>> sandra: parents know randy randi weingarten are not crossing the picket line to get the kids back in school so parents want to know why the teachers union cross over into a war zone to help children in a

different country. that is right the liberal to help keep classrooms close to talk about keeping the kids in the classroom. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into our two. sandra smith and i'm happy to report it is friday. >> trace: and we have a big second hour, sandra, trace gallagher in four john roberts. the irony in the visit to ukraine, a new report shows the very serious price of covid on kids education as a key testing measure for college hits rock bottom. >> sandra: we will tell you ahead all new at 2:00, but first, we start with this fox news alert. ♪ ♪ california dreaming or california nightmare? americans outlets feeling the squeeze of inflation and biden's energy crisis with the highest gas prices nearing $7 a gallon again. >> trace: i saul $6.99 driving

in this morning. president biden in the golden state right now just one stop of a west coast swing to tout his massive spending plan and out just 25 days before the midterms. >> sandra: prices are still right there at record highs even though the president has said for months now that this issue is his top priority. >> there is more we need to do to bring down the prices for american families. >> i'm taking inflation very seriously, and it is my top domestic priority. >> i'm very clear fighting inflation is the top priority. >> it is my top priority. fighting inflation. i said last spring the top economic priority was to bring down inflation, but there is more to do. >> we are making real progress, helping folks a little bit more and giving them a little bit more breathing room. we just have to keep going. >> trace: clearly, so far, it is not working and hitting every single american but in california where everyone drives, gas prices are hitting

extra hard. the solution, electric cars but don't charge them during peak hours or you will risk a blackout. high-speed rail? well, if that's got a few problems as well. weight until you hear the amount of money we are talking about that is going to waste one train to nowhere, sandra. >> sandra: we do something. we have a reaction for you from brian kilmeade who was still awake at this hour. he will be joining us. >> trace: brian, great to see about first fox team coverage starts right now. william la jeunesse on california's costly rail project going off of the rails. >> sandra: peter doocy traveling with the president today. what is he saying about his economic plan as we head into another weekend, peter? >> sandra clement president biden came to calley looking for credit as he claimss economic plans are working very. >> overall, inflation is 2% over the last three months. that is down from 11% over the

prior three months. that is progress. because of my economic plan, we are better positioned than any other major economy in the world to whether the challenges that come through this as a stronger country. >> we know president biden told donors at a fund-raiser in brentwood last night that "inflation is still out there. it is real and a lot of people are hurting." he is acknowledging gas prices are too high and in california that seems like something democrats and republicans agree on. as the biden motorcade weeds around southern california today, every gas station that passes has prices around $6 a gallon and that is more than $2 higher than the national average. he said he will talk about gas prices next week. he is also teasing some kind of competent nation of arabia for rowling opec+ around budget cut. >> what is your thought about

saudi arabia on this? >> we are about to talk to them. >> so far here in california, report about the president's plans and things that he things are going well for him, but we have not seen him tailor his pitch to californians. he is not talking about immigration or the border. he is not talking about crime. no mentions of either so far out west, sandra. >> sandra: peter doocy traveling with the president, peter, thank you. trace. >> trace: the money wasted on boston's big day looks like dead in the dirt. just a few hours more from where president biden is pushing his spending agenda, one of big government's biggest spending flops is on full display. the shell of california's high-speed rail line project that is leaving taxpayers on the hook for a train that is nowhere close to leaving the station and it may never be. william la jeunesse and roscoe with more.

william, how much exactly? i know the number is big but how much are taxpayers on the hook for this project? >> well, trace, on the federal side $4 billion. through president obama and president biden, president trump did not support it and wanted to call money back. the stateside, taxpayers about $20 billion. but that is just the start because this is the most expensive infrastructure project ever undertaken in the united states. but i doubt it will ever be finished so mass transit terms right now, we are or this is a train to nowhere. we are 25 miles north of bakersfield. construction continues but far from riders who support it. how did we get here? back in 2008, lobbyists and big labor bankrolled a slick ad campaign to convince voters the state can build this train at san francisco under three hours for $50 each way. the feds and the private sector

wanted to pick up most of the cost. misleading, it was wrong for the governor's office hoped to sell it. >> there are many reasons why i feel so passionate about high-speed rail. >> it is not that expensive. we can afford it. >> i know some critics will say, that is a train to nowhere. but i think that is wrong, and i think that is offensive. >> so here is the state's predicament. if the state stops construction and walks away, it is a massive embarrassment. but if it continues, credential say throwing good money after bad on an obsolete project that no one can afford and will never be completed. >> there was absolutely no way the project can be completed as advertised as in 2008 because right now there is no funding available to get even close to completing the project. >> so, what went wrong? just about everything.

there were lawsuits, mismanagement and number one, politicians who gerrymandered this route that made it so much more expensive. it could have gone up by five corridors but they wanted to go through the little different cities. where are we right now? the rail said they inherited this but have enough money to finish 119 miles through the central valley spirit and otherwise, unless a private sector jumps in or a new presidy be could bail them out but otherwise it doesn't pencil out, trace. >> trace: this is an analogy for power grids and every other project in the state of california and washington over the next 30 years. good luck is all i say, william la jeunesse and roscoe out in bakersfield in the middle of nowhere where the train will be. let's leave it there, sandra. >> sandra: brian kilmeade host of "fox & friends" and "one nation" always good to have you. we are talking about more

spending and highly inflationary environment. anybody who doesn't acknowledge that big government spending, never going to fix the problem here that is why we are where we are today. they ignored it for quite some time. >> it must drive you crazy with your business background because you understand there is no politics involved. leads to 4%, eggs up 40%, utilities 33% and you don't need someone telling you it's not their fault. spending money we don't have. >> sandra: may be even worse, the top priority and have been for months. >> you know why someone said to make it a top priority but someone said to blame somebody else. think about this, putin price hike sorry, the where we have to defend our ally. we have saudi arabia, saudi arabia is the reason high gas prices. it can't be their fault. republicans that won't vote for these programs that are vitally important. it is the president who is deciding not to drill and who didn't track and it's different if let's say sean hannity called him out for not doing that.

jamie deming who said we are about to start, track and a time to drill and that was the time the swing oil producer, i think that matters. >> sandra: the new york magazine headline caught our attention. a will ask you what you think about it. when you ask yourself how is the media covering all of this quest market rights in a headline, "nothing is working against inflation and there are some bright spots here appear the price of used cars fell in time to go shopping for a new full outfit and buy a ride to go see foliage, i guess but these are marginal victories. the rest of the year, things will get more expensive." going back to the headline, nothing is working against inflation. perhaps that would mean something if we sell everything here and attempted to bring down inflation like curbing big government spending. we have only spent more in the face of inflation. b1 if you look at excessive clues, we had a clue in the 1980s and cut spending at the same time in you had to raise

interest rates. they would come down as the economy caught wind of it. >> sandra: it would be painful. >> trace: we are experiencing that now. mr. powell wanted to get renewed and upped the interest rates and the economy, he would have got that job. why that job was so valuable, the banking world, i'm not sure. but i would say this, you could call it an anti-inflationary package whenever he tried to pass it but it was build back better. spending programs for green energy. that is not ready for the way technology is right now. >> sandra: indeed. that topic with this editorial quote from the wall street journey, gerry baker was on last hour. "the feds to squeeze demands, to your point, history shows that works if you are aggressive at it and reduce consumer business spending. that would be ultimately the goal to retain prices. many can help the economic pain with boosting supply but in doing the opposite, signing

corporate tax increase and imposing new regulatory burdens on business, that create uncertainty and discourage hiring." ahead of the oil refinery coming up in this show interest a little bit to react to this white house placing blame on them and telling them it is their corporate patriotic duty to bring the prices down. i know you are hot on this. tthe "the new york times" headlines. biden spends and "the new york times" writes, "president biden has been unable to break himself of the habit of relishing narratives to weave a political identity. so, it takes a lot of untruths, if you will come up from the white house and acknowledges the media seems happy to overlook many of these cases, why? >> trace: in the story, quickly never banished trump. these are exaggerations. one excuse that president biden does which he is great at doing,

i only exaggerate when i'm angry. i'm not sure what that means or justifies anything. let's give some examples purity was arrested protesting for the freedom of nelson mandela. never happened and he admitted it. when we could go he visited puerto rico and so many puerto ricans in delaware. we know that did not take place. we just discussed the fact he said beau biden died fighting the war in iraq. >> sandra: i saw that one and i thought that will get covered everywhere. >> trace: he got a scholarship to syracuse. and then he said it was the top of his class, 7675 and got no money. he traveled to afghanistan with a silver star, the navy captain and silver star, it was an army, soldier, no proof you went there peered four times he says he went to amtrak to be the conductor and to visit his sick mom in 2015. his mom died 2010. the conductor was dead by the time the story took place. you might say these are harmless, but you wonder if you go into exaggerate or not tell

the truth about so many things so often and you go to relate yourself to stories you have nothing to do with, where does the rubber hit the road? >> sandra: brian kilmeade, thank you for staying away for us and we hope you are able to relax with the weekend. >> i can't wait to watch my show at 8:00. >> sandra: i'm sorry, "one nation" coming up and always an amazing show. anything with a teaser there? >> i would like to say dana perino will be on an vladimir putin two. shocked about what he will be saying. and then also an interview with senator ron johnson fresh off of the debate. and also, could we possibly extradite trace gallagher from california well again, he still has money between $7 a gallon of gas and the taxes? will or will you get money to reach her family? >> trace: are you kidding me? i'm flat broke, brian. you are exactly right california and everybody is flat broke unless you live near the ocean.

since brian got a shameless plug for his show, shamelessly plug me and sandra because we will have a fascinating insight into president biden's storytelling tonight on fox news at night and america's late news. thank you for that. >> sandra: interesting and thank you to brian kilmeade as well. all right, trace next up for president biden's trip to portland, oregon, he is planning to lend a hand to democratic candidate in the governor's race as crime and homelessness are top of voters mind. so much so a former democrat is disgruntled with the party and running as an independent. we will have it next with the state of the race. >> trace: also we will talk to a survivor of a serial rapist in oregon to keep the attacker in prison. and she is furious that a nine time rapist and the raping of a 14-year-old girl given a break

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♪ ♪ >> trace: well, the outrage getting louder after a story we brought you this week. the liberal state that to free nine time rapist admitted rapist, a 13-year-old child and oregon is giving the predator of the break of a lifetime classifying him at the lowest level of offenders. but his victims are sounding the

red alert, and it's not a matter of if but when he will strike again. this is richard gilmore convicted in 1987 and breaking 13-year-old girl in oregon. a man who has confessed to raping others and will walk out of prison a free man and because of the low-level offenders status, officials will not have to notify families if he moves in right next door to you. now, his victims are grown women, and they are fighting back. they are urging democratic governor kate brown to issue an emergency order with high level offender and keep him behind bars. with us now is one of those women pushing back, daniel tutor who was just 17 when gilmore broke into her parents home and raped her, and i read your account and it is very scary. you can see richard gilmore in the moments before he attacked you. it has to be -- it has to be

psychodebilitating. >> it can be. and i think probably what has been the saving factor for me is being able to take something that was very painful in my life and being given the opportunity starting in 2008 to actually be able to advocate for other victims. i've gone on to be able to change seven different laws in the state of oregon and complete rape kit reform in our state. it is appalling to me that we have eliminated our rape kit backlog but we have turned it around and a backlog of sex offenders who are not classified. the legislature passed a bill in 2013 and it was an emergency bill that we needed classification for sex offenders. the one right, and your group have done exceptional work. i really am kind of baffled

because his classification leveg called a static 99 risk assessment. that is how they determined this. this is based on number of convictions and his age. danielle, it is the same thing insurance company shoes to ensure cars to get car insurance rates. it is laughable. they have nothing to go on, and they are deciding this guy is a one level offender by using an insurance chart! >> as we all know, it is a downloadable form. anyone can go on the internet and download the form, which is a static 99. i'm sorry but you are correct. ten question questionnaire can't even begin to classify a serial predator. but yet appallingly, that is what the parole board is choosing to use and they are sticking by their cons on using the statue 99.

what the citizens need to know we have allocated $6.5 million to the parole board to come up with the system to classify the sex offenders, which in 2013, there were over 4,000 that were not classified in our state. we know that number has only grown. we are now almost a decade down the road and the parole board has still not come up with the classification way to figure out what these sex offenders are. instead of, we are kicking the can down the road. now, we are taking it down to 2026, which i think it should be appalling to every citizen in the state. >> trace: i want to know what you would say to the governor of your state kate brown. kate brown has a tough battle because she has issued more pardons and more commutations in her term then all of the governors in the past 50 years in that state. so it will be a tough battle. what do you say to her?

>> you know, what i say to governor kate brown is, the parole board is appointed by her. and she is their boss. all kate brown has to do is declare an emergency with domestic situation until the parole board to come up with some rules that will level richard gilmore as a leve. it is that easy. if, for some reason, kate brown it is so sex offender friendly that she won't do that, are other option is we have legislative days here in oregon december 5th through the seventh. the oregon state legislature can actually call it one day session, and they can take care of the situation. and then subsequent session, they can actually make it more formal. so [boos] they do have the option to bypass kate brown if she so chooses not to do anything about this. >> trace: well, listen, danielle, you are a powerful

woman. i wish you the best of luck. this is a travesty. i think people know it. and i think this helps resignation your state. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. i think the best thing we can say is elections do have consequences. >> trace: inde indeed, indeed, bravo, sandra. >> sandra: good to have her on. oregon is becoming a surprising hot spot and midterm elections largely due to out-of-control crime. the president heading there later today to help campaign. high-stakes race for governor has everyone talking. it is a three way competition. republican christine drazan, betsy johnson independent, democrat tina kotek here this is a tight race. fox news power ranking show that race is currently ranked as a toss-up. and we are watching closely some of the key issues, especially for the independent billing herself as pro-choice and pro-jobs. she is really changing the

landscape of this race. we are watching it closely, the latest poll with a two-point lead over democrat tina kotek with 18% supporting the independent canada, 19% here and democrats are concerned, the independent is siphoning votes from the democrats according to a new state poll, largely oregon is heading on the wrong track. 25% say things are moving in the right direction. the issue of crime is one of the top issues for voters there is many folks say they just don't feel safe. crime safety, violence and lack of police presence a key issue as we watch that. so many onlookers at that race say it is a jump ball between the three republicans and democrats. traits, back to you. >> trace: also the pennsylvania race, high-stakes which could control the senate. some companies pulling out of the city of brotherly love because of this. that is coming up next. >> sandra: president biden

taking aim at the oil industry for high gas prices. we will talk to a refinery and get ahead of the refinery's direct response to white house placing blame on the oil companies. that is coming up. ♪ ♪

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for the folks there, jeff. jeff is covering for crime there on the streets. obviously, this is a big issue for voters, jeff. these are very, very busy stores behind you, jeff. what caused them to have to close? >> you make a great point, sandra. usually if a store closes it's because they don't have enough business. it is not the case. within a couple of weeks they tell us very busy. the problem is safety and security. take a look at the safeco come a chain of 950 competing stores on the east coast, continued safety and security challenges and business factors have made it increasingly difficult to remain open in these two locations. yeah, just problems keeping people safe and clerks as well as customers. jim, the mayor points out that they are are still wawa stores in philadelphia and they call it their home town, but just a

couple of weeks ago, take a look at the pictures, you saw, i know before, but this is probably what sparked this a ransacking of a wawa store by dozens of mainly teenagers in the neighborhood jumping up on top of the counters, stealing food, throwing food. and you heard from dr. ore's, the senate candidate, the u.s. senate candidate from pennsylvania points out two or three weeks to go before the election and crime is on people's minds. listen. >> public safety is the cornerse of a healthy economy. they will move to stores from downtown philadelphia because of concerns of safety. families are leaving philadelphia and they don't feel safe. >> on the other side of the political spectrum, dr. oz a republican is the democrat district attorney in philadelphia and some people blame for this. you have to still more than $500, sandra, to be prosecuted as somebody not a felon or

misdemeanor. they treat that sort of theft as a traffic ticket. some people say that is part of the problem, sandra. >> sandra: if the punishment doesn't fit the crime, people keep doing it, jeff on the ground, thank you very much, trace. >> trace: staying with pennsylvania and the type senate race either man's to win. bryan llenas on how both candidates are doing with black voters. >> trace the latest fox news polling shows lieutenant governor john fetterman 828-point lead over his opponent dr. oz with nonwhite voters in pennsylvania. dr. oz is trying to chip away at this margin. philadelphia native malcolm chaotic is helping federman court black voters despite having attacked him during a democratic primary for refusing to apologize for confronting a black jogger when he shot him in 2013. fetterman says he heard gunfire

nearby and was defending his community. republicans are running ads, tacking fetterman over the incident. dr. oz defended himself this morning after he told me this about dr. oz focus on trying to court black voters by the increased crime problem in philly. >> i don't think dr. oz gives a about people in philadelphia who are living with gunshots ringing outside of their windows. he's not talking to regular people. >> a desperate sway back. i've been multiple times even before a canada and it's the largest open-air drug market caused by weak left radical positions on drug use in the city of philadelphia. >> poster say indications black voters, enthusiasm to vote for fetterman. they have spent millions in ads targeting black voters. dr. oz has been trying to win over black voters with drugs, crime, violence, but to date the

oz campaign misled the public after failing to disclose a woman who spoke about losing family took on violence at one of those roundtables. trace a paid dr. oz staffer. this is a racist effort to diminish her experience because she is a doctor also porter, trace. >> trace: bryan llenas live for us, brian, thank you. >> sandra: president biden meanwhile consistent going on the record limning the oil industry for high gas prices. but the administration's anti-false fuel rhetoric and strict regulations, folks folks in the oil and gas industry says it poses to scale up productiono bring prices down. the white house has been pretty clear its plan is to end fossil fuels. we have our oil phil flynn standing by to react. but we will first bring in matt smorch, the president and ceo of

country market. you run a refinery out of the state of indiana. you are part of the big refinery picture responsible for turning the oil into gasoline that eventually goes into our cars, math. i want to get your reaction to the white house placing blame squarely on companies like yours for sky high gas prices. listen. >> i'm calling on the industry to refine oil into gasoline to bring down gas prices. >> as of yesterday, crude oil has dropped by nearly 15%. two weeks ago, the price is at the pump have barely budged. that difference as a result of companies record high profit margins from refining oil. >> look, we need more refining capacity. this idea that they don't have oil to drill into bring up is simply not true. >> you see it as a patriotic duty, oil refineries have a

responsibility too appear they have been taking infinity of the war. >> sandra: how do you respond to that? it is your patriotic duty to bring those prices down and ramp up your production. >> i mean, right now, truthfully, we are trying to produce as much product as we can. country country mart is a small refinery and probably one of the smallest integrated oil companies in the world and we are here during harvest time and we are trying to produce as much diesel fuel and gasoline that we can to make sure that we can supply our customers with the fuels they need to harvest a crop and to keep the economy rolling. >> sandra: yeah, i want to put up on the screen gas prices all over the country, some places like california $7 a gallon at the pump. i will put up with gas prices and what they have done under this administration because they

have only gone up. now we are looking at $3.99 as a national average today. went this president took office $2.39, up 63%. so he is making the case and we just played out the sound of him. you guys are making record high profits on these high prices and that is why you won't increase supply. to that you say what? >> well, i would say first of all, it is great that you put up california gas prices because it is the highest in the country, but at the same time, policies like california going and eliminating the internal combustion engine just goes to show that california and this administration is not supportive of our industry. and so, to go and invest in their industry and to get more refining capacity, it takes

capital spending, but if they are setting policies that want to eliminate our industry and eliminate the use of gasoline and diesel fuel, why would anyone make those investments? and that is part of the problem that we are seeing today. >> sandra: that is a really important question. and i want to get to phil flynn for all of this. is there something the administration can do today to send a message to you and others in your industry that they are pivoting and that they will be a little more friendly with red brick to the fossil fuel industry and hopes of increasing investment and increasing output? >> i would say right now to california internal combustion engine b band is a huge issue tt shows gasoline is not wanted in the future appear at the biden administration has the ability to deny california their waiver of authority that is needed to

implement that band. if they are to show that they are supportive of refining long-term, by eliminating california's waiver or denying that request, that would go a long way to setting up what the future will look like for the refining industry. >> sandra: back to fill because it is good to have you one. any price gouging going on there and there has been investigations at the federal and state level and nothings turned up. are you price gouging in a moment of sky high gasoline? >> they are being able to price gouge is a misnomer. when you are a refiner telling wholesale gasoline and diesel fuel, you have to set the price at what the market bears. if you don't and if you sell it and set it to low, you will sell out in a day and if you said it too high, you won't sell anything. so the market really determines the price. >> sandra: matt, it was great

to get you one. we keep referencing the refineries. we hear the refinery talk by the administration. we understand edit regulations on. let's get a refinery on. so we appreciate you joining us and we will stay in touch with you. matt, thank you very much. >> thank you so much for the opportunity. >> sandra: i know we took a lot of time with phil but can you quickly give us the outlook? you are in touch with matt all the time but your outlook as far as the current policies and what will happen with the energy prices, especially as we approach winter? >> i think america has to thank guys like matt and country mark because it is the small producers that really lessening the energy crisis in this country. and when we look at diesel for example, thank goodness we have the smaller producers carrying the bags because the big guys can't meet demand. if you look at the price of diesel right now out of the east coast, it is equivalent of over $200 a barrel.

we have inventories seen at the lowest level for this time of year since 1951. and what are we doing in those country? we are making in order to make supply to meet demand. you are paying a higher price and people cannot afford it. >> sandra: real quickly if i can play this. i know we are up short on. the news room, she is trying to help people out and it's really cold and says, having to make major sacrifices with energy prices. listen. this year, we are hearing really tough choices. especially we have to pick between heating our home and getting the medications we need. between filling up our gas tanks to go to church and by the food we need to live. inflation impacts all of us. >> sandra: man, that is a real reality for many. >> the real reality is that should not be happening in america. we are shutting down refineries for spreading record amounts to other countries. we have to stop because it is the american people in the

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