unless cannibals swam out to the bottom of the uncle to eat uncle bowser that never happened. the same first name as this person, as joe biden. it's just amazing. and, look, to use a bidenism. here's the deal. donald trump was more accessible than any president in history. he took more questions than any president in the modern era. he did 35 so he press conferences alone in final year of office. joe biden has yet to do one this year going well into last year as far as solo press conferences are concerned. so, if we're talking about joe biden's sharpness and if he really wants the job. maybe he could sit down and actually take questions from a real journalist or from actual journalists during a press conference where it isn't hand picked reporters. that's never going to happen before this election day. and that all -- that's all you have to know about joe biden now at this point. >> carley: hillary clinton also said this about former president trump that is both surprising and not surprising at the same time. watch. >> trump was like, you know, just gaga over putin. because pu

mayor bowser? >> absolutely. this is what she should know.or in crime that's down in all categories in washington, d.c. especially those categories that so troubled us last year with robbery and carjacking. down more than 30%. so we've done the things that we know will reset our public safety ecosystem starting last summer with an emergency crime bill, and most recently in just a couple months ago with a new crime bill that really will reset our public safety ecosystem. so we feel very good we're moving in the right direction. not just with crime but with attendance up in our schools. with our population growing. with new restaurants opening. more per capita than any place in the united states. in fact, right in this very building this month they will welcome 400,000 visitors. even with a sold-out show tonight. so people like your daughter are voting with their feet to live in the most exciting and important city in the world. >> is it a -- we had recently, you know, in this town, our mayor talking about recidivism and trying to deal with tha

mayor muriel bowser is expected town vale a program to hold parents accountable.'t be throwing parents in jail. [applause] >> on crime overall, today bowser said recent actions including passing a new crime crackdown law are having an impact. >> secure d.c. is driving down crime in d.c. violent crime is down. robbery and carjacking is down. use of a gun is down. >> the "new york times" reported friday skipping school is a problem that is exploded almost everywhere. quote: what was once a deeply engrained habit, wake up, catch the bus, report to class, is now something far more tenuous. what's changed is the pandemic changed our relationship with education. for many families across the country school became optional and behavior and discipline issues are often results. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. one of two suspects in the fatal shooting of new york police officer jonathan diller appeared in court today. authorities say lindy jones was driving the car when diller was murdered. the judge denied bail after deeming jones a flight risk. alleged shooter, guy rivera

mayor muriel bowser wants to hold parents accountable if their children miss too many days of school mean throwing people in jail. suggesting there may be another way to tighten up the system. that proposal could come out in the coming days. data from the district shows about 43% of students at all grade levels were chronically absent in the 2022 to 2023 school year. that is down from a record high the year before. but the numbers are still well up from where they were before the pandemic, which was 30% during the 2018 to 201 school year. the three girls will be back in court thursday for a follow-up hearing. >> lawrence: unbelievable. i can't believe it was three girls. thanks, maddy. >> you got it, of course. >> lawrence: now to react on the d.c. crime crisis. actor ronald molton is here to join us. thanks so much for joining the program. the number that caught me was 60% of high school students are chronically absent now, i don't know but. the way i grew up school was an option. go to school we got something when we got home what do you see being the problem here? >> well, this co

ok, great. >> just in reference to murriel bowser and one of the main problems is the growing economic inequality that exists in this city. there's no proposals to say that people that make the most money should pay more in taxes so that we can have the available resources to provide better paid job slots for early childhood development and things like this. i was wondering whether or not that type of issue of growing economic inequality was trying to be dealt with in any of your discussions? >> i just want to make the point that the early childhood pay for teachers is actually funded by a tax on the wealth est d.c. -- wealthiest d.c. citizens. it is an interesting example. this question of economic inequality or how we pay for these programs, was that a topic? >> certainly the latter piece of it and how we pay for these programs. in this case, a recognition that we spend so much of our relative resources at the later stages of life. and so relatively little at the beginning. part of me is still conservative to say we're in a relatively unprecedented fiscal situation. raising taxes alo

. >> well, this conversation is timely because today muriel bowser released her budgets where where she zeroed out augment active pay for child care workers. anyone want to offer an opinion? molly: i'm deeply disappointed by the announcement today. in fact, it was at a brookings event that was held just a few months ago that i attended that our colleague hosted around paid leave and we listed up the example of washington, d.c. as exemplary. there's an incredible program here called the pay equity fund and d.c. has made a commitment to put child care providers on par with schoolteachers in terms of pay based on education so if you have a bachelor's degree and work in early childhood, you get the same as if you were a teacher. it means for a child care provider up to about a $12,000 or $13,000 a year bonus. it's really important in d.c. i have three young children. it left quite a disparity that we had an early childhood school based workforce that was well compensated and terribly low paid. it's criminal in my view how low paid the child care workforce is given they're looking after our

police and mayor bowser touting a hub to solve the district's crime crisis. center has hundreds of cameras and plans are in motion to add up to 600 more. police chief smith says it will be the epicenter how metropolice departments respond to crime. efforts are helping drive down crime. the camera connect d.c. are part of those efforts. transportation secretary pete butt buttigieg. >> simple acts and reality are staring us in the face, including the fact i can safely walk my dog to the capitol in a way we couldn't when we got here. >> carley: just hours before that shooting there was a shooting southwest of the capitol building. >> todd: to basketball. u uconn huskies dominated purdue in the championship game. >> what an amazing run. it is a uconn coronation, huskies make history back-to-back national champions. >> todd: uconn's national title putting in tie with -- behind only ucla and kentucky. difference is all of uconn's titles were in the past 25 years. husky head coach and fellow jersey boy, that was written in there, dan hurley speaking on what got the

mayor muriel bowser right there signed a sweeping anti-crime bill into law putting millions on the streetsop crime. homicides specifically down 24% from this time last year and violent crime down 25%. nights like last night show there's much work to be done considering the fact that five people were shot in a heavily trafficked area, a popular stretch of bars and clubs where people hang out late on a friday or a saturday night, griff. griff: there's going to be a lot of security and police presence i think tonight. david spunt from washington. thank you. >> thanks, griff. molly: an anti-government protest, a large one currently in tel aviv, seeking hostage releases. u.s. officials say they've seen fresh ongoing talks. but as the war in gaza enters its eight month, there are still 133 hostages kidnapped on october 7th who are still missing. correspondent jeff paul is in tel aviv where frustration is growing. >> so many families are now ripped apart. >> it's all that daniel has left of his grandfather. >> it's so hard not to hear his voice. i miss his voice. >> daniel's grandparents were kid

in one block, michelle bowser is a standout amongst the group.eighborhood melrose park gardens and northeast philadelphia for. from the beginning, she loved the idea but she noticed it was not particularly clean. michelle took it upon herself to start cleaning up the blocks. eventually, neighbors joined in. she has not been the plot opted. michelle still believes that when it comes to civic engagement, you have to lead by example and not just when it comes to cleaning up the block. a big part of being a captain is helping residents participate fully in democracy. as part of that, leads efforts to get the vote out in the neighborhood. provide information about elections. to make voting more enjoyable. neighborhood kids and teens involved so they learn from a young age the importance of voting. has the highest voter turnout in the city of philadelphia. was also recognized as captain of the year at this year's philadelphia citizen of the year awards. hyper local. at its core, it's about one block. it sets an example for the rest of the city and in m

mayor muriel bowser refused to sign.aw without her signature. >> this radical change to our election laws upset lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >> congress serves as a super city council for the district and can intervene. >> what is this really about? it's about kicking around the people of washington, d.c. >> but republicans believe it's about who is eligible to vote. >> i think it's ridiculous that in our nation's capital an individual who may work say at the russian embassy residing in d.c. for only 30 days. under current law could vote for mayor. >> non-citizens can't cast ballots for president and d.c.'s nonvoting representative in congress. >> at various points, 40 states have permitted non-citizens to vote. >> republicans are making election integrity a tenet of 2024 platform. house speaker mike johnson and former president trump want to impose federal voting guardrails. >> if an individual asserts or states that they're a citizen, they don't have to prove it, they can register that person to vote in a fede

we will see if mayor bowser's plan makes a difference. i'm not sure how you put that into application. a lot of these kids i imagine come from single parent families. >> sandra: fox news contributor just to piggyback on the conversation there. 12 and 13-year-old girls fatally beat this 64-year-old disabled man. you could hardly believe this is happening. as we dig into the story, they have long-standing truancy issues. these kids are not going to school. nobody is responsible for them. nobody is making them go to school. how do you fix this crisis? >> juvenile stuff is very complicated and difficult. of course, it imports all the issues of family law and who is responsible for these kids removal proceedings and so on and so forth. d.c. is particularly complex. it's under federal jurisdiction. the age of responsibility is generally 18. the feds are not very well configured to handle juvenile crime. it's one of the reasons why carjackings are through the roof in d.c. particularly from progressives, very much in favor of criminal justice ref

mayor muriel bowser signed into law, putting millions on the streets in the neighborhoods that neededrime. and homiciding were down 24%, and last night's shooting, where bars and places where people hang out. david: i know it well, i grew up there. and president biden set to deliver remarks, as we just said, at the correspondents' dinner. normally a lighthearted event. will that be with tensions rising all over the world? we'll tackle that next. that work better together. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. presentation looks great. thanks! thanks! voya provides tools that help you make the right investment and benefit choices so you can reach today's financial goals. that one! and look forward, to a more confident future. that is one dynamic duo. voya, well planned, well invested, well protected. >> well, as we mentioned, president biden is set to speak later today at the white house correspondents' dinner. normally a night full of joking around. with tensions high on middle east and on college campuses in the u.s. and a lot of demonstrations in d.c. not far from whe

s mayor muriel bowser visited the masters augusta, georgia on the taxpayers' dime apparently.roft the expense as a business opportunity to promote sports and economic development in the nation's capitol. her communications director confirmed that the mayor was invited to the tournament by two people leading a new city tax force. and finally, take a look at this spectacular video from iceland showing the northern lights over an active volcano. the time lapsed video show the unique visual of the two coming together. the eruption has now been ongoing for 2 # straight days. >> this is from earth? i did not know we could do that as a planet. >> ainsley: not you doing it. >> brian: i can't really take credit for it. >> lawrence: someone in your family. >> brian: right. no, just camouflage. >> ainsley: that's really cool. >> steve: i wonder if that's part of the aurora borealis. >> ainsley: i don't know what that is. >> steve: northern lights. aurora borealis. >> brian: look at the lava. >> steve: it's hot in iceland. speaking of a hot story, former president donald trump is going to

and unfortunately, the mpd under the leadership of mayor bowser has refused. pete: interesting.tute the on gw's campus called the m.d.ing -- the institute of middle eastern studies. my guessing is its funding comes from somewhere else, and it pushes an ideology too. >> yeah, 100%. this is another problem, universities often don't really take the right steps because they, i mean, one stat is that they've received $3.7 billion -- i mean, this is across american campuses, this isn't just gw -- $3.7 billion from the if uae, saudi arabia and and qatar from 2014-2019. so it explains a lot of the reason why universities aren't really taking proper action. and the fact that we have entire academic departments or who are devoted to one ideology -- can. pete: yes. >> -- in this particular institute at george washington is very anti-israel. and there have been conferences where they're saying we're producing knowledge, we're decolonizing knowledge, and we're doing it quietly in the classroom to retake our power. this is really very, i mean, it's insidious. pete: yes. >> and the fact that i

. >> todd: you said joe biden's uncle was bowser. boozey is the uncle's name. "fox & friends" agains right now. >> carley: have a great week, everybody. >> ainsley: 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, monday, april 22nd, and this is "fox & friends." >> brian: yes, all rise. opening arguments again today in former president trump's hush money trial and who we expect to see today on the stand. first witness. >> will: plus anarchy on columbia university's campus pushes classes online today. [chanting free, free palestine] >> will: massive protests break out as students plan a walkout this first day of passover. >> lawrence: wild video of good samaritan saving drivers trapped in a burning car on the highway. >> ainsley: scary. remember, your mornings are better with friends. >> lawrence: buckle up. fox news alert. opening statements in former president trump's new york hush money trial are set to begin in a few hours. >> former publisher of the national inquirer david pecker will reportedly be the first one to take the witness stand this morning or today, some time today.

police and democrat mayor muriel bowser are tout ago brand new 24/7 surveillance camera hub that theys ongoing crime crisis. the center already has hundreds of cameras with license plate readers and gunshot detectors and transportation secretary pete buttigieg is down playing crime in our nation's capital. >> the simple facts and reality are right here staring us in the face including the fact that i can safely walk my dog at the capitol today in a way you couldn't do when we all got here. >> carley: plans are in motion to add up to 600 more cameras to help police curb rampant crime in the capitol. spirit airlines announcing it will be furloughing at least 260 pilots and deferring airbus aircraft deliveries. those new aircrafts were scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of next year all the way until 2030. the pilot furloughs are said to be taking effect this september. and thousands watching the total solar eclipse in irving, texas, got a surf sized tree. guests were served with the largest edible moon by at a whopping 160 pounds. and we asked you to share your eclipse phot

that is why virginia foxx chairwoman of the house education committee wrote a letter to bowser but ie you in here you can see we have not seen violent encounters except for when they got these barricades and stuck them up here over the weekend. there were some clashes but no arrests, no major clashes. but it is a lot of this chanting that has been going on now for six straight days with these peaceful protesters out here. it is some of the chance they say the "from the river to the sea" that we will get to at some point because they cycle through the same chance that our offense or to the jewish students. >> john: i am curious have you asked any of them which river in which see? >> yeah, most of the protesters here won't talk to us. let me see, pardon me, how do you feel your movement is going? speak i'm not talking, sorry, i'm busy. >> as you say they don't want to talk to the media. they were actually chanting at one point don't talk to the cops, don't talk to the media so we are just observing them here and seeing where it goes. this seems to be at best a stalemate at this point.

mayor bowser has let a pro-terrorist mob take over a large area of george washington university whileher flagrant disregard for the law shows why d.c. must never become a state. griff jenkins is live at g.w. >> griff: harris, there is no plans to try to shut this encampment down. it's growing. you can see the signs here. this is some of that anti-semitic language that the jewish students feel is offensive. let me show you the encampment though and take you in. it's growing because it's spilled into the street off of the university. this street, eighth street is entirely blocked off. but, over here, harris, is the university yard where this all began and you can see the signs. this is where some 70 tents. the students have been camped here. you can see kind of the signature sign of this protest is the george washington statue here draped in the palestinian flag and the traditional palestinian keffiyeh scarf. here we spoke just moments ago a faculty member at g.w., holding anti-hate sign. she is out here upset about this. here is some of what nicole incidents in had to say, listen. >> i

mayor muriel bowser tout ago brand new 24/7 surveillance camera hub that they say will help solve thet's ongoing crime crisis. the center already had hundreds of cameras with license plate readers and. secretary pete buttigieg is down playing crime in our nation's capital. >> simple reality are right here staring us in the face, including the fact that i can safely walk my dog to the capitol today in a way that you couldn't do when we all got here. >> ainsley: doesn't he have security detail. >> brian: walk his dog? >> carley: plans are in motion to help police curb the rampant crime crime in the capitol: impeachment trial for alejandro mayorkas. >> if you are confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across the southern border to kill every man, woman and child in this country, then let's hold a freaking trial. >> ainsley: democrats are expected to quickly dismiss the mayorkas trial. and the naia announcing a new policy that only allows athletes born female and haven't begun hormone therapy to compete in women's sports. this comes on the heels of south

booking.com booking.yeah vehicle president biden and sylvania bowser working for pennsylvania businessg company based out of florida and the owner of a super gym in pennsylvania welcome to both of you. ed i will start with you or rick is a review can take it up. edit, to you first, what is it like to do business in pennsylvania right now? how is the economy? >> the economy is not as great as it was a few years ago. it is definitely challenging and requires us to constantly be changing the way that we operate our business. in order to be able to succeed. product is impossible to get sometimes. there is the latest, operational costs have drastically increased, so things have not been easy over the last few years for sure. >> rick what about you you and your wife own four restaurants, obviously food prices are a major challenge for so many right now. what is it like for you and your business? >> that is absolutely correct. our business has been difficult just like ed said in the last couple of years. we have struggled with rising labor rates, rising food costs, liquor cost, it has been a

we'll get stories about how his uncle bowser was killed by can -- can billions, right?nton can talk about what a danger donald trump will be. what they never talk about is policy, that donald trump is on the right side when it comes to bringing down inflation or gas price or crime or the border and immigration. they can't talk about policy, so they go with fear mongering, and it shows you how desperate things are at this point because democrats can read polls, and they know that jeff bind is trailing in north carolina -- joe biden is trailing in new jersey, nevada, wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan. if that happens and donald trump wins half those statements, he's the next president. kaye kay and to that point, you're looking at our polls, +3 in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. all of these numbers, interestingly, shaking it -- shaken up when you add in rfk jr. trump, he'll be in court ail day, and he'll gout go out to speak with reporters with fluidity. and president biden, i mean, if i'm his press person, you can't trust him to be with reporters for more than 30 sec

nancy pelosi and muriel bowser, the mayor of d.c.ff on not having the national guard. there is actual factual evidence their signature. can you tell me why. if they signed that and decided to not have the national guard on january 6, they declined trump's offer. that changes everything. i'm really upset because the tweets were deleted. i'm good to read them right now for you quickly. january 6, 2021 at 3:13 p.m., first let me give you the 2:38 p.m.. please support our capitol police and law enforcement. they are truly on the side of our country. stay peaceful. these were deleted from twitter. the next one and the last one i will read. 3:13 p.m., i am asking for everyone at the u.s. capitol to remain peaceful. no violence. remember we are the party of law and order. respect the law under great men and women in blue. thank you. these were pulled down from twitter on january 6. there's record of it. thanks. host: brenda is in fort lee, new jersey. good morning. caller: i'm calling in regards, so disappointed in president biden. the thin

caller: nancy pelosi and mayor bowser denied his request. it has all been proven under oath.has all been testified under oath and why did liz cheney avoid those facts on the january 6 committee and she did not want to show that. cassidy hutchinson lied under oath saying that donald trump tried to commandeer the limousine. guest: ok. so kevin mccarthy who was the republican leader yanked off several republicans who could have been on the panel. there was a real opening for republicans to have a presence on that panel. and he decided to pull them off. if i were a republican voter i would be upset about that. host: we will go to leslie in new york on the republican line. caller: yes. i went to vietnam under a lie for the incident can -- created by lbj which was falsified and i consider the democrats treasonous. joe biden is like another aaron burr. donald trump did not order anything to go into d.c. on january 6. the only person that died was ashli babbitt. i have been in combat and these cops were whimps crying about how scared they were. you have to be in a real gunfight. i am

caller: nancy pelosi and mayor bowser denied his request. it has all been proven under oath.has all been testified under oath and why did liz cheney avoid those facts on the january 6 committee and she did not want to show that. cassidy hutchinson lied under oath saying that donald trump tried to commandeer the limousine. guest: ok. so kevin mccarthy who was the republican leader yanked off several republicans who could have been on the panel. there was a real opening for republicans to have a presence on that panel. and he decided to pull them off. if i were a republican voter i would be upset about that. host: we will go to leslie in new york on the republican line. caller: yes. i went to vietnam under a lie for the incident can -- created by lbj which was falsified and i consider the democrats treasonous. joe biden is like another aaron burr. donald trump did not order anything to go into d.c. on january 6. the only person that died was ashli babbitt. i have been in combat and these cops were whimps crying about how scared they were. you have to be in a real gunfight. i am