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lightfoot loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status. she calls the busing plan racist. james comer giving props to the texas governor. >> i think many more blue cities will have to be sent migrants. but this is working. this was a great idea by governor abbott. all the fentanyl coming across our border and the human trafficking coming across our border and the crime is a direct result of the biden administration having an open border policy. welcoming these people across the border. and i am glad that these big city mayors thanks to governor abbott are now seeing the problem with having an influx of people that come in. >> sandra: matt finn is live in eagle pass, texas, on the ground. migrants first cross over in the country there. matt. >> good morning, sandra. a lot of the migrants being bused to chicago, new york and

washington, d.c., they cross into the country right here in eagle pass, texas. this is one of the busiest ports of entry in all the southern border. we want to show you live some drone video of an ongoing rescue mission in the rio grande river. the river is raging very fast right now. the water levels are very high because there have been a few days of rain here. the national guard is out in the river with rafts and boats attempting to rescue and help facilitate migrants who are coming from the mexican side of the river here into the united states. over the past couple of days some of the migrant groups have slowed down because the river was moving so fast. now picking up again today and we're seeing migrants make a potentially deadly cross into the rio grande river that is moving very fast. national guard is doing everything they can to prevent anymore drownings here. we'll keep you updated on the rescue mission happening now. this morning we've seen 150

migrants cross by foot and others swam across the river. they are wet and hugging loved ones, mother hugging a child. they made it across the river alive. fox news did a ride along with the police chief in a small town, texas not far from the border. a police chief pulled over a man from san antonio saying he drove to the border to see his aunt but he was given coordinates to pick up migrants and paid based on how many fit into his truck. the police chief tells us smugglers don't look like a menacing criminal. now everyday people who might want to make quick money by picking up migrants and giving them a ride. >> we have nurses that have done it, teachers, we have teenagers that are being targeted because, you know, easy money for a teenager. one of the oldest people we've appear rehenlded was a 77-year-old woman out here picking up people she doesn't

even know. all for a quick buck. >> switching from texas to southern california a group of migrants. people from 12 nations were apprehended. some from somalia, india, afghanistan, ethiopia and pakistan. here on the border as we have been reporting the d.e.a. is giving a dire warning about the rainbow colored fentanyl. they say it is designed to look like candy and appeal to children and young adults. they say that mexican cartels are bringing the majority of that candy-colored fentanyl into the united states right here at the border. sandra. >> sandra: thank you. newt gingrich, fox news political analyst and former house speaker. great to sigh. thank you very much for joining us. do you agree with the governor to send bus loads of migrants now to cities like chicago as well? >> i think governor abbott

represents the desperation that you get along the border states. whether it's arizona, new mexico, texas, to some extent california. the sheer number of illegal immigrants pouring in, well over 2 million so far in the biden administration. if you count the ones they aren't catching, maybe as much as 3 million people have poured in. some of them are dangerous. we were told just yesterday that three illegal immigrants apparently are being charged with killing a deputy sheriff in north carolina. what abbott has done is clever saying to the northern liberal states if you want to be a sanctuary city, let me ship you a whole bunch of folks so you can practice being a sanctuary. i think that the liberal mayors all of a sudden find themselves faced with the realization that the problem on the border can't just be a texas problem. it is an american problem. and i think governor abbott is right to try to communicate

that to the whole country. >> sandra: it is also an american problem now to deal with this massive amount of drugs flowing over the border and now there are more massive drug seizures that we're seeing happen at the border, speaker. agents found nearly 12 million dollars worth of cocaine in a shipment labeled baby wipes near laredo, texas, 2,000 packages of the drug. the biggest cocaine bust in 20 years coming after a warning about rainbow fentanyl coming over the border. the white house was pressed on that yesterday. >> the big problem now that rainbow fentanyl. what is the president doing about this? >> we just talked about the day, the overdose awareness day that we are observing today. >> americans life expect tan sees are going down at a rate not seen in a century and that is being driven by drug

overdoses. >> we see those same numbers as well. the fact that we are securing the border, the fact that we're securing record levels of funding from d.h.s. so they can stop illicit drugs from entering into the country. >> 300 overdoses a day. >> i hear you. 200% of increase of drug and fentanyl seizures. >> fentanyl is coming in. people are dying. >> to say we're not doing enough, peter, is just falsely, categorically wrong. if republicans want to help us stop overdose and stop our kids getting overdosed because of these dangerous drugs, because of these fentanyl we're seeing in the streets, we're happy to work with them but they're not. >> sandra: is the goal to blame republicans for the drugs flowing over our southern border? >> look, the level of dishonesty in that interview is astonishing. the fact that they could suggest they are controlling

the border? you just saw footage of how uncontrolled the border is. and this is an administration which every single day lies to the american people. we have to recognize something which neither party has taken on as much as they have to. in many ways, mexico is becoming a failed state. the cartels have enormous power in mexico and as long as the cartels are as powerful as they are, i think they are a real danger to the united states not just from drugs but presently they will start exerting the same kind of violence here that they routinely exert in mexico. that's something people need to really think about. we have gone a long period of assuming our southern border was safe. now it is not only open but our next door neighbor is increasingly dominated by very violent organizations that are, i think, ultimately going to also seep into the united states and who get most of their money, frankly, from sales in the united states.

>> sandra: cocaine marked as baby wipes. fentanyl looking like children's candy. it is a scary time watching the drugs flow over the border. thank you for joining us. federal judge is set to hear arguments in just a couple of hours. the hearing over former president trump's request for an independent special master to review documents the f.b.i. seized during that raid of his florida home last month. the justice department says a special master appointment could harm national security interests. trump's attorneys slammed the d.o.j. saying it is calling for unchecked power in overseeing its investigation. david spunt in live in west palm beach florida with the latest as we approach. this all happening this afternoon. >> hi, sandra. the government is investigating the former president of the united states for potential obstruction of justice charges,

not being candid about answers and potentially moving evidence and not being forthright with justice department officials. the trump team filed a 19-page response to the government last night. the word obstruction or obstruct was not mentioned once in that document. today here at federal court the focus is on the special master. for those who have not followed, the special master is a neutral third party arbiter to come in, look at some of the evidence taken from mar-a-lago and potentially return some evidence, sandra, that is outside the scope of the investigation. the department of justice says a special master is not necessary because d.o.j. already had a neutral third party filter team complete a review of the evidence and d.o.j. claims to have the situation under control. the trump legal team said in the filing last night the government appears to argue simultaneously that a special master is unnecessary because the review is complete and that a special master is inappropriate because such an appointment would interfere

with the review process. the trump team goes on to say the subject of a search warrant, which means the former president always has the ability to seek neutral review of seized materials. the government says as an initial matter the former president lacks standing to seek judicial relief of oversight as to presidential records because those records do not belong to him. the presidential records act makes clear the united states has complete ownership, possession and control of them. the decision will rest today with federal judge appointed to the federal bench by president trump. she may decide on this or take time to think about it. a special master could be a retired judge, local attorney. someone not connected with the case. the hearing kicks off at 1:00 p.m. and expected to be quite lengthy. we're in uncharted territory involving a former president. >> sandra: we'll have the

breaking news this afternoon on america reports. alarming new data showing the impact of pandemic school shutdowns on american children. decades of problems wiped away in just two years. a grim outlook on how long it will take to get it back. plus the white house claim on how it is paying for that student debt hand-out getting loads of backlash. >> to say that we have deficit reduction in place and therefore somehow that is going to cover the $500 billion that we're spending on student loan forgiveness, it is disingenuous and we haven't heard anything better from the biden administration. >> sandra: you know how it goes. the white house's story and they are sticking to it. what it all means for the american taxpayer. wisconsin senator ron johnson up next. why hide your skin if you can help heal your skin from within? dupixent helps keep you one step ahead of eczema

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>> sandra: confirmation of the devastating consequences pandemic school shutdowns had on american children. recent scores on a key national test show a massive drop over the last two years in fourth graders' education progress. "new york times" headline reads the pandemic erased two decades of progress. david lee miller is live with more on what we're seeing in this latest report. david lee. >> the nation's schools got a failing grade based on a government report that showed a big drop in post pandemic math and reading test scores for 9-year-olds. test results from this year compared to early 2020 showed a 7 point decline in math.

that's the first ever decrease since that data was first collected back in 1973. reading scores also suffered down 5 points. the largest drop in three decades. in both subjects, kids who already didn't do well in school had an even tougher time during the pandemic. so-called lower performing students had greater declines in test scores. education policy expert warns the findsings are a predictor of how well students might do in higher grades. >> i worry about the future given these scores because students who score low in early elementary school and then certainly moving into middle school are much less likely to see themselves as students and really engage in school. >> the study found that kids who performed the best during the pandemic had use of a computer, tablet and access to high speed internet.

students with higher test scores also had a teacher available to help with schoolwork almost every day. another takeaway from the data reveals the pandemic increased students seeking mental health services and resulted in more absenteeism. increased school violence and cyberbullying. >> sandra: we'll dig into that in a second. senator ron johnson is joining me now, republican of wisconsin who sits on several committees. great to see you. this is devastating, this report. it points out fourth graders being hit the hardest. but the declines, the report said, span almost all races, income levels and were markedly worse for the lowest performing students. they said i was taken aback by the scope and magnitude of this decline. this could take years to regain

that lost learning. >> so, sandra, i don't see how anybody can take a look to our response to covid and conclude it was a miserable failure. over a million americans dead. human toll of the economic devastation, what we did to our children. in addition to this study, rhode island hospital and brown university conducted a study that showed there was a 22-point drop in i.q. in infants born during the pandemic. what is so tragic about how we harmed our children during our responses, it wasn't driven by the science. school shutdowns and cdc response to how we were going to handle children was largely driven by the teachers unions. i've written oversight letters in terms of communication between the cdc and health agencies and the teachers unions and i have gotten no response. so this was not driven by science. remember how everybody was vilifying sweden because they

didn't shut down their schools? their children went to school, didn't wear masks. sweden's death per million is only 59% of america's. 1,894 people were million versus u.s. 3,223 people dead per million. not one of those swedish school children died from covid and teachers had a lower infection rate. our response driven by people like fauci and federal health agencies miserably failed in protecting americans and done great harm to our children. >> sandra: i'll ask you more how you and the republican party, if you regain control, plan to hold people like dr. fauci accountable. while i also note by the way the minority groups that are hit the hardest by that lost learning. black students lost 13 points compared to 5 points compared to white students.

i want to ask about the massive student loan hand-out. you are talking $500 billion. the white house, senator, as you well know continues to insist this is all paid for. how? with deficit spending. because of the drop in the federal deficit this won't cost americans anything. to that you say what? >> they are completely detached from reality. as i have been traveling around the state since this was announced, this is a major area of conversation and people are outraged by it. individuals that worked hard, sacrificed, paid off student loans or people working hard and never went to college at all, that debt is being transferred to their backs. it is grotesquely unfair and people are very upset about it. i think it was the penn wharton estimate about a trillion dollars. there is not a trillion dollars of deficit relief and doubt there will be deficit relief in anything the democrats have

done. they are spending at john mccain said like drunken sailors, completely out of control. our spending is completely out of control and this will add to the mortgaging of our children's future. >> sandra: they are insisting and doing interviews insisting gerad bernstein taking that. >> take credit for lowering the deficit by a trillion dollars because we aren't spending it on emergency and somehow we got the slush fund of 1.2 billion to work with, it's disingenuous and we haven't heard anything better from the biden administration on where you will pay for this. >> sandra: they are having a hard time explaining to the american people how the lower income, middle class american families aren't going to be on the hook for this. >> listen, we're 30.8 trillion in debt. annual deficits are exceeding a trillion dollars and we spent during the covid relief.

democrats pilled on around 1.9 trillion of deficit spending of money we don't have that sparked inflation. the dollar you held at the start of the biden administration is only worth 88.3 cents. it is devastating for seniors and all of us. they have completely mismanaged our economy. two quarters of negative growth. our economy is shrinking, called a recession. they are throwing another trillion dollars of debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren. it is outrageous and has to stop. >> sandra: you mentioned dr. fauci a short time ago and you wanting to hold him accountable for the shutdowns and lost learning we just talked about. we are hearing more and more republicans, members of your party vowing retribution if you win back the majority in either the house or the senate or both in the mid-term elections. some of the targets we've heard from your party, dr. fauci, a.g. garland and president

biden himself. who is a priority for you? >> i want the truth. the priority to me is the truth. we need to expose what happened and need to expose the corruption. we need to expose the fact they weren't following science, politicized covid and exposed the fact they did not explore early treatment with cheap generic drugs that i believe worked because i referred a lot of patients to doctors who use them. i want the truth. i'm not going after anybody. i want the truth. the american public deserves the truth and need to understand what happened so it doesn't happen again. >> sandra: what do you believe is going to happen come the fall? >> i am not a political pundit. i have my own tough race. ron johnson for senate .com if you want the truths exposed. >> sandra: thank you for your time today. >> have a good day. >> sandra: kathy hochul claiming the days of good guys with guns are over.

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fixes don't cut it. stop passing the buck. gianno caldwell is here. we have had extensive conversation about the crime we're seeing in chicago. now you have the new york governor basically saying there is never a reason where a good guy or gal with a gun can make a situation better. especially in a city where soft on crime policies are letting these criminals run rampant. >> she hasn't heard about the shooter in indianapolis that stop a gunman. 30% increase in overall crime. six of seven major crime indexes show 40% increase in grand larceny. 40% increase in other areas. this has become disturbing what

we see across our great american cities. new york city was a beacon of light for so many people. now they are scared to visit. this is disturbing. the bail reform that took place in 2020, the one that took effect in 2020 is allowing criminals to go in and out of the system. judges have less discretion when it comes to what amount they can put on in terms of bail. you see report from the "new york post" where 10 suspects, 10 people charged with crime committed almost 500 crimes since bail reform took effect. she really needs to look in her own backyard. clearly before making comments which i know is all about the state of new york but certainly across the country. it is not helpful and the city is seeing outrageous increases in crime. >> sandra: why does it always feel like the democrats are targeting the legal, lawful gun

owners rather than targeting the violent criminals walking our streets? >> democrats are targeting unfairness. our cash bail system has only worked for the rich and wealthy. if you can afford to bail yourself out of jail you get your get out of jail free card. if you are poor and did not commit a crime you are stuck in the system. for example, one man spent time in ryker's for a crime he didn't commit 700 days in solitary confinement and later committed suicide. there is a real problem that the governor and democrats across the country are trying to address. judges do have judicial discretion. it does exist and they can decide when and where someone should get bail and be able to walk the streets. the cops have a tough job. we'll continue to see this go throughout the cycle. i know republicans are running on bail reform but it's something that only helps the wealthy. >> sandra: i don't think that quite addresses the question. why are they targeting lawful gun owners rather than those

using guns violently, that hold them illegally, to carry out crimes. they let them on the streets. on a national scale the "wall street journal" editorial board is kolg out president biden for his speech this week and crime control saying he misidentified the crime culture. it's a welcome line but remember that in 2020 such sentiments like defund police it was in the democratic party. mr. biden didn't offer any serious ideas to improve law enforcement. his speech was an exercise in damage control, not crime control. because gianno, can you point to any one policy that has been implemented by this white house that has effectively targeted criminals?

>> no. they don't want to mention that. we talked about this yesterday. democrats across the country believe that codling criminals is the way to get and stay elected. we have seen that demonstrated time and time again. kamala harris chipping into the bail fund which they raised $40 million and some of the people let out of jail committed more crimes and i believe one committed a murder. when you consider the fact they believe this is a popular issue or was a popular issue in 2020, but now they've seen the results with suburban voters, especially suburban women who said enough is enough. my kids shouldn't be in fear of going to school every day. which is a lot of things that children fear in chicago and places like new york. they need to speak up loudly and clearly but they lost that opportunity. so now republicans have been saying we don't need to defund police but strengthen the policies and fund our police. democrats have lost the microphone on this one. >> sandra: while this white

house continues to have a lot of crises on its plate it seems to continue to prioritize one thing, and that is electric cars and moving in that direction of cleaner green energy in this country no matter the cost. a massive heat wave is putting california's electric car hypocrisy on full display. governor newsom now asking californians to restrict electricity use from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. every day coming just after the state banned the purchase of new gas-powered vehicles by the year 2035. a new oped with the headline no fun in the california sun. heat waves aren't unusual. not long ago california and other states were able to manage through them without having to resort to emergency measures. no more. better hold onto that gas guzzler if you want to drive to the beach to escape the heat. house republican whip steve scalise sounded off tweeting this is what democrat control

looks like. they want it nationwide. what a joke. no matter where you stand on this issue, what we see, desirae, is the party continuing to move this direction while the market can't support it. >> look, what is happening is we're in a situation where climate change is real and governors and policymakers are trying to make decisions that will allow us to continue to enjoy the air we breathe and the water we breathe and land we cherish. now what we're doing isn't working. we're asking everyone to pay their fair share and do what they can to help save the planet i think is a good thing. it is not something we should penalize. i want to go back to something gianno said. suburban women coming to a reckoning. it is about the supreme court decision on abortion.

>> i can see the democratic party is the party of the elites. i don't know people that can afford to spend $75,000 on an electric vehicle. so when you think about what they are doing to people placing a tax on them and they are really disenfranchising the poor. it makes no sense to me what they're doing and many other people, either. >> there are people in mississippi right now who don't have clean water because of poor decisions by republican governors. >> sandra: the debate will continue. it will show up as one of the priorities come the mid-term elections for voters. we'll be watching it. thanks to both of you for joining us. critics slamming the president for not showing up to work so much. new report shows how much me time the commander-in-chief has enjoyed. likely be more than this when the president speaks tonight. >> president biden: maga

republicans don't just threaten our rights and security. they are a threat to our very democracy. let me tell you about this ultra-maga agenda. it is extreme as most maga things are. >> sandra: the white house defending the attacks and checking republicans from the briefing room podium. marc thiessen has strong thoughts on this and he will join us next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ does it get better than never getting lost? ♪

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>> sandra: a team of u.n. inspectors are at a nuclear power plant in southeast ukraine seized by putin's troops. the mission comes after a strike from a mortar shell forced operators to shut down a reactor. alex hogan is live in kyiv for us at this hour. hi, alex. >> hi, sandra. the iaea it received assurances from both ukraine and russia it would be safe for them to enter the facility but a very different story playing out on the ground. take a listen. >> large explosions today within miles of the

zaporizhzhya power plant and continued shelling at the site forced the shutdown of the main reactor. now that they've made it. the director general said the functional work really can begin. >> we are going to start immediately an assessment of the security and safety situation at the plant. >> in the hours since the iaea since it has been able to collect a lot of crucial information what the situation has been like at the site for the last several months. this agency says it will keep at least a handful of representatives there in the future just over this growing nuclear threat. >> sandra: alex hogan in kyiv for us. thank you. >> does the white house believe this is a fair criticism by republicans that this is not unifying language? >> there has been a consistent

call-out from the president about what he is seeing from an extreme part of this party, of the republican party. he have has the obligation to speak out against our democracy. >> sandra: white house defending president biden's attack on the anti-maga group and using more rhetoric on that after he compared trump supporters to semi fascism. and she even named several g.o.p. lawmakers as well as president trump and governor desantis. the "new york post" editorial board calling it his latest, lowest drive to divide america saying quote, president joe biden probably won't role out the semi fascist charge in his speech thursday night but his blend of hot truths and outright lies to portray the entire republican party as a danger to our democracy.

>> the problem with joe biden is he does not understand the soul of america. the tens of millions of law abiding hard working citizens he vilifies. all he does is vilify them to distract from the disasters and no plan he has to save america from where we are today. >> sandra: marc thiessen joining us, fox news contributor and former white house speech writer. it is a missed opportunity, isn't it, if the president doesn't step up and try to unite the country as he promised as candidate joe biden? >> this is -- he didn't promise to divide us but unite us and his whole soul bringing america together. we need to turn down the rhetoric and stop looking at each other as enemies and turns around and calls republicans semi fascists. not the worst thing he said. in january he compared

republicans and people who disagree with him on election reform is racist and said they were enemies of the united states of america. delaware acceptance speech he said we're not enemies, but fellow americans. a year later almost to the day he calls republicans enemies of the united states of america. so and the idea that he is going to give a prime time presidential address to unleash these kinds of attacks, i was the presidential speech writer and i wrote numerous prime time presidential addresses to the nation. they all had to do with a major policy initiative, responding to a tragedy like hurricane katrina or announcing some major policy initiative. i went back and looked at every president. not one have asked the networks to preempt programming to attack the other party before election day. it's unprecedented. >> sandra: not stopping the media from also parroting the

anti-maga rhetoric. listen. >> now we're in the third chapter which is leading us to the election to fight for the soul of our country and democracy. we are watching right now a very radical and extreme republican party mirror what we have seen in other places like nazi germany. this is a very dangerous line that the republican party is under full embrace of autocratic ways and means is nothing but disastrous and we have to stop it. >> sandra: "washington post" columnist claiming there is a good reason so many maga republicans are embracing semi fascism saying the party is out of touch with real america. >> republicans are embracing semi-fascism. i haven't seen a single person embrace it. what is a semi-fascist. you are either a fascist or not. there is no in between. look, as far as the maga

agenda, most people look back and say life -- compared with what's going on now life was good under the maga agenda. we had inflation was low, businesses could find workers, economy was growing, wages were rising, border was under control, crime was under control. gas was cheap, america was energy independent. enemies around the world feared and respected us and no shortage of baby formula. the maga agenda is not such a bad agenda when it comes to the actual policies of the trump administration. today none of that is true. the opposite is true on every front. i don't know that complaining about the maga agenda will have the effect he thinks it will. >> sandra: marc, with the minute or so we have left here. a lot of folks and critics are tearing into the president for spending 40% of his days as president away from the white house. president biden has spent 234 days on vacation out of his 589 total days in office.

rnc chairwoman said voters want republicans who actually show up to work. soon democrats will be able to join biden on his weekly vacations when americans vote them out in less than 70 days. the white house spokesperson pushing back on that saying it is a non-stop position. biden can do it from anywhere in the world and regardless of location he has taken fewer vacation days than the modern norm. your response, marc. >> i worked for george w. bush and he went to his ranch in crawford a lot but working on the ranch between cutting brunch and biking he was doing meetings with commanders in the field and having policy meetings. invited a lot of foreign leaders to his ranch which i haven't seen biden do. people wouldn't care about biden's vacations if things were going well in the country. if we didn't have the worst inflation and crime wave and the worst border crisis in american history. when americans are choosing between gas and food, they don't want to see the president biking on the beach. so if he does a better job he

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