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 the industry is

heading towards. the strikes are contacting three big automakers. floyd, the parent company of chrysler, stellantis, and general motors. the ceo says her company is making significant concessions to meet demands, but no detail agreement can be reached, at least not yet. >> we have a historic offer on the table. 26% gross wage increases over the life of the contract. i think we have a historic offer on the table, and it's a very serious offer, and i believe if our people really understand the details of it, they're going to support it. >> the white house says it's been monitoring this for weeks if not months, now sending high-profile officials to michigan to support the parties and try to find a compromise. and in washington, the political reaction, progressive lawmakers saying they are on board with this strike, the former president trump said in an interview that he believes this could make auto companies move more jobs overseas, especially the electrical vehicle production come over to china. john? >> john: when you listen to those autoworkers, union joe

needs to get on the stick and get something done. mark meredith, thank you. sandra? >> sandra: larry kudlow, as promised, is here, host of "kudlow" on fox business. people want to know what you think about this. you have autoworkers striking, huge implications if they don't come to the table and if something doesn't get done here. the president spoke earlier. seemed pretty -- i don't know. i don't know how you'd characterize it. >> he's attacking the car companies for making more money. pay typical joe biden anticapitalist stuff. but i would say this, the autoworkers have a lot to yelp about. i'm very sympathetic to their cause. they might be asking too much, but they are suffering from bidenflation. wages have been falling for two and half years. that's an important point. they have given up -- remember, if you go back to the crisis of 2008-2010, the obama administration orchestrated a

deal with the big three carmakers for a lot of money. not ford, by the way, but gm and chrysler, now stellantis. they had that deal with no cost-of-living adjustment. let me repeat that. they gave up that as part of that deal. for ten or 12 years there wasn't any inflation. >> sandra: different world. >> we have had big inflation, and therefore they have a case to be made. right now one of the issues that didn't come up, whether to restore the cost-of-living adjustment. that's point number one. >> sandra: you said u.s. and pathetic, but you think they are asking too much? >> i don't know all there is to know about these numbers. >> sandra: let me throw out some things here in terms of higher pay. the union is seeking more than 40% in real pay raise for rank-and-file members over a 4-u period of time.

>> that over four years. >> sandra: they currently earn $32.30 an hour, part-timers currently make $70 an hour. full-time employees at stellantis and $31.77 an hour, part-time workers close to $16 an hour. they are pushing to make all temporary workers permanent. the cost-of-living adjustments, you mentioned. increases in pension benefits for current retirees and restoring pensions for new hires among other -- >> that's my second point. beside the cost-of-living adjustment and fighting bidenflation, the other thing is, joe biden has heaped enormous subsidies through this silly inflation reduction act for electric vehicles. that is a big part of this story. electric vehicles require roughly 40% fewer hours worked then gas powered vehicles. now, this uaw knows, their analysts are telling them what many of us now, that they are going to be having huge job

losses when the gas-powered car is eliminated in the next ten years. the autoworkers, 150,000 workers, overall, there is roughly a million workers involved in cars, union and nonunion and associated costs, and so forth. dealerships. the estimates are 400,000 to 500,000 jobs could be lost in the car industry because of electric vehicles. look, i'm not opposed to electric vehicles, per se. i am opposed to these massive subsidies and i am opposed to the abolition of the internal combustion engine. people should have a choice, and donald trump is putting out white papers saying he would end these miles per gallon regulations and he would stop the mandates for evs and allow people to buy gas-powered cars. that is music to their ears, and

they have a point, sandra. >> sandra: the highlights with his headline, biden's green push, pushing these auto companies to invest in states without unions. and the auto industry, this has translated into a surge of investment in the south. brookings metro concluded that the south has attracted 55% of the total private investment in evs and batteries under biden. this southern ev boom has caused a shift in the auto industry center of gravity. the former head of chrysler said this on this program earlier. listen here. >> when i listened 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? this is the same president that is mandating ev, which is going to eliminate union jobs. >> sandra: fair point. >> it is a good friend don't act on that point is an

old friend. i have to be in favor of the right to work and union. i think the workers should choose. if you want to pay dues are not, you should be able to choose. more states then united states. what i find so troublesome here, having said that, is this biden government mandate that you must end gas-powered cars. this is the nonsense -- a nobel prize winner is saying this, that there is no climate emergency. you could transition into a greener economy over 50 years, or 75 years, and that is the kind of planning that biden has ignored for ideological bernie sanders/aoc-type reasons from day one. the point is, stop these crazy mandates. let consumers choose.

the uaw has to fight it out. i don't agree with everything they are saying, either. but between inflation and ev mandates, they have a point. you know it? you could lose 150,000 jobs. if they strike, for a full quarter, if they strike all three companies for a full quarter, you lose about two percentage adp and you throw the economy into recession. that's a risk. i don't know if they'll do that. >> sandra: our thoughts are with all this community strictly affected by this. the ford ceo was talking about how this could be devastating for every location where these plans exist. the restaurants, the gas stations, everything. the immediate impact. >> that's exactly right. the diners. by the way, some very good work by my pal john at breitbart. in michigan they have among the highest inflation rates in the country. the national rate is 3.7% year on year. it's come down, although the cpi

is 17% two and half years ago. in michigan, the changes close than 6%. so they are still experiencing it, and you have gas prices going up now, electricity prices. >> sandra: everything. >> so i'm saying, these workers have a point and we should consider that point. and the biden policies are out of balance. >> sandra: we can always count on you for thinking it through for us. thank you very much. we will see you at 4:00 on fbn. thank you. john? >> john: karine jean-pierre has finished housekeeping and she's talking about the uaw strike. >> president biden: let me start by >> no one wants a strike. the president respects workers rights to use their options under the collective bargaining system and understands her frustration. the president believes the uaw, the big three contract must lead to a brighter auto future made

in america that promotes good, strong, middle-class jobs a worker can raise a family on, and the uaw remains at the heart of our economy. so the president appreciates that the parties have been coming together and working 24/7 and that companies have made significant offers, but he believes they must go further to ensure that record corporate profits mean a record contract for the uaw. the negotiating parties at continuing their work, that's what we've heard from them. the uaw has made clear their desire to continue negotiations on saturday morning. that is tomorrow, as you will know. as the president mentioned, to your question about the acting secretary and gene sperling, as you know, they've been active in this firm early on, the early days of the negotiating process. they have made themselves available for conversations, so we've mentioned that multiple times.

gene sperling has played a coordinator rule from the white house. one last thing, negotiations are up to parties to work out. that is why there is a collective bargaining system. they are not going to intervene or mediate, they are here to help in any way that is needed. again, we have engaged with these parties almost from the beginning, and we want to make sure that we continue to be clear that we are here. the president's team stands to assist, but certainly we are glad to hear that tomorrow they are going to continue to have the conversation. >> reporter: so we shouldn't be seeing this as a reflection of the president being overly concerned about situation? just, they've been involved? >> secretary psaki: we have said before, we've talked about his engagement and how he's reached out. we have been engaging with them

for some time now. so this is something that we are going to leave to the parties to continue to have these negotiations, to continue to have these conversations, and i think it's important to do that. this is part of the collective bargaining system. this is what we believe has worked. we have seen it work in the past and will continue all the parties to continue to have this conversation. >> reporter: will the president pardon or commute his son if he is convicted? >> i've aske answer this questin before and i was very clear, and i said no. go ahead. >> the president said record profits should mean record contracts for the uaw. does that mean he supports the raise of these contracts? >> i'm not going to get into the specifics pay the president said he believes in fair wages and benefits workers. that's nothing new. he believes in making sure workers are able to raise their

family, to be able to have what they need, to do that in a way that is very fair. so that's nothing new. the president has said that. we are going to continue to say is the president will urge the parties back to the table to hammer out a win-win agreement. that's what the president wants to see. we appreciate the parties continuing to do that on a 24/7 basis, and the president believes the companies must go further, as you just mentioned, so that record profits mean a record contract. it is as simple as that. i'm not going to get into the specifics. the president made himself very clear. we have been clear, he respects workers' rights to use their options for collective bargaining. that's what we are seeing. the collective bargaining system works. we have seen that happen multiple times in the last two years under this president. he certainly understands their frustration but he's going to encourage that conversation, continue to negotiate.

>> reporter: can you tell us of the president has talked to his son since the charges came yesterday? >> sec. jean-pierre: there is nothing new here. i'm not going to get into private conversations the president has with his family. i'm just not going to speak wito it. i'm just not going to get into private conversations the president has with his family. >> reporter: do you expect the strike two dudes to the u.s. economy? >> sec. jean-pierre: are not going to get into the hypotheticals. we are going to continue to monitor. that is something we do here, to see what is going to be happening here, and closely monitoring the situation. but no decision has been made on any path forward. so, again, we are going to monitor and encourage and we are actually happy to see that the negotiation is continuing to happen, continuing to occur. as the uaw stated, they're getting back together tomorrow morning, so the president wants

to see that collective bargaining happening at this level, at this time. >> reporter: are they hoping for a quick agreement? >> sec. jean-pierre: as i mentioned, the acting secretary of labor and gene sperling who has played coordinator throughout this process is going to do what they've been doing, engaging, offering assistance if they need it, and so we are going to continue to stay engaged and continue to monitor. this is nothing new. they have been engaging for some time now. but of course this is up to the parties to come up with a win-win agreement so that we can move forward. >> reporter: of the president's remarks were seen as an endorsement to the worker's position. previously the white house had avoided taking sides, encouraging both parties to stay the table. what changed? >> sec. jean-pierre: i don't think anything has changed. the president has always been a

prounion president. some say he is seen as the most prounion president we have had thus far. the president respects workers' rights. he does. he respects the rights to collective bargaining. we believe it is something that is important that they have the right to choose and use, and he understands the frustration. he believes that workers should be able to ask and to get a fair pay and benefits. that is nothing new. that is nothing new. we've heard directly from this president, the negotiating parties are continuing to work. that is what is really important here, and they have made clear that they are going to continue these conversations on saturday morning and that is what we are going to see. we are offering -- senior advisor gene sperling and the acting labor secretary, they're going to go to detroit, but ultimately these negotiations are up to the parties to work out, and we understand that. but we are offering any assistance we can provide.

>> reporter: you said negotiations up to the parties to work out, and the president is saying the companies have not gone far enough. >> sec. jean-pierre: i don't think so. the president respects workers' rights. there is a collective bargaining system happening, and he understands the frustrations of the workers. absolutely. again, this is nothing new. we have said, they should be able to ask and receive fair pay and fair wages. i'm sorry, sir benefits. that's what we want to see. those conversations and negotiations are continuing to move forward. we appreciate what they been doing for the past 24/7, the past 24-hour period of time, and we want to continue to see them work this out, and that's what they're doing. >> reporter: can you speak to some of these difficulties for the president can act he obviously supports electric vehicles in the deponent of that. he clearly supports labor, as you have discussed.

and michigan is important, and that of course is a big part of where the big three reside. so these sort of different points of pressure on the president, when he's trying to send a message that really has different audiences here, and they are at odds in some ways when talking about management of labor. can you speak to the sort of unique set of circumstances h here? >> sec. jean-pierre: there always unique set of circumstances. when we talk about collective bargaining with unions, we saw that with ups and teamsters and with the west coast ports. there are always interesting circumstances that lie in front of us that need to be worked out. again, the president has been very clear, this is why we believe collective bargaining is important here. this is why we appreciate all the sides staying at the table and continuing to have this conversation. because what the president that's what i have just said, we think they can hammer out a win-win agreement. we think that can happen.

so i don't think there is anything unique about this. we have seen this before. but we continue to encourage to move forward in a way where they are at the table, hammering this out, doing it in good faith, and they come forward, end in a place where it's a win-win agreement for everyone. so that's of the president is going to continue to do. again, we have seen it with the west coast come with the teamsters and ups, with the railroads. we have seen it before. all of them are interesting circumstances. the president is going to continue to speak for workers' rights, and also continue to say, let's continue to have this conversation. collective bargaining is really important. >> reporter: you have talked about passed out the president has done to president fain and the big three leaders. and gene sperling's involvement.

now that the strike is underway, can you clarify, do you anticipate the president reaching out personally again to the uaw? >> sec. jean-pierre: i don't have anything to read out at this time. you heard directly from the president, how he wants to see a win-win agreement for folks to continue to stay at the table. i just don't have anything to read out as far as a call or a conversation the president has had. >> reporter: can you confirm the report that the biden administration is considering options to provide aid to auto suppliers impacted by the strike, including potentially labor department grants and small business loans? >> sec. jean-pierre: we are monitoring the situation. i don't have any announcements or decisions to make or anything to confirm at this time. >> reporter: thanks, karine. as the white house planning to have a news conference next week with president zelenskyy? >> sec. jean-pierre: you heard the national security advisor just announced a visit from president zelenskyy. we will hammer out wit that day

looks like and with the logistics are going to be. i don't have anything at this time. >> reporter: the president is reportedly going to have a democracy speech in the next couple of weeks. what can you tell us about that? what is the message he hopes to deliver, and why now? >> sec. jean-pierre: are not going to get ahead of any announcement of a presidential speech. once we have something to announce, certainly we will share it. i'm just not going to get ahead of it at this time. >> reporter: could you clarify the timing? to the president asked them after the -- what does the help they provided look like? then i have a covid question. it >> sec. jean-pierre: we have been engaged with the parties on a regular basis. i mentioned this multiple times over the past several weeks, probably even more, in the last couple of months. we are making it clear, if it is helpful, the president's team

continues to stand ready to assist. that is what the president was laying out, in having the acting secretary julie su and his senior advisor, gene sperling, going out to detroit. but they have been regularly engaging for some time now. this is a continuing engagement that we have seen, and i'm not going to get on every point of what's been discussed, what has been put forth in front of everybody. this is a conversation that has been happening amongst the folks that are at the table negotiating, but i'm not going to get into specifics from here. >> reporter: the president asked them to go to detroit after the deadline? >> sec. jean-pierre: i don't have a timeline, but what i can say is they have been engaged for some time now, both gene sperling and julie su, at the direction of the president for some time. so this is a continuation of that engagement. again, the president is urging parties to continue to have

those conversations, to stay at the table, and he appreciates what they have been doing for 24/7. we are going to see, as the uaw has made clear, their desire to continue those negotiations with the companies, and we are going to see that set tomorrow morning. >> reporter: and on covid, what is the white house's reaction to governor desantis advising against covid boosters for people younger than 65? is the white house concerned about this, especially considering snowbirds are heading down to florida soon? also, will the president get boosted? >> sec. jean-pierre: i have answered the question already, the president is going to get the updated booster. that is something he is planning to do. i've answered that question a couple of days ago. the fact is, we know these vaccinations against covid-19 remain effective. they do. they protect people from going to the hospital, avoiding the

hospital, long-term health challenges, and death. as we head to the fall and winter season, this is the best way to protect yourself from covid. and let me add, this has been thoroughly reviewed by scientists, by the experts, leading public health agencies. they are safe and effective. this is a message we will continue to push, and we know, since this administration's launch of the largest vaccination program in our nation's history covid-19 vaccines, those vaccines have saved millions of lives. that is something that we know. when you look at the vaccines, these new boosters, this is something public experts have approved, and that's important. as we go into the fall and winter months, it's important that the american public is safe, that they get updated on these vaccines, there's the flu

vaccine, rsv, so we will encourage americans to do everything they can to protect themselves as we get into the winter. >> reporter: i'm going to ask about the strike, if i could. is this contract impasse in the strike partly due to the president's forced position on electric vehicles? >> sec. jean-pierre: we don't believe that to be. you've heard us say this. jared was just here the other day. he talked about the president's policies as it relates to the future of the auto industry and how it's going to rebuild america, making sure we are making things in america, by american workers. that's been the president's focus. ev sales increased from the same time last year, and ev prices are down 20% year-over-year,

being driven in part by inflation reduction act credits. thanks to the president and congressional democrats, sales are going up and costs are coming down, and that's what we are seeing. >> ford says it's going to lose billions on evs. >> sec. jean-pierre: how important it is, how sales are indeed going up, that is ford. sales are going up while costs are going down. it's important to bring manufacturing jobs here, making sure we are building in america and dealing with the climate crisis. this is what the president's focus is on, making sure we have rebuilt an industry back in america as well as bringing jobs back here, too. again, sales are going up and costs are going down. >> reporter: the u.s. chamber of commerce president released a statement, that the strengths of the national result of the biden

administration's whole of government approach to promoting unionization at all costs, and for workers not in a union, the costs are stacking up. i want to get a reaction. >> sec. jean-pierre: the president believes collective bargaining works, and we have seen that. it is important that workers are able to have benefits and wages so they can raise their family. that is with the president has always talked about, whether it is his economic plan or, in this instance, as we talk about unions and making sure that workers come together with the companies and have these businesses and these hopefully win-win agreements. it's important that workers' rights, that they have their rights and they are able to ask for fair pay and fair wages. that's what we will continue to say. we believe the collective bargaining system works and we have seen that happen, and it is important that we move forward in that direction. >> reporter: it will the president get the shot on camera like we have seen a deal with

his previous vaccinations? >> sec. jean-pierre: i don't have anything to share about how that's going to look, if it's going to be in front of a camera or not. what i can say for sure is that the president is going to get the updated booster. i just don't have anything to announce at this time. >> reporter: they said there will be free vaccines this round for americans through the bridge program, but there are certainly concerns amongst experts about the rollout over the next couple of weeks having disparities for people who have insurance, getting it at pharmacies, where the sites that people without insurance would go. we are seeing that there is availability at vaccines.gov. what are we doing to make sure there isn't a difference for people who don't have insurance, where they can get it and how quickly they can d get it versus those who don't have insurance? >> sec. jean-pierre: from the beginning of our program we have made sure we do micro-targeting, making sure we don't leave communities behind.

that has been credibly important, in order to fight the pandemic and fight covid. you have to make sure that all communities are certainly getting this vaccine. so that's not going to change in this regard. hhs has a number of initiatives underway, including community stakeholders and digital outreach. that's going to continue. let's not forget the physicians and health care providers. they will play a critical role, as they have in other campaigns we have had around these covid vaccines, as they've been announced. hhs is going to make sure that we are continuing to be public-facing, having events with administrators. we will do that. we will have more to announce on that. this is a priority for this administration. we want to make sure that people are aware of how to get these vaccines and that, again, all communities are able to have access to this. this is something that we have done throughout the past two years of this administration as we have tried to move forward

with our vaccination program. we are going to do everything i can come as i mentioned. hhs has a few initiatives underway. we are going to make sure that we do continue to do what we have done before. the experts on the ground, physicians on the ground, to get the information out there. but we are going to do everything we can, as we have done with every other campaign around the vaccination program, to make sure that all communities have access to this. i >> reporter: you have seen the public polling about people concerned about age. how does the president plan to convince the american people over the next year that 80 is not too old for someone running for reelection? >> sec. jean-pierre: 80 is the new 40, didn't you hear? [laughter] look, i get asked this question about once a week, maybe twice a week, i don't know. i've lost track. this is a president, if you think about it -- in 2019, he

got the same criticism. in 2020, he got the same criticism. in 2022, he got the same criticism. every time, he beats the naysayers. every time he does above and beyond and make history in doing that, that others are not able to do. and i think that's really important, too. when you look at his record and how he's been able to bring both sides together to get some really important things done, that matters. if you think about what the president and the vice president were able to do in 2020, 80 million votes. more than any other ticket in history. in history, and they did that in 2020. you know, i get the question on age. certainly. we all do. but we are going to continue to talk about the record this president has had. it has been a historic record. it is something that is going to change the lives of americans. when he thing about his economic policy, the infrastructure plan,

whether it's ev, fighting the climate crisis, lowering drug costs -- because now medicare is able to cite big pharma. all of these things are things this president has been trying to do for years and years, and no one has been able to do that. we are going to continue to focus on how to do big things and build on the successes this president has had in the last two years. >> reporter: given everything you just listed, why do you think so many americans still say they have a concern about someone in their 80s being president? >> sec. jean-pierre: i can't speak to every american out there, and their concerns. what i can speak to is what this president has done. i can speak to and his experience in the record he's had. when it comes to americans, but they are saying about your particular question, that is for them to speak to. i can stay on our message, the platform we are trying to push

forward, and that is delivering for the american people. we believe we are doing that. you just heard the president talk about bidenomics and how it's building a middle class from the bottom up and the middle out. and because of the economic policies we have seen, we have seen historic growth. 3.5 million jobs, unemployment under 4%. all these things matter and making sure that inflation is being moderated. that is what we have seen. so all of these things are important. i get the question, but what we are going to focus on is how we continue to build on this president's record. thanks, everybody. have a great weekend. i'll see some of you in new new york. >> john: all right. there is karine jean-pierre walking out of the room without calling on our jacqui heinrich. that happens on occasion, though ed lawrence did get a question in there. again, saying the president

would not pardon his son, but not acknowledging whether or not the president has spoken to hunter since those indictments came down. >> sandra: rolling the tape, we just heard this from karine jean-pierre. she doubled down on her words from july 27th. listen. speak over the president pardon or commute his son if he is convicted? >> i've answered this question before. it was asked of me not too long ago, a couple weeks ago. i was very clear, and i said no. >> sandra: so no walking back of that, john. >> john: yeah, not at this point, that we will see what might come in the future. i think that question is probably open to potential change, depending on what happens, should this ever go to court. and whether or not hunter is convicted. we will keep following that. i want to get to b ben domenech now. we heard so many things, including about the auto workers strike. you are saying that this has

been a hot summer of labor and that this all goes back to the problems that this administers and has had with upwards inflationary pressures. >> a hot labor summer, indeed, and a summary of strikes. we have seen it in a number of different areas of industry. some of them have been avoided. this obviously was not. karine jean-pierre said something near the end where she talks about how bidenomics -- his historic approach to things. the white house like this view of jill biden as this history-based riding figure she said that it's changing the lives of and that americans are speaking to it themselves. and they are speaking to themselves, by striking, because of the fact that this inflationary pressure, along with this administration's completely religious devotion to shifting to electric vehicles and away from the internal combustion engine, it has driven the auto industry now into this

position where, frankly, your dollar as a worker doesn't go as far as it used to. that's true across every industry in america. it is one this it administration has only made worse to the activity. when we look back on it, bidenomics is going to be viewed as the joke that it is, that most americans have been living through over the last two years. >> john: the reason we brought you on is that randi weingarten has said something that's gotten the attention of the nation again. she was on a podcast with seth harris in which she likened to the parental rights and school choice movement to segregationists. listen to what she said here. >> those same words that you heard, in terms of wanting segregation post brown versus the board of education, those are words y you here today. choice, parental rights, and attempt to divide parents versus

teachers. at that point it was white parents versus other parents. but it's the same kind of words. stealing when it comes to the school choice, some of the most successful charter schools in this country are in harlem, new york city, and are at least 90% black in their student enrollment. >> absolutely. once again, randi weingarten, every time she speaks i feel like it is an in-kind donation to the school choice movement across the country and in some cases to the republican party. we should understand about this context is she is trying to take something and turn it on its head. she understands the ramifications of public education in america and the failing public school experience for so many americans but particularly for children in urban environments, it has hit hardest among minority communities across the land. those same communities, and their parents, are now demanding the freedom to be able to get

their children out of this debacle that they have been trapped in in these government schools. her reaction to that is to turn things around and try to flip the script, to basically accuse the other side of doing what they are doing. they are the ones trapping people in this segregationist sort of experience of not being able to send their children to the schools that they deserve to have an opportunity to go to, where the quality of education is much better. frankly, the idea that we should fund students instead of systems is, i think, fundamental right now to achieving the kind of educational advancement that we need to achieve in the wake of the horrible decisions that were made during covid. >> john: you have been channeling south carolina and senator tim scott, because here's what he said. "i am so sick and tired of liberals, also are also many of them happen to be white, crying racism every time they lose an argument. i can't think of anything more actually racist then trapping poor black kids in failing schools in these big blue cities dominated by a super majority of radical progressives who are running the cities and

destroying the schools." that was a way out for many of these kids who were trapped in a failing system, and so many of them have flourished. >> tim scott is from the same neighborhood i grew up in in south carolina, and the reason my parents made the decision at the time -- not exactly a popular thing at the time -- to homeschool us as children during our time there, it was because of the failing schools in the neighborhood. that's the kind of experience so many parents across the country have had to go through in recent years. they want to escape these systems, and we need to get to a point where all the children are able to do that, regardless of race. the idea that the left would be able to seize hold of this weapon once again to try to pretend like they are the crusaders in this respect is absolutely laughable. >> john: just because you can hold a weapon doesn't mean you know how to use it. [laughter] >> absolutely. >> john: sometimes you end up shooting yourself. then, thank you

>> good to be with you. >> john: some other piece of business that i think are worthy of note. >> sandra: and crescents by the president's age. this after a fox news poll neck revealed that 61% say biden doesn't have the mental soundness needed for the job that he currently holds, showing that there is growing concern about his mental ability to hold office, john. she was asked yet again, karine jean-pierre, about the concerns over his age. listen. >> why do you think so many americans still say they have concerns about someone in their 80s being president? >> sec. jean-pierre: i can't speak to every american out there on their concerns. what i can speak to is what this president has done. i can speak to his experience, to the wisdom that he has, to his record. >> sandra: it's not just some americans. according to the latest polling, and not just fox news polling shows this, it's a majority of americans concerned about the president's age and mental ability to carry out the job. >> john: she said 80 is the new 40.

not a lot of people laughed at that. but for some people, 80 is also the new 95. it is not a number. it is where you are in the aging process. there are some people who are in their early 90s who are as spry as some people in their 60s would be, and some people in their 60s who functionally are like somebody who is well into their 80s. so, for the american voters, it is where they believe president biden falls on that scale. not the particular number, but the mental acuity. >> sandra: and it's a growing number of democrats, we pointed out, showing those same concerns. meanwhile, there is growing research around a so-called boy crisis. a lot of people talking about this. a new wall street journal op-ed argues that schools are a hostile environment for boys. are we failing them as young as

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invectives games, benjamin, really are the most incredible thing. >> they really are. i mean, the people i've met over the last few days, 550 from around the world, 59 americans amongst them, they have gone to the very bottom. they have been entered serving the country and they have picked themselves up and come to the very top of the olympics-style event. i was able to get medals to some of the athletes and i was asked to do so by the independence fund, a charity that helps wounded warriors. this is what i've seen over h here. we've been speaking to them over the last week and they are inspirational. take a listen to the people we have spoken to. >> one of the big things in victor's gift to the competitors here is the pride of representing the country again. many of them felt that had been taken away. >> we had that scripture must us due to injury. for me to be able to compete at a high level again for my country, it is an extreme honor. to meet all these other veterans here, as well. everything they've gone through, you look at somebody, you don't

know their story but you know they have gone through it. >> among them is also justin james, one of the guys who was alongside me during my own recovery after he had lost his leg, as well. >> i remember going to her hospital room to say, "hey, how are you doing?" since then we've had a good time watching each other grow and progress through our recovery process. obviously i'm not the same, having a missing limb, that having things to help me adapt it to do those sports, i feel like i was before i had the injury. >> of course this is inspirational to everybody who's watching, but of course it is personal and inspirational to me, as well. i've been to the hospital with some of these people, and i think the message they would want to send is that anyone can do it. no matter how hard you are going through things, pick yourself up, set yourself a target, and you can go and do it. we have seen that this week. >> john: benji, your recovery is nothing short of remarkable.

the positive attitude you had is something to behold. thank you for bringing us that. we appreciate it. >> thanks, john. >> john: sandra? >> sandra: thanks so much to benjamin hall for that. nice to see him. meanwhile, a new "wall street journal" op-ed is raising questions about classrooms failing america's youngest children. the headline argues that school is a hostile environment for boys, and it reads, "teaching methods are better suited for girls who have gotten better grades for a century." the author of that op-ed joins us now. thank you for being here. it is a fascinating read, one that we found generated a lot of conversation even amongst our own team. my sister is a schoolteacher. she seemed to even have some thinking on it. why are you compelled to write a piece about schools in america being hostile to our youngest boy's? >> because little boys can't learn the same way little girls

learn at a very young age. we are over-diagnosing little boys with behavioral problems, and adhd, and a lot of that has to do with forcing them into situations that are not good for them, meaning, little boys have a lot of testosterone between the ages of 3-6, which means they need to run around a lot. between learning, they need to have a lot of physical activity, and we are making them sit in circle time and restraining them in a way that is causing them to feel a great deal of stress and very high levels of cortisol, which makes them seem to distractible. then they are diagnosed as being problems in the classroom. we are really failing little boys. it's not that there is something wrong with them. there is something wrong with the way we teach them. >> sandra: very interesting. your piece reads that, since preschool, children are required to sit a long amount of time. you said that is a natural for boys who have far more testosterone than girls.

you write about societal changes and what you referred to as the feminizing of boys, and the low self-esteem that comes as a result of that. what do you mean? >> well, if little boys can't hold their bodies together, and it is unnatural for them, they end up getting into trouble and being called out by the teachers as being problems. that impacts how they feel about themselves. eventually it impacts how they feel about learning. it impacts their self-esteem. >> sandra: you say that boys would eventually feel ashamed or maybe feel like failures because of their inability to adapt to feminine teaching methods. really interesting stuff. meanwhile, there is a growing conversation along the same lines about fatherlessness in america and these kids going to school in some cases having never seen their father, or very seldomly seeing their father. one of the g.o.p. candidates is taking this on on the campaign trail. vivek ramaswamy said this.

i want to get your reaction. >> part of the problem is we also have the federal government that pays more to single women not to have a man in the house then to have a man in the house, contributing to an epidemic of fatherlessness. i think that goes hand in glove with the education crisis, as well, because education starts with the family and the nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind. >> sandra: also tying this into it, this is "the new york times" writing about this. single-parent homes, and how this is a discussion that is necessary but not often being had. the one privilege liberals ignore it, reads "the new york times," just as you can't have a serious conversation about poverty without discussing race, you also can't engage unless you consider single parent households. where do you follow on this conversation? >> when fathers aren't in the home, little boys don't learn to control aggression. so mothers regulate emotions like sadness, distress, and fear. fathers regulate aggression and anger. when little boys don't have fathers, they tend to be more

aggressive in the classroom, outside the home, in the home. so, yeah, it is a problem. >> sandra: you are a psychoanalyst, you are writing about this. you obviously feel compelled to do so. before i let you go, are we talking about solutions? can we come back from this? >> we can, and we can learn from environment where they do it right. little boys in all-boy environments have 3-4 recess periods per day. >> sandra: private schools in this country. >> whereas coed environments have one recess period per day. so people that educate little boys know that you can teach little boys for short periods of time and then they have to have time for physical exercise, and then they can come back to learning. so, yes, there is hope, and we can do it better. >> sandra: very interesting stuff. i appreciate you joining us on that. it's a conversation apparently a lot of folks are having around the country. thank you. >> thank you for having.

>> you have him bumbling around, really struggling. it is clear his age is showing. that's kind of a symbol, i think, of the country's decline, how we are struggling across economy, culture, military strength. >> john: florida governor and g.o.p. presidential candidate ron desantis on this program last hour, addressing president biden's age and fitness. the question is bugging the president and his reelection campaign. more media and democratic pundits raising the question that he might not be up for the job. the first primary contest just a few months away now. is there time for democrats to replace him connect let's bring in juan williams, and katie pavlich, townhall.com editor and fox news contributor. juan, let's start with you. is there time, and should he be replaced? >> i think there is time, if that's the issue. the problem is one of political -- would you replace him with? >> john: gavin newsom.

>> the person who is at the top of the lease would be the vice president, kamala harris. if he said no, i don't want kamala harris, then you say gavin newsom and gretchen whitmer, and can they build a structure in time? you just alienated a lot of the base, the black female base that is locked into harris, so now you're splitting the the democratic party. >> john: damon ignatius, who is a big fan of this president, said this earlier this week. "i don't think they should run for reelection. it's painful to say that, given my admiration for much of what they've accomplished. but if he and harris campaigned together in 2024, i think biden risks and doing his greatest achievement, stopping trump." the biden campaign hopes he's the nominee because they think they can beat him. ignatius doesn't think that can happen. >> they originally thought they could beat him, but that is not something that was ever necessarily factual and true. we are seeing pulling our president trump is beating

joe biden, and biden is losing to almost every republican running in the g.o.p. primary. let's be clear. this is not about joe biden's age, per se. it's about his ability, but the most important thing is he is losing to republicans and democrats are worried about it. does that change the way the dnc has set up the structure for them to run again? probably not. they put a lot of effort into ballot access and getting things ready. they have been clear by keeping rfk junior out of the primary, because they don't want to debate, that they don't want to primary for joe biden. they want him to go through with us. in terms of what president biden might want to do, things will change for him, too. in july we weren't looking at him needing a pardon for his son. if you read a drop out of the rates are not run for a second term, if more charges come down on other things that might implicate other members of the biden family, that power is n nw

gone. >> john: karine jean-pierre was asked that question again today, if the president would pardon his son. another emphatic no from her. but if you are the president -- and this is hypothetical, obviously -- but if his son goes to trial and he is convicted, is biden going to allow his last surviving child to go to jail? or is he going to throw himself, metaphorically, into the volcano and kill his political career but save his son from prison? >> i don't know that he would have to kill his political career. i think most americans would view that son as a drug addict and a troubled person, and a father looking out for his son is not exactly a political liability. a lot of this that we are talking about, the age issue, we are talking about his age and not his record and i think a lot of that is republicans who say, you know what? this is a great distraction for a likely candidate who is facing forfour indictments. >> they also need to be careful on the age issue. elderly voters get out to the polls.

it's not about the age number, it's about the ability, because president trump is 77 and people think he is more capable of doing the job. >> john: that is exactly the point we may just a few minutes ago. katie, juan, thank you. sandra? >> sandra: thank you, john. before we go, there is a shift happening in workplace culture, apparently, and we wanted to get to the bottom of it. our post office happy i was dead? out to investigate live in new york city as we approach happy hour. madison, what are you seeing? >> yes, i'm on the case here. we are seeing to kill things. one, people want to separate their work and personal life. the second is people are anxious to get home sooner. they don't want to stay out at the happy hour. no one knows better than the owner of this bar. you said, pre-pandemic come if you would come from like 5:00 t. >> now we're seeing people leave a little earlier, we are still getting a little hit, it's from

5:00 to 6:30 so it's different from 2019. >> what days of the week are more popular for post-work drinks? >> thursday has become the most popular day, friday people are working from home or want to get home early, start their weekend. >> so, we wanted to talk to some of those people. here is what they had to say about corporate happy hours. >> do i really want to spend this much time. >> big fan of happy hour as long as the firm is paying and not me, there is no reason not to be there. >> it's a good way for young people to interact with their bosses and learn more from them. everybody working at home, this ain't good. >> yeah, i mean, look, if the company is paying, why not. sean hooking it up for me here. thank you so much. friday is no longer the big drinking day i thought i would give him some business. i will send it back to you, sandra. >> thanks forgetting to the

bottom of it for us. the guys at the bar -- great reporting. thank you so much. john. >> that was a well-poured pint. a little dribble coming off the side of it. i don't know about you sandra, at some point today there is a martini with my name on it. >> might be something like that in my future, i didn't know you were a martini guy. sounds good, i'm sandra smith. >> we'll see you on monday, the story right now with jillian turner, jillian. >> thank you, guys. good afternoon i am jillian turner in for martha maccallum in washington. today or the story pat joins u brian kilmeade on today's very heated protests around the migrant crisis in new york city. >> but first president biden facing a very delicate moment.