former education secretary bill bennett joins me now, host of the bill bennett podcast.at was in this education document that went out to help teachers get ready for back to school? >> well, you know, fox should be congratulated for getting on this and putting them on defense. of course, this stuff is riddled with these -- this kind of propaganda. we know before this, the 1619 project was being teased as an inteasement to schools and school districts. what this shows is the importance of elections and b, martha, it's a theme that you've been talking about. there's a huge cultural rift in this society a cleavage. most americans, vast number of republicans, independence, many moderate democrats love this country, they want to go to work, raise their kids, go to church. they think it's a wonderful place to live. there are radicals, people that are very angry at america who want to turn it upside-down. they're fewner number but here's what is different today. they have allies in the universities, the media, in the schools, corporations even and big tech. a cultural chasm in

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bill bennett, thanks very much. good to see you. >> that's "the story," monday july 12.story continues and i look forward to seeing you tomorrow. we are going to talk to betsy devos and look forward to seeing her tomorrow. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. "your world" with sandra smith starts right now. >> sandra: thank you, martha. two major stories we're watching for you at this hour. protests in cuba ramp up and president joe biden promises a crime crackdown. joining thus hour, republican miami mayor frank -- francis suarez. and first, we begin live at morgan stanley headquarters hooker in new york city where the brokerage firm is blocking workers and clients from entering the building if they

bill bennett, please do your headline with a tom wolf quote if you would. er bow lee here but not much. biden and the cdc will announce tomorrow without ambiguity all people, all-american citizens must be mavericked all the time and everywhere. indoors, outdoors, in bed, asleep, under water, wherever they are they must wear a maverick and they must carry an i.d. and they must be vaccinated for the 150,000 people coming across the border illegally every month, not a problem. it's okay. just head out go wherever you want. a little hyperbole but not much. american people leaned on and babied on again and these people coming across nothing is requested or asked or demanded of them. >> we are insane down there. >> trace: ben domenech? >> ben: for the coca-cola executives so performative in their politics when it comes to america's domestic political fractures, i would like to buy the world a coke, especially the hardest working uyghur laborer of the week. coca-cola's refusal to condemn china's genocide against the uyghur people remains a black mark on their entir

bill bennett, always good to see you.hero police officer arresting to the rescue saving a 6-year-old girl after she was kidnapped by a stranger in the car. police arresting the suspect shortly after the girls apparently grabbed while riding her bike. joining us now are officers of jason burbach and sergeant joe keeling of the louisville metro police department. what a great job you did. these kidnappings, let's start with you first sergeant, these kidnappings are very rare. we talk a lot about parental objections, sometimes these are rare but this is a good reminder that stranger danger is still very valid. >> yes, yes, it is. the stranger danger is definitely there and it's something we need to be educating our kids about. it's extremely rare that these incidents happen but on the small occasion that it does happen, they need to have the knowledge to hopefully prevent something as tragic from happening to them. >> dana: what was it like when he reached into grab her? we can hear a little bit of her crying. i know she was

bill bennett said when liberals look at the poor and black stacy a sea of victims and conservatives see a sea of aliens. and so the issue is i'm a radical pragmatist. all i want to know is whether or not the policies and practices you promote half the constant end of improving the lot of the least of these area .. >> .. we've got to be able -- the goal of the woodson center is to the racialized race. because as long as we are compelled to look at each other through the prism of race, the deeper, more troublesome problems that we're facing go on the test. >> host: okay. now i think there are a lot of folks who actually would agree with what you say but who also would agree with large parts of the people that you criticize pretty harshly. i have a question for you. why do you, for instance,, use this term in your title race hustler where you talk about the purveyors of racial grievance. the black community has people who think different things. you agree with some of them. you disagree with some of them. this thought within the black community, what would you say to someone who said in re

let's bring in our panel charlee and bill bennett what about that statement, bill. >> as former educationis isn't ignorance this is invincible ignorance to suggest that this is jim crow or as he said earlier jim crow on steroids reveals that he and his staff whoever rights this stuff for him have no idea what they are talking about. will final argument against critical race theory president of the united states and his staff don't know any history under jim crow you could not vote at all if you be were a black person. you could not get education or apply for certain kinds of jobs. if you looked the wrong way you could be lynched. please a little modesty here in your characterizations and a little realism. plus, the real point here when it comes to it is he -- i'm sorry, do you want me to stop? >> bret: no, no. i want to get chuck to respond to that i also want to play this other soundbite. >> sure. >> bret: senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell talking about the texas state lawmakers leaving texas, coming to washington, in response to kind of blocking this legislation on voting

bill bennett said when liberals look at the poor and blacks, they see a sea of victims and conservatives see a sea of aliens. and so the issue is i'm a radical pragmatist. all i want to know is whether or not the policies and practices you promote have the consequence of improving the lot of the least of us. what are you doing, like people in prison. is as long as we are compelled to look at each other through the prism of race the deeper and more troublesome problems we are facing. >> host: okay, now i think it there are a lot of folks who actually would agree with what you say but who also would agree with large parts of the people that you criticize harshly. i have a question for you. why do you for instance, you know you use this term in your title where you talk about the purveyors of racial grievance. i mean, you know the black community has people say different things and you agree with some of them and you agree with some of them. what would you say to someone who said in reaction to your book i agree with a lot of with what mr. woodson says that i think he does himself a disserv

bring in our panel former education bill bennett. ischer. bill, your thoughts on that exchange and where we are here. >> well, heated and candid. that wasn't staged that's for real because these are real issues. i'm not a scientist. i can't really tell you whether it is gain of function research. i can tell you there was a lot of equivocation and mistakes and a lot of stumbling. i think this is most important now as we are looking at the delta variant. and people are saying one thing or another. let's be careful because these mistakes were made last year. let's not make them again. let's be very cautious. i think you will see public health officials at least trying to be more honest and more cautious and more reserved in their predictions. bears watching. but, obviously, prices are to be paid for what happened last year the deaths of so many people and some mistakes. >> bret: this hearing was originally scheduled to be about masks and going forward. the delta variant and school requirements as well. juan, take a listen to this and i w

"special report" bill bennett reminded of saigon the last helicopter out. hear a remark like that of general austin scott miller without having total contempt for the men who ran america's longest war. shock and awe for 48 hours and then a long slow bleed out over two decades. you can have the best bombs, the best jets, the best and the bravest men and as real commanders have known since athens 2.5 millennia ago none of that means anything without strategy and will. after the fall of in 1855 karl marx and friedrich ingles wrote in the german newspaper the joke making the rounds of the russian army that the english army is an army lions led by ases. that joke will be making the rounds of the russians and iranians and chinese and the pakistanis and the north koreans and on and on. glen reynolds, the fearless launched his blog just before the war on terror began. glenn, back then we thought that these were the wars that were going to exercise the ghost of vietnam. what the hell happened? >> you know, i think the problem is, as you say, leadership at the top an

host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy, and former education secretary and fox news contributor bill bennett. first in chicago, police say this weekend was the city's deadliest this year. 100 people total were shot and 18 killed. a 6-year-old girl among those wounded in the shootings and in that same location eight hours earlier, a 5-year-old girl was shot. two chicago police officers were also shot and wounded yesterday while trying to disperse a crowd. in houston, one police officer was shot. in milwaukee, two police officers were wounded in a fireworks attack. in las vegas one police officer was shot and another one to do new york city, at least 26 people were shot over the holiday weekend and the numbers of shootings rising more than 42% year to date. brazen looting taking place in san francisco yesterday as thieves target a neiman marcus store and can be seen. mr. secretary, i'd like to start with you on this. these numbers are frankly staggering. >> yes they are staggering. and let me say, not only the secretary of education but the first drugs are, so i have some familiarity. if you l

so i sort of come back to the conversation we had with former secretary bill bennett where he said thees are likely the ones that will work better, which is school choice, parents joining their school boards, then having more control over the subject matter and these other ways. because at this point, legally, to actually pass a law that bans critical race theory from being taught, that is where the prospects don't look good in the public school system. quick final point about that union, however, a reminder that the supreme court recently ruled against teachers automatically having to pay membership and be represented by the union. she talks about representing all of them but in fact she does not. >> kayleigh: jesse, meanwhile you have terry mcauliffe running for governor of virginia. he says critical race theory is just a fallacy. his exact words are, "critical race theory as of right wing conspiracy totally made up by donald trump." but here we have the teachers union leaning in. so it seems to be an abject lie. >> jesse: when the democrats call something a conspiracy theory, that m

that's tony bennett. hundreds of indigenous brazilians have been protesting against the bill, allowing commercial agriculture and mining unprotected tribal reservations. the legislation to advance in congress on tuesday far right. president jaya, post the nato, and brazil's powerful farm lobby have supported the bill. arguing that indigenous communities are blocking development of the amazon former defense secretary donald rumsfeld has died at the age of $88.00. he served twice in the post under president gerald ford, and george w bush received from felt over saw the 2003 us invasion of iraq. he remained on paula genetic about the war, insisting that toppling saddam hussein created a quote more stable and secure world us president joe biden will travel to florida later today to offer his condolences to the families of those killed in the 3rd time tower block collapse. one week ago, the confirmed death toll has risen to 18 with the recovery of more bodies that included 2 children. as many as 145 more people are still unaccounted for. the wi oliver salad is in their side where he heard f

michele bennett proposed the tax credit as a special bill before it was passed as the american rescueank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. in is an important issue. >> you've got an op-ed in "the seattle times" calling for this credit to be made permanent. you have said that you asked president biden directly if he supported making the credit permanent, and he said he did. so, how do you convince your republican colleagues to vote yes on that? >> i think the case is being made right now. we see so many families across the country who have struggled prior to the pandemic and the pandemic only made the situation worse. it's so important that we provide a great future for our children and the tax credit is the largest federal investment we make in our children. until recently, it left behind one-third of all children who lived in households that made too little to qualify for the full credit. so, what we did in the american rescue plan really is historic. it is a big deal. but we need to make sure families have that certainty going forward. kids don't grow up in

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bill when you add xfinity mobile. get started today. >>> it is good to be with you. i'm geoff bennett and as we come on the air, president biden is about to welcome to the oval office angela merkel who is long described as the de facto leader and in the trump administration, she is the defunct leader, and merkel is planning to step down after 16 year, and aides say that they will discuss everything from covid to china to climate change. and this meeting is to project stability between europe and the u.s. after trump berated the allies including merkel and threatened to pull out of nato. with that and the backdrop of nato, there are shocking comments attributed to the chief of staff mark milley in a book by "washington post" reporters. in the excerpts from "i, alone can fix it." obtained from nbc news, milley said that listening to trump was like reading orwell's 1884 that evil is good, and good is evil. but it was january 6th, he said, see you in d.c., he wrote to the followers, be there and it will be wild. but milley said that trump was stoking the unrest hoping to evoke the insurre

bill when you add xfinity mobile. get started today. >>> it is good to be with you. i'm geoff bennettbout to welcome to the oval office angela merkel who is long described as the de facto leader and in the trump administration, she is the defunct leader, and merkel is planning to step down after 16 year, and aides say that they will discuss everything from covid to china to climate change. and this meeting is to project