>> john: fox news alert, looking live at the white house briefing room where karine jean-pierre and john kirby will take to the

podium, and houthi rebels responding to the new maritime protection force. >> sandra: great to be with you, john, this is "america reports". houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships in the red sea forcing u.s. navy ships to engage in a firefight. the new force is expected to play defense, patrolling the waters and offering protection. but the houthis now say the u.s. is violating international law. chief national correspondent, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the new response from the houthi rebels. >> not just the houthis but iran is responding to the new maritime task force, hours after the defense department announced a new maritime task force to protect the red sea, iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps announced it has a new voluntary unit to carry out its

military operations at sea near the strait of hormuz. according to a top commander, local sailors will be allowed to carry out missiles on vessels armed with rockets. secretary austin announced they will focus on the red sea and the gulf of aden where the houthis continue to attack. austin held a virtual meeting with over 43 defense chiefs how to protect the shipping lanes. >> so this morning we have launched operation prosperity guardian, that operation is bringing together more than a dozen countries from around the world to conduct joint patrols in the red sea and the gulf of aden. >> prosperity guardian, include the u.s. navy and other countries that will escort commercial vessels, u.k., bahrain, italy, france, norway,

and others will provide their warships. houthis have launched over 100 drone and missile attacks in recent weeks targeting 12 merchant vessels involving more than 35 different nations, including two attacks on monday. the cayman islands flagged chemical tanker swan atlantic was attacked by a drone and ballistic missile at the same time, the bulk cargo ship reported an explosion in the water near its location in the red sea. 14 international shipping companies have now suspended shipping through the red sea and the strait, today denmark's giant shipping company mersk said its vessels will not go there, and will now go around the cape of good hope which will increase the price of shipping. >> sandra: jennifer, thank you. john. >> john: on this now, since the start of the israel-hamas war,

we have antisemitism incidents rise, and an outlet spoke to a group of former muslims who came to the realization they were indoctrinated to hate jewish people throughout their child hoods and an few of them grew up in london and canada. our next guest, how she left one european county after realizing the rise of antisemitism in the early 2000's. joining us now, this article in the free press is fascinating, five ex-muslims to hate jews, we were told death to israel many times in school and my teacher said we were going to burn the israeli flag. we were not excited to be anti-israel, per se, we were just little boys who were excited to watch something be set on fire but did the trick,

we were eager to show hate toward jews even if we didn't know it. i think that's eye opening to a lot of people here in the west. >> yes. but to me it's not surprising. i grew up in the same circumstances. i was taught as a muslim to hate jews and not just a show of it, i -- the people who taught us to do actively hate jews, actively hate israel, members of the muslim brotherhood and you could not say i was just participating, it was active hatred and translate it into action you had to. >> john: so how does this explain what we are seeing on college campuses across the country, including at stanford university where you do some work with the hoover institution, one of the first places we saw this expression of antisemitism in america. >> in 1 of 2 ways.

there are two forces that are competing for the hearts and minds of young people on university campuses, now even k-12, and 1 force is radical islamist movements that we know from isis and al-qaeda, but that have modified the way of operating and that is instead of throwing bombs instead of engaging in israel, they try to focus on manipulating and in terms of trying to convert people, we call that dowa, in islamic jargon. and the other force is decolonization, the catch phrase woke, hell bent on trying to inform and indoctrinate young people into accepting that the state of israel is a settler colonizer, and not just the state of israel, but also america, the entire west, but now we are talking about israel and why people are responding

the way they are and i think that these two forces, the woke and the islamists, they have joined together and you are seeing this now come out of the classrooms and into the open after the october 7th events. >> john: you could expect if you grow up in certain islamic countries you might be indoctrinated in this fashion, but one person that was quoted, he was raced in london, england, and said allah punished jews because they were evil race of people. i remember thinking how were they evil, these doubts did not stop me from becoming a muslim extremist and at 17 i started to plan a terrorist attack in london. how does this happen in a western country? >> first of all, i commend all those five people for their courage, for their bravery,

because you have to bring this into the open for us to move on. how does it happen. i saw this in the netherlands. we saw it in the mosques in the muslim center, online, you know, the television and other media that were brought in from the middle east from north africa, so the indoctrination process, the propagation of radical islam and the hatred of jews through radical islam, is that is in europe very much so, and when i was in the netherlands we had fights along these lines. holocaust omitted, erased from the curriculum. we were confronted with incidents where jewish people were attacked in amsterdam, and then don't look jewish, take off anything else that might make you appear jewish. and this was going on 20 years ago. so it's not the first time i've

seen, what we are seeing is the problem has deepened and it has broadened, and it's out in the open now. >> john: troubling, too, the way it's tolerated on a lot of campuses across america. ayaan, thank you for talking to us, appreciate it. >> thank you so much, thank you for having me. >> sandra: right now, john kirby is speaking live at the briefing at the white house and talking about rallying the international community to combat the houthi rebel attacks, just now talking about those attacks on the shipping vessels that has become a major problem, a major threat to the global economy, he's talking about that now. dip in and listen here. >> bottom line is, these attacks have to stop. they need to stop, they are not acceptable, united states, our allies and partners will do what we have to do to counter these threats and protect these ships. >> redesignated the houthis as a terrorist organization. >> conducting review right now

whether that's the right course forward. no decision is made right now. >> and when you make the decision on that. >> i don't have a timeline for it but reviewing the designation as we speak. >> and there is some unnamed countries apparently involved in the red sea initiative. why some countries don't want to be named, countries don't want to be seen standing with the united states at this moment in the region. >> there are some nations that have agreed to participate and to be a part of this but they get to decide. they have sovereign nations, how public they want that to be, leave it up to them to be able to describe it because not all want to become public, i doubt you are going to get much more out of them. >> given the country unnamed, participating in the u.s. initiative, is the administration concerned about united states isolation on the stage when it comes to the conflict in the middle east, also given the security council vote that's coming up as well.

>> i won't get ahead of this vote coming up here, we are still working through the modalities of that. but 44 signatories on this joint statement, several nations now willing to join us publicly in this and others that are willing to participate in this maritime coalition, it's hard to look at these things. these things, which the united states has driven forward, and say that we are somehow isolated on the world stage. i think what this shows is our convening power and how much american leadership matters on the world stage. >> thank you, admiral. recent attacks on commercial ships involving 1 or 2 drones in the red sea but the u.s.s. carney took down 14 at one time over the weekend. do we have a sense of what the houthis were targeting? >> in the broad scope, ed, as i mentioned in the opening statement and the whole purpose of this maritime task force is they are targeting commercial shipping. i mean, heck, they have even said publicly. >> usually it's 1 or 2.

14 at one time. >> they have largely focused targeting on commercial ships but we have not seen any specific targeting or intention to target naval vessels. but you can't, you know, when a commander officer is looking at something coming in, a drone or missile, he or she has to make some often times split second -- >> sandra: so john kirby will continue to talk from the white house, bottom line, houthi attacks have to stop, says the white house spokesperson, and said u.s. and its partners will do what they have to do to protect those ships in the red sea, update right now. we will continue to monitor the briefing. karine jean-pierre will be up again shortly. >> john: they'll do what they have to do but in the meantime looks like they are not going to get to the source of the problem, to take out the missile

placements that the houthis have. we'll keep monitoring the briefing. >> resurrection for the city of chicago. and when we do it in the city in chicago april 4th, we are going to take this progressive bold movement across the world. >> sandra: that was then candidate for chicago mayor brandon johnson. promising to bring his progressive policies to the windy city and beyond. but now the city's latest move in the name of equity has parents there up in arms. our panel of jackie deangelis and kelly o'grady. >> john: street takeovers in places, and now colorado springs. it could have been deadly. and talk with the sheriff what

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>> john: five teenagers are now facing felony battery charges for a savage beat down of another student near marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, yes, the same site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings and the latest example of juvenile violence rocking the nation. jonathan serrie joins us from the atlanta bureau. looking for a potential sixth suspect here, jonathan. >> that's right, five in custody, looking for a sixth suspect. still trying to identify him. he appears to be yet another teen seen in that video. coral springs police have posted his image on social media asking for the public's help identifying him. coral springs, neighbors

parkland, is investigating, the attack happened in the student parking lot located in one of its city parks. the suspects were identified in cell phone video showing several attackers flipping a high school senior to the ground where his head strikes the pavement. a friend tells wsvn-tv he suffered a cracked skull and taken away in an ambulance. he is going to be okay. nevertheless, the violent brawl has shaken the school community, still trying to recover from a 2018 mass shooting event where a former student walked into the school and opened fire on students and staff, killing 17 and injuring 17 others. police have arrested five of the six suspects, two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds from marjory stoneman douglas high school and 15-year-old from another local high school. each of the five teens arrested has been charged with one count

of felony battery. john. >> john: jonathan serrie with the latest on that. shocking moment in our history. sandra. >> sandra: shocking new video capturing another teen street takeover this one in colorado, colorado springs, in a parking lot there. disturbing video. the driver is now facing charges for that incident that left multiple passengers crushed under the car with life-threatening injuries. colorado springs police chief adrian vasquez is investigating the incident and joins us now. chief, thank you for your time today, sir. >> thank you, sandra. >> sandra: can you update us on the situation, what you know right now, what you've learned the last couple of hours. >> sure. as you mentioned, we had five

youth, some of our juveniles here in town that were injured in this as you watch the video you see how dramatic it is. >> sandra: maybe we should do that, first, i was going to wait for a beat, let's make sure we play this out for the viewers to see what's happening on the streets there, chief. thank you. let's watch. >> sure. ok, so this is obviously abbreviated version of this. but chief, this is incredibly disturbing it's happening there in colorado springs. huge violence in your streets there. can you describe what happened in this incident? >> sure, and the video is very dramatic. if it were to continue, you would see the vehicle roll over and see the individuals fall out of the vehicle and get crushed by the vehicle, and it's just a dramatic video, example of what we are seeing from our youth across the state and across the nation, and it's, you know, transitioning over into criminal

activity that we are seeing. in this particular case, the female that you showed is under arrest, facing at least two counts of vehicular assault and so we are seeing a lot of other types of crimes here in the city with our youth that are very concerning. >> sandra: tell us about that, chief. >> sure, absolutely. here in colorado springs and across the state, we are having some issues, really, when it comes to our legislation, you know, it's really difficult to hold a juvenile accountable. here in colorado springs, on average, arresting 100 juveniles every month for various crimes and we are suspecting at least 400 crimes that range from thefts all the way to murder. and you know, it's concerning when 95 of those 400 suspected crimes are juveniles committing crimes, like robberies, assaults, sexual assaults, and

again, all the way up to criminal activity, murder. and it's difficult to hold them accountable. >> sandra: understood, and that's happening in so many cities unfortunately all over the country. now that we have a mug shot of marisol, 19 years old, charged with vehicular assault after she flipped the suv on sunday in colorado, and it caused these severe injuries for five passengers, will she eventually be held accountable, will she do time? >> that remains to be seen. of course she's going to have her opportunity to go through the court process. the district attorney's office will have a case now and they'll seek official charges and prosecution of her. she'll either have an opportunity to plea out to, you know, some kind of deal or go through the process and i believe that will be in the d.a.'s office or hands at this particular time. that remains to be seen.

>> sandra: i mentioned at the top it's happening in colorado springs. something we have not reported on before, but this is happening all over the country. we were watching the ones in downtown chicago, where teenagers are taking to the streets there, donuts, cars driving out of control, middle of the night, you know, it's just -- there's been chaos in the streets there. this is some video we saw earlier in the year. this is downtown chicago. just complete chaos. and the residents there say this is happening, they feel scared to even walk out their door, the cops can barely do anything about it by the time they get to their seen. dr. phil caught our eye with this tweet, chief, said how many of these have crossed your feed, colorado springs, louisiana, portland, tucson, the list goes on. what has happened to our country. parents this is on us. we need to stop coddling this generation. we cannot reward bad behavior. it seems obvious, not rewarding bad behavior but in life and

society we reward bad behavior all the time and it needs to stop. >> i could not agree more. the police hold responsibility and our response and investigation of these incidents, but our parents have got to know where their kids are, hold their kids and themselves accountable for their children's actions. there's a lot of societal need here and it's not just the police that are responsible for stopping this type of -- >> sandra: quick final thought, when police show up on the scene in colorado springs, do you get the sense the teenagers fear when the police arrive, do they fear repercussion? >> that's one of the problems we are facing. if you are a juvenile here in the state and across the nation, there is no fear of accountability. they know that there's not enough bed space in juvenile detention centers, they know there's not a real mechanism

right now because of legislation to hold them accountable. >> sandra: it's a big statement. chief, really appreciate you coming on with us today. thank you. we'll continue to cover what's happening there. john. >> john: the video really is stunning. breaking right now, john kirby says the white house believes about eight americans are still being held hostage by hamas. this as the president of israel signals his country is ready for a temporary ceasefire to try to free more hostages. live on the ground in israel with those details coming up next. >> sandra: plus a live look at eagle pass, texas where border agents are facing an unprecedented surge of migrants. so, where is the biden administration. this is live happening right now, eagle pass, texas. former u.s. border patrol chief and deputy commissioner ron vitello is on deck. he will react. ow when high rate debt is stressing your budget. but your family's service

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>> sandra: a live look now at the, well, we were just in the white house press briefing room but john kirby continues to speak at the podium where we continue to see images like this out of gaza. we are listening for any response from the white house on the houthi attacks that do continue. hamas is holding about eight americans hostages, john kirby confirming a moment ago, so we are continuing to monitor that at the white house. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meanwhile meeting with some families of hostages as there is new hope negotiations may resume to free more people. greg palkot is live from tel aviv for us right now. greg. >> hi, sandra. the war between israel and hamas goes on amid some signs of a possible new break in the fighting. israel hitting terror targets up and down the gaza strip, as well as below, it's noted that 1500 hamas tunnels identified, special forces are operating at

great risk, booby traps, fighters could be lurking around any corner. now idf is saying areas of northern and central gaza are finally under their control but sandra, this has come at a big price, 131 soldiers killed as the ground war started. families of hostages continue to pressure the government to stop the fighting to allow release of the captives. 129 remain inside gaza. today, herzog says he's opening to a humanitarian pause. new talks, including senior hamas officials, reportedly are set for cairo in the coming days. any ceasefire, sandra, would of course also benefit the desperate people of gaza. there's a new border crossing that's open in the south, bringing in more relief trucks, but folks need food, water, medicine, essentials, you name it. 80% of the homes have been damaged or destroyed there. the death toll according to the

hamas-run health ministry, 20,000. we have heard the sirens once again, barrage of rockets from gaza, not just aiming toward tel aviv but other central israeli towns. iron dome very active today. back to you. >> sandra: greg, thank you. >> john: live look now at eagle pass, texas, in the number of migrants shattered a new daily record. struggling to process large groups there. former u.s. border patrol chief and former acting director of immigration and customs enforcement. this is a stunning figure, yesterday, 12,600 people crossed the border illegally. and yet you go to the white house, nobody's talking about this, nobody's asking about it,

unless you work for fox news, and the president just kind of going along like nothing's going on on the border. what is that all about? >> it's very frustrating. they have neglected their responsibility to protect us. they are derelict in their duty to protect us at the border, to give the border patrol and the front line of dhs the tools they need to fix this. >> john: they seem to be ignoring it. >> it's amazing to me we have been talking all week -- is it that they can't do anything or up to congress. >> they can. congress did not act, that was exclusively executive exercise. that fixed the problem last time. if the administration had the will to fix the problem they could do it, without congress's help. >> john: two places ground 0 right now and the border, lukeville, where bill melugin is today and eagle pass, where he was i believe it was yesterday. in eagle pass, 4500 people crossed the border illegally

yesterday. 5,000 were already in custody for a total of 9500, almost 10,000 people in custody. eagle pass population is only 30,000. so, that's a third of the population came in the country illegally in just the last few days and there's 20 customs and border protection agents to deal with all of this. they are so outmanned and outgunned, ron. how do we even deal with it. >> they are totally covered up, as hard as they work, as dedicated as they are, they don't have the tools to fix the problem and they are overwhelmed, facility, system, broken, the worst choices by the administration gets us to where we are. >> john: union pacific railroad was complaining that railroad crossings between the united states and mexico are closed, and other business owners say look, it has a huge impact on our economy and livelihood. listen to this one woman here. >> many of us that live here in eagle pass, we have family in

mexico and it's just very difficult to have to be in line for hours, especially we have to come back to tend to our families and, or our jobs during the week. it took me four hours on a sunday, so -- you know, it's just been a real difficult -- >> john: so many day workers that can't because the crossings are closed or really bottled up. people want to go into mexico to do business, we have lots of cross border commerce that's not happening. when does the biden administration say oh, and by the way, this is affecting the economy that you keep talking about every day, mr. president, we should do something about this. >> they should do something. you talk about supply chain, you are talking about commerce at the border. we are the number one trading partner that mexico has, it's commerce and livelihoods are affected every day. >> john: i thought this was interesting, because we heard a lot of criticism in el paso,

texas, of donald trump, and his border policies. well listen to what some of these people said reported in politico. get the key and lock the gate said a navy veteran, he leaves democratic and keeps a u.s. customs and border patrol number in his phone, compared to biden, delgado said, greg abbott is doing a better job. roy told me, trump, he started rough but biden messed everything up. what's the political impact of this for biden as we head into an election year with trump talking a lot about illegal immigration. >> people have to realize elections have consequences. you give somebody in charge, commander in chief does not understand the border. they know it doesn't have to be this way and besides the agents and the front line, they are seeing the effects of it. >> john: ron, great to talk to

you again. thanks for having you. >> sandra: fox news alert now, as we look live at the white house press briefing room, an update from the white house as the houthi attacks continue on those major ships travelling through the red sea, risk to the global economy. >> need to fix immigration why on his first day in office he put forth a comprehensive immigration legislation, took this very seriously, put forward a supplemental plan, right, that had part as adding certainly more -- more law enforcement to the border, right, making sure that we are taking additional actions, that's why he put forth that supplemental, that emergency supplemental so he thinks it's really important. we think we are headed in the right direction. we are encouraged by the discussions that are happening

on the hill and so we want to make sure we get to a bipartisan agreement on this. >> on the texas immigration law. aclu has already filed a lawsuit. does the president support the legal action here? >> department of justice will decide whether they will file a lawsuit. i'm not going to get ahead of that. >> 2012, supreme court upheld a rule the federal government, not individual states have the authority to decide who gets into the country but this is more conservative court. are you concerned that the position may now be changed, that conservative court could use this to revisit. >> look, i can't speak to the conservative court. you said it in your question to me which is like the federal court, not individual state is in charge of determining how and when to remove noncitizens for violating immigration laws. that's where this sits and that's where this belongs. and look, as you just stated in 2012, it happened, and it was struck down. the court struck that down.

as far as what is going to happen next, the doj, department of justice is going to make that decision, i'm not going to get ahead of it, but there is precedent, it was struck down. i can't speak for this current court but what i can say and what i said at the top, the law is incredibly extreme and it does not make, it does not make communities in texas safer. it just does not. it dehumanizes, which is what republicans tend to do, certain republicans tend to do is dehumanize immigrants and also demonize them, what we are seeing here. >> quick question on the u.s. position, several lawmakers, including john fetterman have -- >> sandra: the white house responding to this new law being pushed by governor abbott in texas where he would make it illegal for those border crossings on a state level so they can act with state law enforcement since they feel like the federal government is not

responding to the chaos and the spiralling out of control at the southern border. john, really interesting to watch all of this play out because governor abbott is trying to figure out something to do to deal with the crisis that quite frankly most see as being ignored by this white house. >> john: yeah, he's citing article 1 clause 10 of the constitution which says if the federal government is not living up to its duties to prevent an invasion of a state, the state is allowed to take action. so, greg abbott has long said this is an invasion of illegal migration into his state so he believes under that article than clause of the constitution he has the authority to do this. biden administration will see where it goes in the courts. >> sandra: interesting stuff. we'll keep monitoring the white house briefing, meanwhile, chaos in chicago public schools. why a major change to an

admission policy for top performing public schools is backfiring. kelly o'grady and jackie deangelis will join us. >> john: new york governor kathy hochul signing legislation creating a reparations task force to study the effects of slavery. so, where will the money for reparations come from? new taxes? that's next. (vo) red lobster's new lobster & shrimp celebration ♪

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>> john: new york governor kathy hochul signing legislation creating a commission for the study of reparations in new york state. lauren green joins us live with more. this appears to be a growing trend and now new york state. >> you know, it's a little too early to tell if reparations

studies are growing across the nation, as of today, new york only the second state to study the reparations for the descendants of slaves. surrounding by lawmakers and grassroots officials, the governor signed the legislation at new york's historical society. bill calls for a nine member commission to study how to repair what is called "the ongoing impact and lingering effects of segregation, discrimination and enslavement of black communities." >> let's be clear about what reparations means. it doesn't mean fixing the past, undoing what happened. we can't do that, no one can. but it does mean more than giving people a simple apology 150 years later. >> empire state joins california, became the first state to form a similar commission three years ago and this past june issued the final report. one of the key findings, in order for american to maintain slaverly it adopted white

supremacist beliefs. and americans are split along racial lines, 77% of blacks say yes, 80% of whites say no. the new york commission will make nonbinding recommendations to lawmakers a year from now. p john. >> john: we will look forward to that in a year. all right. lauren green for us, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: more news out of the city of chicago, out with a new plan now to make schools more equitable. why parents across that city are now up in arms. ice works fast. ♪ heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therapy. ♪ so you can rise from pain. icy hot. (♪) sam! hey little brother!

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>> sandra: chicago public schools and the chicago teachers union are trying to get rid of a program that allows students to test in to the city's top performing public schools. jackie deangelis, and kelly o'grady. thank you to both of you. good to have you on set here. kelly, let me start with you first. what is wrong with this? it's clearly a way that they keep some top tier students in the top tier school to promote excellence for some. >> personally i think nothing is

wrong with this, and they are saying it's impacting diversity, equity and inclusion and that's why they want to get rid of it. but if you look at the numbers, 11 high schools in question in this program. over 50% come from low income families. >> sandra: pop it up, 53% from low income, 69% from black hispanic communities. >> the data tells me families from diverse backgrounds, low income backgrounds would not necessarily be able to send their kids to these schools where they can get an education where they come out performing better on math and reading than in chicago public schools. so i don't see any problem with this. i think it's a fantastic program to keep going. >> sandra: what is wrong with it, jackie? >> the problem is it makes them look bad in the public schools and the teachers' unions look bad, too. you have the kids in different groups, blacks, hispanics excelling, and people in the

public system that aren't, and the groups are separate, the only thing that is different, the teachers teaching them the program, curriculum, some are doing well and springboard for success to move forward and others don't. this is all about the unions and the schools themselves and how they look. nothing to do with the benefit of the kids and that's so sad about this, sandra. >> sandra: all the editorial is taking it on, illinois policy talks about the chicago teachers' union killing excelling students to force students to dysfunction, and "wall street journal," equity of failure in chicago, and chicago selective enrollment schools are a civic asset worth saving. it's giving middle class families a reason to come to and remain in chicago. ok, ding ding ding, instead of researching schools when they get to high school age and has stablized many neighborhoods and

revitalize more. positive effects have not extended to all areas of the city. without anybody looking at the data to see how it's benefitting not only the local communities there in chicago, but the economy as well. it's helping to attract and retain top talent to work and live in the city. >> absolutely. and what happens when you don't have people, businesses that want to come into chicago, because oh, of course you would not want to come anyway because of crime, but those people take their taxpayer dollars and leave you with an anecdote. my husband in indiana actually went to one of these programs and it set him on a path to an elite institution, he came from a low income family and he would not have had the opportunity, but it's an example to excel. >> sandra: and chicago has a major problem with people knowing how to read and write, the kids through the system, eighth grade proficiency for reading is 26%, 18% for math.

>> you hit the nail on the head. that makes them look bad. so instead of raising the bar for everyone and saying do better, we are going to lower the bar, easier for us. final thought leave you with, fox news poll talking about women and trump and biden in the 2024 election, 41% trump, you know why, women care about education, and that's going to be a key issue on the ticket. >> sandra: big focus in the new year. thank you so much to both of you. all right. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. how can you see me squinting? i can't! i'm just telling everyone! ...hey! use your vision benefits before they expire. visionworks. see the difference.

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