third hour of varney starts now. stuart: steve forbes with me this monday morning.ast hour, steve, the supreme court ruled unanimously that trump ruled in his favor staying on the ballot and this is a start for the, it should be a question and not going to make it a statement. it's the start of a great week and couldn't get any better than that. >> you anne donovan mouse, 9-0 and throws all the publicity seeseeking and law perverting judges on the behind and good thing for the rule of law and you'll see similar rulings in the future and sophisticated ruling on the immunity case i think. that'll be amended from what the lower courts did i think and then i think in georgia and in new york, those cases are eventually going to get thrown out and da in georgia going to get tossed off. stuart: that's a big couple of months for donald trump. i've gone further than that. i've said, look, this is probably make or break week for biden. probably break week. now am i going too far? >> no. even if he managed to get through the state of the union, i think everything they can do,

stuart varney host of varney and company and host of fox business.it. >> first of all, first rule. this is how they bring in the money. go shopping on tiktok, obviously. tiktok takes a piece of any sale. >> lawrence: e-commerce. >> inapp. purposes. tiktok, go into app. and buy something tiktok get a piece. ads, advertising. full screen. you pay x amount of dollars for that or have a top line going like that or a branded #. all of those ways they have to bring in the money. and by the way, they brought in $14 billion in 2023. up 52% from 2022. >> there has been critique about the ownership break it down for us. what are we looking at here? >> tiktok owned by bytedance. 60% is owned by global investors. 20% is the company's founders including chang which i ming, the principle founder amongst the founders chinese guy. 20% of employees. 7,000 of hosm are americans. they have a small ownership in bytedance. >> lawrence: how much of the chinese ownership when people talk -- that would be that 20% that people are talking about? >> stuart: that's the importa

"varney & company" picks it up. ashley, take it away. ashley: good morning, everyone, indeed. i'm ashley webster in for stu today. let's get to these markets and the fed rally. my, oh, my, all major averages looking to end the week with gains of more than 2%. right now just slightly lower to flat if across the board on the dow, the s&p and the nasdaq. let's take a look at the 10-year yield which had been move being ever so slightly lower, still the story. down 4.9 basis points at 4.21. meanwhile, let's take a look at the 2-year yield. the treasuries have been moving slightly lower. everything is very muted on this friday. everyone's taking a breather, i think. the 2-year down 2.5 basis points at 4.6%. and what about bitcoin? yep, also a losing ground, down just over $1,000 at $64,375. all right. as always, there's a lot happening on the political front. the clock is ticking the for president trump to secure a $454 million bond. new york attorney general letitia james already laying the groundwork to seize some of his assets if he doesn't come up with the money. now, take a loo

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"varney & company" pick it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. try to find the news on the border these days, and you'll get whiplash. late tuesday the supreme court said it's okay for authorities in texas to arrest illegal migrants. just a couple of hours later an appeals court in new orleans says, hold on, we're pointing to hear an appeal to the texas law so it's on hold while we deliberate. biden says republicans are blocking real border solutions. that's strange when with texas is the only place that has actually cut the illegal flow. more politics. trump's candidate won the ohio gop primary. he solidifies his grip on the are republican party. biden won all the democrat primaries, but there was a significant write-in campaign from voters when want someone else. 13% of voters in ohio preferredded dean phillips even though he's dropped out. on the markets -- wait a second, the federal reserve delivers its interest rate message early this afternoon. everybody9 expects no change now. nobody knows how many rate cuts we might get this year. look at

stuart varney flew the concorde and said it was amazing.on travel sounds good to me. thank you so much. we understand president biden is going after private jet use. what' s he doing? ashley: he's hunting for tax review saying if you increase the jet fuel tax from $0.21 a gallon to $1.06 and increase the time period to write off the cost of jet use to seven years you bring in $4 billion over ten years so that is his plan to go after the rich who don't pay their fair share but i want to point out these are proposals, part of his budget which is essentially a wish list of his priorities in an election year. it all needs congressional approval so probably everything i said isn't going to happen. ashley: probably not. john kerry is in the air pretty hard, pay your fair share, all right, good stuff. now this. lawmakers have until midnight to avoid a government shutdown. we see that all the time but members of the house freedom caucus are protesting the one. $2 trillion funding bill. what are the chances it actually passes? aishah hasnie has that

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: jimmy failla is here this morning. >> great to see you, stu. stuart: something going on here? >> yeah, but to the point of obama going to ted downing, trying to find out what's up with kate middleton. there's a lot of speculation. to get onto the grown up stuff for a second, when you see obama surveillance galts calling for biden to get off the ticket and we saw earlier, okay, in the winter, okay, and you realize biden is polling historically low, okay. i've said before, this is a guy that's polling behind isis. that's not technically true, but you get where i'm going with the metaphor. we've never had someone run for reelection for incumbent polling in low and bush was polling leer and certainly trump was but they had the ability to get out and campaign. biden doesn't have that ability. so i think we're back to a earlier version of this rift and what i mean is biden was obama's vice president for eight years as you noted, obama thought so highly of him. he talked him out of r

"varney & company" about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ are you ready for a good time? get ready for the light life -- night life ♪ ashley: that's going to wake you up. a little bit of ac/dc on this tuesday morning. are you ready? yes, we are. as you take a look down sixth avenue in midtown, kind of crowded on the road. not so much on the sidewalk. let's start this tuesday morning with the very latest read on inflation. the consumer price index. edward lawrence joins me now to break down all of the numbers. good morning to you, e. ward. take us through out -- edward. >> reporter: maybe the market's holding on to that green because we're both in our pink ties there. i did get the memo on that. we're seeing the trend of month over month changes that are much more than the federal reserve would like to see. for example, cpi inflation up .4 percent month over month this month, a study increase of inflation. you look at this going back to december when you look at key areas of year-over-year inflation, transportation up 9.9%, shelter, including rent, is up 5.7%. all food is

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ baby, give it up ♪ give it up, baby, give it up. ♪ stuart: the producers are being a little cruel here. they're playing the song is give it up -- lauren: and showing a dark skiment ominous. stuart: producers, what are you up to? >> it's a lovely place. you can find something better than that. stuart: let's move on. one hour from now, nikki haley will announce she's dropping out of the race. lauren: it's about the moth math. what's the path. she was victorious in vermont yesterday, the home of bernie sanders and ben and jerry's. trump won everywhere else on super tuesday. he has 995 delegates, nearly 80% of the way to securing the republican mom if nation. so in less than an hour, you'll get the haley concession. not the endorsement. she will encourage trump to earn the support of those who bagged her -- backed her. trump dud not mention haley last night, but he did call for party up unity. >> it was a tragedy because with you wouldn't have, think of it, all of the problems that the you have today. i don't think you would have had any of them.

"varney & company" begins now. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it's the tate of the union tonight.. -- state of the union. biden will go with after greedy corporations. he'll propose if much higher corporate taxes, he'll take more from millionaires and billionaires and rail against shrinkflation. but what people will be looking for is whether the president has the mental and physical stamina required for four more years. donald trump will conduct what he calls a live play-by-play during the president's speech. he will correct in rapid response my and all inaccurate statements, end quote. should be fun. to the markets, and look at this. nvidia has broken above $900 a share. 902 right now in premarket action. it is now a $2.2 trillion company, only slightly behind microsoft and apple. and there's a big gain for novo nordisk. they've got a new weight loss drug. it's a pill, and it's showing major promise in early trials. that stock is up another 6.55%. the dow industrials, pretty green, up about 100. and look at the nasdaq, up over 100 points. modes

"varney & company" picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. two big stories, the state of the union speech and the latest on jobs. let's start there, because we just received the report. this is news. 275,000 jobs added to the economy in february. that is way down from the reading in january. the unemployment rate, that kicked up to 3.9%, but that still is historically a low rate. here's the market reaction to that. stocks picked up when those numbers were release. they had been down, markets were down, dow up maybe 4, s&p up 12, but the nasdaq 40 points ahead in the early going. the 10-year yields, they're coming down. very close to the 10-year, to 4 even. you now at 4.07. down just a fraction after those inflation numbers -- jobs numbers. the 2-year, 4.48%. yields down across the board on those jobs numbers. bitcoin, $67,000 and change as of now, 67,7. gas up 1 cent, you've reached $3.40 for regular. diesel coming in at $4.05. all right. now, the state of the union. it was a campaign speech devoted to bashing trump and the republicans. we di

ashley webster's in for stuart now, and "varney & company" takes it away. ashley. ashley: hey, good morning, maria. good morning, everyone. i'm ashley webster, yes, in today for stu. well, the fed sparking a big rally on wall street. the central bank reiterating three rate cuts still on the table for the year, and that sent stocks to new record highs across the board, and the party on wall street apparently continuing this morning as you can see. the dow, s&p and nasdaq all moving much higher. the nasdaq up nearly 1%. as for the treasury yield, just talk a look at the 10-year, they've been moving down very slightly, down 2 basis points on the 10-year to 4.22. the 2-year, let's take a look at that as a well, up slightly at 4.6%. let's take a look at bitcoin. has that joined the part on fed if speak? let's have a look. not really, down $595 at a $67,272. meanwhile, make room for reddit. the 19-year-old web site that that hosts millions of online forums will begin trading this morning. it's the very first social period e ya company to ipo since 2019, almost 5 years ag

"varney & company" picks it up, stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it's super tuesday. 15 states and 1 territory holding republican and democratic primaries today. trump's widely expected to win all the gop races, picking up most of the 854 tell gates at stage -- at stake. by the end of the day, he will be the presumptive nominee, that's my opinion. he told fox this morning that biden is the worst president in history. virginia is considered nikki haley's best hope, but he has no events scheduled -- she has no events schedule canned after today's contests. biden has to worry about a big uncommitted vote, seven states allow that write-in. if the uncommitted get anything like the 13% they got in michigan, biden is in trouble. for some time michelle obama has been talked about as a possible replacement for biden. it's not going to happen. nbc reports the former first lady, quote, will not be running for president in 2024. the supreme court says unanimously trump will not be on the ballot. democrats not happy but they'll try again. democrat jamie raskin

i'm ashley webster in for stu varney today.s all up,ping up and away with, the dow up 330 points, up nearly 1%. the nasdaq up over 100 points and the s&p also a up more than 1%. let's take a look at the big tech names. most are moving higher. there have been some exceptions, apple being one of them. but alphabet/google down three-quarters of a percent. there is apple, potentially nation an antitrust lawsuit from the department of justice. that stock down 3.3%. and also let's take a look at the 10-year treasury yield. there has been -- it's up slightly in the morning session, it's the up 1.5 basis points at 4.29. >>> all right, now this. donald trump may have to sell assets in order to pay his $454 million fraud judgment. that, by the way with, has the hosts of "the view" cracking up. watch this. >> as it turns out, you know wh- [laughter] says he cannot come up with the cash -- [laughter] to cover his $400 million plus bond in his new york fraud case. [laughter] so is letitia james going to -- >> you need a tissue in. >> i can'

i am ashley webster in today for stu varney. it is a tale of two campaigns. last night president biden holding a star-stud thed fundraiser with barack obama and bill clinton. meanwhile, earlier in the day former president trump was just 45 minutes outside of new york city attending the wake of murdered nypd can officer a jonathan diller. trump talked about the need to get back to law and order. spoke exclusive ally to brian kilmeade about that, and we'll bring you that interview this morning. also today marks one year since 32-year-old "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich was detained by russia a while working on assignment. we're going to speak to one of evan's close friends later in the show. markets, as maria said, closed for the good friday holiday, but the markets certainly closing out the first quarter in record fashion. the s&p 500 seeing its best first quarter performance in five years, gaining 10% in just the first three months. question can is, can it -- question is, can it continue in the second quarter? we'll get into that. bitcoin was

varney and company picks it up. >> what a week coming up. this is politics on steroids and biden is not looking good. a new york times poll shows a large majority of people. 61% believe he's too old for a second term. the wall street journal said democrats are in a panic. one hour from now the supreme court will issue a ruling about keeping trump off the ballot. they will likely keep him on-the-ball lot and that's a hit on biden. biden will win the primary but write-in uncommitted votes. thursday state of the union message a nightmare for biden. he can't afford a gaf or slur his words. everyone is looking at him to see if he can do his job. we'll have a better idea to see if the president will be on the top of the ticket. bit coin the standout. it's reached $66,000. a few bucks shy of it's high. stocks hit records last week. dow up 200. very small losses compared to s&p and nasdaq. the 10 year is below a quarter of a cent. the two year is just above 4.5%, 458. oil reached $80 a barrel. gas keeps going up. $3.35 is the price of regular gas. d

second hour of varney getting started. the gentleman on the right-hand side of the screen is with me now. do you agree biden's -- is breaking down? >> marvelous "my take," fascinating snapshot of where we are, it becomes more obvious as we look at the total picture. the reason as we see all of these efforts, to bankrupt him, destroy his family, these efforts fall apart. when we are left with the issues we look at the polls and see president biden tanking in the polls? because actually what people care about our the issues. they care about the border, they care about security, they care about the economy, that's what people care about and at some level they realize they are losing on those issues so their only hope is to try to go to the courts and destroy the guy, bankrupt him. put him in jail, when you look back at it now, it is also obvious and that the other thing important to remember, the campaign hadn't begun yet, they haven't begun debating the issues because we are so busy all this time dealing with all this nonsen

i'm ashley webster in today for stuart varney. straight to your money. the 10 year treasury yield, the markets have been on the upside. despite a hotter than expected inflation number. the treasury yield on the 10 year is higher up 5 basis points at 4.14%. let's look at the price of oil, energy prices add to the inflation problem, and of course we keep an eye on the absolute tearing that was down slightly at the beginning of the session down $429, $72,266. robert her is about to testify on his investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents. he's coming as a private citizen. what do you want to hear from robert hur today? >> does he think that president biden was faking it or that he was that mentally incompetent. if he's faking it, that's one thing, president biden who delivered the state of the union the other night which may have been pretty medicated is not the person you see in these interviews. basically out to lunch, doesn't remember being vice president, doesn't remember how the secret documents got around. generally this pl

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i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney and let's get to your money. we are green across the screen but very modestly higher, the dow up 15 points with the major exchanges up less than 0.1%. the treasuries, begin with a 10 year treasury yield up slightly, 4.19%. look at the price of oil moving higher. 82.36 a barrel and bitcoin a bit of a tear above the 70,000 mark and it is still above 1700, $17, 70,825 on bitcoin. we have data coming from the latest read on pending home sales. >> the dealers close for february, rose more than expected, 1.16%. january was down 5%. a reversal. ashley: a flicker of hope, consumer sentiment. lauren: double down on the flicker of hope, came in march, 79.4, this is a current number better-than-expected. feeling better about the economy or different messaging of the economy coming from of the white house. if you look at current conditions the number went up and helped folks feel about expectations that came in at 77.4. is that lower? it was higher. the inflation expectations were revised lower and that is why this number is

out of time on "varney and company". i now have to tap dancer 89 seconds because coast-to-coast starts in 2, one, now. neil: not roaring like a not lyanne but it won't go out after a lamb after the two months we've seen with these markets and not looking at the nasdaq and s&p, building on records yesterday and acknowledging investors are chasing of the day. artificial intelligence was a big deal last month, one of the smartest people on the planet tell us it will be a bigger deal this whole year. ubs's ai excitement fueling another 20% rally from here, the s&p 500 this year and arrayed domino says things might get crazy but are far from crazy right now. as we set up on the third month of training, what's next? let's ask ray want, gary k kaltbaum. ray, what do you make of this? it's too fast. another 3% or 4%, calm down, what do you say? >> the market has a lot of room to grow even if nvidia hits 900, we have the beginning of the ai age, that's just hardware, we have areas around software that will grow, companies that ma

the second hour of "varney" already getting started. ♪ ♪. stuart: liz peek with us this morning. wont the president take executive action with a clear threat. >> i cannot imagine but i can't imagine this the last two or three years that it's been allowed to go one i imagine why he hasn't fired alejandro mayorkas who should absolutely be impeached for not doing his job, not keeping the borders secure. it is not just the terror threat, i agree, red lights flashing, what is customer ray doing about it to track everything a person coming across the board of that could be a threat to america that could be particularly evident from this testimony, more than 100,000 people with fentanyl, isn't that something that maybe joe biden should be awake at night worrying about, i think it's despicable, dereliction of duty, it's not surprising to me that this is one of the top or second most important issue for voters, it is incredibly important. stuart: if there is a terror incident and the united states linked to illegal migration, that is the end of his presidency. i totally agree that soap it

i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney. the markets have closed for the good friday holiday but we are here with lots to talk about, we should mention the crypto market is open so let's look at the markets first, this was the performance in the first quarter, dow jones gained 5. 5, s&p 10%, not too shabby. as for bitcoin, down a little bit down 200 points or thereabouts, still above 70,000. now this. the white house laughing off house oversight committee chair james comber's invite to president biden to testify in his impeachment inquiry. they say lol, 20 plus witnesses have testified but potus did nothing wrong. he knows the hundreds of thousands of pages of records he received have refuted his false allegations. a sad stump at the end of the dead impeachment. tammy bruce joins me, the perfect person to comment on this. the white house may be laughing but do voters find this a laughing matter? tammy:we can look at the numbers president biden has been afflicted with, extraordinarily collapsed framework from a few years ago,

varney.nd we appreciate that. it's a combination of things. government policy regulations, restrictions and that type of thing and as an example, upgraded from threatened to endangered, another tool for the environmentalists to use in their arsenal to challenge timber management. the house and the senate in bipartisan fashion voted to rescind the uplifting but this administration vetoed that rescission of the north and long eared bat protections. a lot of other things going on with the policy and rules within this administration challenging the timber industry. stuart: the environmentalists who are challenging your industry. >> in many ways it is. the most recent lawsuit filed last week by the environmentalists challenging the us forest service and one of the plaintiffs is the john mayer project. it is ironic because john mere worked in a sawmill early in his career so he understood balance of forest management and environmental protection. stuart: you are going to dc in april to bring your m

i would like to see president biden take questions from stuart varney.ting donald trump. this will be interesting. stuart: i can't imagine a debate. however, not entirely off the table. i want to talk to you about the jobs report, 275,000 last month. what does this say about the state of the economy? >> dependent on government borrowing. as your correspondent prove so much of it is in healthcare, social services, state and local governments. the economy is experiencing moderate growth, not its potential of accomplishing because so much messing around has been done with the economy. the automobile sector in psalm in shape, general motors has not figured out, all its money and resources, think about what musk has done distracted working part time. and he keeps pumping money into them. and they jump up at the uaw. look at intel and so forth, intel was once the premiermaker of chips in the world. pumping a lot of money through the chips act but a 45% cost disadvantage. it's not labor-intensive sector or where the chinese have a natural advantage but we can t

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second hour of varney getting started. tammy bruce with us friday morning, two issues, the border itself and migrants biden's age and fragility. tammy:it is why we have the problems we've got but i would suggest and he made the point who is writing those notes is we are focused on biden but keep in mind people are arranging this, setting stage, people who ostensibly we know who is in the white house, we don't know what group is doing this but they are not in his condition so he is participating and going along with it. people who are democrats who are part of running the white house, obviously at the top of the democratic party are the ones who are orchestrating this so people think just remove biden. that's what the founders wanted, that you could punish the person who was doing this but he is a placeholder and the people doing this are the democrat party which means through all elections in november at every level you've got to realize that it is not just president biden, he is a problem clearly, his family is a problem

ashley: yeah, i've become a lot like you, stuart varney.it really slows me especially in the evening settling down and no offense to anyone that might be watching this. i really don't like it. i strongly discourage it. stuart: very much with you on this one, ash. drop ins, it's okay at 22 years old but a little older than that, you don't want it. that's a routine, don't interrupt. good one, ash. i've been trying to find on social media the hilarious show. i did see their name on the scroll at the bottom of the screen. i'll tell you, their napes are joe joe and nicky and they're very talented, enormous amount of energy. they're trying to teach me how to speak with their accent and it was a miserable failure. it rated well though. there they are. identical twins. jojo and nicky. next one we love your british accent and don't mind any of the pronunciations and really appreciate the correct grammar. appreciate my grammar checks all the time, ash? ashley: i do. you pulled me out for saying process instead of process i think. certain words, stu,

"varney & company" if begins now. stuart: good morning, everyone. the market has been a rallying for months. stocks are up again this morning. this bull has legs, doesn't it? minor losses tuesday, plenty of green on the screen today. the dow up maybe 160, nasdaq up about 100 points. that's a continuing rally. ing djt moving higher, this is donald j. trump's media and technology company, up 16% on day one, up, what is it now, up 21% on day two. it's up again. bitcoin, we're looking at about $70,000 per coin, 70,200 right there. interest rates, the 10-year yield is now to below 4.25%, it's down to 4.22. the 2-year just above 4.5%, it's at 4.58. no change for gas, $3.53 for regular on average, no change for diesel, still at, $4.05. all right r polls ticks -- politics. donald trump will be spending a lot of time in court starting april 15th. if this is biden's strategy, keep him off the campaign trail and brand with him a criminal. ronna mcdaniel out, nbc fired her. on-air talent had staged a very public revolt because mcdaniel is associated with donald

varney and company company picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: the die is cast, biden versus trump eight months from now. polls show trump leads in key battleground states. the president campaigns in wisconsin today, and all eyes will be on his every move. the democrats thought they hit a home run with the state of the union message, but polls show a large majority believes his performance raised fears about his age. same with robert hur's appearance before congress. democrats say the dock wriewments probe is case closed. they tried to say biden had been exonerated. hur denies that and says that word never if appeared in his report. quickly to the markets, and yet again bitcoin is the standout. it's broken above $73,000. the halving comes next month when the supply of bitcoin is restricted. supply down, demand up. the price goes up too. $72,900 right now. solid rally for stocks tuesday. the s&p hit another high. relative calm. so far today. if the dow up mabley 30 -- maybe by 30, s&p up 2. nasdaq had a iewj rally yesterday. interest rates

"varney & company" picks it up now. ashley webster in for stu. ashley, take it away. ashley: good morning, maria. good morning, everyone. i'm ashley webster in for stu today. president biden traveling to new york city if for a campaign fund if raiser with barack obama and bill clinton. finish bind will once again ignore if the migrant crisis in the big apple, choosing instead to collect cash and take pictures with the elite. so as joe biden focuses on that, we're going to focus on this: a new fox poll spelling more trouble for the president. lauren will run through all the numbers in a minute, but here's a preview. when voters were asked what the administration's top accomplishment is, the top answer, yeah, nothing. let that a sink in. we'll check the market. as a maria said, the last trading day of the first quarter. the markets themselves looking just a little flat. turning to the upside, but we'll call it flat if for now. the dow, the s&p and the nasdaq, the dow up 45 points, the other if two major exchanges essentially flat. taking a rook at the 10-year yield, up

third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: brian brenberg sitting to my immediate left.itically, but -- >> we could talk about that, i guess. [laughter] stuart: i think biden's speech was completely disconnected from voters. what say you? >> yes. it was a study in avoidance. he avoided the things that americans most want to hear about and that he wants to talk about least because it's the least that he's done on the things people care most about. the border coming in 40 minutes into this speech. if it would have come 20 minutes into the speech, you would have said that is way too late. double that, and that's when he starts talking about the border. and the worst part is all he could say was you won't send me the thing i actually don't need to fix problem. and every american knows he doesn't need that a bill to fix the approximate -- the problem. he creates a false barrier to create a false -- to create a reason not -- stuart: since we're blaming the republicans, it's easy. the republicans did it. he doesn't have a handle on this. >> that's right. and he mentioned the fo

"varney & company" picks it i now -- picks it up now. stu, take it away. stuart: everyone's looking at inflation so -- to see where the fed will go with rates. all right. in the last year, producer prices -- that is the cost paid by business -- went up. 1.6%. that that suggests another uptick in price rises. month to month producer prices up a strong 0.6%. that means the pace of price increases is speeding up. the bottom line here, inflation running a little hotter. what impact on the extraordinary bull market? well, i'll show you with, no if impact that i can see. before those numbers were released, the dow and the and nasdaq were up sharply. they're still up after a those numbers. dow up 100, s&p up, what, 9 points, 30 points -- 40 points up for the nasdaq. the inflation uptick did not hurt stocks that much. interest rates, they're at elevated levels. the 10-year treasury now yields 4.23, and the 2-year is well above 4.5%, you're looking at 4.66. that didn't hurt the stock market. bitcoin, well, that's holding firm, $72,000 and change, 72,8. oil, $80 a b

for the "pbs newshour," i'm sarah varney in new york.liam: we continue our series, "america's safety net," about the government programs that help americans in need. tonight, we look at the pandemic when lawmakers dramatically, but temporarily expanded the social safety net, including more money for families with children. amna nawaz and producer sam lane report on how the impacts of those changes are still being felt and debated to this day. >> some days are better than others, but it can be, pretty, pretty overwhelming. amna: her family of five can stretch 35-year-old dafnee chatman pretty thin. >> the responsibility as a parent is on you to provide food, clothes, water, gas. amna: providing for 13-year-old whitnee, five-year-old rowen, and three-year-old twins, trinitee and legaciee, in their hometown of ville platte, louisiana is a challenge. of the town's 6200 residents, more than 40% live in poverty. >> in this rural area, we don't have access to much. amna: ville platte has been called the state's poorest town and it's where chatm

"varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ stuart: i've been there.have been -- i think it's the temple bar in dublin. it's a pedestrian ferry. that is dublin, a couple of days before st. patrick's day. like the music. let's get started this friday morning with politics and a key word, delay. looks like a procedural win for trump in his new york hush money case. the trial could be delayed at least 30 days, and trump's other three cases have been hit with delays and derailments as well. sean duffy with me on a friday morning. is this really upsetting biden's lawfare strategy the? if well, a little bit, stuart. they want a conviction before the november election. think think -- they think that's what's going to put joe biden over in the polls. in regards to the strategy of tying donald trump up, he's stuck in courtrooms around the country and out of the campaign trail. donald trump was in a courtroom yesterday in florida, so, yeah, in that regard it is helping. i don't think that's the full strategy though. they want a conviction before the election, an

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third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ stuart: jimmy failla is with us now.etting a taste of her own medicine, what do you say? >> well, i love it. the woman who's so dumb, she studied for a covid test -- [laughter] but if we're being honest -- you fired pd me up. i watched your monoif long -- monologue, and i agreed with it. the democrats, if you remember, under the spire ifty of the trump administration if were yelling things like go out, get in their faces. tell them they shouldn't feel safe if they're not giving you what you want. so there's this part of me we that really delights in this happening to aoc. there's also this other part of me that can't stand these pro-hamas protesters because they have been an inconvenience to nobody. they're winning nobody if over to the cause. today was like a break even for them because we hate their policy, but we also think aoc's, you know, aoc. it's a 50-50. stuart: 50-50 on in this. >> we split the difference. stuart: hundt says voters need to pick between two old ones -- hillary clinton -- in order to save democrac

if trick question, no weakness in stu varney. let's keep going. is this a middle hand?ght, hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades. don't open your eyes yet, stuart, don't open your eyes. stuart, i had you imagining cards. don't open them. close your hand. don't open them yet. i think -- yes. can we get in tighter on the frame just with the camera? if i want you to see what i'm putting in there. stuart, you're seeing these cards in your mind and then here we go, here we go, yes, yes. stuart, i think that this is a relatively strong hand, am i correct in in saying that? would you say this is quite strong? if stuart's not playing games. stuart: yes, a strong the hand. i believe so. >> and i see you with three cards. i'm changing, i'm changing my mind. lauren: oh, i like this one. >> no, i'm changing. we've got to go fast. you know what? he's a ladies' ap man. you got six children -- stuart: i do, yes. >> stuart, don't open your eyes. describe to me in what in your mind what you were seeing, what was in the hand. say is it slowly, or what was in your hand that you're picturing? st

the 11:00 hour of "varney and company" is next. ♪ ♪ (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) a test or approve a medication.things thanks to the donations. and our family is forever grateful because it's completely changed our lives. >> when you're in a bubble, you don't see $6 trillion of cash sitting on the sideline, you have all the money in. and the money's not in yet. >> one of the basic, fundamental questions that still hasn't been asked and answered is, why is it that joe biden's grandkids got $100,000, you know? where did that come from and why? i mean, that's a basic question, right? >> we have to shame this administration into their their job. ifed biden's unwilling to do his job, i'll step up and do

second hour of varney just getting started. ♪ stuart: brian brenberg with me. came on strong, justice in new york city, politicized justice is a joke. >> the tip of the spirit donald trump at its about anybody ask anybody watching this says if they can do that to him, lots of money you can't raise, you lose, doesn't matter who you are, if us bows the wrong view, shop at the wrong place you speak the wrong words, this could be you next. that is what america sees and what's happening to donald trump. may work for him politically but it's a sad commentary on the rule of law and justice. stuart: sad spectacle. listen to what the white house is saying when asked about president biden's next press conference. watch this. >> when will the president hold another press conference, without having helicopter noise or jet noise in the background? >> the president as you just said the president takes questions pretty regularly, enjoys having engagement with all of you. >> is there talk of one? >> i don't have anything for you. the president enjoys engaging with all of you o

"varney & company" if begins now. stuart: good morning, everyone.. stocks are up again this

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second hour of varney just getting started. >>> okay, this is just coming in. the supreme court has ruled on the trump ballot case and ruled in trump's favor. molly hemingway is here. give us sigg any of dance on this. is trump winning on this or biden losing on this? >> this was an issue as soon as oral arguments were held they expected them to say colorado's attempt wouldn't be allow. i'm curious about the ruling. some thought it would be 7: 2 or unanimous. the questioning was very critical -- >> molly, can i interrupt for one second. it was a unanimous 9-0 decision. >> well, that really says a lot about t this attempt to remove from the ballot the republican nominee and keep from tens of millions of americans the right to vote for whom ever they would not. you just said it in your opening take with the polls. people are not supporting president biden and this is what's been in engaged in. they said coloradoans wouldn't have to veto for who whom they want to if it's donald trump. it's a really big setback for democrats in the effort they havement using the co

that's it for "varney and company" today. coast-to-coast starts right now. >> more details on the bridge collapsed. the bridge went out. let's get right to it. what we are learning and how long this could be to disrupt grady trimble in maryland. >> reporter: could be a disruption they can't focus on that. the search and rescue operation. we know there were 8 construction workers, when cargo ship came through and struck the support beam of the bridge, crumbling into the river below. they were able to pool 2 of those workers out of the water, one was fine which was miraculous and didn't want to go to the hospital. they are looking for those other six with crews from the fbi using tell our copters, they've got it out here searching for anyone who may have been on the bridge. listen to governor westmore an hour and 1/2 ago describing search and rescue operation? >> reporter: response teams are doing everything to rescue and recover the victims of this collapse as we speak. people are out there, divers, people who are working to s

"varney & company" picks it up. ashley, take it away. ashley: good morning, everyone, indeed.ay. let's get to these markets and the fed rally.

third hour of varney starts now. stuart: former arkansas governor mike huckabee joining me now. i sense americans are frustrated about this border problem. >> i think they're angly and demand something. it's not just on the southern border anymore. people in new york realize that the resources that they should be getting as citizens, taxpayers are now going to illegals with hotel rooms, three meals a day, gift cards, healthcare. same thing as happening in places like chicago and washington dc. they've had it up to their eye with balls and it'll be a significant election shift because a lot of people who may be typical democrat voters are going to say, i can't do it this year. i just can't. these people have betrayed my trust. they've taken my resources and they've handed it to people who shouldn't be here and some of those people, not all, but some of them are murdering innocent people in this country like we saw in georgia recently. stuart: just goes on and on and on, done a lot it? next one for you, outside groups have pledged more than a billion, 1 billion to biden's reelecti

ashley webster's in for stuart now, and "varney & company" takes it away. ashley.ing a big rally on wall street