>> see you guys on the radio. >> we'll be listening. >> bill: see you guys, thanks. good morning. fox news alert because the migrant crisis impacting american children now. new york city is housing asylum seekers in school gyms and the parents at the schools are not happy as we say hello. in wrinkle on the story. good morning at home and good morning here in new york. >> dana: good morning, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." great to be with you today. the plan to turn gyms into temporary migrant shelters is drawing pushback. parents and kids rallying

outside in brooklyn. school is still in session. prompting parents to keep their kids home. >> bill: nate foye is live in brooklyn. what are you hearing there? good morning. >> good morning. you can see parents are protesting at ps172 for a second straight day. after a pta meeting last night, many parents are holding a no-show protest holding kids home from school until this policy is reversed. this comes after yesterday where the pta co-president tells me 30% of the school was absent. 142 kids did not show up to school. i'm joined now by rosie. she is a concerned grandmother. you have a grandson that goes to the school. you were at the pta meeting last night. what happened at that meeting? >> many questions were asked by the parents. we didn't get no concrete answers at all. we don't have no information. >> the mayor's office had a representative at that meeting. what did he say about your

concern? >> most of the time he said he didn't know. he was not sure. no answers at all. >> you have no idea how long this is going to be happening, how long the migrants will be staying in the gym and how long your children will be impacted? >> no, not at all. our main concern is the safety of our children. this is no place to bring them in. as you can see they are doing some repairs, very dangerous for them and also for our children taking our rights away especially from the children of ps172. the gym is detached from the school. it is 20 feet between the school and gym. is that too close for your comport? >> of course it is. we're scared. we don't know and we don't have no answers if these people are in the process of being -- if they checked the background.

we don't know if we get rapists, criminals, killers. we don't know anything. we want to make sure of that. and what community is asking, bring them to another place. is not that we don't want to help them. we don't want them in our community, it is give them -- treat them with dignity. no showers for them. where they going to eat? there are a lot of issues here they need to be looked at. >> these children just got through all of the restrictions related to covid and they already had limited social interaction. now with the migrants being in the gym, gym class is canceled. a lot of extra cur i can lars are postponed for now. how concerned are you about their education all experience? >> the parents i spoke to and me as a grandmother have decided our children are not coming to school. we leaving them home. even last time we were told if children are absent we don't bring them to school they'll be

considered absent. this is not our decision. this was done. the department of education and agencies they took the decision to bring these migrants here without talking to the parents. it was a big surprise. the letter we received states that they had made a decision. >> your grandson will not be in school until this policy is reversed. >> exactly. >> thank you for your time. good luck to you. bill and dana i want to show you inside the gymnasium behind me where the migrants will be staying. we got new video of this as parents and children are protesting outside. you see it is a basketball court filled with cots and supplies where the migrants will be staying. we know they will be arriving here this week. but as you just heard rosey say, unclear how long the migrants will be staying here. take a look at this next video bill and dana from ps188. another elementary school in

brooklyn from yesterday where we actually got video of migrants who are already staying there. this 1 of 20 schools in new york city that mayor eric adams is now considering housing migrants at. back out here live bill and dana we're working to confirm exactly how many children are absent from school today. you just heard rosey say her grandson won't be coming back until the policy is reversed. >> bill: thank you, nate foye across the river in brooklyn. not in my backyard, 30% of the kids not showing up for school because of it. >> dana: hard to imagine what the meeting was like when they decided this was a good idea and the parents are frustrated they don't have the right answers. it is not a long-term sustainable solution and towards the end of the school year really nice days, maybe kids want to be able to play. if you can't go to your gym because the migrants will be

there. it packs a punch. >> bill: another thing was considered to set up the camps in central park. the mayor of new york, democrat, is ticking off the folks at the white house because he has been outspoken on behalf of the policies of the biden administration. other democratic leaders are quiet but they're happy that adams is leading the charge, according to axios. >> dana: now to your money. >> president biden: there is still work to do. i made it clear to the speaker and others we'll speak regularly over the next several days and the staff will continue meeting daily to make sure we do not default. >> dana: president biden and the congressional leaders. he is heading off to japan this morning go to the g7 summit but he will cut his overseas trip short to resume negotiations in washington. former mitch mcconnell chief of

staff is here in a moment but mark meredith is at the white house. >> a slight change. good morning. as you were talking about both the white house as well as kevin mccarthy have appointed teams to handle negotiations going forward on raising the debt ceiling. it is a sign there is progress being made and maybe, just maybe a deal can be reached. on tuesday the president had a chance to sit down with congressional leaders from both parties here at the white house to talk about this impending debt a deadline. the treasury department says the u.s. won't afford to pay its bills until after early june unless the debt ceiling is raised. >> the president directed his staff to have this conversation on the staff level. the president is looking forward to having conversations with the congressional leader on the phone later this week and meeting with them again when he comes back overseas. >> republicans say they are eager to see the debt limit raised as well. they don't want to see a default

but also want to see spending reined in. they fleeted ideas, imposing budget caps for several years, clawing back some covid relief money yet to the spent or work requirements for some who receive federal benefits. >> there has to be caps or otherwise we're growing out of control. we had just started negotiations last night. i now am optimistic because we have a structure that works, talk to me in a few days to see if i'm optimistic about how the negotiations are going. >> the negotiations ongoing. as for the president he will head overseas later on this morning. making his way to asia for the g7 summit. as you hinted, the president is also cutting his travel short and postponing stops in new guinea and australia because of these debt ceiling negotiations. >> dana: thank you. let's bring in josh holmes former chief of staff to mitch mcconnell. a headline.

senators are dismissing happy talk saying that democrats aren't reassured it will work. what's interesting is that you have the group that's most nervous right now, josh, are the progressives because now if it just biden and mccarthy people in the room the progressives might miss out. >> well look, you get the impression from some of the progressives they would rather default than cut a dime in spending. all this stems from a very bad bet that president biden and chuck schumer made against kevin mccarthy and house republicans that they could never get any kind of debt ceiling across the finish line in the house. perhaps even worse than that it took them six weeks to realize they lost that bet and we've had a lot of wasted time. the june 1st deadline treasury secretary yellen has yet. just yesterday for the first time the president has instructed a part of his team to begin those negotiations. look, i think speaker mccarthy has played his hand about perfectly here. he seems to have a united

republican party behind him. let's hope that those negotiations yield some results. >> bill: josh, kevin mccarthy told maria two things that stuck out to me. he said there must be caps on spending. he is not giving in on that. and then he said a clean debt ceiling will never pass. that suggests that republicans are still united. >> absolutely. that much, bill, has been clear since january. that is the thing i don't understand. it took the president 104 days to begin wrapping his mind around the fact that a clean debt ceiling could never pass. not would, could never pass a house republican congress. of course it can't. he needed to negotiate all the way through. the spending caps piece i think is the easiest thing for democrats to wrap their minds around here. you aren't talking about specific cuts they oppose. it is about setting thresholds and caps they can work underneath and further negotiate spending through the appropriations process.

i think this is a very wise idea and smart to stick to their guns. >> dana: as the president and gallup has only a 48% approval when it comes to americans who say their confidence in leaders to do the right thing for the economy. almost none. president biden is at 48%. >> well look, you can understand people's skepticism, right? this president came in with not only inflation reduction act which increased inflation, but you had recovery acts that it created inflation in the first place. you can understand people's skepticism about the government saying we're here to help. that being said they have the right structure here. this is about cutting spending. trying to figure out the opportunity before them to begin to rein this economy in to get to a place where people aren't experiencing 6 and 7 and #% inflation. >> on senator feinstein. she is back on the hill. democrats have her in their sights. many are not holding back that

they don't believe she should be serving. here is one about the well-wishers. i haven't been gone. you should -- i haven't been gone, i've been working suggesting she has been voting the whole time. where does it go? how does it end? >> a lot of this is about primary politics in california and who her successor will be. it isn't a lick of difference. frankly, i can't figure out what democrats are so concerned about here. perhaps they are afraid she will vote republican by mistake or something. i don't know. by the end of it, i think it basically is all the same in a wash and this is more about campaign politics in california than anything else. >> dana: always good to see you. thank you. >> bill: nice to see you. come back soon. >> investigation as this one, an investigation which was guilty of the same criticism he leveled

against the f.b.i. ends up having a conclusion that ends with a whimper rather than a bang. >> bill: reaction is stunning. democrats bending over backwards dismissing the durham report. if it falls in a forest does it make a difference? we're about to find out. >> dana: a missing girl found safe nearly six years later. how a netflix documentary helped bring her home. >> bill: california weighing jobless benefits for migrants. governor newsom vetoed a similar law a year ago. how this one is expected to play out in the golden state that's d out in the golden state that's d deep in debt soul of north alabama, here on our family farm. then we partner with family owned mills from maine to mississippi to manufacture our cotton into quality american made fabrics that become our heirloom inspired bedding, towels, blankets and apparel. experience our 100% american made luxury linens for yourself. go to red line cotton dot

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>> doomsday prepping for a.i. company. the ceo of chatgpt says they opened pandora's box and need government regulations. >> my worst fear is the industry cause significant harm to the world. if this technology goes wrong it can go quite wrong. we want to be vocal about that. >> on the positive side the industry does take the gravity of this very seriously but i still think we'd all be better served by the government.

>> bill: he said it could be bad if it takes d.c. more than a decade to get it done. at this rate you don't want that, from yesterday. >> dana: this, an amazing story six years after her disappearance an illinois girl was found safe in north carolina. police say kala was kidnapped by her non-custodial mother in 2017. store clerk recognized her from five seconds of a netflix documentary. this is amazing. charles watson live with the details of that incredible discovery that helped bring kala home. >> good morning. incredible story with the use of incredible technology that helped reunite 15-year-old kala with her father in illinois after she went missing for six long years. police say the teenage girl and her mother were spotted at a shopping center in asheville, north carolina by a store clerk who you mentioned saw the netflix series unsolved mysteries and called 911. the series briefly featured

photos of kala and her mother, who is now charged with her abduction. a lot of the credit goes to the national center for missing and exploited children. the age progression photos that showed what she would have looked like at ages 11 and ages 14. >> that story and images can be shared and watched within the community. that was very important in this particular case because she was recovered by her face. >> kala's mother was arrested in north carolina and charged with felony child abduction. she was abducted during a parental visitation in 2017 in

illinois. at the time the girl's father had full custody and mother only had visitation rights when the two went missing. her father explains how he found out his daughter had been taken. >> her family was at her house having dinner and they had told me that she didn't come back from a camping trip and they didn't know where she was. >> kala now safe home with her father. as for her mother, she was arrested in north carolina and she is now out on bail and is expected back in court in north carolina on july 11th. >> dana: what a story. charles watson, thank you. >> both the press and the f.b.i. abandoned any semblance of professionalism and took up the cause with a vengeance. i think the real story from the f.b.i.'s perspective is what an a bomb nation this was. if it wasn't a witch hunt it is a damn good imitation of one.

>> bill: that's bill barr on the man he appointed, john durham. for years they were pushing claims of collusion between trump and russia. today's "new york post" cover conspiracy to commit political murder. attorney leo terrell is with me now. good day to you. jonathan turley writes, russia case against trump was a shocking conspiracy that continues today. after all, this was a collective effort in washington, he says. the more people involved in a conspiracy, the less cull kabul it becomes. they all did it so no one did it. >> president donald trump has been exonerated. but other than a 13-second sound bite by jake tapper the entire mainstream media is in denial. andrew mccabe mentioned 50 plus times is in denial. the reason why is they lose

credibility. the damage has been done because i would submit to you that 35, 40% of america still believe there is a collusion effect between trump and russia. however, the democrats and cnn, mainstream media will never admit it. they would have to lose their entire contributors because those are the individuals who are responsible for promoting this big lie. >> bill: what will they do at the desk? i want to let our audience know as a result of all this. for the "washington post", they had ten pulitzers, "new york times" ten. george poke award for the "washington post" and times. two edward r. murrow awards and on it goes. "washington post" editorial board. durham's investigation shows nothing but a broken process. in circa 2017 there was this

repeatedly. >> ample evidence of collusion in plain sight. >> have democrats found any evidence of collusion? >> yes, we have. russians offered help. the campaign accepted help. the russians gave help and the president made full use of that help. that is pretty damning. i can say with confidence there is significant evidence of collusion between the campaign and russia. >> bill: he is a congressman from your state. might be a senator someday. 242 appearances on cable news, leo. >> that man has no right to run for u.s. senate. that series of tapes you just displayed is undisputed proof and evidence that man should never, ever hold political office because he actually lied straight faced to the american public. he had no evidence and that's the part. he has no credibility at all. he does not -- he is not fit to serve in the u.s. senate and here is the problem. the mainstream media will always keep bringing him on over and

over again notwithstanding the fact he has no credibility. >> does it die in the darkness of washington, d.c. hallways or are places like this the only place that talk about it? >> fair and balanced on fox news, 95% of the media will ignore this story because if they acknowledge the truth, they lose all their credibility. this story will die immediately as soon as possible for the mainstream media. >> bill: thanks for getting up early in california. leo terrell, there he is. thank you, sir. >> dana: all right. up next university of wyoming sorority sisters say they live in fear of a transgender member. now taking their concerns to a court of law. >> there is no question that this is a biological man. they have been forced into a living environment which is supposed to be safe and they come home every night and hope that he is not there.

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>> dana: you are looking at a scene in oak lawn, illinois near chicago are family, friends and colleagues will say their goodbyes to officer preston. the event is taking place this morning. you recall the three-year veteran of the force was shot and killed while returning home from work nearly two weeks ago. she will be very much missed. people gathering together in chicago this morning. governor newsom warned that migrants would break the state. now democrats in the blue stronghold are mulling unemployment benefits for illegal immigrants. paid for with taxpayer money. fox business is live with the details. what is going on? >> that's right. california lawmakers are taking up review of the bill this week called the safety net for all workers act and it would provide $3 hundred per week for up to 20

weeks for laid off illegal immigrants. the total cost here including administration expenses, estimated to be $365 million. now proponents say illegal immigrants contribute $485 million to california's unemployment insurance system and they never see a cent of the benefits. but critics like experts from the center for immigration studies say this proposal undermines immigration policy. watch. >> these kind of policies incentivize illegal immigration. success in immigration policy is to deruse the number of new illegals and increase the number of illegal immigrants already to decide to go home. >> california not the first state to push for benefits for illegal immigrants. colorado passed a law two years ago allowing illegal immigrants to collect unemployment benefits. new york also had a short-lived program and doled out

2.1 billion to more than 128,000 applicants. this is all according to immigration reform law institute. d.c. here as well with a similar policy. california legislature holds a hearing on the measure tomorrow. governor newsom facing mounting pressure to take action. he vetoed a similar bill last year saying it needed to address fiscal concerns. this year financial conditions no better. california facing a deficit of $32 billion, $10 billion more. i have to tell you the bill has a lot of support from 120 groups coming out in support. i reached out to the california chamber of commerce and they haven't taken a position on it. >> dana: which means they are not opposed. if you are opposed you'll say it. interesting. thank you so much. >> we were promised from the beginning we would have a sisterhood meaning only females. our national sorority has failed us. >> never thought it would happen to me especially in a sorority

in a space for women. >> having that person try to take it away from us is not okay. >> bill: sorority sisters university of wyoming speaking out. they filed a lawsuit. the new member, a biological male was watching the girls in a way that made them feel uncomfortable and that's just the beginning of the story. alexis mcadams. what are you finding out? >> that group of sorority members are suing kappa kappa gamma saying the transgender member has had them feel violated in their house. it is now at the center of this legal battle. members asking a judge to declare the sorority membership avoid. they pressureded the local chapter to violate rules. the transgender member seen in the facebook photo, langford

identified as a he joined in 2022 but does not live in the sorority house. it alleges the 21-year-old has peeping supposedly on some of the sorority sisters and three of the girls who filed suit explaining to laura ingraham why they are fighting back. >> it goes to show the importance of women's spaces and we're fighting for the importance of women's spaces and what it means to be a woman. >> the lawsuit claims one member walked down the hall to take take shower wearing a towel and turned around and saw langford watching her silently. they also say langford has become sexually aroused while watching the members. we reached out to the sorority who says we can't comment on the details it does contain numerous false allegations, kappa kappa gamma values diversity and doesn't discriminate by classes

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ranked america's top state for business. >> dana: fox news alert. to catch a criminal. police have caught a second inmate who escaped from a philadelphia prison. you might remember this. the first person was caught last week. the two were gone for nearly a full day before the prison even noticed they were missing. a third person is facing charges for helping them but now we can confirm for you both have been rearrested and back in custody. >> bill: that settles that. now we want you to check out this. watch now. this is a moment as a young boy gets swept up into a mess at home plate. that's what they call a dust devil. doesn't last long but man, how does this happen? 7-year-old bower was stuck in the center of it all. the umpire made a quick call.

he is 17. his name is aiden. he pulled him to safety and both with me now. good day to both of you in florida. wow, bower, you have a story to tell. what was going on and what did you feel there at the plate? >> i felt really scared and it felt very weird when i was in it. >> bill: i bet. did you say happy did i hear that? >> yeah, a little bit. >> bill: you never felt this before, right? >> yes. >> bill: what did you do? hold your breath? >> yes. >> bill: it didn't last long, right? >> that's right. >> bill: that wind, you said it kind of lifted you up a little bit. can you explain that? >> so it kind of lifted me up at

least an inch. it felt a little weird when it did and i don't know how i did it but i couldn't feel the ground because i just felt something like squishing the air. >> bill: that's funky stuff, isn't it? >> yep. >> bill: aiden, what did you see behind the plate? >> looking for the pitch and i looked to my right and i see this dust devil come out of nowhere and my first reaction was i was scared but then i had to realize that he was in there and i had to go get him. >> bill: you did a great job, by the way. listen, i've never seen a dust devil like this before. have you, aiden? >> i have never seen anything like this on or off the field. >> bill: what did it feel like to you? >> well, i just rushed in there for maybe a second just to pull him out of there but i could feel strong gusts of wind in there. >> what did the people watching this game do?

>> they were all freaking out and after it was all over, they applauded me. >> bill: that's cool. that must have made you feel really good, huh? bower, did you go back and finish the game? >> yes. >> bill: did you win it? >> yes. and then at the end of it we had one more game. that was our third game. i ripped my mask off and caught one. >> bill: that's a great day. you made a great memory. aiden and bower you guys are connected forever. get to know each other, okay? thank you, gentlemen, for sharing your story, all right? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> bill: good luck, bower, back in school now, thanks for doing this. >> dana: absolutely adorable. great interview. to the white house now where president biden is going to be honoring several people for the -- with the medal of valor. these are recipients from all across the country, public

safety officers including two officers who died in the line of duty. as you can see merrick garland giving us opening remarks. let's listen in. >> it's impossible to understand the grief you endure or to fully comprehend your loss. you have our deepest condolences and our unending gratitude. through our work to keep our communities safe, we will honor the legacies of detectives mora and rivera. [applause] and to all of the family members and loved ones who are with us today, thank you for supporting these heroes as they have pursued their careers in public

safety. at the end of every shift, you are there. it is your care and encouragement that makes it possible for our public safety officers to do their jobs. we are so grateful to you. every day in communities across the country, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency services officers are asked to respond to our most difficult moments. and every day without hesitation you answer the call. you are on the front lines of our nation's most pressing public safety challenges and you are the justice department's indispensable partners in our shared work to keep our communities safe. from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the entire department of justice, thank you.

i am now honored to introduce president biden who will confer the awards. thank you, mr. president, for bringing us together today and your support of the extraordinary heroes who keep our communities safe. [applause] >> president biden: before i begin, let me say one thing i said to the families of the two deceased officers. all of you have lost someone know that no matter how much you take pride in recognition of what they did when they were lost, it still brings back everything like it happened that moment. i just say to the families that i said to them personally at the time when i met them and now, takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing and thank you. thank you, thank you. attorney general garland, thank

you for your leadership. today it's my honor to award nine brave americans the medal of valor. the highest award this country can bestow on a public safety officer. the award is given for actions above and beyond the call of duty and exhibiting courage, presence of mind and unusual swiftness in action regardless of his or her personal safety in an attempt to save or protect a human life. to the honorees. you are cut from the same cloth. you run into danger when everybody else runs away from danger. you possess is a selflessness that's impossible to explain. your bravery inspires people and inspires the community. like lieutenant justin, served

in the nypd and for the past 17 years the fire department of new york. he heard me say before that there is an expression where i come from that, you know, god made man and then he made a few firefighters. you are all crazy running into fires. [laughter] i was raised -- went to a catholic school across from the fire station. everyone i grew up, as the secretary knows, either became a firefighter, cop or priest. here i am. but all kidding aside, the -- one morning a few days before chafrngs giving a house fire in brooklyn, heavy flames, thick smoke billowed from the windows. family members and a 6-year-old boy jumped from a two story window saying there is a baby up there. the presence of mind of that young child. justin rushed into the fire

climbing a ladder to the second floor, searing heat, 0 visibility forced him to the floor. the stairs collapsed, hose burst stopping fellow firefighters from being able to continue to put out the fire. the order came, evacuate immediately. justin searched through the smoke as fast as he could, crawling through the hall until he found a five week old baby unconscious in his crib. he shielded the newborn with his body. crawled back through the smoke to the window and down to safety. new york's bravest. lieutenant jackson hicky, patrolling the waters in a fireboat on september afternoon and got an urgent call. came in on his boat. someone was in the harlem river being swept away by the current. the boat sped to the spot. saw a man fighting to keep his

head above water as the river pulled him away past jagged concrete toward the harbor. in desperation the man pulled himself into a storm tunnel built by the end of the sea wall. spotting his only chance to save the man, lieutenant hicky dove into the water. swam 25 feet deep into the dark black four by four foot tunnel where the young man was. found the man and dragged him back out into the river. the man was, as you understand, panicked and struggling and kept disappearing beneath the water. again and again the lieutenant went down after him fighting the currents and incoming tide and pulled the man to the boat, saving his life while risking his own. that's bravery. months earlier, two miles off staten island, fdny firefighter patrick thornton heard a

distress call, a motorist was taking on water. within minutes patrick and his fellow firefighters reached the 18-foot motor boat. giant wave crashed down sending the passenger overboard and his fellow firefighters rescued one person as the motorboat began to sink. but in a split second the motorboat rolled over trapping a second victim under the sinking boat. without hesitation firefighter thornton dove in. imagine, diving under a sinking boat weighing literally a ton. limited visibility. somehow patrick grabbed and swam him out from underneath the sinking boat and up to the surface where his fellow firefighters pulled him to safety. that's true heroism. clay mont county, ohioner cincinnati a 28 degree november day a woman called in a crisis

hotline. from her car threatening suicide. deputy fan arrived on the scene, spotted her driving her buick down a boat ramp into the frigid lake. the car started going under as the current pulled them 50 feet from shore. he jumped in that water. colleague threw him a rope that was too short. told the woman to roll down the window and cling to the roof. somehow deputy fan made it to the car and grabbed hold of the woman and grabbed the hope so a colleague could pull them to shore. relentless bravery. police sergeant kendrick simpo working an extra job on saturday morning as a security guard at a mall in houston. report came in that a man wearing a black leather mask with metal spikes armed with an ar-15 with 120 rounds of ammo and a handgun 40 feet from where

hundreds of children were gathered for a dance competition. sergeant ran to the scene but didn't want to panic the children by drawing his weapon when he approached. he rushed the gunman and grabbed the ar-15 and pinned the suspect to the wall until help arrived. he said i know what i signed up for. i know what i signed up for. a lot people know they sign up for and until it hits you don't know what you signed up forment you know, i think one your -- you signed up for -- i think it's one tea hard et jobs in america. police officer and his partner responded to a call of shots fired. a dark parking lot they

approached the suspect's vehicle. one of the suspect ran from the vehicle. they chased the suspect into the lobby of an apartment building where he was shot multiple times. he made it to his injured partner returning fire and dragging his partner out of the doorway amid the hail of bullets. realizing the officer didn't have time to wait for an ambulance corporal farmer pulled him into the patrol car and raced to the hospital just a few more minutes officer snook would have died. thanks to corporal farmer he survived and can be a dad to his three young boys who i got to meet today. on this day we remember all the families. you know, the english poet once wrote they also serve who only stand and wait. they also serve, only stand and wait. each time your officer pins on the shield and walks out that

door, there are spouses, children, parents who stand and wait and hope for their safe return. in some cases dread, depending what the call is, that they'll get a call. all the family members here, especially those who have served in uniform, thank you, thank you, thank you. and finally while acts of heroism mean lives saved they can also mean lives lost. we honor two deceased detectives mora and -- one day in january in harlem they responded to a 911 call from a distressed woman. here grown-up son was threatening her and her brother. when they arrived at the apartment morrow and rivera checked on the man. detective sulon, still a rookie,

was assigned to observe as his more experienced colleagues stayed back with the mom and the other son. suddenly the door flew open and the man started firing from the back room. he had a stolen glock modified. mora and rivera were hit. rivera died at age 22. one of the youngest officers ever killed in the line of duty. mora died four days later just 27 years old. they are the who and the what law enforcement of this country should be. their families are here today including detective mora's mom and rivera's sweetheart married just months before they were killed and expecting their child any day now. i told the story of detective mora and rivera at a state of the union last year and spoke with the family shortly after

their funerals and told them, and i meant it then and mean it now our nation is forever in debt of the loved ones and the sacrifice they made on behalf of their fellow citizens. the terrible day when the bullets started flying detective sulan had only been with the precinct for two months. but he jumped into action. he showed shielded the mother from gunfire and drew his gun. a dark day for the city of new york could have been even more tragic, a much higher body count if it weren't for detective sulan. i met the detective shortly after that and i knew his relatives would be around and he relives that day often. the two detectives are never far from his mind. the entire nation is grateful for the courage under fire that