jillian: is nascar season all about the underdog? william byron taking over the checkered flag. fox & friends first starts right now. i ll be in my castle golden. i just want to feel this moment. todd: you want to say the name of the race? jillian: the dixie vodka 400. the last time we were talking about the daytona 500. todd: you re a nascar correspondent now. i like it. todd: you ve been in one of those cars? not yet. don t make me jealous. todd: good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m todd piro. i m ashley strohmier in for jillian. new york governor andrew cuomo is acknowledging his behavior following new sexual hairs harat claims from a second aide. todd: carley shimkus joins us. another sexual harassment claim, new york governor andrew cuomo is attempting to ex plain this workplace behavior. he released a statement saying in part at work sometimes i think i m being playful and making jokes that i think are funny. i
i m ashley strohmier. todd: i m todd piro. former president trump returning to the spotlight at cpac in his first public speech since leaving office. ashley: doug luzader is live in d.c., breaking down the biggest moments. good morning, doug. reporter: ashley and todd, good morning. and former president trump made this much clear. he will remain a force to be reckoned with within the republican party in the years ahead. he was given quite a welcome at this cpac gathering in florida over the weekend. this conservative conference is held each year. this was his first return to the stage since leaveing the white house back in january and since the attack on the capitol. former presidents usually give their successors a pretty wide birth. that was not the case yesterday with trump going after president biden on school openings and immigration. six weeks ago we had created the most secure border in u.s. history, took the new administration only a few weeks to turn this unprece
that last night and it could not have come soon enough. plus, there s a desperate man hunt going on in georgia for a suspect in the shooting of a sheriff s deputy in decatur county with warnings that troy phillips, they say you should be considered armed and dangerous. all this as we are getting ready to hear from former president trump and the path forward for the republican party. and about his role in the gop here is senator rick scott from florida earlier on that. i talked to president trump about one week ago and told him this is my job at my job is to help public and senators went all across the country and he made a commitment to me to help me do that. eric: in a moment we will hear from secretary of state mike pompeo, my interview with him from cpac but mark meredith is standing by in orlando with a preview of what we expect former president to say later on this afternoon hello, mark. reporter: eric, good afternoon. former president trump is excited to get a hero s
traditionally, former presidents don t say so much right after leaving office, and they don t necessarily go after the people who have followed them, however, that s not going to be the case later on today. as for the kind of reception the president s going to to be getting, we imagine he is going to be thrilled to see his supporters. they ve been lining up for the last two days outside of the orlando hyatt convention center for a chance to see him as the excitement if builds. we expect the president s going to speak on a number of topics with more on a focus of how the party can move forward to win back the house and senate in 2022. fox has a few of the excerpts. quote: we are not starting new parties, and we will not be dividing our power and our strength. instead, we will be united and strong like never before. now, cpac s speakers have repeated that there is no civil war within the gop. but other gop lawmakers say they can t see a trump second term in the cards. i don t
predatory trade practices of foreign countries like china. our nation s farmers and ranchers are the very best in the world. but they cannot compete alone against a sea of rising high and rising foreign subsidy, tariffs, and nontariff trade barriers. nor can they survive alone in the face of record droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. that s why we have a farm bill. mr. speaker, not since the early 2 thouths have a farm bill been more desperately needed than today. our farmers and ranchers are going through a difficult recession right now. net farm income is down 50% from where it stood 50eu6 years ago. five years ago. and wruptcies are up by more than 30%. we have seen the devastation of wildfires and hurricanes, less noticed but no less destructive is a severe drought that s gripped many parts of the country. even less noticed is a rampant cheating going on in the global trade that hurts our farmers and ranchers every single day. china recently