to be a cop wherever you are from. nypd used to be the gold standard. it still is but the attraction is gone. i don't know what i will get paid if i make rank. there is a ton of agencies that -- a ton of oversight. you say to yourself maybe miami p.d. is starting to look good. they might make it a sweeter deal and do it fast. >> dana: a big loss for new york city and check against the mayor here. we'll find out. >> we'll see in six months where we are. >> dana: thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> please do not let corey out on bail where she will be a risk to do further harm. please protect what eric put his life on the line for. his three boys. >> the utah mother of three children accused of fatally poisoning her husband after writing a children's book about coping with grief following his death. welcome to a new hour of

"america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. she is accused of serving her husband adrink laced with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. both sides previewing cases during a detention hearing yesterday. prosecutors presented their evidence. the defense calling the case purely circumstantial. in the end the judge denying request for bail finding that she is a substantial danger to herself and others. >> dana: jeff paul has more for us. >> bill and dana, the first time we truly got an understanding of not only the toll it has had on the victim's family but how they're impacting corey. she listened to testimony with a blank stare. once investigators detailed how they believe her husband, eric, died, she lowered her head and appeared to wipe away tears sometimes shaking her head all while in handcuffs. the most intense moments came during the impact statement from

eric's sister. >> this last year has been a living hell for our family. we have watched as corey has paraded around portraying herself as a grieving widow and victim while trying to profit from the death of my brother. both by trying to profit from a book about his death and trying to get life insurance and assets that should go exactly where eric wanted them to, to his boys. >> eric's sister said he spent his final moments faced betrayal and terror. corey spent the next 48 hours after his death closing on a $2 million home. hiring a lawyer, and finding a locksmith to break into eric's safe. >> eric was such an inspiration and role model for us all. his loss created a hole in this community. instead of taking millions of years to slowly form our world changed overnight.

his three boys' entire worlds and perspective on lives changed. >> the attorney admit the family struggled financially but say being bad with money doesn't make you a murderer. the judge said there was substantial evidence to support not only the murder charge but holding corey in jail while the case plays out. bill and dana. >> dana: jeff paul, thank you. >> the idea of equal justice is not playing out here and so that's a real concern to all of us. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy one of many congressional republicans rallying behind donald trump. donald trump is getting ready for his appearance in a miami federal courtroom. he called out the justice department alleging bias on the d.o.j. treatment of trump compared to president biden. team fox coverage could. brit hume has thoughts in a moment. chad pergram is live on the hill.

good morning there. >> good morning. most republicans stand behind the former president. they argue it is a two-tiered justice system that favors the current present and targets the former president. wray met with the intelligence committee last night. >> he understands that we have deep concerned about the two-teared justice system. if your last name is biden or clinton you get to live by a different set of rules than americans targeted simply because they are patriotic americans who happen to be republicans. >> it is unclear if there is political risk for the gop members standing behind the former president. however, trump loyalist doubt trump supporters will ever back down. >> most of the people i have spoken to so far in wyoming think that it's the establishment out to get him. and so it is going to take a

tremendous communications effort to change that way of thinking. >> democrats are only making calculated about trump's legal woes and let the indictment do the talking for them. they ask for calm as political tensions flair. >> one only has to listen to statements from former trump national security advisor john bolton and his former attorney general to know just how serious this indictment is. i encourage supporters and critics of donald trump to maintain the peace and let the justice system do its work. >> his arraignment comes as member of the oversight committee issued a subpoena for devon archer, they believe he played a role in overseas business dealings for the biden family. bill. >> bill: thanks. chad pergram with reaction from the hill there. >> dana: joining us for more political analyst brit hume. wonderful to have you on the

show today. what are your thoughts this morning? >> two things can be true at the same time. one being that there is indeed a two-tier system of justice in which people like hillary clinton skate while donald trump is indicted for similar offense. that does not mean, however, that the indictment is not valid and serious. and its details are pretty damning. i think some of these politicians standing with trump and seem not to have thoroughly read or understood the indictment may want to back away a little bit and let the details of this indictment sink in. when they sink in with the public there may be a shift in sentiment on this from people on the republican side who have been inclined to support donald trump. >> bill: on the other side you have people like mitch mcconnell who has been pretty quiet. i don't know how you reflect on

that at the moment who others may be in his camp. in terms of process, britt, this seems to be a straight forward appearance before a judge. may not last that long and say very few words outside of not guilty. >> yeah. a situation like this. this is an arraignment. he indicates his presence there and perhaps enters a plea, perhaps not. usually they do. we'll see what happens there. a big moment because nothing like this or even close to this has ever happened before. the prosecution by an opposing administration of a former president. and that in itself is cause to think seriously about whether this indictment should have been brought. on balance i think people who read the indictment and take it seriously think they probably had no choice but to do it. it doesn't mean there wasn't inequal treatment and doesn't mean that the divisive effect of having this former president that enjoys wide popularity

among republican voters should have been prosecuted. >> dana: what should -- what should the republican candidates trying to run against president trump in the republican primary do at this point? most of them have defended him. a couple have said this is serious and they get branded as somebody who is disloyal and you have somebody like a ramaswamy with a press conference at the time. i think they are caught between a rock and a hard place. >> i think it's a difficult situation for them but if you run against somebody and the person is indicted, i think you have to be pretty careful what you say. but remember, these people are running against trump. they might want to highlight the details of the indictment which i think are pretty -- these are pretty grave charges. the details are pretty scummy. leaving classified materials in boxes in the bathroom? whoever heard of anything like that. and above all is his defiant

refusal to turn the documents, all of them, over when asked to do so and that is what led to that raid, which i initially thought was an overstep. if the details of this indictment turn out to be true the raid was very much valid and necessary to get the documents back. >> bill: the campaign will continue is what we're told. we'll see what shape, form and fashion. democratic side we had a story we talked about yesterday. kamala harris has emily's list, a group that helps support female politicians spending $10 million to boost kamala harris. nikki haley was asked about that just yesterday. >> i think that there is a chance that he will keep going as long as he can. they want trump to be the nominee. he is pushing forward because he thinks that's a win he can get. but i think at the end of the day we have to be realistic. you look at him by the day and we see a decline. that that's not being

disrespectful. that's a fact. kamala harris is waiting in the wings and the democratic party knows that. >> bill: is that money well spent in this case? >> my question would be is it enough? i don't know what you will say in -- i assume it will be advertising or maybe having people travel the country on her behalf and so on. but people have had a dose of kamala harris and have not been impressed. i'm struck by the challenge that it will be even with $10 million to spend to change that perception. you know, nikki haley may have had the best line of the year when she said a vote for joe biden is a vote for kamala harris. people say as old as he is, he could go at any time and may well be president. it's a plausible approach, and statement. >> dana: if joe biden wins every

day could be kamala harris's day. >> bill: third base this afternoon martha will have all the coverage for you on "the story" today. >> dana: we'll see what happens. moving on to this. >> bill: this is going to be brutal. heavy fighting underway in ukraine facing fierce russian resistance. greg palkot reports live out of kiev for that. >> dana: u.s. military helicopter crash in syria leaving 22 service members injured. admiral mccraven will join us for a look at what is going on in that region. >> bill: the man charged with murder of bob lee is due back in court today. prosecutors are trying to keep him behind bars. >> certainly somebody we believe committed murder is an extreme threat to public safety. we have an individual who

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>> dana: back now and the man accused of killing bob lee due in court later today. a judge expected to set a date for a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial. cla cla claudia is in san francisco. >> he has had hearings before. but today he is essentially starting over rolling out a whole new defense team after his previous lawyer up and quit. two weeks ago tensions boiled

over between the defendant and his high profile lawyer. she wanted more time to prepare. he wants to have his day in court just as soon as possible and sources tell me his family refused to pay the attorney's legal fees and she is gone. much of the case is focused on lee's relationship with his married sister, tina. there is speculation they've been having an affair and doing drugs at her luxury condo just hours before lee was killed. security footage shows lee and her leaving her place in the early morning hours of april 4th and getting into the defendant's white bmw. he drove leave to a secure area and stabbed him in the chest is what is alleged. it shows lee stumbling on the sidewalk and bleeding out. autopsy showed he had cocaine and kety mean in his system when he died fire hours later on the operating table.

prosecutors say a knife found at the murder scene had -- bob lee's blood on the blade and the murder weapon came from cut laari set tina had in her kitchen. the defendant's new lawyer may speak to reporters after court this morning shedding some light on what defense strategy will be in this high-profile case. court gets underway in just under two hours. >> dana: interesting about the lawyer deciding to resign from that case. we'll get more on that later. thank you. >> bill: intriguing trial. breaking news from overnight. we woke up to news earlier today. 22 u.s. service members injured in a helicopter incident in syria. you ask yourself u.s. service members in syria? what's going on there. the capital city of damascus in the lower corner. this is raqqa, the former isis capital the donald trump destroyed while he was president. 900 u.s. service members serving in three different bases along

the jordanian and iraqi border here in the east and northeastern part of the country. everything in green is still controlled by assad, the dictator is still in charge. he is still in control of most of that country as you see on map behind me with u.s. military forces and russian forces all mixed in there now. admiral william mccraven, retired u.s. navy four star general and author of a book, the wisdom of the bull frog. ten airlifted out of the country. they have significant injuries. what are we doing in syria now, sir? >> bill, the fact of the matter is we still have a problem in syria in isis. it is a threat. not only a threat in syria and iraq but around the world. they are trying to be, of course, the next al qaeda and so

it is important that we hit them at their home bases where they live in syria. my guess is this helicopter was transporting troops from point a to b. the pentagon hasn't given us a lot of information. it doesn't appear that anybody was killed in the accident and we'll have to see what the investigation turns up. >> bill: amazing that conflict still goes on. we're trying to keep control of it, sir. ukraine i want to ask you about this. kiev's counter offensive against russia might be gaining some ground. ukraine taking back seven villages so far as russia responds with another round of deadly miss attacks overnight. greg palkot is live in kiev. greg, how is it going? >> well, hi, bill. we'll get to the russian missiles first. some aimed here at kiev early this morning. we heard the sirens, they were shot down. but further south they hit their

target. the hometown of zelensky, an apartment building smashed there killing at least 11, injuring dozens. just one of a barrage of cruise missiles and drones nationwide as ukraine presses its new military moves against russia. inroads being made into enemy-held territory in the east and especially the south where they hope for a breakthrough. we met with a top politician and more. look and listen. >> with a counter offense eve by ukraine against russia kiev is hoping it can be decisive. a member of parliament stood by the armed forces as casualties mount. >> you are hoping that our military commanders will do their job perfectly so we'll have minimum losses. >> taking hits armor from the west including american bradley fighting vehicles, she thinks they're key. >> it is critical our army that has something to fight with and are not facing any empty-handed.

>> last week's dam blast in southern ukraine resulted in flooding costing lives and damaging the environment. russian response to ukrainian advances many here think. >> it was an operation by russian forces that would have to stop us from going on the counter offensive in the direction. >> would it stop you? >> no, nothing would stop us, you know. >> while we were conducting that interview, bill, another funeral was being held nearby for another ukrainian soldiers killed in action. sad news that day, maybe more sad news to come. back to you. >> bill: greg palkot on the ground in ukraine. thank you for staying with us. i want to show our viewers a little bit about what greg was talking about where his location is in kiev, the capital city. all the action is here in the east and southeast. crimea down here along the black sea and water. all these small yellow circles is where the offensive has begun. in the past hour, admiral,

vladimir putin said ukraine's losses are ten times that of russia. no way to verify that. he says 54 tanks lost by russia, 160 on behalf of ukraine. he says ukraine hit the dam with rockets. none of it is verified. i we can say is it will be a slog. >> i think you have it right. it will be a long, hard, tough fight for ukraine. we're talking months. maybe longer. but here is what i would offer in terms of the counter offensive. ukrainians are making progress. it is tough and they have lost a lot of fighting vehicles. the russians have put up anti-tank traps, mine fields. this will be a tough fight. but they are making advances up in bakhmut which has been a city they've been fighting for for quite some time and most importantly they are making small advances down where the area they want to advance n. we want to cut off the land bridge

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>> bill: newsom defending his state's push for reparations. it doesn't have to mean writing a check. what does it mean in the end? will it even get that far? kelly a grady is live in l.a. running that story for us. >> good morning, bill. i was listening to that interview with governor newsom last night and he said it doesn't mean writing a check but begs the question how will supporters of reparations react. i say that because the task force has held public meetings for residents to share thoughts and those individuals have been clear that money is necessary. in some cases saying their vote is tied to reparations and warning what will happen if they aren't paid what they feel they are owed. the governor has shown support for reparations in general but not a number on hannity last night. >> it doesn't have to be in the frame of writing a check. reparations comes in many different forms. reparations is more than just about money. that implies a deeper rationalization of what is achievable, what's reasonable,

and what is right. >> the final proposal is due july 1st. most extreme price tag is 1.4 million. eligibility requirements are being determined. folks are calling it a down payment so it does imply that number could tick up. it is one recommendation that the task force will make. they will also urge the state to develop social programs and issue a formal apology despite slavery never being legal in california. the proposal doesn't share an expected cost but it could run $8 hundred billion. recurring question from critics is how to pay for it. look at the number on screen. the state is facing a deficit of $31 billion. it will be up to the governor and legislature to figure out how to fund it if they approve it. back to the reaction. it is a real concern of what happens if the reality doesn't meet the expectation for supporters. >> bill: something to watch. nice to see you in los angeles. thank you.

>> dana: thanks, kelly. >> we're holding cities and counties accountable and suing cities not producing housing. we actually have a 15-year high in new housing starts in the state of california. we're actually seeing programs produce real results. the difference between me and most politicians is i own this. i take responsibility for this. this is personal to me. >> dana: that was governor newsom. he was on with shawn hannity last night and more on that in a moment. let's go to miami where ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidency for the gop primary having a press conference. let's listen to him. >> says that the president has authority to decide what is and is not covered. it stays silent on the statements that trump made in 2016 after the election, despite the fact it quotes him before that election. it stays silent on the fact that executive orders do not bind a

u.s. president as law. that tells me this is politicized. by the way, i want to be clear about something. as u.s. president, i would have made different judgments than donald trump made. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> can you hear me? can you hear me now? good, so i'll be fine without this. yeah, i'll be fine without it. thank you. so the bottom line is there are two things that matter. one is how are we going to hold the biden department of justice accountable? the first answer is that yesterday i submitted a freedom of information act request, a demand to the biden department

of justice demanding what did biden tell jack smith, what did biden tell merrick garland, what did merrick garland tell special prosecutor jack smith? they're required within 20 business days to give us an answer about any direct or indirect communications. and the first announcement i want to make today is that if they do not comply with the law in the next 20 business days, then we will sue them in federal courts at our campaign's expense to get to the bottom of those answers. the news media should be doing this. it is a shame that a competitor to donald trump in this election has to do the job of the political news media. your job, if you have one, is to hold the u.s. government accountable for their lies. you do not take what they say at face value for the last eight

years when it was president trump. do not take their lies at face value now. it is a shame it takes a leader outside of the media to stand up. that's what we're doing. they now have this freedom of information act request and if they don't comply within 20 days and they don't follow the law we'll see to it in federal court that they do. that brings me to my second announcement that i will make today. this is an announcement of a letter that my campaign has sent to every other campaign in this race, to mike pence, to nikki haley, to larry elder, to rfk junior, to marianne williamson, to dougburg um, to perry johnson and chris christie, to ran desantis the governor of the state where we are today who is not here today in his own state. i will tell you that we have

sent this letter, i'm happy to announce this is my commitment on january 20th, 2025, if i'm elected the next u.s. president, to pardon donald trump for these offenses in this federal case. and i have challenged -- i have demanded that every other candidate in this race either sign this commitment to pardon on january 20th, 2025, or else to explain why they are not. i will tell you something, it will be difficult for those other candidates to sign this letter. the reason it's going to be difficult for them is the same reason it's difficult for me. the donor class has been calling every republican candidate and telling us to stay away from this, not to touch it with a ten foot pole. keep your distance away from trump. that's what the donor class is telling us and that's what they are telling the other

candidates. i refuse to abide by being a disciple of the donor class. i think that we need to declare independence from our donor class in the republican party. that is why i challenge every one of the other candidates to actually act on their convictions. if you are not going to pardon president trump on january 20, 2025, you deserve to say why and we'll hold you accountable just as we are holding the biden administration accountable. that's what we need more of in this country. honesty, integrity, and actual purpose for our country in a way that puts america first, not our political interests first. and i'll close with saying this before i take questions. it would be a lot easier for me as a republican candidate in this race if donald trump were not in it. but i don't want to win this election, unlike others, by eliminating our competition by a federal police state arresting my opponents.

i want it to do it the way our founding fathers should have starting in 1776. it is the people of this country, where every person's voice or vote counts equally. that's how we decide who governs this country, not by a federal administrator police state. i challenge the biden administration with the foia request and my fellow competitors to say we'll pardon trump on january 20, 2025, and nobody, either biden or other contenders in this race will be able to hide from that truth. thank you all. we'll open this up to some questions. thank you. >> bill: we certainly could hear the answers. there seems to be quite a crowd in miami already. >> dana: he has the big takeaway he is asking and challenging all

the other candidates in the race to sign this letter that would ask the justice department to respond to a freedom of information request. foias are interesting. they can take years to be responded to. people know how to deal with it. the biden administration has a communication challenge on their hand indeed. this arraignment is happening at 3:00 p.m. today. we'll be here for you all day long as the action in miami gets going. leslie marshall and jessica. let's not talk about the indictment for a moment. governor newsom who was on with sean hannity, remarkable video covered a wide range of issues. this is about the homeless crisis, which is a big problem in california but also affecting people all across the country in their cities, small, medium and large, all of them. listen to newsom on that. >> housing costs are too high. regulatory thickets are too

problematic. people locally are pushing back against new housing starts and construction. i've been here four years, can't make up for the fact in 2005 we had an historic number of homeless under a republican administration. >> dana: what did you think of that answer, jessica? >> he said that he was trying to own it but sounded like anything but that. this is a man who when he was mayor of san francisco had a 10-year plan to end homelessness. it got worse. as governor he has spent $19 billion on homelessness in california. we have seen him fail from the city to state level. the last thing we need is bring this homeless crisis to the rest of the country. >> dana: it is true homelessness is a problem. here in new york city but even st. louis, a big problem there and even colorado having a problem. california has problems and it doesn't feel like the solutions are forth coming or having an impact. i know you are down in l.a. how do you see it there?

>> well i'm glad you mentioned i'm in l.a. the highest homeless population in the united states. look, first of all ramaswamy talked about honesty in politics. one of the things i took away from that interview last night was my governor, newsom, was completely honest and i feel he owned it. there are some things he didn't mention. sean hannity talked about comparisons with florida, like weather. we have other compares sons. double the population. let's look at housing prices. the governor talked about that. you can't ignore that. the average housing price in the state of california is $738,000 versus florida $377,000. just here in california the governor has done almost everything he can but when you say like they're doing in london to a contractor to builders, when you build new apartment buildings, let's have a percentage for lower income and they say no, that way the governor's hands are tied. he cannot mandate or legislate certain things with construction in the private sector. i think the governor was spot on

and honest. it is a problem that didn't just happen under his governorship. >> dana: one of the things that caught my attention is the timing of this interview. he hasn't done an interview in fox news 13 years. i'm glad he did it and sean did a great job. the idea he might be challenging biden in the future. watch here. >> how many times does your phone ping a day you need to get in the race. they agree with me he is not up to the job. that's a fair question. i'm asking. >> i'm not answering. >> dana: jessica, i think that biden is going to be the nominee ultimately but i could see needing to prepare for some contingencies. do you think that's what he is doing? >> first of all, so much for nothing being off limits. he did not want to answer the question. the answer is yes.

we have seen him gas light us time and time again here in california. he is running for president and what that interview was, was a pitch to vice president harris. that's what we're seeing going on now. >> dana: that's interesting. jessica. glad you brought that up. leslie, the last word. >> i find it interesting because jessica thinks politicians not answering questions about running for office is gas lighting. we got gas lit from everybody who threw in their hats. they all when they were asked did not say they were going to run and then, of course, they do. yes, that seems to be a game left or right. i think if president biden were not to run -- i agree with you. i feel the president not only will run but will be the nominee. god forbid something would happen, i certainly think and know in my party you look at well, what would be the plan b. i think gavin newsom is on a

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>> bill: now the billionaire mark cuban telling businesses to go ahead and go woke and even turn a profit despite the billion dollar losses facing target and bud light. the shark tank star saying there is reason almost all the ten market cap companies in the u.s. can be considered woke. it is good business, end quote. but is it? comedian tom shillue and podcast host kennedy. he said more but let me get your thoughts. >> no, mark cuban is -- he is a smart guy, he is right sometimes. wrong other times. he speaks with confidence no matter what he is saying, he always acts like he knows what he is talking about. i think he knows, he has stadiums and knows bud light is not selling. when you talk about the top ten companies what is he talking about? berkshire hathaway, an idea more than a company. a bunch of different brands. it doesn't have to worry about its brand. meta , certain companies, you

will give meta a break in they're doing woke stuff. it hurts the brand to america's hartland company. >> bill: anheiser-busch loss, and target loss of 7 1/2 billion since the pride collection was dropped on the 24th of may. >> mark cuban says it is not about individual investors divesting from the stock. and you don't really have to pay attention to market cap. , no it is about individual consumers no longer going to those places or buying bud light. you are seeing that everywhere. there are pictures all over instagram and twitter of cases of bud light and they are doing whatever they can to try and sell it. maybe it is just some short term pain but it really goes to show you, you have to have better intuition when it comes to your customers. you can't just do a 180, leave your customers in the dust and hope they follow you.

>> bill: what he said is that most ceos have enough experience to know wait out the news cycle until they get to the next one. >> maybe stop waiting it out and stop choking on your own hubris because you are violating the trust you have with your customers. they aren't just going to go back to drinking bud light because they did before. people have a proliferation of choices now and feel like they're being told what to do and think so they'll thifrng and by for themselves it will it hurt these companies in the long run. >> dana: maybe there was a tipping point. now we've had it. you start to see. as a business person you might say you know what? maybe we ought to back off a little bit. >> somebody looked at the shareholder meetings that they have and they are on the phones and everything else. they did the transcripts and found out this year the talk of esg and green energy and all this is way down. >> so we had a commencement address i think it was --

>> dana: three weeks ago. >> bill: first part of june. so there was another one that happened in california, okay? this is a woman's commencement address talking about israel and palestinians cause. >> i gift my graduation to all palestinians who lost their lives and those who continue to lose their lives every day due to the oppressive state of israel killing and torturing palestinians as we speak. >> bill: i don't know if there were booing in the crowd. i saw some applause. >> there was barely a smattering. i am the product of the california community college system. it typically is wonderful but obviously this is a student who went unchallenged and was essentially for the radicalized here and that's what is happening in academia leading to a very virulent strain of

anti-semitism and we have to be careful about indullinging people. that is one sided and radical and not the truth and the product of that is -- >> that was torrance, california. >> dana: the theme, right? the question about the palestinians, israelis comes back around over and over again. when you even have pushback from jewish groups who will say that's a trope, not true. it doesn't seem to penetrate and seems like it is getting to be more widespread especially at these universities and community colleges. they want this kind of content. >> it is more mainstream. when i was in college in the late 80s there was all this kind of talk but mostly in the corner of the cafe with the radical students. this is more mainstream. the girl who spoke she was fairly -- she talked like jimmy carter does. he had a book calling israel an

apartheid state and stuck to the israel thing. i think if you refute them and just look at the numbers and say this is what's happening in israel and don't treat everything like she is coming out with an anti-semitic attack. refute her on policy. >> dana: graduation season gives you something to talk about. >> bill: hopefully not delivering an address at her high school. we'll see. >> dana: always good to see you. thank you so much. now that president biden has signed a debt ceiling deal lifting the cap on how much money the government can spend a new report finds that government has wasted nearly $3 trillion in taxpayer money since 2004. reporting for fox business live on capitol hill. >> the new report coming from open the books.com finding that $2.9 trillion has been wasted in government funds since 2004. we're talking about improper payments. essentially government payments

made to people that should not have received them. in fact, last year alone the federal government according to the report improperly doled out $247 billion. that's more than $20 billion per month or enough to pay for five years of u.s. foreign aid to all countrie report. listen to this. >> what's your stake in the biden administration mistakes? for every man, woman and child across the country it was $850. if you're out there as a family of four, your share, your stake in the biden administration mistakes is $3 thousand 400 and that's equivalent to two average mortgage payments. >> the worst programs that are responsible for the improper payments last year are medicaid improperly issuing $81 billion. medicare paying $47 billion. and the small business administration's covid era paycheck protection program paying $29 billion improperly.

who is receiving these payments? some instances dead people. according to the report, dead people received more than $530 million last year in pension payments and insurance benefits and social security, fraud is also a problem, too. accounting for $4.4 billion in the spending according to this report. stopping improper payments has been a priority stretching across both aisles. democrats and republicans receiving priority attention from president obama to president trump. now that the problem shows no signs of slowing, open the books is raising the alarm. they want more action from the biden administration now that the national debt has exceeded $31 trillion. they say that president biden and congress need to make this a priority. >> dana: that's a big number and an unfortunate to say the least. lydia hu, thank you so much. actor williams has died. he was killed while riding his motorcycle in vermont yesterday

afternoon. he collided with an on coming car. he has been on 120 productions. he had a recurring role on blue bloods. he was 71 years old. >> bill: what a loss that is. pat sajak announcing his retirement from the wheel of fortune is today's celebrity news. next season will be his last after more than 40 years on the show. >> dana: amazing. >> bill: has it been that long? who takes his place? no decision yet. some of the fans want vanna white to spin the wheel. right? >> dana: maybe so. what an incredible career and he has entertained us for decades and appreciate it. thank you for your service. it really was amazing. i loved watching that show. i still love it. i don't think i've gotten any better at it, though. >> bill: with time. maybe pat can come on our show. >> dana: before we go let me show you a little something here. you remember i went to rwanda

and visited a school there. the forum for african women educationalists. the sky foundation and does scholarships for the girls here. she had copies of my book sent over here. i signed all of them to all the girls they will receive them. enjoy that, girls. everything will be okay. you know that's true. i will see you on "the five" tonight. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. hours away from an unprecedented moment. a u.s. former president in court on federal charges. donald trump facing a 37-count federal criminal indictment over his handling of classified documents. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the current republican 2024 frontrunner made his way to miami yesterday. we watched it live at this hour. he is set to go before a judge that he appointed today at