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ashley websters is live in west palm beach florida with more. morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning to you, dagen. in the inky blackness of the early morning behind me, the mar-a-lago resort, the home of the former president and the scene yesterday of that remarkable raid by fbi agents, 30 or more arriving mid-morning and then staying by all accounts until late afternoon and as you mentioned earlier, all of this is part of the investigation into whether president trump took classified documents from the white house when he left the office. this goes back to what's called the presidential records act and as you were talking about, the national archives department, they looked through some boxes that were taken from mar-a-lago earlier this year, back in january and february and said wait a minute, there are some classified documents in here. now, donald trump has said all along that he's cooperated and that nothing was dungeoned handedly and -- done under handedly. he says not guilty, why are you doing this. he said it loudly and fiercely. pa

ashley webster joining us from orlando international airport in florida to break it down. ashley. >> reporter: hey, liz, there was a time when i really looked forward to coming to the airport and taking a flight somewhere but now, it's just a giant game of survivor, is it not? let me show you the departure board at orlando international and every red sign on the far right is a canceled or delayed flight. to your point, yep, the chaos of the summer goes on. the summer of discontent i like to call it. the airlines are still trying to get more pilots on board, trying to beef up their ground crews but at the same time, demand remains very high and that also raises the question, well, what happen ifs your flight is canceled or is delayed and delayed and delayed? well, the department of transportation wants to clarify the rules and these are some of the rules they're proposing because all the airlines have their own rules. number one, they say a significant delay, means different things to different airlines and dot says it should be three hours domestic, six hours international.

ashley webster following it all from mar-a-largo in florida. ashley, what is the latest?good afternoon, neil. a hearing has been scheduled for this thursday at 1:00 p.m. at the west palm beach courthouse in front of the u.s. magistrate bruce rinehart. he gave the green light to the fbi to conduct the search at the mar-a-largo eight days ago now. at issue is the unsealing of the records related to that raid including all-important affidavit that lays out all of the arguments that persuaded the judge that there's probable cause to go with the search. the justice department filing a motion to keep the affidavit sealed arguing that it could leave witnesses vulnerable to threat. earlier today, donald trump responding saying that all documents should be released immediately saying in part on social media "in interest of transparency, i call for the immediate release of the completely up redacted affidavit." meantime, former acting u.s. attorney general matt whitaker says he believes the justice department must release all records to justify such an unprecedented action. take a

ashley webster is at the orlando airport. an't get a refund who can, that is what i would say but yes, they are, stu. airports, airlines certainly tried to give refunds, but the problem all the airlines have a different rules. you get a refund if it is canceled or significant change to the schedule of the flight you have booked. what does that mean, significant change. in fact the board behind me, looking at the departure board here of 16 cities that are on there flights, 16 flights, eight of them are delayed. that is 50%. that is terrible. what the department of transportation would like to do create a set of uniform rules all the airlines will agree to so that passengers know if there is a problem with their flight they are in fact eligible for a full refund. i want to give you some points that the d.o.t. is proposing. this is just a proposal but take a look at these. they like to characterize as a significant delay as three hours or more on domestic flights, six hours on international. if the airline changes arrival or depa

ashley webster.ring in lara trump, the former president's daughter-in-law and 2020 senior campaign adviser. thanks for being here this afternoon. i want to talk about what happened and didn't happen predawn hours yesterday. this is jo scarborough's characterization on msnbc and then get your take. watch. >> one thing we don't have to wait to pass a verdict on is whether or not donald trump's statement yesterday was truthful or no. it's packed with lies. it's not a surprise. a raid on his house, no doors were kicked down. the fbi notified the secret service saying we're coming over and we're going to do a legal search. i know donald trump doesn't give a dam about the rule of law. >> martha: so when your husband, eric, former president's son got the phone call from people at mar-a-largo, is that how they character sized this, sort of no big deal? it was all very polite? >> well, i'm not exactly sure how they characterized it. what i'll say to joe scarborough, if somebody decides to show up on your door

ashley webster in for stu. ashley, take it away. ashley: good morning, everyone. yes, i'm ashley webster in nor stuart varney on this friday eve. president biden canceling up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for tens of millions of americans. the question is, who's paying for it? seems the white house can't seem to answer that simple question. we'll get into it. a former obama aide calls the cannes haitian reckless and warns this move will only add to the already record flakes we're battling. take a look at the markets after snapping three-day losing streaks, the futures showing that the dow, the s&p and nasdaq all up very modestly. take a look at the 10-year yield, normally as that goes up, it hurts tech stocks in particular. down 7 basis points but still at 3.1%. meanwhile, shares of tesla look more affordable for investors, a 3 for 1 stock split are, that's up 2 percent. web bush's dan ives, by the way, says it's going to 360 a share. we're going to talk about that. hillary clinton goes head to head with kim kardashian in a legal quiz and loses. we're go

i am ashley webster and for stuart varney. a top fbi agent facing accusations of political bias, out of the agency. timothy tebo resigned just as republican lawmakers zero in on allegations he tried to interfere with the hundred biden laptop investigation. miranda devine says he's one of many agents playing these political games. she will join us in the 10:00 a.m. eastern hour. vice president harris joined the chorus of white house officials just can't seem to answer the question everybody is asking -- who will pay for the $500 billion student loan handout? simple question, no answer yet. president biden by the way will deliver a primetime address to the nation thursday from pennsylvania. it will be about the battle for the soul of the nation. he's used this phrase in the past to describe the fight for democracy in the face of what he labels extreme opponents. this is a week after he labeled mega republicans as semi fascists. so much for the unifier. a relic for a couple of days of down action on the markets, you can see the d

to see you sylvia jablonski lee kart we always enjoy your insight "varney & company" up next ashley webster ashley: i think so, picking up where we left off, unfortunately , on friday. jackie, thank you very much. good morning to you, good morning, everybody, i'm ashley webster yes indeed in for stuary varney today. we are going to start with the markets on this monday morning. fed chair powell's speech sending the markets into a tail spin on friday. that drop raised by the way, all gains for the major averages for the month of august. right out the window and this morning it looks like we're picking up where we left off the dow off 250 points, s&p down nearly 1% the nasdaq is down 1% the nasdaq almost lost 4% on friday. let's take a look at the 10-year yield. that hitting a one month high, as the yields go up that hurts equities the 10 year up 5.1 basis points almost 3.1% for the 10-year. the two-year yield check this out the highest level since november 2007 that's 15 years, the two-year at 3.43% up 5 basis points and we know that when the yields spike, it certainly drags on the nasdaq. l

ashley webster is live outside of mar-a-lago with the latest details. hi, ashley? reporter: hi, jackie. this time yesterday there were multiple agents swarming over the property of mar-a-lago behind me and the question today is, exactly what was achieved and why did the fbi take such drastic step. i can tell you this, anger is growing not only among republican politicians, cars going by honking their horns and the republican base for sure has been fired up. the bottom line here is, that the investigation we believe centers on the possibility of donald trump taking classified documents out of the white house when he left office and some of those coming to mar-a-lago. it is all based on documents that were found earlier this year by the national archives department, saying wait a minute. we got some boxes back. yes there were classified material in here but donald trump's point of view, i've been cooperating all along. we just found out fox news has learned that investigators with the department of justice were meeting with trump officials behind me in june. so obvio

ashley webster, thank you so much.ome reaction now from arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson. governor, wonderful to have you on today. with respect to the warrant, we know it was issued by a federal judge. to get that warrant you need to show probable cause. to show probable cause you can't cite incidents that are old. that it is ongoing, happening right now. you say this has all come out in the open and the way this raid was conducted that the american people deserve answers with respect what that probable cause was. what were they going in there for? >> absolutely. it has been two days now, silence from the department of justice on a matter of great national interests where you have a former president's home being searched. as you said based upon a search warrant but we have to have information. now the department of justice can be restricted in it. they could be very sensitive and careful about it but you cannot be silent. you have to speak out on this matter of grave concern because when you don't then the

ashley webster actually paid 16% on a mortgage.se stories. do you remember when i walked to school in the snow? five miles. stuart: [laughter] okay. can i move on? lauren: yes. stuart: thank you. now this , folks. the radon trump's home reveals an extraordinary double standard the fbi searched the private home of a former president. we're told that we're looking for classified documents, evidence of criminal wrongdoing, but there was no raid of hillary clinton's home even though she had destroyed evidence. remember, she used a special tool, it was called bleach bit to get rid of 30,000 e-mails. i'd call that mishandling of documents at the very least. hillary is the hugh denuclearization it of scandal escapes. there was no raid of james comey 's home as fbi director he had indeed mishandled government documents and then he leaked them. no raid on hunter biden's home in malibu. he accepted millions of dollars from dubious foreign business partners and ped alex azared the influence of his very powerful farmer, he's under investigatio

see you tonight on wall street for fox business 7:00 p.m., "varney" & company begins right now, ashley webster in for stu ashley take it away. ashley: thank you, maria, good morning to you, good morning, everyone. indeed i'm ashley webster in today, on this friday for stuary varney and yes, all eyes are on jackson hole this morning. fed chief jay powell will offer clues into the fed's next move in september and we are there, live. also, let's take a look at the markets ahead of mr. powell's 1. same as you are, so to speak. the dow up 52 points but the s&p and nasdaq simply flat at this point. let's take a look at the 10-year treasury yield, holding above 3% there it is barely, just above 3 % up just about 2 basis points. by the way we'll also get new developments in that raid of president trump's florida home. a judge has ordered redacted version of the fbi search affidavit. has to be released by noon today we're going to talk more about what we could learn from it, or is it going to be all blacked out. we'll find out. meanwhile, it has been a very busy week, work week for the president. yes,

good morning i am ashley webster in for stuart varney today. the department of justice has responded to former president trump's request for a special master to oversee the review of the radon mar-a-lago at the very latest developments on that story. president biden now says defunded the police, not the answer despite his change in tune, his own party has failed to pass bipartisan legislation in the house that would increase funding for lower enforcement officials around the country. banks in new york city locking the doors overnight, why, the atm lobbies have become a haven for homeless people who use them to sleep and as bathrooms, going to talk to new york city councilman joe borelli about that. the quiet quitting trend is leading to a new trend, quiet firing. we will tell you about that as well, the last day of trading for the month and a tough month it is been, the major averages down more than 3% this month thanks to the selloff over the last few days, green on the screen as we can see in the premarket today but we had the same story yest

on this in just a moment with fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett but first up, let's turn to ashley websterho is live from palm beach, florida, with the latest. ashley, what you got? >> reporter: tell you what, larry, it is the day after the big raid. i think people are still pretty

ashley webster at mar-a-lago. critical condition according to one of her representatives. she has been in a coma since her fiery crash in los angeles in friday of last week. if you watch that video carefully, you will see a car screaming down that street. its footage captured on a camera moments before the fiery crash destroyed a home. we pick up the coverage live in l.a. today. >> good morning. the news of anne heche's condition comes as something of a shock as she had previously been described as stable by a representative. but now after friday's crash in which heche somehow drove her car into a house sparking a fire that destroyed the home and her car and left the actress are severe burns a different representative says she has a significant pulmonary injury and burns that require surgical intervention. she is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident. now heche was seen being wheeled away on a stretcher on friday and appeared to be moving at that point. the accident, by the

thank you, ashley webster in florida this morning.ncial services committees. congressman, good to see you. your reaction to what we're hearing this morning. >> it doesn't surprise me. gestapo tactics to raid the former president's home, to i guess be reticent to let his attorneys see what was -- what they took out, donald trump's exactly right. he's the most mistreated president in the history. what about planting evidence? what about how do they zero down on that? and this nuclear information is a total hoax. like everything else has been against this president. maria: it's unbelievable. and they just won't stop. i mean, if donald trump was questioning whether or not he should run for president in 2024, i think he got his answer. just the other of night with this raid. democrats, meanwhile, keep on winning. they're on the verge of pushing through their massive tax and spending agenda again, even without a complete study of the impact. cbo exacts it will be a few weeks before they analyze the budget effect of this plan. they want to h

ashley webster is live in palm beach with the latest. ashley? ashley: yeah, hi, there, cheryl.ind out when that florida magistrate judge will actually go a led and un seal that search warrant. plus the inventory of what was taken from mar-a-lago behind us four days ago. it should happen because both sides are saying yeah, go ahead and unseal that warrant but what we won't get a look at is the affidavit which lays out the case for the fbi, or the significant details be in there. details that persuaded the judge to go ahead and okay the raid by the fbi on monday, in the first place. there are also reports that that scale of that search was on such a large-scale because they believe some of the documents involved involve nuclear weapons there's no hard proof that that is the case, but donald trump, on hearing that news, put out a statement earlier today very forceful statement and this is what he said. he said nuclear weapons issue is a hoax. just like russia russia russia was a hoax, two impeachments were a hoax, the mueller investigation was a hoax and how much more. same sleazy

ashley webster is right there at mar-a-lago. the latest, please, ashley? ashley: yeah, hi, stu.papers were reportedly marked "classified, top secret" but the president says, whoa wait a minute some of those documents were in fact most of those documents were declassified by me. now, the justice department pushed back on that independent review request saying no, even in the case of documents that maybe protected by attorney- client privilege. the kind of documents where donald trump be talking to his private attorneys, but, the doj and through the fbi said no dice meantime, donald trump, by the way, spoke with fox news digital this morning. it's the first time he's spoken to any media since the raid, and he agreed during the interview that the temperature of the country needs to be brought down. he says he's going to do whatever he can and he's already told his representatives to reach out to the justice department to offer help. apparently, there's been no response yet from the justice department, but, trump went on to say this. "the country is in a very dangerous position. the

ashley webster has more from st. augustine, florida, ashley.w what is the simple formula? low taxes, low regulation, and guess what? higher profits. case in point this restaurant here. it has been open over six months. guess what? business is booming. it is the same story elsewhere in florida where patronage is up more than 30%. compare that to the so-called blue democrat-run cities. according to open table from july 2019 to july of this year san francisco has lost 45.9%, portland, oregon, 45%, seattle 40%, philadelphia 39% earnings and new york city down 37.9%. as the country shut down during the pandemic florida actually saw business skyrocket. >> florida has seen a boom in the economic development during the pandemic. flexibility with remote work made a huge difference. i think it was historic mobility. with income tax laws and everything else, why not paradise, why not here. reporter: with no personal income tax and no payroll taxes the cost of living is certainly cheaper. according to wallet hub, the number one state for tax burden is, you

ashley webster following all fat.he university of minnesota knows of what he speaks, good to have you. do you expect the judge would release this? there are national security concerns, that's the read we are getting from the justice department. what do you think? >> it is highly unlikely as the previous speaker pointed out that the judge would release this unredacted form. it is possible it will be released in rejected form but probably so redacted it will be a bunch of boxes on a page it is not helpful to anyone. neil: could it be helpful to donald trump who has urged doing just that or is he just calling their bluff? >> is most the calling their bluff. i suspect if the information is released it will be quite bad for donald trump. the only way it could be helpful is if it allows him to figure out who the informants are in his organization but it is unlikely the judge will grant the motion to disclose an unredacted copy. neil: hard to say in the press coverage, maybe to your point knowing what's in this thing, used a

ashley webster has the details from mar-a-largo. hi, ashley. >> yeah, hi, good afternoon.ecutive privilege does give the president authority to withhold confidential documents under certain circumstances. therein lies the vagueness. at issue, of course, is the type of document and whether executive privilege covers something that is considered top secret. there's also questions whether conversations between donald trump and his attorneys, his private attorneys are protected by attorney client privilege. the trump team says absolutely and they want those documents back. the dog has yet to respond. by the way, donald trump spoke with fox news digital earlier today on a number of issues. he said he agreed the temperature has to be brought down in this country. he said he's told his representatives to reach out to the justice department to offer help. so far the doj has not even commented on that offer or whether it has been received. the former president did go on to say "the country is in a very dangerous position. there's tremendous anger like i have never seen before over

ashley webster live from florida with more. ashley, good to see you.ter: hey, great to see you, lizzie indeed. indeed u.s. magistrate judge bruce reinhart says he believes there are portions of the fbi's affidavit that could be unsealed. it's a document that lays out in fine detail the probable cause that investigators used to persuade that very judge to green light the search of donald trump's home in west palm beach 10 days ago. now the department of justice wants to keep the affidavit sealed arguing it deals with highly classified materials and contains the names of witnesses who could become vulnerable to potential threats. attorneys for media outlets argue it is the public's right to know and historicking is cans of the search outweighs any arguments to keep those records sealed but in the end, somewhat surprisingly judge reinhart took the middle ground ordering the government to send him proposed redactions to the affidavit by noon one week from today. the judge says he will review the suggestions and decide whether he agrees. after the hearing o

fox news' ashley webster has more from orlando international airport. >> look, charles, already todayancellations. let's look at the board here at orlando international. the department of transportation says one aspect of this travel chaos is the refunds. what are the standards what are the rules where there are no rules apparently. the airlines have their own individual policies. so now the department of transportation says we need rules and here they are. they're being proposed. let me look at the first one. it describes when a significant delay is. that would be three hours for a domestic flight and six hours for international. if the airline changes the airport, that would be qualified for a refund. if the itinerary changes and adds connections to your flight, you should get money back. if there's a down grade to a lower service, you should get money back says the dot. if the airline changes aircraft type and a a down grade in amenities, that's another reason for you to get a refund. the question is, will the airlines agree to this. they're cognizant of how frustrating it can be t

ashley webster in mar-a-lago, at mar-a-lago with the latest. ashley?eporter: we'll find out tomorrow whether we get to see the full affidavit in the case against donald trump t will lay out the government's case, and any potential violations of the espionage act that deals with the mishandling of top secret up dos there are three public outcomes. the one the affidavit is unsealed and fully open to public viewing. two, the affidavit is unsealed so heavily redacted it will be difficult to decipher. three, the judge agrees with the justice department keep the affidavit sealed. media companies thinks the document should be opened because of intense public interest. former prosecutor andy mccarthy says it is unlikely the affidavit will be unsealed for everybody to read. >> i think in the middle of an investigation a judge which will release a warrant which would identify not only what the grounds were for seeking a warrant but will probably tell at least, at least the trump people enough so they would know who the informants were. reporter: legal experts sa

to see you sylvia jablonski lee kart we always enjoy your insight "varney & company" up next ashley websterley webster yes indeed in for stuary varney today. we are going to start with the markets on this monday morning. fed chair powell's speech sending the markets into a tail spin on friday. that drop raised by the way, all gains for the major averages for the month of august. right out the window and this morning it looks like we're picking up where we left off the dow off 250 points, s&p down nearly 1% the nasdaq is down

ashley webster is right there in palm beach. se, ashley. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, stu. that affidavit is key. it provides all of the material and explanations of why investigators believe they had probable cause to conduct that raid right here eight days ago. the justice department is telling a florida judge that those details within the affidavit should not be made public because they could expose highly sensitive material. plus, information about potential witnesses who who they say will claim could come under threat if their personal details are made public. besides, the dod says it would be so heavily redacted, willed be absolutely no point. -- there would be absolutely no point. but donald trump says the affidavit should be released immediately. he took to his social media platform, truth social, earlier morning and said in part: in the interest of transparency, i call for the immediate release of the completely unredacted affidavit pertaining to this horrible and shocking break-in. and a number of republican lawmake

see you tonight on wall street for fox business 7:00 p.m., "varney" & company begins right now, ashley webstere on jackson hole this morning. fed chief jay powell will offer clues into the fed's next move in september and we are there, live. also, let's take a look at the markets ahead of mr. powell's 1. same as you are, so to speak. the dow up 52 points but the s&p and nasdaq simply flat at this point. let's take a look at

back to ashley webster. o where the trump raid took place. ash, what's the latest? ashley: yeah, david, we are continuing to wait to find out when florida magistrate judge bruce rinehart will go ahead and unseal the government's search warrant. we're not expecting a whole lot of detail and we'll get an inventory of what was taken from mar-a-lago behind me on monday, but not in great detail. maybe just the fact that they took boxes. we won't get a look, that's for sure, at the affidavit, which actually, you know, lays out the government's case. the details we should point out that persuaded that judge to go ahead and rubber stamp the search that took place here on monday. there are reports that the fbi moved on such a large scale because they believe some of the classified documents were related to nuclear weapons. we have no hard proof that that is indeed the case, but donald trump put out a statement several hours ago making very strong reaction to that statement. he said "nuclear weapons issue is a hoax jus

ashley webster.sident biden still has not been briefed on the unprecedented raid even a week later. >> the department of justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent. this is what we believe and this is what the president has said. this is not about politicizing anything. >> at this point president biden has not been briefed. >> not been briefed. >> not discussed at all. >> not discussed. dagen: that's plausible deniability, isn't it tiana. >> yes. doesn't this almost make you miss jen psaki? the one thing i have to ask is, okay, so let's just jump back to the trump russia investigation. one of james comey's stated reasons for debriefing then president obama that he was initiating an investigation into trump was so that way obama could avoid the image of impropriety, so that way obama could try and not be seen as an acting political witch hunt against a future opponent, a party opponent. did the fbi not tell biden because they didn't care about the image of impropriety, because they saw

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requests to unsale the warrant used by fbi to raid president trump's mar-a-lago home on monday, ashley websterood morning to you maria, you are absolutely right department of justice has until august 15 to respond to question on the sw, three days ago in letter to florida magistrate judge bruce reinhardt signed off on warrant managingior albany times union paper regarding in sealing would not hurt any ongoing investigations, because the warrants had already been executed, also the target of the search, donald trump, has full knowledge of exactly what happened. another request to unseal also made by group judicial watch, saying that it wants to know quote whether the fbi and justice department are abusing their law enforcement powers to harass likely future political opponent the by president biden calls town seal that warrant louder, thomas dupree former deputy assistant attorney general says justice department simply has to explain its actions, take a listen. >> he entered -- typically result by negotiations, compromised maybe subpoena at worst don't end up in a raid on households that is som

yes, i'm ashley webster in nor stuart varney on this friday eve.debt for tens of millions of americans. the question is, who's paying for it? seems the white house can't seem to answer that simple question. we'll get into it. a former obama aide calls th

ashley webster, thank you very much, indeed.ge who gave the green light has deep political connections. tell me about him. lauren: his name is bruce reinhart, he's notably donated to president obama, gave $1,000 to his 2008 campaign and another $1,000 to his victory fund. stuart: lauren, check those futures, please. the market will open in 20 minutes, and you're going to like this. the dow's going to be up about 400 and the nasdaq close to a 300-point gain. >>> coming up, the media wasted no time celebrating after the fbi raided mar-a-lago. watch this. >> tomorrow is the day when you're going to want to buy the physical copy of the newspaper -- >> this is a night where you're going to remember where you were. >> obviously, as big of stakes as you can have. >> perhaps the orange jump suit is forthcoming. stuart: they're just loving it, aren't they? the unprecedented event has senator tim scott concerned. he joins me later this our -- hour. the white house wants hundreds of billions in new spending. they think that that helps the

ashley webster live this morning in west palm beach, florida with the very latest, ashley, good morningyou. ashley: the raid beginning at 9:00 o'clock in the morning till 6:30 in the evening. that's 9 and a half hours where fbi agents, dozens of them randm sacked and as you went through going through melania trump's wardrobe and denying access from president trump's attorneys to witness the search which is raising all kinds of red flags. all apparently to retrieve documents that they believe that donald trump took unwillfully and also letter sent from kim jong un and details from the fbi raid come out the angry reaction among republicans is steadily growing. senator lindsey graham calling the justice department to get with the program. he spoke with jesse watters on fox news last night. >> is it plausible that the fbi would open an investigation without merit, hell yeah, they have done it before. when axel rod says it's not plausible, where were you doing cross fire hurricane when they opened up an investigation on the republican nominee donald trump with a bunch of bs? ashley: senate m

the state is booming as ashley webster can tell you, so are restaurants. neil, it's a very simple formula are, low taxes, low regulation and higher profits. case in point, this restaurant in st. augustine, river and port. guess what? if business is booming. and it's the same story elsewhere in florida where patronage is up more than 30 percent, and compare that ott so-called blue democrat-run cities. according to open a table, from july of 2019 to july of this year, san francisco down 45.9%. portland, oregon, down 45%. seattle, off 40%. philadelphia down 39%. and even new york city off by 37.9%. as the country shut down during the pandemic, florida actually saw business skyrocket. >> florida has seen a boom in the economic development during the pandemic. the flexibility we remote work made a huge difference. i think that was the -- it was the historic mobility. why not here? >> reporter: with no personal million tax and no no payroll taxes, the cost of living is certainly cheaper, and the number one ranked state for tax burden is, wait for it, new york. f

doesn't ashley webster know it in saint augustine, florida? in saint augustine and that is what i have done. that has been up and running a little over 6 months and business is good when you compare it to other cities around the country even better. let me show you this quickly, these are the blue cities from july 2019 to july of this year san francisco, the number of diners down almost 46%, oregon, 45, seattle 40%, philadelphia 39%, new york city 37.9%. bottom line, low taxes, business friendly atmosphere, beautiful weather goes a long way to bringing people to florida, let me bring in the general manager of the restaurant, chelsea, tell me you are from new york city. we will get to that, you have lived there for many years but why is business so good here and not elsewhere? >> in saint augustine, florida has seen a boom in economic developed during the pandemic where as you state other states have it, the flux ability with remote work made a difference, it was a historic ability to come, migrate, work from home here, why not in paradise? inc

ashley webster with the latest on what we could expect at a hearing that happening minutes from now. n front of judge bruce reinhardt, the same judge who looked at this affidavit en it was first presented and agreed there was probable cause to allow the fbi to conduct their raid. at issue today in the hearing is whether that affidavit in all its glory should be allowed public viewing. they filed a motion saying no, should not do that, it involves highly classified materials whose release will harm the investigation if they are, quote, prematurely released to the public. a chilling effect on future witnesses if the witness names in this case are revealed. on the other side there are media outlets that says this is such an unprecedented move to go ahead and mass search the personal home of a former president of the united states and public interest demands we should know. republican lawmakers are making the same argument. it's up to bruce reinhardt. what can he do? he could say it is going to stay sealed, he could say okay, i will unseal it but let the department of justice, or read to

ashley webster at orlando international airport with more on the story. hey, ash.east for the airports has been a real mess. if you don't have the patience for the long security lines, of course we've seen numerous delays throughout the summer and also numerous cancellations. we're looking at the board here. it improved a little bit as the day goes on in orlando. there are still delays. according to flightaware the numbers we receives more than 2200 delays across the country and 500 cancellations. the question is as a passenger what rights do you have? the confusing thing the airlines have their own idea what they should do to refund you. should you get a cashing back? should you get a voucher for future travel. it is all very picklety. that is why the department of transportation is trying to get uniform rules. this is what they are proposing and we'll look at some of those rules. for significant delay, what does that mean? they say that is three hours or more on domestic travel, six hours on international. they say you should get a refund if the airline changes t

i want to get right to ashley webster with all the latest from mar-a-lago.ng, and the justice department has until august 15th, which is monday, to respond to to several requests to have that search warrant unsealed to find out what is many it. that, of course, the warrant was served behind me here three days ago. one of requests came from the albany times union newspaper who argues to a florida judge that unsealing that warrant would not hurt any ongoing investigation because the warrant, well, has already been executed, and the target of the search, donald trump, has full knowledge of what happened. but, again, the details of that search and why it was conducted are still unknown at this point. meantime, "the wall street journal" is reporting that monday's raid was actually prompted by a tip. the paper says from someone familiar with the stored papers of mar-a-lago. about a dozen boxes of those documents were removed on monday by fbi agents, but exactly what they contained, again, still unknown. i can tell you a growing number of republican lawmakers are c

ashley webster is live many palm beach with the latest on this.ndent review of those documents. some of the papers reportedly marked top secret, but the former president says, look, i declassified those documents myself. also the justice department pushing back on that independent review request even in the case of documents that, indeed, could have been protected by attorney-client privilege. in other words, those notes and documents involving conversations between donald trump and his private attorneys. meantime, donald trump himself speaking to the media percent first time since the raid this morning. he spoke to fox news digital, and he said, look, the temperature has to be brought down in the country, and he says he'll do whatever he can. he said heed had his representative contact the justice department to offer help. the doj has never confirmed or denied and, basically, is not commenting at all. trump went on to say, quote: the country's in a dangerous position. there is tremendous anger like i've never seen before over all of the scams and

ashley webster is back. what have you got for us? ashley: back in the air conditioning.udes misinformation about how to vote, harassment of election workers, harmful deep fakes of candidates and incitement to violence. depending on the violation tiktok may remove the content or even the user's account, the future allows users to access state-by-state election information that includes details how to register to vote, how to vote by mail and find your polling place. also sticking to its decision to ban political advertising on the platform through its ads platform or content creators themselves. stuart: candidate harriet hageman beat lose cheney by a landslide. kayleigh mcenany, candidates backed by trump continued to rack up big games in the primaries. looks like he's running of the republican party and in control of the party. >> there is no doubt trump and trump, the idea he changed the party to bring it more in line with not a total free-trade message, willing to use tariffs where necessary to hold government accountable that kind of thing, foreign policy as well, cha

ashley webster is there. what are the options, what might happen?od morning stu there's a lot of speculations whether we will get to see the full affidavit that the government's case against donald trump and the potential violations of the espionage act which means mishandling of top-secret documents. there are three potential outcomes, when the affidavit is indeed unsealed and fully open to public viewing. to the affidavit it is unsealed but so heavily rejected in a be difficult to decipher and three the judge agrees with the justice department keeps affidavit completely sealed agreeing with investigators that the release could compromise an ongoing criminal investigation. i would say the betting money is a heavily redacted affidavit but we shall see. media companies contend the document should be open because of the public school clear and powerful interest in understanding exactly what happened here, legal expert in civil rights attorney alan dershowitz agrees saying there are many questions that have to be answered, take a listen. >> why is it n

ashley webster is at mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. the latest, ashley.with fbi agents. it's hard to believe, today, well pretty much stun silence and lots of questions about well, what happens now and what the heck is going on? well, as we know, the -- we certainly haven't been told by the department of justice or the fbi but it appears that donald trump is being investigated for perhaps taking classified documents, allegedly, from the white house when he left office. all of this goes back to the beginning of the year, stu, when they got some boxes out of the property here, about 15 boxes, and the department of -- took those boxes and found classified documents among all the other papers and that provided probable cause for that search warrant. he sate what the agency -- said what the agency did was truly shocking. take a listen. >> this not to be negotiated between president trump's lawyers and members of the national archive is shocking to me. for them to execute a search warrant means to me as i read the judicial tea leaves they suspect things might h

fox business correspondent ashley webster is live at mar-a-lago to tell us more. ashley? >> yes.e record of bruce rinehart, he is the magistrate judge here in florida who ima, as you said, the green light for that massive fbi raid on monday. we know he worked for the south florida u.s. attorney's office until he resigned on new year's day in 2008. that's when he raised a lot of eyebrows because he went to work representing employees of jeffrey epstein who, as we know, would later be convicted in a sex trafficking case. the records show that the judge, epstein represented epstein's pilots and schedulers, among others, also interesting that in 2011, the judge, rinehart, was named in a lawsuit and accused of violating justice department policy because he represented epstein's employees. that went nowhere. at one point we know that rinehart worked at the u.s. department of treasury and interestingly, he also worked at the department of justice's public integrity section. whatever that is. as you say on the political side, we do know that records show that rinehart donated thousands o

fox business correspondent ashley webster is live in mar-a-lago this morning to tell us more. teve. i can tell you it's a little quieter this morning than it was last night. and, as you say, dozens ever pro-trump supporters dessended on mar-a-lago. two separate groups. one right outside the residence of the former president. one on this side of the bridge. i suspect playing to the cameras. but the quick question of course is today they were certainly quick to act once they heard about that fbi raid. a lot of them said they just jumped in their car and knew they had to come here to show their support for donald trump but also to display their anger with what they call dirty tactics and smear campaign from the fbi. we managed to catch up with some of those protesters. take a listen to what they had to say. >> as soon as i saw it, i drove here from tampa. this is nuts. come on we know what you are trying to do doj. you are trying to create some kind of charge so he is not going to be able to run. >> it's a phishing expedition. they are trying to tarnish him a little bit. >> they a

ashley has the story. the reporter: and. >> and so this whole flatland here was a mosaic of tidal wetlands. the reporter: when kendall websteres across the levy and farmlands in southern sonoma county, she can envision the tidal marshes that once flushed water back and forth from waterways to sabonis pablo bay. a vast expanse of wetlands that the sonoma land trust and their partners are working to restore. >> california is investing if climate the way no other state in the country is right now, so we think that this is -- this is the natural infrastructure project that the state should be highlight egg. the reporter: to make that vision a reality, the trust has joined with save the bay, and more than a dozen environmental and land management groups, urging caltrans and the state to remove the one barrier that could open up natural marshland across the entire north bay. highway 37. first it helps to understand that the highway is essentially a 21-while levy with bridges and other openings spaced in between. with two lanes, it's also one of the most notorious bottlenecks in the bay area, prone to flooding, engineers expect eve