todd. >> todd: trey yingst live, thank you. to this, presidential candidate r.f.k. jr. americans to vote independent. cheryl casone joining me at the desk with more. i must look lonely. >> cheryl: we feel your pain this morning. might be pain on madison avenue. this r.f.k. jr. commercial, this one stood out. watch. ♪ do you want a man for president who sees through and through and old enough to know and young enough to do. it's up to you, strictly up to you. >> cheryl: so nod to yester year and unique ad, super pac aligned with r.f.k. jr. throwback adused by his uncle in his campaign. called american values 2024, the co-founder telling fox news digital, working overtime to keep kennedy off the ballot, he will end greed and corruption. mixed reviewed came in. >> todd: say what you will as a candidate, that is not what this discussion is about, it is not policy, he harkened back with this adto a simpler time, time when america was on the up swing, coming off the 1950s. end of the day, that adharkens back to a day people want to go back to. >> cheryl: it makes you nostalgi

. >> todd: i'd todd piro. not seeking charges against the president because joe biden seems to be well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. details are concerning. the report claims he did not remember when he was vice president or when his son beau died. >> carley: madeline rivera. >> some material include documents about military and foreign policy in afghanistan and were found in a badly damaged box surrounded by household items. herr did not bring charges. the president looking to quell this political fire storm and defended his -- >> president biden: i put this country back on their feet. he referred to egypt's president as president of mexico. >> initially the president of mexico, cici. >> he seeks a second term, one lawmaker questions whether the president is fit to hold office now. >> president biden needs to be charged or removed from office under the 25th amendment. you either have to prosecute him or remove him under the 25th amendment. >> meantime former president trump says the justice departme

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todd, over to you. >> todd: over to meteorologist adam klotz with the fox weather forecast, it is something> adam: what are we talking about? big thunderstorms rolling across west coast, flooding continues to be an issue. todd, you lived out west and seen how raby it can be. it cannot handle the rainfall. san francisco has seen a bunch of rain. rainfall totals back through sunday to sunday. that is the case in places down in southern california, as well. still a little more rain on the way, most is clearing out but the ground is saturated, giving risk of flooding from san diego to los angeles and i-5 and inland. this moisture will run into the mountains and rain across utah and toward colorado. that becomes snow, if you are living outside of that area, mostly sunny conditions. 61 for folks in chicago today. here in new york, been cold, still cold, 40 is the high. >> todd: going up a little bit. thank you. we ask you, we'll ask you again, keep asking -- >> carley: feels like we are begging. >> todd: still in asking phase. we want to see more viewers, that is you, send a quick video of you sa

i'm going >> todd: a fox news alert. parents headed to capitol hill today, they will go door to door demanding lawmakers take action against big tech. >> did anyone verify it was child abuse material? >> i don't know if it was followed up on -- >> did you report the people that wanted it? >> victims? would you like to apologize for what you have done to these good people? [applause] >> todd: plus, should we ban hamas terrorists from entering the u.s.? seems like a no-brainer, not for sq squad members ilhan omar and upons cori bush. carley has the day off, i'm todd piro. a response the white house says could last weeks. lucas tomlinson has the latest. >> lucas: four days since the drone attack that killed three soldiers. 14 have not returned to duty and three had to be flown to germany, one is in critical condition. u.s. forces have been attacked more than 160 times. here is john kirby at the white house. >> we believe the plan was the islamic resistance in iraq. we have obligations to our troops and those attacks have ta

the seat is back to blue, todd. >> todd: switch gear to white, senior meteorologist janice dean has the fox weather forecast. we got some snow. >> janice: we did. 15 inches here in connecticut. new jersey, 15 inches, pennsylvania 15, again, parts of new jersey 15. over a foot of snow, very good forecast even though we had to rejigger the map 24 to 36 hours to include big cities like new york city. we'll get more as we get into friday and saturday for the northeast. keep that in mind, snowy pattern. this is next system pushing across northern plains and toward northeast and parts of i-95 will get a shot of snow on friday. keep that in mind as we go through the rest of work week. the west, this is something we'll be talking about for the next couple days as parade of pacific storms impact this area, including california, especially with storm number three as we go through southern california and that means potential for heavy rain along the coast and mountain snow. three storms we're watching over next several days into the weekend. we are talking about the atmospheric river and this just

and share you with your son. >> todd saw me walk by, he was like, who is that. >> todd: i said therea stranger. >> i'm back. >> todd: stro, great to have you. >> carley: love you. >> todd: pay attention to this story, it is important, listen up. family and friends of anna, are speaking to authorities in spain today hoping for information after anna disappeared two weeks ago the. a man was seen spray paints a security camera at her apartment. she received a message saying she was going to go stay with a man she met at his summer house. sanna rameau received the message. i'm sorry you are going through this. you said the text message did not sound like anna, why did you say that? >> good morning. thank you for having me. that is not how she writes. everything was strange with the message. it is not something she would do, not at all like her. it was written in a sense i didn't recognize it. i know how she writes and it did not sound like her. >> todd: it sounded like it was translated like a komg puter, what do you mean by that? >> two messages were sent. one message to me written in e

. >> todd: i'm todd piro. former president has more than campaigning on his schedule. his lawyers are prepared to pay to appeal the judge's decision in his new york city civil trial case. >> you are looking at roughly close to $400 million and he did nothing wrong. they know by looking at his statement of financial condition, this guy is worth billions and billions and billions of dollars. >> carley: a constitutional attorney and former member of president trump's transition team joins us now. the president is facing a massive fine and banned from firming as ceo of the trump organization for three years. he can't apply for loans in new york. what are chances he does win on appeal? >> one thing we can say, carley, this will take a long time. there is no incentive for new york court system to speed this along. he has a strong argument on the merits, one of which is classic definition of fraud, which first year law students are taught was not applied in this case. the meaning of law under new york state code says things everyone understands fraud to be does not apply unde

todd, over to you. >> todd: we got madness, l lsutigers stun the wildcats with epic buzzer beater. >>ets it back and the shot is good! in on a broken play and lsu wins it. >> todd: 12 seconds remaining kentucky blocked lsu from shooting. tigers player jordan wright tossed the ball and falling out of bounds and caught the ball and scored it as clock hit zero, 75-74, marking tiger's second straight win over ranked opponents. >> carley: who doesn't like buzzer beater. >> todd: 15-year-old charlie wood, son of tiger woods is attempting to qualify for his first p.g.a. tour event. he will tee up today in florida at pre-qualifying tournament, top five players advance, if the younger woods make the cut, he will play with rory mcilroy, lowrie, justin rose, he talks like him, walks like him. regardless what you think about tiger, awesome story. >> carley: it is tiger woods dream come true, you want your son to follow in your footsteps. good luck to him. new york will hand out tens of millions of dollars to migrants and some could get more than $1000 a month. >> todd: i hit the streets and asked

. >> todd: we begin this morning with a fox news alert. country music star toby keith just died at the age of 62 years old. you are watching "fox and friends," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. a post says toby keith passed, away surrounded by his family. please respect the privacy of his family. >> todd: he posted this video just days ago about the first song he ever wrote. >> first song i ever wrote, 14 or 15 years old, it was called if you're handing out a heartwake. it wasn't bad, it was structured right but it wasn't good either. people around here were like, it is a great song, that was 5000 songs ago. >> carley: lucky fans were able to see toby keith perform for the last time in december of last year for three sold-out shows in las vegas. he had 51 singles, including 21 number one and 22 top 10 hits. longest lastingly hit "beer for my horses" and national medal by president trump. toby keith did more for our veterans. he has performed for our troops well over a decade. patriotism and love of country. >> todd: his legacy

. >> todd: i'm todd piro. the most decisive contest in gop primary, the winner going on to secure the party nomination in every race, but one. real clear politics shows president trump with 25-point lead over nikki haley on the eve of her home state primary. brooke singman has more. >> brooke: polls open at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. according to new polling 42% of south carolina primary voters say immigration and border security is most important issue facing the country. 13% say the future of democracy. worth noting south carolina is an open primary state, that means any registered voter can participate. taking another look at this real clear politics average, haley will need a significant boost to win in her home state. former president trump says it is time for her to walk,a way. >> in south carolina, nikki haley is losing to me, looks like by 25 or 30 points. she is governor, but people don't like her too much. she is hurting the party, think if she's not running, they are not talking about us,

over to you. >> todd: your map looks like a rainbow. >> janice: like a see-saw. >> todd: welcome backdetails about the illegal immigrant accused of murdering the georgia student laken riley including his past arrest where he was allowed to walk free. >> and talking about the rise in crime in joe biden's america. don't go anywhere. we handcraft every stearns & foster using the finest materials, like indulgent memory foam, and ultra-conforming intellicoils, for a beautiful mattress, and indescribable comfort, every single night. during our presidents day sale, bring home incredible comfort with savings up to $800 on select adjustable mattress sets. ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. our friend sold their policy to help pay their medical bills, and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i'

that is a big deal. >> todd: prayers for folks there.ort from new york city comptroller accusing mayor eric adams of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to hire employees for city shelters. adams introduced no-bid contracts. one example found a supervisor being paid over $185 per hour. the competitive rate was only supposed to be $65 per hour. and private staff being paid $117 per hour compared to average rate of $27 per hour. -- come live in the sunshine state. jimmy joins us now. new yorkers are paying for illegals to be housed, fed and the like in new york city and being fleeced when they do it. seems like new york city and new york city democrats are making the sales pitch for you. >>en 100%. i cannot believe the ridiculousness. you have an attorney general confiscating businesses from donald trump and mayor that might as well be setting money on fire in time square. >> todd: people are moving from new york to florida. you expect numbers to increase. what other areas of dysfunction are you seizing on to make the sales pitch to get p

i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. trump will stop in eagle pass, texas, seen 2100 migrant encounters in the past five days. president biden will be in brownsville, which had just 46. each side accusing the other of a political stunt. lucas tomlinson live in washington with more. hi. >> lucas: good morning. we have dualing accusations. here is jacqui heinrich getting to the brass tacks yesterday. >> this administration criticized republicans when they go to the border and say they are doing publicity stunts, how is this different? >> they are turning this into a political stunt by listening to donald trump and saying they need to kill it. this is what they have been doing and making it political. >> lucas: in texas, trump and biden will be five hours apart in areas seeing different numbers of migrants. eagle pass, where trump is going, seen over 2000 migrants in recent days. brownsville, where biden is going, far fewer, just 46. here is congressman from california, who immigrated to the u.s. with his mother from peru a

you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. progressive and americans are taking protests to the ballot box. >> carley: can biden win voters over on issues? according to new poll 31% of michigan voters say economy is top issue, followed by immigration at 13% and threats to democracy, healthcare and affordable housing. >> todd: madeline rivera is in washington, d.c. with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. nikki haley has been angling for independent and moderate voters. michigan is a battleground state crucial to winning a general election. she is campaigning in michigan and super tuesday states hoping to keep her fight in the race alive. she has not said if she will stay past super tuesday. >> can you say now you will be going and campaigning beyond super tuesday? >> we raised a million dollars in 24 hours after the election in south carolina. we are continuing to see the dollars come in because americans want a voice and we are giving them a voice. i will continue to fight for americans as long as we think there is an

. >> todd: i'm todd piro. senator mike lee on the screen there. a marathon of speeches have lasted throughout the night. what we have is ukraine first bill. the bill was never about securing our border, but securing another country's border. we have a failure of these elites to understand that the american people want to put america first. >> carley: senate working overtime overnight temperature is on shaky ground. house speaker mike johnson criticizing the legislation saying the senate should have amended the bill to help end ongoing catastrophe. we'll bring you updates as we get them throughout the morning. >> todd: in the northeast, a fox weather alert. barrelling through the northeast, you can see snowfalling. that is the intrepid, it is covered with snow. >> carley: could see four to eight inches of snow and that could impact voters trying to get to the polls for today's special election in new york. janice dean is here with fox weather and election forecast. >> janice: yikes, kids are enjoying a snow day. in long island, it is remote learnin

>> todd: is joe biden too old to be president? >> yes. >> todd: why? >> you heard the guy speak, he's out there. >> todd: are you worried about joe biden's age? >> it is okay. it is fine. worried about my own age. >> todd: couple takeaways, it is new york city, you could have a corpse run against donald trump and they would vote for the corpse. it is notion of who is pulling the strings, if that makes it into the swing state more than trump voter mind. that is where democrats have trouble. >> lawrence: he won't have luxury after this report, >> brian: call up cbs and say, i will do the interview. >> steve: that would be great. >> brian: sorry, we booked somebody else. >> ainsley: what would the interview look like? what is news next day? >> brian: phone a friend. >> lawrence: ai. former president donald trump winning caucuses in nevada earning all 26 state delegates. >> ainsley: one step closer to being the official nominee. >> brian: live with the latest. >> good morning. former president trump was only candidate who participated in the caucuses. he c

who is todd cole?odd lives in ontario, and from what i can tell, spends most of his time in the woods. probably drenched in deer urine from head to toe. todd owns and operates a sign rental company that uses illegal dog labor to do spellcheck. well, guess how that turned out? eldery care? todd cole doesn't care about spelling or our golden seniors. that's why todd and his illiterate dog have no place in dildo. for the past four years, i've been hard at work rebuilding dildo to be a community of dreams. while todd is busy posting inspirational quotes from known canada hater tom hanks. and pushing his recipe for crock pot moonshine on pinterest. unfortunately for todd, it's illegal to make moonshine in canada without a license. matter of fact, for a guy who wants to be mayor, todd cole doesn't seem to have a clue about the law. if he'd even bothered to read the newfoundland and labrador rural planning act of 2000, chapter u-a part 4 chapter 36 subsection 2-c, he'd know the mayor of dildo has the power to

we adopted a dog named todd. and todd is, we are learning, odd.e's a very sweet dog, but he does weird things. like he doesn't like to go for walks. you ever meet a dog that doesn't like to go for a walk? [ laughter ] like a clown that doesn't like balloons, it makes no sense. anyway, last night, my wife starts yelling from our son's room. todd threw up. so i run. todd indeed did throw up. made a little vomit mountain on the rug. and then, of course, he wanted to eat it. [ laughter ] you know people say, "oh, my dog thinks he's a person." they're not people. [ laughter ] my wife goes, "no!" so i run down to get paper towels. i scoop it up, i clean clean it up, i spray the floor. we're all good. until about ten minutes later, maybe less. i stroll into our bedroom and find our new best friend in the act of committing diarrhea. so i yell, "no!" which is what the trainer told us to do. todd's like, it's to late for no. [ laughter ] todd gives me this guilty look and jumps onto our bed. [ audience moaning ] spreading his gift all over the sheets, comfo

todd piro has the details. todd? >> todd: absolute insanity, ainsley.hborhoods. but the problems don't just stop with the squatting. police say, take a look, this atlanta home was being used as an illegal strip club. beautiful home there. squatters hosting noisy parties, organizing illegal street races. and, according to one trade group it is just one of 1200 homes that have been taken over in the atlanta area so far. authorities say evicting squatters in atlanta is a pretty big challenge, something army lt. colonel dahlia found out returning from active duty. discovered a man lengthy criminal history squatting in her $500,000 home. back in may she told fox news that the police response was so slow, she had to figure out another way to get that squatter out on her own. watch. >> it has to do with the sheriff's office though. the police can't get them out because it's a civil matter. but, had i not gone to the media, i would not have had the opportunity to get my home back today. >> todd: experts say online listings and viral actual real estate agents ma

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson live in washington. good morning, carley and todd. president biden has been briefed on the cash as search and rescue efforts continue in the rough colorado mountains. rough weather hampering the search following record in the area. the helicopter have not been named. assigned to the third marine aircraft wing out of miramar. the crash site discovered after 9:00 a.m. on wednesday. the helicopter returning from a training mission at creche air force base outside of las vegas and returning home to marine station in san diego. the marine corps said yet the marines were flying echo super stallion helicopter during a routine training flight from creche air force base to marine corps air station-mile-an-hour more on-mile-an-hour the cash cs as the entire fleet of tilt rotor off spray have been grounded following a deadly crash off the coast of japan. guys? >> todd: be following. this keep everybody posted. lucas, thank you. to another fox news alert now. u.s. drone strike in iraq has killed a high ranking milit

todd piro joins us now with more. todd? >> todd: that's the right word.is i want happened last week in fort worth all in broad daylight. the girl scout and adult were selling cookies when a man walks up to their stand, reaches over the table and grabs a bag with their earnings inside. the girl scout and adult looked stun as the crook runs off with $450 in cash. police releasing this photo of the suspect. who was wearing a gray hoodie and black beanie. they think he is between 1 and 24 years old. authorities telling one local outlet, quote: it makes it that much worse when you know it's a little girl that's the victim of this. everybody has a heart and they don't want to see anyone be a victim of a crime, much less a child. that troop was reportedly raising money for a planned summer trip to australia. the girl scouts of texas, oklahoma plains says it will ensure the troop is financially impacted by this law. what are we doing in america right now when a girl scout troop is victimized. >> steve: now girl scouts need police protection to sell cookies in fro

because exposing how they are not fighting for american people putting america first is that why in todd i am trying to understand everything i see is what democrats are doing actually threat. todd: a threat to elite version that protects them gives everything makes system work best for them elites such a small part what about the rest of us if i can quickly correct mark no longer snoop doggy dog he lost one of the dogs -- [laughter] >> -- >> going back into trump camp after threatening to shoot him in 2017. maria: can't afford theog dog just getting president trump's case heads to supreme court today tennessee senator marsha blackburn here. >> head to instagram account ask me questions i will answer the end of the show don't miss it you are watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business, stay with us. ♪ over my head -- taking, ♪ ♪ an hm with confidence. no wonder more than 9 out of 10 of our clients are likely to recommend us. ameriprise financial. advice worth talking about. if your child has diabetes, you'll want the most accurate cgm, dexcom g7. it's on. and, he's off. you can s

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todd piro has the story. todd? >> todd: good morning.be making just his second trip to the border expected to meet with cbp officials, police and leaders in brownsville, texas. former president trump is going to be just 300 miles away in eagle pass. now, a new poll shows 55% of americans view illegal immigration as a, quote: critical threat to the u.s. just 14% view the issue as not important. their visits come as violent crime committed by migrants emerges as a major issue in the 2024 campaign. a venezuelan migrant charged in nursing student laken riley's murder in georgia entering the u.s. illegally back in 2022 according to ice, in maryland a salvadorian migrant charged in the murder of a 2-year-old toddler and his mother were walking in the park with when they got caught in the crossfire of a shootout. that suspect currently being held without bond. and in louisiana, a honduran migrant accused of raping a 14-year-old at knife point. officials say this 19-year-old was also wanted for robbing a man and stabbing the victim in the face a

sotyktu. ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert. 216-214 vote. >> carley: four republicans joined democrats to vote against it. one of them was utah congressman blakemore who changed his vote at the last minute in order to avoid a tie and keep the door open for another vote at a later date. got to love those complicated rules. klein would have been impeachment manager if the vote passed yesterday but he joins us now. congressman, good morning to you. what do you think? what are you hearing? is there any indication that the vote will change once it comes again a second time around? >> absolutely. we anticipate that leadership in the house republicans steve scalise undergoing treatment tore cancer is going to come to the house chamber to cast the tiebreaking vote against mayorkas. >> todd: looking at the bigger picture here we know at the end of the day this probably isn't getting anywhere in the senate. even if somehow it did, and mayorkas was kicked out of the position and no longer a member of the cabinet, some other flack would en

much, todd. it is 6:00 on the east coast. it is monday, february 19th, it's presidents' day, a federal holiday. why are we working? welcome to "fox & friends," everybody. >> carley: we begin with a fox news alert. houthis triking ships in the red sea iran is showing restraint while senator lindsey gramg urges lawmakers to do. this let's make russia state sponsor of terrorism under u.s. law. >> ben: plus, new yorkers telling how they really feel about the migrant crisis. >> same opportunities given these illegal citizens. >> that same housing to be first priority to those. [applause] >> lawrence: great american race is back on after a rain delay. we are gearing up for the too far on fox. "fox & friends" starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. ♪ >> steve: all right. let's start this holiday monday off with a fox news alert. iran is showing its first sign of restraints war in israel began with hamas on october 7th, the country reportedly telling it proxy groups to avoid pro

. >> lawrence: todd piro has the latest. >> todd: we are learning traces of cocaine and fentanyl founde system of the chiefs fans. sources with direct knowledge tell tmz, other substances may surface. pathologist michael bodin says mixing the two drugs could cause a deadly reaction. >> fentanyl is stronger with cocaine. fentanyl is a downer and makes you go to sleep and cocaine is an upper and mixing together make it worse. most fentanyl deaths combine other drugs with them. >> todd: family members have a copy of the report, but not confirmed what it says. in a video, host of that party, jordan willis was spotted in cuffs and shortly after checked himself into rehab. he is currently not facing charges and police insist the deaths are not being investigated as homicides still. back to you. >> ainsley: thank you, todd, we are back with breaking stories this morning. several people dead after small-engine plane, single-engine plane crashed into a mobile home park in clearwater, florida. it exploded into a massive fire ball and spread to three houses. >> here comes this plane going at a 45

y'all, give it up for my friend, todd gilbert. [applause] up until this point, he has made my transition very easy. i am sure that will some today. [laughter] [laughs] speaker scott: i am grateful and thank you to my colleagues for the trust you have placed in me to leave this -- lede this -- lead this august body. the historic nature of my speakership is not lost on me. this will be the first time in the history of the commonwealth of virginia that we have had a speaker who was as intelligent as this and as handsome as this -- no what y'all laughing at is true. [laughter] let me stop. but it's an honor and a privilege to be elected by my peers as the first black speaker of the house of delegates. 405 years after the founding of the longest continuous democratic elected body in the western hemisphere. also, coincidentally, 405 years after the first and sleeved people arrived here. not far from where we stand, down the road in hampton roads. so i know i stand on the shoulders of those who came before me. there is something about be

nbc news chief political analyst chuck todd.er stephanie cutter and lahnee chen, a fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university. thank you for being here after a late night particularly for you, chuck todd because you were just in new york tracking the results. let's remind people of the results. trump beat haley in south carolina by a 20-point margin and there's no way to sugar coat it. losing if your own state is devastating. in 2016 you had kasich and ted cruz win their home states, but marco rubio lost and got out. what were your takeaways and what is haley's next move, do you think? >> i'll tell you, the most remarkable number to me in the exit poll was 77% and that was the percentage of folks who said they had made up their minds about who they would support before the start of the calendar year and trump won 70% of those folks. so you only have essentially one in four republican voters. this is the south carolina republican electorate is close to being a microcosm of a generic republican electorate than anythin

todd piro joins us with the very latest. todd? as if the details of this case could not get any worse they seem to right here. police revealing that laken riley tried to call 911 on the morning she was murdered. hosea stopped her from calling for help moments before dragging her body away into a wooded area on campus near the university of georgia. police confirmed the suspect panicked and bashed her skull when laken tried to fight back. as of enough to the 911 call will not be released like steve said because this is an ongoing investigation. ice records show ibarra illegally entered the u.s. through el paso in september of 2022. he was charged with child endangerment in new york city last august only to be released. georgia governor brian kemp says laken's murder was prevent being. >> you have a situation where this person is arrested in new york and released and then arrested again in georgia and released and nobody is checking them. you have someone that's illegal breakerring our laws. they should have been deported now we hav

todd: . >> they don't i want out. maria: don't discuss joe's just a moment. todd: i believe underlying premise don't want n that to get out tony bobulinski says they shouldn't want that to get out it underscores i don't do want have beat up on kelly day i will sigh a lot of people in prison for a lot less when they didn't have quote/unquote smoking gun evidence when you put all evidence together again there are people in prison people convicted for a lot less, so, yes, we all want this actual smoking gun. to use a boston word irregardless, you don't need there is enough in my estimation i am done beating up on kelly. maria: democrats keep saying there is no smoking gun despite the fact every day james comer comes on i spoke with james comer on "sunday morning futures" hear from the chairman of the oversight committee what he told me sunday. . >> we need to no exactly what the chinese were paying biden family members for i think if -- we've seen with all the evidence played out they weren't paying hunter biden for his brilliant mind. they sure as heck weren't

at the end of which don trump's lawyer todd blanche tried one final protest of the trial date, telling the judge, quote, i know you've let me make a record, and i appreciate that, by the fact that we are going to now spend the next two months working on this trial instead of out on the campaign trail running for president is something that it should not happen in this country, it's just not -- the judge, what's your legal argument at this point? are you making a legal

. >> ainsley: todd piro is live for all the details for us. todd? >> todd: this is not good.pany that handles orders and patient payments across the country change healthcare is experiencing a network interruption related to cybersecurity issue. and our experts are working to address the matter. we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact. end quote. one hospital in colorado revealing, quote; this outage dispensing pharmacy prescriptions resulting in delays in processing and in some cases inability to process. refills have also been impacted. walgreen's says they're also affected by the attack but they are working through it. the company saying for the small percentage that may be affected, we have procedures in place so that we can continue to process and fill these prescriptions with minimal delay or interruption. united health group filed a cyber incident. change healthcare could have had their system breached. identified a nation state associated cyber threat actor had gained access to some of the change healthcare information technology s

. >> todd: just to circle back at the top. maybe jen psaki for a moment. are you sure i'm not allowed to curse on air? let's be clear on that. >> joe: you can we are a cable news network and the fcc doesn't really control that you can without being fined. we're a classy organization. >> todd: joe concha stays classy. >> carley: where are you going with this. 15 seconds to get out of this and hopefully you don't curse the next 10 seconds now. hold your tongue. >> todd: that's quite a bar. >> carley: joe, thank you for joining us have. great day. "fox & friends" starts now. you made it. >> todd: you got lucky. >> lawrence: buckle up. we have got a big show. 6:00 a.m. on the east coast on wednesday, february the 21st, and this is "fox & friends." >> carley: we have a fox news alert. former president donald trump slamming the hefty new york fraud fine in a town hall on fox news. >> he fined me $355 million plus interest and other things. if i didn't run, i didn't have any of these lawsuits. you know that. >> steve: with critics questioning hind's campaign, is

cohost of "fox & friends", todd pyro. she defies conventions and wears extensions. best-selling author kat timpf. he has nightmares about chandeliers. new york times best-selling author comedian and former nwa wrestler titus. i need a break. before we get to some new stories let's do this. >> greg's leftovers. >> its leftovers where i read the jokes we didn't use this week. it's my first time reading them. if they suck, we will tied joe mackie's to the back of a truck and drive away. too bad he enjoys it. the first one. a diverse for in new hampshire is catering to adults where they role-play as babies in diapers. to show customers how it's done they brought in a professional. speaking of joe, he is finally headed to ohio and plans to been at east palestine where he will likely ask for a cease-fire. new research claims that dementia can actually be spread between humans. that explains it. this week they hosted the president of somalia and said, quote, "the president and i have a special relationship. i call him uncle and he calls me girl. which is the same thing she

todd piro joins us with details. >> todd: all seems so senseless and preventable. jose ibarra crossed into united states venezuela to el paso tension 2022 had been arrested at one point in new york city for child endangerment. the agency saying jose ibarra a 26-year-old citizen of venezuela arrested by u.s. customs and border protection on september 8th, 2022 after unlawfully entering the united states in el paso, texas. texas governor greg abbott says president biden just needs to enforce immigration laws, watch. >> the president is not using his executive authority to do any of those things that congress has already authorized. the president does not need new laws. the president needs a backbone to make sure -- he enforces the immigration laws that are already on the books. >> even ibarra's wife says he should face the consequences if is he responsible. as for that new york city arrest. he was charged with endangering the welfare of a child just this past august. but the nypd released him before ice could issue a detainer. he later fled to georgia where he lived

. >> todd: it should be noted instead of making new laws, he could literally enforce the ones on the books and we would not be in the one we are in. >> carley: or issue executive order. >> todd: congressman ben cline, thank you for joining us sir. with that, "fox & friends" begins right now have. a great one, everybody. >> steve: live from new york, it's 6:00 here in the east coast. welcome. it's wednesday, february 7th, and you are watching "fox & friends." we start with a fox news alert. hamas is proposing a cease-fire for four and a half months. and ourselves blinken is meeting with leaders. so is there finally an end in sight? >> there is still a lot of work to be done, but we continue to believe that an agreement is possible. >> brian: plus, round two second impeachment vote on the table secretary mayorkas after last minute vote switch yesterday. >> lawrence: illegal strip clubs and terrorized neighbors. squatters are taking over more than a 1,000 homes in atlanta. >> ainsley: "fox & friends" starts right now and remember, everyone, mornings are better with friends. why don't yo

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todd: where start?he trip same area trip 20 same area of the stair every time they can't get a shorter spare he has to levitate that hannity debate with ron desantis ron desantis not even in the race anymore wipe the floor with him if you get to gavin newsom you have a serious issue on policy, california just added another 20 billion dollars in the red to their -- at 73 billion dollars in the red, do you want california the rest of the country? each if you are a democrat, in a swing state i don't know if that is exactly what you want. but we do have to talk about, why he is ultimately there in the first place, one, it is to get that money, but shore up support among those people convince them they is all mentally there if he is not who is the person replaces him gavin newsom has to be near top of the list despite that hannity town hall. maria: administration feels state of the union address a reset, new among mouth university poll shows president biden approval rating 39%, 34% said good job 26% said fee

host: our guest mentioned mary todd lincoln.evoted a whole chapter to lincoln's sometimes rocky home life with mary todd. can you talk about that relationship and how that showed up to write your book? guest: it was a difficult marriage and i should begin by saying that that is not entirely mary's fault. we should never say that it was. she was a very smart and talented individual. a very well educated person, better educated than her husband, who had less than a year of formal education, but they shared this ambition when they met in springfield, illinois in the early 1840's. they had a difficult courtship. they broke up for a time. lincoln broke up with her for a while. ultimately they married. it's clear he relied on her advice and opinions but may be as time went on. she was revealed as first lady ultimately to be difficult for many people to deal with and very erratic. she did fiercely defend her husband. she was fiercely suspicious of the people around her husband, that they were out for themselves and not to support him.

new book the holy grail of investing coverage or to the conversation "fox & friends" first cohost toddne capital management president and pain point of wealth podcast ryan payne and kelly o'grady. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: it's time for the hot topic of hour house republicans or asking the department of justice to hand over transcripts and recordings of the special counsel robert hur's interview with president biden following his report that brought the mental fitness into question. republicans are calling at the d.o.j.'s lack of handed justice over the decision not to recommend charges against biden, here is president biden attempting to joke about his memory during the speech yesterday. >> what i did not realize and i know i don't look like it but i been around a while. i do remember that. [cheering] but you know, there is so much that we are getting done. maria: the white house is saying that biden's upcoming physical exam will not include cognitive tests, watch this. >> is the white house thing that the idea of the president taking cognition test a cognitiv

back over to you. >> steve: todd? >> ainsley: absolutely.edicine and you can't get it how scary is that for the elderly who needed to stay alive. >> pete: it is a reminder of the at&t outage we reported on yesterday morning. what a reminder we are so close to the brink to make everyone's lives far more complicated. what is your plan 24 hours later when you don't have self-service or you don't have your medication? have you thought that through? we are only a day or two away from a totally different world. our enemies might like that. 20 years ago we were not this dependent on this day. >> ainsley: you are right. >> who still makes phone calls on a phone? >> pete: when you do. >> ainsley: you mean on a landline. >> steve: people don't actually call people but text them. >> ainsley: thank goodness, right? but people are text crazy and texting too much. >> pete: you know who text all the time commissioner carley shimkus is always on the phone. she always texts me. >> pete: she text all the time but i don't get all the text from her. >> ainsley:

with get the latest from todd shields who has been following the story.d, what we know thus far? >> we are a couple hours into this, it started early in the morning. we know there are outages reported in major cities including new york city, dallas, it weathers. it's we are waiting for more information. when it will be resolved, we don't know. exact number of customers hit, we don't know. we do know that at&t shares have taken a hit. so we wait for more. >> what precedent we have for this? have we seen the scale of an outage before? >> it has been a long time since we've seen anything like this. there was an extensive failure in 2008 at at&t. there have been failures with other companies from time to time, but nationwide, it seems to be unusual because few companies are really at the extent of at&t. it is an unusual outage. it affects including 911 services in some cities, so it is being taken seriously. we vast federal authorities what is going on and we are waiting to hear from them. >> really appreciate your time and your reporting, stay close. you tak