thursday morning. dominican national police won't say much about the man she was last seen with but offered this. >> the versions we have already given are corroborated by her friends who have confirmed that on the day of her disappearance she was left in the company of a friend, joshua. >> we saw dive teams supporting a helicopter unit looking at a specific area of the ocean. the efforts are extending beyond the possibility of an accidental incident is keeping it confidential with dominican proceedings for this stage of the case. her parents are back in the united states. according to the sheriff there they don't necessarily believe she drowned. we know at the same beach two people drowned as recently as

january. we'll send it back to you, bill. >> bill: that mystery continues. more coming up in moments. nate foye in the d.r. >> democrats have been on their heels since trump won the election. >> we need to focus. what is our economic vision >> who do you think the leader of the democratic party is right now? >> i think the voting public right now is what i would say. i keep saying that. we won't have a charismatic leader ride in and save us from this. >> dana: democrats struggling with leadership and trying to change course gathering for a three-day meeting in virginia. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. it is called a retreat for a reason. >> bill: good morning at home. democrats holding annual party retreat seeking a reset after their losses in november and after facing pushback over series of self-inflicted wounds with protests in conflicting

messages. now they are working to unify the message and get it back on track. >> dana: mark meredith is in virginia. a pretty place there. hi, mark. >> good morning to you. a shame they didn't pick miami for this year's conference but making do. democrats are in the middle of a three-day retreat figuring out what their message is for the next three years. bad polling, leadership vacuum. since november's election we've seen finger pointing what went wrong in the last cycle but democrats say they are ready to talk about the economy with the president's tariffs hurting markets and consumer confidence tanking. pivoting to that issue, the economy. >> donald trump has republicans promised they would lower the high cost of living on day one. costs aren't going down. they are going up. >> we need a democratic house to protect the american people from the costly missteps of the trump administration. >> as "politico" points out today two months into trump's

administration majority of voters still believe democrats in congress are more focused on helping other people than people like me. democrats outside of washington trying to shake things up. newsom a lot of talk about a potential 2028 run started a new podcast talking to conservatives. "wall street journal" the governor told his team the themes he wants to explore is how republicans have been able to beat republicans on messaging and win the white house. potential names will be here to speak with fellow democrats including governor whitmer of michigan. one person who won't show up in rural virginia would be the former vice president, kamala harris. she will announce plans whether or not she wants to be the next governor of california by the end of this summer. dana. >> dana: mark meredith, thank you so much. [shouting]

>> bill: that was the scene in new york city after the arrest of mahmoud khalil sparking protests across new york city. he was ordered to remain in custody in louisiana after the court hearing. green card status on the line. eric shawn back on that story live at columbia university. hello to you and good morning. >> hello, bill. there are new demands this morning to free mahmoud khalil coming from the variety of elected officials. of course the trump administration considers him a national security threat. new demand comes in a letter from members of congress on local officials to free khalil. they want him to be released to stop his deportation for his role in the pro-palestinian protests that have occurred at columbia university. in that letter, the members of congress including he is being

held without legal justification or evidence he has violated any laws. of course, president trump wants khalil out of the country. but a federal judge has put a pause on that for now. khalil, born in a palestinian refugee camp was raised in syria became a legal permanent resident of our country last year. his wife was in court yesterday to hear those arguments in her husband's case. they have been married for two years. she is a dentist, an american citizen expecting their first child next month. she told reuters quote, mahmoud is a palestinian and he has always been interested in palestinian politics standing up for his people. he is fighting for his people. but secretary of state marco rubio says his actions align with the terrorist group hamas and that the sects and administration have the right to kick him out of the country. the judge gave the government lawyers and khalil's lawyers until monday to file more legal

arguments over when this case and as you said for now he remains in a federal detention center in louisiana as we wait for the court session and legal process to play out. >> bill: thank you. eric shawn, columbia university. >> dana: let's bring in bo"bost globe" board member. here is khalil's lawyer yesterday. >> we tried to make clear in court today what happened to khalil is showing and outrageous. outrage anybody who believes speech should be free in the united states of america. >> dana: let's get your take on this in terms of the free speech angle. where do you come down? >> the free speech angle is important. you have nonpartisan groups like fire that have done great work facilitating it has a chilling effect on specialty the

administration wasn't clear what his pro-hamas actions were. that won't be the legal issue in this debate. the legal issue will be section 237 of the nationality act that gives the secretary of state the power to deport somebody he sees as a threat to american foreign policy. that is the real debate here. >> bill: pause that one second. >> freedom of speech is an issue and right that we all have and this is the turning point in the history and freedom. >> bill: i see a number of things going on here. you can respond to her answer. the left has an issue now and probably the first time we have seen this since the election. rubio is saying you are not entitled to have a green card. he is probably right about that. but was this an anti-war demonstration or a pro-hamas demonstration on behalf of this? >> it matters as a political argument. distinct from the legal argument. look, as a common sense matter,

countries preserve their character. the constitution does not oblige this country to import classes of people who don't want to support the american social and civic compact. i have immigrants in my life. anybody knows they are very reverential than national board america of the american experiment. supreme court precedent the united states has the right to -- they should do it. the government has to make a plain case here that this gentleman represents a threat to american national security and foreign policy initiatives. i think they can do that. under the biden administration they demonstrated iran supported anti-israel, pro-hamas organizations. one of the associations with distributeing pro-hamas propaganda. that's a threat.

subverting law and the rule of law in this country is as important is keeping the character of its citizens in support of the american experiment. >> dana: when it comes to these debates nuance gets lost. the new york assembly member and mayoral candidate confronting tom homan, the border czar yesterday. [shouting] >> dana: all right. that's not a civil debate, i would say. >> no. ironic to hear the free speech argument being used now folks defending pro-hamas rhetoric when it wasn't used on campus when jewish speech was being sort of pushed out by these sort of protestors and curriculums were super biased. so we're seeing that argument now but, you know, this takes away focus on a mandate that the

trump administration has to be doing deportations in new york. over 70% of people want deportations in new york. so debates over this and pushing homan on this point distracts from that and i this i the trump administration needs to bring back the focus on that. >> the first time in guy showed up on my radar in a clip. he needs people to register democrat in order to vote for him. his ad was featuring chuck schumer doing a dance and saying how ineffectual theater. we demand it and bigger drama. it is what democrats want and tapped into it. it is a real thing that democrats might respond to. >> dana: on your point a 70/30 issue could get to an 80/20 issue in support of deportation because of the drama. we'll see. >> bill: it can change the entire story if they show the propaganda that was pro-hamas.

i'm waiting for it. if it's out there, let's see it. >> that's what we're missing. >> thank you both. >> this is promises made, promises kept. illegal alien border crossings are down 96% since president trump is in office doing exact will i what he told the people he would do. >> dana: been in office for barely two months. president trump is surpassing biden in the pace of ice arrests. >> bill: moments ago democrat led states filing a new lawsuit to try to block the trump administration from dismantling the department of education. we've got details on that brewing right now. >> dana: former new york city mayor bill deblasio unplugged. we'll talk to him about issues far and wide including the race for mayor of the big apple. >> i'm not a quitter, i'm a new yorker, we never surrender or give up. this game is so far from over.

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>> president trump: maybe the most that bothers me they would allow millions of people to come into our country stone cold murderers, killers, drug dealers. the worst, gang members, the worst people allowed into our country and we're now getting them out. >> dana: let's talk immigration. your mom said if you put your mind to something you can get it done. check this out. in the last 50 days president trump arrested 32,809 arrests for illegal immigrants. biden in the entire fiscal 2024. 34,000. in 50 days they've done almost as much as they did in a year. ice arrests under trump convicted criminals 14,000. that's how many were living amongst us pending charges almost 10,000 here and immigration violations at 7800.

current ice detentions right now 47,600 illegal aliens in detention and the beds are maxed out. for more on this and much more to come from this whole topic texas congressman pat fallon, republican on the oversight committee. great to have you here with us. these numbers are telling. the other thing is we're learning the biden administration would count taking somebody in, arresting them and releasing them into the country as an arrest. i don't think that will sit well with people. what do you think? >> no, you are right. over 113,000 illegals that joe biden was telling the american people he arrested them. that applies they go back to their home country. not the case. vast imagine oh are tee of those people were arrested and let into the interior of our nation. we were being lied to and also lied to by the democrats and joe biden when he said that we'll need legislative action to fix the immigration issue. there has been no legislative

action in the last six or seven weeks. what happened. we hired a president that had the will to enforce the laws on the books. this is what we get. secure border. >> dana: last week we polled all sorts of democrats saying for the last 18 months we can't do anything because congress never passed a law. that's not true. you are in congress now, would you like to see congress try to pass some sort of immigration bill now? >> i am glad number one i wanted the laws already on the books inforced. that would be great. i would like to see and we filed legislation in our office. the green card lottery is ridiculous. if we take in immigrants. we should. we're a country of immigrants. let's take the world's best not put numbers in a hat and draw out somebody and say you are here. do you speak english? do you have a kill we need in the country and will you respect the rules and laws of the country you want to become part of? if you do, because legal migration actually makes the

country stronger. illegal immigration makes us weaker. >> dana: want to show you this as well. migrant traffic through the darian gap, the jungle area, 60 miles of jungle, no roads, dangerous and a lot of people coming through. if you look at the chart right here call for four. a graph that shows you migrant traffic through the darian gap is way, way down. i think partly because now the cartels realize that they aren't going to make any money if people get through. mexicans are detaining more people. are you hearing more about this? >> there is no doubt. in the last 12 years even under obama the average illegal crossings were 460,000 a year. joe biden came along and nearly 2.2 million. something went awry. what went awry was there was signal sent to the world if you come here we won't only help you get here we'll coddle you. they had a cbp1 app to make it

easy for folks to come through ports of entry. the president is saying don't come here illegally. if you come from central america or venezuela an get here and simply sent back there won't be a lot of people that follow you. the message president trump made clear and following through with his promises now that he is president. >> dana: what are you hearing from your district or elsewhere broader in the state about the fentanyl crossings at this point? is it down? >> we're hoping it is down. certainly seems to be. a little too early to tell because there is such a small sample size. what i hear from my constituents in texas. that is hallelujah. if you aren't safe and you aren't free. president frumpily is making us safer. they havey arrested in texas 299,000 illegal immigrants charged with 513,000 crimes which resulted in 187,000 convictions. we feel they are safer in texas. we need to continue this way.

just the chinese nationals alone under joe biden was 177,000 his first term. president trump's first term 5900. russians the same thing. 127,000 came across the border under joe biden. only 98 total in four years under president trump. we're safer. >> dana: pat fallon, thank you for joining us today and keep us posted 50 days into the administration. >> bill: scarlet johannson doesn't want to take photos when she isn't on the job. she got candid keeping her personal life private. the quote, are you ready? she says it offends a lot of people. doesn't mean i'm not appreciative, of course, but i always say to people i'm not working and that means i don't want to be identified as being there this time and place with you. i'm doing my own thing end quote. >> dana: she wants her privacy, okay. i would never ask her for a

picture. i don't care. i like her, she is fine. great. >> bill: you take selfies, right? have you ever said no? >> dana: the one thing i don't do. i don't talk politics saturdays and sundays, i don't do it. it is saturday. >> bill: your answer is we'll see. >> dana: when they ask me what will happen. i say we'll see. >> bill: i take selfies all the time. someone else says i would like it. >> dana: give me your camera roll. let me see. kidding. >> bill: lee zeldin is making moves. >> the most significant, biggest deregulatory action in the history of the country. trillions of dollars. we are taking an action going to result in people being able to afford a home, heat their homes. >> bill: big news now. epa is axeing dozens of green regulations and he says the green new scam is dead. show you what's on the chopping

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(soft music) ♪ hello, colonial penn? >> bill: 10:28. floor of the senate. john thune with the clock ticking right now talking about the government shutdown that could happen on friday night on behalf of democrats in the senate. >> thanks to the democrat leader's decision to abon dan the process the continuing resolution we have before us is the best option we have to fund the government for the balance of this year. so mr. president it is time for the democrat leader to acknowledge that it's his decisions that put us here and urge his colleagues to accept the situation and vote to fund the government rather than let

it shut down at midnight on friday. >> bill: that debate continues. former new york city mayor democrat bill deblasio is here in studio to talk about this and a lot of things. facial hair, that's what happens when you aren't in office. >> dana: let me try that look tomorrow, bill. >> i think it would be good on him. >> bill: maybe by monday. you were one of the progressive leaders during 2017, 2019, into covid. 2024 that election really slammed the door shut on the progressive movement. how badly do you think you misread the american electorate? >> i will disagree with you an progressive movement. democratic party lost touch with some of the things the progressive movement was saying that people cared about. it was strong when we were talking about things like healthcare that people needed, making college more affordable. higher minimum wage. unfortunately 2024 we didn't

have that message bluntly. i think our message was unclear. part of why we lost the election. i think we could have won that election if joe biden had moved aside earlier, if kamala harris had said she would take us in a different direction but not just continue what joe biden was doing. i think we could have won that election. my message is get back to the roots. talk about working people. not sound like the elite and not focus on donors but working people and we can move forward again. >> dana: did you think president biden was up to the job mentally? >> i will be confessional here. i like so many other democrats wanted to believe and we were wrong. and we should have been more critical: i don't think i was lied to. magical thinking. we wanted to believe what we wanted to believe. i think he did some very good things as president. but it was clear that he was not the same person towards the end of the term. >> dana: they were asking you to campaign for him, donate money

and said was perfect for the next four years. >> i think it hurt a lot. all of us need to accept some responsibility. because he did in my view governed well on many levels but he was not ready to continue for four more years. we should have come to grips with that. if we had had an open process, not an anointed candidate. we would have had a stronger candidacy. >> dana: would you have run? >> not me. a stronger candidacy. look at the numbers. a winnable election. instead of us as democrats wringing our hands and crying let's get back on the horse and ride again. we have something to say. >> bill: maybe not winnable when you look at the battleground states all going for trump. what trump is arguing now is progressive movement went overtime on the transgender issue in america and what cost you the election. >> i think the border was a huge problem. >> that's two things. >> much more than the transgender dynamics.

inflation. look, an honest example. democrats had a chance to say here is what we'll do about inflation and the border. those messages weren't clear. people had every right to want those answers. joe biden and kamala harris were lowering the price of insulin. good but not a full enough answer. we need to look at this and say we blew it. let's say it out loud. we blew it. people did not feel we understood them and empathizeing enough. that's fixable. think about the votes, many in the country for voted for barack obama twice, donald trump, biden, donald trump again. those aren't voters who couldn't return to the democratic party but we can win them back. >> dana: joe biden winning was a aberrations and that election in 2020 was also very close is what you could say. transgender males playing in women's sports. where do you come down on that? >> i was a sports parent.

both kids played supports. my son did travel baseball. there is legitimate concern there. i don't think it should be -- >> dana: for the women. >> parents who are concerned that there might be unequal competition is a fair discussion. i would say bluntly before high school i think we should be much more open. when you get to high school and college it is much more legitimate discussion. what i don't like is the insensitivity i think being shown to what parents and kids are going through if a kid feels in their heart and soul they have a different identity that's an emotional reality and parent cannot ignore that. >> dana: what about the girls missing out an scholarship opportunities. for example the young woman who got banged in the head by the volleyball player? >> it's legitimate concern. >> dana: democrats, do you think they're on the wrong side now? >> i would say as a parent first let's show sensitivity and concern for what parents and

kids are grappling with. this stuff didn't just come out of thin air. people for centuries who felt their identity didn't match. we have to be honest about that and show sensitivity and concern for those individuals and children. >> dana: doesn't mean they should be play in sports. >> that's the difference. where do we draw the line in terms of sports? not a debate before high school. before high school let everyone play whatever their identity is. high school and college a deeper conversation how to make things fair. that's an honest conversation. >> bill: a big election here. democratic mayor, see what happens there. new york 7-one democrats. there was a shift to the right in this election in november it's 7-one democrats. hoer is what is going on in the polling. cuomo appears to have a lead at 31% over adams at 11%. i want you to reflect on that. also want to bring up the fact that this is now five years removed since covid and you were the one in charge and relying on a lot of the guidance you gave.

long past the pandemic kids skip cool in new york. absenteeism shot up from 25 to 34.8% last year. you have a chance to reflect on this. what would you do different? >> absenteeism problem is profound. it was profound before covid. worse now. something we have to come to grips with in this country. why are schools not doing a better job of getting kids engaged and keeping them there? that's something we tried to work on. we didn't get far enough is the truth. when i think of covid overall, this city has made a miraculous recovery and new yorkers were heroic during covid. we were the epicenter. >> bill: trying to get people to come back to the office. >> that was a bigger cultural change that happened across the whole country and remote work is a blessing and curse, let's be honest. the life of this city, the jobs that have come back, energy you go around and look restaurants.

>> dana: the city looks terrible. i walk all the time and i'm telling you, for example this city should be jewel and the trash drives me crazy. it is outrageous. we shouldn't be like that. >> bill: i can take you to my subway stop. vague rants on a daily bases. they were never there in 2019. >> hold on. two different things. >> dana: it's the same. quality of life problem. >> i won't disagree with that. we have to do a better job in terms of providing mental health and finding aggressive but legal ways to get people in if they are in that situation. someone can't control their own life and take care of themselves should not be on the street. simple as that. let's separate that from the fact this city has the jobs come back, energy has come back. rents are too high but that does not suggest a city people don't want to be in. this is a place. >> dana: i love this stechlt i was born in wyoming and end up being a new yorker and love this

place and want it to get better and i feel like it has been slow to get better. when it comes to any of those candidates do you support any of them? >> i'm not endorsing anyone yet. something real important. at this exact moment in 2013 running for mayor if you put up the chart i was in fourth place. election is over three months away. a lot can happen. what will happen is andrew cuomo has negatives. what happened with the nursing homes. cover-up after that and women who allege harassment will come forward. i think one of these other candidates will emerge as a strong alternative and it's game on. three months is a lifetime in politics. >> bill: thank you for coming by. we have 100 more questions. >> dana: i love the city. >> i have 100 more answers. >> bill: i want to talk about the jails and the prison plan and what the effect of that will be on crime. >> happy to do so and glad we got you from wyoming.

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>> dana: fox news has learned president trump will visit the department of health of justice tomorrow afternoon. plans to greet the d.o.j. workforce and thank pam bondi

for her work and kash patel also expected to be there. speeches are focused on restoring law and order. more as we get it. paradise turns to a nightmare. the search intensifies for a university of pittsburgh student who went missing there today. ted williams joins us from punta cana. show our viewers here the timeline and want you to tell us what you have learned in your time down there, okay? march 3rd she arrives with five of her friends in the dominican republic. march 6th spotted on surveillance walking to the beach with several other people. seven down here listed. last seen on the beach at 4:50 a.m. and that same day a young male spotted leaving the beach alone and then reported missing around 4:00 in the afternoon. can you piece that all together, ted? >> bill, you need to fill in the

blanks here. during that 4:00 in the morning time to 9:00 when the young man was seen leaving the beach it is believed the young man remained on the beach with sudiksha konanki state on the beach. but one male remained on the beach with her, went swimming, a wave took her out. the male swum back in, threw up. removed, bill, on the beach for three hours and then it wasn't until 4:00 that afternoon that sudiksha konanki was reported missing. there is a lot to fill in in between there, bill. >> bill: when they name him as a person of interest, what does it mean in the dominican republic?

>> in the dominican republic -- that's just it. the dominican republic has not yet named him a person of interest. it is the loudoun county sheriff's office in virginia who has said that he is a person of interest. but we haven't gotten that here. the dominican republics believe she died accidentally. so the question is was there foul play or accident here. >> bill: that social security an important distinction. thank you for that, ted. i want you to listen. this is apparently a guest at the hotel where they were at some particular point in that night. this is how they describe what was going on there. >> the night of her disappearance everything at the hotel was just a lot more chaotic, a lot more wild than normal. a lot of people out that night either at the customer service desk, either in the lobby charging their phones, either in the gym charging their phones as me and my friends were. >> bill: you have heard about

that, ted, thus far. the authorities -- you have the loudoun county opinion on the case already. do they have investigators there and looking at this? how do the officials in the d.r. respond to that? >> well, you know, the officials in the d.r. are looking at every aspect of this case to try to find out what they really have here. i don't think they themselves know what they have, bill. there was havoc going on at this hotel. this was -- it has been said it was one of the reasons that she was out on that beach that night, early morning with this one male. so all of this is part of the vestigation that they are trying to conduct here in the dominican republic. >> bill: the individual we saw on camera, i mentioned there were seven. there was only one male. is he cooperating and is everybody else in that video?

>> well, from what i've been told, all of the individuals are cooperating and going back to them and trying to piece their stories together. the one individual you're talking about, the so-called person of interest from loudoun county, what they have said is he has given several different inconsistent stories. but until they find a body or come up with a body, and that body of water over my shoulder here, they are at a loss as to what happened here. >> bill: last question, ted. the male in the video, it's my understanding he is still in the dominican republic. is that true? >> it is saying he is still here. law enforcement have his passport. that he is not incarcerated or under arrest. he may be free to go. i think they want him to remain in the dominican republic for a little while longer. >> bill: thanks, ted williams

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>> harris: why do democrats want to take the heat for shutting down the federal government? ask them if you happen to see one. republicans are calling it is schumer shutdown if senate democrats can't get their act together and keep the government open with funding it for the rest of the fiscal year. and i can't imagine this is fun. democrats at their annual issues meeting. they are desperately searching for a message to get voters to come back to them. speaking about wanting people to come back to you, disney's woke rework of snow white is tanking.

you know how much it cost? $270 million. wasted money. we'll get into it. senator ron johnson, gianno caldwell and others in "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: a man accused of hitting a police horse spurs a chase in tampa, florida. >> hey, you are under arrest. you are under arrest, sir, stop, you are under arrest. >> dana: the 22-year-old suspect tried to walk away after hitting the patrol horse. they arrested him. the suspect was charged with a felony count of offenses against police animals and a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer without violence. >> bill: can't outrun that guy. two astronauts not home yet stuck in orbit. spacex delayed the mission to bring it home. we are in cape canaveral, florida. when is the the next attempt?

>> the next attempt -- good morning to you, will be at 7:03:00 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. yesterday everything seemed just perfect including the weather. a problem with the hydraulics at the launch pad. in particular what they call the clamp on that keeps the rocket in place just before lift-off. there was a problem. they scrubbed it. that meant the crew on board that capsule, the four members have been strapped in ready to go for hours and then it was called off again. this is what happens in the space business. the commander of that crew says we're remaining positive. take a listen. >> we copy. great working with you today. the whole team. it was a lot of work to try to get it a go. we'll be ready when the equipment is. >> so yet another delay. for those stranded astronauts butch and sunny at this point, guys, another day won't make a whole lot of difference. they've been up there since

launch 280 days when it was supposed to be an eight-day mission. if this launches tomorrow they could be coming home by midweek next week, guys. >> bill: watching it and hoping for the best. bring them all home. thank you, sir, nice to see you. >> dana: flurry of legal shallens to the trump administration piling up. new this morning is a group of democrat-led states filing a lawsuit to block the dismantling of the education department. david spunt live in washington with more. hi. >> 20 state attorneys general including the district of columbia are suing to try to get a temporary restraining order to stop the dismantling of the department of education arguing that it serves some of the lowest-income students and students with disabilities across the country. we'll see what happens as it plays out. we're awaiting key rulings from federal judges. the first in baltimore waiting to see if this judge will issue this temporary restraining order to restore the jobs of thousands

of probationary government employees fired. 20 state a.g.s sued and judge took the matter under advisement and hasn't ruled. a federal judge inclined to deal another blow to president trump's executive order banning transgender members of the military from actively serving signed at the end of january. it served as the nexus to a memo from a pentagon official proclaiming that surgical and mental health constraints are quote disruptive, incompatible with the high medical and physical standards necessary for service. they chastised the government for being unprepared and compared the amount the pentagon spent to the amount of pentagon spends on viagra. $22,000,052 million on gender dysphoria case over a few years. it could come up on the merits

later this year. >> dana: the supreme court might be busy, as are you. >> bill: before we go, why don't we check this out. they are calling it a friendship for the ages. a man in mississippi says his golden retriever has bonded with a duck. the dog's name is riley. the duck has been dubbed ricky bobby. the owner says the two didn't like each other at first and now they are inexcepterable. >> dana: this is the content my brain needs now. it is sweet. my previous dog, jasper, i don't know if he could have been that friendly. >> that's all we've got. >> dana: you know what? it was a lot. we also learned what vanish mode was on instagram. harris faulkner is up next. >> harris: fox news alert. a federal government shutdown is