I still think it is. ainsley: it s not true. i slept really well last night. went to bed at 8:30 and i have not been drinking. brian: i called you around 11:00 from the bar and i got a voice mail so i know for a fact that you were asleep. ainsley: that s right. steve: anyway, we are middle of the week. we are delighted you are joining us. we have got three hours of news that starts with this: president joe biden loudly attacking anybody who disagrees with his efforts to end the filibuster in the senate in order to pass his radical voting rights agenda. griff jenkins is live in washington where, once again, senator joe manchin is throwing a wrench into joe biden s plan, and, griff, joe biden sounded really mad yesterday. griff: oh no, joe, messing up the president s plans. brian, ainsley, and steve good morning. he said is he tired of being quiet. remember about the inauguration day speech about unity. the president went down to atlanta to fully abandon bipartisan and for the first
Crime prosecutors say, you know what? yeah, it s murder, but will you just go home and wear this ankle monitor? you know, if i lost a loved one to somebody accused of murder, i would want them in the cook county jail not out in the suburbs some place, ainsley. ainsley: it s crazy. nearly 100 of them are charged with murder and they just have an ankle bracelet and they are at home with their family. another 40 charged with attempted murder. 852 facing a vacated gun charges. the mayor lightfoot says she is stunned by all this data. and the two of them, sheriff dart and mayor lightfoot are blaming the judges. and we are seeing it too, brian. here in new york with our new d.a. brian: i mean, this guy is unbelievable. he is already at it. this guy you have him this is alvin. ainsley: bragg. brian: the d.a. and already seeing it take a look at this cover right now. the cover of the new york post knife to the heart of justice. this robber threatens workers
This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. it is a fundamental power grab by the majority party propelled by its extreme right and designed to change the reading of the constitution. ending the filibuster is a very dangerous thing to do. it s amazing. almost a temper tantrum by those on the hard, hard right. they. the judge they want their way every single time. and they will change the rules, break the rules. misread the constitution, so that they will get their way. that, madame president is, what we call the abuse of power. i m not crazy about getting rid of the filibuster. everybody i talked to believes the legislative filibuster will be there. i will personally resist efforts to get rid of it. ainsley: you know, he wants same day voting. he wants illegals to be able to
Abrams who gave no reason for her absence, simply saying she had a scheduling conflict. meanwhile, back in washington, senate majority leader schumer said monday, martin luther king day as a deadline to pass something in a move to it filibuster joe manchin said not so fast. we need rules to make the place work better but getting rid of the fbi won t make it fit better. shut down a post nuclear option senate that would be far less productive. brian, ainsley, steve? ainsley: thank you so much, griff. these democrats they just lie. remember he says i will not end the filibuster. remember he says there won t be any vaccine mandates. remember he said take the vaccine and you won t get covid. that s not true even people with boosters are getting covid. if you don t believe me a flashback of the democrats who promised they would not do this. we should make no mistake,
Pin men toe cheese sandwiches are so good they have been serving it since the beginning of the tournament go to the one tent sell merchandise and everyone wants to bring something back home that says the masters. steve: you brought us stuff. ainsley: i brit brought you stuff last time there there really quick line you go through grab things off the shelf and put it in your cart and buy it and take it home. brian: i did not know that i would be focusing had i ever attended. i wouldn t be surprised if i get invited after this. focus more on golf. you focused more on the souvenirs and steve on the food. somebody who is familiar with the masters, he runs that state. also familiar with the world series champions, atlanta braves, georgia. the champions those who play football in college the georgia bulldogs. let s welcome in the governor of georgia, brian kemp. governor, welcome. good morning, go dogs. right. you had a big celebration yesterday. you also had a visit from the
But be prepared to pay for a little more for a box of thin mints, rising inflation. affecting the price of all cookies this year. thin mints, samoas and tagalongs up to $5 a box. special cooks were like s mores and coffee tastic will cost 6 bucks a box. a cookie girl scout person says the price also differ throughout the country. those are your headlines, guys. i m a big samoa fan. ainsley: did you buy any? ainsley: buy them from rusty, our daughter of our fox & friends first. carley: i was waiting for someone. ainsley: i m going to text me left me up. i bought a bunch of them. carley: good for you, i will, too. ainsley: brian, can you wait until they sell sell them in front of the grocery store. brian: i would love to see a kid sell their own kookies that would be good for the country.
It also ridicules others telling women to prepare for people constantly asking when you are going to appropriate united states like eager customers at a golden corral and you are the chef cooking up the next round of hot buns. oh, boy. ainsley, over to you. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, carley. just months after firing healthcare workers who refused the covid-19 vaccine, the state of california s staffing shortages by forcing those shortages who do have cody now to work. new guidance from the department of health. saying employees who are positive but asymptomatic i can can, quote: return immediately without isolation and testing. our next guest was fired when she refused to get the vaccine, jen peters joins us now. good morning to you, jen. good morning. ainsley: first of all, why did you decide not to get vaccinated? two reasons, actually. first of all, i had covid. i had covid while i was pregnant and at the time that the vaccine mandate ruled out i had a newborn who was having some
Were heavily redacted. so isn t that interesting. i m sure somebody is going to be digging into that. ainsley: why did they redact that? i thought it was all public. steve: quickly redacted. exactly. meanwhile, let s talk a little bit about something else we are all worried about and that is crime. and in particular, we re worried about these prosecutors who are going soft on crime. in cook county, which is the county that chicago is, in tom darth the sheriff there said this: regarding people who were being held at home. home monitoring is not a program for people charged with violent offenses but get, this folks. 75 to 80% of my people on home monitoring are charged with a violent offense. he says i have 100 people on home monitoring who are charged with murder. think about that. people who have been charged with murder and these soft on
Drudge is that hillary clinton is posed and opioidsed to pick up the mantle for the democratic party in 2024. buckle your seat belts, folks, it s getting crazy. brian: you know who i m sure is high fiving donald trump and his family. he would love another shot of this. i think of the big picture of this: when hillary clinton, of course shoos she gave the concession speech and she never accepted the election loss we heard that four years. when stacey abrams said i didn t lose. it hurt the country. when president trump comes out and said it s a fraud, it s a fake. it hurts the country. this speech today continues that. whoever wins and whoever loses it s not legitimate. i think it hurts the country. ainsley: i don t think she can run. we already heard her acceptance speech. brian: good point. let s change the headline in drudge. ainsley: steve, what s coming
And thanks for joining us on this middle of the week show. ainsley: you spent a lot of time there in dallas. your daughter lives there. she went to school there it s such a cool city. we love it in dallas. great shopping great fun and nice people and good food. bribe, how do you feel about bon jovi screaming at you to have a nice day bribe brian we used to have a bon jovi. we don t know what happened since. good football coach for his son s team. his son played college notre dame. almost every song sounds exactly the same. he does yell at you a lot almost like joe biden. ainsley: you know a lot about him. brian: i remember he used to come on a lot. he is in the rock and roll hall of fame so that s good. ainsley: yeah, he is talented. steve: if you remember what jon bon jovi said about fox & friends he said it s like the today show except they have been up all night drinking which is quite brian: we actually thought that was a compliment.