when we leave but as they are serving as well. so, taskforcedagger.org, phenomenal organization. >> thank you for this, what an honor to be with you. eagles and angels are dedicated to that, amplifying the stories of veterans while drawing attention to the charities and causes of their choice, exactly what you did today and we are so grateful. here is "america reports." >> sandra: thank you, ladies. sky high energy prices hitting americans where it hurts. national average for a gallon of gasoline in this country now sits just below $5 a gallon, 4.97. that means that price has jumped more than 134% since election day 2020. >> john: and for drivers in at least 20 states plus the district of columbia, prices have long crossed the $5 threshold. while that happens, president biden presses for more spending

on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. >> sandra: big show coming up. first, "america reports" with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. >> john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh's home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and

kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. >> sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats' rhetoric on abortion leading to the threat on kavanaugh's life. and judge esther salas who lost her only son in a racially motivated attack, she joined us yesterday. she is calling on congress to take action and protect all judges in this country. >> the american people are wanting our government to work and i think they want all the blame game to stop. we can't agree on everything, but there are certain things we can agree on and i think not killing judges in their homes is something we all could agree on. >> john: illinois democratic congresswoman bustos will join us in a moment, but david spunt has the latest on the kavanaugh case. >> david: nicholas roske woke up

in a jail cell, he's in federal custody. not officially indicted by a federal grand jury, he is charged with the attempted murder of a supreme court justice and we know that indictment will come down at some point soon. before a federal judge yesterday afternoon he told the judge he was "not thinking right." we know roske took a taxi cab just outside the home of justice brett kavanaugh early wednesday morning, 1:05 in the morning, he got spotted by two deputy marshals guarding the home. shortly after, he picked up the phone and called 911 and said he wanted to kill kavanaugh and was having some suicidal thoughts. they found a glock pistol, screwdriver, duct tape, nail punch, a group called ruth sent us named after the late ruth bader ginsburg protested outside his home. the group also tweeted we are

cometed to nonviolence. fundamentalists will talk about how -- oh, what was the "weapon" the california man had, a gun or a knife, police would say so. well, john and sandra, police did say so, that roske had a gun and a knife, he also had pepper spray, a crowbar and a couple of other tools. and posted the addresses of supreme court justices weeks ago encouraging people to show up and show their outrage about the likely overturning of roe vs. wade. you mentioned federal judge esther salas, the target of an angry litigant, found her address, broke into her home, killed her only child daniel, and she wants the ban of publishing home addresses. here she was this morning. >> we need to stop arming members of the public with our

addresses because that's what they are doing. they are using our addresses to kill us. >> in addition to her bill, there is another bill that passed the senate unanimously, bipartisan way past the senate. it's still being held up in the house on a procedural matter. house speaker nancy pelosi, john and sandra, asked about this today. she said that it likely will be coming up next week, but democrats, including senator dick durbin from illinois said this needs to be done now and get to the president's desk as soon as possible, not next week. >> john: and a congressman said it needs to be done now as well, and he will talk with us about the urgent necessity to get this through. >> sandra: let's bring in illinois democratic congressman sherry bustos. thank you for joining us, congresswoman. seems so obvious, especially in the wake of this most recent incident with justice kavanaugh to protect our justices and

their families. do you have any idea why this is being held up in the house? >> yeah, well, let me start by saying i agree with my good friend and my senior senator, dick durbin from the state of illinois that it does have to be done now. there is a sense of urgency, amplify why we have not voted on it yet. we want to protect our supreme court justices, it's incredibly important we do that. we are looking to broaden that and not only make sure we are there to protect our supreme court justices but those who work at the supreme court, the clerks, the support staff. so, we are looking to broaden that bill to make it even stronger than it is right now, and as the speaker said, the plan is as we speak right now, to vote on this to get going on it. we have a sense of urgency, but that is surrounding the fact we want to make it even stronger than what the senate sent over to us. >> sandra: i'll ask you how we got here. many are looking back at this

moment when chuck schumer took to the steps of the supreme court with a megaphone, here is schumer in 2020. watch. >> you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. [cheering] you won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions. >> sandra: do you regret those words of chuck schumer back in 2020, and do you believe that has anything to do, congresswoman, with what we are seeing today as soon as violence being aimed at these justices? >> well, i would say it's not my style. keep in mind, my politics, i'm a moderate democrat, i represent down state illinois, i come from a district that donald trump won in 2016, and in 2020, and actually won by the largest margin of any democrat in that year that donald trump was elected in a district like that. so, those are my politics. that's not my style.

but that said, i think that we have to make sure that we are doing what we can legislatively, i think we will get to that next week. we do have a sense of urgency and i think the message is broader than somebody taking a megaphone outside the supreme court. but the overall message to americans, we just lived through one of the most horrible mass murders in the history of our country in texas, and just before that, a terrible mass murder in buffalo. and message to all americans, let's figure this out, we are a great country, democracy, longest serving democracy in the history of the world and let's all play a part in making sure whether it comes to legislation where democrats and republican haves to come together, not just to protect the supreme court justices but even to get gun legislation in the right place. and keep in mind, i'm married to the sheriff of our county, so we are a family of outdoorsmen, but

we have to get these issues and these policies in the right place. >> sandra: ok. speaking of policies in the right place, many blame the president for where gas prices are today and democrats for that matter because of the policies implemented under the administration at the very beginning. not just to inauguration day but election day 2020 we stau gas prices go up, and now record high after record high for weeks now. as you are pointing out there in illinois, this is important for many reasons, for agriculture, for truckers, for everyday americans struggling to now just fill up their tank. the most basic needs are costing americans more and more every day. what is the plan to bring these prices down? it's hard to get one out of this administration. >> i'm going to add a little more perspective to this. gas prices are high throughout the world.

part of the problem that is leading to this is that we have this unprovoked putin war in ukraine, so this is not unique to the united states. the president has released millions of gallons from the strategic reserve, but i'm going to talk to you also from my perspective as the descendant of farmers and as a member of congress who has almost 10,000 family farms in my district. ethanol, ethanol. we can have home grown fuel that we blend with gasoline and just like that overnight we can bring down the cost of a gallon of gas by 50 to $0.60 a gallon. the president just approved an executive order that allows for the sale of more ethanol being blended into gasoline. year around, used to be you would have to take a hiatus during the summer months. and so that can lead to bringing down the cost, but -- >> sandra: and we are seeing corn prices sky high because of the soaring price of fertilizer.

i don't know how you believe that will bring down gas prices. >> it does, it will bring down gas prices because it is cheaper to blend ethanol with gasoline than to have 100% gasoline. i'm telling you right now, and you can verify this, but i know what i'm talking about. i served on the ag committee the last ten years. >> sandra: i respect your solution there, but we are also dealing with the fact that there could be a food shortage around the corner with sky high fertilizer prices and squeeze on the grain market. please come back soon, we are out of time, congresswoman. >> i would like to. thank you so much. >> sandra: it's not an easy time for gas prices but certainly not for agriculture as well. a lot of these farmers are struggling to pay for fertilizer and scaling back production of those grains, including corn and soybeans. >> john: the price of a barrel of oil affects just about

everything in the economy, it's a petroleum-based economy, and a lot of people, the president included, would like to have a grand transition to a renewable fuel-based economy but we are not there yet, and so the immediate result is a lot of pain for a lot of people who i'm sure very soon if they are not already are going to have to make difficult choices, do they put gasoline in the tank, food on the table, new clothes on the kids' backs, do they get new shoes, i mean -- this is going to be a tough summer, and even jennifer granholm says when it comes to gas prices we have not seen near the worst of it yet. >> sandra: and to get the grain and the energy where it needs to go, a lot of times it goes on a truck, and diesel is record high as well. coming up steve gaines and jared polis, a big show coming up. >> john: tragedy in the desert,

the marine corps confirming five marines were killed in a crash of an osprey aircraft yesterday. crash happening during a training mission about 100 miles east of san diego in the desert. major general bradford gering saying we mourn the loss of our marines in this tragic mishap. hearts go to their families and friends as they cope with the tragedy. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. house january 6th committee set to hold the first hearing tonight in primetime. a tv spectacular. it hopes millions of americans will tune in, and hearings will be made for tv event as the committee has enlisted the former president of abc news, james goldston, to produce dramatic video clips to try to captivate the nation. while the hearings will be led by democrats, two republicans will play key roles. chief washington correspondent mike emmanuel on capitol hill.

what does the committee intend to do tonight? >> the january 6th committee, the mission tonight is an opening statement to the american people and then a preview of other upcoming hearings. committee aides say there will be multi-media presentations throughout the 90 minute or so hearing, fresh video and audio not publicly released before. and clips from video tape depositions the committee has done. aides say they will remind people what happened. initial findings about the january 6th attack and causes and connect the dots for the american people. house speaker nancy pelosi offered this preview to reporters a short time ago. >> tonight will be sort of an opening of the narration, the narrative of what happened as an assault on our democracy, on our constitution, on our capitol, on our congress, in a very violent

way, for a specific purpose, to undermine the constitution of the united states. >> benny thompson and liz cheney will give opening statements and a capitol hill police officer and documentary filmmaker are expected to recount their experiences from january 6th, what they saw and heard during the riot. house republican leader kevin mccarthy ripped this effort as being unfair. >> it is the most political and least legitimate committee in american history. it has used congressional subpoenas to attack republicans, violate due process, and infringe on the political speech of private citizens. >> today the fbi arrested a republican candidate for michigan governor named ryan kelly. misdemeanor charges related to the january 6th riot. kelly is expected to make an initial court appearance in district court this afternoon in michigan. >> john: he just posted on his

instagram a blank page with the caption political prisoner. interesting move there. a lot of interesting things happening on capitol hill. mike, thank you. tonight, a special live coverage will be anchored by bret baier and martha on the fox business network, beginning at 8:00 eastern. you can also stream the hearing. and at 11:00 eastern, shannon bream joins bret and martha for our coverage on the fox news channel. >> sandra: we'll be watching that. and finally, it seems, americans are ready to travel despite covid still sticking around. another issue to put the brakes on your summer vacation plans. hate to be the bearer of bad news, but hearing why airlines are cancelling hundreds of flights. >> record high prices keeping people from stage to the roads, but president biden focused on green energy. what's he doing to bring down

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>> john: average price for a gallon of gasoline edging closer to $5, now just $4.97, $0.03 from the horrible mark. much of the country is already passed that all-time high. now 20 states and washington, d.c. with averages of $5 or more. steve daines joins us now, he sits on the senate energy committee, like your colleague, senator barrasso who was here yesterday.

president biden is taking measures to increase the supply of oil to try to get the price down. releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, probably going hat in hand to saudi arabia in july, talking to the maduro regime in venezuela, and then iran, maybe a new nuclear deal and sell oil on the open market. seems to be doing everything to increase supply with the exception of increasing supply here at home. >> what's wrong with american oil, john, here is the problem. climate change for joe biden and the democrats has turned into climate crazy. this is a religion. they wake up to every morning and virtually worship it. just in the last week what's biden's response been? reduce tariffs on solar panels? it's crazy. a democrat senate in the last 48 hours said just get in the electric vehicle and drive past the gas bumps and not worry about the high price of gas. when i hear from people in

montana, three most important issues are inflation, inflation, inflation, the price of gas at the pump and groceries in the store. we can unleash american energy, what did biden do, in may, he stopped leases in alaska. he stopped offshore oil leases. this is about supply and demand. we need more made in america energy. >> john: clear this administration and the democrats are not going to do anything to increase domestic supplies of oil, gas, and natural gas to get prices down. if republicans as expected take control of the house and potentially the senate as well in the next legislative session, what can you do legislatively to try to get us past this crisis? >> we do what we are being stopped on. i went down before the u.s.

senate and said let's restart leases on public lands, they stopped me on that. and reverse what president biden did with executive order, he killed the keystone pipeline, reduced tariffs on solar panels. we need to when we get control of congress, put those measures forward and go to biden's desk but we'll dare him to veto him. >> switch gears and ask the situation with justice kavanaugh and the man who may appear in court on charges of attempted murder. rewind the clock back to march of 2020, the steps of the supreme court when senator chuck schumer, then minority leader said this. >> i want to tell you gorsuch, i want to tell you kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. you won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful

decisions. >> john: senator, in light of the threat against justice kavanaugh, do those remarks need to be addressed? >> listen, you reap what you sow. we have yet to hear chuck schumer or nancy pelosi condemn the gentleman arrested. >> john: even the president on jimmy kimmel. it's it's outrageous. we saw mob rule, now it's mob violence when he went through the process, and that's where it leads to. we expect leadership, i don't care if you are a democrat or republican, both sides have to have condemnation of violence against a supreme court. >> john: and the group ruth sent us protested outside the justice's home, that is in violation of federal law, 18u.s.c.1507, no one at the justice department seems interested in prosecuting. >> where is attorney general garland in all of this.

there should be federal officials arresting those individuals breaking the law. i feel sorry for justice kavanaugh, his sweet wife, his family to live with that. this is becoming very real, when that gentleman was arrested for attempted murder. thank god for law enforcement that stopped that guy, something far worse could have happened. >> john: senator daines from the great state of montana, great to see you. safe travels back home for the weekend. >> sandra: hitting the skies, travelling through smaller american airports and no other choice at all may be out of luck. finding fewer flights or none at all. bryan llenas is from new york liberty, not one of the smaller ones, it's a large one, indeed. >> regional flights affect everyone, everyone will be

affected by this at whatever airport. up 25%, part is rising fuel prices. other part is a pilot shortfall. the industry is about 12,000 pilots short of what they need going into next year, which means with less pilots, they just don't have enough pilots to meet the pent-up demand. 303 airports nationwide are now offering fewer flights as a result. 188 airports are offering, have lost more than 25% of their flights. at least nine airports nationwide don't have flights to offer at all, that according to the regional airline association. this reduced air service is hurting the economies of small and mid size communities like williamsport, pennsylvania, home to the little league world series, population 30,000. >> we have no commercial service at all in williamsport. we lost our service in september. the nearest airport is about an

hour and ten minutes away but they have been impacted also by activity. >> 43% of scheduled passenger departures nationwide are operated by smaller regional airlines, which have been especially impacted by the pilot shortage and increased gas prices. republic airways opened a flight school called lift academy in 2018, promises military level training. the republic airways say their training is so good they petitioned the f.a.a. to allow the pilots to graduate in half the number of flight hours required of commercial pilots. >> we know this problem is going to continue to persist, and what's important is that we begin to focus on the solution so this does not get worse, but we begin to turn the corner and to grow our pilots cadre across the industry. >> united airlines says they

have grounded 150 of their regional jets and when asked, they said they don't see that improving at all over the next few years. >> sandra: once they ground them, it's hard to get them back in service. it's a process that usually takes a while. thank you for the update. >> of course. >> sandra: protestors back at justice kavanaugh's home last night, can you believe it, hours after the foiled assassination plot against him. why would the white house still support these protests after it became clear kavanaugh's life was at risk? jason and david are in studio and join us next. >> this is an intimidation campaign against the supreme court of the united states. we have never seen anything like it in american history, and we have the biden white house encouraging it. new iphone 13. (dad allen) we've been customers for years. (dad brown) i thought new phones were for new customers.

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>> said the justices are protected but there was an attempt on justice kavanaugh's life. >> it was not about the justice, it's about -- it's about staff and the rest. the justices are protected, you saw the attorney general even double down on that. >> sandra: house speaker nancy pelosi just a few moments ago, she was wrapping her presser, defending president biden's justice department and insisting that the justices are protected. all this, of course, comes as pro abortion activists vow to continue demonstrations hours after the assassination plot against justice brett kavanaugh. federal law actually prohibits protests outside of sitting supreme court justices' homes. will the justice department take action? let's bring in our panel. jason, former republican utah congressman and david, a former

democratic new york state senator. i find it hard to believe it was allowed, and then allowed again after assassination attempt on brett kavanaugh. >> it keeps happening because they don't enforce the law. if the department of justice would enforce the law, putting handcuffs on people, guess what, it would probably dry up and people say oh, a consequence, i better not do it, that's not the way they are rolling in biden land. >> david, justices need to be protected, a bill in the house gathering dust, cheri bustos said the idea to protect the staffers and the law clerks, how about the family members of the justices. >> i think now with the climate we have seen keep ratcheting up on both sides, it shows the justices need protection, the

family, as well as the staff working in the court. and that's why i think this is important that we get it right, that this legislation passes and it does what it's supposed to do is to protect the justices, protect their families. but i think it all comes from the rhetoric on both sides. >> both sides? >> both sides. leaders need to dial down the rhetoric, stop the extremists by giving them this poison. >> sandra: why don't we start by addressing the rhetoric on the supreme court steps in 2020 of chuck schumer, i also just asked a sitting member of congress, cheri bustos said it's not her style, i don't know if it's an all out condemnation of his words on the supreme court that day and dick durbin's response today, listen. >> i want to tell you gorsuch, i want to tell you kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. >> i can't believe a statement

made by the majority leader months ago, years ago, i don't know when it was made, was the reason for this individual deciding to stalk the supreme court justice. as a general rule, we should all temper our rhetoric some. >> sandra: do you find it hard to believe that could have been the cause of some of this? >> no, look, it wasn't just chuck schumer. you have people like congressman waters, you have a whole slough of democrats time and time again, even from the pulpit of the white house. jen psaki not able to call it out and dismiss that and say hey, we are -- do not advocate any sort of violence, but that's not what we had. go back to when we had all these riots with 500 plus marches and you had kamala harris out there funding them, trying to get them back on the street. >> sandra: david, the question comes where is the d.o.j. on this, here is mitch mcconnell criticizing biden for not doing

more. >> biden department of justice under garland ignores 1507 of the criminal code appear to make it a federal crime to protest at the homes of federal judges to influence them over a pending case. >> sandra: and to further point to the severity of this moment, the wall street journal editorial board writes about the targeting of the supreme court this morning, saying violence in the name of politics now threatens the judiciary and washington's remaining adults have an obligation to act with dispatch to protect these justices, families and court as an institution. if america is more polarized than any point since the civil war as the independents claim, where is the d.o.j., where is president biden? >> we talk about 1507 of the penal code, implemented in 1950,

we have seen that would be a gross tread on our first amendment right. >> it is a law, it is a law. >> we have to balance it carefully. violence is different than protesting. >> where do you stand on the protestors outside the homes to be clear. >> i condemn them, but a criminal act, absolutely not, and a major blow to our first amendment right. we need to dial back the rhetoric and make sure it's civil but we have to defend the right of people to say what they want to say. if they want to make a fool of themselves, it's up to them. but draw the line on violence and intimidation, that can't happen. >> when you have a supreme court justice, a federal judge with a pending case you cannot go to their home and do these things. it's intimidation and that is not what the law provides. enforce the law. you can protest all you want, that's the american way, do it in front of the supreme court. do it --

not their home with their kids. >> sandra: do you think we would be looking at a different response had this been on b a liberal supreme court justice? and protests and demonstration? >> this brings in 1507, we have to be careful, but to charge them criminally. >> start with condemnation, that would be good. i don't know that we are even getting that. >> i think we need to do it on all sides. >> sandra: important stuff. >> the request to dial back the rhetoric, and say we don't agree, let's be civil and come to the table. >> sandra: thank you for the conversation, appreciate you. good to see you in studio. john. >> john: a plane carrying more than 110,000 pounds of baby formula landing moments ago in dallas. the nationwide shortage could still last for weeks. more than 70% of formula products still out of stock at stores across the nation. casey stegall live at dallas

fort worth with the latest on this. a significant shipment but a drop in the bucket of what's needed. >> yeah, john, absolutely right. runways behind me at dfw international airport, we just watched the fedex plane land moments ago. we are going to tell you more about that in a second. but first, people up to speed on the back story. everyone knows the abbott laboratory plant in michigan, sturgis, michigan, the biggest for abbott and generates about a fifth of all of the baby formula consumed in the united states. all of that went off line in february when as we know the f.d.a. found traces of a potentially deadly bacteria at the plant. but the reporting of the wall street journal has uncovered now that employees of that sturgis factory had blew the whistle earlier about alleged workplace

violations, including unsanitary conditions in sturgis. abbott reopened that facility last weekend after it says the necessary fixes were made. still many lawmakers are calling for continued and better oversight. >> supply is critical. i'm not disputing that at all. and equally critical is the safety of the product, and we have to be assured of at this moment. >> so we want to take you to live pictures now here at dfw airport, we have a second camera position. the third federally chartered fedex plane landing moments ago, a nearly ten-hour long flight from cologne, germany. some 110,000 pounds of baby formula, 1.6 million bottles, which will now be distributed from here. the secretary of health and human services is also here to

greet this airplane. we understand additional formula flights are going to be landing in other u.s. cities not in the coming weeks, but rather, according to h.h.s., the coming days, john. >> john: a little bit of relief there at dallas-fort worth. 110,000 pounds, probably 100,000 cans of powdered formula. but show me ten planes landing at every major airport across the country with this and then beginning to make a dent in the problem. >> sandra: i still say and say it every day, it's still hard to believe it has come to this, and we really hope all those that need it get it. john, thank you. meanwhile, fox news alert on the war in ukraine. officials say most of a small but strategically important city in eastern ukraine is now under russian control. the battle there could determine the fate of the donbas region.

trey yingst is live in kyiv. what can you tell us? >> good afternoon. talking about the town, and while ukrainian forces are getting u.s. weapons as we speak, they remained outgunned and outnumbered. we spoke to the u.s. ambassador to the fight for control of the country. >> we are here to stop this conflict from becoming bigger, because i think if left unchecked, i believe that russia will continue. >> you've been very clear in your statements that the goal of the u.s. government is to help ukraine win this war. >> we have been very clear, absolutely, that the goal we have is to help ukraine defend itself and deter against further russian aggression, and this is important for ukraine, it is also important for the united states. >> from the perspective of the u.s. government, what does victory for ukraine look like? >> we have always said that ukrainians will need to

determine that themselves. president zelenskyy has said that this war ultimately will end in negotiation and what we are trying to do now is strengthen ukraine's battle field position which will strengthen its hand at the negotiation table. >> do you believe this con flibt can be solved through diplomacy? >> i think all conflicts eventually are resolved one way another through diplomacy, a place at the end for negotiation, and now helping ukraine. >> massive problem in terms of grain exports from ukraine. something that could affect food prices in the united states, and could affect millions of lives in other parts of the world. what is the united states doing to encourage the russians to release the grain. >> yesterday there were meetings between turks and russians in

istanbul. however, i would say that it's -- ukraine has some legitimate concerns about how this proceeds and those need to be considered and so we are also working on ways we can support getting the grain out by other potentially other means, so we are very focused on this at high levels in administration and something we want to support because it's very important for ukraine, but also important for other parts of the world. >> david beesly from the world food program warning millions could face starvation if this issue is not immediately addressed. >> yep. >> what exactly is the united states, what are you doing? >> we are find a way for ukraine to export grain. the way of ports. one possibility. also potential of additional storage. potential of doing it by train. so there are a few different possibilities and we are

pursuing them all. >> in addition to addressing humanitarian issues, they have given billions of help since the war began. >> sandra: trey, thank you. just before the 9:00 hour in kyiv there. >> john: the white house pushing a green agenda as the price of black gold continues to soar. a major focus on electric vehicles. democratic governor jared polis of colorado is telling us why he is bucking that trend, putting his focus on the economy and the steep cost to american people. >> sandra: as the new migrant caravan gets bigger, a plan to send migrants into the country releasing them into cities across america. former acting i.c.e. director tom homan ahead with a closer look at the escalating crisis. >> every state is a border state

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>> john: migrant caravan moving

north through mexico, ranks have grown now to more than 15,000 strong. this comes as we learn homeland security reportedly planning to transport migrants apprehended along the border further into the u.s. interior. joining us is the former acting i.c.e. director tom homan. a beautiful backdrop, i am jealous. so this caravan growing in size. one person can stop it is the president of mexico, he's making no moves to stop it. mexico is going to give the keystone work permits and amlo is thumbing his nose at president, not coming to the summit of the americas. what's going on? >> look, we have talked about this many times. biden administration has not done a single thing to slow the flow. no enforcement action, and ridiculous plan, to fly them all

over the country, no overcrowding, and you know into chicago or new york and paid the smuggler so much money. nowadays go to the border and the biden administration at taxpayer expense will get you to your final destination. what the administration fails to get, when more migrants come, you process release quicker, that entices more to come, they are not detained. already 70% of the border patrol is no longer on the line, and that's why so much fentanyl is coming across to kill americans. over 700 migrants have died, at what point do migrant deaths count, at what point do the overdose deaths count, what point does the national security count? you didn't have national security without border security. 75,000 got-away, arrested 22 known suspected terrorists, how many of the 75,000 came to the

united states and got arrested. this is extreme national security issue, the administration does not seem to care. >> the people flown from the border further inland. put up a map here, we'll show you some of the cities we know they are being sent to, places like los angeles, albuquerque, new mexico, houston, dallas, we understand they are flown far and wide across the country. you saw the attorney general of indiana a short time ago saying they are being flown up there. you point to the idea it's an optics problem, and overcrowding along the border looks like a cries. but if you can swiftly get them to places to disappear into the landscape, looks better at the border. what's the net effect across the country? are you not turning every state into a border state? >> every state is already a border state. fentanyl at record numbers, killing record number of americans, illegal, and ms13 is

in 48 states. every state is a border state because of the fentanyl, gang members, because of the violence. you talk to any sheriff across the country, i talk to hundreds of them, have seen a rise in crime. mexican criminal drug cartels are now operating in most of the major cities in the country because of the lax control on the border. >> i.c.e. announced a new policy it wants to take into consideration u.s. military service of an illegal immigrant or family member weighing deportation. not against people due to their service, or those serving in the military, does not exclude deportation but service significant mitigating factor. your thoughts. does that seem like a reasonable policy? i know it's cutting the line but -- >> it's not a reasonable policy.

we already had a policy dealing with that. what this policy did, was take the discretion away from law enforcement officers, the i.c.e. agents to make that decision. i just testified in federal court against the biden administration and the d.o.j. says officers still maintain their discretion. this is a clear example to take discretion away from them. >> john: thank you, tom homan. >> sandra: new at 2:00, silence from president biden more than 24 hours after police say a man tried to assassinate supreme court justice kavanaugh. we are joined ahead, and protecting the justice. plus, colorado governor polis in a brand-new hour.

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reaching deeper into your pocket. there is now word it could have people calling police being told that help is not on the way because the cost to get there would be just too high. >> john: and it's not just a threat. we'll tell you where it's getting that desperate coming up. west coast as "america reports" rolls into a send hour. love the color coordination. >> sandra: yes, we made the phone call before, not really, but good to be with you, john. we'll also be speaking to democratic governor jared polis of the great state of colorado who just vetoed pro climate legislation in his own state. we'll see what he says about president biden's all or nothing approach to following the far left green agenda. >> john: begin the new hour with the attempt to assassinate a sitting supreme court justice, and now a day later a sitting president called out for staying silent. it's a fox news alert.

more than 24 hours since police arrested a man for trying to assassinate justice press kavanaugh. beyond the white house press team, president biden has not said boo about it. >> sandra: and not for any lack of opportunity, john. we heard from the president on the south lawn yesterday. it happened in this hour, cameras were also waiting for him at the airport and on top of all of that, he spent time with jimmy kimmel. not one mention of kavanaugh. >> john: even now, republicans demanding democrats in the house pass a bill that would bolster security for them. a plan to offer such protection a month ago, and it's just been sitting there. issa says his colleagues on the left are simply obstructing. he joins us live with what's happening hien the scenes on capitol hill coming up.

>> sandra: first jacqui heinrich is travelling with the president, live in los angeles, sunny los angeles, great to see you. >> jacqui: good to see you, too. it's stunning, a sitting supreme court justice and an armed man showing up at his house intending to kill him, according to officials and no word from president biden. the white house did issue a statement on biden's behalf. telling fox president biden condemns the action of the individual in the strongest terms and grateful for law enforcement to take him into custody. they must be able to do their jobs without concern for personal safety or family. president biden is going to give a talk at a c.e.o. summit any minute now, and there is no clear opportunity to ask him questions. he's not even slated to give a press conference at the major

summit, even though antony blinken spoke at the summit a couple days ago railing against several latin american countries for trying to suppress journalistic freedom. biden did make time for an interview with jimmy kimmel where he complained about the press. >> look how the press has changed. look how the press has changed. >> oh, listen, i get it. >> you overstand it, you don't just understand it, you overstand it. here's the deal. one of the things is that it's very difficult now to have a -- even with notable exceptions, even good reporters, they have to get a number of clicks on nightly news. so instead of asking a question, anyway, everything gets sensationalized. >> jacqui: biden's last interview with a journalist was 119 days ago on february 10th, and since taking office he has

taken fewer interviews than his predecessors, including trump, obama, george h. w. bush, and reagan, and we put in a request for other u.s. officials to interview with us, collect blinken and mayorkas, and the u.s. ambassadors to mexico and guatemala, we got nothing and the summit ends tomorrow. sandra. >> sandra: wow, keep us posted. jacqui heinrich in l.a., thank you. >> john: bring in california congressman darryl issa, get reaction to the threat against justice kavanaugh, and schumer has said in 2020 you have unleashed the whirlwind. >> perhaps we will find out if his incentive was that loose talk, that kind of adverse statement, something we never tolerate against a member of congress or the president.

but this threat to the justices is not only real and made more real by this, but incredibly concerning that 100 to 0 the senate said let's protect them a month ago, identical bill has been languishing in the house. >> which you introduced. >> i introduced, and chairman nadler agreed to co-sponsor until someone in leadership said oh, no, we are going to think about other things, and he's been stymied. and in the house, you no longer have that kind of individual we can agree on things and move it. if that bill, the same one the senate passed came to the house today, it would either pass unanimously or at least by 400 votes. >> john: we saw a protest group last night, nancy pelosi held her weekly press conference on the way out, she was asked about why this bill has not passed. here is what she said. >> you said justices are protected but there was an

attempt on his life. >> they are protected. protected. it's about the staff and the rest. justices are protected. you saw the attorney general even double down on that. >> john: saying the justices are protected, her concern is clerks and staff members at the supreme court and she's not going to move this bill unless there is more money in it for protection for them. >> it's disingenuous, she did not bring it up this week, she could have. those protestors outside of justice kavanaugh's house, they are violating the law and this attorney general is not willing to enforce those laws, made no effort to do so, so talk is cheap, the actions speak for themselves. for more than a month her not willing to bring anything up, her not even willing to consider why not at least start with what

100 to 0 the senate passed. this should not be controversial, and it is about the homes and the families of the justices. yes, the justices are covered when they are sitting in the courtroom, but what about when someone knocks on the door and they are not there. what about their family whashgs about their children when the attacks are clearly real and present as we speak. >> john: you mentioned that, and i want to bring up this sound bite from judge esther salas of new jersey, she was on our program yesterday, on america's newsroom earlier today. that very thing happened to her, a crazed gunman, disgruntled lawyer found her address, knocked on her door, shot her husband and son, killing the son. >> the rule of law isn't the rule of law for just republicans. the rule of law is not just the law for democrats. the rule of law is not just the law for independents. our justice system is in trouble. this country is in trouble. democracy is in trouble. and we need to have our leaders

stand up and say we are going to lead. >> john: you have a federal judge who has suffered in the worst possible way saying we need legislation, and she is promoting the act to make it illegal to publish information about judges in public. she's saying we need this and need it now and it's being ignored. >> it is being ignored. these kind of safeguards on not publicly filing the home addresses has been controversial for members of congress. we are public figures. these are not public figures and the intimidation of district attorneys, u.s. attorneys, and judges are exactly the kinds of intimidation we have an obligation to prevent and nancy pelosi knows it, nancy pelosi is not just guarded but her homes are guarded. so when she says they are protected, they are not protected the way she's protected or if necessary i would be protected. >> john: this is not going to happen this week, everybody is getting out of town. will this pass next week?

>> if it's brought up, it will pass. if it's not brought up, we cannot force it. we attempted yesterday to bring it up. kevin mccarthy asked to pass it there, and he was told by the speaker's delegate it would not be considered and he was shut down. >> sandra: good to have you in today, safe travels back home. >> sandra: interesting discussion there. see what happens next. seems like if what they are trying to do is pass more in this house bill, pass the one to protect the families of the justices now. jason was just saying this, and have another bill later to protect the staffers and the law clerks. >> john: start somewhere, at least start. >> sandra: exactly, especially in this moment. as gas prices go up by the day, which is like every day now, a new record high, democrats are only increasing their push to go green. >> john: one democratic governor who says there's a cost to going

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>> sandra: one democratic governor is pumping the brakes on the push to go green no matter the cost. governor polis vetoed a bill to have electric chargers in certain buildings because it could have raised housing prices for the people of the state. he joins us now. governor polis, thank you so uch m. what was it about the bill that would require new large

buildings and apartments to install electric vehicle chargers. what was it about that that you did not like being a democratic governor and a blue state? >> first of all, who doesn't love the opportunity for e.v., it's great technology, love what companies are doing for lower cost options for people. that should be viewed as a good thing, a money saving thing if you want to buy an e.v. it should not be something that is built into increase your housing costs. in colorado, like a lot of states, we are dealing with very high costs on housing. one of the biggest struggles people face, especially younger people. the last thing we need to do is up the cost. estimated by $10,000 to require e.v. charging infrastructure even if you don't drive an e.v., to be built into your multi-family unit, your apartment unit. you are paying 10, $15,000 more and if you benefit from it that's great. if you don't have an e.v., with should you pay for it. >> you said there is not enough research that was presented to

you at least that would show this plan would save residents money. because that was the case being made. >> yeah, the truth is, if you use an e.v., some might have it at work, not need it at home. the key things about e.v., and they represent about 13% of vehicle sales in our state last month, they are happening and save people money, decrease demand for gas, wonderful thing, new technology, whether it's tesla, ford, so many others. key thing, it should be an option for people, a choice for people. good choice on performance, on cost. we don't want to raise housing prices for people who are not using electric vehicles. that's the piece that does not make sense. >> sandra: great point and by the way, timing of all this is difficult when people are paying sky high prices for just about everything in the country, inflation at a 40-year high,

it's tough to look at the price tag on an electric vehicle, kelly blue book says the average price is over $65,000. ok. so, for those lawmakers who are saying you know what, if you don't want to pay high gas prices, by the way are nearly $5 a gallon, up 107% since biden took office, up 134% since election day, if you don't want to pay those, go buy an e.v. that was debbie stabenow in michigan boasting just that. >> on the issue of gas prices, after waiting a long time to have enough chips in the country to get my electric vehicle, i got it and drove it from michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas stays, did not matter how high it was.

>> sandra: the median income in her state is less than that of a cost of an e.v. is your party getting the messaging on the push for green energy wrong? >> here is why e.v.s benefit everyone. let's say wealthier are buying 'em this, upper middle class, they are quieter, no exhaust, wonderful. the more people buy them, the less demand on gas, that provides a downward pressure on gas prices. it also means cleaner air. so, i think it should be all about choice frankly, and 13% of vehicles sold in our state are echt v., close to 7 or 8 nationally, like ford lightning and rivian, and even if you done get one, other people make the swicht. downward pressure on gas. cleaner neighborhoods.

>> 61% of the electricity that go into the e.v. is from fossil fuel. so still dependent on the fossil fuels for the e.v. and depend on china for the lithium for the batteries that go into the e.v. and rising food places, a major problem. what can your state do to help bring prices down and are you hearing enough of a plan at the federal level to help the american people with this sky high inflation, governor? >> first on the other point, the grid is going to be coal, natural gas, solar, wind, yes, fossil fuels but not gasoline. again, swicht to electric, might be more demand on natural gas and coal, but drives down gas prices. as a state, 100 ways to sav

people money in colorado, reducing the income tax, sending $500 tax rebate, reducing property taxes, making sure that common goods like diapers no longer subject to the sales tax, providing relief for farmers and ranchers by making fertilizer exempt from the sales and use tax. need more nationally, yes, yes, yes. i have called on congress and the president to suspended 22% tax on gas tax. >> sandra: are you hopeful at all? we are recording $5 as a national average. seem the price of just about everything is going higher. the white house tried to lay out a plan but not much different than what we have seen in recent months. are you hopeful the administration is able to tackle suft a great problem for americans? >> so look, you need to look at several drivers of inflation.

one is fiscal responsibility. congress needs to reduce the deficit, period. longer you do deficit spending, the more inflationary pressures are. and monetary policy, they appoint the members of the fed and hope the fed takes the threat of inflation seriously and acts to reduce it. also policies that matter, like suspending the gas tax, reduce tariffs on goods we need to grow the economy. >> sandra: could you get behind producing more oil? >> it's already on the upswing because of the prices. one of the issues we have here in colorado, we are one of the top oil producing states, sixth or seventh. we have 2600 permits granted that are not being drilled and acted on. >> sandra: why? why is that? >> you know, that's a good question. i think a couple solutions. one would be use it or lose it type awards for approval. the other would be prioritize companies that are willing to tap those resources sooner and

not just sit on it. i think what we have seen is a lot of speculators in the game. >> sandra: that's a talking point from the democrats and the administration that there's all these leases out there that are not getting used. i mean -- isn't the responsibility of the leadership to ask why? i mean -- because we have and often times they say it's too risky for them and they have lost a lot of the investment in their industry because of the demonization of fossil fuels in this country. >> yeah, some exact, some of the companies on the show, i think what they would say. >> sandra: mostly small operations that have the leases, sir. not big oil. >> they don't have the confidence, yeah, they don't have the confidence they are going to have $100 a barrel pricing by the time they actually drill and implement. what they are doing now, they are planning their investments for 6 or 9 months out. they don't know what they are going to get for the product.

it's on the upswing, colorado production, texas production, all going up. but because the more we produce, it hard to speculate too much. they did that a few years ago and it was a bust, a lot of them went bankrupt. great for consumers, but not sustainable because many of them were then no longer making any money because it was costing more to get it out of the ground. >> sandra: governor, appreciate the conversation, thank you very much for joining us and hope to have another one some time soon. thank you very much. >> always a pleasure, sandra. >> sandra: john. >> john: one thing is for sure, nothing is putting downward pressure on gasoline prices, just a few cents short of $5 a gallon nationwide. in fact, it's already above $5 a gallon in at least 20 states, plus the district of columbia. as the president and his team admit no quick fix. so, putting a big focus on electric vehicles. jeff flock, live in philadelphia. that's the solution, jeff.

you don't like the price of gas, spend 60 grand on an electric car. >> or more, yeah. well, i'll tell you, john, marketplace is already dictating. look at the tesla super chargers behind me. i pass by this gas station all the time, gas station -- charging station, whatever. usually there are 2, 3 cars. today it's full of teslas as the gas price in pennsylvania is above $five as well. sandra mentioned in the interview with the governor what an electric vehicle costs these days, i want to show you that compared to what a regular vehicle costs. average transaction place in april, for the average vehicle, $46,000. for the e.v., 65,000. and we had senator barrasso on from montana this morning said reality is, a lot of people, that's just a nonstarter. listen. >> they say you don't like high gas prices, just go buy an

electric car. the fact they are costing over $50,000 on average for an electric car, families cannot afford that. >> now in fairness, some electric vehicle prices are coming down. g.m. just reduced the price of bolt by 18%. now down to $26,000, that's in the ballpark. and also of the average compact vehicle and jim farley, the c.e.o. of ford says he sees an e.v. try huge price war coming on because there will be more competition out there. but right now we don't have that. it's also hard to find an e.v. and if you look at the number, sales numbers, ford sold 13,000 vehicles in q1, less than 7,000 were electric vehicles. so, if you've got one now, boy, that's great, you are not paying a whole lot for gas. if you don't, good luck to you.

>> john: i'm curious, how long do people spend at the super charging station and what do they pay in electricity to top off the battery? >> 10, 15 bucks to charge about 300 miles. we just saw one come in, i don't know if you can see the tow truck, a flatbed truck, apparently they ran out of gas, not gas, but juice. they brought them in and got charged up. >> john: and therein lies the rub. jeff flock for us. >> exactly. >> john: sandra, you can't just put a gallon of gas in the tesla, you have to hook it up to something. >> sandra: that jeff flock, you never know what you are going to get. love him. next up, china's secret base and the warning of a former commander about taking on the communist nation.

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>> sandra: with china making moves in the pacific, one of america's former top commanders in the region says the u.s. must make sure the communist nation is not the one calling the shots. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. hello, jennifer. >> hi, sandra. as defense secretary lloyd austin prepares to meet for the first time his chinese counterpart, admiral phillip davidson appeared to fire a warning shot across the bow. he said china could dictate terms for others in the region if the u.s. is not involved more diplomatically. austin only spoke with the counterpart one time last april. austin arrived in singapore for asia's premier defense summit. a meeting will be about setting "guardrails on the relationship."

the same defense official doubled down on u.s. concerns china is secretly building a naval facility. for months china denied it was their naval base, but an official said we have seen the cambodians and the chinese to take extraordinary steps, boarding on the absurd. a chinese minister called u.s. speculation baseless. >> the renovation of the ream naval base aims to strengthen the cambodian naval capability. the u.s. has ignored it, made malicious speculation, and discredited and threatened to put pressure on cambodia, typical bullying. >> china has disputed artificial islands in the south china sea

for years, and they could launch an aircraft carrier any day now. the photos show it under construction at a shipyard in shanghai, chinese state run media says it's close to completion. sandra. >> sandra: jennifer, thank you very much. bring in rebecca grant. >> john: put the maps up so people can see where this is. southeast asia on the map, vietnam, cambodia in the middle, thailand to the west of it, on the ream naval base. your concerns about china expanding the reach into this part of the ocean. >> this is an expansion and what it will do for china's navy is allow them to kind of stick it to vietnam and india, we have had closer defense ties with them, and also gives china's navy the ability to operate in that area. dredge out the harbor to take ships up to 5,000 tons

displacement, does not sound like a lot but that covers most of china's submarines and crafts, and china's navy is bigger than america's navy. >> john: china wants to be a regional power, if not global power. how different is it for china to build remote naval bases than for us to have the fifth fleet in bahrain, bases in japan, italy, greece, guantanamo bay, korea, diego garcia, it's a big world out there. >> fair question. china wants to be the dominant military power. it's secretive. another difference, china has a lot of territorial claims in the area. we are not pursuing territorial claims, china is pursuing claims in the pacific region. >> john: what the wall street

journal had to say, china wants to dominate shipping lanes long guaranteed by the reach of the u.s. navy, and easier to project power. and bases make it easier to monitor u.s. ship movements and threaten installations in guam and elsewhere in the event of a conflict. and when you look at the belt and road policy, this seems to be part of that now as well, they control ports in many western nations, they have got mineral contracts with many nations in africa. they'll build something and say oh, you can't pay us back, no problem. we'll take ownership of it. >> that's right. and china's belt and road initiative is a twisted way to gain economic power and extend their dominance. not always a good deal for the host nation and china says oh, no strings attached and then want to bring in naval vessels

or go back on a financial deal. u.s. is trying to oppose it in many locations. >> john: and president biden is considering taking tariffs off some chinese goods to tackle inflation, and critics are saying wrong thing to do because you are just going to give china the upper hand in trade. >> removing any of the tariffs on china is the dumbest idea. the tariffs have been in place. >> john: don't sugar coat it. >> in place since january of 2020, when we had no inflation to speak of. there's no relationship between this set of china tariffs and the inflation we are seeing driven as you know by energy and other factors. this would make us look weak in china's eyes and china is not going to give us anything if we pull these tariffs off. terrible idea. >> john: apple computer is doing this to maintain supply chain. in a way they're kind of leading the future. moving some manufacturing for the ipad out of china and to

vietnam. we hold a tremendous amount of economic leverage over china, they make all our stuff. if we were to say to china we are going to make our stuff somewhere else, bring it back home even, that's a tremendous amount of leverage. >> we do have economic leverage and time to do the reshoring back to the partners, canada and mexico, and alternate sources of supply. the tariffs are meant to protect and rebuild u.s. manufacturing. number one priority. >> john: rebecca grant, great to get your perspective on things. >> sandra: you saw it, president biden on late night. panel will debate. >> john: cops may not be able to come to your beck and call because of how much gasoline it takes to get there. yes, it's actually happening. r—-

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>> john: fox news alert, terrifying moments at an elementary school in gadzdon, alabama, ended with police shooting a man dead. the man was reportedly circling the building trying to find an

unlocked door to get inside. charles watson live in our southeast news hub with the breaking details. what's going on? >> hey, john. lots of moving parts. what we are told is this shooting incident happened around 10:00 this morning at walnut park elementary school in alabama, just northeast of the city of birmingham. according to gadson city school, a man showed up to the school this morning where he allegedly was seen approaching doors and possibly trying to gain entry into the building. obviously with the atmosphere that we are living in right now in terms of school shootings, people saw that and were concerned and alerted a school resource officer. when that school resource officer was alerted, a fight allegedly ensued and that ended with the suspect shot and killed and the resource officer-involved in the incident apparently suffered some minor injuries. the school at the time we are

told was in summer session so there were a limited amount of students on campus. the sheriff's office confirmed the students are safe. they did not sustain any injuries and they were bussed to gadson city high school for reunification with parents as the day goes on. but as we follow this incident and police begin to investigate and gather all of the evidence right now, it is very unclear exactly what the suspect's motive was, and police have not said whether or not he had a weapon with him. so as police try to put together the pieces of what happened here, lots of questions as to why this all unfolded, john. >> john: it's a mystery seems to be, charles, as to why this fella was trying to pry open doors and get inside the school. was he trying to do harm to the students, was there something

else that was going on, and thankfully as well all of those doors were locked. gadsden superintendent said we are thankful none of it involved the children, everyone followed the safety protocols that we have been drilled on. as you mentioned, we don't know if this fellow was armed or tried to grab a weapon from a police officer or why he was trying to get in the school, but we know the horrible tragedy in uvalde, charles, unfolded because the gunman was able to get in through a door the teacher thought was locked but wasn't. >> yeah, that's right, john. you know, and the fortunate thing about the situation, this suspect was unable to make it into this building as you mentioned, no doors were unlocked at the time and another

fortunate thing with this particular situation, there were a limited number of kids on campus at the time. this was apparently a literacy program going on at the time. lots of kids, you know, in june are out on summer vacation, so fortunately this school was not packed with dozens and dozens of kids as far as we know, just a few dozen kids there for an apparent literacy program, and the children were safe according to the county sheriff's office, and bussed away to a nearby high school for reunification with parents and they are asking those parents to bring identification so that they can be appropriately reunited with their children. john. >> john: charles, apparently officials had just held drills, lockdown drills in recent days, maybe in response to what happened in uvalde, so everybody was clearly up to speed on this.

i've been to gadsden a couple times, political events, and during the sessions campaign, it's a very small town. >> yeah, it is a very small town just outside of birmingham to the north and the east and as you mentioned, they did go over some school safety trainings, you know, in light of what happened in uvalde, and sadly enough, these are the types of trainings that are needed these days in schools with children and with teachers so they are prepared for a situation like what we saw today. again, fortunately there were not a lot of kids on campus at the time and those who were there were able to make it out of this incident uninjured and able to make it over to a nearby school where again, john, they will be reunified with their parents later today.

but certainly, scary times. >> john: a lot more details to unfold in the hours ahead. charles watson, you'll be staying on the story for us. appreciate it. >> sandra: we will watch that developing situation. meanwhile, president biden campaigned in big part on, he said, uniting the country. well, last night he took direct aim at republicans. cue up the sound, we have our econ panel to dig in here. former economic adviser, and another fox news contributor, and skipped over the big introduction. what is happening here, you and i, we have all, brenberg and wolf, ok. we have been digging into this during the commercial breaks and i ask you, robert, this was a man, candidate joe biden said he was going to reunite the country if he was president.

fast forward last night, direct aim at republicans when right now all these problems are in his lap. many of the policies he's enacted have led, case in point, to the inflation crisis. >> yeah, listen, i think as we go into the midterms, feel we are getting more political, more partisan. people are bringing up gun violence prevention and obviously pro choice and abortion, but the truth is, the big elephant in the room is inflation. let's say what james carville said, that's the economy, stupid. one thing he said is gas prices are a daily billboard. and by him saying that, it's clear that right in front of everyone's face on a daily basis they are seeing 4.50, 5 bucks and he knows it's hurting him anthem, and quick idea, i don't want to -- >> sandra: give it to us. >> i would agree that the last

30% of gas inflation is because of the ukraine war. we can debate that, but about a dollar 50. i think that president biden and their team should give a holiday on federal tax, which is $0.18 and ask every state to follow, 10 to $0.20. >> sandra: hard stop, might be a temporary solution. econ 101, you waive that and increase demand and prices only go higher. to biden on the economy last night on jimmy kimmel and your reaction. >> we have the fastest growing economy in the world, the world, the world. we have 8.6 million new jobs since i got in office. unemployment rate is down to 3.6%. we have reduced deficit last year by $320 billion, this year going to reduce it by $1.7 trillion. inflation is the vain of our existence.

>> sandra: does it help that he trace to paint the rosy picture that most americans say is the top of the list of challenges and struggles in life right now. >> he needs to stop saying things like we have the fastest grow economy and created 8.6 million jobs. everybody knows those things don't make sense. jobs went away because of covid, yes, they are coming back now. we don't have the fastest growing economy in the world, don't tell people that, they don't care about that stat. they are looking at the billboard. i agree with you, a billboard. he has to change the billboard, he never talks about anything he can do to change the billboard of gas prices. >> sandra: why not? do you think he wants to fix the problem? you are in touch with his economic team. is this an administration that wants to see gas prices go down? >> yes, and two-fold. one, to brian's point, i would disagree one, wages are up 5%, and in some industries surpassing inflation. >> sandra: hold on, hold on, it's the economy, stupid.

inflation has wiped out any wage growth. >> not in some sectors. hospitality and leisure, hit the most during covid is over 15%. and inflation is 8.5. some sectors doing better. of course the inflation is the big elephant in the room as i just said. and of course i believe he wants to reduce inflation. i think the best way to do it in my opinion, one, if there was not a war, that would be first, help food prices and energy and number two, you have to in some ways accentuate the positive, but reality is every day we are 8.5% inflation, we are at 5% wage growth, losing 3% a day on the dollar. we have to reverse that. >> sandra: one would ask why does a smart guy like you, robert, see the solution as addressing the demand side of the equation, why would you not address the supply side of the equation if you want a robust economy, that is going to be

surging demand for things like oil and gasoline. why would you not increase supply when we had plentiful resources? >> you and i have talked about this for years. i'm part of an all-in energy approach, not negative of oil and fracking. >> you are an investor. you would not put money to work if they told you to put the industry out of business. they won't do an all of the above approach and why the oil and gas industry doesn't feel like it makes sense to put capital work. they give it back to investors because if they put it to work, with the regime that does not want to see it grow. >> sandra: inflation the number one issue for american people, quinnipiac, 34%, say that is the problem. john. >> john: county where the cops may not come to your home because gas prices are way too high. garrett, what's this all about,

garrett? >> john, whether or not police show up at your home depends on what you are calling about. for example, if you are calling about someone breaking into your home, they'll be there like normal. but, if you are calling about something that is not an emergency, it may have to wait. this weekend a facebook post sheriff michael main said isabella county sheriff's office is feeling the pain, exhausted what funds were budgeted for fuel with several months toll before the reset. the deputies have to manage whatever they can over the phone. his department has been tearing through the gas budget. prices were 3.40 in september when they approved the budget, today the average price per gallon is 5.21, and nationwide, just under $5 a gallon, another record high. we have broken record prices for 13 straight days and 30 of the past 31 days, john. >> john: and shows no signs of

going the other way either. garrett tenney, thank you. >> sandra: president biden hosting latin american leaders at a summit in los angeles as the problems at the border plague his presidency. griff jenkins is live in la joya, texas as we approach the top of the hour. hi, griff. >> a little news on the caravan. we know it swelled to more than 15,000 migrants, organizer just telling me that the harsh conditions and the triple digit temperatures are taking a toll. one woman, 52-year-old venezuelan woman bound to a wheelchair with health complications like diabetes has died, a snapshot of just how difficult that journey really is. now for this side of the border, it has been another day of surging numbers. i want to show you this video, we were up before dawn in corn fields, migrants trying to evade

being captured. since we have been on the ground, more than 15,000 migrants aprehenned. but 1,350 got away. i want to show you a video of chinese nationals, three here that, is a very interesting occurrence. it has happened three times in the ten days that i have been here, they have migrants coming from more than 70 countries, the agents say, and they are seeing 5 to 7 chinese nationals a day. and seeing a lot of drugs. border-wise, putting out this tweet in just the last two days, you can see here a long list, among it 237 pounds of meth, six sex offenders, and two assaults on agents. not a good sign, but it is clearly what is happening on this border and by the way, those numbers i gave you, sandra, 15,114 apprehensions

since i've been here, equivalent of the caravan. >> sandra: wow. john, another situation we are watching closely. >> john: so many situations in the country that take our attention, and the news is so busy every day, it's just amazing. >> sandra: great to be with you, and thanks to the econ panel, at least tried to dig in from all >> martha: thanks very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. the story live in the nation's capitol ahead of the first public hearing on the house committee probing the breach at the capitol will be broadcast in prime time tonight. five months before the november mid-terms getting closer by the day. speaker pelosi was asked how much democrats will lean on the memory of january 6th in that effort. >> you think that in the f