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gerry: his point is strong particularly to ukraine. anything with the commitment that u.s.nd nato have given to ukraine. anything that seems the ends as vibrant as a stalemate or a settlement that does not essentially represent a defeat for russia will be a devastating blow for the u.s. and nato prestige, wouldn't it? >> absolutely, putting as much into this as we have, is absolutely vital it's one of the concerns and criticisms for the biden administration, it's been very reluctant along is been pushed all along and gives a good word when it's talking about it and it makes it sound as though it's all in pretty when it comes to delivering the equipment that we need to deliver to ukraine and make sure they have a victory they have to be pulled along the pushed by congress, this is another potential setback, another reason for the administration to try to get ahead of this. one more thing on the leak, why did it take the u.s. government so long to figure this out, i was getting posted in january into a wider group in march, we seem to have infinite resources and federal gover

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this is his home state. >> gerri: this is his home state. i have to say this event is making everybody insane particularly in the media. the media has lost their marbles over this. let me give you just one exa example. alvin bragg, the prosecutor here, takes a lot of money from george soros. people have been pointing that out but some of his campaign contributions -- >> harris: it's not hard to find out. >> gerri: exactly. and they are being called anti-semitic for reasons that mystify me. at what point are we allowed to mention george soros and talk about him with facts? i don't understand. this is the kind of craziness and naughtiness that this has engendered into doug's point, you don't know where this goes. >> douglas: when i watch this, i'm reminded, they are using a very old story against him to take down a former president and i am reminded of that saying, that somebody who is willing to use any stick to beat an opponent may well find that they have just picked up a boomerang. this could so easily boomerang against everybody who is do

gerry: sure. it's the first thing you think of is it was my job to be a parent and protect my child and to know what was going on and guide and help and all that. lynn: yeah. gerry: we didn't succeed in handling the situation, but we never gave up. jesse: how do you think things would have maybe been handled had you known or how it would have affected you or-- afton: i constantly felt like a contradiction, so--which i still feel like, but i just know that there's a reason for it now, and it's not a character flaw, you know? lynn: yes. that's the difference. that is the difference between a diagnosis and not a diagnosis is that you can--you can accept yourself, you know, instead of thinking there's something really wrong with you. well, there's something that is a problem, but it doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. afton: yeah. lynn: yes. it's just another problem that you have to work around. jesse: what do you think acceptance looks like for you? like, 5, 10 years from now, i tell you,

maria: great point gerri.upplies, hardware take a look at this down 29%, year-over-year, and, 9/10 of a percent month-over-month funeral retailing call on housing, down 10.5%, year-over-year, 8/10 of a percent month-over-month you can see what is going on with shelter a slowing and pretty dramatic. maria. maria: that is a dramatic number you got to like that number in terms of the untiling components of housing, that should help the housing. >> sounds liketime to build a house if input costs are dropping. >> if all input are dropping. >> existing. that is the new housing housing market in recession no question about it, it is the existing housing pricing 6 that rents, on commercial are apartments, that is where inflation problem remains not about building new ones. mark: as we take a look knew er homes construction homebuilders kas input prices are dropping doesn't mean going to pass that through to consumer doesn't mean the person, building a house is going to see that same savings, in fact, given the lack of

gerry, look, we're out of same. gerry, look, we're out of the eu.ntial to do really well. we are jolly well going to have to make the best of it, but actually, in my view, and those of economists, including your own economist, liam halligan , well, actually do liam halligan, well, actually do better out of the eu than , if we better out of the eu than, if we were constrained within it, because there are other deals we've done as well, a medicine zone, other stuff we would never have been permitted to do because eu rules prevented that from happening and crucially michael, this is not a political deal michael, this is not a political deal. it's about free trade. so no loss of sovereignty . that's no loss of sovereignty. that's right. and that's what we wanted with the eu. gosh how long ago was it i voted join the common market, whatever it was 25. the referendum body 75. the referendum body 75. the referendum . of 1975. i don't referendum. of1975. i don't believe i'm that old. but anyway yes, she just about voted for it because it made sense . but yo

gerri, tell us all about it. >> hey, this is great for the show and all about women, terrific women that have done amazing things. we talk about amber smith, she was a helicopter pilot in afghanistan and iraq. this is beyond bad ass. these helicopters are tiny and have no doors on them and go right in on the enemy. she said she could see their eyes, see their guns. i mean this took a lot of moxie. she's amazing. her story is in it. allison levine climbed seven highest mountains on egypt's seven continents and wasn't done and skied the north and south pole dragging 150 pounds of equipment behind her. these women are amazing and they're really inspirational. we did this because during covid, i saw so many women upset, worried, nervous and had to take care of their kids at home and live at home with mom and dad. this is inspiration for you out here, and i bet that men will find it inspiration not guilty as well. >> i have no doubt about it. >> here here. >> you're amazing and inspirational and we cannot wait to watc

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gerry adams, sinn fein was organized. there were seven irish american groups that were very interested , and they were mostly pro republican. they were mostly but they were anti violence. so one of them we arranged asked jerry to come give a speech. and the visa i gave him was for two days on the promise that not one penny would be raised. even for san fine. no money. and it was seen as a balanced move. to break the ice. and i think, frankly, we all have to give a lot of credit to the people here. because they were sick of it. they were tired of dying. they were tired of the uncertainty. they were tired of. the poverty that attended constant violence. they were tired of it all, and it created an opportunity for these two guys who were willing to take the risks. to move us. towards where we went and the fact that all the parties were included in the negotiations. which was quite taxing on both of them. i can tell you from time to time in different ways. that made a difference. then i think george mitchell made a difference

-- >> retail sales the markets are up this pg morning losing steam retail sales number the reason gerriretail sales import/export prices in a moment as we watch a market, that is i trading up fractionally on the dow industrials, but negative, for growth and technology, the nasdaq negative right now, gerri, over to you. gerri: all right, just getting numbers in here year-over-year as i understood march retail sales up 2.9%, the top line, month-over-month down 1% am i getting that right guys? >> okay. and we were expecting x autos would be negative down 3/10 of a percent looks down.8% -- maria worse than expected number you've got retail sales down 1% but expected down 4/10 of a percent. gerri: right that is what we are speeg of course jpmorgan, earnings today they've thought consumers extremely strong these numbers say something different. maria: are down 8/10 of a percent when you strip out autos, weaker-than-expected, retail sales coming in down this morning as gestureive is reporting march down 1% versus estimate down 4/10 of a percent strip out autos down again worse than estimate ex

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police reveal more shocking details surrounding detailed nashville school shooting gerri willis.e can fired 152 rounds roughly 15 minutes, spent months plotting the attack left six dead including three children. nashville police saying journals of the shooter 28-year-old hale indicated she acted lone police continued to look for motive for attack at private christian school tennessee governor billly a republican said would would support reviewing gun laws thousands mostly students matched to state capitol building money forecasters say the battered south midwest will be hit with more severe weather, forecasters warning more receiveer weather southeastern iowa parts of illinois expected this afternoon with isolated super cells could include tornados wind, hail today with fox news for extended coverage on the latest storm a rare apology from banking executive, that is right, suisse chairman at annual meeting saying he was truly sorry for bank collapse last month the 167-year-old swiss bank bank taken over by ubs in emergency rescue engineered by regulators the price just three bill

. >> welcome to the "wall street journal at large" i am james freeman emperor gerry baker. history has been made in america this week and probably not something we can look back on with pride manhattan democratic district attorney has recycle the case rejected by other prosecutors in may donald trump indicted on thursday the first former u.s. president to face terminal charges the specific allegations from da alvin bragg aren't public yet but the case is likely an attempt to turn a dubious misdemeanor case of allegedly false record-keeping into a federal crime like claiming money to buy the silence of an alleged mistress constitutes campaign spending. trump is expected to turn himself in early next week though he denied any wrongdoing for the implications are buried and terrible for the country it's not clear if democrat to support the case want to see trump on trial because they want him to be the republican presidential nominee again or because they don't this is a big question for 2024 will criminal charges drive voters away from trump will bring them into his corner. we

gerri willis. bank of america reducing 2023 economic outlook. the firm released this yesterday. what they are most concerned about as inflation and potential recession. joining me right now bank of america small business president, sharon miller is with us. welcome back. >> thanks, maria, great to be with you here today. maria: we zero in on small business all of the time. give us the most compelling or most important parents and the takeaways of this report? >> well, small business owners are concerned about the recession, the economy that is happening today and when we ask, what are your biggest concerns, of course, a looming recession. we hear about it all of the time in the news but the good thing about that is 3 in 4 told us that they are prepared to withstand a downturn and as you think about what is happening with supply chain issues, inflation, small business owners are equipped to withstand whatever may be coming their way. maria: well, the report is finding that only 34% of small business owners plan on hiring this year. i assume that's because of what you've just said

gerri, thank you so much. money on all of this, raising over $8 million since news broke of the former president's indictment. joining me right now the washington examiner politico reporter and sarah westwood. thank you very much for being here. what do you make of this, first we get the bank records from the biden influence peddling scam, as soon as we get the bank records two weeks ago, the next day, the leak of trump indictment begins and now we actually have the indictment, the president -- the former president going to new york today to get arraigned and now we understand this, the president, former president has been raising all this money, number one in the polls, what do you make of it? >> yeah, following up pretty significant news out of house oversight obtaining finally records from the treasury department from the biden family business ties, the treasury department has been dragging their feet for months on handing over the documents, it's hard not to see, you know, at least some sort of coincidence

we taoiseach are watching pictures of the former talking to i pictures of the former talking to gerryy underpinning this visit, isn't it? its early years. it's the major theme of the visit, which began in northern ireland for the president biden was speaking in northern ireland a little over 24 hours ago, was at ul5ter university in belfast city centre. focu5ing was at ul5ter university in belfast city centre. focusing on the peace process, a focus on the risks that politicians president biden took to make the compromi5e5 nece55ary politicians president biden took to make the compromi5e5 necessary for the peace deal. jerry adams a5 make the compromi5e5 necessary for the peace deal. jerry adams as you say, the leader at the time of sinn fein, which was the political wing of the irish republican army, the ira, the most lethal paramilitary group during the conflict in northern ireland. jerry ireland two adams and others led the broader iri5h republican movement from gun5 iri5h republican movement from guns to government. he led the republican movement along the path to peace, and eventua

gerri willis with all the details right now gerri, good morning. >> good morning to you, maria.ek's nashville school shooting fired 152 rounds in roughly 15 minutes and spent months plotting the attack which left six dead including three children. nashville police saying the journals of shooter 28-year-old audrey hail indicated she acted alone. police continue to look for a motive for the attack which occurred at a private christian school. tennessee govern for bill lee, a republican, said he would support reviewing the state's gun laws. thousands of demonstrators, mostly students, marched to the state capitol building monday. forecasters say the battered south and midwest will be hit with more s severe weather this week. even as residents of the region sift through the wreckage of their homes. forecasters are warning of more severe weather and a fire danger in the days ahead. the storm spawned tornadoes in 11 states, killing at least 32 people. arkansas, missouri, southeastern iowa and parts of illinois are expected to be hit this afternoon with isolated super cells which could

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gerri, you'res best. thank you very much, gerri willis on all of that.barbecue ceo. i can't imagine she has tough time finding workers. if you gave me the food at a cut price, that would sign me up no matter what age you are. how do you deal with that, getting kids or anyone to be there? you. >> know, we have been hiring since 2021. it is the longest stretch we've had of continuous open positions in all of our 500 restaurants across the country but we're sen interesting shift. we were seeing folks first job. now seemingly we might be some folks last job. we're seeing more mature, seasoned workers coming back. they are wanting part time but consistent schedules, we're coming and seeing older folks that are looking to either, maybe delay retirement or rejoin the workforce or, you know, maybe they have been laid off and they're in between jobs. we're seeing a lot more seasoned workers. we used to say that the pit in the restaurant was older than a lot of our team members. now they might both might be equally seasoned. neil: that is interesting, when you say

co-host emily compagno, also joining us, fox business correspondent and host of "real tough women" gerry willis, tough woman herself. fox nation host and former nfl player and co-founder of "mission cooling" chris foletta. we begin with this, yesterday marked one month since the tragic shooting at a christian school in nashville. and while the fed today, they released a post mortem on the failure of silicon valley bank, there's still no explanation, zero for the grieving families of the victims of the covenant school massacre. six innocent lives were claimed that day including three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members. and while tennessee lawmakers have been calling for more details on the shooter's motivations, those calls have mostly fallen on deaf ears. among those pressing for answers, governor bill lee yesterday tweeted this. the covenant shooting was a tragedy beyond comprehension and tennesseans need clarity. he's exactly right. now, nashville police say they're moving to release the shooter's long awaited manifesto but they haven't shared a timeline for the release

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gerry: it's pretty similar. for the europe and u.s.e expecting 10 to 15% earnings over the course of the next rest of this year. the differences the u.s. is at a higher starting valuation and more sick of can economic slowdown. when we think happens with earnings as is a lot of operational leverage so revenues will still grow because we have reasonably elevated gdp growth. the revenues grow but because the growth is going from 10.5% to 5%, the slowdown in growth pushes margins lower. the u.s. is just more expensive. alix: where do you see strong cash flow opportunity. gerry: it's astounding and certain parts of the market. the real question the market needs to ascertain at valuations of these levels is what's the best instance of that. the energy sector has very resilient cash flow. free cash flow is likely for the next two or three years. in contrast to something like the mining sector with its been strong cash flow. also capex is being lifted. we think the resilience are very high. cash for distributions that brings. >> the energy se

gerry baker writes this time around former year sounds like parole board answer to prisnoz pale who isoe biden campaign for second term except perhaps for a son can help a father in the white house the continue to shield him from accountability he deserves, guy. >> that is, column made they chickenel i don't think a ton of people despite number discussing you go who look back at lastly two years and say "yes," this is good what we need is more of this? the other thing. maria: right. >> people are going to go in this direction people already have, i want to be respectful of it as aspire to be old man one day but this guy is 80. he is clearly slowing down, they have him rerecorded provide part probably because when live reading, he struggles stumbles, one of the questions that americans have to ask is this person capable of doing this job for six more years you got two years left basically, and they want four more on top of that. given where he is right now, age 80? i think that is an important question, that is reasonable for voters to ask, even "new york times" editorial board said "ye

gerri willis with the story live in new york industry.rgy secretary jennifer grandholm blaming global oil markets for rise in gas prices in a senate hearing today. >> one of the actions we took last year in wake of war, was to release from strategic petroleum reserve, gas prices fell by $1.50 a gallon at that point. reporter: not just the 24 senate hike. senators were quick to point out that administration's push into electric vehicles despite the lack of domestic resources and demand for the product. >> we're moving to the ev's faster than we can support that transportation mode. on top of that we're bribing people by giving them 7500 to buy the thing and outlaw using any combustible engines, we're doing everything that we can, market not being driven, let the market go where itme wants to. >> reporter: s she asking for 59.99 billion than increase of 13.6% increase from previous year as two party at loggerheads over size and scope of government spending, i mean democrats and republicans, some of the biggest spending on green energy was p

maria: gerri willis, thank you so much. great line-up of stories.en in ireland today as tensions between china and taiwan heat up. chinese leader xi jinping calling on armed forces yesterday to strengthen military training for, quote, actual combat following recent drills around taiwan. a new pew research finds that 84% of americans see tensions between china and taiwan as vary or somewhat serious problem for the united states. 38% of americans also say they view china as an enemy. 52% view it as competitor. joining me right now former trump deputy adviser and american conservative union member kt mcfarland. thank you for being here. >> it's always a pleasure and particularly on this topic. maria: well, this topic keeps coming up because this administration refuses to call china an adversary. they always call the ccp a competitor, kt. why is that? look what the ccp is doing. >> well, the other thing that despite what the administration says, they don't do anything about it. for example, we are supposed to be giving weapons to taiwan, taiwan has paid

gerri, thank you for that.to martin and aaron, and passionate souls, i'm sure they would help out family members if they were in duress. scott, one thing that's happening, parents are doing it at their own expense and retirement security. what do you make of that? >> well, it's tough. it's a tough decision, neil, i'm not sure which way, my kids are 12 and nine and don't have to worry about it too much, but they're expensive. in the days of crazy inflation nicely flattening out finally you have to be careful about your retirement savings and what you spend on items, luxury goods and discretionary items, too. going forward, i think we're going to see a more deflationary environment and the market is going to continue to rebound and therefore, folks concerned about retirement as far as inflation eating away at it, have less of a concern going forward. neil: and when you talk about, you know, there's expiration you can help your kids into adulthood, but the reality that times of tough, inflation has been tough and

maria: thanks, gerri.person allegedly behind the massive pentagon intelligence leak worked on a military base and shared the documents with a group of friends online. here's a member of the group. >> he is not a russian operative, not a ukrainian operative. i'll go so far to say he's not even on the east side of the world m. any claims he is a russian operative or pro russian is categorically false. he's not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their you attack on the u.s. or other countries. maria: he says the person behind the leak goes by the initials og, hundreds of classified documents were posted in an online chat room on discord, a platform popular with gamers. joining me is the common sense society executive editor, chris bedford. christopher, good to see you this morning. what do you make of this story? >> well, it's symptomatic of something we've actually seen a couple times now which is people looking for community online if it's true looks like the washington post has two sources say