good morning. >> hey, dana.have been on the ground for three days now and already getting the sense that this is becoming a different kind of war with the front lines between ukraine and russian held territory holding pretty static. counteroffensive going slower than hoped. fighting boundaries are being stretched by both sides. late yesterday, ukraine used western long range missiles to knock out two bridges making russian occupied crimea in the western ukraine in recent days. they have been hitting russia ships, ports, ammunition dumps and using drones to reach moscow and russia is unrelenting. overnight shelling apartment buildings in the southern city leaving civilian casualties. moscow is pounding the black sea ports and warehouses. they're trying to ravage ukraine's grain trade. that was a topic of a so-called peace summit in saudi arabia this past weekend. representatives of 40 countries there including the united states, china, india, ukraine but not russia. they called the meeting productive. moscow call

it's something we'll keep a close eye on, dana. >> dana: we must indeed.he is. >> dana: got it right. [beep]>> bill: well, this kind of went sideways. the nypd making dozens of arrests in the heart of manhattan over the weekend. giveaway event went off the rails. here's the mayor eric adams shifting the blame. >> we're further looking into where there's some outside agitators. you don't come to get free gameboys and bring smoke bombs and bring m-80's and bring other disruptive items. we believe there was some outside influences that may have attempted to aggravate this situation. >> bill: want to bring in shawn duffy, co-host of "bottom line" on fox business and host of the big money show on fox business. hello. can i play one more clip from the mayor? i think this is as relevant as anything that's been said about this. watch. >> our children cannot be raised by social media. our children cannot get their values, their beliefs from social media and other outside entities. our children are being inundated by influencers, by those who consider themselves to

dana and bill, send it back to you. >> dana: incredible situation.ison, thank you. >> president biden: the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid and doing a lot of work on it. but the pandemic is over. no one is wearing masks, everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. >> bill: now the administration is pushing for americans to get the latest round of covid boosters. meanwhile more than 100 schools nationwide still require vaccinations for students on campus. some of them keeping the mask mandate. dr. marc siegel has a view on this. fox news contributor. you have been with us since the beginning of this pandemic. is covid still a problem? >> covid is not over but what should be over are these superimposed dogmatic, government-fueled mandates. rutgers university is a state university of new jersey. the state is behind this. you talk about mandates. 1100 universities don't have them anymore. 100 do. rutgers is one of the 100. listen to this. they aren't mandating a flu shot even though there is a huge flu season in australia now and a l

you can see -- >> dana: is it?ink the white house press corps presses the press secretary on this? >> not my job to defend them since i'm not wearing the hat anymore. >> dana: i was there in the room. when i would say i can't believe they never asked me about such and such. we dodged a bullet there. this one day after day and there is frustration in the "new york times" today there is nothing on the front page about biden, hunter biden, the whole issue at all even though emails and bank records but we do have 16 mentions of president trump. people out there reading the press feel like there is a discrepancy. >> that's an issue. what i said before. it's a political weakness for biden. lots of political weaknesses for president trump related to larger things with regard to these 3 or 4 indictments. hunter biden is a political weakness for his father, no question. does it deserve to be asked about more? probably. >> dana: all right. let's ask you about this. senator joe manchin is saying he could possibly become an in

dana. >> dana: chad pergram, thank you. >> bill: good work yesterday. jonathan turley and andy mccarthy. good morning to both of you. play a clip here. different snippets over the past four years or so. these are the times, some of them. that joe biden said i didn't talk business with my son. >> president biden: i did not know he was on the board of that company. i've never discussed my business or their business, my sons or daughters. never discussed a single thing with my son having to do with ukraine. never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. i've never discussed with my son, brother or anything else having to do with their businesses. >> bill: you can believe that and think it was about the weather, maybe it was. based on what we think we learned yesterday, what's the best argument? where should the audience focus on as of now? >> well, the circle is tightening. as we know without any question in my view that hunter biden was selling influence and access. joe biden was the subject of that influence peddling. i also think it's clea

have a great day. >> thank you for having me. >> dana: take care. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: speakingsports, did you know this? a volleyball match in the hartland making history in the stands. the university of nebraska, look at this. setting a world record for the largest crowd to watch a women's sporting event. more than 92,000 fans packing memorial stadium in lincoln and for good measure, the corn huskers won beating omaha 3-0. >> aishah: that's the midwest. we like to support our people. >> dana: that's right. you are indiana. >> aishah: i'm a hoosier. they fled brutality of the taliban in afghanistan after the disastrous u.s. withdrawal. now some very brave afghan women are forging ahead. you start right here in america. their inspring stories coming up next. going one-on-one with the son of a convicted killer buster murdaugh opens up in an exclusive tell-all interview with martha maccallum on fox nation. we'll bring you a little bit of that. >> i do not worry, i am not a thief, liar or manipulator. in those regards i'm nothing like him. for what you need. you could save $700 dol

there is my answer. >> dana: ed.overall takeaway. >> i think everybody on that stage did a great job. governor burgum did a phenomenal job. foreign policy with china, russia. christie even came across really good except when he started going back to these school yard bully antics. not a fan of that. mike pence again phenomenal statesman but at the end of the day i looked at two people. i am leaning toward ramaswamy. i liked what he had to say but desantis, when you looked at what he had to do last night. desantis didn't have to win he needed to survive the debate. he came across as charismatic, strong character, projected strength and confidence, and to me that was the big takeaway. we still have 11 months before the primary vote. that's a lifetime. >> bill: he had a good line about the paintings at the beginning of the night. that was prepared. dana and i will play moderators and we'll be bret and martha. we have a question. show of hands, go ahead >> dana: was there anybody on the stage last night that you think ca

dana. >> dana: that is so sad.ch. >> bill: before we get out of here and before we go a couple things. big debate at 9:00 eastern. join us there. and then we'll have the kickoff show at 8:30. before we go we want to make sure you see where we were two hours ago. this is the first time we've done it. i thought it was decent. the drone video flying in and out. going right to the arena. >> dana: right to bill and martha who kicked off our show today. they have a busy day ahead of them and the candidates are here in milwaukee and we are going to see you at 8:30 p.m. tonight is when we kick off. there they are. >> bill: i think they're still there. >> dana: working on the buckets. "the faulkner focus" is up next. here is harris. >> harris: the countdown is on. our crews in milwaukee, wisconsin telling us the republican candidates are on the ground doing walk throughs of the debate stage and more. they will debate each other and try to convince you they deserve your vote on november 5, 2024. i'm harris faulkner and you a

dana: and i'm dana perino, less than 30 minutes away from this first debate of the republican presidential campaign season. bill: eight candidates will be on stage behind us, they will be fighting for their political lives. you know, a great performance could jump-start a path to the white house, but a poor showing could be lights out tonight. dana: coming up during the next half hour, we will check in with our debate moderators, bret baier and martha maccallum, and we will talk to brit hume, harold ford and trey gowdy. bill: kellyanne conway iser here, karl rove and laura ingraham. we'll get a prediction from sean hannity, and we'll get live reports from the white house and right here in milwaukee. dana: that is where we begin tonight. bill melugin joins us. good evening to you, bill. >> reporter: dana, good evening to you. look, it goes without saying, there is a lot on the line for these candidates tonight. these first debates always seem to get the most attention during every campaign cycle, right in so that means this debate tonight is a huge chance for these candidates to really make

this is a big storm, dana. it got to category 4, came ashore as a category 3 in the big bend region which hadn't seen anything like this ever. >> dana: even before i think in the 1800s is when governor ron desantis said might have been the last time this area saw one. not the most populated area but people are in the evacuation zone there. many people left. some were left behind. you have to imagine they are undergoing quite a bit of impact right now. >> bret: the hurricane is lashing the coast near keaton beach bringing with it the potential for catastrophic storm surge. forecasters are calling this storm nothing short of unprecedented because since 1851 as far back as weather records go, the state's gulf coast has never seen anything like this. >> dana: right now the life threatening storm is packing winds near 125 miles-per-hour prompting tornado warnings and alarms and impacting millions of people trying to cope with imminent danger. florida governor ron desantis warning earlier saying it will be felt far a

. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." it's quite remarkable to be reminded of how faithful some people are and can live that faith even in the face of such a terrible tragedy. this very sad story out of dallas, texas. the marine's name was collins. he pulled over to help a driver in an accident and that's when police say he was struck and killed. >> bill: donald stopped to help a driver of a van hit by a red tow truck. video shows the driver of that red truck fleeing the scene. garrett tenney has the story from the midwest bureau. what happened? >> inside that minivan that was hit early saturday morning was a mother and daughter who marine veteran helped pull out of the car and get to the side of the highway for safety only to have a suspected drunk driver run into the van and almost into that mother and daughter. if it weren't for trey shelleding them with his own body. he leaves behind his wife an a two eared daughter. ice confirms the driver of the car, a 33-year-old was in the country illegally and is now being held o

. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." when it's power rankings day i think we get the special music. really gets me in the mood for a big debate and that happens just a week from today in milwaukee. power rankings show former president trump keeping a firm grip on the party. >> bill: he is far and away the frontrunner. ron desantis, tim scott in contention. you have five others in the conversation and the rest are on the outside looking in. >> dana: former president is dominating on endorsements and racked up more than 80. the rest of the field is splitting a dozen between them. >> bill: ron desantis has billed himself as the one candidate best equipped. they side with the former president trump. >> dana: the first debate giving candidates a chance to turn the tide. this is what voters want to hear. >> we have to fix the border. this migrant situation is insane. if somebody doesn't address and really fix the situation i think we're really seeing a lot of america in decline. >> we're so divided right now. the person that c

>> bill: you can't cheat on a school night. >> dana: only once in a while. i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." we have a big show here. house republicans releasing the records as part of their investigation into the biden family. we've been waiting for these for a while. they show how those who contributed to hunter's ventures were seemingly reward evidence with access to his father. >> bill: it all flies in the face of what the president and his staff have been saying on repeat. >> have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? >> president biden: i've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. >> do they stand behind the comment he has never been involved or spoken to his son about his business? >> i've been asked this question a million times. the answer won't change. the answer remains the same. the president was never in business with his son. >> dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. she has been asked that question a lot. her answer did change slightly and we have noticed that. what did you find out this mornin

we appreciate it. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: u.s.r richardson wins gold in the 100 meter sprint world championships. the 23-year-old finished the race less than 2/10 of a second from joiner's world record. she was suspended from competing in the 2020 olympics for traces of marijuana before the games began. >> bill: i tell you what, dana. mohammad ali lit the flame. it was an awesome american moment. >> dana: congratulations. >> bill: honeymoon is over. new york city mayor eric adams and kathy hochul at odds over the surging migrant crisis. we have issues here in gotham city. can they get a handle on it? president biden doing an end run around the u.s. supreme court on the whole student loan hand-out in time for college. will the giveaway be legal? if so, will it make inflation even worse? two questions on the docket next. next. get two pairs of celebrity frames for $89.95 for a limited time at america's best. book an exam today. veterans, if you're applying for a home loan to get cash...surprise. some lenders charge hundreds upfront

lock them up. >> jesse: dana perino dana perino. >> dana: i think that hunter saying it would blunt republicanthe reason this happened was after maureen dad of the new york times put out a column said seven children, and the snack person and nobody cared about republicans and what they were saying. >> dana: that was making the democrats uncomfortable and secretary uncomfortable and i can't imagine having to have them on the line. hunter, can i walk this way and by you. what's democrats are coming and politics are sleazy. i'm going to show sometimes that people should do when they're here when you're exactly right and one thing, that was maureen daud's sister. that cyst service connected -- sister is a huge supporter of bind. >> jesse: he's yielding time >> dana: that's great if he has a relationship with this little girl because he seems to feel very invested in the relatirelationships and there wt sad article talking about she know who is her grandfather is and encould your honoring him to be proud and excited he's the president and this idea was that it would be sweet if that works. this ide

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. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." rest assured there are problem people up watching. you are on our minds. giving you the information you need to know. what we know at this hour is at least 36 people are confirmed dead. more than 270 homes and businesses have been destroyed. the flames scorching more than 1800 acres there. >> bill: staggering. the fires were moving so fast forcing some to flee into the ocean. coast guard rescued dozens from the water. thousands will be without a home. the former hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. >> bill: when you look at the side-by-side comparisons of what was to what people are waking up today, it is kind of difficult to conceive of what they have been through over the last 24 to 36 hours and how to move forward from here. >> dana: a look at where the fire is burning right now. fox weather's max gordon is live in maui. max, this is an incredibly fast-moving story. what do you know this morning? >> flying into maui earlier in the evening we saw the flames from our airplane window.

we'll send it back to you, dana. >> dana: thanks for the update. >> bret: new york congresswoman stefanik is here. you see the front page of the "new york post" and see business leaders reaching out saying help us. it is real for these communities and they have been dealing with it for some time. >> let's take a step back. this is a crisis of the democrats' making. we have seen historic surge not only at the southern border but the northern border as well. 5.8 million illegal crossings since joe biden took office. new york including the governor and mayor adams welcomed illegal migrants into new york state and new york city and now they are reaping the crisis and havoc this is causing. not only don't we have the resources to pay for this . 82% of new yorkers say it is a serious issue in new york state. my colleague on state en malliotakis this is serious. our healthcare facilities are overrun. we need to secure the border. we passed the strongest secure the border package in our nation's history. chuck schumer and joe biden fail to act. >> bret: 82% of new yorkers call recent influx of mi

. >> dana: we are here. there is no caution, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." milwaukee has welcomed us with open arms. a wonderful american town and we're live from the forum in milwaukee. the race for the white house kicks into high gear hours from now. >> bill: eight candidates on the stage. all of them in search of a break-out moment. they are positioned by polling, as you see there. in the middle in ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy. >> dana: tonight kicks off at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we'll talk to bret baier and martha maccallum in a moment. >> bill: grady trimble on the issues going into the debate. first we begin with alexis mcadams and how the candidates are getting ready for the big night tonight. good morning. >> good morning from milwaukee, wisconsin. you mentioned the debate stage is set. the eight candidates will be up there trying to tell america can why they are best for everyone here and why they should be in the white house. we'll get to that. some of the candidates are prepping in different ways. vivek ramaswamy went to the work out room. voters

i'm dana perino. >> bill: how are you doing? >> dana: i'm great. how are you? >> bill: great. bill hemmer, good morning. this started after a false rumor that the u.s. would open the border for asylum seekers. as the chaos unfolded a sheriff said mexican cartels are gaining the upper hand. >> it is getting worse and worse because you have to ask yourself who has more of an operational plan? who has the will and who is winning? the criminal cartels. >> bill: in a moment we'll go to a house border hearing tackling the mess. bill melugin is in texas with a brand-new hour. >> good morning. we've seen migrants tried to rush bridges like this several times before. this latest incident happened just after midnight yesterday in brownsville. we'll get right to the images. this was the scene early yesterday morning at the gateway international bridge in brownsville. a mass of several hundred migrants showed up hoping to get into the united states after rumors were spreading that the border would be opened up. cbp responded and deployed razor wire and personnel in the middle of the bridg

dana. >> dana: greg palkot. stay safe. >> bill: thank you, greg. before we go, check it out.launch of a first mission for space tourists. the flight carries three customers including an 80-year-old former olympian. second person with parkinson's to head to space and a couple entrepreneur. first mother/daughter duo in space. they'll separate in a couple minutes and weightless for five minutes and enjoy what some of us have never done. >> dana: keep here for live updates on that. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> this was a home. here is their car. >> harris: breaking news. there are now two hawaiian islands burning. wildfires being driven by hurricane-force winds whipping up enormous walls of fire. thousands of people are trying to get off the island, including tourists trying to go home. one person who lives o

what a night and morning now. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." it was interesting to have millions of people watch the debate last night and so many different takes. you will want to hear from our guest this morning, nikki haley up in a moment. evan gershkovitch was arrested in march on espionage charges in four decades an american journalist was designed against spying against russia. they have denied the allegations and the u.s. government has declared him wrongfully detained. >> bill: greg palkot picks up the story from there live in london and greg, what have we learned? >> bill and dana, sadly there is no end in sight for "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovitch. he was brought by van to the courthouse today related to the tough and brutal prison where he has been held since march after being arrested on alleged espionage charges. it was a closed hearing. all journalists got was f glimpse of him going into the building. u.s. ambassador to russia has met with him three times and he appears in good health despite it all. today's pre-tr

good morning, bill and dana. i think according to delaware statute, he can't be the lawyer for hunter biden anymore because he is a potential witness in how that plea deal was structured and how it was negotiated. so by lending himself to being a potential witness by delaware statute he can no longer be the lawyer. the crazy part about this whole thing is that plea deal unreverb ravels in court. a judge digs in and says what is this and buried in the language is a broad immunity deal that they had structured. that essentially he would not face anything else. and she went down that road and figured it out and then it all came apart. i think how that plea deal was negotiated and what exactly went into it will now be a part of proceedings going forward. >> bill: let's do lightning round. that's topic one. topic two the border. you saw the video from bill melugin. all the concert wire and crates. seven prominent democrats and one independent have now called out the federal government, the white house, for a federal c

dana. >> dana: okay. so, mack is a dog in new zealand. is he a lab.me of that jesse watters discipline because he tore up. [laughter] >> dana: the outdoor furniture and this is how he was like, what? don't get mad at me. how are you going to get mad at that face. that's one of your labs. check out the unfollowed story with martha mccallum. i joined her for one of the most reads book. i know you will want to listen to that. >> greg: a lot of fiction on there, all right, katie. >> katie: look out sopranos fans today is your chance to be a wise guy. tony soprano's boat on sale $300,000. he had three boats throughout the series run. this one right here is the original. if you are a big fan of the sopranos and a piece of that show's history. 300 grand. go get it. >> dana: are you in the market, jesse? >> jesse: no boats for me. we have other expenses. i have a warp nest in my hedge and they removed one from the top of the house and now they have to come back to remove the other. they are asking me to pay. >> greg: get a dermatologists. that's it for us. ♪

dana. >> dana: troubling trend across the u.s.ally in rural areas. the march of dimes recently reporting more than 2.2 million women of childbearing age live in maternity care deserts. dr. michael cruz is an operating officer for a health agency. what is the scope and scale of the problem? >> in the last five years, there has been 21 hospitals that discontinued ob services in illinois alone. it's a huge issue. a lot of reasons for it. so it's impacting the moms and also moms with their children and how they receive care. >> dana: what are the top three reasons for these places shutting down? >> our top reason is quality because we need to execute on excellent delivery and care. otherwise the risk, as you are well aware, maternity mortality rates are pretty high for this developed country. so our job one is taking care of the mom the best way we can and i think creating that model of care, recruiting obstetricians, having competent nurses for all the emergencies is job one. i do think there is maintaining and recruiting those clini

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dana, oakland could be next. an eye on this story. >> dana: thank you so much. >> we will declare our economic independence from the failed elite. we'll declare our economic independence from the chinese communist party. we'll declare our economic independence from those who plan to put forward their political agenda. >> bill: florida governor and presidential candidate unveiling his new economic plan. the announcement happens as former president trump pulls further ahead of desantis in the polling. co-host of the five jessica tarlov and katie pave pavlich are with us. he put out a number of things. culture, border, economy. satdown with brett for 30 minutes and why he thinks he can win voters over. >> you don't win a state like florida that big if you are not doing things that are resonating. i would push back. when i hear about culture war, standing up for the rights of parents, standing up for the well-being of children, it is the right thing to impose -- i totally reject that people don't think those are impo

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dana and bill, it might be hard to think. there is a possibility that hunter biden and david weiss may enter into a plea deal in the future. however, that looks very unlikely and murky given the latest language from the special counsel. three weeks ago these guys were very close and now they are very far apart. >> dana: super interesting. thank you for the update. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> dana: brand-new this morning the first edition of the fox news power rankings for the republican presidential primary coming one week before the first gop primary debate that will air ott fox news. here you can see former president trump leads the pack by a wide margin. for endorsements by elected officials and the clear frontrunner in the overall power rankings. joining us for a deeper dive jessica tarlov and kayleigh mcenany, nice to have you both here. the first power rankings. it shows you what you would imagine. call for number one, please. you can see the maga base strong at 37%. speak to this. persuadeable 37% and hard no fo

it gave incentives to companies. >> greg: dana is starting to confirm. -- squirm. >> dana: it is truehat a lot of these companies that are getting money from this big gigantic bill are deciding to go into red states. why? oh, because the cost of living is better. the tax base is better. there are more employees that are there. and that's why. so i think that in a way, a lot of these democrats are like shoot, what did we do here? why doesn't anybody want to live in our state? that's the reason why. joe biden couldn't call this bill. the largest climate giveaway in history because it wouldn't pass the congress. #neverforget. senator joe manchin is the one that got this bill passed. he twisted himself into knots and said this is really about reducing inflation. it wasn't. don't forget that if he decides to run for president. other thing is it's interesting, i just learned this the other day. historically, when you go up to a presidential election, people look backwards on the economy. like they remember what it was like when gas prices were at $5 a gallon. and they're like, that will nev

we'll send it back to you, dana. >> dana: lots of interest in this today.ou got it. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: hemmer, you love august but here is a sign summer is flying by quickly. the associated press releasing its college football rankings. georgia is the team to beat. the two-time national champs topped the poll of the top 25 teams. michigan number two ahead of ohio state. is that you? >> bill: why, i'll take that. >> bill: alabama and lsu 4 and 5. i had georgia, michigan, ohio state. then i had clemson. number eight is florida state, i do believe. do not let august pass you by, perino. >> dana: you bet i won't. >> bill: golden days. two years ago this week, the fall of kabul, we watched it together. the chaotic u.s. withdrawal in afghanistan paved the way for a taliban takeover that they have today. a former marine that brought home 100 americans stranded is here next to talk about that. $0.50 shares $0.02 about the viral smash and grab. he is not too pleased with the state of affairs in his town of los angeles. consolidate your debt with a va hom

>> dana: are you packed? >> bill: 50%. >> dana: i have it all planned out because this is a big week. this morning a big day. brand-new polling out of iowa this morning. a state that is small in size but holds a mighty influence over presidential primaries. voters there give former president trump a solid early advantage in the nation's first nominating contest. you would have to go back more than 20 years to find the last time a candidate held this large of a lead over his rivals among iowa caucus goers. >> bill: 48 hours from now will be the arena in milwaukee. the center of the political universe and the political event of the summer. the first republican primary duel on stage. it is all going down in battleground state wisconsin. ten electoral votes on the line there. eight candidates have met the threshold to qualify for the debate. even though they share the stage they see it as a rare chance to seize the spotlight. >> i look to introduce myself to the country. six months ago many people in the country

dana perino and vivek ramaswamy. >> piers: great lineup. >> dana: you are going to love this and youis a virginia family saved by great pyrenees fostering fire engulfed house boat. guy named moose. he saw the fire started in a neighboring boat and he alerted the sleeping family as the fire spread. the parents and three kids were able to get out safely and moose was adopted very soon after to his forever home. good dog. also my latest installment of short questions. this week is with abby hornacek. it is excellent. i encourage to you read it a foxnews.com. judge? >> judge jeanine: okay. chanel is opening a brand new luxury diner next week in brooklyn. >> jesse: thank god. [laughter] >> piers: just what i wanted. >> judge jeanine: guests arrive at chanel diner will will seem like a are diner the menu will look different than diner menu. instead of an array of food options. selections of fragrances and sitting at the diner booth will be an interactive 30 minute experience devoted to finding the scent that suits you the best. >> dana: i would go to brooklyn for that brian? >> brian: talk

>> thank you for having me, dana.g today is bringing about 30 families who have lost a loved one from connecticut, california, texas and wisconsin to share their grief of loss and recommit ourselves to action. we will be announcing $450 million to take that action that includes helping people get more lifesaving drugs and get people to help is a very important part of president biden's unity agenda to the nation. everyone, no matter who you are impacted by this crisis, this is something we can all find common ground and come together and beat the opioid crisis. >> dana: fentanyl is the main issue causing a lot of the deaths. one pill can kill. it came up at the republican debate with chris christie saying this about the chinese. >> china is sending these chemicals to these drug cartels for them to create the fentanyl that is killing hundreds of thousands of our citizens. the chinese are engaging in an act of war against us killing our citizens. >> dana: anything in today's actions that would deal with the root cause o

. >> dana: good to see you again. i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." it's been a very tough weekend for everyone in hawaii. much more for you on that. we want to get to this information. the appointment of a special counsel on hunter biden is the latest as the president deals with his own special counsel for mishandling classified documents. the legal challenges are mounting. that is bad news for a president already facing questions about age and electability. >> bill: meanwhile hunter's special counsel. the same prosecutor who tried to give the sweet plea deal about a month ago. according to republicans, that just does not simply pass muster. >> dana: peter doocy is live at the white house for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. hunter biden's lawyers are confirming a key component of devon archer's testimony and explaining what the then vice president was doing on the phone talking to the international businessmen. >> the most people are criticizing the biden family is that when the president calls his son every day and it goes on the spe

dana and sandra. if it is moved to federal court it will expand the jury pool and keep the trial off cameras. in the state court where donald trump's case currently it, it is lights, camera, action. in federal court and all federal courts in the united states no cameras in the courtroom. we'll follow all the developments today. back to you. >> sandra: david spunt, thank you. >> dana: the other republican candidates campaigns are continuing across the country. florida governor ron desantis is off the trail for the week due to an incoming hurricane that is expected to hit his state. nikki haley and tim scott have events scheduled later today in south carolina. it all rolls along. mark meredith is live in washington with the latest to get us caught up. >> in the wake of the first debate we're watching candidates to boost fundraising and name recognition. florida governor ron desantis campaigning is stopping for a few days. today the governor was scheduled to be in south carolina for an event in the upsta

>> dana: more to come on this interview. let's go to florida where governor ron desantis is having a press conference talking about preparations for hurricane idalia. >> this is going to be a major impact and floridians should expect that this storm will be a major cat three plus hurricane. so please prepare accordingly. the national hurricane center currently has hurricane watches in effect for the gulf coast from sarasota county all the way up to franklin county in northwestern florida. and this track, if you look at how the models are, there is a general agreement on the track that it is going to take. there is a lot of agreement that it is going to be somewhere between north of tampa and tallahassee. but anything that wobbles with this storm could change that. so pretty much anybody on the west coast of florida, you can see major, major impacts. so please prepare accordingly. we did submit a pre-landfall declaration to the federal government last night and we anticipate that will be approved. i have expanded our state of

all right, dana.den's accomplishments, let's talk about the border, afghanistan. the polarization, cost-of-living, living on energy dependence. in his mind, he is batting 1.00. >> dana: you forgot my other thing, biggest pet peeve is national education scores. everything is down. i'm not saying that it's all at his feet but it's a huge problem and they refused to acknowledge it and they continued to back teachers unions on all that. they want to acknowledge the fact that it's a huge crisis. former secretary of state condoleezza rice when she was on "news room," she said these test scores in k-12 education are national humiliation. i would say, do you think you have a responsibility as president about the education of america's children? do you think that's just something you should ignore? what about all these people we talked about living on the streets? it increases. 11% homelessness increase year-over-year. that's an undercount. we didn't talk about the baby formula issue. afghanistan. a lot of the

. >> dana: hello. i'm dana perino and jesse waters, greg gutfeld. this is "the five" in new york city. >> did you share that he sold the illusion of access to his father? >> can you talk about the biden brand? what does that mean? >> is the president compromised? >> dana: so hunter biden's former best friend, tight lipped with the media after talking to congress for hours today. devin archer told lawmakers the first son put vice president joe biden on speaker phone during business meetings over 20 times. archer also saying that burisma added hunter to its board because of the biden brand. republicans calling the questioning very productive. >> people would be in fighting to legally lean on burisma because of the biden name, which again is joe biden. >> you think the president of the united states is compromised? >> i think so. devin archer said that was an implication of who the big guy is. and archer talked about the big guy and how hunter biden always said we need to talk to my guy. we need to see when my guy will be here. those types of things. >

dana? >> dana: they had a major problem in china of youth unemployment. something like that. they have all these college students who graduated. they were promised jobs and don't have any. they are basically now having to work in bear suits at the zoos. quite tragic. we shouldn't be that worried about them. >> greg: people think jesse is in a bear suit when he's naked. >> jesse: what? not going to address that. disgusting pig. but like trump said about pence china is too honest. they would never lie about bears or bats. they're such an honest country. the way i can tell is you can see the fat wrinkles on the costume. i mean, the skin on the back rolled down over his crack. >> jessica: that definitely looks costumy, the backside. >> they lied about the penguins. that was not very nice. never got the reputation back. this is a mascot and this is so china. they do stuff like this all the time. they build fake disneylands and entire fake apple stores. everything is so fake. and clearly, this is also a fake bear. you know how you know? he never goes to the bat

: stick around and watch this. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: bret, i wanted to show you.atch paper using an a.i. tool to write sports stories but pulling the program like this. the worthington christian winning team. on saturday one thing is for sure, bots are worse than talking about sports than i am. i could actually say it in a robot voice and get away with it. >> bret: your evolution of sports knowledge is quite something. >> dana: i fake it most of the time. the second hour gets underway right now. watch here. >> hoping for the best. we do this each team that we lev every time. this one looks like a biggie. >> it is coming fast. a little concern. we don't have the typical week or week and a half prepare time. >> dana: hurricane idalia is getting stronger getting closer to florida. it will become a major category 3 hurricane possibly cat four pushing a massive surge of water into the coast. 12 feet in some areas. folks living there are loading up on sandbags and evacuating from low-lying areas. governor desantis declared an emergency in 46 counties and evacuation

dana perino. "the five."re is a brand-new tourist attraction in america that's all the rage but you might want to get your hepatitis shot first. local san francisco guide is offering a $30 doom loop walking tour of the city's most crime-ridden spots, letting people get a good whiff of the liberal policies that returned america's wealthiest city into a cesspool of open-air drug market and homeless encampments. while san fran's decay could be a boon to tourism, it's a death sentence to retailers. they are warning they might close for good after 166 years in business. >> our business is a business people love. but if you can get around and you're trying to walk the streets and you step over needles and human waste. often bodies on the streets it's unworkable. >> greg: if that wasn't enough human misery on display, how about philly where businesses are now being forced to set up booby-traps like hidden sprinklers to ward off drug addicts who keep scaring customers. the former drug dealer turned activist comparing

i'm dana perino. bill hemmer off today. >> bret: i'm bret baier. the governor calling it the worst national disaster his state has ever seen. it will take years and billions of dollars to recover from the damage. survivors are reporting horrific scenes as they escaped through the flames and burning embers raining down around them. strong winds from hurricane dora are fanning the flames. the fast moving wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a matter of hours. we have photos showing a scene on the island before and after the flames came through. a small peaceful town ungavelled in an infern on. let's go to max gordon reporting for fox weather live on maui. hi, max. >> just a tragic situation here on the island of maui. 13 miles away from the town of lahaina, one of the hardest areas hit by the fires. we have a roadblock where police aren't very many people in. just residents and restricted to only a few areas. it is an active scene on a lot of parts of the island. there are still many hot spots and firefighters are trying to put out

so if you want to cuddle a walrus. >> dana: i would do that. >> harold: rub that thing. >> dana: that'sow. ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. welcome to a stormy washington, d.c. i'm bret baier. relatives of service members killed during the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan accused president biden administration of a cover-up in an emotional hearing today. we'll bring you there. migrants flooding the streets of new york city and other places as officials across the country argue over federal funding to deal with that issue. plus, the tale of the tape in the highly anticipated cage match between tech

thank you from the hill today dana?cking something to check in a somebody that we are covered here all those years ago, to see how they were doing, they're still not here in the united states. even though they had been promised the nation they that they would be, they're back up at the state department and it's quite an extensive path still. in addition to the grief that these families are feeling there is something called a moral injury to our veterans that are trying to help get those who help them over here and to safety. all of that has been backed up and they are not forgotten, but with this administration is seems very is being done. >> dana, it is great to be with you and that is so true. this is administration wants to put it behind them, and they never even out of the way to afghanistan and they don't talk about and he sends people to say that he's sorry for the hat they will be seeing these families but this is absolutely tragic. but he has not done the right thing and acknowledge that they screwed up. that th

>> dana: no, i think it's stupid. i wrote that down. are the real heroes here because it's clear that your material? it's interesting. i asked earlier, are they off the air? apparently no one has noticed that they are. then on broadway. broadway and 44th or so, there is a small group of protesters that are s.a.g. writers. they march in a circle about us biggest this table and they marched by them twice and they hold their microphone so close to their mouth that you can understand where they say and they go around in this tiny circle. it's not getting them anywhere. if these five really wanted to help, why don't they band together and march into one of those studios would say this is what we want to do for our writers. let's get this settled. let's come to a conclusion. a podcast isn't going to help. >> brian: there is an actor's strike and we are not going to the movies and the pandemic came in these late-night shows went to their basements and they did terrible shows to say they are still alive so this is really questioning the future

dana perino and greg gutfeld.t's 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. ♪ >> jesse: joe biden getting blasted for refusing to stand up to the left's woke nonsense. bill maher thinks it's time for the president to grow a spine. >> one of the things i hate the most about biden is that he never stands up to woke nonsense in his party. he also doesn't want to fight that wing of his party. he knows that's where a lot of the energy is in the party. >> jesse: and here's the type of things that maher's talking about. >> trans lives matter! trans lives matter! >> jesse: star swimmer riley gaines says she and others got attacked by unhinged leftists who canning loogies and throwing bottles while they were attending the signing of texas governor greg abbott's save women's sports act which pumps the brakes on transgender athletes. the rabid rails even going after children. >> we were told that it wasn't safe outside because they were completely unhinged to be honest as we can see as they were spitting on people. they wer

dana? >> dana: thank you. so yet is another challenge from the u.s. to beijing, how should we respond? we will be joined live radio with a few correspondent later on in the hour. now to washington, donald trump entered a not guilty plea trying to over ten at 20 election, questions are swirling with the deal he front runner who was going to be tried. he now rests in the hands of the judge appointed by barack obama. and let's take a look at the next step what can you tell us? >> good morning, from the courtroom to the campaign trail, that is immediately what is next for the former president, he is heading to alabama tonight to the g.o.p. did after making history for the their time, putting not guilty to the fourth criminal charges from the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, you can see them that three or conspiracy theories, and one is obstruction. outside of the quote was a few hundred pro-trump supporters, and anti-trump protesters were cordoned off, just a few blocks from the u.s. capi

come on, dana.x, the president being impeached for a phone call, the day after january 6th, nancy pelosi tried to distort the 25th amendment to get us to remove the president. and then to go through a process of impeaching the president of the united states after he left office was just one more effort by the democrats. but look, i want to tell you. i trust myself to the judgment of the american people and to the judgment of history. i really do believe, people see through the agenda of the democrats, that partisan committee on capitol hill that i refused to have anything to do with, spoke for itself, but at the end of the day, my one aspiration as i travel here in new hampshire and everywhere around the country is for people to know that the oath i took in january 2016, i kept every single day. >> the indictment says that the former president told you that you're too honest, after you said that you didn't have the authority to reject electors. did donald trump ever acknowledge to you that he lost t