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and what i am saying is it's time to believe. the train has left the station. if it's not too late to get on. >> i want to caution us not to, you know, set the bar too low for biden, you know? it's not enough for him to simply show proof of life as he did at the state of the union. >> these were strict migrations from countries -- we should restrict migration from countries that a hate us. what he's doing is just window dressing for an election. >> there are many potential hooks upon which a juror could find reasonable doubt. you don't want the make it a referendum on donald trump. you want the jury to focus on the evidence. >> if they can't put on a convention, how can we have confidence in the democratic party to run the country for another four years under joe biden? ♪ it's been a hard day 's night, and i've been working like a dog ♪ lap lap mr. speakers mr. speaker r dc d -- [laughter] stuart: i was singing along, but with my voice is not great. what a wonderful song is.

11:00 eastern -- what are you laughing at, my voice? lauren: [inaudible] [laughter] i'm speaking about myself. stuart: it's thursday, may 16th. here we go. look at the markets. yes, the dow is, well, or firmly above 40,000, 40,044, to be precise. that is a gain of 136 points, crust over one-third of11%. -- 1%. big tech all higher except for meta, which is down $4, 1%. the 10-year treasury yield, it is below, way below 4.5%. 4.35. there you have it. investors like that. now this. a friend of mine texted me yesterday. he said, hey, how about 40,000 on the dow by the fourth of july? if i said, you know, we may get there well before then, and we did. how about 20 minutes ago. he he hit -- we hit 40k. this is a spectacular market

rally that that has enriched tens of millions of investors. one year ago the value of all publicly traded stock stocks was $411.4 trillion -- 41.4 trillion. stock values have gained an astonishing 10.97 trillion in just 12 months. amazing. finish this ising extremely good news for anyone who had the good sense, good financial sense and the financial ability to get into the market. 45 million households have an ira or a 401(k). their investment returns have surely done very well. and wouldn't you know it, the socialists have taken notice, and they've taken aim at this wealth creation. they want a piece of it. this is the wealth tax put forward by senators warren and sanders. they've been -- they've taxed your financial to the max, but they still want more money. so they're turning to your stock market investments. since so many democrats are are rich, this wealth proposal may not go through, but it will be back. jealousy and rich bashing never

goes out of style the with socialists. meanwhile, e enjoy with. we have the good fortune to the live in a country this allows wealth creation. we have well regulated markets and superb high-tech companies. apple, microsoft, google, meta and if now nvidia are the crown jules of american business, and they have -- jewels of american business, and he was led this rally. they have produced the best wealth creation machine we've seen in generations. i wonder if my colleague and former economics professor brian brenberg agree withs with that. let's ask him, because he happens to be here for the full hour. what do you say, brian? >> well, it doesn't surprise me that a warren and sanders want to take our wealth. they should be celebrating today, they should be tweeting about 40k. i bet they haven't tweeted about 40k, have they -- stuart: if they did, it would be negative. lauren: biden did. >> yeah, right, because he's running for office. let me tell you why this is so good. wealth creation is independence.

socialists hate up independence. when you have wealth, you can live the way you want to live. when they take your wealth, they can make you live the way they want you to live. that's what this is about. your stove, your cars, your house, you name it. stuart: but you have the say with numbers like $10 trillion increased wealth in one year, middle america has to be doing very well. >> well, your number was 45 million people, i'd love to see that grow actually. one of the problems with bidenomics is you op don't have a lot left over at the end of the month to put into the market. more people should be able to do that. but it is great news for america because we've got this debt problem, and and how do you get out of a debt problem? your economy grows its way out of a debt problem through entrepreneurship and dynamism. and those are two words socialists hate, because you can't control entrepreneurs, and you can't control dynamism. stuart: i'm glad we're on the same page -- >> i think we agree on this one. that's good. it's be a good hour. stuart: when i was a very young

man, i was, indeed, a socialist, but i saw the light very quickly. >> and a little green too. [laughter] stuart: i want to talk about the soaring cost of childcare. brian, am i right in saying that childcare in some cases can be double the cost of rent in. >> well, if the numbers you're putting up there are true and i think they are, it is the case. here's the problem, childcare is another. one of these sectors9 where the government has gotten more if more involved over time in regulating what you can do, how you can provide it, what what licenses you need. and all of that has raised the costs for people. and a little bit is on us as well. we demand more out of childcare than we used to now. t not just that i want somebody to watch the kid, i want them to enrich them and educate them. we demand a smaller or ratio of caregivers to kids. but the point is let's have more dynamism. this is becoming too much like higher ed. the more government got involved in higher ed, the more the costs went up. let's not do that to childcare.

stuart: how are people supposed to afford having a family? if you have a bug family these days -- big family, i've got a very big family. it's very expensive. >> it is very expensive. families should have the choice. i just think families should have the choice. we kept our kids at home, and there was a sacrifice and trade-off we mading but we chose to do that. we home schooled. we went all the way, we home schooled. some families want to do it differently. some families have a trusted caregiver who, guess what? doesn't have a license. ing some states you have to have a postsecondary education, you've got to have a certain number of hours logged, a certain number of square feet per child in your house. my new york apartment, i'm sure, violates that rule for my own kids. but i'm okay with that. but the government wants to dictate how you care for the kids, and if they do that, your costs are going to go up. that, to me, is the primary story of this. stuart: you got it. brian, stay there, please. the dow still above the 40,000 level, 40,025, to be precise.

hit that number about an hour ago. check walmart. a very strong earnings report this morning, and the stock is sharply higher. for a company that size, a 5% gain in the stock price is really something else. i want to bring in mark avalon, what does the walmart if report tell you about the economy, mark? if. >> well, good morning. it tells us that the consumer is still strong, and they're spending. but it more tells me about the excellent execution at wal-mart. they connect with their customers on many levels. look, they expanded in e-commerce, they education expanded in -- expanded in private label. they know their messaging, they know their core consumer, and they don't change it quarter by quarter. this everything-commerce growth that they're de-commerce growth that they're experiencing started years and years ago, and now the online advertising boosted, and their traffic through that port ifal is going up. so -- portal. i think walmart is a combination

of both a strong consumer willing to intend. americans are excellent at spending, or but they're also smart, and they see value at wal-mart. stuart: one of our guests early the morning said walmart is a fantastic company, but he wouldn't buy the stock because it's boring. it doesn't go anywhere. you've got 10 seconds to comment on that if you wish, mark. >> he's not totally wrong with. it's a slow-moving value play and if that's how you want to invest in a reliable retail, that's fine. but, look, it's not nvidia, and it's not big cap tech. so just pick which type of investing you prefer. stuart: o.k. the dow's at 40,000. does this rally have legs? if. >> i think it does. i think if we can keep inflation modest, i don't expect it to plummet. i think wage growth is too strong for that. but i think if we keep inflation modest, interest rates are, i believe are, at a peak, and the fed will not hike. so that's always positive.

if earnings can surprise or deliver, i think that's going to be accompany by company, but in the ago regate they've been relatively -- aggregate they've been relatively strong. and what really is promising to me is tech innovation. i think the tech innovation not only helps the tech companies whose products and services are in demand, but the companies that are using technology to lower or or their costs to fight that wage growth, that benefit cost growth, their insurance costs, etc. so technology is going to be in demand, used at the endpoint, and those companies that use it or make it will help power in this market. stuart: mark avenue loan, thanks for being with us on the day the dow hit 40,000. good stuff. lauren's looking at the movers, and i believe 3m is moving. lauren: it's up almost 4%. dow stock. vertical research upgrades them, says it's time to buy with. and they're giving them a $140 price target. that is the highest on wall street. they have a new ceo with, or bill. bill: brown, and they expect him to turn the company around --

bill brown. a lot of lawsuits and problems over products. stuart: deere, tractor people. lauren: sees demand for farm equipment falling sharply this year, as much as 25%. farmers are pinched by high interest rates to finance that farm equipment and low crop prices. the stock is down 3.5. stuart: what's gamestop doing? lauren: that's the o.g. meme stock from three years ago. it's down 20% now. it was down sharply yesterday too. so the meme mania that we we spoke about on monday and tuesday because gill, roaring kitty, posted sunday night. it lasted for two days. stuart: gambling is only fun when you win. [laughter] thanks, lauren. coming up, a new report reveals that george soros gave millions to a group that pushes to censure conservatives. brett bozell has the details. some good news, opiateuate deaths have declined for the first time since the start of the pandemic. a full report. there's a lot of speculation

over who could be trump's running mate. dr. ben carson is reportedly a strong contender despite not having hit the campaign trail for his former boss. would he accept the position if asked? i'll ask him. dr. carson is next. ♪ ♪

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trump appeared on the hugh hewitt radio show, and he was asked whether the north dakota governor has the vp position locked up. trump responded by saying, quote, no, but doug burgum is very good. he made his money, made a lot of money in technology, and yet i think he's more of an expert on energy. he's a very talented guy. quite an endorsement but in commitment to vp if position. trump also went on to say that the opportunity to debate joe biden would be an event, that event should be at least two hours long with the candidates standing at a podium insinuating that the president would struggle under those conditions. and he also said, by the way, on the show that he believes biden will be replaced at the democrat convention in chicago because, he says, the party has no other choice. stu. stuart: okay. thank you, ashley. there are nearly a dozen names floating around as potential trump veeps. one of them is dr. ben carson, and dr. carson joins me now.

sir, you've not been on campaign trail with donald trump, but if asked, would you take the job? >> well, i'm not sure that it's accurate that that i haven't been on the campaign trail. that's what nbc news reported. [laughter] that takes a grain of salt right there. you know, i've been speaking a lot on college campuses with turning point usa. i'm speaking tonight in branson, missouri. tomorrow night i'm with governor sanders in little rock, arkansas, speaking at the lincoln day dinner. i talk about the difference between the current administration and the previous administration and the policies and the results of that. and have very much advocated for the president, the previous president. stuart: okay, doctor, will you answer the question? if offered the vice presidency

of the united states of america, would you take it? >> i would give it careful, prayerful considering. i -- consideration. i do everything that i can to save this country. stuart: you couldn't turn that down. i mean, you couldn't turn that down. >> well, i will continue to say, first, we've got to get president trump in office. [laughter] stuart: i'll back off. >> unless we get him back in -- once we get him back in office, we can freely discuss all these other things. stuart: i'll back away from this. believe me, i'll back away. a black voter in georgia says people she knows are looking forward to voting for donald trump. listen to this, watch with it. >> they are looking forward to voting for trump -- >> why? >> because now they find something in common with the political candidate at that level. >> when you say they find commonality, what is that commonality? >> they have felt persecuted by the system of american injustice. and it's not a stretch for them

to think that trump may be a victim as well. if people see that there's some kind of commonality between himself and maybe all the black men that have been incarcerated and thal families that have been impacted by black male incarceration. stuart: doctor, that was on msnbc. i bet they were not expecting that answer. [laughter] >> yeah, that was, that was a blow they weren't expecting. i think there is some validity to what she's saying. but also i think a lot of voters, black, white, red, brown, doesn't matter, they love the fact that president trump is an open book. i mean, you never have to the to wonder about what he's thinking. and he follows through on what he says. and he has very good political sense. you look at the things that he predicted, and the vast majority of them come true. people try to denigrate him, and

there's no question that his bedside manner may not absolutely be the best, but if you were dying of a complex disease, would how you rather have a surgeon who has a good bedside manner and kills everybody -- [laughter] or one with a bad bedside manner who who's excellent? if. [laughter] stuart: this is good stuff. i don't want the move on. you were in the trump administration for several years, i think you were in the administration for the entire four years if i'm not mistaken. was it as -- >> that's correct. stuart: -- chaotic and difficult as people make out? >> no, it wasn't anywhere near as chaotic as the tough that we're seeing now. [laughter] there was logic and common sense. we had great support from president trump and were able to get a lot of things done. you know, interestingly enough, you know, it was the hud that really pushed the opportunity zone program. stuart: that's right.

>> we've enabled the black voters, not just voters, but citizens, to have the highest home ownership rate that they've ever had. with we had opportunity zones, we had do -- stuart: the thing is -- >> -- ways a that we brought the various organizes together at the -- organizations together at the state, federal and local level in order to improve people's lives. stuart: we never heard anything about that, did we? didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i'm almost out of time, but i do want to mention that you've got a new book out, and it's called "the perilous plight: overcoming our culture's war on the american family." doctor, i wish i had more time because i love the subject matter here, the breakdown of the family. i think it's eakes them -- extremely important. come back with again soon, please, i want to talk more about the family. dr. ben carson -- >> sounds good. stuart: potential vp for trump. we'll talk about that again, i'm sure. thanks, doctor.

>> all right, thank you. stuart: brian brenberg is still is sitting next to me. >> that was fun. i liked that. stuart: great guy. do you know that he was one of the greatest brain surgeons in the world -- >> right. stuart: and he's the man who went to south africa and this conjoined twins, conjoined at the head, he separated them successfully. this was many, many years ago. i've known him for years. great guy. so let's talk about the young voter. >> okay. stuart: young voters, biden is down 14 points if support among young voters. lauren: under 50%. stuart: yeah, that's right. so plurality goes with the other guy. >> i taught college students for many years, i was sort of in touch with the young person. they've got lots of liberal views when they're young with, but here's the thing they all a want, they want opportunity. they want growth. they've got visions for what they want the future to look like. and the biggest way biden has failed young voters is he does not give them a picture of how they can prosper.

it's all about, you know, the collective. it's all about the government. it's all about your father share. it's never about -- fair share. it's never about the horizon. he's not a guy you look at a and say where's the horizon. stuart: it's also about which pronouns you're supposed to use -- >> and they kind of get dragged into that, but, like, it's not big. he's not a big guy. you know, whatever you think about president trump, he's big. he's out there. crowds, volume, energy. biden is small -- lauren: and he's listening to a small group of lawmakers like aoc and the squad. and that's not with the greater generation. >> they grieve, they don't inspire. young people want to be inspired. stuart: i'm going to steal that one. it's a good one. >> royalties. stuart: check the dow again, please. we're just right at 40 to ,000 almost precisely -- 40,000. goldman sachs, microsoft, unitedhealth and caterpillar, or they're all dow stocks. they account for more than half of the dow's gain when it went

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lauren: web remember we did the story that netflix has 40 million subscribers on its ad tier? and i also said it's ditching microsoft to bring a lot of that ad design in the house? it's teaming up with that company, tradedesk, which is up almost 5% to help help them accelerate their automated ad buying for subscribers, to reach subscriberrers. stuart: now this, no doubt the economy will be one of the hottest topics at the upcoming debates, but new fox polling shows biden should be worried. edward lawrence at the white house. edward, tell me more about these polls. >> reporter: yeah, stu, the president's fighting an uphill ballot here. two-thirds of registered voters believe the economy is getting worse for their family. that's across the united states. 30% say it's actually getting better, 6% say it's remaining exactly the same. and what people are feeling is that higher cost. and that is what's really pushing them. about 19% more than the month president biden came into office. people are paying 21% more at the goesly store since the

day -- grocery store, 38 more for energy many that time frame. all of this with the president misrepresenting new inflation over the past two weeks, and that doesn't help his case. listen. two times over the past two weeks the president said inflation was 9% when he came into office. is the president misleading americansen on or or just not realize that inflation was 1.4% when he -- >> so and thank you for the question. look, what the president, the point that he was making is that the factors that cause inflation was in place when he walked in, when he took office. >> but -- [inaudible] in march of 2020, so those factors were in place for about a year before the president took office. >> look, i mean, the pandemic was happening, right in that caused inflation. supply chain was, was breaking our economy, that was happening. >> reporter: so you see the path of inflation right here. it took about 18 months under bidenomics for inflation to reach 9.1%.

government spend spending pushes the cost of about everything up. in this new fox news polling that we have, 55% of registered voters say that a former president trump can handle the economy better than president biden. back to you, stu. stuart: thanks, edward. the hosts of "the view" are already bashing the presidential debates. roll tape. >> it's smart of biden to get ahead of this by challenging trump. and i think it's a recognition that they're neck and neck in the polls. think it's critical that they do have these roadblocks in place. cutting off the mics is the most important, or it can descend into chaos. >> biden clearly has the edge. every answer starts with, well, my opponent, who has been criminally convicted -- >> a that's right. stuart: we with need brent bozell who follows the media for a living, and we have him today. okay, brent, that was "the view." how did the rest of the media react to the debate news? >> well, it was a lot of keeping joe biden -- giving joe biden

props for having successfully challenged donald trump on this. which, of course, is false. it was not joe biden who challenged donald trump, it's donald trump who's been challenging him all year to participate in a debate, and joe biden has ducked until the reasons that you just gave on the polling data. he's in trouble. and at this point, he's got to come out and he's got to try to make up the difference. so i think the real story was joe biden is recognizing he's behind. and when you're behind, you open yourself up to the prospect of debating. that was the real story. you didn't hear that from anyone. how the -- how are the media covering it? terribly, as usual. [laughter] stuart: that sums it up rather nicely. your group, media research center, you're saying liberal billionaire george soros has spent $80 million to silence americans. okay, how exactly is soros doing

that? >> you know, i think americans really need to be worried about this man. i think he's the greatest threat to democracy not just in this country, but worldwide. and the things he's doing are frightening. there was a group that is spearheaded by this group called free press, this radical group, that on april 19th out put out a press release signed by 2000 organizations -- 200organizations, went to everybody in big tech whether it was meta, tiktok, google, youtube, all of them calling on all of them to censor conservatives, censor faith-based groups, censor donald trump yet again, shut down any, any debate over climate change. i mean, really fascistic attitude toward democracy. of those 200 organizations, 45 of them were funded by george soros, had been fund to the tune of $80 million.

45 that that we know of. probable more than that. this guy is behind an all-out effort to shut down free speech in the united states. we never imagined, we never -- stuart, we never imagined ten years ago that this could happen in this country. it is happening right before our very eyes, and i repeat, i really do believe america needs to be very, very worried about this man. stuart: brent, we have been warned. brent bozell, thanks for joining us this morning and thanks for the warning too. we'll that take it. thank you, brent. come can in, mr. brenberg, please. we all expect biden to have a very hard time -- i want to talk about the debate for a minute. the collective expectations is that joe biden will have a hard time getting through this. i think we've set the bar extremely low, or making it easy for him to jump over with any kind of decent performance. >> yeah. to me, it's like the bumper bowling debate with, you know where they put bumper in the gutters so the ball has to hit the pins? that's what this is, okay in. [laughter] it's in june. is anybody going to remember a

debate that happens in june? they're not. it's a dress rehearsal. they're going to cut the mics. i don't know who it was on "the view" who said that's to prevent the descent into chaos or to preare vent the exchange of ideas, which is exactly what biden wants. he got the hometown refs, bumper bowling sweetheart deal out of this -- lauren: and he's rusty. he didn't do any primary debates. neither did trump, but trump is constantly doing rallies, so he is speaking -- >> i don't think you can knock the rust off on that one. stuart: they'll amp him up again. lauren: jacked. -up joe. stuart: sean hannity's expression. thanks, brian. senator mitt romney criticizing biden over donald trump's investigations. ashley, what's he saying? ashley: yeah. romney says he would have pardoned former president trump

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at truist, we believe the same is true for banking. stuart: we'd better check big tech. again, most of them are higher except for meta which is taking it on the chin, down $6. amazon down 17 cents. the rest are higher. bitcoin dropped to 65,8 as we speak. walmart reported blockbuster earnings this morning. e-commerce sales up 22%. gerri willis with us today. what to these earnings say about the consumer? >> reporter: well, they would seem to say that the consumer is doing can well, but that that's not exactly true when you listen to the walmart executives. they're really goosing their sales by appealing to a higher-end consumer. but hopefully this bodes well

for the rest of the reporting season by retailers. it was a strong quarter for the nation's biggest retaller, walmart -- retailer, leading the company to boost its annual forecast. share price up 6% as you said earlier. that really is good for a company that big. meanwhile, walmart dealing with consumers feel under pressure from inflation. listen to this. >> any consumer pocketbooks are still stretched. we see the effect of that in our business mix as they're spending more of their paychecks onion discretionary categories and less on general merchandise. >> reporter: executives noting that consumers are still value-conscious. walmart's cfo saying that, even so, the company beat on both its top and bottom lines reporting earnings of 60 cents a share and revenues of $1 is 61 billion. -- 161. executives telling investors on the conference call that same-store sales, a key met trick, growing mightily.

e e-commerce if sales up 22%. wall street watching result results closely after monthly retail sales out from the commerce department yesterday were a disappointment. so we're going to have to wait and see what the rest of retail land does. stu. stuart: okay, many thanks. gerri willis, good stuff. thank you. brian with, what have you got? >> yeah. stuart: tell me about what the walmart report says about the economy. >> here's what's fascinating, walmart was not the place if you shopped if you were a high-end consumer. it's not where you go. they're going there now. you have said i'm not concerns about the reputation aal effect. my budget with's getting tighter, i need to the get things at a value, i'm going. to walmart. and walmart's been able to do that because their online sales have grown so much. that was the story this quarter. that's rare for a company that's really good at brick and mortar, to get really good at online. they can't do it because they like brick and mortar. these guys have been more nimble than almost any other big company -- lauren: because they have the

size to be nimble. and so does mcdonald's -- stuart: management too. lauren: mcdonald's' is launching the $5 value meal because customers are saying fast food has gotten so expensive and changed their behavior. >> you've got to have the temperament to do it though. the guys running walmart want to win in the new world. that's amazing to me. stuart: here's an interesting story. two brothers are accused of stealing millions of dollars to' worth of crypto -- dollars' worth of crypto in just 12 seconds. ashley, how did they do it? ashley: yeah, $25 million. gone in 12 seconds, that's according to the justice department who have indicted anton and james b with ue, no brothers trained in mathematics with advanced abilities in crypto trading. no kidding. prosecutors claim that the the brothers manipulated transactions in a complex scheme that basically enabled them to shave off little bits of profit from transactions on the etherium blockchain in split if seconds. the pair have been indicted for

conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundererring. according to the indictment, the brothers looked for a bank safe dpons sit box that could hold a laptop the and performed searches about the statute of limitations for wire fraud. i have a feeling hay now know the answer to that question. stu. stuart: i think they do. all right, ark, thanks a lot. looked at this, it's the dow 30. remember, please, we did hit 40,000 on the dow a little earlier this morning, and right now we're at 40,020. a preponderance of the dow 30 stocks are in the green. we're buying 'em. kansas s.t.a.r.t -- senator roger marshall fears for the safe i of his coworkers and staffers. of the senator is next. ♪

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>> well, stu, they don't. and if they shouldn't feel safe. i have forbid my wife to walk more than three blocks away from the capitol. every day we hear of some staff minute being assaulted. very few days or weeks go by that a staff member has not been murdered, viabilitily assaulted -- violently assaulted. so we're seeing carjackings as well with. it's turned into a bit of a crime war up here in so, so many ways, so i don't feel safe for them. stuart: what do you want to do about it? you want to bring congressional authority to washington, d.c. in. >> you know, absolutely. so the constitution clearly states that congress shall oversee the district of columbia. so the district is not a state, a district. so when it comes to elections, what my concerns are is that the district of columbia is going to let illegal aliens vote in their local elections which i think undermines democracy. i think that's election interference. but i'm also a fearful that they'll continue to elect leaders that believe in cashless

bail, leaders that believe in defunding the police as well. so congress has an obligation to keep the federal government safe, up and running. we have an obligation to make it safe so folks from back home can come visit and petition their congress members as well. stuart: you've got a new op-ed, can and i'll read it out for our understand audience, biden's unvetted migrant parole plan putting every community at risk. senator, what's the danger here? >> well, so joe biden's already paroled and flown in 4000,000 -- 400,000 illegal immigrants as far as i'm concerned through this new a parole program. these are folks from cuba, from haiti, nicaragua and venezuela. they use the cbp if one app, and he flies them in, 400,000 of them, to 40 different communities can and gives them parole. and then what we're concerned about is they hop on another plane, and they're using that cbp one with app as their form of identification to get on a plane. so once engen -- again,

washington, d.c. or the congress has special authority over the airport here in the district can as well. so we're concerned. there's another 1.6 million people on this waiting list to go through this parole program already. is so we want to make any airline that's using that particular program to not allow them to fly into d.c. stuart: we have this report of i think it's.6 million gotaways -- 1.6 million gotaways have come into the country since joe biden walked into the oval office,.6 million. we don't know who they are, where they are, and they've not been vetted, and we cannot -- they won't pop up on the radar screen until they commit a crime. we've got a long-running problem here. >> you know, and you're understanding the problem, unfortunately, stu. in addition to those known gotaways, we have no idea how many more millions that were never perceived. so a known gotaway is someone that the border patrol sees escaping, but yet they put eyes on them. but there are so many places that people can leak through that border, there's probably

another million that we never even laid eyes on as well. this is why america's number one concern going into this election is the safety and security of families. we're seeing fentanyl poisoning, human trafficking and huge upticks in crime across america. stuart: you and i on this program, we've been talking about this for years, actually. nothing ever changes, does it? >> no, it doesn't. you know, within the first hundred days joe biden issued 94 executive orders basically opening up that border. all he has to do is reinstate remain in mexico and then change his parole and asylum practices, and we would stop 70-80 of this. joe biden could change it yesterday, he doesn't want it. he wants these 11 million people voting illegally in local elections and someday voting, of course, many our federal elections. that's the biden plan. stuart: senator roger marshall, thanks for joining us. we'll see you again soon. the president is manning to take executive action on -- planning to take executive action on the

border. lauren: with the stroke of a pen, president biden will consider shutting down the border after 4,000 migrants cross each day. 4,001, border's closed. the average for april was just under 6,000 per day. so, yeah, that would be helpful, but it's still a huge number. and that doesn't include the gotaways. so the reported executive action is very similar to the bipartisan bill that failed to pass the senate, right? that was at 5,000, that was the cap. but this proves that with executive action, this would be executive action number 95 on the border, you could close down the border or stem the flow. you don't need an act of congress. the president could do this. stuart: that is true. lauren: he keeps blaming congress. stuart: i just wonder how they'll count how many per day and then close it. that's administratively impossible, isn't it? you've got all these border crossings,al lemm them all and, bang, 4,000 -- >> if you made it 1 instead of 4,000, it'd be easier to count.

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stuart: this is the subject of much debate in the studio. we asked what baby voice has been popular in the us? james, robert, or john. ashley: i will go with number one, james. lauren: number 4. john. brian: i will go with number 2, i will thank you. stuart: i will go with james, number one. 178 million baby boys were born in america, 4.9 million were named james. thanks for joining us, see you on "the big money show". time is up for us. coast-to-coast is now. neil: all rise