he says it is not all about the money. it is also about attention, too. he is right about so much of that. more to come. a million dollars off and running. thank you for having me. a honor to be a part of it. >> dana: how does it look for next season? >> bill: pretty good. i won't jinx it. >> dana: "the faulkner focus" is up next. julie banderas is in for harris. >> julie: we begin with a fox news alert. canada's wildfires having a dramatic and dangerous affect on millions of americans. new york city's air quality is among the worst in the world but it is not alone. much of the country blanketed by hazy skies and toxic smoke coming from dozens of raging wildfires happening right now in canada. this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm julie banderas in for harris. be sure to tune in to fox news

tonight that she is hosting. being outside is as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. this advice there mayor adams minutes ago. >> new yorkers must take precaution. we recommend vulnerable new yorkers stay inside. all new yorkers should limit outdoor activity to the greatest extent possible. this is not a day to train for a marathon or to do an outside event with your children. stay inside, close windows and doors, and use air purifiers. >> julie: canada is reeling by one of its very worst wildfire seasons ever on record. the wind is carrying smoke from these out of control infernos south into the u.s. new york city's times square is covered in haze. unhealthy air is also engulfing parts of pennsylvania and delaware as far south as north carolina and northwest to

wisconsin. relief not expected for days. nate foye is live in new york city. i have never seen anything like this, wow. >> i can't say that i have, either, julie. that news conference from mayor adams happening in the past hour. you heard him telling new yorkers to stay inside. today is not the day to take your kids out to play and to close your windows. but you see behind me a lot of people are out here walking in central park. as you know, this is a city where people need to get to work and often taking the subway and walking to do that. a lot of people don't have a choice but to breathe in the air that could be quite dangerous even for people without respiratory issues. how deceptive it looks. you see people walking but look at the skyline in new york city. you can see that thick smoke still hovering over new york city and it is not just the tri state area dealing with this. millions of people are under air quality alerts in the northeast as well as the northern

midwestern states. chicago, we'll show you video shortly as far south as north carolina. now impacted. you mentioned it yesterday, last night new york city had the worst air quality in the entire world. here is new york city mayor eric adams moments ago talking about that. >> but anyone outdoors yesterday, you clearly saw that there was something that was happening in the city that was different. and it was sort of alarming to see. >> all this, of course, a result of those wildfires in canada. the country is bracing for its worst wildfire season ever. right now there are 400 wildfires across canada and over100 in quebec. look at new york city. there is an air quality health advisory for new york city and surrounding suburbs.

public schools in new york city and also buffalo will not have outdoor activities today as a result of this smoke. smoke also lingered over yankee stadium last night. look at this during the yankees game. more of these conditions expected in the coming days. fox weather team projects the smoke to linger through friday of this week. i mentioned it is not just the northeast. look at this next video. smoke also triggered an air quality alert in chicago. you also see detroit here on your screen. minnesota also dealing with similar conditions. areas are impacted all across the northern midwest. back out here live, conditions slightly better than they were last night but still in the unhealthy category. you heard mayor adams say stay inside particularly if you have respiratory issues, young children and older adults are particularly vulnerable. we'll send it back to you.

>> julie: in just a few minutes i'll talk with meteorologist amy about the health impacts and what you need to do to keep yourself and your family and pets safe. the gop field for the white house will be in double digits but just this afternoon. three new candidates all jumping in over the past two days. former vice president mike pence announcing two hours from now. north dakota governor burgum in an hour. and chris christie kicked off in new hampshire last night. the former v.p. could face an uphill battle and trump supporters still bitter over the 2020 election. mike pence making the case for his candidacy in a pre-launch video released just this morning. watch. >> we can turn this country around. different times call for different leadership. today our party and country need a leader that will appeal, as lincoln said, to the better

angels of our nature. >> julie: mark meredith is in des moines, iowa where mike pence makes it official in a couple hours. hey there, mark. >> good morning. two hours from now it will be happening in the building behind me. the former vice president expected to talk a lot about the accomplishments he secured during the trump-pence administration. he is highlight his faith, family, career as government service. he rolled out a video today and tried to make his case about why he is running for president. >> our country is in a lot of trouble. president joe biden and the radical left have weakened america at home and abroad. the american dream is being crushed under runaway inflation. today before god and my family, i am announcing i'm running for president of the united states. >> pence will face an uphill

battle in the race despite national name recognition. trump continues to call him disloyal and the former vice president has repeatedly pushed back saying he had no authority to reject the 2020 electoral college vote. we expect north dakota's governor to jump into the race. doug burgum says his business experience may appeal to voters who are unhappy with the u.s. economy. but south dakota's governor says she has her doubts there is a path for the governor. >> doug burgum is a nice man. what is interesting to me all the people that keep jumping into this race have to show us how they'll win. i don't know how we'll win. the more people they get in strengthens president trump and everybody keeps asking the wrong questions here. >> i've been looking to see whether or not we would see any attacks from the former president against his old running mate mike pence. so far he has been keeping his attacks on chris christie who julie, as you mentioned,

announced just last night. >> julie: mike pence set to go toe-to-toe with donald trump. a vice president president running against the president he served in office has only happened twice. the last time in 1800. vice president thomas jefferson challenged president john adams. we have our power panel now. will heard from texas, mark penn former clinton advisor and pollster. thank you for talking to us. so will, it is sort of been suspected mike pence would throw his hat in the ring. an uphill battle. he is not as dynamic of a personality but appeals to the reagan conservative base, if you will. what do you see his chances as being here among this vast field, will? >> if the election was today, he has no chance. the election is not today. ultimately here is what i think. options are always good.

i don't subscribe to the narrative that too many candidates in the race will help donald trump. the republican party is not the party of group think. but the question we should be asking ourselves is who can we' elect that can win in november? if we want to do things like bend back inflation, address the national debt. address the federal deficit and want to fix the border problem. the crisis happening at the border. if we want to win the cold war with china we need to win in november. we know donald trump can. a proven loser. we know we lost the house in 2018 because of him. lost the white house and senate in 2020 and the red wave didn't materialize. he hasn't grown his brand with independents and conservative democrats. that's the question republicans should be asking ourselves. if we elect donald trump, then we are willingly going to lose

to joe biden in 2024. >> julie: i want to bring that up. a couple things against him. for those maga supporters, the hard core trump supporters, they will see mike pence as a sell-out by turning his back not only on the president because, of course, donald trump is running for president, also they blame him for what they call stolen election. as we know the facts turned out to prove those theories. you've got that. then you have the other side that says look, we want a change. we want nothing to do with the former administration and therefore by reelecting a former vice president under the trump administration you don't get that, either. you are damned if you do or don't if you're mike pence. do you think it might be the case for him? >> well look, i think that the prognosis for mike pence in this race is not very good. a, because of what you said is he pro-trump or anti-trump, where did he come out on all this mess? he would say he is pro conviction and did what was right. the bottom line here is that he

was vice president for four years. he had tremendous national exposure. unlike the other candidates, the tim scotts who didn't have national exposure, if really vice president pence had a good shot, he would have very significant numbers in the polls today. he doesn't. so that suggests he is not going to really with this additional exposure get anywhere. i wonder really why he entered the race given this basic fact. >> julie: the former v.p. will try to disentangle himself from trump. pence's play will be to reintroduce himself as a tested conservative adding in an alternative universe mike pence might be leading the race for president in 2024. 12 years in the house, four as governor of indiana and then four as vice president. will, his conservative values,

okay? we haven't seen a staunch conservative in the white house in a while. old school republicans would like to see that back when it comes to abortion, he wants to enact banning abortion after 15 weeks and like to see the abortion pill be taken off the market all together. he is a christian. he would be obviously an appeal to the evangelical christians that very much want a conservative party figure. how much is personality going to play a role here. if you compare him to a ron desantis who also has very conservative values and views and the state of florida has been doing quite well since the pandemic, his personality stands out. that's where mike pence might be, i don't know, a little weaker as a candidate. >> we have to go back to the old school. do you want to have a beer with either one of those folks? >> julie: i say that every time i meet a new mom. would i drink with her? i guess it should apply to politics as well. >> people hang out. look, there is no question mike

pence is conservative. i enjoyed working with him when i was in congress. but again, he has four years is a lot of things to disentangle yourself from and so that will be a problem with a large part of voters. how does that help in november? we have to make sure we're putting somebody up who can appeal to independents and conservative democrats. that's the opportunity. joe biden's numbers are terrible. he is one of the worst polling at this time of any president. that's the opportunity for republicans and we have to make sure that we are putting forward a good candidate. we have to make sure we're making the case for a modern republican party. and i don't know if there are many candidates making that case. >> julie: look at joe biden. mark, he campaigned as a moderate but not a moderate whatsoever. i think this country would like to see a moderate.

it is hard to trust what we are electing into office these days. >> well, i think that's right. i think that the country has wanted a moderate for a long time. and people have run as moderates and then veered to the left or veered to the right and they are looking for, i think, the magic moderate in this election. we'll see if we get one or if they get the old choices. they'll be very dissatisfied. >> julie: pence said he never goes to an event without his wife is alcohol is served there. a follow up question as to why. i'm curious. i found it to be a fun fact. thank you both, appreciate it. later today newly minted candidate mike pence is joining america reports. it will be his first official interview post announcement at 2:30 eastern time. stay tuned to that. don't want to miss it. the big apple is in big trouble.

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>> julie: haze and toxic smoke engulfing huge swaths of the united states. you see buffalo, new york on the left of your screen. the smoke's path on the right side. it is blowing south from raging wildfires in canada. officials in philadelphia, north carolina, new york city, all with dire health warnings over the air quality. millions of americans have been affected. i'll talk to fox weather's amy in a few minutes and she will tell us what we need to know, what we need to be doing and how long the dangerous situation will be dragging on. important information coming up. the united states and saudi arabia with a major deal. not on energy, but on golf. the pga tour announced it has partnered with saudi backed liv golf. the wall street editorial board. the pga and liv golf merger is

the revenge of the saudi pariah. many critics blast the merger with nine lev families say they feel betrayed. >> the saudis from infiltrated professional golf like they infiltrated our airspace september 11th when they sent their paid agents to create the support network needed for the 19 jihadists to hijack four commercial airplanes, carry out the worst terrorist attack this country ever witnessed murdering nearly 3,000 people on american soil and killing my husband. >> julie: antony blinken is meeting with the crown prince today amid strained relations. the talks come after the saudis said they will make a third cut in oil production. that's expected to spike prices here in the u.s.

jacque heinrich at the white house with more. this is head turner. >> a long way from the pga commissioner accusing saudis trying to buy the game of golf as they launched liv last summer. pga officials were talking about the human rights record should have disqualify them. their concerns weren't really about humans rights. the merger will help buy the crown prince influence and a new reputation after ordering the murder and dismember of of khashoggi while he continues to stick it to president biden restoring relations with iran in an agreement brokered by china and cozying up to maduro and making cuts to oil production that will benefit russia and drive up prices late this year and also early next year. u.s. energy administration projects. a "wall street journal"

editorial today says is saudi arabia's crown prince trolling president biden? over the weekend -- call it the revenge of the pariah to borrow mr. biden for mbs. the biden cabinet is not wanting to talk about it. >> i don't have anything to say about that today. i am just -- i have no comment on that today. >> look, i certainly will be in line with my colleague and say the same. i won't be commenting on that particular merger. >> i don't have anything for you on the golf situation. [questions shouted] >> the president's joke he plans on being in the pga might be all he can do, is joke unless his

department of justice takes a look whether the merger violates any antitrust laws. >> julie: all right. thank you very much, jacque heinrich. new york city is still overwhelmed by the ongoing migrant crisis. mayor eric adams trying to find housing for the thousands of migrants. he suggests putting them in churches and private homes. police say a migrant hit a hotel worker with a no parking sign for getting kicked out for unruly behavior. a new drug machine giving out free crack pipes and narcan. that is to produce a drug that will prevent an overdose. you can do all the drugs you watch and take narcan and we give it to you for free. it was cleaned out in a day. drug users have mixed reaction. they should restock quickly and the crack pipes are too thin. they aren't the only ones unhappy. brooklyn residents want the

machine gone. >> crack pipe vending machine in your neighborhood? how do you feel about that? >> crack vending machine, are you serious? >> it promotes more abuse, more miss use and doesn't help the people. >> do you think your neighborhood will get safer >> i don't think so. eric adams put the vending machine out there. what do you want to tell him? >> take it back. that's all. >> julie: i basically would say the exact same thing. op-ed warns giving out free crack pipes is government-assisted suicide. tammy bruce, fox news contributor and host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. this is the most stupid thing i heard a democratic city do in all my years. we have a crime problem. let's add to it and make accessing crack pipes easier. >> it will only get worse. nothing gets better. this is beyond assisted suicide.

it is an abandonment of their constituents. they would rather assist you to become a zombie. you can use meth in the pipe, crack, whatever you want to do and it normalized that behavior. we have had people go to jail for like on texting or encouraging someone to commit suicide or talking them into it a little bit. what is this? the same dynamic. you have neighborhoods. there is a high overdose rate in this neighborhood. instead of being against the immigration crisis, right, wanting to close that border because that's where the drugs are coming in, the dynamic of people being so hopeless that the overdoses have increased, you might reflect on what you've done with your policy. not just new york. this is l.a., san francisco and new york for policy tests. this is what they plan for the country. normalizing a slow suicide, normalizing it with policy.

not addressing why people are doing this. this is based on no cops, crime, no hope, it's horrible. >> julie: mayor adams shame on you. you are making it more difficult to be an nypd officer in the city. crime is through the roof. one of the things that our homeless and mentally deranged citizens compating crimes and being let back onto the streets is illegal drugs. the cops -- you are giving drugs basically. >> their lives are being ruined in this dynamic because they aren't getting the help they need. you have people who are the innocent victims. the people whose lives are spiraling down and the next thing is, by the way, they are saying we think maybe syringes for the other machines. syringes. you only need a zip code. you put in a zip code, push the number you want like you get a candy bar and it comes down. overnight it was empty. imagine you can be 12, 15, go up there and punch in there and get

a syringe. it is madness. >> julie: of course illegal immigrants want to come into new york city. now he is leaning on churches. would you want to go to church on sunday if you knew all these illegals carrying syringes and crack pipes? that's where they would seek shelter. >> the hotel story is a good example. violent individuals destroying rooms, assaulting staff. what do you think will happen to the church workers or to the neighbors? >> or bring them into your private home. >> you have a condo, everybody has a freestanding home and the person across from you has become the federal -- new york city airbnb, what do you think will happen? >> julie: what i'm saying people are crossing the border, title 42 is gone. they will look at our country and say i have a drug problem.

where should i go? new york city. so we'll provide you with your drug equipment and free housing. >> the actual criminals and drug dealers taking advantage of that. >> julie: he just made it harder for cops. everybody deserves better. >> people in dallas, new york, dallas, phoenix, we deserve better. >> julie: atlanta finally giving the go ahead to the police training facility dubbed cop city by protestors. violent anti-cop and environmental rioters trying to stop it for months now. now $30 million is going toward funding police. millions of americans squinting through a haze and breathing toxic smoke coming from more than 100 canadian wildfires raging now. we'll tell you what to know to

keep you and your family safe. stay tuned.

>> julie: dangerous, folks, air quality across much of the country. you need to listen to this. the smoke traveling our way from canada's raging wildfires over 100 of them, all of these states are under alert. we can see the hazy skies. the particles that make up the haze are what is really concerning. the particle matter and pollution can get deep into your lungs, hair and bloodstream. this is seriously something people need to take into consideration by staying indoors. show up the particle graphic and what it is like to inhale this compared to other things. >> it is hard for people to understand. you can see the change in the

atmosphere and the color and muted sky. this is smaller than a grain of sand. very tiny. so it is almost impossible to filter it before you breathe in. so that's why it is dangerous to be outdoors. right now fox weather is tracking a plume of smoke that makes the air quality worse going into the afternoon. we aren't done with this yet. it will be a while before a weather pattern comes into break it. when we look at this, some of our weather graphics will show you can look at the air quality alerts all over the northeast but it is the tracking of that air mass, which we're able to do by satellite that we can see coming across pennsylvania now and portions of new york where that air mass will come in and mix down to the surface. we go from thousands of feet high in the atmosphere smoke traveled and comes down to the surface. >> julie: the winds aren't blowing that hard in canada but that's not the point. it's a funnel funneling into the

united states. >> we have a low pressure system in the northeast, high pressure to the west and creates a funnel effect and the conveyer belt to new york city. central new york. the index is off the charts. we get a 150 reading unhealthy to get outside. 400 is a hazardous level. >> julie: some people thought let's wear a mask outside. >> you want to check with your doctor. it will easily go through a mask. if you have asthma you wouldn't want to put on a mask to limit the air you need to get in. we're tracking the possibility of this changing but not until saturday. pay attention and no rain or major change in the winds. >> julie: stay indoors if you don't have to leave. amy, thank you very much. >> copy city will never be built. cop city will never be built.

>> julie: despite violent opposition atlanta just approved $31 million in funding for the controversial police training center dubbed cop city. protestors and rioters claiming for months the center will promote violent policing tactics equivalent to urban warfare. that movement gained national attention earlier this year when an officer shot and killed an environmental protestor during a confrontation at the site that led to more outrage, arrests and stronger push back. steve harrigan is live in atlanta. this is a huge development. tell us about it. >> it was an amazing atlanta city council meeting packed with protestors, more than 200 of them had a chance to speak. it went for 14 hours. didn't wrap up until 5:00 in the morning. those who oppose the construction of a police and fire training center say it will militarize the police. those who back it say it is about time to update facilities

that date from the 1950s. >> we're down 200 firemen, almost 500 police officers. the difference between the two situations we actually have the ability to fill the vacancies in the fire department. they are training now in what is a trailer. >> the opposition to this center has been going on for more than a year. at times it has been violent. in january after the death of a protestors there was a small riot in downtown atlanta. one police car set on fire and windows smashed and in march 2, '00 protestors wearing masks set fire to construction equipment. right now as far as the response goes, at least 40 protestors have been arrested and many of those charged with domestic terrorism. julie, back to you. >> julie: thank you very much. raymond arroyo is a fox news contributor. thank you for talking to us. protestors are saying they don't believe that public funds should be used to train police

officers. i couldn't possibly think of a more incorrect statement. >> julie, what are public funds supposed to be used for if not public safety? these people have been opposed to the building of this training facility. they brilliant called it cop city. it's a training facility. we have them all over the united states. they are opposed because they say this is teaching cops to engage in urban warfare. what do they do? engage in urban warfare tloek explosives at cops. 40 people charged with domestic terrorism. i'm sorry, when you have a city like atlanta that has had three straight years of homicides going up, we need more public safety, more better-trained cops. this facility is going to help achieve that. and these people, these

environmental extreme many, if you listen closely to some of the testimony during that hearing, which i did. a number of black residents said these environmentalists are hijacking our community meaning their safety. that's another conversation that i think is being lost in all of this. how these environmentalists have taken the identity of the black community and ignored the black community itself. >> julie: the mayor says this in is statement. the passing marks a major milestone for better preparing our fire, police and emergency responders to protect and serve our communities. atlanta will be a national model for police reform with the most aggressive training and curriculum in the country. this is his first shot at mayor and this is how he is starting. i wish that other mayors in our country would take a look at the crime statistics and watch atlanta very closely to see how

this works. this is an incredible exception to the rule. i think more cities should follow, don't you? >> i've spoken to people there who are close to the city council who tell me a number of these protestors, the majority of them are from out of town, not from atlanta. >> julie: which often happens. half of them aren't residents. >> outside forces worried about the preservation of a forest. that's what this is about. they want this 85 acres that will be a training facility, the so-called cop city to be pristine forest. well, there is no shortage of forests in georgia, julie. but they need a proper training facility with a city of this size and the growth it is experience, public safety should be the focus of public officials. they should be supported for it. >> julie: another example of democrats talking out of both sides of their mouth. when a cop shoots someone and turns out maybe they shot when they shouldn't have and blame it

an training. there you go. they get training so accidents like that don't happen. but no, not if it means protecting society with police and giving them more power. thank you so much. we appreciate you coming on. always great to see you. van der sloot, remember that name from a rube yeah, natalee holloway. a peru court denied the appeal to remain in the country. the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway. plus a look at hazy skies over new york city as smoke from canadian wildfires blankets a big swath of the country. big health implications and we'll continue to stay on the story. lower your monthly payments and get cash? with a home loan from newday, take out an average of $70,000, pay off debts and high rate credit cards, and save hundreds every month. about two years ago, i realized that jade was overweight.

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>> julie: the kilauea volcano is erupting in hawaii. officials there have upped the alert level from watch to warning and they evaluate the eruption. we wanted to bring you images and bring you any more news if it comes out of the story. moving on. joran van der sloot has lost his

extradition appeal and will indeed be transferred to the u.s. from peru tomorrow. van der sloot is serving a 28 year sentence in that country for the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old college woman. he faces extortion and wire fraud charges in the u.s. in connection with the holloway case. news of the extradition a relief to the holloway family. >> this gives natalee holloway's opportunity the opportunity to have him on u.s. soil in a u.s. courtroom and look him right in the eye and to say to him look, we don't like what you did. we are victims here and we are going to hold you accountable. that's what this is all about. >> julie: jonathan serrie live in alabama. >> it appears that van der sloot will be brought to the u.s. to face trial here in federal court

in birmingham, alabama. he has been transferred to another prison in peru as a temporary holding sight and handed over to f.b.i. custody tomorrow. van der sloot, who is dutch, is in the middle of serving a 28 year sentence for the 2010 murder of a woman from peru. peruvian authorities agreed to allow a temporary extradition to allow federal authorities to try van der sloot on alleged financial crimes against the family of natalee holloway, the alabama teen who disappeared during a high school graduation trip to aruba in 2005. van der sloot offered to reveal the location of her body in exchange for a quarter million dollars. when her mother made a down payment. he provided her a bogus location and no body has been found. although van der sloot remains the prime suspect in natalee's disappearance investigators are unable to gather enough evidence

to charge him in that case. it is their hope on trying him in financial crimes in the u.s. may uncover more information. >> it may be a negotiation point that the federal government here gives him an opportunity for a lesser sentence to come clean with proof of what happened to natalee in aruba. >> if convicted on the federal wire fraud and extortion charges here in the u.s. van der sloot would still have to first return to peru to finish his murder sentence before serving any time here in the u.s. julie. >> julie: thank you so much. jonathan serrie. leo terrell, civil rights attorney joins me now. this case dates back to 2005. i was in aruba with the parents when their daughter went missing. i've met van der sloot and met his dad and all the players. the holl ways never got justice

and sad the only way they may get justice is on fraud charges. >> the holloway family wants closure. not a conviction of wire fraud. they want to know the whereabouts of their daughter, natalee. what you are hoping for is some type of deal being cut with proof, with exact proof. you cannot trust this monster. he is a liar. he is a professional liar and as a tendency to traffic women, in my opinion. the whole purpose of this hearing is for him to hopefully cut a deal and find the whereabouts of natalee holloway. he gets to land on american soil and he will be in the hometown of natalee holloway. >> julie: he allegedly killed natalee in 2005. he killed a 21-year-old peruvian

girl five years later. he is serving 28 years behind bars. is it too late for authorities to try to strike a deal with him in order to get answers as to the whereabouts of natalee holloway's remains? >> first of all he is serving 28 years in that murder case. to answer your question, no. he will be on american soil and he will get convicted of wire fraud. he will have to serve another 20 some odd years. in order to avoid that, it is possible he can talk. he can squeal. but the f.b.i. will not trust him. they want verifiable proof. the key here is to find the whereabouts and remains of natalee holloway. that's what the holloway family wants. it is not impossible, julie. just a matter will this guy squeal. >> julie: a lot of theories that he didn't act alone. he was out with friends that night. his dad, a former sheriff on the island of aruba had to know something. he is no longer around.

it is sad. they may never get answers on her whereabouts. >> can i say this? if anyone honestly believes this man does not know where the remains of natalee holloway's body is, they are in a fog. this guy knows, julie. he knows. >> julie: i agree with you. i was there. i remember. he knows. thank you, thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." i'll be back here on friday. see you then. with carbsteady to help you manage your blood sugar. and more protein to keep you moving with diabetes. glucerna live every moment with 32 years in the navy, i know personally what it means to be deployed and how much we want to put down roots when we come home. as a veteran, you've earned the right to apply for a va home purchase loan, with no down payment. with the newday va loan, you don't have to save up to move up. helping veterans buy a home of their own. that's what we do. from newday usa.

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