rachel: good morning, everybody. it s the 7:00 a.m. here in new york city ask just outside in fox square that was the brooklyn united drum line are. they re performing for us and for all of you here on super bowl sunday, and they re going to be here all morning long. they re amazing, just lighting up the square for us. will, brian, good morning. brian: good morning to you, again, rachel and will. important to point out, we re now talking hours until super bowl lvii, the first super bowl which is really 100% back. you know, two years ago there was about 2,500 media members, last year about 5,000. this year over 6,000 because everything s back to normal. it s the fourth super bowl for arizona. coming up a little bit later, a feature with gronk , a little bit later a feature with a guy who had a great concert last night, kane brown. also there s a huge link between the military and football, and that s another way things are getting back to normal. one thing the usaa does which
am i dressed okay? no, you re not. you need a wrangler whoa, whoa, out of nowhere. you re live at gronk beach 2023 here at the super bowl in phoenix, arizona. and it s popping as you can tell behype us, baby. brian: op or off? on. put those pit vipers on. he s looking fresh, baby. brian: we re about to go on stage. energy is flowing. good thing i just got my drink at the beach because i am a beast, and i m about to to go up there, bust a couple moves. brian: is this mindset similar similar to before a game? gronk s about to go on stage. i sense the audience is about to get four or five, maybe six footballs. [cheers and applause]
brian: so, rob, the business of partying, is that what the i don t think beach party is gronk beach partiesome is that the goal? yeah. it s all about coming out here, losing your mind a little bit, putting all your stresses away. coming out here, you know, getting some sunshine, getting some rays, getting a nice tan while you re out here, having a couple drink, feeling good but also dancing your face off. that s what it s really about, is the dancing. of. brian: and you can dance, let s be honest. my moves are kind of like elvis. i gyrate the whole time. i finally found out where my dance originally rooted from, and it s from elvis. brian: really? you re kind of business too. you work for fox. what did you do this week? what is it like working with the guys? i love strahan, terry bradshaw, howie long, just everyone. jimmie johnson, they re such great guys putting me under their wing and helping me out so much. they want to see me have
give it to the jay wallace. he s the new president who s the true patriots fan. but that was, that s life as gronk . but you notice, he s got that business person in him. every sponsor that was there got shown, got mentioned, so he s got that going. it s a whole family thing will: keep that jacket. i want to see it in your office. brian: a little bit later. back in a moment, more fox & friends froit,m everywhere. to keep the people that have been here taking care of us. learn more at getrefunds.com.
a weekend. it s unbelievable, congressman, thanks so much. thank you. god bless, and i gotta tell you, i m rooting for philly. brian: all right. a lot of people are, a lot of them are here i m going to be i think kansas city s a great team, but i think philly s a little bit of the underdog. i m going the underdog. brian: all right. mr. interior secretary the, thank you. meanwhile, i had a chance to go behind the scenes with gronk , rob gronkowski, the latest fox employee. it s gallon s beach, the ultimate beach party and music festival. watch. one of the relatively new attractions on super bowl weak is the week is the gronk beach party. everywhere you go, there s a little bit of gronk . gronk , gronk , gronk . but so far no rob. the four-time super bowl champ, not here yet. but the good news is the people that came, they re keeping themselves occupied until he arrives. watch.