the question is why now? what has happened? what has change? i think what has changed is that the congress and representative comber and chairman jordan and others have found evidence. there is a lot of smoke surrounding this case, and now they can't sweep this under the rug. >> attorney general garland getting blasted for appointing david weiss the guy who made the sweetheart deal with the biden deal to now be a special counsel in hunter biden probe.

some republicans going as far as calling it a cover-up. what is the white house saying? for that we go to lucas tomlinson at the white house. >> federal prosecutors say negotiations with biden's legal team have hit a snag and this case could be going to trial. the justice department refused to rule out if president biden would be part of future investigations after that special counsel was named yesterday. >> special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department. >> republicans have been calling for special counsel for a long time to investigate hunter biden, but many in the g.o.p. are not happy charles that it was david weiss named who has already been investigating hunter for the past five years. the appointment of a special council allows him to file additional charges against hunter biden outside delaware. here's jonathan turley. >> there's no question this

magnifies the danger for hunter biden. his toesh attorney told the prosecutor in the courtroom let's rip it up. that doesn't go over well for most prosecutors. there are major charges out there like a violation for being unregistered foreign agent that could be brought forward. that could elevate some of these counts to felonies. he is not in a good place. >> law makers on both sides of the aisle weighed in as you might imagine. >> this was a political decision, not a legal decision. they are trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. >> there isn't evidence to show that president biden did anything wrong in connection with hunter biden. >> the regulations state that a special counsel could come from outside government. there's been those like john durham. for those keeping score at home, this is the fifth special counsel named in the past five years. charles? >> charles: thank you very much. so how will david weiss being named special counsel impact hunter biden probe?

i want to bring in former deputy assistant attorney general tom dupree. some great questions put out there, jonathan turley saying some of these counts now could be elevated perhaps to felony counts. certainly that sweetheart deal has everyone like aghast right whoa; right? but what about broadening out what they are looking for? i mean, because it's been elevated to this status, can they now broaden out beyond those narrow charges that the deal was the focus on that sweetheart deal, can they broaden out the scope of this investigation? >> charles, the answer to that is unequivocally yes. the special counsel can broaden the charges and can bring additional charges, including a claim or other potential felonies. however, because the special counsel has greater authority doesn't necessarily mean that this special counsel will actually exercise that greater authority. what we saw from the attempted plea bargain, the one that totally blew up on the launching

pad was a that the special counsel was looking to cut a deal with hunter biden that would have given him favorable treatment. maybe the special counsel has changed his tune and will have found religion and take a different view of this case, but so far the evidence doesn't suggest that that special counsel thinks there are other felonies out there just waiting to be charged. >> charles: tom, fara, walk the audience through what it means. it's been used a few times today. i would like the audience to understand specifically what that means and why it is so important. >> for sure, it is the foreign agents registration act. it basically means if you are say a lawyer in the united states or a business person in the united states, and you're acting as an agent of a foreign government, in the united states, maybe you're lobbying or trying to advance their interests in the united states, that's not necessarily a crime, but you do need to register. in other words, you need to notify the united states government that you're acting as a foreign agent so there's

disclosure and transparency. that's something based on what we have heard from the whistle-blower's testimony and the evidence that congress has ub covered so far about -- uncovered so far about hunter biden's activities that he may have failed to register as a foreign agent. >> charles: how much do you think this will slow down the house investigation which you just referenced because i think it's been so pivotal from turning this into what the mainstream media was trying to make a mockery into a main street story that everyone is paying attention to and no one can deny you can kind of feel the wagons, you know circling the wagons around the president but letting hunter biden sort of like yeah, weal, maybe, you know -- yeah, well, maybe, you know, if this is a real story, it always has been but now all americans seem to be interested in this and more and more interested in justice. can the house continue aggressively pursuing this? >> yes, look, i think they can continue aggressively pursuing this. i think they should continue aggressively pursuing this. to your point, congress deserves a huge amount of credit here for keeping the story in the news, continuing to push push push to

get additional information. i don't think we would be where we are today on this investigation if it weren't for those strong efforts in congress. so about whether this will slow down the investigation? probably not, except i do think we're going to have a fight in terms of whether mr. weiss comes and testifies before congress as he had pledged to do. you will recall he agreed to come. the attorney general authorized him to go explain to congress what he was finding in his investigation and why he was making the decisions he did. my strong hunch here charles is that weiss is going to try to walk back that offer and is going to say look i'm not going to testify before congress because lo and behold, we have an active investigation going on. i will need to take a rain check. >> charles: tom, i just spoke with senator tim scott about this scuttlebutt that's swirling about perhaps a probe, an impeachment probe into president biden. he thinks there's enough out there that that should be done. i want you to take a listen to it and then get your thoughts on

it. >> we are losing confidence in the institutions of power in this country because there are two standards: one for the elite and one for the rest of us. that won't hold. we cannot allow that to happen. thank god for house majority in the hands of the republican party that are looking forward to presenting the truth, not a biased approach, but just the simple facts so the mesh people can make their own decision and come to the statement conclusions that the rest of every day americans are coming, two tiered justice system cannot last. >> charles: tom? >> look, my take on this is number one, congress absolutely needs to keep its foot on the gas pedal in conducting this investigation and putting before the american people the evidence it has of hunter biden's activities and president biden and former vice president biden at the time, his involvement in his son's business activities, which was as we have seen the

evidence that's been coming out has been contradicting everything that the white house has been saying about the extent of the president's involvement in his son's business activities. at this point, i think it is fair to make the judgment whether or not they have gathered enough evidence to open an impeachment hearing. i mean, look impeachment hearings can be politically dangerous. you see what happens when the democrats impeach trump, it didn't help them at all politically, it helped president trump politically. you have to take that into account whether or not we have enough evidence to move forward. at least in the short-term, absolutely congress needs to keep pushing hard on this because they have done a great job so far in amassing evidence of what's been going on. >> charles: i think mccarthy has been pretty clear in trying to beat the stink between a probe and actual impeachment process. thank you, tom. appreciate it. >> absolutely. thank you. >> charles: you got it. with the 2024 race heating up, what's the political fallout in all of this legal drama? here to discuss the messenger congress reporter. steven, it's -- if it's friday, it must be a new probe. [laughter]

or a new special counsel, but listen, this news is coming fast and furiously. this is something that i feel the mainstream media tried to keep out of the discussion, and now you can no longer keep it out of discussion. is it too late to judge the impact of the election? to me, it's got to have more people thinking that there might be something there with that smoke, maybe there's fire. >> yeah, well, good morning. thanks for having me. yeah. i think for the white house and democrats generally, the naming of a special counsel in the hunter biden probe, republicans obviously have said that they think this is a cover-up, and they think this is an attempt by democrats and the biden doj to sort of run out the clock in the hunter biden investigation. but this is less than ideal for the white house because this means that the hunter biden investigation criminally is

going to stick around for the foreseeable future, and that includes, you know, most likely through the 2024 election, so no matter the spin or the intent behind naming the special counsel, this is less than ideal for the white house. >> charles: a lot of folks are saying well, it is still a year away, more than a year away, so this is kind of early. i'm not sure if i agree with that, but i was just asking tom about the notion of a probe into possible impeachment. i know it's -- it could be a tricky political situation, although, you know, it feels like the more we learn about this, the more it pulls in president biden into the discussion, the potential bookkeeper may testify before the house in a week or so and may even bring together, you know, tie the joint t cans between -- tie the joint accounts between the father and

son. at what point should republicans consider a probe or even an actual impeachment process? >> i think, you know, at the top level of the republican conference in the house, this is something that they are already considering. you know, three committees in the house, ways and means, the oversight committee, and judiciary have investigated the biden family finances for well over a year, two years now. and you saw the speaker before august recess come out and publicly say that this is something that the conference should consider, and he made a point to distinguish between an impeachment inquiry and impeachment probe and actually attempting to impeach president biden, so i think that, you know, the opening of a probe allows them to gather as much information about the biden family finances and the way that the president was tied to his

son's overseas business deals, and yeah, this is something that they are actively considering, and when they come back in september, along with dealing with spending and everything else, this is something that you are going to continue to see them sort of balance and play with. >> charles: feels like it is something that is going to be appropriate soon. steven, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> charles: the death toll is rising and so are the number of people feared missing after that apocalyptic wildfires in hawaii. we will get you the latest there and talk to one resident who escaped the nightmare next. se. some lenders charge hundreds upfront for your appraisal and other fees. not at newday. a veteran shouldn't have to come up with money to get money.

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to least 80 and more than a thousand people are still missing. as the search and rescue efforts intensify, those fortunate enough to have survived are now dealing with unimaginable loss. my next guest is one of them. a resident says he's lost two houses in the fire. jeff, thanks for coming back. you and i spoke yesterday. we've had almost 24 hours since then. you mentioned some of your friends you were happy to see they were alive. what have you learned since we spoke yesterday? >> hi, charles. first of all, thanks for having me back on. authorities allowed lahani residents to reenter the town yesterday for the first time, not into the heavily-damaged dangerous areas but in the surrounding areas. a lot of us were parked up on what they call the bypass up on the hill there with a view over the entire city. there was just a gray blanket of ash over probably 70 percent of the city, very very difficult to

look at. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the first responders had several interactions with maui police department, and without exception, the officers you can see the fatigue and stress on their faces. a lot of these guys and girls have connections with the city, whether they live there or have friends and family that have suffered the major losses. they are out there in the hot sun working without sleep. every interaction i had i was dealt with politely and professionally. i wanted to let them know their efforts are being acknowledged and so very much appreciated. >> charles: last hour i spoke with the founder of an organization called project dynamo. they have rescued thousands of people from afghanistan, out of ukraine, at the start of that war, out of the sudan, and he described a scene that very war like before and after pictures of the army and navy vet, places

where he's seen total devastation and how difficult it is right now to even find these thousand plus folks who are missing. >> yes. as i mentioned before, when i evacuated, i saw homeless people and residents in the community that were not responding as quickly as i wish they had. i know the county coroner's down there doing their grim job. i fear there's going to be a lot of loss of life that hasn't been accounted for yet. i'm not really sure how they are going to be discovered because quite frankly and sadly, a lot of it is just ash right now, total devastation. >> charles: the reaction from around the world has been absolutely amazing, particularly here in america. you know, donations, pledges are coming in. what would you like to see happen? obviously we know a year, maybe two years from now, we're going to galvanize around maui, and we're going to try our best to make it, you know, even -- to

restore where it was, but between now and then, it is going to be a really painful process, no doubt about it what are you expecting? what would you like to see? >> i wanted your viewers to know, those that have generously donated to the different charities that are supporting the people on maui, trust me, you can see the effort on the ground. as i was in traffic trying to get to lahaina, there are caravans going with water, supplies, food. food banks set up, clothing, necessities. i want to assure the viewers your money is being felt here and very very much appreciated, and please continue to contribute what you can. long-term, i don't know, how do you replace 150, 200 years of history? the lahaina i have experienced and loved for the last 30 years is gone. they will rebuild it. i'm sure it will be there to provide memories for generations to come, but it will never be

the same. >> charles: lahaina won't ever be the same, no doubt about it. we're happy you are safe, jeff. we appreciate you coming on. i can feel your pain. it is horrifying to look at. it is unimaginable what you have seen and what your fellow residents have experienced. please stay safe. we'll check back on you again real soob soon. -- real soon. viewers if you would like to help those impacted by the hawaii wildfires, you can donate at red cross.org/fox forward. we're going to go to the southern border where one sheriff is sounding the alarm that that crisis is far from over as we get new pictures of armed cartel members escorting migrants. that's next. hi, i'm michael, i've lost 62 pounds on golo

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bragging during presentations around the country to include my own state, my own community that we had collectively made -- one of the safest places on the southwest border. the cartels did not want to play in our backyard because we were ready for them collectively. i can't say that honestly to my citizens today or those when i present. we've seen what i call the new normal of border, and that is a fact that crime is rampant, as a result of border crime, all the way up to murder, and we've lost citizens in this county, and we have lost people in this county that have died at the hands of the cartels who don't care. i do care. >> charles: arizona border sheriff sounding the alarm at the border saying the challenges are far from over and as dangerous as ever. new images this week of armed cartel members showing just how dangerous it is getting. we will speak to the sheriff in a moment. but first, to the border, bill melugin is there, in texas. what are you seeing? >> well, charles, what we're

seeing is it's the cartels who call the shots down here. they are the ones who decide who does or does not cross this border. in this video, it is a reflection of that. take a look. images courtesy of a texas dps drone down in brownsville. you will see armed cartel members with machetes who are threatening and extorting migrants at the edge of the river telling them you better pay us or you're not crossing. one of the migrants get smacked in the back with a machete before he gets his bags emptied out. you will see a big group of migrants going running all over the place as cartel members with machetes approach them and start threatening them. now, some of the migrants who made it across the river told texas dps yeah these guys were threatening us, but once we paid them, they did allow us to cross. that is why you often see people coming across the border with those cartel wristbands on indicating that they have paid the cartel. busy out here in the rio grande valley, take a look at this video. mass illegal crossings beginning out here once again. this was early in the morning 3:00 a.m. in texas, a huge group of several hundred migrants that

crossed illegally predominantly family units, a lot of parents with their little kids and toddlers. we saw a lot of unaccompanied children and teens, kids traveling alone. a lot of babies out there too. a lot of crying when you are out there. border patrol sources telling me a large majority of these family units are being released into the country with future court dates. they know that. that is why they seek out border patrol and turn themselves in. they feel they've got a better chance of being released rather than removed or deported. lastly, take a look at these images out of brownsville. earlier this week, a huge mass of several hundred migrants tried to rush a port of entry in brownsville, gateway international bridge after a social media rumor started spreading that the border would be opened for asylum seekers. that was not true. cbp had to respond and closed the bridge down where razor wire and personnel they deployed in the middle of the bridge. nobody was allowed through. our sources telling us everybody was rappelled there. the state of texas points out

when the feds use razor wire, nobody complains but when we do it we are called barbaric and cruel towards migrants. back out here live, very busy in the rio grande valley, sources telling me that yesterday there were more than 1500 illegal crossings in the sector. earlier this week, we had a few days where there were more than 6,000 illegal crossings per day across the country. back to you. >> charles: thank you very much. as i mentioned, my next guest testified at a border hearing this week. he says the challenges there are far from over. he is joining us now. that was very powerful testimony that you gave, and i think one of the things that's so alarming about it, sheriff, is how quickly the narrative has changed, from being able to rappel these folks and protect americans to almost losing this battle or maybe losing this battle. >> thanks for having me, charles. good to see you again. the testimony is the reality of

the voice of citizens for public safety along with many sheriffs throughout the united states. the message which has been the plan which is silence, avoidance, and abandonment with a plan to open our border. you set aside the emotions, the opinions, the politics of it, and you have an open border. nobody can debate that. as a result, in my county, in the last 18 months, we have had almost 2300 people arrested for state crimes up to murder with the cost of 6 million dollars, just for the incarceration. arizona leads the nation of fentanyl, over 51 percent of all fentanyl comes from arizona. you take the four border counties in arizona, we seized 35 million, fentanyl pills last year alone, killing 290 people a day in this could be tri in americans to -- in this country americans including children. when they say this border is secured, that's such a false

narr narrative. >> charles: interesting enough, someone else is echoing similar complaints, the mayor of new york city adams saying it is too expensive, that it is going to decimate new york city. unfortunately, he's blaming town -- small towns in arizona for this, as being some sort of funnel. this is a national emergency. it is not just small towns. it is not just new york city. the fentanyl alone is decimating our young population. our population decreased the last two years, and it wasn't covid. this is amazing that we cannot get the national government, this administration to work -- this is a national emergency. we're being invaded. and we're losing. >> you are 100 percent charles. here are cities with a plethora of resources saying come here, they came there. they are seeing the impact of our border that we see every day on the front lines of it, seeing the criminal aspect of it too.

what did this administration do? they threw millions of dollars at new york and other sanctuary cities, where they are neglected and set aside the border security mission. that's the whole issue. mayor adams who wore a badge just like i do, i mean, work with us, mayor, work with us. we got to work together. >> charles: yeah, they're greeted almost like heroes. >> yeah. >> charles: these scenes, the cartel, i think one the huge drug cartel, powerful, they control wide swaths of land in mexico, and now they are on our soil with weapons and body armor. the organization, bill melugin talked about these wristbands. the organization is so amazing, and it's done in plain sight. how do we explain that to the american people? >> my opinion on this is the cartels have a better

operational plan and they have more will than our leadership in washington, d.c. to secure it. as long as their plan is working better than ours, they're going to continue, and theyre going to continue to encroach on america with no respect for this country, our values, our who we are. they are there for fear, violence, and greed. it's all about the dollar bill. this is a tragedy. i can't believe our country, our nation's leaders are not stepping up on this. >> charles: sheriff, i mean, it is a multibillion dollars business, and the brazenness of it, we could talk about red flags, but those were raised a long time ago. this is something more significant. they are on u.s. soil doing these operations. what do you think will happen? that was a powerful testimony. it feels like more and more people are listening to this. although, there are still a lot of folks in the media who dismiss it as nothing which is insulting to you and all of the folks who are trying to keep us safe. what would you like to see next? what do you expect to see next? >> well, i don't expect to see a

lot. it's been almost -- it's been almost three years where we've seen this administration, this president has not prioritized the border. i don't see that changing. he's silent to all the tragedies we're dealing with. until he takes the will to change it, which i don't see it, it is not going to change, so bottom line is this, elections have to have consequences. people need to make a decision on what they want. they need to have a secure border. >> charles: sheriff, thank you very much and thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> charles: ukraine, the counter offensive in full swing as president biden calls on congress to send more aid to ukraine. a new poll shows majority of americans don't support that. what retired four star general what retired four star general jack keane he's next.undr to five-hundred bucks. he just didn't wanna do that. he was proud of the price he was charging. ♪ my dad instilled in me, always put the people before the money. be proud of offering a good product at a fair price.

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>> charles: you are watching that's florida governor desantis now at his chance at the fair side chat with the iowa governor stating his case to the folks there. again, most g.o.p. candidates are going to participate in that. former president trump saying he would rather walk and spend time with the folks there. of course this is a high-stakes moment for all the candidates. we'll continue to monitor. now to another story that we're following, and that's the white house calling on congress to approve billions in additional aid to ukraine. new poll shows 55 percent of americans oppose sending more aid to the war-torn country. we will discuss that in a minute. let's first go to greg palkot in kyiv ukraine with the latest on

the ground and some insight from a leading figure there. greg? >> hey, charles, yeah, more of that analysis in a moment. first, both sides very busy in this ongoing war here after several hits including last month against a key bridge linking russian held crimea and the russian mainland. fired away again launching three missiles at and around the span. moscow claims it shot them all down but smoke was seen at the bridge and reported disruption of travel across it as russian forces continue to fire their own shells and missiles all along the front line with ukraine killing a 73-year-old woman in the east, a policeman in the south. for reaction to this brutal style of fighting and more, we spoke recently with a former president of ukraine. take a listen. >> this is the tactics of putin to fight against civilian population, and russia is just -- just new evidence that russia is a terroristic state. >> he ought to know. he dealt with putin face-to-face

during his time as president, and after many trips with his volunteers to the front line, he has this assessment of ukraine's grinding counter offensive against russia. >> i can confirm you that counter offensive operation of ukraine and armed forces is going, and -- but this is not a hollywood movie. >> as for u.s. military aid, he deeply acknowledges it and also notes it's been a catalyst for others to pitch in. >> we are grateful to u.s. this is the global leadership of united states of america and the leaders for all [inaudible]. >> of course the former president and other officials here in kyiv are watching very closely that bid by the biden administration for billions more in u.s. military aid here and hoping for the best.

charles? >> charles: thank you very much. as this war rages on, there's a new poll shows that majority of americans believe we have already sent enough aid to ewe ukraine -- aid to ukraine. let's bring in general jack keane to discuss. i wanted to pick back up on a discussion we had a few days ago. i spoke about the interview with senator scott. i feel like he represents a lot of americans in a sense that obviously we want russia to be defeated. obviously we want ukraine to be victorious. the numbers are adding up. the money is adding up. the accountability is not. you stated many times it is a proverbial drop in bucket but for many americans with the economy front and center, they are concerned we have given enough as a nation and we should be looking inward to our own problems right now. >> yeah, i challenge the validity of that cnn poll which is coming in over 50 something percent opposed. i mean, most recent poll by

gallup several weeks ago which has a lot of credibility associated with it, 62 percent of americans support aid to ukraine. the reagan institute poll that came out several weeks ago also the same month in june had 59 percent supporting the aid. so i contend that majority of americans are willing to support this effort. the reason is pretty obvious. i mean, look what we've got for such a small investment. who would have thought that 18 months into this war, that ukraine would have control of 83 percent of its territory when russia's intent was to take complete control of all of its territory? who would have thought that 18 months into the war, half of the russians combat forces would be destroyed as a result of the war in ukraine? that's a significant return on a relatively small investment. we can't take lightly the 50

million military aid and almost equal amount or greater in humanitarian aid, 100 billion dollars is a lot of money, but in a 6 trillion dollars plus budget and given how this federal government spends its money, this is a huge positive return on investment. >> charles: the fiscal year budget is 5.3 billion. the receipts are 3.6 billion. we're running deficits. so i mean, yeah, in the grand scheme of things, it feels like a drop in the bucket, but by the same token, i have spent the last hour and a half talking about americans who are having trouble making -- paying rent. so i mean, it's -- it is a lot of money. it is a lot of money, particularly when we're not 100 percent sure where and how it's been spent. how we declare or discern winning, just a moment ago, i'm sure you heard greg palkot, great piece he had with the former ukraine president. he said something so compelling

about the counter offensive. he said quote, it's going, but then he added it is not a hollywood movie. so many are saying it hasn't lived up to the anticipated thrust that everyone was hoping for, and if that's not the case, what do we need to do so we can help wrap this up sooner rather than later? >> well, clearly, that should be the objective. but unfortunately, that's not the objective of the administration. the administration has dragged this out unnecessarily. we've all seen them providing intermittent assistance. the europeans put pressure on them to provide tanks and armors. the europeans put pressure on the united states to provide the f-16s so that they can train on and give them to the ukrainians. the president has agreed to do that. this has come with about every major advanced weapon system. why is that? because the biden administration is not for a victory as quick as possible. they are trying to avoid -- the

ukrainians avoiding losing and force them to a negotiation as soon as possible which ukrainians don't want because they want to liberate their people. >> charles: right. >> our strategy is wrong. >> charles: yeah. >> that's a fundamental underpinning to what we have here. >> charles: it is nuts to put all this money and not fight to win decisively right now, but general, i got less than a minute to go. i have to ask you about your thoughts on how the u.s. and saudi arabia agreed on this path to a normalized relationship between the kingdom and israel. how is that going? >> well, first of all, give credit to the biden administration, turning around their failed policy, which they have since they took office which was appease the iranians but they are still doing to a certain degree but stiff the arabs and stiff the israelis. that makes no sense whatsoever. they recognize china and russia have stepped in to fill that void. the fact is the arabs would rather do business with the united states and have u.s. security guarantees and also take advantage of the huge

technological and economic prosperity that exists in israel. so yes, this is a -- if they pull this off with the kingdom of saudi arabia that will be a sea change in the middle east. >> charles: general keane, thank you very much. did you hear about this? a mom suing the city of detroit after facial recognition technology falsely identified her as a carjacker. she was eight months pregnant. she wants answers, and she's here.

>> charles: a detroit mother is suing the city after facial recognition technology falsely identified her as a carjacking suspect. she was arrested and jailed while eight months pregnant. she joins me now along with her attorney. by the way, we did reach out to the detroit mayor and the police department, but we have not heard back from them. this is -- the story sounds crazy. i mean, walk us through how this

happened. >> well, on february 17th, the police came to my door. i was in the process of getting my children ready for school. they knocked on the door. i went down to the door. i opened the door, and it was a female officer. she said hey, are you portia woodruff? she i said yes. she said i have a warrant for your arrest. i said is this a joke? she said no, this isn't a joke. we have a warrant for your arrest. could you step outside? i said no, wait, a warrant for arrest for what? it took a bit for the female officer to give me the information, so another officer stepped in and said we have a warrant for your arrest for carjacking. again, i was, you know, i kind of took a step back like, wait, what? i'm eight months pregnant. my vehicle is in the driveway. carjacking who? so they proceeded to say well,

we are here to arrest you. we have a warrant. you have to come with us. my children are standing there as i'm talking to the police officer. they started crying and started going in the mode like they were scared. so i told my oldest daughter, calm down. go up stairs. wake my fiance up. in the process, i had my phone so i called my mom as well to try to get, you know, so we could try to talk to the officers to convince them like, hey, you have the wrong person. >> charles: right. >> so my fiance came down. he spoke to the officers, and he said hey i think you are mistaken. you might want to read the paperwork. she's pregnant. who is she going to car jack? my mom is trying to plead with the officers, she's pregnant. do you have the right person? can you read the paperwork? >> charles: let me jump in for a second because we don't have a lot of time and i want to get the whole story out. how much time if any did you spend in a jail cell?

>> i spent 11 hours. >> charles: 11 hours. ivan, you are her attorney. what are you looking now? what's the status of the case? what actions are you going to take to right this wrong? >> yes, thank you for having us. currently, we're in the discovery period. actually they haven't answered the complaint yet. they asked for an extension to answer the complaint. this is very difficult on ms. woodruff. we're exploring whether or not to file a suit against the six officers that arrested her. you have to go by reasonable officer standard. i don't believe a reasonable officer would have arrested her, so we believe that they had negligence even in the six officers that arrested her. i understand that the chief [inaudible] is blaming it all on one officer but we think the other officers are just as blame -- [inaudible]. >> charles: it is a horrific

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>> charles: looking at the iowa state fair. governor desantis wrapping up his fair side chat, of course looking to right the ship if you will a little bit and there are other candidates who will be speaking. president trump will also be at the iowa state fair today as well. he won't participate in the chats. want to go to president biden, his push for his green agenda.

remember this? >> we're thrilled to showcase our facility here for you today. along the way, you will get to meet some great teammates of mine here. >> mr. chairman, let me just say something quickly to you. the fact is, you're making me look good. i have overwhelming -- no, i mean it. >> charles: okay. the ev company that he once said was making him look good filed for bankruptcy. luckily no taxpayer money went to this company, but will president biden's other green pushes just end up costing americans a lot of green? want to bring back economist steve moore and democratic strategist crystal knight. steve, i think the money we're talking about right now just this is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money being poured into these things now. >> yeah, over 100 billion dollars already, and it could be headed to a trillion. charles, you said they haven't gotten any government money. that's not exactly true because they did get a forgiveness on

their ppp loan, and also they were lined up -- the reason they invested so much in this electric battery facility for buses is because the federal government was offering them all this money. every time we do this, how many times do we have to learn this lesson? when the government subsidizes these industries, the taxpayers end upholding the tab. >> charles: crystal, the same thing is happening on the construction side, right? these manufacturing facilities for things like evs, through the roof, record breaking manufacturing. a lot of it is because the government will be reimbursing these companies. what bothers me is there's been no job creation. we lost manufacturing jobs in the last jobs report. it was the second or third month in a row. where does this money go? >> well, i mean, i think the money goes back into the economies, back into the communities that need it the most. one of the things we know with this green deal that the president is pushing is that the money is being targeted towards nonprofits and businesses that

are in smaller disadvantaged communities to really uplift the local economy there, and so really when we think about this investment, it is historic because many of these communities don't have these opportunities, and while, you know, growth in the particularly ev industry may not have grown across the country, we have to, you know, laser in and look at what's happening at the nonprofit level, at the community level to see if job growth has happened there. >> charles: i've heard the pitch before. i know what i saw recently, taiwan semiconductor which is building their own plant in america, there weren't enough americans to do the job, bringing in 500 workers from taiwan. this points to something else. shouldn't we be focusing on educating americans so we pour trillions of dollars into something that we get the jobs? >> that would make a lot of sense. the big energy boom over the last 15 years or so has been

shale and oil gas revolution that made america number one when trump was president. we were the number one producer in the world. we have to go begging now to opec because we can't get it from texas. no government subsidies. let the best system win, whether it is wind, solar, nuclear, gas, let the free market reign. >> charles: in 1900, steam was 40 percent. gas was 28 percent. crystal, i want to ask you, though, we have this energy independence that steve has referenced. we're giving it up for these plants, but the earl thes for these plants -- but the materials for these plants are all being processed or owned by china. are we giving away something we fought so desperately for to be at the whims of china, whether or not they want to give it to us? often they threaten not to give us rare earth materials. >> absolutely. i think, you know, the president has focused on making sure that

materials and things are american made, made here in the country -- >> charles: some of that stuff doesn't exist here, the lithium, and the cobalt, and all that stuff we need. you build an ev plant, but where do you get the materials to make the batteries? do we have to go hat in hand to china? it seems like economic suicide >> that's something that we have to, you know, focus on with the companies that, you know, why can't they be made here, what is the benefit analysis of buying it or producing it over in china versus here? that's something i think the president and his administration has to focus on with many of these production companies and these owners, because that's not something that one administration will change overnight. charles: yeah, cost benefit analysis -- the. >> hold on. charles: ten seconds, steve. >> the reason we can't get the minerals here is the the biden epa won't allow us to mine for them here. charles: yeah. and, by the way, the proposition is if china cuts it off, we're

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