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and that's a quote. the ultimatum comes as the trump administration confirms it is holding talks with hamas, a terrorist group. anita: meanwhile, there are new developments in the other major with war president trump is trying to bring to an end. are sanctions coming for russia? welcome to another hour of "fox news live." i'm anita vogel in new york and, jonathan, here we go for hour two. jonathan: yeah, i'm jonathan hunt in los angeles. we begin with the latest moves on those two war fronts. danamarie mcnicholl is following it closely from west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: get spite a longstanding american policy against negotiating with terrorist organization, the white house says an envoy for the president has spoken directly with hamas looking for a diplomatic solution. all of this as a president trump issued a warning on truth social telling the group to release all
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the a remaining hostages immediately or face destruction saying, quote, not a single hamas member will be safe if you don't say -- don't do as i say, end quote. >> the president was pretty blunt. it's time for hamas to start acting in a a responsible and reasonable way, and we don't think that they have been doing that. >> reporter: hamas has responded to the president's late threat by preparing for another offensive. they say any israeli military action could lead to the deaths of more hostages. this as a anxious civilians in gaza watch and wait to see what will happen as the first phase of the ceasefire ended over a week with ago. since then israel and hamas have been unable to find a way forward.
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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he plans to continue blocking aid shipments into gaza until more hostageage as are released and a new deal is reached. >> no free meal for those who aim to kill our people, to murder our hostages. release our hostages now, and you'll be able to leave gaza alive. >> reporter: now, when the president -- >> -- everything or it needs, israel needs to finish the job, jonathan. jonathan: thank you so much. joining me now on the middle east, the author of the book, hunting the caliphate," retired u.s. army major -- [inaudible] general, great to have you with us, as always. so president trump has issued what he calls a final warning. he issued another warning just a
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couple of weeks ago, i believe it was, release all the a hostages now. hamas clearly ignored that warning because many of the hostage as are still being held. do you think this final, final warning will make any difference? >> good morning, jonathan. actually, i don't. i don't think hamas is paying much attention to it. there was a warning before, before the inauguration, and hamas if didn't pay attention to that, so there's no reason to think hamas is paying attention to this one either. jonathan: so, general, it seems really difficult when you're dealing with an organization that, as you say, is ignoring warnings from the president of the united states, is fighting the prime minister of israel and the entire israeli population, and you see when we have the hostages releases as a we're looking there on screen, you see these maxed fighters lining up -- masked fighters, has anything really changed other than the destruction, physical destruction of a lot of gaza? there doesn't seem to be much destruction of the ideology of hamas which is prime minister met an ya hue's stated goal.
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>> no, it's absolutely changed in many ways. hamas hat nonbeen destroyed, but hamas -- has not been destroyed, but hamas has been defeated. it's time for hamas to come to the table. hamas has a very little leverage. they have the hostages x that's really it. and if they're not careful, if israel is released by the united states to go into gaza and actually destroy hamas, they can. but this is the help -- to help the palestinian people. so hamas needs to come to the table. i think the agreements that israel is looking at is fair for at least hamas and gives the palestinian people a chance. jonathan: hamas said today, i believe it was, this morning they released a statement saying that there were, i think the words were something like positive signs regarding phase two of the ceasefire. so it appears that the sides are
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talking, general. but if you had to look at the future, would you say that this ends up as a deal where all the hostages get released and there is some sort of negotiated deal here, or as you, as you hinted there, does president trump say to israel all the reins are off a, do what you need to do? is which of those is the more likely scenario? >> well, i would hope that hamas comes to the table. because if they do not release the hostages, they will have no support from the u.s. in the future. so they these to release the hostages including the american, edan alexander. jonathan: and, general, before i let you go, i want to get your thoughts on iran as a well, if you don't mind. president trump has written this letter to the iranian leadership trying to get negotiations on the nuclear capabilities
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restarted. the ayatollah khamenei responded this morning saying we will not be bullied. how does that play out, general? >> well, iran, their cards are not really good right now. obviously, much of their air defense capability was destroyed by israel, and their not in a a -- they're not in a very good position right now. so i think that iran can come around and sit down with not only the united states, but saudi arabia and others in the region so that their nuclear capability can end. and that they do not get a nuclear weapon. that would be with, that would make the entire with situation much, much worse. jonathan: yeah. these are difficult times, certainly, and it'll be interesting to see all this place out. retired u.s. army major general dana pit ard. general, thank you so much for spending part of your saturday
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with us. >> thank you, jonathan. anita: all right, jonathan. to the war in ukraine now after last week's heated oval office meeting with zelenskyy. president trump now threatening massive sanctions on russia. can he get them both to come to the table for a peace deal? let's discuss this with former cia station chief in moscow and fox news contributor dan hoffman. dan, great to see you today. always a guys to see you on a saturday. i want -- always nice to see you. i want to quickly get your thoughts on that infamous oval office a meeting. where were we then, and where are we now? >> well, look, that was a tough one to watch where you've got our president and vice president openly having this disagreement with the president of ukraine for all of us to see. i wish they'd done that behind closed doors. but, look, the president, president trump has tried to entice russia to come to the negotiating table. he's promised that ukraine would never join nato, that we with
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would not go back to ukraine's 2014 border, he's halted military assistance to ukraine as well as intelligence sharing. all of those things, and russia continues to rain down hell on ukraine's infrastructure and civilians. just last night there was a russian cruise missile attack in donetsk that killed 14 civilian, and the russians are now using their missiles from s-300 air a defense because they're less concerned about ukraine launch. ing any attacks along the border inside russian territory because they don't have the intelligence support from the united states to do so. as far as sanctions are concerned, on this network years ago i said that president biden's threat to use economic coercion including sanctions would never deter putin from launching the war in the first place. and now putin is enjoying support from iran. he's got a drone factory with the iranians in russia to produce drones. he's got artillery from north korea and north korean soldiers being used as cannon fodder.
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so he's in a stronger place. he's swivelled his economy to china, shipping his hydrocarbons, oil and gas, there and to india. i'm not sure how the threat of sanctions would impact putin's calculus, but perhaps president trump has other ideas about that. neither neither yeah. i thought the same thing -- anita:. i remember when president biden talked about all the different kinds of sanctions he would put on russia, and he did. and it didn't seem to defer vladimir putin one bit. and you're right, i think we're curious to see what president trump has up his sleeves. we'll have to see how that plays out. but do you think at some point both putin and zelenskyy and the united states come to the table? >> it's a wickedly complex challenge. look, i've seen this up close having served in war zones before with the cia, that wars end when both sides are too exhausted to fight or one side
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wins. putin's strategic objective continues to be to topple the government of ukraine, install a kremlin puppet regime. he hasn't succeeded at that in spite of hundreds of thousands of casualties that he's caused in russia and hundreds of thousandses in ukraine as well -- thousands in ukraine as a well. i just don't know how we get them to the negotiating table. i think that's going to be a real challenge for this administration. i know we want to do it, and it would be good to get a cease fierks but i also a don't see any evidence that that's what putin wants. and i think it's over to director of cia, ratcliffe, to produce that evidence, if there is any, for president trump to examine and find what russia's pain points are so that we might be able to induce putin to halted this barbaric invasion of ukraine while still giving ukraine the opportunity to defee russian attack. at stake is europe. i think putin would be
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emboldenedded to take -- to launch attacks potentially against our nato allies in europe with. we enjoy $1 trillion the worth of trade in europe, and we don't want putin to cast a shadow over that. anita: when you say you're not sure putin wants peace, what about zelenskyy? and what about the people of ukraine? i know you have insight there. what do you think they want to do? do you still think they think they can win this war if it chemos going? what do you think -- keeps going? what do you think they want? >> they don't have a choice. they're the victim here. they were invaded. and and so they kind of keep having -- they must keep shooting at the guys who are trying to kill innocent civilians in their country. so they really don't have a choice, but to defend themselves. it's not as if they don't want peace. i think they absolutely do. now, the one thing president zelenskyy also a wants is some security guarantees because he knows that russia has broken ceasefires in the past, most recently in 2019, that they broke the budapest agreement of 1994 when ukraine gave up
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nuclear weapons, and russia signed that agreement saying they would not threaten ukraine eastertorial integrity even though they did and launched an invasion. so that's ukraine's concern, is getting some security guarantees to go along with the ceasefire. and i think right now that's the challenge for the trump administration, to bring all that together. anita: yeah. and zelenskyy certainly made that clear in that oval office meeting that, what you call a spectacle. dan hoffman, thank you so much for coming in today and giving your with insights. >> all right, thank you. anita: all right. we are following breaking news in new jersey where a police officer is dead and another is clinging to life following a wild shootout. we will have the very late. plus, newly-released texts and a 911 call shining a chilling right on -- light on the night of of of the student murders. what was said, and how are they helping investigators nail down the timeline? stay with us. ♪ (v
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anita: a tragic night for law enforcement in the guard withen state. a new jersey police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life are after a wild shootout in knew work. madison scarpino has the sad details. hi, madison. >> reporter: hi, anita. we just got an update from the newark mayor, the essex county prosecutortwo officers and a 14-year-old suspect but shot last night. the 5-year vet r.n. a of the newark police department was killed. the other officer is injured but recovering, and multiple suspects are being yesterday right now including that teenager who is charged with murksd attempted murder and possession of illegal weapons. >> our hearts are heavy.
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we're leaning on one another for support. we're going to be there for the family. the family was there last night. his mother and and his father and approximately five brothers were at the hospital mourning him, grieving him. >> reporter: authorities say police approached the suspects who they believe had illegal weapons at an intersection near a buzzy road in newark, new jersey. the prosecutor says suspects began shooting when police approached them, and the officer was shot before he even a had the opportunity to leave his police car. today's update, local authorities say the community has to do a better job at making sure kids are not handling guns. >> we need to focus laser sharp on trying to find the reason why this 14-year-old was in the situation that he was. had a gun, felt he could use it against the police. that's a crazy situation, that's one that cannot go unchecked.
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>> reporter: and, anita, that was not the only officer-involved shooting yesterday. two police officers were shot in charlotte. thankfully, they are expected to be okay, but that just happened -- that happened just hours before the newark shooting. i'll send it back to you. anita: just awful. madison scarpino, thank you so much for bringing us this story. jonathan: chilling text messages from the night of the do college murders -- idaho college murders shedding new light on a potential timeline of the attacks. the victims' surviving roommates sending several texts between 4:22 and 4:24 a.m.. those messages included the words, i am so freaked out, come my room and run. retired fbi agent bobby ciccone joins me now. bobby, it's extraordinary when you read these.
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for somebody like you who has seen so much from the awful side of humans, it's maybe less shocking. but to those of us particularly who are parents, you think of your children sitting there sending messages to each other like that, just absolutely terrifying. what does that -- what does it all say to you about the situation in that house of horrors that night? >> well, jonathan, other than the original statement from a witness that says she saw a guy walk by with bushy eyebrows, this is the very first time we're getting a peek inside that house. when you read these texts, i mean, you feel like you're inside that house. you can feel the terror that's going on. and these texts are key now for the police to put the timeline together. they actually match up against other things they already have like the white car on video around a 4 a.m. a, like the doordash delivery that one of the victims had, exactly as
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you're putting up on the screen now, like the video from next door. there's a house that has video, and on the video you can hear because it also has audio, somebody whimpering and a thud. and all those times match up with these texts, and that's why it's so important to not only get the texts in, but the time of the texts because the time puts together this important timeline. but they also, for a jury, they'll bring you right into that house. you get this dark feeling when you read through the string of these two kids, these two young women that have this terror, this horror that something's going on in this house, and they kind of know it. and they're so frightened because their friends are not responding to texts, and this is the timeline matches up perfectly with what was already developing in the investigation. jonathan and bryan kohberger's trial set to begin, i believe jury selection the very end of july, opening statements likely to get to first week of august.
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there's a mountain of evidence, it seems to me, against kohberger, bobby. and, but you think that this, these -- this kind of emotionallal stuff is what might play most strongly with a jury? if. >> yeah, that's right. i mean, look, you know, as an attorney, i know from the legal aspect the facts are things that matter to a jury, but a prosecutor will tell you they want that emotional attachment of the jury to the case. they want that emotional attachment to the victims of the case. and these two young women are sort of living victims of this incident, of this murder. and so i think that the prosecutor always enjoys or always a wants to have the jury have a a visceral connection to the horror that the victims went through. but also a, i mean, these texts do both, both give you that
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horror, but they also give you the timeline that matches up to other evidence and supports other evidence. and when you can get two pieces of evidence that support each other, that's great for the prosecution. jonathan all right. retired fbi agent bobby chacon, it's going to be a long and fascinating trial from if august through early november, i believe at this point. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, jonathan. jonathan: and a sanctuary city showdown. left-leaning mayors getting an earful from congress as the white house pushes for more funding to help crack down on illegal immigration. that's coming up. honestly, we've had a complicated relationship. ♪ i've tried sports bras, underwire bras, minimizer bras... ♪ and then out of nowhere,
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>> let's talk about tom homan. shame on him for lying about my city. >> mr. mayor, it appears to me at least that you are selling new yorkers out. it appears you are working with tom homan who is clearly, clearly focused on family separation. >> do you consider yourself a sanctuary city -- >> we do not under that definition. >> so you're not a sanctuary. >> we call ourselves a welcoming city. >> breaking or -- yes or no, is breaking into the country against the law? >> that's how you cross the border -- >> okay. mayor john stomp the. jonathan: republican house oversight committee chairman james comer with me now. congressman, before we talk, i want to play another clip from the committee hearing in which you plaid a role. here it is. played a role. >> i'd like to seek unanimous consent into the record, this is
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from courts, as a survivor is of sexual violence myself -- >> without objection, so ordered. >> data from texas shows -- >> without objection, so ordered. with we put it in the record. >> let me proceed. today that from texas shows that u.s.-born -- >> no, that is not -- [inaudible conversations] >> listen, this trend of you all trying to get thrown out of committees so you can get on msnbc is going to end -- >> i take particular umbrage as a survivor of sexual violence -- >> order -- >> -- this is my right! thank you! >> no! no! jonathan: so, congressman, that hearing go? >> it went well. i mean, the democrats try to obstruct. they don't have anything substantive to say. they try to intimidate the witnesses. you had eric adams there, the one mayor on that panel that's actually agreed to comply with the law and work with tom homan
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to deport the criminal aliens. that's what we're talking about, the criminal aliens, this ones that have already committed a crime over here and yet when faced with a democrat question like mr. garcia from california, he's threatening him. you're working with garcia. maybe the justice department should take a closer look at you. the democrats aren't curious about a securing the border. that was proven. what donald trump said in his speech to congress was 100% fact tomorrow when he said all we needed was a president who had the will to secure the border, a new president, and now we have a secure border. but it's not over. we've got to deport the bad guys that are over here, the aliens that have committed crimes, that have committed crimes like rape and theft and even murder. these aliens need to be deported, and it's going to be expensive, but at the very least we've got to have the cooperation from these i blue city mayors. jonathan: and, congressman, president trump says he needs more plunger as you say, because
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it is -- money, because it is going to be more's pennive -- expensive. is congress going to get its act together, come to an agreement between the senate and the house and give president trump the budget that he wants? >> i hope so. you know, this budget is a continuing as pollution -- resolution. it's t not what conservatives like me would prefer, but when it takes 60 votes to pass the senate, that's the best you can do. democrats want to increase spending, republicans wants to cut. you have to compromise. what's the compromise? keep spending flat. it's a win not to increase spending because the democrats still have enough votes to block anything key in the house. -- conservative in the house. the real most important legislation is the budget reconciliation which only takes 51 votes to pass the house. this will include more funding for president trump's efforts to deport the criminal alien. look, we can't put these criminals on delta flights going
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back to central america and south american if countries or even to europe and asia. we have to put them on military flights because they're dangerous. they're bad people. and that's going to cost money. it's going to cost money to finish the border wall, it's going to cost money to have these detention facilities that are going to detain the these criminal aliens. so is going to have to step up and do -- congress is going to have to step up and do that. jonathan: congressman, you're chairman of the oversight committee. does elon musk and doge need a little more oversight? >> i think that musk is learning as he goes. his heart's in the right place. he's want to cut wasteful -- wanting to cut wasteful spending, and i support that. my committee's working closely with elon musk. we have our doge subcommittee led by marjorie taylor greene. she's communicating almost daily with elon musk. some of the things he's suggested cutting after he learned more about it, he
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learned maybe that was something we need to keep in place. but he's also found, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars that we need toe eliminate, and i applaud him for that. we'll continue to work with him. jonathan: congressman james comer from the great state of kentucky, thank you, sir. you're always general royce with your -- generous with your time with us. thank you. >> thank you. anita: president trump canceling millions of dollars in grants to columbia university after more anti-israel protests broke out this week. so how are jewish students reacting now? we will ask. and later, throwing shade at the idea of more sunlight. why a lot of doctors are not thrilled about springing forward for daylight saving time. ♪ i'm gonna soak up the sun -- ♪ i'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up ♪ on car insurance by checking allstate first.
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anita: wild scenes breaking out on new york college campuses this week. police making more arrests after barnard's library was occupy by anti-israel protesters -- occupied. columbia students holding they are own demonstrations as well. now the trump administration is responding by canceling grants to columbia worth roughly $400 million. so how are students reacting? joining me now is columbia university senior'den -- yielden. thank --'den. thanks so much for coming on with us today. what was your reaction to president trump stripping federal funds from columbia university to the tune of $400 million? >> i am incredibly hopeful that this federal action will be a much-needed wake-up call to columbia's administrators and trustees to finally take this anti-semitism crisis seriously, because our leadership at columbia has missed countless opportunities to really do the right thing and make the necessary fundamental reforms to
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save our university and protect jewish and israeli students. and, unfortunately, nothing else has worked. anita: well, you're a senior, so you've been on the campus for four years, and you certainly were there last year when these protests started. i want to ask you, what happened to you personally and how have these protests changed your high there as a college student? >> since october 7th of 2023 it has been night and day at columbia university. jewish students like myself have been unable to take certain classes because of professors who openly praise terrorism and violence against our people. i have been shouted down on campus many times for being with jewish and being a zionist. i have friends that have been physically assaulted on and around campus for their jewish identities. unfortunately, the university has become unrecognizable. anita: yeah. it's unbelievable. i want to put up on the screen the response from columbia
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university to the trump administration. here's what they said. they said, quote: we take columbia's legal obligations seriously and understand how serious this announcement is and are committed to combating anti-semitism and ensuring the safety and well-being of our students, faculty and staff. eden, do you believe that statement? >> look, there are simple changes that columbia could have made over the last year and a half like instituting a mask ban, like following through on disciplinary action and holding students that, for example, violently break into buildings accountable, something which is what we've seen very little of from columbia over the last year and a half. and our university is now at an existential level. but, unfortunately, columbia hasn't outlined a path to answering the multibillion dollar question which is what are they actually going to do to combat with anti-semitism. anita: uh-huhment -- uh-huh.
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well, do you think they'll do something now? >> i am cautiously optimistic. i think if our university leadership doesn't finally step up and make some of these necessary reforms like the ones that i just mentioned, then really there is going to be the no other incentive. anita: let me ask you as a jewish student going through what you have on that campus, would you recommend this other university to other jewish students? if should they consider columbia with university? it is considered one of the top universities in the country if not the world, but should jewish students go there? >> i think it is critically important for jewish students to maintain a strong presence everyone where -- every are. -- everywhere. i think for generations jewish-americans have worked incredibly hard to get to the places we're at now, and it would be a shame to give that up because of students and professors that openly say they don't want us here. it's an unfortunate reality that if being a jewish student at
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columbia means you have to tolerate harassment and discrimination, but we should just give up our space here. i think we need to come and we need to stand strong and fight back and hope to work with the university to make it the incredible research institution and beacon of higher learning that it can, hopefully, become once again. anita: yes. and you should not have to tolerate discrimination and harassment. there is no question about that. eden, thank you so much for coming on today, and and i think you'll be graduating soon, so we wish you all the a best of luck. >> thank you so much. anita: uh-huh. jonathan? jonathan: to rome know where ths saying pope francis had another restful night after he shared his first audio message since his hospitalization. fox's jeff paul has the very latest from rome. hello, jeff. >> reporter: hey, jonathan. yeah, on the heels of several consecutive days of somewhat positive updates from the vatican, we are now hearing from
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pope francis for the first time. the pontiff releasing an audio recording in his native spanish after spending roughly three weeks right here in the hospital. [speaking spanish] >> translator: i thank you prosecute bottom of my heart for your prayers. i accompany you from here. may god bless you and the virgin protect you. thank you. >> reporter: now, the pope, as you might have noticed, sounded like someone welcome back who is 88 years old with past -- with 88-year-olds also. his voice was soft, frail and at times, yes, sound ised a little out of breath. but just a few days ago pope francis suffered from two sudden episodes of breathing problems. since then the vatican says he hasn't had any more serious respiratory incidents and has been stable. in fact, in the view of his stable written call picture, the vat -- clinical picture, the vatican didn't put out a health update yesterday as they
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normally would which has come as a relief for those praying for the popes. >> translator: ups and downs, but he strongly has -- certainly has a strong cortex and must stay among us, absolutely. >> reporter: the pope is doing physical therapy both for his mobility and his breathing. the vatican says he is resting, he's also doing some work, and we're hoping of to have an update a little later today. jonathan? jonathan: jeff paul in rome. great to see you, as always. president trump, meanwhile time, is scaling back some of his tariffs. how will the changes or flip-flops, if you want to put it that way, are impacting your wallet and our economy. plus, could this be the last weekend we spring ahead? if the president weighs in coming up. (vo) weight loss. for so long, i felt stuck. but zepbound means change. zepbound is for adults with obesity to help lose weight and keep it off. it's changing what i believe is possible
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♪ ♪ anita: president trump already rolling back some of his tariffs on mexico and china after they went into effect this week. but americans are still worrying about the potential impact on their wallet including home buyers. a lot of the materials used to build homes are brought in from outside of the u.s., so what should home buyers expect? real estate broker and host of manage global on fox business --
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mansion global, katrina campins, joins me now. i love real estate, so i'm so happy to talk to you about this. what would you advise home buyers knowing that these tariffs are out there and, in fact, on march 12th we're looking at a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum? so what about these people out there who are just dying to build their dream home? >> well, i believe that sometimes we have to get uncomfortable to get comfortable, right? and anything worthwhile takes time. while tariffs or even the threat of them will impact the housing market in the short term, right now there's a lot of uncertainty of what will transpire on a long-term basis until these negotiations play out. tariffs are a key part of trump's negotiation strategy to level the playing field, promote fair trade, increase domestic production, create jobs and, ultimately, strengthen the economy. by encouraging investment in
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u.s. industries and reducing the reliance on foreign materials, these measures aim to enhance our long-term economic stability. and additionally, the administration is exploring policies to offset rising costs such as a easing regulations, increasing land availability for development by releasing some federally-owned land and supporting domestic manufacturing to mitigate inflation pressures on the housing market. now, builders have been underbuilding for years due to several critical factors including labor shortages, restrictive zoning laws, high costs associated with regulations and supply chain disruptions. president trump has signed executive orders targeting these issues to stimulate housing production and improve affordability. we have to remember trump has a deep understanding of the real estate industry in particular. so while tariffs or even the threat of them will impact the
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housing market in the short term, the hope is that these broader policy measures will drive long-term solutions rather than just provide a temporary band-aid. now, in the meantime, there is a great deal of uncertainty which is why builder confidence is on the floor if. the rising cost of home construction driven by material shortage as and sustained price increases is worsening housing affordability. inflation, trade uncertainties and global supply chain disruptions are key contributors to this trend. in 2023 -- anita: real quick -- >> $184 billion worth of -- anita: i just wanted to run this figure by you. i have about 30 seconds left for you. so the national association of home builders says these tariffs could add $7500-10,000 to building a new home. when you're building a new home, you're spending a lot of money anyway. that is not a terrible amount. is that what you're hearing in the industry? >> i'm hearing various different
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figures from different economists, anywhere from $7,000 to 22,000. of course, there's so many assumptions that people are making to be able to come to those figures, so we won't know the exact effect. however, you know, we will see increases in lumber like we saw during covid, steel, human pneumonia, drywall -- aluminum, and so i think in the short term it are affect the housing market but long term, hopefully, there's a balance that will occur. anita: hope so. i'm sure there are people out there, like i said, just waiting to build their dream home and trying to find the right time. thanks for coming in today, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. anita: jonathan? oh, it is me. hey, let's get to spring forward, folks. daylight saving time is this weekend. we have expert advice on how you can help your body handle the time change. ♪ you'll find me chasing the -- ♪ day daylight's fading ♪
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change. dr. debbie, you know, personal lu, i love daylight savings. i love the longer evenings. but a lot of people struggle with that change, so how can they make it a little easier on themselves? >> sure. i feel the same way as you was i'm a night owl, so is i like to a stay up. the medical research looks different. first, i'll just say the most concerning part, to look out for yourself and your neighbor because with around this time on the day itself and in the days after the risk of heart attack, stroke, motor vehicle sents too, it all goes -- accidents, it all goes up. if you think you've eaten something, you have nausea, vomiting, any kind of chest pressure, don't dismiss that so quickly. it could be much more serious. eason for all of this is because it's a stress the on the body, and bethink that -- we think it's related to changes in hormones, related to not being as eks poseded to the -- exposed to the sun as much in the
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morning and then being exposed to sun late later in the day and pushing back melatonin. the best thing to do is expose yourself to sunlight more earlier in the day. the more you can get earlier in the day and the less later in the day at least in the first week, that'll help you out, for sure. anita: dr. debbie, president trump has said he kind of feels 50-50 on the issue. he feels like it's a 50-50 split issue in the country. i'm kind of 50-50 although i do look forward to daylight saving time when it comes. isn't there a benefit that because the day is longer, kids are outside playing longer, people are getting more physical activity, i mean, just look at the flipside of this? would you say that could be true? >> yeah, i do. it's actually, as with many things, there's a balance. younger kids may benefit from being able to have more physical activity, but teens tend to have a problem, you know, it's because it can also affect mood, right? it's not just being out and
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having more physical activity, it's the fact that they have to wake up early for school in the dark. so if our day us was shifted and people had enough sleep, it probably would be different, but it's this juxtaposition of having so to seep later because of the activities but then being jarred awake and having that street on -- stress on the body. to our body's not set up for this. anita: well, it's happening whether we like it or not. >> fact -- exactly. anita: thank you for watching today, it's been great to be with you. jonathan: great great being with you, and i'm looking forward to those long evenings, playing more with the kids. of it's always a fun time. i'mthan hunt. "fox news live" continues right now with the great rich edson. ♪ rich: the mystery surrounding the deaths of oscar-winning
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