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grabs, 14 days out. republicans making surprising gains in several key house races as warning signs grow for democrats in the reliably deep blue northeast. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. i can't believe it, two weeks to the day, john. >> john: and first it was the west coast where the republicans were making gains, now it's the northeast. who knew. john roberts in washington. this is "america reports." good to be with you, sandra. the chances of a majority of the house looking bleak for democrats as we now project republicans to take a 16-seat advantage. four races moving toward the gop since just last week. but the senate is another story. remaining a toss-up, voters in four states will determine which party takes control. >> and we are watching all of it, right here in new york. the race for governor is moving now from solid democrat to likely democrat. the republican candidate, lee zeldin, making crime his final

pitch. to frame the race as an referendum on hochul's soft on crime policies. >> john: oklahoma, a sign of hope for democrats as joy hofmeister is giving stitt a race for his money. solid r to likely r. and how the race is impacting other candidates across the country. >> certainly make it challenging, and that's what we are seeing playing out, new york state, last week focused on west coast movement but this week is the northeast. four shifts in favor of republicans, three in new york, including the newly redrawn 17th district. moved from a lean d to toss-up this week. there you have one of the most powerful democrats in congress, sean patrick maloney battling it out with mike lawler.

and part of what can make it a weak candidate statewide, governor b hochul has the advantage but entered dangerous territory. her republican challenger, congressman lee zeldin, crime at the top of voter concerns in the state. that race has moved from solid d to likely d, but in the reverse, another interesting shift out of a very red oklahoma. the race for governor from a solid r to likely r. the democrat joy hofmeister has made some advances due to a strained relationship between governor stitt and the tribal nations. democrats have a small pathway but getting smaller. best case scenario for democrats, a two seat majority, and no change on the senate side. we do have two major debates

tonight, one in pennsylvania and then we do have the governor debate in new york. >> john: and when fetterman and oz square off against each other that could tell the tale for what voters do. sandra. >> sandra: and previewing the big debate tonight happening in the pennsylvania senate, josh will be joining us coming up. obviously this is going to be a big moment in a state that could change everything. also mike lawler, the republican candidate for the new york house in district 17 here in new york, this is a key house race to watch. he'll be joining us live. >> john: we also have another coming up, republican candidate in virginia's 10th congressional district, sandra, this used to be my district but redistricting has pushed it further west. i'm in the 11th district.

>> sandra: and a committee investigating philadelphia district attorney larry krasner has issued a report criticizing him but does not recommend removing him from office. this as state lawmakers weigh a possible impeachment vote for krasner over philadelphia's skyrocketing crime crisis. fox news team coverage now, jeff flock is on the ground in philly on the nationwide police shortage at a time the homicide rate is skyrocketing. we begin with david lee miller. david, what are the latest statistics show is really happening in that city? >> well, sandra, according to the latest statistics, there is growing pressure from critics on the controversial progressive d.a. larry krasner. according to the latest data, compared to last year, total violent crime is up in philadelphia over 4%. and while some crimes, including homicide are down, robbery with a gun has skyrocketed, up 46%.

statistics compiled by the city show 1,960 shootings, one in five of them fatal. despite calls for the d.a. to be removed from office for what many consider his soft on crime policies, a bipartisan committee of pennsylvania lawmakers did not as some expected call for his impeachment. a portion of the report says violent crime in philadelphia increased to unprecedented and unacceptable levels during d.a. krasner's watch. a member of the committee says the report, an interim one, and the current legislative session is soon to end. he says more work is needed to make the case for a successful impeachment. >> we could move forward with impeachment today, but the point of the matter, there is more data to gather and we are out of time do this. the -- this is not a race to necessarily impeach the d.a. as fast as we can do this. we want to build a case against him. >> krasner has attacked the committee's credibility. he is seeking justice and preventing wrongful

prosecutions. arrest of a man exonerated for an earlier crime has increased criticism of his policies. the convicted murderer was set free after the conviction integrity unit found during his 2012 trial evidence was withheld from his lawyers. last week harris was taken into custody in connection with the murder of another man who was shot and robbed. relatives of the victim blame krasner's office for his death. pennsylvania democrat senate candidate john fetterman has been a long-term supporter of krasner and his policies. crime will likely be a key subject in the debate tonight with his opponent, mehmet oz. >> john: nationwide police shortage is making the crime crisis worse. new york city, retiring in record numbers. chicago has only hired about half the officers lost since 2019. san francisco is down some 600 police officers. while the philadelphia force is down by hundreds of officers in

the past five years. the jeff flock is live in the city of brotherly love with that story, and what's been the impact, jeff, the police shortage there? >> i can show you some of the impacts, john. i'm on market street, and we talked a couple weeks ago about the convenience store wawa shutting down. here is what it looks like when it happens. this was a very busy store and now closed down, why? because of crime, security concerns, and just concerns there is not enough safety for their workers and for their customers. take a look at these numbers, talked about larry krasner. reports of retail theft, you think retail theft is no big deal. 9,000 reports of retail theft last year. only 1,000 of those were prosecuted because of the policies of the district attorney who says if you didn't steal a whole lot of stuff we are not going to prosecute you. what happens? businesses don't make money, they go out of business.

you talk about the philadelphia police force, it's more than 6,000 officers normally. well, what's it now? about 5,000. that's 1300 officers short in philadelphia. and as you report, john, it's not just philadelphia. retirements nationwide down 45% in the last year. resignations are up 18% and the hiring is not keeping up, it's actually down, too. we talked to the former lieutenant commander of detectives of the new york police department who says holding on to officers right now is just almost impossible. >> retention is not something that makes the news often, and when i say retention, i mean cops that can do years beyond their 20 years of service are just not doing it because they are afraid of job security. they are afraid of state legislators, of local governments. >> so what are big cities doing to try and keep officers or add officers? well, in los angeles they are

offering $10,000 bonuses and $24,000 for a housing allowance if you become a cop there. seattle and new orleans, $30,000 bonuses. portland, which was one of the epicenters of the defund the police movement, now offering $24,000 bonuses if you become a police officer in portland. it's not really fun to be a police officer right now, certainly in this environment, and the impacts, what are they? well, you see in addition to the violent crimes, crimes to business also have an impact. john. >> john: and god bless all of those men and women who sign up to do the job as well, because we really need them, no question about that. jeff flock in philadelphia. thank you so much. you know, when you look at the correlation with the crime, in places like chicago and in san francisco, which was once one of the most beautiful cities in america and now has residents, most of whom are democrats,

screaming there is no law and order in the streets of that city. >> sandra: we had one of the -- one of the top chiefs here just last week, i believe, saying there is no moral when it comes to these police departments, it's going to take quite some time to build that up to recruit again and then retain some of our best talent on those forces, john. two weeks to go until the midterm elections, president biden, the democrats are trying to reshape their messaging on the economy after polls show voters are giving republicans the edge on handling inflation. >> we, the democrats, are the ones that are fiscally responsible. let's get that straight now, ok? we are investing in all of america, reducing everyday costs while also lowering the deficit at the same time. republicans are fiscally reckless. >> sandra: will their new campaign messaging work? james freeman, and robert wolf,

thank you to both of you for being here. robert, will voters buy this? i'll put up the lending tree survey that now shows 63% of respondents say they are living paycheck to paycheck. it's a brutal environment out there for a lot of american families, and now democrats are trying to say this is our priority. we have this. too little too late? >> i think the economy should have been their priority and has been in many ways. inflation reduction act on prescription drugs was a real win. i think infrastructure was a real win. that being said, i don't think there is a focus on the deficit as a country, there should be. and the deficit has come down by 50%, by 1.2 trillion. those are just facts. i think we have to get offense on the economy and i hope it's not too little too late, two weeks to go seems a little late. >> sandra: seems this group of lawmakers in new england obviously see the pain so many are about to feel as they are going to start getting those heating bills this winter and

they are going to be at record highs. a group of new england lawmakers wrote this back to the president saying this, families should not be forced to make hard choices about keeping loved ones warm and healthy and food on the table. putin and the covid pandemic have a severe supply disruption, it's critical you release oil from the reserves to help families stay warm this winter. releasing it from the reserves has not brought prices down that much either. >> short-term political fix, similar to what the president has done, reserve releases, looking to the saudis or venezuela, maybe, like thugs and the world, see if they will pump more to get through the midterm period. you look at that roster of democrats and the democratic party in general in new england and it is a long history of opposing fossil fuel development, energy infrastructure, i hope someone will ask elizabeth warren about this, taking the lead in

blocking pipelines, whether it's natural gas, oil in that region. so now is it going to be a tough winter, maybe. the answer is long-term let's have more supply, let's have the infrastructure that allows people to heat their homes. >> sandra: home heating costs projected to right this winter. nat gas up 28%, heating oil 27%, electricity up double digits as well, propane also going up. new england, diesel fuel and heating oil supplies are dropping right now, already in new england supply 63% below the average in the mid atlantic, 58% below the average. this is a brutal moment where we have not even entered winter and obviously peak heating season. here is what we are hearing from some of those homeowners, robert. and what democrats are dealing with. >> time to turn the thermostat down, i have gas heat. >> i have gas heat, it's a

little bit better but it's getting to be pretty crazy. >> i like it cold, sweater up. >> with this president in office, my hopes are very low. >> sandra: says he's not hopeful about his heating bill this winter because of the current leadership, robert. but this is tangible. this is real tangible stuff for the american voter heading to the ballot box. >> a couple things, james. one, policy has been working the last three months because gas averaged 5.05, and now 3.0. gas has come down. a lot is predicated on the ukraine war. we have been behind the eight curve as a country on inflation and now between food and gas rearing its ugly head each and every day. you have made the comment, 63% working, you know, paycheck to paycheck. that is not a good number. i think that this administration and the democratic party has missed an opportunity to talk about the economy in a much

stronger way. let's take georgia. georgia has the lowest unemployment, the most jobs they have ever had and they are getting 10 billion in infrastructure, in the state of georgia. they should be going on offense as opposed to staying distant from it. my opinion, a lot of things have gone well, a lot of things have not gone well and we are at the crux. my view is the economy is much stronger than we think. i think gdp will come in strong. >> i think it's important not to repeat the mistakes. understand why gas prices came down. it was not because the president encouraged more u.s. supply, it's because the global economy is sinking and traders expect less demand. it's not a good economic result. we want growth and low prices. >> sandra: even though they have come down, they are a lot higher than when this president took office. and nancy pelosi still says we shouldn't be talking about this. change the conversation. i don't know. we'll watch it all, robert. thanks for being here.

james, thank you. all right, john. >> john: sandra, republican gains in reliably blue districts signalling bad news for democrats and now the man in charge of getting democrats elected could be out of a job in a matter of weeks. josh on that in moments, plus this. >> try to kill my -- >> who said the election was stolen, they sat here and said it was illegitimate. >> it was. >> and you were fine with it. so illegitimate wins. >> texas senator ted cruz went head to head with the hosts, pointing out the democrats questioned election results and violence from the left. ted cruz's new reaction coming up. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's...

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>> john: as we close in the midterms, the man getting democrats elected could be in trouble. sean patrick maloney moving to toss-up in the latest rankings. republicans gaining momentum in several races in the relybly deep blue northeast. project a 16 seat majority with the gop. bring in josh kraushaar, fox news contributor and axios political correspondent. i think the new york 17th congressional district is problematic, he and mike lawler, this is sean patrick maloney, are now in a toss-up race and also moves in other democratic races in the northeast.

this, a week after we saw some western races beginning to tilt to the gop side. bad news for the democrats? >> john, follow the money because republicans are spending over $25 million in districts in the northeast on the west coast that joe biden won by double digit margins. this is deep blue battleground territory and that tells you everything you need to know about the political landscape two weeks before election. republicans think they can win seats they have not competed in for many, many years. so the way, you know, we look at the odds of a wave. >> john: saying wave now. >> we are going to wave watch, big wave for the republicans coming through. >> john: what is tilting the landscape back in the republicans favor. if you look at the graph over time, republicans were way out here and then like this and creeping back out of here. >> inflation, inflation, inflation. number one issue for most voters is the economy. >> john: 1992, economist. >> always the economy. and what's happening, a lot of

swing voters, people who don't follow politics like you and i do, john, they are looking at the price for groceries, the price for gas, look at their pocket book issue, and not following the politics day-to-day, but now as we get closer and closer to the election, they are tuning in, making up their minds and they usually don't like the party in power if things are not going the right way. they are moving in the republican party direction. >> john: with inflation as high as it is and people struggling to make ends meet, they are not looking for wedge issues and the democrats were doing that until last week and now a hard turn to the middle on the economy. >> abortion was the issue democrats used through the summer. got the base engaged but moderate voters in the middle did not care about abortion as much as they do about the economy and i would not underestimate the issue of crime, and some of these big races. >> john: particularly new york. >> new york, oregon, a big pennsylvania senate debate. the big question for john fetterman, if he can seem

acceptable to moderate voters. >> john: one and only time that mehmet oz and fetterman are going head to head on a debate stage. he has been all about criminal justice reform, and oz is saying look at the results of criminal justice across the country as you pointed out. is that going to be a big point of vulnerability? >> potentially. a lot of talk about fetterman's health. the big issue is crime. and fetterman stood at the head of his parole board, progressive positions on supporting the release of certain criminals to get out early. that is a huge issue in the pennsylvania race and at a time when violent crime is on the rise. philadelphia, it's a huge issue in the philadelphia suburbs, the city of philadelphia. i expect that to be one of the dominant themes of this debate. >> four other toss-ups in the

senate, and blake masters and mark kelly in arizona. which of those races, or all of them, will determine who takes power in the senate? well, i guess somebody has to, even if it's an 50/50 tie. >> pennsylvania, georgia and nevada, the three closest races, whichever party wins two of those three probably has the senate majority. arizona and new hampshire, states that look like they are out of reach for republicans but if there is a really big wave, blake masters, even don in new hampshire may have a chance to win. >> john: lean r or lean d, or toss-up? >> lean dem seats. whenever there is a big wave, we see some surprises on election d day. >> john: that's true the water does carry them to high ground.

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>> john: a republican enters a liberal lion's den but holds his own. howard kurtz sounds off on texas senator ted cruz epic takedown of democrats who questioned election results. you don't want to miss that. but first --

the cartels using every trick in the book to smuggle migrants across the southern border. department of public safety finding more than 60 illegal immigrants concealed inside a dump truck nearly 50 miles north of the border. nate foy is live in eagle pass, texas. and nate, what are you seeing out there today? >> well, john, we are working to get that dash cam from that bus there from texas dps. hopefully we can get that in time for tomorrow or later tonight. today in the del rio sector, another busy day of crossings, two large groups and congressman tony gonzalez says as more people cross the border illegally, the cartels are more efficient and bold which then results in more migrants crossing the border illegally. take a look at this video. two large groups today. this first one, a group of 271 migrants, many of them from cuba, men, women and children, and many single adult men. 6:42 this morning, the infrared

drone caught a large group crossing, and from above looks like a lot of migrants and it was. over 200 migrants, many from cuba, and men, women and children but a lot of single adult men, and congressman tony gonzalez blames president biden for this and says the problem will get worse unless republicans take control of congress in the midterm election. >> joe biden has -- we know he's lying, they are full of it. not only the most encounter, the most terrorists that have come over, migrant deaths, and the list goes on and on, and no end in sight. >> john, drugs are a problem as well. the past 48 hours, 108 pounds of fentanyl, including five here in the del rio sector. in the tucson sector, disturbing

story i can confirm agents have arrested another sex offender, a mexican national who has previous by been arrested for sexually abusing and monlestinga child. >> sandra: the hosts of "the view" getting into fiery arguments with senator ted cruz. happened yesterday after the senator confronted them over democrats denying election results and committing political violence. here is some of it. >> there are a lot of folks in the media, any time a republican is in front of the tv camera say the election was fair and squall and legitimate. you don't do it to hillary clinton who stood up and said trump stole the election. >> they didn't try to kill my former boss. >> they said the election was stolen, they sat here and said it was illegitimate. >> it was. >> and you were fine with it. illegitimate when republicans win bup not democrats. >> we may not like when

republicans win but we don't storm. we don't try to change -- >> look, did i miss an entire year of antifa riots, cities were burning and police cars were being firebombed? your position is the left does not engage in violence? really? >> you said hillary clinton didn't say whatever she didn't say. i'm saying to you, listen, she said -- >> we are sitting here and you are fine with her saying illegitimate. >> for her it was. >> sandra: howie kurtz, host of media buzz, i'm sure you watched it live as many of us did. what did you think about what went down there, howie? >> in your face tv, no question about that, and absolute slam dunk by ted cruz, not even close. as you just saw, he points out hillary clinton said her election was stolen, also she said that george bush after the recount mess in 2000 was selected, not elected. stacey abrams said her election

was stolen, and so when those things happen, "the view" panelists agreed. they were not horrified or offended. nobody fainted or freaked out. when democrats use rhetoric, a different story. >> sandra: to your point we pulled the tape of hillary clinton and stacey abrams in their own words in 2019. listen. >> you can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you. >> we have this little election back in 2018 and despite the final tally and the inauguration and the situation we find ourselves in, i do have one very affirmative statement to make. we won. >> sandra: not to mention, howie, a sampling, our great team pulled together of "the view" hosts themselves not accepting the election results. listen.

>> this is your second run against incumbent brian kemp for governor and polls show a tight race, especially the poll this morning. now, when you lost in 2018 you didn't traditionally concede, which i appreciated, because you cited voter suppression. >> she won by 3 million votes. >> she did win. >> in their own words. >> video tape is a powerful weapon. they came back and said hillary conceded, she called trump to concede, and stacey abrams did nothing to block brian kemp from taking office in georgia and that's true, and then they said what about january 6th. donald trump did summon his supporters to washington that day, you can't blame the entire republican party for the capitol riot. >> sandra: howie, ted cruz, many might be wondering why he decided to go on the program in the first place. he was asked about that this morning and he said this. >> i'll tell you, the reason i went on "the view" is i think

conservatives, we need to do a much better job reaching out to a broader audience. i think we need to talk to young people, hispanics, african americans and suburban moms paying the price for these failed policies. >> sandra: and a lot to say for that, both parties should be going across networks, newspapers. >> i couldn't agree more. get out of the bubbles, and that was a bit of a victory lap by ted cruz, he knows he did well, and everybody is replaying it and good for "the view," too, and very rare to have somebody like the senator from texas who they despise and clearly he was making them cringe, but it was not even close. he won that encounter hands down. >> sandra: the protestors tried to shut it down as you saw, whoopi goldberg, they all got some conversation in there. thanks for joining us and good to see you, howie. >> john: senator cruz seems to

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>> john: don't tell my dear wife about this. it turns out video games may be good for kids after all. increasing their memory and attention span. a new study finding children who

played video games at least three hours a day performed better on tests measuring brain development compared to others who never played. they also had, get this, better impulse control. the study was published by the journal of the american medical association network. my wife is convinced that the devil lives inside an xbox, and that it's horrible for kids to play these video games. so, keep this under your hat. >> sandra: the study is so funny, i just asked you about this the other day. your kids are slightly older than mine and i wondered what your theory is on parenting and video games and you shared that with me. >> john: we try to keep them away as much as possible, maybe we are making a mistake. >> sandra: the only thing i have had is the younger group following along the instructions, the words, help some kids learn to read, i've seen that, i don't know, we are an anti-video game house so far, at least. >> john: our son plays this vr

game called onward and i think he's destined to join the special forces. maybe in some ways -- >> sandra: virtual reality thing, right? john, meanwhile, we are watching this. nearly 1,000 people attending a school board meeting in dearborn, michigan to protest lgbtq books in the libraries. the mostly muslim audience argued the books are harmful to their children. mike tobin is live in chicago with that story for us. mike, what is this controversy all about? >> well, i can tell you this, it gets controversial when you have muslims and conservative christians suddenly becoming allies as they object to these pro lgbtq books in schools and you have progressives looking at some insecurity in what was once a reliable voting block for them. early october, meeting so many people showed up it was canceled because they had so many people

in the room they violated fire code. dearborn has the highest per capita muslim population and democratic, objectors outweighed supporters, and they made the argument the material is pornographic, age inappropriate and intended to indoctrinate children. gay activist said banning the material makes young lgbtq people feel isolated and can drive them to suicide. an stop pretending, this is about erasing the lgbtq students and staff. >> why is the burden on the parents to find these books. what happens when the parents who don't read or speak english, why is it on them to opt out, they don't know what's going on. >> whether it's the push for controversial content or objections to that content,

challenges to books are on the rise, the american library association says in 2017 there were 416 challenges to different books, that number has more than tripled, last year there were more than 1500, and even more challenges this year. sandra. >> sandra: mike, thank you. >> john: new fox power ranking revealing key house races in virginia's 10th district are interesting. democrat incumbent could hold on to her seat but facing a challenge. what does her opponent think about her chances. >> sandra: is the justice department bowing to woke pressure by cancelling a program meant to counter chinese spying? >> is it a mistake to get rid of the china initiative? >> i think this case should be very clear that we have not in

any way changed our focus on those kind of behaviors by china. .

>> sandra: a fuel tanker fire has shut down i-95 in delray beach, florida. all lanes are currently closed

and there is no information on when they will be able to reopen the interstate. delray beach, about 30 miles north of fort lauderdale. >> john: that is a heck of a fire. all right, now to the midterm elections just 14 days away, brand-new power rankings show virginia 10th district likely in the democrat win column, a battleground for parental rights, hung cao is the republican candidate for the 10th district. retired navy captain, his family escaped vietnam in 1975, shortly before the fall of saigon. we were talking about this before we came out of the break. the 10th congressional district used to be my district but then redistricting pushed it west and south, so, no conflict of interest here in this interview. jennifer wexton currently is the congresswoman from the 10th

congressional district. 2020 she beat andrews, 56-44. 2018, beat barbara comestock, 56 to 44. 2020 general election in the newly redrawn district found biden would have beaten trump by 58-40. wexton will be tough to beat. how do you do it? >> not if you ask the voters. on the now district lines, glenn youngkin lost this by 1.9 points, and that's when joe biden had approval rating and he's in the tanks. and her rating 43% approval, death for an incumbent this far to the game. >> john: so i can tell you as a virginia voter that for myself and people i know, the issues that are top of mind are things like inflation, gas prices, the price of food, it's really bread and butter issues. how do you plan to address that if you become a member of congress? >> we have to be independent. right now, everything depends on

the cost of fuel, which causes farmers to have to pay more, truckers to pay more, and right now we have a shortage of diesel fuel in the country which affects not just farmers and truck drivers and trains, but also first responders, ambulances, fire engines, and not only that, the emergency diesel generators for hospitals and the data centers. >> john: it's about more than gas, though. obviously gas drives a lot of different things, but there is overall inflationar pressures, driven by things like the american rescue plan and congress's spending habits. >> i wrote and balanced the 140 million budget, congress has had, put up no offsets whatsoever. and so we need to get the spending under control. >> john: education is a big priority, parents in loudoun county in the 10th congressional

district were obviously ground 0 for a lot of what we have seen in the last year. in part drove youngkin to victory. you have five children, one in the navy academy, the other four being are being home schooled. so how do you have a dog in the public schools fight? >> it's every american's problem, right. we need, in order for us to have a great country have to have kids willing to go into the science and technology field, computer science, and without the basics of math and engineering, they are not going to be able to do what they do. right now we have the lowest act scores in 30 years. the reading comprehension is the lowest since 1990. you saw the rating, virginia has dropped the highest in the entire country. so education is a big issue for the district. >> john: national test scores are quite depressing, i guess. hung cao, good luck with your race.

thank you for coming in, appreciate it. >> sandra: brand-new at 2:00, is big tech meddling in the midterms? a report says google is manipulating the search engine to keep republicans from winning this november. a media watchdog will join us live on his report findings. dr. nicole saphier sounds off for the push for boosters for those 5 and over. and blue to red, and as "america reports" rolls into a jam packed second hour. stay with us. veteran homeowners, need cash? with the newday 100 loan, there are no upfront costs for appraisal or termite inspections. no upfront costs at all to get the cash you need. veterans get more at newday.

>> john: new at 2:00, 2 weeks before voters will decide who controls congress, and crime could have the final blow to democrats. >> sandra: safety and security topping minds in the empire state, and could be a sign how big of a red wave may be c