sad over everything we ve gone through, the lives that have been lost but i m hopeful because of the vaccines and because we are seeing reopenings. i m really hopeful on this day that it will be better for us. remarkable jump by some governments, not so good by others. over in the uk everything is still sharp, every restaurant, every nonessential shop, families allowed to see other families. we ve had a lockdown that is taken away personal liberties, we look across at the us within the and hope that our leaders can follow suit and fall you guys out of what has been a pretty dire year here and around the world. jillian: we say good morning, you re watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. benjamin: tonight president biden will address the nation to mark one year since the pandemic started in the us. jillian: the white house releases new details on the speech. reporter: minutes ago we received additional guidance from the white house on what the speech would loo
this is the worst and what really makes it bad is that there is no end in sight. harris: no end in sight, he says, despite warnings from the governor and a number of lawmakers and officials on the border, president biden is still not taking any questions from the media on this escalating crisis. in fact, biden s aides ushered reporters away as they were pressing the unresponsive commander-in-chief yesterday with questions. watch. come on, let s go. harris: you are watching outnumbered. here today, my cohost emily compagno, fox news contributor and fox nation cohost tomi lahren, former obama director and podcast host, johanna maska and music star fox nation host john rich. great to see everybody, john, i m going to start with you. official news that this is coming because the trump administration told the incoming biden administration, you change too much and they will come. john: they basically shot a flare in the sky and say hey, you ve got 100 days, guys, let s
macron the second time attempting that to combine various pension programs into one and raise the retirement age, as i said 64 over seven years. they hate it. is that the same type of reception, even something like that would get here? the french have their own unique dynamic, but broadly speaking, yeah, you re going to get something like that and it s, honestly, neil, from a policy perspective it s kind of a shame that we can t have an honest conversation about the future of these programs because i do think there s a general consensus amongst, kind of serious economists that, you know, they re eventually going to be running out of money. that the working base that s paying the taxes that are supporting the current retired generation, that that s going to shrink as the retirement class grow so it s not sustainable. if you talk about it, you re painted into a corner so it s a short-term losing proposition.
as opposed to a discussion about having everything start over again. and i think that s misleading in terms of what he really intended to do. but, look, the bottom line is, is republicans want to see social security be successful. and be improved. and the best way to do that is to take a look at other successful pension programs that the vast majority of us, including a lot of the folks that you re going to be talking about, would include in their portfolios. but we can do that as long as the federal government continues to make the assurances to the individuals who are looking forward to social security long-term. but once again, in the next 11 years, we have to have a better plan in place than what we do today. or we re going to see, under existing circumstances, some reductions of as much as 24% in some sort of a benefit. so, let s start talking now, because it s easier to fix it now than it would be five years or six years from now. and that s the message we re trying to get is, is
would say that we would prefer to look at it in a different direction, one of managing it, as opposed to a discussion about having everything start over again. and i think that s misleading in terms of what he really intended to do. but, look, the bottom line is, is republicans want to see social security be successful. and be improved. and the best way to do that is to take a look at other successful pension programs that the vast majority of us, including a lot of the folks that you re going to be talking about, would include in their portfolios. but we can do that as long as the federal government continues to make the assurances to the individuals who are looking forward to social security long-term. but once again, in the next 11 years, we have to have a better plan in place than what we do today. or we re going to see, under existing circumstances, some reductions of as much as 24% in some sort of a benefit. so, let s start talking now, because it s easier to fix it now than it w