i talked to them about the legacy they left behind and the tribute was so emotional. riley green and roger clemens, brooks and dunn and so many others did a red solo cup tribute. people were crying in the crowd and it was such a beautiful moment and wonderful night spent with even more wonderful people. i feel very blessed i was ail to witness it all. >> great job. >> lawrence: get barbecue in texas. >> ainsley: any recommendation? >> terry black's. >> brian: join me and guy on radio. >> bill: hand-out in the heartland. president biden heads to wisconsin taking another crack as canceling your student loan if you have one. this comes nearly a year after the supreme court struck down his initial effort said it was unconstitutional. apparently that did not matter.

much more on how much this is going to cost you a bit later in the show. but first there is this. >> i already drove about 10 1/2 hours just to get here and willing to drive another 9 1/2 hours to see a more certain clear version. >> i want to feel the temperature drop. it is my understanding when i've seen it before we get a little circumspect, mellow. some emotion involved. >> bill: so it is now or nearly, anyway, in the grips of an eclipse. great line. millions of americans gathering to witness a rare phenomenon now only hours away. good morning, everybody in new york. i'm bill hemmer. i spent a fortune to give you a gift today. you'll need these. don't go far. >> dana: these are the glaze, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." in support supply in new york. they ran out.

>> bill: these come from fox weather. at's the amazing thing about it. they are better than sunglasses. >> dana: better than what i had in third grade when i did cardboard and we went out during recess and checked it out. america has a great front row seat. something that won't happen again for two decades. >> bill: the moon will pass in front of the sun this afternoon entirely blotting it up in some places for more than four minutes and plunging millions americans into darkness. >> dana: everyone in north america will get to see space shuttle eclipse. the main event is the total eclipse visible from 15 states. >> bill: we have special coverage all day today with reporters and experts across the country. dallas is the biggest city in the path that will get it first where casey stegall begins our coverage on this 8th of april. casey. >> bill: bill and dana, good morning. i think it is safe to say

america has solar eclipse fever being felt here in the lone star state, no doubt about it. listen to this. an estimated half million people have descended on dallas and the metroplex whenou include fort worth and other communities. officials say some 35,000 hotel rooms have been booked solid leading up to this big day with enthusiasts coming from n from all over the world. people who flew from scotland and england. it will be experienced here around 12:23 this afternoon local time with totality set for 1:40 and lasting about four minutes or so. then it will be all over for north texas by 3:00 p.m. just one catch that has a lot of people bummed around here. forecasters say there likely

will not be clear skies for that optimal viewing. >> it sounds like early morning in dallas we'll get a thin layer of high-level clouds come in but they are thin and transparent and can see through them a little bit. they've been describing it like a veil. >> they will observe animal behavior. will some have increased movements, some make any noises? meanwhile, traffic across north texas is expected to be a mess. just absolute gridlock. there are a lot of street closures plan with so many viewing parties scheduled for all over. we can't wait. >> bill: here we go. in new york, casey, the highway

signs for a month they have warned new yorkers about this to use mass transit. we'll see how it goes together. thank you, casey. >> been talking about it for a while. >> bill: that's for sure. >> dana: elsewhere on the path, jonathan hunt is live at the indianapolis motor speedway where nasa will be broadcasting the eclipse through a giant telescope. that sounds like a cool place to be. >> no better place in this country to be today, i think, dana. welcome to indianapolis motor speedway where you can see buddy tyler is singing total eclipse of the heart. one of the biggest sporting venues in the world. they are expecting a minimum 50,000 here today. it may be a lot higher, we're told. tens of thousands more who have come to the indianapolis area to experience totality. that will begin around 3:06 this

afternoon our me. will last a shade under four minutes but it will be a spectacular event. nasa is here, purdue university sponsoring this. nasa will be doing a lot of science during the entire path of totality. they'll be here to tell us about it. i know nothing about science. me and science is like dana perino reading sports. they'll be flying jets up there taking a look at what they can, learning what they can and launching nasa three rockets, one before, one during and one after. so they say they will learn a lot, which somebody will be able to explain to us. probably the fox weather people, too. for the thousands who are about to be let in here to take their places, to prepare for totality, this is just an extraordinary day, dana and bill. and i could not be more excited

to be here. >> dana: okay, hey, i might be better at sports than you think -- i'm kidding. i got the joke and it was a good one. >> you are probably better at sports than i am at signs. >> bill: leave her alone. we have a doctor who is an astro physicist. great things about how it happens about what you look for. i guess give us a top line observation from you. what are you looking for today? >> what i'm looking for today is the totality. so that darkness that allows us to actually see the sun's hot outer corona. a million degrees that atmosphere and affects us in terms of space weather and affects satellites and power grid. it also gives us beautiful aurora. something we want to study during the eclipse.

>> dana: another astro physicist said an inch this way or that and you wouldn't get this kind of totality, which makes it remarkable. >> it is the only known place in our universe we get this type of phenomenon. the moon fits perfectly over our star and we're able to see its secrets in terms of its outer corona. this is a very special place to be. >> bill: i wanted to share one of those facts. know it? i don't know how you know it. the sun is 400 times larger than the moon. but the sun is also 400 times further away from earth. that makes the sun and the moon appear to be in the same size in the sky. that's what we're seeing today. how do you get 40400. how does the universe do that? there must be a divine power. >> it seems like there is

something at work but at the same time it just happens to be the right fit that something that's really close to us is able to block it out. if the moon was further away it wouldn't be able to block it out. it is really just an interesting coincidence that we have. >> bill: i think we have the buy the lottery ticket. 400, 400, 400. >> dana: you talk about this being a full body experience. tell us more about that. >> the two total solar eclipse that i've seen, it is not just about the visual that you see but the darkness that you experience. the wind starts to pick up. you do start to get emotional. i think that we understand why is the -- it's very hard for us to understand why is the sun going away during the daytime? shadows and light gets really sharp. people around you as well as animals start to react differently as hey, what's going on? you start to see shadows in different ways.

and then you see total darkness but it looks like twilight all around the horizon. so it really is taking it all in with all of your senses. >> bill: i'm an amateur meteorologist as i tell dana all the time. i don't understand the concept for how the winds shift. what explains that? >> right. it is the removal of the sun and heat that allows the winds to start flowing. so that's when they start when the sun goes away. >> bill: so we could in theory or practicality, it could shift direction? >> it shifts direction. it also has the ability to dissipate some amount of clouds. we did studies in the 2023 anulare eclipse and you see clouds dissipate or leave during the solar eclipse because of the change of temperature in the atmosphere. that's something we're trying to study during these eclipses.

the little changes in the atmosphere lead to big results. we're trying to do that with our rockets and one of the ww57 experiments. >> dana: what a great guest to kick off this conversation. thank you so much. >> bill: the animals apparently behave differently. you will have to have a plan for percy. >> dana: hopefully he will be inside. i don't know. what is your plan? >> maybe put him in the class et. i will join martha on fox square at 3:00. when the totality is a part of new york, i guess that would make it totality. we'll be out there with hundreds and thousands of other new yorkers. >> dana: americans sometimes people say they're very polarized. a lot of people can come together for this. let's enjoy it all together today. >> bill: another mishap in the air. southwest airlines flight losing

an engine cover. how the airline is responding on that. >> everything just shook. i never felt anything like that before. i've been in town for 30 years and the mayor or in government for the last 12 and never experienced anything like this and i didn't even think it was an earthquake. >> dana: new jersey still in shock after friday's surprise earthquake. manyeople are upset with the governor's response. >> bill: breaking in us that happened a short time ago. the former president, donald trump released a major statement on abortion. how he wants republicans to handle the issue during this november's election. >> the republican party should always be on the side of the miracle of life and the side of mothers, fathers, their beautiful babies. oing? sound effects. why are you doing that? why aren't you? gnnnarrrgnarrrr... eye care is healthcare. you deserve america's best. choice hotels is a family of brands with a hotel for any traveler you want to be.

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nightmares for boeing. this time an engine cover is seen blowing off a southwest flight and they had to make an emergency landing in chicago. garrett tenney with the latest in chicago. >> that piece of the plane is called the engine talon. it is able to lift up to inspect the engine but not supposed to rip off in the air. that's what happened sunday morning on the southwest flight heading to houston. during take-off one of the engine covers fell off and struck the wing flap of this boeing 737, 800. the crew got word and the pilot requested an emergency landing. in total the plane was in the air for 25 minutes reaching altitude of 10,000 feet before landing safely back at denver international with all 135 passengers and five crew members okay. this particular aircraft was built in 2015 according to the

faa and important to note this was a boeing 737, 800, two generations older than the boeing 737 max nine that had its own string of incidents earlier this year and still being investigated. southwest had its own string of engine issues on flights recently. in this case the airline said there was a mechanical issue of some kind and adds we apologize for the inconvenience of this delay but place our highest priority in ultimate safety for our customers and employees. our maintenance teams are reviewing the aircraft. faa is also investigating this incident. it has been a busy year for that agency, dana. >> dana: we'll keep an eye on it for boeing. they have a lot of problems to deal with. >> bill: new jersey governor phil murphy back home from a democratic governor's conference fending off some heat for not coming home southeastern after the magnitude 4.8 quake that rocked the state on friday.

alexis mcadams live in newark and the fallout. >> good morning. this is the most powerful earthquake in new jersey in more than a century. so powerful some homes behind me had to be evacuated reportedly due to major structural concerns. where was the democratic governor phil murphy? nowhere to be found. residents were looking for answers but out of town at a democratic meeting. >> on a serious note he wasn't at a world summit for world peace. he was at a democratic convention, association of democratic governors who were probably working on ways to make more democratic governors. so i think he could have taken maybe even 12 hours out to come back to new jersey. the 4.8 mag my -- it led to

ground stops at major airports nft area. after the quake hochul and adams updated the public letting people at home know their plan for checking buildings, roads and critical infrastructure. new jersey resident didn't have a press conference to tune into. they were forced to flip on new york's leaders to find out what was going on and what to do next. dr. murphy did a phone interview about the quake and posted this to x a day after the incident saying we have no reports of major damage, structure issues like that roadways or infrastructure as a result of yesterday's earthquake. murphy should have made himself available for people in his own state. >> folks in new jersey had to look to new york officials and what they were saying even though the actual earthquake was centered in lebanon, new jersey in the northwestern part of the state. it would have been a nice symbol if he came back and said you

know what? everything is going to be okay. >> since then dozens of after shocks reported and d mor in the coming days we could expect. reached out to the governor's office and don't know where he was exactly when he was out of town. >> bill: thank youmuch. you and i were here together 10:19. >> dana: interviewing todd pro about diddy. i was so into it i didn't notice it. >> bill: i think you and i were the only ones who didn't feel it. >> dana: we looked at our text messages saying well, this just in. >> bill: a great opportunity. thank our colleagues at the fox news channel for helping us get through this. >> dana: aishah hosni. chad pergram. mark meredith. thank you so much. glad nobody got hurt and just the experience. >> bill: so much keeping a low profile. diddy posting video raising

eyebrows as he is engulfed in sexual misconduct allegations. check on where the case is today. we're kournting down to the total solar eclipse. only hours away now and how businesses big and small are hoping to cash in on the big day today. ♪

>> this is all about the will of the people. you must follow your heart or in many cases your religion and faith. do what is right for your family and yourself. >> bill: a week ago he said he would give this message. this morning that was released four minutes in length. highly anticipated. donald trump giving his stance on abortion. a big issue come november. his campaign raking in more than $50 million, one event, mega donor event over weekend in

florida doubling the cash that president biden's obama/clinton recently raised at radio city music hall. madison scar pino is live in palm beach, florida with more on what's happening there today. >> trump's announcement comes ahead of visits to some key swing states this week. video on social media, trump took credit for overturning roe roe v. wade and says now it's time for states to do the right thing. >> now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both. whatever they decide must be the law of the land. in this case, the law of the state. >> the former president said he supported exceptions for rape, incest and protecting mothers and reiterated that i supports in vitro fertilization.

they say trump supports extreme abortion bans. monday trump will attend a fundraiser in georgia. he then heads to orlando and pennsylvania. on sunday morning futures rnc chairman said the fundraising push has two goals. >> we'll spend every dollar that we raise on two key critical core missions for the rnc which are getting out the vote and protecting the ballot. >> meanwhile, the biden/harris campaign is slamming trump's high dollar donor strategy trump is making it clear to billionaire buddies he will take his first chance to double down on tax giveaways for the ultra wealthy. the president has a cash on hand advantage, 192 million. the biden campaign push has campaign stops in chicago and madison. the major money push is ramping up months before the election as

trump tries to close that pretty big fundraising gap. >> bill: plenty to talk about now. >> dana: i want to bring in fox news contributor marc thiessen. former speech writer for president bush. statement by trump was highly anticipated. he did it early this morning before 7:00 a.m. eastern. how do you think it is going to land? >> he is 100% correct. let's keep in mind donald trump is the president who delivered pro-lifeers the victory they wanted for a quarter century. conservative majority on the supreme court that overturned roe v. wade. he is telling voters the truth. the truth is there won't be a federal ban on abortion at any time. you need 60 votes in the senate to do this. neither party will have 60 votes. it is a false promise to the pro-life movement saying they've have restrictions of abortion at the federal level and taking away the democrats's false

argument using a federal abortion ban to take hold of the senate and take back the house. he is taking that argument away terre them. let's keep in mind for decade pro-lifeers said repealing roe v. wade wouldn't ban abortion just send it to the states. we can't turn around and want to federalize the issue. the overturning of roe v. wade was the beginning, not the end of the fight. we need to convince americans in the sanctity of human life at the state level and trump is right is that where it will belong. >> bill: major part of this campaign. the other topic is money. you heard what madison just reported. look at this number, biden and dnc has $192 million. trump has 93 million. i don't know how you think about this or whether you think money matters in the end. in many ways it does. what president trump has talked about, though, he wants those donors who donate $80 and less. the reason for that is that he

will tell you those people are committed to voting. >> yeah, that is absolutely right. look, 100 million is a lot of money. that is the kind of money that elections turn on. biden whats a huge cash on hand advantage. the problem is the only advantage he has. he is the most unpopular president in the history of presidential poling. if you look back in this day in trump's presidency he was seven points more popular than biden is today at this point in his presidency. biden is underwateter on every major issue that voters say they care about. 86% of the country thinks that he is too old for a second term. but then you look at the real clear politics average and trump is leading him by 1.1 points in the head-to-head match-up against the most unpopular president in the history of the country. the swing state poll that came out recently from the wall is journal trump is basically ahead but in the margin of error in

most of those states. despite those disadvantages of the sun and moon could align for biden on election day. >> dana: the polls suggest a huge shift in the electorate looking at young voters who might take a look at republicans and boomers actually going to maybe stick with biden this time around. are we seeing a flip-flop? >> we are. what's happening is so that republican party has become the party of the working class. they've moved the democrats out of that position. the democrats are a coalition of coastal he leitz, young voters and minorities losing grant with two out of three of those groups. 18 points he is leading. biden lost 30 points with black voters, 17 points with hispanics. trump's base is solidly behind him. biden is not only losing with swing voters but losing ground with his base. a big problem for him going into

he will he can shun. >> bill: you got it all in. it must be an eclipse today. enjoy it. >> it is absolutely. happy eclipse. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: i watch a lot of sports this weekend for me. the final buzzer sounding on the women's final four. one team left standing. >> protection with a touch of sweet redemption. undefeated south carolina has won its third national championship. >> dana: south carolina outlasting iowa and spoiling a story book ending for caitlin clark. the player of the year ending her college career with no regrets at all. watch her here. >> i'm sad we lost this game but so proud of myself and so proud of my teammates and so proud of this program. it is sad it is all over and the last time i will put on aiowa jersey. >> dana: dawn staley took a moment to celebrate clark's incredible run. >> i want to personally thank

caitlin clark for lifting up our sport. you are one of the goats of our game and we appreciate you. >> bill: wow. >> dana: it was a big weekend of basketball. guys play tonight. >> bill: they do. purdue and uconn. going to be late. it starts at 11:00. one thing about -- sorry, a college women's basketball this past year, it is hard to go undefeated. congratulations to the gamecocks of south carolina. what caitlin clark did for the game is extraordinary. he will play in indiana. >> dana: a step change in viewer ship. >> bill: fun to watch the stars at the next level taking it up again. >> dana: some of them are 6'7. >> bill: that would be a good

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blue moon. businesses in cities along the path of totality are hoping to cash in big on eclipse mania. kelly is live in bloomington, indiana where i have to imagine businesses are happy there, kelly. >> definitely are. good morning from royals stadium here at indiana university. the biggest events to come here are really big ten football games and graduation. this event is going to be ten times as big economically. i spoke to phil power, an economist with the kelly school of business ear at i.u. who says they are expecting this to generate $52 million. there isn't an event like this that canceled classes on this monday and brought people from all over. take a listen. >> the eclipse. how far did you travel from? >> about a 7 1/2 drive. i slight it up from cartersville, georgia, just northwest of atlanta.

>> we came from baltimore. >> lacrosse, wisconsin, 8 hour drive to get here. >> a lot of excitement. a buzz in the air. >> it may be the most-watched eclipse ever. we're expecting a billion dollars or more to be generated in the u.s. alone. transportation and emergency management officials have prepped over two years for this moment. grade schools in the past are closed for the eclipse. pass of totality being 115 miles wide. 32 million people live within the path with another 4 million to travel into it. the last solar total eclipse was in 2017 and it only lasted two minutes and 42 seconds. you'll be able to view this one in totality for about 4 1/2 minutes in some places. not only is it longer but the path is more populated. really creating more incentive

from businesses to cash in on this. i couldn't contain my excitement. the special guest we'll hear from. he has already started talking behind me. captain kirk, william shatner. he will be basically leading up to the eclipse giving the history of the universe which is why you hear this dramatic sound. >> dana: you got the good assignment today. maybe the best one. great to have you. >> bill: cool stuff. yesterday charlotte gar heart was baptized. she loves life. we'll do something right now. our friends and colleagues at fox weather, this is like christmas day. let's take it there. let's pick up this here. so we're in studio j on the 12th floor. if you were watching on the earthquake the other day you know where we are. if you move across the hallway

here into one of the most stunning studios you will see in all of television, this is studio w, w stands for weather where our colleagues from fox weather work and marissa and her colleagues are waiting for this day for a really long time. how are you doing? >> talk about a cosmic collision. welcome into the studio. >> bill: thank you very much. what are you seeing out there and who are you talking to? >> we're talking to everybody. we have our meteorologists and reporters from texas into arkansas, illinois, all over maine. we're talking to everybody that will be out en joining it. the regular person. >> bill: what about cloud cover? >> depends where you are. for the path of totality we're breaking it down. nobody across the path is looking at heavy rain, intense rain. a lot of places will clear out.

better spots than other. texas it's clear. further into areas like ohio it is getting a little questionable. well to the north in maine that will be the spot. >> bill: where is steven morgan. >> he is in dallas in the cotton bowl. >> bill, marissa, good morning to you. early april is supposed to feature sunny skies in dallas. at least what the long term average shows. a lot of people here in texas for that. the path of totality we have more than 12 million texans which call this area home and we're excited. i mean, across planet earth we're greeted d to total solar eclipses every 18 months or so. how unique that some spots in the united states have been able to view two solar eclipses within the past seven years, total solar eclipses, 2017 and

now 2024. that's rare. let's talk dallas where i'm at. the last time that dallas, north texas was in the path of totality was 1878. we aren't going to be in that path of totality again until the year 2317. nearly 300 years. so today is a big deal. more than just a once in a lifetime opportunity. it's a once in two generations. >> bill: ask steven a question. i'm curious about this. your bank of computers over here and getting ready for this day for months now. what's the most peculiar as path of today's events? >> clouds can be frustrating and come down to that minute. you can have clouds in the area, right? but if it is parked at the total eclipse moment a cloudy day can turn into a perfect day.

>> let's not talk about if maybe a viewing party here in dallas. we have more than a dozen today. three miles away is outside of a cloud, then they have get the total solar eclipse and where we're at you don't. that's what we're dealing with. when we have just that small opportunity, that small window. when you look at it cosmically, the fact that we're sharing here in the united states the path of totality longer than three minutes, more than four minutes, that's rare. that's a long time that the moon will be eclipsing the sun. we have several minutes. we also have the system today that we're dealing with here in texas, maybe a brief opportunity to have the clouds break around noontime and then as that partial phase begins in dallas we might see a little bit. one of the biggest stadiums in the country, the cotton bowl. >> i'm from michigan. you are from ohio.

we have a cincinnati forecast. >> bill: we may get lucky there? >> i think it is improving. you had rain this morning. i think the question will be what consistency of clouds. if you can have a higher, thinner clouds it will be okay. >> bill: enjoy it in dallas, marissa good to be with you here. enjoy it, all right? download the app fox weather there all day long. >> thank you for coming in. >> bill: i'll go across. >> don't be a stranger, come hang out. >> dana: unlikely ally joining the squatter's showdown fight. john fetterman's choice words for criminals taking advantage of homeowners. police in virginia revealing the disaster they faced against what they are calling masked tough guy wanna be thugs. check this out. we'll be right back.

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>> dana: chaos in fairfax county, virginia. video capturing the moment one officer injured and cruiser destroyed after hundreds gather for a massive street takeover last weekend. one suspect is seen waving a rifle in the air. backup arrived before the nightmare escalated. watch here. >> i believe we narrowly escaped a line of duty death scenario of our own because one of our own officers was surrounded by a bunch of masked tough guy wanna be thugs who surrounded her car and acted in a criminal manner in a way that i'll tell you is never going to happen again in fairfax county. >> dana: four people are charged in connection with the incident. ted williams join us now.

how this impacts the community overall. >> what does that mean for residential and business communities? it means you didn't have any cops protecting your neighborhoods, your communities, your businesses because these criminals diverted all of our attention to handle an attack on one of our police officers. >> dana: it's really difficult. we've seen some of these things before. what's the best way to prevent an injury to a police officer or from these types of things from happening in the first place? >> dana, what is going to happen here and what is necessary is a proactive police department. simply meaning that they are going to have to have a specific unit to deal with these kinds of scenarios of gang violence. they also are going to have to have perhaps maybe a curfew in place. they will have to swarm the area and have to make arrests and they are going to have to count

on judges and prosecutors to do the right thing to support police officers. >> dana: what would be the strongest count that prosecutors could bring against individuals who started and participated in this? >> you could bring assault on a police officer would probably be one of the strongest counts that you can bring, dana, under the circumstances. >> dana: the chief says it won't happen again and i'm sure the community hopes that's so. we've been talking about these young girls that got involved unfortunately in beating a d.c. man to death and there was a decision to keep those young girls in custody. they are 12 and 13 years old. they were arrested march 29th. their defense attorney was like look, they shouldn't be held because they had no access to good education, their age makes it so they are too young to be

involved in something like this. but ted, listen to the deceased man's sister, his name was reggie brown. his sister is ms. israel. he did not deserve to die like this. no one deserves to die like this killed by children. my 90-year-old mother did not deserve to lose his youngest child. not like this. do you agree withholding these individuals in custody? >> absolutely agree with holding these individuals in custody. they ran this man down. this disabled man who has a plate in his head, has only two fingers on each one of his hands. rammed his down and slammed his head into the concrete and videoed what they were doing and murdered this guy. quite naturally i do believe they should be held as adults but unfortunately, because of their age, these girls will not be charged as adults. but the big question, dana, is where are the parents? i hope law enforcement is

investigating the parents in this incident. this should not have happened. these kids should not have been out. this happened after midnight and these kids should have been home or somewhere else. >> dana: one of the things i read in the "washington post" this weekend they were saying the schools have a high level of absenteeism. these girls included. they weren't at home and haven't been in school and now they are in jail. ted williams, thank you for joining us today and happy eclipse to you. >> my pleasure. >> dana: thank you. fox news alert a rare celestial event collides with a policy failure on the ground. the southern border is directly in the path of totality today when the moon covers the sun. i'm dana perino. we're one hour closer. a lot of build-up. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. that's team totality on the other side of the wall. >> dana: what