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>> sandra: top of a brand-new hour, and three big stories we are watching for you new at 2:00, and 1 place to see them. fox getting an exclusive look at the side of the border crisis rarely seen on television. we are following an all female senate delegation as they get a firsthand look at the victims of this cartels' cruelty at the border. no reporter has seen more of it been bill melugin. >> john: a u.s. sailor locked up overseas and supporters say he did not do anything wrong. it's not in russia or iran, but an american ally, japan. the parents of ridge alkonis join us with a plea for their son as president biden gets set to meet with japan's leader. >> sandra: dr. nicole saphier is here with a warning. children becoming dangerously overweight in this country as more of the medical world goes woke. the crisis getting so bad the american academy of pediatrics is now pushing pills and even

surgery to help children sheds pounds. why dr. saphier says it's time to say enough is enough. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into hour two. great to be with you again. >> john: good to spend another hour with you. john roberts in washington. starts now with a fox news alert. >> sandra: and president biden meeting with leaders of mexico and canada, it is happening this hour and ongoing this afternoon. so-called three amigos summit is happening, stakes are high with illegal drugs pouring over the border killing tens of thousands of americans. >> john: and illegal border crossings topping 700,000 in the last 100 days alone. the white house has already said don't expect any deliverables from the summit, but promising lots of cooperation and talks. >> we can discuss our shared

security, including our joint action to address a plague of fentanyl which has killed 100,000 americans so far, and how we can tackle irregular migration, which i think we are well on our way to doing. >> sandra: many are wondering, will the president prioritize our national security and securing our southern border in today's summit. >> john: we have fox team coverage to kick off hour two. bill melugin joins us live on set after spending half of last year reporting on the rio grande. and kelly o'grady how it's costing hospitals to the tune of millions of dollars. >> sandra: but first, griff jenkins with a look at the del rio center, all female delegation there. what are we seeing and hearing about that. >> sandra and john, good afternoon. that's right, exclusive video, we'll show you we shot this a few hours ago when this all republican female senate delegation made up of marsha blackburn of tennessee, katie

britt of alabama, only on the job one week, as well as cindy hyde-smith of mississippi. you see them under the bridge behind me. they were watching as this group you'll see as we descend down from over the bridge, this group of cuban migrants here in the middle, a grandmother well into her 70s struggling through the currents to come across. this is what president biden did not see, migrants putting their life savings into crossing, putting their hands into the dangers of river currents and cartels to make their way here. the senators saw the migrants and they also spoke to them about their plight, their journey, the dangers they faced once they made it up the road into custody when they turned themselves in here where we are standing. here is a little bit of what the senators had to say about the grip that the cartels have on our border. listen. >> these cartels are making money off of moving people,

smuggling people off of the sex trafficking, ruining the lives of these women and girls. >> this is an humanitarian crisis of the utmost proportion and we have to take it seriously, both for national security and to end that for these men, women and children who are being utilized by these cartels. >> the only people that want title 42 to go away are drug cartels or sex traffickers, human traffickers and democrats. >> sandra, let me now take you live to our sky drone up here, the fox flight team and take you down the river so you can see exactly what it is that texas d.p.s. has tried to do to fortify this area. you'll see container after container topped with razor wire, they will try to get through day in and day out and injure themselves and in some cases this sector alone, more than 150,000 migrant encounters

in just the last 100 days since the fiscal year began on october 1st, and the senators learned, sandra, more than 60,000 known got-aways in these 100 days. that is the equivalent of eagle pass, which is 29,000, double they came, who knows where from, who they are or where they are going, the officials saw them, they have gone into the u.s. and we may never hear from them again. that's what's happening just in this fiscal year that began on october 1st. sandra. >> sandra: griff jenkins, thank you for your reporting as usual, great stuff. >> john: quite a view from there. putting a financial strain on small towns and communities, one hospital in arizona says it is stuck with $20 million in unpaid medical bills to care for migrants. in yuma, arizona, just care provided to illegal immigrants? >> it is, john, and that figure

puts -- tells you how much of an impact the border crisis is having on the area businesses. for context, the hospital i'm at, it's the only one for 180 miles and the 20 million is six months, the c.e.o. tells us it could be close to $40 million as of now. he's talked to every federal leader to listen, no recourse as of yet. >> everybody is sympathetic, but nobody has a solution. you know, from our perspective, our perspective, this is a federal government initiative. we need either a federal government solution or some type of solution. it's an unsustainable business model and it's not like they can go to other places. we are the only hospital here. >> one major challenge i want to highlight is pregnancy care. the staff has to create a makeshift hotel for mothers with no home, run around yuma buying up car seats and the responsibilities are common beyond their normal roles that they would play as a hospital staff. and that draws focus from other

patients. you have some procedures having to be rescheduled because they have no beds, and the c.e.o. says it's kinds of unfair. the average yuma resident is not getting free healthcare. >> john: huge trickle down from this. >> sandra: our next guest has seen the crisis unfold firsthand and for quite some time, bill melugin spent half of last year at the border and bringing exclusive video of what is going on there, and joins us live on set. fantastic to see you. and our first time to meet in person. i feel i know you. welcome to you. bring us up to speed what exactly you are seeing happen there and you always give it to our viewers exactly like it is. >> the latest information, cbp sources telling fox since october 1st, when the new fiscal year began, we are well over 700,000 migrant encounters. that's essentially bigger than the population of the city of

boston coming across the border in just a little over three months. and i thought griff's report was important showing the drone video of the delegation of senators in eagle pass, going to the spot they know the migrants cross, we have the drone every day, they watch them come across and opportunity to talk to them. president biden during his visit to el paso did not see any migrants, did not go in any areas where he would find any migrants, talk to any migrants. went to a port of entry and people are not crossing there illegally, you can see they are walking through the river and he did not go down there to see any of that. >> sandra: just remarkable. this is happening as not just people are pouring over the borders but fentanyl is pouring over our southern borders and we have interviewed many parents who have lost their children to this crisis here on the program, it's devastating. and all this is happening at the border as el chapo's son is arrested in this major fentanyl

bust. >> and the sinaloa cartel is one of the main cartels pushing it across, it's them and cg and g, and we saw what happened in mexico, i believe it was on friday, of mexican authorities having to use more than 3,600 soldiers to go in and make this arrest of guzman, el chapo's son, and you can see blackhawk helicopters from the mexican military firing machine guns on a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, you can see the tracers in the night sky. 30 people left dead as a result of this operation, that includes ten mexican soldiers, 19 suspected cartel gunmen, and where has the coverage been about this, the national talk about this. we have president biden in mexico, no announcements about any cartel crackdown. jake sullivan had a press gavel yesterday he said there is no new news on any potential cartel crackdowns.

keep in mind that was a priority under the trump administration, a.g. bill barr wanted to go after them, but the mexican army getting ambushed by the cartels, it's on our doorstep. this is our southern neighbor and the cartel that's fighting the government is pushing mas massive amounts of fentanyl through california, arizona, texas, and it will be interesting to see in the coming days, weeks and months if the u.s. takes a stronger posture when it comes to the cartels. but right now we are not hearing anything about it, right? >> sandra: bill, you do a fantastic job and you see a lot. it's got to be hard to walk away from the job at the end of the day seeing what you see every day, but you show up the next day and you do it again and you do it again because you are telling these stories and you are showing our viewers what is happening at our border. what is that like?

>> what we are trying to do each day is hold a mirror up to the country. and i: . . >> sandra: pictures don't lie. >> pictures don't lie. and probably the most striking picture, remember a couple summers ago with the haitians under the bridge in del rio, a lot of things we cannot put on tv, a lot of bodies, unfortunately, a lot of drowning victims, young children who had just been sexual assaulted by their cartel guides, a lot of terrible stuff that happens down there a lot of people really don't understand and it's unfortunate, it's an important story, we are going to stay down there, we have the amazing drone crews, camera men, producers who are dedicated to telling the to telling the story.

>> amazing job and bringing all you do every day, thank you, bill. great to see you. >> john: he really has been doing a terrific job. he's basically been living down there, hopefully he has a little piece of property along the rio grande, puts his feet up at the end of the day. >> sandra: i think he was telling me he does not know what his apartment looks like. >> john: some nice areas along the river there, maybe bill will spend some time with his feet up. a fox weather alert, we are tracking a severe storm system ripping through california. forecasters call it an atmospheric river, essentially a river's worth of moisture carried in the sky aloft by winds and causing dangerous mudslides and flash floods across the state. 90% of california's population, 34 million people under a flood watch, 10% of the entire u.s. population. we have team coverage on the ground in the golden state. max gordon in northern california. first william is in los angeles

and william, just in the last 20 seconds as i was leading in here, we saw some extraordinary pictures of mudslides and flooding. >> you know, john, it is a massive storm, really, from the oregon border to mexico, right. we are seeing rain, in fact here in l.a. we have received more rain in the last two weeks than we do in a typical year. it's about 15 inches. a lot of it ending up here in the l.a. river. a month ago it was bone dry and now it's flowing with about 30,000 cubic feet, think of a milk carton, and 32 others are near flood stage. high winds are also a problem. lax had to stop traffic because of the high winds. homeowners around the state are checking their roofs, their windows, their doors, for seeping water.

>> it's been raining for days and days, the roof has gotten soaked and the ceiling is dripping. these old houses are standing really well, that's great. a little bit of roof leaking, a lot of mud flowing. >> so let's go up the coast to santa barbara. it's very steep terrain there, narrow canyons. thousands have been evacuated because of the fear of rock and mudslides. move up the central coast a little bit, one person was killed trying to get through a flooded road. a woman was rescued but her 5-year-old son disappeared in the waters. numerous roads closed, and thousands without power as big oak trees are uprooted knocking out power lines. you said, john, an atmospheric river can carry as much water as the amazon river. we have had five of those in the last two weeks. so what you are looking at is also a missed opportunity, john, california has not built a new

dam in 40 years. new reservoirs are caught up in litigation and regulation, and so most of this water, about a good 80% of it up and down the state is flowing into the ocean. and that should or could be captured through ground water or other aquifers or reservoirs, the state is 30 years behind where it wants to be. back to you. >> john: they need the water but hanging on to it is an issue. the l.a. river looks different than any adventure or action movie i've seen in it typically. try to stay dry. sandra. >> sandra: we are going to head about 400 miles north to sonoma county, we find max gordon live there. what does it look like where you are, max? >> it continues to rain on and off in the coastal hills north of the bay area, but a sigh of relief for those along the russian river. it crested early this morning just inches below flood stage,

but you can see how wide and angry the russian river is right now. if you look at the opposite bank you can see the river feet away from the doorstep of homes there, a stressful time for people who live along the russian river. since last week california has been slammed by a series of storms, widespread flooding, downed trees and mudslides. claimed the lives of at least 14 people, death toll higher than from wildfires. trees have toppled over lines and utility crews are working amid the storms to try to get the lights back on. here along the russian river, the water will continue to stay high, though it should start to now recede, though it will go up over the next few days as more rain comes into the area. guys. >> sandra: max, keep us posted live from there in sonoma county. thank you. for continuing coverage, you can tune into fox weather by

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>> sandra: a judge handing down the first federal ruling in favor of female-only sports after this being soar player seen her took her case to court. upholds a law that bans transgender athletes from participating in the leagues. >> just goodwin is a bill clinton appointee, on the bench a long time. the law girl and woman as biologically female as purpose for secondary sports is permissible. a former west virginia state university soccer player intervened in a lawsuit to defense west virginia sports act. and they say female athletes deserve to compete on a level playing field. it's about protecting fairness and safety for female athletes

across west virginia. the attorney general told me it promotes fairness in female sports. >> i am reassured when you have a democrat-picked judge who reinforces this law, i think that that sends a very powerful message and we are going to keep working and providing the right briefs because we think we are clearly correct on the law and i'm hopeful that future courts will also see it that way. >> the aclu of west virginia is expressing its support to the transgender community tweeting the fight for true trans equality will never be won with a single lawsuit, stay with us, the fight is not over. west virginia is 1 of 18 states that have enacted laws banning transgender student athletes identifying as female from playing on girls and womens sports teams. >> sandra: mike, thank you. >> john: the american academy of pediatrics is pushing pills or even surgery to help obese children shed pounds as the

number of dangerously overweight kids soars. before the pandemic, number was one in five obese children, and the number is higher because covid sidelined sports. a medical community gone woke, says the so-called body positivity movement is telling kids that being healthy -- unhealthy, rather, is perfectly ok. dr. saphier joins us now, fox news contributor and board certified radiologist. pills, lap band surgery for children. what happened to a healthy diet and exercise? >> sometimes it's not that easy. american academy of pediatrics has updated recommendations regarding childhood obesity the first time in 15 years, they say you need to change lifestyle behaviors, and done with medications and surgery in

certain cases. don't necessarily talk about who should be eligible for it but are mentioning that. a rise in childhood obesity well before the pandemic. but we saw kids home from school, stopped social activities, sports activities, alarming rates of rising obesity in kids throughout the pandemic. it's more than that, john. the last decade or so, you have heard the term fat shaming, and in the medical profession, we have an ethos to protect the patients from things that will cause them harm or in the future. obesity-related illness costs the united states $173 billion. obesity is not just about large versus skinny, it's about the consequences that come with that. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, joint problems, even many cancers and children who tend to be overweight in childhood, it tends to go through adulthood. it's very unlikely for them to be overweight or obese as a child and then get to a healthy

weight as they get older. physicians have a hard time. they are told you have to use nonstigmatizing language, don't use the term obese or overweight, may hurt their feelings of patients, although those are medical terms, they want us to say unhealthy weights and so forth. and putting a lot more energy on how to make patients feel better instead of talking about the consequences of being at an unhealthy weight. >> john: society to some degree, society is normalizing obesity. and what kids are exposed to in terms of what they eat, i'm not going to call it nutrition, 20 ounce coke, 16 teaspoons of sugar in it, 130% of the daily value of sugar they should be getting. spends hours on devices or playing video games. eating fast or processed food. where are the parents in all of this? the parents have some say over what their children do because children don't become obese all on their own.

>> well, john, one in three children are either overweight or obese. and i can tell you, it's a higher proponent of people overweight and obese in lower income households. what is bought with food stamps, $0.20 of every dollar is going towards the sugary snacks, cookies and sodas. maybe put more attention as to what people are buying and make sure the money helping people goes to the nutritious stuff, fruits, vegetables and so forth. this is an all hands on deck situation where you have to get the entire family involved because it is also cultural. if a child is overweight, highly likely someone else in the household is overweight, too. by eating a healthier diet, making sure they have physical exercise and under the care of a doctor, but making sure the entire family is involved that will get us to a better place as a nation. >> john: i saw a movie called "that sugar film," changed my whole attitude toward sugar.

good thing for people to see. doc, great for people to see you as well. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> john: "that sugar film," staying away from sugar is almost impossible. >> sandra: the visual, 16 teaspoons of sugar on a 20 ounce coke? >> john: i sometimes during a show drink these, seven and a half ounces, this has 50% of the daily value of sugar in it. so you can imagine what a 20 ounce coke has. >> sandra: and caffeine. probably the part you are looking for. all right. on to a story we have been watching closely and will have an update coming up. an american sailor is right now locked up in japan after a deadly car crash, the navy's own doctors say was no fault of his own. why is the pentagon cutoff payments to his wife and children if he did not do anything wrong? his parents are outraged and

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from biden's time as president, and he does have a need sometimes to take classified material away from the white house, including in this clip he's talking about the presidential daily briefing. >> i read it, i lock it back up and give it to the military. >> without a specialized area classified documents, is it ever [inaudible] >> depends on the document and depends how secure. >> in a twist of fate, the u.s. attorney assigned to investigate allegations of mishandled classified info was a trump appointee president biden tried to fire but he did not under pressure, and saying while the president has the right to remove u.s. attorneys, they remain in office to conclude sensitive investigations.

long before this sensitive investigation so far the white house not touching a cnn report that these documents pertain to iran and ukraine and are not explaining the timing here and why we are just finding out about this now. house republicans plan to probe this as well, including the new oversight committee chairman. >> i'm going to be -- i'm not going to be quick to judge, i just know he said it was very irresponsible for president trump to take classified documents to his personal residents and have them in an unsecured location. >> david spunt, jake gibson, bill meres are reporting the investigation has gone on for several weeks and reached an inflection point, it's up to the attorney general, merrick garland to decide what happens next, what course of action they are going to take or not take. garland was in mexico with the president and scheduled to return later on today. sandra. >> sandra: peter doocy live at the white house, peter, thank

you. john. >> john: and while president biden, sandra, is in mexico, he could soon be facing another challenge on the foreign front. supporters of former brazilian president bolsonaro defaced some buildings, and they want him to kick himself out of a self-imposed exile from a hospital in orlando. >> the former president is at a nearby house, he's out of the hospital now, this is developing just this afternoon. but he is becoming, wherever he is, a bit of a headache for the biden administration as the president himself is obviously in mexico city pow wowing with his canadian and mexican counterparts. bolsonaro is in florida where he fled last week, as there was major widespread damage during a riot that lasted three hours. yesterday bolsonaro's twitter

account posted this snapshot of him in an orlando hospital, undergoing treatment for complications stemming from an old stab wound. members of president biden's own party now are calling for him to take action and extradite him back to brazil. rep ocasio-cortez tweeting nearly two years to the day, we see fascist movements doing the same in brazil. and castro tweeting this, bolsonaro must not be given refuge in florida where -- and the new brazilian president has been sworn in. >> freely elected leader of brazil will govern brazil and will not be deterred or knocked off course by the actions of these people who have assaulted

the instruments of governance. so we think brazilian democracy is resilient, strong and will come through this. >> the story is still developing. bolsonaro reportedly told cnn international he plans to depart the u.s. voluntarily and head back to brazil soon before the end of the month. meanwhile, president biden spoke to the new brazilian president and has officially invited him to meet in washington, john, at the white house. >> john: even after the lovely picture in the hospital yesterday he has since left the hospital. >> new reporting we have not yet confirmed is telling us and he is staying in a house part of a resort or like a golfing community, golf estate, whatever you want to call it. >> john: plenty of those in that area. thanks for the update. >> sandra: john, thank you. president biden is set to meet with japan's prime minister this friday where we can expect he will be asking the u.s. for more help containing china.

in exchange, the wall street journal makes the case biden should be pushing japan in return to free a u.s. service member from prison. navy lieutenant ridge alkonis was stationed in japan in 2021, when he fell unconscious at the wheel of the car on a family trip. he then crashed that car, killing two japanese bystanders. doctors say he suffered acute mountain sickness and there were no suspicions of driving under the influence. still, though, lieutenant ridge was sentenced to three years in prison and last month the pentagon stopped his pay and benefits and his family says they feel betrayed. joining us now is lieutenant alkonis's parents, derek and susie. welcome to you both, we are story you are in this position and we know you want to get your son home. what's the latest, dad, that you have been told from the white house or u.s. officials on this matter involving your son?

>> well, first of all, i mean, we just feel so, our hearts go ou victims, the japanese families that are involved in this as well. we would have loved to be able to connect with them through this process, but that just was not the case. and in terms of what we are getting from the white house, i mean, there -- things have been done recently to allow ridge and his family to be paid, basically an act of congress. through the omnibus appropriations bill process, there was an amendment drawn up and it was overwhelmingly supported that allows him to be paid so that is good. we know that the japanese prime minister is coming and we hope that president biden will engage and will be direct and say this has gone on too long, this is unfair, and bring ridge home

immediately. >> sandra: susie, can you tell us more about what you have been told happened that day when your son was behind the wheel of a car and apparently suffered from this illness that left him unconscious that resulted in this car crash. >> well, i mean, the hard part about this whole story is that it took quite a long time to find out what did happen because he was held in solitary confinement for almost three weeks, over three weeks before he saw, was able to be examined, and we received the diagnosis. it was just a fluke. it's not a fluke that doesn't happen to other people. we have heard countless stories since our story has gone public of other people who have similarly had problems behind the wheel. the difference here is that he was put in prison for it, even though it's not a crime in japan. >> sandra: so difficult, and we know you just want to get your son home and there are some in

congress on your side. senator mike lee is taking your son's side for sure, has issued a couple statements, tweets saying japan should not be treating u.s. military personnel more harshly than its own citizens but has done so with lieutenant alkonis, unacceptable. in a tweet to the president, saying to the president you'll have the chance to address the alkonis case with the prime minister on friday. it's time to #bring ridge home. and addresses the defense secretary saying please don't stop paying lieutenant ridge alkonis, you shouldn't be hanging him and his family out to dry ten days from now. derek, this is obviously putting his family, three children and a wife in a very difficult position. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, senator mike lee, congressman mike levin have been amazing. they have supported us through this process and it's because of their efforts that ridge and his

family will continue to be paid even though the dod was attempting to kick them to the curb. and so that support has been wonderful. now the next piece of this is to talk with the japanese and get them to understand and be direct like i mentioned before, is that this is wrong, and this is not a crime. even though he was treated like a criminal throughout this process and but nonetheless, this was an accident caused by a medical condition, an emergency. and he was never evaluated under japanese police law enforcement. so you know, there was -- there was things that went wrong and things going wrong throughout this process, and now it needs to be righted. to be -- he's been in prison almost six months. in all, just over six months, actually. and it's time to bring him home. >> sandra: we have been showing beautiful pictures of his family, his wife, his children,

this puts everybody in an incredible difficult position. any parent listening, heart breaks for him and his family and you both who want to bring your son home. we will continue to follow and tell your story. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank for having us. >> sandra: our best to you. >> appreciate it. >> sandra: that's tough, john. >> john: it is, i mean, it's obviously a tragedy for the japanese family, but at the same time, it was a medical problem that happened that caused him to has out on the way down the mountain, and to put somebody in jail to that, it's a tough call. >> sandra: and stopping pay for the family while awaiting his return here, it's a story we will keep following. multiple members of congress are pushing for his return home and in the meantime pushing for the payments to the lieutenant to continue so his family would be ok back here at home. >> john: yeah. so many layers to this. let's hope the right thing happens here. more now on the historic storm that's battering california putting millions of people on

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>> sandra: this just in to fox. former trump organization alan weisselberg sentenced to five months in prison. he was convicted of tax fraud for his role in the former president's real estate company. he's expected to serve in krieker's island. a trump organization lawyer said that weisselberg came up with the scheme on his own without the knowledge of president trump or his family. john? >> let's go back out west now. the atmospheric river storm system causing damage in the state of california. in some areas, it's sending rainfall totals 600% above average. look at that landslide there. what is a atmospheric river and how rare are that? marty joins us now to discuss. we'll put the question to you.

you have really cool animations to share with us. what is a atmospheric river? >> good afternoon. an atmospheric river is like it sounds, a river in the sky. a river of water vapor. they're narrow on the global scale but they can be a couple thousand miles long. the air pushes the water vapor along. when it hits the shore or the mountains, it can cause heavy rain and snow. >> john: how much water does an atmospheric river really hold? >> if you slice across one and think of it, it's the equivalent of 25 mississippi rivers. a big one like we've had would be more than that. >> john: so we hear about terms like atmospheric river, we hear pineapple express because this starts in hawaii. we know we're in a la nina year now. it's supposed to be dry in california.

why is this happening? >> these storms can disrupt the relationship with la nina and rain in california. this condition is doing that. >> so how long do we expect this will last? >> well, it's hard to tell for sure. the next few days look active still. there's indications for the few days after that. there may be continued activity. we don't really know beyond a couple weeks what will come. but we do know it can shut down like it did last year, december, january, february, martha were super dry after the wettest december on record. we're humble in recognizing we don't know what will come that far out. if we get normal precipitation, we'll end up for the rest of the year above normal. mother nature will decide the fate of water supply and flood in the region. >> we see this damage being brought by this water coming in so fast and furious.

we also see this water rushing out to the pacific ocean. california has been in a drought for years. desperately needs this water. but it doesn't need it in this amount this quickly. the fact that it's all rushing to the pacific ocean spokes to the notion that california has fallen behind in terms of developing new sources of water retention to hang on to this precious water. >> well, the current facilities are substantial and world class. the largest reservoirs are so far behind because of the drought that they're keeping almost every drop of water that gets in to them. in addition, many of the smaller reservoirs have now filled up enough to be in good shape relative to average. across the state, it's about 80% average storage in the reservoirs right now. we're increasing that fraction every day as additional storms hit. >> john: these getting far enough inland that they're hitting lake powell, which has

been at historically low levels? >> a great question. the atmospheric river storms can penetrate in to the rockies about contribute a third to 40% of the snow in the upper colorado basin like on the west slope of colorado. lake powell, lake mead system is far behind. it's a couple years -- it would take a couple years of very heavy precipitation to make up for the very deep drought that exists on that river system. >> john: thanks, marty. giving us an education to what's going on. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> john: now you know what an atmospheric river is. >> sandra: indeed. >> john: it's extraordinary. >> sandra: it is. we have these new pictures coming in the we can pop them up. our chopper footage of the devastation and flooding that we continue to see there. rescues taking place. people fleeing their homes, john, this is ongoing and appears to be getting worse in a lot of these areas.

>> john: again, it's like california desperately needed the water. it didn't need it this way. so you know, it's feast or famine there when it comes to water. >> sandra: amazing pictures here. wow. obviously a guy with his tripod to tell these folks stories. we'll stay on that. a story that could be impacting 40% of all american households. the biden administration is said to be cooking up new rules when it comes to cooking in your home. a possible ban on gas stoves. hil hillary, everybody is talking about this. >> they say if you can't take the heat, got out of the kitchen. the biden administration is trying to take the heat out of your kitchen with this ban. a ban on gas stoves is on the table. that i have concern that gas stoves emit too much pollution making it a health hazard.

gas stoves can emit dangerous levels of toxic check calls even when not in use and uscpsc will consider all approaches to regulation. democrats on capitol hill had been turning up the heat on the group to take action on gas stoves calling for a number of new rules including new standards for gas stove emissions. some house republicans say this possible ban is proof that the commission has too much power. others are outright protesting the idea. congressman ronny jackson tweeting this. i'll never give up my gas stove. if the maniacs in the white house come for my stove, they can pry it from my cold dead hands. come and take it. now the commissioner is trying to lower the temperature saying this to be clear, cpsc isn't coming for anyone's gas's stoves. regulations apply to new stoves. there's support available. some people pushing for this ban are comparing gas station saying they're the new cigarette, they

need to be regulated to protect people from toxic chemicals. sandra? >> sandra: a lot of reaction to that today. hillary, thank you. live on capitol hill. john? you have your opinions on it. >> john: you can always turn on your range hood or the fan that might be embedded in the range top every time you use your gas stove. that might help a little. i know you like induction. i may go there one day. >> sandra: i like them both. now we're thinking about what to cook for dinner. great to be with you. i'm sandra smith. >> john: going to be chicken and rice tonight. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: how about reservations? good to see you. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. in moments on "the story," andy mccarthy joins us to react for the first time to the new revelations of classified documents found by biden attorneys in an office that he used very recently as fox learns the probe around this is at an

inflection point. so which way is doj going to take this? first, the tee