julie: that song will never get old. republican presidential candidates are still hard at work on the campaign trail. several are taking part in july 4th festivities in iowa and new hampshire, the first two states on the gop primary calendar that could make or break their campaigns. griff jenkins is following it from washington. why aren t you have out surfing? did you make somebody mad today? that was yesterday. we took the dog who surfed as well. instagram pictures to come. more than six months to go before the iowa caucuses or new hamp hampshire. former vice president mike pence takes part in an iowa
kids how to be a man and how to not go out and act like a thug? i think that s the number one question. i have to say i get a little aggravated that the parents get off on stuff like this. this kid is going to fafo when it comes to prison. never going to step out free again. it s sad. four kids that don t have their dad that was doing his job and being an upstanding man for his family now he lost his life because these two kids wanted to play around and act like gangsters. it s inexcusable and disgusting. jesse: if you have a son and he is posting on instagram pictures with a pistol on his waist and flashing cash around like that. huh-uh. yeah. no. that s not going to happen in my house. no, no, no. i m going to set it straight. how do you not know that my kid, a, they are not even on social media. this is a mom territoryship up in my house. i do not allow. this isn t a republic. don t get we don t operate under any allusions. you don t have rights in my house. you are my kid.
head? do you love them? you re good. it s good enough. i agree with you. i don t hear anything about social media because that drives a lot of insecurity in people, in teens. instagram pictures. especially for young people. they see the lodge they don t have. you see fabulous cars and boats, jets. it s all a mirage anyway. it s fake. i like excellence-ism. i didn t make up the word, but i do think there s also a certain amount of luxury in being able to be less than perfect. not everyone gets. the standards can be very high. but i ll say that i think my competition is me yesterday. yeah. but i do give myself more grace as a mom, especially in the pandemic because it was 24/7 attached. i think there s something to having standards for yourself to pursue excellence.