san francisco broken with dysfunction at city hall and a doom loop caused by people abandoning the tourist mecca, leaving fewer to pay taxes and deal with crime, turns more away. this recent video near fisherman's wharf shows criminals are free to steal with somebody in at least one of the cars. rapes are down compared to last year, murders, robbery and car thefts are way up. more than 4,000 people live on the streets of san francisco and those sidewalks are so dangerous employees at the nancy pelosi federal building near an open air drug market have been advised to work from home. that message is part of the problem, claim merchants who say remote work policies are devastating downtown. city leaders are working with business owners to improve conditions and hiring more police officers to address crime. but some observers predict a full recovery will take years

and require new leadership. >> it's going to require a couple of election cycles and you have to activist the moderate intelligent people as opposed to signalling socialist, communist and lunatic fringe that has taken over the city. >> one tour guide is offering all the worse the city has to offer, including open air drug markets and deserted downtown. the walking tour is set for this saturday and is sold out. john. >> john: one day away from the first presidential debate, eight republican candidates will pitch policies to voters ahead of 2024. >> sandra: all happening as the president enjoys vacation out in lake tahoe, nevada, at a billionaire donor's house.

his campaign ahead of tomorrow night's action setting the expectations low. >> i don't expect that you'll see him respond to any attacks or anything else. he's going to keep doing the responsible thing and that is focusing on the american people. >> john: hour two starts right now with the issues top of mind for voters. john roberts in washington, good to see you. >> sandra: kicking off a new hour, good to be with you, john. parents' rights is going to be a hot topic in the debate and new jersey parents are fighting for the simple right to know what the kids are up to. >> john: and immigration, no longer a border state issue. stunning images on the cover of "the new york post," reporting dozens of open gates along the arizona border. >> sandra: fox team coverage

starts now. kellyanne conway previews from milwaukee where candidates stand at this moment. >> john: national correspondent, griff jenkins, and border security shaping up to be a major issue. >> let me tell you, this cover stunning, "new york post," my border patrol sources say no one is more frustrated than the border officials to see something like that and voters are frustrated that america's front door is wide open. it's a little more complicated, this is in the tucson sector area in arizona, near the oregon pipe national forest and a standing agreement among multiple agencies, including environmental ones, that during the designated monsoon season they keep it open because of the dangers of floods and the like. now, that aside, this migrant crisis is given such unprecedented numbers the border

patrol officials say we don't have the resources to be everywhere at the same time, therefore they have to watch this happen. one texas voter we spoke to says stuff like this is endangering communities. watch. >> we are endangering the citizens of brownsville, our law enforcement, even the immigrants themselves with the lack of consequences this administration has allowed to slide by. it's a huge issue for me in the voter booth. >> the second most important among registered voters. you see here that also gave president biden low marks on his handling of it with over 60% disapproving, john, and look at this. i tweeted this out. the miami border patrol chief put this guy's picture, not that exact -- that's a tweet, but the actual picture is a mexican national, john, a criminal record, deported ten times and that's why voters across the country are wondering how is it

that an individual with a criminal record is able to cross and then be deported ten times. it will be front and center on the debate stage come tomorrow night and a little hint for those candidates who want to separate themselves and get border patrol attention, use infrastructure, man power, that's what officials say we need. >> john: the gates open, are they welded open? >> the report says they have been welded open, i don't know if it's temporary, but over 400 floodgates along the arizona area, and the ajo station, and a reservation, during the monsoon season it floods and can destroy and erode the border wall itself and put animals and the like in danger so they agree to keep them open during the monsoon summer months. whether they are permanently

open i'm not sure, but something in line with what they have been doing for years, it's not an new thing. >> john: just have to get a grinding wheel to close them up, but so much for the border being closed. >> wide open. >> john: griff, thank you. >> the issue is the school boards are making themselves judge and jury and they are again pushing education in their own image. >> common sense is what needs to rule the day and common sense will win out. >> sandra: virginia lieutenant governor sears joining us to advocate for parents' rights in schools. it's a major issue facing voters as well as republican candidates who are expected to take it up at tomorrow night's debate. battle over transgender policies in schools playing out not just in virginia but also in new jersey. nate, a new poll is out, where do new jersey parents stand on this issue? >> sandra, the results are

overwhelming. eight out of every ten new jersey parents disagree with the state's policy, if you are a new jersey parent and your child wants to change genders, teachers are not required to tell you. that's something 81% of new jersey parents disagree with, take a look at this, for middle and high schoolers, 92% of republicans, 81% of independents, and 61% of democrats. but the state policy for this upcoming school year which starts in a couple weeks will be the exact opposite. on friday, a new jersey judge ruled in favor of the state which temporarily blocks three districts from requiring notifying parents. new jersey attorney general believes the requirement would violate the state's anti-discrimination law and put transgender kids a the risk. parents in those districts who support the amended policies believe you keep kids safe by informing their parents. >> we feel this has put our district at risk of not being

able to serve the most vulnerable children the best that we can. parental outrage is palpable since friday's decision. it's a real erosion of trust between parents and our district at this point. >> right now the three districts are considering appealing, but a final decision on this could take years. now, the state of yours also requires gender identity to be taught in grades as young as elementary school and you can see only 22% of parents in new jersey support that. now, more than that, the state also divides sex education courses based on gender identity rather than biological sex, so that means a biological boy could take a girls' sex ed class and the poll finds the majority of new jersey parents disagree with that as well, sandra. >> sandra: nate foy, thank you. john. >> john: less than 31 hours now away from the debate, one gop candidate likely to be a focal point of conversation is vivek

ramaswamy. he has gone from completely unknown to most gop voters to appearing in the top of the pack in recent polls. the 38-year-old biotech founder has a theory why he is resonating with voters on the campaign trail. listen here. >> i am speaking truth, grounded in fact, at every step of the way and that's what's gotten the reaction the kind in 2016 against a different candidate. but i'm grounded in principles and conviction, not just vengeance and grievance. >> john: joining us live from milwaukee is kellyanne conway. we announced the order of appearance, take a look at this, ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy front and center. camera angles are going to include the rest of the gop field, but you know, if you are in the audience or even the cameras are always going to gravitate toward center stage. so looks like ramaswamy and

desantis are going to get potentially most of the attention tomorrow night. >> pretty incredible for a 38-year-old tech entrepreneur who was unknown six months ago to have that number two spot and front and center. i think vivek ramaswamy wins the most joy on the job, happy warrior candidate on the stage. he enjoys campaigning, mixing it up with the main street media, john, he rarely says no to the interview invitation, including on cnn, my favorite part was when the anchor said something like you don't attack trump and he said your network and other people do it all the time why should i, and she could not handle that well. the other thing about vivek, he's stolen from the woke agenda defined in part ron desantis's rise and his governorship in florida. if desantis can grab a little bit of that back, ramaswamy has a good ten point op-ed in "the

new york post" why he's explaining, i think people still after electing barack obama over hillary clinton, donald trump over hillary clinton, john, people are still thirsty for some kind of outsider to the system and vivek definitely brings that. >> you mentioned the op-ed in "the new york post," ten truths for the 2024 campaign, bottom line he says this, i would rather lose this race and speak the truth at every step than win by saying what i'm supposed to. you know, we have seen this model before in 2016, the nonpolitician, politician, successful business person comes out of nowhere and suddenly becomes very, very popular. do you think he can repeat that magic from 2016? >> well, vivek has really grabbed a lot of magic already, going there 0 to second place in some of the polls and the absence of the og, the entrepreneur outsider who knocked the tables over and broke the system in 2016 when i

was campaign manager we saw it all over. whether he said forgotten man and forgotten woman and really forgotten child back to educational freedom, people gravitated toward a billionaire businessman with no political experience. the model is attractive but particularly attractive, john, when you contrast to what we have. the president of the united states is a job and the voters through our moderators, bret and martha, are doing the job interview and i believe they still thirst for somebody with a ton of experience they can relate to but not necessarily in politics. whoever the republican nominee is, it's going to be up against an octogenarian in washington over half a century and everything is wrong with beltway politics, the fact that you can enrich yourself, even though you have a government salary for half a century, so the contrast

through the trump or ramaswamy or others is pretty stark. >> john: if ramaswamy or one of the other candidates is going to catch lightning in a bottle tomorrow night, they have to catch a lot of it. rcp average in the gop field, former president trump, 56%, desantis about 15%, ramaswamy 7.1%. the national review took a look at the field and said this, even if one of the candidates surges and sweeps up all the current nontrump vote, there is not enough of it to get to 50% right now. raising a question a lot of people have is it already over? >> well, president trump knows that, and anybody calling him a coward for not showing up does not understand he's running as a front-runner. he's already done that. he's been in many debates and has an entire four years record of presidential accomplishments for people to see for themselves. that's his calculation.

but you are right. politics is not about biology or even chemistry, it's about math and science and the way you win is by getting more votes and more public support than the other party, it's not that difficult. what trump has going for him right now, john, the electability. in 2016 fighting against that constantly. you are not electable, you can't win, hillary clinton can't lose. but now ron desantis, people are losing to donald trump on the electability. i predict trump is nominee, electability will come back, that's all the left will have. they are going to go back to electability and attract a couple third party candidates. >> john: tomorrow is the first opportunity to make a first impression all at once, and it's going to be an exciting night. kellyanne conway, thank you for joining us with a preview. see you again soon.

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>> john: president biden in vacation mode ahead of the first republican debate with the white house joking that he might not even watch the competition tomorrow evening. if the president does decide to tune in, he would do it from the comfort of a lake tahoe home that he has rented out from a billionaire democratic donor. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is travelling with the president. she joins us live from lake tahoe. jacqui, what's the latest from there? >> well, john, the president has nothing on his official schedule this week. but white house officials have some thoughts about how the president should be spending his time. >> does he plan to watch the republican debate on wednesday? >> i don't know. i sure hope not.

i hope he -- for his sake. so -- but i don't know, actually. >> even if the president doesn't pay any attention, the biden campaign certainly is. communication director saying trump is shunning the spotlight because of his failed jobs record in the state, a new defunct plan to set up a so-called innovation center with 13,000 jobs. trump took credit for that in 2018 saying the company ceo if i didn't get elect he would not be spending $10 billion. last week the property was put up for sale. cedric richmond is saying he doesn't think president biden will respond to gop attacks and his focus on governing, but it's increasingly clear democrats are hoping for a biden-trump rematch in 2024. jim messina saying that would best position democrats to win again. mean while, president biden is not winning over too many people in maui after his tour of the

fire devastation there yesterday. a lot of critics pointing to a costly helicopter tour and also an anecdote about a minor kitchen fire a few years ago. listen. >> multi-million dollar photo op, we could have used that money directly to lahaina. >> i mean, a car and your kitchen is kind of just a little sad to hear, you know. i mean -- i think people really want to see you show up for us and provide an eighth of what you are giving to ukraine. >> the motorcade was also greeted by some protestors and critics afterwards said the visit missed the mark but we are not expecting to see the president again. he is on vacation until saturday, john. >> john: renting at fair market value, tom stiers $18 million house, and douglas county officials are investigating

this, there are reports that stiers does not have a permit to rent that home. so we'll keep looking into that. jacqui heinrich, thanks. sandra. >> sandra: thank you, john. president biden ending up speaking about himself quite a bit on his hawaii tour, even comparing his small kitchen fire to the wildfire that has killed more than 100 people there. "new york post" editorial board calling him joe antoinette biden, slamming him for what they say was an insulting speech. serious stuff, steve, the president in his own words telling his story about the kitchen fire. >> 15 years ago i was in washington doing "meet the press," a sunny sunday and lightning struck at home on a little lake that's outside of our home, not a lake, a big pond, and hit a wire and came up

underneath our home into the heating ducts, air-conditioning duct. so make a long story short, almost lost my wife, my 67 corvette, and my cat. >> sandra: steve, how is that showing the necessary empathy needed at that moment for those people? >> exactly. exactly. i mean -- biden's propagandaist say it's an example of empathy, but it's narcissism, self-regard and disrespectful and insulting, a despicable way to handle what should be one of the more straightforward aspects of the job in a situation like this, he can't get that right. it's a patent for biden, he is a total fabulousist and

fantasyist, i made a list of some of the fantasies that biden has put out over the years, claimed his ancestors were coal miners, that's not true, arrested with nelson mandela, that's not true. at one point he said he was a truck driver, that is false. made up a performance about the congressional baseball game, claims to have been raised in the black church, puerto rican church, jewish synagogue, totally inflated his academic performance, on and on. you not a word he says. >> the national review in the opinion section about that, biden's twisted idea of empathy, headlined the president's responses to tragedies almost always involve butchering the truth to make them about him rather than their victims. the peace concludes he is prince philip without the charm, kanye

without the genius, david brent without the hidden camera. come back, all is forgiven. is this time any different? >> no, and the thing you have to understand about joe biden, under appreciated, that biden is a total narcissist. someone who from what age of about 20, reported in biographies, obsessed about becoming president. plotted and schemed, doesn't matter what he wants to do or to achieve, just to be president, to be in the spotlight. and that's what it's all about for him. he is totally vain, totally narcissitic, if he had any concern for his party or country he wouldn't be running for a second term but he doesn't. all he cares about is himself. >> sandra: as you say that, looking at a marc thiessen tweet noting biden's greetings in a

solid blue state, maui residents greeting him with the warm welcome here he comes after 13 days and choice words i could not put on the screen. another moment, lack of empathy, might want to skip over the jokes in a moment like this as well. steve, this was the president joking about his granddaughter's name and the sharing of it with senator hirono. >> our senator, senator -- by the way maisy, my granddaughter's name as well, that's why i like her. anyway -- >> sandra: and also this moment a senator guiding the president to a water bottle on the table, some uncomfortable moments he did not appear when to go next, and awkward moments of silence. even now the "new york times," we have seen for a couple years they finally addressed his pattern of telling stories that are not true. you named a bunch of them,

steve. it's not like everybody is not noticing that this is happening. this one, this one hurt, though. >> because it was so offensive, actually, to say -- it's one thing to make stuff up on the campaign trail, of course you shouldn't do it but biden has been doing it all his career. to do it in a moment like this, when people have been devastated, lost life and property and community and to do it at that moment is so offensive and just shows you what kind of person he really is. reminds us, doesn't it, of him looking at his watch when the caskets were being brought back from afghanistan. the deaths, a result of his policy disaster and he couldn't even be bothered to show respect in that moment. >> sandra: and remember that mother we carried her words live, saying she couldn't stand the way she felt when the president finally spoke with her comparing it to his son's death. she said he had cancer, you were

able to be by his side. i was not. and that is heartbreaking, steve, thanks for joining us on that. it is something so many people are talking about still at this moment. thank you, steve. john. >> john: sandra, we are following a breaking story on oakland's crime crisis, brand-new video into fox news. oakland police on the hunt for two attackers who viciously robbed a woman before pistol whipping and dragging her across the pavement. senior national correspondent wil william has more on this. >> oakland p.d. says it is looking for the two men, even as business owners in the city say this turned into a war zone, three murders, two carjackings and 15 robberies this weekend. here you'll see the woman being confronted by two men who want her purse. when she does not let go, they drag her across a gravel parking lot and go through her pockets

until a witness confronts them. she lands in the hospital. mayor's solution, wants to form a regional tax force. >> hard message, you cannot come to oakland and do illegal things like side shows or take advantage of innocent people walking down the streets, minding their own business. >> one target for thieves, convenience stores filled with a ready amount of cash. the democratic mayor says the city does need more police, as burglaries and auto theft nearly doubled in three years. one man had his tow truck stolen seconds after he got out to help some stranded motorists. he tried calling oakland p.d. no one answered, he got help from c.h.p. and uptick in home robberies, and reinforce doors, and hedges,

and no mention of a shotgun. >> sandra: two house committees issuing new subpoenas linked to the hunter biden investigation, focuses on allegations of special treatment and political interference. lawmakers want to hear from the irs and fbi employees who they say were at an october meeting where then u.s. attorney david weiss claimed he was prevented from bringing charges against the president's son. mark meredith is live in washington on that for us. how are lawmakers trying to hold the justice department accountable, mark? >> in the last few minutes, three powerful republicans sent a letter to the inspector general to know what's being done from the claims from the irs whistleblowers working on the hunter biden case. chairmen want assurances that recent whistleblower testimony was not ignored and is being properly investigated. the chairmen writing based on the statement and the doj

pattern of politically motivated patterns, we are concerned the doj is limiting you from fully investigating the disclosures provided to your office. on monday, the republican majority issue a fresh round of subpoenas, two with the irs, two with the fbi, congress demanding the agents sit down for a deposition to explain what they knew of alleged limits in the hunter biden probe. remember, the first son was expected to plead guilty to tax charges but the deal was put on hold last month after a federal judge raised questions about how the plea agreement was reached. since then, david weiss has been appointed as special counsel to continue the entire probe. some believe he is far from a strong choice based on his past work. >> david weiss has to go. he cannot be the special counsel in this case. every day there's new revelations about mr. weiss and the way he's handled this case. >> lawmakers say they plan to demand more answers from the u.s. attorney, now special

counsel when they return from their august recess, but sandra, given it's still an ongoing investigation, it's clear at this point what congress's next steps may be and whether or not they are able to get him to testify any time soon. >> john: mark, thank you. john. >> john: communities are taking action to stop chinese companies from scooping up farmland, some close to military bases. but there are growing legal challenges, some claim the goal of protecting national security has veered into anti-asian discrimination. mike pompeo, mr. secretary, great to see you this afternoon. thanks for joining us. china is buying up american farmland, tens of thousands of acres, some close to u.s. sensitive locations. 2016 a chinese national was jailed for trying to steal seeds

from a farm in iowa. what do you believe china is up to here? >> john, sandra, great to be with you. i think it's pretty clear. we don't need to dot our own is. your story of the seeds is true, stolen intellectual property related to agriculture to feed their own people and dump the product back in the united states. as a national security matter you are right about the land. very focused on purchasing real estate close to american military facilities. think of cell phone towers and observation, and huawei equipment on the towers, what they can see about the pattern of our military activities. i hear from the left media saying it's not about the chinese communist party, this is about chinese people. nothing could be further from the truth and american citizen of chinese decent who wants to buy land, no problem. this is about an propaganda and information effort from the chinese communist party, it's clear what they are trying to

do. imagine an american company tried to buy land near a chinese military facility in the western part of china. how well do you think that transaction would go. it wouldn't go well because it would put the chinese communist party at risk and they are not going to let that happen. we can't let that happen here either. >> john: some asian-american advocacy groups claim the effort to keep china out of the real estate business, out of the seed business, is going from a national security issue into anti-asian discrimination. what the chinese embassy said. commercial interactions benefit both sides. to politicize trade and investment is at odds with market economy principles and undercuts people in the u.s. market. and may fuel asian hatred in the u.s. and racial discrimination, thus running counter to american values. you would not expect the communist party to say much

different than that, but is it possible for the efforts to keep the chinese companies and some individuals out into the real estate market to veer into anti-asian sentiment on the broader scale. >> it shouldn't be true, i hope it's not. it's awkward to say chinese communist people but even the chinese people in mainland china, i'm rooting for them, it's the chinese communityist party and we have to protect against. if they use the espionage tools here, we have a right and duty to protect from the threat. it's not about ethnicity, but the chinese communist party. and cannot let that happen and defending the communist party to change the way our children and

grandchildren live is racist is just indecent and it's not coming from the chinese embassy and the propaganda of the chinese state. >> john: 81 bills in states to address this. >> sandra: thank you mr. secretary. team biden out with a new bail-out for student borrowers after the supreme court struck down the last one, but it could cost taxpayers, wait for it, hundreds of billions of dollars. how much are you on the hook? >> john: plus, inflation seems to be putting the squeeze on the middle class, making it tough for them to buy cars and homes. but aren't they the very group that bidenomics is supposed to be helping? our panel is coming up next. age is just a number, and mine's unlisted.

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>> john: the biden team is out with a work-around after the supreme court struck down the student loan handout. the new bail-out is called the save plan. it could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions in total. ed lawrence is live from the white house. ed, how much exactly is this going to cost us? >> we are talking about a lot of money. so, president joe biden unveiling, unrolling this plan that would help americans who have student loans with those payments. it would cost all taxpayers $475 billion over ten years. now, this is how it breaks down, according to the pen wharton budget model. 200 of that would hit this year's federal debt, and another 275 billion over the ten years for the new loans where payments are reduced. plan called save on a valuable education or save, means people

only pay 10% of their income after food and housing on student loans. the president has reduced the number to 5% if you make 32,000 or less, you pay nothing on student loans each month. the president unveiling this plan in a campaign-style video. >> say it again. as long as i'm president, my administration will never stop fighting to deliver relief to borrowers and bring the promise of college to more americans. and that's a commitment. >> the president touting he has already forgiven 116 billion in student loans for 3.4 million americans. now, this confluence of programs comes after the u.s. supreme court rejected the president's one shot plan to forgive 440 billion in student loans. >> all these people living their everyday lives who are struggling to do the right thing and joe biden is not showing up for them. i would venture to say america is not showing up for them. >> critics are saying it's vote buying, especially now that the

president is unveiling this program so close to a presidential cycle that we are in. john. >> john: ed lawrence, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, ed, thank you. >> i came to office determined to strengthen the middle class. >> the middle class does well, everybody does well. >> because when we invest in our people and we strengthen the middle class. >> sandra: president biden has long called himself a champion of the middle class, insisting policies are helping everyday americans but it's that very income bracket, the middle class, hit the hardest as households are struggling to cover medical bills to rising housing costs. jackie deangelis is here, and taylor riggs, great to have you here. i know you are warmed up. first off, this i find shocking. the average price of a new car in this country, i mean, i actually did not believe it. we had to double check it, according to kelly blue book,

it's approaching $50,000 under this presidency. why is this happening. can people afford this? >> and only one model under 20,000 but 32 models over $100,000, if you are a real luxury spender. this is just the inflation, inflation, inflation we talk about on our show all the i am too, real wages just turned positive the last few months, they have been negative for 20, 24 months, those people who want even new or used cars are struggling to find something affordable. >> and if you are dealing with medical costs, debt is on the rise right now. middle class, the highest rate of medical debt out there, 22% middle, how is this helping out the middle class? >> it's not helping at all. costs have skyrocketed, and the point on our show, the headline

numbers don't tell the full story. when you see the number the 3%, core is 4, 5%, aggregate that over the course of the last two and a half years, you realize bidenomics and the biden economy is not working for people. the cars, i think the push to green energy also drove up car prices in a post covid world where supply chains were tight. this is an administration that wants you to drive an electric car with an average price in the $60,000 range, but those cars are not reliable or affordable for most people. by putting that all in the mix, what they have done, then, is take the combustion engine and make that more expensive, too. it's an effort to get people not to drive. >> important for the gop candidates on the stage to really detail their proposed policies to bring down inflation, to lower prices, lower costs. this is the reality of the

american economic situation right now while you often hear this white house tout earnings are up, not when you account for inflation, it's gobbling everything under. under the president, real earnings are down 2.63%. that's tough. this is an economy adviser to the president making the case that we have asked about that too much now, the media. listen. >> they are tired of paying higher prices and they think the president is at least in part to blame. >> look, i hear where you are coming from and i get this question all the time but i feel like that line of questioning is starting to get a little bit stale. >> sandra: i can promise you we will keep covering it and keep asking. meanwhile, about this, "new york post" headline, new york loses

$1 tr1 trillion, and most part heading to red states. what's happening? >> i pulled out some statistics, i know at heart a few years ago you were the original business girl, sandra. so, look, from 2020 to the end of march of 2023, 370 investment companies, they manage our 401(k), pensions, good assets, they moved, 2.5% of the u.s. total, 2.7 trillion in asset management have moved down south. connecticut you think of the original hedge fund billionaires row, more hedge fund assets in florida than there are now in connecticut. >> sandra: citadel comes to mind, they left chicago. >> yes, one thing when voters leave but when businesses leave, the economics of a business leaving is so much more impactful than a family leaving. >> the white color exodus, the post was also calling it, you

take new york city, san francisco, businesses and the white collar folks, they pay taxes. so now we are in a situation where we have an influx of migrants and we have huge bills that we have to foot, and you've got mayor adams begging the federal government saying send us more money, send us more money, instead of saying no, we are not going to be a sanctuary city and you create the doom loop situation and keeps happening until everybody is g gone. >> sandra: taxes and crime, it all comes into play. thank you for both of you, appreciate the research as always. all right. john. >> john: president biden said nearly a year ago that the covid pandemic is over. and it was declared over officially by the white house back in april. so, why are some colleges still mandating the covid vaccine? 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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>> is the pandemic over? >> yes. >> john: that's joe biden a year ago today. the white house the pushing all americans to get new covid shots in september. with students heading back to campus, some colleges are still

mandating the vaccine. with fox business live on capitol hill. so vaccine mandates are still in effect in some colleges? >> they are, john. 60 colleges in the u.s. still have a vaccine mandate according to the anti-mandate group "no college mandates" that tracks these things. one of those is rutgers, the state university in new jersey. that university has come understood fire recently for a very strict vaccine mandate where they basically told students if you don't want to get a covid vaccine and you are not able to get a vaccine exemption that we grant, your option is to disenroll. we reached out to rutgers to see if that is still the policy, that was the case during the pandemic. we have not heard back. rutgers detailed what would happen if a student decided not to get the covid vaccine. they said students that do not

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>> sandra: more debate prep by one of the gop candidates. vivek ramaswamy doing burpees prepping for the debate. >> john: oh, to be 38 again. have that sort of energy and stamina. you know what? if he can put that in a bottle, he would be richer than he is now. >> sandra: unbelievable. great to be with you. never miss us. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now with martha in milwaukee. >> martha: hi, everybody. live in milwaukee, wisconsin on the site of the big debate. it's an important night for these candidates. they're working hard to get ready. it's a huge night for some of them. right now bret and i are looking huge on the side of fiserv forum. that is true. we're very big outside of that building. right here behind me