america. >> and all i can say is, enough said. [laughter] david: i agree. i agree. thank you, dan. and remember, if you have your own hit or miss, be sure to tweet it to us at jer on nfc. thanks to my panel, i'm david asman. paul gigot is back next week. we hope to see you then. arthel: florida governor ron desantis declaring a statewide emergency as. procall storm ian strengthens in the caribbean, saying it could become a major hurricane. residents are heeding the warning today, preparing for the worst but hoping for the best with. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. welcome to "fox news live." eric: held elope, everyone, thank you for joining us. we are following two other major stories, the humanitarian crisis at the southern border taking another tragic turn. fox news learning that the suspect in the hit and run death of a florida sheriff's deputy was in the u.s. illegally, and

that for the second time. and president biden spending the weekend in delaware after he slammed the gop's new commitment to america plan. it was a speech that he gave to the nation's largest teachers' union. we have live fox news team coverage on all of this. alexis mcadams is at the southern border, lucas tomlin tomlinson in delaware with the president, max gorden in florida as the residents there prepare for a possible hurricane. but first to adam klotz in the fox weather center on what's going to turn the sunshine state into a wet and windy state soon. adam: hey, eric. yeah, you're absolutely right. this is the system that's making that move, still a tropical storm as we speak. winds at 45 miles an hour, drifting off to the west at 16 miless an hour. warmer water fuels the system, so as it lifts into the gulf of mexico, it starts to really strengthen. this is going to time out, our forecast cone of uncertainty here. you see beginning to approach the gulf of mexico north of cuba

by the time you get into tuesday morning. still over warm water and a wide area where this could turn and run into florida from as far south as perhaps south florida, but it is trending more and more off towards the west, the florida big bend or the florida panhandle. there's several different models , and they are updating every couple of hours. our most recent runs perhaps into the tampa area, but you are seeing more and more agreement that this is going to drift up along the florida panhandle. again, there's time for this to change, so really everyone up and down the west coast is going to need to pay attention to storm as we get a better idea of where, ultimately, it will run in the next day or so. the timing to be ready, 8 p.m. by the time you enter the southern tip of the gulf of mexico north of cuba and lifting by 8 a.m. on tuesday morning into the fort myers area by tuesday night and wednesday morning likely getting up around the florida big bend area. that's ultimately where this system does track. it's a very active time of the

season and behind this we're still looking at other disturbans off the coast of -- disturbances off the coast of africa. the season continues. everything? eric: all right, we'll be watching. thank you so much. arthel? arthel: we surely are, because with an expanded emergency declaration across the entire state now, there are long lines at grocery stores. people are stocking up on the essentials; food, water to ride out what could be a major hurricane come next week. fox weather's max gorden is in fort myers, florida, with more from there. >> reporter: hey there, arthel. well, you might not guess it by looking at the sky right now, but things are about to change here in fort meyers, florida, and emergency officials say now is the time to prepare. florida governor ron desantis issuing that statewide emergency declaration, and he's also requesting a federal pre-landfall emergency declaration. that essentially would unlock additional federal funds, and it would put the national guard on

standby here in florida. now, this storm has the potential for dangerous storm surge, flash flooding, strong winds, heavy rainfall and even isolated tornadoes. emergency officials say now is the time to prepare and to know if you're in an evacuation zone, zones where there's the threat of being inundated or cut off by flood waters. people should run from the if water and hide from the wind. now, florida also provides evacuation assistance to people with medical conditions, and the state is urging people who might need help to register now so they can get out many time. already we've seen a scramble for supplies. food and water is quickly disappearing from store shelves in the fort myers area and some gas stations already running out of fuel. we talked to some folks who were gassing up today. >> i am trying to get ready for this thing coming to us. it's not the first time, so i know. >> you know, i always try to get fuel, propane just in case the power go off, you know, we can cook and we can, we can pass

through all this. it's not the first time so, i live in this state for 29 the years, so -- >> reporter: nasa also announcing they are scrubbing the launch of the artemis moon rocket, initially scheduled for this tuesday from cape canaveral here in florida. nasa will be pushing that rocket back into shelterer as this entire state prepares for the oncoming storm. back to you. arthel: it does look beautiful there, but it's the calm before the storm. max gorden, thank you so much. >> reporter: yep. arthel: yeah, you know it. stay with fox weather, everybody, for continuing coverage of tropical storm ian. tropical storm ian, as it intensifies. you can also follow all the latest updates on the fox weather app. just go to foxweather.com and download the app. again, that's foxweather.com and get the app. eric? eric: arthel, the humanitarian crisis at the southern border continues. now it appears to have had deadly consequences for a sheriff's deputy in florida who police say was struck by an

illegal immigrant who was driving a front-end loader at a construction site. you know, more than 2 million migrants have already crossedded the border this fiscal year, and the border patrol say they have seized up to 12,000 pounds of fentanyl. we'll speak with dr. marc siegel later on in this hour about the crisis, but first to alexis mcadamss who's live in eagle pass, texas, where that suspect apparently entered our country. alexis? >> reporter: that's right. this suspect had entered the united states two separate times. the first time was here in eagle pass, texas, walking right across the rio grande valley, something that border patrol agents and we see out here every single day 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. now this person who crossed back into the with u.s. facing very serious chargings. take a look, this is the mug shot shared with us by the florida county sheriff's office. he's now charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after investigators tell us he ran over a sheriff's deputy with a

front loader and then took off. deputy michael hartwick was delled that night, a 9-year veteran -- 19-year veteran of the pinellas county sheriff's department. now the family grieving after people try to figure out how salas was approved to work at that construction site. the hit and run happened on thursday, hartwick was there to patrol the area to make sure the crew was safe, but when he got out of the car just after 10:00 that night, police say salas ran him over and ran off. the florida governor trying to figure out what happened leading up to this case. listen. >> he has no qualifications to drive a front loader and, you know, what he said is, what he told those people is back in honduras he worked some construction, and he knows how to operate this thing, so they said go ahead. >> reporter: so molinas saslas first entered in october of last year here in eagle pass, but hen he was sent back by border

patrol to mexico. he says he has been in panel -- tampa since around march, one of 500,000 known gotaways this fiscal year, people who have evaded border patrol's detection. this is a look at how busy things are out every day, more than 300 migrants and counting coming in just this morning, and a live look in eagle pass from our drone camera. things slow right now, but it can pick up within a moment's notice, and it's not expected to slow down. back out here live we can tell you just how busy, deadly and dangerous this journey is. we saw they just pulled two bodies out of the rio grande river just within a 24-hour period, eric. eric that is so tragedy thetic. alexis, thank you. arthel: president biden is back in delaware after addressing the national education association yesterday in d.c. he criticized the commitment to america, that's a plan republicans unveiled hours earlier. meanwhile, the markets tanked again yesterday on recession

fears and a new report says the average american lost $4,000 in annual income in the past 18 months. lucas tomlinson is in wilmington, delaware, with all the details. hey, lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, arthel. the s&p 500 is down 17% this year. inflation's at a 40-year high. president biden's top economic adviser admits many americans are feeling the squeeze. >>ed food prices are too high. inflation is still too high. the president understands that because his whole focus is defending working families. he knows that even with the stronger job market, lower unemployment, he knows that people are getting hurt at the grocery line are. >> reporter: when president biden took office, inflation was just 1.4%. today it's 8.3%. it was already 7.9% when russian forces invaded ukraine. now more than half the country says inflation is causing them

financial hardship. one in four families are cutting back on spending, some going down to just enjoying two meals a day. many economists think food prices will continue to the crime this year. those prices have soared over the past year; dare thely are up 16%. cereal up 16%. eggs nearly 40%. flour up 23 forth. -- %. butter and margarine is up 29%. senator roger marshall of kansas, perhaps pleased the jayhawks beat duke today,s laid out what's at stake in the ultimate match-up this november, the midterms. >> this is going to be a referendum on the prices of gas and groceries, a referendum on the open border and then just a referendum on the economy and, lastly, on who controls our schools. >> reporter: president biden threw another party on the south lawn last night, this time inviting the real rocket man, elton john, to perform.

and as you mentioned, there's a new study out that says americans are losing over $4,000 a year since president biden took the office, in fact, in their annual income, arthel. arthel: all right. lucas tomlinson, thank you. eric? eric: coming up, turmoil and mass protests in iran as outrage spreads across that country over the death of a young woman in police custody over her head scarf. and russians, well, they're fleeing their country after vladimir putin calls up reinforcements for his war in ukraine. we take a look at both stories as "fox news live" continues for this saturday afternoon. ♪ for every moment, with glucerna. it's the number one doctor recommended brand that is scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. live every moment. glucerna.

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eric: russia is launching new attacks on ukrainian cities killing at least three people and injuring 19 ores. miss cow -- others. missiles targeting civilian infrastructure as they have. the renewed attacks come amid a voting process that's underway in the occupied regions of ukraine that russia tries to annex. kyiv and its western allies call those referendums a total sham. trey yingst live in kyiv with us for the latest on that. hi, trey. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. that voting is underway in the eastern and southern parts of ukraine that are currently

occupied by russian forces. the russians doing everything they can right now to claim some level of victory in this ongoing war. there are so many russian men trying to leave the country following that partial mobilization announcement earlier in the week, that neighboring finland says they're about to ban russian tourists from entering the country. lines of cars were seen not only at the finnish border crossings, but also those of kazahkstan and georgia after russian president vladimir putin ordered the martial mobilization -- partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists. russian media believes the true number could be as high as 1 million. the matter is not that we are afraid, the matter is our dislike of this situation, one russian man at the border says. i do not like very much what they are doing in ukraine. the decision to call up more reservists has been met with significant pushback as middle-aged men are loaded onto buses and shipped to training facilities where reports indicate they may only receive two weeks of instruction before

heading to ukraine. the unpopular mobilization is creating new pressure for russian president putin who threatened last week to use nuclear weapons as this war continues. trying to secure small victories in the territory currently occupied by russian forces across ukraine. it's why referendum voting is underway in eastern and southern ukraine that would formalize the annexation of this territory prosecute perspective of the russians, though both the ukrainians and their western allies call this process a, quote, sham and illegitimate. now today russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, said that the russians will not be the first ones to take a step toward talks in this ongoing conflict. he went on to say that the e.u. is an authoritarian organization, ironically. eric? eric: said that at the united nations. wow. all right, trey, in ukraine tonight for us. thank you. arthel? arthel: meanwhile, protests are spreading across iran over the death of a young woman earlier this month while in police

custody. her alleged offense? violating the islamic republic's dress code. ryan chilcote is following this story in london. ryan. >> reporter: yeah, hi, arthel. it has been exactly one week since the funeral of the 9 -- 22-year-old iranian woman who died in custody, as you were saying there, after being detained by iran's morality police. and i have to tell you that the protests and outrage after that have only increased over the last couple of days throughout the country. we've now seen protests in more than 12 cities in iran and increasingly they are violent with the police on occasion firing live ammunition. state media says the death toll could be as high as 35, the associated press has confirmed at least 11 deaths since the protests began. the woman was detain for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely, of course, the head scarf all women in iran have been mandated to wear since the

islamic revolution in 1979. the united nations says they have information the police used a baton to hit the woman on the head and banged her head against a car, against a car during the the detention. the authorities in iran said she did have a heart attack but hadn't been harmed at all, something her family disputes. protests have also spilled over iran's borders. demonstrators gathered in iraq chanting women, life, freedom, while holding pictures of amini, and protesters gathered in berlin demanding western governments keep up the pressure on tehran. this is the worst political violence we've seen in the islamic republic since 2019 when hundreds were killed during protests against the rising price at the time of gasoline. what the protesters say now is that if western governments don't keep up that pressure, then they can expect the same fate. in other words, they can expect these protests to also be crush

by the regime. arthel? arthel: ryan chilcote, thank you. eric? eric: right now there's a protest occurring outside of the white house. it is a demonstration to support the mass protests that are going on right now in iran, and the question is, will these protests both here and there have any effect on the regime? and what steps will the biden administration take to try and rein in tehran? will this finally threaten the regime's power? the editor-in-chief of the foreign desk joins us right now. lisa, with the defiance and courage of the demonstrators in tehran and 50 # iranian cities showing their outrage over this regime is amazing. how long could it go and what do you think could happen? >> they're not packing -- backing down anytime soon. this is boldest we've seen the protesters in 43 years, i would say. we saw them in the green revolution of 2009, we saw them come out in 2019. and what i will say is that each

time the catalyst is different. this time the brutal murder of a 22 the-year-old for showing some of her hair, previous times for the price of eggs, the price of gasoline, the bazaar, people coming out, all different catalysts. but at the same time, the message, the slogans on the street remain the same. they're saying death to the dictator. they're calling for an end to this brutal, brutal regime. eric: they're saying the same thing, as you can see we're showing you live pictures outsides of the white house of the demonstration there, and you see the 232-year-old young woman who was wearing that head scarf that the so-called morality police challenged, and her supporters are calling it murder. they say that she was murdered by the regime, and this will only continue in the next few weeks. what does the biden administration do to not repeat the mistakes that the obama administration made back during the green protests when president obama at the time

basically stayed silent and some think if he came out and was more forceful, it could have led potentially to an overthrow of the mullahs? >> yeah, absolutely. you're asking the best question, eric. and the truth is during this time, during this week when these rain iranian -- iranian protesters bravely came out to tell us their story, the biden administration invited the president who is nicknamed the butcher of tehran for all the blood he has on his hands, invited him to come to the united states. they offered him a visa and all of his cronies to come on u.s. soil. they have threatened to assassinate u.s. leaders. they are brutally murdering their own, and now the iranian people are telling their story. and the mainstream media -- and i thank you, eric, for bringing attention to this, but the mainstream media is pretty much silent on all of this. the death toll, i will say, is exponentially larger. it is going on in more than 15 cities, it's going on all throughout iran. and the biden administration has to give their support.

in the same breath, the biden administration will say we're going to sanction the morality police. at the same time, they're going back to the negotiating table for a jcpoa deal, a nuclear negotiation. that is to give billions of dollars to this regime, to give them a lifeline, more years, more money to put into terrorism in the region, more opportunity to kill innocent iranians. and i will tell you amini is one example. there are thousands of untold stories of iranians who are suffering for 43 years. and that is what they are trying to tell the biden administration. that's what they want the mainstream media to cover, and the biden administration needs to give them their support one other thing i will add is the people coming out onto the streets is the achilles heel of this regime. that's how they came into power 43 years ago, exactly this revolution of people coming out onto the streets and not backing down. we don't need to start a war, we don't need to invade, these are false talking points. the iranian people solely want

the international community's support, and it starts with the president of the united states. eric: and when you mentioned the jcpoa which is the iranian nuclear deal, critics say that would open up billions of dollars for iran to support hezbollah and hamas and continue terrorism around world. supporters say, oh, it'll stop them from getting a nuclear bomb. but it has been pointed out those sunset clauses are still in the deal as it stands now and critics say that could let iran have a nuclear bomb from two to the, at most, seven years. >> absolutely. the envoy who, the american envoy who's involved in the iran nuclear negotiations, they're right around the corner from the bomb, that's his own admission. eric: that's robert o'malley? >> that's correct. and when you think about the fact that this nuclear deal will do nothing to stop them but, again, give them that lifeline, that money to put back into terrorism, there's only one way forward for iran. to stop this iran regime, this is not, you know, just getting

involved in foreign politicses. this is truly something that needs to be done for the global community, for our own national security to stop the spread of terrorism in the region. every dollar that this regime has had they have not spent it on their main street economy, they have put it into terrorism, as you said, supporting the houthis, hamas, hezbollah and more. and, of course, taking it out on their own people. so this is something to definitely pay attention to. this is not something to take lightly, and those people, they're being courageous enough. the least we can do is offer them our support. eric: and as we see finally these live pictures of this protest in front of the white house, i have to tell our viewers the flag, the iranian flag you see there -- see with the lion and kind of the sun? -- that is the traditional old flag. that is not the theocratic regime that is there now, the radical islamic terrorist, murderous, theocratic regime that is in power in tehran now. what will it take to restore

democracy and liberty to tehran and to help the suffering iranian people who have sufferedded so mightily under the thumb of the theocratic -- [inaudible] >> they just want our support, eric. this is what they're saying. they're telling us their story. and i know every time that, you know, protests begin in iran, people talk about we don't want another war. you know what's going to cause more wars? going back into a nuclear negotiation with iran, giving them billions of dollars to this murderous regime. the people in iran are telling us something very clearly. and i know in the not in the palette of the american news consumers to know about the nuances of what goes on in iran, but they're telling us that this government does nothing for them. they're an invasion. they are an invasion for 43 years, a government that has invaded the iranian people, has brought terrorism to the region, terrorism to their country, terrorism around the world. they are threatening americans, and this is what they're telling

us. it will be a better world without them, and let's not, you know, mix things up. the sanctions that the biden administration has offered to put on certain sectors of iran's regime, they have done nothing. and we know that they have become extremely, extremely more bold during the biden administration where he was taken down down the iaea inspectors' cameras, they have more centrifuges spinning, and, again, they're around the corn freres a bomb. so what is all this, quote-unquote, diplomacy talk coming from the biden administration? what has it done to curb the activities of the iranian regime? as we can see by the murder of this innocent 22-year-old girl, it has only emboldened them to be more murderous, to act the way that they have to spread more terrorism in the region, to make threats against americans. so let's take a step back here and say what is truly the more diplomatic action here? it's to offer our support to the iranian people, to stay on top of these stories. and, again, thank you, eric, for

doing that, to bring a spotlight and not take it off of these stories. eric: well, we're proud to do that here at fox news. a new symbol of human rights, decency and democracy. lisa, thank you. >> thank you. eric: arthel? arthel: lisa, thank you. we've been telling you for months about the crime crisis in some of america's major cities, but now new numbers show it's spreading to smaller communities as well. former d.c. homicide detective ted williams joins us up next on that. ♪ when tired, achy feet make your whole body want to stop, it's dr. scholl's time. our insoles are designed with unique massaging gel waves, for all-day comfort and energy.

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meantime, police in the small tourist city of asheville, north carolina, say violent crime is up a stunning 34% since last year. let's bring in ted williams, former d.c. homicide detective. of he's also a defense attorney and and fox news contributor. if ted, always good to see you. so, listen, jumping right in, no one wants high crime regardless where you live. but it's less expected, would you say, in the mid-sized to smaller cities. but now these criminals are showing up in some of those places, especially the tourist towns. so are the criminals targeting tourists? what gives here? >> hi, arthel. i'm happy to be with you. let me say that i have been involved in the criminal justice system for over 40 years as an attorney and as a detective, and i can tell you i've never seen it as bad as it is now when it comes to crime. and when you think about crime in the major metropolitan

cities, that's one thing. but all of a sudden what we have found here, that crime is sort of like a cancer. if it's gone untreated, it's spread. and that is what we've found, that crime is now spreading to suburbia. when i say crime, i mean violent crime. one of the sad commentaries is when a citizen can't get this their car without thinking about being car jacked or a citizen can't walk the streets of a city, be it a major metropolitanty or in suburbia, without thinking about being attacked criminally. we are in a very bad place right now, arthel. arthel: how do we cut out this cancer? >> you know, what we have to do is find a way to get legislativ, police officers, prosecutors,

judges all on the same page. most recently the president, president biden, has allowed and permitted funding, federal funding for local and state police departments to hire more police officers. and i think that is what is needed. you've heard me, arthel, over and over talk about the fact that criminals are winning. and when you think about the fact that you cannot walk down the street without being criminally attacked, they are winning. and so what we need to do is to put more police officers in these communities and have community leaders and police officers work together with judges and prosecutors in these various courts. arthel: but to, you know, some of these smaller forces don't have the resources to hire police even if they are community-based police. so where does that kind of financial assistance come from? >> you know, that is one of the

most troubling aspects of what's going on in the criminal justice system is, that you are absolutely right, arthel. the local and smaller police communities don't have the funds. and that is where the federal government, i believe, is going to have to step in. and what the federal government is going to have to do is to give money to these smaller communities to hire more police officers in the communities. arthel: and do you feel that, forgive me for this question, but do you feel like those forces know how how to allocate those funds? because there was talk about trying to sort of reallocate -- not defund, that's a dumb idea, but, you know, reallocating to make sure that the officers get whatever additional training they have to deal with nowadays? because there's so many people, unfortunately, on the streets dealing with mental issues and drug issues that lead to mental-like outbreaks, etc. >> you know, i think it's significant and important

percent federal government not -- for the federal government not to just throw money out there, but perhaps to assist these local communities in micromanaging the money that is given to them to bring in more police officers. if i was the president of the united states, and i'm not -- [laughter] what i would certainly do is to have a crime czar in place that would deal with both these local and state municipalities to see about getting them funds and the use of those finds to help bring about control of crime in these various communities. arthel: so then finally, i mean, i love those ideas, but, you know, as you pointed out, you've got people who are afraid to get in their car. they're looking around, head on a spindle, to make sure they're not going to be car jacked and the rest of it. so is there a short-term fix? people who are going, yeah, those are long-term goals, but what can we do now to try and stop some of this crime from happening in my backyard? >> well, what you can do in the

short term, i believe, is to have the community, to have the eyes, be the eyes and the ears for law enforcement. and to immediately have a rah are por with their -- rapport with their local law enforcement agencies. and when something happens, they see something, to immediately call those local law enforcement agencies to try to quell crime in their communities, arthel. arthel: all right. well, we all agree that something has to give. really appreciate your analysis all the time. ted williams for president, i'll be your press secretary -- [laughter] >> absolutely. arthel: eric? >> arthel neville for president. [laughter] arthel: all right, eric. eric: all right, arthel. and and thank you. north dakota state troopers say there is no evidence that the teen killed in the hit and run was a, quote, republican extremist, this after the suspect behind the wheel told police he felt threatened after he supposedly had a political

argument with the victim. the highway patrol says the claim has not been substantiated. christina coleman is live with the latest on this developing story. christina? >> reporter: hi, eric. 41-year-old shannon brant is charged with dui-related vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, allegedly hitting and killing taylor ellison in the small town of mchenry. the teen calling his mother last sobbed saying -- sunday saying a man was chasing him. brant claimed they had a political argument and that brant admitted to state radio that he he hit the pedestrian and that the pedestrian was part of a republican extremeist group. authorities have not confirmed that a political argument led up to his death. >> when brant called 911, he identified that there was maybe a political motivation to what was occurring. that's the only individual that

we've heard that from so far. we haven't been able to corroborate that at all. >> reporter: but the suspect's claims are still disturbing, and it's leading to more calls from republicans for a stop to divisive political rhetoric. kentucky senator rand paul said, quote: president biden needs to realize that his vilification of his opponents is enflaming some of his supporters to violence. earlier this month president biden told his base that maga republicans are are a threat to the cup. to the country. >> supposing a maga person ran down somebody on the other side. it'd be the biggest story you've ever seen. it's a disgrace. 18 years old, was targeted and killed, run down in cold blood with an suv by a radical-left maniac. >> reporter: so that was former president donald trump

saying that this would get more attention if this person, this victim was, you know, somebody on the left. again, police have not confirmed that the victim was in a republican extremist group or that he was killed after a political argument. these were claims made by the suspect that are under investigation. eric? eric: yeah. it's very important to underline that so it's not used for partisan political purposes that are false. christina, thank you. arthel? arthel: the cost car -- oscar-winning actress behind a notorious big screen villain has died. >> everybody did -- >> everybody? who did? you tell me who did. arthel: louise fletcher won an academy award for best actress in 1976 for her role in one flew over the cuckoo's nest. fletcher got her start with small roles on hit tv shows like perry mason and maverick. she eventually gave up on acting

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professor of medicine at nyu's land gone medical center. dr. marc, always good to see you. this is out of control. mine, how serious and how bad is the fentanyl crisis in our country getting? >> it's huge, eric. good afternoon. and it's getting worse. and i think that governor greg abbott is right to say that the cartels were responsible for manufacturing most of this in mexico in small 10-foot labs across mexico, that they are terrorists because when you just showed at the beginning there the rainbow fentanyl, you're talking about something that looks hike candy. to give you an idea, 2 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill somebody, and that's as much as 10 grains of salt, essentially. when the amount in a teaspoon of salt, if you filled a teaspoon with salt, that would be 10-20 times that. so it's literally one-tenth or one-twentieth of what a full spoon of salt looks like is

enough to be deadly. now, your point about dollar bills isn't resolved yet, but my opinion on that, eric, is you're not going to get it by touching it. you're worried about babies putting it into their mouths or somebody not knowing they put in contact with it and putting it into their mouths or rubbing their eyes. skin itself is not usual lay -- usually a way. and i think police officers are rightfully concerned about this, but there's too much fear. eric: that's a really good point, to know that. how can we get a handle on this? we've had opiate create ice -- crisis in this country for years. what do you think the government should do to try and finally deal with this crisis? >> i know one thing's for sure, the catch-up baseball isn't working. china tried to crack down on these ingredients, believe it or not, a couple years ago but wasn't successful because a lot

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arthel: well, politicians from across the country and the ideological -- across the spectrum of all -- i can't do it today -- [laughter] are at the texas tribune festival this weekend. let's bring in my friend, mr. casey stegall. got a little tongue-tied there, my friend. >> reporter: that's okay, arthel. [laughter] we're live in austin. a big political festival that's been underway. this is the last day. hillary clinton was here yesterday, and the former secretary of tate had an awful lot to say about former president trump and losing to him during the 2020 election including this little nugget about alleged classified documents at mar-a-lago. listen. >> i don't know what to make of what he did. i find it deeply disturbing. the bottom line is what the heck was he doing with that material? >> reporter: today the is the final day for this year's

festival where we said big names, both democrat and republican, have converged, talking and campaigning on the issues impacting most americans ahead of the midterms, issues like inflation, crime and, certainly here in texas, immigration. >> what joe biden has done has never happened in the history of our country, which is we have a president who just says i'm ignoring it. >> reporter: now, former democratic congressman and texas gubernatorial hopeful beto o'rourke took the stage here earlier this afternoon. he, of course, is challenging republican governor greg abbott in the upcoming election. most polls show governor abbott ahead because political analysts say that his tough stance on immigration and on the border here is helping him win over that conservative base. arthel? arthel: ideological, casey strigl -- [laughter] >> reporter: ideological. arthel: you know i was going to say to, i had to. i can't go down like that.

casey, take care. you know. captain america, he didn't have to wear his shield when he visited new orleans told, but the presence of anthony mack a key was -- anthony mackey was still a blockbuster hit for people. marvel movie star is partnering with a roofing manufacturer to help fix homes damaged by hurricane ida last year. the company has committed to installing 500 roofs in the gulf region including 150 in the seventh ward of new orleans. mackey says he's proud to help out. i'm a big fan of captain america, i'm nola proud of him. he's from there. eric: that is wonderful. and a shout-out to gaf, to companies who help their communities. arthel: eric, good point. that's it for us now, eric. how about we go get some dinner, and we'll be back tomorrow at noon? ♪ ♪

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