it is congressman lloyd doggett, a democrat from austin, texas. it's calling on the president to step aside, making him the first democratic lawmaker to make such an assertion. and the rationale, he states, is interesting. he's on to say president biden has continued to run substantially behind donald trump in the polls. that is what he cites, and it comes after there was a letter. they are vulnerable democrats, according to politico, that wanted to come together and write a letter about the concerns about president biden. but they were stopped by other democratic lawmakers who said, let's wait on the data, let's wait on the polls, and ultimately, according to politico, basically did not have the guts to run with the letter. but now, today, we have the first sitting democrat from congress calling on president biden to step aside. will there be more? have the floodgates open? we'll be be updated. now, "america reports." >> they are cheap fake video. they are done in bad faith.

>> dealing with everything we have to do with -- look -- >> the joe biden we saw is not a one-off. there have been 15, 20 occasions in the last year and a half. >> the impact on the -- >> this is something coming from your part of the world, calling them cheap fakes and misinformation. >> there's a reason fdr was never shown in his wheelchair. there is a reason that john f. kennedy pretended to be a vigorous man when he was certainly not. >> i'm proposing that everybody -- the -- >> we are seeing these deepfakes, these manipulated videos. >> sandra: and we will build on the breaking news, that the first dem lawmaker has called for biden to withdraw from the race. lloyd doggett. currently, our team is working to get him on the show to explain this decision.

all of this is happening as we look at live at washington. the white house on the left, the fallout from president biden's shaky debate performance continues. we are awaiting a pair of live events. extreme left, we are awaiting the first white house press briefing since the show down in atlanta. screen right, we are waiting to hear from president biden himself, expected to speak about the extreme weather following a briefing at the emergency operations center. we are awaiting both these events and we are bringing them to use before as they happen. in the meantime, i'm sandra smith in new york, and gillian, great heavy today. >> gillian: i'm in for john roberts out of washington. this is "america reports." the biden campaign survival strategy plan. it reportedly includes calls for him to step aside but pivoting to why biden is staying on the democratic ticket. meanwhile a brand-new poll shows his approval rating falling to

an all-time low, standing at 36%. the cnn survey conducted after last week's debate. he got a political panel on deck to respond to all of it. >> sandra: bryan llenas is also joining us live on the former president donald trump's response to the supreme court ruling on presidential immunity. but first, jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. jacqui, as we have this breaking news that the first lawmaker says he needs to go. >> yeah, sandra, the president and the president's team have always liked to tune out the pundits, but elected democrats are a different story. it is pretty noble that this morning there were reports that top democratic leaders like chuck schumer and nancy pelosi still had not had a chance to speak with the president, and elected leaders that biden wants to keep close to him are starting to break. you had senator peter welch teeing off on the campaign memo's instruction to dismiss "bedwetting" in an interview this morning.

he said, "i do criticize the campaign for dismissive attitude to her people raising questions for discussion. that's just the reality we're in. i won't repeat their term, but that's the discussion we need to have." donors reportedly found that termed us respectful, too, and aiming to quell the concerns last night, they did not move the needle. reuters reports they weren't allowed to ask their own questions, they were presubmitted and read by campaign aides, and xes supports the campaign strategy is part of an 8-step plan which also aims to limit dissent, spotlighting support for the likes of clinton and obama instead. but the dam is beginning to break. here's democratic hockessin mike quigley. >> it's a decision he's going to have to make. he has to understand -- i think we're getting to is that his decision not only impacts who's going to serve in the white house the next four years, that who's going to serve in the senate, who is going to serve in

the house, and it will have implications for decades to c come. >> the biden campaign, asked to respond, sidesteps. >> president joe biden is the only person who can beat donald trump. he's the only person who can beat him again. because the broad coalition he's built on this campaign continues to remain intact. he has people like senator sanders, aoc, who are very supportive, and they've got conservatives like adam kinzinger. >> just a day after adam kinzinger endorsed biden's campaign, he was retreating calls for him to step aside. democratic governors reportedly want to hear from biden, as well, and they're trying to organize a call at the white house, but so far no answer on when that might happen, sandra. >> sandra: reportedly that is still coming together, but that is the goal. we are awaiting more details on that. jacqui heinrich at the white house, thank you. gillian? >> gillian: thank you, sandra.

the manhattan district attorney's office said -- trump asked for the delay so the judge could consider whether the supreme court immunity decision affects his conviction in this case. let's bring in bryan llenas joining us from palm beach, florida, with the details. hey, bryan. >> hey, gillian. it is looking likely that former president trumps sentencing for his new york criminal conviction is set for july 11th, and will now be delayed. in a letter to judge of juan merchan, the district attorney's office in manhattan says it does not oppose a request by trump's lawyers to delay sentencing in order to allow trump's legal team to formally argue why his criminal conviction should be tossed out, following the supreme court decision on presidential immunity yesterday. the d.a.'s office writing, "although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request. we respectfully request a deadline of july 24th, 2 weeks

after defendant's requested deadline, to file and serve a response." it is now up to judge merchan to decide if sentencing will be delayed, immediately following the supreme court opinion yesterday on immunity. trump's legal team sent a letter to the judge asking permission to file a formal motion to vacate trump's guilty conviction in new york. they argue prosecutors relied on evidence to convict trump, and that should be considered official acts, in which he is immune from prosecution. trump's lawyers say some of those official acts include witness testimony regarding events in the oval office, social media posts during trump's first term, toll records reflecting because trump made an office in 2017. they also quoted yesterday supreme court opinion multiple times, noting the immunity ruling forbids the use of evidence about official conduct, even when the indictment is based on unofficial conduct, and that the criminal courts may not

inquire about a president's motives. a reminder, gillian, the former president is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme that prosecutors say happened obviously during his presidency, but also outside of the office as a candidate. gillian? >> gillian: bryan llenas in palm beach for us, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring a doug schoen, democratic strategist and posterior and former clinton advisor. great to have both of you. doug, your appearance here is timely as we are just getting worried on this first democrat lawmaker to say biden needs to go. this is lloyd doggett, the democrat from texas. he has gone on the record now is the first house democrat to publicly urge biden to withdraw from the 2024 race following his poor debate performance. he served in the house in 1995 and said he up to the debate against the former president would have "provided some momentum to tu turbocharge the l

numbers." that did not come to fruition. what is your response or reaction to that news? >> well, first, the dam is trying to break. i know lloyd doggett. he was a client of mine in the distant past. he's an honorable, decent guy. he's on the left progressive wing of the party. his augur is very badly for joe biden. >> sandra: he's put out a statement. we have a phone call in to him and emails, as well. he's welcome to call in to the program. we are trying to get them to join us following this news. in the meantime, he says, instead of reassuring voters the president failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose trump's many lies. he says in the statement, "i represent the heart of the congressional district one represented by lyndon lyndon johnson.

under very certain that my different circumstances he made the painful decision to withdraw. president biden should do the same." your reaction? >> i think democrats have made their bed and now they have to lie in it. in other conversations with doug, he's been warning about this. we didn't need a debate to know that joe biden wasn't fit for the job. we have seen that for months now. the democrats who were pleading -- democrat voters, i should say, pleading to have a proper primary process, and the dnc and the higher-ups of the democratic party said no, we are going to stick with the horse became a nun, and this is the result of that. so anybody calling for joe biden to leave the ticket now, where have you been? i think you're only saying it because now you are seeing that your own reelection prospects are in peril. but the democrats do have a real conundrum. i don't envy them from a republican strategist perspective, but i would say it's one of their own making that they know has been coming for a long time. >> sandra: okay. doggett himself is a democrat from texas. he himself is 77 years old, and

he is stressing in the statement, doug, "many americans have indicated to satisfaction with their choices in this election," and implied that keeping biden on the ticket threatens the possibility of donald trump winning. so it will be interesting to see if, to your point about the dam braking, if we start to come in the next couple of minutes, hours, days, hear more from at least some of those congressional democrats. we are in inside the two-minute warning, i'm being told now, to president biden's remarks. he is going to be speaking. the plain speech is what is happening with beryl, this massive cat 5 storm. he could go off script, we don't know. we will watch for that. >> very quickly, the cnn poll with approval at 36% for the president, and trump with a clear four to 5-point lead, is a

harbinger of ill. all the polls post debate show trump ahead nationally in the swing states. these are giving my democratic friends maybe even angina. i think you will hear more calls and an open convention and an open process to jump start the democratic party and be good for america and give her my party. >> sandra: also, from this new polling, to have a better chance winning with those who said biden, 25%. there we go. i'm on -- okay. democrats have a better chance of winning with biden, 25%. with someone else, overall, 75% that's the case. among democrats, still a majority, more than half, believe that they have a better chance at winning with someone else. so this makes things pretty interesting, as we anticipate biden to speak momentarily, and what happens after that.

we'll get your thoughts here before the president speaks. >> i would say the big question then for those who want to move on from joe biden's who they can move on to that people would feel comfortable with. that's a sticky wicket. i don't think you can hop over vice president harris without suffering the optics of that. but i would say from the republican perspective that this isn't just about joe biden the candidate. these polls have been down in the lower doldrums of polling for a while because of the biden policies. so when you when you put on there is still going to have to account for those policies that they have all subscribed to. if i'm donald trump, i stay the course, i do exactly what he did during the debate. he was strong, he was good on the issues, good on reminding people of his record, and he was compassionate to his admittedly very weak candidate. but if they try and replace joe biden, they're going to have to deal with a whole slew of things. again, doug, i don't envy you and your party on that side of things. but in this campaign really comes full-fledged about reminding people of these disastrous policies that every democrat has subscribed to.

>> sandra: since he is, doug, the first congressional dem to state by a formal statement that he should go, i want to read the end of it. >> foul "this is not done lightly or does it and you way diminish my respect for all that biden has achieved. recognizing that, unlike donald trump, president biden's first commitment has always been to our country and not himself. and hopefully he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw." remember, biden himself has suggested there's a deep bench of democrats that could win. this is a flashback to december 2023. watch. >> do you think there's any democrat who can beat donald trump of the venue? >> probably 50 of them. >> you to believe there are? >> and not the only one who can defeat him, but i will defeat him. >> sandra: but he did suggest this probably 50 who could beat

donald trump. here's the president. let's listen. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. >> sandra: muriel bowser is going to go first. this gives you an opportunity to respond to that. how deep is the bench, and does not encourage more dems to call for him to step aside? >> i think the bench is not 50, that i think there are five or six. gretchen whitmer, josh shapiro, governor gavin newsom, amy klobuchar, certainly vice president harris. i think there are four or five, but i think the process of opening up and doing what the voters want, both nationally, and the democrats, to replace biden with someone fresh, will take the onus off the administration and put it back on trump and ultimately give the democrats, as the polling suggests, a better chance. so i think a nominating process

that is open, fair, and transparent will revitalize my party in a way that an ongoing biden candidacy cannot do. >> sandra: i just want to note, as we did hear from the president the day after his debate performance, while that was obviously unscripted and there was no teleprompter, the day after, when he came out, as many noted, in a very strong way, performed much differently than he did on the debate stage. he did have teleprompters for that moment. as you can see, stood up here in washington where we are about to speak, left side of your screen, you can see there's a tell a proper set up for the president to speak, and possibly off the screen. but that is there. while i do point that out, i want to play this quick clip from the new biden ads that featured a moment from that day after the debate. listen. >> i know i'm not a young man, but i know how to do this job,

and i know, like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. >> could this be effective? >> i don't know that effective. the polls don't seem to be reflecting that in this moment. but i think it does indicate that biden is not going down without a fight. he won't go quietly into the night. that's the biggest hurdle. how do you have an open convention? all this talk about having a new candidate is moot if your guy won't get off the ballot himself. >> sandra: the president speaking. let's listen. [applause] >> president biden: good afternoon. if my father were here -- she's looking down, he would turn and say i apologize for my back. [laughter] thank you very much. you're doing a hell of a job, all of you. thanks for the introduction and joining me today at the d.c. emergency operation center. i also want to think the first responders who risked their lives every single day running into danger to save others.

everyone is running away from danger. we're going to talk about how we are preparing and responding to the impacts of extreme weather and the climate crisis affecting people all around america, around the country. as a matter of fact, america. some are has just started. already, tens of millions of americans are under heat warnings for record shattering temperatures. last month here in d.c., the temperature was 100 degrees. in phoenix, arizona, 112 degrees. in las vegas, 111 degrees. above normal temperatures are also expected for much of the country in july, especially in central and eastern united states. extreme heat, i think this will surprise a lot of people. not you all, but extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in the united states. more people die from extreme heat then floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined. i'll say that again. combined, more people die from heat than those three other

major issues. look, right now we are also tracking hurricane beryl, which has passed into the caribbean. at the earliest time ever a dangerous cate category 5 hurricane has been recorded in american history. people impacted in island communities are in our prayers, and we stand by to provide assistance to them. extreme weather events drive home a point to that i have been saying for so long -- ignoring climate change is deadly and dangerous and irresponsible. these climate-fueled extreme weather events don't just affect people's lives, they also cost money, they hurt the economy, and they have a significant negative psychological effect on people. last year, the largest weather-related disasters cost over -- get this -- $90 billion in damages in america. $90 billion in damages. that's the cost last year. they drove nearly 2.5 million people out of their homes, from hawaii to vermont.

these events also pose serious threats to our nation's transportation systems, our power grid, farms, fisheries, and forests. each case, cost in lives and money. and the impacts we are seeing are only going to get worse, more frequent, most ferocious, hitting our muslim people in the hardest hit communities in the world. look, we can change all that. it's within our power. that's why today i'm announcing five new actions my administration is taking to address extreme weather, including heat and other hazards. the first, the department of labor is imposing a new rule. when finalized it'll establish the nation's first ever federal safety standard for excessive heat in the workplace. this includes things like developing response plans to heat illness, training employees and supervisors, implementing rest breaks, access to shade and water. you would think we wouldn't have to tell people to get access to shade and water.

across the country, workers suffer heatstroke or even die just doing their jobs. this new rule will substantially reduce heat injuries, illnesses, and deaths for over 36 million workers. from farm workers to construction workers, postal workers, manufacturing workers, and so much more. i want to thank vice president harris for the work she has done since she was in the united states senate that has led to this. second, in the coming days, my federal emergency management agency will also finalize a rule to approve o our nations resilience against flooding. resilience. fema will now factor in the effects of future flooding for any federally funded construction project. that is, if you look at what caused damage, what broke down, and the best way to repair it, not just bring it back to what it was. we prioritize making it better.

prioritizing nature-based solutions to reduce the risk of floods. third, fema is announcing nearly $1 billion in grants for over 650 projects across the country that help communities protect against natural disasters, including extreme heat, storms, and flooding. these grants will also advance my justice 40 initiative to deliver at least 40% of overall benefits of clean transit, clean energy, and climate investment to devastated communities, to the poor communities always left behind. the environment a protection agency is releasing a new report showing continued impacts of climate change and the health of the american people and on our environment. this report will help us repair better, respond faster, and save more lives. since, later this summer my administration will convene the first ever white house summit on extreme heat, bring you to get a state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders and international partners who are

protecting communities and workers from extreme weather every single solitary day. you know, along with these actions, and of the we are here today is to get the word out so folks will know these resources are available to them and anyone who needs them. i was telling the group that briefed me earlier, we think everybody understands government. it's complicated. we want the american people to know that help is here, and how to get that help. follow the guidance from local public safety officials. stay indoors, somewhere cool. be careful on hot pavement. no the signs of heat stroke like headache, nausea, and dizziness, and always have water with you whenever you're outside in the . today's announcements build on historic action my administration has already taken to address extreme heat events. we launched a new website, he heat.gov. let me say that again,

heat.gov. shares life-saving information, and there's a new heat risk tool to help communities forecast extreme heat. just enter your zip code and see the heat forecast, not only generally, but in your community where your living. and we will get back to what the heat forecast for your neighborhood is. my department of labor also created the first ever national program to protect workers from heat stress. we have invested billions to enhance our power grid, expand energy shortages, so that lights, air-conditioning, refrigeration, internet, stay on during heat waves. it is building back a different way. all told, we have invested a record of more than $50 billion for climate resilience, including against extreme heat and wildfires. that's not all. my american rescue plan is helping states with energy efficiency, reducing the impacts of flooding, and opening cooling

centers. people have to know where to go, where they can go in their neighborhood. it's not automatic. through the bipartisan infrastructure law, we are delivering over $20 billion to lower your energy costs, upgrading the electric grid to withstand stronger heat waves and storms, and my inflation reduction act is the most significant climate investment anywhere in the world, and it's already created 300,000 new jobs, building clean energy we need to cut our emissions and to lead the world. unfortunately, my predecessor and the maga republicans in congress are trying to undo all this progress. they still deny climate change even exists. they deny climate change even exists. they must be living in a hole somewhere. at the expense of the health and safety of their own constituents, they deny it exists. every single congressional republicans voted against the investments which created these jobs to combat climate change.

many of them are trying to repeal those climate provisions and kill those jobs. quite frankly, they think is not only outrageous, that it's really stupid. everyone who willfully denies impacts of climate change is condemning the american people to a dangerous future, and either is really, really dumb or has some other motives. how can you deny climate change, for god's sakes? let me close with this: when disaster strikes, there are no red states or blue states. i've demonstrated that. no matter whether you vote for me or not, everyone is going to get treated fairly. they are just community's. not read community's or blue communities, communities. families are looking for help, and my administration is going to be there for you every step of the way. you just have to remember who we are, for god sake. we have the united states america. the united states of america. there's nothing beyond our capacity if we work together. so god bless you all. we're just getting started here. i'm confident we are going to

get this done, and i want to turn it over to clint osborne, director of -- acting director of this agency, to tell you what his team's incredible work is doing on the front lines for extreme weather events. where are you, pal? right behind me. [applause] >> well done. >> president biden: by the way... this guy does everything. i get into the elevator, he is operating the elevator! [laughter] that's what they call full service, man. >> white glove emergency management. yes, sir. [applause] thank you, mr. president. good morning. i'm clint osborne, acting director of the district of columbia homeland security and emergency management agency. i'm honored to welcome you, mr. president, and members -- >> sandra: the president has wrapped up his remarks they are. we will continue to get an

update. not much of an update on beryl. it was more a speech on extreme climate and climate change, calling out republicans for being deniers of that. doug schoen and cassie smedley are with us. he gave those remarks via teleprompter, amid growing calls and pressure. now even one member of congress calling for him to step aside. doug, i want to get your click reaction to what you heard and your response. >> well, what he didn't do, to me, and didn't say, is most significant. i didn't hear him take any questions, i didn't hear him engage, and that's been a pattern. i thought his remarks were, i guess, competent. but i wasn't reassured based on what i heard, that he's got his mojo back, despite a few efforts to show that. so i don't think this is going to move the needle or help him that much and change the dynamic.

>> sandra: cassie, your thoughts as you looked on? obviously we will give it a beat to see how the president is going about his tasks in the room. as he was walking away, he saw muriel bowser sort of turned them around there. what were your thoughts as he watched on? final thought. >> i think doug said it well. the fact they've got the president of the united states and he gets points for showing up, they didn't keep him hidden or in the basement today, we are supposed to make something of that. but a couple things he said. one, he said later this summer. i thought, i guess he still thinks he'll be in the job or on the ballot later this summer. and when he called his opponents stupid, that felt to me very close leading up to a basket of deplorable statement. i just don't think you're going to win over with any of that kind of rhetoric, either, and i don't think it's a strong, serious guy. that sounded silly. i'm with doug, i don't think it was the needle or surgeon very

well, and after thursday night. >> sandra: i believe they call it a sleeves, doug. he was working in the room with tattoos all over his arm and the president was taking notice of that. real quick, if you look at "the new york post" reporting today on his best time and best activities for the president, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., right now we are between those hours, as we do watch what was a major weather event. we did not get a whole lot of detail on that. this threat is growing at the hour. hurricane beryl is barreling toward many areas that aren't usually prepared for this. it is an extreme weather event, and it is the earliest we have seen one this strong. as a present speaking? let's listen. ♪ ♪ >> i think the president was

engaged in a largely political speech. i don't think it had to do with public policy. it had to do with him showing vigor and, as cassie said, attacking the republicans. >> sandra: we don't have audio on it and when you turned that he could hear music was playing, so we couldn't pick up the president's words, but it looks like he's wrapping up. that'll do it. cassie, thank you very much. doug, thinks are joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> sandra: gillian? >> gillian: thank you, sandra. hurricane beryl is turning across the caribbean leaving behind major damage. the monster storm is now cat 5 as it takes aim at jamaica, mexico, and part of texas. let's bring in max gorden with an update from fox weather. it looks like the storm is set to make some history. >> absolutely. this is already record-setting storm, the release category five hurricane observed in the atlantic basin. at least three have been killed and it looks like jamaica could be next in the cross hairs. hurricane beryl first made landfall monday morning, slamming into carico island in grenada. at the time of landfall, it was

a high-end category 4 hurricane with 150 mile-per-hour winds and the earliest hurricane in the atlantic hurricane season. the prime minister of st. vincent and the grenadines says that on union island 90% of houses either damaged or destroyed and that the airport ruth has been ripped off. the storm intensified very quickly. it went from a prompt on my tropical depression to major hurricane in less than 48 hours. just hours after the deadly hurricane pummeled the windward islands is devastating winds and powerful storm surges, as a cat 4, it then intensified even further reaching category 5 strength by monday evening and shattering the record for the earliest categorn the atlantic basin. at one point, it clocked winds of 165 miles per hour. beryl is currently forecasted to remain a powerful hurricane as it was across the caribbean sea, and a hurricane warning is in place for jamaica. national hurricane center says people in the cayman islands,

belize, and the yucatan peninsula, as well as areas on the southwest coast of mexico, should watch beryl's progress very closely. back to you. >> gillian: max gorden and the weather center for us, thank you. right now we are awaiting this. a pentagon briefing on the heightened to relate at u.s. military bases defense officials say the alerts are not related to any single threat but a combination of major public events, like the euro cup and the coming summer olympics. victoria coates, deputy national security advisor under former president trump, is now a senior fellow at the heritage foundation and joins us now. victoria, take a quick listen to the pentagon spokesperson sabrina singh earlier today talking about this. >> due to accommodation of factories and not related to a single threat, but due to a combination of factories, potentially impacting the safety and security of service members stationed in the european theater. the u.s. european command is taking steps to increase vigilance.

>> gillian: so it is an unusual terror threat in the sense that it is so broad and nonspecific, and there seems to be no expiration date in mind. what do you make of it? >> well, it reminds me a little bit, gillian, of what happened into 2015-2016 when we had the isis threat burst out of iraq and syria, primarily. we had a series of horrific attacks. here in the united states, in san bernardino in orlando, but also in paris, in berlin, a number of different sort of -- not lone wolves, they are coordinated, that activated cells of isis that perform these spectacular attacks. i do think particularly with the olympics coming up it is something we all have to be concerned about. >> gillian: and certainly russia has been playing a role there, trying to tamper with the situation, deter americans especially from traveling to europe by making up fake terror threats. so this is especially confusing and that's all that. i want to ask you about reaction among world leaders to president biden's debate performance.

most of them, european leaders, anyway, staying tight-lipped. there's not really much in it for them to speak out and criticized the president. have you heard from any foreign officials that have said anything that sticks out to you in the last few days? >> i think there's a lot of concern and we have the situation where the elections in the united kingdom are on thursday, and the second round of french elections a couple days later, that you're going to wind up in a situation where there's m major clinical changen the u.k., and to have this kind of weakness exposed for the united states at the same time going into a critical period is very unsettling. so i have just heard wary, concerned that we are not going to be able to be decisive and nimble in the event that happens. >> gillian: secretary blinken, normally stays far afield of political events, political commentary, did wade into the

murky waters surrounding the debate yesterday. take a listen to what he said while he was speaking at the brookings institute. >> the world knows in the world has experienced over three and half years, not one night, is exactly the kind of leadership that he's brought to bear on problems -- >> gillian: standing up a little bit of a defense there for his boss. >> that is his job. secretary blink and has worked for the president for decades. he is on the senate foreign relations committee, for example, with him. so i certainly don't blame him for trying to stand up for him. but when i would look at the last three and half years i see this render afghanistan, the invasion of ukraine, the horrific hamas terrorist attack on israel, unprecedented escalation of differences, and i worry that record is what people are looking at. they are looking at the president last thursday night and they are seeing terrible decisions being made for the

world superpower. >> gillian: so it's more common each of the optics and the policies creating concern. victoria, we've got to leave it there, but thank you for taking time today. great to see you. >> happy fourth. >> gillian: you, too presented? >> we love trump! we live trump! >> and the most pro-union president in american history. i'm proud of that. >> they don't get the credit for it. very few people can do what they do. >> i get called most pro union president in american history. >> we love trump! >> there's a lot of great buildings. sandra: both president biden and former president donald trump is vying for blue-collar support amid a boom in the construction injury , which has grown now by over 2. this is just since last year. let's bring in mike rowe from the mike rowe works foundation, also the writer and narrator of the new film, "something to stand for." until we all want something to

stand for, mike? i'll get to that in just a moment. but this construction boom is unbelievable. first, what's behind it? >> as much as i would like to take a victory lap and tell you it's all about our efforts at micro-works for the last 16 years, i will say that part of it has been a successful attempt to debunk or at least challenge the stigmas and stereotypes and misperceptions. >> sandra: was you've been a of. >> thousands people come through our foundation. many are welders making six figures and up and many parents are still stunned to learn that. when gen z gets to look at the math and then they compare it to the cost of the 4-degree, they are coming to conclusions that a lot of people didn't expect them to come to, and i just saw an article in the journal calling them the tool belt generation. so yeah, a big boom in construction, but still huge shortages. nearly 10 million open jobs, very few of which require -- >> sandra: your point is well

taken. the statement doesn't have to o away for the kids who seek these jobs, it has to go away for the parents. >> and guidance counselors. >> sandra: "what about my child not getting the four-year degree?" they are worried about that, and rightly so. how do you cook to the parents to also believe in this? >> the first thing you do is let go of the bromides in the cookie-cutter advice. the idea that the best path for the most people is the most expensive path, that is kookoo, do we have been pushing up for a long time. your kid is different, i get it. you don't want to screw him or her up. but put all the options on the table and just look at them all categorically and honestly, it makes you understand the real costs involved in getting, whether it's certification, and apprenticeship, or for your degree. >> sandra: it's an incredible message that you are putting out there for so many, and it's helping so many. patriotism. is this something we all want to talk about? we did some pulling on this. fox news did, asking if the u.s.

is still the best country in the world to live. thankfully almost 70% say yes, it is, although that is down about 15 points from 2011. those that say no, that number is still the smaller number, but growing, now 28%. i want to play a clip from "something to stand for." this is reenacting the story of a hero marine named jack. >> two hand grenades arced through the air and land in the soft volcanic ash just a few yards from jack and right in the midst of his fellow marines. jack didn't hesitate. he dove over the men and onto the first grenade, smothering it under his body. the second grenade, he grabbed with his free hand and held it tightly to his chest. >> sandra: so important that you're telling the story just ahead of the fourth of july holiday, independence day, we stop and realize, yes, we live in the best country, but less

and less people have hope for this country. i know you're trying to spread that hope with this message. what is it? >> i don't care who you voted for, i don't care who you thought won the debate. how do you not stand for jack lucas, the youngest person to win a medal of honor? right? how do you not stand for the eight other stories that we tell in this movie? i didn't write it for liberals or conservatives. i wrote it for people on both sides of the aisle who see themselves as americans first, and i just think, it's a short list, things that we can all agree on. we've come a long way from ronald reagan and tip o'neill siding like dogs during the day but going after steaks at night. they have to get back to that simile in the best hope is to find people from our past who did some things that absolutely, positively absolutely, positively undeniably benefited each and every one of us. it looks great on the big screen. >> sandra: i want to finish off with a clip from "something to stand for." this is when you meet and

connect with the korean war veteran at the d.c. memorial and has a big impact. >> today, people come here from all over to pay their respects, people like auntie michael whose daughter brought him his day. >> i was in korea from march of '52 to january of's 53. >> my dad was there at the same exact time, in '53 and ' 54. >> small world. >> sandra: i love this for so many reasons. among them, i recently toured the vietnam memorial and called my dad who fought in the war, and he gave me some names to go see on the wall. this is something everybody can do. go to d.c., visit these memorials. it will change you. >> it will. >> sandra: it will change your children, your family. it is a special moment. >> that guy was not in the script. i was in the middle of shooting the movie, saw him out of the corner of my eye, called the crew over, and had an exchange

that better example side the point of the movie, all the stories i had written in the film. 91 years old. tears running down his cheeks, as he looks at that wall and tries to express his gratitude to the men and women who came before. it's beautiful. >> sandra: beautiful story. thank you for doing it. appreciate it, mike. >> gillian: thank you, sandra. this just into the newsroom now, fox news can confirm president biden tomorrow will convene the democratic governors. some of them are going to attend here at the white house in washington in person, others will be virtual. there's no time on the docket as of now. the details are still being hammered out, but this meeting tomorrow follows a call among the democratic governors that was held yesterday, and it was described by multiple sources to fox news as a "gripe session." and i we stand by to see if any of those gripes are going to be conveyed by the governors directly to president biden himself tomorrow.

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>> gillian: welcome back. fox news can now confirm president biden tomorrow is going to convene democratic governors at the white house for a meeting. some will attend in person, some virtually, that they will all be there to talk to the president

directly about concerns in the wake of his debate performance and subsequent polling dropped last thursday evening. this all comes as "the new york post" now is accusing top democrats of hiding the president's decline. the editorial board says grassroots democrats need to take the party back from the elites who have betrayed them. let's bring in the chair of the nebraska democratic party. she has written a road map now and how democrats can win again, capture back rural america. thank you for being here with us. i want to get your response off the bat to the news that the president is going to meet with his party's state leaders tomorrow at the white house amid reporting that yesterday they had a gripe session of their own excluding the president. >> governor walz is leading the governors, he's from from minnesota and has record the compliments they are as a democrat. he of course brought folks together to share the concerns, to share their ideas. as democrats, just like on the

republican side, there has been hand-wringing on the republican side, as well. i will remind nvidia nikki haley's comments. even as a state chair, i called all of our party leaders on a zoom just last night, so we had over 200 people getting online and talking about our concerns, talking about our ideas. i then got on the phone at the dnc and express those to folks that have the white house's year. it's time for some changes. the biden team needs to shake up some of their top advisors. we have to set an agenda for what the president is going to do in '25 and beyond. so it is fair and right that the governors are going to the white house to express what they are hearing in their states, because these elections are not won from d.c., they are one-act from the states with people like me in the governors and other party leaders pulling letters to the finish line. >> gillian: you just mentioned the biden administration shaking up its top leaders. there's no indication in any kind of polling that that would quell voters ''s pretty dramatic

concerns. they didn't just surface for the first time on thursday, but a lot of people sort of noticed them in the democratic party for the first time on thursday and started taking them seriously. there's very little indication that any kind of a shake-up that doesn't involve a new candidate is going to ease concerns. have you seen anything? >> well, what i find interesting is i know that's the chatter, and it is valid, and these concerns have to be addressed, but we knew president biden's age when we were going to the primary process, and we knew of potential people who could've absolutely jumped into that democratic primary. they didn't. just like donald trump, there were lots of concerns about donald trump with his lying and bullying, et cetera, being a convicted criminal. nikki haley challenged him, the base did not want nikki haley, they chose donald trump. we have these two nominees. he could argue that some in america think these nominees, biden and trump, should not be the vision for america and don't represent the next chapter of

america. but these are the nominees, so now, as party leaders we have to decide, how are we making sure that voters not only know of course of president biden's accomplishments, the lead's vision is? and when i say shake things up, that's what the white house has to do. we have to know what their vision is for 2025 and beyond. the republicans unfortunately have a very terrifying, from the democratic perspective, but their project lays out their vision for the demonstration. as democrats, we need to do that, as well. talk about how we want to expand public education -- >> gillian: i just want to make sure i push back on this point. the concern among rank-and-file democratic voters is not just about president biden's policy agenda for a second term. it's a concern but it doesn't rank among probably the top three right now. the main concern is if he has a physical and mental wherewithal to carry on for another four years in what is probably the

most vigorous job in the entire world, leading as commander in chief. no amount of policy proposals on paper at this point are going to answer those really severe concerns. >> there is no question that there are concerns about his age. i am fully confident that president biden has the ability to not only do the job, but to bring america into the next hundred years of energy, next 100 years of infrastructure, next 100 years of education. and so yes, those concerns have to be addressed, but we knew his age and we knew trump's age, and we knew trump's record going into this election cycle. now we have to essentially talk to voters about not only the record, but let's talk about our down ballot candidates and what they bring to the table. we have major issues in rural america, for example. we are living off of the infrastructure that our elders, in 1930 and 1940, created in rural america. we can't continue to do that. it's not just our roads, it's

our schools, hospitals. biden has an agenda for that. he has a track record of actually following up with infrastructure funds. so that's what we are going to run on. >> gillian: you say that everybody knew biden's age, which they did, but what voters are now screaming about is the fact that they feel they relied to about the true state of his physical and mental fitness, which only became really and truly apparent as of thursday, and shocked a lot of voters. they may have known his age, but if you lied to by elite republicans here in washington on the president's team. jane, we've got to leave it there. we could go on for the rest of the afternoon. great to talk to you. really appreciate you coming on. >> have raised funds, so voters are responding to have president biden's back. thank you. >> gillian: thank you, jane. sandra? >> sandra: thank you. house republicans cracking down on federal employees refusing to turn stomach returned to their offices after years of covid era

work from home. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel is on this for us. we were shocked this morning when we were learning how much of the workforce is still working remotely. tell us. >> sandra, pretty staggering. lawmakers are considering withholding agency funding. the deferment of education is one that lawmakers are targeting, and office of personnel management report says education is only utilizing 17% of its space in its washington offices. that report says health and human services is only using 19% of its space here in washington. so there is a proposal in the house for 50% cuts to the administrative budgets of those agencies. >> obviously there are sometimes -- remote working is appropriate, and needs to be done, the right now we are hearing just astronomical numbers of people in these federal agencies that are not

showing up to work. >> but the union represented 750,000 federal and d.c. government workers says members of congress should understand, since lawmakers are only in session less than half the year. >> they are meeting with constituents, they are doing their jobs, they are doing their jobs part of the time in d.c. and part of the time back in their districts. it makes sense. and there are federal jobs that make just as much sense to have established as hybrid. >> a senior official with the office of management and budget told lawmakers they are working on. >> last april, lee issued guidance calling for agencies to substantially increase meaningful in-person work at federal offices, particularly at headquarters and equivalent toes. >> some republicans say telework was a justifiable necessity during the pandemic but the lockdown ended a long time ago. sandra? >> sandra: it sure did. mike emanuel in washington for us. thank you. >> gillian: we are awaiting the first white house briefing

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