listen, we all have advance degrees from the limbaugh institute for advanced conservative studies. [applause] let's not kid ourselves. breitbart, levin, men and women who have had an uncompromising willingness and ability to chart the course for freedom. you know, we call ourselves conservatives, but what are we really? we're freedom lovers. that's what we are. we stand at the conservative political action conference here remembering all those people that came before us, so grateful for this nation that they gifted us. you know, i'm convinced -- i think i have the best job in the country. because "fox & friends" gives me the job -- i don't know if the title is diner correspondent, breakfast guy, pancake pete, whatever -- they fly me across the country to middle america to have breakfast with wonderful, regular folks across america; ohio, north carolina, texas, florida, here. we did one in orlando. dixie bell. it was amazing. you should try their biscuits and gravy, unbelievable. but what i get the privilege of doing is, yeah, i do three segments over three hours with "fox & friends", and we're talking politics with people as they have breakfast. the voices of average people. but i actually get to spend four hours at diner tables with average americans talking about their lives. truck drivers, teachers, construction workers, bus drivers, nurses cops, vets. the people that make america work, that work hard -- [applause] you might call them the forgotten men and women. and what did our president, donald trump, what did he call them? the real elites. and he's right. do you know why he's right? because when i sit down with these folks, i sit down with a schoolteacher or a construction worker or small business other than or a cook at a owner or a waitress at the restaurant we're at, and they're not talking about esoteric things that the ivy league talks about or msnbc talks about. they're talking about the bible and faith and prayer and their family, hard work, supporting the police, standing for the anthem, the first amendment, the second amendment, the tenth amendment. the things that our founders understood and loved and cherished. that, to me, is real elitism. that's what our country is grounded in. active, average citizens who know a what really matters. guess when the last time they talked about the bible at the ivy league was? like 1840. seriously. our elite institutions have lost any knowledge whatsoever of what really matters in our country. so i'm honored to have that assignment to travel across the country and meet those people who would be here if they can. who need you as a active activists to fight for their and the basic freedoms that we love in this nation. because they're watching this get ripped away from them. in fact, i'm starting a project. one of the places where it's getting ripped away most dramatically is the classroom. it's the classroom, people. [applause] you know, at fox nation i have a great opportunity to do documentaries about things i really love and i'm passionate about. biblical history, i've gone to jerusalem, bethlehem, the holy city talking about israel, the state of israel. it's something i'm very passionate about. i sat down with modern warriors, i once had a three and a half hour conversation with rob o'neil, the guy who shot bin laden, we had way too many weers, and it was an unbelievable story. and i said what if anyone could hear that story? we have a few too many beers and we have a conversation with vets and hear the real story. the project i'm working on right now that doesn't even have a title yet, it's called the 16,000-hour war, and it's about the 16,000 hours, that's the working title, that government schools and public schools have our kids from k-12. and how far they've gone in turning those schools into indoctrination camps for the left. 100%. and as we started doing our research, we thought, or well, is this something that started in the '60s, kind of a '60s thing? no, no, no, this goes back much further than that. it's a 100-year-old project of progressives, and what's the first thing the they removed from the public classroom when they had the opportunity? the bible. okay? you talk to anyone, you talk to a progressive today about philippians, and they'll say is that a team from philadelphia? i mean, they have done everything they can to rip the bible, prayer, god, the ten commandments out of our schools because they know that's the basis upon which free people stay free, the mixture between athens and jerusalem that our founding fathers understood so passionately. they went there first. now they're at the point over time once they've removed that, they've removed the classics, they've removed basic arithmetic. math is now racist. now they've started inserting their agenda, critical race theory, 1619 project are, 1776 is evil. the narrative is america is an evil, evil country. stolen from indians, built only on the backs of slaves and, therefore, completely illegitimate. that is what your kids, if you're not paying attention, are being taught directly. every single day. and you might say, well, i live in a nice neighborhood, i pay my property taxes, my public school's got a new gym, i really hike the teachers, principal's a nice guy, my community's a little bit more conservative. no, wake-up call time it's your school too. and it might be your private school -- if you're not intentional about classicalling education, christian classical, you know, catholic education, home schooling, whatever it is your kids are not going to get the views that you believe in. and if i had a dollar for every person that i met at a diner who said, well, i raised my kids to be patriots, to be capitalists, to love our founders, love our country, and then i sent them off to so and so university and they came back a socialist, i'd be a very rich man. [applause] you have to fortify them now. if you don't fortify them now, you will lose them. we're in the fight of our lives, and you've heard that from a lot of speakers today. and some of the press that are covering this, they don't understand the attachment that conservatives and freedom lovers have to donald trump. to the former president. [applause] they don't get it. they think it's some sort of a misinformation, cult of personality, oh, they love the bravado. that's not what it is. i'll explain why we love him in one military analogy. i was a platoon leader in iraq in the army, and the one situation you know is the most dangerous situation that you don't want to find your platoon stuck in is what's called a near ambush. you're walking through a neighborhood, and you walk into a near ambush meaning the enemy has the high ground, they're conceal, and you're stuck in what's called the kill zone on the x, and they've got you pinned down. rifles, grenades, everything. you're right there in the kill zone. you don't want to be there. you're dead if you're in the kill zone for the most part unless you act, okay? the battle drill of being in the kill zone of a near ambush is definitely not crouch down and hope you survive. because it's never going to happen. your only option is to immediately seek cover, immediately pop your grenade, throw it and then charge toward the enemy that you still can't see. that's your only option if you want to survive. this is all metaphorically, of course, for the media out there. [laughter] right? [laughter] caveat necessary. it's your only hope, all right? well, republicans for decades, for years have sat in the kill zone and said just kind of like us, we're okay. we're not that bad. we're okay. we're nice behind our podiums, you know, dressed up like this. hey, everybody, just a little bit more. donald trump says it's time to throw the grenades and charge at the enemy. [cheers and applause] that's why. [applause] that's why. you want a leader that believes in you, that listens to you, that listens to the people at the diners and understand what they love about this country ands that is willing to actually fight for it. and what happens in a near ambush if you seize the initiative and charge at the enemy? pretty soon they have to pop out of the tall grass, occupant of their concealed -- out of their concealed positions. now you're on the offensive, and what do they do? they scream, you're a racist! [laughter] right? they call you names, they expose themselves for the fake news media that they are. they come out to say, you're right, we are socialists. that's exactly what they do. we know who they are, and donald trump has exposed them which means we have to have the spine to follow through on that fight. because what we're defending is not difficult to defend. it's the flag we love and the freedoms we cherish and the faith of we have and the families we want to protect. i am out of time -- [applause] god bless you. fight every single day. do not wait for election day. do whatever you can in your school board, in your classroom, in your community. the left has the positions, we need to take the positions back as well and, dammit, take the high ground. thank you guys very much. i appreciate it. [cheers and applause] god bless you guys. arthel: all right. so there is pete hegseth of "fox & friends" and fox nation, a crowd-pleaser at c spac, saying they are a party -- cpac saying they are a party of freedom lovers. we're going to have more live speeches throughout the weekend. eric? eric: hi, arthel, everyone. man, pete tore it up, and we learned that they come up with fox nation documentary ideas over beer. i didn't know about that. so what have we heard and what do we expect from the former president tomorrow? what pete just said. let's bring in our political panel, jessica tarlov and david avenue -- avalan. today's been filled with a lot of policy. former secretary of state mike pompeo, he hit point after point. why is that focus so important? >> well, right now the democrats have the white house, the majority in the house and senate, and we need to continue pushing our ideas of how we'll make the country better. and that's a theme you have heard from all of the speakers, it's one you will most likely hear from president trump tomorrow and the most important thing the president can say tomorrow is that he is going to be working to get republicans elected to the u.s. senate and house next year as we work to gain a majority and put an end to some of the early moves the biden administration is making particularly as it revolves around the keystone pipeline and immigration. eric: what do you think will be his major point? >> that he worked to secure the border and that we see from the president that children are being put into detention centers on the border and that it's exactly what americans said they didn't want to happen. an unsecure border who we didn't know was crossing, and we're moving towards that in the biden administration, and kids continue to get separated. eric: jessica, from what we've heard and the focus on policy, what does that mean to you? and does trump theism continue in this -- trumpism continue in this party? >> oh, i think that if there's one message coming out of cpac from all the speakers, it's that trumpism is alive and well, and you've either got to get onboard with it, or you're going to be left in the dust especially considering the fact that cpac attendees are not necessarily representative of the vast majority of republicans. i don't think that, for instance, white suburban united states in georgia are going to - suburbanites in georgia, but this is a event that if you listen to the policy-focused speeches even like what mike pompeo said to what pete hegseth just said, you can tell that they want to rehash president trump's record, they want to talk about what they see as accomplishments. i don't see it that way, but i understand we have differences of opinion, and that's what makes horse races. and to kind of set trump up for tomorrow so that he is greeted as, frankly, the god they see him -- it's quite a cultish event if you see that golden statue that's been floating around of trump wearing shorts and flip-flops, the way that they cheer with mention of his name. and i'm sure that a republican would push back and say, oh, you haven't had a guy who was that popular. but we did have a guy who was popular, barack obama was incredibly popular, bill clinton was popular like that, but it didn't have this obsessive quality to it, the kind of fainting at his feet. so so that part of it i find fascinating, and that's obviously going to be maintained at least for the next couple of years when trump will be a huge factor in the 2022 midterms. eric: well, you heard what pete said, he said the elites, as he called them, they don't understand the attraction that the faithful have -- >> yeah, that's my problem. i'm too elite. he went to princeton, president trump went to u-penn, frankly, listening to pete talk about how christian education and democrats don't care about the bible? joe biden went to catholic school. joe biden goes to church every sunday. i doubt that donald trump could name one bible verse if really pushed. so there's a false reality being created, and i know that even as evangelicals have said, it's about policy, not about how he talks, etc. but this idea that democrats don't see any value in religion, that we're not religious people, look at how elizabeth warren talks about her faith, hillary clinton talks about her faith, look how bill clinton talks about his faith and the current president of the united states of america has been devoted to catholicism his entire life and points out how he's looked to faith to get him through difficult moments like losing his wife and child in a car crash. and his son, obviously, to cancer more recently. eric: more recent loss too. david, what about that? are some of those attacks against the president and democrats really unfair? >> it's -- i followed advice of abraham lincoln who said i'm not worried if god is on my side, i want to make sure i'm on his side. and people can make their own judgments about who is properly religious or who's not, but there's a bigger underlying factor here. cpac, which is how important the state of florida's going to be in the 2024 race. whether, first, it moves -- the entire conference moves the florida, and you have four potential contenders for 20 the 24 all -- 2024 all from the state of florida right now whether that's former president trump or governor desantis or senator scott or senator rubio. three of those actually are speaking at cpac. and it was governor desantis yesterday who, no doubt, raised his profile and his credibility for 2024 with one particular line which was over the last few -- over the last year many governors have kept their people down while we have lifted floridians up. and for conservatives, that will be a appealing message as we're looking to move past the pandemic and getting schools open and jobs created and allowing men and women to pursue their lives in freedom and yet still stayed healthy as we get -- states get vaccinated, their citizens. it always has to be pointed out or it's important to point out that it is republican states, nine of the top ten most vaccinated states are all led by republicans. and that that's facts many of these cpac voters want to hear. eric: all right, stand by. speaking of one of those republican governors, kristi noem, governor of south dakota, in a few moments from now. and when she speaks, we'll bring that do to you live. and let's add mike pompeo to that potential list of presidential republican candidates who spoke this afternoon. it's going to be quite a shape-up as we continue. so we'll get back to you guys right of after governor nome speaks, thanks. arthel? 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's nearly $2 trillion stimulus bill is on its way to the senate after the house voted to pass the package early this morning. two democrats joined all republicans in voting against it. the senate parliamentarian has already ruled out the bill's provision to raise the federal minimum wage saying it breaks budgetary rules. let's bring in chris bedford, senior editor for "the federalist." so the bill is not expected the fly intact on to the senate side without the provision, though, to increase minimum wage to $15, is it still considered a good bill? >> it's certainly one that's more likely to pass the senate, and i think this was a big relief for democratic members. while a $15 minimum wage makes accept even in some cities and states, it doesn't in states like west virginia where senator joe manchin is representing, and he could swing this vote. so far according to sources who have talked to republicans trying to whip this, there there does not seem to be any republicans who are going to turn on this. however, it is difficult, of course, to say no to sending checks to people -- arthel: yeah. >> -- in your state. that could always change. i think this'll be an easier pass for democrats. arthel: and, meanwhile, the package passed with a 219-212 vote. two democrats, jared goldennen of maine and churt schrader of oregon, they did not support the bill. and we already pointed out it got zero republican votes. but how does this forecast, chris, for, let's say, a frat bill with a min -- separate bill with a minimum wage increase tucked in? >> the separate bill with the minimum wage tucked in, i think, would be extremely difficult to get past the senate. the margins are tight in the house, but they're even tighter in the u.s. senate. they can't even lose a single vote, essentially, or vice president harris' vote won't be able to tip that anymore. the reality of $15 an hour just doesn't make sense to have lower cost of living, of to have lower mean incomes or median incomes than some of the richer states. it's going to be a hard sell in some of the southern states and some of the midwestern states that are -- arthel: well, wait a minute, chris, hang on. i'm a southerner. you're telling me that if i'm a southerner, i shouldn't make more money? >> i'm saying it's cheaper to live in mississippi or alabama, typically, than it is to live in massachusetts and new york by the city. arthel: but i will say, i'm just defending the southerners right now, that the -- [laughter] last time minimum wage -- i'm just saying. [laughter] >> oh, i agree. arthel: last time minimum wage has been increased has been 1 years, so -- 12 years, so the cost of living has definitely increased. >> of course. and there's a certain point to the democrats' argument that a lot of the federal government is subsidizing what people aren't being paid. some of the folks who are just scraping by working two jobs, for example, aren't -- are getting federal subsidies -- arthel: but people don't want that, chris, but, chris -- >> they don't want that, you're right. arthel: people don't want that. they want to work and earn their money. >> oh, i agree with you. arthel: okay, thank you. let me move on. still in the meantime the bill has already received majority, bipartisan public support for what we're talking about here including a $14,000 stimulus check, $350 billion for state and local government funding and $170 billion for schools to reopen. so that said, and based on what you and i were just talking about the here, chris, can are republican senators afford to tinker with the house bill much beyond minimum wage provisions? >> it's always going to be difficult to say no to free checks if you're here in washington because -- especially when you're this far from an actual election. being held accountable for voting for free checks is less likely. however, i know there's a lot of republican pushback to giving a aid to states that still have refused to reopen and allowed their entrepreneurs and people to go. also there's criticism from both sides of the aisle of the moving goalposts that some of the public educator unions have put out there on vaccines and how much money's been unspent so that children can begin to learn again. arthel: yeah. that's definitely a conundrum, because we all know the importance of getting the kids back into the classroom. so many are being left behind on multiple levels, but then we also have to do it safely. so, you know, perhaps do you feel though that somehow when it comes to schools, that whatever political positions or perspectives that are in place can be removed so that we can, in fact, move forward as a country to get the kids back in the classrooms where they belong but also to protect not only them, but teachers, staff and, you know, whoever is at home who may get infected inned advertently as a result of someone having been in a class that's not safely ventilated, for instance? >> i think it's going to take a lot of political pressure right now. some of the teachers unions have made demands that include vaccinations for children, for example. so far we haven't been able to prove that these vaccines are even safe for our children to take. that testing is not there. the majority of the $67 billion that's already been allocated for schools hasn't been spent. some of that's for the future, but there ought to be a discussion, a frank discussion between political leaders and unions of what actually are you asking for, what will it take to go back to work? grocery store workers go back to work, i go back to work, lots of people have to go back to work, and so far the data doesn't support typically the risk of children. arthel: we'll leave it there. good discussion, chris, thank you. chris bedford, take care. >> thank you. arthel: erin. eric: all right, arthel, there are now more calls to investigate new york governor andrew cuomo over a former staffer's sexual harassment ago sakes. the governor's also facing that federal probe for his handle of the nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. alex hogan live in new york city with the latest on this situation. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, eric. nursing home criticism of governor ann true cuomo, now five of the hospital ceos in new york wrote a letter to clear up some of the confusion, and it reads in part: early in the pandemic it was not clear how many patients we would need to admit to our hospitals and not at all clear that we would not become overwhelmed and unable to safely care for our patients. the ceos of mount sinai, northwell health and nyu langone and new york presbyterian added if patients contracted covid-19 at the nursing home, discharging them back to their facility was a prudent option. lawmakers and grieving families are still demanding answers. the state a.g. found that the administration if underreported deaths by up to 50%. fox meteorologist janice dean lost her in-laws in new york city's nursing homes, and she's been an advocate for greater transparency ever since. >> there is an ongoing investigation, a federal investigation, that is happening right now in the state of new york, and the fbi are also involved. there's also a doj investigation that has been in place for many months. so i'm hoping that the biden administration continues that -- >> reporter: cuomo alsod ad that there is a sexual assault case that he faces, allegations from his former top aide, lindsay boylan, tweeting she's thankful for all the support she's received from around the country. now some top democrats are calling for further investigations into those allegations. eric? 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>> well, arthel, at this point any vaccine that is proven to be safe and efficacious is good news for us all. this one, the johnson and johnson, being a single-dose injection is great news at getting us toward that level of herd immunity. it's going to allow us to resume a level of normal i city, and, you know, people keep talking about apples to apples when it comes to looking at johnson & johnson versus pfizer and moderna, and you can't really do that. the clinical trials were done at a different time, especially during the time when we had more variants circulating. the great news that came out of their clinical trials, that it was 66% efficacious at preventing moderate to severe disease but about 85% overall at preventing severe disease. and no one who took the vaccine ended up in the hospital or died 28 days post that. and our goal has been to keep people out of the hospital and save as many lives as possible, and this vaccine has proven to do just that. arthel: so if the, fda gives final approval, that would be an additional 4 million vaccines meaning 4 million additional americans will be able to get vaccinated next week. how will this ramp up the goal of getting enough people vaccinated that will begin to protect us as a society as a whole? >> well, as you know, arthel, we have continued to increase the vaccine distribution. on friday over 2 million doses were given, over 70-90 million doses have been given throughout the country over the last few months. add that with our natural immunity, and we are well on our way to having the majority of our population have some form of immunity against this devastating virus. johnson & johnson has vowed to send 2 million -- arthel: dr. nicole? if dr. nicole? i very much apologize to you, but i have to go to cpac because south dakota governor christie nome is taking the stage there. let's listen in -- governor christie gnome. >> my guess -- oh, thank you. now listen, listen, my guess is that a year ago most of you had no idea who i was. [laughter] but unlike the d.c. media, i'm sure that you are all at least know that there are two dakotas, and that i was -- [laughter] i'm the governor of the warmer one. no, i'm here today to share some of the lessons from my state. i think the main question that needs to be answered this weekend is why does america need conservatives? now, the question of why america needs conservatives can be answered by just mentioning one single year, and that year is 2020. now, everybody knows that almost overnight we went from a roaring economy to a tragic, nationwide shutdown. by beginning of 2020, president trump had created 7 million new american jobs. [applause] we had the lowest unemployment rate in over half a century, and unemployment rates for black, hispanic and asian-americans reached the lowest levels in history. more than 10 million people had been lifted out of poverty and out of welfare, and all of that changed in march. now, most governors shut down their states. what followed was record unemployment, businesses closed, most schools were shuttered and communities suffered. and the u.s. economy came to an immediate halt. now, let me be clear, covid didn't crush the economy, government crushed the economy. [cheers and applause] and then just as quickly government turned around and puffed itself out as the savior. and, frankly, the treasury department can't print money fast enough to keep up with congress' wish list. but not everyone has followed this path. for those of you who don't know, south dakota is the only state in america that never ordered a single business or church to close. [cheers and applause] we never student thed a shelter in place order, we never mandated that people wear masks -- [cheers and applause] we never even defined what an essential business is, because i don't believe that governors have the authority to tell you that your business isn't essential. [cheers and applause] now, south dakota schools are no different than schools everywhere else in mesh, but we approached the pandemic differently. from the earliest days of the pandemic, your priority was the students, their well-being and their education. when it was time to go back to school in the fall, we put our kids in the classroom. teachers -- [applause] administrators, parents and the students themselves were of one mind, to make things work for our children. and the best way to do that was in the classroom. [applause] now, in south dakota i provided all of the information that we had our people and then i trusted them to make the best decisions for themselves, for their families and, in turn, their communities. we never focused on the case numbers. instead, we kept our eye on hospital capacity. now, dr. fauci, he told me that on my worst days i'd have 10,000 patients in the hospital. on our worst day we had a little over 600. now -- [applause] i don't, i don't know if you agree with me, but dr. fauci is wrong a lot. [cheers and applause] even in a pandemic, public health policy needs to take into account people's economic and social well-being. daily needs still need to be met. people need to keep a roof over their a heads, they need to feed their a families, and they still need purpose. they need their dignity. now, mid administration resisted -- my administration resisted the call. we looked at the science, the data and the facts and that we took a balanced approach. truthfully, i never thought that the9 decisions that i was making were going to be unique. i thought that there would be more ld who would follow basic conservative principles. but i guess i was wrong. ask yourself this question, how far will people go to enforce mask mandates? once you start lockdowns, how long can you sustain them? in south dakota we had some cases in march and april, but the virus didn't really hit the midwest until late fall. should we have kept people in their homes from marion ward? march onward? of course not. it's important to ask these questions. we have to show people how arbitrary these restrictions are, and the coercion, the force and the anti-liberty steps that government takes to enforce them. often the enforcement isn't based on facts. justifying these mitigation -- [applause] efforts has been anything but scientific. now, many in the media may if criticize south dakota's approach. they labeled me as ill-informed, that i was reckless and even a denier. some even claimed that south dakota was as bad as it gets anywhere in the world when it comes to covid-19. that is a lie. [applause] media, the media did all of this while simultaneously praising governors who issued lockdowns, who mandated masks and shut down businesses, applauding them as having taken the right steps to mitigate the threat of the virus. at one point i appeared on george stephanopoulos' sunday show. i don't know if you watch that. no, you don't? [laughter] shocker. [laughter] he had just wrapped up a segment with new york governor andrew cuomo where he -- asked, he asked cuomo to give me some advice on how to deal with covid. [laughter] now, now seems like a really good time to remind everyone of what governor cuomo was doing in new york. on march 25th cuomo ordered covid patients into nursing homes, and he prohibited the staff from from testing people before admitting them. nine days later, he pushed legislation prohibiting nursing home lawsuits over covid deaths. six days after that, he prohibited nursing homes from sending covid patients to the nearby naval hospital ship or the field on on hospital, both f which were essentially empty. now, eight days after that the first deaths started to show up, and on january 28th of this year, the new york attorney general announced that cuomo and his administration significantly undercounted the number of covid-related deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%. to make matters worse, they tried to cover it up. now, that, that is the media's covid hero. and, by the way, you know, he also earned an emmy, and he wrote a book on his covid response. so who really needed the advice again, in south dakota we did things differently. we applied common sense and conservative governing principles. we never exceeded our hospital capacity, and our economy is booming. we have the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. [applause] we are number one in the nation for keeping jobs, keeping businesses open and keeping money in the pockets of our people. [applause] the people of south dakota kept their hours and their wages at a higher rate than worker anywhere else in the nation, and our scoops are open -- schools are open. [applause] america needs conservatives at the state and at the local level, but we also need conservatives at the highest level of government too. in america we have government of, by and for the people. our -- [applause] our founding fathers established our national constitution, and the people of individual states crafted their own constitution that placed specific limits on the role of government. those limits are essential to reventing government officials -- preventing government officialses from trampling on people's rights. the people themselves are primary ally responsible for their own health and well-being. they are the ones who were entrusted with experhaps i freedom. expansive freedom, the ability to exercise their rights to work, worship and to earn a living. no above should ever dictate to their people which activities are officially approved or not approved, and no governor -- [applause] , no governor should ever arrest, ticket or fine people for exercising their freedom. [applause] governors and members of congress and the president have a duty to respect the rights of the people who elected them, but it seems these days that conservatives are the only ones who know what that means. personal responsibility is considered a god-given gift in south dakota. personal responsibility is not a term that conservatives have abandoned. when i was preparing to come speak with you, i came across some fascinating remarks that were made back in the 1962. listen to this. the declaration, above all else, was a document not of rhetoric, but of bold decisions. the declaration unleashed not merely a revolution against the british, but a revolution in human affairs. thissing to flynn of national independence shook the globe and remains the most powerful force anywhere in the world today. that's fantastic, right? those are the words of democrat president john f. kennedy. [applause] is there any wonder why ronald reagan often said i didn't leave the democratic party, it left me. [applause] there was a time, there was a time when both political parties belonged to certain fundamental principles, but today we seem to not even share the most basic ideals. america needs people who will stand up for these fundamental principles. america needs conservatives. it's easy to look back on 2020 and remember all of the issues that we had with covid, but covid is only one piece of a very problematic puzzle. it certainly showed us how deep the divide really is and how thin the barrier is between freedom and tyranny, but there was a worse movement that was happening in 2020, and it's an ongoing problem. across america these last several months we watched an organized, coordinated campaign to remove and eliminate allerses to our nation's founding and many other parts of our history. rather than looking to the past to help improve our future, some are trying to wipe away the lessons of history, lessons that we should be teaching to our children and grandchildren. now, this approach focuses exclusively on our forefathers' -- and it fails to capitalize on the opportunity to learn from the their virtues. and they had many of those. birdies crediting -- by discrediting america's founding principles, they create doubt, and then they can remake america into a very different political image. it is our job to help explain why this is wrong. remember, america wasn't found for the person gain or personal power -- personal gain or personal power of men like washington, adams and jefferson. the signers of the declaration of independence put their lives and their sacred honor on the line, and they affirmed people's god-given freedom. still today the deck that ration of independence is one of the most important statements of people ever written. and not just because it serves as justification for our independence to the entire world, but also because it has led to our prosperity, and it's inspired many other nations and peoples to seek freedom. we the people -- [applause] we the people have cone sented to a government that will serve all of us equally. a government that will protect, and uphold our god-begin right as well as the fundamental rights and e human rated by our constitution it is our duty to renew our commitment to these ideals to the pass them on to those who come after us. these ideals cannot be dismissed as the opinions of flawed men. our founders have their flaws. certainly. but to use those flaws, to con document their ideals, and the greatest constitution that world has ever seen is both unjust, and it is self-defeating. how many of us can even live to our own ideals? without the words, the belief, and the sacrifices of those few, the world would not have a ringing example of true freedom. to attempt to cancel founding generation is angt attempt to cancel our own freedom. let's always remember america is good. freedom is better than tyranny. we are unique, we are exceptional, and no american should ever, ever apologize for that. [applause] we should illustrate to the world that people thrive when government is limited. and people's ingenuity and creativity is unleashed reminds the world what happens when tyranny and oppression are allowed to thrive these days troop embracing china. a nation that crushes freedom of speech and religion. china literally places religious minorities in internment campus responded to covid virus by trying to cover up. and one of their mitigation strategies was to weld doors shut to lock friends in their homes friends of china are not friends of freedom. make no mistake america's leadership is needed in the world. so now let's have a really candid conversation. everyone in this room and those listening at home, they know that america needs leaders right now. those leaders need wisdom. they need the confidence to stand up for our principles and a will to act. those leaders need to be conservatives. we have a lot of work to do in the coming months. what may have worked in the past is not good enough anymore it is not to save vote for us because your pocketbook will be bigger or because we'll cut your taxes and reduce the regulations. or because we'll fight against abortion or obamacare or whatever else. i'm not saying that these things aren't important they are among the pillars of what we believe. but conservatives must lead the nation away from borrowing against our children's future. we must put an ends to the accounting gimmicks used to deceive people joe biden has been in politics for 50 years. at that time, our national debt was roughly $450 billion. today, that's pretty close to what we pay in interest on our national debt. everyone is to blame. we have forgotten principles that we once held dear and we must more closely articulate to american people that we're the only ones who respect them as human beings. that we're the only ones who believe the american people have god-given rights. we're not here to tell you thousand live your life. how to treat you like a child, or criminal because you go to church. or you defend yourself. conservatives respect people as individuals. we don't divide people based on their religion, their culture, or the color of their skin. we don't shun people who think for themselves. and we understand that every single person is different. each person each person deserves the opportunity to build his or her life without some self-important government bureaucrat telling them what they can or what they can't do. we don't have the media on our side. conservatives must be smarter than progressives. we must know our history. we must know what works, and what doesn't work. we must think through the issues and make no mistake about it, conservatives exist to fight for america, and for every single american. now for those of you who are disappointed about the election, i am too. remember incredible innovation, though, it took place after gold waters 1964 landslide law. it took the creation of many institutions including the american conservative union, the national right to life, the heritage foundation, the manhattan institute, concern women for america, the federalist society, family research counsel, and among others, took many to change hearts and to change minds. it was institutions like these that help bring about the reagan revolution and bring american exceptionalism back. their work is more important today than ever before. so what can you do right now? it is really simple. you can be bold. you can show up. debate these ideas. persuade your neighbors. this pandemic illustrated that many politicians have a totally different vision for government than what founders laid out it was once said that the left takes its vision seriously. more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. they want to be our shepherd. but that requires us to be the sheep. let it be heard loud and clear from us right now, we will not be sheep. [applause] so i would like to close today with a story. my dad was a cowboy. he was the toughest fern person i've ever known since i was a little girl i wanted to grow up and be like him. now he died in an accident on our farm when i was 22 years old. and a couple of months after he was killed i got courage to go out to clean out his pickup. now all of you have a farmer or rancher in your life you know that they often live out of their pickup. everything important can be found in a cab, their wallet, bills to pay, tools -- you name it. and if you need to find something important, every single one of us farmers kids knows that the pickup is first place that you look. now as new general manager of the business, couple of months after dad died, i knew that where that pickup was, what was in it and i needed to clean it out eventually. but those months also been filled with hundreds and hundreds of questions. what seeds should we be planted and fields should we plant first and price that we need to sell our calves for to cash flow operations and i didn't have those answers i remember wishing over and over again, if i could just ask dad. if i could just ask dad one more question. and frankly, i was running the business. but i was daily faking my way through it. i had no idea how we were going to keep our family business going without my dad. and i was determined, though, that we weren't going to fail ppg so that day, as i carry a box out to the pick why i knew it was time to clean it out and stuck any hand in middle between chairs in the front seat and i started to put items in the box that i was taking out so first thing was pliers how many of you know what pliers is, a baby ruth candy bar his favorite notebook, pen, tools and then i found a little tiny tape recorder it was the kind of tape recorder that a doctor dictates into -- i pushed the play button and immediately i heard my dad's voice. he was talking about steve corn varieties which one performed well on certain fields that we owned that went with certain soil types and had such a wet year the year before that resulted in poor crop yield, and damaged grain. we had had a tough harvest and went on to describe what kind of variety choices he would have made differently what he might work better for the spring that we were anticipating ahead my eye started to fill up with tears as i realize i was learning information that was going to be helpful to me and making crop decision. i look down into the console and i saw several more tapes almost a dozen of them in all and one by one i put them in the tape recorder sitting there in that pickup and i listened to my dad's voice talk about the cows, weather, markets, and what to do if we were ever caught in a tough financial situation. inside those tapes were the answers to so many of the questions that i had had over the past several months. over and over again, i had said, if i could just ask dad. and here in my hands were all of the answers that i needed straight from him and his voice, in the palm of my hand. now, in that moment, in that moment i felt a strange sort of peace settle over me. i know scripture talks ab peace that passes all understanding. it was almost at that moment as if god was saying to me, i will provide. stop worrying. you will be okay. your family will be okay. i've got this. i had the answers, i just needed to get to work. now dad was always the hardest worker that i knew. he led by example and he led by action but that day what changed everything was his words. i made a decision that day to be like my dad. a person of words, but a person of action. because both matter. that's why i ran for office. my mission is to make south dakota a better place. a better place to live, to do business, and to raise a family. one of the reasons i care so deeply about these issues is because i want these things for my family and for every single american family. i believe south dakota has been an example to the nation this past year. people use personal responsibilities to protect their families health. and their way of life. while the government respected their rights and their freedom. and we -- [applause] we are working together to create new opportunities and a better future for our kids. we took the american path. let me close with this. as conservatives, we often forget that stories are much more powerful than facts and statistics. our stories need to be told. it is the only way that we will inspire and motivate the american people to preserve this great country. we must go into this fight for freedom with our eyes wide open, educated to the tactics the liberals will use, yet totally pure in our motives. this is ngt about us. it's about our children. and their future. it is about the nation that we're going pass on to them. it is about telling the stories over and over that remind use america needs conservatives. now more than ever. so thank you for all that you do. america is blessed to have you on her side. god bless each and every one of you and may god bless the united states of america. >> that was of course governor kristi noem considering rising star in republican politics, and ending with a touching story about her father. with a define address about how her state handled covid south dakota case and john hopkins says state does rank number two per capita in cases, and is tied at number six per capita in deaths. but vaccinations are going at a record clip, we'll have more on the governor's address and day three of cpac, right now. hello everyone welcome to brand new hour of america news headquarters i'm eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: i'm arthel neville high profile speakers hitting stage today incoming former secretary of state mike pompeo. but excitement is building ahead of former president trump speech tomorrow where he will make his first major public appearance since leaving the white house in january. mark meredith is live in orlando, florida, with more, mark. >> arthel good afternoon you're right governor wrapping up with the standing vaition certainly a crowd that was excited to see her. a lot of anticipation, though, building some tomorrow when former president trump as you said will be making his first formal remarks since leaving white house he's expected to get a hero welcome a friendly crowd and seen some of them show up outside hyatt and so far only a small number of counter-protest and see what kind of crowd shows up on sunday excuse me. inside convention hall several high profile republicans with ties to former president continue to deliver remarks on friday we have heard from ted cruz, mike lee among several others. house minority leader kevin mccarthy up late last night dealing with the rescue plan but made his way to cpac moments ago. >> do you want to retire nancy pelosi? >> oh, yeah -- do you want to end the socialism in this country? >> yeah. >> win the house, five seats closest this is the smallest majority democrats have had in a hundred years. >> now the crowd, of course, have been excited to see high profile speakers but as you can imagine a lot of people looking at some of the next leaders of the gop those people having a chance to cool the here to speak arthel look to see how president is perceived what hints he may give to 2024 and beyond source tell fox expected to announce candidacy but you can bet he'll talk a lot about what he sees in the future. arthel. arthel: mark meredith thank you very much. eric. eric: and for more on what we're hearing at cpac bring a political panel fox contradict tore david is chairman of go pack david let me start request you kristi noem had to wrap it up and laid out what she said is south dakota lesson for the nation what are those lessons there was no mask mandate no stay at home orders but she really laid out what she sees as a -- plan perhaps for the future. >> well, governor, and desantis are proof that the republican party has many good years ahead of us -- despite what jessica and her team may for are putting out there. to your question specifically, governor noem in south dakota as you noted going into the break setting record number on vaccinations using a community-based system using systems that were already in place to make sure they're getting as many shots in arms as possible. that while certainly encouraging of mask and keeping socially distance most important thing we can do is put shots in arms that's what they're doing in south dakota while they're also letting men and women go to work during the day, and have their kids educated, and hang out with one another, and do what americans are used to doing. eric: jessica she lashed out at her critics what's your reaction? >> first and foremost i thought she did a really good job you can see why she's a rising star within republican party now there were a number of falsehoods, obviously, in her speech and as you mention before this, they have a sixth high pest death rate per capita at one point positivity rate for covid was nearly 70% is any blue state gotten to that level hearing about it on cpac stage but i think her message was owned specifically for this, quote, freedom loving crowd. and i'm always struck when people from states that are smaller, have more rural areas make comparison to population states population of south dakota is 890,000 that's half of the population of manhattan where i am. governor cuomo has made a number of missteps and we're dhooferg and i think it is important that it is investigated. but these it is not apples to apples here in terms of what you're doing no big apartment blocks and by blocks, i mean, like blocks and blocks and blocks. to deal with, and make sure that folks are not getting their grandparents that live in the next room or in their room sick as well. so the comparison doesn't really fit it is a message that works for people who are frankly in denial about the fact that we've lost over half a million lives. ives been shocked actually for such a religious crowd to not hear a moment of silence for the lives that we've lost to this disease and further become clear that doctor to you collie is fauci is boogeyman but demonization of dr. fauci ftion very present in governor noem remarks. >> just a minute left what about those points that perhaps the number of covid deaths not recognized what happened at the capitol january 6th not sufficiently recognized or in this session. of cpac -- >> eric and jessica you all keep wants to suggest falsehood can both of you admit the fact that it is republican governors and republican states that are leading the way on vaccinations. it is republican states that are ahead of democratic led states on vaccination rates. can you all admit that is not a falsehood that is a fact. >> well first of all eric isn't a panelist he's an anchor of the show so yes i can listen, i want to go to miami. i want to go outside and i'm going to sit outside i don't to sit inside of a restaurant but yeah i have a lot of, quote, freedom loving friends leaving new york city to go down to miami. i'm having office now in miami which i didn't have before the pandemic. so -- full credit to desantis for getting elderly vaccinated upfront but it doesn't mean that someone from south dakota with a population under a million who has a sixth highest death rate per capita qen that per capita is what matters should be railing against people who took precautions and told them from day one to wear a mask. she only back down on mask mandate after her feet were held to fire and she looked said oh, my god we have nearly 70% of south dakota we have covid-19. >> we're up against the clock the computer cult this off. one in nine south dakota says john hopkins reported that they tellsed positive for covid. it is still with us -- please take care jessica. >> it is but they're getting vaccinated there eric you won't acknowledge they're getting vaccinated there. >> they are getting vaccinated in south dakota. that is great and it is a record level we have reported that. david and jessica, that's correct. >> jobs are there and it is a state that is on the rise. >> how great is it that we get to tell everybody -- cyber attacks are relentlessly advancing. to end them, cybereason built a cyber security solution so advanced... it can end attacks today -- on computers, mobile devices, servers and the cloud. and deliver future-ready protection, keeping you sharp for tomorrow. join us, the defenders, in our mission. cybereason. end cyber attacks. from endpoints to everywhere. arthel: can you tell us a little bit what about we might expect to hear from mr. trump tomorrow? >> yeah. i would guess you're going hear a lot about vision, about where america needs to go, where the republican party needs to go. i think he'll talk about issues like immigration, and what biden administration is doing dismantling immigration policies that president trump put in place. so things like that i think you'll hear a lot about tomorrow. arthel: do you think the overall messaging at cpac where you are right now, represents a growing rift inside the gop or does it confirm that, you know, there's a new dominant strain of republicans? >> so i don't know so much a rift i think when you lose a presidency, you have leadership that sustains the democrat there's always a time for like trying to figure out where we're at. i think that it will be superhelpful for the president to come and sort of cast that vision. because i think most of the people here still view him as leader of the republican party. and hopefully some day again maybe leader of the nation. arthel: so what is the message that you think not just the president former president should convey there tomorrow when he takes the stage, what do you think is the message there right now and what is the mission? >> yeah. i think part of it is going to be that we need to unify and that we need to unify behind a vision. i think that's the vision that he's going to try to cast tomorrow. obviously, we have issues we have to deal with in next few years we have a biden administration that's overstepping bound including on immigration and large companies that are going beyond bounds they need to be going and we have to deal with issues like china that are affecting, you know, all aspects of our nation. arthel: and specifically what are the missions attorney general paxton in terms of -- what will help directly help the people in your parties the people in your party who voted for you? >> look, i think that there's going to be a lot of talk about prosperity and economic development and making sure that we're -- this is a country where you still have opportunity where taxes are low. where regulations are not increased massively like they have been in other democratic administrations, and really a message about hope. that there's still hope in this country there's still opportunity, and we just have to have the right kind of leadership to get there. arthel: let's say former president trump does not run again, which is the other presidential wannabes are likely to get his endorsement? >> that's a very good question. i'm not sure that i can answer that question. i know that -- you know, he certainly has not ruled out running again i don't think he's down that road and see what happens in next midterm election but i don't think that question can be -- answered because we're so far out from the next election. arthel: if you can a big important question i want to ask you but if i need a short answer if you could sir, what is the state of your beloved texas, right now? >> you know what we're on our way back. we, obviously, have some tough issues my office is in the middle of investigating some of those issues with the energy grid. and i promise you this, texas will always come back stronger. arthel: absolutely you see grad lived in dallas and houston. so i do love texas myself. texas and attorney general kim paxton thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you have a great day. arthel: you too. and eric. eric: yeah, we wish for the best for those who suffer so much in the lone star state. president biden urging senate to quickly pass covid relief plan and you know big hurdles stand in the way of bill including law including fight over that $15 minimum wage we'll have details and what to expect straight ahead. ♪ ♪ the chevy silverado trail boss. when you have a two-inch lift. when you have goodyear duratrac tires. when you have rancho shocks and an integrated dual exhaust. when you have all that, the last thing you'll need... is a road. the chevy silverado trail boss. ready to off-road, right from the factory. ♪ ♪ are you ready to join the duers? those who du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent. the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 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burma as thousands take mart in a peaceful protest against military cue. officers were seen using force and tear gas to break up large demonstrations. this comes day after burma ambassador to the united nations declared his loyalty to the deposed civilian government and resigned. the supreme court holds another ban on indoor services in california, several churches sue sarah clara county after officials impose a limit on indoor gathering. high court said those churches can hold mass indoors as the case work through the lower court. ♪ ♪ >> now desice ofly quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus. we can finally get our economy moving again. and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long. we need to relieve that suffering. the american rescue plan does just that. it relieves this suffering. and it is time to act. eric: that's president biden, of course, urging senate to pass massive 1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed in early mornings of the hour an passed the house but not a single republican backed it and two in in democratted vod against it and chief correspondent for the washington example joins us now so suzanne you know 2:00 in the morning and went through the house now over in the senate. what do you think will survive and what do you think will not? >> most of the bill will survive and will pass, the bulk of the 1.9 trillion dollarsing and spending is likely to end up into law at some point the problem is to raise minimum wage to $15 over the next four years. that's been ruled out of order by the senate parliamentarian, and now the democratic base the liberal base wants to try to find a way to force senators to vote for the provision to be included. so you're going to have an interparty fight here on what to do with that minimum wage provision. that could put the whole bill in jeopardy. but i tend to think they're going find a way around that because all democrats are eager to get this signed into law a new round of surplus checks $1400 for individuals, 2800 for couples up to -- a certain income range it has got unemployment benefits extended until september at a higher weekly amount $400 a week expanded child tax credit. lots of money for state and local governments who have lost tax revenue money for vaccines, money for school, it has got everything in it. that will likely overwhelm the argument that they need to hold the thing up for the minimum wage. but the problem is, this is the first big test that biden administration to get through something that so important top wish list item for the liberal base has been raising the minimum wage to $15. been talking about it for a long time chairman of the budget committee, bernie sanders former presidential candidate is trying to find a wie to get it in the bill. and they're going to cause a bit of a problem, though, because they've got moderate democrats who don't want $15 phased in over four years and more interested along ten or 11 dollars, so because of that, that's going to potentially float things down a little bit. eric: so they've got over proposal for the $10 minimum wage and bernie sanders is saying we're going to tax corporations that don't give the $15 minimum wage. maybe we can get around that can you just explain to everybody -- what the parliamentarian, and how can a parliamentarian hold up, you know, a top priority of democratic president and the democratic administration, and all of the -- members of congress that voted for it. >> well they can rule it doesn't fall under these special rule it is that will allow democrats to pass it with just 51 votes this gives them 150eu vote work around but you have to adhere to special rules, and one of the rules is the provisions have to impact the federal budget not just incident tally as minimum wage increase would this work arngd where you tax businesses, that would directly impact the federal budget likely would adhere to those rules. the problem is, i don't think that's a provision that the moderate democrats who i talked about are going to like any kind of tax on a business if they carve out small businesses, there's a possible workaround there. but senator like joe manchin of west virginia who has talked about the $15 minimum wage increase is something that he said would eviscerate small businesses especially in west virginia. isn't likely to go for that. so they can find a work arngd workaround within their own caucus they have 50 democrats in the senate and kamala harris tie break votes that gives them a bare majority but when you have this tiny majority there's a lot of end fighting that erupts they don't have a big benefit there of a big majority that's their real problem. that's the problem. eric: they'll work something out see what it is and joe manchin is becoming new john mccain or daniel patrick of this senate now he's like the wild man -- >> yep. eric: really shaking things up. suzanne great to see you. >> thank you. eric: thank you, suzanne. >> and thank you johnson and johnson single dose vaccine a giant step closer to getting emergency use authorization from the fda after a panel of advisors gave it a unanimous thumbs-up on safety and efficacy. charles watt watson is live in atlanta and you have all of the details what can you tell us? >> i can tell you johnson & johnson can officially get emergency use authorization for its covid-19 vaccine as early as today. that means if by monday, and the days following as many as 4 million doses could be shipped out to states putting a third vaccine in the mix in the fight against covid-19. clinical trial data shows johnson & johnson vaccine is about 72% effective in the u.s., and 86% against severe cases of covid-19 in the state so vaccine doesn't quite offer as much protection as pfizer and moderna. which are both more than 90% effective but unlike competitors j&j candidate only requires one shot and stored at much warmer temperatures. and as vaccination product ramps up johnson & johnson says it expects to have 20 million doses available by the end of march. and 100 million rather by july by then there could be enough doings available for every american to get a shot. >> we're averaging 15 million doses a week. and come mid-march, maybe about 21 march we'll be shipping as much as 30 million doses. >> meanwhile vaccine manufactures are racing to stay ahead of new covid-19 variants that have popped up in various parts of the country both pfizer and moderna studying whether a third booster shot enough of a primer to protect people from variant including three discovered in the u.k., south africa, and brazil and california variant that is believed to be more contagious and potentially more deadly than the original virus. >> variants have emerged and available data suggest they are indeed more transmissible. questions remain about how these variants will impact vaccine effectiveness severity of disease and mortality. >> arthel white house 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