

>> good morning, stuart.k i think consumers are final ly tapped out and we're fatigued of buying stuff, right? these are all the discretionary purchases that we've been sitting on our couches since the beginning of covid ordering at home ranging from big screen tv's to workout bikes to home improvement projects. this really became evident last week as we saw earnings releases from america's big box retailers we saw what's happening in the the home improvement sector, and even foot locker when how many pairs of sneakers can our kids continue to stuff into their closets so consumers are getting a little tapped out on buying stuff. they are faced with lots of headwinds but things are shift ing. stuart: so why do you still like amazon as a stock to invest in when the consumer is tapped out? >> well, i think amazon has always been a really interesting bell weather. look at the economy both on consumers, businesses and the economy at large. they have multiple and different businesses, not just purchasing and buying

stuart: saying here we go. and said, we made a mistake putting a trance on that ad, all hell breaks loose. can't do that. >> i think when you talk about t butt lighted stands for a brand that was never about politics and brought people together with football and sports and music and never got involved in political situations and enjoyed by republicans and democrats equally and made the brand remarkable is that it was remarkably unpolitical and stuart: should you lit arkansas politicize any company? >> if there's certain brands that are about getting into politics and part of the brand and ethose like ben and jerries and serve a customer and part of their mission statement. sure, people can choose not to be part of that brand. with bud light, that was never part of the brand or message. that's upset so many people here and that's what i think this boycott will go on a lot longer than people give it credit for. two reasons boycotts tend to be successful. the first when it's easy to switch to other brands and seco

stuart: you'll love it. >> stuart varney wakeup call. stuart: lots of people get it. poured eight figures into his campaign and his wealth can help him compete. we're on it. embracing for chaos as title 42 is lifted next week and there's a backlog of 2 million immigration cases and some judges coming out of retirement to help with the influx of new cases. that's next. ♪ pods biggest sale of the year is now extended! save up to 30% on moving and storage until may 9. and see why pods has been trusted with... over 6 million moves nationwide. save up to 30% now until may 9. visit pods.com today! the new dexcom g7 sends your glucose numbers to your phone and watch, so you can always see where you're heading withtht fingngsticksks dexcxc g7. so easy to use, you can manage your diabetes with confidence. (water splashing) hey, dad... hum... what's the ocean like? ♪ are there animals living underwater? ♪ is the ocean warm? yeah, it can be very warm. ♪ you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you find the best way there. ♪ stuart: question know that viv

stuart: which is? >> to keep talking.y will meet daily in the president's effect on of the top four leaders friday. we heard different views yesterday went. the speakers mccarthy, no progress. biden says yesterday was productive third. >> i thought a productive meeting with the congressional leadership the path forward to make sure america is not default. if i'm being clear, default is not an option. repeated that time and again. america is not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills and avoid default, a basic duty of the united states congress. we agreed to continue discussions and we are going to meet again friday. >> no signs of a breakthrough, the timeline type. not only do they have to find an agreement, factored draft the text of a bill and move legislation by june 1. stuart: i think i and our viewers and many people -- how many times have we been through this? always the same. i don't want to stay here and report incremental moves on a daily basis. >> and we scare everybody in the process of social security payments. s

stuart: no number at all. >> that can't be possible. stuart: that's right.ughter] >> it could be but doesn't seem likely. stuart: it seems like that every year or two years. government shutdown, suddenly they agree and somehow you ag agree. >> you seem hopeful. stuart: i'm just tired of it. it's exhausting. hunter biden appeared in court for child support hearing monday and ignore questions on why his father the president won't acknowledge the child. watch this. >> hunter, not recognizing his child. stuart: guy benson with us this money. the president of the united states would not acknowledge his own granddaughter. will that be an election issue? >> i'd be surprised, i think it might rub some voters the wrong way especially because the biden likes to talk about the history of the family and his word is a biden and he's a family man, family oriented person and to not acknowledge a member of the family, your own flesh and blood because that's a child whose inconvenient to the family im image, i think is unseemly. i think to the extent american care about the

stuart: as usual.bout meta down a bit but a great run this year. >> are spending big on artificial intelligence so they rolled out ai features for advertisers and supercomputers in the third round of layoffs as part of the second round of 10000 job cuts, 21000 job cuts this year and they are saying layoffs are mostly in the business but that's why the stock doubled far because you're saving on cost trying to drive sales. stuart: 40 cents down. more earnings report to run through. >> original meme stock, i think it's a short squeeze you are looking at so a surprise profit to start this and reaffirmed guidance this year end the stock is rounding because people are on a bearish negative side. they surprise the market making money, everyone is in buying back. stuart: when i used to go to shopping malls, i used to look at urban outfitters. many years ago. >> for you or the kids? sales and profit came out ahead and that's why the stock, a short squeeze kind of day. another retailer that owns north face makin

stuart: now it's up. about the european, they don't innovate, only do is regulate particular money and i don't like it. >> i think that's why the stock is reacting. what they are arguing in this ruling european user data can be spied on kept in the u.s. can you believe that? accusing meta of sending user data to be stored in service which they say can be accessed by u.s. spy agencies so meta is appealing this ruling and the u.s. government and the reason the stock is up is the u.s. government is working out a deal with -- it would allow tech parties to continue sending data back to u.s. servers and new rules could be implemented in the next six months or so, so it's like a nothing burger. meta however, the part that is still liable is $1.3 billion fine according to the ruling because it's a fine for past behavior before this deal was signed. meta joins amazon which was ordered by another european court paid 800 million and accused amazon for scripting user data illegally to advantage their own advertising

stuart: shall we move on? >> yes. [laughter] stuart: target in t.j.reported this morning, highlights. >> too early for love stories for you. [laughter] talk of shrinkage again and kept his back apparently, it will cost half a billion in profit according to target ceo brian cornell. he says it's worse this year than last year but he saw sales and profits drop, keeping for your guidance intact and hedging the whole year, a wide range for traffic, single-digit decline or low single-digit increase which is all over the place. tjx, discount retailer, they missed on revenue, still not terrible to start the year end raising 22, april improved with inflation coming down and here's the important part, fill the whole left by the bed bath and beyond bankruptcy. stuart: general rule -- this is an intriguing story, and was on a side of streaming to for professional pickle ball. >> have you ever played pickle ball? why is interested? stuart: i've watched it in florida. [laughter] >> nimble. for tournaments, for pickle ball tournaments, the fastest growing sport in

stuart? are on other state borderlines and say, hey, no migrants coming through. if that happened nationwide, you've got a real collapse. madison, thank you very much, indeed. >>> let's show you the state of the market with all 30 of the dow stocks. there's a lot of selling going on as you can tell. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 are up, 20 are down. >>> prosecutors in georgia, prosecutors, that is, can now be punished or removed if they don't uphold the law. georgia's attorney general lays out a new law in that state. that's next. ♪ ♪ i fought the law and the law won. ♪ i fought the law and the law won ♪ central banks are buying gold at a record pace. galantas gold has discovered high-grade gold in a world-class district. fully permitted, galantas gold is ready for production. the industry's biggest investors own 60%. visit galantas gold bridgett is here. she has no clue that i'm here. she has no clue who's in the helmet. are you ready? -i'm ready! alright. xfinity rewards creates experiences big and small,

stuart: good morning. there with me, if this is a serious problem about money in politics i'm starting with this. the duke and duchess of hazard, as a new yorker and an american, i take issue with the antics of the reddish prince harry reid he claims to have been involved in a catastrophic car chase in new york city lasted two hours. he's being ridiculed, as he should be. there's one great burned his boat. serious stuff. on the market, no big selloff after yesterday's strong rally. a bit more optimism, the debt ceiling deal can be reached before the deadline but if there is a deal, how much extra spending will be in it and how big a tax increase? i guess that would be the market next big word. the data of 400 yesterday, don 100 at the opening today. losses for the s&p and nasdaq. s&p of 48 yesterday. walmart came out with what i will call a solid report this morning and since it offered a solid guidance recall, the stock is up nearly 2%. interest rates are up, two year treasury way above 4%, you're looking

stuart: it's cool.on't mean to get too strong but it is cruel when you see suffering these people are going through. they shouldn't be here, they suffered enormously to get here and suffering in the country. it's cruelty on mass scale. >> literally tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors that they don't even know where they are at. they literally hand them over to people and we don't know who they are and how do they do t this? it's so immoral what they're doing and now you got places like new york city and others complaining about it even though they are sanctuary cities. stuart: donald trump book about the war last night, watch this. >> tomorrow is going to be a day of millions of people pouring into our country right now at a level nobody's ever seen before. these people are sick. anybody who wants this to happen to our country, they are destroying our country and this should not be allowed. they're not going to do a version of title 42 or my title 42 which is tough. if people are sick and infectio

stuart: we do.e deal, there's going to be a lot more spending and a lot bigger debt down the road. pretty soon we're going to be spending a trillion a year on interest payments. that's not sustainable, steve. >> well, it's insane and that's why you need a growing vigorous economy creating resources, creating assets like we did in the 1980s or after we did in world war ii when we had a higher national debt than now, we grew outrebou our way out ofd the democrats don't have it and hopefully the republican wills offer it next year. stuart: there's a new op ed with stevenmore titled hey, wall street, stop putting politics over my retirement savings. explain to me, please. in what way does politics affect my 401(k)? >> who votes the shares that are in your account? you don't do it in the index funds or other funds. the managers do. so what this survey did was look at scc data and see how the managers votedded by proxy and the shares that are really yours and we found out some firms are good and don't put

stuart: let's move on.ay, we like to get a sense of the market. my sense is half up, half down and the dow is virtually unchanged at 33, 291. a democrat georgia state representative is calling out her own party, accusing fellow democrats of prioritizing immigrants over black kids in atlanta. her colleagues are upset that she's speaking out. she's not backing down. she's on the show, next. ♪ we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. do you shop for vitamins at walmart? force factor products powerfully improve your health. but they're also delicious, easy to use and affordable. that's why force factor is now the number one best selling herbs and supplements brand at walmart. unleash your potential with force factor at walmart. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a

stuart: good morning. who would have thought vice president harris will bring together the ceos of for leading a i companies? they meet at the white house tomorrow. ai is the big new thing and the government want a handle on it. regulation will pause and development, don't know. interesting harris is given the job right before title to -- 42 is lifted. the ai meeting conveniently distracts from harris is role as border czar. in about five hours look at the federal reserve interest rate decision, rates go up a quarter-point but listen to jay powell after he's made the announcement. one unexpected word is enough to make the whole market. talks are in agreement, the dow down a couple points, nasdaq down about 12, dow is up one. not much movement, got it. this could be the stock of the day, i hope so. you likely showing positive results for stage iii alzheimer's study. after treatment, 47% of participants show no further cognitive decline. in one of the stocks on strata, 4%. interest rates, where are we? ten y

stuart: you like that? lauren: yeah. stuart: strong report?auren: so we've had now 13 months of stronger than expected job numbers. where is the weakness? it's not just the numbers that are restored. the job numbers restored that are impressive but did you see unemployment and wages? unemployment had a 54 year low 3.4% wages up 4.4% year-over-year. bottom line, not the report that jay powell wants to see miles away from where he wants to be. where are the jobs? professional and business services, they added 43,000. leisure and hospitality, they still are adding 31,000 jobs but this is slowing dramatically if you want to find weakness i'd say it's there. construction, transportation, and warehousing, healthcare up almost 40,000, so bottom line. strong report, bulk of job creation in business and in healthcare. stuart: okay, those , thank you, lauren. those numbers came out at 8:30 eastern time, 34 minutes ago. futures went straight up dow is up nearly 200 points. michael lee watching the market for us this morning. strong jobs report. markets g

stuart: okay. he can still vote in house votes, because you can vote by proxy in the house but not in the senate. i think that's the way it is. ashley: yeah. right. stuart: thanks, ash. the university of georgia's championship football team just declined an ini have asian to the white house. we have their excuse. >>> the california reparations panel wants payment of up to $1.# million for every black resident. governor governor newsom is now trying to back away are from this. larry elder brings us up to speed next. ♪ ♪ we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. we're talking about cashbackin. not a game. not a game! we're talking about cashbackin. we're talking about cashbackin. we're not talking about practice? we're talking about cashbackin. we're talking about cashbackin. we're talking about cashbackin. not a game! w

stuart: you better stay there.ost joe scarborough released details about his personal conversations with president biden. what he saying? lauren: the president is a morning joe viewer. is an avid one. sometimes -- stuart: can't resist. lauren: he does or member something, the phone number for joe scarborough. watch. >> i have said a few things about him on my show, a number of op-eds. he will wake me up when i'm asleep at 8:30 at night. and i will go hello? yes, sir? and about an hour later he will aggressively and very effectively give me point by point by point about how my op-ed was thought. lauren: joe scarborough sees no cognitive decline in the president of the united states. stuart: what are you going to say about this? >> the question is do you have a problem with him calling somebody in the media. that happens all the time. i have a problem with the comment that he is a-ok and knocking out of the park. if you are that fine, call the fox and francine. our number is 8675 and 539. >> i had a problem is someth

stuart: right.auren: the federal meet this week with this in the backdrop and likely going to hike by 25 basis points. right now it seems contained, although some pockets are very nervous. stuart: and the reaction in the market thus far this morning has been the big banks, their stock price is going up. smaller regional banks, stable- to-lower. lauren: to lower. stuart: that's the net result of where we are this morning. lauren: yeah. stuart: lauren thanks very much indeed. president biden referenced his re-election campaign at the white house correspondents dinner. look how the media reacted. watch this. >> yeah, i know, i just announced my re-election campaign. >> [applause] >> some of you, some of you scooped that announcement in the video, but really, you really all thought in your heart i just blurted it out didn't you >> [laughter] stuart: i think we better bring in charlie hurt on this one. i don't know whether you were at the correspondents dinner but, i don't think you were, but the media -

stuart: karl rove, we leave you there. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: big financial news of the day. it. jpmorgan has taken over first republic. ryan pain is with me. >> a lot of i haves what would happen with first republic. i would mention a lot of problems silicon valley bank had. 67% of deposits were uninsured. no secret depositors were leaving in droves. in my circles hundreds of millions were leaving that mat form. i don't think that was a big surprise what was going to happen. what would get orchestrated. the deal with jpmorgan, creates stability with we've seen whole way through the banking crisis. markets only fon higher. stuart: big banks are getting bigger, powerful, that stablizes the system, doesn't it? that in itself is good thing. >> short term yes. long term i'm not a fan of monopolies. we will have to see disnumeration big banks, we don't want them to get so many power. stuart: the banking crisis is winding down significantly? >> the market is telling you 100%. stuart: are you in this market. >> raging bull, rhetorical question at this point. no, no i think i've been

stuart: good morning. the president addresses the debt limit this afternoon i'm a he needs the congressional big four, schumer, mccarthy and jeffries. whatever is decided, he will not find out until after the market close. that's deliberate. the president took to the podium monday but all he wanted to talk about was cracking down on the airlines. meal doctors highlighted. then he walked out refusing to answer reporters questions. he's hiding and some in the media are not happy. the editorial board in the "wall street journal" says biden no longer does press conferences, that's not acceptable. he's not going near this issue, the border, title 42 and midnight tomorrow. one of migrants as far as the eye can see waiting to be processed. border patrol says there 700,000 in shelters in mexico on their way. the president lost control of the border and as micro spore across the nation he's losing control of the whole country. that is my opinion. the dow industrial and s&p and nasdaq will all be ever so slightly lo

stuart: okay. love to see putin get a bloody nose, but that's another story. totally change the subject, commander -- [laughter] if you'll forgive me for this. drag performer harpy daniels is the navy's new digital ambassador. the navy hopes this is going to boost recruitment. they're 8,000 short this year. commander, is this drag queen influencer going to work for them? it didn't work for bud light, did it? >> no, and it'll probably have blowback and repercussions the opposite way. let's take out the arguments of cultural, teamwork, unity, how does that affect, you know, a trans person in that work space, how does it affect it and the ability of the navy to do its job. the navy's job is to protect shipping and commerce, to project power and to fight wars or be a part of fighting wars and protecting the national security of the united states. so now you're recruitment, you're talking about transgender people that may be, some estimates, 1.6 million people in the u.s. 13 and over. now, of that, how

stuart: good morning. the story that pre-occupies the world of money and politics really is the debt. it drives photos and investors crazy in your contest to avoid political blame and sometimes it does real financial damage. the two principles in the current drama president biden and speaker mccarthy. they held face-to-face meeting monday, it was a say productive but still no deal. they will keep on talking. the market is nervous. we are told the deadline for deal is close. the dow is on see, nasdaq done 63. interest rates holding higher levels, tenure yielding 375. two-year around 440, 439 and six month way about 5%. 541. not a bad deal. but going back to 27000. the range for months. that's the markets. politics. are we really going to ban tik tok out right? montana is trying but tik tok is taking them to court on first amendment, free speech grounds. if the republicans ban it, do they lose politically? young people in business owners like it and use it. what they vote democrat? the war on florida proceed

stuart? stuart: laura thank you very much indeed.ifornia's reparations committee recommends, along with reparations, ending cash bail, and ending the prosecution of low level crimes. they have wrapped it all into the reparations question. steve hilton joins us now. steve? what's the reaction among californians to the reparations committees recommendations? >> well, first of all, on this particular aspect of it, the ending of cash bail, we don't need to guess what the reaction be , because this was actually put to the voters in 2020, in a ref referendum and the proposal to abolish cash bail was defeated in california 57% to 43%, quite a big margin in california a blue state. so the voters don't want it they have spoken and now the reparations commission is trying to revive it and the voters thought it was killed off and by the way these are the people with the endless lectures about our democracy so they put it to the voters and the voters say no and they try and bring it back through the back door. overall i think it's absolutely hor

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stuart: what's this? lauren: taylor swift. stuart: sos. ominous if -- lauren: what are we getting reined -- ready for? stuart: she does a concert tonight. lauren: i thought you meant the debt deal, but it's the taylor swift cob cert. god concern concert. got it. stuart: trump's lead in the polls is just a sugar high. guess who's with us now? steve coosey, direct to us from -- steve doocy, direct to the us from florida. who are those folks? i think it's a diner, it's a restaurant. who are they supporting, trump or desantis? >> stuart, because this look like a diner? this is a tiki hut. all these folks came for the "fox & friends" show. what's interesting is keep many if mind donald trump lives about 20 the miles south of here in mar-a-lagoing but we're also in florida so it's the like trump, desantis. so joining us rate here, what's your maim? >> dawn. >> sorry. it was about three hours ago, dawn. so who do you support? >> definitely president trump. >> really? why. >> well, i think we're loyal to him. he gave up everything fors us, and his

stuart: thank you very much.nheuser-busch, the company of bud light, they reported this morning the first report since the dylan mulvaney diversity. the controversy was not covered in this report. overall, the parent company bud light and i'm a push >> late in the earning season anheuser-busch or whatever it is but a lot of people who protest and say i'm not going to drink bud light because of dylan mulvaney, i'm going to drink another beer. most of the other beers are owned by the same company so if there drinking other. in process, it's going to raise the prophets. i said the word to be a fight back people, i looked on the box and there's no reference in the i thought somebody online and said look up, they are connected. at various levels were connected so i helped the prophets so the controversy is not going away, deep love for bud light. stuart: stay there. you're with me for the hour. check futures, i see red ink but not a lot. adams johnson with me to cover the markets. the fed, one and done, that's the way

stuart: what have you got? >> lansing, michigan. stuart: what do you toe? got? >> i do know it. it is kentucky. louisville is not the capital. stuart: you're right. you're right. what is the capital of kentucky. state capital? >> frankfurt. it is on the prompter. stuart: it is not lexington. frankfurt is the capital of kentucky. that is the trick one that always gets me. you notice i didn't answer the question. i was going to get it wrong. mark, that is your name, thanks very much for joining us for the hour. ashley, thanks for all the help. "varney & company"'s done. "coast to coast" starts right now. neil: all right, we've got 15 days right now, 15 days to scramble together something that

stuart: now this.hort in court in britain, we will tell you all about his case. pete buttigieg claims he's working to avoid a disastrous summer travel season. what are his chances? madison alworth reports next. ♪ ♪ ♪ we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature. but then he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. stuart: 17 million people expected to fly over the memorial day weekend. madison alworth is in new jersey. could be a record-breaking summer. there is an airline staffing shortage. what are airlines doing? >> reporter: what we are hearing from the airlines as they are trying

stuart: costco.'s so special about costco other than i love it and shop there frequently. >> me too, but same thing here is the consumer dynamic. everybody in this country, for the world for that matter, has got to make every dollar go farther. both of those stores mirror that particularly as the supply chain fixing itself as the economy moves forward, that's not going to change recession or not. stuart: one little side bar here i've got the one month treasury bill paying 5.74% this morning. anything wrong with that? >> no, other than the fact that the fed is messed up, yet again, and already caused the next three crisis. we're probably pretty good at five-something percent. i think they are done raising for the year and i think it's going to be tough to go from here. the data is beginning to show inflation is moderating. stuart: okay i'm sorry about that i've got the yield wrong it's 5.5% on the one month. still pretty good i would say. keith? >> yes it is. stuart: we'll be watching walmart. see you

stuart: good story.ents are concerned about migrants being allowed to go to school with their children in chicago. chicago pastor cory brooks takes that on directly in our next our. a drive-by shooting interrupts an interview about violent crime with a democrat running for office. role it. >> my name is yolanda. get down. stuart: this is america today? we've got the full story for you. san diego county, $157 million to convert four hotels into housing for the homeless. the mayor of carlotta, colorado says it does not address the root causes of the homeless crisis and won't work. he joins us next. ♪ ♪ the all-new chevy colorado is made for more. bring more. ♪ do more. ♪ see more. ♪ and be more. ♪ the all-new chevy colorado. made for more. ♪ when i was his age, we had to be inside to watch live sports. but with xfinity, we get the fastest mobile service and can stream down the street or around the block! hey, can you be less sister, more car? all right, let's get this over with. switch to xfinity mobile an

stuart: yesterday.here's a problem going on for mixing socialism they i that is the worst path we can go down the number one, because the government controls in and i do not trust the government to use it will address the government to suppress what is happening in our world with a i number two, if a i will take the jobs, we grow we need economy that is roaring so the people lose jobs to ai, can find new opportunities and that's according socialism so i'm with you, let's grow the scope of let's not the hands of government that cannot handle it. stuart: god, had a crisis, not quite sure how to put it may be not really crisis. guest: i do thank you so a crisis. stuart: will in this crisis on the big next gotten bigger and will probably get bigger and is that a bad thing. guest: i don't have a problem people getting bigger but i have a problem with various the reason this by j.p. morgan is getting bigger today because the government printed money and forcing the fed to hike the rates hello, there was bad m

stuart: kelly.der encounters have fallen since title 42 stopped last week. >> we have experienced a 50% drop in number of encounters versus what we were experiencing earlier in the week before title 42 ended. >> why do you think that is? >> because we have communicated very clearly a vitally important message to the individuals who are thinking of arriving at our southern border. stuart: look who is here, joe concha joins me. is mayorkas right to take a victory lap? because he was taking a victory lap right there? >> yeah. that is spiking the football, stu, right? look, when you have a crisis like we have at the border this is what they did with inflation, remember. when it was 9%, fell to 8%, look at it wow, inflation is really far down. you can't measure things this way. just last week alone, stu, three agent were assaulted at the border, 68,000 apprehensions at the border. 15,780 approximately got-aways, those we don't know about that were not apprehended. 224,000 pounds of marijuana. 56 pounds o

stuart: we will be back to you later. vice president of the national border counsel patrol council and joins me now. we just heard another 10,000 migrants were apprehended wednesday. that means monday 10,000, tuesday 10,000, wednesday 10,000, you are at the border. could you describe what it is like right now? >> beyond chaotic and frustrating because we have agents that joined the agency to protect their borders and now their duties have been minimized and that's on the administration, instead of securing the border is processing individuals faster knowing they have to release them into the united states, don't know if we will ever hear from them again. those that are making out like bandits is the drug cartels once again knowing they continue to bring drugs into the united states. stuart: let me add to this, the administration authorized border patrol to release migrants without court dates or anyway to track them. that a serious thing because you don't know who is coming in. they are just pouring in. that's beyond chao

stuart stuart ben.com flesh -- ben domenech joins me now.g about getting rid of the fbi director on day one, christopher wray. that is exactly what republicans want to the hear, isn't it? >> i do think that it's exactly what republicans want. and it's also, you know, in so many different ways what desantis is doing is implying that his approach would be different than former president trump's when he got into office. there are a lot of republicans, and i'm, you know, along with them, someone who agrees that on day one james comey deserved to be fired, that donald trump should have, as soon as he got into the white house, said you're out. for all the different reasons that we had at that point believed he ought to be out. that was a huge mistake in retrospect and, ultimately, it was one that would lead to his efforts in the white house being hampered for years to come. and i think that, you know, clearly ron desantis wants to avoid that by dealing with an fbi director who clearly has been operating in a way more designed to protect the bureau

stuart: i remember this.ork city, we changed the shots so you don't get so much of the ugly brown building on the other side. a lovely sunny day. 10:00 eastern straight to the money, green on the screen but not as much as we had a few minutes ago, the dow up 60, s&p up 3 points, nasdaq turning south, the 10 year treasury yield is going up slightly, 3. 55%. wears oil? around $75 a barrel. bitcoin last time we checked is at 26/six, still there. that's the market. now this. hardly a day goes by we don't bring you a story about smash and grab raids, people walking out of stores with armloads of stuff without paying and then you get stories of stores locking everything up and closing down completely because they just can't cope. look at the earnings report from target, financial impact of what is called shrinkage, the stock, the shrinkage is terrible, target focuses on organized shoplifting, a whole industry in itself. target says shrinkage will cut profit by $500 million. target workers in san francisco report be

stuart: thank you. biden administration is doing everything it can to get people to purchase electric cars, not working and costing billions. homebuilder confidence up for the fifth straight month, what does that mean for the spring homebuying season? we will speak to the national association of homebuilders on the state of the housing market next. ♪ ♪ asking the right question can greatly impact your future. - are, are you qualified to do this? - what? - especially when it comes to your finances. - are you a certified financial planner™? - i'm a cfp® professional. - cfp® professionals are committed to acting in your best interest. that's why it's gotta be a cfp®. we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively s

stuart: kind of like that. have a transgender student fighting a female student at a high school in california. the students is allowing the transgender student in the women's locker room jeopardizes their safety. watch this. >> this man is and has been using the women's restaurant and locker room. what about true girls like myself who are female down to our dna, why don't we get a say in whether we are comfortable with this? stuart: it did not end there. we will tell you what she said next. the administration has been unable to contact 85,000 unaccompanied child migrants released to their sponsors. republicans worry many of them have been trafficked into forced labor. we are following that. what will we see when title 42 ends next week? where are these migrants going? more from brownsville, texas, after this. asking the right question can greatly impact your future. - are, are you qualified to do this? - what? - especially when it comes to your finances. - are you a certified financial planner™? - i'm a cfp® p

stuart: good rx.% even though they lower full-year revenue outlook, taking hits from amazon because amazon is pushing to digital healthcare but investors see something in their earnings report. stuart: let's change the subject moving away from money to politics. podcast host charlemagne the card is slamming a potential trump/biden rematch for 2024. >> people are saying they don't want to those people running, this is a democracy where we get to decide. >> it is not and a shame america has no other options because we are in a 2-party system. folks don't really want to trump, folks don't want biden, we are stuck with what we've got and that is a shame. stuart: i think he's talking about a third party. i don't like the idea of third parties. it is weakness. what do you say? >> i agree with you. which we had a different choice but given the system we have and the way it is structured we only have the limitations that come with that. there are positives and negatives. one of the things being expressed by c

stuart: dish network. wall street journal reporting they will soon sell wireless plans on amazon.com. look at the stock go up. amazon with the name up 11%. %. stuart: on my prompter i see carnival. another cruise line. lauren: don't roll your eyes at this. cruise lines are bumping passengers, they are so popular, so crowded that they are giving customers money or perks to book another cruise. that is for all cruise lines, not just portable, for carnival specifically they were raised to purchase a group and, turnaround story, there you go, carnival is up 2 thirds%/3% and city says $14. stuart: how times change. thanks. millions of people are expected to fly this memorial day weekend. tsa's facial recognition technology speaking of the security lines but not of your buddies not every buddies on board with it, we will tell you why. police robot dogs coming to la, they will help police crackdown on crime but the cops are getting some pushback on these dogs. has a brand-new ridesharing service that offers passe

stuart: recession indicated.r tree. >> we know despite the fact that discount retailers are doing well, dollar tree falling because they came up light when it comes to profits and that was a surprise given we talked about discount retailers doing well in this environment. stuart: the ratings agency has u.s. debt on credit watch negative, it sounds bad. >> they are warning if we don't get that deal, it has to be done by june 1. if that's extended, the 14th amendment to them, that's a risk of credit downgrade. that means if they downgrade u.s. credit rating, means we will all pay higher rates. 2011 s&p had that unprecedented national downgrade in the u.s., stock market, it's a big deal in the larger credit great so we are at risk here. stuart: tell me about elf beauty, i thought it was a chain of stores. it's not, it's a chain of products isn't it? >> it stands for eyes, lips, face. stuart: i've got no memory. go ahead. >> it's a thursday heading into memorial day weekend. [laughter] you have cosmetics, sales jumpe