>> not her specifically, but like told hairy armpits is attractive, it's not. i want to live in reality, that's all i want to do. >> emily: reality always resides here on this couch. >> nice transition, emily. >> emily: everything we talked about. don't forget to dvr the show when you can't watch us live. and here is "america reports." >> they need to pay the money. stop playing and help the people that they did wrong to, all the work they got done free, they need to pay for that. >> fix the issues versus trying to put a band aid on something for a subset of people. >> 1.2 million is nowhere near enough. it should start at least 5 million. >> john: after recommending the state hand over $1.2 million to every qualifying black residents, the governor's reparations task force has tried to change how housing decisions are made.

>> sandra: newsom finds himself between a rock and a hard place, after backing the proposal to cost taxpayers over $800 billion. will he need to give in on reparations to keep the far left base happy? california republican assemblyman and leo terrell are here to did you say next. >> we have different kinds of people living in our world and they are not being processed. come down, give you a piece of town. >> need to shut it down and coming across, and change the laws. because even the asylum seekers are still, you know, they say the right words, they are here. >> i'm an immigrant, but been a u.s. citizen 40 years and i'm being violated but nothing i can do. >> john: begin with border towns furious over the biden administration handling over the

migrant crisis as concerns grow over terror suspects making their way across the southern border undetected. hello, john roberts in washington. trap in, sandra. another week. >> sandra: a lot of concerns about all of that. sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports." president biden says the situation is going better than anyone expected with title 42 expiring despite tens of thousands of migrants being detained just last week, including an afghan national on the fbi terror watch list. >> john: this as we are getting an inside look at some of the holding facilities that are stretched way beyond capacity. >> sandra: a look at these images here, complete coverage now. mike waltz is standing by. but bill melugin is live at the southern border. excellent reporting all weekend on this. what are we learning now about the arrest of the afghan national? >> bill: sandra, what i'm told by multiple sources is this happened last week on wednesday

in border patrol san diego sector, arrested an afghan national, and on the terror watch list. this happened in otay mesa, san diego, inland san diego county. he crossed illegally with a group of migrants, apprehended by border patrol, taken to the station, fingerprints were run and that is when he was found to be a match on the terror watch list. i'm told the fbi later confirmed that match and the fbi is leading the investigation. california congressman darrell issa represents that area. what he is telling fox news, is it any surprise among the 5 million illegals biden has permitted to violate our border some of the world's most dangerous terrorists have also taken advantage of the presidential chaos to enter our homeland. the president and his border czar, v.p. harris, owe the nation the truth and also a course correction from this

disaster. and this remarkable video courtesy of tony gonzalez, congressman, border patrol facility in el paso, showing severe overcrowding. capacity of 120 people, instead 750 adult men crammed in there. the facility as a whole, capacity for 1,000, he says on that day on friday when he shot the video there were 3,000 people. so a snapshot what the situation was like on friday in el paso. and lastly, mass migrant releases, some of these court dates, on one, courtesy of the washington examiner, a venezuelan man in brownsville, court date in 2027, and then another one, our colleague matt in el paso talked to a colombian man released with a court date of 2026 in newark, new jersey. and that is a pull factor.

the migrants know if they can get here, cross illegally and step foot into the u.s., they have a good chance of being released into the country and they are going to be good to go for several years in some cases because of how backlogged our court system is with immigration cases. back to you. >> sandra: bill, thank you. john. >> john: bring in florida republican congressman michael waltz, on the house intelligence committee and former green beret commander. the biden administration taking a victory lap over the sharp decline, but also this afghan national apprehended and hundreds of thousands of got-aways since biden took office, don't know who they are, where they are or what their intentions are. congressman, is that a problem for you? >> yeah, it's a huge problem, john. it's a problem for every american. we know that people from over 170 countries are now coming

across our border. the word has gone out that it's wide open, and if you can just get there and step foot across our border then you can enter into our asylum system, get a workplace, or get a workforce visa and wait 5 to 7 years to maybe show up for court. and look, john, we have to remember, going back to afghanistan, there were thousands and thousands of the most hardened isis, al-qaeda, and taliban fighters released from the prison that was at bagram, one of them was the suicide bomber that killed our 13 americans at abbey gate. where have they gone, we have lost track of them, and i'm hearing from afghans still there, still in hiding from the taliban that the taliban are issuing visas and passports to terrorists who can leave legally

and travel all over the world and come into our country that way. so, look, the lights are blinking red, i think it's only a matter of time until we are hit again and the general in charge of the middle east said he expects within six months. >> john: i want to jump to call four number two, the president was asked if he had plans to visit the southern border. here is what he said. >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> not in the near term, no. no, it would just be disruptive. >> john: he said it would be disruptive to visit the border. i don't know how many times former president trump visited the border and it was not disruptive, they were happy to show him the situation and it booster morale as well for the people working diligently on the front lines. >> it does. it's human nature. border patrol is overwhelmed, overworked, having retention issues. part of our border bill we just

passed would give them retention bonuses and beef them up. but you know, they need to see their commander in chief as a leader, a military leader, as a businessman. whenever you have a crisis, you go to the scene of the crisis or the problem and lead. and you know, just to see some basic leadership here and some compassion for what our border patrol are going through and some compassion for the conditions at these migrant centers. biden ran on competence and compassion and we are seeing neither, john. not at all. >> john: congressman, one other question of a different issue, your military experience and position on the intel committee. maps from the study of war, ukraine, the land is drying out, a tense back and forth over the wintertime, lines not really moving much and the huge battle for bakhmut. we are expecting a major ukrainian counter offensive in

the next few weeks. there is a sense what's been happening is ukraine has been trying to exhaust russian forces and wagner mercenaries in the battle for bakhmut and attack them somewhere else. what do you see happening in the weeks ahead? >> well, part of this has been getting the armor in place, both the german tanks and now we are seeing some of our american tanks get into place. you need the conditions on the ground to actually support those tanks. we are talking 60, 70 tons apiece, and then number two, the logistics to support them and three, the munitions. both sides have completely exhausted their ammunition and getting the ammunition in place. and remember, john, a basic military doctrine, you need a 3-1 advantage offense to defense and what we are seeing from the ukrainians is building that up, and you are right, wearing them down and keeping them guessing where the offensive is going to go. from my trips out there, i think

at the end of the day zelenskyy has to have more access to the black sea and you are going to see the main trust in that direction. he also needs to get that nuclear plant back, that's responsible for about 40% of ukraine's power. those two objectives, and he's in position of strength if we go to the negotiating table. >> john: we'll see how it all unfolds. apologies, there is a k missing from the locator there on the right-hand side of the screen but we all know it's bakhmut. congressman, good to be with you. thanks for kicking us off, appreciate it. >> sandra: president biden expected to meet with the congressional big four, that meeting expected tomorrow. senior correspondent chad pergram has the latest as we anticipate that moment, chad. are they getting anywhere with these talks? >> hard to say, kevin mccarthy signals they are far apart and

doubts the white house is making serious offers. president biden is cautious. >> it's not good to characterize in the middle of the -- i'm an optimist, a desire on their part as ours to this agreement. i think we'll be able to do it. >> mccarthy says he believes the administration wants a default, the sides are focussing on lowering spending to last year's levels and blocking forgiveness of student loans, another big request from the gop clawing back money left over from the pandemic. >> the unspent covid funds should be a no brainer. one of the things i would have hoped on the table, unspent and unallocated debt relief funds, if you will, the student loan debt relief that biden has provided that i think is most unconstitutional, most americans think is totally inappropriate.

>> debt ceiling talks in 2011 went on for three months. tom khan was part of the negotiations, here they only have two weeks. >> it's a grave situation. the factors that would lead to an agreement are so high, the obstacles are so great. i'm convinced that this country is the closest danger of default we have ever been. >> never before has congress tried to hike the debt ceiling with margins this slim in the house and senate, and so little time to act. sandra. >> sandra: chad is on that for us as we walk closer and closer to that actual meeting happening, chad. thank you so much. and john, as we do that, and begin a brand-new week, pop up the dow board, the markets have been watching closely, uncertainty is something for the investment community and traders

to really sort of take in. some unusual trading, started off far down to start the week and since moved up into the green. but there's a lot of uncertainty out there and markets are certainly watching this. >> john: i would think that based on history that neither side is going to allow this to happen, but sometimes brinksmanship can go to crisis and hope we don't get to that point and cooler heads prevail and hammer something out. >> sandra: that will happen sooner rather than later. >> john: we will keep an eye on it. once upon a time, gavin newsom was looking to hand out reparations to black californians. but there could be a change of hard. james gallagher and leo terrell have some thoughts on that. >> sandra: taylor swift smashing records with her hit summer tour. wait until you hear how much some swifties are dropping to

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>> john: the windy city officially has a new mayor, brandon johnson sworn in as the 57th mayor of chicago. during his campaign he pledged to address the city's serious homeless and gun problems. but the inauguration overshadowed by another brutal

weekend in chicago, at least eight people are dead, and 18 more wounded in shootings from friday to sunday. it just -- just does not stop, sandra. just doesn't stop. >> sandra: indeed. and because of that crime, major companies have to flee that city in large part because they can't recruit people and retain workers in that city, especially with families, they don't feel safe sending their kids to school. ken griffin had the lower level of his apartment building shot through, and he took citadel and went to florida, and boeing, and you know the days i used to report from and trade from the cme group, chicago board of trade and chicago mercantile exchange, a new podcast, terry duffy, ceo and chairman has made it clear his company, cme group is willing to join businesses in fleeing the city if this new mayor does not heed his and

others warnings. you can remember the iconic building in chicago, they are the backbone of chicago. one of the biggest revenue sources for that city and the ceo and the chairman raising a red flag and saying if you don't hear us, we, too, will leave. and this is a big deal. i've called terry duffy a few moments ago, invited him on the program, hopefully we can have him share his thoughts here at some point but it's huge. company after company leaving that city. >> john: and you start to hollow out the big, the economy with big companies like this leaving, and it completely changes the whole tone and character of the city. >> sandra: it's not just the largest exchange in the country, the largest derivative exchange in the world. major revenue source. more on that coming up. california governor's reparations task force is trying to change how housing decisions are made, they may hand as much

as $1.2 million to every qualifying black residents. the government is not too enthusiastic to the proposals, a massive political headache as he tries to please the different factions of his liberal base. joining us is james gallagher, state assemblyman and leo terrell. james, you say no matter what he does he's going to anger part of his base. so, what does he do here? >> yeah, well, more and more people are coming to understand what we have known for a long time about gavin newsom, he's all talk and no action. and let me set the context for this situation is you know, in california, 75% of black boys are not passing reading standardized tests in california. homelessness has exploded and we have black men make up a disproportionate share of that

homelessness. democrats have all power here. they have every statewide office, they have super majorities in both houses but have failed black californians on every level. a couple years ago gavin newsom and the democrats make this promise of reparations that they are going to look into this and champion this commission which now comes out with an $800 billion bill of reparations that they have no intention of actually paying. and so it's yet another broken promise by gavin newsom and the democrats and you know, look, we have gotten used to it actually and it's actually quite frustrating. >> sandra: you say broken promise, flash back to september 2020, leo terrell, on what he was saying then on reparations. >> i think it was -- we do not imitate, we are a model for the world. that's a little bragadocious.

this is not just california, but making an impact and dent across the rest of the country. >> sandra: showing the importance then, fast forward three years and says this now on reparations. this has been an important process and we should continue to work as a nation to reconcile our original sin of slavery and understand how that history has shaped our country. dealing with that legacy is about much more than cash payments, so why the reversal, leo? >> very simple, sandra, thank you for the question. let's be very clear. gavin newsom only cares about one person, gavin newsom. he wants to run for higher office. sandra, the reparations is a gimmick, it is to exploit black voters for his future run for office. hopefully he'll never see the white house but that's all it was, it was a gimmick. as james said, the democrats control every aspect of state government and they keep playing the race card, sandra.

i beg anyone in this state to show me systemic racism. they talk about real estate, racist, in los angeles, we have a black mayor, san francisco, sandra, black voters are exploited by democrats who claim they want to help. gavin newsom's sole purpose is higher office and if he's going to trick, manipulate black voters to get the goal he'll do it, that's what he's been doing. >> sandra: some of what is said, a bit of what they are saying on reparations. listen. >> reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address long standing racial disparities and inequality. >> equivocal number from the 1860s, 40 acres today, is $200 million for each and every

african american. >> sandra: james, your reaction to that. >> well, you know, as leo said, this is a political stunt and i feel bad for these folks because the democrats have gotten up their hopes somehow this is going to happen when they know quite well that there's no way this could happen. $800 billion, that would be three times our state budget. but i do have a solution for gavin newsom and the democrats here in california. if they want to, you know, pay out these reparations, they have lefty campaign accounts and pay it out of their own campaign accounts if they believe in this so strongly. instead of breaking, continuing to break promises to black voters and passing policies that frankly have made it worse for black californians. >> sandra: i'll finish with this, $800 billion, 3 times the state budget, and what it means per payout per resident who is actually paying out to it, that's a minimum of $360,000 a

resident, maximum of 1.2 million depending on how you slice it up. thanks to both of you for being here. james, leo, thank you. >> thank you. >> john: sandra, huge outpouring of support for the marine veteran accused of killing jordan neely on a subway train. more and more people are speaking out, calling the marine a hero and putting their money where their mouth is. >> sandra: plus ron desantis gets the state of iowa to himself for a barnstorming tour after his top rival pulls out of a visit. are we getting closer to a big decision by the florida governor? our political panel on that next.

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the nation for republicans caucus state iowa on saturday. the same day that former president trump canceled a nighttime rally in des moines over tornado threats. cassie smedley and richard fowler. so, desantis sensed some vulnerability, donald trump canceled his appearance in des moines, almost a finger in the eye to trump and without mentioning him by name, seemed to take a dig at him, listen here. >> we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. the time for excuses is over. if we get distracted, if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, being then i think the democrats are going to beat us again and very difficult to recover from that defeat. >> john: desantis laying out the

stakes, and a couple weeks ago i thought he may take a pass on 2024, i think he's going to go in. >> this certainly sounded more like a table setting speechless than a testing the water speech, he laid out his agenda -- not agenda, but accomplishments in florida, and tested how the crowd responded to that, and oh, by the way, he was in the neighborhood and to where trump was supposed to be and said hey to the crowd there. >> john: "new york times" said mr. desantis avoided direct conflict with trump, mr. trump told it was too dangerous for him to visit. said earlier on this network today that not a lot of conservatives pay a lot of attention to what the "new york times" says, but that's essentially what desantis did. >> i think you are right. but some extent, the race seems to be heating up. a couple days ago we thought this was donald trump primary

and based on the polls still seems to be donald trump's primary. but desantis tipping his foot in the water, probably at a thigh this time in the water, we'll have to see what happens. i think what you are going to see happen in the next couple weeks, see the trump campaign latch on to some of the arguments you hear democrats making about desantis. either he's going to talk about disney world, a recent report about a teacher investigated for showing a disney movie to her class, or talk about the fact that the new bill passed by desantis would limit construction in parts of florida due to the fact a lot of illegal immigrants on construction sites and it forces folks of 25 employees to do e verify, which will slow construction in many parts of florida. >> john: and disney said we have multi billion dollar investment, maybe we will rethink that. >> the democrats talking points. >> trump's, to be honest with

you. >> everybody is concerned about ron desantis getting into the race. they think he's a for midable opponent, whether it's donald trump or joe biden. wide a wide berth of donald trump, and getting to know him, ron desantis, but disney, i think ron desantis has made his point there and now trying to move to the broader conversation of all the other things he's done in florida and what it would mean nationally and he has to drive that home. we know what his opponents are going to attack him on. >> john: i think politico in covering what was going on in iowa effectively illuminated the biggest problem, trump fans began lining up for hours before the scheduled outdoor rally, they waited for trump behind metal barriers even as the skies opened. scene was a reminder to which trump loyal base will go to to support and defend him and desantis has a tough road,

convincing a sizeable chunk of the republican electorate to move on. when you have thousands of people standing in a deluge waiting to see their hero -- >> not necessarily democratic talking points. look at the reporting, because of the legislation ron desantis passed in the state of florida, trump has enough red meat with a wide berth, not only am i leading in the polls but the general election and waiting for voters to remind him of it, desantis has trouble here. >> john: i think he's got a lot of trouble when you see how loyal trump fans are. >> i will say trump's got the base he's got and for all the republicans or the independent-minded folks who say maybe we can't win with trump in a general, can we win with desantis, that's where desantis has to make his move. it sounds like richard is defending trump today. >> no, i'm just pointing to the reporting here. >> john: i think he's completely on point.

that's the way trump is going to take on desantis. great to see you folks, a lot to chew in the weeks ahead. >> sandra: marine veteran daniel penny, an outpouring of support. his defense fund is now surpassing more than $2 million. meanwhile, the victim, jordan neely's family is blasting him for not looking remorseful. the latest on this for us, we hear this fund is growing quickly, is that? >> it is, and watching it all morning going up up up, and supporters of daniel penny, including kid rock, we have that story on foxnews.com, helping to raise over $2 million, the 24-year-old continues to work on his defense, the family of jordan neely, the homeless man who died is preparing for his funeral this friday. the fundraising campaign created by his legal team surpassed

$2 million earlier today. his lawyers writing on the website the funds will handle legal fees, and any excess will be donate today a mental health advocacy program in new york city. penny is out on $100,000 bail after turning himself involuntarily taller in connection to the may one chokehold death of neely and charged with second degree manslaughter. prosecutors have said neely, who was homeless and suffered from mental illness, was making threats, screaming that he was hungry and thirsty and did not care if he went to jail or died before penny stepped in. neely's family, along with protestors, have called for murder charges in the case saying neely did not deserve to die. penny's attorney said he never intended to cause neely's death. >> into the subway seeking to harm anyone, did not go to the subway to attack anyone, he was putting himself in harm's way for the benefit of others. >> and the story draws attention to manhattan district attorney alvin bragg's decision to charge

penny. ron desantis criticizing what he call the left pro criminal agenda. we will bring you more as we get it. there is more coming. >> sandra: laura, thank you so much. john. >> john: president biden's climate envoy john kerry goes up against farmer, but his plan to curb farm emissions is ruffling feathers across the country, are the people who feed america unfairly blamed? >> sandra: and taytay, or swiftie, or whatever you call her, the money for tickets, travel and merchandise, are fans trapped in a haze of spending. kennedy is up next on that. ♪♪ a third kid. what if she likes playing golf? it's expensive. we're outlawing golf. wait.

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bucks, these are average prices without the fees. >> kennedy: better than i saw today, than from stubhub, i was looking in like ten different cities to take my youngest daughter. she really wants to go. that's a little bit cheaper. cheapest i found second night in seattle, so the cheapest worst tickets in the 500 level, you are off on the very side of the stage in the nose bleeds, 1,000 bucks. and that's before fees. so all of those prices are before fees. but what i found, there are a couple of twitter accounts where you can go and they will alert you, you basically go to the parking lot and they will alert people and you have to be the first one to get 'em and use paypal and people have been able to get face value tickets that way. ticketmaster screwed up. but taylor swift reportedly will make between 500 million and

1.5 billion. i was worried about her. >> sandra: to her credit, she stayed out there, stayed popular, is it a stretch too far if i say she's kept it clean, you know, she has all the moms that grew up with her coming back, and bringing their daughters and kids to the concerts as well. >> kennedy: it's one of those few acts where it is truly cross generational. her music is so good, so consistent, her lyrics are incredibly honest and she is a great songwriter and musician and collaborations with producers and other artists. i understand it. she also has not been on tour in five years, but released 3 or 4 records between then and now, and midnight -- listening it to it this morning. >> sandra: and she comes across

as classy and kind. this moment, this sort of went viral, at her most recent concert on saturday in philly, she was defending a fan from a security guard to leave them alone, listen. as their sound -- ♪ we got bad luck ♪ >> she wasn't doing anything. hey, stop. >> sandra: she breaks from the song to tell a security guard to leave one of her fans alone. the fan has went on to social media saying that was me, i was getting aggressive with pictures. >> kennedy: it's me, it's me, and katy perry is wishing she could sell out stadiums like that, she stole all of swift's back-up dancers.

the music completes your life, brings people together. i wish tickets were more reasonable so everybody in every price range could see her. >> sandra: john, i had the pleasure of going to a concert with kennedy recently, an amazing person to sit down at the concert with. >> john: she knows her stuff. >> sandra: it brings you together, and the moments forever. >> john: i was about 20 feet from taylor swift when she opened for keith urban in atlanta in 2009. that was before the "fearless" tour and you could tell she was going to be a huge star. >> kennedy: 20 feet because of the restraining order. i get it. >> john: how did you find out about that? [laughter] >> sandra: too good. thanks, kennedy. >> kennedy: thank you. >> john: i thought we were keeping that one a secret. all right, more and more schools across the country are moving to four-day weeks, and getting rid of homework. what parents and teachers are

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ranked america's top state for business. >> john: you like a three-day weekend? well, four-day school weeks are gaining in popularity, along with the push to lower traditional education standards. some students and teachers love the idea, others worry about the potential negative impact. gillian turner joins us with what's behind all of this. what lessons are there to be learned here? >> gillian: turns out a lot, john. these four-day school weeks and less homework for students are two trends right now that are totally reshaping education in america's grade schools. controversial moves are meant to slash costs, plug the teacher drain, and achieve equity among students. colorado school superintendent for district 27j says his schools love the four-day week so much, they are never going back. listen. an when i tell you it's about

80% in support of the four-day week. i don't know anything else in the world with 80% support. so as you would imagine, the students are the highest, they are like 83, 84%, but really parents and teachers have come in about 80% support. >> gillian: nationwide, 850 school districts have dropped the fifth day of classroom learning already, that is up from 650 districts in 2015. encompasses thousands of schools. and colorado schools made the switch after losing out on some major funding. >> so absent being able to pay them what others around us were able to pay we made the decision to move to the four-day week. solely around attracting, retaining quality adults to work with the kids. greatest impacts of the kids are the adults working in the schools. >> gillian: and six states, they found a huge learning loss,

unambiguously hurts student achievement over time. and they say american students are already hurting. take a listen. >> the fact that 87 out of 100 students are not considered proficient or don't have a fundamental knowledge of u.s. history is just inexcuseable. we spend $750 billion a year on our k-12 education. we are not getting what we are spending. >> gillian: so far, four-day weeks are most popular in the rural west. the trend is picking up now for the first time in some metro areas, john, in texas, arizona, even missouri. >> john: what in the flipping burgers are we doing here? >> gillian: i don't know, but doesn't it make you wish we could all go back in time and redo school with four-day weeks? >> john: three-day weekend, sure, that's fine, but lowering education standards? kids are having a difficult enough time as it is learning and now you want to cut them

back by a day? >> gillian: and more expense for parents, they have to have childcare for the fifth day. >> john: not long ago we were talking about 12 months a year as opposed to the summers off, and now four-day weeks? and a quote, a great civilization is not conquered from without until it destroys from within. we are well on the way to the latter, setting the stage. goodness gracious. gillian, great to see you. >> gillian: you too, thanks, john. >> sandra: thank you john, gillian. new at 2:00, pentagon set to take questions after an afghan national on the terror watch list is arrested at the southern border. are defense officials worried other terror threats have made it into the country? darrell issa will tell us how biden's border policies are putting his constituents at risk. plus, jonathan turley, brian

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>> sandra: all new at 2:00, marijuana is having a moment. from legal pot shops opening in states all over the country to pushes at the highest level of government to decriminalize the drug. message seems to be marijuana is just not that bad for you. >> john: but, in reality, a brand-new study published by the national institutes of health links heavy cannabis use to psychosis in young men. so serious it has led some to take their lives. a group of moms are sounding the alarm. >> they think marijuana helps the kids