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a potential recession. >> begin with tragedy at the southern border. a series of new and deadly human smuggling attempts, comes as the supreme court issued a major immigration ruling in favor of the biden administration. hello, welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. >> mike: i'm mike in for john roberts. a warning, images might be disturbing for some viewers. at least four migrants were killed in a crash in laredo, texas as they were being pursued by authorities. just one of several recent developments on the border putting a spotlight on president biden's lack of progress on securing the border. the supreme court also ruling earlier today that the biden administration can end the trump era remain in mexico policy, policy had for some asylum seekers to wait south of the border as their cases make their way through u.s. immigration courts. >> sandra: we have complete coverage to kick things off. texas congressman chip roy on

how the court's ruling remain in mexico could escalate the critical race theory at our southern border and shannon bream and the swearing in of new justice brown jackson, but more on the growing border crisis. >> we have gotten some brand-new video from texas d.p.s. showing another deadly human smuggling incident at the southern border and warn the viewers, the video is graphic. the incident happened on june 10th, but the video was just released to us. it shows texas d.p.s. troopers pulling off a smuggler in brooks county who had about six illegal immigrants in the vehicle. one bails out, tries to run across the highway and is fatally struck by an oncoming vehicle. we have paused the vehicle at the moment of impact. other migrants run off in an effort to escape. the driver of the vehicle has

now been charged with human smuggling causing death. and some breaking news to report this afternoon, we have also just learned that several migrants died in laredo this morning in yet another human smuggling-related incident. a warning to the viewers, these graphic images as well. telling fox news at least four are dead in laredo after a human smuggler crashed his vehicle into the back of a big rig truck. we are told that smuggler had six migrants in his vehicle, seven are hospitalized, including the driver suffered major life-threatening injuries so the death toll could go up. there have now been two deadly human smuggling incidents at the border, four dead in laredo, two dead yesterday in another smuggling crash in the rio grande valley, and that does not account for the more than 50 dead in san antonio earlier this week in the big rig human smuggling incident.

we'll send it back to you. >> sandra: bill, thank you. mike. >> mike: the supreme court, a mixed bag of results for the biden administration. shannon bream live with more. >> the issue about the border decision was a big win for the biden administration. the trump administration had administered the remain in mexico policy we talked about that required many people seeking asylum in the u.s. to wait south of the border for the proceedings. the biden administration had tried twice to roll it back and finally today in a 5-4 decision saw the chief justice, john roberts and brett kavanaugh alining with the liberal justices, said they had the right to roll back the policies. we have predictions dire dealing with that and title 42, a fight over that as well. i'm sure the congressman will address those. and also the d.p.a. decision, a loss for the biden administration, essentially pushing back on the broad reach of expansive administrative

power the agency has. john roberts, capping carbon dioxide emissions away from coal to generate electricity may be a sensible solution to the crisis of the day but not plausible that congress gave authority to adopt such a regulatory scheme, a decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with congress itself or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation, that is a position that justice kagan could not get on board where. she said the court appoints its self instead of congress or the decision maker on climate policy, i cannot think of many things more frightening. so disagree about that, they agree on welcoming a new colleague. justice breyer has officially retired a short time ago. judge ketanji brown jackson was

sworn in, a very warm welcome, an applause, and now more formal after this week. >> shannon bream due for a long vacation. >> sandra: and thank you for this, and the remain in mexico warning. sir, thank you very much for joining us. obviously want to get your reaction to the supreme court siding with the president over the remain in mexico policy adopted under the trump administration. shannon bringing up the very clear and present risks that that brings to the border, those making the dangerous journey to get to the border, and obviously to the american people as this crisis grows. your reaction. >> well, first of all, justices alito, thomas and gorsuch had it right in terms of what we are facing and what the law is.

law of the united states, we have to secure the border, operational control of the border and must detain those individuals who are being adjudicated for an asylum claim. that is not happening. administration is refusing to do that. majority pursued another technical ruling, the same chief justice that made attacks out of thin air for obamacare says oh, we are going to read this technically, predictable, i introduced legislation in the spring, hr7772, to ensure we actually turn away, i think we ought to make crystal clear we turn away at the border. i believe the law says that now, but it was predictable the court would side with the administration to interpret it to be able to have the discretion to not turn away at

the border and it's crippling our country and now you have 53 dead migrants, sadly, 53 dead migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer, a man who got mowed down on the highway, four dead in a jeep this morning and all in brooks county where the sheriff has a mobile morgue for the bodies of the migrants. when are we going to stop pretending this is compassionate, its wrong. the court got it wrong. >> do you have an update, four people facing charges, learning more about the alleged driver posing as a victim. can you add further detail this hour? >> one thing i can say for sure, numbers are now 53, when i talked to border patrol and i talked to them almost daily, i'm going to go back to the border next week. the fact is, they are distracted and unable to do the processing at the ports of entry. if they could stop it when it's happening you don't have them riding in the heat from the border to san antonio.

we need to allow them to do their job and they are literally upset about it. they could do their job if we allowed them. but instead, allow the cartels to have control of the border, fentanyl pour in, bum lunched and then they can't run the scanner, can't do the work, process it to make good determinations and stop it before it happens. i do not understand how they can view this as compassionate to allow open borders, to allow people to die, wrong thing for the country to do. >> sandra: the governor gave a press conference yesterday over the 53 migrants dead in the tractor-trailer, kamala harris, seeing the blame placed on the administration, here is greg abbott and kamala harris, listen. >> because of the way that the biden administration is not enforcing the immigration laws, attracting people and enticing people to make this very

dangerous trek. >> his response, with 50 dead bodies in his state is to go straight to politics instead of dealing with the realities of the issue. >> sandra: hard to imagine kamala harris calling out greg abbott for not dealing with the realities of the issue when he and citizens of his state are living through this every single day as you well know, congressman. so where is the blame and what is this war of words at the state level and the federal level over what is happening at our southern border? >> the vice president sure as hell could not find uvalde on the map until she wanted to politicize the young, and they have not come down to the border. kamala harris makes a blow by trep to el paso on the way to california and then the nerve saying we are playing politics when we have to deal with the consequences of fentanyl in our

schools, we know what's going on and texas has to start taking action because the federal government refuses to do it. it's our community, our state, our families. we are under assault every single day with cartels being in power. and we don't want to sit by while migrants are dying democrats say oh, open borders are good for migrants and good for america, not true and we are seeing the consequences in realtime and that's what's happening currently. >> sandra: appreciate your time. >> thank you, god blez. >> sandra: you as well. more on this, heartbreaking and to see the human smuggling attempts and to see the one migrant ahead of the moving car and was struck, it's horrific and it's a crisis getting worse.

>> mike: seems the supreme court is working on congress to work out a deal and strategy for the border but all seem to be in their respective corners, str not come up with a deal so far. president biden touting the country's successes. majority of americans here at home are not that impressed. mark short, the chief of staff to former vice president mike pence joins us. >> sandra: millions of americans planning their big cookouts for the holiday weekend. but with soaring food costs, it's a whole lot more expensive this year. how much lighter will the wallet be? and stu leonard, jr. will be joining us, from the grocery chain. >> no end in sight, c.p.i. and the quarterly numbers annualized, all above the trend so this is being pulled up,

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>> mike: u.s. marshal confirm that caitlyn armstrong a murder suspect has been captured in costa rica, found at a beach hostel after 43 days on the run. authorities say she used a fake passport to board a flight from new jersey to costa rica. she will be extradited immediately. a full report coming up next hour. >> sandra: president biden wrapping his trip to europe by boosting america's military posture there, sending more naval did hes -- destroyers to

spain. beefed up nato presence may not be very impressive for americans at home plagued by sky high prices. mark short will be joining us in a moment, but first peter doocy is live is he nato summit. >> the president came here to coin a new phrase about how well he thinks the folks here at nato have done diminishing vladimir putin. >> tried to weaken us, expected our resolve to fracture, but he's getting exactly what he did not want. he wanted -- he got the natoization of finland. >> as finland and sweden are set to join the nato alliance. if russia attacks the nato neighbors, all of nato would go

to defense. but they are not sure how much longer they will put billions into ukraine. just as long as it takes. >> i don't know how it's going to end, but will not end with the russia defeat of ukraine in ukraine. the war could end tomorrow if russia stops this irrational behavior. >> president biden is set to sit down with gulf states and he's insisting he's not going to ask the king or the crown prince of saudi arabia to pump more oil. >> no, i'm not going to ask, i'm going to ask if the oil the gulf states are meeting, i have indicated to them i thought they should be increasing oil production, not to the saudis particularly. >> and while he's been in europe, first in germany and now spain, the president has been saying he knew when the united states and partners decided to

punish putin that it was going to raise gas prices in the west. but he said he thinks it is fair for americans to pay higher gas prices basically a premium for the measures the u.s. is taking for as long as it takes. and dra. >> sandra: peter doocy, live from madrid. >> mike: mark short served as chief of staff to mike pence, and now executive director for the coalition to protect american workers. president biden was asked if the united states was heading in the wrong direction which polling suggest the american people think. let's play it. >> how do you explain this to those people who feel the country is going in the wrong direction, including some of the leaders you've been meeting with this week who think when you put all of this together it amounts to an america that is going backward? >> they do not think that. you have not found one person,

one world leader to say america is going backwards. america's better positioned to lead the world than we ever have been. >> i think it's clear the american people we are going backward, we have been in decline. the reality, we have inflation at 40-year high, highest gas prices ever as americans are trying to travel this summer, food prices are much higher than they have ever been and the reality, we have a recession on the horizon. g.d.p. new numbers came out that said the economy is even worse in the first quarter than people expected, and so i think americans know that and know america is not as strong when our economy is weak and on the foreign stage, surrender and withdraw from afghanistan, and ever since then the president's polling numbers have continued to decline. so, there's no doubt to why he wants to focus on foreign policy when things are so bad here at home, but also on the foreign policy front, not a lot they can celebrate either.

>> mike: president biden continues to blame russia for the troubles. >> the bottom line is, ultimately the reason why gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia, the reason why the food crisis exists is because of russia, russia not allowing grain to get out of ukraine. >> so we have soaring gas prices, inflation, and possibility of recession. are the american people in any mood to hear blame game against russia? >> they have been trying to deflect flame for a while. the reality, gas prices were well on their way up long before the invasion because the biden administration policies have been to diminish domestic supply and when you do that, the economy is coming out of covid and begins to grow, that's what you are going to have is a higher price for gas. so, i think there is plenty to blame russia for but can't blame them for the higher gas prices. and if you go back and look at

when the biden administration decides they are going to stop the keystone pipeline and the same time allowing nord stream, they knew they had europe because europe was dependent on them for oil and gas. >> mike: issue here at home. president biden spoke in favor of a carveout of the senate filibuster on the exception of abortion. he got blasted by one of his own party, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez blasting the president on twitter saying catastrophic. we need a reform or do away with the whole thing for the sake of the planet. might say who cares what a.o.c. thinks but she has 13 million twitter followers and from his party. >> no doubt they feel pressure from the radical left. they have been feeling pressure a long time and dictates the policies from the economy as well as the filibuster. but i think it's outrageous after 50 years of fighting to

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american people are frustrated because of inflation but inflation is higher in almost every country, prices at the pump are higher in almost every other country, we are in better position to deal but we have a way to go. >> sandra: the president in madrid downplaying inflation concerns after claiming rates are lower here in the united states than any other country in the world. that is simply not true. g7 countries, whose leaders met earlier this week, you'll see america ranks the highest of those countries on the list. bring in steve forbes now, he is author of "inflation," for those keeping track, welcome to you, steve. certainly the united states is seeing much higher inflation rates than just those countries listed there. so, why is the president making this claim? >> because he doesn't realize in this modern age you can fact check those things quickly. and it's not just those european

countries, you have the scandinavian countries, finland, sweden, norway, lower rates. japan lower rate, india lower rate, he's right, turkey has a higher rate, and venezuela a much higher rate of inflation. but no, the u.s. is pretty high. and the fact -- this is what really damages, i almost think sometimes the president is a secret republican agent that he makes these statements and people good out and see they are absolutely false. >> sandra: that one was easy to fact check because we have been talking about how we are experiencing much higher inflation than many other parts of the world. to hear the president make that claim was quite interesting. here is jay powell, this was yesterday on inflation and where he sees things going from here, i'll get a forecast from you out of it. >> we think that there are pathways for us to achieve that, achieve the path back to 2% inflation while still retaining,

a strong labor market, that is our aim. no guarantee we can do that. >> sandra: that sounds pretty good to most americans right now, feeling the pain with the high prices. 2% inflation, do you think that is possible? >> oh, some day, he did not give a timeline, actually. he did not say transitory, naturally and so sadly, the only way the fed knows how to fight inflation is by bashing demand, crushing demand, putting people out of work, people buy less. like a going out of business sale, prices go down, it's not how you create a healthy economy. they should focus on increasing supply rather than decrease demand, so i hope congress asks him. why do you think fighting inflation is by making people poorer. >> he will babble on about soft landing, blah blah blah, you think they are speaking the

english language but what in the world did they really say? >> sandra: i was getting your forecast on inflation now on recession. you know who is dropping the r word, larry kudlow and -- >> we are in a soft recession right now. first six months of the year negative for growth. >> our friends there, larry kudlow saying we are probably on the front end of recession, steve moore, at a soft recession right now. do you believe we are in a recession or nearing one? >> nearing one. down turn now. whatever phrase they give to it. tens of millions of americans feel they are in recession. incomes not going up as fast as prices, having to make decisions on what cutbacks come and then when mortgage rates, floating mortgage rates they are going to get hit with and come wintertime, much of the country needs heating oil, twice as costly as last year, can't go

without heating oil. and financial crisis. japan, the yen is wobbling, and so-called black swans are lurking out there that are going to make the fed job even harder, so do we keep crushing the american economy or stoke up inflation again. that's what's coming. >> sandra: guess whose currency is getting stronger and stronger, vladimir putin. the ruble has made a major come back as he is selling oil to china and india. and back here at home, sees dollars leaving their wallet, eight in ten americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and now the respondents on whether they see the economy in bad shape. ok, 90% of republicans, 81% overall, 67% democrat, almost

seven in ten democrats see the economy in bad shape. and here is president biden's latest economic approval rating, a record low, 28% approve, 69% disapprove. steve. this is an administration in bad shape and american people not happy. final thought. >> the american people would have a much better mood if they think what we are going through is truly temporary and the people in charge know what they are doing. they don't. they are guilty of economic malpractice. so there is no faith what these people are doing makes the current situation even more intolerable, you don't think there is a better day ahead. >> you go back to the federal reserve chair, when he was asked about inflation and high gas prices and the result of vladimir putin's inflation of ukraine, he said flat out, no. this inflation was trending upward before that invasion happened and has continued after that. so it is remarkable to hear some of the things out of this

administration. steve, thank you as always. all right, mike. >> mike: nypd investigating the deadly shooting of a young mother pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller as a case of domestic violence. now a manhunt is on for the suspect. it happened in one of manhattan's most affluent neighborhoods, shocking a city in the grips of an unrelenting crime wave. new york post, the title "shot pushing stroller." david lee miller is live in new york city with more. >> mike, police say the woman who was murdered was shot in the head at very close range, seemingly execution style. her child was not injured. now, it happened about dusk near a playground. the shooter is on the run at this hour, black pants and black hooded sweatshirt.

the mother of the deceased woman said her daughter was involved in a lengthy domestic dispute and earlier calls to the police were ignored. the mayor's official residence is only a few blocks from where it happened, and the mayor has calls for justice. >> we believe it was not a random shooting, that the victim was targeted and we are going to catch the person responsible for this action, and the exact location of the child we don't want to put out right now, but we are in communication with family members. >> the mayor today announced the creation of a guns crime unit that would be dedicated to testing and analyzing evidence from shootings, according to the latest data from the nypd. compared to last year, the citywide murder rate is down. number of people shot and the total number of shootings also

decreased. but rape, robbery and felony assault are on the rise and the overall crime rate is up 38%. across the country, other cities including philadelphia, miami-dade, atlanta, a surge in crime. and here in new york city fighting crime will be more difficult, according to a published report, record number of cops have now either resigned or have decided to retire. many say they are fed up with what they consider to be revolving door justice. mike. >> mike: david lee miller live in new york city. thanks very much. what a heartbreaking story, this young mom, let's hope they find the guy soon. >> sandra: sadly way too common in so many areas of new york city, this happened as you mentioned in the lead-in, in a very affluent neighborhood, 95th street and lexington avenue, right across from a park. it was just before 8:30 at night

when this happened, a lot of children playing at that park, just a 20-year-old mother, infant baby, horrific, horrible, heartbreaking story, mike. >> mike: stats show crime is going up in new york city, difficult times. >> sandra: indeed. airline passengers from coast to coast losing their patience as thousands of flights are delayed or canceled each and every day it seems, and now even some pilots are protesting outside of america's airports. what are their demands ahead of the incoming busy holiday weekend. >> mike: president biden struggling to sell his own party on his ability to do his job. if he can't even convince his own party, how would he get voters to sign on? brian kilmeade will be here on that. >> are you the best messenger to carry this forward with democrats that want you to do this? >> yeah, i am, i'm the president

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>> a lack of help upstairs, i have a five-hour layover. >> i got to laguardia airport in new york at 6:00 in the morning to find out that my 8:00 flight was canceled. >> mike: airline passengers fuming over constant flight delays and cancellations. now hundreds of pilots are protesting outside major airports ahead of the fourth of july weekend. lydia hu is live at j.f.k. airport with more on this. >> hi there, mike. more than 1200 delta pilots are protesting at big airports, including here at j.f.k., you can see the protest underway just behind us. we have gotten roughly 100 pilots here holding signs that you can see like labor risk is back on the table, and ready to strike. the pilots are calling out the airline for mass flight cancellations, staffing shortages and demanding a new contract with more pay.

>> we have warned the company, warned delta management a long time they were not properly staffed to fly this summer and unfortunately we are seeing the results of that. >> but now the protests you see here are not expected to disrupt operations today, that's because delta says the pilots are all off duty, they were not scheduled to operate any flights. but still, tracking close to 2,000 cancellations and delays across the country. in the months since memorial day weekend, more than 23,000 flights have been canceled alone. that's more than double the amount of canceled flights over the same period last year. and now while delta has previously said that operational challenges are expected for this weekend, just this morning the c.e.o. of delta sent an email to all customers apologizing for the cancellations and the delays, calling them unacceptable. he wrote this level of disruption and uncertainty is

unacceptable and he did promise improvement, but with more than 3.5 million people expected to fly this coming weekend, make, it does seem like the best piece of advice for travelers is pack your patience, bring a book, be prepared for delays and cancellations, mike, back to you. >> mike: what a heartbreaking feeling, you think you are going on vacation and then it's canceled or -- thanks, lydia. sandra. >> sandra: we'll continue covering that. the supreme court handing a victory meanwhile to the biden administration on border policies. but will it end up making our country less safe in the long run? we'll ask chad wolf when he joins us. >> mike: and if you've shopped for the 4th of july cookout, you probably notice it cost more than last year. it's close to 20% more. stu leonard, jr. is here how his stores are handling the rise in food prices, next. ♪♪♪

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>> sandra: all right, we are seeing inflation in absolutely everything, from food to fuel in this country and you are going to see a whole lot of that as you approach the 4th of july

holiday weekend and you travel and you cook, mike. >> mike: according to the farm bureau, the cost of your cookout will reach nearly $70, that's up 17% from last year, and the largest they have seen on record, sandra. >> sandra: stu leonard, jr. president and c.e.o. of stu leonards, he joins us from one of his stores. great to see you. i can remember so many times you talked to us through covid, you were able to get your customers into your store safely, i mean, you've managed your way through a lot of different crisis and now we are living through this incredible inflation crisis. what changes are you seeing from your customers? how are they adapting? >> one thing you are seeing people doing right now is that they are shopping for specials right now. there's a lot of them going on in the food industry right now, supermarkets that you can go to, stu leonard we have plenty of specials going on, too, this

week. the other thing that we can do is buy local right now. because you can save money by buying local produce. right now we are in the metro new york area, and new jersey blueberries are hot, you can save $50 on them. -- $5 on them. transportation costs are less. and we have a lot of prepared foods -- you can buy your watermelon cut up in chunks and it's easy to do, you can eat it like candy, but you know, we have to put labor and time into that, so you can save money by buying the watermelon whole. and the other thing is really, go ahead. >> mike: forgive me. folks who want a delicious barbecue, do you have tips to favor if you want do it affordably, steak over chicken or burgers over dogs, what are your thoughts? >> well, that's a good question, and you know, look.

hamburgers and hot dogs are huge this weekend. but you know, what i would recommend to everybody is that chicken prices have crept up a little bit. it's the first time in my life being in the business that i've seen it happen where chicken is actually higher than ground beef right now. so, stick to your hamburgers. if you want to save money, divide the kids and adults up. give the kids a frozen hamburger and give the adults the fresh made, fresh ground burger. >> sandra: we won't tell the kids, stu. so, stu, you say the motto this year is buy what you need, not what you want. that's interesting to me. because we talk about from the economic, from 30,000 feet, you know, economists are looking at how the u.s. consumer is adapting to the sky high prices and there's a lot of evidence of that. people are cutting back on the

things they simply realize they just don't need. >> you know, sandra, i would not say it's anything to panic about. what are the things we have raised our prices, you know, probably 5% average across the board and the way i describe, if you are going out to dinner and i was going out with a customer and farmer and myself and the dinner check comes, we all sort of are throwing our credit cards in to pay for it equally. so we are splitting a lot of the costs. our suppliers are shouldering some of it, stu leonards obviously some of it and the customer is getting some of the increase. the 17% number is not across the board. certain things have gone up a lot in price, and certain things haven't. you can get a deal. so ground beef is the same price as it was last year. so you can pick and choose and i think customers today are

getting more savvy, maybe i won't have the lobster tail at 4th of july. so they are smart and able to navigate their way through the store. >> stew, we are heading into one of the most patriotic weekends of the year. prices are going up. >> we almost saw like pent-up demand, the same thing for father's day. i think everybody has taken and said covid is like the flu now, and they are not as paranoid going out. two weeks ago i caught covid the second time again and almost like a little sniffle. when it comes down to 4th of july you can have some fun. how much fun is that to put out -- >> sandra: we love that, stew. >> yeah, you know, patriotic,

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biden for president in 2024. >> sandra: no opinion piece, either. the nation's oldest sitting president with a weakened political standing grappling with questions in his own party about whether he will or even should run for another term. >> mike: analysts say that's not the result of a single issue, from the economy to abortion, president biden simply is not winning with fellow democrats and they say that's a big reason for his comments today. the president now backing a change to senate rules to protect abortion rights. >> sandra: we have a lot to cover. and brian kilmeade is here, he will help us out with all of that. but kick things off with jacqui heinrich, travelling with the president, live from madrid. >> jacqui: president on an international stage, major news on the domestic front, reporting the first time a change to the filibuster ending the filibuster

to protect abortion rights and other privacy-related cases. in a press conference this morning, the president was asked about his campaign motto, from when he was running for president, it was "america is back," and asked whether it still stands after mass shootings and the overturning of roe v. wade. his answer, no one doubts america's leadership. >> outrageous behavior of the supreme court of the united states not only overturning roe v. wade but challenging privacy. we have been a leader in the world and mistake for the supreme court to do what it did. >> a bipartisan group of senators here reacted, a democrat said she would not speculate on whether the president's call to end the filibuster to protect abortion

rights has any legs, adding they tried to pass this measure once, it failed and the senate may or may not take it up again. democrat dick durbin was more pessimistic, saying the chamber was at the mercy of two senators, manchin and sinema, and now is not the right environment to seek massive institutional change. >> mike: biggest outcome, nato will soon have two more members. is president biden taking that as a win? >> jacqui: clearly the white house wants the president to get some credit for this. they released some details how he facilitated conversations between turkey and finland and sweden to get this all moving forward and get those disagreements ironed out. however, while turkey is dropping its opposition to finland and sweden joining, and that is a success, there might still be some pit falls ahead we

just learned about today. >> there are a few countries, i'm not going to call them out today by name today but the secretary of defense mentioned one country in particular who draws 90% of energy resources from russia, so there may be additional discussions that will happen in some of these countries when it comes to ratification. >> jacqui: a short review of which nato countries consume the most russian energy puts bulgaria at the top. of the president is en route to the u.s., welcomed by the same problems he left behind, namely inflation and questions how long it makes sense to support ukraine with the impact on energy costs. >> how long is it fair to expect american drivers and drivers around the world to pay that premium for this war? >> as long as it takes so russia cannot, in fact, defeat ukraine and move beyond ukraine. this is a critical, critical

position for the world. >> jacqui: and lawmakers from both parties seem to believe the president did have the right answer there, but republicans of course have been pushing for the president to open up more domestic energy production in order to bring down costs. back to you guys. >> mike: jacqui heinrich wrang up the president's trip in madrid. thanks very much. >> sandra: thanks, let's bring in brian kilmeade now, you thought you would make it the best thursday ever and join us on set for "america reports." good to see you, brian. >> brian: thanks for the invitation. >> sandra: what should the take away be from nbc news headline like this, biden pitches democrats on biden for president in 2024, subtitle, they insist he's running for re-election, full stop, kamala harris is also on the ticket with him again and questions of the viability, sources are telling nbc he now intends to show it.

>> unbelievable at 78 he has to pitch himself, i don't remember that, with jimmy carter, he got challenged by ted kennedy, that was one thing when gerald ford was challenged by a very popular governor in ronald reagan. this is anybody but the guy in the seat to beat donald trump because i think they look at pure performance. they see him in front of crowds and in front of people and he's not comfort bl a, mistakes he's making, did not surround himself with the a team. and why it was necessary for the vice president to walk back her comments saying he's going to run. first day donald trump won, he says i'm running for election. mike pence asked at any time over the last three years in office, is the president running for election, yes, i plan on running with him. she said something i thought that was right. president plans on running and his ticket mate, and has to walk it back but in a press release.

what's behind that, what's behind gavin newsom taking out ads in florida, gavin newsom, the governor of california hanging on by the string of his teeth, you would think he is probably the last person to do this, but take out an account on truth social and engage conservatives things going on, being a sanctuary for abortion. and j.b. pritzker trying to win big in illinois, it's not somebody who says joe biden has this. >> sandra: you know who else says that is a.o.c., she would not even commit to supporting the president if he does indeed run for re-election. >> brian: this is unbelievable. he has given up the moderates, given up the senator warrens of the world to please the left and the left are the first ones to say i'm not convinced he's right

for the next four years. >> sandra: she responded to a tweet of biden officials concerned of radical moves, polarizing over the midterm election, and this tweet out on biden's abortion stance, showing strength and protecting the right to choose is unifying, doing something shows people their vote is worth it and translate to change. doing nothing is catastrophic. it's not a neutral choice, it's a destructive choice. you are pointing out he lost so many moderates, those on the left he did not do enough. >> brian: and the question, do you want to blow up the filibuster in order to codify roe v. wade, he says outrageous decisions by the supreme court, questioning their legitimacy, in his statement and then comes out and says we have to maybe have, so get rid of the filibuster if need be for just this in order to codify roe v. wade.

that's not going to happen. joe manchin's office came out and sinema, having said that, he knows it's not going to happen, why do you say it? because a.o.c. was on colbert and has a twitter account and puts something out. pathetic to be this age, doing it for 40 years and want to win over a 35-year-old squad member. >> sandra: an important point. biden in his own words on his role in the democratic party, quick. >> your views on abortion have evolved in your public life. are you the best messenger to carry this forward when democrats, many of them, many progressives, want you to do -- >> yeah, i am, i'm the president of the united states of america. that makes me the best messenger. i'm the only president they got. pt>> sandra: always amazes me how often he and the vice president kamala harris answer

questions by stating they are the vice president or the president of the united states. final a.p. poll are we on the wrong track, notice of this one this week, showing the poll, 85% of the country responding, we are on the wrong track. 92% from the republican party and now nearly eight in ten democrats believe this nation is on the wrong track, brian. >> brian: a couple of things he said, i'm the president, i have to be the guy. in the 1970s he was basically pro life and then do everything to avoid abortion. he had different opinions. "new york times" interviews about a different view when it came to abortion. that's why she was kind when she said it evolved. number two, no we are doing a lot better in answer to the question, look at our inflation, slower than most. no, it isn't. we are half of -- double france, more than canada, more than germany, japan is 2.5% inflation, italy and the u.k.

and germany behind us. you cannot tell americans how they feel, it's not going to make someone feel better having trouble with gas, getting on a plane on time, trouble affording groceries. >> sandra: i got a tweet doing the grocery segment, saying we are drowning out here in the middle of the country. inflation is out of control. >> brian: imagine if you are a young mother trying to get baby formula, it's still a problem. >> sandra: more on that next week. brian, thanks for being here. >> brian: thanks for having me. l>> sandra: everyone is talking about and feeling in this country, why the new polling shows majority of americans believe the country is on the wrong track and when you dial it down to biden's handling of the economy, people are not happy. >> mike: poll numbers don't lie, and who is next, pete buttigieg,

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>> sandra: the supreme court wrapping a historic term with two major rulings, siding with the administration on the southern border, a ruling chad wolf says is bad for america. we'll get to that in just a moment. then there is the environment and the supreme court delivering a blow to the president's agenda. but first to david spunt, he is live from the justice department at this hour. hello, david. >> david: good to be with you. no question, a major loss for the presidential administration when it comes to the administration's climate priority that deals with the environmental protection agency, also known as the e.p.a. when joe biden was a candidate for president, he talked about climate change priorities. quickly the supreme court crushed all the priorities with this ruling today, a ruling 6-3 in the majority, conservative justices of the u.s. supreme

court. they ruled the e.p.a. does not have the power to cap emissions from power plants. case out of west virginia, a blow to the enforcement agent. it puts into question the power of other federal agencies. think about workplace safety like osha, and vaccine and mask mandates. administration believed the clean air act, which the supreme court has affirmed, would be the reason they would keep things status quo, they did not. the president said i have directed my legal team to review the decision carefully and find ways we can under federal law to protect americans from pollution, including climate change. and 5-4 with roberts and kavanaugh siding with the liberal justices, to get rid of this controversial remain in

mexico policy from 2019 put forward by the trump administration. it forced certain migrants to wait in mexico until their court dates were set in the united states. these were migrants not actually from mexico. also we cannot leave this out, historic day at the court as justice ketanji brown jackson is now an official associate justice. she took the oath at noon, when breyer turned over the reins of power. the justices typically take off for the summer, maybe overseas, teach sabbaticals, but the term begins the first monday in october and all the tension around roe v. wade will be awaiting the justices when they come back to the bench in ofkt. >> better blief it. david spunt, thank you very much. >> mike: bring in chad wolf,

welcome. former acting d.h.s. secretary under president trump. what's the impact of the supreme court ruling to the men and women on the front lines at the southern borders. >> disappointing ruling, the program worked. not only the border agents and others support the program, most americans do as well. we saw results. helps not only secure the board but helps control the asylum process and gets those that need asylum protections quicker access to the protections. instead what you have is a catch and release system to allow the individuals into the country for years at a time. cartel, smugglers and the traffickers will use the court decision, the decision that was pushed by the biden administration to again attract and lure more individuals to come to the united states and what they'll sell them on, to say there is now 0 chance you are going to be put into m.p.p. or the remain in mexico program. almost 100% chance you are going

to get released into the united states. >> mike: new reaction from the texas governor greg abbott, the supreme court decision of the termination of remain in mexico will only embolden the biden administration open border policies, and fully enforcing remain in mexico would deter thousands, and the president biden should secure the border, only humane thing to do. obviously a heartbreaking thing in the state of texas with migrants and difficult year and a half. >> absolutely, and it's important to remember the court decision does not tell d.h.s. they must remove or eliminate the program. the biden administration has the choice to improve it or make it better, but a number of decisions, most americans are throwing their hands up and saying why are you doing this, allowing the situation at the border to remain out of control and every month we see illegal

apprehension numbers get worse and worse and worse. so the question is, if you don't want m.p.p., what else do you want in its place? what other program or procedures are you going to put in place to control the situation on the border? i've said this of about. the cartels want one thing, and the biden administration is giving them the one thing, predictability from day one, no new measures in place to deter illegal behavior. instead they say this is how it is and most americans have to accept that this, and that's the wrong strategies. you are not putting america first, but last when you do that. >> mike: do you think the supreme court is saying like sit down and come up with a plan to the white house and congress? >> i think so. they did not rule on the merits of m.p.p. as you read the opinion and the majority says d.h.s. has legal authority to do this. congress gave them the authority to do this. the question is whether they could rescind the program.

but congress needing to make some changes but the executive branch has a lot of authority. they have to have the leadership and will to control the border and deter the illegal behavior, we have not seen any of that leadership, any of that vision laid out over the past 15 or 16 months. instead, it's just open borders and you see the astronomically high apprehension numbers. in 2000, and biden administration we have five months. >> what's the morale of men and women on the front lines? >> it's terrible. you have been asking the leadership to reinstate the remain in mexico, but the leadership has been against the

program. so slowly and surely they have removed every tool in the tool belt to address the border crisis. the last thing is title 42 and they heard the political leadership wants to remove 42, that's in the courts as well. you don't have a lot of confidence and no light at the end of the tunnel, and that's hard for the folks who live and breathe, and live in the border communities every day. >> mike: thanks for your time and analysis. sandra, interesting to see the reaction on the front lines of the southern border, and the impact it has, they have been on fire as of late. >> sandra: we had chip roy on, connected with the most recent situation with the 53 dead migrants in the semitrailer, and he said the law of the united states we have to secure the border, we have to have operational control of the border, and that interview he did with us last hour, he said the administration, the american people need to know is refusing

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>> sandra: the woman accused of killing a world class cyclist in a twisted end to a love triangle is now in custody. that's after she spent more than a month on the run. casey stegall is live in dallas on the crazy details of this story. what are we learning, casey? >> sandra, being crazy indeed.

police found 34-year-old kaitlin armstrong staying on a beach in santa theresa. investigators say she shot and killed, you remember, 25-year-old pro cyclist named moriah wilson last month. the two had been involved with the same man. surveillance video shows armstrong's jeep at the very crime scene in austin. police say she then sold that jeep for 12 grand before taking off. six days later, she was picked up on surveillance cameras yet again, this time at the newark airport where she apparently hopped on the international flight. officials say she used a fake passport and that is how she was able to get on the plane and flee the country. >> she'll be brought back to austin and handed over to the austin police department and they will continue their investigation. >> an investigation that is ongoing as you heard, and you

also heard armstrong will be deported from costa rica, and then extradited back to the united states to face charges. a timeline on that remains unclear at this point for that former yoga instructor. back to you. >> sandra: casey, live in dallas, thank you, casey. >> i can understand why the american people are frustrated because of inflation but inflation is higher in almost every other country. >> mike: critics pouncing on that comment, they say it's simply not true. edward lawrence, live in madrid. edward. >> mike, the president hammered during a short news conference here before he left madrid, inflation and gas prices a big issue. saying americans need to be patient with paying more. >> you have not found one person, one world leader to say america is going backwards.

america's better positioned to lead the world than we ever have been. the strongest economy in the world, inflation rates are lower than other nations in the world. >> not true on the inflation rates. other countries the president visited on this trip and will visit in july, only spain had a higher year over year inflation rate. france, japan, canada, italy, china, have lower rates than the u.s. answer from the administration to shame the oil companies. >> there is nothing the industry needs, literally nothing they need, they have all the permits they need, all the equipment, they don't need anything else from the federal government. >> the president of the western energy alliance calls that ridiculous, adding this, the biden administration could affect all the issues by cutting back on regulation and tying up solutions to all the problems when they refuse to reverse

course and in fact, they are stepping up the additional new regulations. so, even as the european union rolls back regulations to streamline pipeline projects, the u.s. is not doing the same. in an exclusive interview i did here with a democrat senator from delaware, he's breaking from the president over the energy regulations. >> i am one democrat speaking for myself, support some stream lining of regulations both to help with transmission lines that are critical for a transition to a cleaner energy economy, and for citing of renewable projects and for pipelines. i think we need all the above to meet the strategic moment and make sure putin's aggression is ultimately defeated. >> and republicans i talked to say if the u.s. produces more oil, the price of oil falls and putin cannot afford the invasion anymore of the ukraine. >> mike: edward, thanks very

much. >> sandra: thank you. biden administration meanwhile big news over the past couple of days holding its first on shore lease sale for new oil and gas drilling on public lands. but neither industry officials nor green groups are happy about it. the real deal here, senior vice president of policy and regulatory and economic affairs at the american petroleum institute. i know you frank, i know you well and you are knee deep in all of this and you have been calling on the administration to do more to bring prices down. now we have this big news that the administration is finally holding its first on shore lease sale, it happening in wyoming. just concluded around 2:00 eastern time today i believe. can you tell us what we can take away from that so far? >> sure, sandra. it's kind of a good news and bad news story. good news is there was

significant industry interest in these lease sales across the western states and the united states. the bad news is we waited with this administration for a year and a half. they have delayed, they have obstructed, and they have really cost us precious type as we need more supply for the marketplace. the other bad news piece, they took off about 80% of the potential parcels that they could have leased. so, on the one hand it's good to see the administration is starting up the leasing program, but on the other hand, it's long overdue and it's really without precedent in terms of this delay. >> sandra: forgive me if i'm wrong, you said the last -- the last of this kind, the federal lease sale on federal lands on shore, the last time this happened was under the former president donald trump, is that correct? >> that's absolutely right. both on shore and offshore, this administration has not held a

successful lease sale until yesterday. and that year and a half is critical. >> sandra: and you and i have talked about this, but you just heard that sound bite from edward lawrence playing out the energy envoy for the president of the united states, he speaks on the energy policy of president biden globally, he just said on camera that the industry has everything it needs right now to bring prices down. is that the case from your view? >> it's not what the industry needs, it's what the american people need. the american people need more production in the united states, and so they need a leasing ban lifted. they need more pipeline infrastructure that gets energy pr where it's produced to where it's needed so the administration needs to stop cancelling pipelines. they need a stable and secure regulatory environment and a competitive tax environment and so the administration needs to stop proposing tax increases.

the administration really shouldn't look at this as what the administration can do and what the industry can do, it's really about the american people. they are calling for relief at the pump, they are calling for relief from this energy crisis. >> sandra: not what we are getting. we are getting a blame game and i've been dying to get your reaction to this because like i said, you are knee deep in the data, you look at every got report that comes out, you look closely at the supply, the demand, what is happening globally with this market and the president is still saying this, he just said it in madrid, listen. >> line is, ultimately, the reason why gas prices are up is because of russia, russia, russia, russia. >> sandra: to that you say what, frank? >> i say the biden administration was concerned about high prices last summer long before the invasion. that's why they asked the saudis to increase production last

summer. why the n.e.c. director wrote to the federal trade commission asking for an investigation into price gouging even though they know the f.t.c. has investigated this many times before and always found the price of gasoline at the pump is due to supply and demand. it's due to the price of crude oil. what the administration ought to do, our industry stands ready to work with them. we offered ten policy solutions, ten-point plan that would increase production, that would decrease the regulatory barriers to pipeline infrastructure. >> sandra: i go back to what you said before, about the american people and we know people are drowning in inflation across the country. fuel, food, the price of absolutely everything, airline tickets are sky high and they keep going higher.

you say about the american people, steve forbes joined last hour, he said the same. listen. >> the fact of the matter is, tens of millions of americans feel they are in recession, income not going up as fast as prices, having to make decisions on what cutbacks come and mortgage rates, they have the floating mortgage rates, and come wintertime, much of the country needs heating oil. twice as costly as last year. >> sandra: the latest poll reveals eight in ten americans believe this country is headed in the wrong direction. they feel this. >> there's no question the american people feel it. i guess the silver lining to all of this is the solution is right under our feet. we have an abundance of oil and natural gas here in the united states. we can produce it to help the american people. we can also produce it to help our allies overseas as they try to wean off of russia's oil. so, the administration just

needs to step up. they need to work with us, to help provide the american people some relief. >> sandra: frank, appreciate you joining us. thank you very much. talk ben soon. >> mike: dr. fauci says he cannot seem to kick covid, now on a rebound, our own dr. siegel and what you need to know. plus, fentanyl claims the lives of so many american children. now grieving parents are looking for justice.

>> sandra: parents of children who died unexpectedly from fentanyl are seeking justice. they are fighting to have their kids' deaths classified as poisoning. hillary vaughn has more on that, live in washington. >> hello, sandra. moms and dads whose children were poisoned to death by fentanyl-laced pills, trying to put the person responsible who sold their children behind bars for murder. >> there are thousands of parents across the nation that are just you know screaming out. >> parents want drug dealers to be held responsible. if the drugs they sell kill.

>> our kids not being looked at as victims. >> right now, only 23 states and d.c. have laws against drug-induced homicide. even in states that do, it's hard to get police to investigate an overdose death as a crime. in illinois, it took a retired chicago police officer five months to convince police her daughter's overdose was foul play. >> how are the other parents that don't have a background in law enforcement able to get some form of justice. >> for parents in states with softer drug laws like california, options are limited, convincing the feds to take the case might be the only hope. >> it just -- it ties the hands of the police, it ties the hands of the district attorneys, and so they are having to finds other ways to go about prosecuting these cases. >> jeff davis's daughter died after taking percocet she did not know was responsible. drug dealer responsible, illegal

immigrant out on bail for another crime. >> we have only now in the last couple of months made some progress in the case and had this person arrested. but it only happened at the federal level. >> police are frustrated, too, some drug dealers and traffickers they arrest are being released. >> we put not just hours in, thousands of hours of work to see a case in less than 24 hours people released to start over and do what they were doing before we caught them. >> parents want local prosecutors to do more to convict drug dealers once they have been caught and keep them off the streets, but some people are dropping the ball and san francisco alone, last year they had 640 fatal fentanyl overdoses but the local d.a. there now been recalled did not convict one person in 2021 for fentanyl dealing. sandra. >> sandra: hillary vaughn, a reality in the country that many

face. thank you very much. mike. >> mike: dr. anthony fauci is experiencing a rebound of covid symptoms and he's not alone. dr. marc siegel joins us now. dr., welcome. >> hi, mike. good to be with you. >> mike: a covid rebound, what is that? >> well, first of all, it's actually becoming increasingly common. i'm seeing it in a lot of my patients. what it is is you give the medicine and the patient feels better and test negative for a few days, what happened with dr. fauci and i was in touch with him about this, by the way, and then the symptoms come roaring back, fatigued again, pulmonary, fatigue, and test positive. and patients say what the heck is going on here? you know what dr. fauci told me the week before, he thinks it

takes a while for the immune is am to recognize the virus when paxlovid is on board, when we have knocked it down so much that our immune system, which causes all the inflammation and the symptoms has not woken up yet to the virus. the cdc has a slightly different point of view. i have talked to them about it, and a study out of the university of california that makes it look like the paxlovid does not get all the way in to get all the virus early on so you may need a higher dose or more prolonged period. dr. fauci taking a second round of it. i've had to prescribe that for a lot of patients. >> mike: is this making you have second thoughts prescribing the medication? >> not at all. one of the reasons i'm glad we are doing this segment, the new variant, va5 is not that responsive to the vaccine or

previous immunity, but natural immunity, but i think it will be responsible to paxlovid. i'm going to be using more of it. it's mild in more cases, but people at risk that have underlying conditions, i'm going to continue to use the drug but i may prescribe a second course. i get a lot of resistance from pharmacists because of the emergency use authorization is really just for the five days. >> mike: speaking of older patients, obviously dr. fauci is an older patient. you expect him to bounce back well? >> yeah, from what i'm hearing and from what he's telling me, yes, he's on the road to recovery. initial symptoms were mild, and then hit with more moderate simms to. looks like the second round of paxlovid has helped him a lot and he's coming out of it now. they probably should relook at this and make it 7 or 8 days, that's what i think. >> mike: wishing him a full and

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>> sandra: gun rights groups are demanding resignations. william la jeunesse is live with more. i imagine there's a few folks not happy, william. >> so california, right? in violation of state privacy laws released some 600,000 documents on the internet. that includes the name, the birth place, birthdays, home address, drivers reasons and age

and race of thousands, about 250,000 gun owners in california including those that had concealed carry permits and handguns and 244 judges. so gun groups say it's reckless and a deliberate act to intimidate gun owners. >> most of my family members don't know that i have a concealed weapons permit. i have a good reason to get it. i got it because my spouse was being stalked by a violent abuser. we went through a process to get that many years ago to get us peace of mind. >> so the records are required by the state like safety certificates as part of the ten-day waiting period, sales records and ownership records for most guns bought and sold over ten years and those that obtained the right to carry permits. it happened money when the state attorney general uploaded basic

records to increase research and transparency and trust. instead, he released all of this private information making gun owners for a target for finance crimes and particularly burglaries. sandra? the a.g. said it was a mistake. gun owners don't necessarily agree and could litigate to keep things private in the future. >> sandra: thanks, william. that wraps our two-hour show. i'm sandra smith. great to be with you, mike. >> i'm mike emanuel. "the story" with martha maccallum starts now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. 85% of americans think that the country is going in the wrong track. they see it all around them. signs that the country is just not working the way it should be, that we're not the america that we want to be firing on all cylinders, smoking the competition. all of those things that we took pride in. now it seems that americans are