[national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 a.m. here in new york city on a beautiful memorial day weekend, and i m so happy to be joined by my friends will cain and joey jones. good morning. will: good morning. that was the navy s national anthem the national anthem performed by the navy s northeast ceremonial band, they were with us yesterday rachel: they were so good, we had to keep them. joey: it was the navy s national anthem, it s everybody s national anthem the. [laughter] rachel: air force and america. yeah. so it s great to be back, and it has been beautiful. i spent time laying out with my family by the pool. will: you did? [laughter] rachel: yesterday. just getting an early start to the memorial day celebration. joey: i guess most americans are probably their second, third day into their memorial day weekend, working for me means i get to share stories and talk about the people that matter so much to me, so honestly i don t think there
seem to think this is okay. so it seems to me that they are just going after everything that, for them, stands for oppression, and it then becomes a legitimate vehicle for them to express this radical agenda. rachel: yeah. when i saw the happen to the trevi fountain which, by the way, the mayor of rome says is going to be very expensive and complex to the restore, their hope they re hoping there wasn t permanent damage, but i thought about the taliban blowing up those, you know, buddhist statues, you know, that were so amazing when they started taking control. i mean, they are trying to erase western, as you said, western civilization because they believe, i guess, that fossil fuels and the sort of advancement of our civilization through fossil fuels is a bad thing. hay seem genuinely scared? i don t with understand. right. and, i mean, problem with the
victoria, you are also the author of a history of democracy in ten works of art. i have that book, it s fabulous. so why do they want to tear down western civilization, and why are they choosing these methods to do it? well, thanks for the book club, rachel. good to be with you. what seems to be emerging is a pattern that they, these climate extremists seem to think that the destruction or the attempted destruction of the great works of the western canon is completely acceptable if it furthers their agenda for the climate. and they also went leonardo s mona lisa and the de gaulle statue that they went after at the national gallery, they actually set it up with the press. and the guards stood by and did nothing. so the institutions themselves
vote with their feet through school choice policies. so that s more threatening than anything else for them. will: all right, or corey. always great to audiocassette you. thank you so much. thank you, with will. will: climate craziness, activists cause a scene by dumping charcoal into the trove trevi fountain. our guest says they are trying to croix western civilization, and she explains next. they need their lawn back fast and you need scotts turf builder rapid grass. it grows grass 2 times faster than just seed alone. giving you a stronger lawn. smell that freedom, eh? pick up a bag at lowe s today. feed your lawn. feed it.
will: the keel reportedly includes no new taxes and strength thens welfare requirements. mccarthy says the full text of the bill will be released later today. rachel, over to you. rachel: all right. thank you, will. the iconic trevi fountain in rome turning black last week after climate activists poured diluted charcoal in the water, but this wasn t the first time something like to curred. in occurred. in october two protest ors threw tomato soup on a van gogh painting in london and glued themselves to the wall. last month if activists threw red and black paint on a sculpture at the national gal ily of art in washington, d.c gallery. they were both taken into custody friday and face federal charges. our next guest says these climate extremists are destroying or trying to destroy western civilization. victoria coats served as a senior adviser to the former energy secretary brew lay.