steve: thank you very much, alexis. thank you very much. you watch political things and won determine which of those people would i like to have a beer with, it s interesting because we had lee carter on a little while ago and we always talk about how it s the independents who wind up choosing the election because, you know, the people on the right love the right nominee. the people on the left love the left nominee. she said the two winners with independents were nikki haley and chris christie and she pointed out with independents a lot of people look into vivek ramaswamy. ainsley, to your point earlier, when you were towering with carley where a lot of people were googling, it s like who is this guy? i would like to know how did he get his money. ainsley: there is vivek right there. steve: there he is in the middle. that was lee carter s assessment of what happened. when you look at the papers today. here is a little recap of the headlines. the new york post said republican n
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.
peter said you could tell the way that that was written that he wanted to engage the republicans. and ultimately he did. and what did he do he? got them to essentially say okay. that s off the table. now let s move on to social security. brian: he knew that wasn t even up for debate. steve: people want the clips. brian: kevin mccarthy in the afternoon said medicare and social security are are not in the conversation when it comes to the debt ceiling. number two rick scott. rick scott did this crazy thing and said social security is going to be bankrupt in 10 years. we have to look at this and reform it. oh, we got a talking point for the mid terms. actually, rick scott was actually being responsible but politically it was detrimental. if you want to talk about responsible. 40-year-old governor of arkansas. the composed cool way in delivered substantive speech dichotomy against joe biden it. walls there for you last night. here s a clip. in the radical left s
what did the american people think of biden s state of the union address last night? we re about to find out. steve: we are. pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends in carthage, north carolina on this wednesday morning. brian: he joins us from pete s family restaurant but it s not pete s family but that is pete. pete: just different pete. pretty close at this point. pretty close. pete from pete s with my family here in carthage, north carolina, great folks having wonderful conversations and we want to bring them to you right now. this is donna and annie both of who watched the speech last night. donna, open field, what was your reaction to what joe biden said last night? nothing but lies, all lies. didn t hear anything about the border. how can you have a nation without a border? how does anything else even matter in this country without a border? and everything that s coming in? pete: absolutely. what are your thoughts? same thing. the border. nothing was mentioned a
sarah huckabee sanders rebuttal, which themes resonated with you the voter most last night. lee carter is dialing for us at the top or in the next segment right after the break. steve: she has got the dials. brian: plus lebron james becomes history all-time leading scorer. enes kanter freedom crying foul. his fiery response still ahead good morning na na na good morning the rest of my life going to start today ye ah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand elderberry. people remember ads with a catchy song. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here s a little number you ll never forget. customize and save. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.