>> thanks for joining us. >> janice's birthday. thanks. >> bye, everybody. >> see you on radio. >> so long, everybody. back tomorrow. >> bill: good morning. we're 48 hours, less than that until the flood ditties -- gates open. one of the many towns expected to be overrun when title 42 is done. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." a special day when you're here, bill. >> bill: that's kind of you. however, happy birthday. >> dana: happy birthday to janice dean and everyone.

let's get to the news. border towns bracing for the end of the policy that lets the u.s. quickly expel migrants. texas is putting up barbed wire and deploying hundreds of national guardsmen in addition to the 1500 troops being sent by biden to do administrative duty. >> bill: the white house says the president would veto a republican border bill that's coming up for a vote in the house. despite the number of migrant encounters under his watch ballooning to nearly 5 million. >> dana: another city bracing for impact is el paso. there already thousands of people are camping on the streets. ice is launching a targeted operation to process and hopefully deport some of them. >> we spoke to some of the migrants living in el paso and the reasons for them driving to cross the border illegally. they detailed their journey to seek asylum here. >> americans should know not all of the people are bad. we want to work and get ahead. i'm daniel rom rom and have been

in el paso, texas for three days. if i can get a ticket i can leave today. you have to go on the street without eating. we went through a lot to get here. >> most of us are categorized in a bad way. i did come to work for my future, more mmef, my sister, for the future of all. >> dana: congressman michael waltz is on deck with reaction. let's get to the border with bill melugin in texas. what does it look like this morning, bill? >> good morning to you. first i want to mention in el paso this morning, border patrol and ice are running a targeted enforcement operation where they are going after illegal immigrants who are camped out on city streets who never turned themselves in. at the are going after the gotaways. i'm hearing a lot of frustration from border patrol and ice because in a bizarre move, dhs announced this operation last night in a press release they

put out to the public essentially giving these evaders a heads-up we're coming for you. here is what dhs announced last night. part of the press release reads beginning may 9th, cbp agents and office res along with law enforcement partners from ice will conduct a targeted enforcement operation in el paso, texas. ice and cbp will not taken forcement action in or near a location that would restrain people's access to essential services for engagement in a essential activities to the fullest extent possible. border patrol union not happy about this. they tweeted nothing like publicly announcing that dangerous people will be arrested while warning them ahead of time exactly where to run and hide to avoid arrest. this entire operation is a sad joke. another pandering p.r. stunt. serious law enforcement leaders don't behave this way. we have people on the ground in el paso right now who tell us a

lot of migrants did clear out because they got this warning ahead of time. in the meantime look at this stunning drone footage our team shot. we talk about why we expect such big numbers come thursday when title 42 drops. what you are looking at now is a massive migrant camp in mexico about a hour from where we are now. thousands of migrants in the camp. you can see tents set up there. they're waiting for thursday to cross the border. that's not the only one. just down the road from that shelter, look at this second piece of video. another migrant shelter. this one more unofficial right on the banks of the rio grande . you'll find these camps along the mexican side of the river people waiting for thursday to come to cross illegally into the united states. texas governor greg abbott is trying to put a stop to it. take a look at this video that governor abbott tweeted last night here in brownsville, one

of the major crossing areas. thousands have been coming across. he sent the texas national guard in and put up a bunch of razor wire to essentially plug the area where migrants were crossing. he says they are no longer crossing in that area. he knows there will be other areas that will pop up as major crossing spots. he says the texas national guard will plug those areas with razor wire as well. back out here live breaking news, multiple cbp sources tell me last night cbp and border patrol leadership made the decision to authorize all border patrol sectors to begin safe street releases of migrants to local communities if ngo facilities and border patrol facilities are overcapacity, which right now a lot of them are. what does that mean? it means in the coming days as we begin to see the surge, we are going to see mass releases of migrants to city streets and communities, gas stations, bus stops, supermarkets across the

southern border. we'll send it back to you. >> dana: you have a busy day today. see you later. >> bill: congressman michael waltz. republican out of florida. it has come to this, wow. what is good in what we just heard there about what we can anticipate mere in the coming weeks? >> nothing, bill. this is an absolute crisis. and the biden administration just continues to shrug its shoulders. i think so many americans are just asking why. you know, their basic solution right now is to increase shelter, increase services, and to institute a pilot program where they start interviewing people right there on the border about whether their asylum claim is legitimate. when you are doing that, all you are doing is green lighting to the world come on over. we have more shelter, we have more assets to process you. and then if we don't, we'll just

send you right into the interior. bill, i think what's so frustrating, this is imminently solvable. four basic steps. one, build the wall, build barriers, and put technology on the border. number two, put the remain in mexico policy back in place so people have to wait there rather than they get to get released into the border for their asylum claim. three, we talk a lot about decoupling from china and bringing manufacturing back home. if it doesn't make sense here let's incentivize it to go to central america, create jobs there and secure our supply chains. now you are killing two problems with one stone. and then four, we have to go after the cartels. we've talked about authorizing military resources, putting them on their back foot. but right now estimates show they are making 10 to $15 billion per year off of

human trafficking and fentanyl. those four steps right there, bill, i think we would have this problem largely under control and that's what our republican legislation this week seeks to do. >> dana: the white house seems to think it doesn't have a problem. listen to this at the white house briefing yesterday. >> you laid out all the things the white house wants to tackle from the country careening toward a debt limit crisis to southern border. why is the president talking about meal vouchers for -- and holding a movie night at the white house with all those things going on? >> because he is president. there are multiple things the president does. he can talk about the potential manufactured crisis that house republicans have put forth. >> dana: have you been part of a plan to manufacture a crisis? >> no. we're actually trying to solve this crisis, dana. and what is so frustrating is look, the left has shown its

hand. this white house is beholding to its base. we saw it in the democrat primary where every single candidate raised their hand during the debate basically for open borders and for free services. and what has me so frustrated as a representative is when i talk to my constituents, when i talk to veterans who don't have the services that they need and deserve, when i talk to teachers whose classrooms are overwhelmed. our infrastructure crumbling and yet those are services, rightly, for american citizens. we talk about the debt limit debate. we talk about whether this country can sustain spending for american citizens. the white house shoulder shrugs at the prospects of 8 million new people coming in and putting a strain on those same services like it's no big deal. that is unfair to the taxpayer, unfair to these people who have paid into the system and already aren't getting the services that

they deserve. >> bill: michael, thank you for your time, congressman. michael waltz, buckle up, okay? we'll be watching. thanks for your time. >> will do. >> there is no plan b. our plan is for congress to act to address the debt limit without conditions like they've done 78 times in the past. this is a crisis that is being provoked entirely by house republicans who have the ability tomorrow to put a bill on the floor that would raise the debt limit without conditions. >> dana: a battle brewing in washington over our nation's debt. president biden prepares to meet with the big four congressional leaders this afternoon. no major breakthrough is expected. pressure is mounting over whether to raise the debt ceiling before the u.s. defaults on its obligations. mark meredith live at the white house with a preview of this afternoon's meeting. >> good morning. nobody is expecting a deal to be reached today. however, maybe some people will be taking it as a good sign the president and congressional leaders will be sitting in the same room talking about the problem at hand.

at 4:00 today we'll see the president meet with the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, house minority leader as well as leaders of the senate, senator schumer and mcconnell in the oval office. make no mistake about it. it is a showdown between the president and speaker. house republicans say they'll raise the debt ceiling only if government spending is reigned in. the white house argues the two actions should be kept separate. monday the white house tried to place the blame elsewhere. >> congress has always done the right thing. done their constitutional duty and gotten this done. they are manufacturing, house republicans are manufacturing a crisis. they should get back to regular order, which is dealing with the debt limit as congress must do. >> republicans argue it's the white house that created an economic crisis and so far the party is united in demanding spending cuts. 43 republican senators signed a letter to senate majority leader

writing our economy is in freefall. it must be addressed with fiscal reforms. house has taken a responsible first step in coming to the table with proposals. it is imperative the president now do the same. now the treasury department has warned the government can only afford to pay its debt up until early june. there is still a little bit of time for a deal to come to fruition. we'll be looking to see what both sides have to say after the meeting wraps up later today. >> dana: ask you about this, mark. the american people have noticed and media outlets are continuing to criticize the white house for not holding more press events or news conferences. yesterday the "new york post" said that paper was shut out of an event yesterday. what was the reason that the white house gave for that? >> dana, that was an event the president was hosting along with the transportation secretary about airline fees and happened in an auditorium. the white house basically says before an event happens you have to submit your name, outlet and

they determine who gets into the room and how many people. the "new york post" was claiming they were shut out. they said it's because of their coverage of hunter biden, the president's son. however, the white house did not specify that, simply denied a credential. we have heard from multiple outlets over the last several years they feel like press access has been restricted. the president has been repeatedly criticized for not taking more questions from the press. the post was saying they should have been allowed in the room. it has been clear to me at other events that happened not everyone gets in. different outlets at different times. interesting to see if there was a change of policy. the post was shut out of this event. >> bill: miranda devine called it appalling. the front page cover today of the "new york post." as possible hunter indictment looms biden bans post from events. >> dana: this is not the white house briefing room. this is a larger space.

what the "new york post" is saying there are all these empty socialities if you're media, you should be able to fill those seats. the president didn't take questions yesterday. >> bill: made the announcement. james comer the republican from kentucky says 24 hours from now during this hour he will release his findings about what he thinks is the biden family corruption. his words, his characterization. we'll see that tomorrow live on our program here. >> dana: joe concha will be here to talk more about it in a little bit. we'll have that. >> bill: stay tuned for joe and more from us. from new york now check it out. these are protests over the death of jordan neely, the homeless man spiraling again out of control in new york city. apparently a deadly weapon that officers found at the scene of one demonstration. >> dana: there were photographers than protestors there.

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[shouting] >> dana: protests breaking out across new york city over the death of a homeless man after he was put in a choke hold. police arresting 11 protestors last night. they also found a molotov cocktail on the ground. a glass bottle with explosive material inside. last week marine veteran daniel penny placed jordan neely in a choke hold after he says and others say as well neely threatened him and other passengers on the subway. the case could soon be headed to the grand jury. >> bill: in the meantime do guardrails need to be placed on artificial intelligence? white house starting to explore that. our nation's top rival is already beating them to it. grady trimble. fox business, capitol hill with more.

grady, hello. >> with the artificial intelligence race ramping up the u.s. government wants to make sure we aren't giving china the upper hand. that's why the biden administration is mulling a propose all to block u.s. companies investing in artificial intelligence in other countries like china. the u.s. government reviews investments from foreign companies into u.s. businesses. this proposal would essentially be the reverse of that. regulating the flow of money for a.i. investments from the u.s. to our adversaries. the biden administration wants to make sure we aren't funding technology that could support china's military or human rights violations there. meantime chinese president xi appears to be full speed ahead on artificial intelligence both regulation of it and development of the technology. xi has been pushing for the us of a.i. to compete on the world stage. his recent comments come as

lawmakers here in congress grapple with how to regulate a.i. without stifling innovation? >> what we don't want to do is what we did with social media and say go forward and break things and we'll figure out regulations a decade later and we still have done nothing. we're racing the try to get educated so if there is a policy framework, i think we do need one. it is smart and not something that isn't productive. >> it's not just beijing that's way ahead of us in putting up guardrails to regulate artificial intelligence. european union is, too. so far here on capitol hill there is a lot of talk and discussion how to regulate a.i. not a lot of action. bill. >> bill: see why the ccp wants to get a piece of that. grady trimble on the hill, thanks. >> dana: the tragic mass shooting at a nashville school in march has reignited a debate over whether to allow teachers to carry firearms in the classroom. advocates say it is one way to

boost security. there have been more than 100 victims of school shootings since the start of this year alone. alexandria hoff live in washington with more. >> we posed this to some virginia parents and community members last night attending a school safety meeting where arming teachers wasn't on the table. everyone we spoke with was glad about that. two of the responses we got. >> you cannot put a teacher who has never handled a firearm or in a stressful situation like that, give them a gun and have them be able to make that split decision when the shot has to be with someone in body armor that shot has to be very precise. >> i believe in second amendment rights. more guns doesn't mean we're safer. if you don't use them right it will do damage. >> take a look at the training video. what mike lane, co-owner of a

business has to take place before any teacher is armed. it provides educators with firearms and triage training. >> people do not -- they fall back to their level of training. if you aren't training all the time under every possible thing that you think could happen, you failed yourself. >> the training is required, he says. some educators in texas school district received the training you saw including their superintendent. >> we would want to do in our school district or any district would be able to put children or other staff member's lives at stack because we weren't till gent in properly training school defenders. >> he feels it is reassuring to know there are armed teachers on campus but about a dozen states prohibit teachers from carrying a firearm. even those that allow it

districts may have additional training requirements. >> dana: very interesting. thank you. >> bill: we're hearing, this isn't good, nearly half of the baby boomers are nearing their golden years with no retirement savings. only 58% of those between the ages of 55 and 64 own some sort of pension account because many of them worked for smaller companies that don't offer 401k or self-employed or live paycheck the paycheck. on top of that those who are just -- who just turned 65 are expected to collect social security checks for another 20 years. i bet dave ramsey could probably do 12 hours on that without taking a commercial break. >> dana: and jade war shaw who works for him. she has gone through getting herself out of debt and ways you can do this to prevent that. they would say, i believe, it is not too late to start. this feels pretty late for people entering their retirement. >> bill: dire stuff, there.

get some advice for you folks from dave. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: when it comes to trying to speed up the game major league baseball means business. mlb ejecting two pitchers following their stand-off after the national anthem. they were apparently competing to be the last man off the field after the anthem was played. refusing to go back to their dugouts despite the umpire's warning. for good measure mlb also fined them. they mean business. >> bill: rules are rules. i kind of like to see it. >> dana: i like the mascot. you need to go. >> bill: philly fanatic. >> dana: i like him. >> bill: he is crazy. really talented. crazy. the fight is on right now new york city mayor eric adams will send migrants upstate to the suburbs meeting fierce resistance from those towns.

how residents are pushing back and what they're saying about it. also, there is this. >> president biden: freedom. personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as americans. nothing more important or sacred. the work of my first term. >> bill: seems like he forgot freedom of the press. "new york post" reporters guesting the cold shoulder from the white house. where are the press conferences in 2023? and even prior? joe concha has some ideas. he is next. >> dana: are they in your head? ♪ youexpenses and get cash? call newday and ask for the newday 100 cash out loan. our veterans are getting an average of $70,000. they're paying off their first high rate credit card, their second high rate credit card, their third, fourth and even fifth high rate credit card and saving hundreds every month. they're paying off their car loans, too, and putting extra cash in the bank for the security every veteran deserves.

if you care about clean air, you should know president biden's infrastructure laws are reducing pollution and creating clean energy jobs. more solar. more wind. made in america. tell joe biden to keep working for more jobs and less pollution. >> bill: 9:33. from moscow earlier president putin giving a dee file ant address in red square ahead of a military parade.

today marks the anniversary of russia's victory over nazi germany. ukraine air defenses shot down several russian cruise missiles targeting kiev. >> president biden: god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. [shouted questions] >> dana: -- president biden walked away from reporters shouting questions at him. the media is not letting him get away with it this time. even the "washington post" writes this. biden no longer does press conferences. that's not acceptable. fox news contributor joe concha is here from the hill. they also said president biden hasn't dropped the microphone, he appears to have lost it. he is turning into a news media evader and harmful to his presidency and the nation. do you think the white house thinks they are actually doing

the right thing by joe biden by not putting him out there? i guess. >> they saw the 2020 playbook where the president ran for president by pleading the fifth. did the basement strategy and made it trump and that propelled them to victory. it doesn't work this time, though. there is no covid to hide behind. there is a record that has to be defended. wages not keeping up with inflation, crime at a 30-year high. the border wide open as you've been reporting all morning. a national security crisis as well as humanitarian crisis. test scores at 30 year old. china emboldened. when you look at the metrics and polling for president biden now. 36% approval. 31% approval among independents, he will have to make his case at some point. the bottom line is he hasn't had a solo press conference this year. for context donald trump had 35 solo press conferences in his

final year. >> bill: that posture won't change. two days in a row the "washington post" has gone after his administration, right? this is what happened on friday when there was a major news conference that didn't happen. >> president biden: i think we've got a lot of work to do and i'm doing a major press conference this afternoon. so i love you all but i would like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business. >> bill: the major press conference was a one-on-one interview with msnbc. >> dana: buried on friday night. >> bill: biden bans post from events. leaves press seats empty and takes no question that from the "new york post." >> amazing. the "washington post" finally get around to criticizing the president. the "washington post" has never endorsed a republican presidential candidate in its history. meaning mondale over reagan and

kerry over bush. when push comes to shove, they will endorse joe biden over again but at least they are speaking out now. this was revenge against the "new york post" for having the audacity of breaking the hunter biden story when no one would touch it. now what's happening is this is backfiring on them. we are talking about it and exposing the fact that of course there were seats available and you are doing this because it's petty and a bad look for this president and this administration at this point. this is the most protected, least accessible president of our lifetime. >> dana: isn't that amazing? these are the empty spaces that are available at the event, right? this is an event on the investing in airline accountability remarks. that is not necessarily going to get you a lot of headlines but people in the media have a job to do. i always thought you have to respect that they have a job to do and respect that they are actually trying to hold the

government accountable for the people. so they don't invite the "new york post," fine. but that doesn't mean the rest of the media should not stick up for the "new york post." they should. why? when the "new york post" covered the hunter biden story initially all other reporters sat on their hands. they have all had to write or air stories saying the "new york post" was right. why wouldn't you want a paper in the top ten in the country to be there? , or at least stick up for them? the next time it could be you. >> the oldest daily newspaper in the country founded by hamilton. what did we see yesterday? the president made his remarks, turned around and walked away. he said this night is a lot like any presidency. i will make remarks, turn my back on you and not answer questions. roars of laughter from those in attendance when he said that. they aren't laughing now. eventually there will be more pushback from other

publications. >> dana: they can see it in their poll numbers. i think it is part of it. if you can't talk to the media, what's wrong with you? >> 63% of americans doesn't have the physical or mental fortitude to have the job? >> dana: you would have to show he is agile. >> video recordings won't do. he has to show people he can still do the job. he can't even answer questions from children accurately lately. a big problem for this white house. >> bill: joe concha here in studio. utah now authorities are arresting the author of a children's book wrote it about grieving the death of her husband. investigators now say she murdered him. >> police say last march corey made a mixed drink for her husband who was celebrating the recent sale of a home. a short while later he was found

unresponsive. later dying. investigators say it was a lethal dose of fentanyl. the medical examiner found five times the amount that would kill someone in the man's system. while officers built their case they were able to track down an unnamed acquaint answer who says they sold the drugs to her. two months ago she released a children's book, are you with me is a picture book aimed at helping kids handle the death of a loved one. she appeared on a local television show to promote the book. at the time she called her husband's death unexpected and that the grief of her three boys prompted her to write the book. court documents show eric became suspicious during a valentine's day dinner last year. investigators wrote in part shortly after the dinner eric became very ill. he believed he had been poisoned. he told a friend he thought his wife was trying to poison him. investigators say when corey

asked about for another batch it was six days later after getting it that eric was found dead. her next day in court is ten days. >> bill: a podcast in that one. jeff paul, thank you in l.a. >> dana: china is pointing the finger at washington over a downturn in relations between the two countries. why beijing says the united states is to blame. plus a town that once called itself the most hippie in washington state is now taking action to clean up its streets. jason rantz on that straight ahead.

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>> bill: the u.s. covid emergency set to end in two days. problems that arose from the pandemic still plaguing the country. "wall street journal" characterizes this way. lockdowns are over but damage goes on. admiral brett gerar. the author of a book memoir of a pandemic. congratulations on the book. the memoir, sir. just if you could in a line tell our viewers what you think we

learned from that. >> we learned a lot from the pandemic. the first thing was we need to greatly improve our federal institutions and bureaucracy and engage the public sector much more rapidly. what you saw was a 21st century virus hit a 19th century public health infrastructure with a federal bureaucracy not up to the task. we learned a lot and i hope we've learned, the scientific community, to be humble and the political community to promote free speech and discourse. you could only know what we needed to know by debate and honest discussion. >> bill: comes to questions about the decisions we're making. i want to show our viewers a chart. drug overdose debts in america. you look at that chart and see what happened in march of 2020? they went higher, considerably higher the red line there. was it right, admiral, to shut the country down? >> so you are absolutely

correct. we'll live with the consequences of our response to the pandemic for years, if not decades. in the trump administration -- i supported this -- we did 15 days and then 30 days to slow the spread. we still supported 100 million people going back to work during that time. immediately after that was over we said you have to get children back to school. we had press conferences every day, conferences with governors where our chief mental health assistant secretary talked. so -- we couldn't control that. the federal government doesn't control that. the prolonged shutdowns, the prolonged lack of education, social interactions has led to drug overdoses increasing, alcohol intoxications, 20 to 25% of americans are now depressed. we have lost learning of math, science, history, it goes on and on and on. these are real problems that will long overlive the pandemic itself. >> bill: you think of the border

and what we see on thursday of this week. before you were in this job, you oversaw in a lot of ways drugs in america. and today that drug is fentanyl. how do you think we're doing in fighting back against fentanyl? are we prepared to take it on as we have done in the past with other threats from drugs? >> fentanyl is a very, very difficult problem because it is so highly addictive and so deadly. we cannot solve the fentanyl overdose crisis by continuing the policies that i see right now. number one, we have to be tougher on mexico and china. when we flatten the curve and started reversing those deaths in 2019 that's what we did. combined with science-based measures to support people with the chronic brain disease of addiction. like getting them into treatment. what i see right now is a casual

attitude. let's give you free need also and safe injection sites. it doesn't solve the problem. people need treatment and need mental illness treatment and we have to be tough on the mexican cartels. they are pouring fentanyl over our borders killing over 100,000 americans a year. >> bill: strong words on that topic. thank you on the book and for being available us to. >> great to be on. >> dana: get ready to roll up your sleeves and do scrubbing. president biden going after dishwashers as he pushes his green agenda. the latest on the war against appliances ahead. with a home loan from newday, take out an average of $70,000, pay off debts and high rate credit cards, and save hundreds every month. this is going to be great. taking the shawl off. ok i did it. is he looking at my hairline?

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>> dana: a town in washington state that prided itself as the most hippie is facing a brutal reality. statewide push towards decriminalization resulted in rampant drug use and surging overdose deaths even among children. the proudly liberal town of

belling ham saw 220 overdoses resulting in 2 1/2 emergency calls per day. now city officials are making a u turn. let's bring in jason rantz. tell us more. what's going on? >> what's going on is, as you pointed out. there has been a significant push towards drug decriminalization which is effectively legalization and how it is working. as a result of turning away from what has been going out on the streets and choosing not to stigmatize drug users, we've seen an increase in addiction, an increase not just in overdose calls but fatal overdoses driven in large part by fentanyl and meth it becomes untenable. so bellingham said we can no longer do this. they decided to criminalize the public use of drugs.

understand that on july 1st across the state, because of inaction at the state legislative level. we'll have no drug possession law on the books. every city and county will have to come up with its own legislation unless during the special legislative session something happens. >> dana: a quote. a resident said i lived here for 30 years and i haven't seen anything like this. i would characterize our city as one trying and willing to bend over backwards to help and provide people with programs to address their addiction for homelessness. you went along with the police. tell us what you found. >> i did a ride along over the weekend and saw a lot of the same scenes all across different neighborhoods, which are lots of homeless people very clearly addicted to either fentanyl or meth. we ran into one individual who just fell over and he said to the officer that he took

fentanyl and meth at the same time. this is happening all across the city. unlike in bellingham, in the city of seattle the council here decided to go all in and not pursue any law that criminalizes public use. they say they won't seek treatment if you do this. we have all the programs. no one is going into them because we aren't coerceing them to go into them because they know there are no consequences. when officers can go around. i have an officer saying could you please put away your crack pipe. that officers can't do anything in these scenarios. no arrests are allowed. >> dana: i mentioned that out of these 223 overdoses -- i would say it's a relatively small community, two were children. were those accidents? >> so three of them, actually now have been children unfortunately. one was an accident. it looks like the parents had drugs around or were dealers. that was the allegation.

two other cases one was a homeless individual and another person was deciding to just take it. we've seen so many stories of kids who don't even realize what they are doing is taking fentanyl. it is something else that's laced with fentanyl and they end up suffering a fatal overdose. >> dana: one last quick question. do you think the u turn the community wants to make have an immediate effect? >> not an immediate effect. when you have allowed things to get this bad over the course of three years it will take some time before we start to see some results especially given -- it is not just bellingham. we have police departments understaffed so they can only do so much. hopefully we'll start seeing a little positive turn. definitely not in the short term. >> dana: thank you. it's devastating for that community. glad you are there to report on it. you have to wonder if that type of reaction, ann milligram, the head of the dea.

they had just gone after all those people delivering the pills in the last mile on behalf of the cartels, and she said this is the most dangerous thing she has ever seen in the country and the doubling of deaths. if you double it again you have to have drastic action. >> bill: working every day toward it. we have this now as we begin a new hour. [shouting] . >> dana: chaos outside the new york city subway station where a homeless man died after being held down by another passenger. police arresting nearly a dozen demonstrators as jordan neely's family demands jail time for the marine veteran who subdued neely by putting him in a choke hold. i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. birthday girl, good morning to you. pollen is kicking today in new york. >> dana: sorry about that. >> bill: jordan neely's death sparking protests across the city. what began as a peaceful