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>> sandra: all right, here we go, fox news alert, top of the new hour. a live look at the white house still awaiting the president and his remarks. he's set to speak any moment now on the $96 billion aid package for ukraine and israel. a controversial package that some republican senators say puts america last. that's where we start hour two. hello, welcome everyone, i'm sandra smith on the snowy day in new york city. >> john: and i'm john roberts in what was a snowy day in washington, but now beautiful sunshine and this is "america reports". the president is going to be talking about the importance he believes of passing that supplemental spending bill. speaker of the house mike johnson says not gonna happen. republicans are insisting there needs to be money for the border in there, and in this bill there is none. >> sandra: all right, so we will go to the president's remarks when he begins.

meanwhile, a live look at fall river, massachusetts, where a powerful nor'easter is dumping as much as 12 inches of snow across new england. this wintry frozen terrain from upstate new york to new hampshire is the new hot spot for illegal border crossings. >> john: surging 241% in the last year, with many migrants flying from mexico to canada and then crossing in from the northern border. doesn't end there. >> sandra: frigid cold temperatures and hypothermia as they navigate dark wooden terrain. "new york times" says the situation is so dire a mayor keeps hats and gloves in her car to hand out she encounters while just driving along. families emerging from barns in the early morning hours, farmers say. nikki haley says it's time to step up enforcement, she will join us in moments. >> john: first alicia acunya.

molly who is warning us about the increase at the northern border. what are we hearing? >> it's a significant influx and the people telling us about this, from canada to the united states, are the actual border patrol agents that are working there on the ground. robert garcia, the chief patrol agent in the swanton sector, running for 295 miles, goes through new hampshire, vermont, much of upstate new york, posted on x, the record breaking surge of illegal entries in that sector continues, noting the recent arrest of ten people from bangladesh. garcia reports agents have apprehended more than 3,100 people from 55 countries in the sector since october 1st. that is more than the fiscal years 2019, 2021, 2022 combined. 12,200 were crossing unlawfully from the canada to the united

states in 2023, massive 241% jump from the previous year. 70% of those apprehensions occurred in that swanton sector. cheap plane tickets from mexico city to toronto are tempting some to try the different route. but as you needed, freezing temperatures, snowpacked forests, making it dangerous not only for the migrants but for the agents, and cartel smugglers are well-known villians in the south, the head of the border patrol sector says the criminal organizations deserve more attention in the north. >> trans national organizations have been allowed to set up shop are exploiting the northern border and the coastal regions like we have never seen before. >> also worth noting, 85% of all land border encounters with people on the terrorist watch list in fiscal year 2023

occurred on the northern border. only 15% on the southern border, that per the cbp as well. >> sandra: thank you. john. >> john: one denver suburb fears the migrant crisis will wind up being passed on to their community. folks in lakewood, colorado are pushing back against the city council over rumors it could house migrants, putting their own resources at stake. alicia is live in denver. the city council meeting went long into the night. >> it sure did. the lakewood city council meeting lasted seven hours. residents of the suburb saying they don't want to give denver an opening to send influx of migrants to their community. council was voting on a housing plan and whether to accept 9.3 million center for the unhoused, meant to help lakewood's homeless. >> be real about the situation. influx of illegal immigrants,

migrants, and this building will be used to house them as well. >> any city resource, time or money, focused on noncitizens necessarily steals from our infrastructure, schools, security, and human services. >> what got folks so upset is the city manager has said staff attended an informational meeting with denver officials on how the suburb can help with denver's homeless and migrant overcrowding. then said there is no concrete plan to actually do anything. however, eyebrows were raised when last night a councilmember acknowledged this. >> of course both the housing plan and 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. >> denver is grappling with an influx of migrants bussed to the mile high city from texas. in january, the mayor here said

the city became the largest recipient of migrants in the country, that's per capita. more than 38,000 have arrived in little more than a year, adding pressure to the city's schools, hospitals and budget. and john, the city council did accept votes to accept the grant to create this facility. john. >> john: alicia, thank you. >> sandra: 2024 presidential candidate nikki haley. ambassador, thanks for joining us today, great to see you. what should we be doing beyond our southern border? >> well, first of all, i think you have to go back to last week, right. i mean, i think we had a border bill. now, securing our border should be priority number one. but you had two things go wrong. one is you look at that border and while it increased asylum laws, i think that's hugely important. that's the reason 3 million illegal immigrants came in under trump's watch. we need to strengthen asylum laws. it did not go far enough on the remain in mexico policy, and it had a 5,000 person threshold,

which we don't want either one of those. but the problem is, congress shouldn't leave until they fix it, strengthen it and pass it out, period. the idea that they would give up and leave is wrong. the second thing is, trump never should have come in and said don't pass anything until the general election. it only takes one person for a 9/11 moment. the idea he wants us to wait until november to do something is irresponsible. he's got to quit thinking about him and he's got to start thinking about what we need to do to secure the border and it's the southern border and it's the northern border. >> john: governor, you've talked a lot about the border czar, kamala harris on the campaign trail and in interviews, she was the subject of a rather lengthy article in the "wall street journal" which said in part of ms. harris, i am ready to serve. there's no question about that, ms. harris told the "wall street journal". everyone who sees her on the job, she said, walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead.

but listen to what a former biden official told axios. she has been at best ineffective, and at worst, sporadically engaged and not seeing it was her responsibility. it's an opportunity for her and she didn't fill the breach, assume talking about the border job. what do you think of this idea of kamala harris saying i'm ready to serve? >> i mean, first of all, she was offered the opportunity to not only serve but to lead on the border, she didn't do that. she was given the opportunity to lead on artificial intelligence and we are behind the curve on that. but this is what i will tell you, john. there will be a female president of the united states. the hard truth is, it will either be me or it will be kamala harris. if you look at any of those general election polls, trump loses to biden. i defeat biden. there was another marquette poll that showed wisconsin, i defeat biden by 15 points. trump can't defeat biden. but even look at what happened last week. trump loses the court case on

immunity, they lose the bill on mayorkas, they lose the bill on israel. and you have the rnc chair lose her job. that's all losing because trump had his fingerprints on all of it. he lost in 2018, lost in 2020, lost in 2022. how many more times do we have to lose before we realize that he's actually the problem? and now you go and you look at what he did with the rnc yesterday, now when he tried to have the rnc name him the nominee and they would not do it and he had to pull back, now he's going and changing out leadership, so that it's somebody that he prefers and his daughter in law to co-chair? he's putting his campaign manager as the director? are we gonna let him just take over the party that's gonna control the convention, too? at what point do we not see the problem? we don't have kings in this country. but we have to be part of the solution to stop it.

>> sandra: ambassador, you were at the center of a discussion around the table with the ladies on "the view" yesterday, and we wanted to give you a fair chance to respond to this. listen. >> she's not going to be the nominee either. she needs to take several seats. >> my bet in 12 days she'll get beaten like a bongo drum in her home state by donald trump. >> nikki, what have you done, what have you done really? what can you point to? >> sandra: obviously you have a chance to respond to that question, and those thoughts right now. >> well, i've done quite a bit. i will tell you as governor we accomplished a lot as u.n. ambassador we accomplished a lot. i did a whole lot more than whoopi goldberg ever will do. and it's not the ladies on "the view" i care to impress. i'm fighting for every american's vote.

the party that leaves their 80-year-old candidate behind is the party that will win, mark my words. it is hugely important that we get a new generational conservative leader in the white house that leaves the baggage and the negativity behind. we have a clans to do it, we are going to do it in south carolina, but we have to make sure we look at it in every other state because this is a country in disarray and a world on fire. and chaos follows donald trump. we have to put an end to that. >> john: governor, within two minutes of the president talking. a cbs poll shows donald trump 35 points ahead of you, we are a little more than a week away from south carolina. it looks like you will lose badly in your home state, forever a cloud over your political career. why go through with it? >> so first of all, that's what they said before new hampshire

and i got 43% of the vote. our polls do not show that, that is not what we are seeing, and we are going to close that gap. but more than that, you are asking me about my political career. that's the problem with politics. donald trump's worried about his image. joe biden is worried about his image. i'm not worried about mine. i'm worried about the future of america. i'm worried about my kids and what country they grow up in. i'm worried about your kids and what country they grow up. this is not personal. it's not about me or what happens to me. this is about the fact that if we don't see how bad this can get, it's already bad. if we don't become part of the solution and realize that we can change it, that's the problem. i will say again don't complain about what happens in a general election if you don't play in this primary. because donald trump cannot win a general election. he's already said he's going to spend more time in court than on the campaign trail. he spent $50 million of campaign

contributions towards his personal court cases. the rnc is broke. we republicans will not win if you continue down this path. the reason donald trump wants me to get out so badly is because he wants help paying his court fees. that is not the job of the rnc, that's not the job of taxpayers. >> sandra: all right. ambassador haley, we always appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> john: thank you, governor. >> sandra: live to the president at the white house. >> early this morning the united states senate as you all know voted overwhelmingly by a margin of 70-29 to move forward with the bipartisan national security bill. now, now it moves to the house. and i urge speaker johnson to bring it to the floor immediately, immediately. there's no question there's a senate bill was put on the floor and the house of representatives it would pass. it would pass. and the speaker knows that.

so i call the speaker to let the full house speak its mind and not allow a minority of most extreme voices in the house to block this bill even from being voted on, even from being voted on. this is a critical act for the house to move. it needs to move. the bill provides urgent funding for ukraine so we can keep defending itself against putin's vicious, vicious onslaught. we have all seen the terrible stories in recent weeks. ukrainian soldiers out of artillery shells, ukrainian units rationing rounds of ammunition to defend themselves. ukrainian families worried the next russian strike will permanently plunge them into darkness or worse. this bipartisan bill sends a clear message to the ukrainians, and to our partners, and to our allies around the world. america can be trusted. america can be relied upon. and america stands up for freedom. we stand strong for our allies. we never bow down to anyone and

certainly not to vladimir putin. so let's get on with this. remember, the united states pulled together a coalition of nearly 50 nations to support ukraine. we unified nato, expanded it. we can't walk away now. that's what putin is betting on. he flatly said that. supporting this bill and standing up to putin. opposing it is playing into putin's hands. as i've said before, the stakes in this fight extend far beyond ukraine. if we don't stop putin's appetite for power and control of ukraine, he won't limit himself just to ukraine. and the cost for america and our allies and partners is going to rise. for republicans in congress who think they can oppose funding for ukraine and not be held accountable, history is watching. history is watching. history is watching. failure to support ukraine this

critical moment will never be forgotten. i want to be clear about something. because i know it's important to the american people. all this bill sends military equipment to ukraine, it spends the money right here in the united states of america, places like arizona where the patriot missiles are built, and alabama where the javelin missiles are built, pennsylvania, ohio, texas, where artillery shells are made. the way it work, we supply ukraine with equipment from our stockpiles and then we replenish the stockpiles so the military has access to them. made right here in america by american workers. not only supports american jobs and communities, but allows us to maintain and strengthen our own defense manufacturing capacity. look, this bill meets our national security priorities in the middle east as well and includes greater support for our troops serving in the region who continue to defend against militia attacks backed by iran.

it also provides israel with what it needs to protect its people against a terrorist group like hamas and hezbollah and others, and provide lifesaving humanitarian aid to the palestinian people who desperately need food, water and shelter. they need help. finally, this bill includes critical funding for our national security priorities in aishah, because even as we focus on the conflicts in gaza and ukraine, we must not take our eye off our national security challenges in the pacific. it's the responsibility of a great nation and we are a great nation that the rest of the world looks to, and i mean that, the rest of the world looks to us. the stakes are already high for american security before this bill was passed in the senate last night. but recent days those stakes have risen. and that's because the former president has set a dangerous and shockingly frankly un-american signal to the world. a few days ago trump gave an

invitation to putin to invade some nato allies. he said if an ally did not spend enough money on defense, encourage russia to do whatever the hell they want. imagine a former president of the united states saying that. the whole world heard it and the worst thing means it. no other president ever has bowed down to a russian dictator. let me say this as clearly as i can. i never will. for god sake, it's dumb, it's shameful, it's dangerous, it's un-american. when america gives its word, it means something. when we make a commitment, we keep it. and nato is a sacred commitment. donald trump looks at this as if it's a burden when he looks at nato, he does not see the alliance that protects america and the world. he sees a protection racket. he does not understand nato is built on a fundamental protection of freedom, security

and national sovereignty. because for trump, principles never matter. everything is transactional. he doesn't understand that the sacred commitment we have given works for us as well. in fact, i would remind trump and all those who would walk away from nato, article 5 has only been invoked once, just once in our nato history, and it was done to stand with america after we were attacked on 9/11. we should never forget it. you know, our adversaries have long sought to create cracks in the alliance. greatest hope of all those who wish america harm is for nato to fall apart. and you can be sure that they all cheered when they heard donald trump, heard what he said. i know this. i will not walk away. i can't imagine any other president walking away. for as long as i'm president, if putin attacks a nato ally, the

united states will defend every inch of nato territory. let me close with this. you've heard me say this before. our nation stands at an inflection point in history, where the decisions we made now are going to determine the course of our future for decades to come. this is one of those moments. and i say to the house members, house republicans, you got to decide. are you gonna stand up for freedom or are you gonna side with terror and tyranny. are you going to stand with ukraine or stand with putin. we stand with america or trump. republicans and democrats in the senate came together to send a message of unity to the world. it's time for the house republicans to do the same thing. to pass this bill immediately. to stand for decency, stand for democracy, to stand up to a so-called leader hell bent on

weakening american security. i mean it sincerely, history is watching, history is watching. moments like this we have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. the world is looking to us. there's nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. and in this case, acting together includes acting with our nato allies. god bless you all, may god protect our speakers and i promise i will come back and answer questions later. thank you. >> when trump said that, sir, what did putin hear -- >> sandra: hung on a beat in case he turned to answer a question, but john, interesting he came out and immediately said to the nation he would not be taking any questions, not right now, but that he would take questions tomorrow or the next day. but came out of the gate urging speaker johnson to bring this ukraine aid bill to the floor immediately. said if the senate bill was put

on the house floor it would pass. he called on speaker johnson to let the full house speak its mind and allow minority -- not allow a minority of the most extreme voices in the house to block this bill, john. >> john: he said he would come back later today to take questions at the end of that. keep an eye on that, see if he will do that, or meant a different point in time. the fact there is no money for the border in this bill is a big problem for house republicans. morgan ortagus, $95 billion in total, 60 billion for ukraine, 14 billion ukraine, 9 billion for gaza and nothing for the border. this doesn't stand a chance in the house, though, how urgent is it to get this money out there, morgan? >> well first let me just counteract a little bit what the president said. he likes to throw in the determine democracy every time there is legislation or

something he wants done. what is truly democratic, john, is the process that we are going through right now. this is why the founders created two different branches of congress, and it's perfectly appropriate for the house to say we don't like the -- this is how democracy works, right. democracy doesn't mean rubber stamping whatever the president said. democracy means the house and the senate go back and forth and if a majority in the house deem that the bill needs revisions, then that's what they do. so, i really -- i have to say that the weaponizing of the word democracy only serves to undermine our own national security what we do that. what is truly democratic is whenever the senate and the house have to go back and forth and come out with a compromise. what could a potential compromise look like. you've heard president trump and others suggest perhaps this aid to ukraine and israel should be loans that it could be a very long time that it's paid back. i think that's actually quite a popular notion among the american people.

historical precedence for this, we saw this in lynn lease, and also in reconstruction with germany, over time some of that was paid back. so it's not like it is without historical precedence to tell our allies we are willing to help you but you are going to have to, even if it's over a long amount of time, have a repayment plan for this. so that's one thing the house could add, and certainly other provisions the house could put in for border security without trying to renegotiate comprehensive immigration plan that obviously did not work out when senator langeford, who i like very much, tried to do so. >> sandra: morgan, he spoke specifically on donald trump, the current front-runner for the gop nomination and said this, trump gave an invitation, president biden just said, to putin to invade some of our allies, nato's allies. the whole world heard it. the worst thing is he means it. what did you think of that messaging from the current president? >> i mean, putin decided to

invade under president bush, under president joe biden, and president obama. i have detailed the 15 to 20 different policy failures by the biden administration and by biden himself that led to putin's invasion. don't forget the minor incursion gaffe from president biden. they stopped the sanctioning on the nord stream two pipeline, and iran has continued to supply russia with lethal weaponry like drones, like now reportedly more ammunition, even ballistic missiles. so his policy towards putin, russia has utterly failed and there are thousands and thousands of dead ukrainians because of president biden's policy and his deterrence failure. so spare me from somebody who just saw the worst war on european soil since world war ii

break out on their watch, i'll take lectures from somebody else. >> john: let me ask you more of that, you were with the administration when president trump delivered the message to nato members, mike pompeo was the secretary of state, you were in all the meetings or the side of them, i remember when trump was demanding nato countries pony up 2% of the gdp for defense. this idea that trump said in a nato meeting or to members that you know, if you don't pay your money, i don't care what russia does, they can do whatever the hell they want to you because you are not paying up. how did that -- obviously that was talked about back then. what was the mood in the room? >> well, i was not in the room when he said that but i was constantly at nato in brussels with secretary mike pompeo. and you've seen nobody be more fiercely defensive of the ukrainians than secretary pompeo. listen, everybody gets -- this is baffling to me. everyone around the world, especially the europeans, get tongue twisted and tied up over

things that president trump says, they don't like how he says it but i'm in nashville, tennessee coming live from here. if i'm in my home studio or leave my house and go on the streets in nashville, tennessee ask my neighbors if the europeans should pay their fair share, they would say yes, no matter what their affiliation is. >> sandra: and fox news alert to the dow market action, the selloff to the lows of the day, down more than 700 points. looking at the big board live. the dow is having its worst day of the year. it has now wiped out half of this year's gains. s & p 500 also the worst day since march of 2023. on that market action, our econ panel, steve moore and robert wolf will join us live to tell us what we are to make of this, next. saquon.

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>> sandra: new numbers on the economy this morning sending markets lower. u.s. stock market taking a significant hit at this hour, down 700 points, the dow, almost 2% drop. worst day in a year and the dow has now wiped out more than half of this year's gains all on this new inflation data slowing it running hotteder than expected in january. joining us now is our econ panel, steve moore, robert wolf. robert, what is going on here? it seems to me these markets have been as we have discussed resilient in the face of what has been very questionable economic data and feelings among voters, especially. but now it's taking a big hit on this inflation data. what's the read? >> we should go back to last week's video tape when steve and i agreed the market felt frothy, we both thought there should not be a fed rate cut, we thought the economy was strong on gdp

and wages and labor but both thought inflation would have a long tail and that's what we are seeing now. the last leg of inflation is still going to be drawn out and i think the fed needs to change their rate from 2 to 2.5, i think if we did not realize it was 2.5 and they came in at 3% they would say it's great. >> sandra: i might need that teddy bear behind you, oh, they open the 401(k), looks so good, things are great, at least of late. so, steve, what do you tell people right now where is this all going next? seems inflation and the high prices are here to stay. >> yeah, one thing that robert and i do agree on is the inflation fight is not over. we have not killed this bogeyman of higher inflation. and the recent report shows that. and my fear is we will see a recurrence of the 1970s where you know, we have high inflation and then come down a little bit,

sandra, and then back up, and down a little and go back up again. we are always asked, you know, what is the most important thing the fed can do to get inflation under control and i think we are asking the wrong question here, sandra. the real question is what should congress be doing to bring inflation down, because let's not forget, what caused the inflation in the first place was the massive $6 trillion spending spree by joe biden, maddening to look at the press conference, he wants to spend another $118 billion and not pay one penny of it. you are not telling me he can't find $118 billion out of a trillions of budget cut, without adding to the debt, the single biggest economic and national security issue facing the country right now. >> sandra: robert, while all this is going on, you have the president just at the podium a few minutes ago talking about spending $95 billion. so, as long as we continue to

spend spend spend at the federal level, how can we expect to tame these prices? >> yeah, two things. i have to hit my friend steve back on that, trump spend 7 trillion, 25% of all debt in which steve thought gdp would hit 5% to pay for the tax cuts which were never paid for. with respect to the 95 billion, i absolutely believe it should be passed. i think we need to support ukraine, taiwan, and israel. i actually think the border security should be passed, it's a total of 110 billion. we have to make sure that we protect our nation and we protect our allies. i think there is no question if this went to the congress on an up and down vote, it would pass unanimously. >> sandra: steve. >> first of all, if you want to punish russia, it's pretty obvious what we should do, and by the way, morgan was exactly right. we didn't have a problem with russia when trump was president this all started, and frankly

when joe biden declared war on american energy. the only revenue russia has of any substance is from their oil production. if we were drill drill drill under trump, i don't think we would have had a problem -- i don't think biden would have gone -- i don't think that the russians would have gone into ukraine in the first place. so, there are plenty of policies to put in place. even if we agree that we should spend this money, robert, why can't we find ways to offset this with other spending cuts in our budget? >> sandra: okay, that's the question. i don't know, robert. steve, i got to go. >> i want to hear his answer. >> sandra: five seconds, go. robert wolf. >> when you pay fors, i'm all for pay fors. how can we stop doing that under trump, he forced it on -- >> pay go, pay go, pay as we go. let's pay for this. >> sandra: well, i don't know, guys. we'll see. it seems like the fed promised rate cuts like prematurely.

what was -- what was that? i've never seen the fed do that, like probably going to be three rate cuts next year, and the market rallied to record highs and here we are. they can't cut in this environment. john. >> no rate cut. >> john: 15-year-old venezuelan migrant charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a tourist in times square during a robbery. alexis mcadams live outside the courthouse with what happened at the hearing. alexis. >> hey, john. we just saw the migrant teen accused of shooting the tourist in the leg and then firing at nypd officers inside the courthouse behind me, he was held without bail. i'll tell you more about what's expected coming up next. have you looked at the interest rates on your credit cards lately? get ready for a shock. the rate on credit cards is now over 22%. if you want to save hundreds of dollars every month, pay off the balances on your high rate cards with a lower rate va home loan from newday usa. and get the financial peace of mind every veteran deserves. no one takes care of veterans like newday usa.

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opening fire in times square appeared before a judge today. he is facing several charges now including attempted murder and is being tried as an adult. new york republican congressman mike lawler moments away as violent migrant gangs gain influence here in the big apple. but alexis mcadams outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. what happened in court? >> hey, sandra. the migrant teenager is inside the courthouse behind me, his family was if the there and he did not speak english so had to use a translator, held without bond again and is facing life behind bars. this is who we are talking about, he's facing charges of attempted murder, assault, attempted assault and weapons possessions. the 15-year-old, this comes after investigators tell us he pulled out a .45 caliber handgun and tried to shoot a security guard inside of a store after he was reportedly shoplifting. he missed the guard and shot a

tourist instead, and then fired at police. so, where did figueroa come from? he was from venezuelan, he was living in a migrant center, his defense attorney would not tell us too much about him. watch. >> he is as well as can be expected given the severity of the charges at his young age. he's 15 years of age and does not speak any english. >> what's next for the d.a. is going to present the case to a grand jury tomorrow. sandra. >> all right, alexis, thank you very much. john. >> john: let's talk more about crime and punishment with new york republican congressman mike lawler. so, mayor adams rightfully says that the overwhelming majority of illegal migrants who are in new york city are law abiding people, not involved in trouble. but, there is an increasing number of people who are bad actors. is that just a natural outgrowth of the sheer numbers of people who are coming into this

country? >> no question. since joe biden took office, nearly 10 million migrants have crossed the southern border, most illegally, 90% are released into the country within 36 to 48 hours of being detained and processed. and when these asylum cases are finally heard, 2 to 3 years after the fact, 70% of them are rejected. and so you have people who are here, some of them are not able to work, obviously, while they are going through this process. the new york city shelter system has had a 50% increase, and this is the problem in new york. you have a failed sanctuary city policy. you have the right to shelter court case interpreted to mean that you have to provide housing to illegal immigrants, and then you have new york's disastrous criminal laws, including the cashless bail law. you saw just last week migrants illegal immigrants assaulting police officers, being arrested, being released within hours, and then fleeing new york.

i mean, if that doesn't epitomize what a disaster new york has become, i don't know what else does. >> sandra: mike, thank you very much for being here with us today. if you want to look at the man at the center of these disastrous criminal policies, this is d.a. bragg, he's the guy letting piece people walk through. >> our job is to follow the facts, build cases that stand in the court of law so we can get accountability and we will continue to do so. i'm privileged to do it with great partners in nypd and with great leadership from the city. >> sandra: congressman, how can he say he's outraged by this, when he's the very man behind these, you know, soft on crime policies in this city that's led to this disaster? >> robert morganthal is spinning in his grave. alvin bragg is the worst district attorney in america and

should be fired and governor hochul has the authority to do so. she has failed to exercise that authority, and as a result you have a situation where victims are thrown under the bus in new york city, criminals are held up on a pedestal and law enforcement is spat on daily by alvin bragg and these pro criminal policies enacted in new york state. as i've said repeatedly, cashless bail is the single stupidest law ever enacted anywhere in america and needs to be repealed in its entirety. but unfortunately we have inept leadership in new york under hochul and adams and they allow the city to decay before our very eyes. it's sad and something needs to change. >> john: and other states and cities looked at that and said great idea, cashless bail, let's adopt that. immigration issue as well as crime playing out in the third

congressional district special election, tom suozzi against pilip. what are you hearing in terms of turnout, how you think the vote is going? >> obviously the snowstorm in new york impacted turnout a little bit this morning. from everything i'm hearing, turnout in republican precincts is up, democrat precincts are average, and so i think tonight you are going to see mazi beat suozzi. he will be a six time loser. the issues are in her favor. border, crime, affordability, all a result of failed democratic policies in washington and albanian new york city. voters have had enough in new york. they want common sense. pilip, ethiopian born immigrant, served in the idf, came to new york, mother of seven, you know what, unlike george santos, she's actually jewish.

>> john: we'll see how it goes. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> sandra: the weather outside, it is frightful but the scene here in new york city, well, for the moment it looks delightful. nicole valdez is bracing the elements here in central park for us. i believe so far we have seen the most snow in a couple years. >> well, sandra, i have not seen this scene in a while, but you are right. officially the biggest snowstorm that's affected the big apple in at least two years, if not more. coming up, we'll talk the impacts we have already seen from this and what's to come after the break.

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>> sandra: all right. a live look at massachusetts. more than 40 million people now are under weather -- winter weather alerts. new york city got the biggest snowfall in two years. nicole valdez is live in central park for us. the snow has stopped and dangerous travel conditions remain, nicole. >> sandra, central park covered in white. truly never a sight other than this one here. but you're right. there's still some concern despite the fact that that winter storm warning issued for

the big apple. the first one in more than two years has officially been removed. travel advisories remain in effect as officials worry about refreezing temperatures later on tonight. check out central park right now. you'll notice some areas still have a lot of snow built up on the side. it's really the heavily trafficked areas where you start to see the snowbelt and turn in to water as we warmed up now about 38 degrees here. so that's what we're seeing and where officials worry overnight we could see all that water turn to ice and create a second round of travel trouble. the last snowiest on record for the big apple with about two inches. we're talking more than three inches recorded here in central park today. even more so outside the city. la guardia, j.f.k. and newark looking at closer to four inches. quite the impacts here. you mentioned public schools. they went to remote learning

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. >> john: coming up, we're expecting the pentagon briefing. probably get an update on lloyd austin who remains at walter reed military medical center. he was put under general anesthesia for a nonsurgical procedure. he's expected to resume some duties today at least. as far as we know, he remains in the hospital at this moment. >> sandra: also alerting back to the dow. off 730 points. almost a 2% drop. just put a phone call in to our sister network, the fox business network and asked them how much

was the dow -- sorry. what was the gain on the dow prior to today for the year. it was 1,108 points. is right now you have a huge chunk of this year's gains getting wiped off that chart. so -- >> john: you do. but it's still up from where we started the year. that's a good thing. >> sandra: that's a good thing. >> john: the dow goes up and goes down as we say all the time. it will go back up at some point. people want to know -- >> john: right now. what is my money doing? don't look. >> sandra: by the way, i mentioned brian kemp at 4:00. i'm in for neil. set your dvr. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. guess who is back? martha is back. hi there. >> martha: good to be here. welcome, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story" right now. >> sandra: vice president harris seeking to reassure an america that is unsure