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the home of the suspect who has now been arrested and is in custody. hello, welcome everyone, i'm sandra smith in new york. rich, hello to you. >> rich: rich edson in washington for john roberts. this is "america reports." major break as the suspect is set to make his first court appearance in less than an hour now. identified as rex heuermann, 59-year-old architect at a new york city firm. >> sandra: the news brings a sense of relief to residents of gilgo beach nearly 13 years after the body of a 24-year-old woman was discovered there. remains of nine more people have been found in the years since then. mary ellen o'toole is a former fbi profiler will join us with details what we know. but begin with lauren green. >> good afternoon, sandra. the most intense investigation for a supposed serial killer on new york's long island for more than a decade.

police joined by the fbi have been searching for a suspect in the gilgo beach murders. last night, they made an arrest. the suspect has been identified as rex heuermann. the 59-year-old owner of r.h. architectural design company in manhattan. arrested near his office on 5th avenue. early this morning, a swarm of police swallowed his home on massapequa park on long island, arrested in connection with the notorious gilgo murders of four women, but could be linked to ten days. in 2010, missing shannon gilbert. may 1st she made a 5:00 a.m. 911 call from a gated community on long island saying someone was after her. during the search for gilbert, police discovered bodies of four other women. 24-year-old melissa, 25-year-old maureen, 22-year-old megan, and 27-year-old amber. now known as the gilgo four.

all reportedly worked as craigslist escorts. four were found wrapped in burlap and 1/10th of a mile of each other along the shores of gilgo beach. and then it claimed to eight women, and an unidentified man and a toddler. police speculate if the death is related to the other four. the case is in the hands of the grand jury. heuermann will have a court appearance in an hour. >> sandra: thank you very much. mary ellen o'toole, former fbi profiler and director of forensic sciences at george mason university. thank you for joining us. we could be seeing the suspect any moment now in the next hour it is expected this court appearance will happen. what do you believe was the break in this case after all these years? >> my sense is that because this

is really such a bold move on the part of the police, a move of confidence, that somehow dna has got to be a part of this, that through some type of dna they were able to link him to one or more of the cases. the confidence level suggests a dna link. >> rich: and police are taking the vehicle away in massapequa park. mary ellen, we have not heard much as far as more victims in more than ten years. is it common for serial killers, if not caught, to go underground for a period of time? >> we are learning more about that since the 1980s when we had most serial killers really active, and we now know that that does happen. used to think that they did not burn out, that there weren't other life experiences that prevented them from killing, and

now we see that through cases like some killers that there are reasons they might stop and i've been told by some of these serial killers they stopped because it's too hard of work. sometimes they stop because they are going to go into retirement or a life circumstance that caused them to stop. >> sandra: just remarkable. we have all now had a chance to see this video emerged from 2022, the suspect was boasting about the career in architecture, and saying in the video i was born and raised on long island and working in manhattan since 1987, a very long time. these are live pictures just a moment ago as rich pointed out we saw them removing, mary, a vehicle from the scene there in massapequa park. earlier they removed a freezer from the property. so they are seizing a lot of

evidence. you see them go in and fully covered to protect any of the evidence involved. so we are left wondering what was the break in this case. hopefully we know more. here is a map of the murder locations. he talked about being a lifelong resident of long island. this would be the vicinity of where these murders were played out. if indeed he is responsible for all of these, he stayed extremely local. mary. >> oh, i'm sorry. yeah, he did stay very local and that's actually high risk behavior for him because any evidence that he might have had, it's very likely he kept at least some of it at his residence. he could have had storage areas but to be confident enough to continue to live there, he did not anticipate that he was going to be arrested. and he lived such a pro social

lifestyle. his job, his family, that's why people around him said geez, he looked like such an ordinary guy. all of this contributed, i think, to his confidence in staying in the same place and not moving throughout new york or throughout the country, frankly. >> sandra: mary, thank you very much for joining us. we are continuing to look at these, a live look at the scene here, the suspect is arrested, in custody, a court appearance is expected any moment now. we'll be watching for all these developments. appreciate your insights there. thank you very much. >> rich: you know, sandra, really incredible -- the question you asked and the point you brought up, the fact his life was very much out there. you talked to mary ellen about that. he had photos on social media, videos on social media, and you read the accounts from people who knew him, people in the neighborhood said it does not seem like it. but an incredible case right now they have made an arrest for

what has been a case that has really not had much of a development in the last 20 years. >> sandra: and continued to go up and show up and go to work every day. so you wonder from the investigative standpoint when they were making a break in the case how they had to keep it quiet from the suspect for him to go about his everyday life and remain going to work, going back to his home, not on the run. hopefully we will learn more in the coming minutes and keep an eye on it. now this. >> rich: apparent win for congressional republicans as the house judiciary committee might be able to question the lead prosecutor in the hunter biden probe. doj says it will make u.s. attorney david weiss available for an on the record interview. david spunt is live at the justice department with this story. david. >> hi, rich. good afternoon. a republican source told me things are moving in a positive direction between house republicans and attorney general

merrick garland, which is in contrast to what we saw several weeks ago where several republicans floated the word impeachment and merrick garland in the same sentence. right now merrick garland is offering up republican star witness, conversations between the doj and capitol hill staff as soon as today taking place about scheduling a time for david weiss to come in and sit for a transcribed interview. hunter biden's plea deal is not finalized, his court appearance is july 26th, less than two weeks away, so perhaps weiss will sit with congress after that. in the letter from doj yesterday it reads u.s. attorney weiss says he welcomes the opportunity to meet with the committee at an appropriate time consistent with the law and department policy. the department with this letter affirms that commitment. rich, there are several other people republicans want to hear from. weiss's assistant, u.s. attorney leslie wolf and matthew graves in washington, d.c. at this point, doj did not commit to allowing them to sit

for interviews. house speaker kevin mccarthy before the letter was delivered to capitol hill said the attorney general should make all the witnesses available. listen. >> he doesn't have really the ability to tell us whether congress could find the answer or not. the american people deserve the answer. >> congressman darrell issa said yesterday we are a long way away from talking about impeaching a cabinet official, that is a win for merrick garland right there at this point. the second irs whistleblower who worked on the hunter biden tax probe, unnamed whistleblower will be publicly revealed at a hearing next week with gary shapley who has already come out to tell of his concerns with the investigation. rich. >> rich: david spunt live at the justice department, thank you. >> sandra: lawmakers sounding the alarm after new classified ufo footage. dire warning of the risk to humanity that one lawmaker says we "can't handle."

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>> rich: legal fight in california over the constitutional rights of parents after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against a local school district accused of socially transitioning a child without parental consent. a california state assemblyman

will join us but william is live in los angeles. >> simple question and asked in districts across the country. do parents have a right to know if their parent is changing gender identity, something schools should tell you. in california and other districts the answer is no. a federal judge saying schools have a legitimate interest in creating a zone of protection for transgender students and those questioning their gender identity from adverse hostile reactions, including parents. conservatives who brought the case are appealing this to the ninth circuit. >> it's well established under the united states constitution that parents have the right to direct and control the medical treatment of their children. and we believe this extends to the extensive psychological treatment like socially transitioning a child at school. >> 17,000 schools and 37 states have policy that effectively hide transitioning students'

care from parents. this california mother challenged that arguing the policy interfered with her right to make informed decisions about her 5th grader who at the time lived as a girl at home, while using a boy's name at school. >> i just want them to stop keeping parents in the dark. they were talking to my daughter about different support groups in town to help her with her transition, and then discussed breast binding with my daughter that i had no knowledge of. >> so a judge dismissed this claim, victory says aclu and transgender students. >> parents don't create a safe space for their children to be who they are. >> district courts in ten states are grappling with the same question as red and blue lawmakers go different directions. don't be surprised if we see it some day at the supreme court.

>> william is live in los angeles, thank you. >> for anybody who just heard that, many will not doubt that will happen. bring in california state assemblyman bill assali. you introduced a bill that would have required schools to notify parents if children identify as transgender or seeking any change to their gender status. why would any reasonable, responsible adult in this country get in the way of a parent knowing something so major is happening with their child at school? >> that is a great question. and really gets to the heart of this progressive movement in which they really want to indoctrinate our kids, and they know the biggest impediment to that is the parent who guides the values and upbringing of a child and they want to pierce that relationship and this is the way they are doing it now is through this gender ideology and by concealing it from parents. that's the real thing here. >> sandra: and parents are

speaking up. these are just some of them complaining at a school board meeting back in january. >> not every kid seeking emotional support is a candidate for gender transition. >> my daughter the last two years asked for her pronouns on the first day of school. >> sandra: they are assuming that children making these decisions in the classroom at school are responsible enough at such a young age to make a major life change and a major life decision that could affect them the rest of their life. why would the school be ok with that, keeping that from the parents? >> the schools are afraid because the state of governor, through regulations is instructing them that they are supposed to keep this secret in the interest of privacy of their kids. never in the history of united states have we said kids have a right to privacy from their own parents that doesn't exist but they are being threatened by regulators and bureaucrats and even our own governor in the state of california.

>> sandra: and this is kay anderson, the attorney slamming the law, first of all, listen here. >> parents have the right to direct the upbringing, education of their kids. these schools coming up with these policies where they push a child towards a gender transition and lie to parents about that are violating the united states constitution. >> the fact of the matter is, these policies are spreading like wildfire across the country. parents are kept in the dark while schools are socially transitioning their kids to different gender identities behind their back and the expert consensus is this is psychological treatment. >> the fear that if it's ok there it could spread like wildfire across the country. this is becoming an issue in school board meetings, also a bigger and bigger issue by the day as we head towards a presidential election. this is just some of the 2024 gop candidates on parental rights, listen. >> we must continue the noble

fight that you are waging to take back school boards all across this country. >> we are not gonna have the sexualization of our children in our schools. and i'll tell you, parents across florida, regardless of party, they appreciated that. >> there is no reason school bureaucrats should hide what they teach, what they say or what they know from us when it comes to our kids. >> sandra: bill, it's really interesting to see this emerging as a bigger and bigger issue. parents want control of their children and they don't want to surrender to the schools. >> yeah, children belong to their parents, and look, parents have a lot of power here. i introduced this bill, it's not going to go far in a democrat legislature but it can go far at a school district level and we are working with school districts to implement a -- the judge said it's not

constitutional, it's political, so we need the political debate and battle at the local school board level. parents can win there. >> sandra: interesting stuff. bill, thank you for joining us on that appreciate it. rich. >> rich: sandra, hollywood actors are joining the writers on strike as the summer's hottest movies are hitting the big screen. the cast of "oppenheimer" even walking out of the film's big premiere. will things change at a theater near you. >> one thing that comes with age if you are honest about it your whole life and that is some wisdom. i just want to finish the job and i think we can do that in the next six years. >> sandra: president biden is insisting he is running for re-election. top democrats are quietly prepping to replace him as their nominee. why do they think he's not actually going to run? karl rove up next on that.

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>> sandra: fox news alert, awaiting a court appearance for the spent involved in the gilgo beach murders of up to ten women on long island. you are looking live at the courthouse there in riverhead, new york, we expect we will see the suspect shortly, described as a court appearance. he was arrested earlier and brought in after a major breakthrough in what is being

called one of the most intense prolific searches for a serial killer ever. so we are watching for the suspect to appear in court. we will keep our eye on that for you. >> inhuman attacks on russia -- by russia on ukraine. >> has vladimir putin been weakened by recent events. >> it's hard to tell, but clearly losing the war in iraq. >> joan, shanga -- koalawa. god save the queen, man. >> rich: well, president biden's worrying top democrats ahead of the primary. cnn is reporting the slow pace of the biden campaign is pushing donors to look to other potential nominees for the party. let's bring in former deputy chief of staff to president

george w. bush, karl rove. thanks for joining us this afternoon. plenty of headlines out there, we are getting into primary season, somewhat of a challenger at rfk, jr. how serious is this effect here, or in a year from now, are we going to see president biden getting renominated by democrats in chicago? >> well, if he were having to place a bet today, i think the safest bet would be to get he would be renominated but i would take the field against him and i don't mean the field of rfk, jr. i think democrats are deeply concerned about this. the president is clearly suffering, he's often times not able to connect two sentences together, he makes missteps, he's weak, he's old, he's unpopular, poll ratings are terrible. significant number of americans do not want him to run again, majority of americans do not want him to run again. he would be 82 shortly after the election and hoping to serve to

86. and so i think a lot of democrats are saying really, do we want to put up as our nominee in 2024 the one democrat who looks like he could be beaten by virtually any republican. >> rich: ok, and news alert, sandra, off to you. sorry about that, karl. >> sandra: quick fox news alert to long island where families of the victims involved in the gilgo beach murders are now speaking out sued the courthouse. >> i'm john ray, i'm the lawyer for the victims of the long island serial killer case for the family of jessica taylor, one of the victims, and the family of shannon gilbert, one of the other victims. with me is jasmine robinson, who is the representative of the jessica taylor family. mrs. taylor is very ill, cannot be here. jessica grew up with, i'm sorry, jasmine grew up with jessica and

is her first cousin. and is here to speak on behalf of the victims. and susan klatt is one of my investigators, in a team of investigators we have had on this case for many years. i guess i'll start. we are here now because at 6:20 this morning we received word that a man had been arrested in massapequa park for the long island serial killings of four of the women who were laid in tandem and covered with burlap. along ocean parkway. we know that there are 11 victims that we are certain of. that would include shannon gilbert. this man we believe will be arraigned for anywhere from 1 to 4 of the murders with the

burlap, the girls with the burlap over them. but not for the others. that doesn't mean he didn't do the others, it just means we think that at this time the police are not ready to make another arrest. even so, with those facts in mind, it's true to say that we breathe a great sigh of relief, myself after being on this case for 12 years and investigating this case relentlessly, and as well the victims' families, that finally something has been done and finally somebody has been caught. i think we will leave it to the district attorney and then later on i believe mr. tierney will hold a press conference, we don't know all the details. we don't know if man was on the radar for any people until we

learned this morning. so we are happy the police are finally taking a positive step in this respect, but this is just the beginning. this is just the very edge of a great bigger body of water, shall we say, of murder that's taken place. i have no doubt but that we will find that this man, if he is the killer, will have killed other people not yet even know whose bodies have not yet been located. that we think for certainty. but there are other killers and we are hoping that the police will stay as active now that this has happened as we have asked for them to do in the past. so, i'm happy after a great deal of work and maybe partial justice will be finally accomplished here on earth. and now after having said that,

i'm going to ask that jasmine, who's shy, and has suffered a great deal in this, will speak briefly for you and then we'll answer any questions you have. all right. jasmine, come on over. >> i just want to say that i'm grateful for the hard work that's been done. i'm grateful that today is happening. and i'm hopeful for the future. >> can you say anything about jessica, who she was and how you hope she's remembered in all of this, and not forgotten somehow? >> i hope that she's remembered as a beautiful young woman, not what her occupation was at that time, and she's loved and missed every day. >> how do you feel about the fact that this is supposedly the gilgo four and she's not part of that, correct, so like what are your hopes? >> i'm hopeful for the future and hopeful that a connection is made. >> you feel it could be him?

>> i'm not sure yet. >> [inaudible] >> it destroyed us. >> when you heard the news today, what did you think? what immediately? >> it's been surreal. it's -- i'm shell shocked. and like i said, i'm just grateful that today is happening. >> jasmine, it's been a very long time. >> 20 years. 20 years this month. >> and what does it mean now -- >> like i said, it's -- i can't even put it into words right now. >> have you been in contact with any of the other victims' families? >> yes. >> jasmine, we heard from your lawyer that partial justice may happen.

what does full justice look like for you? what are you hoping for? >> full justice is all the cases being closed. >> any questions other than that? >> you mentioned other killers. we believe that there are multiple killers, by multiple, anywhere more than one. the evidence is extremely strong for that and that's already been discussed at great length in the past but nonetheless, it remains true and what's really important here is that we recognize that this is -- this is finally the beginning, it's the beginning, because all those other people who were dismembered, remember, the girls that are the four are not dismembered. the other ones are dismembered, many of them. there's a baby involved. there's a male, an lgbt male who

is involved that we know of. there are other bodies that we think are related that were found, male bodies that were slaughtered and dismembered and some of them right around the same time. it's not necessarily true at all that the killer is just after females. and that the killer is after only sex workers. but the killer or killers are after more than that and there's more than those people who are dead and have not yet been brought -- have not had justice brought to them. so we think there needs to be far more investigation and maybe the dam will have broken with this fellow. we don't know what this involvement is. is there a ring? we have plenty of evidence i've garnered over the course of many years there are rings of these people, more than one ring, and that the rings can stretch all the way to buffalo, new york, and all the way to california. quick insight for you, in buffalo, new york, we know that

one of the victims melissa barthelmy is from lockport in buffalo, and i investigated another case a young lady who died, amanda, in 2009, she was naked, she was a sex worker, heroin addict, and she was naked, frozen, and left upside down inside a garbage can with the top on her and the police concluded it was an accidental death. and miss barthelmy was a co-worker of her before she worked on long island. we managed to find some rings in buffalo that connect with california where melissa went, amanda went, and shannon gilbert went at the same time to california, where there were

other people operating sex rings as well. so this thing could be very far stretch if the police do the work that we are asking for. >> [indiscernible] >> this man here, we don't know if he's connected to jessica taylor's murder. we have no idea yet. and the police, maybe they will tell us, maybe they won't. >> during your years of investigations, did you ever have an inkling it was a man in massapequa park maybe working as an architect, any suspect this person was involved? >> we never had any inclination there was an architect involved but a good deal of evidence that the massapequa, massapequa park area was involved. not only some prostitution in the motels over there in that area, but also one of the calls, at least one of the calls made

from melissa's phone to her sister by the murderer pinged off of a tower in massapequa. and so we kept, we kept investigating the south shore and anybody connected with the south shore in that area. i guess the police have done that as well. so there is some evidence that's there, but it's very light, very thin. >> is there any other evidence? >> we are still -- we have a vast database and huge amount of evidence. my small office has one full room completely filled with boxes of just work on gilbert, you know, i probably put in over 30,000 hours in work on the gilbert case so far, maybe more. so we have a lot to go through, we are going through right now. the name rex turns up in our database but don't know if it's the same rex at all. so -- it's hard to say. >> what's given you the

strengths all these years? >> my love for jessica. i'm fighting for her because she cannot fight for herself. >> spell your name for us. [indiscernible] >> 32. >> last name again. >> robinson. >> jasmine. >> all right, folks. thank you. >> rich: that does it there for the attorney and a cousin of someone who was murdered there and body found in gilgo, out on gilgo on long island there. some of the recap, they are essentially saying they believe there are multiple killers, they

have evidence there are multiple killers. they are not sure if the suspect who is going to make an appearance scheduled to make an appearance at 2:00 today is the person responsible. you listen to the cousin, she says we are just not sure yet but this is something from 20 years ago that destroyed us, sandra. >> sandra: she was the first cousin of jessica taylor who was 20 years old when her remains were found. she was working as an escort in new york city at the time. she was found in a wooded area in 2003. her remains jane doe number 5 discovered in 2011 along ocean parkway. they later connected the remains by gilgo beach and mantorville, we are hopeful for the future, she said, and don't know, and the lawyer referenced multiple killers, more than one, calling

it a positive step and just the beginning. we don't exactly know what we are about to see. we know cameras are attempting to get into the courthouse. we may see this particular suspect a short time from now. interesting to hear from the lawyer. they did not even have this person on their radar, he said, 'til they heard about him at 6:20 a.m. today that there was a suspect, that there was an architect involved, so we are learning a whole lot here pretty quickly. >> rich: we are, and they got the call this morning and look at what we have learned so far, it's been an awful lot. but a lot more to learn. what is it that led the police to the man, what are the specifics that have him in custody and how many of the bodies they found do they believe he's responsible forgiven they found so many along that stretch of beach there, sandra. >> sandra: finally something has been done, said the lawyer. we'll keep our eye on the courthouse and get back there as soon as we have some live images back up.

rich, thank you. over 90 million americans are under heat advisories at this hour. temperatures as high as 117° expected to bake las vegas today, looking at new records there. demand for energy surging as people are trying t stay cool in their homes and businesses. max gordon, he is still working it there live in las vegas. the sweltering heat, you are making your way through it. will the power grid, always a big question, will it be able to hold up with all that demand? >> yeah, we have been hearing from the energy provider here in nevada and they are optimistic that the power grid will do ok throughout this heat wave. we are talking about 117 potentially 118 on sunday, that would be a new record. of course, a lot of people are going to be running their air-conditioning units and they could see power demand spike. nv energy expects to sew a new record demand for power over the weekend but they say that no

blackouts are expected and are not asking folks to cut back on electricity use. they are bringing on extra staff. they have increased energy, and 25 to 30% will be purchased through the open market, and officials are confident there will be enough power to go around. >> with those higher temperatures there is additional strain on the power system throughout the entire west. but nv energy wants customers to know we are fully prepared and ready to handle this heat event. we maintain our genring fleet year around to ensure that it's ready to handle these exact types of extreme situations. >> more than 93 million americans across the southern and western united states are baking under dangerously hot temperatures. yesterday marked 14 consecutive days of temperatures above 110

in phoenix, arizona. death valley forecasted by the national weather service to reach a new daily record of 129° on sunday. back here in las vegas, this heat can be deadly. since april, seven people have died in southern nevada due to heat illness. there are cooling shelters that will be opened. and if blackouts occur, nv energy is urging people to get to air-conditioning. >> sandra: stay safe, hard to imagine that type of heat. max, thank you for the reporting on it. all right, meanwhile, 2024, it's getting closer and closer by the day. francis suarez the latest republican 2024 hopeful to launch a creative fundraising campaign and here it is. any supporter who donates a dollar will earn a bumper sticker. other gop candidates using a variety of unconventional ways to raise enough to qualify for the first primary debate hosted

right here on fox next month. garrett ventry is here on this friday afternoon, fast friends already on set. good to have you both here. 2024, what do you think of the fundraising efforts to try to raise the amount that they are bringing in to try to, you know, obviously work their way towards the debate? going to work? >> i mean, we'll see if it works. i think giving people 10% is interesting, talking to republican donors, hell, i may give to vivek now. and doug burgum, and an ongoing struggle with not only the bottom tier but like ron desantis, and "new york post" had an article showing they are lowering prices to get into ron desantis events, so it's the

undertow here, donald trump continues to suck up all the oxygen and dominate the gop field at 50, 60% of the vote. not enough market for the candidates trying to merge in and until someone is able to prove otherwise, it's the case. >> sandra: buck for a bumper sticker. is it going to work? >> i'm not a political strategist but if the goal is on the stage, i see no reason why you would not do it. at the end of the day, if you are someone like doug burgum, by all accounts a successful governor, albeit of a small state, cost you half a million, $600,000, but of course he's a billionaire, so it's a relative drop in the bucket for him. but the up side of getting on the stage is indefinite and infinite. seems a small price to pay for having the newt gingrinch -- >> sandra: many are calling it a make or break moment, especially for ron desantis. vivek on his new fundraising

plan. >> if somebody in some clois terred corner office is going to make 10% of the money they would raise for me or other candidates might as well be you. if you help me raising that money, you get 10% you keep for yourself. breaking the system. first time it has ever been done. >> sandra: sounds good, john, garrett, it could bring in some dollars. vivek has the 10% commission on the money raised, we are talking about burgum as well, independently wealthy, a billionaire, offering 20 bucks gift cards for donating a dollar. i mean, how does that not work out for you? >> again, a drop in the bucket. the standard fundraising rate what vivek is doing, that happens in d.c., i think it's now more publicized here. but i do think it's an interesting tactic. you have to be able to get on the debate stage here, you have a few months to doit, and a few have qualified, and looming question whether donald trump

shows up to the debate or not is another thing. >> sandra: what are you hearing? >> hearing from his team, i think and even him, hinting i don't think he's going to show up here and i don't think there is really any reason to. >> sandra: help or hurt him? >> i don't think it hurts him at all. when you are at 60% of the vote, voters know who you are, fox new polling, the recent one you have, not only the most popular candidate but policy and going into a general election can beat joe biden. i don't think it's a big issue and does he counter program, which you know, he's one of the best p.r. people the country has ever seen. >> and outcry over this, some people are buying their way on to the stage. there are five people -- not as if there are 15 people. >> and no one is breaking rules here. >> and the same sort of criticism levied at mike

bloomberg, so no guarantee it gets you anything. >> money, second quarter fundraising numbers, donald trump 35 million, topping the list. ron desantis at 20 million, nikki haley, 7.3 million, and tim scott, on the program just the other day, 6.1 million. so, that is the money raised, second quarter fundraising numbers. who is going to make the cut. any predictions? >> it's a low war right now, members of congress get it in a quarter, so presidential candidates visiting states doing earned media, as much tv and spending media, i think a lot of them will, and the polling. 1%. and three polls the rnc approved, number of the candidates on there. >> and the second debate and who qualifies thereafter. more people on stage, better, but once you get past the first

debate and a month or two later, time to start weeding out the field. maybe it's 3%, maybe 5%, maybe 80,000, harder the second time around. >> sandra: we just, it's starting to emerge today, from a pool camera yesterday before the president flew back from europe back to the states and it was on his departure, and it's kind of gone viral the past couple hours as people pulled this off the pool table, the president walking along the crowd there, and not quite sure how to characterize this, but he nibbled on the back of a baby's neck there, and this happened yesterday. and we are just sort getting a look at it. it was captured on the pool camera and i would finally get your response to that. >> i've been -- i did not agree to that way, it's an odd -- whether it's the president, the

stumblings with having all the gaffes or the really weird moments he has with kids like this, i think it just goes into the greater question of his age, if his stamina. >> sandra: and more and more democrats want to replace him. >> you've had polling that 50% of democrats don't want him to run and 43 berz of democrats are concerned by his age. and when he's not confined to the white house and he interacts with the white house, more people question whether he's all there. >> you have five seconds? >> i don't know what the outcry is. >> great to have you both, garrett, dan, thank you. >> what are you doing? why are you doing this? and there was nothing there. it was insulting. >> at a moment when streaming and a.i. and digital is so prevalent in the industry it

is -- it's really un-american and unconscionable. >> rich: fran drescher, the president of the actors union ripping the hollywood studios as thousands of actors join the picket lines joining screen writers on strike the first time in decades. kelly o'grady is live in los angeles. kelly. >> good to see you, yes, a lot of frustration, a lot of passion here. the first time in 63 years that you have bth the writers and the actors striking at the same time, and what the writers are hoping is that the actors will create a lot of leverage that they have not had the past few months. we have seen a lot of support from a list actors coming out. a statement from george clooney expressing support, he says this is an inflection point in the industry. actors and writers in large numbers have lost their ability to make a living. for our industry to survive that has to change.

for actors, that journey starts now. so in the near term, all the actors will not be able to promote the exciting blockbuster summer movies. the london premier of "oppenheimer" saw the cast walk out and i want to share with you, fran drescher made a comment earlier that focused on pay and a.i., and here are her comments how a.i. is so important to this contract negotiation. >> i wanted to ask your perspective on how artificial intelligence is going to impact writers, actors, i saw that episode, i'm scared as a journalist, how important is that to make sure it gets put into a contract? >> it's critically important. you know, if we don't throw a saddle on this wild horse and pull in the rein here and now, everybody's livelihoods are threatened not just ours.

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