charlie gasparino is here and david asman is here with their take. senator joni ernst is here from iowa. first to this. remember when mayors of cities across this country said that they would serve as sanctuary cities? they sounded like this. >> we don't want ice in this state. >> we're a sanctuary city. we're not cooperating with ice and we don't appreciate the ice raids. i'm going to push back. >> martha: and now they sound very different on this issue. now that those open sanctuary doors have led to thousands of people in some cases coming to their city, which they said they were completely open to and wanted to provide an open door for. now here's how they sound today. >> we're completely tapped out. we have no more space, no more resources and frankly we're already in a surge. >> it's irresponsibility of those that allow them to come to a country and not build the infrastructure to allow them to pursue that dream. >> martha: you can see how this is happening. when it was the border governors and mayors that were pleading for help from other plac

david asman. great to see you. >> thank you very much.day. >> harris: president biden is a shoe-in for the 2024 nomination. really? not so fast says one top democratic strategist. plus a lot of people are really not big fans of our military going woke. >> the video like this or initiative like this in recruiting a drag queen ambassador is only likely to worsen our recruiting crisis, not help it. >> harris: it is getting more backlash and demands for answers from the defense secretary. ♪ ♪ the all-new chevy colorado is made for more. bring more. ♪ do more. ♪ see more. ♪ and be more. ♪ the all-new chevy colorado. made for more. ♪ ladies... welcome to my digestive system. when your gut and vaginal bacteria are off balance. you may feel it. but just one align women's probiotic daily helps soothe digestive upsets. and support vaginal health. welcome to an align gut. >> harris: the pentagon is under intense scrutiny and pressure over the navy's choice of a drag queen campaign to try to bring in fresh recruits. just last march defense secretary

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one on one, they just might get the debt deal done with spending cuts and we need to watch david asman in for elizabeth macdonald. david: and we need to watch that work fair. he was waffling a little bit in the question-and-answer period so watch out. larry, great stuff, thank you very much. he thinks he's going to stick with it. i am david asman in for elizabeth macdonald and the eaching edit starts right now. we've got the very latest on the debt talks, coming up with steve moore and topanga phillips , they know their stuff let's get into further fallout from the durham report after four years john durham released his special counsel report on his investigation into the origins of the trump-russia collusion narrative. he concluded that much of the fbi's investigation was either directly or indirectly driven by the hillary clinton campaign. he wrote, "we conclude that the department and the fbi failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report." joining me now is somebody who knows the fbi v

that's my thought, and then watch david asman in for elizabeth macdonald. david: i've gotta say, don't you love art laffer? larry: yes. david: isn't he a treasure? so are you larry. well a dramatic hearing as larry was just saying on capitol hill today as three fbi whistleblower s testified in front of the house select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. former fbi employs alleged abuse from the agency after stripped of their jobs, their pay, and their ability to work elsewhere. they say it was retaliation for their views. let's go to fox news david spunt at the justice department with the very latest. hi, david. reporter: hi, david. good evening. specifically they say their views were related to questions about january 6 investigations and some of the defendants in those cases. they say that they were retaliated against and in a rare move, we looked at a letter from the fbi to capitol hill that explains why these men in the view of the fbi lost their security clearances. >> the fbi suspended my security clearance, accusing me of act

anyway, don't stop watching david asman in for lizzie macdonald, because david is really something.: and i'm not stopping on that retrain if either. that's what we're starting with. president biden reiterated he is, quote, confident he and congressional leaders will reach an agreement on the budget, and america will not default. he added all parties came to the meeting in good faith. this as the treasury department has repeatedly warned of a june 1st default date. for more on this and what else is happening on capitol hill this hour, let's get to to fox news' senior congressional correspondent chad pergram. a busy day, chad. >> reporter: good afternoon. negotiate e meant at the capitol ahead of the president's trip overseas. a sick thing point, workman kates for people to qualify for some benefits. democrats are pushing for revenue, that's a nonstarter for the gop. >> here we are staring at default today, right now. how do you deal with the country's revenue needs when you have this kind of tax evasion some. >> reporter: there's hope they can have a framework by the weekend, but hou

kennedy: he looks like a jamie dimon and david asman had a baby. a dumb baby. their proof majority to pass bills that promote school choice, school choice was a major issue in last november's election, why is governor standing in parent's way, joining me now to discuss president and ceo of concerned women for america, penny nantz . >> thank you. >> so, the state of emergency is we have been plowing money into government schools forever and now kids can't read or write, they can't do basic math that seems to be problematic to me. >> that is right. governor cooper lives in his own alternative universe, parents and concern women for america members in north carolina are working very hard to help children not be trapped in failing schools. the kids in north carolina 49% of children in north carolina are below proficiency in math and reading that is after covid, he has been talking about protecting disadvantaged kids, african-american kids, the african-american children are at 33%, only 33% of them. are at proficiency it is an emergency, he is right. it san emergenc

congressman chris stewart, david asman.ocus" top of the hour. ♪ >> it was 10:29 a.m. when queen elizabeth accompanied by the duke of edinburgh left to be crowned. >> dana: the coronation of queen elizabeth ii was 70 years ago. now king charles iii is preparing for his historic coronation tomorrow. excitement is building in london and crowds are already lining the procession route. what is it like this morning, martha. >> a lot of excitement this afternoon. kate and william were shaking hands with people. king charles was back and forth from the abbey as they finished rehearsals. there is a lot of excitement. it has been a long time in the waiting as you say, 70 years he has waited for this moment. he was about four years old when he watched his mother's coronation that you had the news reel footage of. it rained that day. it is expected to rain tomorrow as well. the sun keeps popping out. we'll see how it goes tomorrow. >> aishah: can you talk about the turnaround that king charles has had and queen camilla. we maybe though

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i'm david asman in for elizabeth macdonald.we go because this weekend, of course, is mother 's day. there i am with my wife who's a wonderful mother and, guess what? our daughter has a child of her own. so happy mother's day to both my wife and to my daughter and to you and yours. now it is time for "the bottom line," and jackie and sean are here to take you through the next hour. sean: grandpa david. [laughter] david: that's me. don't call me grandpa! sean: great show. have a good weekend. ♪ ♪

i want to thank you for my buddy david asman doing a great job in my absence. good guy. enthusiasm pervasive. everyone finding it contagious. when i got back, people said, oh, neil back. we have a lot going on. let's pick apart what the latest bank takeover means and whether that puts kibosh on bank concerns. might be a bit premature to say that. kelly o'grady in los angeles with more. hey, kelly. >> reporter: good to see you, neil. this is the second largest bank failure in history. when i woke up to the news this morning i zoomed out for a second, wow, jpmorgan bought bear stearns going back to the 2008 banking crisis. they bought washington mutual. the big banks keep getting bigger. for context, jpmorgan won out in competitive bidding process. they will take over the majority of first republic's assets, all the deposits insured or uninsured. the make will pay a $10.6 billion payment if the to the fdic they will share in losses. they are open as business as usual. you mentioned this at the top. this is not the first rescue attempt. there was a group of banks that funne

i'm david asman in for neil cavuto. the debt ceiling is meeting is today. house speaker kevin mccarthy and president sped toe square off on raising the budget with the u.s. weeks away from potential default. former omb director russ vought joins me now. thank you for being here. 9 public is not buying the attempt to put lipstick on a economy with inflation. >> i think they're up against the fact for two years or so they have approached the american people with such a lack of honesty wall of their proposals, with all of their explanations that they now find themselves in the predictment that they did not plan because they were not aware of what was occurring in the house. they did not expect the house of representatives to push a massive spending package, pass a bill with small majorities and put them in a position where they're the only ones who have passed a bill. so now the biden administration has to deal with that and they can't take a compelling message to the american people because they have lied to the american people for going on two plus years now

welcome everybody, neil cavuto, i want to thank my friend, accomplished buddy, david asman in my absence. i ran back here he was doing so well, they forgot who i was. have you still for gotten? not forgetting big players who are giving money to politicians. they often times will switch horses in the middle. hal lambert, point bridge founder, ceo, been maga supporter, big supporter of donald trump. owe is is switching horses to ron desantis. florida congressman anna paulina luna, still on the donald trump side. wants him to be the republican nominee. i'm talking to her not as so much as trump backer but influential house freedom caucus that isn't keen on the some changes that kevin mccarthy could be orchestrating. risk some votes, lose others. let's go to the chad pergram. i believe respective staffs for both parties are still negotiating this out. where does it stand, chad? >> reporter: good afternoon, neil. they are talking but there needs toe probably be a lot more talking before there is a deal. white house aides arrived to talk about more today. >> any rest? >> [inaudible] >> mccarth

i'm david asman in for neil today. first, let's get right to the markets. they are slipping on reports of stalled debt talks, and fed chair powell saying inflation is far above the goal, but still, on pace to close up for the week let's go to kaltbaum capital management director of operation s, gary kaltbaum himself. gary, by the way with your expertise on orlando where you live, we've got a lot to talk about and desantis coming up but first, on what's happening with the markets right now. powell pretty much saying the same thing that the dallas fed president, laurie logan said yesterday, which is that inflation is still too sticky and he's not ready to certainly not ready to talk about lowering rates at all and maybe more rate hikes are in the future. >> well, lowering rates is off the table, but any thought that they would increase rates right now, not so sure that's good news for markets. i think market expectations have been built in that they're done at this point in time, so if that changes, a little bit worrisome, considering the fact that the 10 yea