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about that grandchild you don't claim, he broke royal protocol. he does something wrong. he is allowed to get mad. >> sandra: "america reports" kicks off hour two with that. i'm sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. >> john: i'm chuckling, reminiscent of the last president who woke up every day to bad news. the report on biden goes on to soften the blow of biden's outbursts with an ex claimer, seeing screaming is a sign of respect. >> sandra: and cbs news "biden's grandfatherly appeal may be absent overseas at nato summit." 68% of americans say they are concerned about biden's age. is the m ed why spinning for the president? >> john: the president does have a full plate overseas, including a high stakes meeting with volodymyr zelenskyy.

he wants into nato, but they say not yet. and kurt volker knows what's at stake better than almost anyone. he joins us this hour. but first. >> sandra: this developing story. when is enough enough? gender transition surgery is potentially inflicting irreperable harm. >> john: utah governor says the american medical association has become "politicized" saying it's impossible to get unbiased information about gender affirming care. but the ama and others are defending those practices. >> sandra: and take it from our guest, prisha mosley went through the pain of one of those procedures at a young age, only to reverse course years later. >> the whole thing just feels really messed up to me, it's heartbreaking. it was all sold as like a wonderful thing.

>> sandra: so let's get right to it. >> possible, seven states right now that are currently considering a ban or a pause on gender affirming care, but like you said, this is coming amidst a lot of frustration aimed at organizations like the american medical association and a host of others for what critics say is them pushing this type of care. for context, the ama and others support access to what they are calling evidence-based gender affirming care. we spoke to the american psychiatric association and said it could include everything from mental health services to medical transition support for minors, it could include surgery in some cases. criticism the groups are not just focused on patient care but well-known lobbyists. ama seven among all lobbying groups, 21.1 million last year on those efforts, and the

governor of utah says it's information that's hard to come by. >> the groups ever politicized. on this issue, its impossible to get unbiased information out of united states on this issue. >> utah became the first state to ban gender affirming surgery for minors earlier this year. 20 states in total have implemented bans or causes on transition care. but it does appear that the ama dollars may be working in other states. many have introduced legislation supporting this type of care for minors, nowhere so much as california, though, there is a bill under consideration that could make parents liable for child abuse if they don't affirm their child's gender. >> they are taking things way too far. politicians are far too involved and when you create laws and legislations and punishing people who oppose or do not agree with it, the government has stepped too far in our

lives. >> contentious issue, no clear path forward, sandra. >> sandra: kelly o'grady, thank you. john. >> john: now this, the house covid committee holding another hearing as lawmakers sparred over whether dr. anthony fauci and other health officials worked behind the scenes to discredit the lab leak theory. griff jenkins with the latest. what if anything did we learn from the hearing. >> john, we learned we still don't know with a degree of confidence where it came from, was it a lab leak, or natural origins. this committee pressed two top scientists behind a 2020 paper titled proximal origin, whether they suppressed the lab leak theory and from the start the chairman and ranking member were at odds. >> we are examining whether government officials, regardless of who they are, unfairly and perhaps biasly tipped the scales

toward a preferred origin theory. >> this is not about building trust in public health and science, no, it's about tearing it down, manufacturing a problem and manufacturing distrust to justify an extreme partisan agenda. >> both witnesses denied fauci and collins influenced their paper but republicans highlighted a sudden shift in three days, john, from the lab leak theory to natural origins and disconnect of the findings of the intel community. >> you also said in your testimony we do not believe any type of laboratory base scenario is plausible. yet other conclusions directly contradict your po igs is. how do you bring that together? >> you could say our conclusions completely contradict their conclusions, too. we are looking at different things here. you are talking about the intelligence community. >> and john, far from done.

republicans wants answers from doctors fauci and collins and fauci has not moved despite the in intel community pointing to the lab leak theory, he has not moved from the natural theory. >> john: it is really interesting how the whole thing flipped in the space of three days after one conversation in which some notable people like robert redfield were not invited. griff, great to see you. thanks. >> sandra: alleged censoring of covid narratives, after the biden administration was restrict today talking to social media companies about content found on their platforms. the white house now asking a federal appeals court to block that order, in a case some legal experts expect to make its way to the supreme court. let's bring in missouri attorney general andrew bailey. he co-filed the original lawsuit against the biden administration, clearly because you, saw, saw it as an

infringement on first amendment rights. so what do you think happens here? >> these are the worst first amendment violations in this nation's history, and can be leveled right at president biden across the white house and spectrum of federal bureaucratic agencies, and we are not going to let the white house or other federal entity destroy free speech. a relationship of coercion and collusion between federal officials and big tech social media to silence american voices. it was illegal, they only silenced conservative voices and everything they suppressed that we have uncovered in our lawsuit happened to be true so that's why the court order of july 4th was so important to preserve the legacy of freedom enshrined in the first amendment. >> sandra: the biden administration is arguing this injunction hurts national security to the point that they are saying the plaintiffs' proposed injunction would significantly hinder the federal government ability to combat

foreign malign campaigns, prosecute claims, and healthcare, election integrity. do you share in concerns about the ability of law enforcement officials to do their jobs? >> no, it's ironic that the very people who claim to be protecting us from misinformation are spreading misinformation what the order does. the federal cannot coordinate to censor protected speech and violate the constitution. so the notice of appeal is violating the right to free speech and the court opined the department of justice failed to p ut on any evidence or argument any lawful behavior was inhibited or curtailed by the order on july 4th. >> sandra: do you think it makes its way to the supreme court? >> i think it absolutely ends up

in the supreme court. this is the most important first amendment case in a generation. a recent opinion, justice gorsuch handed down, he opined it was likely the federal government had coordinated with big tech to suppress american's voices during the pandemic and so certainly the court sees this one coming and will continue to fight the fight to protect, you know, the constitutional rights of americans to free speech from infringement by biden and his federal bureaucrats. >> sandra: your state has been one of the states pushing back against the medical transitions for minors, we have covered it on the show, this network. you have been investigating some of the clinics in the state. tell us the findings of that, and i'll ask you if you are surprised by the american medical association now renewing its support for these gender changing surgeries for minors. >> yeah, again, you know, talking about misinformation, i mean, shame on the american medical association for not taking the right stand on this issue. history will not look kindly on

that position. 0 fda approval or clinical showing the puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria. european recognized that a decade ago. a terrible position for the ama to be taking. i'm proud to be in a state and they say no, we put a stop to it. our investigation is ongoing and will hold wrong doers accountable. >> sandra: any update on the investigation into your state's clinics, sir. >> the situation is ongoing, we receive evidence and analyze that evidence and context and we are shifting into defensive mode as well. notified the law passed is likely to be challenged in court and certainly we have seen understates undergo that process and have to defend their state legislature attempt to defend children. >> sandra: could you

characterize the findings, you said you continue to analyze the findings. could you characterize what you have seen from that so far? >> yeah, we know the clinic under investigation said they were the only clinic providing it in the state of missouri, that's not true, there was shadowy clinics across the state, and clinic itself, a report that tried to cover up some of the what we view as at whistleblowers complaints appeared in an affidavit my office received months ago and certainly the evidence we are uncovering is inconsist with the report authored by the clinic and we have to continue to push it forward and figure out what went wrong here and hold any wrong doers accountable. >> sandra: those -- obviously that's big news. are those being shut down, those clinics? >> yeah, the general assembly has prohibited those kinds of procedures for minors in the state of missouri and so again,

excited to live in a state we have a general assembly who has taken a stand on the issue and joined other states who have said no to this woke social experimentation of children and really, you have to think about the irreversible consequences and the fact that some of these people never recover and that's why it's important to put a stop to it now. >> sandra: got it. mr. attorney general, appreciate your time. thank you for joining us on both of those very serious topics. thank you. >> thanks for having me on. >> sandra: and john, that's something we have been covering a lot on this program and they are looking clinic to clinic to find out what is going on there because there is a growing number of children that are affected by these decisions and we have had examples on the program of people who have gone through the changes as minors who regret them later in life. >> john: prisha mosley had a double mastectomy, she was age 18, and now at 25 she says what did i do and she's transitioning back. but some of the young people

going through the procedures are as young as 13 years old, raised a lot of questions whether it's the right thing to do. dramatic video out, in michigan, a 7-year-old, griffin emerson nearly drown in a pool but a couple of youngsters sprang into action you see one of them jumping in the pool to save him and prevented a horrific tragedy. >> sandra: president biden is set to meet with his nato counterparts at tomorrow's high stakes summit where he'll need to make his case where he's sending widely banned cluster bombs to ukraine. will it create a crack in the nato alliance against russia. we will be speaking shortly with former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker. i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for an erc tax refund. you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds at no upfront cost. sometimes you need a second opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, i think i'll get a second opinion.

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>> sandra: president biden at the nato summit as kyiv pushes to become a member. ukraine military says russia launched 28 drones on the southern port of odesa and kyiv just hours before the summit took place, all of it after biden broke with allies to send cluster bombs to ukraine. complete coverage for you begins now. former u.s. ambassador to nato kurt volker, but first jacqui heinrich, she is travelling with the president. hello, jacqui. >> hey, sandra. you know, president zelenskyy pushed very hard to get at least an invitation to the alliance out of the nato summit and despite his frustration, reads in part, ukraine's future is in nato and we will be in position to extend an invitation to ukraine to join the alliance when allies agree and conditions are met.

i just interviewed the finnish foreign minister and finland also shares a border with russia, but the new member country agrees conditions right now are not right. >> it's impossible to set an exact timeline. the most important thing is that we help ukraine in achieving those criteria which are needed for nato membership and based on the washington treaty you cannot accept a member who is actively engaged in a war. >> although bride taking credit for turkey dropping its opposition to sweden joining the alliance, president zelenskyy's fury about all this played out in full view and i talked about it with president biden's under secretary of defense. >> president zelenskyy had expressed concern that not having an invitation or

membership in the alliance would make ukraine's membership a bargaining chip in ending the war with russia. >> we made it very clear there's no diplomacy with russia or anybody else about ukraine without ukraine. so, ukraine is going to take the lead on negotiations when and if they ever happen and we will be in support of their efforts. >> president biden, though, is focusing on the wins. he thanked the turkish president for his diplomacy, erdogan in turn praising a new phase of cooperation with the united states, that is an illusion we think to the f-16 jets the country wants and biden administration has made no secret how hard they are pushing congress for that to happen, sandra. >> sandra: jacqui, thank you. >> john: sandra, let's bring in kurt volker, former u.s. ambassador to nato and ukraine negotiations, what do you think

nato will do about ukraine. zelenskyy wants a declaration from nato that ukraine can apply for membership after the fighting ends. there is a split in nato. some nations support that, and others say oh no, no, no, that would lead to escalation. >> we are not talking about bringing ukraine into nato today. your correspondent just said, if you did that, then nato would be at war with russia and nobody wants to do that. what we are talking about, what are the signals we send to vladimir putin and to zelenskyy about the future. putin needs to know that he's lost this. he will never win the war against ukraine, and he will never disrupt security in europe again and the way for nato to do that is to signal that ukraine is coming in as a member as soon as it's practical to do so. what's happening now is a couple of allies, united states is one, germany is another, are even holding back on that kind of strong statement and they are saying well, you know, there's no consensus in the alliance,

and oh, conditions are not ready yet or ukraine is not ready yet, that in my view sends the wrong signal to putin, that tells him to keep fighting. >> john: somebody described it as biden is a man at a sink trying to get the temperature of the water just right, he's working the hot, he's working the cold. but in doing that, does he look wishy-washy to putin? and the flip side of that is if you were to say as soon as the fighting is over, ukraine will become a member of nato, would putin see that as a threat? >> i think if you said as soon as the fighting is over, incentive to put in keep fighting, don't give up. as long as you keep the war going they won't get in. that would be the wrong message to sends. you have to make it unequivocal we will find the right time and place and nothing putin can do about it. and you are right, the hot-cold thing does look like weakness.

>> john: biden did say, and i don't know if he meant to say it, we are running low on 150 shells munitions so give them cluster bombs instead, and put him at odds on some, and these things can go wrong and hit a civilian population. i was in serbia in 1999, a little town, and a nato cluster bomb maybe got hung up on the bomb rack, it landed on a village square in a market. killed a lot of people and it was a horrific scene to see, the little bomblets still all over the town square. is he right to give them cluster munitions? >> i think so. they are a concern for a civilian population, particularly after the war is over and if there's any left behind, you know, children pick them up, it can kill people, no

question. but the alternative is russia killing civilians with certainty today. and so in order to stop that the ukrainians have to be able to push the russians out and will be able to do it faster and more reliably if we give them these munitions now. >> john: how big a deal sweden is gaining access, unbroken set of countries across scandinavian. >> it's a huge deal. two major countries are neighbors of yours that were not going to join nato did so because you invaded ukraine. that's what you have done. and militarily, when you look at the geography of europe, all of northern europe is fully integrated in nato defense planning, air space, sea space, a tremendous security blanket for nato and something vladimir putin did not want. >> john: how long before russians say to putin you really f-ed this up, get out.

>> that was two weeks ago. that's what we saw. >> john: great to see you. thanks for being with us. >> sandra: thank you very much. ambassador as you just heard explaining everything that is at stake as the president is overseas. but one media outlet is fawning over his oh grandfatherly appeal on the world stage. how does that look to our adversaries? >> john: see how the president presents himself in the public eye, or we have seen how the president presents himself in the public eye. what happens behind closed doors? a new report spotlights the president's hot temper to his white house staffers. take this up with dave rubin coming up next. >> he's a real person, come on. everybody gets mad. >> what's interesting to me is the press sort of finally noticing this. he's been on tape for a long time yelling at people. his rebranding is friendly uncle joe is one of the modern marketing miracles. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance...

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>> john: americans say they are concerned the president is too old to run for re-election in 2024, but the media seems to be finding ways to spin it positively. a brand-new cbs piece is fawning over the president's leadership writing biden's grandfatherly appeal may be asset overseas at the nato summit. the piece argues his personality and old school politicking makes for good strategy in a sea of younger world leaders. that reflected here at home. we'll ask dave rubin in a moment, but mark, talk like what president biden is like in private behind the scenes. >> president biden has been in washington a long time, decades up on capitol hill as a senator and of course eight years as vice president, but this latest piece kind of sheds light on what the president is like behind the scenes as you mentioned. and what he was like even before becoming president.

still this axios piece a few things worth noting. very little turnover on the cabinet level, axios mentions the president can curse at the staff he's dealing with, and stresses there are two sides of the story. and writing behind closed doors biden is a quick trigger temper some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him, some take a colleague as a shield of a solo blast. and same article acknowledged biden's defenders say he can be tough and also can be more compassionate and generous than politicians and make them feel like family. the president's management style may come up next year whether he can handle another term, he's already 80 years old. the president is eager to make add an advantage in his campaign. >> i think the world is changing and i think i -- there is one thing that comes with age if you are being honest your whole life and that is some wisdom.

i think we are on the cusp of making significant honest changes to the world. honest to god. >> the white house is facing questions with what happens with the president's granddaughter down in arkansas, the white house has yet to acknowledge. "new york times" did a deep dive on the biden family issue. we are seeing to see whether the white house gives a more formal response in the weeks and months ahead and news coming in, president biden while in europe did place a phone call to the governor of vermont, they are dealing with historic flooding so also showing he's able to handle issues while overseas. >> john: tough times for the green mountain state, no question. >> sandra: dave rubin, host of "the rubin report," but first to the headline, the grandfatherly appeal he brings to this overseas summit. first, that characterization.

>> yeah, i mean, it's everything that the media does with democrats that they do not do with republicans. they are teasing you with oh, if he's befuddled and confused and stumbling and muttering, somehow it's charming and evidence of his effectiveness. we all know it's evidence of his age, and look, i'm not an ageist, you know, 80 years old, you can still be highly functional and competent and all sorts of things. but most people watching this don't think that joe biden could be running an mcdonald's, much less being the president of the united states and i think more and more democrats are realizing it, why the corporate press like cbs is running these silly headlines. >> sandra: describe it as a grandfatherly appeal, and say it's going to be an asset overseas at the nato summit. to axios reporting on the temper

tantrums, the cursing happening behind the scenes at the white house, aides avoid meeting with him one-on-one, pulling colleagues in to shield themselves from meeting with the president. what did you think when you heard and read all of that? >> well, again, this is asymmetry, if it was donald trump they would say we should 25th amendment him, he can't regulate his emotion, that sort of thing. joking aside, one of the side effects that comes with one cognitive impairment with age is a disregulated emotional ability. you start getting angry, not sure why. could it be part of it? it's possible. but is it possible they are writing it as a puff piece to show you oh, the joe biden that you see usually who is a little confused and grandfatherly actually he has a real fire beneath him and he's cracking the whip behind the scenes to show you how competent he is.

it's sometimes hard to see behind that corporate scene, or the corporate curtain they are always putting up. >> sandra: dave, i'm sure it comes as no shock to you, but the ladies at "the view" are coming to his defense on those reports of his tantrums. listen. >> i like that. a mild managed sweet guy. he blows off steam. >> he's allowed to get mad. i do with three small kids. >> we have heard him say off mic say stuff, he's a regular guy. >> sandra: just a regular guy, dave. >> as any friend michael malas points out, the corporate press -- what would they be saying if it was desantis or donald trump, now suddenly he's a grandfather and he's sexy. i mean -- joy, joy, come on. >> sandra: one thing they are

not discussing is the seventh grandchild of the sitting president. kjp, karine jean-pierre, the press secretary responding to a question from a reporter at the white house briefing about that. >> does the president acknowledge this little girl as his granddaughter? >> i don't have anything to share from here. >> sandra: when will this white house answer for that? >> yeah, you know, this story is actually really depressing and i think shows you some actual true insight into the biden family and the biden emotions, let's say, because regardless of what -- whether hunter wants to have a relationship with his daughter or not, or whether he's giving money or not there, is no reason that joe biden and jill biden cannot have a relationship with their granddaughter. there are thousands, if not millions of children in the united states who for whatever reason couldn't be raised by their biological parents and the grandparents stepped in and took care of those kids. the fact the bidens want nothing, nothing to do with this

girl who is their granddaughter, fact, and they don't even want her to be able to use the biden last name, that really shows you far more about the emotional regulation of the biden family than his outbursts or his grandfatherly appeal. >> sandra: and to reference questions about it unprofessional at that white house briefing is something as well. dave rubin, great to have you on today. thanks for being here. >> john: folks in the southwest are living through a heat wave that could rank among the worst in history, both for intensity and longevity. on the scene in phoenix where temperatures are currently in the triple digits. >> sandra: a dramatic pool rescue caught on camera and two young boys were the heroes. those two young boys will be joining us live next to tell their story. veteran homeowners to combat today's rising prices. lower your monthly payments with the three c's: pay down your credit cards, pay off your car loan,

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>> john: new aerial pictures t share with you, rolling hills estates in california sandwiched in between los angeles and long beach. so far eight homes at last count have been totally destroyed in this landslide. the cause of which is unknown at this point.

a number of other homes have been red tagged and people told to evacuate as well. you can see how the land has shifted and slid there, taking the homes with it. again, we don't know what caused this, did not appear to be seismic activity in the area, likely something else behind it. good perspective how the land has slid and sunk taking the homes with it. sandra. >> sandra: wow, really some images there. crushing heat on millions across the southwest today with temperatures expanding into the triple digits. fox weather's max gordon is live in phoenix. how is it feeling out there for you? sweltering, i'm sure. >> the valley of the sun is living up to its name. feels like i'm standing in an oven, on the way to 110° here in phoenix and officials in phoenix say it's too hot to hike. behind me is a popular hiking

trail, 1 of 3 shut down during the heat of the day because it's too dangerous for hikers to be out there. already phoenix has had 11 consecutive days of temperatures 110° or higher. they say dangerous heat blankets much of the west and southwest, expecting to continue the next several days. we have seen several fatalities in national parks due to big temperatures, big bend, grand canyon and death valley national park have all claimed victims this summer. and they are aimed at keeping people from meeting the same fate. >> i think it's a good thing for arizonans, visitors don't know how the weather is, the trail is, don't have enough water, good thing for us. >> brutal, i think most people would pass out, you cannot replenish enough water at that kind of heat especially with that exertion. you need to stay indoors or go to a swimming pool.

>> a swimming pool sounds good right now. folks here in the southwest are told to hydrate and to stay in air-conditioning during the heat of the day. sandra. >> sandra: max gordon in the oven that is phoenix right now. thanks, max. be well. john. >> john: now a story about the flip side of swimming pools, a little boy lucky to be alive after nearly drowning in a detroit area apartment complex pool. surveillance video showing 7-year-old griffin emerson struggling to keep his head above water and then sinking to the bottom in the deep end. two young heroes came to the rescue, 12-year-old noah and 8-year-old brother weston woods launched into action. and here are noah, weston and their mother. great to have two young heroes on the program. let's start with you, noah. you spotted griffin, he says he just wanted to get into the pool in a way he could show other folks that he could swim and

stuff, he was floating around in the shallow end. took the floaties off and into the deep end. when did you see as he entered where you were laying on the floatie? >> i saw him -- >> what did you see, about you had? >> i saw his arms like flying around, and i just like knew something was not ok, and -- i just told weston to go down and check on him. >> weston was on the pool deck, so noah called out to you and said hey, something is going on here, this young boy is sinking beneath the water. what did you think and what did you do? >> i quickly jumped into the pool because i didn't want him to be gone, so i jumped in because i had goggles on and i quickly got him up and his head

started going up and down and then i got him to the surface and then the guy helped me get him up and then he said we have a problem. >> so when you saw him go down, you instinctively jumped into the water. how difficult was it to get him from the bottom of the pool back up to the surface? >> it was kind of hard, and but -- i just quickly did it because i did not want him to die. >> oh, my gosh. it's amazing that you jumped in like that and just instinct had your wits about him. you saw the boys come up, what kind of condition was griffin in? >> griffin was very, very lifeless, and as blue as could be. you can see in the video his mom runs over as fast as she could to instantly start cpr.

i grabbed my phone, called 911, so technically at the same time she is already trying to save him, i have 911 on the phone so they are already on their way. it was crazy realizing that like it was the boys who actually started it and you know, finished it ultimately, saving him, which was so cool to me. >> john: i mean, it really is amazing, particularly when you consider weston is a year older than griffin. when griffin's mom started performing cpr, he got up almost immediately, coughed out some water, and then was almost instantly ok. >> yeah. it was pretty crazy. i mean, he -- she did do cpr for -- it all seemed like it took forever during the time, but yeah, as soon as he came to, it was -- it was crazy, he was still blue while he was like sitting up and then walked over

to the lounge chair, and i mean, it was just crazy to see that like such a lifeless person is now like in a sense perfectly ok. >> it really is remarkable, and boys, i know that you were honored by the local first responders there in your town who said heroes don't always wear capes and i'm wondering, after doing something like this, well, what do i want to do in the future? i mean, weston i could see you being a rescue swimmer for the u.s. coast guard. >> well, probably later i want to probably like teach him how to swim and be cautious and don't like -- make sure you do what the right thing is and don't like water isn't a joke, stay safe around water. >> john: and noah, what has this incident taught you? >> probably always stay aware,

make sure you know what's going and around you. watch your surroundings, and if someone needs help, help them. >> john: and salise, you have to be over the moon how response in and responsive your two little heroes are. >> yes, i've taught them, i feel like i've always made sure that water, you know, just to be aware of everything, like crazy things happen in the world every day, so always pay attention, and it's kind of cool to see that like the things i taught them is now into play and they actually use what i say. >> john: wow, that's amazing. you have a couple of real heroes on your hands. thanks for being with us. good on you. >> thank you, bye. >> sandra: love them. great job, boys. all right. democrat governors are offering billions in tax breaks to who? foreign companies to bring offshore wind farms to the east coast. but who is left footing the bill?

the cost of wind farms next.

>> sandra: east coast governors offering billions in tax incentives to foreign companies to develop offshore wind farms here that a lot of folks say they don't even want. bryan llenas is reporting from seabright, new jersey. who ends up paying for this? >> sandra, new jersey's rate payer advocate says new jerseyians will end up paying in the form of higher electric bills. a billion dollar estimated tax break is being given to a foreign danish company to build an offshore wind farm. that billion dollar tax break was supposed to go to new jerseyians to help them cut back on that -- on their energy bills. we spoke to republicans say this is outrageous. listen. >> we are giving an additional billion dollars, which let's call it what it is, a subsidy to

a foreign corporation at the expense of new jersey rate payers that are already paying exorbitant fees for energy. >> this is going to cast about $8,000 per resident. it's unsightly. people in new jersey don't want this offshore wind. >> sandra, back to you. >> sandra: thanks, bryan. set your dvr, never miss "america reports." i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts now. >> martha: thank you very much, you guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. "the story" right now senator rand paul, clay travis and marc thiessen all on deck with us this afternoon. first up though, the mystery of the trump appointee charged with overseeing the hunter biden case. david weiss, now saying that there is an ongoing prob