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strohmier in for carley shimkus. >> todd: i am griff jenkins and for todd piro. entered in the chaos but it will smash the windows out of two police cars and sell fireworks towards the officers. at one point a giant mob with the cruiser down a freeway. lauren blanchard has more from washington, good morning, laura. >> good morning, griff. this is wild and dangerous and dumb. this was saturday. >> [bleep],! [tire squealing] >> ashley: so in between the street racing, spinning and

forcing a patrol car and one officer injured and several police cars damage. here is the problem they are understaffed from officers on the street to 911 operators. in october just 66% of calls answered within 15 seconds. the actual standard is 90%. they also have to lower minimum job requirements just to fill an unprecedented number of job openings. one councilwoman reported being on hold for 28 minutes saturday night to report the street racing. in 2020 the allston state council voted to slash the police budget during the defund the police budget by $150 million here at the austin police associated tweeted this with a video of saturday night "allston policymakers are directly responsible for the overall safety of their citizens and visitors. looks like they failed to make the right decisions, and

continue to defund, destroy and demoralize public safety. austin was one of the safest cities, but not anymore." the budget was reinstated in 2021 but not before the officers left. and now they are still struggling for qualified officers now, griff, ashley. >> griff: just unbelievable video and frightening at that, lauren blanchard, thank you. to another fox news alert, one person is dead and others heard after a shooting of a mardi gras palladian new orleans. the police say it happened near the end of the parade route where large crowds gathered to celebrate among the wounded a young girl. all 51 of the victims died from his injuries. one suspect is in custody but it isn't clear if others involved. the police recovered two guns at the scene. fox news contributor and longtime new orleans resident will join us next hour for more

and why his city is being dubbed america's capital. >> ashley: florida governor desantis with the police tour and democrat run cities in new york city today. he is expected to talk about the crime in florida and speak to officers who are unsupported by state leaders. the president of new york city's detectives and association said it is law enforcement relate to send a message back to elected officials, but the laws enacted in the state of new york are not working, specifically bail reform laws. after desantis will head to chicago and this follow speculation desantis could run for president in 2 2020 for all the weeds made no official announcement. later this morning chicago alderman raymond arroyo will react to that. disturbing images out of washington state, the homeowner say squatters have taken over the property since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. the one the police raiding the

home days ago and arrested by people after finding drugs, guns and 50 vehicles, some of them stolen clear the squatters are already back. seattle radio host joins us now, ari fleischer, welcome to the fox studio. this is the first to the studio. >> thank you so much for having me. >> griff: you know for the viewers watching right now wondering what the heck is going on that the squatters are going back? >> unfortunately this is a common problem more and more cross washington state. what happens is a tenant moves out with a residential property and thank the squatters move in. what happens is inevitably the structure gets destroyed. there is a few near my house burned to the ground and you're talking a formerurger king, baking company and have cooled until my completely annihilated within the homeless move onto the property and take over what is left of the property and the other businesses to make

businesses to manage them. i went to get an oil change and we can't accommodate you there was a shooting next door and that place closed up shop and moved out along several other businesses nearby. this is becoming more and more common. more and more people having this problem where they're trying to get these people off their property and they just won't go. >> ashley: they won't go but what of the city or state leaders doing about this for making it easier? >> they are making it easier for them ever since the coronavirus pandemic, they make it easier for squatters to remain in place because they don't have to pay rent. we will pay your legal bills to keep you on the property. so you're not just talking about people who are homeless and moved onto a property but people who signed a lease or whatever it was and stop paying and destroying properties for this small mom and pop landlords that were saving up for their life savings. >> ashley: why do they not have to pay rent is my question >> sorry i sorry for not

explaining that. a more torment so different locations. they assume that everybody who was a landlord for ducks floating around in a huge fold of money and they just don't have it. 75% of the landlords were asked to carry this money for two years now where they are paying the mortgages, utilities and no one's giving them income. >> griff: here is the thing, ari, police say it is a simple process left up to property owners. you mention but why isn't the city seattle council meeting right now to change the law? that's never going to happen. these owners are not going to be able to witness. >> the city of seattle saying, hey, you want some loiterers to represent you? we would like to support that. you have small mom and pop stuck with this in the store you just mentioned at the beginning of the segment, i may as well give up the house and give up on it

and give it back to the bank because whatever i owe is not worth it because i can't get the people off of my property. the seattle city council where they are socialist on the council and they want rent control now for everybody. and they are impacting small mom-and-pop landlords and making it for them, a retirement package or own one or two houses but they are not these big landlords but you have these companies, hedge funds willing to buy these properties appear they kick out who is on the property because they have the means to do so here they jack up the rates. and then that makes housing less affordable for people and small mom and pop landlord and they get a new tenant we will charge you more because we don't know when the city will drop another moratorium and we have to be in action. that raises the rent as well. >> these squatters get rated by a squad. they had 52 or 54 stolen cars,

drugs and my thing is this happening wednesday and they were ready to back out. the d.a. was just like okay, we will send the pete p paperwork d let you out? >> typically they give them fail because some leftist judge or liberal judge will say, hey, we feel bad for them they are in town on their luck, and sheltered neighborhoods where whatever the case may be pure than they release impure different activist organizations actually bail them out or pay their bail or hey we are not pressing charges against these guys. so you have this revolving door of justice that continues to happen washington state peer of these people continue to get released and back doing what they do appear they seattle and the cities covered with graffiti. they arrested these guys, let lt them i'll. >> griff: quick question, ari, we saw the homelessness and seattle jumped 119% from

20222021. where is this heading? >> it is not looking good because 80% of the people according to seattle's numbers and where seattle is, so this is a drug problem. 80% of the people have drug substance abuse problem. you are talking about the people who are addicts and not just people down on their luck or need a hand out. that is not who you are dealing with and then any order to continue their habits. crime goes up here they get arrested or they don't get prosecuted or released and the cycle repeats itself. >> ashley: and the place their hands are tied because of the laws. it is a never ending problem. >> griff: unbelievable, ari hoffman, thank you for being on the set. >> think you guys. >> griff: turning to the migrant crisis, the cbp to head up north to secure a border to canada and the officers are overwhelmed pure the border

sector includes new york, vermont, new hampshire has seen 846% increase in illegal crossings since october. now come authorities have 367 encounters last month. that is more than the last 12 january's combined. unbelievable. border patrol officials say most migrants crossing illegal or mexican nationals with subzero temperatures to get into the u.s. the agents who could volunteer would deploy march 1st. we will see where that goes. >> ashley: you were just at the border, southern border three days ago. my question to you is do you think because the biden administration has put more resources, which is not saying much because we started trying to get a hold of this problem they have created, but do you think they push these were the sources down south and the north made it easier? >> griff: the cartels moving people realize there are more

resources of the southern border and thinking hey, why not flight to quebec and bring them south and fly them to montreal? >> ashley: you think or tell? >> griff: you bet. most migrants coming across the sector border which is vermont, new york or mexican nationals but here is the thing if you look right now, robert garcia, the chief of the swan sector said last week there were 115 migrant encounters and they go from 12 different countries. this cartel, to tell you they are outmanned, out resourced, underfunded going against these cartels that are moving people and drugs. but the movement of people, so if we can send people up to canada and bring themselves, why not because it's wide open. >> ashley: why not -- is it border patrol asking for

volunteers? asking out of retirement or people to be shifted from the sell to places like new hampshire, new york? >> griff: across the federal agency, right so if you are a sunny p official or new york city and you might want to sign up for a temporary assignment to go to the southern border where they are asking for resources or the border, do you talk to your boss and go help out? it is in decadence. my hat goes off to cdp officials and many women at the border patrol because they care about this country and they signed up for this. this is their job. they want to do the best job. but somewhere in the interior or somewhere else want to answer the call and get to it. it is fascinating. i never thought -- oh, by the way we need someone to go to the northern border. the illegal crossings at the northern border, 367 in january and 2023 more than the last 12 january's combined.

such an unprecedented territory, ashley that even the most seasoned career long border officials are just minds blown where we are. and a trajectory for even bigger more unprecedented record breaking year. ari you hope it gets better. >> i will give you a teaser, we are very, very close to the 1 million mark of border encounters across southwest borders, we will get there next week and that will be over four months. >> ashley: scary stuff, jimmy carter who has been in hospice care and his family of the georgia home. president biden said we admire you for your strength and agility you have shown in difficult times and make you continue with dignity and god grant you peace, brian kemp calling for prayers for the carter family saying marty on the girls and i are praying for president carter and former first lady rosalynn carter and

their family during this time. we asked people and georgia to join us to send them our thoughts and prayers. >> griff: carter's grandson expressing gratitude for my soul my grandparents yesterday. they are at peace and as always full of love, thank you for your kind words. carter and his wife said they were married 76 years. at the age of 98 he is the oldest surviving press in u.s. history. >> ashley: turning to this new terrifying surveillance video but we want to warn you might be heavily know my card to watch. new york delhi city clerk. the police gave us a major update about the suspect. we will share that coming up. >> griff: plus president biden announcing billions of dollars for electric vehicle agenda, but those carbon philly evs running on gas power. west virginia lawmaker is here to talk about the claimant

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a high degree of solidarity with ukrainian people. there are no plans for the president to enter ukraine on this particular trip. >> griff: he is meeting with the polish president to discuss the war effort. biden to give a speech warsaw highlighting contributions to ukraine. congressman michael waltz says biden week foreign policy is is emboldening vladimir putin. >> as biden takes his victory lap, pats himself on the back, a one-year anniversary, we didn't understand who truly is at fault here. i agree with you putin absolutely launched this brutal, unjust, atrocious war. however, we also need to fully recognize that deterrence fail. and it failed in a massive way. in if you look at the steps that led up to this invasion from te white house as part, projected weakness, that i think aloud

putin to believe he could get away with it. >> ashley: in the past year, congress has sent $113 billion to ukraine. that is, like i said, most americans know exactly where the money is going. >> this will be delivering much humanitarian needs, food, water, medicine, shelter. and replaced by russians and w war. it is going to allow pensions and social support to be paid to the ukrainian people so they have something in their pocket. it will provide critical resources to just food shortages around the globe. >> ashley: more the congressional state treasured, good morning to you. you heard putin mean talk about putting food and money in their pockets. what about americans, what about food on our table? why does this administration seem to be so america last?

>> you know, ashley, thank you for having me on. it is a sad state of affairs. it seems to be the only way to get this administration's attention is to be in ukraine. the only way to have them care about securing a border is the ukrainian border. certainly, we have a humanitarian crisis going on in this country for decades. the opioid crisis, which seems to be widely ignored. but unfortunately all $113 billion goes to ukraine to help defend their borders and protect their people and find humanitarian projects. it really is a sad state of affairs for this administration right now. >> ashley: riley, you talk about the crisis, the opioid crisis but it continues to get worse. the border part crisis but what about ohio with disastrous trail derailment and fema has not

decided what they would give in aid if anything to the people of east palestine and talk about inflation and talk about social security, and certainty right now. how can americans trust where the biden administration is putting money but not only that, why should we be the ones held responsible for funding the war in ukraine? >> no, obviously we are further down the line as it relates to prioritization of this administration's resources and how they are being spent. i would flash back to last year when the hurricane struck in florida. vice president kamala harris made it clear they are going to prioritize communities of color meant malaise, fema disaster relief and east palestine not being one of those communities. i would take them on their word. they are doing exactly what they said.

this was an area of san ohio, voted massively for president trump. not a community that they necessarily care about or within the equity agenda. these americans need to speak up and say, "look, this is americans. we need to go in there and clean this up to make sure these people have clean water. make sure these people, our people are taken care of just like the people in ukraine. >> asspeed to you but think beig american you could be guaranteed clean water and air but that shows the times we are living in especially in ohio but now the biden administration will spend $7.5 billion to progress electric vehicle charging. $10 billion clean transportation and $7 billion electric vehicle battery components, and critical materials. these tips will help president biden's goals to fight climate crisis by building

national network of chargers electric chargers and electric vehicles make up 50% of new car sales by 2030. have they considered where they are going to get the materials perhaps gas to charge these cars? >> no, obviously that is not part of the consideration here. if you charge electric vehicle right now in this country, there is a very good very good chance, ashley, virginians search harsh by coal and natural gas. these are the types of fuels that power this country. cheap, reliable, abundant energy is what this country needs. if we go down there path and the green agenda, how are we going to power this country? you have these electric vehicles that need the power that is going to come from places like coal, wind, solar. it doesn't have the capacity.

it is intermittent and unreliable. it is command and control economics, obviously, coming down from the government, top-down, hallmark of socialism, let the free market decide where the best solutions are as it relates to energy. >> ashley: you talk about the abundance of coal and reliability of it and don't forget that this clean, cleaner than where we are getting it, rightly more thank you for being with us, we appreciate it. to have a good day. >> thank you for having me. >> ashley: you are welcome. >> griff: secretary antony blinken with an alarming update on a spy balloon with shot down over south carolina earlier this month. >> i will assume you got no apology. >> you are correct. i can't speak to their original intent but i can tell you this, once over the united states the balloon attempted to surveilled very critical, important

military installations. >> griff: antony blinken with chinese counterpart described them as confrontational periods calling it observed and hysterical. >> we told you about baltimore but reveals no students and 55 chicago schools are proficient in math or reading. and why is child education failing and post education era, what his kids are doing in the classroom. >> plus there is this. >> totally made by the publisher and i think most of them are $40, $50 and you get a book as well. >> you have to operate within the system. [laughter] 's be when he's feeling the burn! >> ashley: sanders to defend his anticapitalist agenda after charging $95 for tickets to his book tour events. the latest after this. ♪ ♪

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daytona 500. >> griff: stenhouse ruled the winner in double overtime, the first cup series win since 2017 and qualifies him for the playoffs. boston celtics star jason tatum on fire in the all-star game. he said a new scoring record racking up 55 points. he got help from the card damien who scored the game-winning bucket. watch. >> kept it alive. this is the guy you want to win it. griff: nothing but net beating out team lebron in the end 184-175. senator bernie sanders against criticism for charging high ticket prices for a tour event promoting his book "it's okay to

be angry about capitalism." here is sanders when he said he's benefiting from the capitalist model. watch this. >> first of all those decisions are made by the publisher and bookseller. one case with politics and independent charging $40, $50 and you get a book as well. >> so you have to operate within the system. >> ashley: according to ticketmaster ranging $55 all up to $95. that is capitalism, burning. repealing a 2016 bill that banned travel to 30 conservative states and passed laws against lgbqt rights and amend at that level in 2019 and 2021 to include states that past voting rights and abortion laws. the change of heart coming with san francisco rethinking its status as a sanctuary city for illegal migrants arrested for selling fentanyl. city lawmakers hoping to appeal

its policies that protect the status for those convicted of a felony within the last seven years. >> griff: check this outcome a stunning report with the board of education showing across 55 chicago schools, zero students, zero are proficient in math or reading but despite the numbers, the board is raiding these schools as commendable. illinois state senator and father of six in chicago, we will he you for getting up early. this is shocking and should alarm everyone in the country who has a kid in school. >> yes, thanks for having me. i totally agree. i believe this is something that is a bribe byproduct of the policies we are taking during covid. in fact my congressman, congressman jackson coined a phrase, "covid learning loss."

i wish i could take credit for that, but i can't. this is a very serious and domestic issue. and as a lawmaker, i will be addressing feverishly. >> griff: as you should. let us show the viewers. this fiscal year $9.4 billion has been allocated to chicago's public school budget by the state and after that on top another $1.8 million to give chicago schools by the federal government millions more, $10 billion and you've got zero proficient kids in five public schools, why did that happen? >> what i can tell you is one, government isn't the answer to all things. i think we have to reengage parents, have parents actively take a role inside the schools when they can but in addition, we need to make certain that we

spend our money and the right way for children's education, for instance. >> griff: you said parents have been crying, pleading for better schools, for better classrooms. this clearly is irrefutable evidence that these teachers, protected by teachers unions are not doing their job in teaching these kids when you literally have zero students proficient in math and reading in 55 schools. if the numbers were low in substandard, may be you can make the argument but something is not happening in the classroom. mind you we went last year through some areas of the country the parents speaking out at the town halls and being labeled domestic terrorists. >> i don't know that it's fair to lay this all at the feet of teachers. there are a lot of children facing homelessness that are not

attending classes regularly. there are a number of fact in addition to that. but what we have to find is a lot of these children are coming from poverty-stricken communities. and i believe as a community we just can't focus on the dollars being put in the classroom. we have to reengage the working class, rebuild working-class communities. we have to have parents able to get their children to school everyday on time inside the classroom and so the kids are ready to learn every day. >> griff: i hear you, i hear you, but you are the father of six and walking the issues for a minute. >> i am walking in it. >> griff: a single student proficient in math and reading, would you not all those teachers accountable? >> no question about it, but again, we have missed something if willingly focus on what

happened once the kids get into the classroom are actually come i think more we can glean from this is what i am getting at. we have to figure out why. is it just the teachers? we have an issue but that's not the case here, suspending ohmic extended from a larger issue. >> griff: the question is, can it be turned around? >> absolutely it can get turned around. again we appropriate dollars from the classroom right away and make sure every teacher has a teacher's aide. we can ensure that we have children and parents that are able to actually have a safe home and not having kids running around place to place on not knowing where it's coming from coming from. >> griff: thank you for getting up early and taking time this morning, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> griff: the people of palestine ohio still living in fear unsure if the air and water

is safe for their families. >> when you return to your home, you should test your water, soil, air, not to mention those that have their own well. they have the right to be skeptical. >> ashley: dr. janette nesheiwat is here to explain the health risk that this town is facing. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> griff: health concerns for the community of east palestine ohio. >> ashley: as the week after weeks of clean up your the lawmakers have a right to be skeptical about things returning to normal. alexandria hoff with the latest in washington. >> the residents feel like lab rats not only for the effects being felt now, headaches, nausea but what they are being faced down the line. and some of that comes from the fact more toxic chemicals released and initially reported after norfolk southern derailment two weeks ago. on the ground in east palace dean and this is what one man told him. >> two or three days later the manifest of what other chemicals are on third train. the whole thing is absurd!

>> ashley: vinyl chloride one of the things on board to avoid an explosion with an enormous plume known to increase the risk of cancer. but the cleanup of the site continues the officials maintain the water and air are safe. still ohio senator said this weekend he doesn't blame residents for not being convinced. he puts the blame on norfolk southern. >> they are right to be skeptical. this is really the same old story, corporations do stock buybacks, big dividend checks, they lay off workers, thousands of workers have been laid off from norfolk southern. then they don't invest in safety rules and safety regulations. this kind of thing happens. that is why east palestine is so upset. >> pete buttigieg waited ten days after derailment to address it. he sent a live theater to norfolk southern domain if the company live up to its commitment to make the residence

hole. northern norfolk southern visited east palestine but the judge, here is congressman waltz. >> we should see buttiegieg, we should see the president. we should see every official involved read think the same error when we have what i think is a failure on the part of the transportation administration of the epa and others that seems to be much more of a attitude. that is not fair for ohio and e palestine. >> across the state in ohio, and other cargo train came off of the tracks. some residence power was affected and no spills or injuries were reported look, ashley, griff. >> griff: alexandria hoff, thank you so much. residents are sharing disturbing symptoms. >> i wake up every day and this

morning i woke up with my eyes swelled. >> my kids, we were running in to grab something and going back to grandma's house because they keep breaking out in rashes. >> the kids do? >> yeah. >> i work at the rail track and i have experienced headaches. >> i try not to go outside because every time i go outside, my throat get scratchy. i have sore throat, headaches and my husband still gets headaches. >> ashley: dr. janette nesheiwat is a emergency medical doctor in fox news medical contributor. she joins us now. these symptoms of headaches, rashes would be the least of my worries because you see all of these tests done and you see this was tested on xyz animal and this is the long-term effects and short-term effects, but here we have these chemicals that spilled and we have for the world to see now, this critical animal testing and what it did to the animals. it killed them quick. are you worried that will be the

situation whether the near future or the distant future for these people of ohio and east palestine? >> good morning, ashley, griff. i am concerned. the train was curing a variety of chemicals, and we have to worry about the byproducts of the chemicals. these chemicals are used to make paints, plastics, pesticides. so think about it you're not supposed to be inhaling or such ingesting these chemicals that are causing acute symptoms. the concern is every single day we are exposed to some sort of pollutant. for example, vinyl chloride has a permissible exposure limit of no more than five parts per million and no longer than 15 minutes. the people in this community, they may have been exposed to these chemicals all day long, 24/7 whether in the air, the water were on the surfaces.

that is why we are seeing acute symptoms of burning of the eye or rash skin, sore throats or difficulty breathing, coughing, wheezing. you're absolutely right. i'm concerned about the long-term consequences if these chemicals are embedded in the ground, the soil or in the water systems peer than we worry about things like developmental birth defects, reproductive issues, neurological complications, respiratory complications down the road. but i'm very happy to see that finally, fema will assist the cdc, going to be assisting and this is really important, ongoing testing, but not just for a vinyl chloride but a variety of chemicals. as we see, the wildlife are dying and the chemicals are there. i do think it will dissipate day by day, but we need to stay on top of it. >> griff: dr. nesheiwat, we are told for the testing officials that the water is okay

to drink. the long-term effects, really is where the story should go because when the camera's pullout and the news video is left, what is long-term? and i want you to address that a little bit more if you could. but just quickly, if you lived here in east palestine, would you drink the water? >> >> no, i have to be honest i would drink bottled water. remember, when they say the word safe, they are meeting for threshold between 11-5 for example. if you a to make exposed to that level if you minutes each day it will accumulate in your tissues. that is where we see problems long-term in addition to acute symptoms we are seeing. at this moment, no, i would not drink the water. i would make sure i'm drinking bottled water until i have assurance the levels are lowering day by day. because we see first hand and you don't need testing to see

something is wrong. when you have chickens, fish, horses becoming sick and dogs becoming sick. we need to use common sense and we need to see the leaders on the ground helping leading by example and get the people of east palestine taken care of. >> griff: will, you haven't seen mayor pete buttigieg the defense secretary on the ground waiting ten days to respond. >> ashley: they don't want to be there. that is exactly what it does it does. >> griff: dr. nesheiwat kicking us off on this monday, thank you. >> thank you, great to be with you guys, guys. >> griff: terrifying video that may be hard to watch. a heavily armed criminal opens fire on a new york city deli clerk at point blank range and the police give us major update about that suspect. >> ashley: street racers take over in austin, texas. shooting fireworks at police officers and chasing down a

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[bleep] >> griff: fox news alert, chaos in downtown austin, texas as street racers take over a major intersection downtown, sparking questions about police readiness after the city slashed its budget. i'm griff jenkins, in for todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. one injured in the chaos, people smashed the windows out of t