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and the united states. the attack happened sunday, it is now thursday. last hour defense secretary lloyd austin warned of retaliatory strike. >> this is a dangerous moment in the middle east, we will work to avoid wider conflict, but we will take all necessariac actions to defend the united states, our military and our people and we will decide where we choose and how we choose. >> kayleigh: tough words. or were they? hello, this is "outnumbered," i'm kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno. also joining us, tammy bruce, former n.f.l. sideline reporter michele tafoya and chief breaking news correspondent from the west coast, trace gallagher.

this morning secretary austin apologized over lack of transparency for his medical emergency for a month. >> i want to be clear, we did not handle this right, i did not handle this right. i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis and my team and the american public. i take full responsibility. i apologize to my teammates and the american people. there were no gaps in authority and no risk to department control. >> kayleigh: no gap in authority, in the chain of command, don bacon asserted we had 15 minutes to respond to a nuclear attack. white house left in the dark for days, he was asked a question

about whether those beneath him he assured us he did not command to do this, was disciplined. he was evasive. >> you never directed anyone to keep this from the white house? did you direct your staff or others to keep from the public and other senior staff members? if you did not, has anyone been disciplined for doing something you you did not tell them to do. >> to answer your question if i directed my staff to conceal my hospita hospitalization, the answer was no. >> trace: the pentagon was rudderless for days and that is a problem, especially in the situation we're in right now. you have decisions and he comes back and has a press conference and he has to answer questions about his whereabouts instead of

questions about iran. they are laying out this plan, we talked to military experts, there is a plan to have days, weeks-long attack on the iranian proxies, houthis, etcetera. not going into proper, that is the hornets nest. the president was asked, do you blame iran? he said in the sense they provide weapons. that means not totally. a lot of military analysts are wondering when do we find out, will it be a big hit or last for days and weeks? >> kayleigh: that is the question. one point, emily on secretary of defense's absence and we're glad he is in good health and recovering. we wish him that. he insured us his deputy was in

charge. listen to what he had to say. >> every moment, either i or the deputy secretary was in full charge. deputy secretary assumed functions and duties of my office. my duties were transferred to the deputy, that was planned. >> kayleigh: the deputy was on board and with it except pull up the cnn, deputy secretary not told austin was hospitalized and was on vacation and was not informed. that was cnn. he says otherwise. she was not in the country. >> emily: that is right, she started making plans to come home, only knowing she was transferred authority. they said, stay there, we have it covered. trace's word rudderless.

on january 6, secretary austin, same day he spoke to the press and promised he would do better, he spoke to his commander-in-chief, the president, and still mentioned nothing about it. it is so much bigger than someone trying to -- i got this, sir, no need to trouble you. that is being generous if that is what he's feeling. if you are part of the organization or part of concrete leadership in this country, it is bigger than yourself and you are under all obligation of course to notify. we were talking a moment ago, atlanta falcons got fined $100,000 for failing to disclose injury of a running back before a tampa bay game. if sports is worth that much, how much is the nuclear bomb worth, that 15 minutes, lead er less ness and rudderless worth?

and there was a question, people lower than you, if they had done the same thing, they would be disciplined. how about you? >> kayleigh: kathleen hicks, nowhere near washington, d.c. here are tough words for houthis, for iran, listen to this. >> the president will not tolerate attacks on american troops. the houthis continue to do things that are very irresponsible and illegal. we will call upon iran to quit or to cease supplies the houthis. we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. >> kayleigh: why -- tammy doesn't he look in the camera and say, if you harm the head of an american, there will be hell to pay. that is not sufficient. >> tammy: yeah. this is a very good example of why all of this is happening in

the first place. you have messages sent from the afghanistan debacle onward, they have no idea what is happening or they are afraid. it is an afraid american administration. when you have that word salad and it is like asking ted bundy to stop. we don't have a crew that is looking for you, will you please stop for a little while? that will not happen. what you have as a result, we're not going to put up with american troops being attacked. we've been attacked, 160 times, three dead troops as result of this fecklessness, dozens of troops injured, some seriously, brain injuries, people who will not recover, changing lives forever. iran is laughing, they know what they have been doing and we stand in front the tv and say we

will not put up with this. we are putting up with it. we are accepting it. if they were aggressive in the first place, those three troops would be alive because iran would stop. they did not react to the killing of soleimani because they knew that trump said, if you respond to this effectively, we could make them a parking lot and they knew it and they were finally afraid instead of us being afraid. >> kayleigh: michele, this happened sunday and this is now thursday. it took a week for biden to deploy. timing does matter here. >> michele: it does. what tammy said is spot on, we have injuries and fatalities and another jury here, to the reputation of the united states and our government. read something john bolton said, he

was spot on. big part of the problem here, iran has been watching for sometime and they see biden administration paralyzed with fear of the political consequences for the president because of what israel is doing to hamas. fearful of wider war and biden said -- bolton said biden administration is genetically unable to point the finger at iran as responsible for all this. it is like this macro problem within this administration, fear, fear, fear, we can't blame anything and we can't take decisive action. >> kayleigh: 165 attacks were scrolling beside you. u.s. responds, we continue to wait. picture is worth a thousand words, one migrant who attacked police sending this message. look at that, after being released on bail. known for following your dreams.

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>> kayleigh: new video sparking more outrage over the group of migrants accused of attacking two new york city police officers. that is what you are seeing on the left-hand side of your screen. three were freed without bail. now this suspect flipping the bird to the camera. another blows kisses, as he smiles and laughs. the other suspect next to him putting up the middle finger and cursing at reporters. remorseless, brazen, smug. will biden administration deport these migrants? trace, this video is hard to watch on top of video that was

so hard to watch of them attacking police officers. will there ever be accountability? >> trace: no. will biden administration deport them? doesn't matter. if they do, they will be back in six days. they go and come back. if you or i or the atlanta falcons kicked a cop in the head, we would be in reichers for the foreseeable future. these people get arrested, no bail and get out. there is social media, they have learned there are no consequences to go to the united states, they are incentivized. you get all the things people who are citizens cannot take and are taken out of like high schools in new york and airports in boston and places in chicago.

where they meet and gather have have become sanctuaries and it is not fair to american citizens and they are infuriated in blue cities from denver to san diego to boston to new york. why is this happening? the president thinks chaos does not poll well, now is the time to shut the border and i've been trying to shut it since day one and come on, everything trump did, you undid and that is reason we have this problem. >> emily: the cherry on upon to, kayleigh, that messaging from illegal migrants that encompasses all that, the message as senate marco rubio said, message to cops they assaulted, the message to new yorkers as they walk free with no bail and message to americans as they go back to the shelters that we pay for. >> kayleigh: who are these people? this is stomach-turning.

who are you? where did you come from? you did not come pursuing the american dream, you came to flip the bird after beating up a police officer and likely going back to a shelter. we know a fact that people of this nature cross our border and brilliant idea of sanctuary state, let's put them by schools, that is the plan. put them next to little girls going to class. for all we know this guy was next to a school. no idea. and boston, cbs news boston today, recreation community will be used to house migrants and recreation facility is home to a track program free of charge for kids in low income communities and the coach said we have kids

impacted. this is one of the few stable times in their lives, let's yank that from the american without resources and put guys like this in the facility, that is what our founders wanted. >> tammy: some say these people came here legally. no they did not, they are out on parole seeking asylum. do they look like they need asylum? they are somehow unsafe? maybe they are because they are criminaling and do stuff like this. this picture is worth a thousand words, these pictures are worth a thousand words. you have these people who are here, taking food or shelter and going ahead and doing this after beating up a cop. >> tammy: can i chime in, three west coasters, we've had illegal immigration problem for generations. people coming in. southern californians know it

and experience it. this is new. this is not usually what happens. we've had the border issue for a long time and we've always said in los angeles, these are people who were working day jobs, not begging, no excess crime. cops weren't being attacked, none of this is normally accompanying this situation. we have inculcated this with the attitude, where did they learn you can attack cops and not have repercussions? who are these people? was he a normal guy? >> trace: social media. >> tammy: they are this way. >> michele: and we used to go to mexico to travel to spend a few nights. if anyone from america tried this stunt in mexico, you'd never hear from us again.

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classifying elite and exclusive locations as -- martha's vineyard, like former president barack obama, where he has a $12 million sprawling water-front mansion. that is beautiful. not just martha's vineyard, other low income communities include nantucket, massachusetts, greenwich and rohoboth beach, biden's vacation spot. martha's vineyard, 93,000, nantucket, north of 100,000 and rohoboth beach. swanky communities. >> in a world you can identify

as anything you want to be, a town can identify as low income even when you are elite and high income. turn things into what you want them to be not what they are. this overarching push for evs, this is virtue signalling. to make batteries, there is so much damage done to the environment and that keeps getting glossed over. this push for ev's ignore a lot of fact including montauk and rohoboth beach are not low income. >> kayleigh: they are not. the irs does have a formula and the formula if the median family income is below 80% of the family income in the wider area it is classified low income. that is complicated reason this is happening.

montauk 17 million homes on zillow. rohoboth beach, biden's join, houses 2 million, 4 million, 6 million. >> tammy: low income is low income. these are supposed to be subsidy and money help people that need help. people who live their year-round in those environments are service-based people, fishermen, domestic help, people cleaning those $17 million home, people working in hotels and staffing restaurants. can be residents of new york city or are retired and don't have actual income. what the left has done, use protected classes as alibis to get policies through that damage lives. low income people are not buying electric vehicles, they are too

expensive. this is alibi on their back to get their friends to have a charger or joe biden to have a charger when the people cleaning their homes are driving gasoline-powered cars and can't afford to put gas in the tank, courtesy of the same pain. >> kayleigh: the more biden pushes this, less people want it. 2022, 49% wanted an electric vehicle, now down to 41% last year. gen-z, 10% drop in interest. check that out. >> emily: they can't afford it. sure, would it be nice? sure. that is only from the top down. the reality is, as we know, electric cars are worse for the environment and underscore dependency on china and unreliable thanks to the botched plan executed by this administration in terms of

charging stations. if someone wanted to, if it was better for the environment, it is unreliable and ineffective thanks to biden. what kills me, contrast 1.5 million home in martha's vineyard with lower than that of a real low income housing arena in baltimore, maryland. imagine if you came in and used the tax code in that way or decided on your next irs form. i should fit, right? the irs would be at your door in a heartbeat. when we play with the numbers, the eye is in your savings account and your church and others. this administration is doing that, how much more corrupt can you be? >> trace: to michele's point, material for battery come from china, difficult to get, very expensive and dirty to clean up,

we don't have the power grid in california to support ev's, 35 million will not happen. martha's vineyard can become anything they want. migrants went there and they sent them home in 20 hours and that was end of that, they can be anything they want to be. >> kayleigh: relying on china for mode of transportation, great plan. college in oregon getting rid of grades to help with the gpa fixation.

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♪ >> emily: a college in oregon is ditching failing letter grades because it could hurt a student's feelings. western oregon university says it wants to combat gpafixation, announcing letter grades of d

minus and f will be replaced with no credit for undergraduate student. no credit will not negatively impact student gpa. the school provost adds gpa is course mastery and grades will no longer mask passing courses or be accurate reflection of any performance at all, tammy. >> tammy: that is the problem. you have what seems to be oregon. last year oregon state board of education voted to because requirement for graduating from high school to know how to read and write. it clearly reveals you taught them nothing. kids, it is not like they couldn't. you failed at your job and they get graduated and you have kids in college.

this is problem around the country and they don't know what they are doing and colleges have failed. this helps colleges. if you have low go gpa, the colleges go down. it affects honors program and merit because you work hard in every class, it won't matter, that person is getting numbers chopped off. >> emily: what are we doing, bowl with stones? what is education for? i'm not hiring anyone from there ever. >> trace: now fail, you can't use the word fail. no credit. young kids so epic fail, this is epic no credit. whole world is changing and we continue to lower standard and hope performance levels will go

up. there are schools in los angeles that have honor roll where not one student can read or write at grade level. you made honor roll, you can't read or write, that is crazy. >> michele: i think this article says if you get the no credit, you still have to take the course again. i'm going to be pushback on this. listen, i hate this, i'm a daughter of a public school teacher and i believe we are lowering standards. if you go through a class and fail and you can retake the course and do better or get a c, that equals jd. if you have that opportunity and it keeps someone in school -- >> tammy: wait it -- it puts own

us on the kid instead of the cool. >> michele: i got you. this shows you don't have to go to college, everyone, you don't have to. if you're not cut out for college, go find another route. we need welders, plumbers, car mechanics. >> emily: we need them to be pro proficient. to michele's point, take it again and learn the course and say it, that press release did not say that, it was about evening the playing field. >> kayleigh: i went to my almamater and it was pass or fail. for me, i loved learning for sake of learning. others, i think it took incentive away, i want to be at the top of the class, that was missing. you can still get a d. you can't get a fail, or you get

a redid. people investing 30 or 40,000 in college get a redo. it is not the worst idea. >> wow. >> trace: sometimes you have to fail. >> kayleigh: in life, you will fail. >> tammy: that is true, depends how many are involved, teachers are not paying for that and they fail in life and think that is the -- >> kayleigh: if you get laid off in real life, i hope another employer would give you another chance. >> emily: f, not a d. an f is hard to get. to your point about evaluation and mentorship, you would be in the office saying, i had this in my family. something accounts for that. no credit f is a big drop. >> kayleigh: failures. i'm kidding.

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>> defense secretary lloyd austin apologizing for secrecy, leaves an open question what the u.s. will do to respond to attacks. senator tom cotton ahead. calls from new york to throw migrants out of the country. will president biden listen or do they get a free pass? report that alzheimer's could have been spread through -- i'm john roberts, join gillian turner and me from new york at top of the hour. we'll see you then. ♪ ♪ >> emily: you can get about anything you want on amazon these days, including a home.

some gen-zers are turning to the retailer to purchase tiny homes in response to sky-high housing costs. act quick, they are selling fast, some start at $18,000 plus free shipping. that is a deal. that is pretty much what my apartment looks like. >> kayleigh: my favorite story of the day. one guy bought his house on amazon, i once bought a doll house that amazon and it fell apart. he paid $26,000. he pays and wants to get land for $40,000, 66,000. go, gen-z, you are being

innovative, we can't afford a house, watch us. >> emily: and irony. private company, amazon providing affordable housing for everyone something the government fails at all the time. >> trace: if ikea built this, you could never put this together. you mention square footage or dimension, it is like 400 square feet, in new york city, apartments, that is an apartment where you can live for $18,000, it is not a bad idea. in california, there are some areas where they literally built public bathrooms using public money and it took them four to five years for 60 square foot bathroom and cost a million dollars to build a public bathroom, maybe this is the answer. >> emily: i am not trying to be nay sayer, be careful where you

put that. if you put it in your parent's yard, the city will say you don't have a permit for multiple family housing. watch out where you put it. sgls no question about that. you raise the best point. you have to put it where you can provide plumbing in that kitchenette. you have to factor in utilities. if you think about this and putting it in our backyard, we will evict you and send you along. if you buy the house on amazon and find a flaw, can you return it or exchange it? i'm wondering if something goes wrong, is there a chance you can return the house to amazon? >> tammy: with diy shows, during covid a lot of people learned you can do without a lot of

things. people got into rv's, three years of lockdown, we're learning having less is okay. smaller spaces are good and now this could be the new normal. the government is coming. >> kayleigh: ingen uity of gen-z, watch us, we will do it for $66,000, good for them. >> emily: watch for the spin-offs, companies will build tiny houses. more "outnumbered" in just a mo moment.

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♪♪ >> why are we playing that? last but not least, elmo taking to social media to do a mental health wellness check on his followers, writing "elmo is just checking in, how is everyone doing. and that sparked what appeared to be an existential crisis among his followers. elmo, i have to level with you. baby, we are fighting for our lives, said one person. another response read, i'm at my

lowest, thanks for asking. and then the world is burning around us, elmo, and finally, every morning i cannot wait to go back to sleep, every monday, that's so sad, i cannot wait for friday to come. every single day and every single week for life. the comments were so depressing that even president biden found time in his busy schedule while preparing a counter attack against iran for reassurance. our friend elmo is right, offer help to a neighbor in need and above all else, ask for help when we need it. i wish he extended the grace to so-called maga republicans. he's tweeting with sesame, elmo, america's psychiatrist. >> his tweet was not well received. we know who is responsible for the existential threat, dealing with iran, the border, n looking at the guy saying what is the

wizard of oz and the flying monkeys and the wicked queen saying don't worry about it, we need each other. no, it was not well received but that's also why he never asks people how they are doing because these are the answers you'll get. >> trace, are you among those who unloaded on elmo? >> i'm not, but by the way, the wizard of oz, they want to redo except dorothy from englewood, california. we did it on the show and the response was actually phenomenal. people, and that's why "sesame street" sent out, mental health, talk to this, the whole country is absolutely depressed and the responses were phenomenal. some people are very clever, some talked about duck poop on their thing and house and bummed out about that. a lot of people were very serious and got response, yeah, you know, it's a thing, i think if you live in the country. i guess. so, anyway, but yes, so the

whole concept here was they reached out to america and america told them we are bummed out and something needs to be done to solve this situation. >> i didn't even know elmo had a twitter feed. >> i love the internet sometimes, only sometimes and this is an example it's like be careful what you wish for. my favorite gift meme of all time is elmo with the flames, so much so, i have a sticker on my car of it. but the reality is, this is biden's america, and i hate that he weighed in. to your point, it was so cheesy and predictable, and not well meaning like unless you are a republican, get out of here but poor elmo, his shoulders cannot handle the depth of despair of america. >> i couldn't help but get past the fact didn't elmo's voice actor once get committed for, you know, pedophilia, the first voice actor for elmo. i'm sorry, i could not get past that part of it. but then how are you doing, and

so this is like it's sort of -- it was -- it was funny, it was depressing, it was weird. >> i have something a little weird i want to leave the viewers with. this is president joe biden at the national prayer -- prayer breakfast, he stopped himself after he said a little bit of a bleep. >> we really go at one another, remember, let's remember who the hell -- who we are. we are the united states of america. it's all about dignity and respect. so let's practice it. thank you for having me. it's good to be back. [applause] >> i love he tried to change, emily, the word hell, seemed he wanted to change it to hill. >> we all got what he meant, not surprised by that. we usually need, what's it called when you have the translator thing on the bottom for him. >> like elmo, bring us together.

he says prayer breakfast, bring us together. he could model the behavior he's advocating for. >> i keep thinking of him in philadelphia with the blood red background on the podium and calling half of america terrorists. that brings together a hell of a lot. >> a hell of a lot. >> maga extreme -- if he could eliminate the term maga extremist from his vocabulary, i think that would help a little bit to prove he does want to bring people together. >> and lose maga is a clear after present danger and threat to democracy, but let's unite, let's do it. good advice. take it, mr. president. thanks to everyone. next up, "america reports". >> there is a lot of activity in the region but there's always been a lot of activity in the region and you know well that iranian proxy groups have been attacking our troops even well before october 7th. >> john: defense secretary lloyd