back in. the team doctors, teams are finally acknowledging that there is a conflict scenario sometimes for the team doctors because the players need to be on the field in order for the teams to win. but the team doctor has to okay that in some level, so he is kind of in a very delicate and difficult situation where there is clear conflict apparent. so the nfl acknowledged that head issues were and are a significant issue in the nfl in the wake of all the ct investigations and what not there. so they brought in these impartial observers. now, bill, i believe based on what happened to tua in the bills and bengals game and the c correlation between the two the nfl says our policy is not working. the players union is saying the same and they're trying to come up with a new form of concussion

protocol that would keep a tua-like situation from happening. the team said they didn't do anything wrong and they're saying some of the wobbliness from tua tagovailoa came not from a head-related issue but because he had a back injury issue that was making him a little bit uncomfortable standing up. we are both big fans. they have to get this right and they have to protect the players even when they sometimes don't want to be protected. >> bill: we'll see how they modify this. there was a system in place. the question is whether or not the system was followed. there seems to be trap doors on that. thank you, clay. clay travis from outkick.com. appreciate you. rescue and recovery efforts pushing ahead after ian caused a path of destruction from florida to the carolinas. the danger is not over. hundreds of thousands without power. officials warn of severe flooding to the north and along the coast. brand-new hour begins right now. hope you enjoyed the weekend.

dana has the day off today. i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home and good morning to you. >> julie: it was nasty rain over the weekend. i got up on netflix. i watched a total of 12 hours of tv this weekend. any how i'm julie banderas. thank you for watching your tv this morning. as president biden heads to puerto rico this hour to survey the damage from hurricane fiona, vice president harris is dodging questions about her controversial comment that communities of color would be first in line for hurricane relief. here is what she said friday. >> our lowest income communities and communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making. and so -- and so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on

equity. >> julie: asked later to explain what she meant there, here is her answer. ♪ >> can you clarify what you meant about equity for hurricane relief? >> bill: no answer there. the questions will continue. meanwhile our fox team coverage this hour, alexandria hoff is live in fort myers beach. mark meredith live at the white house to kick off a new week now. >> good morning. a new week but we'll hear a lot about the storms over the last several weeks including hurricanes fiona and ian, the white house exists american communities will get the support they need. in the clips you played how the economic aid will be doled out is up for debate according to camp hair. the comments on friday created a lot of reaction as well as supporters of governor ron desantis of florida. they've reacted with disgust.

desantis's campaign director tweeted i would be panicking if my relatives were in fort myers now and they wouldn't be prioritized for fema assistance because they're white. fortunately i know what is going on with assistance and there is no discrimination and hearing from florida lawmakers as well. >> listen, i couldn't disagree more with the vice president. now is not the time to be talking about who gets what based upon where you started. it is about helping people. making sure they get the resources they need as quickly to them as quickly as possible. helping them recover as quickly as possible. that's what matters. >> so we have yet to hear whether or not the white house will be clarifying or commenting further on the vice president's remarks. we did hear from the fema administrator and what she said to cbs on tsunami. >> we'll support all communities. i committed that to the governor and commit that all floridians will be able to get the help

that is available to them through our programs. >> so any moment now we're expecting to see president biden leave the white house making his way to puerto rico. a day trip down there. he and the first lady will get an update on what is happening on the after math of hurricane fiona. we'll decide if he stops to take questions. >> julie: one of the hardest-hit areas of florida is around fort myers. the destruction from hurricane ian is extensive. the recovery could take months or years. alexandria hoff is live in fort myers beach with the very latest. >> five days in. this is still very much a crisis response situation. here in lee county 57% of people still without power, 600,000 across the state still in the dark. many more left with nothing at this point. we spoke with a man named sean hunt. he rode out the storm on fort myers beach with his uncle.

they made the call for both of them swim out of their trailer as the surge filled it. he used a piece of foam to shield debris and had a flotation device. >> the debris came and i got ahold of one of them. used one as a shield and hold on. i stand there and take a bombardment. it was a bombardment. for three hours i was up there. >> three hours up in a tree. his uncle survived as well. they have no place to go. help has arrived for those trapped on pine island since the storm with the bridge washed away. coast guard launching massive operation to bring people to safety by boat and helicopter. >> there is a lot of bridges that are unpassable and a lot of debris along the channels, a lot of boats. we're making sure people are able to get on and off the island.

>> civilian vessels aided in the effort as well. when laura arrived to safety she waited on the island and let everyone know people were there and still needed help. >> we packed up what we could and took two lawn chairs and right in the middle of the street because we thought at least people know we're alive. >> an effort is underway to construct a temporary bridge that will give access to pine island. >> julie: thank you very much. great work on the ground there. >> u.s. supreme court starting a brand-new term today. this after a dramatic year that saw protests at the homes of justices after the court reversed roe v. wade. the justice including brown jackson expected to deliver more dramatic rulings in the months

ahead. da david spunt. >> busy and interesting. the first monday in october. traditionally when the court kicks off. as you mentioned not only a new term but a new justice. the first black woman to sit on the high court. that's notable in history making there. also the first time, bill, the building has been open to the public since february 2020 shortly before the pandemic hit the united states en masse. observers can go in after a 21/2 year halt. justice jackson got to know her colleagues to the ceremony to welcome her. president biden and the vice president attended. she is the fourth woman justice on the bench. four of them posed for a picture to celebrate the women representing on the court. jackson will get to work

immediately with several high-profile appeals that may come before her and her colleagues. these cases include issues of gun rights, vaccine mandates in schools and businesses and content restrictions pertaining to social media. the court is in session two days this week. two arguments of note. property rights case originating in idaho looking at the issue of environmental regulation and alabama's congressional voting boundaries. the tall fences that surrounded the court for the last few months after the leaked roe v. wade opinion overturned roe v. wade are now down. we have heard nothing from the court specifically about when we may get the results of who gave the leak. >> bill: thank you. andy mccarthy, former assistant u.s. attorney. some people say everything in america is political these days,

you've heard that. and they view the court that way. republicans on the right, democrats on the left. "wall street journal" characterizes it this way. a supreme court watershed. for decades we disagreed with court rulings when progressives held sway but we never called the court illegitimate. now that the left has lost the court as a backup legislature for its policy goals, the institution is supposedly broken. tell us again who is the threat to democratic institutions? you saw that piece and thought what? >> bill, i think there is a lot to be said for that. the irony of it is that what this court is doing is actually turning issues to the democratic process rather than court control. so what the justices are actually saying in connection with abortion and in connection with a number of other issues is you can have as progressive policies as you want.

if you want to have completely left wing policies governing various areas of importance in american life, fine. but you have to do it through the democratic process. don't expect the court to come in and decree that this is the way it should be because the way our system is supposed to work, those issues are supposed to be decided democratically and the court is there for narrow, specific injuries to people's actual rights. that's the way it is supposed to work. >> bill: i think already what they decided to take up or not is interesting. i rattled off a few in the last hour. the court turns away a challenge to a federal ban on gun bump stocks that go to help semi automatic weapons fire more rapidly. they turned that down. declined to here vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and have rebuffed a republican backed challenge to pennsylvania's elector all map.

in my world that's fair and balanced, andy. >> yeah. i think that's exactly right, bill. you know, if you look at the reasons why a lot of these cases get turned away, they are not political. for example, we had a case involving one of the challenges to a biden policy, the immigration policy, where the court decided not to interrupt or not to interrupt a stay that had been put on it but it will hear the case this year. the more important point i want to make is that it was a 5-4 decision and the four were the four female justices on the court who as we know have very different philosophical ways of interpreting the constitution and come at things from different political perspectives but they had procedural reasons and other objections and that made the four of them vote together.

so i just think we over simplify things when we say the court decides things for political reasons. >> bill: nice to see you. we'll speak very soon. thank you, andy. >> julie: all right, more of your taxpayer dollars going to a friend of anthony fauci at the center of the wuhan lab leak allegations. >> bill: medical professionals being fired for refusing to say they are racist during their bias training. what is that about? we'll talk to a nurse who lost her job refusing to go along with that request. >> julie: plus a massive refugee camp in syria giving isis terrorists a new base to train fighters. getting ready to launch new attacks against america. >> we need to change our strategy regarding this refugee camp. it is a breeding ground for the next generation of isis fighters and we have a head in the sand strategy.

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>> bill: there is a controversial british researcher getting another u.s. grant to investigate covid-like viruses, despite the concerns that his initial work at the wuhan lab triggered the pandemic. mike emanuel is on that story live in washington. what do you have? >> good morning. this is an issue alarming some top house republicans. the leading g.o.p. member of the house overnight committee james comer raised his concerns. terminating the partnership with the wuhan lab is the bare minimum. it is unacceptable nih continues this organization to -- after they violated the terms of its grant contract. house republican whip steve scalise recently said the letter

from the national institute of health in response to g.o.p. digging on covid origins telling a house hearing in their letter the n.i.h. admits that echo health alliance the firm given over $50 million in tax pair funded grant money since 2014 was conducting gain-of-function research at the wuhan institute of viral gee that the nih didn't approve of. they have offered a new grant in august to study coronavirus and bats in southeast asia. critics say it's the same type of research that could be linked to covid's origin. echo health alliance and its president, the organization says it conducts cutting edge scientific research to better protect the planet from the threat of new and emerging diseases and, quote, we stand by our work and by our mission. leading republicans are promising if the g.o.p. takes

the majority oversight and accountability on issues like this are coming. >> bill: mike emanuel in washington. keep us posted. >> julie: after working 40 years as a nurse there is a texas woman you're about to meet saying she lost her job for refusing to take what is called implicit bias training. a two-hour course that would have required her to admit to being racist. joining us now laura morgan. so you've been a nurse for 39 years. you have always cared for all your patients equally. the bias training calls you a liar saying you need to admit to being racist in order to keep your job and that's a mandate you refused. tell us what happened. >> thank you, julie, for having me this morning. i am honored to be here. implicit bias training does operate on the concept that all

healthcare workers are implicitly biased against their patients and must make decision at the point of care based on things that don't have anything to do with the medical care of the patient. and this type of training and other radical ideologies that are infiltrating healthcare and what do no harm is here to fight back against are really causing divisiveness between the relationship of trust between doctors and nurses and their patients. >> julie: there is a bit of a difference here. every corporation in america has an hr department and oftentimes they hold these conferences where they teach you what is discrimination and what is not. they have to alert employees to prevent discrimination from happening in the workplace. you fear that every healthcare professional will soon be forced to make the same awful decision you did, having to falsely admit to being racist. that's a completely different

subject or abandon the medical field. put up the six states currently mandating this explicit training and implies interest bias training. more are going to follow. what message does that send? >> well, the message that implicit bias training sends to providers is telling them to look at their patients through an ideological lens instead of a clinical one. this takes away the focus of what healthcare providers are here to do in taking care of patients' medical needs. so these states that are already requiring this, it's a condition of licensure. so nurses, doctors, other healthcare professionals in these states are not able to obtain their licenses without taking this training, which tells them that they are

unconsciously biased against their patients and make poor decisions based on those biases that result in poor patient outcomes. that's very degrading to the profession. >> julie: laura morgan, good luck to you and thank you for talking to us this morning. >> bill: a grim reminder of how dangerous the border has become. one migrant crossing with more than half a dozen stab wounds. three others killed in a smuggling incident. how the border agents are responding in those cases. a pair of pivotal senate races appear to be changing. could this tip the scales toward a republican majority? bret baier on that next. are no upfront costs for appraisal or termite inspections. no upfront costs at all to get the cash you need. veterans get more at newday. (kari) i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it is just right for my little business.

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>> julie: a deadly week near the southern border in texas including a rollover yesterday that resulted in the deaths of three people. authorities say a car was transporting migrants into the u.s. illegally.

griff jenkins is live in eagle pass, texas this morning. good morning, griff. >> good morning. we should warn our viewers the images we're about to show you are very disturbing. that crash is just on the second day of the new fiscal year in kinney county 45 miles north of where i am near the town of bracketville, a one-vehicle crash. investigators believe it may have been caused by an animal of some sort. three dead. the driver a u.s. citizen, another passenger a u.s. citizen and one migrant from mexico. three others were taken to a hospital. just a snapshot of how deadly it is here along the border. fiscal 2022 there were more than 800 migrant deaths along the border in the del rio sector where i am. the most per sector at more than 260. some make it across come in very

violent instances. take a look at this very -- these disturbing images. a migrant that crossed around 11:00 p.m. on october 1st with seven stab wounds including his throat slit. border patrol got him to a hospital. his current status unknown right now. he is hospitalized. it speaks to the violence along the border. meanwhile, the numbers continue to be unprecedented. of course, the fiscal year 2022 more than 2 million migrant encounters and we don't have the september numbers. if you look at the new video our team shot before the sun came up, another group just like clockwork, 100 plus here and then a little later in the morning, more video of the continued group. more than 200 to 300 in total so far. it is not even noon on monday morning. it is interesting that here in the del rio sector they have now surpassed the rio grande valley and every other sector in terms

of the total migrant encounters. they had 1,469 in just the last 24 hours. when you talk about where they are coming from, final note, the chief here tweeting out as of august 31st, he had more than 322,000 single adults making up for 75% of the encounters and they are from 118 countries, julie. >> julie: wow, griff jenkins, thank you. >> i think the republicans will gain seats in the senate just as i think they will gain a lot of seats in the house. and i think these two races are a great example of why. mandela barnes is, in fact, remarkably left wing, pro- criminal. meanwhile john fetterman has a long record of voting to release murderers. >> bill: there is newt gingrich assessing republican chances in

the sentence. progressive democrats losing momentum. bret baier is on this today. good morning to you. let me show viewers what we found in our polling last week. in wisconsin ron johnson has taken a four-point lead over barnes 48-44. in pennsylvania john fetterman holds a four-point lead over dr. oz but i would suggest the polling that we've done and seen so far shows that race is getting closer as we move closer toward it. what do you think about newt gingrich and the polling we found 37 days away from the election? >> a couple of things. good morning. it is important to know the election is now. 28 states are voting currently. among them pennsylvania and wisconsin. and one of the reasons those places are changing in those races is the issue of crime. you heard former speaker gingrich talking about that. republicans are hitting that again and again on ads against

mandela barnes, against lieutenant governor fetterman specifically on crime. it is really moving the needle in those two races. to the point where republicans in wisconsin feel very confident about ron johnson's chances and they also feel confident that they've closed the gap significantly with mehmet oz. >> julie: i want to talk about crime. both the candidates soft on crime, barnes came out against cash bail during the primary. and likewise when you take a look at his opponent, basically clemency is an issue there. allowing for early release for those prisoners who are expected to be in prison for a life sentence. crime is a huge issue in this country and the number one issue for voters. so how will soft on crime policies for these candidates affect them coming the election? >> it's a huge deal, julie. i think it's increasing. it is moving up the list.

abortion shifted things after the roe v. wade overturn by the dobbs decision and it affected some races but since the last couple of weeks, you've seen crime and immigration move up the chain. it is important to point out that here in washington there is not really an industry for anything but there is a lobbying industry which is big business. they have a bet about what states will make the difference in the senate. north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin, florida, nevada, ohio, georgia, arizona, and utah are the states that they see as determining control of the u.s. senate and really it is only a couple of those that will make a difference. there is also a construction industry here that is -- you can hear in the background. >> bill: there is business there, i see. if viewers want to characterize it the following way, if republicans win in wisconsin and pennsylvania and hold those seats, they only need to flip one other and you look at georgia or maybe nevada or colorado. take your pick. that's as close as it is right

now. nbc went out to find out what latinos think and feel today and this is what what they found. they prefer democrats at 54% to keep control of congress. four years ago it was at 67%. a big difference now movement of 13 points, close races. you know what 13 points can mean. their important issues, healthcare, education, violent crime, gun policy and on down the line. what do you think of the movement that republicans have made with latinos in america? >> i think it's massive. it only has to be a few points to make a difference in several states. notice abortion is not on one of those lists as far as important issues to the latino community. it is not monolithic, the community itself. if it moves just 2 or 3 points. the same is true for the black community. if 2 or 3 points are shifted away from democrats, it is the difference in a number of

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>> julie: federal and state prosecutors are getting tough on dealers pushing fentanyl and some charging them with murder. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles to report on this growing problem. >> julie, the idea is certain and severe punishment will make fentanyl dealers think twice. now they get a 3 to 5 years sentence. a murder conviction will get them much more. >> tucson police respond to

three teens overdosing on fentanyl. two survive. one did not. >> it deserved serious charges. >> prosecutors -- he smuggled 1,000 fentanyl laced pills and sold several at a high school party and now serving 10 to 12 years in federal prison. in los angeles six died of overdoses in 36 hours. increasingly state prosecutors are also charging dealers not with distribution but homicide. >> i'm not going to let drug dealers get away with murder. it won't happen any more. >> if we can prove poisoning under the law we can charge first degree murder in certain circumstances. >> this d.a. charged 19 fentanyl dealers this year with second degree murder. joseph was the first after pills he sold killed a teenager.

>> 15 years to life and first degree murder is 25 years to life. >> do you believe sentences like that are a deterrent? >> i do. in later investigations i'm told by agents, you know, the suspects make a statement that oh no, i'm looking at a lot of prison time now. >> prosecutors use supporting evidence, texts, phone and witness conversations to show dealers knew they were peddling a potentially deadly product. 20 years to life selling a pill is still continual. >> bill: let's get geraldo rivera. how are you doing? good day to you? if you want to go after the dealers, how difficult or what would the legalities be in that case? >> it's very difficult as william very appropriately expressed just there. what you don't want to do, there are 20 states in total right now that have these death by

distribution-type statutes where you no longer have to prove intent to kill, you no longer have to prove malice. if you sold dope and the person died, you can potentially be charged. there is a huge loophole in these statutes called the compassion exception. what happens if usually you have junkies shooting up or doing drugs together and share drugs, what if someone is overdosing and the fear of this death by distribution punishment makes them reluctant to call the authorities? so they don't call 911 because they are afraid they'll be prosecuted and their colleague overdoses. now you have to do something. it is desperate. 109,000, twice vietnam is last year's total of the drug overdoses, most of those, tens of thousands, 70,000 alone sent nall. it is a poison in our society.

we're desperate to do something about it. this may make a marginal difference but not a panacea. >> bill: sometimes it seems like we're the only ones talking about it. you have talked about it in a new fox nation special. want to play a clip of that and ask you to explain what you are after here. watch this first. >> fentanyl will make the crack epidemic look like a good old days. >> fentanyl is deadly. >> it doesn't give a damn what your zip code is. >> it is made in bathtubs by people who can't spell chemistry. >> the crack epidemic of the 80s and 90s. >> i've been covering it since those days, since 1970, 1971 richard nixon, president nixon declared war on drugs. heroin was the poison of the day in those days.

you are too long young to remember, bill. there was -- it was a similar epidemic coast to coast, tens of thousands of people overdosing and dying. i chronicled it and i joked with one critic back 50 years ago that i wanted to be the edward r. murrow of dope covering these from heroin to cocaine to crack, then the aids epidemic and using dirty needles and the implication being you have the fatal disease, incurable. to the pills and now the synthetics. you go from a junkie in the ghetto to a kid in the suburbs using the internet to get door-to-door delivery of xanax he thinks and it is laced with fentanyl and he dies in his mother's basement. this is a serious problem. i totally understand and support the prosecutors who are trying to use things like death by distribution statutes to stop

it. but it is very, very difficult. we have to get the word out. whatever you think you are taking, it is probably fentanyl and it could very well kill you. >> bill: one pill can kill. the doping of america is on fox nation now. nice to see you, geraldo. we'll check it out. important viewing. thank you. >> julie: isis 2.0, that's the terror group exploiting a u.s.-funded camp to train its next generation of fighters. plus out of control covid fraud. more than half a trillion dollars reportedly down the drain. how the federal government is responding. >> tech: at safelite, we take care of vehicles with the latest technology. we can replace your windshield ...and recalibrate your safety system.

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majority may want to check out new research. republicans are surging in key battleground states. fox news headed to capitol hill to ask democrats if they have a border crisis in mind at all. the silence is troubling. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> julie: more than $550 billion may have been lost to covid fraud after congress appropriated more than $5 trillion for relief. more than 1500 people have so far been indicted. almost 500 convicted. the "new york post" calls it the great american swindle. hillary vaughn from fox business is live on capitol hill about the unbelievable details. >> a lot of this fraud is stemming from the extra unemployment checks the federal government paid out during the pandemic to people. the government's fraud watchdog found that fraud in the pandemic unemployment insurance program is almost three times more than

what they originally thought. now it is estimated that at least $45 billion in unemployment checks went to scammers, people that obtained the cash using the name of dead people, made up identity or federal prisoners. president biden has been aware of the problem and is promising to get the money back. >> president biden: american people deserve to know that their tax dollars are being spent as intended. my message to those cheats out there is this. you can't hide. we are going to find you and make you pay back when you stole and hold you accountable under the law. >> in many cases catching individual identity theft scammers is the low hanging fruit. the disaster low program was targeted by international criminal organizations looking to cash in on u.s. relief. the inspector general saying they gave more than 41,000 loans to people living oversatisfies. some of the scams were shockingly easy to spot but

changed to get approved. one example. a person at one email address applied for ten different loans for ten different bathroom renovation businesses in the same town. those companies didn't exist. street address they listed was for a burrito restaurant. the sba gave that person a total of $1.4 million for the fraudulent claim. getting this money claim is costing more taxpayer cash with limited funding and manpower, the sba, i.g. said they are focusing on big fraudsters. julie, a lot of this stolen cash may never be paid back. >> julie: wow, hillary vaughn, what a shame. thank you so much. >> bill: meanwhile this is being called isis 2.0. officials telling fox news that terrorists are exploiting a u.s.-funded camp in syria to try and recruit the next generation of fighters.

gillian turner talking to her sources on this and has this exclusive report today. what did you find out? >> u.s. officials are telling us isis is reconstituting itself in syria in particular. they are flagging this displaced persons camp in the northwestern part of the country they say has become a literal breeding ground for the second generation of isis terrorists hoping to plot terror attacks against america. this is the camp, home to tens of thousands of syrians displaced by the ongoing civil war there. 70% of the population is under age 12 and with 80 -- isis has begun exploiting the camp to train and equip and indoctrinate its fighters. >> people crowded into a camp that consist of the brides of isis, sons of isis, you see these slaughters by ice is. the families are living next to each other. it's a matter of time when this

thing blows. >> lindsey graham says the camp poses a security threat to america. the border is broken. >> i worry about somebody slipping out of syria, coming back from afghanistan, which is now a terrorist safe haven, getting through our southern border in the middle of millions of illegal immigrants and killing a bunch of us. >> hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees live in camps funded in part by u.s. dollars. they are funneled through the united nations. lawmakers on capitol hill including graham and democrat senator are demanding accountability from the u.n. they have new legislation that has a plan to rid the camps of these would be terrorists. now just last month, bill, u.s. forces found 300 isis fighters hiding in this camp during a raid they carried out after isis burned down a u.n. school there. they also uncovered a tunnel system fighters built underneath that camp. >> bill: important story and good stuff.

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think dogs would be the first to talk like people. more than half of voters of those surveyed believe their pets would have an accent. >> julie: i would love to hear a cat talk. they have attitude, confidence. very selective on who they trust. i would like to have a conversation with a cat. >> fiona, you have to figure out how she talks, too. here is harris. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. vice president kamala harris willing to do the unthinkable, divide hurricane ian victims by race. was she trying to say she would prefer to help the ones she chooses first? the v.p. with some controversial comments about who should be first in line for relief just days after historic hurricane ian hit. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the storm, as you know, was just shy of a category 5. it