>> i don't know why we all don't have a drink right now! >> they were in place during covid. [laughter] >> those never went away. >> cheers to everyone for that and don't forget to dvr the show when you can't watch live. now, here is "america reports." >> john: we'll drink to that. thank you, emily. fox news has learned president biden capping off wood appears to be a horrible, terrible, bad week for him and his administration. in just a few minutes, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre expected to face a flurry of questions amidst a historic auto workers strike, the indictment on hunter biden gun charges, and an impeachment inquiry in the house. >> sandra: not to be confused with kjp or the president, someone appears to be warming up the microphone. the president ignoring a question today about potentially pardoning his son. as soon as the briefing is underway, we will take you there

live. >> [chanting] [bleep] >> john: big apple protesters letting loose on congressional democrats over new york city's growing migrant crisis. hello and welcome to fri-yay. i'm john roberts in washington. i don't think shannon bream will mind me stealing that phrase. this has been a huge newsday and a lot more to come, john. i'm sandra smith, and in the place where that happened just a short time ago, new york city. this is "america reports." lawmakers were touring a hotel turn processing center just a few blocks away from here. that has become a flash point for the city's migrant crisis. the historic roosevelt hotel. it happened a short time ago went congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and others came out to speak, and that is when chaos erupted. >> we are incredibly thrilled and excited to be here. what we seek to do is to make

sure that all the -- and that we are joining the city and state -- [protester shouting] >> our city is a testament to the many immigrant communities that are propelling us into the future. >> john: with that in mind, these live pictures of our fox news drone flying over the rio grande river, where you can see another group of migrants holding hands and crossing from mexico into the united states. this, in eagle pass, texas. more from bill melugin on the border coming up later on in the program. meantime, right now alexis mcadams is outside the roosevelt hotel. sandra said this has become a flash point in the debate over illegal migration and what to do about it there in new york city. what did you witness this

morning? >> john, sandra, it was all calm where we thought we are going here from aoc and some other congress members, and they walked out and that they would do a quick press conference, but protesters had a different plan in mind, john. it turned pretty chaotic pretty quickly. people had megaphones and they were shouting to close the border. you really couldn't even hear those congress members trying to get their point across, saying they're going to do whatever it takes to try and help out with the migrant crisis. the people here are fed up who live here and work in new york city, and they want answers. watch this. >> what is this here? [shouting] >> close the border! close the border! they are using these illegal aliens for voters! [bleep]!

[bleep]! close the border! >> close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! >> close the border! close the border! they are using these illegal aliens for voters! for voters! >> [bleep]! how is that free immunity? >> close the border! >> close the border!

close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! close the border! >> that was just some of what we saw and heard out here, and it happened pretty quick, john and sandra. we didn't even see those protesters lined up and i don't think aoc and the congress members did, either, or the nypd who had this area under control until aoc took that microphone and started talking there. that was members of the congressional hispanic caucus who went inside the roosevelt hotel, a place we have talked about for months. we have seen lines of migrants from all over the place out here getting in to find a room. that's what protesters are talking about. one, how did these people get in, why were they allowed in? and one person we talked to has several relatives who he says are trying to come in legally from venezuela and other countries, and says people are fed up as they watch this around the world, saying, hey, we did

this correctly, and it's been years. listen. >> the american dream will not be bullied into submission today. we will continue to fight for the american dream. we will not be bullied. we will not be pushed into a corner. we will fight for these common sense solutions. >> do you have that other bite? that was one of the congress members there, but the people i was referring to were some of the protesters saying that they have about had enough with the 10,000 migrants showing up every single month in new york city. they believe the migrants are cutting the line when they have family members, they say, who have been waiting and waiting. let's see if we can pull up that sound bite. >> i have family members waiting seven long years in colombia. they filed legal petitions. what message are you sending to the world cannot break the law, come over, we'll give you everything free. >> that double standard is what makes so many people mad. how mad? will have to see when the

election rolls around, but when we talk with people who live here and work here, they say it's their top issues. the mayor of new york continues to say, hey, i'm doing everything i can to keep this under control, but i don't have the resources and help i need. he turns to the white house, and the white house he says has not given those resources yet. we will send it back to you. >> john: that is something you typically see in new york city, democratic politicians being shut it down. it shows you how high the tensions are. alexis mcadams, thank you. sandra, the roosevelt hotel is not far away from where you are. a friend was out there doing some business the other day. he walked by and said it's a mess. >> sandra: i asked police in the area about the scooters lining the block along with the migrants, and they said many of them -- i think it was that most of them are unregistered, they consider them stolen. they don't have the resources to even deal with that. but there are massive amounts of people lining that city block, john. it's a very populated city block where a lot of people are

commuting back and forth to grand central station from there. a lot of businesses in the area have had to shatter their doors they can't have customers walking through into the businesses. huge problem for the city, and a number continues to grow. to be still have the live drone picture? >> john: those are some interesting pictures from eagle pass, texas, of migrants who he watched just moments ago crossing the rio grande and going under that constantine a wire. now being taken into custody by texas dps. i expect, sandra, they'll be put into processing by border control. >> sandra: correct. to bring this into perspective, they said nearly more than a million migrant encounters have happened at the texas border and that period of time. they have seen about 207,000 in eagle pass this year. a growing number of new yorkers,

blue-leaning new yorkers, who are now saying they are in favor of constructing a border well because of the issues they are now living through because of this border crisis. that is a significant change in sentiment, and that is a reflection of this crisis. no longer is this a border state problem it's everywhere. >> john: if new york is suffering under the weight of this illegal migration crisis, you can imagine what places like texas and arizona are not only going through now, but have been going through for years and years and years. florida, as well. on the governor of florida, ron desantis, will join us in just a few minutes' time. whwhen you look at how this is taxed, they've created so many divisions in the city, as you point out, and the city is overwhelmingly democratic. it just goes to show how much this crisis, though it seems to be being ignored by the biden administration, is weighing heavily on the rest of the

nation. >> sandra: a siena college poll was released this week showing roughly 40% support the border wall. this is something that obviously the president is going to have to continue to answer for. we do expect there is going to be a white house briefing happening shortly here. it's been pushed back to 1:15 p.m. eastern time. we'll see what questions karine jean-pierre takes on this, but we just saw with our own eyes, dozens of migrants crossing over the rio grande, which obviously serves as a boundary between the u.s. and mexico, and here they are lining up. it is a continuous flow into this country, and resources are rapidly drying up to deal with this, john. >> john: one of the questions that may come forward at the press briefing is something that was articulated by our griff jenkins yesterday. that is that the preliminary numbers that have not yet been officially released by customs and border protection show that some 230,000 migrants crossed the border illegally during the

month of august. that would be an historic high for the month of august, at least in recent years. this would be a complete turnaround from the decline in cross-border traffic we saw when title 42 was rescinded. remember, the numbers came down after may, and in june, and a little bit in july. now they are backed up in august and they are back up to levels we have not seen before for this time of year. >> sandra: even the immigrant-heavy metropolis of this city, new york city, 38% in the recent poll said they support a border wall, as did 35% of latinos. you consider that new york city, the state as a whole is considered century government that welcomes these undocumented migrants, that people who live here are speaking up and saying, "enough," john. we'll continue to watch these live pictures, and we have that screen on the bottom right, that's a white house briefing that should be underway shortly.

remarkable pictures from our fox flight team there at the border, john. >> john: we will keep watching that for you. >> sandra: meanwhile, on to this. the economy is hanging on the line as thousands of autoworkers walk off the job. this is all happening right now. employees at the big three automakers are going on strike simultaneously for the first time in history. we have fox team coverage of that right now. grady trimble, live at an auto plant in michigan, fresh off that interview with mary barra this morning. but mike tobin has the very latest at this hour. >> sandra, president biden has now weighed in on this unprecedented work stoppage. in line with the president describing himself as prounion, his comments seem to come down in support of the striking workers, the irony being that he's also a champion of electric vehicles. the automakers, at least forward, anyway, say they need to keep up with technology, especially electrical vehicles, and this strains their budgets and keep them for meeting the

demands of autoworkers. president biden opened his comment saying the auto workers need to make money and spread the wealth. >> auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the uaw workers. those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view. speak of the are taking place near detroit, at a plant in wentzville, missouri, and in toledo, ohio. the uaw is defending roughly 40% pay increase, a four-day workweek, and the return of pensions. fort has offered a 20% increase for uaw workers. gm offered 17.5%. so they are very far apart. the florid ceo says if they meet the demands of the autoworkers, they go out of business. so far the strikes involves about 13,000 employees, so the uaw can execute this work stoppage without severely

repeating the strike fund, paying workers, and they can maintain this for some time. back to you. >> sandra: mike, thank you. john? >> john: let's see what the view is like from the picket line outside a ford plant in wayne michigan. grady trimble is on the ground, and earlier today he had an opportunity to talk to the gm ceo. grady, busy day for you there. >> it has been, john. you can imagine that these ticketing workers do not see eye to eye with with the ceo, mary barra right now. this is a ford plant we are at. as mike mentioned, the striking workers are at three plants, one of each of the big three automakers. you might be able to hear as the cars drive by. they see the picketing workers and they have been honking quite a bit. another dynamic we are seeing is this is an entrance to the plant. we have seen some semi trucks trying to get into the facility. the workers are letting them through, but they are shouting

"scab" at them and wagging their fists at them as they do. i want to bring in a uaw worker at this ford plant, travis harrison. you've been given an offer, 20% pay raises, cost-of-living adjustments, as well as job security, guaranteed that you will have a job for the next four years during the life of this contract. why is that not enough? >> we are looking for future. right now with inflation and the price of vehicles so high, we are looking for fair for the future, not just for now. in four years it could be fair, but we are looking for more than four years to go before i retired, so i'm looking for future security. >> your company's ceo said it's a generous offer, they are negotiating in good faith. how do you feel about the status of negotiations right now? especially because the uaw president is not at the negotiating table. he was joining you on the picket line at midnight last night, not negotiating.

>> i feel like he's doing a good job at what he's doing and trying to get everybody fair wages and fair pay for the future, and if he wants to stand with us today, i'm all right with that, but we need to get back to the table as soon as possible to get a fair contract. >> this is a unique approach, because you only are striking one of your plants, one at general motors, and one at still in test, that it could grow to paying on how negotiations are going. is that strategy going to hit the bottom line of the automakers enough? >> i trust sean with what he's doing so we will stick to the process and i hope it comes to terms with the good contract, with the way we are doing this strike. >> leslie, i want to ask you about president biden. we have a report describing similar comments that you have made, that you think that the companies making record profits and they need to share that with the workers. but the uaw has not announced an endorsement for president biden yet. what do you say?

>> if he agrees with the where is he saying, i agree on that. record profit needs to be spread out through the company and all three of the big three, and with the endorsement, i can't say what tr shawn wants to say about that, but until they start making us money, i don't know what to say about that. >> john and sandra, that's a concern. electric vehicles and inflation, that's one of their weaker stomach reasons this union has held out on endorsing president biden thus far. >> john: the electric cards are losing money, but the biden administration continues to push them to every american. grady trimble for us in wayne, michigan. thank you. sandra? >> sandra: all of this is a big build up to that white house press briefing where we expect karine jean-pierre to be pressed on all of these issues. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house for us. how is the biden campaign expected to deal with the hunter indictment? >> sandra, so far

president biden has spoken twice publicly since his son was indicted, and no mention about those charges being filed. in fact, the president spoke about the uaw strike moments ago and he ignored the reporter's question asking if he would pardon his son. as you mentioned earlier, at least at the top of the show, it's been a very tough week for the president. a number of things have happened. first, someone called it a disastrous press conference in vietnam, the list goes on. biden falsely claimed he went to ground zero the day after the 9/11 attacks, then house speaker kevin mccarthy launched an impeachment inquiry. there is an inflation report that says prices continue to rise. some of our viewers no, when they go to the grocery store and gas station, and "the washington post" columnist said biden shouldn't run into my 24 and neither should kamala harris. the president's son is indicted, and hunter biden's attorney reacted to those new gun cha charges. >> this office is never brought a charge like this against anybody.

therefore you have to ask what changed. you also just talked about that. it is the folks like chairman comber, and the republican maga crazies, who have been pressing his attorney to do something to vindicate their political position, and guess what? they succeeded. >> now we await the next court appearance by the president's son. it should be in about a week or so. sandra? >> sandra: lucas tomlinson at the white house for us. thank you. john? >> john: for more on all of this, let's bring in karl rove. former white house chief of staff and fox news can you beat it. i guess this is president biden's no good, portable, very bad week. it has spurred more talk than maybe it's time to find an alternative, that the democrats are running out of time, because the filing deadline to get into the primary in nevada is coming up a month from now. can they get it done, karl? or is the die cast? >> there are 11 more states that have deadlines by the end of the

year, but you are right, nevada is the first. it's not the biggest state in either of the conventions, but it's the first trigger. it's an important early primary. look, this is a problem for the democrats, and the president's performance has been driving it. but the president's behavior has been causing a sea change in people's attitudes. think about this: the national opinion research poll, 77% of americans say that joe biden is too old today to be president of the united states, including 69% of democrats. that is a problem that's not going to go away. he's not going to be magically younger in the months ahead. he's not going to be able to construct two sentences better than he did in hanoi. we will have more funny stories, weird moments, and episodes, and look what he is, which is old. think about this. in the fox poll, 61% say he doesn't have the mental

soundness needed for the job of being president. and approaching half of democrats agree with that. so they have a problem, and to my mind, he got elected for one reason. people said he's going to stop trump, he's going to return normality to washington, and he's going to be a transitional figure. he would walk off the stage saying, "i accomplish that," and it's time to turn away to a new generation of younger leaders, e applauding. and why his wife, his personal political advisor, his sister -- excuse me, valerie biden owens -- have not said to him that we need to rethink this and maybe have you sit down, i don't know. >> sandra: well, democrats are having to answer for the president and also the vice president, kamala harris. here is a very telling interview with jamie raskin. listen. >> do you think kamala harris is the best running mate for president biden? yes or no? >> i don't know what else i can

say other than -- >> you could say yes. it's because she's an excellent running mate and an excellent vice president. i don't know whether president biden has named his running mate. i haven't seen any public opinion polling. you might be a stronger vice presidential running mate than her. [laughter] >> john: what? [laughs] >> where to begin? in poker we have tells. the tell is, "i don't know the answer to that question," and then at the end, "maybe you, jake tapper, would be a better running mate for joe biden." this is been going on for weeks for the biden team, and it isn't going to get better until they come up with better answers. think about it, you could have followed jamie raskin with footage of nancy pelosi having a slightly more compact and direct answer, but nonetheless refusing to say, "oh, yeah, that's the greatest vice presidential candidate we could ever hope

for." they've got to come as a team or go as a team. >> john: hey, karl, that's a great idea. let's roll it nancy pelosi said. >> vice president kamala harris the best running mate for this president? >> he thinks so, and that's what matters. she's the vice president of the united states. people say to me, why isn't she doing this or that? because she's the vice president. that's the job description. you don't do that much. [laughter] >> john: i mean, it really does sort of reflect what john mccain said about the job, that it wasn't worth a warm bucket of spit. >> two things. at least kamala harris is living up to nancy pelosi's job description of doing nothing. second of all, look, i was in the white house for seven years. i saw how important it was for the vice president to be able to step up and take on tasks at the direction of the president and get them done.

that was john nance garner who said it wasn't worth more than a bucket of spit. but you prettied it up. vice president joe biden played an important job in being an emissary to capitol hill to a lot of democrat senators and democrat house members who felt more comfortable dealing with him then they did with barack obama remember, vice president joe biden was in charged with encouraging the ukrainians to crackdown on corruption, which was a little bit difficult since his son was serving on the board of a corrupt ukrainian company. but the vice president should be able to get things done. whether it's the border or whatever else she has been tasked with, kamala harris has not been leading a mark on public policy. >> john: i thought mccain reiterated what garner said. >> he might have. >> sandra: and if you prettied it up, thank you for that.

just as you are saying that, i have fresh in my mind these live images of the border and the drone footage of the rio grande on the crossings that are happening every single minute right now, karl. kamala harris is the border czar. >> exactly. >> sandra: that speaks for itself. we brought these images back up. this is just or markable. this is happening right now. karl, i don't know if you have a screen up in front of you. eagle pass, texas, the rio grande. it's 12:30 central time, and this is the number of migrants -- it looks like one, two, three, four, five crossing right now, continuing to take on dangerous conditions to do so. >> sandra, earlier you talked about the number of encounters that they had at eagle pass. i think it was nearly 300,000? you may have the number handy. i want you to think about this -- that is in a short period of time. you know how big the preparation

of eagle pass is? 29,000 people. ten times as many people, nearly ten times as many people coming across the board in the vicinity of eagle pass than live in eagle pass. and the people in new york aboue complaining about tens of thousands of immigrants being sent to new york by the federal government and a lesser number by the state of texas? think about the community of eagle pass being overwhelmed by virtually every month more people coming there than live there. the mayor of yuma, arizona, is a friend of mine. he can't remember the month in which they had fewer people being processed across the border than live in his community. imagine, you've got a hospital, you got a food kitchen, you've got local law enforcement, social safety net. all these things are stretched to the limit, and have been stretched to the limit for years because of the failure of this it administration to get control of the border. >> john: hey, karl, i want to ask you one question about the hunter biden indictments

yesterday. one of the reasons why we believed the doj got to that plea agreement was because hunter biden's then attorneys threatened to put president joe biden on the stand of his case went to trial. it now looks as though hunter biden's case could go to trial. if they put biden on the stand, politically and constitutionally, what does that look like? >> well, first of all, i thought it was a meaningless threat. i think this was an attempt to try to influence the department of justice by saying, if you don't stop weiss from indicting my client, hunter biden, i'm going to put the president in a political pickle. but what can the president actually have to say about hunter biden lying about his taxes? what can he say about hunter biden lying when he went out and bought a pistol and filled out the background check and appropriately, illegally? lied about being a drug addict? i thought it was a cheap trick by an attorney, a defense attorney, attempting to do the best for his client. but, you know, i loved his

explain nation you showed earlier. nobody would be charged with this. really? then why do we have background checks? if we don't take people who lie about being a drug addict and purchase a weapon by lying on their background check, why do you even have background checks, then, if we are not going to prosecute people? they had to file the charges against him. it was so egregious. >> sandra: karl, we ended up covering a lot there. thank you for joining us. >> you bet. >> sandra: for those watching the white house press briefing room, it's been pushed back again, a second time, we are be being told 1:30 p.m. eastern time. >> john: karl, thank you. >> [protesters chanting] >> local 900! >> sandra: back to one of our top stories at this hour, it is day one of the picket line for

united auto workers as contract negotiation style. let's bring in the former home depot ceo. thank you, bob, for joining us. i know you have a lot to say on this and perhaps offer a unique perspective, having run chrysler as chairman and ceo as long as you did. what do we need to know about what is happening right now? >> sandra, thank you for having me. this is he historic strike, and we went through something very similar, as year-end or, in 2007, 2008, and 2009 when the financial institutions went down and we try to save the big three. the president of the uaw at that time, i attribute tremendous credit to him for getting us through this. he was very open and pragmatic and he understood the situation we were in. let's look at today's situation. i understand the importance of a family and a household having

income to be able to take care of the inflation we are in. but when i listen to the president's comments a few minutes ago, clearly, number one, he is desperate for the uaw endorsement, number one. number two, isn't it ironic that one of the biggest inflationary things we have is energy? and on day one, he basically surrendered energy independence, and that's why we are up to 40%-something. this is the same president mandating ev, which is going to eliminate uaw jobs, particularly mandating e vs when there is no infrastructure to have them charge. the everything they are looking at is they say, wow, ups got 40%. if you look at american airlines, they got almost 35-40%. you look at the dock workers on the west coast, they got a big bump. it is our turn. we are standing in line. it is fair to talk about wage adjustments. it is fair to talk about cost-of-living increases. there is no way we can go back

and reinstate pension. there is no way we can do some of the other things they are asking for, pay for 40 hours and only working 32. these things are inflating inflation. for every one uaw worker, let's say 140,000, you are talking about 1.4 million people potentially impacted on this thing. because it's about a ten to one ratio when you look at the tier one, two, three, four suppliers. so this could have catastrophic impact on our economy. you and i have talked about it over the year, it's very fragile. everything that can happen, sandra, if we don't get a budget extension, many of the corporation's ideal if they're going to stop programs because they are concerned about not getting the money to be able to fund some of these things, particularly in defense and aerospace. >> sandra: i want you to react to a few things i'm going to put up on the screen for our viewers. you talked about the risk to the

economy. by some estimates, there are expert in this field who say that a strike could cost the u.s. economy billions of dollars. anderson economic group, one of them, estimated the impact of this uaw on the economy as $5.6 billion. mary barra earlier, she said she's frustrated by the demands on the table. listen. >> i'm extremely frustrated and disappointed and i think the uaw leadership needs to get to the table, because we need to get this resolved. what we need to do is problem-solve. i know the team at both uaw and gm is working on it, but their key issues we need to work together and talk and get it done. >> sandra: "the new york times" says this strike is a test of bidenomics. saying, "biden has no special legal authority to intervene in the current situation. he's not in control, though not exactly just an observer either. a lengthy strike could be a blow to the american economy.

how mr. biden navigates the situation could have significant impact on his hopes for reelection." he came out today, though, bob, and he slammed the automakers for making record profits and says that's how we got here. listen. >> over the past decade, auto companies have seen record profits, including the last two years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the uaw workers. those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers. >> sandra: will this, to "the new york times" piece's point can't be a test of bidenomics and this president's policies? >> isn't it ironic? a good friend of mine has announced they have lost $6 billion relative to ev production. they just took a $9.2 billion grant from the government to build a battery plant in michigan as proof positive evidence that he's trying to do all he can to support the uaw.

so this bidenomics is a farce. if you look at almost every dimension of inflation today, sandra, it's because of some of the initiatives that have come out of this administration. so i think the damage that mary was talking about in $6 billion or $7 billion, that's a fraction of what's going to happen. it's not only the uaw workers. think about all the dealers and what they have to deal with now. back in '79, there wasn't as many options. if i want to buy a car, sure, i'd like to get one from the uaw, but i'll get a toyota, a bmw, something, a hyundai. if you miss that sale today, the average age of the installed base is over 12 years. you're not going to get past 12 years to purchase. the enthusiasm you are showing today on your show, the people on the strike, i'll tell you, 100 days from now, in subzero

weather, you're not going to see that same turnout. >> sandra: that's a big statement from you, bob. i appreciate you joining us on all of that. really unique perspective on it. this is a strike that obviously would immediately impact those local economies, but this is an impact that can be felt and seen throughout the country. thanks so much, bob. we will check back with you soon. >> thank you, sandra. >> sandra: now this. >> should hunter get a pardon, mr. president? >> john: president biden ignoring questions earlier this morning on whether he would pardon his son as hunter faces three felony charges and possibly more to come. the white house briefing just underway now. jake sullivan, the national security advisor, at the podium. hunter biden's lawyer says the case is not likely to hold up in court, and it'll be dismissed before it gets a trial. it all started five years ago, of course, when hunter bought a gun in delaware while struggling with drug addiction. a plea deal fell apart in july. the federal indictment found

yesterday. byron york joins us now. one argument a lot of people make, it seems to be low-hanging fruit, a very easy charge. he clearly, according to the prosecutor, put down a falsehood on that application to purchase a firearm. why did it take this long, almost down to the deadline of the statute of limitations running out, to file charges? >> i think every prosecutor who has been interviewed about this has said, this is a couple of weeks of investigation. why did it take five years? obviously it was a very politically charged investigation, and for much of that time, the justice department was investigating the president's son. the hunter biden legal team says that these charges are going to be dropped. they have a number of positions, they say, that won that deal that fell apart, that the justice department had made with hunter biden. the diversion agreement about the gun charge. they are going to say that still stands, and a deal is a deal, so

you can't charge us now, because you guys -- the justice department -- signed that. they are also going to try to argue that the whole thing is unconstitutional, that the second amendment allows hunter biden to be stoned out of his mind and buy a gun. finally, i think they are going to try some sort of factual argument and maybe say that hunter biden actually had not taken drugs on that day, the day he signed the form. so we'll see. also it's of arguments. they are throwing everything against the wall that they can over the hunter biden defense team. >> john: slicing the salami pretty thin at this point. we should point out, jake sullivan is previewing the president's attendance at the u.n. general assembly which begins next tuesday in new york. everybody of course is wondering, too, while this has no connection to the president -- or at least doesn't appear to -- what else is out there that does? abby lowell spoke to that last night. >> i can tell you that hunter

did not share his business with his dad. i can tell you that he did not share money from his businesses with his dad. as the evidence out there, his dad, like all good parents, tried to help hunter when he needed that help. >> john: we have seen denial after denial from the president that he knew anything or even spoke to his son about it. but republicans claim they have plenty of evidence to the contrary. >> they certainly have evidence that raises a lot of questions about where the money, the foreign money, that came to hunter biden through his influence-peddling operations, where that money actually ended up. that is one of the reasons they started an impeachment inquiry, to have more authority to try to gather that information. but, you know, james comer, the top investigator in the house, said yesterday that this gun charge is the only charge that doesn't have anything to do with joe biden. so, as far as republicans are concerned, trying to look into

joe biden's possible involvement in his sun's influence-peddling operation, it doesn't tell him anything. on the other hand, we do know that the justice department has soft-peddled and gone easy on hunter biden in this investigation. we had the testimony of the whistle-blowers that said the justice department tried to stop some parts of the tax investigation. we will see where this goes, but right now republicans in the house are not looking for the justice department to pressure hunter biden, to use this gun charge to pressure hunter biden to learn more about the finance charges. >> john: byron york, thank you. president biden's reelection may be in jeopardy as he deals with an impeachment inquiry. his son's indictment, the auto strike, and growing concerns of his age. some in his own party seemed to be turning on him as a candidate

of choice for the democrats in 2024. let's bring in ron desantis for more on all of this. great to see it. thanks for dropping by. >> it's a good to be here. >> john: this is a first for our program. we have not had you on before. it could be said this is president biden's no good, horrible, terrible, very bad week. this is something you try to avoid many of the chief executive of this country. your thoughts about when he is on this day? >> first you have him bubbling around, really struggling. it is clear his age is showing. that is a symbol of the country's decline and how we are struggling across economy, culture, military strength, and then you have the substance of his policies. john, i'm going around talking with voters across the country. i'll have a family in iowa tell me now they go out and check it out at the grocery store and it rings up so high, so quick, they have to take things out of their shopping cart. some people who want to buy a home, if they bought a similar

home, their monthly mortgage payment would be twice as much because of interest rates and the inflation we have seen. so this is really hurting working americans. bidenomics has not worked. at the end of the day, that's what you've got to deliver on. so my view is to reverse america's decline you have to reverse bidenomics. we need energy security and independence. we need to stop spinning so much money. let the economy perform better. that would bring inflation down and give people a chance to get ahead again. >> sandra: good to have you, governor. it is sandra here in new york. we are awaiting this briefing out of the white house and it is happening, as i believe john detailed earlier, during biden's no good, terrible, awful week. i talked to a voter in iowa on a panel when i was sitting in on "news room," he said his vote could still be swayed. he felt he was leaning towards you after voting for trump in

the past two election cycles. what are your plans to engage voters that might not be looking strongly at you right now? voters that might be leaning trump, that could be swayed in your direction? what is your strategy right now, knowing what is happening? >> you got to earn it, sandra. you've got to show up. we have done 55 of the 99 counties. of course we are going to get ready for this debate. they are going to be in california and in those early states. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, making the case to people, answering the questions, shaking their hands, doing what we need to do to be able to show that we will be the 47th president of the united states. most importantly, yes, win the election, but also get done what we now need to get done. and voters can trust me to do it because i've done in florida. most people that run for office over-promise and under-delivery. anything i promised to do, we have delivered on, and we have over-delivered on those promises.

we know the issues people care about. economy, border, crime, education, all those things. weaponization of government. the question is, who is best equipped to bring all of this in for a landing? i think you're right. we have a great organization in the early states. we are built for the long haul. that's how you win there. but a lot of voters haven't made a firm decision. they might be leaning one way or another. i think this is very fluid and i think someone has to go out and grab it, and that's what i'm going to do. nobody is entitled to be nominated. you have to show up in these early states and earn it, and that's what i'm going to do. >> john: in terms of leaning toward a candidate, governor, the latest fox news poll shows trump now with 60%. that's an increase. you are in second place with 13%, and on down the line, and in a new quinnipiac poll, trump has 62% support nationally. it was 57%. you've got 12%. it was 18%. these polls are after hurricane idalia, which highlighted your

leadership. the needle is not moving except for trump and in some cases it is moving in the wrong way. >> we are focusing our efforts on the early states. if it was a national primary, we would have a different strategy and applying our efforts differently. >> john: but he is leading substantially in the early states. >> he's not leading by those numbers. that, i can tell you. the fact they are sending them there, that shows. even liberal outlets are saying the governor is doing what you need to do for iowa. the former president is not, and there's a lot of concern. >> john: in iowa. >> we are going to do that. at the end of the day, it is very fluid. i think the fact that -- we had a summer where the cases were being brought, and i think that has helped him, because people look at our doj and fbi and they see the corruption, they see the weaponization. so i do think there has been some sympathy for that, and understandably so. we've got a long way to go, though, and i think the question is going to be, who is best equipped to bring this country

out of the malaise we are in? and who can do it for two terms? which i could do. he couldn't. and he was in a position to be an energetic executive to spit nails and take no prisoners? i think that's what it's going to take to be able to take this country back. >> sandra: governor, we are obviously watching this auto workers strike happening, and the border. these are live images in eagle pass, texas. our fox flight team is bringing us this drone footage of migrants crossing over as we speak. the numbers are staggering coming from there. as the white house is saying that this president has done more to secure the border than anybody else -- exact words -- that biden has done more to deal with immigration than anybody else. but this is the reality of the situation. running for president, what do you tell people you are going to do about this? how do you deal with it here at home? how do you stop the flow into this country from the original countries they are coming from? what is your big plan? how do you tell people you're going to tackle this day one?

>> what biden is saying is ludicrous. nobody believes that. we have done a lot in florida. we have helped transport illegal aliens to martha's vineyard. texas has done new york. that's had an impact because it has raised the issue. as president, i'm going to declare a national emergency on day one. that means i'm going to unlock resources, but the military on the border -- >> sandra: like what? in what numbers? what are you talking? will that look like? >> that will be an operational decision once we see what the facts on the ground are, but the important thing is we are going to change the policy so they can't come in the way they are with the bogus asylum claims. that's important. we are also going to have fortification to be able to interdict. they do cross illegally, we will send them back. we will build the border wall, because i have seen where texas has put up barriers. it made the difference. all across the border. but i'm willing to lean in on the mexican drug cartels, because they are killing tens of thousands of our fellow americans every year by bringing in fentanyl.

i was down there in arizona where they cut through part of the border wall. these are reinforced steel beams. cartels are cutting through, they are coming through with satchels of fentanyl. that is deadly for our society. so they are invading our country, killing our people. we have every right to use deadly force against them at the border. we will hold them accountable. and once you do that, you are going to see this situation change. they are doing it because they are getting away with it. they have more control over our border, the cartels do, then our own government does. biden won't even let the border patrol onto some parts of the border. he has been waiting in town so they can process people coming illegally. they have apps with people coming into legally can fill out forms before they even get to the border, and then they come in. so it is going to be a complete reversal. but my promise is this: i'm going to end this problem once and for all. because we have been talking about it for years and years and years. now is the time to bring it to a conclusion. >> john: let me press you a little bit, if i could,

governor, on the idea of using the military and what role they will have on the border. the military is currently on the border. they are there in a logistical and support role. how would you change that? >> you would have to change the rules of engagement. they are not allowed to do certain things. if you positively identify somebody that the cartel member, demonstrating hostile intent or committing a hostile act, you have the ability to engage them. and there will be a lot of tools that their disposal that you can use. go ahead. >> john: i was just going to say, there's a couple provisions under which you can do that. if there is a threat against the territory of the united states -- >> which there is. >> john: then the military can engage. drug interdiction has typically been a law enforcement issue. if you activate the national guard for federal, you run up against posse, taught -- he get skype located. >> i agree, but this is an invasion of our country it's killing tens of thousands.

we haven't seen anything like this with fentanyl. it is so much different than other drugs and narcotics. i have met probably dozens of angel moms around the country, mothers who have lost kids. >> john: we have had them in. >> you can have a kid who may think they are taking a xanax. not like it's the best decision in the world, but it shouldn't be fatal. if it laced with fentanyl, they are dying. that's just unacceptable. so we view it as more of an invasion. we will be willing to work with congress if we need to, but i think we have article two authority, and we will designate them as a transnational criminal organization, a foreign terror organization. there's different designations. we will do the one that gives us the best authority and makes the most sense in terms of holding them accountable. >> john: and go after china, too? >> with china sending the precursor chemicals, we are interested in interdicting the maritime shipments of the

precursor chemicals. >> sandra: real quick, before we go to the white house, governor, that debate is less than two weeks from now. give us the quick and dirty. what is your strategy? speak of the strategy is to articulate for the country why i should be president and how i will be able to reverse this country's decline. we are going to be at ronald reagan's library. this is this generation's time for choosing. we have to make the right choice because we are running out of time as a country. >> sandra: governor, we appreciate you joining us. >> john: thank you for coming by. we hope to see you again soon. let's go to the white house. jake sullivan taking questions now, after previewing the president's trip to the general simile next week. >> trying to destroy greener energy capabilities that are sustaining human life and the economy of ukraine. some actually believe that we have, over the course of the past several months, built a strong engagement and dialogue with the global south on what

ultimately this peace looks like. russia isn't particularly serious about that for the moment, so our perspective is to provide ukraine with the tools it needs to be in the best possible position on the battlefield so it can be the best possible on the negotiating table. we say this not just at podiums but our partners in the global south, nothing about ukraine without ukraine. nobody is going to negotiate ukraine's future without ukraine being the ones who are the judge of their own decisions, not us or anyone else, imposing outcomes upon them. i'm sorry, what was -- >> reporter: will president biden attend? >> we don't currently have plans for the president to be there. i can't rule it out, but at the moment i don't have any of those plans. >> reporter: you mentioned the global south and i think there's a lot of concern from the global south that ukraine is taking up

a lot of oxygen. how will the president balance the needs of the global south, particularly on debt reduction and climate change and so on? and also, just to follow up on your point about making the general assembly and the u.n. a more representative and democratic effective body, where are we in terms of the president's support for the security council? >> the president, in his u.n. general assembly speech last year, laid out his view that we need to establish both permanent and nonpermanent members to the u.n. security council, and that we need a wider geographic representation on the security council. he will reinforce and reiterate that commitment this year, as well. then, with respect to the question of how on the one hand we continue to support ukraine full-throatedly, and on the other hand make sure we are addressing the needs of the global south and developing countries, i would say two

things. first, this is connected, because of russia's brutal invasion of ukraine causing ripple effects that impact food security, energy security, and other forms of harm to countries around the world. ending this war on just terms, on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, would serve the benefit not just of the ukrainian people, but people everywhere. secondly, we have shown we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we have strongly supported ukraine at the same moment we have put forward ambitious proposals on world bank reform, that we have lead at the table on debt relief, that we have mobilized tens of billions of dollars for infrastructure means in developing countries, that we have announced new significant projects in every significant corner of the world that is meant to delivery for the needs of people in those countries, and we are going to these continue to do that. and the president's speech will reflect that, as well.

>> reporter: there was no agreement reached after the meetings in eastern russia. what is your evaluation of what we have seen? >> we are not going to take their word for that, or basically anything they say. we will see what actually ends up happening. our view has been, before the visit, and after the visit, that talks about the provision of weapons by north korea to russia to kill ukrainians have been advancing and continue to advance. i can't name a specific agreement for you today, but we take a look at that with a heavy grain of salt. >> reporter: in the meeting next week, will there be a moment to talk about the solution in israel? what is your evaluation of how much progress is made on the israeli side for a change in the sanctions and the aid, considering progress on the electoral side? i will rephrase my question. have you heard anything from

venezuela that brings you closer to the sanctions? >> i'm not going to handicap or characterize the progress. i will just say what our position is and what we have communicated to venezuelans and said publicly. we are prepared on a step-by-step basis to provide a sanctions relief to venezuela, as long as they are meeting milestones toward credible elections. and this has to be on the basis of reciprocity. they understand where we are on this, and time will tell whether, in fact, there is the possibility of moving forward along a road map that involves this kind of step-by-step set of actions on both sides. time will tell. >> reporter: and thank you. i have a question on china and north korea. the first question is, russia and china work together to neutralize all sanctions against north korea currently imposed by

the u.s. are you satisfied with the current role? at the meeting between president putin and the belarusian president yesterday -- >> sandra: you have been listening to jake sullivan at the white house addition announcing additional ukraine aid next week, we are being told, from the white house. but talking about biden's trip, as far as the details we specifically got on the zelenskyy meeting, he said zelenskyy will meet with congressional leaders from both parties while he is in washington. the take away, not a lot of pressing questions on the news of the moment. sometimes we see with these jake sullivan briefings that he doesn't just get national security questions. he gets beyond that. that is not the case. but this is the first briefing, john, to point out to our viewers. karine jean-pierre will take questions, at least to be expected. this is the first briefing since the hunter biden indictment was

issued. we have the ongoing uaw auto workers strike happening right now. we have migrants flowing over the border. there's a lot of reasons to listen to that briefing, and not a lot of questions on those issues right now. >> john: i would expect, too, that karine jean-pierre is going to get a lot of questions on the hunter biden indictments. three counts related to falsifying the application for the sale of the firearm, and i have got a hot dollar that says she is going to punt that to the white house counsel's office, because she does not like to take questions about the hunter biden issue. she will take questions about the impeachment inquiry, because that does involve the president directly. she may punt that to the white house general counsel's office, as well. i think she will be rivaling some nfl kickers today and this briefing. we will see. >> sandra: she took a question july 27th on whether or not the

president would consider pardoning his son. she firmly and directly answered no to that. this will be very interesting. we will listen for that and squeeze in a quick break, because we have this ongoing auto workers strike that could have a huge economic impact on the country, and larry kudlow just walked in the studio, john, and he is gearing up and ready to go on that for us. we will take a quick break and be right back. >> i'm proud to be the most pro-union president. >> unions are critical to the economy, especially as we transition to a clean-energy future, which we are in the process of doing. >> sandra: i lied. we are back. [laughter] breaking news continues here on the fox news channel. president biden championing himself as the most pro-union president in u.s. history. but a historic strike is happening, and it is putting that claim and his green pushed to the test. i'm sandra smith in new york, and i love live tv, john. >> john: it was a bit of a

break. it was three and a half seconds, you know. enough to take a breath. >> sandra: and took a sip of water. >> john: we start "america reports" hour two with the president's labor dilemma. he supports union jobs, while supporting a sw electric vehicl. autoworkers appear less than pleased with the president. >> president biden said he's the most prounion president in history. you just rolled her eyes. >> if he was, where is he now? why are we out here? he hasn't done anything. we the people are doing it. >> sandra: and the union is still holding out on endorsing the president. in 2024, as the future at their jobs remain on the line. not to mention the american economy. larry kudlow is standing by on the political and economic impact of all of this. >> john: but first, to our mark meredith. he's live in washington. mark, you asked that question of the press secretary, whether or not the president would pardon

his son. it was a definitive no. but we are on to a different story at this moment. go ahead. >> absolutely. plenty of news to get to you. president biden offered his first reaction to this uaw strike. he said he understands where workers are coming from and he appeared to strongly defend their demands for increased pay and better benefits. >> no one wants a strike, but i respect the workers' right to use collective bargaining. we need labor agreements for the future since we are working on an economy for the future. it is my hope the parties can return to the negotiating table and move forward to a win-win agreement. >> not every workers off the job. about 13,000 are not there right now. it's a faction of the 146,000 workers in the union. they have a bunch of different demands, among them a 36% pay increase, less reliance on temporary workers. they want more full-time workers, shorter work weeks, better retirement benefits, and stronger protections in the electrical vehicle era, which many believe tus