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thank you for rocking our all american concert series. >> definitely made a taco for me. >> great inspiration for this weekend barbecuing. >> have a great weekend. so long, everybody. >> dana: concert in the back. fox news alert. education on the nation's agenda and hitting electoral pay dirt. bill hemmer is off today. good morning, bill. >> bill: i'm bill melugin and this is "america's newsroom." another big news day today. potentially coming down the pike in the next haring a ruling that will decide the fate of president biden's student loan program after the affirmative action decision as yesterday. >> dana: the supreme court rejecting race-based college admissions. watershed moment for the country
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that puts the political divide over education on a pedestal. >> we recognize the importance of making sure our college communities are diverse. >> this is a day where we understand being judged by the content of our character not the color of our skin is what our constitution wants. >> this is tantamount to sticking a dagger in our back. >> we judge on merit. we won't try to divide you up with skin color. >> bill: republican homefuls are putting classrooms and parents rights in their kids education front and center as they gather for the liberty summit today. >> dana: william la jeunesse standing by on the fate of the student loan hand-out program. bryan llenas is live in philadelphia. >> good morning. it has been a rise for moms for liberty. the organization did not exist in the 2020 election. today four of the top republican
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presidential candidates are headlining its second annual summit joyful warriors summit in philadelphia. 700 parents concerned about parental rights in education, as well as the indoctrination of their children in our schools. this is the stage here at the event. florida governor ron desantis and his wife first lady casey are expected to speak at any moment. desantis has made waging a war on woke central to his campaign passing a florida parental bill of rights and bill prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in k-12 and wants to demolish the department of education. former president trump will speak later today saying he doesn't like to use the term woke but he will cut federal funding to any school pushing critical race theory and transgenderism. nikki haley will speak. she called biological boys playing in girls sports one of the big oft issues of our time.
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vivek ramaswamy will speak tomorrow and wants to end the department of education emphasizing civics education and transparency saying he is hope to have cameras inside classrooms for parents. protests have been on going and expected to continue after the southern poverty center labeled moms for liberty an extreme organization. the welcoming ceremony -- a mural of george washington had graffiti. >> they designated hat groups and had people threaten their lives. it is dangerous to be linoleate that. moms who will stand up and speak up they put a target on our backs. >> the sblc says moms for liberty spread conspiracy theories. the organization calls all of that ridiculous and dangerous. dana. >> dana: bryan llenas in philadelphia.
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thank you. >> bill: justices are expected to decide on president biden's student loan forgiveness plan within the next hour or so. high court's ruling could green light up to $20,000 in hand-outs for 16 million borrowers. william la jeunesse is live on the west coast bureau to break down the numbers with us. >> good morning. forare the last three years 42 million americans haven't had to pay their student loans or debt. that schedule will end in august. president biden has another plan. he wants to wipe out or forgive most of those loans. let me give you context who it affects, how much, what it means to you. 26 million americans have asked the feds to cancel their loan. 40 million are eligible to eliminate $20,000 in debt per student. wiping clean principle and interest for half of all student loans. typical payment is between 210, 314 a month. some much higher. if the court approves the plan would immediately forgive
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$400 billion in student debt. it would help roughly 30% of black, 20% of wise, 14% of hispanic households. more borrowers over age 50 owe more money than those under age 24. most student debt is held by top earners, not poor. why cancel the debt? supporters say because so many borrowers are behind in payments, 52% are underwater meaning they owe more today than they originally borrowed. hurting their ability to start a family, buy a house, grow the economy. critics say that loan was a choice and those who did not pay for their education or did not have to attend college, or did pay should not have to pay for other's mistakes. how much will the giveaway cost you the federal taxpayer? zblr 1 trillion over the next ten years. something else that irritates 87% of adults who don't have
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student loans, rather than pay down debt over the last three years, studies show borrowers took on another 1200 in debt mostly credit cards and loans. later today the court decides if the biden plan is legal or executive overreach. >> bill: millions of those borrowers waiting for the decision this morning. you can see the ticker on the bottom. >> dana: let's bring in former clinton advisor mark penn and bill mcgurn former speech writer for president bush. bill, i've been following your work for years on the "wall street journal" and affirmative action and higher education for many years. want to get your take on your reaction to the court. listen to president biden who was asked about this on msnbc yesterday. >> president biden: i strongly disagree with the court's decision. >> this is not a normal court. >> it's done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history. take a look at overruling roe v.
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wade, take a look at the decision today. take a look at how it's ruled on a number of issues that are -- have been precedent for 50, 60 years sometimes and that's what i meant by not normal. >> dana: addressing the principle, let's get you to do that. >> i think it's not surprising that joe biden didn't like this decision. he disagrees with the policy outcome. but the real issue is with the constitution. boiled down, this decision comes down to saying the fourth amendment to the constitution means what it says, it was intended to extend all rights to all citizens regardless of race and it corrected the constitution which was tainted by slavery. so that is all they did. it's far reaching only because we got off track, we moved from a color blind ideals spouseed by
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martin luther king to dividing people up by racial boxes. >> bill: mark, justices jackson and thomas went at each other in their decisions yesterday if we can pull out some quotes right here. justice jackson writing in part this decision is a tragedy for us all with let them eat cake ob livan today. they announced color blindness for all by legal fiat. justice thomas says as she sees things, we are trapped in a fundamentally racist society. such a view is irrational and insult to individual achievement and cancerous to young minds seeking to push through barriers rather than con sign themselves to permanent victimhood. your thoughts on their comments. >> well, i think you will be surprised to know the american public agrees with both of them in some way, right?
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the american public overwhelmingly does see that there has been racism even systematic racism through the society. when we ask them do you think racial preferences in college admissions or employment or other areas will fix this, they say no. 74% say no to that. so the public is incredibly sympathetic, wants to do something about the problems and disparities but does not think this is the real answer. i think, look, if the democrats and biden go against the decision maybe it will tighten up. when they held referendums in california race preference in admissions were rejected. >> dana: bill mcgurn, a lot of discussion about what this means for black children in america. but asian american children are the ones that have been asking for more of this fairness. could you speak to that? >> i have three asian american
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children, three chinese-born children and, you know, we feel the pressure on this. many of them have to wonder, when they apply, if their hard work and effort will pay off. i think it's a great day for these people. they got a message that they will be judged by their achievements rather than the color of skin. i want to say you and i were at the white house when john roberts was put forward for chief justice. this is his finest hour. it took some bravery to make this decision. not only was it the right decision, it was clear, something that previous supreme court courts were not. >> dana: indeed. let's get to the other topic and throw a little bit of politics mark's way. >> bill: yesterday obviously president biden was on msnbc and sat down for an interview. let's take a look at a few of the things he was not asked about if we can pull this
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graphic up here. think they would be talking about hunter biden, d.o.j., anything like that. these are the topics. they didn't touch on. hunter biden, russia, inflation, 2024 democratic field, fentanyl or border. none of those things were talked about. mark, how does that happen? >> well look, i think journalism will have to look at itself and the kinds of questions they ask in interviews. i remember in the days of clinton, when bill clinton went out they would ask about every tough subject, every whitewater, every possible, you know, failing of the presidency because the whole idea of an interview was to see how presidents could react to the problems that they were having and the problems of the country. look, unless america gets real interviews with their leaders, touching the tough topics, they aren't really being informed how good their leadership is. i can't fix that. maybe journalists can.
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>> dana: a lot of talk about the end of the interview. president biden was ready to leave the studio. watch here. >> thank you. >> president biden: thank you. >> bill: great to have you. thank you. don't go anywhere, it is an exciting day around here. >> dana: don't go anywhere but there he went. final word on the interview. >> i think the interview as you point out didn't ask tough questions about hunter and so forth. and i just want to point out, the allegations about hunter have changed. they have become very specific and very provable or disprovable. was joe biden sitting next to hunter when he threatened that chinese businessman? did merrick garland give david weiss the powers he said he did? they have avoided answering specifically so far. i hope that they are held to it. >> dana: bill mcgurn, mark penn, thank you for joining us on this
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friday. happy fourth of july to you and have a great weekend. >> thank you, dana. >> bill: americans are going to be taking to the skies in record numbers this fourth of july holiday. after a week of cancellations and delays aaa projecting 4.1 million travelers this coming weekend. the question now are the airlines ready for it? casey stiegel live in dallas, how is it looking out there? >> so far things looking pretty good here. tsa says today will be the busiest of all of the days with this holiday travel stretch. estimated to screen about 2.8 million passengers and that's just today. overall passenger traffic up 11% last year compared to the previous fourth of july holiday. in fact, aaa estimates we'll surpass an all-time record previously set in july of 2019 when 3.9 million flew. carriers responding by adding
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more staff. some are subbing larger aircraft for regional jets to create more seats as we know, however, the week got off to a hard start with thousands of dollars and cancellations blamed on severe weather and air traffic controller shortages. things are improving but may be bumpy. >> airports will be a challenge from parking from the moment you arrive to getting bags checked to getting through security. it will be a challenge all day and all weekend. >> taking a look now the misery map. chicago o'hare, newark, denver. more than 250 domestic cancellations reported and more than 1,000 delays already. >> this is chaos. this isn't organized car yes.
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>> it has been awful. on the phone for four hours trying to find her bag. you are put on hold and the phone disconnects. >> nothing worse. by the way, adding to the frustration, airfare ticket prices 40 to 50% higher this year compared to the same time last year. folks have also paid a whole lot more for these tickets and potential head aches. >> bill: we've all been in that guy's shoes when he says it's just chaos. thank you. >> dana: there is an event called moms for liberty, a summit in philadelphia. the candidates for the republicans are speaking there. let's dip into ron desantis who is speaking now. >> empowering parents, creating healthy competition. what are the results? somebody born and raised and went to school in florida i can tell you it wasn't true when i was a kid.
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the most recent results ranked third and fourth in the country in fourth grade reading and math and that's proof in the pudding. so parents should also in the public schools have the right to know what curriculum is being used in their kids' schools. and we -- we have enacted curriculum transparency in the state of florida so parents -- it is sad that we even have to go this far because shouldn't parents be involved anyways? why would you not want the parents in? most teachers will tell you if the pair is engaged the student will do better and sometimes harder to reach the students where they don't have interest from the parents at home. the only reason you would not want the parents involved and shut them off from knowing the curriculum is you are worried the parents represent an impediment to you using the schools to advance your agenda. that's why they don't want parents in. [applause]
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so we've done the curriculum. it is sad it comes to this, but i guarantee you florida is better than california and new york and all those by a country mile. yet parents in florida have had to blow the whistle on inappropriate materials in our schools. they have these books like gender queer. which has hard core porn porn, talks about pedophilia. a book in florida found in one of the school districts instructing middle schoolers how to use sex apps on their phones. it is totally inappropriate. parents blow the whistle. no one defends this stuff. so it gets removed. now the left and the media try to say that means you are banning books. well let me tell you something, in florida you can buy any of those books that you want and there hasn't been a single book that has been banned. schools, though, have to curate what's in a library or classroom. you make decisions about that. you may have one book on george
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washington, there are 50 others you could have. it doesn't mean you are banning the other 50. you are making a judgment about what's appropriate. so to use tax dollars to bring in that type of garbage into our schools is fundamentally wrong. and it has no place. [applause] >> dana: that's ron desantis speaking at the moms for liberty summit. a group that only started two years ago. they are a commanding presence. you need to be there if you are running for president and in fact the candidates are there. nikki haley expected to speak today as well. vivek ramaswamy tomorrow. check the schedule for details and we'll bring you more as it comes. the first family likely to ignore one of their own again this christmas. the deal made over hunter's love child. >> shaping the narrative. new text messages reveal dr. anthony fauci was working overtime to control covid messaging. >> dana: the left coming after a
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wedlock. arkansas court ruled that 4-year-old navy joan london will get some of her father's paintings. not his last name. in response, the child's mother agreed to drop her request to change her daughter's last name to biden. there you have it. >> bill: as the race for the white house picks up the president's son is shaking up his dad's campaign. mark meredith joining us live at the white house this morning with the latest. good morning to you. >> bill, good morning to you. congressional republicans say they have a lot of new questions both for the justice department and a u.s. attorney if delaware over how the government handled its investigation into hunter biden. a report that came out in the last day the president has been telling aides he doesn't want advice to handle the growing fallout over the scandals involving his son. hunter reached a plea deal likely avade jail time for tax fraud but republicans say the deal may be rotten after two
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whistleblowers said there were limits placed on the investigation and one agent saying search warrants were slow walked and decisions into what to look into is limited. republicans are ready to dig deeper into what happened behind the scenes. house committee shares have sent a letter to the attorney general overnight writing they want testimony from at least 11 government employees. they write we have identified several department employees who we believe to possession information of allegations of politization and misconduct with respect to the department's investigation of hunter biden. house republicans say they're still deciding whether or not they will make efforts to impeach the attorney general merrick garland. this is something that has been getting a lot of discussion within the last few weeks even florida governor ron desantis told us it would be something he would support going forward with that measure. the attorney general is set to be on capitol hill later this year. set to testify before house judiciary in september.
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the president says he has confidence in his attorney general and doesn't discuss cases with him and hasn't since taking office. >> bill: mark, thank you. >> dana: bring in attorney eileen o'connor, a former tax official for the department of justice and joins me now. i knew when i was a spokesperson in the justice department. the tax division is one i was responsible for. i know you love the law and understands the law. eileen, i want you to take a look at the hunter whatsapp message saying i'm tired of this, kevin, i can make $5 million in salary from any law firm in america. the bidens are the best at doing exactly what chairman wants from this partnership. listen to the i.r.s. whistleblower what he thinks about that message. >> the importance of that message as an i.r.s. criminal investigator we need to understand all the financial flows of money. we're working an investigation
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on hunter biden. trying to assess a true and accurate tax assessment for him. so if there is money that is going elsewhere, whether it's president biden or elsewhere, we need to follow the investigative steps to insure that happens and they were just not allowed in this particular investigation. >> dana: what do you think of the whistleblowers claims? >> well, certainly i'm not in a position to confirm or refute them. but they are absolute alarming. that's just one of the claims he makes in the 212 pages he gave sworn testimony to majority and minority staff for the house ways and means committee. you mentioned that three committees have asked for testimony from various members of the department of justice and f.b.i. what's important to understand is these three committees are involved for a number of
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reasons. the ways and means committee is the only committee authorized under the tax privacy laws to receive the special agent's testimony. the whistleblower could only have gone to the ways and means committee. jim jordan in judiciary committee are involved because department of justice is im me indicated in all of this. it is the department of justice that assists the internal revenue service in investigations and brings the charges when charges are warranted. the third committee is representative comer's oversight committee which is responsible for looking over the entire government to make sure that it is operating the way it's supposed to. >> dana: eileen, one of the things that mark meredith just reported is some people think this hunter biden plea deal as he said they are saying it could be rotten. is this something where you can imagine a judge throws it out given there is a swirl of questions and controversy after he announced the plea deal? >> absolutely. as a matter of fact that was the
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conclusion in the "wall street journal" op-ed you mentioned. judges don't have to accept plea deals. when judges have reason to believe that the plea does not properly administer justice, they can throw it out. i'll mention a horrible example from a couple of years ago. after the department of justice realized and acknowledged that the russia collusion allegations had been a hoax and that it was prosecuting general flynn for being involved in that allegation and it was false, the department of justice moved to the judge to dismiss the charges and he declined. he studied it for the longest time. ordered by a higher court to dismiss the charges. still drug his feet and eventually did. he had no choice. judges are responsible for the pleas that are entered in their courts and they don't have to accept them. >> dana: eileen o'connor let's stay in touch. great to be reconnected and have a great fourth of july weekend.
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about skyrocketing rent after she interrapted him. he compared the woman, who was white, to a slave owner. watch. >> if you are going to ask a question don't point at me and don't be disrespectful to me. i'm the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect i deserve to be treated. i'm speaking to you as an adult. don't stand in front. >> dana: the "new york post" editorial board said mayor adams, not every criticism is about race. i'm pretty sure she is not the only one as a landlord concerned about what is happening in the city. >> it is not the first time he brought up race in response to criticism. he said florida and texas are only sending them to cities with black mayors. it's not true. they were sending them to sanctuaries cities. it happened to be black mayors. >> dana: when that was happening i remember saying why isn't the
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white president helping the black mayors? it gets ridiculous when you bring race into everything. all of it is a big issue in the city and i don't think he looked great in that moment. >> bill: reasonable question and a little too much on the response there. a fight over parental rights boiling over in new jersey. parents there are threatening retaliation after the governor sued three school districts over a transgender policy. those schools are mandating teachers and administrators inform parents if their child starts using a different name, pronouns or bathrooms that contradict their sex. let's bring in middleton parent brian mason. i was reading about this. this is really interesting. if i'm understanding correctly these school districts wanted to give parents a heads-up if your child starts using a different bathroom, gender identity we want to tell you. the new jersey governor stepped
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in suing those schools saying no, you can't do that. why and what is your response? >> yeah, they want to keep parents in the dark when it comes to if a child decides they will change their name and gender. so our board of education rightfully stepped up and said no, we'll go against the governor and give parents the right to know what's going on. the governor and attorney general decided to sue its own taxpayers and citizens to force them to not know what's going on in their child's education, which is ridiculous. >> state of new jersey filing a lawsuit against the school districts doing that. part of their rationale if you will saying quote, outing these students against their will poses serious mental health risks, threatens physical harm to students including risking increased suicides, decreases
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the likelihood students will seek support and shirks the district's obligation to have a safe and supporting learning environment for all. the state said it wouldn't be safe if parents knew exactly what was going on with their kids? >> i don't think it has any basis for that. the kids right now, we have -- first of all, we have a great school system and really good teachers in our school. they have a very safe environment. also, through the new jersey project we found since they implemented some of these laws, they have had over 4,000% increase in kids deciding to change their gender and identify as something else. it's -- there is no way the kids will feel unsafe if their parents know about it. it's not about outing kids because they are already telling their friends and teachers about it. so the parents will find out about it anyway. they are saying that some of these kids have dangerous situations at home.
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if that's the case, then they should be -- maybe the police should be involved. but during covid lockdowns, these are the same people that demanded that they stay home and learn remotely. so those kids were forced into those same houses during covid. so this policy really doesn't make any sense. it just basically trying to keep parents in the dark about what's going on with their children in the schools. it is inappropriate material that is being -- trying to be taught. middletown doesn't have that issue luckily. we have great people that have taken steps, the governor has put in his curriculum a program and middle town removed it from the curriculum. the 88 pages that the new jersey department of education put out is a program that included gender affirming care, puberty blockers in it for kids as young
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as seven years old. this is to try to push this agenda, okay? it is parents are part of the education process. and they need to be informed. they need to know what's going on in the schools. everything that we do, we know about it. if a kid gets in trouble, we know about it. basically they're saying should you not send a bad report card home because they are scared of what's going on in the home? it is not a legitimate reasoning to do this. to keep parents in the dark. they really just want to separate parents and their children further and further. keep you in the dark and let the government. >> bill: we're out of time but remarkable to see the state of new jersey take the position that parents shouldn't be allowed to know what's going on with their own kids at school. >> they are suing their own citizens over it and it is not right. >> bill: we'll keep tabs on to story. thank you for your time this morning. >> dana: new text messages
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allegedly revealing dr. fauci tried to suppress the covid lab leak theory. chad pergram has the details for us. >> the panel investigating what started the pandemic wants more information from dr. david morins. they believe he has information that officials tried to curb talk about a lab leak. he works for the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, the senior scientific advisor. brad wenstrup questions if nih tried to suppress info because of possible funding for research overseas. >> we want a scientific debate on these types of things. we don't want the cover-ups we seem to be finding. the emails were troubling. if you have a situation where you may have been funding something that created a pandemic, you may want to say it didn't come from us.
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>> one message says tony does not want his fingerprints on origin stories, as in anthony fauci. wenstrup allegess that morins may have used his personal email. >> follow the motive and follow the money. what would be the reason for not having a scientific debate, for wanting to squash one of the potential theories that exist? >> the committee is now requesting electronic messages from fauci and former nih director francis collins and the deadline for another doctor to provide messages about the origins of the pandemic. fauci has not responded to a request for an interview. democrats say gop members are trying to vilify fauci. >> dana: that story doesn't go away and we can see why.
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i want to show you something, bill. a player putting his body on the line. jack porter made a catch for the highlight reels. he not only robbed a three-run home run but flipped over the fence, landed on the aluminum bench and his catch getting buzz on social media. look at that kid. one more time here. and he nails it, ouch. and a hand stand to the aluminum bench and he raises the ball up. >> bill: i don't mean to laugh. i'm glad he is okay. i think he hit every single thing possible in that there. the gate, the bench everything but still came up with it. >> dana: we'll be seeing mr. porter around for a long time. what's next? >> bill: still to come a third night of violent protests in
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>> dana: melissa mckay is with us now. great to have you. you pulled yourself up out of some pretty tough situations. describe your upbringing for us. >> yeah. i grew up in an abusive household with my mom and my ex-stepdad. i'm the oldest of six and my siblings and i all went to foster care when i was nine and separated from then. >> dana: foster care is what i've been interested in for a long time. the wonders of the people who volunteer to be foster care, not always a great situation, i know. the heartache for the children and oftentimes for the mother and sometimes the father, right? there is heartache that goes with all of that. what was it that you learned early on and might have been an influence from your grandfather, i understand, that gave you an
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inkling of what you could do in the future? >> i had a very close relationship with my -- both my grand parents. i think something that was very inspiring to me was my grandpa was very into music and taught me how to play piano and a video editor. so he taught me how to use video editing software when i was ten years old and it sparked my creativity and interest in video creating. >> dana: you are 23 years old. you are making millions, congratulations to you. how did you start doing this? >> honestly, i was in threater in high school and that's my true passion is acting. i had so much create activity pent up inside of me. i started posting videos on the internet and didn't have a plan or a rhyme or reason why i was doing it. i wanted to be creative and they took off. >> dana: you have a lot of pets?
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let's see some of those. could we have a picture? tell me the kind of pets you have. i'm a big dog person. >> a miniature dog and a cat. >> dana: i understand you are interested in philanthropy and giving back. i think there are so many people in the country who could benefit from that. what is your goal there? >> i would really love to open up some kind of foundation for foster youth. i think that growing up, you don't really know what foster children need unless you have been in that situation. i was in the system for 11 years and witnessed my siblings and what they needed. i would like to allocate funds to help foster kids. >> dana: we talked to ashley brown based out of florida going national and there is a lot of need. it is great to meet you. congratulations. you are quite an inspiring young
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27. nearly 300 others were injured. >> bill: protests engulfing the french capital for the past three nights over a fatal police shooting involving a black student. they injured police and threw fireworks. french president was seen dancing at an elton john concert as the city goes up in flames. alex hogan is joining us in the london bureau with all the details. doesn't seem like the best optics here. >> no, it doesn't. again for the third night despite curfews and closures of public transportation protests broke out across the country and new criticism of french president macron seen attending an elton john concert. one night after the riots began. macron condemned the violence. attending a concert is quite the contrast to the growing scenes
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playing out across the country just like this right here. people shot fireworks at police who responded with tear gas. last night more violent demonstrations, france deployed as many as 3,000 police officers after angry mobs looted and set buildings on fire. demonstrators are damaging schools, vehicles, food and clothing stores, police stations and even a city hall. the violence causing some schools to close temporarily. it all started on tuesday when a video shocked the country of this police officer shooting and killing a 17-year-old delivery driver who ran a traffic stop, a suburb outside of paris. the movement of these protests is largely fueled by what angry protestors say is racism within the police department and what they perceive to be unfair targeting of youth within disadvantaged groups. more than 600 people have been arrested so far. more than 200 police officers, bill, have been injured.
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today macron said the majority of the groups that are being arrested, 1-third of them are youth that are out on the streets protesting. bill. >> bill: president macron might want to find time to get things under control and save the concerts for later. alex hogan live in london. thank you. >> dana: fox news alert. moments away from learning the supreme court's decision. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." bill hemmer off today. i'm glad you're here with me for another hour of breaking news. >> bill: major news with the supreme court. millions of americans are waiting to find out what the court has to say on this about president biden's plan to wipe away $4 hundred billion in student loan debt. two related cases are challenging the president's authority to forgive the loans and there are several possible outcomes besides just an up or down ruling. >> dana: a lot of questions out there. we
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