s ♪ >> ainsley has been rehear her dancing for toms. we'll have a great time with flow rider. >> bill: good morning. that deal is derailed. a judge rejecting hunter biden's plea agreement suggesting it didn't pass the smell test and more. where do things go from here? this is a wide open question as we start today. dana has the day off. i'm bill hemmer. welcome jacque heinrich. you escaped from the white house to be with us. >> the trump appointed judge refusing to rubber stamp the agreement. she questioned the lumping together of tax and gun charges. she also had concerns about

hunter's potential immunity from future charges. >> it prompted tempers to boil over inside the courtroom. son burn. all this sparking heated reaction in d.c. it's about hurting the president's re-election campaign. republicans argue it's all about time. >> i think it clearly -- you see people that do the same things hunter biden did and they're in prison and they want to give him a slap on the wrist. >> i don't believe or trust the republicans and their perceptions of this particular case, anything related to hunter biden. they are trying to weaponize him against the president and not talking about justice in our country. >> senator chuck grassley is here with reaction. let's go to lucas tomlinson at the white house. what have you got? >> so much for that sweetheart plea deal. the hearing stretched over three

hours, what was happening when you were standing her yesterday on south capitol street when the rockies were up 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth and the gnats won. the judge asked a simple question. is the criminal investigation of the president's son still ongoing? when the prosecutor said yes the judge replied saying i have concerns about the agreement. i can't let him plea to something if he thinks he is proper tekted from something and he doesn't. karine jean-pierre refused to weigh in directly but said. she should have called on you, jacque. >> hunter biden is a private citizen and a personal matter for him. as we have said the president, first lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. >> hunter's plea deal is not over. he changed his plea to not guilty. not the plan going into the courtroom. he could change it back to a

guilty plea when both parties return back on august 25th. the judge assigned homework for both parties to come up with a set of written responses before that court date. the conditions that hunter must follow before he returns to the white house or wherever he will be staying over the next month. the judge says he must look for a job. not oh possess weapons, not use alcohol or narcotics and submit to testing. the republican house majority leader weighed in over the last hour. >> that thing was a bombshell but also a signal from the judge. i applaud the judge that there is something that stinks in this plea agreement. >> one of the sticking points here is immunity for hunter and will there be further charges such a registering for a foreign agents. he was the board member of a large ukrainian company. >> quite a scene in the courtroom. >> bill: senator chuck grassley,

republican out of iowa joins me now. i know you've been hot on the trail of this for some time. i don't know if it will pay off for you or not but you won't give up. thank you for coming back here today. after yesterday's carnival inside that courtroom, does the outcome change anything about what you are doing right now in terms of investigating? >> oh, no. personally i agree with everybody that said it was a sweetheart deal and the fact the judge said it could be unconstitutional, some of the things that were done. i have think that speaks for itself. for me, and this 1023 document that i released a week ago today, it is 5 or 6 pages. there is a lot of meat in it and a lot of that could maybe have something to do with what the u.s. attorney in delaware is doing with hunter biden. the bottom line of it is that

all the meat that's in this document, we need to know what the f.b.i. is doing with it. have they followed up? we don't get any answers. and also you saw last week that the i.r.s. whistleblowers before the house committee said that they didn't know anything about this 1023 document at the time that they were meeting with the u.s. attorney in delaware. and if they had, that may have been a big deal. it should have been looked at by the u.s. attorney because bill barr sent it over to them before he left office. >> bill: okay. that's a lot. let me come back to a few things you just said. "wall street journal" editorial page. hunter biden's plea deal implodes. it backfires in federal court. i don't know if it all would have been over if they agreed with it. the judge stopped everybody in their tracks. had he been given immunity,

would your investigation be dead in the water? >> no, not at all because we -- my job is not to determine whether hunter biden or president biden is guilty of anything, whether they've done anything. that's up to the executive branch and judicial branch. my job is to make sure is the f.b.i. doing their job of investigating properly everything dealing with the bidens, and i think we've got plenty of reason to believe that they could be -- if they aren't investigating it, then the political bias that is so just run rampant in the seventh floor of the f.b.i. building, then they could be sweeping this under the rug. and we have to make sure as congressional oversight people that the f.b.i. is doing their job. they've got public doesn't respect them now. they have to build up the

respect. the best way to do it is to show us that they've been investigating everything that's in this 1023 document. >> bill: on that document the f.b.i. said this. we have repeatedly explained to congress in correspondence and briefings to keep this source information confidential. today's release, the 1023 at a minimum unnecessarily risks the safety of a confidential source. you made this form public. has anyone from the f.b.i., or the department of justice, told us since then that the information that is written on that form is not true? >> absolutely not. and i have been making accusations about various things involving hunter biden and the biden family ever since we started this. johnson and i did in august of 2019. we have not had anything that we've said being refuted.

i think that speaks for itself. >> bill: the headline from that form alleges that it was $5 million to 1 biden and 5 million to the other. would you agree that was the major headline or something different? >> for me the major headline was this. that when we were supposed to get that document because it is unclassified, and it was sent to the house oversight committee for just those members to read, they redacted the parts that talked about the telephone conversations with hunter biden and the ukrainian national and vice president biden and ukrainian national. why was that blacked out? because i knew what it said because i had read it a couple months before that. and they block it out. i think it shows political bias, the f.b.i. protecting the biden family. >> bill: i have a minute left and let me try to fire a round

here. do you agree with speaker mccarthy said that an impeachment inquiry is necessary? >> an inquiry, yes. that has nothing to do with impeachment. the inquiry is a step to make sure you have the resources to get to the bottom line. >> bill: understood. you agree with speaker mccarthy on that. the i.r.s. whistleblower testimony trying to be submitted to the judge the other day, can you insure the judge includes that the next time they come back in court? it could be a month or more from now. >> no way i can insure they'll do it. all i can do is make sure they have the documents. i'm sure the house ways and means committee and house oversight committee is going to make sure that information is available. i want to make sure they look at the 1023 document as well. >> bill: what is next for you? >> next for me is the chairman

of the oversight committee and i are going to have to follow up with transcribed interviews with several people that we know have some information on this in order to check to see if the f.b.i. has been doing their job because that's my job, to make sure the f.b.i. produces the work that they are supposed to do. show us your work. >> bill: devon archer, the long time business partner of hunter biden will be before a house committee behind closed doors monday. mitch mcconnell had a moment yesterday. his office informs us he is fine. have you spoken to him? do you believe he is okay? >> he was with me on the senate floor last night about 9:30, 10:00. he was very strong in everything that he was doing. and he is a good leader. we need to keep him leading the republicans in the united states senate. >> bill: all right, senator, thank you for your time. senator chuck grassley from iowa. we'll speak again. you were at the white house yesterday. you were in the briefing room

after all this went down and what was your impression of what you learned? >> we didn't get answers to a lot of questions. even the answers we got didn't really resolve the question that was asked talking about the shifting language around whether or not the president spoke with his son or in business with his son. i this i the biggest question that we still have is does the white house support a special counsel for this? as the senator was talking about, that 1023 and all the information there could potentially be part of the ongoing probe. the prosecution said charges might come in the future. >> bill: we are taking a step into another area not known. no one predicted yesterday. in a moment ukraine said to be ramping up its counter offensive. general jack keane will set with us on set and we'll talk to him where it stands now. >> dana: third party candidate sparking concerns the white house, could they encourage

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>> bill: here in new york city

several streets still remain closed 24 hours after this construction crane caught fire, collapsed and then that happened. what a sight that was. hit a neighborhood building yesterday. 12 people, including three firefighters, nine civilians injured. non-threatening injuries. amazing when you think about the crane coming down from 45 floors above. records show the queens, new york based company operating that crane was involved in two fatal collapses in 2008. the cause of that incident still under investigation with all that twisted steel on the streets today >> the main thrust of ukraine's nearly 2-month-old counter offensive is underway. thousands of western trained reinforcements are pouring into the battle. ukrainian officials says the new operation, if successful, will last 1 to 3 weeks. ukraine retaken half the territory russia initially seized in its invasion. let's bring in retired four-star

general jack keane. thank you for being with us. this counter offensive looks promising. do you think they have what they need to push through? >> they don't have everything that they need. they never got all the armored vehicles they wanted. the engineering breaching equipment less than 25%. that's critical. engineer equipment that helps you to get through mine fields and other obstacles before you bring the troops in. you are clearing a pathway for that to take place. and it's absolutely critical to success. all that said, the ukrainians will try to bypass some of these obstacles if they can but likely they cannot bypass all of them. they will have to penetrate through them. they've already demonstrated so early success at that. that's good news. this is a very complicated, comprehensive operation. they've never done anything quite like this in this war. it is the most challenging operation the united states would ever enter into. if we were doing this, we would

certainly have all of that engineer equipment there, would be under the cover of smoke. using massive artillery fire on the enemy and we would have air support. they don't have that. we would have mobile air defense systems to counter their air and they don't have that. so they're handicapped. all that said, though, here is what the ukrainians have going for them that makes a difference on the battlefield. they have skill and will and huge amount of perseverance. when they fight the russians in the trenches, which they've been doing now for weeks, they beat them. flat beat them every time they do it. if they get close enough to the enemy to deal with them, i think they will have their way. >> bill: zelensky is suggesting it is not going as fast as he would like it to go. that question was put to job kirby just yesterday, watch. >> president zelensky himself has said that he -- that it is not progressing as fast as he would like.

the united states is not going to take a position on that or armchair quarterback. it's a ukrainian military operation. but that said they are moving. it's not a stalemate. they aren't just frozen. ukrainians are moving. >> bill: all right. you can move five miles an hour or 50 miles an hour. >> the speed isn't all that important. it's where they want to get to. the operational objective is to move 60 miles south. cut off the main supply routes running from russia in the east to crimea in the west. separate that -- those russian forces. move into that space, long range artillery, drones, begin to pummel crimea, the bases there, the ammunition depot, on the

infrastructure so they can attack it next year and have f-16s at the plan. that's the plan. they have a huge opportunity to do just that. >> you brought up the point they are doing all this without the air support that they need. it has been said that if u.s. cast wearing out a similar operation it would be considered a suicide mission without the air support. looking at this polling, though, do you think u.s. is doing too much, too little or the right amount to help ukraine? 33% say too much. 41% say about right. what is your take on that and how big a factor is f-16s? >> 18% we should be doing more. 60% are supporting it, which is what the reagan institute polling proved for the second time this year that over 60% of americans believe that ukraine is important to america's national security. so despite some opposition to it politically, there is always

opposition to some form of war or supporting it in the united states. it's an open democracy. the american people are largely behind this. our frustration at the institute for study of war looking at this is the fact that they don't get to this day all the equipment that they need when they need it. it is almost as if we give the ukrainians enough not to lose but not enough to achieve the victory that they want. >> bill: $43 billion so far. a year from now maybe that figure is close to $80 billion. >> let's hold onto that thought. we have a $6 trillion budget. 6 trillion. this is less than 100 million. let's say it goes to 150 million by next hour. out of a $6 trillion budget. what have we accomplished for that? we've destroyed half -- virtually half of russia's

military. we haven't shed any soldiers' blood in doing any of that. we are removing from the battlefield a potential threat to the united states of america and our allies in the region. that's why these eastern europey an countries are all in. they lived under russian domination. i think this thing has always been an investment. i think the administration could get far more support than what it already has in the american people if they communicated why are we really doing this? and what are we trying to accomplish? and also then establish what we would like to see is realistic objectives as opposed to the strategy we'll be there forever. we'll be there -- that's not a strategy. >> bill: general, thank you. there has been some strong suggestions that the commander-in-chief should clarify some of the things you're describing right now. >> it would help. >> bill: nice to see you. another alert now. historic hearing on the hill came with a stark warning.

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>> jacque: the family of the u.s. soldier who crossed into north korea is speaking out a week after travis king left his tour group in the dmz and ran across the border. his family is talking about their shock and hopes for his safe return. >> we want travis home. we want him well. we want to make sure he is safe. >> my brother was afraid of something because why would you run? my brother, he is not the type to get into any trouble like

that. it's all just -- >> jacque: you have to think they must be worried him next like otto warmbier. >> bill: good to hear from the family. it has been some time there. good they are speaking out. kim jongnis up to a lot of no good. meeting with chinese and russian leadership. he is talking about military cooperation. that has to have ties between north korea and possibly the war that's going on in ukraine and how they build weapons and fortify the russian military. okay. that was that and this is now. >> this is a cover-up. the american public understands it and we are trying to get to the bottom of it. the only way we'll do that is with a select committee on this issue. so that we can expose it to the public. >> bill: lawmakers pushing for

answers on ufos after three military veterans testify under oath on the hill. they testify the government has been hiding a program to capture ufos for decades. capture. matt finn has more on this the next day. the fallout. hello, matt. >> there were some rather stunning moments and explosive testimony in this hearing. the bipartisan subcommittee says unidentified aerial phenomenon are most importantly an issue of national security. americans have the right to know about technologies of unknown origin. a former naval pilot. retired navy commander and a third a whistleblower decorated military veteran. he testified some people might have been hurt or even killed in uap cover-ups. >> do you have any personal knowledge of people harmed or injured in efforts to cover up

or conceal these extraterrestrial technology? >> yes. personally. >> anyone been murdered that you know of or have heard of, i guess? >> i have to be careful answering that question. i directed people with that knowledge to the appropriate authorities. >> that man also testified that the united states has some type of uap crash retrieval and reverse engineering program but he was denied access to it. he also claimed under oath that the u.s. government is in possession of uaps based off his interviews with 40 witnesses over four years. when asked about uap pilots, he explained they were not humans. >> if you believe we have crashed craft stated earlier, do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? >> as i've stated publicly already in my interview biologics came with some of these recovery.

>> human or non-human? >> non-human. that was assessment of the people that are still in the program. >> that witness says he can provide a list of both hostile and cooperative witnesses. >> bill: something else to listen to and under oath. matt finn, thank you. nice to see you, thanks. >> thank you. >> we took another step by raising our policy interest rate a quarter percentage point and we remain strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% goal. >> jacque: federal reserve keeping its brake on the ashen us economy. raising interest rates to the highest in 22 years. leaving the door open the more rate hikes this year. let's bring in maria bartiromo. why are you doing this when you had gdp growth and strong consumer spending, why continue these rate hikes? >> that's the point. the economy is doing well.

we got a gdp number, better than expected. we're in the elects of earnings season and hearing strong numbers. the economy is strengthening means inflation staying elevated. so the federal reserve's goal is to rein in inflation. keep raising interest rates until it gets to the target they want. every time they raise rates it is impact economic growth. the question is still out there on whether or not we'll see recession later this year. this morning on mornings with maria i spoke with the bank of america brian moynihan. they expect a recession but pushed it out to the beginning of next year. similar sentiment from nancy lazar, who i speak with a lot. things look good. earning season is better than expected. growth is still in the growth column as opposed to contraction. but they are wore eft that corporate america is freeze mode. they don't know how the 11 rate hikes will impact economic

growth. >> bill: highest in 22 years. some people on staff was like you guys weren't even alive when they were this high. calls for 3 and 4, guys. inflation under biden, we know where it peaked and the chart can show you where it is now. it is at 3%. fed's target is 2%. gdp came out and estimated to be at 2% for the second quarter. we grew 2.4%, which is higher than the mark, which i think logic would say, you know, is the fed's actions being effective in the fight against trying to slow the economy down, which would affect inflation? >> i think they are because if you look and step back and put it in context a couple of quarters ago we were looking at 3.2% gdp. next quarter 2.6%. then 1.8% and this morning at

2.4%. it has come steadily down. the interest rates have had an impact on things like housing. look where the mortgage rates are bill, almost 7% on a 30 year has put a freeze. >> bill: a better question in this, then. if the fed has done its job does it stop raising rates or go for more this year? >> that's the right question. most people expect the federal reserve should take a pause and see how the market and economy digest the interest rate hikes. jay powell didn't shut it down yesterday. we'll be watching this. if we require more rates we'll continue to take rates higher. what's the impact? at this point we need to see how much higher interest rates have turned people away from buying a home, turned people away because they put too much debt on their credit card. consumer spending is 2/3 of the economy. we'll see economic growth slow

down significantly when -- the expectations have been pushed out on a recession. people are a lot more positive given the strength of earnings. >> jacque: anything that might impact this. since student loan repayments beginning again. >> the federal reserve has up against a tsunami of spending. most people will say yes, the federal reserve is the only game in town and the ones who own the vote in terms of taking the inflation down. not the democratic party or white house. they put more stimulus out there. i think the fed is getting frustrated with this. you don't hear jay powell speaking out about it but a lot of people have said slow down the spending. that's impacting our ability to rein in inflation. we're watching earnings and growth and also taking a look at the price of oil. oil is back up to where it was just about a year ago. that's important because oil prices are the underlying issue pushing inflation higher. >> bill: so you have in summary

have said you had expected a recession perhaps in the second half of this year. >> yeah. >> bill: are you still there now or push it out further? >> i think still they'll see a recessionier end. it might be pushed out further. some numbers are coming in better than expected. we'll go in recession, i think. impossible for me to believe that 11 hikes in interest rates are not going to freeze spending and put a bit of a jolt in this economic growth. >> bill: there she is live and in person. this from yesterday, too. >> it is your responsibility to secure our border against fentanyl trafficking. the fentanyl killing thousands of americans every year is a direct result of your dereliction. when people die of fentanyl poisoning, it is your fault. >> bill: the heat was on on the hill as the fentanyl crisis on the border grows worse. ken buck was at the hearing and

join us live coming up. 2024 hopeful ron desantis says he would reach across the aisle and consider putting rfk junior in charge of a key government agency. karl rove reacts next.

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>> jacque: the heat wave baking

the south and southwest this summer is making things miserable in the northeast. much of that region facing heat alerts through saturday as the heat index in washington, d.c., new york and other cities along i-95 could surpass 100 degrees. we're in times square with the latest. how is it out there, cb? >> that's right. the northeast is having its turn with the summer heat wave. people are being reminded that heat can kill. the dangerous weather spreading across the plains and over the east coast putting major cities in the northeast and new england through heat alerts through friday after dangerous temps have scorched western and southern parts of the country for weeks on end. experts recommend staying indoors during the hottest part of the day from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and drinking water throughout the day even if you don't feel thirsty.

find shade often if you are outside. walk pets early morning or late evening. parts of new york today and tomorrow could feel like it's over 105 degrees. will new york city under a heat watch through saturday the city is opening up cooling shelters, a measure to fight against heat-related deaths that happen most often to those in homes without air conditioners. among the over 57 million in the northeast now under heat alerts, people are having to think twice how they spend their time. >> i will go outside. bring my lunch. asme owe not walking anywhere. i know it will be hot. >> i usually head inside. >> experts say pregnant women, newborn children, those with chronic illness are the most vulnerable to oppressive temperatures. for these people the safest place is indoors with air conditioning. back to you. >> jacque: get back inside the

a.c. now. thank you for the report. >> bill: the a.c. is working in here right now. florida governor ron desantis making a suggestion that he could name r.f.k. jr. as part of his cabinet if he were to win the white house. check it out with clay travis. >> if you are president, you know, sic him on the fda or cdc. in terms of being -- 70% of the issues he may be averse to our base on creates an issue. >> bill: fox news contributor karl rove has a thought on that. how are you doing? good morning in austin. you have a white board here. what's wrong with suggesting that you could pick somebody from the other side and work with them? >> nothing wrong with that. this particular instance putting robert kennedy in charge of the center for disease control or food and drug administration is

a nutty idea. he has incredible conspiracy theories that are just outrageous. vaccines cause autism because they have mercury preservative and they are worse than the diseases that they say they are going to save you from. we haven't used mercury since 2001 in children's vaccines. it was never used in the three most common vaccines on children. no scientific evidence supports this theory. aids is not caused by hiv. wifi causes cancer and leak' brains. chemicals in water cause transgender kids. antidepressants cause school shootings. the u.s. have labs on which we have lavished dollars in ukraine to kill russians and chinese. this is nutty stuff. it is not just healthcare that robert kennedy is a conspiracy buff on. he has lots of conspiracies.

2004 election was stolen as computers switched nearly a quarter million votes in ohio from john kerry to george bush and gave him the election. 5g is a mass surveillance tool. the telephone companies are in on it. cia killed his uncle. he defends russia and ukraine. it is all ukraine's fault russia invaded them and killing his people. this guy is a nut. >> bill: he is attracting 20% in a lot of polling. his message on some of these issues are getting through at least cutting through to some in the electorate. >> i disagree. his last name is kennedy and he is robert kennedy jr. joe biden is an incredibly weak candidate. i don't think people are supporting him because of these conspiracy theories because of his name and they want an alternative to biden. >> bill: he has been on the

environment for decades. he said clean up the water and clean up the air. he was never on the green new deal. he was never on electric chargers running from california to the state of maine. he is a different kind of democrat. the kind of democrat that frankly you and i grew up with. another topic because you wrote about it today. here is you and the "wall street journal." no labels talking about a third party 2024 election threat to trump if the third party puts a conservative on top of its ticket it could lure republican voters. i'm making the case and you might be right about that perhaps. the conventional wisdom is that the party in power, the incumbent, is hurt by a third party candidate. the best example was 1992 with ross perot. you are making a different argument. go ahead. >> i'm making the argument that both parties are at risk here. last week in my column i listed why the democrats were at risk.

young people and blacks aren't enthusiastic about biden and a key part of the democrat people. three groups of prospective defective. up for grabs, latinos and ash an americans moving for republican and suburban voters providing biden's victory. they are all at risk with a third party no labels group. with republican it's more complicated. third parties the end to have a bigger impact on the incumbent. they are a way station for the 25 or 30% of republicans concerned about donald trump's behavior. 23% believe republicans today believe he did something illegal taking documents out of the white house. it could grow. 60% of republicans believe it is problematic if classified documents are shown to people who do not have a security clearance. so my point was that the no labels group, if it has a good

reagan-type traditional conservative on the ticket preferably for president, maybe vice president could be a way station for those kind of republicans. >> bill: we have a ways to go. see what pans out. our debate is four weeks from yesterday. we have seven on the stage now, could have a couple more. see how it goes down with bret and martha august 23rd in milwaukee. we'll speak with dr. cornel west next hour. he wants to be that third party guy, too. thank you, karl. talk to you soon. i'm sure it's hot in austin, today. >> jacque: a live look at capitol hill. a hearing on gender affirming care for children getting underway. it is expected to be emotional and explosive. a federal judge rejecting hunter biden's plea deal suggesting it might be unconstitutional. expert analysis on that.

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in some cases it is out rage over flay's new curriculum on black history crossing party lines. steve harrigan has that story for us. what's up? >> bill, this new curriculum for social studies for 6 to 8 graders in florida is creating a firestorm. more than 200 pages long but just one sentence that's getting all the attention on both sides. that sentence reads instruction includes how slaves developed skills which in some instances could be applied for personal benefit to put slavery and benefit in the same sentence is what is causing the controversy. vice president kamala harris flew to florida to what she said fight back against this. here is the vice president. >> they dare to push propaganda to our children. this is the united states of america. we aren't supposed to do that. >> florida's governor ron desantis says the critics are trying to create a false narrative about this curriculum.

>> we are teaching the honest history, good, bad, ugly. teaching all the injustices with respect to slavery and a whole bunch of other things that happened. that is not good enough for them. they want to wrap that in and be able to use it to advance their modern agenda. >> for some parents of school age children in florida, the issue is simple. >> slavery was evil, florida knows how to teach children what evil is because florida does it with the holocaust. why are we excusing slavely at this point in time? >> not that simple for dr. william allen. one of the creators. critics have it wrong. >> what is being said is that people through their own exertions were able to benefit themselves. >> new curriculum follows a stop woke law passed in florida last year. >> bill: we'll watch. steve harrigan, nice to see you in the southeast bureau.

thank you. >> it has been devastating mentally and physically. i was already in a mentally compromised position and they took away my physical health, too. i only started being suicide all once i was on the treatments. a bunch of people are hurting and the way we're handling it now is not appropriate. >> bill: potential dangers of transgender medical procedures for children is the focus of the house hearing just about to get underway. republicans sound the alarm on life-altering therapies and surgeries causing irreversible harm to kids as well as government efforts to cut parents out of the lives of their children. that's the focus. see how it goes. good morning. dana has the day off today. i'm bill hemmer reporting for duty with our colleague from washington, d.c. >> jacque: that's for having me. i'm jacque heinrich. transgender activist are pushing