nonexistence of a possible investigation. for some context, requires public companies to disclose transactions above 120,000 and any executive perks worth more than $10,000, but john, i will highlight just because there may be an investigation does not mean there will be formal charges filed, but here we go, yet another investigation against elon musk. back to you, john. >> john: you know what they say about people living in glass houses as well. kelly, thank you. sandra. >> 12 jurors all agreed that your dad killed your mom and paul. >> that's right. >> what do you think about that? >> i do not believe it was fair. >> sandra: alec murdaugh's only living son breaking his silence months after his father was convicted of murdering his mother and brother. he is doubling down on his father's innocence suggesting while his father may be a psychopath, he's not a murderer.

that's where we kick off hour two of "america reports." i'm sandra smith in new york. hi, john. >> john: hi, wow, wonder how you differentiate those things. it was a case that dominated the headlines, tragic down fall of one of south carolina's most prominent families, disgraced attorney alec murdaugh serving two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son paul. >> and fox nation exclusive, buster murdaugh insists there are always two sides to the story. >> john: right to nate foy, he is following this and nate, what else can you preview for us? >> in his first and only interview since his father's murder conviction, buster murdaugh tells martha the jury got it wrong and he agrees his father alec could be characterized as a psychopath, but not for murdering anyone. instead, for manipulating and lying to those around him.

listen here. >> did you ever go there and say maybe it's possible that he did this? >> no, because i think that i hold a very unique perspective that nobody else in that courtroom ever held and i know the love that i have witnessed. >> john, the documentary gives an intimate look at the murdaugh family before and after the murders. inform before seen home videos and trial footage. alec is serving two life sentences for murdering his wife maggie and son paul in 2021, allegedly for covering up crimes. >> a lot of the jurors felt that way prior to when they had to deliberate. it was predetermined in their minds prior to when they heard any shred of evidence given. >> buster tells martha he gave the interview to clear up lies about his family as well as himself, including that he was

involved in the death of his gay 19-year-old classmate steven smith. >> i did not have any personal intimate relations with steven, i never had anything to do with his murder, and i never had anything to do with him on a physical level of any regard. >> certainly a lot of new ground covered in this documentary. you'll even hear from alec murdaugh himself in private recordings of phone calls from prison, he broke inmate rules in doing that and has lost his phone privileges for 30 days. back to you. >> john: pretty extraordinary that buster murdaugh sat down and talked about all of this. nate, thank you very much. sandra, he's a psychopath but not a murderer. there is a quote for you. >> sandra: and the nation really has been captivated by that story, and that was a fascinating interview for sure, john. >> john: i mean there's not a lot of doubt in people's minds as to the outcome of that trial. buster may be in the minority saying what he's saying.

>> sandra: exactly. meanwhile, alarming moment for one of washington's most prominent lawmakers. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell appearing to freeze a second time in recent months. >> what are your thoughts on running for re-election in 2026. >> what are my thoughts about what? >> running for re-election in 2026. >> oh, that's -- >> did you hear the question, senator, running for re-election in 2026? all right, i'm sorry, y'all, we are going to need a meet. senator. >> sandra: sparking concerns about politicians' abilities to do their job and neither party is immune to that. david and elizabeth, there is no doubt as many times as we have all seen that, since it has happened, you feel for the senator, and we wish him well.

but you see that happening and you know it's no surprise that it sparks, resparks this debate over term limits in washington. where do you fall on this, elizabeth? >> you know, it's interesting. the one area where both sides of the aisle agree that they don't want to feel pain and have their politicians put through pain who represent them. you know, it was hard to see that, he was even going to try to take more questions. you feel for him, right. it's interesting, this is the same story that came up 94, the contract with america, a big push for term limits. i think term limits is different from age limits. age limits -- are they able to do the job, right. because if you have term limits you lose a lot of expertise, that's the argument. we know 16 states now have term limits. it would be a tough thing to do, you need two-thirds of the state, two-thirds of both houses to do it, asking politicians to vote themselves out of office.

it's a tough story. more and more people are saying wait a second, should there be age limits on the job. >> sandra: she mentioned, hearing from both sides of the aisle, goodness sake, the staff, family are doing them a disservice. it's time for some basic human decency. where are you on this? >> i think it's a big -- it's a blanket issue, you say term limits, it's a good idea, but throw the baby out with the bath water. constitution is clear on this. there is no term limits, no age limits. in order to do that, we would need a constitutional amendment and if we even agree there should be age limits what's the age, and we know that congress is getting older, the senate, now the oldest senate we have had. >> sandra: the president. >> oldest president we have had but the population is aging as well. so i think if we just did this blanket, you know, throw everyone out at a certain age. >> sandra: nobody is trying to

throw anybody out, but a serious discussion being had right now and i mentioned the president, this is a question that is being asked obviously of voters heading into possible re-election for president biden if he is running again at 80 years old right now, and when questioned about voters, voters question his age, 77% say that he is too old for another term. this is a poll, liz. >> even jimmy carter a few years ago said, you know, i could not handle the job at 80. i would hope there would be age limits. that's jimmy carter in 2019. and also 51% felt trump would be too old. both sides of the aisle saying what about the least represented contingent in congress that are now having the loudest voices, it's millennials. we were talking and the median age is like 56, 58, yep.

so, is it -- it's age limits, it's also we need more and new ideas coming in, too. >> sandra: there is a millennial running for president on the gop sides, vivek ramaswamy, he often brings that up, i believe he did so on the debate stage, the first millennial to be running for the white house. real quickly, this is just some of what is bringing up these concerns, some of what we have seen from biden, feinstein and mcconnell -- i believe we have some breaking news we have to get to, it is the fema headquarters, they are speakering on hurricane idalia and the response to it, and the president as well. >> yesterday and spoke to the american people about the federal government's response and partnership with state and local authorities in addressing the disasters that have hit our country, all too often, with all too much gravity given the impacts of climate change and the governors were incredibly appreciative of the response of the federal government and our

president championed all of the work that you do each and every day and the work that is being done out in the field. and it is my privilege to introduce our greatest champion, the president of the united states. thank you very much, mr. president. [applause] >> i don't know why i'm paying attention to you guys up here, all kidding aside, my mother would say, i apologize for my back, apologize. but folks, look, yesterday i convened the entire cabinet for a long meeting to make sure that we had a whole of government response, every single cabinet agency has some contribution they can make and some responsibility. and i'm here at fema today just a few minutes ago i received a

call from your administrator and criswell, in florida, helping recover, of the category 3 storm that made landfall. governor desantis and i spoke again, let him know i approved his major disaster declaration and also spoke with governor mcmasters and with south carolina's emergency declaration as well, and i spoke the day before to the governors of not just florida and south carolina, but of north carolina as well as georgia. and look, we are making available federal assistance for survivors whose homes are damaged or destroyed by the declaration i agreed to, and we are helping both florida and

south carolina with the delivery of meals and waters and debris removal that's going to help both states begin their road to recovery and do it immediately. but before we do anything, i'm here to thank all of you. and i really mean this. thank you, thank you, thank you. you make an incredible contribution, i mean, it's -- i don't think -- i hope the american people have a sense of, and it's hard to understand it because you know, we usually don't -- we are not this engaged this often but this last couple years with climate change and really kicking in, you guys are going 24 hours a day and 365 days a year and it seems to just keep piling up. and i mean it sincerely. i admire, i admire what you do. i've been to almost every one of the areas you are talking about that you have to deal with, and the president of this organization is from the coast guard, military, across the

board. it's amazing the sacrifices and i might add risks, risks you folks are taking out in the field and so thank you, thank you, thank you. it's important the american people understand. we are in a situation where you know we are -- how can i say it -- there are still some deniers out there in terms of whether or not climate change had anything to do with any of this, and we are going to need a whole hell of a lot more money to deal with emergency appropriations to deal with all you are taking care of. and on behalf of the country, i want to deliver the heartfelt thanks to the emergency personnel in our communities all across the federal government, including right here all of you in front of me. fema's national response coordination center and those out in maui, you know, you've -- it's amazing, you've seen it, some of you have been there,

it's just pure devastation, that whole part of the island is just leveled. there's nothing left. and before this week's storm we predeployed 1,500 federal personnel and coast guard throughout the southeast, federal search and rescue teams have been helping people whose homes have been surrounded and inundated by water, and fema and the small business administration are on the ground to help residents whose homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged. and i want to again thank you all. it really, really, really matters. and one more thing. every american expects fema will show up and when they -- in the middle of a disaster and i'm calling on congress to make sure you are able to have the funds to show up and meet the needs of the american people to deal with immediate crises we are facing right now, as well as the long-term commitments we have to make to finish the job in maui

and elsewhere. showing up for the moment to save the lives is a critically important, that's just the beginning. just the beginning. and some of this is going to take months and years to make sure we restore the people to the circumstances there before this disaster hit. and as i said, you know, and to the people of florida and throughout the southeast, i'm here to make clear our nation has your back and we are not going to -- we are not going to walk away, we are not going to give up, we are not going to slow down. and again, you know, we -- we are in a situation where, how can i say it, some of my colleagues, my former colleagues in the senate and people i work with every day and the united states senate think that this disaster relief money we are asking to continue to finish the job so far and have enough money to continue to work to save the american people their lives,

their homes, their well-being, is somehow, i don't know, not needed or -- i'm not even sure what the thinking is. but we need this money done, we need this disaster relief request met and we need to do it in september. we can't wait. but i'll take a few questions from the press if you have any right now but then i'm going to go talk to these folks. >> do you have any comment on overdose awareness day? >> yes. look, i've been dealing with drug epidemic in america since i was a chairman of judiciary committee when i was a u.s. senator and it has in many cases gotten much worse because the nature of the drugs being consumed and fentanyl is a new and really, really dangerous addition, more people -- more young people, not just young people are being -- dying as a

consequence of ingesting fentanyl, not even knowing its in the drug they are taking. and one of the other things i've been asking congress for, a need about $15 billion along the border to be able to deal with the technology needed to be able to determine whether or not the precursor drugs are making it into mexico or into the united states and dealing with that. so there's more to do there as well. >> mr. president -- >> are you concerned about a government shutdown and the work done here at fema? >> it would be a serious, serious problem. i'm hoping that there's greater maturity to prevent that from happening than some think. >> have you spoken to leader mcconnell? >> yes, i have. i spoke to mitch, he's a friend, and i -- i spoke to him today and, you know, he was his old self on the telephone. and having a little

understanding of dealing with neurosurgeons and people and one of the leading women on my staff, her husband is a neurosurgeon as well, it's not at all unusual to have the response that sometimes happens to mitch when you've had a severe concussion. it's part of the recovery. and so i'm confident he's going to be back to his old self. >> concerns about his ability to do his job? do you have any concerns about his ability? >> i don't. >> you want to talk to me about -- >> you want to -- do you want to -- let's talk about why i'm here. >> are you requesting -- president xi to attend the g20 summit? >> the answer is i hope he attends the g20 summit. >> i am going to florida, i am going to florida saturday morning.

>> right this way, right this way. >> john: a little bit of news there, the president says he's going to go visit florida to see the aftermath of the hurricane, this coming saturday as he's at fema headquarters, pledging federal support for the recovery there, and georgia and south carolina and other places the hurricane hit and the lingering disaster in maui when a number of weeks ago literally the entire city of lahaina burned down, and the president, of course, getting in a plug for his climate agenda as well. >> sandra: he's going to be heading to florida saturday, and questions of mitch mcconnell at the end there, questions of mitch mcconnell whether he can carry out his duties, said he talked to a woman on his staff with reference to neurology, and

we'll continue to monitor the president's movement there. >> john: and we wish the senate minority leader well as he deals with this. vivek ramaswamy has earned praise from conservatives for bringing light to america's fatherless epidemic during last week's debate. numbers have changed over the past couple of generations and could be playing a key role in other nationwide crises. bill barr, the former u.s. attorney general under president trump. good to see you mr. attorney general. i want to play a little about what vivek ramaswamy said during the debate regarding fatherlessness. tee that up here. >> we also have a federal government that pays single women more not to have a man in the house than to have a man in the house contribute to an epidemic of fatherlessness. hand in glove. education starts with the family and the nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to man kinds. >> john: we mentioned at the top of this, mr. attorney general, things have changed over the

generations. single parent households in the u.s., 30% at this point. world average is 7%. in china, it's just 3%. the 40% of u.s. babies now are born out of wedlock compared to 5% in 1960. you are very concerned about this. how did we get here? >> you know, professor thomas sole at stanford has done a lot of work on this, especially with minorities communities, and black families were more intact for parts of the early 20 century. high rates of marriage and did not have the rates of fatherless families they do today. around 1960, like a nuclear bomb went off, month are and more out of wedlock birth and more fatherless families and i think vivek is right. i think federal policy had a lot to do with that, welfare policies that started in the 60s. it's not the only reason for it, but it's a big part of it.

>> john: you talk about this in your book, one day after another, vivek ramaswamy related it to education, in your book you relate it to crime. you say "if there's a single identifiable root cause of crime it's the absence of a father in too many families. the one factor, the left refuses to acknowledge." it's a problem, why is this a conservative issue? >> it shouldn't be. and i hear, you know, very prominent black leaders say this all the time, many from hollywood and so forth, saying the presence of a father in the life of a young man is the most important thing, both in education, but also in keeping them on the straight and narrow. the family is a moral institution, a moral institution for instilling values and discipline and when it breaks down, we see more and more crime. it is the highest correlation to criminal activity, it's not

poverty, it's the absence of a father in the home. now it's not just of a minority population, it's spreading in our society and a lot of white communities are hit by this and it's happening in countries like britain as well. >> john: i wanted to ask you about the legal trials and tribulations of your former boss now that march 4th is set the day before super tuesday as the day for the president's trial on the election to begin here in washington, d.c. i guess a lot of the momentum in the primary season will already have been established but super tuesday is very important. and trump supporters say this is all political, this is meant to disrupt the primary. i put that question to chris christie the other day, how he responded. >> what interferes with the primary process is donald trump conduct and insistance to continue to run for the president of the united states

despite that he's indicted in four jurisdictions and out on bail. whether you believe the charges are just or not, they are here. >> john: what do you say about the date of the trial? >> i think the governor is right. the basic principle in the criminal justice system, if a prominent person commits a crime and is seeking office, that doesn't give him immunity. if there's enough time to have it resolved before the election it should be resolved. idea that oh, ok, well, i'm sorry, we'll let you run in the election and after address it, it's not a principle. some mayor charged, you know, charged with massive embezzlement and says a year and a half to the election, let's put that on hold while i run for re-election. it's silly, silly. you can argue whether he should have been charged and so forth but the idea it's interfering with the election is wrong. >> john: your former both was on truth social saying unkind things about you, for example,

that you are slow thinking, accused you of a lack of courage. how do you respond? >> well, he said -- that's not what he was saying before i told him that there was -- that we had not seen the evidence of fraud he was telling the american people about. before that he sung a much different tune. >> john: attorney general barr, a chance to respond. thank you. >> sandra: we have an update on what the president was asked about a few moments ago, the condition of senator mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell's doctor has provided an update after he froze up at that podium yesterday, and issued a statement. attending physician of congress saying i consulted with leader mcconnell and conferred with his neurology team. after evaluating yesterday's incident it reads, i have informed leader mcconnell he is medically clear to continue with

his schedule as planned. occasional light-headedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration. all really important stuff, and for anybody who has dealt with a concussion before, john, it's serious stuff, and there are continued effects of it for quite some time that have to be monitored, there could be a lot at play, including dehydration. we wish him well. >> john: particularly problematic talking about an octoganarian, and some doctors were suggesting maybe it's indicative of parkinson's but if the attending physician is saying no, it's from the terrible fall earlier this year and really whacking his head, hope he can have a full recovery

on this. >> sandra: indeed. >> john: keeping an eye on the white house and the pentagon where briefings will happen any moment now. we will bring you news coming out of those ahead. >> sandra: tennis players at the u.s. open say they have been getting a whiff or two of weed during the tournament here in new york city where the green stuff has been legalized. you won't believe how one athlete described the conditions on one of the main courts. brian kilmeade will react next. sleep more deeply. and wake up rejuvenated. with purple's new mattresses fall asleep 20% faster have less aches and pains and sleep uninterrupted. right now save up to $900 off mattresses sets during purple's labor day sale. visit purple.com or a store near you

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>> this is not a new york city issue, this is a national issue and must be resolved by the national issue. don't critique what we have done. don't tell us how we could have done it better. don't sit in the bleachers and be a detached spectator on this full contact sport.

>> sandra: new york city mayor eric adams calling for expedited work authorization for migrants. one day after kathy hochul met with officials about the crisis putting them at odds with each other. "new york post" cover with the simple headline "nyc-ya." brian kilmeade, i mean, this is the sanctuary -- we all are welcome, this was the message put out for so long, here they come, but it's so much that we don't have the resources to deal with it and even democrats are now having to deal with that fact. >> sandra, the hurricane hit florida and if governor desantis wants to make a speech we have to pitch in, i understand it. it was a natural phenomenon that hit a state, did nothing wrong. this was a preventable problem

that this mayor and this governor and this president now want us to fix that they started. now, mayor adams inherits a new york city, a sanctuary and right to shelter city. he should be talking about we have to get rid of the axioms, causing over 100,000 to come through here, 84,000 to stay here, and he thinks the answer is letting people work? no it isn't. if you want another 100,000, come to the city, a menu, laundry service, free place to live and job. everything about it says leave ecuador, leave el salvador, leave nigeria, leave the czech republic and come here. >> sandra: the people told to come here, you can't look at the images and think it's absolutely devastation for the people who have made the journey, so just so you know, this file footage is august 2nd. i drove by that building yesterday, outside the roosevelt hotel, brian, it looks like that in this moment. it is babies and mothers and

adult men and it is massive amounts of people and they are sleeping on the sidewalk to this day. >> this administration has done nothing to pressure these nations to keep their people here. done nothing to bolster the border. now they are going to give checks, get this. if you are a parent in new york city, challenging enough. now you have 19,000 children starting school. might be the best kids in the world. your kids don't go to school if they are not vaccinated. these kids are not vaccinated, they get to go to school. so, everything about it is -- is on -- upside down. >> sandra: people say they might not be able to hold on longer and then look at the revenue flow out of the city. >> 15 billion over the last three years. >> sandra: and the money will dry up. weed at the u.s. open. i went last week for a little bit and i experienced it myself. it is prevalent, even though people are told not to do this on the grounds, one tennis player is comparing u.s. open to

snoop dogg's living room. backs claims marijuana at court 17 smells like snoop dogg's living room. what is happening we can't have drugs away from the top athletes and let them perform. >> unbelievable and it's going to get worse. maneuvers, especially by the president and chuck schumer to legalize it for the entire country. they stop planes from going over the u.s. open under david dinkin's administration, they should be able to stop this from happening. what we experience, sandra, walking to work every day. this is what's going on, and about the previous story, staten island is the one that wants to secede, but cigarette smoke is annoying, but this affects your mind. do you want to, in the biggest tournament of your life, matches that matter, to outline your future, you want to have somebody else's decision to smoke pot affect that. the answer is no. >> sandra: so many people doing it i think it's so hard to stop all of those people, where do

you put them, the cameras zoomed in on a woman inside the stadium lighting up drug paraphernalia. >> unbelievable. >> sandra: i hope they can straighten that out, it's not pleasant. >> welcome to new york. we thought hecklers were the biggest obstacle, now it's people with bongs. >> john: updating the news on senator mitch mcconnell, congressional physician clearing him to continue with his schedule and adding light-headedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery. dr. marc siegel, more on this. doc, after this episode happened yesterday, there was some talk that maybe this was related to parkinson's. the physician at the capitol would seem to disagree saying it was light-headedness following a concussion, but the way he

pauses, could it also be post concussion ephasia? >> he's not even addressing the elephant in the room here, the staring spells, the brain freezes, and he calls it a concussion. but it's after three months from that injury and if he is still having symptoms after three months related to that injury, it's clearly a significant traumatic brain injury and it would be called a post concussion syndrome. the elephant in the room is the brain freeze. he's right that occasional light-headedness and recovery from a concussion 3 or 4 months ago is something that you might see, but again, what are the brain freezes. that could have been a significant blow to the head leading to a traumatic brain injury as you said to lead to episodes, it would have to be very severe. i don't think he's taking parkinson's disease off the table at all, he's not ruling it out or addressing it.

brain freezes are very common with severe parkinson's, and then you might see the slowness of movement that he has and the deliberate movements that he has and the shuffling gait. so, i don't think they are ruling it out. he does say a team of neurologists are involved. what are they involved for n presumably the post traumatic brain injury. i think it's related to the blow of the head he had and not giving full information or have not ruled out it could be parkinson's. brain freezes are common. >> sandra: obviously, dr. siegel, you don't know his entire medical history or happenings of this moment, but considering the letter we just got from the attending physician, in consultation with his neurology team, the letter states, after the evaluation they say they are medically clearing him to continue with his schedule as planned, based on what you know and what you have told us, would you agree with that decision?

>> well, the key here is that i have not examined him. i think what they are really saying, they feel satisfied he's back to baseline, sandra. now what that baseline is and whether it is someone that should be functioning in the senate is subject to debate. i think the letter, he's been evaluated and back to where he was before. >> john: i've got a question here in terms of physiologically what happens. he seemed to be completely engaged, he even chuckled a little bit and all of a sudden froze. what happens? >> well, what happens during that period of time is that either all the muscles are going rigid, which would be the parkinson definition, it would be the speech, it would be the facial muscles, the muscles of the body. but my look at that video and i hate interpreting videos, i see some of the stiffness going on, one of the reasons i talked to several neurologists yesterday

and said it looks classic for parkinson's. if it was due to the brain itself, from the brain injury, there is something called the axons of the brain and can lead to that freezing going on, too. one other thing about the letter that's significant. if he's saying he can go back to work, then clearly we are not talking about a stroke here, and we are not talking about seizures either. i can't believe they would just, you know, wave their hands and rule all that out. that would be an extensive work-up and they would want to do that right away. so i think we can glean from this none of those things have happened. >> sandra: all right, dr. siegel. thank you for joining us on that breaking news, having just received that statement from the attending physician there in congress regarding mitch mcconnell's condition. we wish him well. thank you. >> john: thanks, doc. >> we prayed over our house before we left. my kids, we got three kids, my wife and i, we prayed over the house. >> sandra: floridians picking up

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behind me. it used to be, if you can believe it, a house until this storm hit yesterday, and now all that is left of it is this balcony that you see behind me here. as you drive through the neighborhood you see debris everywhere. we asked some of the people in this neighborhood where did that come from, whose house was that from, and they said we don't know. there are washing machines, there are pieces of personal items that people are picking through trying to get out of the debris and i want to kind of take you this way because you can appreciate how much debris is scattered everywhere by looking in this canal, it looks like solid ground because it's covered with so much debris. and the distance there, you see more people picking up, cleaning up so much more clean-up to go. a lot of people here without power still where we are in dixie county, florida.

76% of the county is without power right now. so, even those who were spared the worst of this storm are going to be waiting days, weeks, possibly months for their power to be restored, sandra. >> sandra: praying for all of them. grady trimble telling their stories. john. >> john: a college women's lacrosse coach says she felt like she was burned at the stake for speaking out against biological males competing in women's sports. kim russell posted on social media in support of the women who lost to transgender lia thomas. and now saying it left her in a world of trouble with the school. she posted on instagram, and reposted something in celebration of emma win, who lost first place to lia thomas in a meet. what do you believe? i can't be quiet on this. i spent my life playing sports,

and starting programs for girls and women. one of the players on the lacrosse team forwarded it to the athletic director, and she had disciplinary meetings, she recorded sessions. listen to what she was told. >> unfortunately we fall into a category of people that are kind of filled with hate in the world. >> it's ok to have your opinions but when they go against oberlin college, it's a -- >> you fall into a category of people filled with hate in the world, she was called trans phobic, transgressive and unsafe for this. >> it's funny. i remember when the left used to be in favor of forward thinking and thinking based on science and biology and now if you do not sort of channel all of your beliefs into this very narrow box they call you hate filled, and the reality, she's thinking about science and about safety. this isn't a matter of opinion

or whatever. she is advocating for women. safety and also their ability to function in the sports world. >> john: my daughter plays competitive lacrosse and it's a limited contact sport, but still, there is contact and that ball goes flying around. you told me you got hit in the face with a soccer ball. >> when i was in high school, the j.v. boys played against the varsity girls and i got a ball to the face and i was knocked out cold. i had a concussion. and that was the end of me playing soccer, they said it's not safe anymore because that was my third concussion and third strike you are out and my school made a rule, girls and boys cannot scrimmage together anymore, it's obviously not safe, even with the age differential, it's not safe and now we have people on the high school level and the university level saying not only can boys and girls play together but you have to agree to play together in order for you to sort of fit into this box of being not hate

filled, you know. like this is the line that they are using. >> john: kim russell says she was ordered by the college to write a letter of apology to the team and the athletic department. she started to write the letter and said wait a minute, i'm not going to write this letter. so, is the response, the college called a meeting with the team, athletic director, the title ix director and two diversity equity and inclusion directors. what happened in the meeting. >> i had prepared myself emotionally because i knew what was coming. chairs were set up in a huge circle. i felt like i was burned at the stake. i felt like i was stoned and hanged all at the same time. >> john: she said it basically came down to a mob mentality in that meeting. >> this is a struggle session. anyone familiar with communist ideology and china and cambodia you name it. if you do not adhere to the party line, the little party line, you are subjected to a

struggle session and she was subjected to a struggle session and good for her saying i will not participate in this and she recorded all of the meetings and good for her. it would have been a he said/she said situation and now she can come forward and say this is what i was subjected to, merely for advocating for the rights of women athletes to be safe and be competitive. >> john: so the -- this is part of an eight-minute documentary, and kim, did not want to appear on the program, standing by what she believes. listen here. >> it is scientific that biologically males and females are different. i don't believe biological males should be in women's locker rooms. where is the me too movement now? >> john: riley gaines applauded her, saying this is really, really huge. the voice we have been missing

is that of coaches. watch this why so many are silent even they know what they are doing is wrong. thanks for putting your name to this, coach kim russell. don't know what's going to happen to her career. as far as we know, she's still employed. >> imagine walking through the halls and what's scary, all of her players betrayed her as well. they did not side with her, and she put her neck on the line to protect them and to advocate for them. and they left her out in the dust. >> john: no question about that. bethany, great to get your take on things. thanks so much and hope you recovered from the ball to the face, too. sandra, this is something we talk about almost every day. more and more people are coming out and we see the consequences of coming out in the way that they are, too. >> sandra: and college volleyball player macy petty says every presidential candidate should say where they stand, pledge to protect female

athletes like me. president biden uses the position, efforts to house men in women's dorms, change scholarship money designated for female use and more. we'll see, we'll see where this goes in this presidential cycle and where everybody stands on the issues will be very important for many voters like her who will be listening. >> john: and if you want to watch the mini documentary, international women's forum, iwforum.org. it's fascinating. >> sandra: mixed reactions to the nevada tribal ranger who ended this environmental protest and now his actions are under review. -wait, wait, hold on... that neighbor is hot!

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>> john: well, who would you expect to ride shotgun? husband, kids? best friend? police in nebraska pulled over a man driving a compact car. the car was modified to house a bulled named howdy doody. he got off with a warning. >> sandra: i guess when they got the call, i they thought maybe it's a calf or something. it's this enormous bull.

>> john: a full-on bull. >> sandra: they write multiple warnings and okay, get him home. he drives off. >> john: what else were they going to do with him? >> sandra: that really happened. all right. now this. the nevada tribal ranger that plowed through an environmental protest is under review now for how he handled that situation. he's accused of drawing his weapon on the protesters that chained themselves to a trailer and blocking a significant amount of traffic. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with more. how long is this review going to take and what the are we going to find out? >> we assume it will be wrapped up soon. we first reported this review of the ranger earlier this week. the investigation is ongoing. here's what happened. there's one road in to the nevada side of the annual burningman festival. when it gets blocked as it did by the climate activists, it

causes chaos. with signs reading general strike for climate and ban private jets, the protesters put a trailer across the road and refused to road. the burningman festival is now popular with affluent people resulting in the event. whether or not that is a valid argument, the tribal rangers that were respond for the desert area were having none of it and after warning the protesters to clear the road and getting no cooperation, they did this. now, as we reported earlier, the tribal rangers ordered that the protesters to leave. they have gone john like seeking

10,000 signatures say burners of the world unite. that petition has been signed by a whopping 284 people. sandra? >> jonathan hunt on that live in l.a. thank you. that does it for us. thanks for joining us. set your dvr. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we will see you again time, friday. "the story" starts right now. >> gillian: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon from washington. i'm gillian turner in for martha maccallum. we're awaiting a white house briefing room update. republicans say they have a lot of questions about alias e-mail accounts that president biden used during the obama administration. archives confirms the existence of 5,000 e-mails in which the vice president biden used a pseudonym to conduct official business. the "new york post" said he used one account to send hunter biden his dad's daily schedule. this included information at the ti