the streets nationwide. when a baby is killed in chicag are young person killed, we should have thousands of people out in a community that same level of outrage should be displayed when these kids are being killed. i not sure whites not happening like that. that's when we should step up t the player a higher level and address of these issues of the across the board. >> tl hardeman, you get good timing without having on the program. pre-please bring back your wisdom. it's great to see you. thank you. >> explosive allegations of fro a government whistleblower. she says at the biden administration is acting as the middleman and a multibillion-dollar trafficking operation and the victims are migrant children welcome to a brand-new hour of america's newsroom. >> i'm bill and good morning at home that whistleblower works for hhs. she scheduled to testify betwee house subcommittee later this afternoon. the appearance comes after a rash of reports accusing the

white house of ignoring the mas exploitation of mass migrant children. a. >> some of the kids allegedly forced to work long hours in factories and slaughterhouses under unsafe conditions. publicans questioned dhs secretary alejandro about that last week. >> you're knocking to take any responsibility for the indentur to start a and explication of children happening on your watch . tens of thousands of children who are forced to work as slave because of your policies and yo turn around and blame a prior administration. each should've resigned long ago . if you cannot change course, yo should be removed. >> all of this coming to a head as border agents a search of illegal crossings with title 42 is set to expire in a few weeks time. that date is may 11. nate. >> good morning even before the end of title 42, we are seeing migrant search just in the

overnight hours in this field behind me. 1,000 migrants were processed were seen more action again thi morning. take a live look. as of right now standing on his levy behind me we have about 30 migrants are beginning their processing i will ask our drone operator to pan down to show a group of about 100 more migrant that was indeed loaded up onto buses and brought to a processing facility. take a look at this video. in the case of her two weeks in the numbers that seem to be getting bigger. yesterday, 2100 migrants were processed in the rio grande valley sector. the day before that the number was 26. take a look at whether coming from we set our fox news drone when you see tent after tent migrants telis conditions are s bad they cannot wait to for the end of title 42. they're having issues with the biden administration cbp one ap they feel like they need to cross now.

making their way through mexico by n late jumping on moving trains or at the train is stopped, they'll hop on and they'll write that farther nort close to the border as they possibly can. things look pretty dire. an estimated at 35,000 migrants are waiting right now. take a look at the next video the city of el paso is is declaring a state of emergency to set up shelters to accommodate them and to assist in the ngos expected to be overrun as a result of title 42 ending. after president joe biden announced his reelection campaign, texas governor greg bobbitt pleaded, texas and americans can't afford four mor years of a biden's open policy. back out live it. at the end of title 42 is expected to bring even bigger numbers. it appears a border patrol is preparing for that and have portable toilets, dumpsters, tables and chairs it. it appears that the search is

only beginning. >> that is something else when susan writes a domestics policy advisor announced she's leaving at the end of may. this was under her watch her responsibility. she gave this statement to the new york times that they were never informed of any medic systematic problem with child labor migrant labor. i never saw the memo. remember when president biden had never seen or been told about the baby formula crisis? i don't know if ignorance is a defense in this case. >> this is robert had a key. he is at of texas. works for the public policy organization talking about hundred 50,000 minor illegal children who disappeared into this country into what is a modern slavery ring being facilitated by the abided administrations' trafficking of these children across the country to individuals who some are criminals and they know

what's happening. but if half of these allegation are true, this is awful. >> have you ever seen the rest of the media ignore a major new york times investigative report like this? >> never. >> we aren't going to ignore it. meantime mexican authorities making a grim discovery over th weekend. they found eight bodies bodies attempted near a cancún resort. it happened about 10 miles from cancún's beach and hotel zone. authorities were searching for missing people. by that were found an abandoned construction site. three sets of remains were foun it separately near their resort airports. >> when it happens in cancún, work tends to travel north of

the border. a growing number of doctors and scientists sounding the alarm o the risk of virus hunting also known as adanna function research. three years after the start of the pandemic of covid, critics essay the dangers of such a research far outweigh the benefits. gelly and turner's got the stor live in washington today. >> so right now there is an international consortium of scientists and public health officials and doctors that they are calling for a global ban on virus hunting. as you mentioned the practice searching for viruses out in nature and then bringing them into research labs a. the idea of a yam is being met with fierce resistance by the pardon administration. >> the old-school velocity that there is some elusive benefit o doing this still lives on and doctor fauci and doctor collins have really stood by their position that this is important scientific work. too many scientists now, it's clear we should have an

international gain of function research began. an international moratorium on any such type of research. >> the who the who say the exac number of dangerous pathogens i the bio containment labs that handle them around the world is not known. experts estimate the number in the thousands you might remembe a recent senate investigation found a lab is where the covid virus originated. it found that the lab that was rife with dangers like limited light and sometimes only partia personal protective equipment and exposed skin. it placed to researchers at considerable risk for potential bites, scratches and needle stick injuries walk affecting field samples from bats. a doctors essay this kind of research is completely unnecessary also necessary they continue taking these risks. >> the reality is in the modern world, you can decode any new fibers in 20 minutes with moder

pcr technology. in the old days it took years there was a rationale for going out there and potentially acquiring while while the viruses are for the sake of studying them. today that rationale does not exist. abided administration reportedl is working on some new regulations it meant to restric virus hunting in order to prevent against the next pandemic. they are against abm morata, bu of washington. director robert redfield no person better to ask to respond to jillian's report about that investigation. what is your feeling about the importance of this work or do w need to do what? is it too dangerous? >> dana, i think annette called for moratorium again a function research because i think normally we have a species barrier that can interfere with new pathogens going from nature into humans when you do gain a

function research or remove tha barrier and put us at great risk . i would share the point of view that i have not seen any advantage and i think substantial disadvantage. i think there is a high probability that the be endemic with covid was a direct result of the gain of function researc and science. i am concerned of the next pandemic which i call the great pandemic will be much more severe than the covid pandemic is potentially also going to be caused by gain of function research. i share that sentiment that we should step back for this time. >> you saw anthony fauci and th new york times i'm assuming lon articles he was on cnn earlier today show me a school that i shut down. it shall be a factory i shut down? never. i never did. i gave a public health recommendation that echoed the

cdc's recommendation when peopl made a decision based on that. what he said is he's respecting the decision the cdc he's not going to that briefing room at the white house and disagreeing with any of the schools closing down got to tell the people stayed home and put punk countr and the lockdown. how do we view this with a twentytwenty glasses? society will accomplish that. it's disappointing that people don't take responsibility and accountability for the consequences of their recommendations. i think all of us in the arena try to do the best we could. some of the calls we made were right in some calls were wrong. i think we should stand up and take that responsibility. tony was an aggressive spokesma

foreclosures school closures shutdowns and it mandates it. i would argue that all three of those policies were not effective. or they were not optimal for ou response. hopefully, there is enough medi that's transpired over the year with doctor fauci pete people could be there on judges. >> this morning he said they were asked for a mistake. he said we should have done a better job explaining that. which echoes what you say. and then he said we made these decisions at a time where we pu bodies and refrigerated trucks. that was true. but that was for a short time a the beginning of the pandemic that went across the country an it like a wildfire made every body make. >> what you are saying today yo wish people took responsibility for the decisions that they wer a part of is that right? and that means that doctor fauc

needs to do the same. >> that's right. and so as we move forward if especially on the masking front doctor redfield, even this week the washington dc public school is it going make children show negative test before they can come back to school after sprin break. is that even necessary? >> i don't think at this stage of the pandemic. i've always said the knowledge of infection is important particularly at higher rates of transmission. testing to identify the asymptomatic infection so we move them out of the transmission pole could be advantageous. we are not at that stage in the pandemic. the other thing that's importan to remember about masking is on thing about wearing it if i'm infected so that i can somehow minimize my ability to infect you. there's another thing if i'm th infected to wear a mask that somehow decreases my ability to

acquire the affection. masks are much less effective and acquisition. it's much more effective in blocking transmission from an infected to an uninfected. i've never been in favor of mandates. i think we need to live with this virus now. i think clearly early diagnosis and understanding asymptomatic carriers when high transmission cycles. we aren't there now. i'm not an advocate of any of these requirements is. >> we need to get to the white house for an event. you said fauci did not take responsibility for the mistakes he made judgment. did you make mistakes yourself? >> yeah. one of the serious mistakes wer made at the beginning was calling the spandex sound of exar's light. second is we did not recognize the importance of asymptomatic transmission. it drove the epidemic and so we developed a public policy i'm symptomatic transmission and debbie burks and i-9 to the end of february early march realize it was a mistake.

asymptomatic transmission was driving this. let's call it the way it wasn't and take responsibility. just say i know that fauci as well as myself and burks and others we were in the arena doing the best we could do. but it does not mean we have to rewrite history and say the things we did did where the right decisions when in fact they probably were suboptimal. >> thank you for your candor, and back it. >> to the white house we go bot he and event with the president going to be the south korean leader. time of tension and asia. here we go whether their wonderful's pop and circumstanc you see from the white house. ♪ ♪

>> the president and first lady meeting with the president of south korea and his wife today it's a very important meeting because there are high tensions in the region. there is a significant conversations to be hot about trade and about the approach on china. about ship it making and also the united states will announce it will send nuclear submarines and a new pledge to protect it south korea. this has not been done since th 1980s. this is a headline that the south koreans are looking for. they want marbury us a wrench that the united states will be there to febrile commitment and obligations of. >> we think about the attention with an armed to north korea. it seems every week that kim

jong on fire about another muscle or rocket into the sea o japan and often does not get major headlines or coverage. we see it because we are the business and that this as often. it happens a lot. you have to think that the nort koreans given the state of thei economy continue to get support from the outside. namely china and perhaps a rush on. >> defense at lloyd austin both that leaders are introducing themselves into the delegation of both countries. as of this meeting gets underway . the declaration about the support on the defensive side o things would improve the what information sharing. a joint training. determining and defending against the north as abella said . the other thing happening as th idea of the chipset. where should they be made? there is--a china group of moving out of china the president of the united states wants of the mate here.

coolio went like to do what the are. that's a source of tension. >> you mention the submarine deal. this is a big move for this par of the world. they have not had nuclear submarines in that region in 40 years. it gives you a sense of the tension for the moment. with regard to north korea and china. the president will make a trip to the region soon. including a trip to australia. that's quite involved in all of these issues as well. we will drop in here and get th comments from the white house now. >> distinguished guest, the national anthem of the republic of korea followed by the national anthem of the united states.

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about two hours from their work at a conference. as this an audible? >> that is tradition. you should have two questions per side. it is happening that it happene. you can bet the president will be frustrated that the question you book it will not be about south korea. it. >> i saw the podium set up and was expecting a welcome. we did not get that. it nonetheless at the end of ma it's very important the president will pick operation. going to meet with a group of seven in japan. we will also go to australia on that trip. japan and ozzie are the two destinations. we'll meet with the leaders of throughout the region including the leader of india. we will talk about the concerns of chatter throughout the region . coming up toward the end of may. it may 24, i believe. stay with our coverage from the white house later today 1230 bottom right-hand corner we

expect the two leaders to take questions from the white house and carry that live. in the meantime, 22 passed at the hour and to a fox news exclusive. his anthony lincoln's relationship with hunter biden running deeper than previously known. there are e-mails on the infamous laptop or rebilling close ties between hunter, blin and and his wife at dating back more than a decade ago. former white house adviser reacting two that last night. >> tony lincoln apparently bein the person that set in motion the chain of events were 51 intelligence operatives falsely attempting to discredit the laptop that we all know is completely real. all arrows appoint at tony lincoln. this man has to be deposed. >> kennedys with us and your post reporter john levine good morning to both of you. been reporting for some time. he's in court on monday.

in arkansas. hunter biden and that we find that he and anthony blink and g back a ways it it. >> it's starting to feel the sony in. to the president. the olden days it was haldeman and now it's a boy again americ garlent. for example stephen miller said he was someone who was responsible for instigating the letter from the intelligence chief sits in the laptop was immense information will be no it wasn't. in the case of america garlent he is apparently the subject of the irs whistleblower trying to interfere in the doj pro hunter biden. it is spreading to senior administration officials of. >> and the wife actually worked for joe biden during the obama biden years. however, on the blinken side of things on the anthony blinken this is what gets to me. he knows hunter biden. knows of hunter biden.

finds out about the laptop and says it must be rush of disinformation and calls his friends of the intel committee and asks them to suggest this i a disinformation so they run with it and at the whole time you have to imagine lincoln knows hunter biden so that none of this ring true. it seems a little bit hard to believe. of hunter's closet which contains many skeletons. it is as a surprise to no one. it should be an outrage to everyone. the relationship the reasons it's important as it's quite cozy and intimate. very interesting the communication that blinken's wife was having with hunter biden and he was trying to that's bubbly to get a hold of hunter biden. blinken was a buy land and see landing in toki tokyo. still managed to find time and who knows of the type of thing they talked about. hunter wanted anthony blinken's private e-mails and so they

could talk about things off-lin which even back then was a no-n at the time. they readily get and then he ra cover because he knew what coul be on that laptop. even if he was not privy to the particular contents, he knew ho damaging it could be and it's very interesting that his assignment at the end of all this, if you get joe biden elected president, you will be secretary of state. that is a pretty massive scare. >> the water clearly rented wha this relationship. coming up on monday. >> in august of 2018, baby taoism born. this is a paternity timeline. there is a suit filed in may of that 19. in january of 2020, there is a dna test confirming hunter is the father. in 2022, i'm waiting for it, hunter reopens her request to have the child support payments adjusted.

now in may of last year or this year rather, hunter appears at scheduled in-person meeting tha will happen monday. he appears to have tried to sidestep all of this. he will not be able to. >> its really one of the saddes stories in the whole hunter biden saga. over the years it has never bee a business parser partner the hunter biden or joe biden could not make time for in fact to th white house go golfing café milano. joe biden's grandchild. hunter biden's child and they don't want a no. they forced him to admit it and then paying child support but that he wants to adjust it. every step he wanted to keep this person out of his life it is sad because this is an innocent child in no one did anything legally wrong. i feel like joe biden it's a missed opportunity not to embrace his grandchild. when he takes a question someon should ask him any grandchildre he has. >> were keeping an eye on it bringing to you what happens.

let's listen to him quickly. >> a beautiful day to invite great friends back to the white house. welcome to the white house. today we celebrate the clad alliance and the share to kitchen of our future and the deep friendship that unites through the republic of korea and the united states. president and ms. kim, you were kind enough to host me and sold last year just to ten days afte your inauguration. jallen i are honored to be able to return some of your hospitality with your second state visit to this administration. [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language]

>> this year marks the 70th anniversary of the alliance between our two nations. it's an unbreakable bond forged in bravery and the sacrifice of our people. sanctified by the blood of american and korean troops who fought and defended liberty. i am proud we are joined today by veterans of the korean war. [speaking in foreign language]

>> those veterans are the reaso we could stand here today. >> to a vibrant and innovative at democracies. we stand as strong, proud and free because of them. so many to visit the korean war veterans memorial with you last night. to lay read of it remember rent and to fulfill a sacred obligation. [speaking in foreign language]

>> this is the opening comments of a very important meeting between the president of the united states and president of south korea. they will continue the opening remarks a. do stay tuned a little bit late around 12:45 about the leaders will take questions from the present to appease it. we will bring that to you as well. it. >> mean time nikki haley from yesterday. >> this should not be about one movement mending another when losing. this should not be about pickin sides and scoring points or stoking outrage. it's about saving babies and supporting moms. >> nikki haley calling for her party to be more pragmatic in its approach to abortion. joining as it is a job class ar wonderful to have you. was on but that's earlier today asked more questions after nikk

haley that the way yesterday. >> this is not an answer for th president. i think the federal government should be out of this one. i've been clear this issue belongs to the states just like murder is regulated by the states. >> the editorial page did quite favorably for nikki haley nikki haley gets a wheel on abortion. it basically says that she was at least getting them to a plac where they think they could land . what you think? >> this was a smart political speech or nikki haley. i'm not sure it was all the big problem that republicans are facing. on the issue of abortion. you have a lot of republicans and traditional pro-life republicans who are demanding 1 week federal ban. it nikki haley spoke at the susan b anthony group which is calling for all the presidentia candidates it to hold that standard. nikki haley and her speech i thought it was good, but she di not call for any new real polic

and she said it should be left up to the states. the fact that she may not be living up to the same standard the group she spoke at was calling for, shows there are a lot of divisions of the republican party and a lot of conservative groups may not be satisfied with republicans saying leave it up to the states . we don't support 15 week ban. it was a political speech. it was designed to show she might be one white and delectable republicans in the field. i don't know if it's good has had a fight a lot of pro-life attached-it. >> one. when she was governor of south carolina, she signed into law a 20 week band with an exception for the mother's life it. but no exception for rape or incest. she's gonna continue to get these questions and we will see how she handles it. so too are the other candidates. and when we hosted the first in late august, this is going to come up and each candidate will have to define what they would support if elected as president.

>> that first event will be a must to ctv and the abortion question will be one of the mos interesting questions to ask because pretty much everyone running for president or thinking about running for president on the republican sid has a different view on abortio policy. they're all pro-life. nikki haley things it should be left up to the states. mike pence once a 15 week abortion a federal abortion ban. donald trump's appointed their pro-life justices but he is avoided talking entirely about abortion policy and attends scott even though he's out running as a polite conservativ originally on the call for 20 week federal abortion. so everyone is all over the map on this on the republican party. there will be a lot of debate and a lot of discussion and perhaps a lot of republican pro-life conservative voters will be satisfied with all the answers. >> that's talk about the other elephant in the room or donkey in the room that which which is

biden's age. now it's not just republicans bringing it up it's a democrats even the new york times editorial page. david axelrod former advisor to barack obama had this to say about, like heroes as well. >> , harris will have a prominent place in this campaign . because of this age and must be a recognition in this campaign into the white house that that they need to strengthen her as a player and all of this. she was not a major player in the first two years of the administration. i think there's a will focus on trying to lift her up because people are can ask who's your backup. >> can republicans successfully make the point and make it a voting issue? that biden's age is a concern and that you're actually thinking about every day could be inauguration day for, let harris if we elected. >> democrats are facing a doubl whammy and only is biden aj mission for republicans but

democrats as well. the vice president has a lower approval ratings and a deep disapproval ratings even worse at the bidens if you look at th polling. i was struck with the fact that biden reelection campaign now. they used, let harris quite a bit kamala i think that david was saying they do realize they can't put her aside they need t have a ticket together they nee to kind figure out a way to utilize her most effectively. voters are concerned about joe biden's age and are going to need a reit to reassure swing voters of that, harris is ready to serve as president if necessary and a second term. >> did you guys see that there is another reset for, let harri underway at the white house to repair her reputation and numbers of? i think it's the ninth one. >> great to have you. >> one is squeeze it in drama o the set up will full house.

>> that is today's celebrity news. >> the actor john stamos rebelling he had the olsen twin are fired from the sitcom he says it was because they would not stop crying on the set. >> they were 11 months old. >> apparently the replacement babies were worse appeared the olsen twins came back as we kno now. >> i did not know that. at the rest is history. that's juicy. maybe stamos could not focus or concentrate. he came around and so today. >> everybody--what but at the other babies were worse like okay i'll bring back the other babies. the baby stays in the picture. >> stamos is a good guy plays the drums. he's used to the labrum. crying and drums are different but both annoying. >> dramatic video showing the moment a train conductor runs o the tracks to save a three -year-old boy from an oncoming train. >> plus a confrontation years i the making.

randi weingarten about to testify on capitol hill republicans have a lot to ask her about school closures. americans that don't do well with because i told you so they remove positions a lot from the tire processran .

>> the head of a one of the mos powerful teachers unions will take the hussy and hill today. is facing very tough questions on her handling of the covid pandemic and the decision to lock schools. i hazen is live on hill with more. this could be a firing one. >> good morning. i would say everyone expecting it to be a very heated today as it randi weingarten is expected to tell lawmakers for union had

a limited role when it came to any cdc guidance around the schools and school b openings and other relationship between the two agencies was normal. house republicans are not buyin that. today's panel is investigating the potential political interference by the american federation of teachers at the cdc. a specifically lawmakers are drilling down on language that was suggested by the union that roundup in the cdc's at school reopening guidance at back in 2021. critics say the biden administration followed a fts influence, not the science of, which they blame for the failin grades we saw in a rising menta health issues that followed. >> the other thing is it that teachers union were more focuse on what they need to be closed as opposed to anything in a conversation about what they needed to be open. if they wanted a trigger for closure. >> weingarten may actually be

caught joined today by her newl hired attorney, michael braun which, who is already coming ou swinging accusing the committee committee of basing the entire investigation on false allegations. in a letter to chairman brad, h writes it as a claim that a fts agenda was keeping schools closed and at that it shifted cdc's guidance it to match that agenda is out around late weingarten will have her chance to back that up under oath. >> we actually have the e-mails on that. it'll be interesting hearing fo sure. thank you in. >> for more on this, 3:00 o'clock eastern monday through friday don't miss it. >> good morning did you see tha pouch interview and the new yor times? >> the writer characterizes him as defensive and combative. on the whole reflective and humble. i have not found a something in here where he said i made this mistake. we had it read on 30 minutes ag

when you asked him, he comes ou with it. different case for doctor fauci. >> fauci in an interview said that heating close one school h got not close one business. we all know the recommendations offloaded from what was coming from his office. every body was lost. you have to put yourself back i this moment. we didn't know how to handle this in a good way. at the people that the best the could. however, when it came to the school systems, randi weingarte constantly pressed for more money. also known as reef. we can't possibly go back in thus we have resources. money was not the problem. there were hundreds of billions of dollars flowing to be open schools. and then it was we need more ai filters in this and that. all of that money wasn't put in the bank for the schools to tak advantage. many millions went unspent and that program. the evidence i think points to the fact that they did not want to go back no matter how much

money was put in. what i really hope someone asks today is it you have attrition and school systems dramatic. new york city lost ten persons of the school students. the biggest public school syste in america. kids have not gone back. at some of them got lost in the system. some of them i went to other schools. i really hope somebody asks her today, tell me what your union is doing to fix it? what are we doing--we have school testing scores that have gone to the lowest levels in 20 years. >> and we show that? this is the nation report card. this is that thing that she should be pressed on. look at these numbers. fourth grade and eighth grade math it down 5.8 points. reading and-- >> this is united states of america and we are woefully behind in proficiency. we have fifth-graders who can't read and some entire school

systems. you have kids are not the proficiency level at reading. i would say, she here are your mistakes let's put in the background at this point becaus we gotta save these kids they lost two years of school. it could've easily all been bac in 2021. they're still backpedaling at that point. i think we really need to start hearing about solutions. they're losing their influence big time. >> back to this question will the soundbite from 28th of march . >> what started as fights over pandemic error safety measures, have a marked into fear mongering. false claims that elementary an secondary schools are teaching critical race race theory. disgusting and unfounded claims that that teachers are grooming in indoctrinating students. in pronouncements that public schools close shea awoke agenda- - >> so that's now. is there any--weingarten admits

to admit she made mistakes and the hearing today? >> she might be. i think we will tune in to see. i think it would be great for her to say, knowing what we kno now may be some different decisions that should have been made. she may. we will see. those issues that she is pointing two, and my mind, they are luxuries to discuss if a school system wants to go there. or if they can develop at reasoning why they think any of those things belong in a school system. i think there are good argument that they don't. until you have checked the boxe of reading, proficiency, math proficiency, allowing kids to b competitive, you shouldn't be i for great if you cannot read. we need to have measures at kid advance at the level they are a so that we are not pushing them them out in the the world of feeling depressed, lost, lack o confidence. because they don't know how to

do things that. >> and your chances of going to jail for having committed a crime if you can't rebuy for grade are really high. >> exactly. this is a crisis. we are in a crisis situation of our education and country. it talking the other things tha you guys just put up, and what world is that what we will focu on when we have an--when were failing our children across the country? >> this hearing could get heated . >> we gotta watch the story. >> i'm sure she will be defensive. whether or not she plans to say anything to apologize, we will all to an end. >> we will watch that story. it's this afternoon. [indiscernible] >> okay i'm gonna watch that testify. new concerns about the does the us banking system after first republic sends out an sos. we have them next and high rate credit cards, and save hundreds every month.

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that democrats really kont -- don't want you to say and hear it. age. incumbent president defiant to run again, calls are growing louder for biden to take an acuity test to prove he's up to the job. plus randi weingarten called to capitol hill to testify before lawmakers. republicans say she worked with the cdc during the pandemic to shut our kids out of school. one of those lawmakers, congresswoman in focus. also, tammy bruce, top of the hour. >> thank you, harris, see you in a moment. stock price of first republic bank entering a freefall. watch the story now raising concerns about the health of the u.s. banking system, wondering what's beneath the surface. lauren simoneti with more on this. falling like a stone.

>> i think the anxiety over the contagion affect, but the stock is down 93%. a bank that wined and dined the rich, had branches in palm beach, and other places, and 1% for a $6 million mortgage. first earnings report since the drama, management said customers pulled $100 billion from first republic, and now they are exploring strategic options to plug that hole. we could see it sell parts of itself, be bought, or taken over by the fdic, i would say the latter is probably the most likely, also the most unfavorable option. if that happens, will the government guarantee deposits over $250,000 like they have in the past because then they are

bailing out the rich. >> something to watch, lauren. this is no bueno. thank you, dana. >> supreme court debating a goliath versus david property rights case, 95-year-old minnesota woman whose condo was seized by the state in thousands of unpaid taxes. an supporters of the woman in the case suggest a big brother nightmare. the grandmother's one bedroom condo was seized by the state of minnesota and sold for $40,000 under the law. we spoke to an attorney arguing the case on geraldine's behalf. >> the government takes it and recovers the taxes. they take not only what you owe but everything. the government takes everything and distributes it to government agencies for its own public

purposes and not just unconstitutional or wrong but it's unconstitutional. >> the other side of the argument before the supreme court, the state calls the action a last resort for someone given multiple chances to pay what she owed, and likely hear from both sides later this morning after making their case in the high court. if she wins, her lawyer says geraldine might want to use some proceeds to buy a new mattress. >> we have to pay attention to that, it's a big issue across the country. >> before we get out of here, i've got two things. here is the animation, the clip. >> i wake up every morning in a bed that's too small, drive my daughter to a school too expensive and then i go to work a job i get paid too little. but pretzel day, i like pretzel

day. >> it is national pretzel day. that's a holiday we can all celebrate. are you a soft pretzel fan or rod fan? >> younger days i liked the softer ones, but so much of them, you know. the crunchy ones are also good. it depends where you are. like at the airport, airport is soft pretzel, game hard pretzel. >> i like 'em both, just give me mustard. >> harris falkner is up next. >> harris: this fox news alert, president biden just wants to fight, well, when will he get down to the leadership part of his office actually bringing americans together and lifting up the country for everybody. twice in a few hours yesterday he waged political war on republicans. i'm harris falkner. you are in the "falkner focus" like a unity crushing drum beat, first the big i'm running against announcement on video, no unity there. it fea