world. ukraine is taking the fight to russia. really bloodying up their military and doing the dirty work with great courage and resolve and skill and so we should encourage them. they are on freedom s frontier fighting this first fight of the 21st century. that s why there is so much similarity between what vladimir putin in russia is trying to do and what xi jinping in beijing is trying to do. brian: i don t see any big picture strategy. we give them $27 billion worth of aid and arms. how long is it going to take to replenish the arms that we are giving. it will take years. i worked in the defense industry for many years. these things aren t, you know, they are not cookies in the oven. it takes months, if not years to replenish stocks and stockpiles. building weapons and ammunition. we need to put more money there quickly. and, look, we still need to supply our allies and partners, particularly taiwan i might add. brian: which they are still waiting for stuff that they ordered
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
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: yes. steve: hard to miss. ainsley: we watched sarah huckabee sanders give the republican rebuttal afterwards. brian: went to post game and then came here. brought a gym bag. steve: steve joe biden hung around for 45 minutes. after the speech wandering around kind of like what pete hegseth is doing. is he in north carolina and talking to folks at i think it s called pete s family restaurant there in carthage, north carolina. ainsley: any relation? [laughter] pete: look, folks, not a joke. we re going to be here for a couple hours and finish the job. [laughter] brian: all right. good job.
people. it also it s not true. here s the thing you could tell that was inserted in the speech because he wanted to baited the republicans. then he wanted to have some back and forth and he did. brian: you think he wanted that? steve: absolutely. do you know why? because he had a big smile on his face. brian: he reacted in the room. steve: so happy that the republicans got ahead and jeered at him. brian: there is no way he wanted that. ainsley: i don t think he wanted that either. let me tell you why. he said the republicans were yelling we didn t want that. you re a liar. then he has to be on the defensive. brian: he lost the talking point. ainsley: exactly. wait a minute is oh so you are on the same page as i am? so you agree? so i guess we all agree now? let s discuss our mutual plans together and at that point mccarthy stands up. steve: right. because he said okay. if that s off the table now let s talk about the seniors. the reason i said that was peter doocy, no
first responders are most concerned about, downed power lines when thehey were out, and obobviously the debris in the a. brian, i appreciate your reporting as always. thank you. we ll check in with you, next a storm chaser trapped along with you and others in punta gorda, florida. wel be right back.