>> live look outside of the federal courthouse in boston, where -- federal terms federal buyout offer is in a judges hands. a hearing underway to determine if the offer will stand. the latest in a series of legal challenges, putting much of the trump agenda on hold. welcome back to "america reports" as we roll into our second hour. i'm john roberts in washington.

sandra, i have a feeling this will be a good week. >> here we go. i am sandra smith in new york. a group of labor unions challenging the proposal, calling it a "unlawful ultimatum," but the term by administration is encouraging employees to take advantage of the offer before it's a looming midnight deadline about 65,000 federal workers have taken the deal. >> fox news team coverage kicks off. jonathan turley here with his analysis. hillary vaughn with what doge is eyeing next. alexandria hoff. where does this leave the employees who have said they want to take the buy out? >> that's the big question for them. they are wondering if they made the right choice, some wonder if they should sign on now before it is too late. as sandra mentioned, about 65,000 federal workers have already accepted the deal, which came by email, entitled "fork in the road." it stated by accepting the resignation program, every employee could retain pay and benefits regardless of daily workload through september 30th, they simply had to reply to the

email. the original deadline was last thursday and was extended to 11:59 p.m. tonight, but there's a chance it's pushed back more. this judge considers today's arguments. he has not weighed in on the merits of the case, but the group of federal employee unions representing about 800,000 workers will argue that the office of personnel management lacks the authority to make the offer, and the question whether the government is able to pay to buy. are pushing back. >> been saying to all the federal employees to be aware of this offer. i don't believe it's been funded. i don't believe donald trump has a history of ever paying his bills. i fear that federal employees may be marked for later riffing potentially without any compensation. >> the white house has made the best of its deadline delay. karoline leavitt stating "we are grateful to the judge for extending the deadline so more federal workers who refuse to show up to the office can take the administration up on this very generous once in

once-in-a-lifetime offer." this hearing is happening, as thousands of federal workers return to their offices today to start their first full week in person. the administration is hopeful that some will say it's just not worth it. we'll take you up on the offer. >> i don't understand the argument about it being unfunded as long as congress appropriate the money before the 14th when funding rents out. they will get paid until the end of fiscal year. >> even if there's a government shutdown, you look at the q&a portion of that offer, it says either way if the government was shut down, you have to have the deferred payment. they would be in that same group. >> thank you. >> elon musk's doge adding more targets to its sites even as he faces legal hurdles. fox business' hillary vaughn live on capitol hill. are there other courts challenges happening? >> there are. other court counters have thrown a wrench of the department of government efficiency's progress. over the weekend, a judge ruling that they are banning access to

the treasury payment system for the 021025foxnews1300, out of fear of sensitive information could be disclosed. president trump president trump says doge will not be deterred, and will continue to deliver on their mission of saving americans money. >> when a president can look for fraud, waste, abuse, we are not a country anymore. shouldn't -- to make the kind of a decision. it's a disgrace. some of that stuff is very fragile end. maybe we have less debt than we thought of. think of that. a lot of things are happening. elon is doing an excellent job. >> the 021025foxnews1300 has expanded its spread to other agencies. the department of home security and fema finding them selves in the hot seat. musk saying "the 021025foxnews1300 discovered fema sent $59 million last week to luxury hotels in new york city to house illegal migrants, which has been intended for -- and instead is being sent on high-end hotels for illegals.

we'll be made today to regroup those funds." democrats promising to not go down without a fight, considering shutting the government down to protest the wasteful spending that doge is exposing to the american people, the same way so stunning that many in congress voted for with no problem. >> are you prepared to shut down the government to join democratic colleagues who want to stand up and keeping government -- >> they are trying to dismantle the government, so yes. if we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable, use the leverage we have two force it, i cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness. >> musk saying it's not the only program that was used to care for mike illegal immigrant's. "funds were diverted from every part of the federal government. there appears to be significant funds siphoned from social security to pay for illegals." that is the same social security experts warn will run out of money for all americans in ten

years." >> hillary vaughn reporting live from the hill. >> let's bring in jonathan turley, fox news contributor at george washington university law professor, so the unions argue that this employee buyout offer is a "unlawful ultimatum." they wrote in part in their petition to the judge "the office of personal management's -- sweeping and a stunningly arbitrary action to solicit blanket resignations of federal workers. you could argue the stunningly arbitrary part of that, but what they say is true. trump is trying to get these people to quit. he wanted 100,000 of them to resign. some 65,000 have done so. the question is, does he have the legal ability to do it? >> this is one of the most creative aspects of the trump administration. it's quite fascinating. on the surface, it would seem like he does have this

authority. i'm not convinced as to the basis for this federal judge. they are saying "we will allow you to stay home. you don't even have to show up at work, according to the current order for employees." you can spend eight months looking for another job and then agree to resign. that likely is within the authority of the president, that as presidents often change the work conditions -- appearances of employees. i am not quite certain for the basis saying it's unconstitutional. this is an agreement between the employees and the administration, a consensual agreement that they would resign if they could have those months to look for a new job. >> this argument that the senator was making is how is he going to fund this? for as long as congress appropriate money at the current levels, the money will be there to pay these folks until the end of the fiscal year. vice president j.d. vance over in paris for and ai summit says judges are not allowed to

control trump's "legitimate power. if a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. if a judge tried to command the attorney general on how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." you can say that, but at the t --same time, there were plentf executive orders by and was trying to get through that got blocked by judges as well. what's the difference? >> that's right. i think this will all shake out with something in the middle. you have to comply with federal laws. you have to do with appropriated money in the way that it was appropriated to be used. all of that has to shake out. i think these federal judges, however, have gone too far. i think they are really butting up against article two, the inherent powers of the presidency. the argument that you're going to shut down the government, coming from democratic members

because these policies is curious. the democrats are threatening people that want less government with shutting down the government. that's like threatening a vegan that you are going to impose a beef man. it's not going to be particularly effective. in fact, it may be celebrated. i think much of this is atmospheric. i think we are going to see is these cases play out, that these judges have gone too far. it does not mean that all of these claims are meritless. there are federal laws that must be complied with. but the sweeping aspects of this, barring all treasury officials from seeing material, for example, i think is going to fall badly on -- when it gets to review by the appellate courts. you can't sweep that broadly. the president has authority to run the executive branch. >> which brings me to my next point, which is that trump is urgently trying to overturn the

ban on the funding freeze, saying this and it doj file. "basic democratic accountability requires that every executor of agencies work be supervised by politically accountable leadership who ultimately answer to the president." that is -- on being allowed to see the treasury payment system, but at the same time that that is going on, a judge in rhode island just order the trump administration again to lift the freeze on funding, so how is that in your mind -- that will shake out? >> once again, i don't see the way that a federal judge, under article three, can limit article two powers to this extent. the president is allowed to conduct an audit when he comes into office. he's allowed to slow down payments when he reviews them. it is well-known that all administrations, including the biden administration, force there a lot of spending efforts right before they leave office. a new president is allowed to examine all of that. does that mean that they can cut off funds that are appropriated

for those specific purposes? no, but they are allowed to look at how they are being spent. that's a discretion afforded to a president. i think once again, it's going to shake out, but this federal judge went pretty far. this is a temporary injunction, so presumably, the department of justice will come in and say "he is allowed to do this. this how we are going to proceed. we will stay within these navigational beacons." >> this judge in rhode island. i guess the spirit of his order was that you can't freeze all funds while you look for waste. if you look for ways, you find it, then you can freeze those funds. one other court challenge trump is facing is that a judge is now seemingly blocking some detainees from being sent to guantanamo bay. is three venezuelans, and this judge said "the uncertainty that the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access at gitmo is enough -- the

injunction." these venezuelan detainees have not been told they're going to guantanamo: they just believe that they fit the profile that some of the other people that have been a detention along with them have been sent so they figure they are next. i am just trying to wrap my head araround the idea that a judge s saying "we will block you from sending people that you haven't said you were going to send to gitmo." >> i think that opinion is on thin ice if there's any ice remaining. first of all, you can send people to guantanamo bay. democratic presidents have done that with people who have immigrated to this country, like the haitian flood that we, that the administration was dealing with. the fact is you have to give them due process, but you can't assume that that's going to be denied. the injunction should a focus on guaranteeing due process. not saying you can't transfer people from point a to point b. that is within the discretion of

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to go despite democrats efforts to delay president trump's remaining cabinet nominees, inching towards confirmation. tulsi gabbard, kash patel, and rfk jr., some of the big names still waiting to be voted on. our correspondent live on capitol hill. i think we are expecting the committee vote on patel this week. what else? >> we are expecting a pretty big boat for tulsi gabbard in just a few hours. this is the first procedural votes. it is overcoming the filibuster. it will tell us about what we can expect of her confirmation vote that will happen then, after later this week. week watching sensors mitch mcconnell and lisa murkowski. those two have previously voted against president trump's most controversial candidates. we do expect gabbard to get the 51 votes she needs, simple majority, partially and thanks

to president j.d. vance as well as intel chair tom cotton. fox digital has learned that vance was making personal phone calls to senators on the committee -- cotton also set up this makeshift war room so to speak. reaching out to the former senator for some help and the former intel committee chairman who also worked the lines there. a big problem these folks had, especially democrats, was gabbard's inability to call edward snowden a traitor during her confirmation hearing, but in the end, it looks like everyone was able to ease the minds of republicans. rfk jr. is also selected to get a big confirmation vote later this week. democrats are still burning the clock, delaying these books by taking up to 30 hours to debate to really bash the candidates. republicans say they're going to get this done even if it takes a wild. >> we are going to get everyone of the president's cabinet nominees across the finish line very soon.

we are on track to finish soon. we are a little bit ahead, pace-wise dan where -- pacewise versus where we were with the bite and administration. >> facing a possible confirmation if she can get over that hurdle sometime late tuesday-wednesday. >> we will be watching later on tonight. thank you. >> as rfk jr. waits for his senate confirmation vote as house secretary, there is a new sign that has make america healthy again movement is picking up steam. arizona is considering a bill that would ban school lunches from having any of those highly processed foods or ingredients or controversial food dyes in the empirical spring and a lawmaker who introduced that bill, leo by a sochi. thank you for joining us. >> close enough. >> thank you for joining us. we are curious about the movement and where you think

it's going. >> this is incredible. i want to give credit to rfk jr., president trump. lot of people i'm talking about this for a long time, but it wasn't until he came to the forefront, started to run for office that this has not become a big thing for a lot of people, for soccer moms all the way up to obviously politicians, actors. this is huge. pass committee 10-0. the momentum is great and it's exciting for us to be doing something in arizona. >> i'm one of the soccer moms. moms are talking about this around the country. it's brought attention to the ingredients that go into these foods. forever, people were talking about the weight of our bride, the way tortillas make you. in particular, the top of one of these that we put up on the screen that's banned under the arizona healthy schools act is potassium bromine. when something highlights is to you and you go look, if this is in some of those foods you think are otherwise natural or healthy or minimal ingredients, you see

this and they say it's to preserve freshness. what is the harm in something like that? >> you look at what these things are doing. they are causing cancer, they're causing adhd in children. it's funny, because the reason this even came up to my attention was when i was in italy over the summer, i'm eating pasta, and i'm sure a lot of your viewers can relate to this. in europe, you're eating pasta, pizza, ice cream, having all these things. you are not gaining weight, you don't feel like you do when you eat them here, and then you turn the label around in europe, and this is not in any other products. these red dies. none of these items are in there. they have been banned for a reason, and the reason is they are causing these health problems in humans. so my thought is if there's anybody we should be protecting, it's our most vulnerable: our children, police officers, doctors. the fact that we are allowing this poison in our food is unacceptable, and it's time for change. it is exciting that this movement is growing like it is.

>> absolutely. these countries have -- remove some of these ingredients, the blue dies, the yellow dies, the red dies as known carcinogens in these countries, and yet they're still in our food. more from rfk jr. on those dy es in the confirmation hearing. >> kellogg's makes froot loops for the united states alone that is loaded with red dye, blue dye, and many other ingredients. they make the same product for canada that's all vegetable dyes. we are allowing these companies because of the influence over our regulatory agencies to mass poison american children. that's wrong. >> regardless of where this goes, it seems that a lot of people, interested in looking at those ingredients and seeing what they are ingesting. >> absolutely. i want to touch on that, from rfk jr. he made a great point. when i was in europe, i turned the label around on the companies. they are making a product in the u.s., making the same product in

europe, but not having the dyes in any of them. you have to ask yourself, if they are already doing this, why aren't they in the united states? this is why this is so exciting. these companies need to do better. they do. can't blame my parents, can't blame previous generations, because we just didn't know. now we know. imagine if we found out that lead was in our pipes and we said "we are just not going to worry about it. let's do something about this." it is an exciting time. let's make it happen. >> obesity rates, they have in high for quite some time. you look at the childhood obesity rates for kids ages 2 2-19. these numbers continue to climb. and that should be alarming for all. here is what we are hearing from some of those moms. >> make america healthy again movement is an answer to my prayers. >> my children, all three of them are super sick in 2007 on many chronic medications.

i was told that they are just going to need to be a chronic medications forever, and i refused to take that answer for one more day. i started changing her diet, i changed our lifestyles. all of our kids came off medication. >> so regardless of what's happening, people all over the country -- especially moms who are buying the food and feeding their kids -- are saying something's not right, something has to change. i will give you the final thought. >> yeah. i think we see that with -- this is something that was banned 30 years ago by the fda. they said to cause cancer if you put it on your skin. it took 30 years for them to say maybe you shouldn't in -- by rfk jr. needs to be confirmed. this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. you need someone who is willing to say what's wrong with these products, really shined a light on this. i hope that happens. and it is something that will be for the best, for our children, for society, for everything. hopefully that happens this week. >> the fresher foods. sometimes, people fear that they

will have to spend more money, companies will be able to sell their products. a lot goes into all of this, and the conversation is definitely out there and the discussion continues. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> when he's telling about pasta, i would listen to him. president trump's approval reaching new highs, and his opponents are struggling to respond. one democratic lawmaker says the party's messaging just isn't working. mollie hemingway here to react, next. >> and, the transportation secretary on the ground in north carolina, observing damage from hurricane hellion. why the region still faces a major rebuilding effort, months after the storms. >> there are so many small roads and bridges that connect the communities up in the mountains. many of them have been partially washed away. that if a structure as well that we are going to look at and figure out how we ca,n help them rebuild. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals,

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>> president trump writing high. a new poll showing he's got the highest approval rating of either of his terms in office. democrats are struggling to find an effective counter message, even starting to -- new strategy here -- criticize each other. the fox news -- chief of the federalist. you have this poll that has trump at 53%, his highest ever. despite the fact that he's got all this criticism flying his way, the folks who elected him, because they want to policy changes, seem to be happy about it. >> this is a really interesting poll, in part because you remember back during the first trump administration, he was elected with low approval rating numbers, so he could win an election with low approval. to me, having a majority of americans supporting him and some of the other figures there. 70% think he's doing what he said he would when he was campaigning. you see the greatest margin of support for him as among young

people. these are -- we are new uncharted territory. it makes it more difficult for the media and other democrats to fight him because back eight years ago, you could at least say he didn't win the popular vote, and they were saying it was illegitimate because of the russia collusion. it's hard to push that idea when he's got so much popular sup support. >> democrats still saying -- we saw them last week complaining about doge, elon musk, everything else. not everybody in the democratic side is happy with what democrats are doing. this congressman in maine says "i don't think is been very effective, the response so far. i am frustrated by. if you make everything defcon 5, eventually nothing is defcon 5, and on questions of overage of constitutional 30 -- is not always so cut and dry." got the devcon scale backwards. we get what he is saying.

it seems as though trump is effectively playing rope-a-dope with the democrats. they are swinging at everything he does and very soon they are going to get punched out. >> in their defense, i don't think anybody realized that trump would come into office and just start doing so much for your having multiple actions. >> that's what he promised he said he would do. >> do still impressive. the other thing that's hard for pushing back against with donald trump -- is doing is popular with the american people. so taking on the bloat and the federal government, waste, fraud, abuse. you have democrats trying to somehow find a position on which to be opposed to battling waste, fraud, abuse. it's difficult ground. and as you know, everything is a crisis. they're trying to get people outraged over everything and it's just not working. the more they say they are outraged, the less effective it will continue to be. >> in that same "cbs news" poll, the majority of americans think elon musk should have more

influence over government operations and spending. there was this reuters poll up last week that found when asked if the u.s. should support all foreign aid it, 56% of people said yes, they should suspend all foreign aid, as opposed to 40% who said no. democrats are basically other screaming from the rooftops that they want to support wasteful spending. >> and washington, d.c., these programs are very popular. these other programs by which their own friends and family are employed, these foreign aid programs. they work for the nonprofits, the governmental organizations that get funded by this. with normal americans, these are not popular programs. it's just because -- and of the targeted approach for the targeted government and we don't think it has yield investments. they also think there are a lot of problems in this country -- can help others. -- >> which is why other stomach people were outraged when he tweeted that fema money --

addressing the problems in carolina or in l.a. after the fires. >> it looks like the federal agencies are still finding it harder to spend -- in taxpayer dollars. they haven't had much scrutiny or oversight. more people are finding out about it. it's not just this program. it's every agency. so much money. as -- as anybody else. >> can tell us in person. good to see you. >> it's been nearly five months since hurricane helene devastated parts of the southeast, especially western north carolina. the transportation secretary sean duffy is on the ground as the trump administration puts renewed focus on the area. more from our southeast bureau. how much will it cost to rebuild madison? >> secretary duffy says it's going to take billions of

dollars to rebuild just one stretch of i-40. that's just a small fraction of all of the damaged roads, bridges, buildings in the region. secretary duffy says this will be the most extensive emergency relief product in the department of transportation's history. that's a big part of why he was in both tennessee and north carolina today, to get a firsthand look at the devastation, and try to figure out exactly how much money is needed to rebuild. duffy says the d.o.t. is working closely with local transportation departments and other federal agencies to speed up this whole process. >> donald trump doesn't move at the speed of the prior administrations. he moves lightning quick. we want to go fast. we want to go cheap. we want to go safe. >> secretary duffy says part of the way they are going to do that is by using rock from a local river to restore the roads. duffy says construction material is typically brought in from

about 20-50 miles away, but the u.s. forest service helped the d.o.t. get special use permit -- that to use that rock that is located about a mile away from the damaged road. the significant cut stone cost and time. they say the d.o.t. is not forgetting about smaller roads and bridges that helene damaged, and in those remote mountain terms. hopes to have an update on those in the structure, days after homeland security secretary kristi noem's visit to western north carolina. both she and the acting fema administrator say they are doing every thing they can to improve the federal response to helene and other disasters. gnome also says that president trump is crating a task force to help address how to improve fema, and also says that her team has decreased the number of open hurricane relief cases by nearly 80% recently. >> madison scarpino reporting on the force.

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>> fox news alert. in a big case we are watching a federal court, this courthouse in boston, a couple of unions, the american federation of government employees, the afl-cio have gone to court to try to stop donald trump's plan for an employee buyout across the federal government. some of the things that the unions are arguing is that the plan is they say arbitrary,

capricious, they failed to consider the operations of government. what about va hospitals? could they be left without enough staff? here is what i think is the crux of the argot they are making. they claim the symbol e buyout will do irreparable harm -- they claim this employee buyout will do irreparable harm to unions. union members were not paying their dues anymore. that will hit the pocket books. they are asking the judge for a temporary restraining order. the judge to delay a friday deadline until today. it stands at midnight tonight, the deadline for people to take this offer. we will see if the judge delays that again or issues a temporary restraining order. it's a very important decision that will be made today. we will watch it closely. sandra. >> present trumps executive order ending birthright citizenship has been struck down by a federal judge. for the third time now. the ruling making it clear that the quickest way for reform would be through congress. our next guest is trying to do

just that with a bill called the birthright citizenship act of 2025. let's bring in this republican congressman brian babbitt from texas, cochair of the border security caucus. thank you for being here. you penned a piece in the hill making your pitch, that congress must reform birthright citizenship. you write "the most recent data shows at least 6% of all births in the u.s. are two illegal immigrant mothers. that is equivalent to at least 250250,000 annually, exploding loopholes in our immigration system." "this is not with a 14th amendment intended. yo --" you to your bill -- citizen only if they have one parent who is a citizen, lawful resident, or serving in the armed forces. make your pitch today. >> for one thing, sandra, it is great to be with you. we are being -- this bill is being accused of eliminating birthright citizenship. executive order president trump

does not eliminate birthright citizenship. this bill does not. i will say this repeatedly, does not eliminate birthright citizenship. it clarifies it. it's been the most misunderstood, misinterpreted the thing, i think, and the federal government. it's been around since 1868, the 14th amendment, and what this does is clarify who gets birthright citizenship. no way in heck the founding fathers, the congress of 1868, the post-civil war era, ever intend for illegal immigrants to come sneaking into our country, or birth tourism to minors -- from china, everybody else coming in to have these babies become citizens of the united states, just by virtue of a misinterpretation of this amendment. this will clarify, and you said it, there are three instances

when one of the parents has to satisfy -- so that the baby will qualify and become a citizen of the night states of america. that's all we are doing. we are trying to bring clarification to this. it's nothing but a boondoggle. it's abuse of our system and it has to stop. >> do you think you have the support in congress to make that happen? >> well, we've got about -- i don't know how many we have on it now, but it's 50 or 60 people on it. i think we can probably get more than that on there, and if we can get this thing to the floor, i can guarantee you that we could get it passed, the president of united states will sign this into law, and his executive order will be codified in the u.s. code. >> i want to finish up by asking you about the growing threat of cartels in the united states and beyond. this is tom homan on that, on abc on thursday. >> the cartels i think will be

forced to take on the military, but we know they have taken on the mexican military before. have an united states military -- do i expect violence to escalate? absolutely. the cartels can -- >> this was victor avila on our program last week, listen. >> you have a full on war on two sides of mexico. one on the outside of arizona in the sonora desert, the s nationl cartel or having devastating firefights. in the last couple of days on the other side of laredo, texas, there was a capture of the number two guy. firefights. you would think these fights and shooting happening in iraq, but it's not: it's right next to our country. >> there is a lot of support for getting a hold of the situation that's only been getting worse in recent years. are you hearing the right debate, and do you believe right now the administration is laying out policies that will fix this problem? >> yes, ma'am, i do. i certainly believe that.

it's no tragedy that we are being pushed back by activist federal judges in the democratic party. this is what we want to happen. we want this to get into the u.s. supreme court, win its way through the court system, get to scotus, have them make an interpretation, a ruling on this, which will eliminate all confusion in the future. let me tell you something: what they just said, we have a war that's going on in our southern border. this is the number one issue in our district. i live 200 miles -- my district is 200 miles from the border, even though i may border security caucus cochair. let me tell you, people are tired of criminals, the rapes, the murders, the terrorists coming in, the terror that this border has created over the last

four years after the insane policies of the biden administration. they are ready to have something done at the border and i think donald trump for appointing tom homan to do this great job. >> and as we are speaking, an update across the wires. two planes carrying venezuelan migrants deported from the u.s. the first since the january deal. they are heading to venezuela according to the south american country's government. this just crossing right now. two flights carrying u.s. deportees heading to venezuela according to the venezuelan government. we will keep following that periods are, thank you for joining us. >> sandra, global leaders are gathering in paris today to talk about the rise of ai. in the u.s. become the world capital on artificial intelligence? that's coming up. 100 va loan lets you take out an average of $70,000 to pay off your car loan pay off your credit cards and pay yourself cash. (vo) call 1-844-979-2669

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