>> sandra: all new at 2:00 at this hour, president biden is on the trail in battle ground pennsylvania where polls show republican senate candidate mehmet oz gaining ground on democrat john fetterman seen there a short time ago in his suit and tie greeting the

president. 19 days to go to election day. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour. i'm sandra smith in new york, and i point that out, because he does not typically wear a suit. >> john: i bet it's a hoodie suit. i'm john roberts in washington. 19 days until americans decide whether the democratic agenda in washington is working, 19 days for closing arguments and one from the white house chief of staff. >> first of all, we have done things to bring prices down. passed the inflation reduction act and when you look at where the economy was when we got here, 8% unemployment. we brought that down to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. we are putting americans back to work. businesses are open that were closed two years ago, schools are open that were closed two years ago. the president is fighting to bring down prices of everyday things like prescription drugs, gasoline, and i think that's our message to voters at this very tough time. >> sandra: at this very tough

time, republicans say. that's their closing pitch with the white house underwater on almost every major issue the voters care about the most. people want to feel secure in their wallets and safe in their homes. >> john: fox team coverage of all the top issues driving voters this election season, from urban rot in the big apple, to the broken southern border. but we begin with peter doocy, live on the north lawn at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. what's going on there today, peter? >> john, what's going on here, we are finding out the democrats are not all on the same page about the top issue in nearly every midterm poll. abortion. because now we have a critical biden ally, james clyburn, saying the american rescue plan that biden brags about did contribute to inflation. >> all of us were concerned

about the rising costs and we knew it would be the case when we put in place the recovery program. any time you put more money into the economy prices tend to rise. the and we do know that price gouging takes place. >> but then biden's press secretary aboard air force one saying that the president's policies are doing the opposite and actually lowering inflation. >> strength of the dollar reflects how the united states remains in a strong position to bring down inflation and maintain a resilient job market. president biden's economic plan continues to position the u.s. economy for stronger growth and in invest mernt in the united states. >> for months, inflation was the top issue, but recently attention has turned to abortion access so we asked him about that. >> just hoping to clarify for midterm voters, top domestic

issue. inflation or abortion? >> all important. unlike you, there's no one thing. it crosses the board. domestic -- ask me about foreign policy, multiple, multiple issues and they are all important and we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, you know the expression. >> even though president biden is on the road today in a swing state. at an official event as opposed to a campaign event, later will go to a private high dollar fundraiser but we are not seeing the president on the road engaging voters this close to an election the way that we have seen previous presidents do it at this point in the cycle. john. >> john: was he saying that you are a one horse pony, peter? >> i think so, it's been a while. nice throwback. >> sandra: don't take it personally, peter.

cdc, the board added the covid-19 vaccine to the list of vaccines for public schools, causing concern among some doctors and parents. steve has the latest from atlanta for us. home of the cdc. what are we learning, steve? >> sandra, at this point it's important to keep in mind that this is just a recommendation, not to get ahead of the story here. these are a group of medical experts, they have recommended to the cdc that the covid-19 vaccine become a part of the regular immunization schedule for children and adults. this comes one day after another vote saying it should be a part of children's vaccination program. this would allow children who don't have insurance, can't afford the vaccine, to keep getting it when the government stops paying for it some time next year. keep in mind at this point it's just guidance. guidance for health departments and guidance for doctors, and medical officials have been quick to point out that any mandate that you can't go to school without the covid shot,

any such decision would be made by the states. >> my personal expectation is there will not be a rush to mandate this vaccine if for no other reason that it continues to be at least in some quarters rather controversial. >> mandates already exist in california and washington, d.c. for some age groups but they are not being enforced and before winter, one-third of u.s. school children have not been vaccinated for covid-19. sandra. >> sandra: a lot of parents will have a lot to say about that. see if they have the say with what happens with our kids. steve, thank you. john. >> john: the border crisis could motivate voters, and no longer just in border states. bill is live at the border in eagle pass, texas. bill, is eagle pass still a hot spot? >> john, it absolutely is, and border patrol here in eagle pass just reported they just arrested

a convicted child sex predator from honduras who tried crossing illegally. as the groups show up at all hours of the day. early this morning just after sunrise, a smaller group wading across a shallow part of the rio grande as fog was still hugging the river. del rio saw 8,200 last week, and one week, more than 3,300 known got-aways, big numbers for one sector. and later in the afternoon, approximately 200 crossed illegally at the same time. almost all of them predominantly single adult men. we are not seeing a whole lot of families anymore. most of these folks, cubans, colombia, and nicaraguans, and the city of el paso in west texas dealing with the same thing. pull this video up, el paso is seeing upwards of 1800 illegal crossings per day in recent weeks. it's gotten so bad border patrol

is doing street releases, releasing migrants to the streets, and yesterday the democratic mayor of el paso was asked by dana perino, did the white house ask you to not declare a state of emergency there. here is what he had to say. >> did the white house ask you not to declare a state of emergency? >> absolutely not. you know, one of the things i'm very thankful for the white house, the federal government, done a really good job of working with us and helping us. >> absolutely not was his answer there. well, here is what he said three weeks ago at an el paso city council meeting. >> the white house has asked at this point for us not to do that. >> so there he is right there on camera for everybody to see admitting that yes, the white house did ask them not to declare a state of emergency. that is a direct contradiction to what he told dana live on fox news yesterday and point out that fox news did reach out to

the white house on tuesday multiple times to ask them about this reporting from the new york post that they pressured the el paso mayor not to declare a state of emergency because of optics. still two days later have not heard anything back from the white house. back to you. >> john: bill, when you take a look at dana's question, too, she said did the white house ask you to not declare a state of emergency. she didn't say did the white house pressure you, which she could have done. it is in direct contradiction to what he said at the city council meeting. >> yeah, and he of all people should know all of those city council meetings are recorded and posted online for the public to see. so when he denied it to dana yesterday, he should have known his comments where he admitted to it weeks before might have had a chance to get out there. >> john: remember, the internet is forever. bill, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: another horror story out of america's crime crisis, this time in the shadow of our nation's capital on a computer

bus, this happened. a group of teenagers attacking a woman, and as she cried out for people to help, witnesses just sat there, did nothing. lucas tomlinson is live in washington. you just sat down with the victim we saw in the video. was she so upset that no one there jumped in to help her. >> she's very angry, sandra, and extremely upset that the bus driver never stopped the bus despite her repeated calls to do something. she said that mob turned violent after she told the teens to stop using vulgar language. >> next bottles like juice bottles and things thrown at me, liquid thrown on me, and they just started physically assaulting me and as i'm telling the bus driver like let me off, let me off, let me off, open the door, the bus driver made no attempts to stop. >> in this video obtained by our local affiliate you can see the

teens ganging up on her. she says they tried to throw her off the bus, she was assaulted monday in broad daylight 4:00 p.m., not long after school was let out. she wants the bus driver punished for not stopping and helping her and also d.c. metro held accountable as well. >> the amount of kids that was on that bus, you know, he would have been outnumbered as well. this is like the mere fact why didn't anybody else attempt to assist me. they probably thought the same, like they would have been assaulted as well. >> aggravated assault has spiked 25% aboard d.c. mass transit in the last month. larceny over 50% in september and robberies also up over 7%. d.c.'s mayor was asked about this attack on miss thurston. the mayor said she had not seen the video. >> i imagine it's traumatizing and should not happen. not any type of crime we want to

see in our city at any time. >> miss thurston credits her christian faith for giving her the strength to resist and coming out of this attack largely unscathed. when i asked her why crime is spiking, the pandemic response and the break down of the american family. >> sandra: a horrifying scene on that bus, john. >> john: shocking scene, yet another attack on law enforcement, this time in philadelphia. david lee miller has got that story. were there any injuries in this incident? >> john, no one was hurt but the objects thrown at cops could have inflicted serious harm. philadelphia police are asking for the public help who took part in the attack, and video of sunday's assault. police were called to a local gas station, a large group of people were riding atvs and one hit a gas pump, the driver fled

on foot. one tossing a brick breaking the window of a marked patrol car, hidden by a black face mask, a red and white dirt bike. the spokesperson says the type of vehicles are not authorized for use on philadelphia streets, they will be confiscated. the investigation is still active. as of now, no arrests. john. >> john: david lee miller for us, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in salina, national political reporter for "washington examiner" and columnist at "new york post". the white house faces mounting crises, we covered many of them. with each of those reporters at the top of our hour, and here we go, 19 days from election day. are democrats getting the message that, where they are focusing is not working for their candidates? >> no, they are not. it's sort of fascinating, they have still decided that abortion

is the most important issue, they are going to be spending a lot more money when the closing days as their closing argument in these key senate races, including in pennsylvania. and it is sort of remarkable to me that all it takes is a conversation with any1 on the street and those issues that you just ran through with each of those reporters in different parts of the country all remain the top concerns among voters. james clyburn is one of the most connected members in congress with his community. he's absolutely right. these -- the white house's message has been wrong. the inflation really impacts everybody's bottom line. >> john: so salina, you have spent a lifetime covering politics in pennsylvania and new numbers between john fetterman and mehmet oz, the race is tight, 48% for fetterman, 46%

for oz. oz was always considered to be less than the best candidate on the republican side but now he's got a shot at winning this. what he is driving the change in those numbers? >> well, i think two things are happening. first of all, reporters are now starting to sort of unpack the problems that fetterman has, and i'm not talking about his health. it's the lack of transparency on his health, but also the sort of holes in his narrative about saving the city of braddock, that has been proven over and over again to be not true. crime rose, population decreased, and businesses left. those are all sort of the foundation of being a healthy town. there's no evidence of a town on a rebound. if that is your story and it's not true, that causes voters to

reconsideration their vote. you couple that with oz maturing as a candidate, spending a lot of time on the ground, sort of unglamorous but important visits to rural areas, suburbs, black neighborhoods, other minority neighborhoods, and getting to know voters and listening to them, and i think it's that combination of both that has changed. and oz is talking about those issues whereas fetterman has stuck on, i don't know what his message is. >> sandra: well -- well, he -- he's made it very clear on different levels especially talking about inflation and crime, which is a tough one for democrats in this moment, where you've got really tangible stuff that is happening right now. we had on paul fortuna, an oil

and gas company owner in the northeast, and real stuff, real pain that people are feeling. 19 days from a major election as we head into the winter, he said this about talking to people on the ground, listen. >> when i talk to my customers they say, you know, i don't know if i should buy food, should i pay my mortgage, i can't afford the oil bills. how are people going to survive? i think a lot of foreclosure, people will lose houses because of the prices. >> you could add to that this morning saying the biggest midterm election issue is chaos, talking about all of these issues, and asking these questions. what's happening to the stock market. vladimir putin go nuclear, what personal pronoun am i, mystify indication is a state of life and who is going to win the midterm elections, add to that, how am i going to pay my heating bill this winter. >> yeah, absolutely, and the state like pennsylvania, we just focus on pennsylvania, we have some serious wild winters where it can get incredibly cold and

tons of snow and just your heating bill alone is going to be a major factor. these are very tangible, very real issues that impact everyone, no matter what your socioeconomic position is in this country. these are problems that affect everyone's bottom line, and it is this great mystery that the white house and democrats have decided it's not the thing they are going to focus on, and even if it doesn't impact your life, say you are wealthy or well to do or whatever, and you want to go into the city and go to a play, you want to go out to dinner, enjoy the things you've been enjoying all of your life, crime has now made prohibitive, people are afraid, uncertainty. and i wrote a story a couple weeks ago saying it's the uncertainty, stupid. and uncertainty on all of these issues. >> john: one more question for you here as the president stands

with john fetterman at this event in pittsburgh stumping for him, does the president have coat tails on this, and the op-ed, most voters, especially the independents trending rightward don't like chaos. choose between a red wave or blue wave. blue wave crested two years ago, it's not going to return for democrats in three weeks. how do you think that idea plays out there in the keystone state? >> yeah, you know, it's a big problem. and biden just arrived in pittsburgh, in my home city, and turns to the first lady -- second lady of the state and tells her she's going to be a great, great lady in the senate. so you sort of wonder how much they have bought into each other, right. where he confuses who is going to be running, who is running for senate currently in the state.

>> sandra: thank you very much for joining us on all of that. we have some breaking news, appreciate your time today. thank you. >> john: thanks. breaking news, bill mentioned a moment ago we have reached out to the white house for comment on whether or not oscar was asked by the white house to not declare a state of emergency in el paso, he said the white house did and then in an interview with dana yesterday contradicted himself and said they did not. we just got a statement from the white house, an official saying to fox news, we did not make any such request but did make clear the federal government stands ready to support the city of el paso in every way, every which way it can. >> sandra: back to bill, he's live at the border for us. bill, reaction to that, that statement just coming in from the white house to fox. >> i guess it's going to come down to who people want to believe in this circumstance. either the white house or the mayor of el paso when he was

speaking freely during a city council meeting, on camera saying i don't believe we should declare a local disaster yet because the white house has asked us not to at this point in time. the mayor denied that on fox news yesterday but people can watch the tape for themselves, said something much different three weeks ago and to this day, el paso has not declared a disaster despite some severe conditions they are dealing with in terms of the migrant crisis. some of the numbers. they have been dealing with upwards of 1,800 illegal crossings every single day in el paso within the last few weeks. just in the month of september alone, the city says the federal government dumped 26,000 illegal immigrants into their city, half of them did not have sponsors of any kind in the united states, so a lot of venezuelan migrants just living on the city streets, sleeping on the sidewalks with nowhere to go. ngo shelters were over capacity,

el paso had to spend $6 million of their own money for food, shelter and transportation to the migrants, and the white house says they are going to support el paso. el paso wants $10 million advance from fema to be reimbursed. so far fema has only given them $2 million advance. the city says they are going to be spending a lot more money on this potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars a day bussing these migrants to new york city. so they are going to expect a lot more white house support which is u.s. tax dollar support so we'll have to see what happens in the coming weeks. now we have a direct contradiction here. the white house saying no, we did not ask the mayor to declare, or not declare a state of emergency but have the mayor himself on camera three weeks ago saying the white house has asked us not to, so viewers will have to make their own decision here. back to you. >> sandra: gives you a clear example of the absolute chaos that continues at our border and what so many of these towns are

dealing with. bill, thank you very much. john. >> john: a lot of contradiction going on here, you have leaser contradicting himself and the white house contradicting the city council meeting, and who is telling the truth here. >> sandra: fair question at this point. they are on the record. and now this. >> restrictions on abortion at all? >> there should be. >> roe v. wade. read it, man, you'll get educated. >> president biden shooting down a question about what specific abortion restrictions he supports as he headed out to campaign today. democrats are making abortion their signature issue with the midterm elections just around the corner. polls show most voters have other issues at the top of their minds. international correspondent rich edson is live.

democrats focusing on other issues, the top issues for voters? >> good afternoon, sandra, many are staying on message, or at least on topic. democratic candidates have focused campaigns on protecting abortion access with some congressional republicans pushing nationwide. restrictions, polling shows concerned about abortion, more worried about the economy. now some are connecting the issues. >> abortion is an economic issue, reduced to the idea of a culture war but for women in georgia it's very much a question whether they are going to end up in poverty in the next five years. having children is why you are worried about your price for gas. >> some political analysts say democrats are too focused on abortion and refusing limits on abortion. >> is it the type of messaging that's going to win over the swing voters who support abortion rights but may be very

wary of extreme rhetoric on the issue of reproductive rights. >> in pennsylvania, john fetterman says he's against any restrictions and the choice is between a woman, her doctor and a god, if she prays to one. in georgia, rafael warnock is focused on defeating abortion bans and the space for the woman and doctor is too cramped for the government. in nevada, and arizona, they say they support the roe v. wade standard, up to fetal viability. in ohio, tim ryan is running for senate. bret baier asked him if he haves limits on abortion, and he would leave it up to the woman. >> sandra: biden's attacks on oil companies growing stronger as he continues to blame them for the high prices americans are paying. the refineries say the problem lies with the white house. we are going to speak to one of them coming up. >> john: crime in new york city

has gotten so bad the blue state may turn red. how that race is shaping up.

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>> sandra: back to our top story, president biden campaigning in pittsburgh. politico writing it's the gas prices, stupid. something the white house chief of staff tweets about nearly every day. today he tweeted about prices declining, but over in pennsylvania, gas prices are well above the national average hitting 3.95 today. president biden still blaming oil companies and gas stations for the increases at the pump. a gas station owner says president biden's policies have led us down a dangerous path. >> if we really stay on that course we are going to have a tough winter. people have to make decisions between eating and heating, and

that's really unacceptable after november 8th. so we are telling people today you have the chance on november 8th to change the course of this. >> sandra: scott hayes, director of government relations pbf energy. thank you for joining us. what is your reaction when you hear president biden imploring the u.s. oil and gas companies saying it is their duty to bring down prices for the american people. it's no fault of his own policies. >> well, thanks for having me on, sandra, glad to represent the industry whose products have led to more advances in medicine, connectivity, freedom and longevity of life and feels we are under attack, i'm proud to represent the industry and what we do. as far as the president's comments, i believe the president knows better. this is a supply and demand issue, simple economics 101. oil companies who we buy our

products from, the feedstock that goes to the refinery, we make all the great products we do, are gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and the building block chemicals for the things you have in your life virtually everything you can touch is derived from fossil fuels. . oil companies trade on a globally traded commodities market. no control over the price. refiners trade in a globally regulated market that is a commodities market. so we are price takers, we are not price makers. we have no more control over -- let's use exxonmobil. no more control over the price of oil than does apple or google have over the price of their stock. it's economics 101, and it's all about supply and demand. >> sandra: ok, what do you say to the president and other democrats who accuse the oil and gas companies of price gouging the american people, pointing to

charts that show oil prices going up, gas prices going up just as fast, but the president always makes the case when oil prices come down, gas prices don't come down as fast. to that you say what? >> to that i say that that's simply not the case. you know, there have been these assertions over time, sometimes strategically from politicians of every stripe that there is somehow price going on, collusion, and investigated and no evidence of that. look, i have five things the president can do tomorrow if he's serious about reducing the cost at the pump. >> sandra: what's the top thing he could do tomorrow to bring prices down? >> easiest thing is lower the bio fuel mandate, would bring down prices 20 to $0.30. it's unachievable, causes independent refiners to have to buy credits at high prices. >> sandra: are you talking about ethanol in the gasoline?

>> yes, we blend as much ethanol as can physically be blended but the mandate is so much higher than the infrastructure can handle that causes a run on these credits, and that's costing you 20 to $0.30 a gallon, it could be changed with the stroke of a presidential pen. >> sandra: today, aaa says 3.83, when president biden took office, 2.39. so when ron klain and the president today are touting the recent drop, they are still significantly above when this presidency began. thank you very much for joining us, scott, appreciate your time today. >> thank you. >> john: fox news alert here and more on the cdc voting a short time ago to add the covid shot to the list of necessary childhood vaccines. some doctors pushing back on the move arguing that there is no data to back up the use of covid

boosters for kids. dr. marty makary. it's not binding, though a lot of states were quick to adopt cdc recommendations. you have a lot of thoughts, what do you think? >> we saw the same thing with school policy. cdc argued they did not close schools, just sent out the guidance. but local authorities will blindly follow whatever the cdc does and if the cdc is truly putting this on the vaccination schedule as they just voted to do, this will be the first-ever vaccine where there is no evidence to show a reduction in disease in the community. so that's not a very good milestone. it threatens the credibility of mmr and polio and many other vaccines for which it has taken 50 years to build public trust. >> john: a doctor at the university of california in san francisco echoed what you just said, saying adding covid could shake public confidence overall in childhood vaccines.

tweeted out it will be a catastrophic error if they add it, they will do more in a single day to erode routine vaccination than 25 years of a devoted irrational movement, the anti-vax movement. mmr is more important than covid. do you believe parents will say listen, we don't know about the covid test -- this covid vaccine or booster so why should we get any vaccines? >> well, that's a concern. i mean, right now parents are asking where is the clinical data to support this vaccine in young healthy children. for the new omicron vaccine, which is the current vaccine that is being recommended, the human trials were never made public. instead, pfizer and moderna top line announcement in a press release, the underlying data is top secret, and the fda and the

white house and dr. walensky, shame on them. that data should be public information. why is it top secret? we believe because it's similar to the baby vaccine data, not favorable, no clinical benefit. so, 94% of americans have said no to this new omicron vaccine because the clinical trial data is not public. >> john: we heard from the president and his white house. follow the science, follow the science, follow the science. heard that from anthony fauci, follow the science. is the white house, the fda, cdc following the science or blindly pushing out recommendations? >> well, in discriminate vaccine enthusiasm that all are good, and it changes by age. you talk about young healthy people, especially young healthy men, you have basically a risk of myocarditis, and an israeli

study said one out of the 283 cases they studied demonstrated an icu stay and death. there will be harm without showing benefit. >> john: thanks for joining us with your opinion, appreciate it. >> thanks. >> john: love the telemedicine there, sandra. >> sandra: exactly. and you have to assume it's going to be a major question for anybody running for governor in any u.s. state, they'll have to go on the record as to where they stand on this issue and if they will mandate the vaccine for public school kids in their state. i just reached out to lee zeldin where he stands on the issue, and reached out to governor hochul as well, an important race to watch in new york state.

i have not heard back from hochul yet, but zeldin said i will oppose the vaccine mandate for the school, and hochul needs to let the public know where she stands on the issue. the vaccine issue is just one of the issues sure to influence voters as polls show the new york governor race is tightening. zeldin gaining momentum, kathy hochul's lead has been shrinking. some members of her party are concerned the close race could drag down other democrats on the ballot. alexis mcadams is live in our new york city newsroom. some of the downballot races are expensive. >> dishing out a lot of cash on both sides, and a congressional race north of new york city, democrats spending big money to try to win a race they thought they had in the bag.

the latest quinnipiac poll, the governor leading lee zeldin by only four points. now even sean patrick maloney is at risk of losing his seat to republican representative mike lawlor, and the president won by ten points. as the gap closes, the gop super pac is spending at least $6 million and counting to take maloney out, painting him as soft on crime. >> do you believe in ending cash bail, mr. maloney? >> absolutely, and make it a top priority. >> sean patrick maloney wants it easier for violent criminals to get back on the street. >> maloney is launching his own attack ads, painting lawlor's an

extremist, calling him maga mike. >> i am a mainstream middle class guy and this is a choice between a mainstream middle class bipartisan vision of america and the maga extremism that is gonna destroy so much of our personal freedoms if we don't put a stop to it. >> and sandra, as you have said when you listened to the debates, you hear the democrats talking about the issues with abortion, and then you hear there is so much happening in all the debates. polls show a dip in the support of democratic candidates across the country, as they focus on things people might not be talking about. >> sandra: alexis mcadams, we'll continue to watch. thanks very much, john. >> john: what our children learn inside classrooms is a top concern for parents heading into the midterms. the head of one of the powerful teachers unions is taking her message on the road, too. >> sandra: many could argue it was the teachers' union and the left that brought these issues into the classroom.

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>> john: controversial teachers' union boss says polling goes along with what she is seeing on the ground from parents, that includes more of a focus on

reading addressing the teacher shortage and not bringing culture wars into the classroom. many people argue it was winegarden and the aft that allowed it to happen. how do education and parental rights factor into the midterms. let's bring in kennedy, great to see you. >> great to see you both. >> john: appreciate it. >> she's taking her act on the road and quite a circus. she has been a one-woman tour de force that has really single handedly tried to do as much as possible to keep parents out of the classroom. parents got wise to this, obviously during the pandemic and a massive voting issue for parents, even the nonpolitical variety ever since. and yes, it will be a factor in the midterms. it is not as high up there as inflation, the economy and crime but it is right below that and parents have so much uncertainty as it is economically and with their family's safety, the last

thing they need is to worry that their kids are being underserved in schools by greedy teachers' unions that are doing whatever they can to keep parents out of the process. they have inserted themselves loudly, and that will play out once again in this election. >> sandra: and these parents have been through so much, go back to the days of the pandemic it was so much uncertainty if your kid was going to go to school, and if they went to school, what was it going to look like, and were the teachers going to return to the classroom. i'll read this in kennedy fashion. this is her on polling and parents issue saying "this polling jives what i have seen on the ground, basics, emotional well-being, career and college pathways, funding, teacher shortages, not banning books or culture wars. #what kids need." where was that hashtag during the pandemic?

>> it was all about their membership, the teachers and trying to keep them out of school and you know, come hell or high water, her life's mission was to make sure the teachers did not return to the classroom, she said classrooms were unsafe, kids were putting teachers at risk all of a sudden every teacher who has ever stepped in a classroom was immunocompromised, they had really fuzzy math and they were working with the cdc to craft guidelines to keep teachers out of the classroom. that means kids were not in the classroom, and this massive learning loss we are just learning about now. >> sandra: which many predicted would be coming. >> it is insurmountable. in eighth grade, they are 2 and 3 behind. reading at a 5th grade level. she does not have math and science on the list, it's all about feelings and emotion. i feel it's time for kids to learn math once again to be globally competitive. >> john: many people predicted an effect closing the schools, they were vilified.

a fox news poll shows whether or not the things were a problem or not a problem. call for number 2. book banning, 77% said it is a problem. 20% said not a problem. parents with not enough say, 64% said a problem, 32 not. too much focus on race, 60% said yes, and transgender policies, 60% said it's a problem, 35% said not a problem. other than book banning, which seemed to draw opposition from the most number of people, the rest of the issues are all things that play in republicans' favor, not the aft or the nea. >> and interesting, you can sense the desperation from people like randi winegarten. her union and the other major teachers' union donate to democrats about 97% of their membership dues go to democrats who help craft policy and laws

in their favor. so parents have made this a parental issue. and guess what, half of the parents happen to be republicans. a lot of republican candidates taking glenn youngkin's lead and demanding school choice for students and families and the case of arizona, the money now follows students. it does not fund school districts or school systems and that is an issue that very much resonates with parents. >> sandra: kennedy, great to have you on. kennedy's show, 7:00 p.m. eastern time monday through thursday, and the fox business network, it's an awesome show. i love, i cry [laughter] it's really great. >> thank you, sandra. >> sandra: good to have you here, kennedy. she became britain's prime minister a few weeks ago, now she needs a job. big drama across the pond next. . it's your va home loan benefit.

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>> sandra: major breaking news today from our top ally. britain's prime minister is out less than two months after her tax plans plunged the country in a economic free fall. what indications that we had that she would step down? >> despite liz truss saying she wasn't going anywhere, the ground was crumbling underneath her with her home secretary quitting beneath he. she said she failed to steer the country's economy in the right direction as she spoke to the king. >> we set out a vision for a low tax, high grade economy. >> during her resignation, truss said she came in at a time of great instability. it's her tax cuts and spending plan that tanked the economy. after six weeks those policies have been completely reversed.

inflation is the highest it has been since 1982. liz truss will remain prime minister until a new secretary comes in. so if conservatives cannot agree on one, they will hold a vote by next friday. potential politicians that could throw their hat in the ring include boris johnson, who was ousted months ago, but candidates would need the backing of 100 mps making his chances less likely. the other likely candidate is rishi sunak who is widely believed to be a frontrunner. he ran and loss against truss in the last election. candidates have a few days to get their votes in order. if they can't do so, that vote will take place by next friday. sandra? >> sandra: thank you. that's the latest from london this morning. >> john: a british tabloid had

fun with truss. they said if a head of lettuce would go bad before truss resigns. she lasted 4.1 scaramucci years. >> sandra: i saw the same thing. at least he had fun with it. thanks, john. we'll be back today. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a political earthquake is in the making for a potential shift by latino voters away from democrats. we're talking 19 days from now. we'll speak to a panel of latino voters with different outlooks on the mid-terms. the republican leslie vega vying to be viagra's first long woman. first reaction to the white house to the mayor of the border city o