>> Ainsley: RIGHT. >> Will: BRING THE PLACE THAT YOU LEFT ALONG WITH YOU? LET'S BRING IN, SPEAKING OF BRINGING ALONG WITH US, BRING IN LARA TRUMP, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. GOOD MORNING, LARA. >> GOOD MORNING, I AGREE WITH YOU, AINSLEY, THE CAROLINAS ARE BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO BE. I'M FROM NORTH CAROLINA. YOU ARE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. AND, WILLIAM, I'M IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW. I FULLY APPRECIATE THE STATEMENT YOU JUST MADE. DON'T COME DOWN AND BRING THE REASON YOU LEFT YOUR STATE TO OUR STATE NOW. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT. >> Will: EXACTLY. >> Ainsley: OUR KIDS HAVE TO STAY IN MASKS. DO YOU MISS NEW YORK? >> I MISS THE OLD NEW YORK SOMETIMES. I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU WHEN IT'S SNOWING UP THERE AND A BLIZZARD IT'S REALLY NICE DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA. PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THIS DECISION RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: YOU CAN ALWAYS GO ON THE SUBWAY. ALWAYS SAFE DOWN THERE IF THE SNOW GETS TOO HARD. LARA, A COUPLE OF THINGS. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE INFOREIGN RELATION REPORT. AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY ARE BRACING THEMSELVES THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE ALREADY OVER 7%. WHEN HE TOOK OVER THE COUNTRY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS AT 1%. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF HIS CONTROL. SOME AREN'T. OVERALL THE REAL CLEAR AVERAGE OF THE MAJOR POLLS HAS HIM UNDER 40% WHICH IS BEHIND WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS AT 42 AT THIS POINT. WAY BEHIND PRESIDENT OBAMA AS WELL AS PRESIDENT BUSH. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SAYS KNOWING THAT MOST MEDIA GIVES HIM A PASS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING INCLUDING HIS SON AND ALL HIS INTERNATIONAL ENENTANGLEMENT? >> THERE IS SO MUCH TO UNPACK THERE, BRIAN. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE FOR THIS SEEING WANTED? I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY. NO ONE, I DON'T THINK, IS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT HE IS POLLING SO LOW. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE MEDIA TRIES TO COVER UP FOR JOE BIDEN AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE CAMPAIGN, SINCE THEY LET HIM CAMPAIGN OUT OF HIS BASEMENT AND DIDN'T PRESS HIM ON VERY MUCH OF ANYTHING, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO FEEL THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF JOE BIDEN BEING PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE. YOU GO TO FILL UP YOUR CAR, THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS, TOO. I THINK IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT SO MANY OF THE ISSUES A THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW WERE CAUSED BY JOE BIDEN. AND IF HE WANTED TO FIX THEM, HE COULD. LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, JOE BIDEN, IS GO BACK TO THE TRUMP ERA POLICIES. AND THE BORDER WOULD BE SOLVED FOR YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD PUT IN PLACE. OPEN BACK UP THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND BRING OUR GAS PRICES DOWN. MAKE US ENERGY INDEPENDENT AGAIN AND NOT RELIANT ON FOREIGN ENERGY. THIS STUFF SEEMS VERY BASIC, I THINK. AND WHEN AVERAGE PEOPLE OUT THERE START TO FEEL IT AND START TO SEE THAT SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. YET, THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, IN THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, THEY ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED AND SO, YES, THE POLLING IS VERY LOW. BUT IT IS REALLY CONCERNING, BRIAN, THAT NO ONE IS CALLING HIM ON IT UNLESS YOU TUNE IN TO FOX NEWS. >> Will: LARA, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW HIS ADMINISTRATION, HOW HIS POLITICAL TEAM IS GOING TO TRY TO RECOVER FROM THESE TYPES OF NUMBERS. WHAT WILL THEY DO TO TRY TO INFLATE THOSE NUMBERS? MY SUSPICION IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE STATES BEGINNING TO ROLL BACK MASK AND COVID MANDATES, BY THE TIME WE ARRIVE AT THE STATE OF THE UNION, JOE BIDEN WILL BE TAKING CREDIT FOR PUTTING COVID IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. HE WILL SUGGEST THAT HIS POLICIES DID EXACTLY THAT. ALLOWED US TO EXIT THE PANDEMIC. THE QUESTION I THINK I HAVE FOR YOU AND FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AT LARGE IS. WILL THEY BUY IT? WILL THEY BUY THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND BLUE STATE PROPOSALS ARE WHAT DELIVERED US FROM COVID? BECAUSE MY BET IS THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BANKING ON TO REINFLATE THOSE NUMBERS. >> YEAH. WELL I THINK YOU ARE SPOT ON ON THAT. WHY IS IT THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SCIENCE WISE? WHY IS THAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THE EFFICACY OF MASKS OR LACK THEREFORE. YET THESE OWN NOR RUSS MANDATES HAVE STAYED IN PLACE. ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW, THEY ARE ROLLING THEM BACK. IN STATES -- SOME OF THESE STATES ROLLING THEM BACK, WHY NOT TAKE THEM OUT NOW? THEY ARE WAITING ANOTHER MONTH TO DO THIS. YES, I THINK THAT THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR LETTING US GO BACK TO NORMAL, FOR BRINGING US BACK TO NORMAL LIFE AS IT REELS TO COVID. AND, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW. I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN THAT I THINK THEY ARE BANKING ON PEOPLE BEING SO FED UP WITH IT AND SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEIR FREEDOMS BACK IN SOME CAPACITY THAT WILL T. WILL REFLECT IN THEIR POLL NUMBERS. YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE OTHER THINGS. THE THINGS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THE WAY EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE. THE WAY LIFE IS HARDER FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. LOOK, UNLESS THEY CAN GET A HANDLE ON THOSE THINGS. THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE THEY GET A WIN HERE WITH ALLOWING PEOPLE NOT TO WEAR MASKS ANYMORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE. I THINK THEY ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT IT WORKS OUT. >> Ainsley: MANY OF THESE BLUE STATES, EXACTLY BRIAN, MANY OF THE BLUE STATES THE KIDS STILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS TO SCHOOL AND ON THE PLAYGROUND. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED IN RESTAURANTS UNLESS THEY SHOW A VACCINE CARD. AND THEY HAVE TO WEAR THEIR MASKS TO GET TO THE TABLE. PEOPLE ARE JUST READY, READY TO LET GO OF ALL OF THESE REGULATIONS AND THE BLUE STATES ARE REALLY AFFECTED. AND I THINK THESE DEMOCRATS ARE SEEING BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MIDTERMS. YOU HAVE CONGRESSMAN JIM COOPER. HE IS SAYING HE IS NOT GOING TO RUN AGAIN. LISTEN TO THIS. >> HE SAYS: AS USUAL, DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ALERT TO FUTURE DANGERS. THE BIGGEST DANGER WE FACE IN AN OFF-YEAR ELECTION AFTER WE WON THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE 100 YEAR TREND TOWARD THE OTHER PARTY. REDISTRICTING IS SMALL POTATOES COMPARED TO THAT HISTORICAL TREND. THEIR STRATEGY IS BLIND HOPE AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE FORMULA RIGHT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN D.C. IS FACING EXTENSION. YOUR THOUGHTS. >> YEAH. I THINK HE IS RIGHT THAT DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO TENNESSEE IT APPLIES TO A LOT OF STATES. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AINSLEY. WHEN YOU WOKE INITIATIVES THE THINGS THAT THE SMALL MINORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE MAJOR CITIES CARE ABOUT AND YOU COMPLETELY IGNORE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. WE CALL IT IN POLITICS FLYOVER COUNTRY AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF THE MONEY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. YOUR DONORS ARE ON THE COAST AND THEY ARE IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK. A LOT OF POLITICIANS JUST FLY OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND TOTALLY IGNORE PEOPLE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN HAPPEN. THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET. THEY DO NOT FEEL AT THIS POINT LIKE THEY ARE BEING HEARD. ANYBODY EVER WONDER HOW A BILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE TYCOON LIKE DONALD TRUMP RELATED SO WELL TO AVERAGE PEOPLE IN AMERICA? IT'S BECAUSE HE GOT OUT THERE. HE TALKED TO THEM. HE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY AND HE LISTENED TO THEM. >> WE HAVE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT BEING HEARD. LIKE NOBODY CARES. AND SO I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BAD FOR THEIR PARTY. >> Brian: I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WHO IS GOING TO HEAL THEIR RIFT QUICKEST. BIG STORY TODAY. JOE MANCHIN AND IT WILL CHUCK SCHUMER AT ODDS NOTHING GETS DONE. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE MITCH McCONNELL AND KEVIN McCARTHY. THIS COULD BE UP FORCED AREA ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE UNLESS THEY GET TOGETHER. WHAT COULD THEY DO TO GET TOGETHER? WHO MAKES THE FIRST MOVE? >> WELL, LOOK, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, BRIAN ARE SO FED UP WITH WHAT THEY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH OVER THE PAST YEAR. THEY HAVE SEEN HOW BAD IT IS UNDER DEMOCRAT RULE. AND IT IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE IN AMERICA, SO, YOU START WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND LOOK HOPEFULLY WE TAKE BACK THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND ACTUALLY START MAKING SOME CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE TIT-FOR-TAT POLITICS. WE WILL HAVE TO LET THAT ALL PLAY OUT. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK UP RESOUNDINGLY COME NOVEMBER OF 2022 THIS YEAR AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. AND WE WANT TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE PLAN TO DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FAILED AT EVERY LEVEL. >> Will: YOU BROUGHT UP, LARA, WHAT MADE PRESIDENT TRUMP RESONATE WITH PEOPLE FROM QUOTE, UNQUOTE, FLYOVER STATES. AS SOMEONE FROM A FLYOVER STATE WE CAN AND SHOULD ANALYZE THAT FOR HONESTLY DECADES TO COME. THERE SHOULD BE HONEST BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE IN THAT TIME FRAME. I KNOW THIS FROM A SUBSTANTIVE LEVEL. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT RESONATED WITH AMERICANS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION. SO LET ME PIVOT TO THAT IN THIS RESPECT. 25-YEAR-OLD GIRLS WERE FOUND CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES ALONE TO GIVE A DEMONSTRATION TO THE HUMANITY BEHIND THE ISSUE. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS BEHIND THIS ISSUE. BUT, HERE IS THE POINT OF POLITICS AND SUBSTANCE AND WHAT WORKS. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN THE MISSION STATEMENT, FROM U.S. CITIZEN AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO NOW. HERE'S HOW THEIR MISSION STATEMENT READ BEFORE: U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES ADMINISTERS THE NATION'S LAWFULLISM CONGRATULATION SYSTEM, SAFEGUARDS ITS INTEGRITY AND PROMISE EFFICIENTLY AND FAIRLY ADJUDICATING REQUEST FOR IMMIGRATION BENEFITS WHILE PROTECTING AMERICANS, SECURING THE HOMELAND AND HONORING OUR VALUES. THAT WAS THE MISSION STATEMENT IN THE TRUMP ERA. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. NOW, IT READS AS FOLLOWS: U.S. C S UPHOLDS AMERICA'S PROMISE OF A NATION OF WELCOMING POSSIBILITY WITH FAIRNESS, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL WE SERVE. NO MENTION OF LAWFUL IMMIGRATION. NO MENTION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS OR OUR BORDERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CHANGE? >> THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION, WILL, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. IT IS SO OBVIOUS. IT JUST SMACKS YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE THAT THEY ARE ALLOWING LAWLESSNESS TO REIN DOWN THERE. REIGN DOWN THERE.THEY FULLY OPEN BORDER. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT 25-YEAR-OLD GIRLS. HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN? PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU COME TO AMERICA ILLEGALLY RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN STAY. IF YOU SEND YOUR KIDS ILLEGALLY TO AMERICA RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN STAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THIS JOURNEY OF -- TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, THROUGH MEXICO, THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA IS SO DANGEROUS. A THIRD OF WOMEN ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN TRAVELING BY THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, COULD YOU IMAGINE THE FOCUS ON THESE TWO YOUNG GIRLS BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA? YET, GUYS, I BET WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT BRING IT UP TODAY, THAT NO OTHER OUTLETS WILL EVEN TOUCH THIS. IT IS DESPICABLE. IT IS HORRIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE. IT IS HORRIBLE FOR AMERICA. SO YEAH, WILL, THEY CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE SAME STATEMENT, MISSION STATEMENT IN PLACE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPLICABLE RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: RIGHT. OKAY, LARA, STAY RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO BRING IN STORY IN. WHITE HOUSE BRACING FOR BRUTAL INFLATION REPORT. AMERICANS FEELING THE EFFECTS AS WE GEAR UP FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. >> Ainsley: MADISON AL WORTH OF OUR SISTER NETWORK JOINS US LIVE. HEY, MADISON. >> GOOD MORNING, AINSLEY. >> SO THE CPI REPORT IS GOING TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH MORE THINGS ARE COSTING US TODAY. THAT COMES OUT IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES. YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THEN TO KNOW JUST HOW MUCH MORE THESE ITEMS ARE COSTING US AND AHEAD OF THE BIG GAME ON SUNDAY SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE SUPER BOWL ITEMS ARE GOING TO COST YOU MORE. NO ONE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN JOHN OF DAN AND JOHN'S WINGS. WINGS HAVE GONE UP IN PRICE. JOHN, WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE COST OF YOUR WINGS AND HOW HAVE YOU ADJUSTED THE PRICES FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS TO COMPENSATE. >> UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO RAISE THE PRICES. OUR COSTS HAS GONE UP IN SOME INTANS DISTANCES LIKE FOUR TIMES. SO, WE HAVE HAD TO PASS THAT ONTO THE CUSTOMER. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT FULLY, AS MUCH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS PRICE IF WE WERE TO CHARGE OUR NORMAL MARGINS FORM LA WISE. IN GENERAL WE JUST HAVE HAD TO RAISE THE PRICES AND THAT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH. >> TELL ME, WHAT WERE YOU CHARGING IN 2019 AND WHAT ARE YOU CHARGING TODAY AND THEN YOU MENTIONED EVEN WITH THAT PRICE HIKE IT'S STILL NOT GETTING YOU THE SAME MARGINS THAT YOU WERE GETTING TWO YEARS AGO? >> YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK WE WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND $65 FOR A 50 PIECE. WE DO LIKE A 50 PIECE WING KIT FOR SUPER BOWL. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE 99.99. >> AND EVEN WITH THAT YOU ARE STILL NOT TAKING HOME THE SAME MARGIN. >> EVEN WITH THAT IT'S TOUGH. >> AND SO OBVIOUSLY WINGS, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE MEAL. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING YOU EAT AT THE SUPER BOWL. LOTS OF SIDES AS WELL. SHOW YOU GUACAMOLE AND AFTER SHADOWS THIS IS THE FAVORITE PART OF SUPER BOWL. AVOCADOS A YEAR AGO COST YOU LESS THAN A DOLLAR AND TODAY IT'S GOING TO COST YOU 1.24. AND IF ALL OF THIS MAKES YOU WANT TO HAVE A DRINK BEFORE 7:3. UNFORTUNATELY THE AVERAGE COST OF ALCOHOL UP 4% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING GOOD NUMBERS FROM CPI. EXPECT TO PAY BIG BUCKS THIS SUNDAY. >> Ainsley: OUR LUNCHTIME STARTS AT 9:00 A.M. >> Brian: NOT FOR ME. AINSLEY WILL PAY WHATEVER IT TAKES WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL. WE KNOW THAT RING IT UP. AND YOU CAN WRITE IT OFF. RIGHT? WORK-RELATED. >> Will: WE WERE RACING EACH OTHER TO SEE WHICH ONE COULD THROW EACH OTHER UNDER THE BUS ON ALCOHOL. BRIAN BENDERS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE NOW. >> Brian: OKAY FINE YOU SAID IT ANYWAY. >> Ainsley: THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. HAND IT BACK TO LARA. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THIS? WHEN HE STARTED OFF INFLATION IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 1%. AND IN DECEMBER IT WAS 7%. WE'RE EXPECTING EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT FOR JANUARY. >> JOE BIDEN SAID THAT YOU KNOW, HE WOULDN'T RAISE TAXES, LOOK, WE KNOW GIVING AWAY FREE MONEY HAS CONSEQUENCES THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES. PENAL ARE PAYING MORE FOR EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THIS NUMBER OF 7%. WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY COME OUT WITH TODAY. IF YOU ACTUALLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. IF YOU ACTUALLY GO AND BUY THINGS. IT IS FAR MORE THAN 7% THAT THINGS ARE UP. AT THE GROCERY STORE. SOME THINGS ARE UP 25%. 50%. IT IS MUCH MORE THAN 7%. AND SO THEY USE, YOU KNOW, THIS SCALE IN THE WAY THEY RATE THINGS AND THEY TAKE SOME ITEMS OUT. BUT THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ACTUALLY IMPACT PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO, LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW THE END TO THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS AN END IN SIGHT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO BEING DONE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION TO CURB INFLATION RATE. AND I ASSUME IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP. JUST ANOTHER REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER OF '22 AND NOVEMBER OF '24 AS SOON AS THEY CAN GET THERE. >> Will: TO BRING THIS FULL CIRCUMSTANTIAL YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PIVOT THEY MAKE AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. AS LONG AS THAT NUMBER GOES UP. HIS APPROVAL RATING GOES DOWN. NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT
