Reason why we, as a country, are the envy of the world, because you have decided youve had enough of the pandemic, youre itching to get out, youre itching to go to, well horse races, youre itching to go to disneyland, nowreopened albeit at limited capacity and youre itching to spend which is why, in the First Quarter of the year , we had Overall Economic growth north of 6. 4 . Whats going on here . Were going to detail it as well as then take a look at whether an economy that is doing that well needs any help at all from, well, the government. Lets explore that now with Mark Meredith with the president of wilmington, delaware because theres a lot of spending on tap and now growing questions as to whether this economy really needs it. What do you have . Reporter hey, neil good morning to you. Thats right. President biden is making it clear he wants to spend a lot of taxpayer money, but Getting Congress on board with this idea is the big obstacle and theres even reports that the some democrats are starting to grow uncomfortable with the price tag of this white houseproposed spending spree. On friday the president had a chance to go up to philadelphia to mark amtraks 50th Birthday but also there he renewed his push to invest in sports and yes , americas railways. The white house insisting that Major Investments now is really the only way that theyre going to be able to navigate country out of the pandemic. Thats the reason why its recovering, because were invest ing. Look how rapidly its recovered since we passed the last piece of legislation, and that legislation was 1. 9 trillion. If we dont seattle in this country, were going to actually start to, were going to fall behind even further. Reporter but neil as you mentioned with the stock market reaching new highs and unemployment down significantly from where it was a year ago republicans question why the need to spend so much money right now . Republican senator cotton steve Danes Tweeting under President Biden the era of Big Government is back and its bigger than ever. Bidens first 100 days have ic tariff en our country down a destructive path and have been far from unifying or bipartisan so thats senator danes take. We know the president is hosting congressional leaders from both parties at the white house in a little less than two weeks from now thats the first meeting of his kind with this new president so the question is will they be able to agree to some sort of deal thats the white house goal and as for the president this weekend no Public Events on his schedule he is at his home in delaware, maybe watching the derby a little bit later on today. Neil . Neil all right as a lot of other folks mark thank you, my friend, Mark Meredith in delaware so we come back to this notion, with the Economy Firing on all cylinders is there really a need for much help from uncle sam . To be fair to the president his argument is this is not necessarily meant as stimulus as investments in our future infrastructure, families and kids that sort of thing but again its in the eye of the beholder and sometimes in the eye of the party line, lets go to dan geltrude, the cpa and market analyst, daniel de martin o, former dallas advisor, and adam lashinsky, fox news contributor. So, danielle, if i could begin with you. Do we need all of this spending when it looks like americans have plenty of impetus to spend, and are, as we speak . Well, neil, thats a good question. The bigger issue, i think, is how the countries going to compete on the global stage, with china, where fiscal spending there really has gone into things like building out airports, bridges, tunnels, highways, and it was interesting to hear President Biden say that the reason the economy is doing so well right now is because of investment. You mentioned personal income, it rose 21 if you adjust that for inflation it rose 27 , twice what it was in april 2020, with the cares act, 95 of that was Government Transfer Payments , so were paying people to consume, right now, but as far as investing in the future of america we havent done a whole lot and the same exact politicians in washington that crafted obamas shovel ready Infrastructure Plan that did a whole lot of nothing for the economy, are crafting this next 4 trillion of invest ing in america, my Biggest Issue is if you dont get the private sector engaged, you mentioned some Great Companies in your opening statement. If you dont get the private sector engaged im not so sure that this isnt just going to be a huge bureaucratic thing. Neil well to hear a lot of democrats tell us, they think dan geltrude and youre a fine accountant in your own rights that the numbers will add up and that this will generate more than enough revenue to all be pay for , that was the view of California Congressman when i talked to him earlier this week. Want you to react to this. Youd have to have a lot of growth, right, congressman, for it to pay for all of this spending youd have to hope for Something Like an Internet Boom that the Clinton Administration enjoyed to get anything like that, right . Youd have to hope for the type of growth we saw in the 1980s and 1990s but i believe we can do it. I believe we can have 4 5 growth. Neil 45 growth. That will go a long way, what do you think, dan . Well get that initially, neil, because were coming out of this pandemic and the economy is rebooting itself, but after that period of time, were not going to sustain that type of growth. I think that we should call this what it is. It is a redistribution of wealth in this country. Its being disguised under these nice names as a rescue plan, jobs plan, family plan, and dont get me wrong. Some of this spending is required, infrastructure is required. We just dont need to spend to this extent, but when you have an opportunity to spend because you believe that you have congress support, he may not but he believes his party is in control, well, that opens the flood gates, and lets not forget, neil, both parties have been guilty of spending wildly, so its not just the democrats, but now theres an opportunity for them to buy votes they are going to take advantage of that. Neil yeah, i mean, republicans lecturing anyone on how much money is being spent is sort of like me telling you to put down the fork at a dessert bar but leaving that aside, adam lashinsky, one of the issues that i worry about though is that both parties have abandoned how we pay for things. That seems long gone, now, maybe you get a boom in activity that pays back for some of this , but its highly unlikely, i think, so what are we looking at here, especially when married with this , we have these tax hikes on people like dan and that could cripple dans spending then what . And the reason both parties have abandoned their principles whatever principles they had on this issue, neil is that Interest Rates have stayed low for so long and inflation has stayed low for so long, that effectively, it hasnt mattered so the question becomes, will it matter in the future. Your concern, and i share it, is that it will matter in the future. I largely agree with everything weve been talking about so far, but this is often about the meaning of the words. Theres two reasons the economy is doing better in the United States and thats one of the vaccine and the second is the stimulus and these are policy moves that the Biden Administration is making. I would just quibble with one thing. They arent so much trying to buy votes as to do what they think is right politically. Im looking at the cup half full on that, neil. Neil i got it. Well, youre doing Something Else politically, it does buy votes right . Well see , but well sort it out but danielle, back to the tax increases that are a part of this , 6 trillionplus in spending but if you think about it as huge and record setting as the tax hikes are, they dont come close to paying for about a third of that so what are we looking at here on just the tax hikes, you can either extend them and charge the rich more that is constantlyevolving definition for what is a fair share for them to pay or you broaden it out a little bit to include people who arent just the rich. What do you think . So its been a pretty astonishing consensus between republicans and democrats, most of whom agree that the uber uber ultra ultra, top 0. 1 the billionaires of the country, need to be a little bit soaked and well see if the lobbyists even allow that to happen. Again, this is all, theyre such good sound bites, neil but when you look at some of the fine print of whats being discussed, and you consider the cost of living in new jersey and connecticut and new york and california and when you call Household Income of half a million and say that youre going to tax the rich, its not the same thing and you could be talking about an economic slow down, as a result of that and you also have to remember that the big, the other big d, which is demographics. You have millions upon millions of baby boomers retiring early. If theyre going to be pulling their money out of the stock market, neil, in order to through and get in front of any increase in Capital Gains taxes that could set off a different daisey chain that we really dont want to see , because so many americans, 55 of americans do have ownership in the stock market, and you dont want to see the secondlargest generation start to make their way for the exits earlier, because they see this economy and overheating as booming driven by the stimulus checks, and everybody make their way for the exit at the same time. There are a lot of moving pieces here but you have to be very careful when you start to raise taxes, especially when you bring the bar down low enough to where it starts to hit upper middle income earners in places where its expensive to live in america. Neil only thing that worries me , daniel, with what you said is almost every time i have you on you talk about baby boomers retiring and you know im a baby boomer and its almost as if your encouraging it and pushing me out the door. I dont like it personally. Just saying, just saying. Stay there guys well be dealing with this and a lot of other issues with you a little bit later on here. I do want to take you a hop across the pond now, and see whats going on in paris right now the may day protests are building there. These are global events that recognize pretty much Union Movements and Union Activity across the country, there are a lot of cutbacks going on in the latest budgets in france and a lot of cradletograve securities theyve been given that have been scaled back actually over the last few years if you think about it but this latest wave of cutbacks envisioned by Emmanuel Macron are not going down easily there. 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Well its just a situation that were in publicly, theres this crisis on the border, and you have a certain segment of the population, those protesters that want to remove the resources that the department of Homeland Security needs to help solve this problem, and so youre shutting down the tension is not going to make the problems at the border better, its not going to protect the homeland. Those are necessary resources and thats why they are in inventory, and to suggest that we could do without them, or that were going to end them, it makes no sense to me at all. Neil you know, were learning a little bit more about the cut and funding for the border wall, that the Biden Administration had included in its skinny budget. In other words, not included in that skinny budget, but that he had specifically canceled all Border Wall Projects that were paid for with diverted military funds, so that was a rationale for doing so, what did you make of that . Well thats less resources, thats less capability on the border. I would urge this administration to help the Men And Women Of Cbp , specifically the Border Patrol as it relates to the wall there are known gaps in the Construction Projects that exist right now and i would urge them to close those gaps, when i was a chief in Rio Grande Valley we had put up the wall and we intended to put gates in certain areas and the funding and the resources and the lawsuits prevented us from closing those gaps and thats manpower intensive. You have to have somebody guarding those gaps 24 7 because thats a natural entry point for folk, and so i would urge them to sure up the gaps where the 18foot barrier has, the 18 foot barrier on the right and the left you got to close up that gap, otherwise, youre going to be wasting valuable agent time to just sit and watch that opening in the wall. Neil ron, how important is it, to you, as someone who was a former Border Patrol chief, to see the president or the Vice President for that matter, at the border, to go and visit these facilities . Well, it leaves a great deal to the workforce even at my level when we went out aunt visited the men and women on the frontlines and asked them what their needs were, asked them what their challenges were and then i could take that back to washington and work with my staff to try to meet those needs and then there is this whole morale boost that comes with it. You have somebody in authority, in the government, thats in your chain of command including the president , that knows what you do, and is eager to understand it, and then provide resources and provide information and get his staff to plan, to sure up these gaps, to help, you know, ameliorate this crisis i think it be very valuable for them to do. Neil you know, its not much we know about the Human Trafficking part of this , outside of this development this past week where 90 people were found in a houston home that looked like any home in any neighborhood in this country, 90 people crowded in there. What did you make of that and the fact that maybe whats been happening at the border is what triggered it. Well thats a symptom. This is a symptom of what happens when the border is in chaos. These 90 people were smuggled into the houston area. Imagine if you lived on that street. Imagine your kids riding their bikes back and forth along that block how dangerous that is for neighborhoods and then theres 90 people in a small family home, probably being extorted, probably being Human Trafficked and if youve got 90 people just crossed the border illegally theres at least a handful of them that had criminal records, and so its an unsafe and unsanitary condition for those individual migrants to be in, but its also a danger to that community, and an example of what happens when we dont have sufficient resources and control of the border. Neil all right, now, i do know the administration will tap the Agriculture Department to provide personnel to help. I dont know specifically if its going to be at the border, ron, we just hear up to 500 individuals. Im not sure its going to work with the Agriculture Department ever signed up for that but what do you make of that . Yeah, this was done before in the 2014 surge as well. Youre looking for Government Employees because theyre clear ed and they have known backgrounds so that they could interact and help alleviate some of the shelters or the Border Patrol spaces, right . So they can do things that help care and comfort for these migrants that are in custody. You know, rolling back this policy and not having sufficient resources at the border is going to go down as a mistake. To say that its Getting Better okay, fine. Theyve moved more migrants out of Border Patrol kudlow last month and into hhs care, but not having sufficient Shelter Space and reversing the policy without , and knowing that that was going to be the result, is just a big mistake, and unfortunately, its the Men And Women Of Cbp and their families that have to go through this stress and theyre the ones at the frontline that see the bulk of this problem. They cant say no to this traffic, when an un accompanied minor comes up to an Immigration Officer whether cbp or Border Patrol agent, they have to take them into custody. Thats the law. Theres no option there. Theres no space at hhs, but it just continues to backup, and theyve done better but its nowhere near to where it needs to be. Neil all right, ron, i appreciate that i i did want to pick your brain on that ron viti ello, always good seeing you have a wonderful weekend. You remember when we had the Norwegian Cruise Line ceo on this show, and he was repeatedly saying, youve got to allow cruises again, im testing all my workers and those who board my ships that they have been vaccinated, that they are covid free, open the ports up. Now, a word from the cdc that they are going to do just that, in july. Youre welcome, america. 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Say watchathon into your voice remote and watch for free neil any reaction youve had from the Biden Administration, governor, on this . Well from them, they told me they would circle back, but they have denied giving us our permits that we need to host this event, and for me, im incredibly disappointed because it wasnt based on anything significant. We had metal the environmental checklists. We had the nono go checklist prepared and agreed to, consulted with our tribes, it appears to be a very partisan and political denial of our right to host this fireworks event. Neil all right, and governor Christie Nome of alaska is now suing the Biden Administration over blocking fireworks at Mount Rushmore on july 4 you might recall last year President Trump went there and there were no fires no problems no Environmental Issues but no fireworks planned right now, and weve got dr. Debbie joining us nyu school of medicine, and doctor, its a gut call, youre a doctor, youre not in charge of fireworks, but is there a danger in a setting, anything having to do with the virus let alone brush fires and all the rest, which governor said has been addressed then and are addressed now, is there a danger to people being packed together for fireworks at Mount Rushmore outside, july 4 . Theres always a risk of catching the virus. I mean when people are in a crowd the question is whether its acceptable or not, but people have a choice about whether to attend and, you know, ultimately its up to the people who attend and up to the governor and up to the government there, the tribes and the local government what they want to do, so i agree with her that there should be clear criteria about what constitutes like an approval or a denial. Neil you know, i do get , right , but i get mixed messages, from all sorts of medical authorities on the masking, wear it, not wear it, the president wasnt wearing a mask when he spoke to the nation behind him obviously the Vice President and the speaker were, confusing signals out of the cdc about be careful going back out in america, traveling, but okay with cruises resuming in this country in july. Im just wondering do those inconsistent signals do more harm than good . Well, i think thats the biggest problem that we have , the inconsistent signals. I think what we should have is some type of criteria, not necessarily numbers of cases or percentages but some type of criteria for whether something can take place, kind of like we have a constitution and then we have the Supreme Court thats there to interpret it, because right now, what happens is that each thing is being considered on a casebycase basis and the cdc is often looked at to make a decision and theres not necessarily consistency from one event to another, so for example , in this situation with mt rushmore, this is an open air space of course people have a risk of catching a virus thats always there but open air, you have much less risk than if you consider a cruise ship, so im not against the cruise line industry, but relatively, you know, what is open air, and one is more contained, so you have more chance of getting covid but you also have more chances of getting a Diarrhea Outbreak as well and then we look at the criteria that are being used, so for example, with the cruise ships what the cdc has said is that 95 of the passengers can be vaccinated and 98 of the staff have to be vaccinated and thats one of the criteria for them to operate, but then, to me that seems like an extremely high target. I dont know if thats realistic , so is that really allowing them to operator is that just in name only because if you say 95 of the passengers have to be vaccinated, this is one of the alternatives. If 95 of the passengers have to be vaccinated, thats pretty much the same as a vaccine passport, which the Biden Administration has said that they are not in favor of, especially when theres a disparity in terms of the distribution of the vaccine, and if you think about the staff thats the same as saying, well essentially the staff has to get vaccinated or if you think about the Cruise Ship Industry where you have International Staff as well, well we have a lot of countries that are not able to administer the vaccine, especially if you think about india oral of the 92 countries that it has promised supply and the countries it has already supplied, so are you trying to promote american jobs or is this just another inconsistency as you mentioned . Neil all right, doctor thank you very very much on that and by the way were getting a lot of emails on this and cruise lines coming back. One of a particular viewer, arle ne saying neil, are you seriously taking credit for cruise ships returning to the seas, simply because you had the Norwegian Cruise Line ceo on your show . Yes, i am, because he was on a couple of times and he said that he is requiring all who work on his ship and all who board his ship have proof that theyve been vaccinated. He came on, counted that, we got a lot of email on it, so, you know, fast forward, the cdc is now saying cruise lines can operate. So youre welcome for that. I didnt like the snippy comment but im trying to save the country at the same time im reading a prompter which is not easy to do well have more, after this. Good boy [laughs] hold my pouch. Trust us, us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. Dont think so . Hold my pouch. Neil now, you might have heard about this 1619 project going on to chart the course of u. S. History, to that time rather than 1776 or the Declaration Of Independence because thats when slavery started in this country, and its an effort on the part of those who want to revamp Education Curriculum to look at it through the prism of slavery rather than the traditional views we have of the Declaration Of Independence. Im sort of getting in the weeds here to say that republicans upon hearing of this join Mitch Mcconnell 37 strong to say this is ridiculous, obviously, include and talk about slavery and all that do not sort of rewrite the chapters that defined our countrys history. Were going to have a fair and balanced discussion of this , with republican senator and the democratic senator i begin with Roger Marshall the kansas republican senator and his thoughts on this. Senator what do you think Mitch Mcconnell was saying that this is, it goes entirely the wrong direction. What do you think . Well, neil, good morning. First of all from the senate in kansas just finished up a town hall here and the folks are fired up here but to answer your question, you know, this is exactly why most americans dont want the federal government involved in their local schools. We dont want the federal government promoting a curriculum, especially a curriculum thats submissive and tries to erase the true history. I dont know about you but i became a patriot in forth grade when i was asked to write an essay on the Declaration Of Independence. I got second place, im so upset i didnt win it but in the next year, we started studying American History and in our revolutionary leaders, our founding fathers, got me excited about the quality of people they were, and they made mistake, i made mistakes, weve all made mistakes, but we cannot solve the problems of this country, by continuing to be divisive. You dont fight height with height and defeat racism with racism and instead preaching a message of forgiveness in this country and we need to learn to be able to forgive each other, learn from our history and not erase it. Neil do you think that this will be part of School Curriculum, though, because those who even support the project say that was not the intent but youre saying they are misleading us . Oh, i think they will be. I think that this gives funding to make this curriculum more available in schools who want to include this in their curriculum , you know, and i get it. This is actually a philosophical literature i think 1619 is so maybe when youre in that Sophomore College philosophy class, you read the communist manifesto, you read the 1619 i get that. We should be exposed to literature of different types but its not a historically accurate, already we have a huge problem in this country it that our children dont understand our history, and they flunk all types of civic programs as well. We dont teach government, neil, less than half the people know that we even have three branches of the federal government. Most americans would flunk the Immigration Civics test as well, so weve got some work to do before we start getting Kids Philosophy and encourage divisiveness, so lets teach the facts, and save some of the philosophy for a little bit later in life. Neil but you be open to maybe including more classes or discussions of slavery and its role early in the country. That has come up in a lot of groups who were supporting this that we dont cancel one and favor the other but include this back story. Neil, absolutely. If you would ask me, maybe there probably is an under representation of what slavery is and its impact on the country you know, one of the great things ive done in congress is try to go to all of the museums and opportunities to earn had in d. C. Including the African Americans History Museum and i learned so much that i didnt know as well about cotton and just the impact of slavery on this world and just some of the gruesomeness of what truly truly happened so youre right. We need more learning about it, but not in the context of increasing divisiveness and erasing what is history as well and i get it. He who writes the history book controls history but lets dont erase the truth. Lets expand upon it and try to learn more to teach our kids all the truth. Neil senator Roger Marshall, good seeing you thank you for coming in on a saturday, senator always good to see you as it is my next guest, democratic pennsylvania senator, bob casey. Senator very good to see you, thank you for coming in. What do you think of this back and forth on this 1619 project, sir . Well, neil look. I think at a time when were debating big ideas about how to lift our economy out of the ditch and how to recover from the pandemic, i think we should be debating issues that most americans are focused on in their daily life, not what the Department Of Education is going to do and proposing curriculum, or ideas for our history, but if were going to have the debate, i think its really important to talk about some of the history. The history that a lot of us learn. Now senator marshall and i, hes a new senator, hes a very nice guy, and a brilliant doctor, and he and i were born the same year as white males weve had a pretty good deal for the last 60 some years but if youre not a white male in america, over many many generations, its been brutal for so many families and i think we should learn more about that history, and make sure that our children learn more. I think both of us are just learning things that we didnt learn in school, and i was just looking at the New York Times 1619 publication. Here is like the fifth page, you cant see it but thats a picture of a lynching, in 1910, and thats of almost 50 years after slavery. I didnt know a lot of this history, so its important that we learn it, because we cant be the country we say we are and try to be a more Perfect Union unless you learn the whole history and a lot of it, a lot of that history, unfortunately, is about racism, and about White Supremacy. Neil well theres no doubt, no doubt about that senator, and i get what youre saying including Information Online ings and the rest that define sadly so much of our experience in this country, and after the civil war, all valid, all to include, but to then go back to 1619 as the starting point of looking at the American History experienced through the prism of just slavery, thats a whole other matter, is it not . No i dont think it is, neil look, 1619 is a year where the discussion should start. Thats where it started and i think we need to know that. I think a lot of americans neil well where would 1776 fall into that discussion . Neil, we have a lot of history about 1776 and a lot of its very valuable to learn. We are learn about the founding fathers. We can be inspired by their words and things they did, but also, highlight and learn about mistakes that they made. Look, we know that the constitution had some lies from the very beginning, in terms of all men are created equal, or the declaration and the constitution. We know that some of the terminology, some of the pre cepts in there werent based upon truth and i just think that the children should learn that. Neil one of the key points of the 1619 project is that the whole revolution itself was predicated on slavery. Do you accept that as a given, as the 1619 project . I dont think theres any question that we should be reviewing our history from that Vantage Point in ways that a lot of us were not exposed to and then at the end of the debate, or the end of the exposure to that education, people can make their own mind up and draw conclusions, but to just erase or sideline a lot of history, i think just perpetuate s the kind of White Supremacy that is, i think, too often dominated not just our history, and our culture, but even our government. Neil so youre assessing the fact that we dont adequate ly discuss slavery or cover it enough in classes . Its a good deal of attention incur when you talk about events that led up to the civil war and the horrific period you talked about, senator, after that. You dont think its adequately addressed as things stand now . No, and look, i based it upon my own, i had a great education, but there are a lot of gaps in it, because most schools dont teach this history , and neil, i think its more than just slavery itself. Its all that came after, and the average just holding a book here, i just started reading this boom recently, michelle alexander. I should have read this book 10 years ago when it was published. Im just learning more about it but so much that happened after reconstruction was obliterated and it was the rise of the kkk and then they were knocked down and then they rose up again, so look weve got to learn this history. A lot of americans dont know it neil yeah, all right, i guess maybe a different schooling experience, senator, because i did learn a lot of that. I did learn about the rise and the fall and the rise again of the kkk, maybe it depends to your point on the school system, but the edict about Upending Everything after 1619, The Americans Starting Point let me make one more neil know that you so upend. Let me make one quick point the fact that Leader Mcconnell was writing to the Department Of Education he can do whatever he wants but i wish he would write them a letter and tell them whether or not he supports some of our proposals to invest more in education. We just passed a rescue plan that invested 130 billion in our school so you got more than half of the k12 schools that are open now, largely i think because of that investment coming, why doesnt he have an idea about opening schools or about investing more in education as opposed to telling them dont have this curriculum or dont make this , dont have this Proposal Part of your idea, so look, i hope that Leader Mcconnell will Start Talking to the American People about whether he supports the jobs plan and the family plan to lift people up, and if he has a better idea, fine but the Republican Party right now in washington just seems to be bankrupt in terms of policy so they talk about dr. Seuss and other issues. Neil well they talk about bankrupt though, senator i think they are worried about the fact were doing these initiatives and spending when we technically are bankrupt. But thats another discussion for another day. But how do we get the economy neil really you think this economy is in a ditch right now . Yeah. Yes, it is, for a lot of people. Look i know some people will look at it neil wait, wait, we grew at a 6. 4 clip in the First Quarter. Retail sales were the strongest theyve been in seven years, i can go through all of these, you think we are in a ditch right now . Yes. A lot of families have not recovered yet and thats why we got to help them. Neil all right we can respectfully argue that point another time and we will. Senator i want to thank you very very much. Neil, thanks. Neil maybe on to less thorny topics right now, Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. 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Dig in for just 8. 99. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. 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 futureready protection, keeping you sharp for tomorrow. Join us, the defenders, in our mission. Cybereason. End cyber attacks. From endpoints to everywhere. Neil all right, its the first saturday in may the Kentucky Derby didnt happen last year certainly not the first saturday in may i think they pushed it off to september last year, and even then, no one in the stands. Now they are going to have up to 45,000, which is 100,000 fewer than would normally be the case but it is a start. Folks pretty psyched for that, l ydia hu and all that there in kentucky with the very very latest. Lydia . Reporter hi there, neil. We have a Beautiful Day on this derby saturday, like you said expecting around 45,000 people to be here, there were a little over 41,000 people here yesterday already, to watch the Kentucky Oaks race, and back today, some of them returning, and the question of the moment though, is does it count as the Kentucky Derby if youre not sipping on a mint julep to get to the bottom of that question, we have jackie ziker, here, a Master Taster of old forrester. Jackie thank you so much for being here. Tell us, is it the Kentucky Derby if you dont have a mint julep . Of course not so old forrester is the official julep of the Kentucky Derby but this cocktail has been official since 1938 and every year theres a Signature Glass that everybody collects and used to be the water glasses but everybody kept taking the glasses home with them they would sell a julep to get something out of it so it is a fresh julep, already done in a bottle and weve been rolling with this for many many years now. Reporter couldnt be easier and youve prepared beautiful cocktails we arent sipping them now, but i cant promise they wont last very long after this segment. What makes a really great mint julep, what ingredients are needed . Of course the Fantastic Bourbon Old Forrester makes the best mint julep out there, thats why its the official of the derby but fresh mint is key and when you garnish youll want to slap it on the back of your hand that you open up all the oils and its right in your face. Reporter you slap it, you dont muddle it . Yeah, slap it on your hand as a garnish. Reporter wow thank you so much for that insight after the insight and kentucky dish it , frequentness and then the belmont stake, well find out whether we have a triple crown winner and we could all use something to get excited about. Thanks so much. Neil i hear you, and very up lifting. We really needed that so im glad to see you and go Rock Your World, by the way. Thats my choice, so keep rock ing your world. All right, so i know, i know, place your bets. Luca garza, hes an outstanding basketball player in the 2021 nba draft prospect, College Player of the year, former University Of Iowa Center , hes pretty savvy when it comes to money hes an economics major after all, not an easy major, and he made history, becoming the First College athlete to own a nonfun Gible Token Reeping better than 41,000, an opportunity for some lucky winner, to get not only autographed shoes at the game in which he played, and a lot of other cool stuff, but this has never been done, Something Like this. Hes kind enough to join us right now, luca congratulations very good to have you. Thank you, i appreciate you having me on here. Neil what got you interested in this , not basketball, you had a talent for that at a very very young age and obviously its reflected in your career, but this whole tie to this whole new technology, this digital technology, what got you involved . Well as you said im an economics major so ive been following the tech world closely and seeing what everything is happening in cryptocurrency and when nba kind of fell in love with that idea, but i never thought of an entity of my own and my father actually presented the idea to me to do one of my own and i wanted to make it unique and special, and thats why we kind of added all of the Different Things that come with it to make it more of an experience, than just one but it was amazing and to be able to give back to the university of iowa Childrens Hospital with part of the proceeds, it was an amazing feeling. Neil you got a lot of people who are interested in bidding this , but youve taken this one step further. Youve got this luka garza nft group. Explain how that is going to work going forward. So, you know, with names and likeness looking past july 1 in 14 states and obviously, in the future, around all of the country, hopefully, i wanted to have a place where athletes could come to me or any sport and i could create their own nft and help them start to monetize and the likeness and i think thats whole arguing is being able to create a new Revenue Stream that doesnt takeaway from the ncaa and all of their money but being able to make money off your own name in different ways and this is one of the better ways because its the future of its basically a Digital Trading card so its the future of collectibles and memorabilia and its a really great idea so i wanted to after i released mine, neil oops. I think were having some technical difficulty there, but i did want to remind you, this is starting a trend right now, i should point out trevor lawrence, the clemson start quarterback whose just signed on with the jacksonville jaguars, he was just recruited by them, he has accepted some of his pay, in bitcoin. Expect others to follow, others already are, so this is a trend that is picking up considerable steam. All right, we have a lot coming up in the second hour here, were following developments in paris right now, the may day protests and the environment around that. Its a global day, we recognize unions, very friendly president in the white house here, that is supporting that in europe, where theyre worried about unions losing their umph just the opposite those protests continue with concern that the government is cutting back on benefits that they have gotten used to and they dont like what theyre seeing and hearing right now. 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Xfinity makes moving easy. Go online to transfer your services in about a minute. Get started today. We are still getting more details on that home in houston where 90 people were crowded, a part of a human smuggling ring. We still dont know exactly how they got there and how many were sick. In fact, maybe many of them with covid, but how it got to be and how many more might still be out there in homes that otherwise look just hike everyday American Homes in everyday american neighborhoods. William la jeunesse has been over this very, very closely with what authorities are using and he joins us from texas. Likely the immigrants traveled through this road. There are 30 check points along the southwest border, this is the busiest heavily trafficked check point on the border. Every vehicle you see here is going to be checked by the Border Patrol at the station north of me. Im in the Rio Grande Valley of course the busiest Border Sector and of course, this road, highway 281 goes right to san antonio and houston up to the stash houses like we see in houston. For the thousands of immigrants who dont get caught, this is the last chance for the Border Patrol to find them. Usually stuffed in the back of a tractortrailer or hidden in the bed of a pickup truck. Were about 65 miles actually north of the border. Here is how it works. You have the agents have work the border, the fence, if you will, the roving patrols and people picked up on camera or sensors and check points like this one and trying to stop people from going to stash houses in phoenix, san diego or houston. Yesterday dps and Houston Police found 90 immigrants stashed inside a house, a drop house, if you will. Some had not eaten for days. They were dehydrated and police say they were looking into a Kidnapping Case and whatl happen is these criminal organizations will try to extort additional money from families and get a mother or father on the phone and beat the migrant until they cry or cry out for help and extort more money or payment. Here is what two neighbors had to say about that house. Thats how it is, you know. And then if you dont pay it, they keep you until your Family Member pays something and then theyll release youment thats how it is. And wasnt expecting it in my neighborhoods, what makes my neighborhood exempt . So were at this check point and here theyve got technology that helps them see through the skin of a tractortrailer, they have their own k9 unit here and they successfully Rescued Hundreds Of Migrant from inside vehicles. A texas congressman this morning told Fox And Friends that the Biden Administration is not doing enough to reduce the incentives, say prosecution or detention that drives those migrant here to the u. S. Illegally. Now what weve seen, its not just those along the borders, its houston, its san antonio and its going to elsewhere as well. Its not the crisis, is continuing to grow. So basically, im told the numbers for april will be coming out in a few days, neil. Theyre going to be down slightly 10,000 or maybe more. Here in the rio grande they were apprehending 25 migrants a day, 2500, excuse me. That will be closer to 2000, but nevertheless we know two senators from arizona are now joining some of their fellow Congress People from texas and saying the Biden Administration needs to do more along the border, neil. Neil all right. Thank you very much for that, william la jeunesse. Joining us right now the texas republican congressman. Nothing new to him. In fact, has seen this before. Congressman, thank you for taking some time. So you dont think this is an ice lated isolated incident what we saw in the houston area . No, in fact tony got it right. In midland, texas, 33 Illegal Immigrants were found in a Stash Housement we heard joe biden say that just give me five days, im working on it. What he meant was, give me five days and im going to abolish ice and bow down to the radical left, the progressive part of his policy that wants to abolish all Law Enforcement and defund not just the police, but our Border Patrol and ice agents. Theyre the ones who found the house in midland and trying to keep our communities safe. Meanwhile shall meanwhile, the president is not doing anything for the border. Neil i dont believe hes said abolish ice, but the incidents that have come to light have actually happened because or from that surge at the border. Do you have reason to believe that this might just be the sort of the tip of proverbial iceberg, that there are many, many more cases and many, many more houses that look fine from the outside, but are hiding a lot of these same migrants . Well, absolutely. And you know, whether he says those words or not. I think the actions are clear that the policies, the failed policies, the reversal of policies are leading to Record Numbers of surges, but we have to remember that the folks that were found in this, these stash houses whether its houston or midland or wherever, these are gotaways. Folks to escaped detection and did not get caught so it will continue to get worse and we have reason to believe that those policies will lead to an even worse situation this year. Theres estimates up to two Million Immigrants that will be contacted by customs and Border Protection agents this year. Neil all right. I believe as well, congressman, the first time in about five or six years the Department Of Agriculture is going to be involved in helping with matters at the border, i believe up to 500 personnel here, but that alone wont cut it, will it . No. I mean, i think the you know, we had policies that began with the trump administration, the coordination, the you know, that started with other countries and weve got to get back to those. The symptom is the border. The real issue are the policies. Yes, you can put a couple hundred agents and by the way, Governor Abbott is doing that with National Guard troops, with dps and you can see this with the Department Of Agriculture, but its not enough, youre absolutely right. Neil you know, congressman, we hear so many from texas, land owners, home owners and you know, that are right at that border and finding, you know, the illegal crossing into their back yard and they fear for their security. Do you know what provisions are taken to help them . Well, theres really nothing that can be done by local Law Enforcement because the law is pretty specific here and so, yes, ranchers are contacting my office and me directly, that are not even on the border. They are into the interior of texas and they are afraid for their safety because you know, in one instance we had a home, a ranch home that was burned down by a group of Illegal Immigrants and you know, theres others that have found bodies on their land and this is, you know, we think, oh, thats sensational, these stories arent happening. But it is happening, its absolutely happening and the coyotes and people profiting from this are doing as much as they can to send as many people in and we heard the gentleman who said his family will owe those people for a long time. Neil still in the process, the president seemed to indicate, congressman that he would have a response to this Gentleman Shouting Questions about the border, whats going to happen at the border, that something seemed to be imminent within days. Do you know what that is . Do you have any recommendations for it . Well, we absolutely have recommendations for him. Weve invited both he and the vicepresident to come visit the border, to come look at the agents in the eye, the customs and Border Protection agents who are putting their lives on the line every single day and to hear their stories. They have known terrorists who are coming through that theyve apprehended and weve got Record Numbers and not to mention the fact that were in a pandemic and it doesnt seem like the president cares about that aspect of it, meanwhile, up to 7,000, over 7,000 have been put on airplanes paid for by u. S. Tax dollars with no covid test. I mean, this is really insanity and were asking him to come visit so he can see firsthand the crisis that his policies have caused. Neil all right. Please keep us posted congressman, the texas congressman trying to keep up with this and in his district its a big issue and a big worry. When we come back, the other side of the coin. A democratic congressman is looking at the same issue, but with different ideas after this. This is rebecca from michigan. Coming at you live from the operating room. Im an er nurse. And i absolutely love what i do. I knew that i wanted to do something meaningful with my life. I was over half a Million Dollars in debt from Medical School until i found sofi. Now im able to live out my dream and know i wont spend the rest of my life paying off those student loans, thanks to sofi. New projects means new project managers. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. 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Imagine if you lived on that street and imagine your kids riding back and forth on that block and what happens when we dont have sufficient resources for control at the border. Neil all right, that was part of the discussion earlier with the former acting ice director patella. We should point out now that all of this in light of this 90 people are found in a houston home, and fears there could be many more such homes. Many more such people hidden in homes across the country and you wouldnt even know it. We heard from a republican congressman that says weve got to crock down and address whats happening at the border, the president , the vicepresident , get to the border quickly. I want to go right now to scott peters the democratic California Congressman, vice chair for the moderate new democratic coalition. Congressman, if i could first address this pour border situation with this houston home, with 90 individuals, you know, crowded inside, do you fear there are more such homes around maybe quite a bit more . Well, id be speculating about that, but i think its consistent with the surge were seeing to the border from the south and thats happened under many administrations, including President Trump and president obama. Its very important that we have enforcement and in some ways, i think the fact that this was apprehended and taken care of is a credit to the Law Enforcement and thats what we need along the border. And we have bigger problems than this, as your other guest said its a symptom of a problem desperate people in the south trying to head north and give credit to the Biden Administration to urge Asylum Seekers and people in transit not to come. If you want asylum to apply from your own country. Dont make this trip. Dont send your children. I think thats the right message, but weve got to attempt to make things better down there and President Trump had defunded a lot of efforts and they want people to stay home, in addition to doing Border Security, which i think this was an example of, effective Border Security apprehending 90 people. Neil you know, the president blames donald trump for a lot of this. Do you . You know, i guess i would, but blame is not my focus. Weve had a Border Challenge and immigration challenge for a long time. When i first came to congress in 2013, the Senate Passed a comprehensive bill, 68 votes, very comprehensive, Speaker Boehner didnt want us to vote on it. Weve had a Labor Shortage here and turned immigration from farming to scientists and engineers. We need more people to do the work here. Immigration is how weve handled that. Weve got to deal with Border Security and that bill dealt with 25 billion investment in Border Security. And we ought to get together and solve this problem and you know, i do think that President Trump defunded a lot of the departments, according to President Biden, and didnt really cooperate in the transition. Thats a small part of a big problem and weve all got to get together. Neil i see where youre coming from congressman, but you seem to conflate immigration with illegal immigration. In this country through democratic and republican president s alike, immigration has been uncommonly stable. When you talk about Border Security as well what would be the harm in at least completing the wall because many of the Border Agents with whom weve been chatting saying thats where a lot of these groups that are coming in, theyre going through the open positions of the unfinished wall, that at least if you finished it and completed the because the funds were there, and just, you know, seal up those holes and then get to some of the areas you rightly pointed out might be at the core of this. Well, i think the wall is not an Effective Technology to deal with it. In san diego weve had a lot of people dig tunnels under the wall that we have here and its impractical to try to do that across the border. I think theres much more effective monitoring tools. Neil youd have to youre right about digging tunnels, but a fraction of the penetration youve seen elsewhere, that largely has been a success. Most of the smuggling happens through the Port Of Entry and i would certainly support upping our security and our investment there. I think weve done that in san diego as well. I guess the thing i would say is that, youre talking about spending 30 billion, 15, 30 billion whatever you want a tremendous amount of money on a physical structure and not dealing with the underlying problem, which is that people in these countries have no economic prospects and fearful of crimes and the money were putting those into those countries 300 to 400 Million Dollars. Thats much more effective cost, much more but if it gets into the right hands, right, sir . I mean. Absolutely. Neil thats the problem in the past under the democratic and republican administrations, getting it into the right hands. And i dont say its easy, neil. I say thats the problem, the systemic problem we have to deal with at the source. So i think the wall is at best a, you know, its a bandaid. It doesnt really solve the bigger problem which is what we did with mexico when we did nafta, the economy improved a lot in mexico, people were much more likely with that their home i think thats what vicepresident harris is going to focus on. Neil thank you, i appreciate you coming in. Youre welcome. Neil i want you to turn your attention not to kentucky, but las vegas. Its back, baby and doesnt john tapper know it. The bar rescue who he is, the host is there and find out why. 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You know, i remember early on, youre a big reason why that debt relief came through your visits here and you were saying, these guys through nofault of their own have been decimated and that aid did come and glad its bearing fruit. Its a good news, bad news thing. They cant find workers for a variety of reasons. But explain how bad it is . Its serious. Something out of whack here. You think about the fact that our federal government said by july 4th we should be in a great place and yet they extended the Unemployment Benefits, enhanced Unemployment Benefits until september and we cant get our employees, neil. Eighths crisis. Imagine this, you go through 14 months, buy your food, clean up the place and put your marketing in place and ready to get back and now you cant get your employees. Its a crisis situation, its national, National Chains are dealing with it as well as independent restaurants. Weve got to get our people back to work, neil. Neil yeah, i was talking to the chipotle cfo the other day and for that national chain, it is an issue. Im just wondering though, is it something that goes away in september when the benefits expire or is it just another issue that people who have, you know, not been working are just not keen on going to restaurants or working at bars or that sort of stuff. What do you think it is . I think that some people have changed careers for sure and when we do a statistical research, the Cannabis Industry is taking a lot of food and beverage employees, amazon is taking a lot of food and beverage employees. Its an industry issue, neil. Weve got to get our people back. We cant operate seven days a week, we only have the employees to operate four or five days a week. Even if we get to 100 capacity, if were losing two at seven days a week, whamo, our capacity goes back down again. So, every time we make a step up, it seems like were fighting to stay there and then we inch backwards again and thats what were seeing with employees. Neil for years ive been a fan of your show. One they think i notice certainly you scare the hell out of those workers and those who are stuck in their ways. You really talk tough love, but how many resist you . How many in the end say, screw it, im not going to do what he says . You know, in the end, they resist me a lot more. A lot less than in the beginning certainly, neil. About 20 go back to their old ways and 80 dont. Prepandemic a 70 Success Factor which im very proud of neil, when you consider their debt and creditors are knocking on their doors. They dont have the resources to move forward. Im proud of the statistics that weve achieved with the show. But this season, season eight is very, very different. We shot the entire season in las vegas. And las vegas had the highest unemployment during the pandemic and based on hospitality only, weve been decimated in las vegas. Choosing las vegas to rescue this year made a lot of sense and of course, its my hometown so its very personal to me. You know, its very hard to feel passionate and jazzed. These guys are grateful for reopening and the capacity and the rest, i dont know the latest in las vegas, but how do you keep them psyched . How, when theyre facing daunting odds to say nothing of just reopening and expense or the problems associated with that, now not being able to find workers, its hard to be chipper and a Glass Half Full person. How do you coach them with that . In nevada we go 100 june 1st, its a big deal for us. Theres light at theened of the tunnel. Were excited about it, seeing people on the street. Youre right. Covid has been a paralyzing fact upon people, neil. Almost like theyve been wounded. They dont walk as fast, theyre not assertive, theyre reserved about their future. And its had a psychological impact. This season is much more motivation and helping them move forward rather than pushing them to move forward. A quick story, neil. In this season of bar rescue, weve talked the past year, year and a half how the pandemic decimated the industry. And this season shows how its decimated the industry. And one owner lost his house three days before we got there. Three days. He has four Young Children under 10 years old sleeping on a wooden floor above the restaurant, neil. They have nothing. So, these are the kind of stories were dealing with about, you know, again we have talked about how the Restaurant Industry is decimated. This industry shows us how the people of the Restaurant Industry have been decimated by this and its a difficult season emotionally. Youre going to see, neil. I crew a few times during this season and i cant help myself, its very intense. Neil youre very intense, i dont want to be on the wrong side of you man, oh, man, youve done a lot of good for a lot of people. John tapper, kicking the season off in las vegas is the start. What a way to kick things off. Be safe and be well. This is may day after all, not just the start of the Kentucky Derby this year, thats resuming, but protests around the world. This is the day we recognize labor and its paris in one thing, in berlin its quite another, but rally, the plans to fight and the growing ways to cutting back on Government Speck and guarantees for a lot of folks. They dont like it. If youre 55 and up, tmobile has plans built just for you. Switch now and get 2 unlimited lines and 2 free smartphones. And now get netflix on us. Its all included with 2 lines for only 70 bucks only at tmobile. We are just getting word now of that indirect talks between iran and the United States are expected to resume on that Iran Nuclear Deal maybe as soon as friday. Reuters is quoting russias ambassador to the u. N. Who told reporters after a meeting that the remaining parties would like to continue and start talks more to the point, the third round of talks as soon as this friday by definition, that would seem to extend to the United States. If we get anything more on that, of course, well keep you posted. In the meantime keeping you posted on pretty Violent Attacks on Police Officers over the last week, the timing and a lot of folks following this back and forth closely. Lucas tomlinson with more. In recent days a number of attacks against Police Officers, including two sheriffs deputies, ambushed and shot and killed in north carolina. Protest have continued elsewhere where judges refused to release The Body Cam Future and Law Enforcement say that he hit the Police Officer with his car before they opened fire. And tim scott with the g. O. P. Rebuttal. I wrote a bill and after the deaths of george floyd and my democratic colleagues blocked it. The floyd family sounded hopeful. We believe that everybody is committed. We are optimistic that as President Biden encouraged us to try to have this George Floyd Act passed before may 25th, the one Year Anniversary of the killing of george floyd. Even on the very difficult subject like police reform, gun safety, immigration, bipartisan compromise, strong bipartisan compromise, strong legislation coming out of bipartisan compromise is never out of reach. Congressman clyburn defended the police after some in his party called for defunding the police and talked about race in america. And electing barack obama and kamala harris. Some in the country think otherwise. Neil thank you very much. Were fortunately to have Congressman Clyburn to talk about this, and some say they dont believe its a racist country, but you are concerned about it. What, could you explain . Well, thank you very much for having me, neil. Please for a momentment in the 1830s, 1835, 1836, wrote about this country and the work he called democracy in america. And its interesting to me, to those who summed up in this one line. America is not great because it is more enlightened than any other nation, but rather, because it has always been able to repair its faults. He wrote that during slavery. Nothing can be less enlightening than slavery, yet, in 1863 Abraham Lincoln moved to correct that fault. Now, we have some faults in our Society Today and theres some faults within the institutions that we all rely upon. Law enforcement is one of them. Lets correct the faults. This whole notion about, this argument that america is now a racist nation, nobody ever said that. Nobody ever said that. We never called for defunding the police. Somebody put that slogan into the process. I want to see in policemen and better recruitment and better people in Police Departments and so they can get better and they can get better people. Thats what were all about. So im a little sick and tired of this argument that we keep going off in different directions. Whats my colleague but to be fair, congressman, to be fair, a lot of this began with the discussion over systemic racism and whether thats the same as calling a country racist. I get what youre getting at, but i think that what senator tim scott was getting in trouble for was for simply saying what the left is doing is fighting bigotry with bigotry and theyve exposed their hypocrisy and their true motivation. It has nothing to do with ending prejudice. What did you think of that . Look, not much. I used to teach this stuff. Ive studied All Of My Life and i still study it. Thats not what we progressives are saying. We progressives are saying that its time for us to own up to the fact that weve got problems. Take what Mitch Mcconnell just did writing about the 1619 process. Who is unaware that blacks were brought into this country in 1619 . For what purpose . To be enslaved and they were enslaved for the next 244 years. To ignore that is to be ignorant about history and ignorant about the facts. So, lets be factual about this. I want every one of my children and grandchildren to know what slavery was all about. If you dont learn the lessons of history, youre bound to repeat them. Thank you, i wish people would spend time learning our history so that well know what we should do to hold onto whats good and get rid of whats bad. Thats what fair enough, but the 1619 date becomes the new date at which you start the beginning of america and those who want that project as its called to look at america through that prism and the start of the country which we tended to look at through the events on july 4th, 1776 signing of the Declaration Of Independence should in fact go back to 1619 the start of slavery. Do you agree with that approach that everything should be seen and the historic moves that were made in this country through that start date . I dont know who used that. I dont know use that as a start date. I know people who use 1492 as a start date. Both of them are wrong. Native americans have been here forever. Thats thats a key part. Thats a key part of this measure, you know, that that would become the starting point here. If they wanted to force that issue and you say you dont think thats the case, would that be a mistake in your eyes, congressman . That is a mistake because thats not the case. The case is 1619 was the start date for black folks in america. Thats when my forebearers were brought here enslaved against their will, that started in 1619 thats not the start date of america. Neil but you could include it in the history of this country, i mean, you dont want to ignore that, i understand your point and its quite sound, but you wouldnt be scrapping one in favor of the year to teach all of this as part of the School Curriculum . Thats what theyre trying to do. When i was being taught history i was not taught that. I with as not taught that. And when i started teaching history, i told all of my students, i dont want you bringing dates to me. There are only two dates i want you to ever think about. 1066 and i dont want the other things to be taught because theyre not relevant. Columbus didnt discover america, america was here all the time. Columbus was lost. And let this be clear about what the real history is. So, you dont get through it by ignoring it, pretend it didnt exist. No, it did exist. Slavery existed. Jim crow existed. And the Supreme Court of United States in 1954 decided to repair that, thank you once again for recognizing what this country is all about, not about being perfect, but when you see a fault, repair it. Weve got a fault today in our Law Enforcement. Lets repair it. Theres a fault today with 47 states now coming out with these Voter Suppression laws. Come on, United States of america, lets repair that. Lets dont elect people back into that kind of stuff and you know what that stuff is. Neil congressman, thank you very, very much. A lot of the time americans look at Christopher Columbus he didnt get lost simply he didnt ask for directions, congressman. I wish i was around that time to help him. [laughter] congressman, thank you very, very much. Be well, be safe this weekend. We have a lot more coming up after this. Were following the may day protests around the world, as well in paris and berlin throughout europe. The unions have a good friend in the white house in joe biden, but where the union is stronger in europe they dont feel the same about their elected leaders and theyre showing that today and demonstrating accordingly. More after this. Texmex. Texmex. Termites. Go back up hang on i am hanging on. Dont mess up your deck with texmex. Terminix. Hi. The only way to nix it is to terminix it. 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A little bit of wind so well wait and see if this is good enough for them to get back and better than the windy conditions were seeing today. Otherwise were tracking a lot of heavy rain across portions of texas and that lingers taking you in. Weve seen downpours here for the last 24 hours. Weve got an area from Corpus Christi to san antonio and houston and theyre looking at flood watches as the rain falls on this saturday. In the middle of the country, boy, warm and nice, 75 degrees, going to push up to 80 in some locations so its going to be a warm one and then if youre a horse racing fan, a Beautiful Day as the baby would say in the song, a masterpiece by the time its race time, sunny, clear, dry, a nice one out there at Churchill Downs. Neil adam, thank you very much, my friend. I want to take you to berlin, i dont know how the actual weather is, but the political weather is nasty. These are protests, may day protests and recognizing the Labor Movements across the world. Ironically there, they feel that government is abandoning them just as in this country it seems that governors and government is embracing them. Stay with us. Rock guitar yeah rock music you cant do this, you cant deny they feed us lines, but i wont act and all good things will come to pass e for it . Would you . I believe believe were still worth the fight youll see theres hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe you know, we talk a lot about improving economic numbers, but i lead out with what the earnings have shown for Companies Reporting how they did in the latest quarter and almost to a technology company, off the charts. Weve seen it with amazon, seen it with apple, with tesla and with alphabet. Whats interesting about that, even in the face of all of this, the wealth grows, of the folks who run those companies are putting their money to space, right . If you think of about what jeff bezos is doing, who is going to be turning control daytoday of amazon, and elon musk with spacex and what have you. Theyve poured a not in private initiatives in partnership with the United States government, but its providing great dreams and opportunities and hope for the u. S. When it comes to replanting its flag on the moon to say nothing about what weve already been doing on mars. Back with dan, adam, and if you think about it, if not for these guys and their ample resources we might not be doing a lot of what were doing as we reclaim space. What do you think . Well, i think its absolutely right. Three words you said there, neil, guys, dreams and ample resources, i guess thats four words. Bezos and musk have been dreaming about this since they were boys . Would that have been if they wouldnt have been selling . I doubt it. And its a great thing theyre able to put their many billions of dollars to the exciting things. As a society we probably wouldnt have been the wherewithal. Neil and a lot of these guys are targeted with the Tax Proposals and most of the Technology Ceos have already said theyre on board with paying higher taxes themselves and their Companies Paying higher taxes, if theyre okay with it, should you be okay with it . Well, if they want to pay more tax. Sorry. Dan first. If they want to pay more tax, neil, i mean, im not going to argue with that. I certainly dont want to have to pay more tax and i think a lot of other people dont want to do that, but i think on this topic with elon musk and jeff bezos competing against each other, its so epic. You know, its a battle star galactica. We used to know the names of astronauts. It hard to name an astronaut now. So, now the focus is on youre right. Who are the people that are backing this, that are really making things happen . I think its terrific and lets put it this way, neil, if we can do some space travel. Think of the advantage, you weigh less in space. Neil there is that. There is that. Danielle, what do you make of the fact that these guys are providing this opportunity . That says something about capitalism. It does say something. It says something really great about capitalism, neil. And again, this is pulling the u. S. Government into a really amazing endeavor. We havent been able to figure out education reform for years in this country, but you remember 2017 they came out with the movie hidden figures. That whole era in u. S. History, young people were just electrified. They wanted to get into science, technology, math, all some of the best learning home grown brilliant people that weve had that weve created, not imported into the universities weve home grown in america and that came out of the original space race and just think how wonderfully this could reignite young people who want to be educated. Neil its happening as we speak and im rudely jumping on you because were running out of time. Running out of time, but the space race goes on. The Kentucky Derby later on. Fox news continues right now. Good night syra. Night, drive safe. I love you. Drive safe. Ok buh bye mommy. You guys ready . You sure you got everything . Drive safe. We all say it; chevy can help you do it. With chevy safety assist standard on the new equinox and trailblazer part of the chevy family of suvs. Drive safe. ac dc Back In Black and trailblazer part of the chevy family of suvs. Back in black i hit the sack ive been too long. Applebees irresistabowls are back. Dig in for just 8. 99. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. By the time you see the symptoms of lung cancer, it could be too late. Now theres a new scan that can detect lung cancer early. If you smoked, get scanned. 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