literally. >> you added for mile-per-hour tour dates. >> we've been having an incredible time on tour all over the country and, you know, we're excited and having a good time. we haven't taken a bath in seven weeks. >> i'm bathing. >> bill: good morning. 9:00 on friday. president biden embarking on the last leg of his trip in middle east. leaving tel aviv. up next on the president's schedule. high-stakes visit in saudi arabia. he campaigned on isolating the kingdom and now expected to ask them for a bit of help. dana has the day off today. it is friday. you made it america. bill welcome to our friend. >> i couldn't think of a better way to spend my morning than next to you. happy friday. ifm owe sandra smith.

this is "america's newsroom." all right. today is the day. moments from now we'll be seeing president biden, he is set to depart for saudi arabia late yesterday the kingdom lifted its longstanding ban on israeli commercial flight towards normalization. >> bill: the real objective of the trip. convincing the world's largest exporter of oil is ramp up production and reestablish things with this administration. we watch a beautiful air force one head down the runway, complicating all of this, remarks from then candidate biden back in 2020. >> president biden: i would make it very clear we are not going to sell more weapons to them. we were going to make them pay the price and make them the pariah that they are. there is very little social redeeming value of the -- in the present government in saudi arabia. >> one of the president's first acts in the white house was

releasing the c.i.a. report assessing the saudi prince ordered the killing of journalist khashoggi and also sanctioned the saudis. the issue of record high gas prices fueling a bit of a change of heart. peter doocy is reporting on the ground from saudi arabia at this hour where you do expect to see the president a short time from now and expectations are building for what exactly will happen when he is there. >> yes, to your point it has been a big change of heart. the schedule we've seen for the president's events when he lands in saudi arabia, advise there will be a meeting with president biden and his team participating in a working session with crown prince mohammed bin salaam and saudi ministers. you see it right there in black and white. the crown prince is the headliner. that is completely different than what president biden told us just a few weeks ago. >> president biden: i'm not

going to meet with mbs but i'm going to an spir national meeting. he will be part of it just like there were people part of the discussion today. >> president biden is also heaping praise on the saudi leaders for opening up the airspace to flights from israel including a press charter this morning and air force one this afternoon pledging now to engage with the saudis even more in the future. he says as we mark this important moment saudi arabia's decision can help build momentum toward israel's further integration into the region including with saudi arabia. i will do all i can through direct diplomacy and leader to leader engagement to keep advancing this groundbreaking process. on his way to saudi arabia the president followed up days of meetings with israeli leaders to huddle with palestinian leaders and in the west bank a few hours ago he talked up a two-state solution but right now may not be a good time for peace talks. >> president biden: even if the ground is not ripe at this

moment to restart negotiations, the united states and my administration will not give up on trying to bring the palestinians and israelis and both sides closer together. >> no peace talks as a result of the president's visit to the middle east. bloomberg is reporting the new item he won't make any kind of announcement about increasing global oil production while he is in the middle east which means that it is unclear as of this morning what exactly it is that he is bringing home. >> bets are building all over the world and the markets for sure. peter doocy, thank you very much. >> bill: next stop saudi arabia. he will land in 90 minutes. after a surge in gas prices under his watch. a major liability for democrats come november. here is what we're feeling at

home. inflation biggest concern for americans right now at 33%. meanwhile you have the trip overseas. can you run a parallel now what the president is asking for in saudi arabia, what he may or may not get, and then when you come home, this inflation issue is stubborn and will be here a while. >> if that bloomberg report is true americans are concerned about rising gas prices and the goal of the trip was to increase oil production in the middle east. if it doesn't happen right away, it is not good news politically for the administration. more broadly, bill, the dissolutionment about the economy at record highs right now. there was a "new york times" poll that showed only 13% of americans think the country is on the right track and that's largely about inflation and the economy. and one of the challenges for

the biden administration is they have been trying to say even with the inflation the fundamentals of the economy are still solid it is not what people are feeling and there is not enough of i feel your pain. not enough of a realization that people are struggling. there is more of a denial the challenge with rising prices are taking hold and i think that is what this administration needs to get ahold of and improve their political standing. >> the president hasn't been listening to members of his own party waving the red flag. larry summers has been doing it for quite some time. joe manchin, this is wednesday, with a word of caution about inflation and how this administration is handling it. listen. >> basically we should be very conscious of how we're doing and looking at anything that could inflame the inflationary high numbers that we have. >> which could obviously be more spending. which is what this

administration, what democrats are talking about, doubling down on what is causing the problem. >> joe manchin has been something of a political prophet in the senate. he has been warning about rising spending, proposed government spending worsening inflation for over a year now. he has also been a political problem for democrats because he seems to tease that he would be supporting a little bit more spending but then as these inflation numbers, bad inflation reports come out, he has been pulling his support away and driving democrats crazy. in the long term, in the big picture he is doing a favor for his own party. if we have more spending last year you probably would see worse inflation. this white house would be in tougher political position. so manchin doesn't get a lot of love from democrats but he is doing some important things on the fundamentals so the inflation hasn't been worse. >> bill: these graphics are bad enough.

you wrote a piece yesterday and talked about it last night on special report. you talk about the republican party becoming more working class and multi-racial while the democratic party is becoming more white and elite. as we think about that in georgia right now we have split polling. georgia governor brian kemp running for reelection has a seven point lead over abrams. herschel walker appears to be trailing warnock. why would there be such a split like that do you think in that state, if true? >> the environment right now for republicans is as good as it has been in a long time but you still need to have good candidates in these races. one thing about georgia is that there are some concerns about whether herschel walker who has never run for office before. he is a big time football star but the question is, is he ready for prime time and can he answer the tough questions? there was a report that, you know, he also had some personal

issues that he didn't tell his own campaign that he secretly fathered a few children in the past. so you need to have good candidates to take advantage of a political environment. there are a lot of reasons for republicans to feel optimistic about the mid-term elections but especially in the senate, you have to have good candidates that don't have baggage that are able to get the message across to get across the finish line. >> bill: 116 days. i know you aren't counting but we will for you. thank you, josh. have a good weekend. >> thank you, josh. >> bill: thanks. >> family mourning the -- the former president announced his ex wife passed yesterday calling her an amazing woman. lauren green is live in new york city and has the details. >> preliminary reports say ivana trump suffered cardiac arrest and found at the bottom of the steps inside her manhattan home. the medical examiner will later confirm a cause of death.

meanwhile friends and family are mourning the sudden loss of a woman so full of life and so positive about the future. although talented in her own right she gained fame in the 1980s as the other half of a glamorous power couple when she married donald trump. the former president posted on social media she was a wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman who led a great and inspirational life. rest in peace. eric trump posted our mother was an incredible woman, a force in business, a world class athlete, a radiant beauty and caring mother and friend. ivana trump was a survivor. born in czechoslovakia to middle class working parents she started skiing at 4, got serious at 13 and eventually named an alternate to the czech olympic team in 1972. after marrying donald trump ivana became his business partner for interior design of

properties and co-managing the trump plaza hotel. in 1990 she endured a public separation and divorce from donald and continued to be a powerful presence in new york. >> new york city will never be the same without her. not only was she known in her neighborhood she was known throughout the city. an incredible socialite. she would be seen everywhere from fashion shows to, you know, openings on broadway and it is a true loss. she will be truly missed. >> she is survived by her three children, and 10 grandchildren and her mother, marie. >> all of their children paying their tributes and saying their goodbyes. thank you very much, lauren green. >> bill: it was a record breaking drug haul. police seizing more than 100 pounds of fentanyl on a highway. the feds lose track of a

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the first six months of this year and nearly 20% increase from a year ago. this all according to law enforcement officers memorial fund. that report finds that most of those cops were shot after responding to domestic disputes. 18 past now. >> president biden: reversed the policies of my predecessors and resumed aid to the palestinians. more than half a billion dollars in 2021. that support for the economic development of the palestinian people to strengthen palestinian security. >> sandra: that was president biden yesterday scrapping trump era policies on the palestinians as he wraps his visit to the holy land. the president making comments during a news conference in the west bank with palestinian leaders abbas, the pair not agreeing on key issues in a joint statement. let's bring in now former israeli ambassador to the u.s.

ron dermer. thank you for being here. does that tell you anything that they are now going to issue separate statements? we're told they could not come to agreement on key wording in a joint statement. >> i think it's a welcome change that the united states did not capitulate to palestinian demands. i don't know exactly what the demands were. if i compare president biden's visit to previous visits particularly of president obama. i wouldn't compare him to president trump. a different policy and administration toward israel and the middle east. if i compare it to obama it was much better and i think he tried to embrace the people of israel. i think the people of israel embraced him back and i think the issue of the palestinians was really on the sidelines of this visit. i think that's good for the region and good for peace and ultimately good for the palestinians because they have been led by failed leadership now for 25 years and i think the real opportunity in the

middle east is what is happening in president biden's trip to saudi arabia. i know the american people are focused on the price of gas. in israel they would really like to see a breakthrough in peace and that's where the [threw lies in riyadh and i hope he will pursue the strategy of getting peace between israel and the broader arab world. i think that's within his grasp to do and he needs to have a couple of policy changes on iran in particular but i hope that course correction will come and that we'll see the expansion of peace in the region. >> sandra: interesting point to be made. a lot of the focus is on energy and what this president is going to do or ask for or not ask for from saudi arabia. we'll see what that ends of being coming up. meanwhile, this, of course, this meeting happened after the president sat down with the israeli prime minister and the president showed vocal support for a two-state solution. your reaction to this. president biden earlier on the

two-state solution. >> president biden: we can count ourselves among the earliest supporters of a two-state solution. as i stand with you today, now as president of the united states, my commitment to that goal of a two-state solution has not changed. >> sandra: from what i'm hearing so far you are applauding what you heard from the president while overseas so far on this trip. >> yes. i wasn't surprised by that. remember, the trump peace plan that was put out also called ultimately for a two-state solution and previous american presidents have called for a two-state solution. i think if i compared it again to the previous visit of president obama, where you had this constant pressure on israel, whether it was on the issue of the settlements or the 1967 lines or israel had to do this or had to do that and it was a constant appeasement of palestinians and that's not going to get us very far in peace. the reason we don't have peace is because the palestinian

leadership -- i'm not talking about the leadership in gaza led by hamas. i'm talking about the palestinian authority. they refuse to recognize the nation state of the jewish people, the right of the jews to have a state in our ancestral homeland in any boundary and the reason we don't have peace. i commend president biden for not putting the political capital of his administration behind a fantasy that you are going to be able to appease palestinian demands and get peace. the real game in town is the ability to get peace between israel and saudi arabia. and that is possible to do. the abraham accords would not have happened if it were not for the leaders of saudi arabia. i know everybody is focused on khashoggi and that horrific incident and it is clear that something had to be done to show that you can't do that with impunity but without the support of mbs the peace between israel and bay ran does not happen or anything else and

i think mbs has within his power and he think he wants to do it to make peace with israel and that would end the arab/isly conflict. once we end that then we can try to deal with the israeli/palestinians conflict. the breakthrough the previous administration had and i commend president trump and his administration for that. i hope president biden follows in the path. there is a key to doing so. i can't stress this enough. you cannot have a policy of appeasing iran that will bring israel and the saudis together. we agree with saudi arabia. we both think the nuclear deal with iran is very bad. we're imploring the administration not to go back into the deal. to have a credible military threat to confront iran if america confronts iran it will open up the space for an israeli/saudi peace and it would be a game changer for the region and the world. >> sandra: we're watching it all. thank you for joining us.

he is echoing the words of the israeli prime minister telling president biden to get tougher on iran. words will not stop them. >> bill: he makes an excellent point. we have been hyper focused on the relationship with saudi arabia. that relationship between saudi arabia & israel so that the area can find a solution to peace. around noon eastern time president biden meets with the crown prince. pictures of it and when it happens we'll bring it to you. accounts for how the administration has approached saudi arabia up until today anyway. watch here. >> president biden: we're going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses. >> we'll recalibrate this relationship and turn the page from the last four years insuring that we are holding to account the actions, the human rights abuses of this government. >> to the best of our ability this doesn't happen again. we put in place what we call the khashoggi ban. >> president biden: there should be consequences relating to how we deal with those that

power. >> bill: that's the record, sandra. tlouft the week they've been asking officials of the administration whether or not he will bring it up directly and they've really done the soft shoe on it. >> sandra: not committed. >> bill: pretty much. behind closed doors we'll see what happens. that has been the way the administration has framed this meeting today in about 2 1/2 hours we'll see it for ourselves. we believe in pictures and images coming up shortly. >> bill: three strikes and your out? the california d.a. stepping up his fight against repeat offenders. what he is doing next. protestors are fine for supreme court justices but not aoc. it went sideways. complaining about a heckler, is that hypocritical? lawrence jones will look at the tape and talk about it with his take coming up.

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>> sandra: a south carolina grand jury adds to the stack of criminal charges against disgraced attorney alex murdaugh. charging him with the murder of his wife and son. murdaugh is also facing a slough of fraud charges. jonathan serrie is live tw the latest on the twists and turns in this story. >> well, alec murdaugh is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing next week. it will be on wednesday. yesterday a grand jury indicted him of two counts of murder during the commission of a violent crime. they say he shot and killed his wife maggie and their 22-year-old son paul on the family's hunting property in june of 2021. in a rare statement on the investigation the chief of the state law enforcement division said over the last 13 months, agents and partners have worked to build a case against the

person responsible for the murders of maggie and paul. this week's indictments are the most serious in a long trail of legal troubles for the disbarred attorney accused of pocketing settlement money from his clients. we spoke with one of the attorneys representing some of the fraud victims. >> knowing everything now, i don't believe the man has an ounce of regret for what he did. i think he is selfish. i don't think he has much of a soul. >> bill: his defense team issued a statement saying alec wants his family, friends and everyone to know he did not have anything to do with the murders of maggie and paul. he loved them more than anything in the world. defense attorneys tell fox news they filed a motion for a speedy trial which would require the state attorney general to turn over all evidence in the case within the next 30 days. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: jonathan, we're sitting talking about this

story, it is almost hard to believe how many turns it has taken. we'll keep following all of it. thank you very much. >> bill: on the hill aoc was fine with protestors outside the homes of supreme court justices and also fine with, well, protestors at washington, d.c. restaurants. but not when they confront her. the democratic congresswoman lashing out after she was harassed on the steps of the u.s. capitol. here is how that went. watch. >> aoc, my favorite big booty latina. you are my favorite. she wants to kill babies and still beautiful. look at that big booty. >> i think the thing that was so crazy about that incident is not even that it happened but happened on the capitol steps. he was engaged in clearly sexually threatening, aggressive behavior. >> bill: so he is the comedian alex stein and he is lawrence jones host of across-country on

fox nation and 10:00 show on saturday nights. how are you doing? listen, go ahead and let's frame the story here waiting for her on the steps. she objected to that. he was trying to provoke her. >> roll with me for a second. multiple things can be true at one time. it is true that aoc has endorsed much worse especially when it comes to the supreme court justices and violence across the country. she has been a part of that type of harassment. i just don't think it's very becoming for a man to be doing that to a woman. it is trashy. i'm embarrassed he is from my state of texas. people say see a comedian. what's more embarrassing is her fiance is right there and doesn't say a thing. not only -- my mother and my sister i would say hold on, guy, back up. but i just think there is a double standard when it comes to rhetoric. that is still free speech what he said. it can't be prosecuted.

for her calling for that or the capitol police to intimidate him for doing that is also wrong. >> bill: he looks petty. >> yeah. >> bill: he can be wrong and she can be wrong for not standing up for the supreme court justices or chased out of restaurants. >> where the line is, bill, what is wrong and what is legal and illegal. what she has endorsed is against the law, right? she is asking for the police to get involved with something that is unbecoming and i think is wrong and petty but it is not illegal. still free speech. he didn't put his hands on her or anything like that. protected by the constitution. so all the people that are rallying around her for something that is totally legal i want a little bit of that same energy when things are being burnt down for four months in the country or targeting the justices which the illegal and merrick garland who used to be a federal judge is still not doing anything about it. >> sandra: she should adamantly

stand up against that, okay? >> that's right. >> sandra: members of her party should and if they don't -- elizabeth warren was asked a completely reasonable question by one of our reporters hillary vaughn yesterday. watch the response. >> senator, an activist group is offering to pay people if they send in the locations of justices. do you think this has gone too far at this point? >> sandra: boom, door slam. >> what a nasty thing to do to the member of the press. what happened to respecting the press and treating them as a constitutionally protected class? donald trump was so nasty to the press and all these things we heard from the democrats, i think it is a total legitimate question and ask someone that is a professor and teaches law and now a member of the senate you would think that she would come straight out and say what they are doing is illegal even though i stand with their cause. they can't be doing it to

justices. >> bill: speaking of civility in politics in washington, in america, you have this group sending out the addresses of supreme court justices and still on twitter for weeks and yesterday finally twitter suspended them. >> can i say something about this? there seems to be some misunderstanding what people are saying when they're against the protests. not only is it illegal but can we talk about why it's illegal? through the political process you can go through senators and public figures because they're policymakers and supposed to be influenced by politics. protest is made to sway an opinion based on what you perceive as right or wrong. judges aren't to be swayed by public opinion. they are supposed to interpret the laws that are on the books. so by protesting trying to sway them, you are breaking the law. that's why the statute is there. so yes i'm still a free speech purist but you shouldn't be having speech to sway a judge.

bhas next, the jurors? >> bill: the law talks about intimidation. it's pretty clear. >> after what happened -- these people were encouraged to do this by the majority leader in the senate and after an assassination attempt on kavanaugh you would think they would bring the temperature down. i don't think they will. they are going to -- >> sandra: twitter suspended that one group docsing the justices. there is another group doing it that hasn't been pulled down. >> bill: they are still putting the addresses of the judges and encouraging other people if they see them at a restaurant to post that online. that's also intimidation. >> bill: saturday night 10:00. >> we have a big show. you've been doing double duty this week. >> bill: non-stop surge at the southern border. facilities fear this could be

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>> sandra: now to a stunning update on last week's record breaking fentanyl bust in colorado. fox news discovers the man arrested for transporting 114 pounds of the deadly drug in his car has now vanished. william la jeunesse has the details on that for us. william. >> the irony is first we get a big dog and pony show. now police will say nothing about what appears to be a big embarrassment. 10 days ago multiple agencies celebrated the largest seizure of fentanyl ever on a u.s. highway. >> i can't underscore enough how significant this seizure was. d.e.a. is actively working with c.s.p. on investigating this

case. >> what the d.e.a. did not tell us is the driver of the vehicle had already disappeared. so according to this affidavit, here is what happened. after being questioned, the highway patrol turned the man over to the d.e.a. where he agreed to become a snitch and cooperate and deliver the drugs in hopes of identifying other individuals in the criminal organization. the following day, june 19th, on the way to a controlled delivery of fentanyl, the man fled from the d.e.a., alluded surveillance and removed the tracker from his vehicle. the man is no longer cooperating with denver d.e.a. he is a proven flight risk and has family in mexico. it is plausible it was intentional or a massive mistake. >> i would find it unlikely that there would be something that an individual would a, be knowledgeable about its whereabouts and be able to disable it or get rid of it.

secondly, on a surveillance operation if he had somebody who was a cooperating defendant and the vehicle was tracked, there probably would also be the installation of a immoreability device. the ability to kill the car if the person ran. >> not the highway patrol, sheriff or d.e.a. will comment now. another irony one of the biggest fentanyl busts on record. fugitive on the run and police refuse to release the photo. apparently they don't want the public's help to catch him. >> sandra: coming up next hour the head of the drug enforcement administration will be joining us to talk about the stunning increase in fentanyl flowing over our southern border. stay tuned for that. >> it's because of washington's open border policies that deadly fentanyl is flooding the united states. fentanyl does not derive from texas or from the united states. it comes across the border from

mexico. and it is killing texans and it is getting worse. >> bill: greg abbott laying that time, the rise in fentanyl deaths to the president policy's on the border. henry cuellar is a border congressman, democrat out of texas. welcome back to our program. >> thank you so much. >> bill: you know so much about the open border policies. is your governor right? >> he is right in the sense that what's happening is that people are sent in in one direction and drugs are coming in another direction. they are very controlled and coordinated by the criminal organizations. i was listening to your prior story. those criminal organizations don't stop at the border. they have their connections and they have their other sources and arms here in the u.s. they are a trans nation lal organization. so that's what we have to fight is trans national organizations that just don't stop at the border. >> bill: here is the fentanyl seizures in texas alone.

in 2022, 7,338 pounds. year prior more than 7,000. 2020 was 1700. 2019, 1771. you have to think about how much that gets through that is not caught. and it gets out not just in texas but 49 other states. what would you ask the head of the d.e.a. when she joins us next hour? >> well certainly how do we cooperate with the states and local governments and not just work separately? i know they are doing that but we have to do a lot more because at the same time we've got to understand that most of the drugs -- you can ask this question -- most of the drugs don't come in between the bridges. they actually come through the bridges. at one time 90% of the fentanyl would come in through the bridges so we have to make sure we have the right technology and the k-9s, the personnel at

the bridges. but the problem is as you know, border patrol right now in the southern part of the area from laredo down to the valley, 60% of the border patrol agents are doing immigration processing. taking care of the migrants. 10% are doing the administrative and only 30%, i emphasize only 30% are doing the checkpoints or at the river at the border. so what we have larger amounts of drugs coming in, more people coming in, we have a lesser number of border patrol agents doing their work. >> bill: let me be clear what you just said. most drugs come across the bridges. >> that's correct. >> bill: that means they're in vehicles and stowed in cars and trucks. and the inspection of those vehicles must be better if you want to stop it. is that right? >> absolutely correct. we have been putting more money and i've asked cbp to do a better job at getting that technology faster.

there has been some delay. but we have to have that best technology at the border. the non-intrusive where you can actually run the 18 wheelers without stopping them so we need more of that technology, the k-9, the personnel and certainly whatever help we can get from the mexican government. >> bill: you are in a tough reelection fight. you are well aware of that. you are the last pro-life democrat in congress. you just defeated a progressive in your home district. we'll see what happens in november. there was a poll out. i want to share this. strong progressives, do you believe america is the greatest country in the world? only 28% agreed with that. meanwhile hispanics, 70% believe that statement. what's the difference? >> well, i don't know exactly why but i will tell you this. hispanics believe in the country and they believe in god. we believe in community. i can tell you this, those are some of the values i learned

from my mother, my father and my grand parents. it is instilled to love this country and make it a better place and when i run in south texas, i'm a democrat but i'm an american first. i'm a texan second and then i'm a democrat and that's what we ought to do is we have to put our country first. >> bill: toss-up races in south texas along the border. something we'll watch in november. henry cuellar the democrat from texas. thank you. >> sandra: president biden is in the middle east. his domestic spending agenda is hitting another snag. what does it mean for the mid-term elections? we'll ask our friday money team steve moore and austan goolsbee are on deck. lebron james doing major damage control after remarks that critics say were anti-american. former nba player enes kanter freedom is snapping back and he will react here next. ♪♪♪

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>> sandra: parents and teachers voicing outrage after california governor gavin newsom traveled to washington to receive an education award. the education commission recognizing the democrat for so-called innovations in the classroom. this despite california's slow progress on reopening schools. the state is also grappling with a drop in test scores. >> bill: smitty, some folks dunkin' on lebron james after questioning -- he questioned whether the wnba star brittney griner wants to return to america. she is in a russian jail. she is on trial. critics roasting james for being anti-american. the basketball star walking back the comments. former nba player enes kanter freedom. welcome to our show. you have been critical of lebron in the past.

let me catch viewers up to what the story is. on the show the shop on hbo that lebron hosts and one of the producers, he said this the other day. >> brittney griner is in russia and she has been there over 110 days. now how can she feel like america has her back? i would be feeling do i even want to go back to america? >> the next day the tweet. my comments regarding brittney griner wasn't knocking our beautiful country. i was saying how she is probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions. thoughts, etc. inside the cage she has been in. long story short, #bring her home. how did you read that line? i was simply saying how she is probably feeling emotionally. >> first of all we call this a walk back. p.r. told him said he was getting backlash and try to do everything they can to

apologize for america. people not going to buy it. it just makes me really sad and breaks my heart when people take their freedom for granted and why i was very confused. i was very shocked and i'm like she is in a russian jail for over 110 days and she is facing 10 years if prison, do you really still think if she should come back or not? that was just so stupid to say. i just couldn't believe it. >> bill: i'm from ohio and so is lebron, akron. when he was in the eighth grade he was so good everybody in ohio knew who lebron james was even before he went to high school. we were proud of him so much. but this whole -- he does so much for kids and education. he does a ton. but this comment about do i even want to go back to america, freudian slip? >> yeah. i mean, just look at this. brittney griner wrote a letter

to president biden and actually president biden wrote a letter back to her after she considered not to play the national anthem, you know? so it just -- first of all one thing about lebron he earned his money in the united states. he earned his respect in the united states. he earned his fame in the united states. this country gives you everything you have, you know? and you are still unappreciative billionaire. this country made you a billionaire. so when i see comments like this i was it was unacceptable. >> bill: i take it you are not watching his show. thank you for coming on today. hope to get you in studio so. >> thank you. >> bill: runaway inflation racing higher and faster than expected raising major alarms among democrats especially in the swing states as prices keep rising on just about everything.

november mid-terms less than four months away. it's 116, 115. who is counting? i'm counting. dana has the day off. i'm bill hemmer. hope you are doing great at home and doing well here. >> sandra: great right here. >> bill: did we take good care of you? >> sandra: very interesting conversation with enes kanter freedom. see where that goes. >> bill: we know where he stands. >> sandra: great to be here with you. i'm sandra smith. you can't talk away high prices. some think you can. they're right in your face every time you head to the grocery store. sticker shock down the aisle. at the gas station as well. forcing vulnerable democratic candidates to watch what they say when talking about any new spending or new taxes. meanwhile democrat senator joe manchin dealing his party another blow saying he will not support their push to force through a massive new tax and spend agenda. mitch mcconnell putting the blame for spiraling inflation

squaringly at the feet of reckless spending by democrats. >> we're suffering from 40-year high inflation. 2.-- the 1.9 trillion dollar so-called rescue package passed last year, which bill clinton's secretary of the treasury larry summers said at the time was going to create record inflation. and it has. >> bill: full fox coverage now, austan goolsbee and steven moore the friday mon team. first aishah hosni has the lowdown on the hill. let's begin with you. good morning. >> good morning. big news from the hill. sirens going off now and try to figure out what's going on. we'll try to get through this first. senator joe manchin making headlines essentially killing any democratic dreams of pushing through a massive tax and spend plan, reconciliation bill ahead of the mid-terms. also really offering a lifeboat

to the vulnerable democrats who are really a little worried about doing anything like raising taxes. so late last night we found out from a democrat who was briefed on the conversations that senator manchin told senate majority leader chuck schumer he will not support an economic package that contains new spending on energy and climate change or includes new tax increases targeting wealthy americans or corporations. that is big because that really only leaves behind two things. he will only support a medicare prescription drug provision and also expanding affordable care act subsidies. it comes on the heels of that brutal july inflation report we've been talking about and it may have saved vulnerable democrats who feared taking a vote on new spending or taxes in an election year. senator manchin told fox earlier this week he was not going to support anything that would make inflation worse. >> you can't be raising taxes

and can't make anything inflationary. you can close loopholes and find out where there are things that should have been done before but it won't be inflationary at all. i just want to make sure that whatever decisions i'm able to contribute to or be involved with is going to be very cautionary. not inflaming inflationary high prices. >> that doesn't mean that senator manchin has left the negotiating table all together but the window of opportunity, bill, is closing in. we have august break and then the focus shifts right to the mid-terms. bill. >> bill: let us know how it comes out there if there is news to report we'll come back to you. thanks. for more let's bring in the friday monday team. austan goolsbee and steve moore. happy friday. austan, you went first last week. steve you have the honor of going first this week. looked like there might be a three-alarm deal at the hill. how many alarms are there on

the economy as you see this going into the week? >> first of all let me say something nice about a democrat joe manchin. he is saving our country now. thank god for joe manchin. the deal they were just talking about which hopefully is finally permanently killed would have raised taxes on our small businesses, our companies, it would have increased spending by $500 billion. talk about dousing a forest fire with kerosene. so thank god it appears that's behind us. look, those numbers that came out this week, bill, are catastrophic. you had 9% inflation for consumers, 11.2% increase in prices for producers. by the way, when those producer prices go up, guess what happens, bill? it means consumer prices have to go up. we haven't peaked out. it is not transitory or temporary. the fed will raise interest rates i'm worried about a recession. >> sandra: can we play out larry summers.

he continues to offer solutions for this administration but it seems nobody is listening. here he is. >> they've been talking for six months about reducing tariffs. there are things that can be done to allow in the short run more pumping of natural gas and drilling for oil so that we increase supply and bring down those prices. >> sandra: seems like very reasonable, obvious solutions, some of which would really help in this moment, austan. why isn't the white house listening? >> i'm not a political leader or anything. >> sandra: that's an economic solution. >> get rid of the stupid trump tariffs. if we got rid of that for those components we could reduce prices significantly. it is important to remember most of the u.s. economy is not imported goods.

we're mostly domestic focused economy and the thing that we're experiencing in the united states with this highest inflation in 40 years, it's important to recognize this is happening all around the world. in the u.k. they just announced 9.1% inflation. highest in 40 years. germany is almost 8% highest in 40 years. even in japan they are at the highest in 40 years. there is a major supply shock going on that is not related to what spending happened last year and this year spending is falling almost a trillion dollars. so that's not really the dynamic driving things right now. >> bill: what summers was driving at there in the clip that sandra played there was trying to find a solution. and when we had the white house on two days ago about finding solutions the answers were raise taxes on the rich and raise taxes on american businesses. >> point the finger at those gas station owners. those are the people responsible for the inflation.

i mean, they point the finger at anybody but themselves. look, i agree with austan on the tariffs. i am in favor also of getting rid of the tariffs except on china. we should be really tough on china. but look, it's pretty clear that when you add $3 trillion of debt spending to the economy, how many times did i say on this show, bill, it would lead to inflation? larry summers and larry kudlow said it. a lot of ph.d. economists and some of the nobel economists said it won't cause inflation but they were wrong. we have got to cut government spending. we have to get this spending down. we added $3 trillion of debt in spending. >> we are. it is getting down one trillion dollars. >> we're still at a 6 trillion -- when i first came to washington a trillion dollar budget and now at 6 trillion. we have to get spending down. let's produce american oil and gas and coal and everything we got to bring down these energy

prices. >> sandra: finish us off. >> you have to explain if you think it came from u.s. spending, why is it happening in germany, u.k. japan and everywhere around the world. we have to address the supply. >> when we sneeze the rest of the world catches pneumonia. we're the hub of the world economy, that's why. >> sandra: this debate will continue. >> bill: thank you. >> sandra: president biden set to touchdown in saudi arabia any moment now. later today he will be holding a controversial meeting with the saudi crown prince to talk energy we're told. oil production, speaking of which and iran's nuclear program. the high-stakes trip after biden promised to make the nation a pariah for the murder of jamal khashoggi. the white house has not said if the president intends to bring up khashoggi's murder during the sit down today. >> this from peter doocy. they participate in a working session with the crown prince. that's what the trip will be

remembered for. how does the meeting go with the crown prince? an individual he tried to make a pariah during the campaign. >> sandra: the world is watching. >> bill: we expect that around 11:25. around noon eastern. regardless watch the images and video and see how much we get from that and if there are any comments on camera we'll have it for you. back at home california the embattled l.a. county d.a. george gascon not giving up on california's three strikes law and taking the fight to the u.s. -- the california state supreme court. last june an appeals court decided he could not refuse to charge three-strike cases which can drastically increase a prison sentence for a repeat offender. jonathan hunt live in l.a. runs down the story for us today. where are we going? good morning. >> good morning. george gascon says this is a quote fight for fairness and rationality in prosecution and he is taking that fight all the

way to the california supreme court. gascon has long claimed he has the power to simply ignore california's three strikes law. under which defendants with one prior felony conviction, subject to sentences more than two times longer and defendants with two or more prior felony convictions typically face sentences of 25 years to life in state prison. gascon says those policies are draconian and challenging the appeals court ruling that he must charge felons according to the state's three-strike law his office argued these policies increase repeat rates and little to do deterrent effect and keep people in prison long after they pose a safety risk to the community. the associate district attorneys is suing gascon and the group said gascon is as disingenuous as he is radical

when it comes to sound law enforcement. we're confident the california supreme court will take no action to interfere with the injunction against mr. gascon. gascon meantime continues to face that potential recall with campaigners having submitted more than 715,000 voter signatures in support of the move. just over 566,000 of those have to be found to be valid to trigger a recall vote. now a 5% sample of those signatures counted by the l.a. county registrar showed 78% to be valid. that, bill, would just put the campaign over the threshold, just. so now the registrar says he will count and verify every one of the signatures in what is a very high-stakes waiting game for george gascon. we'll have an answer next month. >> bill: thank you, jonathan. nice to see you in l.a. jonathan hunt. >> sandra: federal authorities reporting a historic seizure of

fentanyl. where they found it and who smuggled it into the country. >> bill: dramatic video. a trio of home invaders show up on the guy's doorstep. that's what they tried. things do not go as planned and it is on camera. >> sandra: an olympic medalist nearly blinded in a random attack in downtown los angeles. she is now calling for change. we'll speak with her just ahead. >> he violated probation and he violated parole. you guys didn't hear from his former victims. they need to be vindicated. we can't drop the ball on this. i'm tatiana for newday usa with some great news for fellow veterans who own a home. with home values at record highs, now's the best time in history to turn your home equity into cash. up to $60,000 or more. the newday 100 loan lets you borrow 100%

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>> bill: a group of intruders breaking into a home and forcing to turn tail after the homeowner opens fire. watch here. they will pick another house. a ring front door camera captured it on camera. the armed suspects stormed the house but ran for their lives when the homeowner fired back. so far two of the four have been caught. the sheriff says the victim

will not face any charges for defending himself. that in pensacola, florida. >> sandra: the ring cameras are amazing. >> bill: you wonder how many times it happens? just about every home has a camera now at some point either inside or outside the house. anyway, two of the four are captured and see what happens with the rest and this. >> i was sitting in my truck eating lunch and i heard a woman screaming so i get out of my truck and someone says, you know, this guy attacked her and i'm like what guy? so they point to the guy. he is getting away across the street and i see blood everywhere just dripping blood. >> sandra: that was benson parks who chased down the attacker speaking to bill earlier this week.

the attacker nearly blinded our next guest. she was walking and the suspect hit her in a face as a metal pole. a homeless man with previous convictions for felony assault out on parole at the time of that attack. joining is now is kim glass. kim, welcome. how are you feeling? >> hi, how are you? i'm healing. i'm healing. my emotions change every day. you know, i'm always really grateful and happy it didn't turn out as bad as it could have been but i'll be in the car with someone and someone comes toward the car and i freak out. every day is a little different and i'm processing it all. >> bill: we want to remind viewers this was in downtown los angeles, daylight >> right. >> out of nowhere you get socked by a 10 inch bolt and when you think back on that it has to be something in your

mind saying why in the world did that happen? and when you ask yourself that, how do you answer it? >> you know, i was thinking about it in the ambulance and talking to my mom on face time and i was like mom, i don't know why this happened to me. i was like there was nothing i could have done to prevent it. i think sometimes we get really -- we feel immune when we are walking in the daytime, right, regardless and i think about what i could have done and for me, i feel like i'm always alert and there was nothing i could have done to prevent this. everyone is out there offering me self-defense classes and how did you let him get close? he wasn't close and i could have never predicted this happening. and as i've been home and thinking about this i said god, you chose me for a reason, you know, and the reason is one, i'm hard headed and you knew i

was going to make it and you know i still have work to do here and -- but also because he had other attackers and there is other victims around los angeles and it keeps on happening and everyone is paying attention to me because i'm an olympian, right? these other attackers -- victims haven't been vindicated. every time someone is being let out on the street again and again, they are doing a disservice and saying that these victims, traumas were in vain. and now i'm here and hoping that this doesn't happen to anyone else again. however i can help, i think that's what this happened for. >> sandra: because of that you are calling for change. what do you think could help crack down on attacks like this from happening? >> well, when i look at it it's like i think that we all deserve the opportunity to have

freedom but not if you are a terror to society. and this history repeated itself with this. he was let out on probation and he attacked someone else and that was a miss demeanor, right? but before that he had already assault and battery two other people, all women, right? and so what does it take, you know? we just keep dropping the ball and dropping the ball. i look at it like this. i'm a professional -- i was a professional athlete and been part of teams all my life, right? if i keep doing something wrong the entire time, i have to change something because it is not working for the team, you know? if i'm not changing something, then i get taken out and someone else replaces me. and at this point what's the answer, you know? because everything that we're doing right now is not working.

and there needs to be a change. that's evident. >> bill: a lot of that answer, frankly, comes from people like you when you go public. we're looking at you and we know what you looked like in the hours after. you look terrific, by the way, before and after. >> thank you. >> bill: when you go public and tell people we can't live like this. let's get our house in order so that people like me don't have to suffer because the decisions of other people they're making for us. that's your purpose now? >> i know, man, and i just hope that god leads me and is -- gives me the right words and leads me in the direction for everyone's highest good. sorry, i didn't expect all this. >> bill: we're praying for you. hang tough. you have more people behind you than you have any idea. so many people support you. >> i feel it, you guys. it is crazy and i think this is

what we stand for, right? all the bad that's happened, i tell you, how divided our country is, but i tell you when you see everyone come together, how everyone has rallied around me this is what america is supposed to be about and what we stand for and we have to do this together, you know? >> bill: amen to that. hang tough. thank you. hang tough. >> thank you, guys. >> bill: thank for sharing your story. >> sandra: we'll keep sharing it. >> thank you guys for talking to me. thanks for what you do. >> bill: thank you. wow. there is a mystery getting more tangled today. police ruling out a potential suspect in the disappearance of a 39-year-old mother. where did she go? the latest on that case today. the feds seizing a record number of fentanyl pills. this is no bueno pinning the blame on one of mexico's drug

cartels. can anything be done as we ask the head of the d.e.a., can anything be done to protect that border? that's next. >> the problem is the cartels have absolute control of the border in the state of texas with the united states and mexico.

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>> sandra: it is one for the record books in america's drug crisis. the d.e.a. earlier this month seizing around a million pills laced with fentanyl. authorities say it is the biggest bust of its kind in california history and believe it is linked to a notorious mexican cartel. bill melugin is live at the border for us at this hour. he is in texas. >> most of the deadly fentanyl is pouring into the u.s. through the southern border. there was a delegation of

republican senators out here in the rio grande valley last night here to get a look at what is happening down here. look at the video we shot as we tagged along last night. it was texas senator ted cruz, wisconsin's ron johnson. wyoming and others who met with the border patrol union in the la jolla area and not long for them to start seeing small groups of migrants crossing illegally including several unaccompanied children. two little girls traveling completely alone from honduras and el salvador. they had paperwork on them for family members already living in the united states and the border patrol union showed the senators all those human smuggling cartel wrist bands littering the grass in the area. i had a chance to ask senator joni ernst how does she respond to the administration's claims that the border is closed? >> i don't see how you can be here and say the border is

closed and that they have control of the border. our border patrol agents are over taxed and over worked and disheartened by the attitude of the administration. >> sandra, you mentioned off the top. look at the staggering photo here. a massive fentanyl bust out of california. d.e.a. los angeles announced the seizure of one million fentanyl pills in inglewood south of l.a. the largest fentanyl bust in california in d.e.a. history and associated with the sinaloa cartel. the pills were intended for distribution and had a street value of nearly $20 million. send it back to you. >> sandra: bill melugin, thank you. >> bill: more on this now. the d.e.a. administrator is here in studio in new york. good morning to you and thank you for your time. reading about the sinaloa cartel. it is probably the best known cartel.

a new group, about five years ago they started. they control territory with power. they control people by taxing them. what is the mexican government doing right now in order to try to rein them in? >> i think there are two things that are really important. first is for everyone to understand what we see every day at the d.e.a. these two mexican drug cartels, sinaloa and cj and g are poisoning americans at record rates. we lost 107,622 americans last year. these two cartels are primarily responsible for the fentanyl and the methamphetamine that is flooding into the united states. and is killing people. the second piece on sinaloa and cj and g is these two cartels are working from china where they are purchasing the chemicals that they are using to make into fentanyl and methamphetamine. these are not plant-based drugs anymore. it is a different and more deadly drug threat than we've ever seen in our country. the two cartels are operating throughout mexico.

sinaloa in 15 of the 32 mexican states. cj and g as we call it in 23 of those 32 states. they are essentially working openly in mexico to take those chemicals and synthesize the fentanyl and meth. >> bill: do they work with the mexican government? >> one of the things i would say about drug trafficking and i'll speak worldwide. one of the things that's critically important to me is we attack this entire network from china to mexico and then as those cartels spread throughout the united states. there are two things we know that are enabling drug trafficking worldwide. one is illicit finance. the money. the money flows as we're talking about how chemical flows. a huge chinese underground money laundering system we're seeing. the second is political corruption throughout the world. it is like oxygen for drug trafficking and you saw the case we brought earlier this year against the former president of honduras, wherever we see that there is corruption

that is facilitating drug trafficking the d.e.a. will take action. >> bill: the mexican president was at the white house a few days ago. he has some authority here. he has, as they say, a vote on this matter. and if they are made in china and they are profited on in mexico and they cross the border into the united states and they are killing americans, he should be held responsible. >> the chemicals are coming from china. they are made in mexico. they are made openly throughout the country. just to sort of put a fine point on this, last year we seized 20 million fake pills and 15,000 pounds of fentanyl. that's 440 million potential lethal doses of fentanyl that we've already seized last year. thisier to date we've seized more than 20 million fake pills. we know that the vast majority of those coming from mexico and we know that it is being synthesizeed openly.

mexico knows it happening and they need to work to stop it. >> bill: the d.e.a. seizing more than 20 million counterfeit pills. >> it is so important to us to be clear. this is all deliberate, calculated treachery from the cartels. when they sell things on social media and say it is adderall, it isn't. when they say it is oxycontin it isn't. there isn't a single part of those fake pills that are the real narcotic. >> bill: the number, in 2022 so far this year now 7,745 pounds have been seized at the border. now you have to ask how many more got through getting into our counties and cities all over the country? this is stunning to me. 60 milligrams of heroin is lethal but only 2 milligrams of

fentanyl is lethal. >> right. i think that's part of what we're seeing. since it is all chemically based the only limit on how much fentanyl can be made is how much -- how many chemicals these cartels can get, right? so it's not plant based. there is no growing season. fentanyl is the most deadly threat we've ever seen. 2 milligrams i tell people all the time. 10 to 15 grains of salt in the palm of your hand that is how much fentanyl it takes to kill someone. >> bill: henry cuellar border community in texas congressman he believes 70% of the drugs come by way of the bridge meaning trucks, cars, other vehicles. he believes about 30% cross over the border illegally at the riefr sitting there. final question. i can sense the amount of concern you have for americans. what do you tell parents about what they can do? >> i think this is one of the most important things we can do is have parents talking to

their children about this. making sure they understand fentanyl is a shape shifter and could be in any drug. nothing is safe. social media is now facilitating a connection. it connects people, brings people together and now bringing sinaloa and cj and g the two biggest dominant mexican cartels in the world bringing them into your home. you need to know those drug traffickers are on those sites and with your children and intentionally trying to trick them into buying something that they believe is oxycontin and percocet. it is not, one pill can kill and one use can kill. we see it every day. >> bill: you help us with this and we'll help you get the word out to millions of americans who need it. thank you for coming to new york. sandra, what's next? >> sandra: dramatic new video

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>> sandra: homeland security has a new policy that lawmakers saw requires them to get a privacy waiver signed by a suspected terrorist before they can get any information about them or certain cases. now house republicans on the homeland security committee want answers about this policy writing a letter to mayorkas stating it is unconscionable that dhs would implement or maintain any policy or practice to directly or indirectly inhibit congress's ability to conduct timely, highly relevant oversight that may require legislative action. joining us now new york congressman the ranking republican on the homeland security committee. i know you are taking serious

issue with this. why? >> thanks for having me. i tell you, this is unprecedented. i've been in congress eight years now and never before when there has been a terrorist ring broken up or terrorist action that happened that we had to get a waiver from the accused before we could get background briefings. a fundamental of our jobsing duties and responsibilities in congress to conduct oversight. we can't conduct help the agencies and pass laws that make our country safer if we have to go to criminals and get waivers from them to get any information. it is absurd. >> sandra: there are a couple major cases directly impacted by this right now, right, sir? >> there are. one was a very detailed and elaborate attempt to assassinate former president bush. that plot included utilizing the porous southern border to help aid in the assassination attempt. two illegal aliens in the

united states who were disrupted before they were going to conduct a mass shooting at a fourth of july fireworks in virginia. those are two things that fundamental core that we're to conduct oversight. we're partners with homeland security. this is telling us don't bother us, leave us alone. if you can get the criminals to say okay we can talk about it. that's not the way it's done as far as oversight and not how it is supposed to be. >> sandra: when you put it that way that you have to get waivers from non-citizens, suspected terrorists, to get information on cases like that, i know you are calling it crazy. but you look at the migrant encounters at the border 2022 to date for this fiscal year, i mean you are looking at nearly 1 1/2 million and then as far as the non-citizens on the terror watch listen countered at the southern border so far this year, 2022, to date this could be a serious problem for

getting information. how does this put americans at risk? >> puts americans at risk when we don't have information how to keep the country safe. if we aren't getting critical information about terrorist activities within the united states because the homeland security commit agency is shutting us down and keeping us at arm's length we are no longer a partner with them and no longer to do everything to keep the country safe. it puts us on a less safe footing. why we are bending overbackwards for people en gaingd in terrorist activities in the people that aren't even citizens blows my mind. we talk about going and getting classified briefings and we can fashion our responses accordingly. >> sandra: you are demanding answers about that very policy, sir. come back with an update when you get answers hopefully. thank you very much for joining us. thank you.

>> bill: fox news alert overseas, president biden about to arrive on a high-stakes visit in saudi arabia. we'll preview the diplomatic dance that's about to unfold and share it with you when it begins. you ever seen a chicken on a boogie board? have you? have you seen a chicken on a boogie board? >> sandra: look out. it's friday. >> bill: i ask you. we have. we got the photo to prove it next. ♪♪♪ you never know what opportunities life will send your way. but if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis, enbrel can help you say i'm in for what's next. ready to create a bigger world? -i'm in. ready to earn that “world's greatest dad” mug? -i'm in. care to play a bigger role in this community? -i'm in.

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it is complicated. as biden goes hat in hand to convince the saudis to produce more oil. the administration can't seem to stop passing the buck after inflation even after the two reports this week signaled americans are getting hard by biden money policies. marc thiessen, tammy bruce, kat timpf. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> sandra: thank you. indiana man meanwhile is being hailed a hero for saving four young children and their 18-year-old sister from a house fire. he was driving home when he saw the house engulfed in flames when he pulled into the driveway and rushed inside. police body cam footage captured the moment he emerged carrying a 6-year-old child from the flames. >> is that baby okay? please tell me the baby is okay.

>> we're good. >> you did good, dude. >> sandra: all five family members walked away uninjured. the cause of the fire is under investigation but a real life hero. >> bill: glad they answered the door. before we get out of here, this story gets more curious, a missing mother last seen leaving her home in texas more than a week ago rushing to work. she never showed up, however. she called and said she would be late and now more questions than answers as police say there are no suspects, there is not a single person of interest because there has been no crime. casey stiegel tries to tie this together today in texas. casey, good morning. >> good morning. this missing mother of two has undisclosed medical conditions that require a doctor's care according to san antonio police. not only that, her medication, her cell phone, her apple watch are all at home. her mother says she ran out the door in such a hurry back on july 5th she left everything

behind because she had overslept for work. something her employer says was not typical. the law firm where chrissy powell worked as a parallel said she called to say she was running behind but on her way. this video shows her racing out the front door, getting in her vehicle and leaving but that was the last time anyone saw or heard from her. the 39-year-old shared that home with her mother and oldest son. according to her mom powell's 3-year-old son began living with his father a couple of years ago and told fox digital there had been recent tensions between that man and her daughter but san antonio police say he is not a person of interest. they say he is fully cooperating with investigators. police have said they're treating it as a missing persons case and not currently investigating it as you said as a crime. which means at this point for now all chrissy powell's family and friends can do is hold out hope for her safe return. >> bill: casey, thank you. story we've been watching and

get more interesting. thank you, casey. take you overseas quickly here. in saudi arabia we now have this beautiful shot. look at this, sandra, air force one has arrived in jetta with president biden on board. this will be i guess you could call it the climax of his trip. let's see how it goes first, right? >> sandra: high stakes meeting is about to happen. >> bill: very good. later this hour we expect the crown prince and president biden to begin their discussions on the future for the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states. we're watching that with great interest. >> sandra: there was a gaggle an air force one and reporters were asking if the president will take questions on the ground during this portion of the trip. didn't seem like there was an answer. jake sullivan said i'm not in charge of the communications part of this but we'll see. >> bill: we want to share that with you. before we go we want to share this with you, too. >> sandra: look at that. >> bill: how did the chicken

cross the flooded road? here we go, guy in west virginia took the video. recent storm and here is how it went, smitty. is that a chicken? you bet it is. the neighbors put the chicken on the board and all was well. >> sandra: amazing balance. >> bill: thanks for helping out today. appreciate it. >> sandra: happy to be here. >> see you at 1:00 with john. here is harris on a friday. bye-bye. >> harris: breaking news with the president of the united states in a place that he once promised to make a pariah state. biden is about to meet with the crown prince of saudi arabia and his campaign rhetoric was so tough on the saudis and, of course, now we need their oil, he says. he is arriving in that country. the expectations are high for america to be strong. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". we have seen