>> such a fun segment, steve. nice to meet al and marcia. >> see you tomorrow. >> right. >> well, done, guys, a standoff over securing the border, trying to force the president's hand. if he doesn't discuss it, they will refuse to -- >> i feel like we've heard this story before. >> bill: happy birthday, by the way. >> dana: to percy, not mine. i'm dana perino, this is "america's newsroom." kevin mccarthy says if the bill does not address border

security, he will urge members to vote no, potentially triggering a government shutdown. >> bill: mccarthy is upping the ante, a record two hill whereon apprehensions in a single year, including 80 suspected terrorists, three times as many as we've seen in the past five years combined. >> dana: the surge putting strain on border communities, many are running out of resources and federal help is nowhere to be found. >> leaving a lot of trash. a lot of migrants are dying in the river. all those things are affecting the city. >> right now, it is not safe, especially for a lot of the ranchers. >> the situation, it is not under control. >> we don't know these people. >> dana: following this from capitol hill, good morning, >> we've been watching this border crisis become major

midterm issue and a bigger headache for democrats here on the hill as they just cannot seem to iran out details on immigration reform and just as you mentioned here, house leader kevin mccarthy tweeting if biden and democrats don't use this government-funding bill to address the border crisis immediately, i'm voting no on this bill and i urge my colleagues to do the same. as you mentioned, the government shutdown is looming, just days away. the standoff is tense looming on the hill, there may be another one if the gop flips the house. happening behind closed doors, fox is told kevin mccarthy is presenting commitment to america to the house gop conference, being joined by former speaker newt gingrich and kellyanne conway, who will help him moderate this talk.

one biggest item in mccarthy's plan is securing the border. gop plans to end catch and release and reinstate remain in mexico policy and finish the border wall if they regain majority. democrats are having to confront the border issue all over again because of migrants being sent to sanctuary cities, they are pushing back on this agenda. >> does anyone really take the house republican conference seriously in terms of ideas at this point in time? it is phony, fake and fraudulent, they have not put forward a single legitimate idea over the last 20 months or so. i'm not concerned with anything they are going to present because the american people will see through it clearly. >> the gop just raised the stakes, welcome to the final sprint before the november election.

>> dana: i'm sure we'll see a lot of you. thank you. >> bill: mike gallagher out of wisconsin, good morning, thank you for your time. what do you make of this and how strong do you think the card you are playing could be? >> as the american people see the complete lawlessness at the southern border and the way it affects border states and districts, districts like mine in wisconsin, we're usually talking about canada, we have crime directly related to lawlessness at the southern border that has claimed lives in my district. we have massive problems with fentanyl in my district that is killing people. i think we're on the right side of this issue, it is common sense. we have to have operational control of our southern border and the fact we don't, this immigration embraced open border policy and turned blind eye to remain in mexico, using a border

wall, i think the american people say the chaos that is creating the human tragedy that is creating and have to stand strong. securing the border is the right for the defense of our country and citizens and we need to send a message to people that want to come legally, that is the right way to do it, not incentivize people coming illegally. >> dana: what would republicans demand be in a bill if they were to vote for the government funding? >> i think remain in mexico policy is on the list, i think more funding for the border wall is on the list. maybe insert members of biden administration tell the truth about the border. the vice president was on tv the other day saying despite two million people are coming illegally, including 78 suspected terrory rifts that the border is secure. just be honest with the american people. part of the strategy is to force

honest discussion about the problem we're facing at the southern border and highlight more radical positionsings that democratic party has, there is a faction that wants to defund ice and that is crazy. >> bill: big deals overseas with what is happening with putin and russia. we asked a question yesterday that seems rather apparent and that is this, watch. >> are we effectively at war with russia? >> we are not, not at all. russia is at war inside ukraine and despite the rhetoric we heard from putin trying to make this about west versus russia or united states versus russia ornato versus russia, nothing is further from the truth. >> bill: when you woke up yesterday and heard about the threat of nuclear weapons on behalf of vladamir putin, what did you think as a member of the military yourself? >> i think putin is trying to blackmail us and intimidate the

west and the president missed a massive opportunity to clearly signal if putin were to take this step, this massive escalatory step that nato would respond very forcefully and sending that clear signal gives us best chance of deterring nuclear escalation. time and time again this administration talks itself out of taking steps to give ukraine what is necessary to win. they are delaying attack-ems, it is fear of provocation that is actually causing putin to go further and further. i was disappointed the president didn't take advantage of the forum he had at the un. there is war and broader commodity war where he is leveraging energy weapons against europe and trying to control black sea and the grain trade, that will escalate going forward we need coherent energy

policy which this administration does not have, the president doubled down on the climate agenda and that was disappointing to see. >> dana: congressman mike gallagher, thank you for kicking us off on thursday. >> bill: point at the end about controlling grain you can export out of ukraine, there are referenda scheduled for this weekend, you can assume russia will fix it, two territories russians have occupied several years and two they have not. what the russians said yesterday, you encroach in the russian territory, it would keep the ukrainians out of there and if you use an american weapon, that would go into one of the territories in southern ukraine, how would putin respond to that? that is the level of risk that we're taking as we move step by step through this process after

the threat announced yesterday. watch that development. >> dana: we'll have general jack keane on and will ask him about that. in north dakota, man free after records show he admitted to intentionally hitting an 18-year-old pedestrian with his s.u.v. after a potential political dispute saying he believed thatten too was part of a republican extremist group. matt flynn is live with more on this, lots of questions, matt. >> north dakota highway patrol tells fox news this is an active investigation. this man shannon brandt called 911 after he struck and killed 18-year-old ellington. brandt and the 18 year old had an altercation. the exact details are under investigation, but ellington did

call his mother twice saying he was being chased. court documents show brandt told officers, brandt admitted to striking the pedestrian with his car because he had a political argument with the pedestrian and believed the pedestrian was calling people to come get him. brandt admitted he hit the pedestrian and the pedestrian was part of a republican extremist group. police tell fox news they do not think brandt and ellington knew each other, they have conducted multiple interviews and have not confirmed ellington was part of an extremist group. brandt is charged with vehicle lar homicide and dui, he has lawyered up and stopped talking with police. >> brandt called 911 and identified maybe a political motivation to what was occurring, the only individual

we heard that from so far, we haven't been able to corroborate that. the investigation is ongoing and we're trying to identify witnesses that were present during the street dance that night. i interviewed them to see what they saw and heard. >> fox news reached out to brandt and his attorneys for comment, ellington's mother declined to speak with us. >> bill: fed firing another rate hike, jerome powell says this is far from over, we'll talk to marie coming up in a moment. >> dana: school board elections looming large, driving parents to the poll. >> bill: and how texas is stepping up the fight against drug cartels. >> it's open border, anybody can come in, i am immigrant myself, i think everybody should come legally.

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>> bill: fentanyl deadly impact on young americans on display in los angeles. lapd report seven teens overdosed on suspected fentanyl pills in the last month alone. police investigating whether the most recent overdose were connected to the drugs that killed a 15-year-old girl a week ago. >> dana: terrible. democrats fighting to become next mayor in los angeles. tried to portray each other as corrupt and incapable of solving the city's biggest issues such as crime and homelessness. william is live in l.a. with more. hi, william. >> congresswoman bass called him a liar, he labeled her part of a democratic machine that turned l.a. into a giant homeless camp

with crime so bad they have to take off jewelry before going out. >> the suspect is corrupt, with all due respect to my opponent, she's part of that system. >> in all years of being a developer and look at corruption in city hall, it has been around developers. >> name one time i've been named in any scandal at all in my career, in my life. >> the two clashed over 100,000 dollar scholarship bass got from usc. >> she got a degree taking less classes than studentss took and worked with the dean to push through congress to have taxpayer dollars go back to the same school. >> rick, you know you are misrepresenting that. >> those are words of the federal prosecutor, are you saying the prosecutors are lie something >> no, i'm saying you are. >> she accused caruso of being

out of touch with l.a.'s democratic majority. >> i like the democratic party 10 years ago and i like the democratic party of today because the democratic party of today is more diverse, diverse politically and diverse in every single way. >> it doesn't seem to be accepting me? >> on policy, they are not radically different, add more police, more affordable housing, caruso has more manny, but bass is up by 12 in the last mroel. >> >> dana: a race to watch. thank you. >> texas law enforcement alone has over the past year seized enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in the entire country. cartels are terrorists, and it is time we started treating them that way. >> bill: that is greg abbott and texas sounding alarm over the drug crisis and taking matters

into his own hand signing an executive order yesterday that classifies mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations and he is calling on president biden to do the same. a retired ice special ascombrent and author of "agent under fire," nice to have you back here. >> great to be with you, bill. >> bill: it is a state order, what is the effect of this, do you think? >> i commend governor abbott for taking this bold action, it is way, way overdue, i would love to see the pressure to continue to be placed on the biden administration and see this designation come at the federal level, which is through the state department. cartels are foreign terrorist organizations and need to be categorized the same as isis, al qaeda and the org organizations.

we've wean with fentanyl and meth, this is bold action and will take multi-jurisdictional effort here, not just a state that can do it by themselves, we need the help of feds and other agencies. >> bill: you are not getting help from the feds and president biden based on actions he has or has not taken, is not going for this. >> i understand that, bill. it is frustrating. yesterday i was in eagle pass and it is incredible to see that the federal agent, border patrol agent, hsi, dea, want to secure and take out the cartels, but the biden administration won't let them, department of homeland security will tie their hands and this is a step in the right direction, see how this moves and how many people we can interdict and identify in the state of texas, remember cartels

are present in our country, and every state in this country. if they're dealing with terrorist organizations, we must take them out and i line this out in my book. >> bill: president biden two days ago, didn't talk about mexico or cartels, he talked about driving the new wave of migrants, is that the case you are finding out now? >> well, i'll tell you what, i saw firsthand last couple days and venezuelans, and i've been talking about this before official intelereport confirming venezuela is sending criminals, releasing them from prisons and rehab centers and these are bad individuals, hard-core criminals that are being released on purpose, they know they are going to be making their way to

the united states and i saw them in eagle pass, texas the last couple days. the criminal history might not necessarily pop up when the board patrol checks because venezuela will not use the databases on purpose and we are letting them in and into your communities, it's a bad deal. >> bill: we saw another migrant bus arrive in new york today, what do you make of this transportation? martha vineyard is the headline. one venezuelan got off the bus, i feel fortunate the governor put me on a bus to washington, referring to abbott in texas, it opened up doors for me, that was the quote he made when he arrived in washington, d.c., what do you make of that? >> i have different opinions, bussing is good in sense it has

made the democrats, forcing them to pay attention to the crisis at the border. now they are seeing it is happening. i want to see individuals be held at the line of the border, enforce immigration laws. most individuals do not qualify for asylum, criteria not being followed and i want our constitution to be followed and want to put pressure on the government of meteorologist and see what role they are playing, there is no accountability placed on them and i want to see our government do that, as well. >> bill: thank you so much, victor avila, thanks for coming back today. >> dana: three u.s. veterans captured in ukraine are on their way home and what saudi arabia had to do with that. federal reserve raising interest rates, stroking fears of

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from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. >> dana: we have the opening bell just now and markets are going to start reacting any moment after the fed raises interest yet again. maria bartiromo is here in person with us now as we see we're off to the races now. your thoughts after this news yesterday. it was anticipated. >> maria: it was. bill, dana, most people were expecting 75-point hike, that is what we got. this will impact the broad economic story, it will impact growth and jobs, fed trying to slam on the brake, slow down the

economy, slow things down and we're seeing that now. >> bill: jerome powell, quick click from yesterday said this. >> all of those things, higher interest rates, slower growth and softening labor market are all painful for the public that we serve, they are not as painful as failing to restore price stability and having to come back and do it down the road again and doing it at a time when actually now people have really come to expect high inflation. >> bill: what he says there is true, but it takes a while to know whether an interest rate increase is having the desired effect that you want, does it not? >> maria: hasn't taken long in housing market, talk about double in term of rates for mortgages. it was 2.8 a year ago, people say, i can't afford that mortgage right now, it will be

four, five, six hundred more and i am not budgeting for that. it will impact industries, in the housing market, you are seeing a slow down, hope prices will come down, they were heating up huge. you are getting good sticker shock, high home prices, high interest rates, makes mortgage more expensive and you say, i will not buy, i will rent and you got sticker shock. yesterday jerome powell says shelter inflation will be with us for a long time, shelter, renting, buying home, higher prices, higher cost for rent, will be with us for a long time, it will take some time to come down in price. >> dana: there is statistic that is astounding how many millions of americans are behind on energy payment. >> maria: energy is major issue, electricity prices are soaring and oil is off the highs of the

last year, we're talking about elevated prices going into the colder months, heating oil will see increase in demand. i expect energy to go back up, these are essentials, food, fuel and shelter, costing more than we expected and it is going to cut into demand. >> bill: economic forecast is not good, gdp growth, all in the wrong direction, for 2023, down 1.2, 2024, and then maybe you get to 4% unemployment plus in 2023, as well. >> maria: we are not seeing acknowledgment of this by the house. yesterday jerome powell is doing everything, raising interest rates on the federal side, the white house is the democratic policies, more responding and that got us here, all this stimulus, fact we have half trillion dollar bail out for

student loans speaks to that. we have a rail strike that is possible, they are voting today to see if we will see the rail workers go on strike. nobody wants a strike for the rail workers that will add another complication to the economy, but when that does go through, we're talking about increase in wages of more than 14% potentially for rail workers, where do you think other unions are going to say when they see their colleagues on the rail getting a 14% increase? expect more strikes. more we give into this stuff is only going to create more power for the labor unions and that may complicate things more, this is a story to watch. >> dana: if you're a viewer at home and you're thinking about planning over the next three months or four months, what should people be prepared for? >> maria: this is the right question, people have to understand there are curveballs coming at us and whether an individual or corporation, you plan for that, what can you do

to prepare for what will be a much tougher economic backdrop in the year ahead? get out of debt. get your personal debt lower, better you will be. have income, buy dividend payers, have income in case the worst case happens, you lose your job issue get cut in hours. we're seeing layoffs begin in financial services, technology, job cuts, freezing, hiring is upon haing that will only increase. >> bill: dow 30,000 number we're flirting with it again, it affects the mentality of a lot of people who invest or have a lot of money in their 401(k). >> maria: allen greenspan used to talk about the wealth effect in the stock market. you see your 401(k) is lower, inments lose, you pull it in and change your behavior. earnings estimates are too high and they will come down and it will affect the stock market.

i don't think this is staying, you have pockets of wall street saying we expect deep and long recession, others are not expecting so much, it is not across the board agreed upon deep recession, but it looks like we're headed there in '23, looks like you want to be prepared. >> bill: she was the canary in the coalmine. >> dana: i remember the day transitory was explained to us. >> maria: it was true, it was never transitory, was it? >> dana: so true. >> bill: from overseas saudi arabia helped broker prisoner swap between ukraine. two american veterans were captured while fighting in ushg yoo. fox news spoke with saudi arabia foreign minister, eric has that story, what did you hear? >> the two american citizens were freed, they were held by

russian-backed forces for months and conducted interview with saudi arabia foreign minister. they are free thanks to efforts of saudi arabia crown prince bin salomon. they were captured by russian forces last june, they were freed as part of pow's between talks with putin and ukraine and the crown prince. saudi foreign minister, in an exclusive interview with me said the crown prince was able to talk to putin directly and convince putin to do the right thing and release the men. >> there is always complications, in the end he was

able to convince president putin this is humanitarian gesture worth while. >> told the post, i never dreamed it was a possibility the saudi government would be able to do something like this. the foreign minister told me that the kingdom serving as mediator between putin and zelenskyy, could potentially and hopefully lead to eventual end of the war. >> we believe engagement is important and working toward settlement is critical, ukraine and ukraine sovereigntissuing y and addresses concern of all parties in a way that prevents further bloodshed and what is important, we stop bloodshed and suffering of the individuals affected by any conflict. >> the foreign minister says he feels great the talks between the crown prince and putin

worked and he is waiting to watch them on television to be reunited with their families in alabama, those men in the u.s. embassy and gone through health checks and we expect they will be home soon. >> bill: what a story, eric, thank you here in new york. >> dana: congressional district redrawn in a blue state. can a republican win there? he will make his case next. midterms are not just about congress, school board races taking their turn in the national spotlight. we'll tell you why. striving to reach the ultimate goal of zero poverty takes more than everyone's hopes and dreams. at citi, it takes a financial commitment to companies who empower people to lift themselves up. it takes funding and building on our know-how to help communities grow. that's how citi is helping create a better future by committing one trillion dollars in sustainable finance by 2030. because it takes everything to reach zero poverty. ♪ ♪

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>> dana: the spotlight on the midterm election. >> the balance of power is on the line. >> every race, every vote is critical. this is the big test for both parties. crime, immigration, education, the economy, the results could change the course of this country. it's time to make your voice heard and we have it all covered right here. democracy 2022, your freedom, your vote. >> dana: they used to get attention during local news, but no more, school board races are more competitive and contentious and becoming latest national

battleground. lucas tomlinson, what is going on with school boards? >> good morning, republicans are banking on education playing big role in the upcoming election, issues like critical race theory, boosted ron desantis and propelled youngkin to victory last year, first republican to win in virginia since 2009. here they are. >> i think the left has gone so radical, they want to use schools to indoctrinate our kids and that is not what american people want, schools are to educate kids. >> we have made no decisions as of yet, school boards matter, very much so, we'll continue to review and make decisions shortly. >> conservative 1776 pact endorsed candidates and raised $2 million. many republicans think

conservative candidates have momentum, democrats in northern virginia think children are being used as pawns. >> what worries me most, these people that are politicizing them are using our children for their own gain. they are taking stories and mixing up some information and just trying to use for their own political gain. >> one school board candidate in loudoun county. >> i am not sharing my parenting with a government organization and this is the hill that i will die on. >> just another example of how passionate parents are and on school boards when this comes to children's education. >> dana: something we'll be watching. >> bill: a number of races will determine control of the house on election night. both sides fighting hard for new york's 18th, hudson river valley north of new york city, latest power

ranking shows the race to be toss-up. collin smith, the republican, joins us now, good morning to you. >> welcome. >> you're a military man, pat ryan is a military man, as well, how do you see the contest as of today? >> this is the most competitive race in the state of new york most likely to flip from democrat to republican control in the state of new york, since finaled in june, hit 140,000 voter contacts, doors, phone calls and connecting with voters talking about issues, the economy, public safety, supporting law enforcement, securing our border and just a little over 40 days until election day and feel confident it willing a win come november 8th. >> dana: inflation, high prices, abortion and the economy, you are being attacked on the abortion issue, going after

republican candidates on the issue, when knocking on are doos, do you hear about that? >> number one thing we hear is economy, inflation, cost of living, baby formula shortage, we have seniors, we knock on doors and they say they walk to shop rite, and get three items and now they can only get two items, what two items and they are not getting shrimp and lobster, basic meat, cheese and egg, this is type of problem we're hearing people who are very upset about they can't live the life they would like to live, they want to go about day-to-day business, feed their family and they cannot right now in the biden economy. >> bill: i got this flyer in the mail yesterday going after lee zeldin who wants to be republican governor in new york, interesting race, we'll see, all about abortion, this entire flyer. there was a special election in new york a month ago,

congressional district 19 and your opponent won that race, but all these issues were out during that race itself. the bail issue, crime issues issue the economy, immigration and the democrats took that district. that was a bit of a stunner, i'm left to ask and wonder, why did they win? >> big difference between districts, like completely different district my district versus that district, little overlap. this was a random tuesday in august, about six democrat primaries, no republican primaries so people were being pushed out to vote in democratic primaries and you saw people didn't show up to vote, that is example, if you are concerned with direction of this country, secure a border, fed up with how the economy is going, show up november 8th. that is why we've been delivering the message, if you are fed up with party control in

new york from the state house to white house, dealing with one party democratic control and best chance to change that is flip the new york 18th congressional district. >> dana: how do issues weigh in here? crime is polling for republicans well in state of new york. >> crime and support for law enforcement is big issue in my district, my district, has highest percentage of active and retired nypd and fdny citizens in new york. they are dealing with law enforcement and safety issues we have here in new york city and across the state with failed no bail law, that is something we're talking about on repeated basis, i'm proud to have over 15 law enforcement organizations that have endorsed me and we're showing you can support law enforcement to keep our xh communities safe. my opponent said they want to disarm police, take away weapons

and protective equipment from police, this does not make hudson valley families safe and we need to turn that around. >> bill: eastern time zone, we will get early results, leans democrat slightly, you're predicting a win, we'll see if that happens. >> we'll deliver victory and looking forward to it. >> bill: nice to meet you. >> dana: senate race in pennsylvania growing tighter with 47 days to go as john fetterman lead continue to shrink as questions swirl about his ability to serve and democrats on house oversight committee rejecting effort to obtain documents related to biden family overseas deals, how republicans will handle the probe if they take back the house. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? they're investing with merrill. think miss allen is texting for backup? no she's totally in charge.

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sixth day over the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by morality police for wearing her hijab too loosely. demonstrators have been calling for downfall of the republic. the regime said she died of a heart attack. protests are growing in number, something is happening there. >> bill: you see the stuff out of iran, we have seen similar movements in the past and they never quite seem to get there, do they? >> dana: they don't, one reason, we don't do enough to support them, in my opinion. >> bill: could be, okay. former president donald trump firing back against letitia james over allegations of fraud and calling it a political hit

job. david lee miller has that from our newsroom. >> the former president says he turned down the chance to reach agreement with the attorney general who filed against mr. trump and his children. according to the suit, trump received favorable treatment from banks, trump says it is politically motivated and agreeing to settle would have damaged his reputation. >> i had a problem, how do you pay something, even a small amount of money, if you're not guilty, this is just a continuation of a witch hunt that began when i came down the escalator at trump tower with our great future first lady who has done a great job. >> among the properties cited in the lawsuit is mar-a-lago, saying trump valued it at $735

million, and the closer value is close to 75, the number of inflated assets contained in the financial statements, she says is staggering. the bank who loaned money had obligation to do their homework when reviewing financial documents. >> we have a disclaimer on front that says, get your own people, at your own risk, this was done by management, so don't rely on the statement you are getting and it goes on for a page and a half, a very big disclaimer. >> trump's former attorney general william barr who disagrees with election fraud calls this a hit job, adding loans in question were paid back and one thing to note, this is a civil lawsuit, but let's, the attorney general, has said she believes there may be possible criminal violation and refers it

to the u.s. attorney for the southern district and the i.r.s. >> bill: thank you, david lee miller in new york. >> dana: crime and abortion on the ballot with control of congress hanging in the balance and some high-profile races are heating up as candidates go after key voting blocks, midterm election less than two weeks away. i'm dana perino. >> i'm bill hemmer. dana perino wearing our summer jackets. >> bill: female voters looking at important policy issues when picking candidates especially in north carolina where suburban women will likely be key to republicans keeping that open senate seat. kellyanne conway last night telling bret baier what has been motivating voters just about