>> all right. check out the game tonight on fox. join us tomorrow morning same time, same couch. >> all-star game tonight. pre-show at 7:00 and game at 8:00. have a good one. >> bill: here we go. the white house trying to have it both ways when it comes to what you are paying at the pump. when they're down it's president putin. this is fun, i do believe. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to tuesday. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." it's a good day but a tough day again for the white house. trying to take a victory lap on the recent drop in gas prices, a mild one after the president spent months arguing that record highs were simply out of his hands. >> president biden: the impediment to production in the

united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they're not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. >> bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what's the explanation now? >> what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin's fault out of the president's hands.

when the prices come down, it is the president's plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. >> there is no both way thinking here at all. i very much disagree with that framing. what's happening here is a president who is working tirelessly to address the largest constraint probably the toughest constraint facing american households right now. >> the president came back from the middle east without firm commitments to get gulf partners to drill more even though that was on the to do list. white house officials say that's okay. he is releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserves and urging gas stations to lower prices. in a memo they write president biden's top priority is reducing inflation and lowering gas prices. >> we have seen gas prices go

down in the past 34 straight days. go down. >> isn't it higher when you took office, though? >> first of all we have to look at how we got there, right? you think about the war that russia has taken on in ukraine. >> it's july 19th which means it is exactly one year to the day since the president said about inflation broadly our experts believe and the data shows most of the price increases we've seen are, were expected and expected to be temporary but those experts and that data in the 365 days that followed have been proven wrong, bill. >> bill: define temporary. peter doocy from the north lawn. >> dana: let's bring in james freeman assistant editor of the "wall street journal" editorial page. fox news poll asked people who do you most blame for the current gas crisis and policies?

31%. this is why people think that. the chart showing when president biden took office to where gas prices are now. i was thinking this morning, james, it's like the white house doesn't ever think about the follow-up question. they'll say oh, gas prices are down and we get the credit. what happened to the war in ukraine and putin, what happened to the 87% higher? there is no answer to the follow-up. >> not a lot of credibility now given that history peter went through of false predictions but as bad as the president's polls are, i would say that -- against the advice of many democrat economists, he has had some success in persuading people of this that it's all about oil companies and putin. the chart you showed speaks for itself. you can look at gasoline and a barrel of oil. gasoline tends to follow the oil price after a lag but you go to this and it is a big hike

from 60 to 80 or 90 pre-russian invasion, and it's a similar story with gasoline. >> bill: what you see on that is a weakened president and the poll numbers show that. what democratic politicians see is a weakened president. here is the quote, a wall street executive who raised money for biden's 2020 campaign said he has heard from both harris and gavin newsom in recent weeks. fox news polling do you want him to run again? 71% say no. how many democrats and independents are in that 71%? a lot. >> he is getting the message now and it is surprising it is coming from a lot of quarters on the left and the polling speaks for itself. you might look at those two and say why harris and newsom? harris isn't that kind of disloyal?

drubbed in the 2020 primaries and the president selected her to be the running mate. in her case it's reality. you go through the numbers and seems increasingly that party doesn't want biden in 2024. you have to prepare. newsom you would pay our politics are saying the california model is not what people want right now but i think he is looking at the landscape and he is saying i have i'm a governor, run a big state. the guy in the office right now looks like he is a one-termer. i can put a sentence together, unlike if current occupant who often struggles to be coherent or off the cuff remarks. he is saying why not and perhaps others too. >> bill: the front door of the white house when the president was overseas. >> dana: there is another californian to talk about nancy pelosi. the speaker of the house. her husband is a very successful investors and made stock purchases that are in line with what's happening out there. you can look at this and say

looks like a chips bill might be passing. he invested a million dollars in a chip company in the recent weeks. this is from the speaker's office. she doesn't own stocks and as you can see the disclosures, these transactions are marked sp for spouse. the speaker has no involvement in any transactions and how they are trying to say they cleave off the speaker from anything her husband is doing. >> and if she made the proper disclosures, then that's how it should be. all americans get to see what the pelosis are buying ahead of pending legislation. there is good information flow through the halls of congress and they can make a judgment on whether they think this is appropriate or not but i hope one thing this does is put the brakes on this move and it is bipartisan, this feeling that we've got to rescue -- the government has to rescue the

semi conductor industry. bad federal investments. silicon valley thrives when washington leaves it alone. that's how we got the chip industry located in california. the cutting edge technology not because the government decided which technologies were the best ones to support. >> bill: big american technology. these companies make a ton of money and i think $52 billion is the legislation. 52 billion. that's like giving big tech -- what do they need it for? if anyone is far superior it is these industries and -- >> we know from history the government won't allocate this well. go back to the 1980s. the memory chip market and japan. lots of money poured into it. we benefited from private innovation going on outside of government. >> dana: case closed.

the secretary of commerce says if we don't do this bill this week china has won and we might as well fold. >> bill: maybe not based on history. >> i don't know if she is uncomfortable saying those things. she was a venture capitalist. i think they should know better. you go into government and sometimes -- ifm owe not saying she doesn't believe it but you do have to support what the position is, yeah. >> bill: this is a very rich topic and needs more time. i hope you come back. >> would love to. >> bill: prosecutors dropping charges against nine staff members from "the late show" with stephen colbert. they were arrested last month for illegally going into capitol offices to film. chad pergram is live on that on the hill. >> late show staffers busted for late night trespassing. now they are free. the u.s. attorney for

washington, d.c. dropping charges against the colbert nine caught at the capitol after hours. capitol police kicked them out earlier because they did not have a press credential. you can't be in the capitol complex unattended after hours. dropping the charges raises questions about fairness. >> we have a bifurcated legal system in the country. if you have the wrong political connections or views you have the book thrown at you. if you have the right connections, everything gets dropped. >> they were trying to cover a hearing by the 1/6 committee. the press gallery refuseed to give them a credential because they're entertainment, not news. the u.s. attorney for washington, d.c. says it will be hard to win a conviction. >> ironic democrat staffers, not even members of commerce who work for adam schiff and others are the ones who brought people in that ended up getting arrested by capitol police.

>> among those busted robert smiegel. capitol police say they respect the move to drop the charges. fox news told police are seizeings one source and this makes it hard to secure the capitol after the riot. >> bill: great point. what about the staffer who let them in the door after hours? thanks. >> no questions there. it was a staffer from a democrat from massachusetts. >> dana: fox news alert democrats are pivoting back to the pandemic with the return of mask mandates. will it cost them the majority? >> no one is safe from soft on crime policies. a boutique robed in daylight. criminals getting away in broad daylight. >> dana: redrawn texas district up for grabs and giving border towns a bigger voice. the republican candidate gives us her plan. >> if every race you described

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>> bill: today is primary day in the state of maryland. republican primary for governor. interesting race there. kelly schultz has the support of-out going governor larry hogan running against a candidate endorsed by former president trump. a crowded field on the democratic side including a former dnc chair and former education secretary. democratic senator chris von holl en faces a primary challenge to win a second term. he suffered a minor stroke in may but back at work. if it's tuesday, there is a primary somewhere.

>> dana: what is next week's? >> bill: august 2 is a big one. that's a big tuesday. >> dana: we'll see what happens in maryland. don't know if they'll see big changes. >> bill: the congressional district on the chesapeake bay we'll be watching. >> dana: here in texas. >> this is what we've been dealing with the last year and a half and finally it is getting to washington, d.c. and if it weren't so tragic, it would be comical that she is complaining about the problem. she is dealing with a small fraction of what she has to deal with and already complaining. >> dana: he responded. migrant groups continue to cross the border despite the triple digit heat. you might have heard about the heat in europe and hot where you are in eagle pass, texas, with this update. hi, matt. >> good morning, dana.

just another day here at the border with migrants crossing into the united states. we've been watching this group now come from the mexican side across the rio grande. u.s. border patrol guiding them across the water and now being bused and will be processed. texas governor greg abbott for three months has been sending some my groonts from his state to the nation's capitol to relieve some of the border towns saying they're overwhelmed and send a message to the biden administration. the buses of migrants from texas to d.c. have been increasing to four sometimes five a day. d.c. shelters are surging with migrants. video also shows them sleeping outside on the ground. now ten d.c. council members called on the district to release the city's contingency funds to create respite centers near union station, provide coronavirus tests and offer isolation hotels for those with the virus. a current one million fema

grant is not enough. d.c. council said if the district truly is a sanctuary city we must stand up against the hateful rhetoric of governor abbott and provide a dignified welcome to the arriving migrants. a growing dispute between abbott and bowser. she is accusing abbott of lying to migrants tricking them to get on a bus in d.c. while they are seeking asiel imin other cities. >> i think sometimes they're getting on buses under false pretenses traveling across the country to go to other places. >> governor abbott's office responded writing in part the only lie is the biden administration telling the american that our border is closed. with our nation's capitol now experiencing a fraction of the disaster created by president biden's reckless open border policies that our state faces every single day, maybe he will finally do his job and secure

the border. bowser acknowledged receiving that letter from the d.c. council members. she said d.c. needs more assistance from the federal government. the city cannot do it on its own. >> dana: matt finn good to see you at the border. >> bill: the ciels is at the border is major factor in the mid-terms for redrawn house districts up for grabs in texas especially. check this out. the district hit hard by the flow of migrants of the border fox news power rankings say the district leans republican. the republican candidate for a brand-new seat is with me now. mow nika delay cruz. >> i don't have a lot of time but i want to run through a couple things. you have raised 2.8 million dollars in a brand-new district. your opponent is well behind at

about 700,000. we looked at our fox opinion poll on the approval rating among hispanics for the president. he is at 72%. in april of last year he was at 72%. that's a remarkable drop of 20 points. in that democratic district which is high dal go county. >> we see the disastrous policies the biden administration has put in place. the outrageous highest ever inflation that's crushing small business just like this one behind me. we also see the humanitarian crisis happening on our border and the people here in south texas are saying we're tired of the disrespect of the biden administration and the democrat party. we're walking away. >> bill: okay so when we asked how you feel about illegal

immigration, we were at extremely or very concerned at 62% of americans. so listen, the country is feeling very much like you are describing there. will you help us understand what g.o.p. registration numbers are doing in your district? up, down or flat? it will tell a certain story. what is it? >> well, what i can tell you is this. as we're having massive amounts of people coming to the g.o.p. and coming to my office to not only volunteer but to register to vote as well. but numbers don't lie. we saw this in the primary in 2020 where we had almost 100% voter turnout for the republican party in the primary of the 2022 year. this tells you that people are voting republican. they are standing against these democrat policies that are affecting the everyday

americans. >> bill: we talked about immigration. what about cultural issues? how do you explain to voters there why the drift has gone toward the republican party? >> well look, i don't have to explain anything to the voters because really, it's voters standing up for their values. they love this country, they believe in the american dream. they stand up for their families and they stand up for god and their faith. that has not changed. what has changed is that the democrat party has gone so far to the left and pushing their liberal agenda, the radical agenda to hispanics and that just does not reflect our hispanic values. and so the hispanic population is waking up and we're seeing that in the numbers. >> bill: if the trend continues it will be an interesting political and american story. we're watching that rio grande valley up and down the texas border to see how voters do.

thank you for your time and we'll try to get your opponent on and get her view of this big race okay? thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> bill: sure. >> this young man greenwood's good samaritan acted within seconds stopping the shooter and saving countless lives. our city, our community, and our state is grateful for his heroism. >> dana: a civilian being hailed a hero after taking down a mass shooter at the mall. what we're learning about the man. activists are pushing anthropologist to stop saying human remains as male or female. is science now become way too sensitive? >> tech: when you have auto glass damage, trust safelite.

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>> bill: it is 9:30 in new york. police have identified the man who took down a shooter on sunday night. he prevented a worse tragedy. it all happened at a food court inside a small 14 miles south of indianapolis. a lone gunman shooting and killing at least three people wounding two others. a man legally carrying a handgun was able to stop the gunman by shooting and killing him inside. police praising him for his heroism. check this out. >> hit actions were nothing short of heroic. he engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun. he was also motioning for people to exit behind him. many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible, armed citizen. >> bill: what a story. he is 22 years old. shopping with his girlfriend when he sprung into action

there south of indianapolis and good for him. >> dana: it was interesting because initially he was put in handcuffs, right? carrying a gun inside the mall is against mall policy. even at network news he was a hero and no question he was there the right person at the right time. good guy with a gun. >> bill: that killer plotted and planned as he hung out in the bathroom for an hour before he made his move. >> dana: tragedy but could have been worse without him. bad guys acting without fear of consequences even during daylight. video of smash and grabs theefsh looting a high-end clothes in malibu, california. the total haul is worth half a million dollars. joining us now is law enforcement and active police officer. just want to show you some statistics. as of july 2, 2022, 13,500 08

incidents in 2021, 11,000. so that's a 16 1/2% increase. do you get the sense that people in los angeles are feeling this? it's not just limited to one neighborhood. this is happening across the city. >> absolutely. really where there is a property crime or violent crime what we're seeing is a complete reversal of common sense as it relates to the justice system. we have in new york a district attorney who took an elderly man who was a victim of a crime and turned him into the arrestee because he has a twisted view of justice. in l.a. county a district attorney said i will not prosecute you if you resist lawful arrest by police officer put in the minds of the criminal element the authority of a police officer who enforces the law has no more value than that of a mall security guard which basically

have caused the injury of police officer and death and trickles down to the citizen. defunded, depleted, demore allized leading to theft, rapes and murders. we have to get our act together in this country. i'm starting to see hope. >> bill: the criminals are fearless, broad daylight. half a million off they ride. no license plates were noticed. is that because they are taking them off the vehicle to disguise themselves? >> yes. we've created an environment not only where they can thrive in crime but become more creative. we're handcuffed, laws have changed. they are not only able to be two steps ahead but five steps ahead and know we're undermanned and undersupported. they're having a free for all and even having people coming

across our state because they know you can come and commit crimes and probably doing the same in other states with the same type of policy issues, yes. >> dana: the other thing that's happening is they are stealing the merchandise and silgt online. there is a little buying and companies allowing stolen merchandise to be sold. businesses have to cover that somehow. the prices get passed on to consumers. is there something that the private sector could be doing on this front as well? >> many things that can be done. that i've seen work like we've had -- i tell people get armed skooufrment a lot of people are resistant to getting armed security. we don't believe in guns. we see a liability. if you don't have at least two armed security officers there to protect your property and your people, you are really putting yourself in a corner. the truth is even though our law enforcement officers are working very hard to protect

with limited resources, the truth is we cannot always be there to protect you. at this point and stage of the game you have to think and protect yourself and stop being worried about optics and be more concerned about the bottom line, your safety and your property. >> bill: on that point think about cops right now. think about the last year or two. they were really under fire from just about every state in the country. i wonder if you sense that that tide turned a little bit. i want to read this to you. fraternal order of police reports june 30th 178 officers shot so far this year, 33 of whom were killed by gunfire. 35 ambush-style attacks on cops this year, 57 cops shot, 12 of whom were killed. do you think we're changing this now and turning that, or not? >> as i stated before i'm starting to see hope when i talk to -- i'm friends with people on the left and right who i love dearly. a lot of my friends on the left

were mad at me for a while, they're now like i think you were right. friends on the left are saying this has gone way too far. we need to get back to the basics. when i start hearing that i hear hope and when i see things like chelsea boudin in san francisco getting the boot, have a successful recall effort that occurred in los angeles where we can put it on the ballot to get rid of him, when i see that it shows me the tide is turning but it will be a long time coming. here is the thing and i want to finish here. it doesn't matter if you get rid of individuals like gascon but you elect mayors and city council members who share the same ideology as gascon. you think you are creating balance. no, you'll get rid of one bad apple in the justice system and then create leaders who will continue to tie our hands in the name of scoring points with crazed activists and guess what? it will be the same cycle.

i see hope with the recalls of d.a.s but make sure to elect public officials hell bent on returning california to a safe, sane place. if they aren't talking public safety 100%, don't vote for them or vote them out. >> dana: that's repeating itself throughout the country in many cities. thank you so much. great to have you. >> bill: thank you, sir. so it begins. the legal battle between musk and twitter getting underway. did you see the pictures of elon in the mediterranean. the world's richest man filing a counter suit and pulitzer board responding to a request by former president donald trump. he wanted them to rescind the awards for the 2018 russia coverage and the board's response sparking more controversy. joe concha breaks it down for us next.

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>> dana: today is the first hearing in the legal battle between elon musk and twitter after musk said he was terminating his deal to buy the company. twitter wants to force him to complete the deal for $44 billion and he says nope. susan lee is following from our new york newsroom. hi, susan. >> the first virtual hearing in the musk verses twitter trial. twitter argued the earliest possible trial date is imperative. public dispute harms twitter with each passing day. twitter says the deal expires on october 24th. they think a september four-day trial is needed to prove their

case. musk lawyers want a mid-february trial arguing they need more time in such a large case to get the right evidence and say that they can get a mid-february trial because the financing deal doesn't expire until the end of april. a single judge is presiding over the case. no jury here. twitter argues that musk is trying to slow walk the trial to his advantage and only walked away after he lost $100 billion in wealth in the stock market sell-off. team musk has a high bar to prove and prove that twitter didn't give him and his team the right information on a number of fake accounts or bots on the platform. however, the longer this trial goes on, it does help musk with the slowing economy and slowing advertising revenue maybe he can get a lower price. the first hearing in delaware. one of the largest tech

takeovers in wall street history, elon musk is vacationing on the greek island. if you judge it from the twitter stock price well below $40 nowhere near the $54 musk offer price. here is the thing, he might be forced to pay a large multi-billion dollar fine to walk away. he can possibly afford that. >> dana: maybe that's what he wants to do. susan lee, thank you. >> media, newspapers and television the trust is hitting an all-time low. people don't trust us, they don't believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job as i'm currently doing it is effective, but if it's doing more harm than good. >> bill: msnbc actor reacting

to american's lack of confidence in the media. a tiny fraction trusting what they read in the newspaper or what they see on television. joe concha, media analyst for us here. nice to see you, joe, good morning. are you surprised by her comment? why don't we begin there. >> katie tur was exchanging text messages with a democratic strategist while on the air. i'm texting with katie tur according to andrew cuomo's advisor liz smith. she wrote katie is saying my spin live like verbatim. so yeah, why would we trust a katie tur if that's happening while she is on the air? the perception is horrible and axios strips it down. we'll strip it down and look at independents solely. 8 in 10 independents believe journalists or those in the media report stories false and

misleading sometimes. this isn't a got in wrong thing. this is the perception that some in media are now pushing narratives they know aren't true. donald trump ignores russian bounties on u.s. troops. hunter biden laugh top is russian disinformation. the 2022 winner, only july. this wins. ron desantis has a parental rights and education bill. what do you see every headline call it? don't say gay bill despite gay is not in the document once. good news is most voters support desantis on this. >> dana: interesting that you bring up the independents. the majority of the country says they're independent and if they're feeling that way, there is a broad agreement. might be the most bipartisan agreement that we have in the country. the other thing is president trump has pushed back on the pulitzer prizes to a lot of newspapers and other companies got for their coverage of the

russia hoax what he wants to call it. so he called on them to remove the awards in october. here is call for number two. president trump says i call on the pulitzer prize board to rescind the 2018 prize awarded to the staff of the "new york times" and "washington post" based on false reporting. the committee says they aren't going to do that. both reviews were conducted by individuals with no connection to the institution whose work was under examination nor any connection to each other. they converged that no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the submissions were discredited to facts. that's a lot of big words they use but basically say we aren't going to do it and found no evidence it would be warranted. >> i read that quote and hear you say it and think of naked

gun. a fireworks factory exploding behind him nothing to see here. all is well. do not panic. look, in order for the pulitzer committee to remove these awards, they would have to admit that they were wrong and therefore the "washington post" and "new york times" were wrong in this reporting. if they were right then i would imagine the house speaker nancy pelosi would have drawn up articles of impeachment immediately on a russian connection with the trump campaign and that never happened and as we've seen with the democratic congress, they were not shy in impeaching donald trump over other things but there was no there there. if there was there would have been an article of impeachment. >> bill: requesting clearance, clarence, roger, roger. thank you. >> i love your -- >> dana: busted him. >> bill: i'm wearing pants. >> dana: that's great. this is not so great. mask mandates could be making a comeback in some cities.

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programs across the state of georgia all of a sudden are seeing the lines spike up again. open hand atlanta we're getting many more phone calls each day from people who are wondering where their next meal is going to come from. our program is specifically designed at open hand to help people facing chronic health conditions like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. these individuals especially need nutritious, delicious meals to help them get better. during these times of inflation and gas prices people are struggling to put food in their homes. and so these are difficult times right now for anyone who is in the food access program. >> dana: when you go to buy food you've noticed a huge increase in cost? >> yeah, we're spending this year alone about 18% more than we were on our groceries and the food that we do at open hand no preservatives, no canned goods. it is more expensive to begin

with because it's healthier food. menus are designed specifically to meet the health conditions of people facing chronic health conditions. but fast forward to today we spend 18% more than last year and 28% more than two years ago on food. gas prices -- >> dana: what does it mean for senior citizens? if you are on a fixed income and can't wait for that cost of living adjustment to come from social security necessarily because it is not keeping up with the price of food. how much in danger are people in the senior citizen category? >> i think seniors in particular. i know in the state of georgia and across the country are especially vulnerable during these times. as you say, their fixed incomes aren't keeping pace with the rate of inflation and so they are running out of money. they go to pay their apartment rent for those renting and they don't have money to pay rent and they have to move into

publicly-assisted nursing homes and personal care homes and senior towers and senior high rises before their time. it's a really vulnerable time in our country and our state in georgia for seniors in particular. georgia rates in the top 10 for food insecure seniors as it is. fast forward to today it is a crisis situation. >> dana: for people that are watching that might want to help either in georgia or elsewhere, what's the most important thing that can be given right now? is it finances, is it money or do you need more people in order to help deal with demand? >> we need both. it is so heartwarming how many volunteers who are stepping up across the state, across the country to help food access programs. we have many volunteer, thousands at open hand who deliver meals in their own vehicles facing these high prices of gas but they're doing it with kindness and with love and we always say that at open

hand. food is medicine but food is love and yes, we do need the donations. this is a time when we can especially -- we're struggling and we appreciate the philanthropic hearts. >> dana: a terrible to think of anyone going hungry. thank you for what you do and glad to get the word out. thank you, matt. >> thank you. >> dana: indoor mask mandates are coming back in some cities making masks come pull sorry in schools and public buildings. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the move to reimpose mask mandates along with new recommendations to mask up coming as the cdc reports rising transmission levels in a growing number of counties across the country. the orange you see on the map indicates high transmission. yellow is medium, green is low. there is a wide variation in how different areas are treating similar caseloads as

we've seen all along. >> dana: look at iowa with 10 counties spiking higher including lin county with cedar rapids will require masking for all visitors. >> bill: back for summer school in san diego with questions about the science. many parents are saying the returns for facial coverings for kids makes no sense. >> the fact of the matter is kids are at minimal risk. many have been vaccinated and cloth masking has been shown to not work. >> dana: jonathan serry is live in atlanta with more. what is the cdc saying? >> federal health officials say high quality masks since n-95 offer protection. many people find them uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time. cloth masks offer reduced protection and some parents argue it is not worth the

inconvenience of forcing small children to wear them day in and out for an entire school day. in san diego school officials have reinstated the indoor mask mandate after cdc ranked their county as having a high community level of covid risk that takes into consideration high infection rates and strains on limited hospital capacity. in los angeles, which is also ranked as high risk, county health officials say they will reinstate their indoor mask mandate by july 29 if current trends continue. as you can imagine, that's received mixed reaction from residents. >> i think we have to use common sense. it is easy to put on pants to go outside and wear a max. not that big a deal. >> i will not wear a mask. >> are you going to ask people to wear them? >> no, if they want to wear it, they can wear it. i won't discriminate against them.

>> the cdc always ranks new york city as high risk but there masks remain optional. instead of mandates local officials strongly recommend that people wear face coverings in indoor public spaces. >> this is out there. particularly if you are at risk you want to be careful. >> so even in high-risk areas many municipalities are reluctant to bring back mandates. they are politically unpopular but also we're in a different phase of the pandemic. with vaccines and treatments for most healthy americans if you become infected it is not nearly as dangerous as it was earlier on in the pandemic. at the same time, you have to weigh hospital capacity and people with underlying conditions. it is why i did not go into politics. back to you. >> dana: we're glad you are here. you made great choices for us. >> bill: ain't going to be no rematch?

don't want one. the biden white house patting itself on the back claiming credit as gas prices fall from high-time record highs. we're told this fall they'll go back up again. karl rove is here to fill her up. good morning to you. here is the exchange from the white house yesterday about the up and down the explanation. watch this. >> aren't you going both ways? when gas prices go up it has nothing to do with the president. when we see the decline you want him to get the credit. >> look, i think that there is no both way thinking here at all. the president has reacted from the beginning talking about how this was such an important priority. he then presided over the largest historical release of barrels of oil from the strategic reserve so he -- >> he said it was putin's fault. when they are coming down he gets the credit. >> i very much disagree with that framing. >> bill: a lot to shoot at right there, karl. >> well, they are in a difficult situation. you have to have a little

compassion for them. they've misplayed this right from the beginning and mislabeled it from the beginning and now claim credit for something and here is the problem. in january of 2021, the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $2.58. as of yesterday it was $4.52. ordinary americans are listening to this from the press room and saying to themselves i filled up at the pump and paying a lot more than i did last year or the year before and that will be the enduring problem of the biden administration. they are stuck with a bad number and they can point all they want to to the decline in the last few weeks but they still have a big jump up and people are feeling it when they go to the pump and it is not just gasoline. it is so many things we have to go to the grocery store, go to the clothing store for, and as people get ready to go back to school and they have to buy new clothes for the kids and supplies they will see it reflected. the administration is in trouble and stuck with that

sort of lousy back and forth they had in the film that you showed. >> dana: i appreciate your compassionate conservative stance, karl. i think about the white house as they are trying to make lemonade out of lemons. for example, during last year's afghanistan withdrawal, the debacle they wanted credit for the largest airlift in history. recently they asked for credit for the largest importation of baby formula from europe. as if that was something to write home about. they want credit for the historic release of strategic petroleum reserve oil as if that had anything to do with it and just last week president biden was saying president putin is the reason for the price hikes and they want credit now for what? the war in ukraine is still going on. doesn't seem to me the white house doesn't think what the follow-up questions are going to be. >> they don't. they are doing this on the fly. they've got a relatively new press secretary who has

demonstrated she is less sure footed than her predecessor and even her predecessor had difficulty with questions like this. they're stuck. they are putting forward the best line they can get, which is give us credit for everything that we think is going good and blame somebody else for everything that's going bad and yet the american people know at the heart is in 2021 they passed the american rescue plan and tried to pass build back better. put too much money in the economy and they're responsible for it and until the inflation rate goes down because of what the federal reserve is doing, they are not going to get out of this. they certainly aren't going to get out of this in the remaining time just over 100 days between now and the november mid-terms. >> bill: primary today. maryland getting a lot of attention. see how it goes. fundraising race is fascinating. we spoke with a republican

hispanic candidate last hour in south texas. she has raised all kinds of money, dwarfs her democratic competition in a democratic district. hassan in new hampshire different story. look at her cash and in a race a lot of people think may determine the balance of power in the senate. 7.3 million easily outpacing everybody else. explain to us what's happening in this dash for cash, karl. >> well, on senate races we're now in i think the third election cycle in a row where the democrats are out raising the republicans. having to do with the early development starting in 2004 of this gigantic democratic small donor fundraising entity. the republicans were slow in catching up. the democrats in the senate have a huge spending advantage. that didn't do much good in 2020. for example. in south carolina harris and

the democratic candidate outspent lindsey graham by a huge amount and lost badly. in maine susan collins was outspent 2 to 1 by the opponent and won by double digits. the question will be do republicans have sufficient funds but that's a big question because we have some republican candidates who are simply not doing well in the fundraising world. arizona and ohio, for example, the republicans -- the candidates are battling uphill and not doing well in fundraising. not that you have to out spend your opponent but you need sufficient funds and that's a challenge for some of the republicans in these senate races. >> dana: do you have a prediction on republicans at this point in you had to guess today? will they be able to win back the majority in the senate? >> i think it will be very, very close. i this i the republicans will but it -- i've never seen -- it's ironic. i have been involved in a super

pac involved in senate races since 2010. i have never seen the conditions as good for the republicans in a mid-term election since we began in 2010 as i see today and never seen a more challenging tactical battlefield than i see today. the conditions are great for the republicans but the one-on-one races between the candidates in individual states is very, very challenging. >> bill: very interesting. >> dana: great to see you. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> dana: the heat is on in new york city and not just because it's july. nypd reporting major crimes have spiked 37% over last year. some incidents caught on video. "new york post" with the cover vice city. we're live in new york city with more on this. >> there has been a lot of violence over the weekend. we're learning brand-new information right now that 31-year-old man according to nypd was shot and killed in brooklyn. abc news in new york say he was

saving a parking spot during a law and order tv shoot as a former nypd officer tells me a record year for violent crime in new york city. over the weekend a string of shoongts across new york city. police confirming that at least 26 victims were impacted by gun violence just since friday. the "new york post" reporting 12 of those people were shot during a six-hour period on sunday including a 13-year-old girl who was visiting from texas. she was shot in the hand while inside of a bronx store. the violence summer weekend coming as major crime in new york city has spiked 37% according to knows nypd crime stats. grand larceny, auto theft, robbery are all up. the nypd is looking for at least one man you see on a bike and then one of the girls who is assaulted according to investigators over the weekend. two women reported separate incidents less than one hour

apart in manhattan. anyone with information give police a call. however murders are down 5 1/2%, which is 14 less murders this year compared to last year. shootings are also down. the governor says things are moving in the right direction. >> we have seen the confiscation of guns in the state of new york is up at least four times what it had been over this time last year and previous years. the number of shootings is down about 12% in the city, about 8% statewide. >> we reached out to the nypd to see if there were any arrests with the shootings this weekend but haven't heard back. >> dana: thank you, alexis. >> bill: one of the nation's bluest cities, the stunning number of migrants flooding into new york forcing the mayor eric adams to call for federal assistance, wow. >> dana: gofundme allows a fundraising page for a

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>> bill: here is an update on a story in new york city. earlier today the nypd hoefld us in brooklyn on a street called henry street there was a man shot in the face while holding a parking spot possibly for a law and order shooting. hasn't been a connection between that.

upon arrival just before the sun came up, cops observed a man in his car with multiple wounds on his head and neck. 31 years old. sitting in the vehicle. suspect came over and shot him in the face and neck as i mentioned. taken to the hospital, pronounced dead at 5:55 a.m. 45 minutes later he is dead. the suspect described as a male, black hoodie, black pants. no arrests yet. alexis reported about the violent crime in new york city. it has happened again and get you updates as we get them here in "america's newsroom." >> dana: outrage against gofundme after the website allowed a fundraiser for a minneapolis man who shot at his neighbors. mike tobin is live in chicago with more. >> critics are going after gofundme a glaring double standard for who raises funds

through their important tall. jose alba worked a bodega in new york. an ex con attacked him behind the counter. he stabbed the attacker to death and he was charged criminally. gofundme was set up for him and raised $20,000. the page was taken down. gofundme sent a statement to the "new york post" saying their terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. funds raised for alba are to be returned. gofundme is allowing a fundraiser for the man who shot up his neighbor's apartment in minneapolis. the neighbor was home with her kids when bullets came ripping through her apartment. relatives of sundberg said he was having a mental issue. ultimately police snipers shot and killed sundberg. blm protestors demonstrated against the shooting of a black man. the woman whose apartment was shot up was horrified.

>> the shot went through my door into the kitchen. i was cooking. you celebrate a man's life that tried to kill us. >> the fundraiser sfor sundberg's surviving family set a goal of $20,000. yesterday afternoon he raised $25,000. in fairness there is a fundraiser set up for the mother whose apartment was shot up and that has raised more than $50,000. dana. >> dana: thank you for that update. we'll stay on top of it. >> she is one of the biggest supporters of defund the police but cori bush not holding back on her own safety. newly released federal filings show she spent $400,000 on campaign cash on private security. larry elder is with me now. larry, how do you explain that? where has that money gone? >> you use the word earlier,

hypocrisy. she just the latest in a long string of left wing hypocrites. back in the late 80s a newspaper columnist named carl row wen and said nobody should own a gun. a teenager swims in his pool and he shoots him. in california where i am you've got the most anti-gun legislation in the country, dianne feinstein applies for and gets a permit to carry a concealed weapon. michael moore's bodyguard tried to board an airplane with a weapon. rosie o'donnell has an armed guard escorting her kids two and from school. hypocrites living in nice areas, low crime areas and people in the living in the inner city want policeman power to remain the same if not increase. >> bill: in the second quarter she spent $89,000 on personal security. so we went looking at the rest

of the squad. for that same quarter here is what we found. aoc spent zero dollars. omar $3,000. presley $6700. and tlaib $2,000. she outspends? why? >> she is in st. louis outside ferguson and a data scientists that used to work there who did a report on rising crime in cities where there have been high profile shootings as was the case with michael brown in ferguson. places like st. louis and baltimore where freddie gray died. places like l.a. where they have been high profile shootings the police pull back, crime goes up and people are hurt by that crime are people living in the inner city. because of the anti-cop rhetoric coming out of ferguson crime has gone up dramatically in st. louis and maybe she needs more protection than

other people. >> bill: roll sound bite. kim glass, the olympian hit in the face on a sidewalk in downtown l.a. watch. >> nothing i could have done to prevent it. he wasn't close. i could have never predicted this happening. everytime someone is being let the street again and again they're doing a disservice and saying these victims, traumas were in vain. >> bill: sthe is living in the town with george gascon who probably faces a recall in the fall and the governor was asked whether or not gascon was doing a great job or not. here is how that went. >> is he doing a good job? >> i don't know enough about the job he has done. i'm deeply concerned about the criticism. >> bill: that's better than a spanish bull fighter there. >> bill, don't call me lee but

let me tell you something. what is gavin newsom going to say? his fingerprints are over gascon's kari. he appointed him on d.a. of san francisco and supports him in l.a. county. newsom lets you steal $900 a day. they support proposition 57 that reduced categories of crime to non-violent offenses including assault on a police officer, non-violent offense. rape of an intoxicated victim. serial arson, non-violent offense. gavin newsom hasn't criticized any of the policies because he supports him. he would have to look in the mirror and say i was wrong. he can't do that. >> bill: you're right, larry. thank you for coming in. we'll see how this goes. thank you for your time. larry elder in l.a. thanks.

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various experts are discussing putin's war against ukraine. soon mrs. zell will accept the award on the ukraine people. another stop for the first lady in a series of high profile meetings in washington yes, she met with secretary of state blinken who commended her initiatives to help ukrainians. >> this really was an opportunity for the secretary to underscore the united states' comprehensive and enduring commitment to the people of ukraine. he had an opportunity to commend the first lady's work to support the many civilians, ukrainian civilians who have been in different ways impacted by this brutal war against ukraine. >> the first lady will also

meet with her u.s. counterpart later today. the second meeting between zelenskyy and biden. the first took place in may in western ukraine. up until that point she and her children have been in seclusion. yesterday she met with samantha powers, the head of the u.s. agency for international development that provided billions in humanitarian aid to ukraine. she will address lawmakers on capitol hill. her husband did it virtually in march. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: so a new fox poll shows that more than 70% of americans do not want president biden to run for reelection. this amid a new report claiming some of his top allies including his own vice president are rubbing elbows with the big donors. here to talk about it is lynn smith working as a senior advisor on the pete buttigieg presidential campaign and author of a new book out today i do believe. any given tuesday a political

love story. good morning to you and welcome here. >> thank you for having me. >> bill: congratulations on the book. i want to know why you wrote it and you are known for straight talk, right? give us some straight talk what's going on with this white house and what's going on with president biden. >> well look, i think president biden would rather have those numbers be flipped than have 71% of people say they don't want him running again. but there are a few things going on. one, the american people are feeling a lot of pain. there is still fallout from the pandemic, inflation, gas prices are going down but people are still feeling pain from that and so he will have to deal with that. but this is the good news for joe biden an something i talk about in my book. he is not running against the almighty. democrats aren't running against the almighty. they're running against the alternative. the imperative for the democrats in the upcoming months leading up to november

to make a contrast between what they're trying to do to relieve prices for americans and what the republicans are doing. >> bill: not easy to do. inflation is so high. >> i understand it is not easy but the republicans are offering nothing. when the republicans have had the chance to vote on things in congress, they vote against importing baby formula. voted against stopping oil companies from price gouging, they voted against capping the price of insulin and now the president is on the cusp of getting a deal to lower prescription drug prices. that's something that both democratic and republican presidents have worked on for a while. if they can achieve it, it would be a big achievement and big savings for american families. >> dana: to push back a little bit on the baby formula thing. the white house constantly wants credit for things like the largest airlift in history in afghanistan without admitting they caused the problem in the first place. the baby formula crisis is

something they knew about and nobody told joe biden. >> when you have an entire administration, a cabinet including somebody who used to work for peat buttigieg. you have susan rice the head of domestic policy council. nobody tells president biden it is happening. the republicans can't take blame for that and the problems for the white house now are coming from inside the house. they're coming from within the democratic party. the republicans don't have to do anything when "the new york times" has headlines that say president biden too old to run for president. >> "the new york times" is a separate issue. going back to the baby formula thing. there was a massive concentration in that market and when factory closed in michigan that it caused massive problem in terms of distribution. so my question is this. that closed. you can say maybe the administration didn't move fast enough. then why didn't republicans vote with them to bring baby

formula in? the only answer i can think of is that republicans thought hey, why don't we inflict as much misery on the american people as possible. >> dana: that's not fair. >> tell me this. what is one possible reason to vote against importing baby formula? this is baby formula. we are talking about babies who need it allergic to other things with health problems >> dana: >> dana: we're not prepared to talk about whatever the legislation was. it is not because republicans are not pro-life. we've established that. >> call on the key demos. across the board women, black voters, moderates under age 30 is red arrows going the wrong way. i think a year ago this month, in fact, when he was unable to get covid under control, the approval rating started sliding. and then in mid august when you had the kabul chaos, it just went right toward the floor and

he has never recovered from that. the question then becomes why. you can say well, you know, he is not effective enough in defending his own ideas which i'm a big believer he can't defend his own ideas and policies. then you start to look to the future and you are very tapped into what the new blood to be for this party. where is the new blood? who is? >> dana: who are you excited about? >> i think we need to look outside of washington to find the new voices in our party. people are sick of the d.c. stink and the same faces that you see over and over and over again on cable news. with all due respect to cable news. and the mayor of cincinnati, i think we have a great crop of young mayors across the country. kansas city, and michigan has emerged as a star. a state senator but someone who went viral for her speech pushing back on some of the

most hateful rhetoric on the right. so for democrats, i think our most successful strategy going into the mid-terms and beyond will be building up our bench in the states and cities and looking beyond just the same old faces we see over and over again in washington >> dana: i don't know if they're moderate or progressive. a difficult coalition to try to pull together. anybody you are talking about able to do that? president biden ran as a moderate but got pulled far left and in this situation. >> the folks i was talking about all under the age of 40 and i think sometimes there is a stereotype of under 40 politicians. i'm talking about are very pragmatic. solutions oriented and looking to get past the partisan gridlock that has paralyzed

washington for so long. >> bill: the book is called a political love story. where is the love? >> as you know, you worked in politics. to work in politics is a bit of a hate -- love/hate relationship but to keep going on it as i have i worked in the business for 17 years, 20 campaigns, lots of losses, lots of wins, but there is an element of belief that keeps me going and the belief that keeps me going is that everything we do, every election matters. it touches everybody's lives. and sometimes it's easy to think about politics as a game but for me it is always about what impact this will have on my friends, my neighbors, people i don't noe. it is so important especially right now. we saw with the covid pandemic and dobbs decision that politics touches every part of our lives and that's why, you

know, i still love it. >> dana: one last question for you. so you worked with pete buttigieg. what was it like to try to get people to pronounce his last name correctly? what was your strategy? >> okay. i was very, very concerned about this at the beginning. the first time i heard about him i got an email about him and i was like do you want to meet this guy named pete buttigieg. tough name. you know, politics, these things matter. but what we started to do is we made t-shirts that said boot edge edge and then it just became a thing. it worked. >> dana: it was very clever and well done. >> you can overcome really big obstacles in politics. >> dana: liz smith is an easy name to pronounce. appreciate you coming in. congratulations on the book. woke activists are refusing to

let they rest in peace. celebrities who vowed to leave the u.s. because of political differences are still here. what's up with the empty promises?

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>> bill: score one for the good guys. just in from new york city, the

progressive d.a. here in new york has dropped the charges against that bodega worker jose alba, who was accosted by this man behind the counter. alba defended himself by grabbing a knife and stabbing him five times. assailant died. alba was sent to ryker's prison and -- >> dana: and charged with second degree murder. >> bill: bail set at half a million dollars and later reduced. a lot of pressure on the d.a. to drop this case out of self-defense. apparently it just happened. >> dana: the charges never should have been brought in the first place. his wounds became infected when he was sent for ryker's. i think it's good for the bodega workers to say self-defense is something we must have. maybe a wake-up call for the prosecutor in new york and perhaps others across the country. >> bill: how the new mayor will work with the new d.a. this is a sign maybe that the ice has thawed in this

relationship trying to do justice the right way. jose alba won't face charges. >> dana: woke activists dead set on erasing race and gender are taking it a step further. right into the graveyard. now they are calling on anthropologists to stop classifying human remains by gender and race because we don't know how the deceased person identified while they were living. kat timpf is co-host on gutfeld. come on, what's happening here? >> one sense they're right. we don't know how they identified because we can't really talk to them. but i think that's not really relevant when you consider there are certainly benefits to classifying based on biological sex as well. which we do have ways of finding out what those things are. i don't know, when i think about when i die and what i'm afraid of when it comes to death being misgend erd doesn't make the list. i don't know how you -- of all

the things you can be talking about. >> dana: i sent it to gutfeld late last night. >> it's real. they are talking about it like it's a serious issue. they aren't going to know. they are dead people and there are benefits to biological sex designations even apart from if we can't talk to these people from the past. >> dana: help them learn. >> dana: there is this love is blind lawsuit. have you heard about this? jeremy heart well is upset about this reality show he was on. a matter of justice. i feel the practices are wrong and need to change. the reason why i'm making the efforts with the lawsuit i hope it becomes a catalyst and future reality tv participants don't go through this. love is blind is a reality show

and terribly mistreated made to drink a lot of alcohol. not allowed to have water or food and he wants justice. >> i watched season two of love in blind. i don't know if he made it very far but it also doesn't shock me, right? you don't want a bunch of people behaving reasonably. people watch it because you can sit on your couch and say my life is a mess but not that. you are out of control if you are sitting there covered in crumbs. you have to get it together. that's why people watch this stuff. >> bill: so true. kat, what happened to all the celebrities who said they would flee the country if their candidate didn't win? i think they are still here. >> they are all still here because moving is tough and saying you are going to move is easy. you can just say it, you don't have to get boxes or look for a new place to live, you don't have to pack, you can just say

it and it is virtue signaling like a lot of things are. >> dana: great to see you. >> bill: thank you. national league takes on the american league in the all-star game mid-summer classic. coming up we'll take you there live and a preview of the mid-summer classic that you can see on fox. ♪ >> tech: need to get your windshield fixed? safelite makes it easy. >> tech vo: you can schedule in just a few clicks. and we'll come to you with a replacement you can trust. >> man: looks great. >> tech: that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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it's his ineptitude. tom cotton and jimmy failla and others, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> 2022 home run derby champion. >> bill: soto put on a clinic last night. he hit 53 home runs in the home run derby. tonight, though, is the main event. major league baseball game see it on fox. abby has the best assignment all week live at dodger stadium. other than the early wake-up call how was last night and what's happening? >> just so amazing. you know what, bill? soto did put on a show despite the fact that alonso and schwarber were ahead. exciting for him to take home the $1 million prize. when i was catching up with some of these players before tonight's game, they talked

less about the competition and more about their country, their faith, their family, and just what it means to be here and as we wait for them to take the field tonight at dodger stadium, there is another story line that makes this year's all-star game all the more special. i mentioned family and that's exactly what will be on display tonight with wilson and williams. they both get the starting nod for the national league. the first time since 1998 that two brothers will be playing for the same team. i asked both of them why this all-star game is so different. here is what he said. >> i'm really enjoying this all-star game more than the first two. it's really special and i'm glad i get to spend time with all of this and all around baseball. >> what a great answer. that's what i got from a lot of these players talking about their families being out in the

stands here at dodger stadium. the first time in 42 years that dodger stadium has hosted the mlb all-star game. a lot of special things happening here. people talk about it as a once in a lifetime opportunity and you can really understand why. >> bill: beautiful. >> dana: a question for the two of you. in a game like this, does the pitcher bat? >> bill: no. >> dana: why? >> bill: because they go with the d.h. rule? >> dana: why? >> i didn't hear the question. >> bill: they changed the rule for both this year. now it is both national and american league. >> dana: all-star game people like me need to know. >> bill: it is a fine question, right? >> dana: she didn't hear the question. i wanted to know if pitchers have to bat as well. the other thing i want to know is if you hit 53 home runs how do you feel the next day? are you able to play again?

>> bill: sore. >> that's a good question. some of these guys who were so highly ranked you have to wonder if maybe they took it a little easy and why they didn't win. if they were playing today they want to keep the energy. david, that's a great question. >> bill: thank you, abby. the game is tonight on fox at 8:00. abby, see you soon. thanks. >> dana: harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we'll begin with this fox news alert. the white house taking all the credit now for any relief, however small, that you are feeling at the gas pump. they want all the credit. the sky high prices have come down a bit. and president biden's team is claiming victory even though they have been blaming putin for the prices. critics accuse the president of trying to have it both ways. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". for months the administration has blamed what they called putin's price hike. the pandemic and they even went after