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lawrence: good evening, welcome to cross country. each week we address the issues facing everyday americans. much of that involves combating the so-called woke agenda. that s the progressive agenda. if you oppose those who embrace the woke, you are a racist or just a bigot. you say i m anti-woke. i don t want people to blaj people to speak up for themselves. you should be on the side of people who are woke because we are say nothing morrow precious against our community. unless you are saying i m racist, and bigoted, stop talking about woke. lawrence: you are dead wrong. that was squad member cori bush. wokeness, being aware of the issues plaguing black america, i m all on board. but that s not it. she wants all black americans to get in line with their progressive solution. i will give you a few examples tonight. let s talk education. the system has failed black kids. i m confused why the congresswoman continues to pick teachers unions over over ovr school choice. ....
for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o clock in the sun won t set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expec ....
will: good morning live from daytona, florida, for the daytona 500 tomorrow. 2:30 eastern time on fox. fox & friends live from the track and pete hegseth, will and rachel c cam pose-duffy with you here this morning. pete: 65th running of the daytona 500 and they ran on the beach before that. when it comes to nascar, daytona is front and center all the time and it s their super bowl. it s fun to be there with them. rachel: you re right, it s so pat i can t tell ick here patriotic here it feels like super bowl. will: pete has done this and i ve done this, if you ve gone up with the air force and taken a ride. let me tell you something, when you do te away incredibly impressed with america s fighters. rachel: yes. will: it is a hupabling experience that humbling experience that rachel got to participate in yesterday. you went up with the thunder birds and did over 9gs. you didn t black out our throw up and you re here to brag this morning. rachel: i aim. am. i m here ....
rachel: good morning, everybody from daytona international speedway and that is the apopca high school blue darter band performing live here at the speedway ahead of daytona 500 here on fox. good morning, will. good morning, pete. pete: good morning, rachel. i m pumped. it s finally warming up here at the track. if you re a high school band, what a better backdrop than the daytona 500 and the international speedway, the big race is tomorrow at 2:30 and we get a chance to cover it all morning long and talk news. rachel: absolutely. pete: always fun to be here. rachel: let s get to some of that news and we re going to talk about east palestine and sounding the alarm and the effects of toxic chemicals in the town. i ve had a headache and odd tinkling sensation like in the gums and on my lips. my brother-in-law went to the hospital and got checked out. he was having some severe symptoms, some breathing issues. they let this sink in and burn for days before they evacua ....
maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administ ....