"like but i want to see thomas the train in today's world, and he always had like great adventures, the little tank car. >> i have a horror movie "operation." >> like "saw" now. >> nailed it. >> that was great. >> wow, this show has wrapped. do you hear me? set your dvr if you can't watch it tomorrow. here is "america reports." >> seems to me that gender affirming care is better described as sexual labotomy. >> it's just not up for debate. >> today's hearing is an all time low for the republican majority. >> what you have heard is a sample of barberism, the mutilation of children and should be prohibited by our law. >> john: fireworks at a house hearing as gop lawmakers talks about the dangers of transgender medical procedures for children.

parental rights are expected to take center stage in the 2024 elections. >> chloe cole detransitioned, yet to see a trans identifying child who had a positive outcome with their transition. she will explain why with us coming up. >> john: right now, a live look at the white house where later this hour press secretary karine jean-pierre will likely be pressed on the implotion of hunter biden's plea deal. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday eve. >> sandra: speaking of fireworks, there could be some in the white house briefing room. i'm sandra smith in new york, and this is "america reports." the judge overseeing the case giving both sides 30 days to turn in written briefs after she raised questions about the deal during that hearing yesterday. chief among her concerns whether the president's son is still under investigation and if he would receive immunity from any

possible charges in the future. >> john: miranda devine tells us why she thinks the true meaning of bidenomics is corruption and cover-ups if your last name is biden. >> sandra: interesting take on that. begin with mark meredith live from the north lawn. mark, what's the latest at this hour from the white house? >> sandra, good afternoon to you. in the last hour we heard from president biden, he spoke at a white house event ways the administration is trying to combat excessive heat, labor department and the department of interior however he did not weigh in on the developments involving his son hunter biden and what we saw in the wilmington, delaware courthouse. some of the questions shouted including from yours truly at the event moments ago. >> i think we can make a difference. so thank you both. and as my mother would say, god love ya, thanks. see you all.

>> mr. president -- [indiscernible] >> as you can see, the president chose not to take questions, see if it changes this afternoon when he has the italian prime minister here. once the plea agreement fell apart, hunter biden entered a plea of not guilty. it's still possible a deal could be reached in the weeks and months ahead that he would change his plea but the federal judge demanding lawyers from both sides make clear in the future any deal would not convey broad immunity from further investigations like the ones into his past business dealings. also pressed hunter about his past behavior, including sobriety, and conditions set including looking for a job, not possessing weapons, use of alcohol, narcotics, and testing for substances, and president biden has talked about his substance abuse problems in the past. the white house made it clear it has no plans to distance itself from hunter, we have seen him at a state dinner, and also

travelling to and from camp david, and the white house is insisting they are staying out of this, we are hearing from top democrats up on capitol hill. >> the bottom line is this is a prosecution being done in a fair way by a former trump prosecutor and i have faith in the results. i think i have faith in the prosecution and it was a trump prosecutor who was appointed, and no one should interfere with this politically, ideologically and let justice go forward. >> the white house has gone to great lengths to say they believe hunter biden is a private citizen and the personal comment about the president saying they believe in his son, proud of him and there to support him. look to see if it changes when the white house briefing gets underway. as you know, sandra, seems to get pushed back quite a bit. >> sandra: mark, thank you. john. >> john: miranda devine, "laptop

from hell" author and fox news contributor. yesterday the nugget that the u.s. attorney's office in delaware may be pursuing a charge under the foreign agents registration act when it comes to hunter biden. what do you make of where we are and where this might be headed, miranda? >> i don't think the prosecutors actually answered that question about whether it was fara violations although there was ample sort of circumstantial evidence anyway for fara violations scattered all over the laptop. but we do know some of the statute of limitations for those early years when there was the most serious allegations has expired, allowed to expire by the doj. there should be some scope for fara charges because we know from the fugitive israeli professor on the run from the southern district of new york

indictment against him that included fara violations for fraternizing with and being paid by the exact same company, the chinese company, cfc, that was paying hunter biden and his uncle jim biden only they got millions of dollars, they got about ten times more than gal luft did, so that should open a door if you want equal punishment under the law and i don't know whether there really is an ongoing investigation into hunter biden. his lawyers swore black and blue that that was not happening and yet yesterday you hear that it is. so maybe that's an rouse by attorney david weiss when he gives testimony to the house oversight committee, he can hide behind it and not comment on it.

>> john: and the fara charge, leo weiss, assistant u.s. attorney there, the judge said according to our jake gibson, if the government could potentially bring a fara charge, leo weiss answered yes, why we went down that road. our hillary vaughn caught up with some democratic lawmakers and asked them about this and the potential charges and allegations of wrongdoing with the bidens. here is what she got from it. listen here. >> why do you think democrats seem to not care when there's a democrat in the white house about possible corruption in the oval office? >> the corruption that we are seeing is a corruption of the republican party. >> why don't democrats care about some of this stuff that has come out? >> it's b.s. >> there's no real evidence. >> why would we want to impeach him when there is no wrongdoing. >> john: there is a lot of talk swirling about a possible impeachment investigation the only way to get to the bottom of this. but when you hear the democrats dismiss all of this out of hand

as they do, what do you think? >> well, what else can they do, really. it's the evidence of wrongdoing is piling up every single day and the republicans in the oversight and other committees having whistleblower testimony and bank statements, it's -- it's pointing in a very strong direction towards that influence peddling scheme that the biden family was running when joe biden was vice president and the reason that's really important now is because he's the president and have those millions of dollars compromised, his ability to deal with the same foreign countries that were paying his family. >> john: where do you think this is all headed? >> look, kevin mccarthy opened the door to impeachment the other day, the speaker of the house. there are republicans who are pushing for it.

james comer is being judicious and just following along with where his investigation is going but that's going some wild places and you saw yesterday that the carefully construct protected racquet, built around joe biden, not just hunter biden, is starting to fall apart and some people in the fbi and doj have become compromised, you wonder if they say i'm going to save myself and my career and reputation rather than continue on with the cover-up. >> john: oh, that never happens in washington. miranda, thank you so much. [laughter] >> a few whistleblowers, yeah. >> john: i'm being sarcastic. appreciate it, thanks. >> sandra: fox news has confirmed a meeting between jack smith's team and attorneys for the former president, donald trump, have wrapped. that meeting coming amid

anticipation of a possible federal indictment related to the investigation into january 6th. another indictment. national correspondent griff jenkins is live outside the courthouse. griff, our sources are telling us an indictment could come down as soon as today but possibly next week. what exactly are you hearing? >> well, sandra, the trickle of recent events suggest this grand jury and jack smith may be nearing a decision on whether or not to issue indictments and just seconds ago, sandra, as i was waiting to go live with you, we see that the former president, donald trump has taken to truth social to post something, i'm going to read it to you, don't have time on the screen, just happened, says my attorneys had a productive meeting with the doj this morning. explaining in detail that i did nothing wrong and was advised by many lawyers that an indictment of me would only further destroy our country. no indication of notice was given during the meeting. do not trust the fake news on

anything. so there's that post, sandra, obviously the last time president trump was indicted by the florida grand jury he had laid out much more detail. now, this all began just to walk back to the july 16th target letter that trump attorneys received. our sources confirming that there were three specific charges contained in that letter that the former president could be facing. they include three things. one, separation of rights under color of law suggesting it could be a civil rights or voting rights charge along with conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the u.s. and the third one, witness tampering. no news in that. this comes after just a few hours ago as you mentioned fox news confirming that the former president's attorneys meeting with jack smith at his office where i just left from. that is typically, as you well know, usually a courtesy meeting in the last step we see before

indictments could be issued. but significant that the former president has taken to truth social. we are watching the courthouse behind us. we know the grand jury came in this morning, met for a few hours, took a lunch break and are back in there now. we have not seen the former president's attorneys here or jack smith at the moment but watching very closely to try and figure out whether anything is actually going to come or not, and one final note, i think it's worth pointing out, sandra, as we watch this, jack smith, the special counsel, has the grand jury in florida, 37 counts on the documents case. here it's referred to as the january 6th grand jury, but it is not limited to events on just january 6th. it refers to the election itself. we will bring it to you as soon as we get anything new, sandra. >> sandra: that is something new. griff jenkins, keep us posted on any further development.

no indication of notice given during that meeting, john, that is the headline, and of course that he says his lawyers had a productive meeting with the justice department this morning. we'll see what happens as we know when the other indictments came down, this had only served to boost the former president as far as his overall approval ratings are, or i should say in the polls as we work our way to the presidential election. but the president specifically saying that statement that this would only further serve to destroy our country if one were issued. so we'll be watching for any developments on that. >> john: interesting piece of news there. the way this was being read was with todd blanch and john laura going in to meet with smith's team that most people thought that that meant that an indictment was imminent. but apparently, according to the former president, it doesn't look like that's the case. we'll keep watching and let you

know. >> sandra: and his former vice president mike pence will be joining us shortly and we can ask him about that and more. >> john: yes. new numbers on the economy have democrats claiming that bidenomics is working. but does that match up with the reality for millions of american families? >> sandra: and a growing impeachment push for president biden with house speaker kevin mccarthy indicating he is getting close to starting an inquiry. so how are democrats right now responding? we will ask democratic pennsylvania congresswoman chrisy houlihan. causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered...

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>> the people of america have a right to know what went on.

if we don't get the information i will go to impeachment en inquiry to make sure we get all the answers. >> i don't care if you are republican or democrat you should at least know the truth and then make a decision. >> it's serious when you have information of bribery of the sitting president of the united states, i can't believe i have to say that out loud. should there be an investigation, yes. >> sandra: more and more gop lawmakers are open, despite whistleblower claims against the bidens democrats insist there is no real evidence of wrongdoing. pennsylvania democratic congresswoman chrissy houlahan. welcome to you and welcome to the program. what is your reaction to what went down in the federal courtroom yesterday. >> thank you for having me again. in terms of my reaction, what's interesting, i will say this to you and said it before, no one is ever above the law, and that includes current presidents,

former presidents, president's sons and president's daughters and make sure all the different cases unfolding through the independent judiciary are followed through and followed up on and it's my job as a citizen as well as a member of congress to observe those things and follow them but it would look as though the judiciary process is working as it is designed to and i will be here and ready for oversight if it comes to that. >> sandra: that would be a different reaction than many in the mainstream media who showed disappointment at the judge's decision here. sounds like you are in line with the judge learning that this investigation was ongoing with the president's son, deciding not to make a deal, seems you are in agreement. >> well, everything that i've read have been this judge, a judge that's appointed by president trump i think was relatively reasonable and saying listen, the two sides need to get back together again, come up with another compromise, agreement and come back to me before i'm willing to accept that agreement and that's her doing her job. >> sandra: very interesting

reaction and good to get your reaction to that. meanwhile, you got my attention, congresswoman w this headline. you write, i'm a new democrat and we have the key to a strong economy. i'm listening. what's the key? >> sure. i am a new democrat and that is a group of about 100 democrats in congress, pro business, pro opportunity, pro growth, we put forward a plan to get out of the inflation situation we were in and a lot of the plan is executed on and coming to fruition and seeing some indications the economy is turning around and that's good. but we are not there yet and it's very important that we continue to pursue some of the solutions that have already been implemented and following up on them, a report card and also adding to those solutions as well. so there's a new report that i'm part of, an author of, economic opportunity agenda and we just put that forward i believe today or yesterday and it has a lot of these kind of prescriptions and what sort of additional

legislation is needed and what sort of follow-up is needed for some of the legislation already passed. >> sandra: as you know, while the current administration is touting bidenomics as a good thing saying that the economic policies under this president are working, it's just not what people are feeling. this is just some of what we are hearing from people on the street. listen. >> when you go to the grocery store you do not see anything that's decreased. if nothing else, it's gone up. >> inflation is through the roof, people can't afford to go to the grocery anymore. >> everything has gone up, prices have gone up. >> everything is going up in terms of prices, it's ridiculous. >> sandra: approval rating of this president on the economy, it is dismal. while they are touting their economic record, disapproval rating sits at 60% today, congresswoman. i'm sure you are well aware of that. those that say they are falling behind in their personal financial situation, 45%, just

11% say they are getting ahead right now. and those that rate the condition of the american economy only fair or poor is an overwhelming 76%. so there seems to be a major disconnect with the way people are feeling and the way the administration says people feel. >> so, i think it's possible that two things can be true at one time, and one is that the economy can be making strides. we are seeing a lowering of inflation, we are seeing an increase in consumer optimism, we are seeing making sure that people are having opportunities in -- to be able to access capital more. but we also can see and do see people who are still frustrated and still feel the pain and possibly in places like you are mentioning at the grocery store. those two things as i mention can be true at the same time. and that's why we need to continue to work on these things, and that's why things like the economic opportunity agenda are the right steps to be taking in this way. >> sandra: and the idea that all

of this was brought on by the pandemic needs to be pointed out that inflation was just 1.4% when this president took office. we are at 3% now, and to your point that has slowed. but it is still way above when this president took over. real wages, the changes under this president, were down 3% still in the country, consumer prices are up 16%, credit card debt has swelled to nearly 30%. congresswoman, so there is still a lot of work yet to be done. do you think this administration has a grasp on this? >> absolutely. in fact, i had the opportunity to speak to president biden last week on air force one as he flew up to philadelphia to discuss this agenda that we are talking about. and i talked to him about the fact that we have a ton more work to do but to your point i believe that we are, you know, moving that forward. if you remember when he was sworn in, we were sworn in with just a few hundred people here, people were masked, schools were closed. we have performed i think beyond

what the g7 has performed in terms of our economic indicators and we as a nation are making good progress. it's not over, we have a lot of work to do but making progress. >> sandra: even when the emergency was over economists point out we were still increasing our government spending to levels we have never seen in this country before and most american voters, when polled, they say they attribute this inflation crisis to massive amounts of government spending and until we acknowledge that we can't fix the problem. we appreciate -- go ahead. >> if i could interject, i just came out of a meeting where some of that money is going towards broadband for rural communities. those kinds of investments in the future will pay back in dividends for people and just wait, coming soon to a theater near you. >> sandra: inflation reduction act was supposed to bring inflation down and it's still well above where the president took office and people want prices to come down. sounds like you are trying to work towards that.

appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> john: justice department announcing a broad investigation into the memphis police department after the death of tyree nichols, nearly seven months after he was killed after a traffic stop. the five officers involved have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in the death, including second-degree murder. >> sandra: the danger of transgender surgery for children, focus of a hearing today on capitol hill. >> asked my parents a simple question. would you rather have a dead daughter or living transgender son. the choice was enough for my parents to let their guard down and in retrospect i can't blame them. >> sandra: house republicans sounding the alarm on life altering theories and surgeries causing irreversible harm to america's children. we are going to hear from one of

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no one said that. who said that. >> john: growing concerns over allegations of bribery and influence peddling against the biden family after hunter biden's bombshell hearing yesterday that left him open to possible charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent. joining us now to talk about thousand this will impact the road to the white house is candidate and former vice president of the united states mike pence. good to talk to you again. >> thank you, john. good to be on. >> john: i'm sure you probably watched what unfolded yesterday and the idea the judge asked the assistant prosecutor whether or not there might be fara charges brought against hunter biden, he said yes. republicans in congress are thinking about this idea of opening an impeachment investigation so that they can use the tools that gives them to get to the bottom of this. do you think there should be an impeachment investigation of joe biden? >> well, i think congress needs to get to the bottom of it. yesterday was a good day for

american justice and out on the campaign trail, i have to tell you, people were very heartened because this whole business of unequal treatment under the law has been deeply troubling to tens of millions of americans, the sweetheart deal that hunter biden obviously got that the u.s. attorney just essentially refused to explain, fortunately we had a judge on the bench that asked the tough questions and the deal fell apart and now it's all going to go to court. that -- i think as i said, it's a good day for american justice and i welcome it. the american people have every right to know whether or not the president or his family or members of his family have benefitted by leveraging his position when he was vice president of the united states or since. >> sandra: so just to confirm there, so you do see more and more republicans moving towards this idea of an impeachment inquiry. is that something you believe and you support, they should move forward with?

>> well, i really strongly support the inquiries underway in the congress so far into the biden family and i mean, literally, you know, dozens of shell corporations, millions of dollars flowing, and then of course i just remember the 2020 campaign when the very idea of hunter biden's laptop was denied by then candidate joe biden and he accused it of being russian disinformation and so many members of the national media and on social media suppressed that story, so look, the american people have a right to know and i'm going to leave it to speaker mccarthy and the members of congress to determine what nature that inquiry takes but they got to get to the bottom of it. we got to make sure that justice is served on an equal basis in hunter biden's case but also that we get real answers about whether the president's family or the president himself, you know, benefitted in ways that would compromise -- compromise

the interest of the united states of america. >> john: mr. vice president, less than a month from now, the gop candidates who have qualified will gather in the stage in milwaukee the first gop debate. you make it in terms of public support but so far not among the six who have qualified based on 40,000 individual donors and the sub category, 200 have to come from different places in the country. how close are you to making that threshold and will you be there on the stage on the 23rd? >> john, i have no doubt we'll be on the debate stage and can't wait to get there. over the last week, averaging 1,000 contributions a day, we think we will easily make it. go to mike pence 2024 and even donate a dollar and make sure we are up there. look, the future of the country is literally on the line, and i also think the future of the republican party is on the line, and there are real differences,

not just between me and my former running mate, but others on the stage about america's role in the world, how we tackle our national debt, i released a plan about tackling inflation, almost all i hear about campaigning around the country. the cost of eggs, john, is up 51% and yet you have joe biden out there talking about his economic success in bidenomics. people know better but there are real differences among republicans about how we tackle these things and lastly on the right to life, i'm somebody that has always stood strong for the sanctity of life. there are others, including former president trump and others in this field who are shying away from the cause of life saying it's only a state issue, i'm always going to stand without apology for the sanctity of life and welcome being on the debate stage and you bet on fox news channel we are going to be there in a month and looking forward to seeing everybody. >> sandra: all right, so a lot of headlines out there,

including one that says pence is in panic. what do you say to those who may be surprised that your campaign has not been gaining as much steam as perhaps you said it would by this point? >> well, look, we just announced about six weeks ago. i think i heard the other day a couple of the other candidates took about 21 weeks to get to their number. but i have to tell you, we are very confident we are going to be there. there is -- no panic in the pence camp. only enthusiasm. karen and i spent a whole loot of time last week in new hampshire and we don't go in with the big entourage of people and round up folks, we just say look, we are going to be at the local restaurant, the local diner, and you can see from the press reports, people are ready for a change, they want new leadership in the white house but i will tell you all i'm absolutely convinced that they want new leadership in the republican party and we are going to work our hearts out to earn the right to lead this party and lead this country all

the way back. >> sandra: mr. vice president, appreciate you joining us here. >> john: one quick question, if you didn't make the threshold and didn't make the debate, would you keep the campaign going? >> i'm going to be on the debate stage, john. i have to tell you. there may be some people that are wishing we are not there, i've had a little bit of experience with nationally televised debates, some people think i did ok, and i'm looking forward to being on that stage but anybody that wants to help us reach the threshold faster, go to mike pence 2024. >> john: the more the merrier, for sure. >> sandra: thanks so much. all right. cape cod not only popular for tourists, now appears to be a hot spot for sharks. how worried should swimmers be before jumping into the waters? >> john: plus, record breaking heat wave impacting millions of americans as it now hits the northeast. how cities are trying to keep people safe. that's coming up next.

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>> john: the northeast is experiencing a dangerous heat wave with the heat index in cities like here in washington, d.c. and new york hitting triple digits. forecasters expect the extreme heat to last through the weekend. c.b. cotton is live in new york city. nothing like being in new york city when it's 100°, c.b., nothing like being in the subway when it's that hot. >> john, it is hot out here. look at this, new data from the united nations shows july will be the hottest month ever recorded on the planet. the summer heat wave has officially arrived here in the

northeast, in fact newark, new jersey just issued a code red letting people know about the dangerous conditions and here in times square we can definitely feel this heat. now get this, over 260 million americans will feel the scorching temps now spreading across the plains and over the east coast putting major cities, not only in the northeast but also new england under heat alerts through at least friday. exp experts stay inside during the hottest part of the day, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and drink water even if you don't feel thirsty and find shade. it could feel like it's over 105°. people are doing their best to find shade and water. >> it's never fun to go through a heat wave, but what's great is that there are all these people spaces where there's water so the kids can play. >> now, new york city has opened up several hundred cooling centers, this is a measure to

fight against heat-related deaths, that could happen inside homes without air-conditioning. it's very, very hot out here. >> john: good day to be going sleeveless, no question about that. stay cool, although it's difficult. sandra, you've been in the heat. how is it in new york city today? >> sandra: hot, it's just sticky. and you know how new york city gets when its this hot, gets icky, like really stinky. >> john: the smell is quite unique in new york city. >> sandra: always is, but extra special today. >> john: here in d.c., it's only 92, supposed to hit 98 around 5:00, we'll see. still not like 125° in either qatar or india, i've been to both of those places when it's been that hot. that's hot. >> sandra: sweltering. cape cod, meanwhile, is seeing a surge in shark sightings. one beach had to be temporarily shut down completely after several sharks were spotted

along the coast. so should cape cod beach goers worry about even going for a swim? ask austin gallagher, a shark expert and ceo and chief scientist for beneath the waves. thank you for joining us. something our team has been talking about. seems there is more and more shark sightings happening. is that the case or just more cameras on the beach? >> yeah, thanks for having me and happy shark week. you bring up a good point. it does seem like there are a lot more shark sightings happening and it's a result of really a couple of different things. number one, we do have the summer months and we know sharks come closer to shore in summer, and number two, populations off the east coast are slightly increasing because they have been protected, so a slight rise. and number three what you said, we have more cameras, more drones, more go pros, more social media, creates this awareness. >> john: seems like every week is shark week up off of cape

cod, i have the app, sharktivity, this is a snapshot this morning, cape cod area over the last month. and there are, you know, some shark sightings along the coast of new hampshire and up into maine, but cape cod is ground 0 for great white sharks, all the little blue dots are confirmed sightings, the orange ones are believed to be sharks and the other colors are specific sharks tagged, so they know where they are. why is cape cod itself a hot bed for shark activity. >> cape cod is ground 0 for the resurgence of the great white shark and such an incredible coastline, i'm from cape cod, massachusetts myself, and so much prey there for the white sharks. we have protected marine mammals in the united states since 1972. that includes seals, so we have about 50 years of an unregulated

population of seals that have just exploded. essentially rung the dinner bell for the white sharks. white sharks have also been protected since the 90s, so you have the convergence of the two mega predators coming together that have been protected and it's just a buffet for the great whites. >> sandra: they say the beach is open after they shut it down because they had the shark sightings. do you go swimming? >> for sure. i mean -- you bring up a good point. i think we should probably celebrate the fact that we have the restored population of the ultimate apex predator on earth. but, we do have to learn how to co-exist with these animals. and we have to be smart. you know, we do share the ocean with them, any time we go in the water we are taking risks and this really does kind of go on the local politicians beachgoers, lifeguards, get that information out, get the signs out, where the tracking and monitoring of these animals and

populations come into play so we can learn how to be smart, safe beach users. >> john: i want to kweet an article in scientific america, a new study shows the peninsula eastern shoreline hosts one of the largest seasonal white shark gatherings in the world and is the first such hot spot documented in the north atlantic. the sharks are most concentrated by massachusetts during june through october, the same time of year when more than 3 million vacationers regular fly flock to the cape. they are comparing this to cape town, south africa, and i was there in the summer of 1975 when everybody saw that shark eating everybody in that movie about martha's vineyard. are we to be scared like steven spielberg scared in that summer? i would not even swim in a lake after i watched that movie. >> you bring up a good point. everybody has their own tolerance. what we are seeing and what we have been seeing unfold here

over the last really 10, 15 years up in cape cod is literally from the books and the script of the movie "jaws." you have the beaches starting to be closed and that's a good thing because we are trying to avoid shark attacks and those types of incidents but you know, people should also be smart. shouldn't go swimming next to seal colonies, listen to the reports that people do give us, and we should be able to enjoy the ocean but have to be smart. that's my opinion on it. >> sandra: we sailed to martha's vineyard last summer and ended up on the beach, john, where that famous scene was filmed, and i did not go in the water. just -- a choice i made. final question to you. you are swimming and see a shark coming your way, you are confident that's what it is, far enough out you cannot run in. what do you do? >> you get out of the water, yeah. you try to get out of there as quickly as possible.

let's just be honest. i'm not going to sugar coat it. you don't want to look like prey or splashing around, that could attract them. make your way out of the water and let other people know as well. >> john: and you can find if you can actually talk on water. interesting august. >> sandra: great information, thank you. critics on both sides of the aisle on the florida social studies curriculum. the governor says it's reaction to a fake narrative. steve has the story for us. what exactly is this fight about? >> sandra, the new curriculum is more than 200 pages long, not clear how many critics have read all 200 because the fight is pretty much about one sentence in that new curriculum. that sentence reads instruction

includes how slaves developed skills which in some instances could be applied for personal benefit. that one sentence of slavery and benefit has set off the fireworks. first vice president harris flying down to florida to do what she called fight back against this curriculum. here is the vice president. >> they dare to push propaganda to our children. this is the united states of america. we are not supposed to do that. >> florida's governor, ron desantis, is saying the critics are trying to create a hoax, a false narrative. >> we are teaching the honest history, good, bad and ugly, teaching all the injustices with respect to slavery and other things that happened but that's not good enough for them. they want to wrap it in and use that to advance their modern agenda. >> for parents of school-aged

children in florida like lisette, she says a simple case. >> slavery was evil, florida knows how to teach children what evil is because florida does it with the holocaust. why are we excusing slavery at this point in time. >> for dr. william allen who helped write the new curriculum, it's not that simple. he says the critics have it all wrong. >> what should be said is that people through their own exertions were able to benefit themselves under enormous adversity. >> the new curriculum comes after a stop woke law passed in florida one year ago. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: steve, we'll keep watching that. thank you, john. >> john: a detour here, 1600 pennsylvania avenue where karine jean-pierre has just begun the briefing. listen in. >> continue to deliver on a sacred obligations to our veterans. and they build on our progress to expand medical care and housing guarantees for veterans. invest in v.a. medical facilities.

and expand employment protections for military spouses. now as you all know, the president also announced this week a landmark rule to strengthen mental health parity for 150 million americans. builds on steps we have already taken to tackle the mental health crisis including launching the 988 lifeline, a confidential line americans in crisis can call any time, and if you are someone in crisis please do call 988. as i just mentioned, this is a federal government program that is there to help all of you, or any one of you. investing historic resources to remove barriers to care and making sure service members and veterans can get the mental health care they need. we also recently announced additional steps to address the overdose epidemic and save lives. we introduced a whole of

government response against the emerging threat of fentanyl, combined with zylozene. and discussed state and federal coordination and additional resources for law enforcement officials working to disrupt drug trafficking. because of decisive actions this administration has taken to remove barriers to addiction treatment, expand access to naloxone and target drug trafficking operations we have seen a levelling off of overdose deaths for an entire year. it is hopeful -- it is a hopeful trend we are working to ensure actually continues. finally, i do want to talk about a recent trip our team took to further address the illicit fentanyl global supply chain. the opioid epidemic is a global challenge as well, and we are engaging at high levels with other countries to fight it together so this week homeland security adviser led a senior

delegation to mexico city to further cooperation with mexico and canada on countering illicit fentanyl and arms trafficking. our three countries are committed to working together to promote the safety and security of citizens, prosecute drug traffickers, target the supply of the precursor chemicals used for illicit fentanyl production, prevent the drugs from coming across borders and promote public health services to reduce harm and demand. we also have deepened cooperation with mexico on the related challenge of southbound arms trafficking. all of these issues ending cancer as we know it, delivering on our sacred obligation to our veterans, tackling the mental health crisis, and beating the overdose epidemic matters to americans in both red states and blue states. we are taking meaningful steps to deliver on the president's unity agenda for our nation. now tonight as you all know the president will deliver remarks

at the truman civil rights symposium to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the desegregation of the military and the forward march to redeem the soul of the nation. he'll talk about the courageous act president truman took to respond to the mistreatment of black veterans that led to creating the greatest fighting force in history of the world, that is also the most, the most diverse fighting force in the history of the world. and he'll talk about how 75 years after president truman's courage today in 2023 a senator from alabama is blocking more than 300 military nominations with an agenda. it's dangerous, they are harming our military readiness, they are undermining national security and they are hurting troop morale. and tonight president biden is going to make that clear i

suggest all of you tune in. today's gdp report shows bidenomics at work after a year recession predictions, we saw the economy grow at a 2.4% rate, last quarter while inflation fell significantly. business investment increased by nearly 8%, and construction of factories contributed more to growth than it has in 40 years. as you can see from the chart behind me that's what the president investing in america agenda is all about. bidenomics is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. unemployment remains below 4%, inflation has fallen by two-thirds, wages are higher than before the pandemic and businesses have invested more than half a trillion dollars in clean energy and manufacturing. in short, the president's economic plan is indeed working. and finally, and finally, we have some good-byes today first i want to give a shout out to sebastian smith, a/k/a thor, if

you missed that briefing you should go back and check it out. probably one of the most funniest briefing we have had in the last two years, and as well we want to say good-bye to ket gorgeous donny as well, thank you for your time here with us at the white house press briefing room and we are sad to see you go and will miss you both. additionally, i wanted to congratulate ket on your service as, on your service as the president of the foreign press group and we are looking forward to working with richard who is going to be taking on the responsibilities in the new role. we also want to share another devastating, devastating farewell that i want to share on our team, our very own abdullah hassan is leaving us next week and heading to law school. abdullah deferred law school a year in order to continue working in the who us and we are grateful for the dedicated

service. >> john: we are going to jump out for a little while, if she gets into questions particularly with hunter biden we will get back in. >> sandra: she is about to take questions, john. remember, this time yesterday she opened with a statement from the white house, from the president and his family about their son after that explosive moment at the federal courthouse where a plea deal fell through. she did not open with any particular statement about that today. she's likely to be pressed with questions on that shortly. remember, there was a lot of very interesting exchanges in the briefing room yesterday. there was a pretty simple question about somebody who was found with an illegal firearm whether they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law she responded by saying i know where you are going with that question, i won't answer it. we'll see, reporters pressed her yesterday. our own fox reporter did not get a chance to pose questions to her, possibly will be able