obsession with all thingswh technology especial apple products and his ability to make time for those of us who just looked up to him for who he was as a person. i m going to have a lot more to say about my friend throughout the hour, but i want to begin tonight with my colleague sean hannity, sean, i think both you and i, i watched your whole show tonight, i cried, i had to do my makeup over a couple of times inbecause i started crying watching it, but i think they do of us knew rush longer than most because he was an inspiration to of our careers and talk radio and beyond. i know you have so many funny stories about rush, and i know he would want us to laugh as we remembered his family tonight catherine, david, everyone, but also as we remembered him. so give us a funny story. there was this side of him and i don t know if i captured it as well as i wanted to tonight, you always wish you said this, this, and this when you talk about somebody that you love and admire so mu
ainsley: he passed away after a battle with lung cancer but his impact on conservatives, america and the world lives on. he was fantastic man, fantastic pilot. people whether they loved him or not respected him. he loved his country. loved the country, but his wife and his family and loved his fans from his audience which was maybe the biggest ever. irreplaceable. jillian: you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. todd: tributes pouring in for rush limbaugh. jillian: carley shimkus joins us with the latest. steve: the nation at leading lawmakers paying tribute to rush limbaugh. he died wednesday morning little more than a year after announcing stage iv lung cancer diagnosis. his wife broke the news of his passing on his radio show. there will be a tremendous void in our lives and on radio. i would like to thank each and every one of you who rallied around rush and lifted him up when he needed you the most. steve: carley: donald trump awarding him the
announcing stage iv lung cancer diagnosis. his wife katherine broke the news of his passing on his radio show. from today on, there will be a tremendous void in our lives and on the radio. i would personally like to thank each and every one of you who rallied around rush when he needed you the most. carley: donald trump awarding the media icon the presidential medal of freedom at the state of the union address one day after revealing his cancer diagnosis. the former president reflecting on that moment yesterday. it was an idea that we had that a lot of people suggested to me, it was an amazing night because republicans went wild and the democrats sat there but they are respected rush. one of the great orders of his life. reporter: the rush limbaugh show began in 1988 and grew to be the most listened to radio show in the country attracting 27 million people per week. his voice even influencing the nation s most prominent lawmakers. i was inspired to go into conservativ
so much. the news continues right here on cnn it s thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, joe biden, just hours from delivering a state of the union address that could help propel him to a second term or possibly put his reelection campaign in jeopardy. plus donald trump challenging the president to a debate and signaling his second term in the white house could be even more chaotic and district corruptive than the first and alabama s governor signing an ivf protection bill into law. but access to fertility treatments still remains at risk. all right it s 05:00 a.m. here in washington. that s a live look at jefferson memorial, looks beautiful at this time of day. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. wonderful to be with you this morning. this morning, president biden and white house aides will put the finishing touches on his state of the union address. this is a white house photo from earlier this week of him working on the speech. it s likely to be
while the world searches for the missing owner of a dime bag, he puts his feet up and chills at camp david. maybe it is because he is innocent. reports are they left camp david on friday and the coke was not found until sunday. it is hard to believe it would sit around for 72 hours in the white house. it should be easy to clear the bidens. can you say whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? a couple of things there. mention the hatch act because it was posed using donald trump and so he was trying to be mindful. i hear you, but you are asking me a question and i am answering it. i would have you read the transcript fully so you can see exactly what he was trying to say. that is number one. we are not avoiding the question. we have answered this question for the last two days. there has been a responsible reporting about the family and i have to call that out here. i have been very clear. i was clear two days ago when talking about this over and o over, the