american border problems won t be fixed until congress acts. fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. border. we now have the worst border crisis in american history. china threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did. the president s refusal to stand up to china, our most formidable adversary. it s never a good bet to bet against america, never. america can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. steve: we are using the official state of the union address music as you can see. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, february 8th, 2023. currently in our nation s capital it is 44 degrees. come on in here to studio m., midtown, manhattan. we are at 36 degrees. and welcome to the official post game show. if you did not see what the president was talking about last night in the congress, we got you covered. ainsley: we have all the highlights for you. did you all stay up and watch? brian:
pete: i m just letting you know. pete s family restaurant carthage, north carolina. in fact, these great folks responded to donald trump s state of the union in january of 2020 or february. it was so good we thought we would come back. and they are up early out here. because we watched the reaction. i thought sarah huckabee sanders did a fantastic job. pundits responding. politicians that were in the hall. the far more interesting aspect of what we do here all the time. what can average folks, hard-working folks across america think of this speech? did they watch it? and if they did what was their take away. good morning. pete: you are on with brian, steve and ainsley. wave to them. [cheers] pete: who here watched the speech last night? who here loved the speech last night? steve: i don t see many hands. pete: not many response there. we will get a sense of what they liked, what they didn t like. what they believed and didn t believe. that s the point here at fox & friends