required retention policy, meaning students get held back in third grade if they don't read at level. that's the case in arkansas, which recently adopted this approach and funds literacy coaches. some states are moving in the opposite direction. michigan decided to end its required retention of third graders, meaning they pass on to the 4th grade no matter what. concerns about disproportionate impact on their students there in the state. the debate is unfolding, back to you. >> aishah: lydia, thanks. >> john: at this hour, we are live from camp david where the president plans to take the podium alongside the leaders of south korea and japan. >> aishah: that meeting is designed to counter rising threats from china and north korea and you can bet they will be watching from afar. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington. good to spend another hour with you. >> aishah: you as well. i'm aishah hasnie in for sandra

smith. and maryland, the president trying to handle growing threats in the pacific. a new military exercise program to counter china and north korea's ambitions. >> john: and during the announcement, one reporter squeezed in a question about national security concerns over the president's son. listen here. >> administration view this investigation as legitimate and the administration concerns that hunter biden's ties to china pose a national security issue? >> i don't have any comment on that. >> john: the white house shutting down that line of inquiry, trying to focus on the task at hand. jacqui heinrich is live at camp david, with the podium behind her, the leaders will soon appear. >> it's significant to note just how interesting it is you are going to have these three leaders appearing on the same stage together.

two years ago the deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman had to appear solo on a stage following a trilateral event with the two countries and u.s., the japanese foreign minister objected to appearing alongside his south korean counterpart. deep distrust between these countries, japan colonized the korean peninsula from 1910 to world war ii. but there are a number of significant concerns bringing the countries together. not least of all china's economic coercion and of course military aggression and north korea's nuclear program, which is also a concern to the u.s., especially after pyongyang tested a nuclear capable icbm capable of striking the u.s., a think tank says russia might be to blame in aiding for its development. >> not only the first summit i've hosted at camp david, the

first-ever stand alone summit between the leaders of japan and republic of korea and the united states. and i can think of no better way, no better way to mark our new chapter. >> the chinese are not happy the meeting is happening. foreign minister said attempts to cobble groupings and military blocks into the asia pacific are not going to get support, and opposition from regional countries. u.s. says china has nothing to worry about. >> no, this is not all about china, it's not all about north korea. as a matter of fact, it's not about any other one country in particular. you are going to see when the president gets a chance to announce some of the deliverables they are moving the ball forward on many things, economic investment and opportunity and diplomatic moves. people to people ties.

building better supply chain resilience. >> new fox poll show foreign policy is one of the areas americans most approve of president biden. still underwater, 41% approval rating there. unfortunately, though, for the president, foreign policy ranks among americans' least important issues, very last on the poll, the economy the biggest concern for voters and on that front the president gets poor marks for his handling of the economy, despite his big push to sell bidenomics ahead of 2024. 80% of americans are saying they believe the economy is only in fair or poor condition and a concerning statistic for the president, 52% of independents believe the president's policies have made the economy worse. so, this press conference will get started here about 3:00, we will bring it to you live and any updates between now and then. >> john: looking forward to that. thank you, jacqui. camp david there. >> much more complicated than to

say it comes from countries. there are joint ventures between american entities and potential foreign entity to create the possibility of jobs and energy in the united states. it's too complicated to try to explain. >> aishah: that is hunter biden's attorney, abby lowell, dismissing concerns over his client's business dealings saying it's too hard to explain. special counsel make headway in their investigations, nothing but crickets in the biden documents probe. any major developments at all in that case? >> i spoke to a source, aishah, who says robert herr was at the justice department for meetings, not unusual but notable given this high profile investigation into a sitting president. remember, he is the man looking into classified documents found at multiple properties connected

to president biden. the penn biden center in d.c. and in wilmington home in garage, these comments in january. >> i think you are going to find nothing there, no regrets, following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do, exactly what we are doing. there's no there there. >> they were found near his corvette. meanwhile, there are reports that herr's team is negotiating a sit-down interview with the president, perhaps signalling the big interview, usually toward the end of the probe. the president and his son have their own special counsels assigned to them. special counsel weiss looking into hunter biden and he signals following that failed plea deal he may refile misdemeanor charges in the gun charge in washington, d.c. or california where hunter lives. hunter's attorney says the

president's son will not appear before congress. >> until they show they have a serious intent, operating in the rules and have a proper legislative purpose, nobody would go before them. >> and late yesterday the judge overseeing that failed plea deal officially dismissed the tax case, but again, it does not mean hunter's problems are over. this was expected, both sides wanted it, just simply means the plea deal is over, it moves out of delaware, david weiss can bring charges outside of delaware, appears he may do just that. >> aishah: david spunt live in washington, thank you, david. >> you are welcome, thank you. >> john: two of virginia's largest school districts are refusing to follow glenn youngkin's guidance on gender and pronouns, to follow the sex assigned at birth when it comes to using the bathroom, and

arlington and fairfax say it's a no go, how are parents responding? jenny, education freedom center with the independent women's forum. you had kids in arlington county, you pulled them out during covid like other parents, including us did, and you are not sending your kids back to public school. in part, because of this policy. arlington county public schools, fairfax county public schools in full disclosure, our kids are going to fairfax county public schools. they have said we don't care what the governor says about schools having to notify parents if their child requests a change in how they are addressed in terms of pronouns or gender identity. we are going to do what we want to do. what do you say? >> i think it's manipulative and cruel for the school districts to teach children they may have been born in a wrong body, to pressure them or encourage them to choose new gender identities and names and to conceal that

information from parents. and then to -- to disobey the state law, which says that districts shall implement the model policies. this is something that is going to endanger children, it drives a wedge between parents and children by creating a double life, a secret double life for that child at school. drives a wedge between parents and schools with secretive gender support plans and concealing information from the parents. >> aishah: it's a critical time for the kids, i'm thinking about the parents out there that might feel the same way as you and be emboldened to do something about it but can't, whether they, you know, can't home school because they have to work, they are a single parent, for folks who can't pull their kids out of school, what choices do they have if they don't like what the school is pushing on their kids. >> increasingly, school districts that implement policies that conceal information from parents are going to find parents seeking collaborative, safe and supportive environments, particularly for emotionally

vulnerable kids susceptible to gender ideology, some have adhd, autism, depression, anxiety, and the parents want to keep the kids safe and a place they know they are loved. and without school choice or education freedom, many parents can't afford that. there are home school co-ops, microschools of options that exist and parents are starting to take advantage of them. and faith-based schools, i send my younger daughter, affordable tuition, even more affordable if the state had savings accounts. >> john: they said about the school boards what they are doing, arlington said we have reviewed the model policies and determined our current policies and policy implementtation procedures to protect the rights of our transgender students say as is, and fairfax county

superintendent said we have concluded our detailed legal review and determined our current fairfax public policies are consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws as required by the new model policies. we are seeing the same thing play out in three counties in new jersey, only the reverse. the counties have said we need parental notification, the state is saying no no no, you shouldn't have it. the state argues for some students parental notification may be fine. but a student that has a parent that is unwilling to accept it, it could put them in danger. what do you say? >> i would say the districts using that talking point have gotten it straight from the trans radical activists. they are regularly saying that parents will kick the students out, they will be homeless, the parents are abusers, or will abuse their child if they review they are uncomfortable with the physical body, uncomfortable

with the biological sex. that's ridiculous assessment. >> john: do you dismiss the notion in some families that would happen? >> i would say it's rare like any cases of abuse are rare. so there is such thing as abuse and there are protections for abuse for protecting children in those cases. just like there are protections against bullying in school districts in the virginia state law already in place. these protections are already in place against abuse, against bullying. and the model policies that the state has put forward emphasizes that students should not be bullied. they should not be harassed. treated with dignity and respect. all students should be and we need to also recognize that parents are students ultimate safe place, with some exceptions but should not operate under the assumption that parents are abusers, that parents will kick the child out, that they won't love their child. that's the wrong assumption. we have never made that

assumption before, why would we do that in this case. >> aishah: we saw last cycle midterms how big of a topic this was in virginia, obviously glenn youngkin became governor partly because of this. i'm sure you are talking to parents all over the country. we know this is happening all over the country. what are you hearing? you think this is going to be a big ballot issue next year? >> parents across the country are extremely concerned and it had to be a whisper campaign until now because the activists had a lock on social media, had threatened anyone who dared to speak out. but courage is contagious, more of us are speaking out and i hope more will continue to do so. but i certainly hear from parents across virginia, across the country, and at iwf, we have a series that features parents as well as detransitioners called identity crisis that shares their stories of schools secretly transitioning the children and then what happened with the spiral of poor mental health and endangerment of the

child until the parent was able to turn that situation around and get that child safe again. >> john: apparently the way the model policy is written, very little that the state can do, up to a parent to bring a lawsuit against the school board and then the state might be able to join in. so, maybe as we see playing out in the new jersey court, see this as well. jenny, good to talk to you. >> have a good weekend. >> aishah: dozens of whales are watching up on the east coast beaches and critics are saying there is just one culprit here. the government's aggressive push for wind energy. journalist michael shellenburger is calling it the biggest environmental scandal in the world. >> john: flash mobs of thieves are ransacking businesses like nordstroms and folks out west are finally waking up to the problem.

james freeman is here next to talk about it.

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>> john: businesses are bleeding money as a new wave of flash mob robberies sweeps los angeles. critics are blaming the city's soft on crime policies and the crime wave stretching well beyond southern california. with wall street journal headline asking has the bay area hit bottom? james freeman is behind that column, will join us to discuss the new evidence and the push to actually fix san francisco. but first, let's go to jeff paul, live in los angeles with the latest from there. jeff. >> john, l.a. mayor karen bass says no one in the city should feel it's not safe to go out shopping or too dangerous for shops to open for business. so, she along with the lapd and

the l.a. county sheriff's department are working together as a unit to bring the flash mob robberies hopefully to an end. >> people are talking about packing up and leaving, we don't want you to leave. it's one of the greatest places on earth. we don't want people to lose their jobs because shops are closing up because of these crimes. >> this is what they are trying to stop, that's a nordstrom in los angeles. as many as 50 people were involved, stealing up to $100,000 of stuff in minutes. glendale, california, $400,000 of merchandise was stolen. one man is arrested. glendale saying ramirez, his name, cited out on four felonies and transferred to a hospital to deal with some medical and psychiatric issues. so the idea of the task force is to have dedicated units across multiple jurisdictions ready to react and investigate. but missing from the news

conference, l.a. county d.a. george gascon. we spoke with one who says his absence is notable, having the best law enforcement in the country doesn't matter if they don't have a d.a. willing to prosecute. >> if you are just going to cite and release them, in other words, catch and release, then all that happens is they just reoffend over and over again. unfortunately that's what we have been seeing with george gascon's support of $0 bail. >> l.a. county prosecutors are part of the task force. as for the presser, the d.a. told a local radio station he was not invited. john. >> john: we'll keep following this and see where it goes. appreciate it. thank you. >> i don't want any family to suffer what we have suffered. she has to change her ways and think about us, the victims, we are the public, the people, the people she needs to be

protecting. >> to think my son's case could go to trial with price at the helm, it destroys me. >> aishah: those are families of crime victims, speaking out now against northern california school district attorney for her soft on crime policies. we are talking about oakland area's d.a. pamela price, she is now facing a recall effort there. our next guest takes this up in a new op-ed. bring in james freeman, fox news contributor and wall street journal assistant editor, james, good to see you. i read your piece, and the thing that really struck me was how much of your piece is actually other people speaking out, which i would say is what's changed now in the bay area. so, i want to ask you, you know, she's only been a d.a. for what, seven months, she's already frustrated a lot of people. but in your mind and seeing these people speak out, do you really think we are at that breaking point where people are so fed up they are going to recall her?

>> i'm starting to get a little optimistic and i know this sounds maybe a little crazy given when you look at pamela price's record, her comments, she's the d.a. saying she doesn't think a d.a. has much impact on crime. she is one of these d.a.'s who feels that the system is fundamentally unjust and therefore whenever you can divert someone away from incarceration that's a goal. and of course, some people need to be incarcerated. that's a problem. and that's what you are hearing the families of those victims and the frustration and the sadness and the anger when their loved ones are murdered or brutalized and there is not a serious effort to put the perpetrators behind bars. but i do think the possibility of real reform is you see the recall against effort against ms. price in alameda county and oakland. also the bay area, you see

increasing numbers of even liberal politicians, ro khanna, nancy pelosi saying public safety is the problem. >> aishah: yeah, i want to play quickly price's reaction to the recall effort and then we'll talk about it. >> these are election deniers. when you lose an election you shouldn't be able to overturn the will of the voters. that's what happened on the insurrection on january 6th. >> i don't know if they are election deniers or if any of them. she says she's doing it for the black and brown community, the naacp chapter calling for a state of emergency there. what does that say when you've got the black and brown communities saying look, crime is impacting all of us. >> yeah, naacp had, along with a local pastor saying that crime mainly falls on the black community and it is not humanitarian, it's not

progressive, you are not doing anyone favors by allowing a culture of lawlessness by allowing street crime. so, and as far as this election denial stuff, you know, california both regionally and statewide has a long tradition of recalls and the ability of people when they are dissatisfied with politicians who are failing to throw them out. so, obviously we saw that happen with the d.a. in san francisco, i think that's part of the beginning of a move toward reform. could happen in alameda county as well. >> aishah: we'll see what happens in san francisco, too, business owners are fed up and you talk about, you know, this is a crucial part of that city. you can't leave them high and dry, so we'll watch that as well. james freeman, thanks for joining us as always. >> thanks, aishah. >> john: rising mortgage rates are putting the american dream on hold for many people and those mortgage rates could spike even higher.

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>> john: listen to this. as president biden pushes offshore wind energy, more whales are dying. just last week another whale washed ashore, marking the 60th death since december of 2022. our next guest produced a new

documentary with reporting that links whale deaths to the aggressive wind energy push. >> thousands of wind turbines where the marine life live, migrate, breed. only when they started going fo into the wind lease areas we believe they are dying. >> red dots are whale deaths. >> precisely. >> what a scandal. >> john: michael is the producer of "thrown to the wind, public and environmental progress" founder. the whale beachings up and down the east coast have been a mystery to many people. some thought maybe surveying the ocean bottom using sonar might have driven them ashore, or others pounding in the foundations for the platforms were to blame. >> it's good to be with you.

i think it's important to remember that for months, really years the government agencies charged with protecting the magnificent mammals, only 343 left in the world, they have said they have done the research and know it's not the wind industry causing the deaths. we went out and did two of our own studies that the government either has been doing and either doing wrong or covering up the results or they have not done in which case they have grocery misrepresented the situation and we found both very high decibel volume levels that we believe are likely to be against the law to do the sonar mapping of the ocean floor to find the places to install the turbines. we also correlated boat traffic in new areas that there had not been boat traffic before and correlated those areas with the increase in whale deaths.

this is absolutely scandalous data. we are working with congress to provide this information through congress and public hearings because the congressional branch, the legislative branch needs to be involved because we believe there is a significant cover-up by the government agencies in question here. >> john: so if your reporting is correct and the push to "save the environment by developing alternative forms of energy," the biden administration could be precipitating an environmental catastrophe among this endangered species. and if you need any proof that sonar can be deadly to whales, let's go back to 2002. article in "science" magazine, whales and navy sonar said in a landmark study the u.s. navy has concluded that it killed at least six whales in an accident involving common ship-based sonars. finding announced may complicate navy plans to have a powerful new sonar system designed to

detect enemy submarines at long distances. we know sonar kills whales. why are they doing this? >> we know the mechanisms for how it happens. the whales try to escape these really loud noises. screamingly loud. the whales flee, mothers and their calves are separated, the calves will die that way. they will also end up leaving richer feeding grounds for poorer feeding grounds, they are undernourished and flee into areas with higher boat traffic where they are struck by boats and they die. this is not new radically difficult science. what we did is basic science, it's not frontier science, our small non-profit paid for it and it's frankly shocking. extinction is the most catastrophic end of the species. >> the idea the government says oh, no, we have done the studies, we have not found

correlation. but listen to an excerpt from this letter from the national marine fishery service to the office of renewable energy programs. both of them government agencies. sean hayes, the chief of protected species at noaa wrote the development of offshore wind poses risks to these species magnified in southern new england waters due to the distribution. risks occur in construction and development, and ocean changes that may disrupt the distribution abundance and availability of typical right whale food. they know about this. >> that's right. he goes on in that letter, which came out last year, and says that it could have population-wide effects. that's code for extinction. this is -- the conservation movement should be ashamed of itself, environmental movement, including greenpeace should be ashamed of itself, anybody who

cares about the wildlife should be ashamed of themselves. they are anti-science, they are lying about the science, they are on the verge of making an entire species extinct. this is an extremely serious matter. and we believe we have uncovered illegal activity. of course, the endangered species act is a powerful law. we believe we have the evidence to put an end to these activities that are killing whales. >> john: and we will definitely keep following the story. michael shellenberger, thank you for joining us today. >> aishah: president biden is hosting the leaders of south korea and japan at camp david as he trees to forge deeper bonds with our asian allies amid tensions with china. but will it really work? former cia station chief dan hoffman standing by next. ney for your family? newday usa can help. veterans have earned a lot of va benefits with their service, but the va home loan benefit

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>> john: the "washington post" is recording ukrainian military will not achieve a key goal this year in the months' long counteroffensive against russia. they are not expected to break the russian land bridge to crimea before winter, a move considered critical in kyiv's fight. dan hoffman will join us in a moment, but first chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. what are the sources saying about this? >> pentagon officials are dismissive of the intelligence report being quoted by the "washington post," which suggests that the counteroffensive is in fact failing. they admit, of course, that it is slow going. that's because the russians had four months to dig in, digging rows of trenches along the 650

mile front line that looked like out of world war i and mined every inch, making it difficult for the ukrainian forces despite armored personnel carriers to move quickly. the other problem that has stopped progress to breaking the land bridge is the fact the ukrainians were taught combined arms but then not given the air power needed to succeed. here is what general milley told the "washington post." the russians are in rough shape, huge casualties, bad morale, poor logistics. i said the offensive was going to be long, it's going to be bloody, it's going to be slow and that's exactly what it is, long, bloody and slow and a difficult fight. what the ukrainians are doing is using drones to hit the russians behind the front lines. this video released thursday shows the units destroying russian air defense systems in

eastern luhansk and things in the donetsk region. they are training pilots to fly f-16 fighter jets. the top u.s. commander for the air force in europe says it will not speed the counteroffensive any time soon. to get proficient in the f-16, it's not going to happen overnight. it could be 4 or 5 years down the road. but i think in the short-term it will help a little bit, but it's not the silver bullet. just this week, john, nato allies were given the green light to provide f-16s, that should help a bit. >> thank you. r>> aishah: dan hoffman, former cia station chief, just based on what jen reported, the pentagon is dismissing the report saying it's not accurate. what do you make of that, why is it so slow going? >> well, i think the conditions on the ground are actually pretty well established.

ukrainian counteroffensive, which began in june, has made it roughly 50 miles from the gateway to crimea. and there was reporting from the u.s. intelligence community that assessed that ukraine was unlikely to take it during the counteroffensive. so we know it's slow going and know ukraine had an opportunity, because russia is suffering massive casualties and shortages of artillery, they are relying on north korean supplies and drones from iran. and of course, there was the mutiny that cause serious morale problems, but did not give ukraine what they needed for the counteroffensive. the f-16s that jennifer mentioned, and long range artillery, such a benefit to them. >> john: even if they had gotten f-16s, was there anybody to fly them? >> well, honestly, i think we should have been thinking about

this back in february of 2022. and the only -- this war has been a cataclysmic failure for vladimir putin. he has spilled massive amounts of russian blood. the only success is putin's nuc nuclear rhetorical brinksmanship, we should have given it to when russia amassed 70,000 troops in the spring of 2021. >> aishah: heading to a showdown on the hill, over all the money we are sending to ukraine. a lot of americans have heartburn over this, in fact this recent poll out shows about 55% of americans out there do not want congress to send any more funding for ukraine. quite a 180 here. part of the reason, dan, because there has not been kind of an

exit strategy by this biden administration. at this point, does there need to be, do we need to start talking about when -- how to get out of this war, when this war ends? >> well, i would really think our citizens would appreciate if the president would get up on the bully pulpit and explain what the war aims are. this is ukraine's fight for their survival, it's their war but also our fight. vladimir putin considers the united states russia's main enemy. the russians have launched massive cyber attacks against us, ukraine is defending europe from russia's aggression. they have cut the russian army down to size and delivered a real morale blow to the kremlin. those are good things for us, good return on investment. but the biden administration needs to explain all that to our public. otherwise yes, we will grow weary of supporting this war that we should be supporting, frankly. but we should be doing it with more of what ukraine needs to end it as soon as we possibly can. as jennifer noted, it's far too bloody. it does remind me of the trench

warfare that my grandparents fought in in world war i, it shouldn't be that way. >> john: dan, your thoughts on the summit currently taking place at camp david with the president of south korea and the japanese prime minister. china obviously doesn't like this at all. the former minister back in july warned south korea and japan about getting too close to the united states in rather colorful language saying no matter how blonde you dye your ware or shape your nose, you cannot be a european or westerner. we know where our roots lie. china is clearly concerned about north korea and japan getting together against china. what do you expect will come out of this summit today? >> well, first i think the biden administration is taking advantage of an opportunity here. this is china, the threats that we see from china, militarizing the south china sea, threatening

taiwan, it's driving long time foes, japan and south korea, which have a bitter history together, and good on the biden administration for bringing them together for this summit. there's been discussions about enhancing cooperation on cybersecurity, on nuclear deterrence and trade, i expect discussion of that. areas of concern, whether japan and south korea will support the united states and efforts to keep taiwan de facto, and they have a lot of investment in trade with china and so it's going to be tricky to navigate that. it's a good start and means a lot. the biden administration has pivoted to asia, and bases in the philippines, it's good to project power with the help of our allies who are a force multiplier for us. >> aishah: you have to get australia on board, too, you see a lot of lawmakers heading that

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>> i think it's time for a change. >> we haven't dealt with the issues. >> i see nothing he's done for the american people. >> president biden not getting a glowing grade from the everyday american. the inflation reduction act has led mortgage rates to surge to the highest level in 20 years. the highest level now climbing to 7.09%. the chief economist at the national association of realtors warns 8% may not be far off. fox business's madison alworth in new jersey with the story. why do these higher interest rates make it harder for sellers, not just buyers? >> yeah, hey, john. so now we have over 7% for that 30-year rate, the highest in two

decades, it's clear why that makes it harder for the home buyer. it makes it more expensive. the issue is for the home sellers or would-be home sellers, makes it more likely that they'll want to hold on to their home. if they sell, they end up in the market with the 7% rate. all of this is because 59% of homeowners in america today have a mortgage rate of 3.9% or less. so if you sell your home, you're giving up your low rate and taking on the 7% rate. that's causing folks to hold on. >> homes are at record levels of afford ability. that makes it very difficult for gen z to buy a home. a lot of people are living in mom's dad's basement or shacking up with roommates for longer than they normally world. >> longer inventory creates

higher demand and higher prices. take the home i'm in. the sellers purchased it for $360,000 in 2021. now two years plus a kitchen renovation later, they're asking for half a million and probably going to get it. the issue is they're not immune to this shortage either. so they've been able to sell the house, close to closing but they don't have their future home. so they'll be renting from the buyers, the future landlords. back to you guys. >> either that our sell your home, move into your parent's basement and when the interest rates come back down -- >> don't do that. >> john: madison, thanks. appreciate it. >> you'll stay single forever. cleanup continues after maui's wild fires. that's next. ( ♪ ) can't stop adding stuff to your cart? get the bank of america customized cash rewards card, choose the online shopping category and earn 3% cash back.

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