medication into the brain tissue and reduces plaque. the findings are published in the "new england journal of medicine." >> promising results. only a few cases. we need to do more studies. people with alzheimer's need hope and we need to accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation in this regard. >> next month the doctor plans a similar study using an additional alzheimer's medication. bill. >> bill: okay. jonathan serrie, this might be really good news and we'll stand by for more. thank you very much. nice to see you. atlanta, georgia. dana. >> dana: fox news alert. we're minutes away from an early white house press briefing as the administration mounting questions about president biden's age and struggles to overcome growing skepticism about the president's mental acuity and his ability to handle critical problems across the u.s. and world and we'll bring it to you when it gets underway.

a local house election is mirroring the sharp divide amongst voters across the country. democrats fighting to reclaim the grip on a safely blue suburban seat in today's special election for new york's third congressional district and it is snowing that might have an effect. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. today's contest has both sides worried and with good reason. republicans are fighting to try and hold onto a slim majority in the house. republican mazie pilip and tom suozzi, the democrat, is trying to get back the seat. facing off to replace george santos. district three on long island outside of new york city, once a solid blue stronghold shaping up to be a political battleground for all kinds of reasons, too. voters voice fears over inflation, the high cost of living, crime, immigration, overseas hot spots like israel

and ukraine. it is a lot like other places across america that could determine biden's fate come november. >> dana: the candidates delivering closing arguments in the final hours of this campaign. watch here. >> securing our borders, it is all about being tough on crime and supporting law enforcement, is all about improving our economy. >> i'm offering change. she is the same status quo of division. santos 2.0. phony baloney non-transparent. >> dana: we're in queens village, new york. hi, bryan. >> look, voters will get pummeled by snow as they make their way in to cast the ballots. up to eight inches of snow expected on long island. not expected to stop until 2:00 p.m. the polls opened at 6:00 a.m. and don't close until 9:00 p.m. we'll make our way into the

polling location. voters have cast their ballots this morning. the coordinator said they had a very strong early voting turnout and some voters said they were expecting today's rough weather. you can see the polling location. republican pilip rallied and had big names with her. stefanik and lee zeldin and pete king who represented long island for 30 years. a win by pilip could underscore the border crisis to win back suburban voters for republicans and add another vote to their slim majority in the house. >> we need a strong majority. this seat is so important to have effective government. we don't have that now. this victory is a big one and it will also empower more republicans to be involved in making sure that we are going to

have both houses in control. >> democrat tom suozzi had a campaign stop this morning. he has distanced himself from president biden. he is running as a moderate centrist someone promising bipartisan solutions. a win could provide a formula for democrats to win in spite of biden's low approval ratings. >> the bottom line is biden is not popular nor is trump. they're both not popular in this district because people are concerned about the extremism of our politics in the united states of america. >> the winner of this special election will only have the race -- hold the seat until january. in november there is a whole new race and perhaps even a whole new district. congressional maps could be redrawn before then. >> dana: the never-ending campaign. thank you. >> bill: want to show viewers what we're talking about. we're in new york city. on the map we're off and to the left is long island runs west to east away from manhattan 100

miles to the dot. before you get out there you get to this district here that we have outlined in orange. here is george santos in 2022 really the state of new york when you think about it with all those seats they flipped for republicans. it is what won them the majority in the house in the end beating zimmerman by 7 1/2 points in 2022. his reign was short lived. go back ten years, it has been solid blue for democrats. back to steve israel in 2014. then came suozzi as bryan mentioned won in 16, won in 18 and 2020 before the flip came in 2022. what happens today? voting for several days now. there is a snowstorm in the area could temper the turnout at many of the polling stations. some that we've seen haven't been crowded at all. the big picture in the house. four vacancies out there.

math doesn't add up entirely. 212 for the blue team. 219 for republicans. simple majority is 218. we'll see whether or not it changes throughout the day today. stand by. that special election is now underway. >> dana: it could change a lot when it's that short. joining us for more on this is the president of global affairs at goldman sachs, former advisor to condoleezza rice and hillary clinton. you look at presidents and what they decided to do after their life. this is insider had this headline. the last three presidents are all younger than this year's candidates and could that have an effect going into this election? >> absolutely. the founding fathers worried about ex-presidents wandering around this country. what they hadn't contemplated was presidents running for office in advanced age. off script our political system has gone.

this election is likely to be the only likely that features a rematch between two presidents as the nominees of the two major parties and the oldest two candidates in history eclipsing only themselves four years ago. >> bill: karine jean-pierre was taking on this question about a lack of press conferences. some people can call it lack of transparency. but you will have to communicate, right, with voters. listen to this clip about how she answered that. >> we have found some non-traditional ways. we think it is important to meet the american people where they are. so that is important as well. whether it's a podcast, that's important, or doing certain things that is not the norm. >> bill: i can tell you, you aren't going to get 70 million americans to listen to a podcast. i don't care how good it is. >> dana: mine is pretty good but probably not. >> bill: you have a good one too, jared, right, but you won't get them to go there. >> we've come a long way since

1945 when fdr could run for president and conceal his frailty and cleveland had to conceal getting cancer surgery when the republic was facing a -- the public and the country expects to know who is in charge on a minute by minute basis. >> dana: kamala harris is reassuring everyone she is ready. i wanted to ask you you are a geopolitical expert and we have a situation where israel is continuing to try to destroy hamas. the biden administration has been fairly stalwart. as i interviewed a person yesterday it could be waining. >> president biden: the major military operation should not proceed without a credible plan. many people there have been displaced multiple times. fleeing the violence to the north and now they are packed into rafah, exposed and

vulnerable. they need to be protected. we've also been clear from the start we oppose any forced displacement of palestinians from gaza. >> dana: two things. that came a day after the israeli defense forces rescued two of the hostages in rafah and also appearing with king abdullah ii. >> this was purely a geopolitical issue. what you are now seeing is the geo politics and politics get intertwined. it is -- you have more hours of footage and minutes of the entire conflict playing out on every social media platform. it is injecting identity politics not into the arabs but across university campuses within various voting blocks in the u.s. time is running out to sort of stem political head winds. >> bill: we think about this. it's a campaign season. we have eight more months of this and the left is truly

divided on biden's position on the middle east and israel, etc. you have the tunnels that popped up the other day. this is proof that this u.n. organization was working right underneath the u.n. headquarters there in rafah. >> you have had a longstanding problem with humanitarian assistance in two contexts. one is corruption, in order to provide humanitarian assistance you need non-corrupt entities to give the money to. the other problem you have had, an issue in lebanon with hezbollah and yemen with the houthis and an issue in gaza, you need credible, transparent, non-designated stakeholders on the ground to disperse the aid. very difficult in gaza. hamas has been in control of gaza for a decade and a half. so absent their control, you have a very difficult time figuring out who you can work with on the ground. they don't have the transparency and accountability there. >> dana: thank you for coming in. >> bill: a great book.

congratulations. who was your favorite? >> it's john quincy adams. the strange looking man serving nine terms in the house of representatives as an ex-president but discovering a higher calling and a much lower station and essentially mainstreaming and abolitionist movement. >> howard taft i'll take. >> dana: i'll take 43. maybe biden could, when he leaves office, maybe run for the house. >> this isn't just an election between donald trump and joe biden who will be the next president. who will be the next ex president and you won't have carter's 42 years and hoover's 32 years. >> he is in good condition according to his doctors. he will remain in the icu ward for the duration of his stay in order to provide appropriate privacy and will continue to

receive critical care support. >> bill: there is the pentagon press secretary providing an update on lloyd austin. he is back in the hospital. we are learning that austin has undergoon -- he was diagnosed with pros prostate cancer in december. he is expected to resume a lot of his duties today. good news for him. let's move out to colorado and check this out. >> we don't have the tax base to handle it. it's a money pit. and you guys are responsible for our money. don't screw it up. you guys are famous for screwing things up. >> bill: intriguing story. a neighborhood town just west of denver, colorado, frustration on this border matter boiling over in that city council meeting. residents say their hard earned

tax dollars are going toward migrants and resources are being overwhelmed. we are in denver on this tug-of-war and where it goes next. >> good morning, bill. the crowd was at capacity at the lakewood city council meeting last night. a community of 154,000 people seven miles west of denver. folks who live there came out to voice concerns over actions they say their city is taking amid worry it could lead to an influx of immigrants. this as the city voted on a housing plan and whether or not to accept a $9.3 million grant for a quote navigation center for the unhoused. >> you are going to incentivize something that you won't be able to deal with one term. >> we are drowning and you are talking about adding more water. >> everybody's taxes will go up and the crime is going to become incredible just like new york city. >> council members say the proposed 100 bed navigation

center would serve as a transitional home providing job training and addiction and mental health services mostly for those already in lakewood. >> both the housing plan and the navigation center and any other social resource may, in fact, support people who have immigrated here. i cannot build a wall between us and denver. that's not city council's job. >> lakewood city manager says they have had one informational meeting with denver officials how lakewood can help with denver's homeless and migrant overcrowdsing say there are no concrete plans to provide housing or services to those populations. lakewood city council meeting went on for seven hours and late into the night. the proposed navigation center grant was accepted with a vote of 10-one. >> bill: thank you. >> dana: lakewood is just contiguous to denver. the mayor of denver is trying

his best but ex aser pateed. him on january 18th. >> we think when folks arrive in our city we want them to be able to work. they can get to work and support themselves and we don't need federal or state support. we want a coordinated entry system and the country to work to figure out where migrants should arrive and where there is capacity. >> dana: in an interview in the "new york times" he was talking about how he met a migrant who said i don't want to beg on the street. i want a job. providing jobs would provide more incentive for them to come. it is a real problem. >> bill: a lot of communities are trying to figure out a way. it's february and the dead of winter and cold. places like denver, chicago, illinois. they will be wrestling with this for some time. there is no ebb at the border. as long as that's the case there will be more buses and planes. >> dana: my dad is in denver and went to do donations and the

migrants are saying we don't need more clothes. they want money for food, diapers and things like that. they are having a hard time. waiting for this briefing at the white house. a rare morning briefing. concerns about the president's age seemingly growing by the day. >> bill: all the action comes as a former associate of hunter biden is going behind closed doors on the hill. what will he say in why house investigators are so keen about his testimony in a moment. >> dana: the biden campaign releasing its first video on tiktok even though it is banned on government devices. >> if we continue to go down this road we'll effectively cede news media to a hostile foreign country. that's unacceptable. and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, right? i've been telling everyone. baby: liberty. did you hear that? ty just said her first word. can you say “mama”?

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white house briefing room and there is going to be a briefing with press secretary karine jean-pierre and the national security communication advisor john kirby. an early morning one. we don't usually get to see this. we'll see what they have to say. >> bill: see if we get any surprises. u.s. senate voting overnight to advance the $95 billion foreign aid bill for ukraine, israel and other u.s. allies. it passed with a 70/29 majority. ukraine president zelenskyy reacting on x saying this, quote, i am grateful to chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and every senator who supported continued assistance to ukraine. the fate of it now, however, hangs in the balance. >> dana: mike johnson the speaker of the house says they aren't taking it up. we don't know what the vehicle will be, if anything, to try to get this done. >> bill: one of the no votes. rand paul said this a short time ago. >> what we have here is a

ukraine first bill. this bill was never about securing our border, but about securing another country's border. what we have here is a failure of the elites of washington on both sides of the aisle. >> bill: senator paul's position has been steady on that and consistent. unless you get something on the border, i don't know what happens in the house, dana. >> dana: they are saying no. we'll see. >> bill: we're on stand by for the briefing at the white house. meanwhile as we await another hunter biden business associate is on the hill. you might remember the name tony bobulinski. he will testify behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry into president biden. david spunt is live on the hill as well watching that. what do you expect? good morning. >> good morning. bobulinski arrived on capitol hill a short time ago. unlike some of the other hunter business associates that spent hours before democrats and republicans answering questions he won't be so kind to hunter biden or president joe biden.

he said he has met directly with them several times. republicans are you praising him before he testifies. democrats say he has serious credibility issues. we expect him to sharply criticize hunter biden and joe biden. to refresh everyone tony bobulinski worked with hunter biden to create a joint venture called a holding company with the chinese energy company cefc. he says he met with joe biden in may of 2017 and provided text messages that prove he met joe biden in 2017 after he left the vice presidency. bobulinski says he texted the president's brother, jim biden, after that meeting. in the text obtained by fox news he said he texted jim biden great to meet you and spend time together. please thank joe for his time. was great to talk. thanks, tony b. investigation into hunter biden has broadened out into an impeachment investigation into president biden.

it will culminate over the next two weeks. next week the president's brother jim will answer questions behind closed doors, in two weeks hunter biden will be on capitol hill to sit before republicans and democrats for a transcribed interview under oath expected to go all day and we'll see a transcript of what he has to say. >> bill: david spunt in washington. >> thanks. >> bill: here is karine jean-pierre from the white house as we mentioned. an early briefing. >> vulnerable people around the world. >> john kirby will be there, too. we'll await headlines and bring you there momentarily. 25 minutes past the hour. >> every single biden national security official from the director of national intelligence to the cia director to the dia director to the head of cyber command has warned that tiktok is a national security threat. you have biden's handpicked

advisors telling him it is a ccp tool or weapon and he is ignoring that. why? >> dana: republicans and democrats are questioning the biden campaign joining tiktok despite overwhelming evidence the app presents a national security threat. kelly o'grady has more from new york city in our newsroom. hi, kelly. >> it's great to see you, dana. that's right. this is rather an about-face from the biden administration -- the biden campaign. the big concern here not just a national security issue but what message does it send to the american people? the campaign posted its first video during the super bowl this weekend coming as part of a larger push to leverage social media. the number of democratic super pacs are spending over a million dollars to partner with influencers during this election season. now, lawmakers -- i should say a desperate attempt to reach young voters. a recent polling shows 60% of voters 18 to 29 disapprove of

the president's job performance. majority say they're on tiktok. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing back. another part of that interview with representative gallagher earlier today. >> to court the votes of anti-semitic 18-year-olds, to get progressive clicks in a campaign season? it's not a serious move. it is not serious. it's not the move of a serious country. if we continue to go down this road we'll cede control of our news media to a hostile foreign country. that's unacceptable. i urge the president's gen z campaign staffers to reverse course in the interest of national security. >> tiktok has been banned on government devices since 2022. given its chinese parent company. an investigation by the government ongoing since 2019 and yesterday's briefing even john kirby admitted there are concerns about the potential misuse of consumer data.

i'll leave you with this. sources that you used to work at tiktok shared with me deep concerns about what data is collected, how it is stored. the biden's campaign's decision to leverage the app is hypocritical at best and dangerous at worst. >> bill: we have talked a lot about the southern border. now there is chaos along the northern border. record number of migrants crossing into the country from canada. many risking their lives in dangerous remote terrain. numbers are staggering there as well. new inflation numbers are out. bad news for renters. housing affordability is at its lowest level in more than ten years. what gives on inflation and what does that mean for you at home next. ♪

>> dana: we brought you a bit of that white house briefing with john kirby and karine jean-pierre. she recommended the president wants the foreign aid bill that passed the senate to be put forward. house won't bring it up. i don't know how that will go. comments now on israel and efforts there to eliminate hamas and the concerns about civilization -- excuse me, civilians there in rafah. lloyd austin's hospitalization brought up. he is expected to be back to work today and bring you news as it happens. >> bill: new numbers on inflation. they weren't great coming in above expectations, which is what we don't want. 3.1% year-over-year. marks another setback for the president bidenomics policy. it also comes as americans are left to manage a housing crisis thanks to soaring costs. fox business real estate contributor katrina is here. also host mansion global on fbn.

good morning to you. we want them lower. not there yet. one thing i wanted to show. call for one, guys. this is rent inflation. shelter is up 6%, rent is up 6%, and the tenants and household insurance is up 4%. so everything year-over-year is more expensive. >> thanks for having me. great to see you both this morning. it is a very challenging situation for americans. you know, we initially began to see rent stabilize with the anticipation mortgage rates would be reduced in 2024. that was something we all anticipated. but then the robust job market report was presented and it has both favorable and challenging dynamics for the housing sector, right? increased employment with higher

wages generally encourages homeowners to upgrade to better properties fostering more listing in the market. however, within the current inflation climate, a strong job market may lead to prolonged slightly higher mortgage rates as the federal reserve aims to temper economic growth and mitigate inflation. the federal reserve's stance, it is expected to consider interest rate cuts due to inflation nearing the target range recent job reports suggest a rate cut in march is improbable. despite some rate fluctuations during the week, the overall outcome remains unchanged. prospective home buyers the future says mortgage rates are unlikely to see significant fluctuations. more people decided to job back into the rental market. a lot don't have 20% to put down as a down payment. >> bill: then you get frozen,

not good. it freezes the economy in so many ways as well. do you see the fed dropping rates? i was thinking the other day, i don't know when we'll see 3% ever again. could be years. >> i don't know when we'll see 3% ever again. it could be years. i anticipate the fed reducing rates but don't anticipate it being as robust as some economists suggested. i think it's going to be in the summertime now because the reports indicate that we have a strong economy and the job market is actually better than anticipated. so it is actually having a good job market is good and bad for the american people. they are spending so much on housing, rent, gas and groceries. i don't know how a lot of americans are doing it. it is a very challenging time and i was hoping that these rent numbers would actually have hope for the american people but it was quite the opposite as we saw this morning. >> bill: a quick question.

tomorrow is valentine's day and what we're hearing is that thousands of tenants will break up with their landlords on valentine's day because of the housing crisis. is this a real thing? >> it is a stance that a lot of tenants will take with landlords and it is an effort to get biden to wake up and take notice that we need a change in policy when it comes to affordable housing. in my opinion, what needs to happen is policy needs to change so that builders are incentivized to build more. there is too much red tape, too many costs and builders just are not incentivized to build more affordable housing, which is what we need. we need that across the nation. it is an interesting stance. i hope it will make a statement and that the biden administration will start to make changes toward these efforts. >> bill: thanks for coming on today. nice to see you. see you on fbn real soon.

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>> bill: if you were with us when the day was breaking earlier today you saw the senate pass the foreign aid bill for taiwan, israel and ukraine. its fate in the house is unclear. the house speaker said it won't go anywhere and why john kirby is at the white house briefing room. you see this in the afternoon but we have a special dose this morning on this knows -- snowy day. >> dana: police say the suspected shooter in houston

legally bought the a.r.15 despite having a lengthy criminal record and anti-semitic writings as her home. >> history of mental health problems that may help tell us why a biological woman who calls herself jeffrey opened fire sunday at that church. police said the quick action of two off duty officers likely saved lives. >> they held their ground in the face of rifle fire at point blank range and they continued to fire until the perpetrator was neutralized and they did not yield. >> another lifesaver never entered the sanctuary where services were about to began. >> the shooting began almost instantly upon her entering the building. after talking about the security guard. the firing commences right after

that. >> now she was accompanied by her 7-year-old son used a rifle with palestine written on it. despite a lengthy criminal record and mental health record that included an order of detention that should have disqualified her from passing a background check. 57-year-old victim of the shooting and her son are he mains in critical condition for a shot to his head. >> ask for prayers for the 7-year-old kid fighting for his life. >> the mother-in-law released a statement saying she was a diagnosed schizophrenia and ranted by palestinian she had little to do with judaism or islam. she blames child protective services for not removing the son from his mother and texas to stop her from buying a gun. police confiscated some guns before and don't know how she passed the background check in

december. >> dana: we need to find out. >> bill: my -- my grant encounters in the north -- a growing number travel through canada instead of mexico to enter the united states. sean waltz is back with us, border patrol council president and the sector that covers new york, vermont and new hampshire. what's happened in the last year in this part of the northeast. you have had 12,200 people apprehended, right in 2023. that was 3500 the year before for an increase of 241%. how are you dealing with it? why do they see there as an opportunity? >> well, good morning, bill. this problem continues to exist and it continues to grow month after month, year after year.

these -- this administration, what's different is these trans national criminal organizations that have been allowed to set up shop are exploiting the northern border and the coastal regions like we have never seen before. they set up shop. they are able to act almost with impunity to make these record profits while the american public has to deal with the consequences. >> bill: what are we doing about it? doesn't seem like there is much in the south and apparently not much where you are, either. >> no. we're seeing it on both ends, right? the southern border, the northern border, regardless of where you see these crossings, you know, we're just -- we're watching these people and we're releasing them into the country for years and years. >> bill: i just want to show a map here. you are talking about a 300 mile

stretch in the american northeast between new york, vermont and new hampshire. that is the area we're talking about. i'm reading that you have had people come in from 55 different countries. here is what i don't get, right? you have the cartels out of mexico. we understand that now. but who is helping them in canada? >> well, we're seeing the increase of other countries because these organizations are the trans national criminal organizations. so -- >> bill: hang on, hang on. the screen froze. sean, hang with me. that's a shame. we're getting a snowstorm in the northeast and it might be an effect. our apologies. 55 different countries have come in through the 300 mile stretch on the map between new york, vermont and new hampshire. if you thought it was just a

southern problem, it's not. it is well alive in the northeast possible. our apologies to the office. >> dana: let's go back to the briefing. john kirby was asked about some palestinian casualties. listen to that. >> the meeting at fort mcmaier. you talked about the necessity of an international force on the ground. is the u.s. more ready now to get involved in such a force? >> what we're really focused on is working with kenya, who has agreed to explore leadership of that force on the ground. that's part of the discussions going on at the fort today. i would not expect a u.s. force presence on the ground. >> on the drc, john, we're seeing demonstrations, anti-western demonstrations like we saw in other countries. how worried is the u.s. that the

situation can -- >> we're monitoring it closely as best we can. i don't have anything specific to relay today. we're obviously in close touch with our colleagues at the state department and, of course, our embassy personnel in africa. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> okay. all right. maybe tomorrow we'll start at 9:30. >> dana: we'll be right back in a moment as the press briefing continues. . push so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo. libu bribu. limu bibu...and me. doug: he's an emu! only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i brought in ensure max protein

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>> harris: the white house going all out defending the president's fitness for office but he won't take a cognitive test. plus after the president was blaming corporations for his inflation-drive high food costs, the costs of essentials in life is getting worse. a judge in donald trump's georgia election case says the district attorney could get kicked off that case if, in fact, she did mix love, money,

and the law. congressman chip roy, jonathan turley, ben domenech. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: thank you. the white house briefing is still going on. john kirby and karine jean-pierre are making comments. from just a few moments ago. >> the white house is messaged who defies every democratic president whether it's obama, clinton or biden. do you believe they are not listening to you or they can get away with it >> as the president said yesterday, too many of the many thousands of people killed in the gaza conflict have been innocent civilians. too many. we have been clear about our concerns with our israeli counterparts about that. i can't verify the specific numbers you are giving me but not here to refute them. too many is too many. that's why we'll keep working our israeli counterparts to do everything we can to get them to

reduce the number of civilian casualties and they have been receptive. i understand there are still casualties but they have been receptive and do everything we can to get those numbers down. >> john, yesterday you said we need to -- some of the hostages being held by hamas may not be alive. does the u.s. believe all the american hostages are still alive? >> we don't have any information to the contrary. >> and one more for me. any operation in rafah would be israel's decision and they are the ones who need to present a credible plan. has the u.s., have the president or u.s. officials offered thoughts or consultation on what can be done to help palestinian civilians in rafah? >> we have consistently shared our concerns, our opinions and

perspectives and lessons learned about urban warfare since the beginning of this conflict. >> specifically about what to do in this case with where palestinian civilians might be able to go in rafah. >> we aren't involved in drafting their plan for them. we have committed to them our concerns about what that plan ought to be able to account for, yes. >> when it comes to this credible plan to protect civilians, what happens if israel does not provide this plan and moves into rafah anyway? >> i won't get into it. >> bill: after the rescue of the two israelis from captivity there in gaza the other day a big question about the rest of the hostages and you heard what he said. we have no information to suggest that the americans held there are not alive. >> dana: all right. harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: a new surreal moment from the president of the united states. who is doing this man's strategy? president biden joking about his age and memory