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accomplice. >> we found shackles at the scene of one of the homicides. that's one of the ways we tied them together. >> skyler mead was serving a 20 year sentence for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with a firearm and not released until 2036. he planned a break-out where he injured himself so badly he was taken to the nearby hospital and escorted by four corrections officers. two armed and two unarmed. when he was being walked out of the hospital back to the ambulance an accomplice ambushed the officer, shooting two of them. a third officer was later hit by friendly fire from a boise officer. police say the accomplice was nick laos who met mead in prison. they're both members of the aryan knights prison gang. the good news back at the top two suspects captured and the really good news, jacque, these
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three officers who were injured are expected to make a full recovery. >> jacque: thanks, dan. >> dana: fox news alerting. wild scene on the southern border. president biden was in texas yesterday when this violent chaos unfolded in el paso. hundreds of illegal migrants breaking through razor wire barriers and attacking national guard troops. so far nothing from the administration. a live update from the white house in a few moments. first former president trump in a race against time. he has three days to secure a $454 million bond and post it by monday or risk losing his properties to new york attorney general letitia james. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. good to be with you, jacque. >> i'm jacque heinrich. the attorney general taking steps toward possibly seizing some of trump's asset to satisfy the civil fraud judgment against
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him. massive verdicts and already posted bond to appeal one case. trump's lawyers argue the price tag in the fraud verdict might be out of reach. >> dana: the case the way it's been handled a major threat to global stability. >> this is no longer anything to do with donald trump whatsoever. this is very concerning to what you think as the american brand. the reason we're the number one economy on earth we provide stability in financial markets through transparency, appellate systems and court, guarantee of law, property rights. the way i view this and the way it's viewed internationally this was like dress-up court with kids running some kind of a halloween party with no adult supervision. we need the adults now. we need the adults to look at this. >> dana: what could happen next if president trump is unable to post the bond. >> trump's legal team told the court he doesn't have the wash
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for the bond. this morning he boasted about money he says on handwriting in part through hard work, talent and luck i currently have almost $5 hundred million in cash, a substantial amount of which i intended to use in my campaign for president. this is the judge who handed down a clr 454 million in the civil fraud case. ordered the trump organization on thursday to closely inform the court of its efforts to secure the bond. trump's lawyers have called securing the bond a practical impossibility because insurance companies won't underwrite it for the massive amount, or won't accept trump's real estate as collateral. real estate, which appears to be on the radar of new york attorney general leticia james. she registered the judgment in westchester county, new york, earlier this month. the area is home to two of trump's properties. it would allow her to secure a
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lien against properties in the future. real estate development and former obama fundraiser told fox this case will turn businesses away from new york. >> this case amplifies that it is very difficult to do business in new york. if you happen to be a successful, wealthy entrepreneur, watch out. the government can be used to weaponize you especially if you get out of line and do something that the far left doesn't like. >> trump's monday deadline comes as the former president could reportedly receive a sizeable pay-out of his media company that owns truth social goes public. >> dana: thank you for following that for us. thank you so much. >> jacque: let's bring in shannon bream to break this down for us. shannon, obviously there are various efforts the former president is making. but the court could step in before then and try to change this in some way. are they allowed to consider the
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court, the ripple effect across business in the state or former president's business or only allowed to look at the narrowness of this appeal? >> well, they can take in any number of factors in looking at this. what the trump team is arguing, a couple of things. they say listen, when you make a fine or penalty so excessive than even trying to appeal it is nearly impossible, you are completely violating the issue of due process which is the bedrock of the american legal foundations and society. so they have a number of arguments on that front. if that appeals court doesn't step in right away signals from the trump team they'll file lawsuits as well if james goes after physical properties there in new york. and as cb noted wrapping up her report there is the issue of truth social. if it goes public next week billions of dollars in the mix there. he shouldn't be able to sell stock for six months unless he gets a waiver from the shell company that would take it public.
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if that happens, his financial picture turns around significantly potentially as soon as next week. >> jacque: will he be able to get a waiver? the shell company, i think, is connected with him, right? they wouldn't deny him that likely. >> that's the question. but yes, in media, outlets and reporting about that shell company it is described as friendly to the former president. if that's the case, you would assume they would give him the waiver well ahead of the six months he would otherwise have to wait. so you already see people out there online buzzing and talking about this. i don't care about this company but buy shares if i am a supporter of president trump. funnel more help for them. a great fundraiser. they are fundraising off the threat coming on monday. they are lagging when it comes to what the president has built up in his war chest. this is just another call for them to their base to step up and help. >> jacque: let's look at the numbers on that. trump has now in fundraising
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$74.4 million. biden campaign has $155 million. the trump campaign is asking to designate some of the fundraising to these legal costs. what will that do to the former president's ability to build out campaign infrastructure? we're eight months out from the election. is it getting to be a dicey time to do that? >> are you tired of it yet? you and dana and every one of us covering it. it can be a long general election campaign. a lot of money these two camps have to spend. there is this new deal of joint fundraising venture that involves the rnc and path friendly to the former president and how to divide money. some goes to the legal costs before it goes to the rnc getting a cut. big fundraisers coming for both camps. obama and clinton will have a big fundraiser for president biden and vice president harris next week. after that in palm beach former
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president trump has a huge fundraiser that is expected to bring in tens of millions of dollars. you are right. a lot of this money, 50 million or so we're told has gone to legal costs for president trump. but he has to raise the money he needs to run ads and build ground games and do those things so important in an election year, too. >> jacque: this is happening before a monday deadline. a big show this weekend where you'll talk about it. tom cotton and what do you have on deck? >> we'll talk foreign policy. he is a big critic of china. the tiktok measure is dawdling a little bit. will you do it or not? the pressure on israel. funding for ukraine if we avoid the government shutdown at midnight tonight and on the v.p. list or joining his administration? >> jacque: see you later. [shouting]
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>> dana: hundreds of illegal migrants rushing the u.s. border in el paso, texas, they broke through razor wire and tramped national guardsmen and attacking the soldier. the white house isn't commenting. >> what we know is catch and release. these are people mainly released into the country. so this sends the message to people around the world that even if you act like this, you can probably get into the country and i think they continue to push these boundaries and to see what they can get away with. >> dana: griff jenkins is live at the white house with more. >> good morning. president biden was on the ground in texas for two days in dallas and houston at fundraisers while miles away in el paso you saw hundreds of migrants storming texas's razor fence barrier. the "new york post" captured it on video. mostly adult males in this video
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overwhelming texas national guard. one migrant has been charged with assault. governor abbott says they were able to regain control and redouble that wire barrier that sits between mexico and the u.s. border wall in the area. migrants were turned over to cbp and processed under title eight. brandon judd reacted. >> i have conducted numerous interviews with people that have crossed our borders illegally. when i've detained them. they have flat out told me they know that nothing is going to happen to me. these individuals do not fear our laws. >> cbp issues this statement. consequences to crossing the border illegally. cbp continues to enforce united states immigration laws, no one should believe the lies of smugglers, individuals and families without a legal basis to remain in the united states will be removed. our colleague aishah hosni got reaction from democratic
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congre congresswoman jayapal. >> we have to reform legal policies. >> do you think it's what would stop this? >> yeah, i think that is ultimately what the answer is. >> the president is here at the white house right now. we'll see if he has anything to say about it. no comment, though, yet on the breach video and no talk still about any executive actions the president might take. dana. >> dana: griff, if the cbp says it has processed under title eight, why aren't they deported? >> a great question. title eight so our viewers understand is our immigration law under the constitution. anyone who crosses legally or illegally are entitled to due process to make a claim for admission. asylum as we most often hear from the migrants. the loophole comes in when they have capacity issues. that's what the cbp officials say they have. no place to hold people, to detain them. not enough immigration judges or
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immigration officials officers to deal with this. therefore they are forced to release them with a notice to appear. an immigration judge will determine when and if they are deported. that's why we are hearing about the cartels overwhelming the system and the migrants gaming the system about knowing what to say and how to play it. right now the numbers are so large and resources so low, even though they cross and processed under title eight they get released because of the loophole. >> dana: a beautiful day but maybe crisp there. moments ago a u.s. cease-fire resolution goes down in defeat at the united nations security council. china and russia rejected it. the resolution was notable calling for an immediate cease-fire and hostage deal was part of that. the use of the word immediate is significant suggesting some tougher language against israel from the biden administration. last month a similar resolution
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called for a cease-fire as soon as practicable. this continues a pattern as the biden administration starts to distance from netanyahu. >> jacque: we're watching the floor of the house of representatives where this morning they are set to take a vote on a $1.2 trillion spending package to avoid the government shutdown that would take effect at midnight tonight if it doesn't happen. the republicans have to pass this on suspension and need to get 2/three of the house to vote for it to go through. 290 votes. republicans have to put up at least 100. unclear if that can happen although it does have support of leadership. house waived the 72 hour rule they have to give members a period of time to look over this. we're on a deadline. still needs to go to the senate to fund the government and midnight is fast approaching. >> if you ban tiktok i will find you -- [laughter] >> dana: threats to lawmakers by
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tiktok users as time is running off to cut off its china ties or face a ban in the united states. thom tillis on the menacing messages he is getting coming up. did you catch this? >> we have achieved a lot. my husband, doug, it's like a cvs receipt, you know, we can go on and on with what we've got on the list. >> jacque: democrats putting on a brave public face but a different picture in private. they're gloomy about the chances of biden re-election. >> dana: the late oft on the scandal rocking america's pastimes and what it means for one of the game's biggest stars. we have clay travis next. i couldn't get my hair done.
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>> dana: evan gershkovitch's family speaking out after a year he was imprisoned in russia. it has been an agonizing year for the family but hopeful he will return home soon. >> i look forward to that day. get to meet the amazing person evan is. that's definitely one of the things that i hold onto every day is just being strong and still has a sense of humor. you can often see him in the courtroom photos. >> dana: the biden administration designated as wrongfully detained and called for him to be freed. the u.s. and journal both say the spying allegations are obviously absurd and we await his release. >> jacque: bob menendez
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announcing he will not run for re-election as a democrat but leaving the door open for an independent run. mark meredith has more from washington on this. >> good morning. great story. new jersey senator bob menendez says it is possible he still may run for re-election but it won't be as a traditional democrat. he is accused of accepting gold bars, cash, and car as bribes to leverage power over u.s./egyptian and qatari relation and assist new jersey businessmen released a ten minute long video thursday proclaiming his innocence and vowing to jump back into the race if he is found not guilty. >> i will not file for the democratic primary this june. i am hopeful my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy in the general election as an independent democrat. >> he was up against the clock. monday is the filing deadline
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for the democratic primary. he lost the support of senate colleagues including chuck schumer. >> as i have said, the senate has certain standards and menendez fell way below it. we're deeply disappointed in him. >> pennsylvania senator john fetterman ready to twist the knife posted online dibs on your parking spot. menendez stepped down as chair of foreign relations but remains on the committee that generated outrage on the hill. democrats are holding the primary in june to fill his spot. among the candidates tammy murphy, wife of the current governor and progressive congressman andy kim. >> jacque: thank you. >> dana: the i.r.s. is opening a criminal investigation into the ex-interpreter for ohtani accused of stealing millions of dollars to place illegal bets and probing the bookmaker that took in the bets.
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clay travis joins me now. this is from the lawyers for ohtani. in the course of responding to recent inquiries ohtani has been the victim of a massive theft and turning the matter over the authorities. how do you think they figured this out? >> well, this is a huge mess, first of all. if this is true and 4 1/2 million dollars were stolen from ohtani to allow gambling wagers to be placed in california, that's a massive, massive crime, right? not very often that a theft of this magnitude would occur. and so this individual, the translator, would be facing potentially years and years in prison for this activity. but remember there is also several other complicating factors here. i'm a little skeptical on this, dana, because the only way that shohei ohtani could be cleared
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is if they say he had absolutely nothing to do with this and had no knowledge of these wagers being placed. there are obvious evidence aspects here that suggest that's probably not true or maybe unlikely. and also remember here is the big challenge, sports gambleling in california is still illegal. so that is a violation of california law. and if there was any suggestion at all, 4 1/2 million is a lot of wagers placed, if there was any suggestion at all that ohtani had been involved in these wagers and that baseball games were involved in any way, this would be a modern day pete rose scandal for major league baseball except far larger because ohtani just signed a $7 hundred million contract, ten years, with the l.a. dodgers. the biggest global star for baseball anywhere. there are a lot more details to come out here. what i'm skeptical about, there
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is no way that this bookie in california would be giving 4 1/2 million dollars of credit to a translator who only made a few hundred thousand dollars a year. that guy would have never been able to pay back a gambling debt of this magnitude. the bookie must have believed that ohtani was involved in placing these wagers, otherwise allowing a debt of this magnitude to be wracked up doesn't make financial sense at the most baseline level. >> dana: i remember when he got the contract he was is subject of dana reads sports. one more story. the biden president, president biden has made the cover of "time" magazine on a bike and he is looking vigorous except the article is not great asking if the president is stuck in the mud and there is a headline is biden's campaign in trouble? will the turnaround plan work.
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in the quote of the article includes this sentence. privately even some white house insiders admit they are scared. they have to be, clay. >> i'm sure you saw cnn came out with a poll today showing joe biden was down eight points in michigan. eight. there is no pathway to the presidency that includes his losing the state of michigan and he is down right now. the emerson poll in all battleground states trump would need to win three or four to be elected president. i think there is a full-on panic going on. we haven't seen any state of the union bounce to speak of. it had to be the hope of democrats and certainly white house officials and campaign officials. hasn't happened. trump's lead has remained pretty significant and pretty steadfast. >> dana: thank you, hope you have a good time watching basketball this weekend. >> i will. good luck on your brackets. your team is out.
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voting on a bill that would fund 3/four of the government for six months. it has to be passed with 290 votes in the house. which means republicans have to put up at least 100. they put up 132 on the last one. their senior leadership sources saying it looks unlikely they'll get that number this time and unrest because usually the house likes to give 72 hours for members to read a bill before they vote for it. they waived it this time. the deadline is midnight. then it has to go to the senate. we're watching and counting down. >> dana: the mini bus is what gutfeld drives. >> president biden: undocumented person. i'm not going to treat any of these people with disrespect. they built the country. the reason our economy is growing. >> dana: contrast of the president's comments with what we saw yesterday. nothing short of stunning. we're waiting for white house reaction. it has yet to comment. we expect reporters will ask
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about it at this afternoon's press briefing. authorities charging at least one of those migrants with assault. seems kind of low. >> jacque: this is the bill to potentially ban tiktok moves to the senate. lawmakers are facing blowback from fans of the app. some is very disturbing. my next guest received this voicemail. >> if you ban tiktok i will find you and shoot you. [laughter] that's people's jobs and that's my only entertainment. i'm trying to get rich like that. anyways, i will shoot you and find you and cut you into pieces. bye. [laughter] >> jacque: your office received that voicemail, thom tillis. what were your thoughts when that came in? >> my staff played it to me and i said let's make this person a star. i wanted tiktok to be accountable for causing what
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sounds like a minor to make such a statement to a u.s. senator or member of congress. tiktok has actually hurt their case by telling young people to call our office. most of the people calling our office sound like they must have taken a school day to actually do it. they sound like 12, 13, 14-year-olds. they are building the case for how these social media platforms are controlling our lives and influencing our children and making threats to members of congress. so count me as a lean yes for the tiktok bill. we need to get it out of chinese orbit and hold them accountable for what they're doing and how they're influencing our children. >> jacque: pop up, if you had a zip code in the district of a member who was in the middle give them the phone number to call right there. let's play what the tiktok ceo said. this is exactly what he wanted to happen. take a listen. >> we believe we can overcome this together. i encourage you to share your
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stories, share them with your friends, family, share them with the senators. protect your constitutional rights. make your voices heard. >> jacque: you said that a lot of this response has hardened people into the position of forcing this through. but why won't chuck schumer take it up? biden has already said he would sign the bill. >> i think that chuck schumer should. he is wasting a lot of time. take a look at this congress. a do-nothing congress. he is not taking the time of the chamber to pass meaningful bills. china has a connection to tiktok. think about the thousands and thousands of calls to washington. that is information that could be made available to the chinese communist party because there is still a connection to a chinese company. they have an obligation to cooperate with their government. they aren't a democracy. they are a totalitarian regime. bad on you, tiktok. users need to understand we're
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not talking about get rid of tiktok but protecting the platform and protecting your information. i don't have confidence the current owners and leadership will. >> jacque: u.s. capitol police would not give a total number of incidents saying a lot of these involved minors and reasons why they can't reveal that. but the other side of this there are some senators saying we need to have a public hearing so that we can get to the detail of why this is a national security threat. do you think it's in the interest of the general public to hear from the intelligence community, the real facts and we've heard this before. do you think it will make a difference this time? >> i really do think that we should. i think that we should bring it before one or two committees, probably one it could go to is judiciary committee. let's get the facts. before i took the position i would vote for the bill we need to look at the second and third order of facts to make sure we get the language right. that would be a good use of a
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hearing instead of these made for tv political hearings that we're having. let's get into some meaty details that deal with our nation's security. the threat of china. that would be a great use of committee time versus the games we're playing right now. i think it would be helpful. maybe we can make the bill better, send it to the house and the president. it is on chuck schumer. it would be easy to get a bipartisan consensus and he is playing political games, like he always does. >> jacque: an issue of misinformation what the bill would do and how it could be stretched or how it couldn't. so -- >> we are not shutting down tiktok. we are making iter. that's what the american people need to hear. i have to say one more thing. my mother watches your show every morning and probably watching now. i have to say hello to my mother. >> jacque: thank you for your time. really appreciate it. say hi to your mom for us.
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>> jacque: breaking and sad news. the body of missing college student riley strain has been found. steve harrigan has more on this story. i'm sure the family is getting the call no parent ever wants to receive. >> there has been an intense search for two weeks. moments ago nashville police confirming 22-year-old riley strain, a student at the university of missouri who was
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visiting nashville with fraternity brothers for an annual event. a body pulled out of the cumberland river at 7:30 this morning is the missing college student. there were some videos shown of riley strain over the past two weeks as police tried to encourage people to give information about his potential whereabouts. he was kicked out of a bar two weeks ago for being intoxicated. he told his friends he was going to return back to the hotel. instead two weeks later after a massive search finally some news for his family. the body of the 22-year-old recovered in the river. police have emphasized no sign of trauma, no sign of foul play. jacque, back to you. >> jacque: terrible news for that family. hope they can get closure there, steve. thank you. >> the one thing i do advise and said it at multiple hearings and multiple briefings, that right now we have to start
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implementing both containment and mitigation. and what was done when you do closing the schools is mitigation. >> dana: that was dr. anthony fauci. it has been four years since the covid pandemic first shut down schools and many health and education experts are still seeing lingering effects of those closures today. u.s. students falling further behind in the very basics. joining us now is fox news contributor and warrior for education former education secretary bill bennett. "the new york times" analysis, you could call this a blinding flash of the obvious. the longer schools were closed the more students fell behind. income and family backgrounds made a big difference. even short closures had long-term consequences for children. closing schools did not appear to significantly slow covid spread and pandemic school closures offer lessons for the future. indeed it does. what about for the children who were basically left behind and
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are trying to catch up? >> "new york times" discovers the obvious. they need to catch up and we need to help them catch up. summer school and other efforts. these kids are behind going into covid. covid accelerated that decline. and they are in decline after covid. so we need to do a lot of work to fix this. the one thing that did happen as a result of closing the schools was not that covid was stopped, it wasn't. but that learning and connection to the school, and emotional stability were all upset and went in the opposite direction. >> dana: we have seen chronic absenteeism. a school has students to miss 10% of school or more has continued. look at the math scores. the results from also "the new york times" analysis, how far
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down those math scores have gone. in your experience, what kind of effort is needed or how quickly could a student catch up on something like math? >> math is harder, but you can catch up. it needs to be intense. that's why i mentioned extra hours in the school day and summer school and we need to get these kids up to par. remember, dropping in math, if you think about what the chinese are doing, this is a serious national security issue for the future. people worry about a lot of things in regard to the future and security but the readiness of our students to think and to analyze and to compute is a very important aspect of it. >> dana: want to ask you about this. news this week about a new fully digital s.a.t. test to get into college. apparently it adapts to what you
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are able to do. this is a q and a. will i be disadvantaged if i get easier questions in the second module? the answer is you won't be disadvantaged but presented with questions taylored to your abilities or questions that are much too hard or too easy. what do you think? >> what the heck is going on? first the s.a.t. was banned. now it's brought back but brought back digitally but it's brought back in a way if you have trouble with the first half they will go easy in the second half. what does it mean? i will tell you one things it means. parents are confused and don't like what is going on in higher education, not sure what the expectations are. they do know what the cost is. the big picture here, dana, is that more and more parent and their children are thinking twice about going to college. what is the return on investment? for most students, the return on investment is not very good.
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they put up the money and they get out and don't have a job. the employers would rather train them themselves because they don't like the attitudes and learning abilities of the kids who come out of college. >> dana: bill bennett. thank you. we hope everyone learns a lesson from school closures. have a great weekend. >> we need to. >> jacque: democrats want to give low income americans a leg up on rising house costs. that story is coming up next. ah mornings! cough? congestion? i'm feeling better. all in one and done with new mucinex kickstart. headache? better now. new mucinex kickstart gives all-in-one and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season.
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freedom and civilization. we'll pay attention to that. i think we're on top of it. >> jacque: anti-israel protestors aren't giving president biden a break. they are swarming the hotel in gaza. far left democrats. the protestors are making it clear holding up signs saying in november, we will remember. >> dana: you could call it a green new deal part two. far left lawmakers rolling out a new face with a focus on public housing. lucky them. will it actually help make homes more affordable or just put the american dream even further out of reach? hillary vaughn of fox business live on capitol hill. kell us more. >> the new proposal progressives are ditching the traditional idea of an american dream which is owning your home one day and changing it for the idea of
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renting your home from the government for forever. progressives rolling out this new proposal that would encourage the government to build public housing so the idea to help address the housing shortage by the government building homes and then building can rent them from the government. >> we need to make sure that when we talk about housing, this is not just about who can afford a mortgage, it is about who can afford rent. we set the price and it creates -- it puts pressure on the market and they then have to compete with our rent, not us suffering because of the high prices of their rent. >> there is a serious housing supply issue driving up mortgage prices out of reach for many americans. the huge difference between who whoa a house cost compared to income in 1985 and compare it to the same cost for average americans in 2022. the national association of realtors says 75% of homes are unaffordable for the middle
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class. critics of public housing say government-run housing is not the answer to drive up supply because it can only be built in certain areas due to zoning laws and building more of it could make low income communities worse off. brookings metro warns absent a serious plan to legalize apartments in high opportunity communities proposals to the build more public housing exacerbate racial and economic segregation to the harm of low income families. another part of the green new deal for housing is pushing for a cap on how much someone would have to pay for rent. >> that is plantation capitalism. rent should be capped at 20% of someone's salary. that's where we need to take it. >> the government did test out this idea of being a landlord, but it didn't work out too well. they put a stop to it under president bill clinton. progressives want to give the government another shot at being a landlord. >> dana: is this something that president biden would get behind
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or like to distance himself from this idea? >> the white house has said look, they support any ideas that would help try to address the housing crisis. it's a problem they acknowledge exist but they aren't endorsing this specific policy, dana. it is unlikely that this policy would ultimately pass congress and become law. >> jacque: they tried the green new deal with other things before. how did they settle on this branding? >> that's a good question. the other green new deal, the og green new deal didn't work out or get too far. they are trying to tie part of the housing crisis to also the climate crisis saying that existing affordable housing right now also is bad for the climate and a lot of the energy efficiency is out of date and where the green new deal came into play for this. but again it is really unlikely if this is a realistic proposal that has any legs outside of this press conference.
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>> dana: hillary vaughn, thank you so much. good to see you in your green. green new deal on. before we go, jacque, this is cool. an underwater discovery off the coast of the greek islands, european researchers uncovering a total of ten shipwrecks along with artifacts some of them dated back to 3,000 b.c. the newest from world war ii. they contain dishes and other things from greece and africa. they offer new information about the history of the region. that's kind of cool. >> jacque: they sunk over different periods of time. >> dana: in the same spot. was it like the bermuda triangle of greece? will there be a government shutdown? >> jacque: we'll see, midnight. >> dana: that's only about 13 hours from now. great to have you, jacque. julie banderas is in for harris. >> julie: thank you very much. start with a fox new
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