when you tune into ufc, you are there to see fights. >> sean: do you see the growth of the ufc and you look at precipitous decline in a lot of other sports because of local politics, cancel culture, do you see a direct correlation? >> it would be hard to say no, they don't go hand-in-hand. i truly do believe -- i just put on an event, the first major sport to have an indoor live event at full capacity during this pandemic, we had 15,259 fans there and if you didn't want to wear a mask, you don't have to. everybody was there, the crowd was explosive all night, it was a great show, we broke the arena record and what that tells me, i sold out jacksonville going to houston next, 50,000 feet sold out and under 5 minutes total for all three, people are done, people are done, they are done being told of where they can go, what they can do, ready to get back out there and start enjoying their life again. >> sean: everybody knows, everyone has heard about the masks uma social distancing, everyone knows there are three vaccines out there and available if people and i'd advise you to consult with

we listened to wall street there was confusion around the ufc, we have consolidated all of ufc insidedof reopening story like you see now with hbo max comcast you're just talking about, you know, we're the largest company, the only company that represents content in the entertainment space, owns content. owns sport with ufc and many others there's nobody like us in the world, and i think we're the reopening. plus we have all the experiences, largest experience company, so we're a unique company in the marketplace right now, and perfectly primed for where the reopening is going >> and not just a reopening play because your acquisition of the ufc and what you have done there has been successful, even amid the pandemic talk about that business a little bit currently sports property made up about 20% of revenues in 2019 how do you see that shifting or changing over the last year and over the next few years? >> here's what i would say to you, even during the pandemic where we didn't have live audiences, we didn't have commercial pay per views, we beat our ebita number by 10% now with the re

but some of the stuff we didn't mention, they're buying all of ufc, and ufc, i guess we didn't understandng the pandemic because it did and it really helped endeavor, which i don't know if you'd say it went through a difficult period but they made a lot of acquisitions, remember, andrew planned to go public and it was before the pandemic and the ipo market dried up. it dried up very quickly, and endeavor did not -- you know, the environment wasn't conducive to going public so they pulled that offering and they did have some debt then -- a lot of the partners were promised stock in a way of monetizing some of the holdings in the company and it was a bit of a setback because of market conditions more than anything so now able to go back and much better times. >> it's so fascinating that the ufc piece of it has actually been the outperformer. if you remember what happened when covid first hit, and all of a sudden there were questions about what was happening or what would happen to endeavor part of it was this view that nobody would ever come back to events the ufc doubled down on ufc and th

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. >> reporter: with less than a third of the country fully vaccinated, like this ufc fight in jacksonville packed without many masks and america's most famou quarterback, tom brady, in attendance. >> i don't understand people not getting the shot because it's not only for you it's for other people. >> sam, there's a major change just announced for vaccinated americans looking to travel abroad >> reporter: kate, that's right fully vaccinated americans can be traveling to the european union by this summer, but there's no specific time line provided, and that banks on the idea, kate, that the united states is going to be approaching herd immunity by mid-june kate >> good news for a lot of travelers sam, thank you >>> let's go to india now where the situation is growing increasingly dire. covid is hitting harder than anywhere else in the world now. the u.s. vowed to help but some say it's not enough matt bradley has more. >> reporter: tonight, a global response to the covid crisis ravaging india drug treatments, rapid diagnostic covid-19 testing kits, ventilators, ppe, oxygen supplies and ingr

you captured it with the ufc fantastic interview. that was fantastic. i really enjoyed that. it was very, very fun. he is a great guy. >> sean: i am so glad he said that chris is up and walking tonight. >> laura: god bless. i can't watch that. that made my stomach turn, but i love him. great show. >> sean: my favorite sport. i don't know what that says about me. >> laura: i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. why is the cdc and the blue states pushing for masking of 2 years old? my medicine cabinet breaking news down on-going child abuse. biden's anti-american presidency in 100 days. victor davis hansen and molly hemmingway on what his real standing with the public is. what is really going on behind the oscars record low rating. raymond arroyo will unpack it in "seen and unseen." first less policing and more crime is the focus of tonight's "angle." it's deju-vu. 50 years ago liberal big city mayors are presiding over a major crime surge. democratic leaders seem like they don't care and their responses to the surgeon general are making things mo

less than a third of the country fully vaccinated, some startling scenes are still emerging like this ufc fight in jacksonville packed without many masks. and america's most famous quarterback tom brady in attendance, a semblance of normal, but without the guarantee of safety from the virus. >> i don't understand people not getting a shot because it's not only for you, it's for other people. >> reporter: as for a travel breakthrough with the european union, fully vaccinated americans will be able to travel to europe this summer, but there is no specific timeline on that. and it banks on the idea that the u.s. will be approaching herd immunity by mid-june. know guarantee back to you. >> that is the hope, sam thank you. >>> the relatives of andrew brown may finally find out what his final moments were like. brown was fatally shot by police in north carolina. a judge will decide today whether to release body camera footage of the incident. this comes after several days of peaceful protests. our kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: francifrances, a makeshift memorial is growing at the loca

with a guaranteed half $1 million, which is more money here than he ever earns competing inside the ufcnyway, so the guys... you can't hate the player. you can hate the game, you can't hate the player. he has made this money. and what advice i would give out to boxers who are jealous of the platform he is presenting himself on and the money he is generating is go out there and start social media. you know? this guy has worked in one area, he is dominant in the youtube area. you are a boxer with lots of potential. starter youtube channel! you know, focus on your social media, invest in you and bring in that audience yourself.— media, invest in you and bring in that audience yourself. sounds like a aood that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan — that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan for— that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan for all _ that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan for all of _ that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan for all of us. _ that audience yourself. sounds like a good plan for all of us. maybe - that audience yourself. sounds lik

going to lose audience share, turn off the public, a fantastic interview with the president of the ufc was fantastic, really enjoyed that, it was very very very fun. he is a great guy. >>, so glad he was walking today which is phenomenal. back in the cage. >> i can't watch, that made my stomach turn but i love him and glad he is okay but great show. >> my favorite sport, don't know what that says about me but it is. laura: this is the ingraham angle. the cdc pushing for the masking of 2-year-olds. my medicine cabinet breaks down what is ongoing child abuse plus biden's anti-american presidency at 100 days, victor davis hanson, molly hemingway on what his real standing with the public is and what is really going on behind the oscars record low ratings? raymond arroyo will pack it all in seen and unseen. less policing more crime is the focus of tonight's angle. i feel like it is dÉjÀ vu all over again. 50 years ago liberal big city mayors presiding once again over a major crime search and democrat leaders not only seem like they don't care, their responses to the search are making things

proved the historic black neighborhood of brownsville, alongside students and others chanting, quo, ufc, look at your history, end quote, while helping signs that read support the checkerboard lounge in brownsville and on the other side the university officials listened, mostly playing defense with a silent chorus of furrowed browns the checker board lounge stood an 43rd since 1972. the lounge needed restoring but instead of providing funding, the university put together a plan to relocate the lounge from its original spot to a university owned building inside the hyde park neighborhood. outrage restoring brownsville advocates charge cult with cultural -- things were slowly changing, largely because of the sweat equity of local advocates working to turn things around, renovate to hundred-year-old graystons, newly built con minimummums and develops develod small shops began to fill in the spaces between vacant lots and rundown storefronts. and many saul the checkerboard as central to the economic revitalization of brownsville as heritage touris definition but whups general momentum start

. >>> final the ufc put on its first event with a full capacity crowd since the pandemic started last the arena in jacksonville on saturday night without social distancing. not many masks being worn. many fight fans were excited about the atmosphere while critics are concerned it might become a potential supercoronavirus spreader. >>> three of california's major league baseball teams setting a new trend into the year of the pandemic setting sections for vaccinated fans only. >> reporter: john and brianna, coming to you from a rather empty oracle park as the san francisco giants take on the florida marlins. team officials hope they start getting more fans in the stands in what they call vaccinated-only stands. the dodgers and padres doing it as well. what is a vaccinated-only stand? it's basically what it sounds like piechlts people who have been vaccinated. they'll have to show their vaccination card, had their last vaccine 14 days ago. it's so new there is no one in stands tonight. they're hoping people catch on. what do you think about the idea? >> i love the idea. it makes me feel

he has been invited to join the board of endeavor group, of course, the parent company of ufc and missdeavor has revised its plans for ipo after putting those plans on hold back in 2019. maybe second time will be a charm. the big leader of endeavor on the right. funco, the maker of bobbleheads, is getting into the nonfungible token business. the company acquired a majority ownership stake this token wave, the developer of tokenhead. are you following me here? a mobile app and web site used to showcase and track nft holdings. dunko expected to launch initial offering in june, but the stock is up 7.6%. off the day's highs already. and even though airport traffic has been on the rise, express spa groups sinking after falling short of its fourth quarter revenue estimates. the company reported just $300,000 in fourth quarter revenue compared to 10.9 million in the same quarter last year. the company said the decrease in the revenue was due to the impact of covid-19 and limited airport traffic which led to reopened locations underperforming. now, shares are down 31.9% today -- 11.9% today bu

. >> ufc last saturday in jacksonville the first full capacity indoor sporting event since covid hit. when governors get to gather -- texas hosted the first 100% capacity major league baseball game with the texas rangers. laura: this is one upmanship. >> two days ago yankee stadium had 10,400 people at a baseball game, mississippi state, we had 13,300 at a college baseball game. these great events are awesome but we work hard to make sure the support happens. we had kids moving from other states to florida because they weren't allowed to play in california or michigan, coming to high school here to play football or something and the amount of opportunity taken away from kids in these lockdown states has devastating consequences. >> some are basil and we have 95% of the team that started complete, we did safely and responsibly and we had people moving to iowa to play too. >> president biden got on the air and said we want everybody to be playing sports again, we were doing that last summer. together on the fourth of july, we were doing that last summer too. he's completely out of touch

jake is a youtube star, but he's a great fighter and ben is a former ufc champ. it's about people who really want to get down, and you know, have a great fight and not have to wait for certain rules and regulations. but just to get in where they fit in and fight it out. so, we put that together because we felt like the world needed that. we also got another fight on there that's called "gloves up guns down. and it's two fighters that are from the neighborhood. two different neighborhoods. they finally came to an agreement to have a fight instead of shooting each other so we putting that on the plate too, as far as giving opportunities to those who want to settle their differences other than a violent way, but a legal fighting way >> jimmy: i love that. [ applause ] i think that's great it's not just boxing because -- it's like an event, because there's great music. you've got justin bieber, you've got doja cat, you got diplo. >> black keys. >> jimmy: black keys >> then you've got mt. westmore, my group which is me, ice cube, too short, and e-40. we debuting, you

. >> molly: yes, my winner is dana white who head ufc.rs in jacksonville, florida. he really wanted to push back against some of the pandemic craziness and he is hosting that fight. my loser is lebron james who threatened that columbus police officer who saved the life of the young woman and put out some really offensive commentary about it at a time when he should have been showing some leadership. >> shannon: well, all of us need to take a breath when these things happen we always learn much more down the road. lady, thank you very much. >> thank you, shannon. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: when we come back, "notable quotables." ♪ ♪ the same. the rx crafted by lexus. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $439 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $439 a month for 36 months. experience amazing it would be cool tor. ride a horse on the moon. cal: our confident forever plan is possible with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.or

that the great reopening is upon us, they're spending big on social media becoming a big sponsor for ufcboost market share. this is their moment third, madello is the number three brand by dollar sales in america. modello. you remember heineken? they moved 145 million cases last year. that's a staggering amount for any import it's the only imported brand to surpass 10 million barrels they are doing so well they don't have enough supply to meet american demand. there arewhole swaths of new york it's impossible to find the best seller, which is mod modmodello es special. i can't get it at my bar not because we can't have it but there is not enough to go around could you imagine for bud or coors had that problem last year constellation launched ka corona hard sel it was said it's grown 40, 50% given the incredible brand recognition, i bet they will be challenging truly, something we bet we will maybe hear about on boston beer when they report on thursday my only concern is when i spoke to james quincy today from coca-cola, he did say that topico is taking share big in texas but look, it's a

me to be cautious once i learned not to be overly cautious because to be a good fire private pilot, ufc confident and adventurous and risk taking, but you had to be good or you will die very quickly. so being able to calculate the risk versus reward, and go right to the edge but not over it and get killed it was actually a fundamental thing in my profession and it was something about my personality, but just in the way i grew up or being adventurous but always having that awareness that there was real danger out there. and being able to balance it to. and that played out in my years later when i was a pow as well. and where you could execute risky things and not get caught. it was like a cat and mouse game at a time. but i'm jumping ahead here. so i wanted to fly but there was you know i don't know about anybody my family was flying and i wanted to go to the air force academy, but it was brand-new, and we didn't have counselors in school to help you figure that out so there was nobody managed to walk me through that. with the university of georgia was nearby and that's where i was going

then we have endeavor, that's the parent company of ufc ultimate fighting championship.s may be who joined their board. i have a pretty good idea, though head. susan: why don't you tell me how they got elon musk on their board. that's what i'm wondering, the only board ce has in a company he didn't create and is not the ceo and founder appeared that's a big plus for endeavor which had that successful ipo yesterday and it also owns william morris a talent agency and is now worth $10 billion and when you had that star power like elon musk on the board i think that gives a lot of confidence for investors to buy in a. stuart: i guess, i'm just surprised because i always think of ufc as a kind of not the home for liberals so. i don't know why i say that. susan: no. stuart: liberals are big on ultimate fighting championship so i don't understand why a liberal like elon musk-- susan: i wouldn't call him a liberal. stuart: i think he is a liberal. susan: i think he's very capitalist. stuart: he's a climate not. susan: okay but that doesn't not necessarily make you a liberal if y

stuart: you really just pass yourself off as a big time ufc fan right there. susan: i am. and i can see big tech absolutely taking off this morning. we will get to that in a second, but don't be fooled, democrats are not trying to reform the supreme court, no, they want to pack it with justices who hold only their views listen to ohio congressman jim jordan make the point. role it. >> the left controls the -- now because they don't have control of the supreme court they will add four people to the court. they control everything. this is a radical takeover of our country and we better stop it. stuart: that will be the subject of "my take" which is coming up for you in the next hour. ♪♪ ♪♪ (announcer) do you want to reduce stress? shed pounds? do you want to flatten your stomach? do all that and more in just 10 minutes a day with aerotrainer, the total body fitness solution that uses its revolutionary ergonomic design to help you to maintain comfortable, correct form. that means better results in less time. you can do an uncomfortable, old-fashioned crunch or an aerotrainer

when you turn into the ufc, you are there to see fights.ither. if somebody wants to come out press conference go ahead and do it. one of the fighters guys that lost was campaigning for trump. i know dana white is personally friends with donald trump. if you watch espn, it's almost unwatchable. you can't even get to sports after a major incident goes on in the country, they are all weighing in and say to yourself click, i'm going to switch around. i will find something else to do. we got that cold turkey look of life without sports because a year ago today there was nothing. zero. and people say well, what would life be like without sports they are getting used to it. if you are going to be in their face with your political opinions they will find something else to do. ainsley: do you know what's great about sports though steve and brian, you are sitting in the fans, are you don't know anyone else around you. clapping, high fiving, screaming, loving each other. steve: you are behind your team. ainsley: exactly. when you are in a bar and watc

. >> those figures up and down the west coast on top of months of black lives matter protests, the ufcour says police have to look at how their own conduct has impacted crime and the reputation. >> that reservoir of recent comic resentment is in and of itself a driver of crime. we are not going to get at the spiraling crime problem. >> and the professor argues the funds need to be redirected, leaving problems like homelessness to agencies other than the police. >> then it's law-enforcement's attention to focus on solving violent and serious crimes. >> we agree on how we get to that solution. >> when we look at those numbers particularly in portland, something needs to be done, that's for sure. >> leaner and meaner, i'm not sure the meaner part of that is something people want to hear. >> those very same people that are condemning the police are those same ones that when they feel like they are threatened or were in trouble or their safety is in question, they pick up the phone and call the police. >> did we see that in one of those northwestern cities not too long ago? >> exactly. >> s

a ufc fighter is taken off the ring. right leg snapped after he hicked his opponent in the right leg. it was first indoor sporting event in full capacity since the state lifted limits in september. the former middle weight champion is expected to go under surgery. i think we spared the video on purpose. rachel: is it that bad. will: i didn't see it. i can imagine. you're delivering are the kick, seen it happen to a fighter before. the shin wraps around the other guy's leg. chris weidman. wish you the best. >>> billboard takes aim at major league baseball for pulling out of georgia. our next guest is pressuring the league to reverse its decision. "fox & friends" continues live from talladega. put those back in the car, would you. pete: i'm in. ♪. olid foundation. wealth is shutting down the office for mike's retirement party. worth is giving the employee who spent half his life with you, the party of a lifetime. wealth is watching your business grow. worth is watching your employees grow with it. principal. for all it's w

represents content in the entertainment space, owns content in the entertainment space, owns sports with the ufc there's nobody like us in the world and i think we're the reopening -- >> now, today is endeavor's second attempt in recent years to go public, this time with about 25% less revenue and about 25% higher valuation guys >> leslie picker leslie, thank you very much. >>> we've got just about 24 minutes left of trading. big tech headlining earnings after the bell amazon and twitter set to report at the top of the hour we'll break down what investors are watching for when we talk to mark mahaney coming up next. hey, d hey, son! no dad, it's a video call. you got to move the phone in front of you like..like it's a mirror, dad. you know? alright, okay. how's that? is that how you hold a mirror? [ding] power e*trade gives you an award-winning mobile app with powerful, easy-to-use tools and interactive charts to give you an edge, 24/7 support when you need it the most and $0 commissions for online u.s. listed stocks. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. ♪ ♪ i had the nightmare ag

. >> reporter: but the crowd distance at this ufc fight in jacksonville, fell, over the weekend far less than six feet where tom brady took in the fight, and the masks were closer to optional. as for wearing masks outdoors, dr. anthony fauci over the weekend says he expects the cdc to be adjusting its guidelines for those who are vaccinated and perhaps those who are not vaccinated with health expers believe it might not be necessary. >> reporter: richard beser is the former acting director at the cdc and president of the robert john woods foundation. it is an independent entity. good to note that because johnson & johnson is where we start this morning. it's rolling out again. how do you see this playing out? how much damage was done by this pause? >> well, savannah, it's definitely going to take some work. i think the pause was the right way to go. when vaccines were first authorized by the fda, they have been tested and well-tested, but only in tens of thousands of people, so there could be very rare side effects that you don't see until they're in millions of people, and we're countin

ufc, the miss america pageant, they announced elon musk, i don't know where he finds the time to do thisthe ipo which endeavor scrapped in 2019. they will test the markets again with elon musk on board. that is great, you have a marquee name with first or tech richest man on planet. where will he fine time to do that when he has tesla and spacex to deal with? ashley: he will have to do it by zoom. chip shortages, dealing the auto industry, ford will have to close its plants out many and how long. susan: ford closing six plants closing significantly across north america. three weeks some places april to june. they're canceling overtime at other plants or combination of both. that is it what you will fine. the facilities produce a wide range of vehicles. yes that includes the best-selling f-150 pickup and also the ford explorers, the escapes and edge. those are suv crossovers. in order to alleviate this global chip shortage impacted the global car market 60 billion in sales, tie one semi, one of the largest chip-makers are investing $100 billion in production factories. intel, also spendin

ufc president dana white says he's keeping politics out of the ring. in to watch sports, they don't want to hear that crab. they don't want to hear what your opinions are or who you are voting for or what you are doing. they want to get away from everything in their life. stuart: yeah, tell it how it is, dana. brian kiilmeade agrees with you and he's on the show. you want to return to the office? get ready for the shot, but what happens if you say no? we have a report. ♪♪ ♪♪ these are the people who work on the front lines. they need a network that's built right. that's why we created verizon frontline. the advanced network and technology for first responders. built on america's most reliable network. built for real interoperability. and built for 5g. it's america's #1 network in public safety. verizon frontline. built right for first responders. municipal bonds don't usually get the media coverage the stock market does. in fact, most people don't find them all that exciting. but, if you're looking for the potential for consistent income that's federal

the company which also owns the ufc sports league plans for a private placement that could raise $1.77tors. he has a connection to the company's co-founder. ford is cutting production at six of its north american plants due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips. the actions vary by plant but range from canceling overtime shifts to closing facilities for up to three weeks. ford says it expects the chip shortage to lower earnings by $1 billion to $2.5 billion in 2021. that is a big chunk of change. taking a look at ford in the premarket it's higher by almost half a percent. well, a popular snack food could be dangerous. sabra issued a voluntary recall for some of the classic hummus snacks due to possible salmonella contamination. it has a best by date of april 26th. discontributeed in 16 states. pepsico owns sabra. the stock is down in the premarket. microsoft expanding the role as a major government supplier, landing a $22 billion contract to build custom augmented reality headsets for the u.s. army. 125,000 devices will be delivered over the next decade. microsoft in th

message it would be for the reps of the country to see congress vaccinated together like they were at the ufchere they sold out in jacksonville. ainsley: the guy broke his leg, did you see that? brian: fright long island. ainsley: if you haven't seen that go look at that video it's hard to watch but bless his heart. rick scott was talking about the president speaking on wednesday. he said i want him to talk about this crisis on the border which he created, he said. he said he wants to know why aren't a lot of these schools opened? they are still closed. he wants them to talk about the $33 trillion debt we have. why are gas prices going up? my dad is really inflamed about this. in some places up more than $1 a gallon on average. 7 cents 0 cents a gallon. steve: like an additional tax. joe biden, going back to his approval numbers, right now he is higher than donald trump was. but lower than barack obama and george w. bush. but when you look at when he was running for president, remember a year ago when you had all of the super progressives and out of that bunch it seemed like joe biden was the