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result of the growth of our population. of which we have room. >> bill: now there are some who see a crisis. others, however, see an economic opportunity like that man right there, the chicago mayor brandon johnson. he wants the president to grant work permits to nearly half a million illegal immigrants living in illinois. that would be quite a change in policy. good morning, friday. hope you made it through the week. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." i did love carley picking up the dog. she has a one year old. she picked up that dog like it was nothing. >> bill: like she was at home. >> dana: i didn't nov mayor johnson is a macro economist saying his city can welcome up to 700,000 more migrants. governor abbott calling it a matter of national security yesterday. >> because what we have suffered in the united states by joe biden's illegal immigration

policies, by the lack of safety, by the number of americans who are being killed by the migrants allowed in across the border illegally by the biden administration. this is what you call murder by government policy. americans are sick and tired of it. >> bill: the governor of texas on our program yesterday. garrett tenney is in chicago leading the news there today. good morning. >> good morning to you. mayor brandon johnson is unique among sanctuary city mayors. even when the city shelters were full and migrants sleeping on the street he didn't tell them to stop coming like the mayors of denver and new york. now he is doubling down on that suggesting the city has room for up to 700,000 more people and describing the migrant crisis as an economic opportunity. that is despite the more than billion taxpayer dollars have gone to take care of migrants in chicago so far. democratic alderman says these moves to bring in as many

migrants as possible is a political strategy for the mayor and his progressive allies. >> we have seen where him and socialist colleagues are anxiously awaiting having a new dependent class in our city of chicago that requires a whole host of new programs to take care of them. that is the windfall they're looking forward to seeing. >> folks in black neighborhoods across the city outraged about the money and resources being poured into migrants instead of their communities are firing back at the mayor for claiming there is enough to go around for everyone. >> the fact of the matter is that there is not enough to go around. and you can say that if you want to. it's cliche-ish and sounds good. those of us living in these inner city neighborhoods, we know there is not enough. >> hours after mayor johnson said chicago will continue to welcome anyone who wants to come

here, prosecutors in the chicago suburb announced this man who crossed the border illegally from mexico two weeks ago has been charged with first degree murder for brutally stabbing his wife to death last week, nearly decapitating her in front of their two young children after an argument. the latest case in what police departments have called a significant increase of cases of migrant crime all across chicago. >> bill: unbelievable. garrett tenney thank you from chicago. we'll watch that policy and see where it goes. more now with dana. >> dana: change impacting the youngest patients at a major massachusetts hospital system. it will no longer automatically report neglect if a newborn tests positive for drugs. nate foye live to explain why. >> good morning, dana. massachusetts largest hospital network will now require written permission to drug test a new mother or infant baby outside of emergency situations. to answer your question the hospital says it's an effort to

fight racism and promote health equity. mass general brigham says we have prior orized and are addressing policy that may perpetuate structural racism. substance use disorder has inequities in the context of pregnancy. hospital staff will only report a baby to state investigators if there is a perceived risk of imminent abuse or neglect. they found substance use disorder by itself is not child abuse or neglect. the new policy is also meant to help mothers recovering from drug addiction who may refuse treatments out of fear they may lose custody of their babies. the change is allowed under state law but soon the state law in massachusetts could also change. new legislation is being considered that would establish new regulations about child

welfare reporting at birth for the entire massachusetts hospital system. the massachusetts department of public health says the severe maternal morbidity rate for black women is 2 1/2 times higher than white women. measures the amount of short or long term health consequences from labor. mass general brigham joins boston medical center in adopting a similar policy. >> dana: thank you, nate. >> bill: want to bring in fox business host taylor days.

math math. thanks. we'll talk about. >> i pray to god every day that they found a pot of money that could resolve the budget issues. we don't want to make cuts. >> dana: blue led cities are making cuts to care for migrants as the men and women who put their lives out there for the country are being put on the back burner.

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show up at the border, get bused here for free and receive free housing and shelter and the world has showed up. >> dana: not just new york city. look at this. california, new york, chicago, denver spending billions of dollars. look at chicago $156 million. california $22 billion. there is big money in this. i guess what is confusing is where does it end? >> number one, we have to understand the incentives. some people are benefiting from the migrant crisis. the hotels get 100% occupancy rate. the city will pay for any damages if they end up ending the contract and the contractors from the shelters that have been built. there is some lobbying effort here to keep this going on. i think it will end number one if the border crisis ends. a new president comes into office, new policies are implemented or number two, the finances will make it end, right? the city simply cannot run a

budget deficit forever. not the federal government. it will eventually end. >> dana: the total cost to taxpayers i have on the sheet is $150.7 billion. last question to you and we just need a quick answer. you immigrated from venezuela. when you see what is happening in terms of illegal immigrants coming across from venezuela, how do you feel about that? >> i feel really sad of what happened in my country. venezuelans in new york city who comes and live in the shelters and i feel really bad but always thought of america as the world's beacon and hope and now i feel it is the world of welfare and dependence. i want many good immigrants to come to america. not this what we are experiencing right now. >> did they ever threaten you? >> yes, they threatened me, of course. last time even the officer was

there and they were sitting down against us and they were showing me something like this. >> bill: poor guy trying to live a responsible life. homeowners describe the showdown they're facing against migrant squatters and they're up against it. that's next.

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several counties in new york state have declared states of emergency to help deal with the large numbers of eclipse viewers. similar declarations have been made in texas and indiana and the additional funds will help them deal with the additional visitors and get some resources from state and federal governments. now a new york state a prison lockdown will be -- six inmates housed at the correctional facility filed a lawsuits against the state department of corrections saying the prison lockdown violates their constitutional right of religious freedom and the solar eclipse enhances their religious experiences. their attorney saying they're pleased in the response to the lawsuit alleging real edge laos

discrimination they've entered into a binding settlement agreement to allow our clients to view the eclipse with their religious beliefs. islam says one coincided with the death of the prophet mohammed's son and christians think one happened during the crucifixion of jesus. the lockdown will be in effect. any prisoner who wishes to view the eclipse for religious basis they'll look at it on a case-by-case basis. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: another new york institution getting ready for the solar eclipse. yankees are delaying the start of their game against the marlins pushing the start back four hours from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to avoid delays caused by the lunar event expected to

touchdown in the city around 3:00 p.m. just in time for "the story" to get going. martha maccallum will be there. >> bill: an intriguing twist with the yankees. that's on monday, full coverage on fox. l.a. it is considered to be one of the largest cash heists ever. $30 million vanishing into the night, all dollars, all through the roof of a money storage facility in l.a. the lapd and f.b.i. looking for answers. scott selby is here. good morning to you. you are -- you study this stuff, right? it's easter sunday night. why were they so good, do you think? >> these guys were amazing. they came in through the roof on easter sunday night.

they got away with $30 million in cash and they were able to come out the side and take out about 660 pounds worth of cash. a well done heist. >> bill: they did not notice it until monday. no alarms went off, no text messages, no alerts. was this an inside job? does that make sense to you as you analyze it? >> yeah, i think that there could be inside information maybe in terms of certain weaknesses, in terms of also how the alarms are responded to. i've been hearing that maybe alarms had gone off to a security company that ignored it. not directing it to the police. that could have been inside information. also knowing there was such a large amount of cash there. everybody knew there was cash there. right off two freeways, vehicles coming and going. but $30 million is a lot of cash to have on hand. >> bill: can that money be traced? >> it can't. the thing is this is used cash.

it is picked up at your local grocery store. it is money like you have in your wallet. it can't be traced. it is the same as having $30 million in ill gotten gains from everything. they have to launder it. >> bill: they knew what they were doing. there was a brinks truck hit in l.a. two years ago, $1 hundred million in jewels. has that ever been solved? >> it has not. i wrote about a diamond heist in my book that you mentioned and it is hard. those things can be traced. there is always a chance if you catch people with it or don't know what to do with it. it's a lot more money. that amount of goods can be carried easily. cash is so much heavier. >> bill: knowing it can't be traced. how do you solve something like this if your hunch is that it's an inside job? >> good old-fashioned shoe

leather and looking for clue that you could pull on, a piece of string. you will look for evidence. these days we have amazing things like touch dna. you will interview every insider you can. now, if there is something that only a few people knew of like maybe that night there was more money than usual, that's helpful. otherwise this is a huge company and there are so many employees that have come and gone that looking at insiders will be very hard. >> bill: intriguing stuff. do you think it will be solved? yes or no. >> no. i think they will get away with it. we'll see. >> bill: they are off with $30 million. thank you for coming on. scott selby with us today. thank you. >> dana: from new york city to seattle, squatters are taking route across the nation as homeowners and landlords beg for help. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. another hour here. all over the world. you have to have a certain mind for it,

good morning. you are perfect for this segment. this is what the hospital says in boston. the goal is balancing the safety of infants and families, a positive toxicology test does not tell you anything about someone's ability to parent.

actually a positive test tells you this person is engaged in treatment. you just heard the report. taylor, what do you think? >> i agree that one positive test doesn't indicate your ability to parent and if your abuse and neglect versus a good parent. i agree. what i don't agree with that we have to balance a child's safety with something else. child safety comes first and foremost bar none. that's my stand. i have an associate who went in to give birth, tested positive for meth. what the hospital did was the right thing. took the baby, put her in drug treatment, and they said here are the steps you need to take and then you can be reunited with your daughter. she took all of those steps and by the age of two reunited with her daughter. to me that feels like a good, appropriate policy to put the kids' safety number one and to give a path forward for parents to eventually be reunited. i don't know why we have to balance safety with anything

else. >> dana: there was a spokeswoman for the department of health and human services. we are committed to reducing stigma and promoting health equity. it doesn't -- we'll continue working with the advocacy to support the individual and how best to access them. was there something going on in terms of stigma and lack of equity that led them to this decision? >> i think it's part of the broader conversation about unequal health outcomes. we know it's at every stage of the healthcare system especially around delivering babies. black women are forced to have c-sections hours before white women are pushed into that. a more dangerous procedure rather than naturally. we know also in terms of healthcare apps that a.i. has been terrible to black patients

recommended health outcomes to doctors. >> dana: what about the babies? >> there was a spike in drug use over the last three or four years. people were getting treatment and going on methadone, opioids that do a better used to help you get off of other drugs. the babies were testing positive for that and being taken away from parents when it was mothers that were trying to do the right thing. and so that's what the hospital system is trying to do. i agree with taylor that you can't have this conversation where you say baby safety balanced with anything else. you have to find the right solution. i think this is a worthy goal when you think about the mechanics of getting clean and how important it is that kids are kept with biological parents if possible and if safe. >> bill: it's a really important story. can we lighten it up for a second? the rock will stay out of politics. you were up all night wondering about this. he talked to will cain to promote the ufl on fox.

>> the endorsement that i made years ago with biden was one i thought was the best decision for me at that time. and i thought back then when we talk about hey, you know, i'm in this position where i have some influence and it's my job then -- i felt like this then. it is my job to exercise my influence and share with -- this is who i will endorse. am i going to do that again this year? no. >> he went on to talk about a variety of reasons for why he won't endorse. the rock is a commercial superstar global. i think it would be smart for him to refrain, taylor. >> i like that he talked about the economy and where we are in this moment relative to endorsing joe biden, last time around and how he feels about the economy this time around and he doesn't feel great about it. there was a great piece in the

"wall street journal" the other day that some say economy is good but we don't feel it. that's the big disconnect. people at home really feel inflation, prices aren't going back to 2019 levels. grocery prices aren't going back. that's the big disconnect. people keep saying the economy is good but people feel it. how you feel is how you vote i think eventually. >> dana: is this more of what we're seeing in terms of polling that black men are distancing from biden? it doesn't necessarily mean i'll vote for trump yet but now you have the rock saying i'm not going to endorse. it gives people permission to say me, either. >> it opens up conversations people want to have. you only know what happens used to be on election day. the early voting period is when we'll find out the answer to this and take a huge leap for people to transfer over and vote for the other side especially with trump at the top of the ticket. but i think that the rock, as he does through what kind of shows he makes, the endorsements he

takes, he is channeling a lot of what people are feeling about this and i think it's telling to your point, taylor, the axios survey around the economy called the vibe survey and how you feel crime and policing. it is how you feel. you can tell someone homicides are down 31% but they know someone who was murdered they won't feel that way. >> bill: he is speaking for himself, the best call is to keep my mouth shut. i don't know what he went through over the past four years. >> dana: that's how taylor swift. someone with a huge amount of power. she endorsed in 2022 but she talks about voting. she went and vote. >> bill: she went more than that in 2020 to a commitment in that case with t. swift. thank you, jessica. stay healthy. >> dana: if the baby comes early, send me a note.

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>> bill: 9:18. march the numbers on the fox news alert on the economy for u.s. employers expectations by a

lot. added more than 300,000 jobs in march. maria b. is here to tell us what it means. they were looking for 200,000. they blew by that by 50%, maria. what does it mean? >> you're right. bill, good morning to you and dana. this is more evidence that we have a resilient jobs market. jobs are plentiful with 303,000 jobs created in the month of march. a lot of investors and economists are looking at this report and trying to understand what it means for the federal reserve and when the fed will lower interest rates. this report is one more piece of evidence that's good news for the economy but potentially bad news for the federal reserve and for markets because it will indicate that the fed may not need to cut interest rates any time soon. that's what we're looking at. the job creation in this report was in healthcare, government workers, construction.

it wasn't necessarily in areas you want to see like nuts and bolts like manufacturing. however, healthcare has been a consistent place where job creation has been. that continues this morning with these numbers. two worrisome signs we're focused on in the economy. number one is oil and number two is interest rates. oil prices are back near recent highs talking about crude oil back up close to $8six a barrel. no matter how you look at that, that's a negative because it means costing more for gasoline, home heating oil, etc. we're going into the busy driving season in the summertime. that will be an issue if oil prices stay here. of course, that's the underlying issue for inflation. federal reserve trying to rein in inflation has done a great job doing so. we were up inflation at 9.4% a year ago, down to 3%. that's good. the federal reserve has a target

of 2%. in order for the fed to get to that target they want to lower interest rates. but with an economy that's ripping and roaring the way the report suggests it doesn't give the fed a lot of room to cut interest rates. >> bill: $4 gasoline by the summer is what they're saying. no fed cuts in 2024, would you call me crazy? >> that's exactly one of the federal reserve officials said. i'm pen silk in two rate cuts. there is a chance we'll see no rate cut at all. if that's the case we'll see a stock market sell-off. >> bill: in the meantime a lot of people are predicting we'll see an economic boom on monday. they say the economic impact of this solar eclipse could be $1.6 billion. some people think the contrails could be $6 billion. here is what they're saying. air for more than a billion

dollars. hotel close to a billion. what americans are doing for the eclipse. they're buying glasses. you could buy them for $7. how do we go from $7 to 1.6 billion. >> there are a lot of things people are looking at. people want to get to the best position and traveling and going to new events. solar eclipse parties and that is what's coming into play with that $6 billion economic boost. everybody is talking about it wanting to get to the best position in terms of seeing it. it's all the things on the fringe. go to a party, get together with friends, travel to go get your best positioning to see it, bye those glasses. the truth is you can watch the solar eclipse and not spend much money at all. that's what i'll be doing and what i would recommend. i can't wait. it is exciting. >> bill: i'm a fan, i'm looking forward to monday. a bit of a diversion from

everything else. cool to watch. i don't know if we get to $6 billion but we'll watch it from here. maria, thank you. >> taylor swift is an economic indicator so why not the solar eclipse? >> bill: i dig it. have a great weekend. check you out later on, you got it, sunday morning futures. >> sunday at 10:00. see you then. >> bill: thanks. president biden is beginning to take a different tone with israel. as the war in gaza rages on. can you continue? >> dana: i will continue. biden warning israeli prime minister netanyahu to protect innocent civilians or else after seven aid workers were killed in an israeli air strike on monday. this is a huge story on a world scene at a lot more to come probably. >> it involves hour by hour. we're hearing from biden

administration officials even today who are thankful for the news coming out of israel the israelis will do more to get aid into gaza. u.s. officials are also cautioning they need to see more of a commitment from the israelis to protect those civilians caught in the crosshairs of war that stretched on for six months now. >> so what we're looking to see in the days and weeks ahead is prioritization surging humanitarian assistance and getting it to people who need it. >> the house is under increasing pressure to bring the war between israel and hamas to an end. the calls grew louder this week after the israeli military air strikes that killed seven aid workers including one u.s. citizen. israelis announced they have fired two senior military officers over this incident. it came after a phone call with president biden thursday with the israeli prime minister. during the call president biden mentioned he wanted to see a

cease-fire vowing to still support israel but we're hearing from white house officials who admit this is kind of a complex time. >> he can continue to have unwavering support for israel because of the threats they're facing but take issue with the way in which they are conducting these particular operations. that's the discussion that they had yesterday. >> today we're also hearing from critics including some house republicans who say the warnings are being issued the wrong way. instead of warning israelis what could happen they believe the administration should be tougher on hamas. we'll see if president biden has any new response when he heads out of town. he is off to baltimore to get the update on the bridge collapse that happened a week ago and we'll see if he takes questions. >> dana: he probably will and you probably won't be able to hear him. blinken spoke on this issue in brussels moments ago. >> we received israel's report on the terrible killing of the world central kitchen team in

gaza a few days ago. we're reviewing it very carefully. we'll be discussing its conclusions with israeli officials and with humanitarian organizations in the days to come. it's very important that israel is taking full responsibility for this incident. it is also important that it appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible accountable. even more important is making sure that steps are taken going forward to insure that something like this can never happen again. mr. netanyahu indicated to president biden that israel would be making further changes to its procedures to make sure that those who are providing assistance to people who so desperately need it in gaza are protected. we'll be looking very carefully at what those steps are, how it achieves better deconfliction and coordination so that aid workers are protected. at the same time, as israel

pursues any military operations against hamas, it whats to prioritize the protection of civilians. it what has to make that job number one. too many people are caught in the crossfire. children, women, men losing their lives. their safety has to be a priority and military operations need to be designed around their protection, not the other way around. so we'll be looking at all of this in the days to come and we'll be, as i said, assessing the report on the world central kitchen incident and looking to see not just what steps are being taken but the results that follow from them. thanks. >> thank you, everyone. >> dana: the administration saying to israel, you are going to have to do something in order for us to continue to support you. they're doing that. there is -- i don't know why

there seems to be this reluctance to say -- he got to it a little bit. hamas caused this, they could end it today. release the hostages, come clean, get your fighters out of there, and it all ends right now. there is not the pressure on hamas as there is on israel. israel taking full responsibility for what happened. >> bill: point of clarification overnight it appears israel will open up crossings to help aid in gaza. apparently two officers in the idf have been dismissed. drone operators based on the report from a few hours ago. you mentioned there are at least, we believe, 99 hostages still being held today in gaza by hamas. so that's where we stand. as the race for the white house heats up, both sides flexing their financial muscle, does the latest haul on the rnc give democrats a cause for concern? we'll talk to the new man in charge at the top of the rnc in studio next after this.

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does have on everything but reaching out to the voters and it is obvious he doesn't have the infrastructure, the donor base, or the broad apeephole this i election. >> we are going to get out the vote and protect the ballot. those are the 2 things that drive us all day every day and we'll put that money right on target. >> bill: you said that last night. i want to use your words. in order to win, we must do two things. we must get out the vote and we must protect the ballot. i understand what a means, what does b means. >> election integrity is critical. first off in every state we need to make sure we have the rules of the road where they are to insure that we'll have fair, accurate, secure and transparent elections, right? so what we want to do is work with the state legislators and boards of elections and secretary of states to make sure

they have the rules in the road to be safe. when they don't do that we'll go to court. >> bill: if we don't get the answers we want we'll sue you anyway. give us an example of what you would describe. >> we need voter i.d. in every state. when people mail in ballots they have signature and witness requirements and get the ballots in by election day. it will make sure that everybody is playing by the same set of rules. we do not want drop boxes. we want to make sure there is a chain of custody for the ballots. basic fundamental things. >> bill: the state has-in-law a drop box are you going to challenge it? >> we'll challenge the law. the rules. when we have them in place we'll work to make sure we take advantage of it. >> bill: could you tell your voters this is the law, go ahead and utilize it? >> absolutely. you think about ballot harvesting. in the states where that is legal, we are going to ballot harvest. where states have the universal

mail in voting we'll run a university mail in voting program to make sure we talk to every voter. we know in every state across the country there is a combination of voting on election day, early voting and mail voting. we will go into every one of those states and encourage our voters to vote. we want to bank our vote where we can and get early voting going. 50% of the american voters will vote before election day. we have to talk to them and communicate with them. we have to give them our messaging so they are informed voters when they go to the poll no matter when they go to the poll. >> dana: is there a state you are most concerned about? >> we have seven battleground states that we're paying attention to all day every day, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, georgia, north carolina. we have other states. >> dana: in terms of ballot integrity and the voting. >> every one of those states we'll be in. i fought as the chair of the north carolina republican party to have election reforms. we like the rules of the road

before i took over as the chair there. we have to make sure we have observers and attorneys every room, every room where people are voting where votes are being counted we want to have the people -- our people in the room making sure that it's secure. >> bill: a big piece in the "new york times" out of the organization out of phoenix spending $1 hundred million to reach, target republican voters and get them to vote early. i imagine you endorse that. >> we do endorse that and make sure everybody who is going to vote will be an informed voter. if we can get people to vote early, fantastic. i vote on the first day of early voting every year. i don't know where i'll be on election day or what the weather is like. you have to have a plan. how are you going to vote? you can vote early, vote by mail, on election day. how will you vote and make sure they actually do it. >> dana: will president trump echo that message? he says we have to do it. it is fraudulent. so it is confusing for his

voters. what does he want them to do? >> the president has been consistent lately. what he has said is that we would like ultimately there to only be voting on election day. that's not the law. in every single state right now we have different rules, different regulations. we need to know what they are and take advantage of this emotion to drive our voters out and make sure we get the votes in. >> bill: last question we can put up the poll we took earlier in the month of march. apparently the unity ticket is dead. they said they cannot coble together two people who wanted to be on that ticket. it's a five-way race now. trump currently with a five-point lead there. does the unity ticket's decision, conclusions they can't put someone on the ballot, does it help you or how do you view that? >> i view it as we're looking at the polls right now. president trump has solid leads nationally as well as in every one of the battleground states. we need to do our job and make sure that we translate these

early polls into votes in november. >> dana: great to have you. you are welcome any time. thank you so much. the days go by fast. >> seven months from today. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: thanks for doing the