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neil: well, georgia very much on the minds of joe biden and donald trump. they'll be campaigning in the peach state today. the closest state in the 2020 contest. the guy behind that recount, georgia republican secretary of state brad raffensperger what he's hearing about the race. more on that in a second. now, of course, no labels joe lieberman who's not naming names, but he sure is cooking up some big third party plans. all that and mike pompeo, the former secretary of state opted out of joining this year's presidential race. now the guy he served just might be eyeing him for an even bigger role. and a really big jobs report. the president teeing up really big spending. some folks are worried about inflation roaring back like transportation secretary pete

buttigieg is convinced this economy's just is pick -- taking off even if a few jets is their own issues taking off and sometimes swerving off. time to fast ifen your seat belts, "cavuto live" is off and running starting now. ♪ ♪ neil: welcome, everybody. happy weekend. i'm neil cavuto. let's get right to georgia, the peach state, where the attention is on the two per spect -- prospective nominees of the party making their presence known in what could be a raucous day there. mark never meredith -- meredith has more. >> reporter: good morning, neil. some pretty rough weather, but we are going to see biden and trump on the campaign trail trying to win over voters. trump won georgia back in 2016, lost it in 2020 by a narrow margin, and this november it is going to be a toss-up. trump is going to be campaigning

up in rome, georgia, about 45 minutes to an hour outside of atlanta, but the biggen contest will be on tuesday where it's possible if not likely he'll reach enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination. this past week nikki haley, his last remaining gop rival, she dropped out of the race. on friday trump's team posted these photos of him meeting with hungary 's prime minister at a mar-a-lago. the leader who's been in power since 2010 has a close relationship with russia and is considered an autocrat of his country. also during thursday's state of the union address president biden repeatedly attacked trump, his predecessor. trump firing back on social media posting pictures mocking biden and also writing, quote: this was an angry, polarizing and hate-filled speech. e barely mentioned immigration or the worst border in the history of the world. he will never if face immigration nor does he want to -- fix immigration. this weekend trump is getting the full support of the republican national committee. it chose new leaders on friday out in houston, and the new gop

chairman says he is determined to boost trump this fall. >> the rnc is going to be the vanguard of a movement that will work tirelessly every single day to elect our nominee, donald j. trump, as the 47th president of the united states. [applause] flip the senate, expand our majority in the house of representatives. >> reporter: one of the big questions going forward will be how much money, if any, the rnc would be spending to defend trump in his multiple criminal cases he's facing including one here in georgia which has been stalled as there is a look into whether or not the prosecutor acted appropriately. i would bet trump brings that up when he campaigns today, and we'll see president biden a little bit later on this afternoon as well. neil? neil: all right. you have a front row seat there. thank you very much, mark meredith in atlanta, georgia. want to go to washington right now. lucas tomlinson. the president is feeling the wind at his back from a state of

the union speech that's getting good reviews, got better ratings. we'll see how far that goes. >> reporter: the white house touting the new jobs report. the u.s. economy grew by some 275,000 new jobs, beating estimates a although unemployment if crept up from 3.7 to 3.9. you had some guests on your show yesterday, neil, who differed about what this economy needs. let's start with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> on average wages have gone up faster than prices. doesn't mean every single american is seeing that at home. >>let me just put something in perspective. in the fourth quarter, gdp grew by about 330 billion. it cost us $830 billion in debt to pay for it. that is unsustainable. >> reporter: now let's take a look at that new jobs report from the labor department, neil. about a third came from health care and social assistance. 52,000 were government jobs. leisure and hospitality saw a nice bump, but manufacturing saw

a drop of some4,000 jobs. president biden touted the strong economy in the state of the union address as you mentioned thursday night, neil. the speech was not without its share of outbursts. georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene demanding biden say the name of that young woman killed by an illegal immigrant in her home state. >> it's not about him, it's not about me. i'd be a winner -- not really -- >> [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> lincoln, lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. >> reporter: now, president biden might have had football on the mind. lincoln riley, of course, is the head coach of the usc trojan ises. president biden was later asked about using that word, illegal, to describe the killer before leaving for philadelphia.

>> reporter: do you regret using the word illegal to describe immigrants last night, sir? >> well, i probably -- i don't -- technically, he's not supposed to be here. >> reporter: now, president biden later heads to atlanta, of course, as we just heard from mark meredith, a key swing state in the 2024 election. in 2016 georgia had two republican senators. today it has none, neil if. neil: that's amazing. you know, when he said tech create heir not supposed to be here, referring to the illegal dust-up and all that, he might have just heard -- hit on it. you can argue the semantics, but he's saying one thing and the liberal base of his party saying another. looks as if he has a run-in with his own party. >> reporter: that's right. an illegal alien is not supposed to come into the united states with, and some of the progressives from the squad, i'll hand omar said president should not have used that word, illegal, others pushing back saying the president was describing accurately this man who killed that young woman in

georgia, laken riley. neil: got it. lucas tomlinson at a rainy white house. we have a gop fundraiser joining us, doug schoen, you know him as well, democratic pollster. doug, cold i get your sense about this rift within the democratic party? we're told it's not nearly as big as you think, but when you start arguing over semantics, it is a hint of maybe some problems to come. what do you make of that? >> it is, and -- it is an issue because, or neil, bluntly, the president should have been more forthright and more aggressive in his willingness to use executive orders against illegal immigration, tightening up the asylum are process and even building a wall and fencing. and bottom line he was very careful we saw in those remarks just now how careful he was of with his nomenclature.

the squad may not have numbers, but they have share of voice, and they have less chance in the liberal media, and -- resonance, and that's what joe biden was taking pains to avoid offending after a speech that, if nothing else, convinced people that he has the strength at this point to fight a campaign. neil: you know, i'm wondering, guys, and we're seeing the frustration of setting up the exact same race we had four years ago, and a lot of people are saying there's got to be an alternative. along comes no labels to indicate they don't necessarily have the candidate in mind yet, although we're hearing a couple of names are being bandied about. we'll get to that in a second. but, noel, the one thing i picked up from joe lieberman is their intent, that is, no labels, it's full steam ahead. this is from joe lieberman. are you looking, for example, at nikki haley? >> well, nikki haley's really -- i mean, i think if she had expressed interest in the no labels nomination, there would have been a lot of support in

our group with, but she's chosen otherwise. neil: the up feint arizona -- independent arizona senator, former democrat, who opted out of running for that office. have you talked to her about maybe a bigger office? >> she's not interested. i look forward to coming on the show when i can tell you the names. we're not going to be a long ways from that. we're ready to go. the delegates authorize today, and that'll happen in, my guess, the next couple of weeks. neil: whether there's any movement there, jeff duncan, the former lieutenant governor of georgia's name, has been mentioned. a lot of people don't know him on a national basis, but what do you think? >> you know, i think that they have good intentions. i think that they went off an early poll that said that 43% of americans are undecided. they, you know, if given the chance to vote for trump or biden, hay don't like either one of them. so i think they went out and that was their whole mission statement. they raised money on that. one of the things i think that

they're probably going to come to a roadblock is how can you raise money with a zero candidate name, i mean, you know, candidates have certain blands, and how can you seriously raise over -- brands with, and how can you raise a certain amount of money when you actually have no name. the other thing is now that it's tightening up and getting closer, nobody, you know, there's a democrat, nobody that's republican wants to shake up their party like that because we don't know which side actually pulls from. is it going to pull from -- people are very uncomfortable voting for biden because they think he's insent or the trump voter that doesn't like trump? neb wants to tick off their original -- nobody wants to tick off their original party because they don't know which side it's going to the pull. so the ramifications for doing a no labels ticket, as you can see, all these people from nikki haley, chris christie, all these people are, like, no. joe manchin. nobody's doing it because nobody if wants to be the spoiler alert saying that they're to blame for

it. neil: well, you know, to her point, doug, a lot of those names from joe manchin to chris christie, nikki haley seemed to have dismissed that. larry hogan, the former maryland governor, decided to run for senate, so that takes him out. then you go down the list, and it's not quite as a impressive. i don't mean that to disparage anyone else, but they're not as well known. so you have to deal with that besides raising money, besides getting on ballots. >> and there's one other issue, neil. with robert f. if kennedy jr. a candidate polling anywhere from 7-15 of the vote, some of the vote that would be expected to go to a credible no labels candidate if, in fact, they come up with one, i think is naturally going to robert f. kennedy -- neil: he won't even be on all state ballots as things stand now, right? >> yes. at this point he aspirationally wanted to be, he could make a deal with the libertarian thes.

but even if he's on some state ballots, neil, it makes the bar a higher one for no labels. jeff duncan, a good man, certainly, i don't believe can attract national support and midwest of all national finance -- most of all, national finance should he go forward. neil: yeah, it's a tough road. >> it is. neil: noel, donald trump, of course, his search for a vice presidential running mate and, of course, it's a wide list, but it was an issue that the included mike pompeo. i had mike pompeo on to talk about that. you might be surprised at his answer, or may not. take a look. >> it's flattering that my name comes up. i had a chance to serve for four years and didn't completely blow it, so some people say, hey, it might be possible he'd get another swing. you know, i don't often comment on jobs i've not been offered but, neil, you've known me that if i get a chance to serve and think that i can make a difference, i'm almost certainly

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nypd officers will also conduct random bag checks, we're told, which we have seen a little bit of happening so far. subway riders we spoke with say safety is a top concern. >> you've always got to watch your tobacco no matter what you do. -- no matter what you do. >> reporter: this new plan follows a spike in violent subway crime. these crimes on the screen are all happening recently at subway stations across the city. from january to february, there were 3 murders in the subway system, okay? and in january subway crime was up 46% compared to last year according to nypd data. >> we have had a series of high profile crimes that have shaken the security of new yorkers. people are feeling unsafe and won't with come, then i have to do something about it. >> reporter: nypd chief of patrol john shell says transit crime has dropped since adding officers in february. he blamed the crimes on repeat offenders and and wrote: i have a solution, let's try this. when we arrest recidivists, we

arraign, indict, prosecute and incarcerate. let's fix bail reform by eliminating discovery restraints so the k.a.s can -- d.a.s can incarcerate recidivists. some new yorkers are not convinced this is really all about safety and security. republican councilman joe borelli tells me this is all a big political stunt by the governor of new york and said if she really cared about fixing things, she would fix bail reform. we'll keep an eye on that. neil: alexis, thank you very much. one of those trying to fix bail reform, the suffolk if county, new york, executive. bail reform laws as they are, executive, allowed four suspects back on the street after they were arrested related to some body parts found in several locations across long island, and that just blew a lot of people's minds. how did something like that happen? if it happened. it's happening now. >> it did happen now, and it's incredible. you can carve someone up, you

can take a corpse, carve it up and spread the limbs all over like they did in suffolk county and still walk out of a court. no bail, not being held. the laws of the state have gone too far. fentanyl, which is a deadly drug, you have to sell 8 ounces to be held for bail. that can kill 100,000 people. we've got to hold criminals responsible. we've got to make sure that justice prevails and innocent people are protected and the guilty are prosecuted. that is not what's happening in this state. we need changes in our bail laws, and we need changes in our criminal justice system. neil: you know, in the case of these guys who were are released after being arrested on this body parts stuff, the argument was it was nothing that unequivocally tied them the that. so they couldn't do anything but let hem go. what dow wrote make of that?? -- do you make of that. >> >> that's absolutely true

because of the discovery laws in new york state which force you to turn over information very, very quickly. so if you don't -- if you haven't finished your investigation, you can't charge them with murder because you haven't finished, you haven't done the forensics, you haven't done the things that are necessary. all you can charge them with was carving up a body. and if that, apparently, is not bail-eligible. and the judge had to let them out. what does that say about the laws in new york state? the legislature went too far, and it's time to pull that back and start thinking about the ultimate aim of justice; protect the innocent, prosecute the guilty. neil: but we're not doing that. and i'm just wondering, it's very different than it used to be because we've loosened this up considerably. a lot of people advocated that jails were crowded, but it's open season, right? >> it's actually open season. there's a long list of things that if i read off to you that are not required, you're not

required to keep people or post bail, or you'd be amazed. people are amazed, saying you mean they carved up this bowed and threw the parts in different parks in suffolk county and we can't charge them, we can't hold them, we can't require or a bail? no, we can't under the state laws. the state went too far. the legislature went too far. in listening to those that run in the with the criminal justice system. neil: all right. it is amazing. executive, thank you very much. we enjoyed seeing you. keep us posted on how you're moving in this fight to at least toughen that part of our criminal system up. when we come back, well, he mentioned her name. might have screwed up her first name, but he did mention her name. what the secretary of state of georgia, brad reffens berger, thinks of that. >> lincoln, lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was

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neil: all right, in georgia it was a big deal when the president finally did mention laken riley's name, the student killed by an illegal immigrant in the state of georgia. that state's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, kind enough to join us. always good to have you. well, he did mention her name. he screwed up the first name, but he did mention her name. did that change anyone's mind in your state concerned about the reports that she was killed allegedly by an illegal immigrant, or what was the fallout? >> morning, neil. actually, i don't think keeping it real, i don't think president trump was -- president, excuse

me, president biden is doing that well right now in georgia. we're looking at open borders, we're looking at inflation. those two issues already had people pretty agitated in georgia. but that brute ifal murder at uga of laken riley just really took it to a whole different level. people are furious here in georgia. so i don't know what kind of welcome he's going to get. i know he's not going to cherokee county, and that's really where he needs to go today, apologize to the family, say he's going to do a better job and actually secure the border. my job, obviously, is to make sure we have fair and honest elections. voters' top concern, actually, right now is voter integrity as it relates to non-citizen voting. and that that's why i've asked the general assembly to pass a constitutional amendment that only american citizens vote. i've been pushing this and promoting this since 2018. it's time we actually do this. with this open border policy, that's voters' number one concern. so that's what i'm looking at, making sure we have a safe and secure election in 2024.

neil: let me ask you about that -- >> >> [inaudible] that murder was horrible. neil: i'm sorry, sir. it was a shock in your state e when donald trump lost, there was a recount, safe republican state. you lost two senates who became democrats, considered unthinkable a little more than a few years prior. donald trump was never happy with the count going on, the recount further showed it was the closest contest in the nation. i believe less than 12,000 votes separating the two men. you say this go around it looks better for donald trump if he's the nominee. >> it does just because of what biden's failed border policies. and look at our high inflation. we are where we are, and that's the politics side. we're making sure that we have secured the election. we now have photo id for all forms of voting, and we're expecting a big turnout. we want to make sure that people have confidence in the results, and i want to make sure that we also in the general assembly while we're in session that we ban foreign funding of my elections. obviously, there's a federal prohibition, but there's actually a loophole that you can

actually have is foreign funding on state elections. so we need to ban that. we also want to make shower if you're a lobbyist for a foreign entity be it china, russia, iran, north korea or any other foreign entity, that you register9 with the state so that there's full transparency. we'll be ready. we expect it to be a wild time again like it was in 2020. we want to show fair, honest and accurate elections, and the results will be the results. i do my job -- [inaudible] neil: meanwhile, the -- i got it. sir. the trial that's looking into what role the president might have played in the recount that was going on in georgia seems to have veered into a circus with the fani willis situation and the, you know, the love relationship with this other prosecutor. fact of the matter is a lot of people think that she should be thrown off the case or maybe the case itself thrown out. your thoughts. >> with my thoughts is that's really looking backwards, and that's their focus on that. what i will say i'm very

impressed with the judge. he's already been very clear that he is, you know, making shower that he follows the law, does what's right. -- making sure that he follows the law. after he's thoughtfully considered everything, my focus is really making sure we're ready and prepared for 2024 elections. already, you know, going back to non-citizen voting, we're actually having people suing us right now. the new georgia project was founded by stacey abrams. they've gotten together with other left-wing organizations, and they're suing us to stop us from doing citizenship verification. we think that's really important, that we stop them, and i'll take that all the way to the supreme court. we want to make shower that the only people that vote -- make sure that the only people that vote in georgia are american citizens. that's what's going on with us right now. neil: there might be an outside candidate crashing this two-party repeat from last time, and that is jeff duncan, your former lieutenant governor. his name has come up as a no labels candidate. what do you think of that?

>> well, whoever that a person is that's running for president, i want them all to know that we're going to stage a secure and fair elections, and the winner will be something that we will be able to say with high confidence only american citizens voted and what the results are -- neil: and you think the state is up to that. you are, obviously, up to supporting the republican nominee? >> we are focused on the presidential primary. i know it's probably baked in already who's going to win on both those sides, but that's a great trial run, and that starts march 12th, this coming tuesday. so then we'll be following up with the primaries we have in, you know, may. and so we'll have an awful -- neil: are you personally supporting don trump as the republican nominee? >> and as the secretary of state, i've been very clear i don't endorse candidates because i'm the chief election official. my job is for everyone to have confidence we have a safe, secure, honest election. and i'm going to do my job like i always have. and that's what people want,

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neil: all right, he's not shrinking from blaming others to hear some of the president's critics tell it. he will sooner bash corporations and rich people, but when it comes to corporations, the whole shrinkflation thing and that's making inflation worse with. madeleine rivera's been looking into this and what to make of it. >> reporter: hey, good morning, neil. president biden is touting the economy pointing to low unemployment numbers, job gains and cooling inflation even as polls show a lot of voters aren't giving him credit for those economic markers. so president says he wants to do more the wild the -- build the middle class, and he's unveiling a number of social spending initiatives that he wants to take on if he wins a second term. listen. >> we enacted tax credits, almost $800 per person per year to reduce health care costs for millions of working families. i want to provide an annual tax credit that will give americans $400 a month for the next two years as mortgage rates cut down. >> reporter: the president says he wants corporations and

the wealthy to pay their fair fair share, and he's blaming tax cuts as the reason why the country's debt is so high. but republicans aren't buying that. they think back to the american rescue plan, that -- 1.9 trillion -- 1.9 trillion stimulus bill that democrats passed in 2021 to recover from the pandemic. several economic experts agree that legislation contributed the pain inflation that has dropped since its peak in the summer of 20202 but still remains higher than the federal reserve's 2% target. >> he talks about this tax credit to purchase a home? the reason why mortgage interest rates are the highest they've been in more than two decades is because of biden's economic policies. >> reporter: from the last fox news poll, only 37% of voters approve of the president's handling of the economy. part of the reason why the president and some members of his administration are fanning out across the country in the coming days to sell what they

see as their accomplishments. neil. neil: thank you for that, madeleine rivera. have a nice weekend. i did have a chance to catch up with jared bernstein, chair of the president's council of economic advisers on this whole inflation thing, got his thoughts on who's to blame. take a listen. >> the fed is absolutely contributing to these outcomes. we're not going to get into monetary policy -- neil: well, they eased that demand by raising the rates. not enough to kill it off, but enough to adjust it to the point where the trend is more the friend right now. but that's their doing. >> i don't think it's particularly contentious at all to say that much of the disinflation we've seen has come from improvements on the supply side and that, yes, our administration's fingerprints are on that. neil: all right. i could see what he's saying about the supply side thing and opening up supply, bottlenecks and all that, but the fact of the matter is if you're wondering why inflation is at least off its highs, or you might want to credit the federal reserve hiking interest rates. not a pretty way to do it, but

that's the part that's gotten this slightly more under control. gary kaltbaum, one of the smartest market guys i know. also speaks english -- [laughter] i wouldn't say this is a right or left thing, this is an economics 101 thing. you know, you spend too much and inflation goes up, and the only way to correct that, by and large, is to raise rates. that's what's been happening. maybe it starts reversing soon. but for the time being, that's why inflation has gotten a little better. what do you think? >> inflation is better, the inflation rate is down, but i think everybody has to remember it's what we pay for things. and if something went up 10% last year and 3% this year, the rate's down, but you're still paying 13% higher than you used to. and, neil, it really is across the board. if you look at insurance, like home insurance, health insurance, auto insurance, it's skyrocketed. and i think they've really got to stop the blame game. you know, you had harry truman that had on his desk the buck stops here, and it just seems

these people it's the buck stops everywhere else. and if i remember when oil prices skyrocketed, they said it was the putin price hike, and then they came down, and all of a sudden they took credit. and then it went up again, it was the putin price hike, it came down again, they took credit. it's got to stop. this should partner with business and stop blaming business. business just wants to maintain their profit margins, do good things. i don't think they're gouging as a whole. but, hey, you've got to blame somebody. it's election year. neil: well, i bill a career on it. [laughter] i take credit, we have a great show. i blame everyone around me here if it's a bad show. i get that part of it. politics in an election year. of gary, i want you to respond to this when i caught up with the transportation secretary, he thinks the solution and the continued improvement will be based on the administration doing more of what it did. i want you to respond to this. >> i think a lot of energy out there is going into talking down the economy. the president's job is to point out what's going right. and just as importantly, what

we're seeking to do for the future to continue lowering costs and growing the economy. the numbers, obviously, are remarkable. all-time record high in terms of job creation under one president. lowest up i employment -- unemployment, certainly the longest it's been below 4% since before i was born. we're proud of the progress we've made on the president's watch and pushing hard to make even more. neil: all right. what i was interested in his remarks always all the billions more in infrastructure spending to come to further goose that. about $5 billion more. but leaving that aside, more of what maybe got us in this hole in the first place if we're not careful. what do you think? >> neil, with the spending, i keep hearing the word massive, but massive left the building many moons ago. a lot of people not talking about this. they've increased the size of government, government spending over 50% since 2019. the spending this year is going to be more than the covid years. and i've got news for you, inflation, the definition, too

much money chasing too few things, that is the definition. and i worry going forward. the other part of the equation, and i've it would you this before, while we talk inflation, i worry about the bond market based on all the debt that's coming up going forward. economics 101 states the more debt, the more lenders are going to want yields for that debt to take on the risk. so worry going forward, and i or worry that one day maybe the bond market wakes up and we're at a 7% and mortgages are at 9% and then look out below. so i worry they're taunting markets, taunting the economy with this profligate spending, and i've got to tell you, neil, they don't care. they go on the state of the union address and say they're cutting deficits and cutting debt, and if you just look at the chart, it's vertical at this point in time, and it's a shame. neil: yeah. actually, debt has increased exponentially as it has under every president. we'll see what happens, gary.

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signed that letter to mit, she was joined by a jewish grad student. >> anti-semitism, in specific that hatred of jews and hatred of those who support israel, is a huge problem, and there are violent terrorist supporters on our campuses making it really an unsafe academic environment, social environment for all people on these campuses. >> reporter: this letter is the first sent by the committee to mit leaders including the president, sally corn blut, since that now infamous hearing in december when she a appearedded alongside the presidents of harvard and u-penn, all failing to arctic rate that calling for the genocide of jews would be against the rules. claudine gay and liz magill ultimately stepping down. also two jewish students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against mics t this week with arguing the school approves of antisemitim activities on campus. mit has responded with this saying that the institute does not comment if on pending

litigation. as for the fox letter, mit confirms they are examining it and, quote, mit is committed to providing a response to the committee's questions. neil? neil: molly, thank you for that. molly line in cambridge, massachusetts. we'll keep you posted on all the top schools that are caught up in this, it seems, of late. in the meantime, you've heard about all of these scares in the air. and sometimes not necessarily when the plane is even in the air. after this. (♪) i've got to go. ok. bye. mom! (♪) -thanks mom. -yeah. (♪) (♪) you were made to dream about it for years. we were made to help you book it in minutes.

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neil: all right, they say things like bad things happen in threes, so maybe these latest incidents regarding airlines or, or you know, a tire fell off one, a door fell off another another, kind of -- and then, of course, this one plane that was

skidding off a unway. these -- runway. these are isolated incidents, but they get attention because there's video. a former faa safety team representative, kyle, i always feel calm after talking to you because you isolate these to say flying's still very safe is. i get that, you're right. but these type of instances popping up as they do and more frequently make me wonder. >> yeah. a lot of the stuff that's always a happened in the past, blown tires on airplanes, yes, it's very rare that it will actually fall on an employee if parking lot at an airport, but everything now is under the microscope. the bottom line is your chance of getting killed in a plane crash is about 1 in 11 million. your chance of getting killed in a car crash in your lifetime is about 1 in 93. so the numbers speak -- neil: i hear all that, and statistically you're right. but the fact of the matter is i wonder about the upkeep and the maintenance on these planes especially when the ntsb comes

after boeing to say you're not being forthright, you're not getting back to us, you're not being proactive about this. then i start to wonder, do we have an inherent paint nance and safety problem -- maintenance and safety problem? >> so the airlines do a phenomenal job at safety, the large airlines. the issue we're seeing with boeing is with these suppliers, these third party suppliers that are not under direct control. so is boeing a little bit too big? i mean, that's what i think. is it just this huge conglomerate -- neil: they're the only guys we've got in this country. there's air bus abroad with, but should we be concerned? >> we should be concerned. and on the flip side, airbus is doing it right. we don't see this happening with airbus. that's the interesting part about it. so is boeing really too big, and do they really need to the take back these third party suppliers and put them under the boeing umbrella like it used to be 30 or 40 years ago? that's the question -- neil: but these suppliers, it's

like when you have contractors working on your house, right? if i talk to subcontractors who are brought in and i don't know who's who, but i know the contractor that i hired. and now i'm surprised to learn, oh, this is a subcontractor's fault. that's what's worrisome. >> yeah. and there's just so many parts on an airplane. it's not like a car where you bring it to your mechanic, you hear a sound. the airplanes are so complex, there's so many parts. and in some instances when -- with the door blowing out initially, they were really, i'm sure, really who did that modification. was it boeing or was it the third party supplier. neil: we got lucky with that door thing, right? had that alaska air flight been much higher altitude, it could have been -- >> yeah. if that was up at cruising altitude, this would have been a scene from what you would see in an airplane movie. the airplane would have blown apart, and we probably would have mass fatalities in that instance. neil: do you think people -- i know what you're saying back to

the numbers and all of that, kyle, but a lot of people have gotten a little too cocky about it then? if well, the odds of a plane crash, they just don't happen anymore, i can relax. we just remember the 10th anniversary of this malaysian air flight that went missing, still missing after a decade. and that's as far back as a lot of people go and think, well, maybe we're over this. do they get too resigned, too self-confident? >> yeah, i mean, everybody should be confident. and the case with boeing is, you know, after their merger with mcdonald douglas are decades ago, some have said that there's a little bit too much of an emphasis on, you know, on the bottom line numbers and not on safety. and, you know, the faa and everybody involved really has to look at that under a microscope which they're starting to do now to make sure that the priorities are straight. and i think in all fatherness to the boeing, the new -- fairness to the new boeing ceo, i think

he's actually being very proactive in his reacting to these incidents that we have seen of recent. neil: real quickly, do you pick and choose if you hear the mane you're going on is a max plane, do you not take it? >> you know, neil, as i told you earlier before the segment, airplanes so safe, even as a pilot it's really unfathomnd how safe air calf is. and the bottom line to your viewers watching today, they should have no hesitation or worry about getting on an airplane, especially with spring break coming up. neil: all right. i'm just angry hat guy in front of me puts the seat back down. [laughter] really? kyle, thank you very much. so good seeing you in person. all right, in the meantime, the fuss if other the border -- over the border, this is the number one issue across the country and now for both parties. after this. because of your credit? here's great news. at newday we've been granted automatic authority

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