>> we have the conversation about he won't be given security, won't be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. >> "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ i'm on top of the work. ♪ i'm on top of the world. ♪ waiting on this for a while now. jillian: we might not be necessarily on top of the world. we're coming at you live from all across the world with benjamin hall live in long of don, i'm live in new york city. and welcome to the show. that line thrown under the bus like get it, thrown, like the royals, pretty good one. >> there are shock waves on this side of the pond this morning. that interview causing a lot of headlines. we'll get to that later on in the show. it's going to be busy. jillian: with that we say good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. >> i'm benjamin hall, in for todd piro. the house is set to receive the covid relief bill after it passes the senate, a vote on whether to advance it to president biden is expected tomorrow. jillian: doug luzader is live in washington, d.c. as the president calls on congress to act. doug, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. looks like things are going to come together pretty quickly on this in the house after the senate passed its version of the bill, made some changes. now the house has to you approve those. we could see a final vote on that as early as tomorrow. let's run through some of the highlights here. there is a lot in this, nearly $2 trillion package. first of all, this extends the enhanced federal unemployment benefits of $300 a week through september 6th. yes, there would be a $1,400 stimulus check to most americans with some new income cutoffs. $75,000 in annual income for individuals, 150k for couples. there would be a tax break on certain unemployment benefits already paid out. the child tax credit would be expanded for children ages 6-17. it sets aside over $1 billion for afterschool programs, summer enrichment programs, $3 billion for educational technology. they did have to drop that hike in the federal minimum wage that the house really pressed for. there would also be, interestingly enough, funding for amtrak, an increase of $200 million. now, this all passed the senate on a straight party line vote. some of this money will not be spent for years and republicans say just a small portion of it is really dedicated to covid relief. they also see this as a bailout for states and localities that have been mismanaged for years. >> this is how they're rewarding bad behavior, this is how they're rewarding blue state governors. this is a true bailout that's happening, one of the worst ways to spend money. >> reporter: but what this bill doesn't include as we mentioned is the big hike in the federal minimum wage, been a huge democratic priority, boosting that up to $15 an hour. the white promises to keep fighting for it. >> the t be believes that people who have been working hard -- people who have been working hard, who have been trying to make ends meet, should not be living at the poverty level. he believes the minimum wage should be raised to $15 an hour. >> reporter: and the president is also going to be pushing for another big democratic priority, improving what sees as voting rights issues, he'll be signing an executive order on that and pushing congress to pass hr1, the big, keeping voting rights reform package. back to you guys. >> thank you, doug. we'll be diging into those stories throughout the rest of the show. thank you. jillian: now to a fox news alert. a new york police officer is shot in the chest overnight. they're expected to be okay thanks to the officer's bulletproof vest. it happened during a standoff in brooklyn. the suspect reported hi holding his roommate hostage before opening fire. the roommate calling 911 from a closet. the suspect is in custody. >> today, jury selection begins for the trial of the former minneapolis police officer charged with george floyd's death. derek chauvin is charged with second degree murder and manslaughter. video shows he was on floyd's neck for at least nine minutes. thousands of protesters held a march throughout the city, calling for justice. and new developments over the weekend in the scandals which are piling up against new york governor andrew cuomo. the governor still refusing to resign as more women accuse him of sexual misconduct. jillian: this just keeps getting worse. anita vogel joins us live with the latest allegations. seems like every day there's something new. >> reporter: it sure does. the governor is now losing support from new york's two top democrats with one of them calling for his outright resignation. this comes amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. on saturday, two more women who worked for cuomo publicly accused him of inappropriate behavior bringing the total to five. that prompted the state's senate majority leader, andrea stewart cousins to release a statement which read in part, new york is still in the midst of the pandemic and is facing societal impacts of it. we need to govern without daily distraction. for the good of the state, governor cuomo must resign. she joins a growing chorus of new york lawmakers calling for cuomo to step aside. almost 50 now. for his part, cuomo remains defiant, saying he is not beholden to his fellow politician. >> the premise of resigning because of allegations is actually anti-democratic. i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn't elected by politicians. they don't override the people's will. so no, there is no way i resign. >> reporter: the washington post has reached more than 20 people, both men and women, who had worked for cuomo since the '90s, many of them describe a toxic workplace culture where the governor seemed to delight in humiliating employees, even mocking some mail aides for being weak. supporters who were reached said cuomo had been a demanding leader who yelled on occasion but would often work hard late into the night, side-by-side with staffers. benjamin and jillian, back to you. >> you wonder how many more allegations might start coming out as well. a anita, thank you this morning. jillian: meanwhile, the embattled governor signed a bill stripping his emergency powers for the pandemic. this comes as he announces restaurants outside new york city can open indoor dining capacity from 50 to 75%, that's starting march 19th. eaterys in the city will remain at 35% capacity. the state legislature could change that directive. a bill was passed preventing cuomo from creating new covid-19 policies without their approval. >> health experts are warning spring breakers to remain vigilant amid fears of a perfect storm for a covid super-spreader. >> we need to make sure we don't let down our guard. people need to meet the president's challenge of masking up, people need to take the vaccine when it's their turn. we need to stay on the path and beat the pandemic. >> new cases in the u.s. have hovered between 50 and 60,000 over the past week, which experts say is, quote, not an acceptable level. . prince harry and duchess of sussex meghan markle revealing explosive details in their first interview since their royal exit. jillian: carley shimkus is live with the biggest bombshells. i was asleep. i haven't seen it. carley: we are going to cover it for you now. the couple's sit-down with oprah winfrey filled with stunning allegations and deeply personal details about what led to their royal departure. markle says at first she was welcomed into the family but things quickly started to unravel after their marriage. the duchess accused the firm of protecting other members of the royal family but doing nothing to stop damaging stories about her spread in the media. in one of the most shocking revelations, she says that the situation became so suffocating, she contemplated suicide. >> so were you thinking of harming yourself? were you having suicidal thoughts? >> yes. this was very, very clear. >> wow. >> very clear and very scary and i didn't know who to even turn to in that. carley: markle is the first person of mixed race to marry into the royal family. she recalls being told her son archie would not be granted a title or provide security to protect him. she is accusing the royals of racism. >> and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he was born. that was relayed to me from harry. those were conversations that family had with him. >> if he were too brown, that that would be a problem. >> if that's the assumption you're making, i think that feels like a safe one. carley: prince harry speaking out, saying he saw similarities between the way his mother was treated and the treatment of his wife, leaving him no choice but to step down from official royal duties. their sympathetic story is mared with damaging headlines. last week, buckingham palace launched an investigation into allegations markle bullied staffers, an allegation she claims is not true. hours before the sit-down aired, queen elizabeth delivered a speech that ironically stressed the need for closeness and family. >> looking forward, relationships with others across the commonwealth will remain important. carley: things still appear to be on shaky ground between harry and the rest of his family. he said he is working to repair a his relationship with his father. the royal couple did reveal happy news. meghan, who is pregnant with their second child, is having a baby girl. there you have it, guys. >> thank you, carley. thank you. jillian: wow, there's a lot to unravel there. we'll be talking about it more later in the show as well. it is 11 minutes after the hour. a firsthand look at the crisis on our southern border from covid concerns to the migrant influx, griff jenkins takes us to a shut down tent camp in mexico. watch this. >> an all-out brawl caught on a camera, how this went down after a customer simply cut the line. ♪ wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. trusted experts. guaranteed accurate books. intuit quickbooks live. jillian: good morning. welcome back. president biden's $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill heads to the house for a final vote this week after 27 hours of debate in the senate. ben: the massive plan includes assistance for millions of struggling americans but it is still stuffed with political pork. here to break down what's inside it, former chief economist for the u.s. international trade commission, peter maurici. thank you for getting up with us this morning. >> good morning. go ahead. ben: go ahead. >> the most important thing to remember about the bill is much of it is not aimed at covid problems. a good deal of it is income reredistribution, making the earned income tax credit unearned, you get the money whether or not you get a job. sending families with $150,000 a year and two kids a $6,000 check. that's absurd. the important thing to remember, though, is it's not addressing the scars. it's not doing terribly a lot for the unemployed and particularly the permanently unemployed. and it's either going of to cause increased interest rates from all the borrowing so you won't be able to buy a home as easily or increased inflation so you won't be able to buy anything very easily. ben: in fact, we've got this on the screen here. we can pull it up which shows what's in it. it extends the $300 a week federal unemployment through september the sixth. it sends out $1,400 stimulus checks and increases the amtrak relief funding by $200 million. as we said earlier, a lot of pork in this. >> let me pick out two items here. one is the amtrak relief program. we've got money for amtrak which has a union and we have money for airlines which have a union. we don't have any money for the bus companies like greyhound and so forth and in reality they're the most likely to be needed after the pandemic because it's their traffic that will likely respond and reflate the quickest. another aspect is the unemployment benefits are simply too small. if you're a sandwich maker in new york, used to work in one of those shops on madison avenue or whatever, now your state benefits have run out and $300 a week comes down to a little more than $1,200 a month. you can't even pay rent on that. we need to have focused relief for these people instead of this other pork. for example, the earned income tax credit that i spoke about. so that they can retrain and relocate because likely their jobs are not coming back. jillian: peter, i want to pull up this tweet, this is from new jersey democratic congresswoman, bonnie watson coleman. it reads this trend is outrageous, cutting off 400,000 new jerseyian, cut to weekly payments. what are we doing here. i question whether i can support this bill. you had alexandria ocasio-cortez retweeting this. how is he going to find the ground to satisfy all -- and try and unify as we heard him talk about a million times when you have the republicans who don't like it, far left democrats, some of them who appear not to like it, how is he going to do it. >> certainly not by continuing to pander to the left. no hear how much he gives aoc, it's not enough. it will raise the deficit to $5 trillion. that's the kind of inflation creating deficit that made brazil the kind of country it is or even italy. my feeling is, there's no amount of income redistribution that will make those folks happy. this is a very hard left bill. they got no republican votes for a reason in the senate. and biden is really disappointing us. he campaigned as a moderate and then sold out. jillian: strong words there. ben: very interesting, peter, thank you for joining us. the biden administration has much more spending lined up ahead. we may have this conversation again soon. thank you. >> take care. jillian: and still ahead, florida's governor setting new goals for the future. >> what would it mean for you to get four more years here. >> it would be great. i think we'll have a great record to run on. there will definitely be things we're doing that will require two terms. ben: brian kilmeade's exclusive interview with ron de santis, coming up next. stressballs gummies, with herbal ashwaganda help turn the stressed life into your best life stress less, live more with stressballs it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. ben: two florida men are in custody after shooting at a car on the interstate and leading police on a high speed chase. helicopter footage of the dangerous driver weaving through traffic and evading patrol cars. the driver and the passenger then shot at a vehicle carrying four people before eventually crashing their toyota camry. both then face a slew of charges. jillian: take a look at this, a brawl breaking out at a bath and body works. employees seen tackling a customer to the ground after she allegedly shoved one of them. the fight started over of someone cutting in line and insisted it was not race or mask related. two women are facing charges. that is wild. wow. okay. he's one of the most talked about lawmakers in the u.s. ron de santis, florida's conservative governor, praised by constituents for keeping the sunshine state open during the pandemic. ben: our own brian kilmeade spent the day with ron de santis. he has an inside look at the governor's family, marriage and a typical day in the office. >> reporter: tallahassee, florida, capital of this great state. inside the governor's mansion and according to reports that's where the governor and his family are. i hope they're home. hey, governor, how you doing? >> want to come in. >> where is the greatest chaos? outside these gates or of inside of the gate. >> i would say the chaos is probably in the next five minutes. >> for a family, it's not easy for you and he's a politician. he's going to washington. he's coming back and forth to florida, right. so there's sacrifice there. >> it is. i'm just so proud that he's been able to be there for the people of florida. i mean, it's not every day that you can say you're married to your hero. >> did you know he was capable of this? did you know he was going to be a governor. >> this was never discussed in the beginning. >> what's it like having someone who you marry and is also an asset to your job. >> also just getting to the job. when i first ran to congress, she and i were knocking on doors all over. when we were running for governor, people took a chance on me because they wanted her for first lady. >> can i get a mini tour before we go. this what is room? >> this is the florida room. this is kind of our main living area. if we go in here, this is what we consider to be the state dining room. one of the things that casey and i both learned is when kids do dry erasers on this nice wallpaper, it can come out. >> how much would it mean to get four more years here? >> i think it would be great. we've done so much. i think we have a great record to run on. there are definitely things we're doing that will require two terms. >> madison is asking to go in the punch bowl. >> we actually have nathan in the punch bowl at probably less than a year old. >> that's awesome. >> par for the course a around here. >> nathan, what are you doing? >> oh, goodness, gracious. we're going to push the limits of the punch bowl. >> we appreciate you opening up your life for us. let's go to the office. >> how does a middle class kid growing up in tampa get the drive to play baseball at his high level, go to yale, become captain of the team, bat over .300, where does the drive come from? >> when i was a kid, baseball was my thing. i said do well in school and if you're capable of getting all as, get all as. i just had the drive. >> then you said i'm going to go to the military. >> yeah. >> what did you think was missing? >> i think it was the post-9/11 feeling. it was right after 9/11 when i commissioned and i did think a lot of people wanted to give back. >> so where are we now? >> we're going to go up to the office. this is the governor's office, staff and everything in here. and then we have the chief of staff right here and then my office is just right through here. all right, guys, come on. so did we get j&j in yet? >> we did last night. one dose. >> what else did we get? >> our unemployment numbers, florida's numbers for december went down a full 1%. the national still is in the 6s. we're a point below the national average on unemployment. >> governor, that was a typical meeting to get the day started off, people come in, weigh in with numbers. when it comes to the vaccine, how are you doing compared to the 50 states. >> we're either number one or close to the top for senior vaccination. >> the story popped up in the miami herald about you surging vaccines to areas that support you. what is that based on? >> it is wrong. we have sent vaccines all across the state. first ones were in palm beach and broward county. those are not my source of support. if you're 65 and older, we want to get the vaccine to you. >> what's next? >> we're going to get on a plane, we're going to bring more vaccines to some senior citizens in marianne county. >> let's get going. ben: he is a family man, a veteran, a governor. what next? jillian: what a resume. my goodness. [laughter] ben: incredible. please stay tuned for part two of brian's interview with ron de santis. brian will join us live with that in one hour's time. jillian: i was down in florida last week. you'll see a little bit more of that later this week and next week. the people down there love him. they love him for giving them an opportunity to keep their businesses open during the pandemic and to thrive when as we've seen across the country and across the world so many people aren't. so he is definitely very well liked in the sunshine state. ben: yes. his covid figures better than new york or california. it's amazing. still ahead, we have griff jenkins who is down at the border as camps down there once holding migrants in mexico are shut down, allowing them to cross into the u.s. a look from the ground. plus, an attorney and legal immigrant from communist albania joins us live. jillian: those pushing to recall california's governor say they have the signatures to do it. that update, still to come. ♪ piano playing ♪ ♪ “what the world needs now” ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope help now at redcross.org jillian: good morning. welcome back. mexico races to close down migrant camps like this one you'll see across the banks of the rio grande across in brownsville, texas. ben: griff jenkins is at the border and talks to an official trying to avoid a catastrophe as new camps open amid covid-19 concerns. >> reporter: behind me is the migrant camp for which more than two years migrants have been forced to remain in mexico, a policy under the trump administration, now lifted by the biden administration. this camp closed literally yesterday, the 500 to 800 migrant that's were inside have been allowed to cross or have left the camp here, fighting for their case. this is a group of migrants, most of them from honduras what recently arrived. over here, you can see a family. he's been here he says for more than a year and-a-half, trying to get in, waiting. across the street, there are some nongovernmental organizations like grn, that are trying to help for the health of the migrants. mark mcdonald is one of the officials with it, americans concerned about the possible covid threat they could pose. from what you've seen from this population, how would assess it? >> the camp itself had very minimal spread. the migrants, the residents themselves took really good precautions to minimize spread. we didn't see any severe cases in the camp. we feel very confident that the migrants are making very good choices and heeding recommendations from health services like ours and very confident that we can continue to encourage safe practices for covid. >> reporter: lastly, mark, this camp is closed. where will the migrant that's are coming that are still here go? >> i think that's to be decided. there's obviously a need for increasing infrastructure here. i know we're working with partners to ensure that infrastructure is built. >> reporter: ben and jillian, to throw it back to you, we can't get access into this now closed camp but we do know there are other shelters and migrants spread out here and that's where we're going to take a look at a little bit later. jillian: griff jenkins reporting for us. let's bring in attorney and legal immigrant and born and raised in albania, peter lumage. good morning. thanks for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. jillian: you've seen images, you've seen reports. i want to bring up a quote from the dhs secretary, alejandro mayorkas. it recent, the men and women of the department of homeland security are working around the clock to make sure we don't have a crisis at the border, that we manage the challenge as acute as the challenge is. peter, as you see it, is this a crisis? the administration is not saying that. they're calling it a challenge. many others are saying we do have a crisis on our hands. how do you see it? >> look, the democrat party has become the party of chaos and lawlessness. they're promoting the chaos and lawlessness at the border, this is intentional. they're trying to bring as many illegals to the united states as possible. they want to use that as a source of votes. there is nothing wrong with someone waiting abroad before you come to the united states to be processed to come here legally. i waited for nine months. i was subjected to a background investigation, a medical examination. i don't see any problems with that. it was required to protect our borders. it's being dismantled by the current administration. the threat that is coming from this administration is very clear. they see an opportunity erode, eliminate or replace our republican form of government with this chaos that they are promoting at the border and i think that the american people should be very much concerned about this. jillian: as someone yourself who did this the right way, you're a he legal resident, a legal immigrant, i should say, does it frustrate you to see what's going on and to see the response from some of the administration? >> look, absolutely. because the democrat party is trying to create a permanent underclass in the united states. they need victims and this is what they are looking for and sometimes immigrants unfortunately we do fall prey to this. when we come to the united states, we're looking for some sort of help and assistance and the democrats are -- they're always creating this or of providing this and trying to get these immigrants to become part of the democrat party and as i said, it's a source of votes to them, it's nothing else. it's harming the community that's they are claiming that they are helping. look, these immigrants, these illegals, refer few gees, -- refugees, they're not being sent to connecticut. they're being sent to poor towns where they take the jobs from americans who live in those towns, they are suppressing wages, harming the communities that the democrat% trying supposedly to help. jillian: members of the house gop asked president biden to recognize that there's a crisis underway and reinstate the national emergency concerning our border. in texas, they're taking matters into their own hands, launching operation lone star. this is a statement, operation lone star will provide tactical security assets to combat mexican cartel members and human smugglers that are coming into the state. what's your reaction to that. >> i agree with the governor of texas. he has to protect the border between texas and mexico. the federal government is failing completely. this could create a constitutional crisis between the local and state government and the federal government. but the federal government has completely failed the state of texas. and i think the state of techs as is doing the right thing. -- texas is doing the right thing. they have to protect the border and the people. they have to do that. that's responsibility as a governor. he got sworn in to uphold the constitution. that's what he's doing. on the other hand, the biden administration is failing to uphold the constitution and the laws of this state and this nation. jillian: another thing we didn't get to touch on but worth mentioning, migrant children in custody, the last week of february, 321 per day, that's up from the first week in january, 47 per day. that is a startling statistic there. peter, thank you for joining us. we appreciate your insight. >> thank you for having me. jillian: of course. benjamin. ben: an ohio college student has died after an alleged hazing incident involving alcohol. he was taken to the hospital thursday after an event at an off dashcam pus house. he -- off campus house. he was on life support until his death last night. a community comes together to clean up after a large party spills out into the street near the university of colorado boulder. police are looking to seek criminal charges after three s.w.a.t. officers were hurt trying to break it up. an armored police vehicle's windshield was passed. it took an hour to clear out about 800 people. jillian: a classic cartoon caught up in the cancel culture debate. >> all right, the courtship is over. getting there is half the fun. jillian: deadline reporting pepe le pew was cut from the upcoming space jam sequel. this comes as the new york times columnist accuses him of promoting, quote, rape culture. the writer faced back-from his m saying speedy gonzales promoted a stereotype. president biden is nearly halfway through his first 100 days and still no solo news conference. that's the longest for any not a century. ben: and students going back to school today after a do month th lockdown. the virus testing plans to get them in the classroom, coming up next. ♪ because i'm happy. ♪ clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. ♪ ben: president biden has not yet held a press conference, nearly halfway into his 100 days in office, the longest of any other president in at least a century. former president obama held a press conference on his 25th day in office. president biden plans to hold one by the end of the month. senator john barrasso defending his colleague. >> i want to make sure we nominate somebody who can win in november. lisa murkowski knows alaska better than anybody. she hasn't made an announcement if she's going to run again. if she does, i'm going to support her. ben: in a statement, president trump called murkowski disloyal and a very bad senator who represents her state badly and her country even worse. yesterday, the former president was spotted in new york city for the first time since leaving office. jillian: the organizers of recall newsom collecting 1.95 million signatures with a deadline just days away, the announcement came on sunday where there was a massive rally across the street from the california state capitol in sacramento, the campaign exceeding the threshold of 1.5 million signatures as the st. patrick's day deadline nears. the author of the recent book, recall newsom, kevin kiley tells fox news newsom is being run by teachers unions. take a listen. >> one of the reasons, this is not only the greatest citizens movement in california history but the most diverse one, a lot of democrats are behind the recall because their kids still aren't back in school and frankly it shows you, i say on the cover of the book, that newsom is the most corrupt governor and the school issue is the number one case in point. our state is 50 out of 50 getting kids back in the newsroom. jillian: governor newsom's four kids have returned to school in some capacity in the fall because they attend private school. ben: today, schools ayou cross england re-- across england reopening after coronavirus infections spiked in january. students will take three tests this week and next to make sure covid is not spreading in the classroom. my three daughters amongst them. the prime minister visited a school yesterday to make sure the precautions are being taken. jillian: i'm sure it's a big day for the whole household. ben: it certainly is. a quiet one as well. still ahead, the role rift deepens, from shocking comments about their son, archie to secrets about their royal wedding. prince harry and meghan markle dish all. a royal expert joins us on their tell-all interview with oprah coming up next. >> so were you thinking of harming yourself? >> yes. this was very, very clear. >> wow. oh, you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. cause when you hook our community up with the internet... boom! look at ariana, crushing virtual class. jamol, chasing that college dream. michael, doing something crazy. this is the place where we can show the world what we can do. comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wifi-enabled lift zones, so students from low-income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. oh we're ready. ♪ ♪ >> we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security, not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. >> there was some real obvious signs before we even got married that this was going to be really hard. ben: in their first interview since announcing their official split from royal life, meghan markle and prince harry make shocking allegations against buckingham l palace. joining us to discuss, kinsey scofield. thank you for joining us this morning. a shock wave being sent out after this interview. the spot we just heard there, the accusations of racism are probably the one that's stand out the most. what do you make of those? >> those are actually really concerning and there's so much to look at on meghan's side of the family. when you look at the interview in full, it really does feel like they're trying to take down the royal family. if that is true, that's absolutely horrific. and i think history-wise we've actually seen some of that but we haven't heard of that in probably 20 to 30 years. so i'm pretty concerned about that particular sound bite. ben: you say try to take down the royal family, this makes it sounds pass it's all-out war warfare. why would they want to do that? what is the benefits of the interview that they've done with oprah? >> i think their objective is to rebrand themselves in the united states, they want to be flashy, they want to be hollywood, they want to be stars. this is the perfect way to do that, this is the perfect way to be done with the royal family which ultimately they have to do. they have to prove their value. somebody like meghan markle, a lot of us weren't familiar with her before she met prince harry. this is her way to reintroduce herself to the united states. ben: certainly she paints a damning picture of what it was like for her inside the royal family, she goes so far as to say she considered self-harm. let's have a listen to that. >> so were you thinking of harming yourself? >> yes. this was very, very clear. >> wow. >> very clear and very scary and you know, i didn't know who to even turn to in that. ben: and in fact, she says that she turned to a friend of princess diana's for support. a lot of people trying to make that comparison. is that an accurate comparison? and what is meghan markle's goal in doing so? >> i do think that that's a good comparison. i'm sure you remember that pbc interview where she talked about self harm and how she had so much devastation and defeat bottled up inside of her, it was bulimia and cutting herself in that princess diana interview. there is a benefit to comparing her to princess diana. we loved princess diana. i think she wants to be seen as a figure like princess diana because she is so globally idolized. i believe she was devastated that perception was not reality in her case, which she repeated over and over again. so it does benefit her to compare herself to princess diana. i think she was truly disappointed in her experience. ben: there were lighter moments of course, the announcement they're expecting a baby girl in the summer. i wonder what the odds are of her being called diana. look, the flip side of this, they are in la. they've got a $100 million netflix deal. some people are saying is now with covid going on, with all the people dying, living their jobs, is this the time the to come out and have that kind of interview is that they've got the gilded lifestyle they wanted. >> prince harry was talking about sometimes he didn't want to smile and shake hands with people, i mean, these some people don't want to flip burgers but that's what they've got to do. it's hard. you can't relate to it. i think it was interesting. i think we needed to hear it. i think we needed to see it. and i appreciated their honesty and candor. ben: thank you, we appreciate you coming on this morning. now we wait to see how the royals respond. jillian: fascinating, for sure. we'll continue to follow that. coming up in the next hour of "fox & 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"fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ it's my life. ♪ it's now or never. ♪ i ain't gonna live forever. ♪ i just want to live while i'm alive. ben: jillian, that is a live look at london where i am now. i think it's a "fox & friends first" first to be anchoring from two sides of the atlantic. jillian: well, it is a welcome first. is it foggy there or something or what's going on with that weather. ben: that is a good weather day in london. i know. we're renowned for our rain and snow. jillian: i've never been. one day. ben: one day we'll get there. [laughter] ben: good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first"