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the tentative agreement signed, sealed and ready to be delivered to congress for a vote later this week. the challenge now is getting both sides of the aisle to agree on it. good morning. i'm griff jenkins. hour three. >> julie: a three-hour tour. i'm julie banderas. welcome to a new hour of fox news live. some details. it raises the debt ceiling for two years while rolling back discretionary spending and capping any increase in spending for the next six years. both biden and mccarty taking their respective victory laps. >> president biden: no one got everything they want but that's the responsibility of governing. and this is a deal that's good news for i believe you will see for the american people. the agreement prevents default for the first time in our nation's history. >> the language on an agreement with the president that is worthy of the american people.

it doesn't get everything everybody wanted but in divided government that's where we end up. it is a very positive bill. >> julie: member of the budget committee is here to weigh in but let's go to peter doocy. >> officials at the white house are saying now their part is done and it is up to speaker mccarthy to figure out how to sell this bill where the headline is a debt ceiling raise through 2025 to his people. >> this deal was compromise but this compromise protects the key investments made over the last two years in our infrastructure space, climate investments. but neither side gets everything that they want. >> that word she used there compromise seemed impossible earlier this year when white house officials said that would not be happening. >> we will not be doing any negotiation over the debt ceiling. what we're saying this should be done without conditions.

>> this deal raises the debt limit through january 2025 and limits new spending elsewhere. some conservatives were hoping for deeper cuts and others say they're worried about the impact on confronting china. >> i have real concerns. i think this does a lot of good. my concerns are national security and i think the number one job of the federal government is to keep us safe. i know there are those out there who say look at the billions we spend on defense. >> last week president biden said he wouldn't raise the debt limit by himself with the 14th amendment. he thought court challenges would take too long. now he is saying the idea is off the table forever. >> president biden: the idea that we would at a later date, a year or two from now decide the 14th amendment, how that actually would impact whether or not you need to do the debt limit every year. that's another day. >> there is going to be a vote

on this in the house on wednesday or thursday. if it goes down, they have to pass something by next monday or else there is going to be a default. >> julie: 72 hours and counting we'll see. thank you very much, peter doocy live from the white house. >> griff: hugo gurdon says it's republicans who came out on top in the debt ceiling deal. >> it is clear the republicans have been winning this one all the way along. of course the republicans didn't get everything they want. kevin mccarthy said they wouldn't right from the start. what joe biden did right at the beginning was to say we're not negotiating. and then he had to negotiate. >> griff: michael burgess of texas, a member of the house budget committee, joins us. congressman, what say you? was this a win for you guys? and will it get finally done? >> so griff, good morning to you. thank you for the work you are

doing this memorial day. it is hard to know really if it's a win. the save and grow act that the house passed previous i voted for and thought it was a win. now there has been some recalculation from that position and quite honestly we got this at 7:00 or 8:00 last night and i'm working through the bill, fortunately for me it is not terribly long. 99 pages in total. where i'm focused is on the permitting reform that was such a big part of the limit, save and grow act. the language is different in this bill. for me personally i have to figure out why it is different and if that difference still allows the permitting certainty that we had all sought in the previous bill. >> griff: a new op-ed from the

speaker mccarthy himself saying this. he says wasteful government doesn't have to keep growing. the american people know that democrat spending addiction has caused significant problems including the inflation that has broken family budgets, rabid interest rate hikes in response to inflationary spending caused three of the largest bank failures in history in the past several months. what is your sort of assessment of how your speaker has navigated this? democrats came in months ago accusing you guys of being hostage takers on it but here we have the dell congratulate balancing act on behalf of speaker mccarthy. it is not entirely done. even in the rules committee, which you know has to get this out, there are dissenters in there with chip roy and ralph norman already. >> yeah, i'm on the rules committee myself, griff. i will have to be voting on this

probably tomorrow afternoon. but look, i am grateful for the work that the speaker did. i think we're in a much better position today than we were at the start of this congress because of the work of the speaker. i would have never believed that there would be a hard you have to pass the appropriations bills by september 30th or you will get a 1% cut. now i would have liked to perhaps have seen a little bit deeper cut than 1% but i'll take that. that's the first time that congress will have spent less money in the next year than it did the previous year. that's a big deal. a big win for the speaker and something we all asked for. might have had a little bit higher penalty for not passing the appropriations bills, but look, this is a start. it has never been done before. so that's a good thing. >> griff: and as you -- i forget you are a member of rules

committee. is there one specific thing that is a sticking point for you in this? and do you foresee your colleagues, democrats having any sticking points in this? >> i can't speak to what the democrats' position will be. they pretty much opposed us in the rules committee. it will be a republican-only effort in the rules committee. i am not a big fan of not -- of legislating to a specific number but rather suspending the debt limit for two years, that is when you don't know what the price tag s it's hard to know what you are spending. for me the biggest part where i have been focusing on the language is on the permitting reform. it is different. it is difficult front from the language passed out of committee and the floor in the limit, save and grow act. the big energy bill. i need to be certain that we're

giving the regulatory certainty to companies that we have promised in the limit, save and grow act. that has been my main focus right now. >> griff: congressman, thank you for taking time to join us this memorial day. we shall be watching as this plays out. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> julie: millions of americans back on the road and in the air this holiday weekend in a big, big way after years of low travel due to covid, this year memorial day rush is hitting pre-pandemic levels. casey stiegel has more from dallas/fort worth airport. >> outbound air travel is staggered. you know how that goes. some people leave monday, tuesday and take the week before the holiday off. well now today is the rush day. today is the one that is expected to be the busiest when everyone is hitting the road and everyone is getting back to the airports to catch their flights

home. it could get congested. out of the estimated nearly 4.3 million travelers that are flying by air this memorial day weekend per aaa, 1 million will come through this airport in dallas. weather across the country is holding. the flight aware misery map not that miserable. 234 delays and seven cancellations reported. chicago o'hare has the most. in general, travel experts say if you think it is busy now, wait until the dog days of summer. >> we expect this to be a record-setting start to the summer travel season and based on the way bookings are looking there is a good chance this summer could be one for the history books as well. >> many feared a repeat of traffic tangles with the christmas holiday. fortunately nothing like that to report. >> julie: good news. stacy stiegel live from dallas.

>> griff: you are looking live at arlington national cemetery. president biden about to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. it reads here rests an american soldier known but to god. a tradition of so many presidents. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ [band playing "star spangled banner." ]

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>> i just want what's best for the party. it just is what is best. the money and support has been lined up. a pathway to win. all those boxes are checked and family is on board. i have to make sure it's right for the party and me. >> we'll hear a decision in june. is that right? >> i think very soon. i don't do coy very well. when i start doing something i'm 120% in. pretty soon we'll make a decision. probably next week or two and we'll either be go or no go. >> julie: chris sununu could expand the 2024gop field. currently seven declared

candidates in the race so far. former president trump and florida governor ron desantis heading to iowa. he will hold a kickoff event in des moines tomorrow and make several stops across the hawkeye state and thursday trump plans to speak with voters in urbandale outside the capital city. here is how they match up now. trump holding a commanding 33-point lead over desantis in the latest fox news poll. ron desantis there at 20%. here is our own dana perino sizing up the race. >> president trump did lend a heavy hand to help ron desantis initially when he ran for governor. he thinks desantis going against him now is disloyal but doesn't say the same thing about mike pence. nikki haley worked for president trump as well. for some reason president trump zeros in on the disloyalty of

ron desantis. we have to see over the next few weeks is desantis can throw a punch, land a punch, take a punch and get off the mat. >> julie: trump cannot dismiss governor desantis and never faced a gop candidate like this before. tim hogan, former communications director for aim owe globe char and ashley gates an official under goop -- davis. sorry about that. let me start with you, ashley, trump holds a sizeable lead over desantis in the latest fox news polling. there is an op-ed that trump can't dismiss ron desantis. i know he sees loyalty as a big reason why he hates him. i don't know if he really hates him. politically he doesn't like him because he is running against him. what say you? >> well, i also think that they are going after the same group of people. they have -- the same group of

people that are 26, 27, 28% of the vote that are either trump or desantis people and you have the rest of the field that are going after all the other republican nominees. so i think the reason that he is going after him so hard is one, as we all know ron desantis became very popular during covid. he has been a good governor but he has also failed over the last couple of months in regards to some of his policies that has taken especially high donors in the republican party to at least take a pause on him. so i think you consider and you will continue to see president trump going after desantis as long as they are both in the race. >> julie: i'm glad she brought up the money aspect because a lot of super pacs are getting behind ron desantis and huge sporters of trump when he ran for president. in the first 24 hours within his announcement i believe desantis raised something like $8.3 million which beats the

record taken by biden back in 2019 in the first 24 hours after he announced his entry. he has some big money behind him now. it doesn't mean to say that money buys everything but it does not hurt. >> it's true but ultimately comes down to the candidate. i think what dana perino said in the lead-up here is right. can he land a punch and take a punch or is he just going to go through this primary not drawing a contrast with trump trying to be the trump-like alternative when trump is in the race? i'm not sure it makes sense. he was on "fox & friends" this morning still not drawing a contrast with the former president. we had trump saying that we should just default in negotiations for the debt ceiling. no one stepped up and drew a contrast there, either. a whole conversation, chris sununu is talking about in that interview does the party need saving? it doesn't seem like with the polling you just showed that right now they want an alternative to trump and that might be where the gop ends up in 2024. >> julie: trump and desantis

will be heading to iowa this week. on thursday trump plans to speak with vote herbs in urbandale. a "new york times" piece with the headline trump looks like he will get the 2024 crowd he wants. the more candidates, the better. it is a matter of math. each new entrant threatens to steal a small piece of mr. desantis's potential coalition. i think that's why i believe desantis, ashley, is sort of towing a fine line. he doesn't want to tee off voters who were in the trump camp if he wants to bring them to his side. those crowds, you know trump can bring them. can desantis? that's the question. >> yeah, i also don't know how much i appreciate "the new york times" commentary on the republican party. but however i do think that you also have a lot of other good candidates that are still going to get in.

you have governor christie that will probably get in. governor sununu 61% maybe getting in and maybe governor youngkin and former governor nikki haley. you have a really good group of candidates that can still take on both of these candidates. and i think that you are seeing and the reason you are seeing a lot of these candidates get in is because of desantis and trump maybe taking votes away from each other but maybe there is another candidate that could come in behind them. >> julie: it will be a crowded field. tim, final word. >> trump loves every additional candidates draws in. if he is using $ten and talking about the woke college accreditation cartel. >> julie: the twitter announcement was week. a bigger platform. you couldn't hear the first 25 minutes of it. that was a bit of a risk. anyway, tim hogan and ashley davis. thank you for talking to us.

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>> julie: israel just launched another counter terror operation in the west bank. the overnight raids came after a palestinians gunman opened fire on two israeli areas near the security barrier. we have the latest with trey. >> overnight isly forces conducted raids in seven areas of the west bank. 15 people arrested and one palestinian killed.

troops say they came under heavy gunfire. according to an isly military statement militants fired weapons and soldiers operating in the area. the israeli forced responding wounding seven people and killing one. the funeral for that man identified as a 37-year-old was held today. mourners trailed by gunmen carried his body through the streets. the raids come after palestinian gunmen fired on two israeli areas yesterday near the security barrier. one is an israeli settlement. at the vents triggered a manhunt for the gunman believed from islamic jihad. israeli forces killed 260 palestinians in the last year. majority were militants. civilians and children were among the dead. 50 people have been killed.

ongoing raids to make arrests and gather weapons have drawn criticism from u.s. allies across the world. we do know, though, the israelis say they will continue with the efforts saying they'll continue settlement expansion, another controversial topic. julie. >> julie: thank you, trey. >> griff: this next video could be disturbing. newly released footage shows the dramatic moments leading up to a shoot-out between a driver and passenger on a city transit bus in charlotte, north carolina. [gunshots] wow, transit authorities say the fire fight broke out after an apparent disagreement over letting the rider off between stops. charles watson has more on all of this. hey, charles. >> good morning, griff. absolutely shocking shoot-out that happened while innocent bystanders were on board a

charlotte area transit system bus earlier this month. look at the video. it is absolutely shocking. on it you see the driver appear to open fire on the passenger to his right who looks like he already has a gun in his hand before they begin shooting at each other while the bus is still moving. it started because the passenger, a 25-year-old was angry because the driver denied his request to let him off the bus before the next stop. tobias begins to provoke the driver, to hit him. as they argue for some time the 22-year-old pulls out a gun moments before both men start shooting within close range of one another as bullets fly, passengers like joshua davis duck for cover and try to pry open the back door to escape the bullets fired in their direction. >> my instincts when i seen guns and heard gunshots is get to the floor. i thank god i didn't get shot

and that i'm here. >> the bus system in charlotte says we want to acknowledge this incident is a tragic expression of the gun violence in our community. we're committed to doing what we can to address this with our partners at cmpd and ratp who employ and manage the bus operators. tobias and the bus driver, tobias is charged with several crimes. the 22-year-old who has been arrested a few times over the last couple of years has been before a judge and was granted a $250,000 bond that he has yet to post. the bus driver is recovering from a gunshot wound to the arm. unfortunately he is without a job, griff. >> griff: terrifying video. charles watson, thank you. >> julie: target is paying the price for going woke.

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>> griff: we want to go back to arlington national cemetery where defense secretary lloyd austin is delivering remarks and set to introduce president biden for his memorial day remarks. the two were accompanying vice president harris as well just moments ago, we showed you the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, an important and sacred tradition by the commander-in-chief, along with defense secretary every

year. this year certainly special as always. we'll listen in a little bit as secretary austin begins the introduction to president biden. >> long been a champion of our men and women in uniform. of the military families who serve right alongside them. on this day of sorrow and service, it is my absolute honor to introduce the president of the united states. [applause] >> president biden: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. please. 155 years ago, retired union general james garfield spoke here at arlington marking our

nation's first memorial day. standing in rows and rows of marble stones, many of his own fallen soldiers among them, he asked what brought these men here? what high motive led them to welcome death? and the answer to his own question, should our nation's life. my fellow americans, jill, vice president harris, second gentleman and secretary austin and mcdonagh and general milley appeared most importantly veterans, servicemen and women and their survivors, today we once again gather in this sacred place at this solemn hour to honor fallen heroes. to once again stand amid the

rows and rows of marble stones and bear witness to the brave women and men who served and sacrificed for our freedom and for our future. those who died so our nation might live, every year as a nation we undertake this right of remembrance. we must never forget the price that was paid to protect our democracy. we must never forget the lives, these flags, flowers, and marble markers represent. a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a sister or spouse, a friend, an american. every year we remember and every

year it never gets easier. to all those here and across the nation who are grieving the loss of a loved one who wore the uniform, our gold star families, for all those with loved ones still missing and unaccounted for, i know how painful it can be, how it -- rip open the black hole in the center of your chest. you feel like you are sinking into it. bringing you back to that exact moment you heard that knock on the door or the telephone ring. the exact moment you had to tell your children that mom or dad would not be coming home. the hurt is still real, it is

still raw. tomorrow marks eight years since we lost our son, beau. our losses are not the same. he didn't perish in the battlefield. it was cancer that stole him from us a year after being deployed as a major in the united states army national guard in iraq. as it is for so many of you, the pain of loss his with us every day but particularly sharp on memorial day. still clear tomorrow's anniversary, but so is the pride jill and i feel in his service, i can still hear him say dad, it's my duty, dad.

it's my duty, duty. that was the code my son lived by and all those you lost lived by. it is the creed that millions of service members that followed in the fields of yorktown to the shores of normandy, to the rice paddies in vietnam, to the valleys of kandahar and the mountains of sin -- and many never returned home. throughout history, these women and men lay down their lives not for a place or a person or a president, but for an idea unlike any other idea in all of human history. the idea -- the idea of the united states of america. this sanctuary honors that sacrifice and tells their

stories, and in turn it tells our story, the american story, a story of the patriot who died to deliver a nation, where everyone is entitled to certain rights, among them life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. thousands of soldiers who shed their blood to make these words real. the story of brave american who fought the forces of fascism and died. in section 60 of arlington and across our nation, the story of the women and men who sacrificed everything to keep democracy safe and secure during the last two decades. each of them -- each of them a link in a chain of honor that

stretches back to our founding fathers in those days. unbreaking, unbending, not just in their duty and devotion, but something even deeper, in their faith in us, their faith in us. that we will be worthy of their sacrifice. our service members have always embodied the highest expectations of our democracy. they have always held faith in our country and all that we could be. a citadel of liberty, a beacon of freedom, for our democracy is our strength. the wellspring of possibilities and the source of endless, endless renewal. it's how we've been able to constantly change and adapt through the centuries. it is why we've always emerged from every challenge we face

stronger than we ended it. it is how we come together as one nation, united. and why there is nothing we can't do in america when we do it together. the truth we celebrate this year as we mark 75 years of a desegregated military, 75 years of women's full integration. 50 years when all volunteer force. throughout the anals of history our troops from fought and died for our country. today their service and sacrifice and that of their families echoes far beyond those silent stones out there. we see the strength of our nato

alliance built from the bonds that we forged in the fires of two world wars. we see it in the troops standing sentinel on the korean peninsula preserving peace with our allies. we see it in every base, barrack and vest ill around the globe why our military serves and stands as a force for good in the world. and just as they've kept the ultimate faith to our country and democracy, we must keep the ultimate faith to them. as a nation, and people have heard me say this for a long time. as a nation, we have many obligations, but i believe we have only one truly sacred obligation, to prepare those we send into harm's way and care

for them and their families when they come home and when they don't. it's a sacred obligation not based on party or politics, but on a promise, a promise to unite all of us. there is nothing more important, nothing more sacred, nothing more american. together over the last 2 1/2 years we worked to make good on that promise passing more than 25 bipartisan laws to support our service members, their families, caregivers and survivors. that includes the pact acth, most significant law in our nations history where millions of veterans were exposed to burn pits during their military service. pits the size of football fields that incinerate the wastes of war such as tires, chemicals,

jet fuels and more. to many of our nation's warriors they returned home and suffered from the permanent effects of this poisonous smoke. too much have died. excuse the personal reference like my son, beau, or sergeant first class robinson for whom the act is named. last year, after i signed the pact act, i handed the pen to his daughter. she and her grandmother are with us today. after i handed her the pen, this beautiful little girl who is sitting over there, thank you for waving, baby. [applause]

who lost half of her world, her whole world, held the pen in her hand and looked at me and said thank you for my daddy. thank you for my daddy. god love you, honey. but i don't think she was just thanking me. she was thanking all of us, everyone who fought so hard and came together to keep our promise to our veterans, to keep the faith of our heroes. on this day, we come together again to reflect, to remember, but above all to recommit to the future of our fallen heroes fought for. that generation of service members who died for a future grounded in freedom, democracy,

equality, tolerance, opportunity, and yes, justice. we use those words all the time. we have seen of late here and around the world that they have to continually be brought forth. not just for some, but for all. this is more important than just our system of government. it's the very soul of america. a soul that was forged by our nation's first patriots. a soul that triumphed over trials and testing less than a century later. a soul that endured because of the sacrifices of generations and generations of service members ever since. together we're not just the fortunate inheritors of their legacy, we must be the keeper of

their mission, the bearers of the flame of freedom that kept brurng bright for nearly 247 years. that is the truest memorial to their lives. our actions every day to insure that our democracy endures, our constitution endures and the soul of our nation and our decency endures. ladies and gentlemen, 155 years ago our ancestors stood here and asked themselves what brought our heroes to this hallowed ground? what high motive led these brave souls that general garfield said to welcome death? today we must ask ourselves what can we do, what must we do to pull the vision for which they lived and died? today it's on all of us -- all of us -- to insure that

sacrifice was not in vain. to keep working toward a more perfect union, one where all women and all men are created equal. we're the only nation in the world built on an idea. every other nation is formed based on things like geography, ethnicity, religion. we are the only nation in the world built on an idea and we are all created equal. we haven't always lived up to it. we've never walked away from it. and today standing together to honor those americans who dared all and gave all for our nation, we can say clearly we never will. god bless all those who gave their lives so our nation might live. god bless their families and may god protect our troops today and

always. thank you. [applause] >> griff: you've been watching president biden delivering memorial day remarks talking about the soul of america forged by our founders and the duty that the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice have paid in defending our freedoms and insuring that that democracy remained alive. the constitution of our foundation but yet the blood, sweat and tears of the men and women who made that sacrifice. >> julie: it was a poignant speech and spoke to the families who lost loved ones. spoke about his son. he does every memorial day. he did not die on the battle lines but died of cancer but he himself was a veteran. so we thank the president for these very important remarks to remind americans why we pause to remember on this memorial day. and as we mark memorial day, all across the united states with

parades and other events, americans remember the fallen service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. without them, we would not be here. memorial day is also the unofficial kickoff to summer. millions are expected to spend the day at the beach or barbecuing with friends and family and we have christina tollman with more from the pier in santa monica, california where many are >> that's right, lands of people all across this great country, are honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. go ahead and take a look at this video in upstate new york. hot air balloons over the state park and honoring the moral day this week and for the red, white and blue festival featured lease 20 hot air balloons. also, thousands attended the 19th annual bethpage airshow at jones beach new york. the headline of this year was the us air force thunderbirds. with this we can be in the unofficial kickoff to summer, many say they really appreciated spending this great time with their families. >> it's phenomenal, the

card is huge but well worth it! between the planes and the beautiful weather, summer on long island doesn't start until we have the bethpage airshow. >> and in the midwest, chicago's memorial day parade and wreath laying ceremony was held to honor our fallen heroes, and silver the freedoms that we have today. here on the west coast, 5822 names are read aloud to honor those who fought and sacrificed during the vietnam war. the event was held at the california vietnam veterans memorial, at capitol park in sacramento. >> from here they escaped vietnam to get here but the only way they were able to do it, because united states came and they assisted and helped and sent soldiers to give us courage and hope.

>> yeah, so, this meant a lot to so many families, and many more families are expected out here throughout the day, to wrap up this holiday weekend. back to you. >> it really was a beautiful holiday weekend. christina coleman, thank you very much. we got very lucky i don't remember, many of these haven't been such great for the weather. >> in a great speech from president biden. >> very touching. this has been great by the way always great to send memorial day with you and everyone every year. thank you for joining us, outnumbered his neck. >> the president giving his memorial day just moments ago. honoring the brave men and women, who died fighting for our countries freedom. the president paid his respects this morning with the wreath-laying ceremony, the annual tomb of the unknown soldier. for those whose remains have never been found or identified. it is important to remind ourselves, the true meaning of memorial day weekend. rememberg