good match to the h3n2, so a pretty good year to actually get your flu shot. we don't know for sure until the end of the year, but i'm definitely telling people to get it. >> sandra: got it, dr. siegel, we heard a new interview with dr. fauci, asked about the school lockdowns and whether he regrets that happening. listen. >> what we should realize and have realized that there will be collateral consequences. they always say fauci was responsible for closing schools. i had nothing to do. let's get down to the facts. >> sandra: nothing to do with it. what did you -- what did you think when you heard that? >> sandra, i have personal experience with this. back at the very beginning in march 2020, i interviewed dr. fauci and said i think lockdowns may not work and i was worried they would cause a lot of collateral damage he agreed but

he was the one who came out and said flatten the curve, and that flattening the curve kept going on and on and on. now, when it comes to schools, he's not telling a fib here. in july of 2020, i interviewed him and he said we have to get the schools open by the fall, but note he had already set a policy of lockdowns and closures that were extended to the schools. so the issue of collateral damage, mental health effects, socialization, nutrition, eye care, the mask overuse, the issue of not being with your peers that we were so worried about was extended and he talked about it in july 2020, but i think the horses were already out of the barn. we saw from other parts of the world that you could leave schools open and the spread did not increase. >> john: to that point, dr. siegel, it's one thing to say we want the schools to open, but it's another to set conditions or be among the people setting conditions that make it impossible for those schools to open. and at the same time, that very

same time, catholic schools were reopening to in-person learning but nobody at the white house, including fauci, said here is a model we can follow, they all capitulated to the teachers unions. >> they were spreading the policy, they were worried about the teachers, and then we kept them closed here and suddenly the "new york times" says now, look, collateral damage. well, we were talking about this two years ago. >> sandra: not to mention american pediatrics when they said that's it, kids have to get back to school, it's bad for their mental health. dr. siegel, thank you very much. >> thank you guys, good to see you. [gunshots]

>> sandra: constant blasts just terrorizing the citizens of ukraine as putin turns to iran now for help with russia's new weapon of war. waves of so-called kamikaze drones blasting in kyiv, torching apartments with civilians inside. rescue teams are picking through rubble for any survivors. >> john: russia is using the drones to target energy infrastructure as putin tries to freeze out his enemies heading into winter. >> sandra: east coast are preparing for blackouts, how will the president respond? "america reports" rolls into hour two. i'm sandra smith in new york, great to be with you on this monday and great to have you back, john. >> john: it's good to be back after a few days off to recover from some surgeries, happy to be with you. john roberts in washington. the white house finally releasing the national security strategy and centers around vladimir putin and xi jinping.

they say xi is watching what happens in ukraine as he sets his eyes on taiwan. >> sandra: former nato ambassador kurt volker is standing by with reaction dealing with vladimir putin but fox team coverage with jennifer griffin, at the pentagon, greg palkot on the xi power grab and mark meredith at the white house. >> john: mark, what is the white house saying? >> good afternoon to you and welcome back. the white house insists it is not all doom and gloom when it comes to the economy. we talk about some of the issues we heard about in the last hour, whether it be inflation, we have seen energy price spikes as well as concerns about supply chains can paint a different story. peter had a chance to press the white house about these issues, but some other reporters were trying to get a sense of where the u.s. economy is heading. >> our focus is on the long-term as we have said many times which is growth and investment, and increased manufacturing. make our economy stronger and

more resilient because of the work, because of the work this president has done when it comes to his economic plan. >> for the president, it's surely a political issue. midterm election is 22 days away and most voters are not thrilled with the state of the economy. the latest polling showing only 21% of registered voters would rate the condition of this economy either as good or excellent. 78% considering it fair or poor. now, when it comes to inflation, republicans say it is the white house and president biden, congressional democrats are to blame, record amount of spending out of washington. >> this white house has created a culture of chaos, inflation, open border, drugs that are coming across the border. >> they are bragging as if gas prices are lower. prices are about 60% higher today than when joe biden took

office and he shut off american emergency production. >> opec, some energy industry analyst considering whether or not they will tap the strategic petroleum reserve to change the prices out there. the white house aides say no final decision has been made. we heard where the president has been ahead of the midterm elections. the white house says he has been out on the road, and pointed to a trip out west to the all important keystone state of pennsylvania. john. >> john: if they tap it in the next three weeks, it will look overtly political. no question about that. mark, thank you. >> sandra: china's president xi set to be leader for life, and one of his first acts is putting the rest of the world on notice. during address to his congress, xi assured everyone he would use all necessary means to take taiwan. greg palkot is in london. he has more on this.

greg. what more did xi have to say? >> a lot to say but not much reassuring. he's attending the chinese communist party congress for a reason, set to make it official he will serve an unprecedented third term as party leader. most importantly president. just under two-hour speech was filled to the brim with tough talk, and yes, the line about taiwan, while suggesting he would be happy about a peaceful reunification with the island democracy, made it clear he was going to get it back whatever he takes. he called for an ongoing modernization. defended the 0 covid policy, lockdowns, and no mention of the china slowdown and other money woes related to his autocratic

policies, and self-reliance and strength and telling other countries to butt out of their affair, and great power relations in the future. read that playing nice with the u.s. and the west. next five years, sandra, back to you. >> sandra: greg palkot live from london, thank you. >> john: biden administration laying out the national security strategy, outcompeting china and restraining russia. jennifer griffin has details from the pentagon. and jen, how is the biden national security strategy different than president trump's? >> not that different. it sounds similar to the trump administration focus on china and russia in 2017. except that there is more focus this time on climate change as an threat, russia poses immediate threat to the system,

prc is the only competitor with both intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the economic diplomatic military and technological power to advance that objective. at the communist party congress as greg mentioned, president xi will -- is expected to be handed a third term potentially setting him up as president for life. in a speech sunday, xi said china is intent on overtaking taiwan, enormous threat to u.s. national security, that is where most of the world's semi kubt tore chips are manufactured. >> peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and the greatest effort. however, we are not committed to abandoning the use of force and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures. >> the u.s. has sent $18.2 billion in security assistance to ukraine since

january 2021. national security advisor jake sullivan said china is learning from russia's war in ukraine. >> vladimir putin is making reckless nuclear threats. violating the u.n. charter, targeting civilians, acting with a brutality that threatens to drag us all back into the dark days of soviet expansionism. >> the most pressing issue right now is russia, as it has invaded ukraine. but certainly china is a thing that we, the united states of america, will focus on. >> the biden administration recently fired a major shot across the bow two weeks ago at beijing imposing sweeping new export controls aimed at cutting off china from obtaining chips used in super computers, causing "the complete collapse of the communist country semi conductor industry. >> john: a long drawn out

question, no question about that. >> sandra: bring in kurt volker, former ambassador to nato and ukraine negotiations. thank you very much for joining us. to these five iranian-made kamikaze drones that targeted kyiv this morning, what was your reaction to that? >> well, first off, shows that putin has very few options at his disposal. he can't take and hold territory in ukraine anymore. he's losing ground in territory he's already taken. they don't have their own weapons they are able to use effectively against the targets so they are going out shopping, buying them from iran and using drones that are kamikaze, fairly low tech just to fly into things and blow them up. this is an effort, as your report said, to try to shut off energy supplies in kyiv ahead of the winter and to try to terrorize the population and also shows putin's options are limited and he's more desperate, and reflects some pressure he's

in at home. >> sandra: where would you characterize this point of the war, where are things today would you say? >> it's a very dangerous time. i think putin realizes he's losing. people in russia realize putin is losing and makes him reach for things more destructive perhaps, and the drone attacks against civilian targets is one thing. we have to always be wary about the possible use of nuclear weapons, although i think it is rather unlikely. it's nonetheless even a small possibility is a dangerous one. but in the big picture here, ukraine is winning. ukraine is surviving as a strong independent sovereign european democracy and russia is not able to snuff that out. that is a huge development and i think will be transformational for russia having failed to take over its neighbor, i think there are going to be repercussions inside for putin and the regime. >> sandra: it's a big statement. i want to play out what we just

heard from the white house a few moments ago. the president's press secretary was asked about the war entering a new phase and asked for clarification where the -- where it stands on what happens next. listen. >> this administration believes we are entering a new phase of the war in ukraine? >> i'm not going to go into any analysis about where we are in this war. we have been very clear about how we saw -- how we have been seeing russia's escalation over the past several weeks, and so you know, what we will do is to continue to support the people of ukraine. what we will do is make sure that they have what they need to continue their brave, the way that they are fighting bravely on the ground. >> sandra: how much farther do you want the united states to go with its involvement in this war based on where you described it

is today? >> yeah, well, what she just said there is that we are giving ukraine what they need. that's not entirely correct, we are not giving ukraine long range artillery systems that would be able to hit the russian forces further back behind the front lines. that's very important. they also need fighter aircraft and they also need armor, which we should be working with our allies together to try to help get them that as well. ultimately the longer this war goes on, the more painful it is for ukrainians, of course, because they are dying, but also painful for europe and the united states as we talk about with energy prices. we should be doing everything we can to help the ukrainians end this quickly. >> sandra: i want to ask you this final question on china and president xi and leader for life potentially as the wall street journal writes the thoughts of chairman xi, when anointed for a third five-year term, it will confirm the aggressive

nationalism and communist ideology, the single biggest threat to world freedom. all but guarantees an era of confrontation between china and the u.s. that is a rather dire warning from the wall street journal. do you agree with it? >> it is dire, and i think there's a lot of merit in that. a couple things i would say. one, as true as that is about china being a long-term threat, russia is fighting a war in europe and killing people and damaging our energy security right now. china is a threat a little further down the road, we have a real issue with russia right now. second, i think the lesson that china is learning from this war in ukraine right now is to be patient. russia went into this quickly, is losing militarily, a lot of damage to russia, economically, military and reputationally. china wants to do better than that. when it talks about peaceful reabsorption of taiwan, saying we don't rule out military

options, it sounds to me they're looking at a longer time horizon, that's a big thing. >> ambassador kurt volker, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> sandra: john, a lot of response from the ambassador as the war obviously is entering a different stage. the escalation that we have seen in recent days there in ukraine brings up big questions over what happens next and our involvement, especially. >> john: and whether or not the united states is giving ukraine the weapons it needs to win the war. the ukrainians want the tactical missile system, administration saying no, what you have so far is good enough. ukraine is saying if we had that system we could even win back crimea. looks like the biden administration is playing it cautiously, but is that the right thing to do. rather than focusing on winning war, critics say the pentagon is more into going woke. we first told you of controversial race comments from the diversity boss, now fox news

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>> john: closing arguments in the trial of a key figure of the steele dossier wrapping up moments ago. the trial coming out of the john durham investigation into the origins of the trump russia probe. now up to an injury to see if danchenko lied to the fbi and

what punishment he should face. he was being paid for three years as an asset. and on top of that, would pay christopher steele for the dossier but could not do it. jonathan turley, what do you think of the big take-aways from the danchenko trial here? >> thanks, john, good to have you back. >> john: thank you. >> the trial -- the trial presented what was very strong evidence that danchenko put false material into the dossier. that's not too surprising. the dossier was viewed by american intelligence as not just bogus but likely russian disinformation. what was really gripping was the examination of one of the key fbi figures that worked with danchenko, and this witness actually tried to rehabilitate him saying he was a great asset

and durham said you are aware there are american intelligence officials that believe he's a double agent, and he said well, i never could get access to those files and durham said all you do is ask. didn't -- and so the clear import was that he didn't think it was important enough to ask whether he was running a double agent. and so this has just been a gripping series of testimonies from these witnesses. now, whether durham wins the case or not, what most of us were hoping to get from durham, not necessarily a line of convictions, statute of limitations was running out, but the critical report that special counsels can produce. much of what he knows are not contained inhe filings, and mueller, the previous special counsel never revealed have been breathtaking. >> john: yeah, no question about that. one of the big questions, what the impact is going to be on the

fbi of all of this. what george said. >> fbi ran amuck under the comey leadership to continue to get warrants with absolutely no foundation, no basis, and they turned this country upside down. >> john: how do you think this is going to impact the fbi? >> i think all of us agree that the real indictment in this litigation has been of the fbi. that is a very important point that was made because he's one of those individuals who is really chew up and spit out by the media, by the fbi, people like carter page was not guilty of any of these things, he was turned into a grotesque monstrous figure by the media. nobody is giving him back his reputation, he was used, he was a useful prop, and the same thing is true for the clinton campaign. they got away with it. you know, they hid the funding of the steele dossier through

mark elias, their lawyer and put it under their legal expenses. they were sanctioned for that, by the way, by the u.s. government but they got away with it. false stories into the media, pushed the stories to the allies and the fbi. and what's left is all of these broken lies that have been produced by this strange coalition of the clinton campaign, media and the fbi. the fact that they, both the clinton campaign and the fbi paid this individual is all you need to know. but when we found out that they offered steele a million dollars if he could bag donald trump, you are left scratching your head and a lot of these questions may be answered in the report, and answered if the house turns over to the gop, promised to investigate. >> john: no investigations if that happens night of november 8th.

jury deliberating the fate of danchenko. thanks for your analysis, appreciate it. >> sandra: now the story from the pentagon, and something first on fox, self-described woke equity chief who oversees curriculum at schools for military children is recommending a book for kids that refers to 9/11 first responders as menaces. calisa wing, already under investigation for anti-white tweets, critics say the book is anti-police. coates writing, they were not human to me, black, white or whatever, they were menaces of nature. they were the fire could with no justification shatter my body. hard to believe that is true, and that those words would leave her mouth. >> john: something which i was completely unfamiliar, that's just stunning.

>> sandra: and sad. >> john: when you consider all of the first responders who ran into the world trade center and lost their lives and all the first responders who came to the pentagon within seconds of that plane hitting the military capital there, it's unbelievable. >> sandra: they are heros all of them. >> john: dramatic new video used to turn heads, now the norm in one city. could voters be mad enough to elect the first republican governor in a very, very long time? plus, box getting a look at planning docs for dhs officials at the border. among their tasks, picking up trash for migrants.

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and he started asking tattoos that mary has, and we knew. we knew she was gone. >> sandra: the violence taking a toll coast to coast with the big apple becoming a breeding ground for criminals. a group of thieves taking part in this smash and grab on a park avenue, at a park avenue jewelry store, items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. americans in new york set to determine whether the blue state will turn red in a few weeks. >> john: as real clear politics marks the new york gubernatorial race a toss-up, if lee zeldin wins, the first republican in close to 20 years. rafael is standing by to react in moments, but alexis mcadams is live. >> seems no matter where you live, people are talking about crime, up 31% over the five years, fourth down, rape, robbery.

alarming videos have so many new yorkers concerned about their safety. this weekend, these crooks broke into a jewelry store on park avenue. the trio took off with more than a half a million dollars worth of merchandise, ran out of the stores with the bags. as crime suspects in new york city and the state, a new look at how close the governor's race is. here you can see the recent poll, the democratic governor leads lee zeldin by ten percent, the gap is closing and zeldin was just endorsed by donald trump who backs his stance on fighting crime. last week the crime crisis hit home for represent zeldin after police say there was a drive-by shooting in front of his long island home. his family was not hurt but he blames it on governor hochul's soft on crime policies.

>> people want to save the state and save new york city and they are tired reading the headlines n rising crime in their own neighborhoods. places where they used to feel safe. >> what are the top issues for voters. according to a new poll, inflation and crime, not surprising. 79% of voters say they are concerned about higher crime rates and those polled say they trust republicans more than democrats to handle both of those major issues. so, crime is also a top priority for voters in the swing state of pennsylvania where the senate race between john fetterman and republican mehmet oz is growing closer, too, john. >> john: what a situation there in new york. where is spider-man when he need him. alexis, thank you. >> sandra: rafael mangual, thank you very much for joining us. you know voters will be able to speak a couple weeks from now and this crime crisis is a very real one for many, not just here in new york, but across the country.

>> that's right. i think they are rightfully shocked and appalled by the increase in crime in the united states and new york in particular has seen over the last three years. we have come to a point in the city where i think prior to 2020 we had taken for granted the safety achievements we had garnered over the course of the 1990s. but as we are learning all too quickly, those gains cannot be taken for granted. we have to work to maintain them. >> sandra: we played out the video from bristol, connecticut, and the "new york times," the slain officers face daunting fire power despite strict gun laws, added he was alarmed by "the idea that some of our cops are outgunned by the bad guys." what did you make of that? >> i think it's a really important point for people to understand. i mean, it's often very easy for us to -- i think lose sight of the risk that police officers take when they put the badge on every day and go out. i often talk about in my work

the, how increasing crime affects a slice of communities already dealing with elevated crime levels and maintaining public safety in the spaces and that's our police officers who have seen an increase in the gun violence they have been subjected to, and coming at a time which that institution has been, you know, consistently denigrated, something is awry in the justice department. >> sandra: most recent polling on president biden's approval rating on crime particularly, just 37% approve, 58% disapprove of his handling of crime, and also in that fox news polling when asked which party would do a better job on crime, republicans overwhelmingly get the majority there, 54% to democrats just 39%.

so, you know, we'll see how it plays out. case in point in connecticut, it's another example of how the bad guys will do bad things even if you have the strict gun laws in place. do you think voters will seek change ultimately? >> i do, at least in some parts of the country. i think, you know, it's going to be a toss-up as to whether that happens in new york. >> sandra: do you think we have moved past the defund movement at a minimum? >> yes, at least the more radical versions of it. new york city council has a couple abolitionists on it, but one of the reasons i think biden is performing so poorly in the polls, people need to remember on the campaign trail he committed to cutting incarceration in half, people understand cannot be done without drastically increasing the risk that individuals face while on the street as a result

of the decarceation movement. >> sandra: we took a chunk of the white house press briefing, and no questions on crime. this is one of the top issues for the american voter in the midterm elections and not hearing the media ask about it. shouldn't be being -- shocked. >> we shouldn't. long been a bias for the media. >> john: only fox news has been on the scene of the southern border since the beginning of the border crisis. now another fox news exclusive, gillian turner got access to internal dhs planning documents that say dhs is creating a volunteer force to help illegal migrants once they are in the united states. gillian joins us now. are we to believe that dhs is sending administration employees, including officials from the pentagon, to the southern border to do chores for illegal migrants?

>> it looks that's correct, john. breaking news just into us, we are able to confirm not only is dhs asking for volunteers from the pentagon, also asking for volunteers from every single u.s. government department and agency to provide support services to migrants detained there. we have been given exclusive access to internal dhs and pentagon planning documents that reveal military officials are going to deploy to the southern border to support migrants crossing illegally and legally. no experience is required, just a willingness to serve. take a look at this memo, military officials to leave their jobs to travel to the border for 60 days at a time. will help ensure migrants receive compassionate and timely care, while alleviating the strain on cbp and law enforcement officers to perform their duties along the southwest border. a detailed look at what the

military officials will be doing to support migrants. responsibilities will include basic housekeeping, picking up trash, sweeping, cleaning refrigerators, and shredding paper, prescription medicine runs, picking up meds from local pharmacies, migrant personal property management, tagging, bagging, sealing, storing and retrieval of their personal effects on demand. they say it's time to call a spade a spade. >> if there wasn't a crisis, why would they be advertising for services like this. this administration refuses to define the problem. >> an internal memo sent to most of the defense department internal staff, disseminate this widely and encourages this opportunity. so far they have referred fox news to dhs for comments on the documents, john, and dhs has not responded to our request for comment. >> john: i was watching earlier

today, and david webb did some calculations and said it would cost taxpayers between 25 and $30,000 per person to sends these employees and officials down to the southern border. >> like not only the salary and loss of services at the pentagon, but per diem, housing, travel, food as well. >> john: great work on covering that. >> sandra: three weeks to go, rising crime and inflation, will that translate to republicans taking back the senate?

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with officials there expecting regard turnout for a midterm election. this as senate candidates walker and warnock faced off that covered a wide range of issues. charles watson has the latest from atlanta for us. so, charles, who benefitted the most from the debate? >> good afternoon, sandra. interesting question, we were talking to some experts about this and they actually say they believe that herschel walker benefitted most from the debate because the bar was set so low for him. folks on both sides who believe

walker had a solid performance, that said, walker has not been able to shake some of his past controversies. we will hear from him on "today" show where he pushed back on headlines that have dogged for weeks, admittedly a check used to pay for a girlfriend's abortion, was signed by him. >> she is the mother of my child, you know what i'm saying, it's a lie. >> do you know what the $700 can be for? >> i have no idea what it is for. >> is that your signature on the check? >> doesn't matter whether it's my signature or not. >> he declined to show up to a second debate on sunday, where rafael warnock used walker's absence to hit him on everything

from abortion to claims walker lied about once being a sheriff's deputy. walker also pushed back -- warnock pushed back on reports that his church moved to evict tenants from an apartment building during the height of the pandemic. >> this is one more example of herschel walker and his allies lying. first of all, there were no evictions. atlanta journal constitution reported that. and my church has no direct involvement in a day-to-day operations of that apartment building. >> we'll see in a few days who has a stronger message with voters, sandra. >> sandra: that's coming up, charles watson, thank you. >> john: david bossy, co-author "trump america first." findings, generic ballot, who would you rather vote for, democrat or republican, democrats lead 44-41, but trim

it down to people who say that they are certain to vote, could be called likely voters, the numbers flip and it's 47-46 in favor of republicans. more republicans says going to play out? >> first of all, this generic ballot is fantastic for republicans and for republican candidates across the country. let me just put in perspective for the viewers. on election day 2020, the generic ballot was d plus 7 and republicans picked up 14 house seats. and yours is the outlier, most of the generic ballots, john, are plus 4, or plus 3, or 5. so if you have a 10 or 11 point swing on the generic ballot, people are voting in the early voting states, it's a very good trend because the economy has taken hold. just like sports, you don't win

the world series, you know, in may and don't win the super bowl in october. so, you have to be there on election day. the democrats had a good summer, it doesn't matter. >> and some of the polls are changing, call for number 4, some races i want you to comment on. this is the georgia race, walker versus warnock, the ranking is toss-up in the power rankings, and the fetterman-oz race, toss-up as well, but races -- it could decide senate control but also races that republicans should win and they are not. >> that a republican should win -- >> john: you have the senate seat held by republicans. >> pennsylvania is a difficult state for republicans to win, always has been. i think dr. oz is going to win that race. fetterman has just shown his weakness. you know, his health is an issue, clearly it's an issue. the voters are just starting to understand it. people don't tune into the races

until labor day. so the last 30 days, all of september you have seen the polls change. i believe that governor kemp, somebody we have not really talked about, is going to have a major impact in the georgia race. he's going to help carry walker across the finish line and i think herschel did an incredible job and changed a lot of minds. >> john: a couple others. new hampshire, 7-point lead, but down from 13, and then in colorado, bennet is ahead by six points, but people think it's closer and odea could win it. >> when the incumbent three weeks out is below 50, it's a very bad pattern to watch. i have to tell you, patty murray has big trouble in washington state with tiffany smiley and the new one on the board, blumenthal with levy, taking him on, it's a close race, only about four points. >> john: we have to run, thank

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>> sandra: heck of a rally. it's great to have you back, john. >> john: great to be back. great to see the dow going up for a change. >> sandra: thought we would mention it. be here tomorrow. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> john and sandra, thank you. good afternoon, everybody. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. andy mccarthy, k.t. mcfarland and joe concha ahead this hour on "the story." first, 22 days out from election day. another poll is finding by a long shot that the economy is the number 1 worry for likely voters as they head to the polls. and those likely voters favor republicans overwhelmingly. moments ago, the white house saying the president is hitting the road nonstop to re-assure voters. >> the president is going to get