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First safe country so that were avoiding this huge surge at the border. but its about incentivizing these folks to -- [audio difficulty] arthel: okay. thank you. i have to go. well have to leave it there. congresswoman beth van -- beth van duyn, thanks for joining us. eric? eric: well, you know, its the return of the run of the roses. yep, the kentucky derby taking police station later today the at churchill drowns, and it is -- downs, and it is expected to be the largest sporting event since th...

Is called the most exciting two minutes in sports with, you know, derby and american tradition not just kentucky tradition. do you think that some on the left this woke group really are missing the significance of the derby and getting hung up on a song and should be celebrating that we have endured so much over last year and a half. >> well, first griff i do have to pingt out that you gave away youre a girl hat commenting that the hat was a fascinator that means you have absolutely daughters so...

Original title and lyrics and context in which it was performed. the derby has not said whether there will be any changes to this years rendition after it was performed by a bugler without lyrics last year. and those are your headlines. pete? pete: if seeing dave portnoy on the cover of a magazine brings you pain then you might live a bit of a sheltered cloistered and bubbled life, unbelievable. will: unbelievable. pete: especially because he actually did good things. anyway. up next, a closer l...

We could see history later today. kendrick carmouche is going to be the first black rider in the derby since 1950. hes going to be on black jockey. a black jockey hasnt won since 1902 as many were forced out of the sport in jim crow era. i caught up with kendrick and asked him how it feels to be competing in his very first kentucky derby. >> i mean, its inspiration for the family. you know, and a lot of other people, too. im here for them. im here to show them my travel, my hard work, my perseve...

This year. its not the normal 150,000 plus. theyre expecting between 40,000 to 50,000 fans here for the big race. and everyone watching could see later today. kendrick carmouche is the first black rider in the derby since 2013. hes going to be on verbonic. he won 15 of the first 28 races. a black jockey hasnt won since 1902, as many were forced out of the sport in the jim crow era. i caught up with kendrick and asked him how it feels to be competing in the kentucky derby for the very first time....

>> that is a packed sheeps meadow to say the least on a beautiful new york city day. cori coffin for us, thank you. good to see you. coming up in our next hour, everybody, we are off to the races. crowds return to the kentucky derby with covid restrictions in place. were live in louisville with what this event means for the city. plus the war on voting from recounts based on the big lie to empowering poll watchers, inside the gops strategy to secure the vote and hell on earth. im going to ...

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The seat of republican ron wright who passed away in february. 23 candidates are on that ballot. if no one receives the majority of that sloat, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff election for the seat. were less than two hours away from the start of the 147th kentucky derby. fans this time will be on hand for the first time since 2019. attendance is capped at 45,000 due to covid restrictions, and masks, you got to wear those there. the horse race starts at 6:57 tonight eastern tim...

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>> i am so excited. we are here. how are you? >> great, the weather here. >> reporter: good luck that it rains because it has rained on every kentucky derby i have been to. >> it is not putting a damper on our spirits. >> it will be 72 degrees, partly cloudy. >> today it is raining but friday and saturday perfect blue skies. this has been a crazy year, the pandemic, last year they did it backwards. had it at belmont, the preakness, you won, you were very emotional. >> didnt feel like the derby b...