government and now we have two new bubbles, one in housing, one in assets, slowly drained as we hike interest rates and i want to return the power back to the people. bitcoin strikes at money and power. >> we are fascinated by it, love to learn. thanks to everyone, here is "america reports." >> sandra: the board president of a california school district under fire for suggesting students who don't want to mask up should stay home, this as the district reimposes covid mask requirements until the end of summer. >> john: not the only place where mandates are starting to return. rand paul joins us to sound off just ahead. >> sandra: "america reports" with president biden hitting the road to pitch his clean energy plan as his legislative agenda

languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i'm sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. >> john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. >> sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. >> john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency?

>> jacqui: we don't know. speculation maybe it's tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe manchin back on board with the climate portion of the reconciliation effort he has single handedly nixed, killing the president's legislative plans. seems like a long shot to get manchin back on board at this stage and the congressional democrats are steaming mad he has single handedly, and they are pressuring biden to reach as far with executive privileges to make up the difference here. wall street journal editorial writes, even greater abuse of

power than mr. trump and the border wall. he said a democratic president may use the precedent to declare a climate emergency and here we are. redirect funds to the climate efforts without congressional approval and also be used as a legal basis to block oil and gas drilling and other projects. republicans say on the heels of biden's oil bid in the middle east, the president is taking the wrong approach all over again. >> you can't drill in alaska or offshore or do fracking. you can't add refinery capacity but let them put their hat in their hand and grovel to a regime. he ought to be saying operation warp speed on energy. >> the president is appearing with two senators who have

pushed for aggressive action on climate, two progressives flanking him at a time when his base is getting antsy about his promises being sidelined in congress. john. >> john: we'll be watching for the president this afternoon in massachusetts. thanks for teeing that up. >> sandra: republican senator rick scott of florida. we were looking forward to speaking to you ahead of the president, no announcement on executive action, you wonder why to jacqui's point, why not now. but the one thing for sure, you have seen the reports about those inside the white house fuming over what is happening right now with joe manchin. they are not happy with the president. seems this party is just displeased all together with what this president is not getting done when it comes to climate change. >> i think most americans are mad at this president over inflation, gas prices, food prices, mad at the president over the afghan withdrawal, the open border, i mean -- i think

we all want to take care of our environment. i clearly do, did it as governor. the same time, i did not cause massive inflation or shut down jobs. what the democrats want to do, what biden wants to do is basically cause gas to keep going up, making it impossible for a family like mine who grew up in public housing to afford to live in the country. they don't care about poor people or fixed incomes, they are causing unbelievable inflation with the gas prices where they are. we can do both, take care of the environment, reduce gas prices and make sure we have jobs. with he can do all that. >> sandra: and we have heard that from many republicans who are not climate change deniers, they want to tackle some form of green energy and make a transition to green energy over time with investments by private companies. we have heard that before. but meanwhile you've got things like this being said by white house insiders, this is pete

buttigieg, biden's transportation secretary, seemingly out of touch with what it takes to own an electric vehicle in this country. listen. >> i'm still astonished that some folks, and i felt this in congress yesterday, some folks seem to really struggle to let go of the status quo. >> sandra: struggle to let go of the status quo, astonished there is not a bigger transition to e.v., put it on the screen. the average cost of electric vehicle in the united states today, senator, we wrote it out, did not round down or not, $66,997 for a new e.v., that's june 2022 and the next stat. when you consider the average american that is living paycheck to paycheck, 61.3% of the american population, 157 million people are living paycheck to -- they are expected to afford that? >> well, think about it.

the median income, half people make more, half less, is $33,000. how could all those people buy electric cars? now up here, if you are a u.s. senator and for buttigieg, the federal government pays for your electricity. not only can you not afford the car, up here they'll pay for it and get your electricity paid for. i mean, these people are completely out of touch for what normal people are going through. struggling over gas prices. put gas in the car and food on the table and buying an electric vehicle is not in the house of cards, they cannot afford it. >> sandra: and you can't buy one in some cases, wall street journal says in some cases there are months-long waits for new teslas. this report for a y, about eight months for delivery of a tesla. so even if you are walking around with the nearly $70,000 in cash to buy one, it's hard to come by one. leave us off on an optimistic

note here, senator. you know, i said at the top of the show it's the same story every day. gas prices, oil prices, it is tough for the average american. inflation, more shrinkflation out there, what is going to happen here. if the white house is not changing course when they look at the polls and how displeased americans are, where does this go? >> well, republicans are going to win the house and the senate. we are going to change the direction of the country, rescue this country. biden's numbers are horrible, democrat numbers are horrible, we have great candidates running. in november, everything will change. when we take over we are going to focus on balance the budget, becoming energy independence, reduce taxes, get the country back in shape again. >> sandra: people are happy to hear that, and hoping that is the case that no matter who the party is they get the country

going again, the economy has stalled and not any better any day we have seen so far. thank you, sir. senator scott, thank you very much. can i just roll on the montage quickly to our team. these are the democrats that are blasting joe manchin, listen, john. >> i'm disgusted by the behavior of joe manchin over many, many months. he has not been honest. >> it's unfortunate that one man can kill legislation that will save our planet. >> mr. fossil fuel industry in the senate? how is he the one making the decision about climate change. >> sandra: because he will not support the spending, the government spending that has not led to the sky high inflation people are not happy about. >> john: the one thing joe manchin is doing and i talk to republican senators about this, he's representing his constituents in the state of west virginia. he's not representing

constituents in any other state in the nation, interests of washington, d.c., he's representing the interests of people who elected him to go to the senate to represent them. and clearly that doesn't seem to jive with what others are saying. >> sandra: democrats are not happy, and those inside the white house are not happy at all. >> john: they are not, no. we'll see where this goes. clearly joe manchin is the most powerful person in washington right now. new york city mayor eric adams says the city's homeless shelters are overrun by migrants. in other cases, looks like some migrants are being sent by the federal government. alexis mcadams joins us. how many are we talking about here? >> hi, john. talking about at least 2,000 migrants and counting here in new york city. and with the highest number of homeless people on city streets since the great depression in new york, not enough space in

shelter, so the mayor is asking the federal government to step in. >> not only federal government, we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way ticket, we need them to understand that this must be a partnership in this country. new york is going to do its share. but we have been overburdened shelter system now. >> the shelters are full, john. the mayor says migrants are sent by the bus load flooding the city's shelters. and it's adding to the large homeless population. according to the coalition for the homeless, more than 48,000 homeless people on the streets of new york in march. new york city councilman says the migrants are flown in from other states. >> it was someone else's problem, it was border states like new mexico, arizona, ex at that. in new york, we know a bulk of the people, if not majority, are actually coming from federally government sanctioned and state

government sanctioned flights. >> new york is the second major city to sound the alarm this week about this issue. on sunday, washington, d.c. mayor bowser called the influx of migrants in her city a significant issue. so far a record breaking number of more than 1.7 million encounters at the southern border, we hear about it all the time on fox. that's on pace to pass 2 million people, mixed up there, john. white house says they are in constant contact with governors across the country. they believe it's shameful some governors are using migrants as a political tool. >> john: more people have gone across the border this year at this time than all of last year, and still three months to go. so, this is going to be a big problem, and it's clear, every state is now a border state. alexis, thanks for the report. appreciate it. sandra. >> sandra: thank you very much, john. millions of americans meanwhile under excessive heat warnings with deadly temperatures in some parts. and in europe, it is even worse.

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>> john: a key voting block for democrats starting to move away from the party. what is behind the change and how it could change the electoral landscape. karl rove weighs in just ahead. but first, a california school official is under fire for telling students who don't want

to wear masks in the classroom to just stay home. >> students and parents who don't want to wear a mask indoors in school, are there any other options for them? >> they can opt not to return to the regular school but to go to the school where they don't have to go to school at all other than via zoom. >> and not comfortable with that, what should they do? >> just make it known they don't feel comfortable at that point just not return. >> john: just not return to school. sharon whitehurst payne saying the students who want to stay maskless can do so but have to learn remotely via zoom. this after the district reimposed an indoor mask mandate to the end of the summer. that's the summer school period due to a recent spike in covid cases. guess who has something to say about this? >> sandra: parents, wow, and researchers and medical professionals. researchers are saying students

will take three plus years to recover academically from the pandemic. middle school students expect it to take much longer. a group that runs standardized tests and for some full recovery is not attainable until the end of high school. and some think it's a good idea to tell kids to stay home. it's hard to believe we are still there. >> john: dr. rand paul, senator rand paul will weigh in on this and some other covid-related issues. >> sandra: can't imagine he has anything to say on that. a worldwide heat wave causing dangerous conditions on both sides of the atlantic ocean. millions are dealing with temperatures above 100 degrees and much of europe is even worse. amy joins us now. is there any relief to this heat in sight? >> across the pond, yes. but that's after we have set incredible records. look at the number, 104° outside of london, a new national record. it blows away the old one at

101.7°. exceptional heat experience there across the u.k. already a cooldown happening, in london, as much as 27 degrees, france is down, and amsterdam and brussels bringing the weather patterns back. meanwhile the east coast, we have heat advisories for millions of americans, in fact look across the country, 100 million of us under heat alert. right now the tristate down into parts of the delmarva, upstate new york, boston, philadelphia, all looking for big numbers. this is also an issue, not just with record-setting heat but day after day of 90° readings. we are going for 93 in washington, d.c. richmond 94, numbers go up tomorrow. hotter in new york at 95. we are adding to this heat humidity.

so, while the numbers may not be as big and impressive as now in london a new record, we are looking at oppressive heat. it's hard for our bodies to cool down when we get the numbers this high with also a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. you know it, it feels muggy. washington at 98 on saturday. 94 for new york. we could see the core of this heat on sunday. the long stretch, 5 to 7 days for some of the major cities. back to the central plains, parts of the deep south, excessive heat warning. places like texas, unbelievable. austin has had 40 days in a row of temperatures in the triple digits. 100° or hotter. abilene, texas yesterday, 110°. that was their second hottest of all time. they have now had their second, third, fourth hottest temperatures in history just this summer alone. it's relentless through the weekend. so unfortunately much of the u.s. will be putting up with this heat through the end of the month. finds ways to stay cool and safe out there. hydration is the key, and reminder to never leave people

or pets in cars. sandra. >> sandra: absolutely. a high of 97° here in new york city today. >> hot one. >> sandra: it is. thank you very much, and for more on this story and all things weather, download the fox weather app now and stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. we need that now more than ever. john. >> john: it's getting hot out there, sandra. recent polls show democrats are losing their grip on a key voting block. latino voters. box news digital spoke to some who say the republican party is more in line with their views. listen. >> people go by the economy. when your pocket is hurting you wake up from whatever belief you have and it's hurting the democratic party. >> the democrats, focus on the wrong topic, they focus on, i keep hearing about january 6th, keep hearing about gender identity and the importance of that and oppression and racism. i'm a minority, i don't feel any of that.

>> john: bring in karl rove, fox news contributor and former white house deputy chief of staff. what are you picking up across the country, karl, do voters believe the democratic party is out of sync with what they think is important? >> well, this is not happening today, it started some time ago. we saw in the 2020 election southern florida, miami-dade, palm beach, broward counties, a lot of hispanic voters, a lot from central and south america, and a lot of cuba-americans moved pretty precipitously in the republican direction. same thing in south texas. 1920 last voted for a republican president, and we saw throughout south texas. so, this is a thing that's been in process for a while. take a look at this, this will blowdown mind. "new york times" siena poll just out, generic ballot for the 2022

midterms, 41 democrat, 38 republicans, essentially said dead even. in 2018, the exit poll showed hispanics cast their votes 72% for democrats, and just 25% for republicans. that's a huge swing and i think it's because a wide variety of factors, including the economy, illegal immigration, national defense, values, you know, lots of things go into it. but it's a pretty dramatic movement. >> john: the race we saw down there in the special election in texas and the 34th congressional district that mayra flores won, a seat held by democrats in almost a century. >> 1872. more than a century. >> john: more than a centuries. time goes fast. do you believe that's a bellweather of things to come or a one-off? >> it's a special election, you have to be careful about it.

things happen in special elections that don't necessarily happen in general elections. but she won a dramatic victory. three seats in south texas in which the republicans have latinas running, hispanic women running for office, one is an incumbent, and i would not be surprised if the republicans came out of the election, at least one and all likelihood two out of those three districts and the last time that part of texas was represented by a republican was in 1872. and we are seeing it also with hispanic candidates for the state legislature in south texas. most of the time republicans in the past have not mounted serious challenges. now they are mounting serious challenges throughout south texas, including and in one instance a long time democrat hispanic legislator switched parties and is running for re-election as a republican. so, this is real and it's going to continue as long as the democratic party continues to flow left and republican party keeps an open door to hispanics

and tejanos throughout the country. >> john: the "new york times" poll had interesting data how voters are feeling. biden job approval, 32% approve, 63% disapprove. 33% want biden to be the candidate in 2024, 63% another candidate. 21% think the country is on the right track, 71% think the country is on wrong track. that's not a formula for democratic success november 8th. >> no, and i think some of the commentary bears on this. hispanic voters are feeling the issue of inflation and what's happening when they go to the grocery store and the gas pump. here in texas we have hispanic voters energized by illegal

immigration. 1.7 million have come across the border. we are on the road to breaking the record for that and three more months in the fiscal year and whose communities are adversely affected by the fallout, it's hispanic communities and also values. a lot of, mayra flores is the wife of a border patrol agent. when you have the democrats criticizing law enforcement in general and the border patrol in specific, everybody in south texas has somebody that they know or family member who works for the border patrol or the sheriff's department or local police department so this anti-police anti-law and order hurts democrats among hispanics. >> john: quick answer to that. president bush, 41 on 44%. what do you think the republican in 2024 will draw?

>> i don't know, it depends who they nominate but above what republicans get. may not get to 44% like bush had in 2004 but increasing percentage, increasingly growing population, share of our population. >> john: karl, always good to see you. thanks for the readout. appreciate it. >> john: always good to have karl. thank you. theme park sesame place, accused of racism after a video from a parade goes viral. the park apologizing but says there's more to the story. >> john: and the housing market is slowing down. sudden and steep drop in how many americans are looking to buy a home and what it means for the rest of the economy. jackie deangelis will be here with that. >> rising interest rates, inflation, the economy, they are all impacting the buyers' purchasing power. and doug. [power-drill noises] alright, limu, give me a socket wrench, pliers,

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>> sandra: inflation and high interest rates crushing hopes for many americans looking to buy a home or those recently in one. new mortgage rate applications dropping 19% last week compared to last year same time, overall, lowest level since the year 2,000. jackie deangelis, we have been talking about this as the weeks that have gone on, with the interest rates going up. more evidence that even those entering the new house contracts are walking away from them. there is home builder sentiment painting a bleak picture or disappointing picture for those in a house. >> a couple of things we are seeing. number one, sales are down. that's because people are scared, a little worried about the recession that we are in or coming, and higher mortgage rates. the rate on 30 years is well over 5%. back to six months ago, it's costing you a lot more to own the same home. what's interesting, prices is have gone up 13.4% year over

year. sellers have not reflect the prices, but an economy that gets weaker and weaker people that have to sell will have to bring prices down, let the properties go at a lower rate and that's what's going to happen. flip side, the prices are high because inventories are low and the building permits, housing starts, all those are lower because the builders are saying why would i want to build a property to get into an economy where housing is week. so the inventory picture is keeping the prices high. it's a strange dynamic but i think in the coming months there will be a tipping point where it all starts to cascade down. >> sandra: would mean anybody getting into a house right now, is getting in at possibly the highest pricing. >> peak pricing, people are walking away. and also saying i want a home inspection, i want this, that, throw in this, and some of the

deals are falling apart. before they would say i will take it as is and sight unseen in some cases. >> not to mention if you are building a new home, the price of absolutely everything used to build the home is the highest level as well. that is why some economist, and coming from pantheon macro economics saying that only now are people finally starting to acknowledge the reality, making this prediction, top economist, pretty soon anyone who has bought a home in recent months will soon be sitting on a loss. that's a very scary outlook. i don't know. how should people handle this? >> the same thing as the drop in the 401(k), for example. you got into a home and low mortgage rate and will stay there the next decade, prices will rebound. we know the markets are cyclical. if you are in financial trouble and you have to unload the home, those are the people that will suffer a loss and you will see some of that. and especially the people who

bought second homes. >> sandra: the price of the home, the price of the mortgage, the interest rate on the home, the building materials if you are building a new home, all sky high prices and then this to factor in. get into a new home, electricity bill is sky high. electricity costs are up 13% year over year, according to the bureau of labor statistics and bill on average is $540 a month, up $90 from just a year ago. i mean, this is the average american household that's struggling to pay their bills, electricity costs are a huge part of that. >> and this is the interesting thing. biden's energy policies, it does not just have to do at the price at the pump but heating your home. think about how you heat and cool your home. natural gas is the primary source and prices are higher, the administration in so many words did not say we are going to ban fracking but increasingly difficult for frackers to do

business the same way for the oil drillers. con ed sends me emails, this is how to reduce your bills, they are letting you know it's happening, same thing the case with your electricity bills as well. and when people start plugging in electric cars, what do you think is going to happen to the cost of electricity when everybody is doing it. >> demand will go up, prices go up, all the while we were looking earlier, we have tapped the energy reserves to bring down gas prices, the strategic petroleum reserve at the lowest level inventory wise since 1985. >> i keep saying i hope we don't have a bad hurricane season, that's what it's there for. >> sandra: and that could happen, that would be tough. we have to replace the oil we pull out of the emergency reserves. great to see you. >> thank you very much. john. >> john: a funeral mass celebrating the life of ivana trump taking place this hour at a church in new york city. david lee miller is live outside the church on manhattan's east

side. david. >> david: john, the funeral scheduled to begin about five minutes ago, it has not yet started, taking place on the upper east side of manhattan. location of the church not far from where ivana trump lived and where she died. the funeral service is by invitation only, no photos or video allowed inside the church. service is described as a celebration of her life as best we know it, this hour, mr. trump has not yet arrived here. ivana and donald trump were married, and they were able to remain friends. three children, don, jr., ivanka and eric, and expected to be in attendance. we have not seen them from my vantage point, i cannot see the front door who is actually entering the church but we do not believe they are inside, although we are told a number of family members are here. both the secret service and the

nypd are providing security as you would expect. also many ordinary new yorkers came here to get a glimpse outside of the church. she was an icon, familiar face in new york city. one restaurant owner dubbed her the first lady of madison avenue. donald trump when asked about his wife's greatest attributes, said she was different, never gave up. beautiful, yes, but also a hard worker. and as you can see, the hearse is now, some live pictures, just pulled up to the front of the church here on lexington avenue in manhattan. during their time together ivana was not only a spouse but a business partner. helped her husband navigate a number of big real estate deals and she was also a mom, son eric said in a tweet that she taught her kids about grit and toughness, compassion and determination.

we are told eric is just arriving now, and ivanka with some of their children, walking down madison avenue. they have about 100 feet to go before they enter the church. there are barricades surrounding the church. nearby streets have been closed off. there is a helicopter overhead. we have seen a number of people who are attending the service actually walking the last couple of hundred feet or so into the building and again, so far we have not seen donald trump. he arrived in new york city on monday with his wife, melania. we are not sure if she is going to accompany the former president to the service. again, it was slated to begin a few minutes ago at 1:30 eastern time. now, as for ivana trump, her legacy is that of a woman who was a world class skier.

she fled communist country, ran businesses and wrote several books and synonymous with the american dream. she leaves behind not just the three children that we talked about, but also ten grandchildren and her 96-year-old mother. ivana trump was 73 years old. john. >> we see don, jr. there as well with his children and according to the autopsy, tragic accident, maybe a fall down the stairs took the life of the grand dame of new york city. ivana trump. president biden on the road to announce his plans on climate change, but his own czar has emitted much since he took

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♪♪♪ >> john: former new york city mayor de blasio says his political career is over. he is dropping out of a new york congressional race saying it's clear the voters were not interested in supporting him. but there may be more than just low poll numbers to the story. a report from the website the city says de blasio has raised enough campaign money to cover debts owed to a lobbyist law

firm and city taxpayers for using the new york city police department during his 2020 presidential run. you know, politics just isn't going to be the same without the name de blasio. >> sandra: ok. you know, and it was an admission, you know, maybe he just realized that he was not what the people wanted. >> john: but they voted for him twice for mayor, which is interesting. >> sandra: ok, all right. meanwhile, a desperate 6-year-old, we have been following the story closely, calling out for help after her mother passed out from taking fentanyl while in the car. police arrested the mother shortly afterwards for endangering the child. live in denver with the very latest details on all of this. it was a postal carrier who found her, right alicia? >> that's right, sandra. he was delivering mail, had his headphones on in the neighborhood and he fought in the background he heard screaming so he pulled the head phone out and went toward the sound of the screaming.

this happened on saturday afternoon in wheat ridge, colorado. a suburb of the city of denver. the mother told police she was headed to her own mom's house with her 6-year-old in the back seat but never arrived at the house because according to police she pulled over, smoked a fentanyl pill and passed up. the daughter tried to wake her up and when it did not work she screamed for help. that nearby mail carrier heard the little girl, came to the rescue, he saw the mother asleep in the driver's seat, unable to wake her up. he turned off the car and called the police. the little girl called her aunt and told her mom my's dead. >> mommy was driving and she pulled over to smoke a cigarette, right. and then mommy fell asleep and began snoring and you tried to wake her up and she would not wake up, you yelled for help, and that's when the mailman found you? >> uh-huh. >> ok. >> the 25-year-old was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, child abuse,

stealing her husband's car and possession of fentanyl. the child is now with family. >> i'm so tired of dealing with this [bleep]. she's been doing it five years and i don't know why she does it. >> in watching the bodycam video, i can tell you the arresting officer was talking to the mother, trying to convince her to get clean for the sake of her child. sandra. >> sandra: so heartbreaking all of it and too many stories like it. thank you. >> john: a new poll out finding voters trust republicans more than democrats when it comes to handling their children's education. many democrats are doubling down on pushing critical race theory into classrooms. this for the american federation of teachers, commissioned this poll from hart research associates may be a case of be careful what you ask because you might not like the answer.

because here is what it sound. when asked if they had confidence in democrats or republicans to deal with education issues, 39% of people said republicans, 38% said democrats. i'm sure randy winegarden was not happy about that. >> if you look at the crux in the numbers and the polling, it shows the teachers' union is not focused on what the parents want them to focus on, and they want the teachers and the unions to get back to reading, writing, math, basic skills they send their kids to school each day to learn, not critical race theory or transgender theory, those issues. and the way randy winegarden spent her time over the last couple of years, she a democratic activist. taken time not to get back to the basics of education, but

extorting the american taxpayer during covid to try to get millions for schools that has not been spent properly in a lot of ways, in the poll, a democratic-leaning firm, the answers on all of these questions are not good for the teachers' union or democrats. >> john: subject of critical race theory, the democrats want to double down on, interesting finding from the poll, the way students are taught about racial issues and the role of race in america, are you satisfied or dissatisfied, 27% said they are satisfied, 60% said they are dissatisfied and this is a very important finding, the amount of say that parents think, 38 are satisfied, 50% are dissatisfied. many parents as we saw in virginia in the last november election feel they are being cut out of the process. and that is a situation in an is ripe for a parental revolt.

>> not only feeling like they are cut out of the process, you saw the reaction by the biden administration and the department of justice when parents were showing up at the school board meetings specifically in virginia, they decided to put them on the domestic terrorism list in partnership with a lot of these left wing unions. during covid, the unions working with the centers for disease control to work away the science, continue to mask students and keep schools closed. the parents are saying we want the tax dollars used to educate our children, and new moment going on but bolstered by the last few years of covid to have the dollars follow the students, rather follow institutions, and in virginia and also arizona, the governors there implementing new programs that allow parents to take their kids out of public schools to get thousands of dollars to then sends them to the schools of their choice, allowing for educational freedom, that's the ultimate choice for parents to choose

where their students are going to school. and democrats are trying to blame it on republicans saying they are politicizing this, in san francisco as we have seen, focus on critical race theory and the race issues, renaming schools rather than reopening schools and educating children, now numbers this week showing the wide discrepancy between white students and minority students. san francisco was one of the richest cities in the country, also one of the blueest and even people are fed up with the way the teachers' unions have handled it. >> john: the big unions have a lock on most teachers and they say we are fighting for students. and the poll, 62% said public school teachers, and only 44% said teachers' union. >> a lot of public school teachers that have been trying to go against the unions, and a

lot of the states they are forced to be in the unions, they have wanted to open the schools earlier than the leadership, like in virginia closed longer than any other districts with the lock as you mentioned and irritated a lot of the teachers in the classrooms saying i want to get back to doing what we are supposed to be doing, which is educating children for a better future and they stole that away from a generation of kids and parents are fighting back and winning the battle. it will come up in midterm elections because we have seen it in local school board elections and of course local elections for governor. >> john: a wake-up call for the teachers' unions. >> sandra: police chase like something out of the wild west, west side of manhattan, officer on horseback approaching a shoplifting subject on the sidewalk not far from the heart of times square. then he makes a run for it. the mounted cop in hot pursuit

galloping down the street against one way traffic. here it is here. he runs, ok, then they eventually close in on him and make an arrest. the alleged thief now facing charges of robbery, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, and how about the endangerment of the public, john. >> john: my favorite video in a long, long time. i love it. it is -- it is in some ways like a scene from the old west but also so quintessentially new york because you see them all over central park and elsewhere in the city, but cantor down a runway street. remarkable. >> thanks to our police. >> way to go, boys in blue. >> john: in california, they say kids who won't wear masks can stay home and go back to online classes, and she's not alone. locations across the united

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>> john: you could call it mission creep for masks. face coverings making a comeback, once again mandatory at a major school district and if you don't like it, the message is don't bother coming to school. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into hour number 2. i'm john roberts in washington. good to see you, sandra. >> sandra: good to see you, sandra smith in new york. senator rand paul says the science is clear.

>> john: thoughts on dr. fauci saying he is not yet ready to hang up that lab coat. retirement on hold. begin with the president taking heat over climate. fox news alert. lots of confusion about what exactly president biden is doing with his climate announcement this afternoon and just as importantly how much all of this is going to cost you. >> sandra: the president arriving in somerset, southern massachusetts last hour, the visit after senator joe manchin put a fork in his green agenda when he refused to throw support behind billions in new spending on the climate. the white house reportedly steaming mad behind closed doors. >> john: and progressives are fuming that he declare a national emergency. and not so subtle message for the left. >> this is an emergency and he's

going to treat it as such. we'll make very clear again that this is an emergency. today is going to be about making the case that climate change is an emergency. the president will make very clear again that this is an emergency. he's not shying away from climate being an emergency. this is about growing a label for it. this is about saving families money. so this isn't just about the emergency. >> john: might have heard the emergency word in there once or twice. bret baier will join us in moments on the politics surrounding all of this. sandra. >> sandra: peter doocy is travelling with the president. peter, why isn't the president working with congress on these climate initiatives? >> peter: that's a great question, because it sounds like there is an emergency based on the sound bite you just played. and the reason that he's not working with congress is because he left it up to the democrats

to control both houses and could not get on the same page, at least as long as joe manchin considers inflation a bigger threat to the united states than climate change right now. and so president biden is going to come here any minute, we expect to see the motorcade and lay out multi-billion dollar plan. we do expect to see some specifics from the president, but it's going to be a multi-billion dollar plan to increase wind turbines that are designed to help get the u.s. down to half its current emission levels by 2030. >> we change the climate between 2010 and now, and not in a good way. so, yes, we can and must act to make sure that we reverse the worst effects of climate change. some is upon us right now. this is not a question whether it's going to happen or not happen. it's a question of -- >> they are going to keep rising until 2030. >> peter: something else the president can do without

congress, declare the changing climate is a national emergency. officials are suggesting that is going to happen, just not today and the wall street journal editorial board is warning a greater abuse of power than mr. trump's repurposing of military funds for the border wall. we criticized mr. trump at the time and warned a democratic president might use the precedent to declare a climate emergency and here we are, and critics are also questioning why does the president so worried about going green at home days after he returned to a trip to the middle east hoping to talk golf leaders into drilling more fossil fuels. >> you can't produce or drill or explore for oil and gas here, you can't drill in alaska or offshore or do fracking. you can't add refinery capacity, but let them put their hats in their hand and go grovel to the

regime and beg for more oil. >> peter: and coal fired power plant was leveled to rebuild a place to connect offshore wind turbines to the power grid here in new england. it's not something that's going to lower the price of a barrel of oil or a gallon of gas any time soon, but if the president gets his way and these investments are made and the investments pay off, then before too long we won't need gas anyway, sandra. >> sandra: ok. they are in massachusetts where we are going to hear from the president shortly. peter, thank you. john. >> john: bring in bret baier, anchor and executive editor of special report. is the president and focus on climate, he's focused on it like a laser beam, in step or out of step with the electorate at large, and interesting data. total voters who think climate is the most important problem, 1%. democrats, 3%.

young people age 18 to 30, 3%. economy is 20%. climate, 1%, 3, and 3. is he barking up the right tree here? >> bret: no, many democrats are concerned about this push. it's not going to be a national emergency we are told, but he is doing this push in the midst of people having a hard time filling up their tank. and so politically there is a disconnect between what's happening now and the november election and there are a lot of moderate democrats, especially, who are starting to feel uneasy about this white house and the way they are going. if you look at it big picture, yes, climate is a concern for population long-term, but currently the experts say since the late 19th century the temperatures went up 1.1°

celsius. we don't know how farther going to go up, or if they are going up. >> john: and hard to wrap your head around. >> bret: emergency declarations, seems there is an energy emergency, crime emergency, migrant emergency. >> john: and more people are going to food banks and he's pushing climate and they are saying are you speaking to me, who are you speaking to, i'm not sure. >> bret: and members like the transportation secretary you just heard, the commerce secretary saying we need to essentially pull the band aid off and feel the pain and make the transition to electric cars. that's really tough for middle america to understand. one, because they are expensive. two, you can't get from the east coast to the west coast currently with an electric car. >> john: and here is the big thing, i'm all for electric cars, i'll have 11 day, but you

have to deal with the reality of it. pete buttigieg loves electric cars as well. how are they powered? 61% of the electricity in this country comes from fossil fuels. so when you plug in your electric car, you are burning fossil fuels and if you start plugging in more electric cars, you are burning more fossil fuel. >> bret: what people hate. they hate this about washington, hypocrisy that you just point to one of those stats. you point to the fact that china and india are making coal fired plants every other day it seems, and they are not stopping. now the big picture, is that a reason to not push forward towards green energy, no. but the critics of this administration say this is not the time, the place, or the politics to do it ahead of a midterm. >> john: and you have to be realistic, too, you can't generate enough power to power electric vehicles with wind and solar, and if you want to get rid of fossil fuels, that leaves nuclear and none of these greens

want to build nuclear power plants. the president not declaring a climate emergency and what would that do, according to "washington post," allow the president to halt crude oil exports, limit oil and gas drilling on federal waters and direct agencies such as fema to boost renewable energy sources. how in the world, experiencing what we are experiencing now, does that help the economy and where we are with inflation, food shortages, supply chain crisis and everything else. >> bret: the president said i'm doing everything i can to bring gas prices down, everything i can to deal with inflation, he's said that numerous times. >> john: that wouldn't do it. >> bret: exactly. exactly the opposite. so a lot of disconnect, a lot of people are scratching their head and i think republicans are licking their chops because they see an issue that is pretty easy and explaining to the american people how this is the wrong time to do this. >> john: and as both you and i know driving in washington,

d.c., no shortage of traffic on the roads either. >> bret: plenty of cars, electric or otherwise. >> john: see you at 6:00. >> sandra: thank you, good to see bret. president biden's efforts to prove his priorities to his base, john kerry, a fox news digital exclusive, his private family jet has put out more than 300 metric tons of carbon since the beginning of the biden administration, since he became special envoy. 48 trips, adding up to more than 60 hours in the sky. spokesperson says the private jet will not be used for an upcoming summit in germany because secretary kerry travels commercially or on military aircraft in his official role and you can make this case for a lot those that are speaking up and out about climate change and calling for all of us to make big changes to our daily lives

without changing theirs. >> john: and we will let you know who a few of them are and why they may end up in the climate hall of shame when we speak with marc thiessen a little later on this hour. >> sandra: looking forward to that. >> john: secretary kerry far from alone with the climate hypocrisy. some of hollywood's loudest echo warriors are not just going private, but out of their way to torch more carbon than you or i could hope to in a lifetime. wait until you hear a kardashian clan 12-minute marathon of pollution. >> sandra: some parents furious after this video shows a sesame street character seeming to brush off two little fans. their families claim because of the color of their skin. now the theme park is responding. >> john: and the covid nightmare not ending for america's students. one major school district is forcing students to mask back up or stay home.

kentucky senator rand paul coming up after the break.

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comfortable and at that point just not return. >> san diego school board president, her advice, defending the decision to stick kids back into the masks in the classroom by arguing they can just stay home and learn virtually over zoom. >> john: critics say it's as if she missed the last two years of data, showing virtual learning does not work for most kids and that cloth masks don't do much to stop the spread of covid inside schools. >> sandra: rand paul, with he can discuss the effectiveness of the masks certainly but what damage has been done to american kids. this country suffering today, lack of learning, because of kids not being in the classroom. why do you fathom somebody, a school leader would tell kids not to come if you don't wear the mask? >> i would say they are completely clueless and don't care about the welfare of the children. if they would say such a thing. if you are a parent in san

diego, i would be getting on speed dial to get your kids into a private school or home school them. not everybody can do that. but goodness, what disregard for people. the people most harmed by the policies, the lockdown policies, the mask policies have been the working class, the poor, those who are struggling and single parent homes and no, it's just unforgivable this is their attitude, particularly when you look at the science, mask mandates don't work, sweden had no masks and 0 deaths among kids, and incidence among teachers, no difference than the rest of the country. in florida, a large section of counties that wore masks mandatory, a large section of counties that didn't, the incidence of the disease identical. florida and california, states different on the mandates, incidence of the disease identical. mandates don't work.

they have no value other than the one thing about mask mandates is they hurt your child's learning. >> john: and senator, parents in san diego are outraged about this reversal, and when you look at some of the things that happen in san francisco when they tried to rename schools, in virginia, when parents felt they didn't have a say in their child's education, when parents get mad it's typically not a good thing for people who are in charge making these rules. >> that's the other thing you can do is unelect the school board. everybody on the school board that's letting the superintendent, no scientific evidence to help your kids or anyone else, it's foolish, unelect the people, send them home, run for the school board. san diego should be irate at this, it's not based on science, it's based on left wing foolishness, on political science but no facts or any evidence. >> sandra: one thing to talk about the return of the masks to

the classroom, we could see return of indoor mask mandates in general. some areas of the country, headlines like this. l.a. county goes it alone and pushed for new coronavirus mask rules, some mask requirements return for these gorgeous counties, boston new covid warnings indoor mask wearing, nbc local in boston. a lot of talk with the new variants the white house is warning americans are there could be the return of indoor masks. could you see that happening? >> well, democrats don't seem to understand electoral politics very well i'll give them a clue. if you want to do a poll of the american people, go to the airport and see how many people voluntarily wearing a mask. about 5%. and i'll bet half the people in the airport are democrat and half are republican, a certain percentage are independent, 95% think it's foolish to wear a mask. we have all been either vaccinated or had the disease,

many both vaccinated, and the data they will release shows you are safe. if you have been vaccinated and had the disease, you are safe. so, all of this is nonsense, it does not work, but i don't think people are going to -- i don't think people are going to go for it. 95% of people at the airport say they don't want to wear a mask. my guess is that's true of 95% of parents in san diego. i would say resist, take your kids out of the school, bankrupt the place or elect better officials to be your school board officials. >> john: senator, the other day we were surprised when dr. anthony fauci seemed to suggest he was going to step down from his position as head of the national institute on allergy and infectious disease by the end of joe biden's term. now he sort of dialed back and said wait a second, i'm not retiring, i may step down as the director of the institute at some point in the future, but i'm not getting out of the business. your thoughts. >> i think it's very good news for the truth if he's going to

stick around. we'll wait to see if it happens. if he's in public employment, we will somebody him, he will have to appear and testify under oath if republicans take charge of the house or the senate or both, he will have to testify under oath because a million americans died, and we want to know about was there a cover-up in trying to suppress any link to the lab in china. i do fully believe this virus, this pandemic killed 6 million people around the world leaked from the lab, but i think there was a concerted effort by him and his colleagues to cover this up and make sure it did not come to light that the n.i.h. was funding that lab and that there was reasonable scientific evidence that suggested it came from the lab. so he's going to be made to testify under oath and i hope he sticks around because we do have some questions for him. >> sandra: faced a lot of criticism for that, also changing guidance through the pandemic, he attributed that to evolving science of the virus.

81 years old. see what's next for dr. anthony fauci. senator, thank you for joining us today. >> john: thank you. the family of the two girls allegedly snubbed in sesame place are speaking out, they say it was pure racism and they are demanding the park take action. lauren green is following the story. what does the family want here? >> the attorneys for the family say the employee playing the costumed character should be fired immediately. the family says sesame place's apology seemed very in sincere. >> i was sad, i was pissed, and immediately just going to defense mode. first thing as a parent, you want to defend your child and protect their innocence. >> she says her 6-year-old daughter and niece were traumatized last weekend at sesame place theme park in pennsylvania after they were snubbed by the character rosita. high fiving several white adults

and children but waving off two young black children. the attorneys say it's blatant racism, increasing at theme parks. sesame place blamed on the outfit saying the costumes our performers wear sometimes make it difficult to see at lower levels and sometimes the performers miss hug requests from guests. the next day sesame street issued another statement saying we sincerely apologize to the family for the experience in the park. we know it's not ok. the park says they will conduct employee training but the family is not buying it. >> why do you need bias training if the acts were not intentional, if it was an oversight, how do you need bias training. how does that help you if you can't see out of a costume. >> sesame place has invited the family back to the park for a special meet and greet with the characters. the family's attorney says they will release another video of the incident tomorrow. john. >> john: we'll be watching for

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>> john: rule for thee but not for kylie, a kardashian sister one celebrity labelled a climate criminal. marc thiessen coming up on the echo hypocrisy from some big name celebrities. russian president vladimir putin in iran for another day of talks with turkey and tehran. syria supposed to be topping

today's agenda but updates about the iran nuclear deal and the war in ukraine. trey, what can come of the talks if anything? >> john, good afternoon. a second day of talks is underway right now between the leadership from both russia and turkey. this is critical because the focus of the conversations remains on syria and the complex relationships on the ground there, but we are getting other updates coming in about the war in ukraine and the iran nuclear deal. vladimir putin discussed ongoing negotiations with the turkish president to export grain, allow millions of tons of grain. >> final result depends not on the mediator but the willingness of the contracting parties to implement the agreements that we reach. today we see the powers in kyiv

have no such desire. >> the russian leader also used the talks to stoke fears he may cut all russian gas supplies to europe this winter, a move i.m.f. warns would send some countries to recession. and putin member with the iranian president and the ayatollah, and a twitter account reiterated the cooperation between iran and russia as putin spoke about his support for keeping the u.n.-backed nuclear deal. over the weekend iran declared the country has the ability to build a nuclear bomb. this races questions what the statements are going to do, and if israel will act on plans to strike iran nuclear facilities. john. >> john: trey, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: all right, john. well, some celebrities, a lot of them, actually, want to lecture you about saving the planet, but most of them don't have any problem flying private at every turn, even if it means they fire

up the jet to fly 15 minutes away. kylie jenner g getting called o on social media for boasting about her private jet travels. christina coleman reporting live from los angeles. who else is getting called out? >> a lot of people, sandra. you know, some of these celebrities love to post on social media about saving the planet, reducing carbon emissions, recycling. but then they turn around and hop on private jets burning off thousands of gallons of fuel on some trips that would take just minutes by car. twitter account celebrity jet tracks some of the short flights and the celebs who own the jets on these flights. listen as director steven spielberg said he's terrified of global warning and jay-z, and keep in mind, climate activists know that global aviation emissions are disproportionately impacted by private jets, 1% of

the flying population making up about 50% of global aviation emissions, and environmental call to action despite her families jet travel and blasted by critics after a local station reported she used more than twice her allotted water budget on her $8 million home amid the drought here in southern california and five days ago her sister kylie posted this photo to instagram in front of two jets caption reads you want to take mine or yours. and kylie, not surprisingly, got swift backlash for the photo. below it someone wrote, global warming who. your waste of emissions or mine? another wrote girl, what am i recycling for, and another one said but it's us who must use the paper straws, and each comment got more than 42,000 likes, clearly people are frustrated with what some

critics are calling ecohypocrites. >> hop on the train and the private jet to go ten minutes away. i had the great pleasure of meeting you in studio recently in new york, it was great, fantastic to see you. >> i loved being with you. so helpful and wonderful. very nice. >> sandra: great to see you, christina. thank you very much. john. >> john: that was a long time coming. bring in marc thiessen, so you have celebrities screaming from the rooftops about global warming, but then at the same time, flying around in their private jets. we made up a graphic from some data that was mined by the daily mail. mark wahlberg took a nine minute flight to go 19 miles, kim kardashian, ten minutes flight for 35 miles, steven spielberg, 17 minutes flight to go 28 miles and drake, the canadian rapper, 18 minutes to fly from hamilton,

ontario to toronto, a trip i made many times in my car, a grand total of 47 miles. i mean, clearly this is a case of rules for thee but not for me, because i got any jet. >> who flies nine minutes? have they not heard of a helicopter? >> mark wahlberg. >> john: they are not stuck in l.a. traffic. >> sandra: it's uncomfortable, marc. >> someone called kylie jenner a climate criminal, what is john kerry? john kerry we just found out has taken 60 trips, 48 trips, 60 hours in the air, 325 metric tons of carbon emissions, and he's our climate envoy. so, i mean -- hypocrisy is -- >> sandra: throw it up on the screen, you said it, 300 metric

tons, john kerry's family jet, carbon emissions since biden took office. the this is the equivalent co2 used as 331,000 plus pounds of coal burnt. 12,000 plus propane cylinders for barbecues, gasoline, charging 36 million smartphones. but, when he stops to talk on the climate we are supposed to listen. >> yeah, and also those are his private trips. like the -- they asked him if he was travelling on a private jet, not for going to weekend, no, he never travels on the family private jet, always takes mill air. it's a private jet run by the air force, and big, like 737. so, those are big planes, emit even more carbon. with the celebrities, they don't care about the climate. this is not about -- what it is, all the -- it's liberal virtue signalling. climate change is the state religion of hollywood, so you

have to bow at the altar of climate and make some investment and statements and do whatever it is you do, show that you are following the state religion, but they don't care about it. if they did, they would not take the private jet, but driving the coal fired tesla wherever they are wanting to go. >> john: earlier we were talking with bret baier, up on the screen in order of priority where climate change falls for voters, 1%, democrats 3%, young people 18 to 30, 3% of them was their top issue, so this whole idea you talk about here about virtual signalling when it comes to climate change seems to be for consumption among a very small piece of the population. >> they are focused on the wrong thing. americans are looking at this and saying i have to choose between food and gas this week. why are they -- why is joe biden having an event with wind mills to talk about climate change. and by the way, one of the

reasons we are going to have blackouts this summer in the midwest is because we got rid of -- john kerry said we have to get rid of all the coal powered plants gone by 2030, 8 years from now. so they are shutting them down and not investing in upgrading them and guess what, wind cannot replace it because wind and solar, we don't have the battery technology commercially available to store wind and solar. if you don't have wind and sun you have no power. we don't have the alternatives ready yet to take over from fossil fuels but they want to push us off the fossil fuels and have us drive coal fired cars. >> sandra: pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary is astonished more people are not buying nearly $70,000 electric vehicles when 60% of the population is living paycheck to paycheck and electricity prices are sky high as well. >> and the largest decline in real wages in 40 years, when you

put inflation on top of the wage increases, the largest decrease in 40 years. no one can afford a tesla these days. >> sandra: we got a brand-new quinnipiac poll moments ago, president biden hit the lowest approval rating of the presidency among public discontent from both parties. now it sits at 31%. reaction, marc thiessen. >> so, the thing that is amazing about biden's numbers, not how low they are but how far they have fallen. compare him to previous presidents and simply low, but he started out at 56% approval, so he has dropped from 56 to 31. that is the fastest collapse of any president, and right now in his disapproval is higher than his approval was at any point in his presidency, that's where we are. >> john: marc, always great to see you. the one thing that will not run on batteries, a private jet.

[laughter] >> no electric jets yet. >> john: just saying. >> we'll always have fossil fuels until they invent that. >> john: the celebs will keep burning them. thanks, marc. >> sandra: you may want to get that last latte at your local starbucks before it closes. the company c.e.o. blaming crime and the leaders in democratic cities for letting this happen. >> john: the squad accused of putting on a show outside the supreme court yesterday. why alexandria ocasio-cortez says her hands were tied despite the lack of cuffs. jimmy faila on that next. ♪♪♪ wnhome, and need cash, call newday usa. i'm tatiana, here to say you can get an average of $60,000 with the newday 100 cash out loan.

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just take a look around. right now, 100 million americans are under heat alert. 100 million americans. 90 communities across america set records for high temperatures just this year, including here in new england as we speak. and by the way, records have been set in the arctic and antarctic, temperatures that are just unbelievable. melting the permafrost, it's astounding the damage that's being done and this crisis impacts every aspect of our everyday life. today i'm making the largest investment ever. $2.3 billion to help communities across the country build infrastructure that's designed to withstand the full range of disasters we have been seeing up to today. extreme heat, drought, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, right now there are millions of people suffering from extreme heat at home. so my team is also working with the state to deploy $385 million right now for the first time

states will be able to use federal funds to pay for air conditioners in homes, set up community cooling centers in schools where people can get through these extreme heat crisis and i mean people and crisis 100 to 117°. and infrastructure law, members of congress have delivered includes $3.1 billion to weatherize homes and more energy efficient, will lower energy costs while keeping america cool in summer and warm in the winter and not using too much energy. my department of labor led by marty waltz, he talks funny, a great guy, he knows how to get a job done. secretary of labor, developing the first-ever workplace standards for extreme heat saying under these conditions to hit -- you cannot do the

following, you cannot ask people to do certain things. second, he's sending folks out from the labor department to make sure we hold workplaces and those standards that are being set. they have already completed over 500 heat-related inspections of workplaces across 43 states, and the end of the day it's going to save lives. now let me tell you why we are here at braden point. five years ago this towering power plant that stood with cooling towers 500 feet high closed down. the coal plant was the largest of its kind in new england. 1,500 megawatts of power, to power one in five massachusetts homes and businesses. over 50 years it was in the economy through the electricity they supplied, with jobs they provided and the local taxes they paid. but the plant, like many others around the country, had another

legacy. one of toxic smog, greenhouse gas emissions, the kind of pollution that attributed to the climate emergency we face today. a former regulator in massachusetts was telling me on the way out folks used to get a rag out and wipe the gunk off the car's windshield before they could drive, and not much different than a place i grew up, claymont, delaware, just across the line in pennsylvania and the prevailing winds are our way. i just lived up the road. an apartment complex we moved to delaware, and just up the road a little school i went to, holy rosary grade school and because it was a four-lane highway that was accessible, my mother drove us rather than us walking. and guess what, the first frost you knew it was happening, you had to put on your windshield wipers to get literally the oil

slick off the window. that's why i and so many damn other people with have cancer and why can't for the longest time, delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation, but that's the past and we are going to build a different future. with 1, 1 with clean energy, good paying jobs. 15 years ago america generated more than half electricity from coal. coal-fired plants. today that's down to 20%. because there's a big transition happening. many of these fossil fuel plants are becoming sites for new clean energy construction, others are switching to new clean technologies. look at braden point. today braden is on the frontier of clean energy in america. on this site they will manufacture 248 miles of high-tech heavy duty cables. those specialized sub c cables

are necessary to tie offshore wind farms to the existing grid. manufacturing these cables will mean good paying jobs for 250 workers, as many as the old power plant had at its peak. and the port -- the port here, 34 feet deep, was used to carry coal into the power plant. now we are going to use that same port to carry components for wind power into the sea. converter station here and the substation nearby are the assets to move energy across the power lines. they will now move clean electricity generated offshore by the wind. enough power to power hundreds of thousands of homes on to the grid. putting all assets to work, delivering clean energy. this did not happen by accident. it happened because we believed and invested in the american innovation and ingenuity. one of the companies investing in the factory here joined me at

the white house this month, vineyard winds, whose c.e.o. told me about the ground breaking labor agreements they have negotiated with good-paying union jobs. and i want to complement congressman bill keating for his work in this area. i'm also proud to point out my administration approved the first commercial project for offshore wind in america which is being constructed by vineyard winds. folks, elsewhere in the country we are propeling retrofits and ensuring even where fossil fuel plants are retired they still have a role in powering the future. in illinois, for example, the state has launch add broad effort to invest in converting old power plants to solar farms led by governor pritzker. in california, turn a former oil plant to the largest battery storage facility, the world's largest facility. wyoming, innovators are chosen to retiring plant as the next

generation nuclear plant. and my administration is a partner in that progress, driving federal resources and funding to the communities that have powered this country for generations, and that's why they need to be taken care of as well. i want to thank cecil roberts, a friend and president of the united mine workers of america and so many other labor leaders we are working with on these initiatives. since i took office we have invested more than $4 billion in federal funding, 25 hardest hit coal communities in the country. from west virginia to kentucky to wyoming to new mexico. through the infrastructure law, we are investing in clean hydrogen, nuclear, and carbon capture, and the largest grid investment in american history. we have secured $16 billion to clean up abandoned mines and wells protecting thousands of communities from toxins and waste, particularly methane, and still, and we are going to seal

leaky methane pollution and incredibly power greenhouse gas 40 times more dangerous to the environment than carbon dioxide. and folks, with american leadership back on climate, i was able to bring more world leaders together, 100 nations together to agree that major in glasgow, england -- i mean scotland, to change the emissions policies we have. we made real progress but enormous task ahead. we have to keep maintaining and recruiting building trades and union electricians for jobs in wind, solar, hydrogen and nuclear, creating more and better jobs. we have to revitalize communities, especially those fence line communities that are smothered by the legacy of pollution. we have to outcompete china and in the world make these technologies here in the united states not have to import them.

folks, when i think about climate change and i've been saying this three years, i think jobs. climate change, i think jobs. almost 100 wind turbines going up off the coast of massachusetts and rhode island with ground broken and work underway. jobs manufacturing 2,500 ton steel foundations that anchor these offshore wind farms to the sea floor. jobs manufacturing jones act vessel in texas to service these offshore wind farms. we are going to make sure that the ocean is open for the clean energy of our future and everything we can do give a green light to wind power on the atlantic coast where my predecessor's actions only created confusion. and today we begin the process to develop wind power in the gulf of mexico as well for the first time. a real opportunity to power

millions of additional homes from wind. let's clear the way. let's clear the way for clean energy and connect these projects to the grid. i've directed my administration to clear every federal hurdle and streamline federal permitting that brings these clean energy projects online right now and right away, and some of you have already come up and talked to me about that. and while so many governors and mayors have been strong partners in this fight to tackle climate change, we need all governors and mayors. we need public utility commissioners and state agency heads. we need electric utilities and developers to stand up and be part of the solution. don't be a roadblock. we all have a duty right now to our economy, to our competitiveness in the world, to the young people of this nation and to future generations. that sounds like hyperbole but

it's not, act boldly on congress. and notwithstanding the leadership of the men and women here today, failed in its duty, not a single republican in congress stepped up to support my climate plan, not one. so let me be clear. climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks i'm going to use the power i have as president to turn these words into formal official government actions through the appropriate proclamations, executive orders and regulatory power that a president possesses. when it comes to fighting climate change, i will not take no for an answer. i will do everything in my power, clean our air and water, protect our people's health, wind, the clean energy of the future. sounds like hyperbole. our children and grandchildren are counting on us. not a joke. not a joke.

if we don't keep it below 1.5 degrees centigrade, we lose it all. we don't get to turn it around. the world is counting on us. is this the united states of america? we put our hearts and minds to it, there's not a single thing beyond our capacity. i mean it when we act together. of all things we should be acting together on, it's climate. it's climate. and by the way, my dear mother, god rest her soul, joey, everything bad something will come good if you look hard enough. we'll create as many more good paying jobs and make environments where people live safer. we're going to make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an opportunity here. i'll bet you when you see what has happened here in this cable construction manufacturing, you go back and ask all the people