take care of. when you go this long without moisture, substantial moisture, you lose your ability to enact a plan b, c or d. it hinges on the precious moisture that comes from above. >> bill: we a saying a prayer for you, ken. we'll stay in contact and hope for the best. >> thank you very much, bill. >> dana: great guy. fox news alert top of the hour. three big stories topping the news. first an outdoor public safety meeting in san francisco descending into chaos. mayor breed and other city leaders are forced to retreat as the crowd gets rowdy and violent. fans of the man accused of killing four idaho college students are ordered to appear before a grand jury to investigate the mystery of a

woman who disappeared last year. a suspect pinned an officer to the ground and trapped him in a head lock. more on those stories throughout the hour. check that out. first the u.s. supreme court in session right now with major cases still on the docket and possible decisions today as the court prepares to issue new rulings. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: hello, how are you doing? here we go. halftime? here we go, bill hemmer. good morning at home. 35 cases yet to be decided as we await today's opinions. big ones we're looking for. two cases on affirmative actions challenging school policies using race in deciding admissions in order to achieve the diverse student body and the other is workplace speech and first amendment whether or not a public accommodation law can be used to compel an artist to speak or stay silent. wow. the justices examining an

election redistricting battle out of north carolina. a state court through out the congressional districts drawn. >> dana: immigration on policy and migrant deportations another big battle challenging the biden administration guidelines halting most deportations right now. the court is also considering president biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt. a case involving religious liberty. mail carrier suing the u.s. postal service after he was disciplined for refusing to work on sundays when he observed the sabbath. >> i'm running to lead a great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it with our eyes. we feel it in our bones. we see the border being overrun. >> dana: florida governor ron desantis officially launched his bid for the white house saying he wants to lead the great

american comeback and gave his first interview to trey gowdy host of sunday night in america. catch trey every sunday night, as i do. you are also hosting the 8:00 p.m. this week and do a fop laos job at it. >> thank you. i don't know who all was not able to do it this week. they made it down to me. >> bill: i like how trey kicks back. >> dana: he doesn't want to be good at it but he is. you are friends with a couple of candidates who announced this week, tim scott and ron desantis. what was your approach last night to try to introduce him to america through your questioning. >> like the courtroom. the witness is the star. not the questioner or the lawyer. we've all seen interviews where maybe the television personality wanted to make the news. ron is running to be the leader of the free world. people want to hear what he believes and why he believes it, why he is running now. not 45 eat.

he was the star. tim scott monday night also tough when you know the person, you want to be fair. you want to ask the questions that people watching would ask. so you are pros. i'm not a pro-but i asked questions for a living before i got to congress. >> bill: he knows his policies better than anyone and for good reason. education, the f.b.i., you talked about abortion. call for number five and roll this and ask the specific question from last night. >> dobbs returned the issue to the elected representatives of the people. i think there is a role for both the federal and the states. i am concerned about a democratic administration with a trifecta trying to nationalize abortion all the way up until birth. >> bill: that's one point. just as a jumping off point

"wall street journal" the ron desantis challenge writing his record is undeniably conservatives and some critics may fear it may be too far right to win a national election. >> i don't think so. i think ron is at least in the mainstream. when i served with him there were plenty of people i considered more to the right than ron desantis. there is a practicality about him. the answer to the question last night. there is a debate. do we really want 50 different definitions? it's not an easy question. i thought he handled it well. he talked about the political practicalities of some states going farther than what conservatives would want. ron, i think, he won overwhelmingly in florida. that's not south dakota. it is florida. won overwhelmingly. >> dana: the other thing you asked him about the f.b.i. and

christopher wray. he had this to say. >> i think that they've been weaponized against americans who think like me and you and i think they become very partisan. they answer to the elected president of the united states. so as president, you have a responsibility to be involved and holding those agencies accountable, clearing out people who are not doing the job, and making sure that they are doing the people's business and they aren't abusing their authority. >> dana: one of the group members watching last night was the trump campaign and they immediately had found a tweet from ron desantis from years ago saying he had at one pointed supported christopher wray but that has changed. what do you think about desantis taking on president trump who has such a huge lead ahead of everybody that wants to run right now? >> i thought he was prettyly indirect last night. he easily could have answered i didn't hire him.

you should ask the guy that hired him. president trump kept jim comey as the f.b.i. director and replaced jim comey with andy mccabe for a moment and then with christopher wray. i didn't hire rod rosenstein. jeff sessions, bill barr. he didn't say any of that last night. indirect might even be charitable. no direct affront. at some point i suspect ron will say if he is criticized, you hired all those people, i didn't. >> bill: i don't know how much thought you gave to this. probably a lot. hypothetically if it is a two-man race how do his policies differ from donald trump's policies? >> i tried to start last night with that. are there policy differences or is it just a difference in the manner you communicate or how you would implement your policies? i think at some point ron probably is going to say we have

similar policy positions but president trump did not get over the finish line with some of his policies and i will. i'm not aware of any sharp differences. maybe -- maybe on deficit. president trump has said he can balance the budget without taking on entitlements. many people would not give that answer. it is hard to do it without tackling mandatory spending. i gave him two chances last night to say he would take on entitlements. he wisely didn't take any chance. >> dana: see you tonight at 8:00 p.m.enter thank you for coming in. >> bill: you got up early for us. >> this is really early for me. >> bill: thanks. check this out. >> there was multiple steps that were slow walked at the direction of the department of justice. >> had you ever encountered that before? >> i have not, no. >> bill: stunning admission from the previously unknown i.r.s.

whistleblower now going public as it relates to the hunter biden tax investigation. he has gone on the record first time on cbs saying he was removed after raising concerns how prosecutors are handling this high-profile case. david spunt, department of justice with the follow-up. what did we learn? >> we know his name is special agent gary shapley. he was with the i.r.s. for 14 years and says a heated meeting with federal prosecutors last october really made him want to speak out. listen. >> it was my red line meeting. it just got to that point where that switch was turned on and i just couldn't silence my conscience anymore. >> the department of justice declined to comment when i reached out about this interview. d.o.j. headquarters across the street from the i.r.s. headquarters and i.r.s. responding to shapley saying that the department of justice

was getting involved in slow walking, in his words, also another unnamed whistleblower who came forward last week, when an i.r.s. employee raises allegations the commissioners office doesn't run an investigation or intervene. the i.r.s. supports the inspector general. well, commissioner of the i.r.s. wrote to republicans and democrats saying he has not been part of any retaliation plot. i want to state unheically -- shapely will appear on capitol hill tomorrow for a transcribed behind the scenes interview. to be clear he won't confirm he is speaking out about the hunter biden investigation, although he is still an i.r.s. employee and has to follow rules. multiple sources confirm that's what he is talking about, dana and bill. f.b.i. director christopher wray

facing a tuesday deadline to produce a document that republicans on capitol hill say contains an allegation that then v.p. joe biden accepted a bribe for a policy change. they missed the subpoena deadline a few weeks ago. comer wants the document by tuesday. comer has not seen the document but says the allegation is there per another whistleblower. we're told f.b.i. director wray and chairman comer will speak via phone on wednesday. a day after the deadline. something we want to watch closely. >> bill: interesting. david spunt, d.o.j., thanks. >> president biden: let's get out of here. you can't do that. >> dana: going from campus to central booking a fired professor threatens a reporter with a machete landing her in hot water. the post and fox news are

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>> bill: good samaritan hailed a hero in california helping a police officer in trouble. video from friday shows a man trapping the highway patrol officer in a head lock. luckily the good samaritan and

two others intervened. the altercation happened after the officer gave the man a warning for bending local freeway signs. the suspect who attacked the officer has been arrested. you got there. >> dana: the police go through so much. these random acts of violence. this violence, take a look at this. listen to this woman who lost her fiance. >> it was an attack, not a fight. i can't even imagine what my sons will be going through the rest of our lives. i know what i see in my head every day when i close my eyes. and i can't imagine what they are thinking about when they are alone and their thoughts. >> dana: a father was beaten to death while trying to protect his son. christopher wright stepped in when a group of teens and adults came looking for his 14-year-old son trying to finish a fight that had begun at the school. the group turned on wright, beating him in his front yard

while his son watched from inside. wright died the next day. the horrific story. griff jenkins is live with more. >> good morning. it is a heartbreaking story that should have never happened. chris wright is that father of the three boys beaten the death on his doorstep protecting his children when a fight that began in a bathroom at school last friday ended when a group of adults and teens came to their home unleashing a deadly attack. now that fiance is speaking out saying her oldest son had to fight. too. >> he started fighting the adult and another kid at the same time. he said he was on the ground at one point and he looked over and he could just see his dad laying there not moving. and then he said that all of a sudden it stopped. the guy said something about oh my god, the blood. handed my son his father's necklaces and said call the

police. my youngest son is 12 years old and i can hear him screaming daddy, daddy, daddy and runs out the door as fast as possible and rushes to his dad's side. >> that dad was rushed to a hospital friday night but died from his head injuries on saturday morning. police now say this is being investigated as a homicide but no arrests have been made yet. >> i'm quite certain that detectives have done their due diligence in searching for any sort of video evidence, surveillance evidence, ring cameras, doorbell cameras, that sort of information from surrounding homes. >> corporal anderson told me it is a shocking case, rare to see someone die from a situation like this. there were no indications that any weapons were involved. the school also confirming that a fight did begin at that school in a bathroom earlier in the day friday. dana, send it back to you. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: now the new york

professor who helped a machete to a reporter's neck will be arraigned today after turning herself into police. rodriguez was fired by hunter college on tuesday after the "new york post" released this video showing her holding the blade to the reporter's neck and threatening to quote chop him up. the "new york post" and fox news are co-owned. that professor first made headlines for yelling at pro-life students on campus. paul mauro, retired nypd inspector. good morning. you wrote two things need to happen. the reporters need to file a criminal complaint that happened. you suggest the two students need to sue. that has not happened. where is this case now? >> the irony is rich. she was arrested in the wake of the george floyd death for protest activity in the bronx. those cases were subsequently dismissed. she alleges in a lawsuit that she filed subsequent to that, violence against her and

suppression of her first amendment rights. sound familiar? that's exactly what it looks like she engaged in here, okay? the two students that you are referring to who were exercising their first amendment rights had to deal with miss rodriguez confronting them in the school, a city-owned school and going at them shuffling their papers and yelling at them. clearly stuff designed to suppress their own first amendment rights. we've all seen the videos. the question now becomes what is she charged with? it is the same jurisdiction, the bronx, that dropped the prior charges against her. i would like to see what that looks like. all i've seen so far a allegations of assault. a miss demeanor. but the stalking charge is on the table here. if you look at the plain language of stalking two, a felony, a serious charge. looks like she comes under the

statute. want to see if the bronx d.a. charges stalking 2. students have sued yet but they have a pretty defacto case. turn about is fair play. >> dana: brian kohberger. his parents. he is the accused in the four idaho murders. his parents are going to be in front of a grand jury because there was a woman, 45-year-old woman, her remains were found late last month and went missing in may of 2022. there is a question of whether or not he was involved in this. apparently has a tight alibi but the pair vents to show up at the grand jury. >> if you look at the reporting. this is grand jury testimony, supposed to be secret. so this is single source anonymous. we have to be careful. according to the reporting he has the alibi, parents are into the grand jury here. what's also there is a sharing order. according to the reporting, whatever happens in pennsylvania

will be allowed to be shared out in idaho. again, secret testimony shared in idaho. you have to say why. some place there needs to be an assessment likely by the prosecutors in pennsylvania, in consultation with idaho, that there is something in the mix here that could impinge on the idaho case. is there something in common the way the deaths occurred? we know miss smithers was found dead 30 miles from kohberger's residence. why would they want it in idaho if the case is unrelated? also this. this wreaks of pressure being put on kohberger's parents and you say to yourself why? some issue of a cover-up? something that happened this they can speak to. statements he made when he got back to pennsylvania? why is it they are pressuring the parents in a grand jury to talk about something their son may very well have done.

>> bill: a source based on the reporting says he has a solid alibi that he wasn't around at that time. >> they may be looking to validate that alibi. one of the things people don't realize digital evidence is not forever. and one of the things that may go to his alibi is let's say the kind of stuff that we saw out in idaho which was phone pings. not every phone carrier holds onto that data forever. a lot of that stuff sunsets. his alibi may not be quite as tight as alleged. single source anonymous. we don't know what's going on in the grand jury. neither does he. no matter what his parents say to him he will not know what they said in the grand jury. he has to worry about that. if his parents are in any way found in contempt of the grand jury in pennsylvania because they don't cooperate because they are under subpoena. they could be imprisoned. more pressure on kohberger.

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>> dana: the fight for the first amendment is now in the docket. a michigan state university professor is now being sued for allegedly forcing her students to pay $99 each to an organization that supports her left wing political causes.

joining us now is one of the students who filed a lawsuit with the alliance defending freedom. great to have you, nathan, tell me what it was like when he first found out you had to pay this fee? >> yeah. i was completely shocked. to find out through social media posts that your money is going to causes that are extremely left wing and just against your ideological beliefs, it was truly heartbreaking. >> dana: did you know where the money was going? >> we found posts that said planned parenthood. that was the first one that stuck out. there were other causes and things that were involved. that was like the main one that students caught onto. seeing that we just knew something had to happen because that's not right. that's immoral. >> dana: when you had to give the money did you feel if you didn't give the money that your grades would suffer? >> oh, you couldn't pass the class. it was this platform rebellion

was fully required to do pretty much anything in the class. >> dana: it seems unbelievable. tyson, tell me a little about this case. >> you know, professors can't force students to fund their political ideology as a requirement for a required course. that's what happened here. the professor forced all the students to join this website called the rebellion and said that she wasn't going to -- they later find out she put a facebook post that said all proceeds, 100% would go to planned parenthood. there was a platform that michigan state has that they can do the exact same thing. they forced the students to pay $1 hundred and no benefit. no curriculum required or necessary for this website. the first amendment prohibits that. the government can't compel students to fund speech that they disagree with as a requirement for passing a course. >> dana: it is unbelievable this went on. a statement from the school so we can get it out there. the university does not comment on pending litigation.

i will note that the professor is not currently employed by the university and the college of business universities has reimbursed the students. nathan, i wonder about other professors. would they have known this was going on? >> you know, i can't really speak for that. i would imagine it couldn't have been completely private. for that many students to be affected. we're talking $60,000 in one semester. somebody has to know it. >> dana: what was the rv for? >> to supposedly take a trip around the country gathering together rebels to fight the patriarchy is what we're told. >> dana: what's the lesson we learned here, nathan? >> keep your eyes open and don't be afraid to speak up. you never -- we didn't know off

the start and just noticing weird patterns throughout the class and seeing why do we have this platform when michigan state offers a platform that does the same thing and more for free to students? understanding that and just question it. why are we using this platform? look deeper. >> dana: what are you studying there? >> finance. >> dana: i think you are going to go very far. your future is bright. tyson, last word. >> well, i just think students need to be able to stand up like nathan does. when public universities violate their rights they need to take a stand for that because public universities should be the marketplace of ideas. they shouldn't be an echo chamber for one ideology. so we're thankful students like nathan and nolan are standing up and hoping they can make a change and it will go across the country. >> dana: fascinating story. thank you both for coming on. nathan, good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >> bill: meanwhile the debt ceiling talks have been at a

halt. house speaker kevin mccarthy telling us last hour progress is made. they worked until midnight last night. last hour he was with us on where negotiations stand as of now. >> i don't know if we have a deal today. we worked well past midnight last night and we did make progress yesterday but still have a number of items that need to get through. we're spending more than we've ever spent in history since the democrats took the majority and the most debt. our debt is larger than the entire economy. we have to get this right. the republicans passed the bill in april. i sat down with the president february 1st. he said he wouldn't talk to me for 97 days. we have a short time frame we're trying to get this done. i have had numerous discussion with the president about this. we've gone round and round and he knows where we are and we know where our differences are. we'll get this done. i think it's a benefit to be underestimated. >> dana: the house goes into recess this weekend. kevin mccarthy has told members

don't leave the country. you need to be able to get back here in case they have a deal. >> bill: the deadline is june 1st. see whether or not. >> dana: do you believe the year is going so fast. >> bill: see whether or not it holds or they can get a decision on that. they could work it out. >> dana: i think the white house, everybody gets a hand to play and they played their cards very badly on this one. we'll maybe have news later. >> bill: also today we fondly remember the voice and talent of tina turner. ♪ >> bill: that's energy, performer like no other. the music world mourning the loss of tina turner. that makes the hemmer celebrity news. she died at the age of 83 yesterday at her home in switzerland. her career spanned five decades and influence cannot be overstated.

here are some of the tributes. my beloved queen. mick jagger, she helped me so much when i was young and i will never forget her. dionne warwick, not only will i miss her but the entire world will also find this void in their lives. she gave a lot. had a great time doing it and lived a life. >> dana: a couple of years ago i was able to go to the tina turner musical on broadway and touring in chicago and london. if you have a chance it's a great tribute. >> bill: sounds great. >> dana: authorities charging a suspect in a vicious attack on the new york stub way. victim has left paralyzed. new developments on a san francisco crime crisis. city officials calling for order and getting some major push back in the process. >> only new thing about is the collateral damage. the deaths of people. people are dying because of drugs they're buying as we stand. we don't need anymore political

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>> dana: families of crime victims refuse to stay silent. this suspect is accused of shoving a woman against the side of a moving new york city subway. the attack left her instantly paralyzed. now the woman's husband making an urgent plea to mayor adams saying this. it is crucial for the mayor to recognize that prioritizing the safety and security of the city's residents is vital for their well-being and prosperity. the suspect is charged with attempted murder and assault. >> we can't keep speaking out of both sides of our mouth. on the one hand we want change and we want to hold people accountable, and on the other hand we're willing to let people get away with murder.

>> the mayor in san francisco. london breed addressing the city's crime crisis. the democrat tried to hold a meeting in a part of town known as an open air drug market. reception was not kind. michael shellenberger is the founder of environmental progress in new york. thanks for coming to the east coast. the mayor also said compassion is killing people. we have to change what's happening. it is too easy to get drugs. they are dying under our watch. we have to do better. what we're doing is not working. so that's an admission, michael. >> it is although she said the thing almost a year and a half ago and didn't do anything. this is a person that lacks leadership. i don't think there is any question she will be voted out of office in a year and a half. i think this city is out of control. every time we think it's hit rock bottom it discovers a new bottom. someone threw a brick at her yesterday and it hit a high school student. they had to evacuate the mayor from the scene because it was so

chaotic in an open air drug market where the mayor herself had created a supervised drug site that invited in drug dealers across the street and allowed people to smoke feat nall and meth. >> dana: why have and event there? >> they are out to lunch. they talk to themselves in a bubble. they don't understand how bad the situation is on the street. these are folks that don't actually go downtown anymore. you go to san francisco's downtown right now and it is like a zombie apocalypse. you come to new york and i'm wow, all the people on street enjoying the city. >> bill: depends on where you are. >> large parts of san francisco. the epicenter of the a.i. boom. the major tech capital of the world. it has been turned over to open air drug scenes and dealing. all run by drug cartels. it is as bad as people imagine. the latest as we were talking about before is that there is actually -- we have now discovered there are feces that

cover so many of the san francisco streets in part because of all of the homeless drug addicts. >> you need leadership. the rating in san francisco for some of the hardest-hit areas. street litter 64% moderate to severe. sidewalk pavement defects 75%. moderate to severe. graffiti 71% moderate to severe. >> you would never guess this is the richest city in the country with the most billionaires anywhere. $1 hundred million a year just to clean the streets and they can't keep them clean. there is graffiti everyone. chaos. 540 police officers short of what we need for a minimum to maintain basic order. when you can't protect the mayor in a public space you've lost the plot. >> dana: there is a consideration that the city wants to move forward, perhaps, on a reparations proposal. call for number four. the cost of san francisco's reparation proposal nearly $6 hundred thousand per household.

"new york times" headline can reparations bring black residents back to san francisco saying san francisco has proposed the nation's most ambitious reparations plan. $5 million cash payments and housing aid to bring people back? will this work? >> it's a racist initiative on its face. we should not be giving people money based on the color of their skin. this is not what dr. king wanted in his march on washington where we want to get beyond all of that. we did do reparations in the past for the actual victims of government mistakes such as the japanese internment camps. in this case we talk about 150 years has passed. this is based on race and i just think none of us in california want that. we have rejected racial preferences twice at the ballot in california. this is not aligned with our values. >> bill: michael, good to see you. you live in berkeley. so you are on the east bay,

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>> harris: awful timing for president biden to be sinking if brand-new fox polling on his leadership. those numbers coming out as florida governor ron desantis joins the formidable gop presidential field. target stores confused about what to do with the woke merchandise they keep moving all over the place. remember who decides what they want to buy? the customers. ask bud light. texas congressman dan crenshaw, tammy bruce, raymond, arroyo, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> having a protection dog means everything to me because i know that my dog, mash, will get me out of trouble if i'm really in trouble. it is like a car. you know, do you want to just buy something that gets you to a

to z or get something that will last a long time and keep you safe and not break down on the road? >> dana: the woman is taking no chances at all with a rising crime wave. more people are forking over bucks for highly trained guard dogs. a boom for business. they are of high value. william la jeunesse live in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning, dana. that woman is a real estate agent. the dog goes in and clears the house. most dogs aren't trained to attack people. these guys are. but also to release. they are like a 24-hour alarm system. deterrent and you don't have to wait for police to arrive. where you go, they go. >> people don't feel safe anymore. i'm giving them a solution you don't have to kill somebody. you don't have to use a gun. just have peace of mind. you have a protection dog. >> man's best friends are upping

their game. >> your alarm system is great and can let you know there is a threat outside. but it won't engage in the threat itself. protection dogs are ready to go at any given time. >> with crime up double digits in major cities many are turning to trainers look thick in north hollywood. >> i'm short on dogs because there is so much demand. >> demand for high-end puppies and protection dogs. >> may not be at home all the time having this. i know my family is safe. >> bobby took the dog home as a puppy but returns twice a week for protection training. >> your dog knows everything but you have to learn it as well like gun safety. you learn how to handle a dog. it's a weapon. >> release. even apologize. prices range from several thousand to 150 grand for a fully trained personal

protection dog delivered to your door. owners say it's worth it. >> i'm a real estate agent and sometimes i'm alone at houses. having a protection dog means everything to me. >> they're protection and companion. they come and you give them kisses. the best of both worlds. >> you know, dana, at that price they aren't for everybody. but some people, because of who they are or what they do want a level three executive protection dog and they'll pay for it. >> dana: super interesting. thank you, william. any dog is a deterrent, i believe. i remember when elizabeth smart was found when she returned home. two golden retrievers. i asked the question. they got the dogs afterwards. an extra layer of protection even if you don't that big training. >> bill: we had a lot of german sheep arts growing up. airlines trying to get to the bottom of close calls this year

including an incident at jfk in new york. two planes clipped on the tarmac there. also checking into two near collisions on the runway. one in new york and the other in austin, texas. they're holding closed door meetings if washington to brainstorm on possible explanations. some say the personnel shortages from the pandemic could be a factor. we'll check that out over the weekend and hope everything stays safe. >> dana: safe as can be is what you want. you want no distractions. you want things to be smooth smooth. before we go. i love local news, always have. i love local weather. an unexpected guest startling a meteorologist in florida. >> a mix of sun and fair weather clouds. oh, the bird startled me. >> bill: it must be a camera on a light pole on the beach. boom, she got it. >> dana: look at the weather forecast in fort lauderdale. everything is looking good.

you guys will have a great weekend. >> bill: good in the northeast. finger crossed. janice dean told me hemmer, ask me and i'll tell you the forecast. i said winds from the north. >> dana: you get personalized forecast from janice dean? >> i think i'm special. >> dana: you are. i'll give you the fox weather app for free. download it today. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: the republican bench for 2024 got deeper. they are shot to replace joe biden. where is nation's commander-in-chief? headed out of town. camp david. the beaches of delaware. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." after months of hinting, florida governor ron desantis officially has announced his presidential bid that happened last night. he calls it the great american comeback.

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