border crisis caused by the biden administration. never a good bet to bet against america, never. [chanting u.s.a.] newark can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. pete hegseth is live in carthage in north carolina where he s going to be talking to voters. who here watched the speech last night? who loved the speech last night? ainsley: last night was joe biden s second state of the union address. we all watched it. we watched sarah huckabee sanders rebuttal and listened to the pundits afterwards. we will get you up to date, up to speed if you happened to go to sleep last night. brian: then we watched some late night movies and went to the clubs and came right to work. how late were we up last night? 11:00? steve: listen, we made one correct prediction yesterday and that was that joe biden would be wearing a blue tie. ainsley: this is true. steve: and he did. from state of the union to safety the onion. let s go to having br
president just rubber stamping everything he was saying and will propose. now we have kevin mccarthy there representing the republican conference that will be a check and balance on the president. brian: that would certainly help. kevin mccarthy is going to be on in 35 minutes. congressman, thanks so much. great speech last night. thank you very much. god bless. brian: president biden touting small business gains last night even as business owners struggle with record inflation and labor market issues. so, is the president out of touch? our small business panel weighs? out of touch i m out of time but i m out of my head when you re not around oh oh ohh oh oh ohh 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it s comeback season. woman: why did we choose safelite? vo: driving around is how we get our baby to sleep,
shot down on a saturday. steve: showed up at a diner in north carolina. mark meredith is live from the white house with more. mark, good morning to you. steve, ainsley and brian good morning to you guys. the president did mention china in his speech last night. critics say he should have played a much more prominent role in the state of the union address. of the president did make some subtle references to the chinese spy craft that was shot down offer the coast last week. take a listen. i m committed to work with china where we can advance america interest and benefit the world. make no mistake about it. as we made clear last week if china threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country and we did. [applause] critics argue the president waited far too long to shoot the device down. the president insists he chose to shoot it down over water to avoid any falling debris. house majority leader steve scalise says that simply does not add up. a balloon flies over t
that s a double thumbs down. so, we have a lot of opinionated folks who stayed up late for us to watch the speech who have great insights for us. who liked sarah huckabee sanders speech last night, too? [cheers] pete: a lot of love for that if you turn the camera around, we found the spy balloon. there it is. it s floating right here. biden s build back better spy balloon. it s been spotted. so back to you guys. reaction to the speech here in just moments. brian: check in with you again. steve: is he going to shoot it down? ainsley: that s funny. brian: another balloon in central america i don t know how we will handle if it comes to our border. ainsley: president biden taking an hour before finally mentioning china. brian: yeah only gave seven lines to it. during that time the commander-in-chief never directly mentions the spy flight that traveled across the u.s. on his watch before it was finally
from. and tackle that. brian: it would certainly be refreshing. do you think anything is going to get done by exposing this? are there any sober democrats who understand the president s mention of fentanyl, the cities being overrun by illegals. 45,000 here. they just took over a holiday inn where they wrecked the place, do crazy things in the stairwell and get drunk in the lobbyist on our dollar. $95,000 a day? does the president realize all of this is related? well, i hope he does. and maybe he does. it didn t seem like it from the speech last night. that s one of the most disappointing things. i can name a list of things that really he fell short on. this is definitely on top of my list. and i do hope that some democrats can see this as well. and i know for a fact that some do. they want to solve this problem. and the president needs to lead on it. it s his responsibility. and he needs to take the lead on it. now, one of the things that give me peace of mind is that we didn t hav