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i'm sandra smith in for harris. the white house and president's campaign woohing black voters concerned about losing support among the key voting block. this harsh criticism from a prominent black radio host probably not going to help matters. >> he is an uninspiring candidate. there is nothing about joe biden that makes you want to listen to him. he should be leaning on people who are more inspiring him and more charismatic than him. if you want to call it the brains of the operation behind the scenes. that sounds crazy that we're saying that about a president of the united states of america. he has no main character energy at all. >> sandra: more democrats admitting the issue is not going away. >> president biden is going to have to go out and litigate this election. his age is going to be an issue in the election. >> sandra: more from mark meredith at the white house to kick things off. is the biden campaign ready to make some changes? >> right now no changes being announced. good morning to you. it is expected t

sandra smith, how will that be inflationary?> "the new york times" ignores the trump pitch to address regulations to deregulate. larry: right. >> brings it up in one of final paragraphs. one place where trump could reduce inflation, deregulation a few republican economists tell the writer of the piece. businesses facing less red tape might pass cost savings along to consumers. larry: there you go. >> that is someone who needs economics 101 class. larry: that will be passed. what is favorite thing in wendy's menu? when up there yesterday, how was the congestion pricing. >> i hear they have good chilly, i hear. larry: it wouldn't occur to me to buy chilly. someone is saying it is good in my ear -- chili. >> i will plead the fifth amendment on eating at wendy's. larry: i know we're running out of time. play rich lowery's quote from yesterday's show, editor-in-chief off "national review." is it true you were sighted at mcdonald's weekend. your cash wad was blown. >> two fries and large shakes, $17. first time everybody in my life i

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anyway sandra smith and steve forbes will set the record straight, and james comer will be here to unveil a new soup subpoena for ag merrick garland, and senator mike lee will talk about joe biden's lawless soon student loans and why is wendy's jacking up their hamburger prices. >> is mitch mcconnell about to enersto endorse donald trump, why is joe biden betraying our great ally israel. aaron cohen will opine on this and other matters but first edward lawrence, in washington, swimming as best he can. edward what is cooking down there? reporter: sinking in the swamp. here in washington. you know president is feeling pressure over the economy, over ukraine funding, president feeling pressure the wave of migrants, illegally crossing the southern border, today congressional leadership met with the president in t the officers, the president wanted to talk about ukraine speaker pressed the president on border funding. >> we hear from american people, in all cities and states who feel this acutely, they understand the catastrophe at border is affecting everyone, it top of mind for you an americ

. >> aishah: i'm aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. day after day capturing wild images on the southern border, large groups of migrants from all around the world crossing into california now, with many of them saying, john, they are here for work not asylum. >> john: the groups with some crossing through the dangerous rocky mountainside to get into the golden state are adding to the tally of the 7 million plus migrant apprehensions and 1.8 million got-aways since president biden took office. >> aishah: complete coverage with congressman darrell issa, he's going to join us live from the border why he believes this is all now a national security crisis. >> john: hillary vaughan on the startling number of chinese nationals making their way across, and bill melugin starts us off live in jacumba, california. what's the scene today? >> another busy day out here today, john. we just learned from border patrol which officially reported this san diego sector has had over 140,000 illegal crossings just since october 1st. of that, more than 20,0

. >> dana: sandra smith is next. here she is. >> sandra: we have the fox news alert for you as we top off a new hour. biden border crisis slamming the southern border. the northern border and cities in between. progressive lieders of so-called sanctuary cities paying a painful price for their open policies towards migrants. hundreds of millions of dollars, violent crime and political peril. this is "the faulkner focus." i'm sandra smith in for harris, a man in chicago the latest victim. police arresting four young migrants over the weekend saying the suspects robbed and strangled the commuter until he lost consciousness on a train in broad daylight. people in chicago have expressed outrage saying the state and city are prioritizing migrants for resources they need badly that nair own communities. >> how dare you try to make it political. it is not political. you cannot take food out of our mouth and put it in somebody else's mouth that do not pay taxes. [shouting] >> we are a community of black people where we already

sandra smith and steve forbese will setfo the record straight. plus house oversight chair jamet comer will be here to unveil a new subpoena for merrick garland and senator mike lee will talk about joe biden's lawless student loans and oh, why is wendy's jacking up their hamburger prices? and finally, is mitch mcconnell about to endorse donald trump and mark simone and david chaffetz will weigh in later in the show and a aaron comb will e here as well.im edward lawrencmie is in c washington, swimmingan as best e can. what's cooking down there today. >> reporter: sinking in the swamp in washington. the presiden pt is feelingg pressure over the economy, feeling pressure over ukraine funding. the president also feeling pressure with the wave of migrants illegally crossing the southern border. congressional leadership met with the president in the oval office. the president wanted t to talk about ukraine.esid the house speaker pressed the president over border funding. listen. >> we're hearing from ther pr american people of all partiesin and all pers

sandra smith in new york. hour two of "america reports". begins now as president biden hosted governors, including gavin newsom, border patrol released nearly 200 migrants on to the streets of san diego. >> guatemala. virginia. >> colombia. los angeles. ok. >> where do you want to go in the united states? >> i want to go to chicago. >> chicago, got it. >> sandra: well, that's another one, chicago is already a sanctuary city inundated with migrants, already struggling with this crisis since the very beginning. garrett is reporting there live for us. garrett, people in chicago are fed up with how this is gobbling resources on the ground. how bad are things right now. >> bad enough, in at least two cases this month alone, migrants so desperate to get out of chicago and back to venezuela that they broke the law. for example, this 29-year-old man was arrested two days in a row earlier this month for trespassing and damaging property at chicago's airports, and according to a copy of the police report, when officers came up to him, he fell to his

. >> sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. the palace says the king will be postponing-public facing duties as treatment is underway. evening falls there, the statement just out from the palace, what else are we learning so far, greg? >> yeah, just in the past hour we get the news and you can imagine the u.k. is riveted to this breaking information about their king, king charles, diagnosed with a form of cancer. we are told that he is being treated as an outpatient at a clinic in the center of london. he was there today, he left his country home for treatment today. he is now said to be at home. this came after treatment last month of his enlarged prostate. the condition was spotted, spotted swiftly, we don't know what kind of cancer it is, buckingham palace says it's not prostate cancer. in his statement quoting aides, they say the king is very positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to public duties as soon as possible. before this announcement was made his family was notified personally by the king. prin

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i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. guess who is back? martha is back. rtha: good to be here. welcome, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story" right now. >> sandra: vice president harris seeking to reassure an america that is unsure

i'm sandra smith in new york. we hope to learn more shortly, john. >> john: i expect we will. i'm john roberts in washington, this is "america reports". we are learning more about the person who opened fire just before 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday at the popular church, including that at some point genesse moreno went by a man's name. a pair of off duty police officers took out the shooter and we are expecting more details as sandra mentioned to be revealed later this hour. >> sandra: william, what do we know happened at the church. >> well, we know that he or she, excuse me, walked in the church around 2:00 p.m. on sunday, lakewood mega church, as we have said, the shooter identified as 36-year-old genesse yvonne moreno. the church seats 1600 people. it was in between spanish language services, she walked in with a 5-year-old, wearing a trench coat and carrying a concealed ar-15 with the words free palestinian written on the stock and then she opens fire. two off duty law enforcement, a houston police officer and a texas alcohol beverage and control commissioner, returned

harold ford jr., sandra smith, and greg gutfeld.s 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ shocking new details and theocki brutal slaying of a georgia nursing student, laken riley, at the hands of a criminal illegal immigrant. the liberal media is trying toll blame everything but joe biden's open borders and sandy for what happened. the 22-year-old had gone out for a run but never returned. autopsy results show her cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. cops charging their prime suspect for the murder. a26-year-old venezuelan national named jose antonio ibarra.amon he's among the millions who the president let enter our country through the southern border back in 2022. ibarra had been living inhe new york city for over a year. a in september he was arrested anr charged with child endangerment, but cops cut him loose beforeut i.c.e. could issue a detainer, h and that's when he headed south. georgia governor brian kemp says joe biden has blood onden his hands. >> the american people know exactly what happened. the

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sandra smith in new york. israel has now rejected hamas's latest counteroffer as the war enters its fifth month now. it would have eventually freed all the remaining hostages but at a steep price. >> john: we have team coverage, former cia station chief dan hoffman reacts in moments. >> sandra: but first to mike tobin on the ground in tel aviv for us. mike, where do these talks go from here? >> given what we just heard from prime minister netanyahu, the counter proposal was not received, hamas responded to the prime minister's comments and said they show that prime minister netanyahu wants to continue the conflict. >> only the continued military pressure is a necessary condition for the hostages release. surrendering to the delusionist demands of hamas will not lead to their release. it will only bring about another massacre. >> status of the conflict, israel dominates all of the gaza strip. their forces are as far south as khan younis, the second largest city and anticipated that israel will push into rafah o

sandra smith thank you.ohost of the bottom line on foxbusiness former wisconsin congressman. what do you think about that? 45% of south carolina voters say immigration is her number one issue is that peculiar to south carolina or do you think that is the feeling nationally? >> i think we seen it nationally. whether it's her home community across the country as a whole when you have roughly 10 million new people come in the country over the last three years that has disrupted people's way of life we were covering the story earlier but the young woman down in georgia who was killed by an illegal migrant we have seen in new york city multiple shootings by migrants as well. two things are at play here. one copy of an economic issue with competition for labor stress at the low end for migrants making it harder for wages to rise and keep up with inflation. but number two, that the safety and security that comes in to voters as well americans are oopenhearted they want to see immigration in the country but 10 milli

sandra smith, your take? >> first of all, thanks for having me here today. it's good to be on the couch. first of all, i think this is a fascinating moment for the country to be able to hear these oral arguments, to hear these justices one by one. their questioning to these lawyers. it was a little bit longer, i think, than initially anticipated. not sure what the take away is from that. but, to jonathan turley's point. just a moment ago before the president -- the former president was speaking, the toughest questions in the supreme court today came from those judges on the left, from those justices on the left. to quote donald trump a moment ago, i think my case was well-received. he can certainly make that case. justice kagan, i felt so compelled to write down at one moment where it was really looking good for the former president in the supreme court and she sounded ready to keep trump on the ballot. she said kicking a federal candidate off the ballot state by state, quote: sounds awfully national. >> >> harris: yes. >> shannon: it seems quite extraordina

i'm sandra smith. >> sandra: i'm john roberts. have a lot of coverage of the current president and the former president down there on the border getting a look at how it's being dealt with and where that takes news the future. "the story" with martha and robert f. kennedy jr. starts right now. martha? cosentyx works for me. cosentyx helps real people get real relief from the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis. serious allergic reactions, severe skin reactions that look like eczema, and an increased risk of infections, some fatal, have occurred. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to or if ibd symptoms develop or worsen. i move so much better because of cosentyx. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ ( bell ringing) customize and save with libberty bibberty. liberty bushumal. libtreally blubatoo. mark that one. that was nice! i think you're supposed to stand over there. oh am i? thank you. so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo.

sandra smith, you are a jogger. this is not what the story highlights, is it? >> that headline infuriates me. i love to run. as the message that because we have let illegal immigrants, some of which are part of these heinous crimes, including this one, where this man killed a 22-year-old college student, the now college students, young women, we are just supposed to change our activities? we are supposed to change our lives, adapt to this new normal that is men coming into this country and violently killing college students who feel like they are safe on campus. preparing for that interview earlier today, i pulled sound from kamala harris, this would have been when that man was walking over our border. kamala harris, the border is secure. the border is not open. in a hearing on the same date, they were asked if the border was secure. yes. not only were they ignoring the crisis then downplaying it, now, only to get involved when it has become a crisis and campaign issue for the reelection bid. use all the analysis out of south carolina. it is about immigration.

. >> dana: sandra smith is next. here she is. >> sandra: we have the fox news alert for you as wto

"america reports" anchor sandra smith is here to break it down. >> sandra: i put up on the screen the fox news poll in michigan when asked your choice, if for a president if voting right now, it does give former president donald trump the lead right now. 47% to president biden's 45%. he's got a two-point lead. okay. so now we're jumping in to south carolina. what we saw from voters on the ground there. i will show you on the screen, charms, and feel freel to jump, in we'll get to some economics of this state and what gop voters say they're feeling on the ground there. for now, seems to be just like we saw in new hampshire and iowa. all about immigration for republican votesers in south carolina. among the top concerns facing the country today, 45%, almost half of voter there's, gop voters there say it's about immigration for them. it's fair to say, the economy is a distant second. 29%. 8% say foreign policy. when you dig in to the support for their candidate, those that say immigration is the top concern, you know, three out of four said they're supporting donald trump in that race. o

karl rove mentioned this in sandra smith mentioned this in the voter analysis.say they would not vote for donald trump should he become the nominee? that is 24% of their public and part of it which is right along the lines of what the "new york times" siena poll showed almost a year ago now. 70% republicans are never trump or is there is a large number of established republicans who are anti- trump who would like to seat nikki haley see a quote part of the resistance. it would be sad it's part of the regular primary schedule. don't forget into thousand 16 it was a knock down bareknuckle fight between then it president trump or candidate trump and ted cruz went all the way until may 3. the things that were said back and forth you thought you could never ever take them back up it in the end cruz got behind trump. trump probably came a stronger candidate because of it. went on to win the election pretty what you are seeing here is a real split in her home state of south carolina, 40% of voters are saying we do not want donald trump of the state that he won handily

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow. meantime, we turn it over to our colleague, martha maccallum with "the story" live from new york. martha? >> martha: thanks very much, you guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story" president president biden laying blame for the border mess squarely on republicans today. telling them to "show a little spine on this issue. republican senator steve daines joins me in moments. country star john rich reflects on the life and legacy of country icon toby keith. but first, a bomb shell verdict breaking a short time ago. a mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter for her son's deadly school shooting rampage. jennifer crumbly's son, ethan, pleaded guilty to murdering four stores at his high school two years in michigan. he's serving a life sentence. his father is also facing charges. he will be on trial next. criminal defense attorney mark eiglarsh says that he does not agree with this verdict. he is standing by moments for now. first to jonathan hunt reporting live fr

. >> aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra smith, this is "america reports". according to an opening statement obtained by fox news digital, james biden is denying that president biden ever had any involvement in his financial ventures. but a witness said the exact opposite last week. >> john: remember hunter's former business partner, he told congress the biden family business was joe biden, period. bobilinski tried to blow the whistle in 2020, it went nowhere. >> we all heard from tony, he was a credible guy, he's a guy with information from inside the biden organization that says listen, this is what was going on. he went to the fbi, the fbi refused to further investigate. >> john: and politico reports biden's brother used his name to promote a hospital chain, then it collapsed. >> aishah: fox news contributor james freeman is going to join us in a minute, but first, david spunt live on capitol hill. what are you hearing about the closed door meeting? >> from everything we can tell, aishah and john, james biden is defending his big brother what happens to b

sandra smith in new york. the former president is facing a 30-day deadline to fork over that $355 million penalty following the judge's decision on friday and several of his multi-million dollars assets could be on the chopping block to pay off the fine. >> john: kelly o'grady is live outside of trump tower in new york city and kelly, it's rather fortuitous, that is one of the assets some people are saying the state could seize if the former president misses his deadline. >> john, it's absolutely a possibility the state could seize an asset like trump tower. until appeal is filed, all of these penalties are in place. so, excuse me, sorry, didn't have my mic there. so until an appeal is filed, all of these penalties are in place. so, if he's unable to pay up, they could actually seize that legally. now, his legal team did confirm they are going to file appeal, so to do so he would need to pay up to $450 million, that is the fine, including interest, so have to put the full cash amount in escrow where frozen, he

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i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. guess who is back? martha is back. hi there. >> martha: good to be here. welcome, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story" right now. >> sandra: vice president harris seeking to reassure an america that is unsure based on polls about the president's abilities. she says she's "ready to serve" in an interview. she said there's no question that she's ready. it goes on to insist in this piece, she does, that anyone who sees her on the job walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead, says the vice president. gerry baker looking at this in the "wall street journal" asks this. does anyone doubt does she inspire confidence in the party there would be a loud chorus of calls from democrats urging biden to step aside? so all of this newly stirred up after the doj's special counsel labelled president biden in a torching report, an elderly man with a poor memory. diminished faculties. now you've got a wide swath of political prognosticators pitching off ramp strategies. we'll talk to bret baier in moments. first jacqui

hello, well come everyone, i'm sandra smith in new york on this friday afternoon. good to be with you, john. >> john: and i'm john roberts in south carolina. good to be with you, sandra. the news is not happy this afternoon. this is "america reports". police say riley was found with visible injuries and they do suspect foul play, but currently they have no leads as the university cancels classes and urges students to travel in groups. >> sandra: fox team coverage kicks off now on this former nypd inspector paul mauro is standing by. >> john: but first madison is live in athens, georgia with the latest on the investigation. madison, are police making any progress to even begin to identify a suspect? >> john, no official word on a suspect yet. but uga police say they are working around the clock to figure out exactly what happened to 22-year-old laken riley. the fbi says that they are ready to step in and help if needed. and police also say that there has not been a murder on campus for 20 years, and we are actually very close right now to where riley was found with t

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: we'll see you tomorrow for the big day in south carolina. thanks, guys. john and sandra. first, good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story." we have breaking news out of georgia where the trump legal team claims that they have new information that could blow up the testimony that we heard last week from d.a.fani willis and nathan wade. this potentially could put their election case against the former president in some jeopardy. we'll get you the details on what they say they have found that they say is contradictory to what you heard on the stand from the two individuals. we'll get to that in moments. first, vladimir putin bolstered by the death of alexi navalny, his chief political opponent in russia has vowed today that he's strengthening his armed forces. sending a signal to the west that he may be entering the second year of his assault on ukraine with a new phase of aggression. in a brutal war that fox has covered

. >> jacqui: jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the president's potential change of heart as we see record levels of migrant encounters. new data obtained by fox reveals thousands are coming from countries with potential national security concerns. >> john: and more disturbing numbers to report, according to cbp, over 6400 migrants with criminal histories since october 1st, the start of the new fiscal year. that averages out to about 44 criminals crossing the border every single day over that time period. >> jacqui: fox news team coverage. former acting i.c.e. director tom homan and whether it can stop the onslaught, and bill melugin is live at a sector in california overwhelmed by migrants. >> john: peter doocy is live from the north lawn. do we know what the president is considering with his executive pen? >> it change, john, to who can say they qualify for asylum. right now anybody can at least try to say that they are here for asylum. there is talk here about making it so that you can only do that at a port of entry. but whatev

i'm sandra smith in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." we've got fox team coverage with katie byrne in massachusetts where they're still dealing with it and adam klotz in the fox weather center with the fall-out from it. we begin with katie. what are we seeing, katie? >> hi, sandra. here along the cape, we're seeing more wind driven snow. look at these huge waves behind me. we're watching some of this water crash over the sea wall and lead to coastal flooding. we have a parking lot under water. not only are people dealing with snow but flooding potentials. we're not the lead for snow totals by any means. that's where you'll see parts of pennsylvania, new jersey, connecticut, they have over a foot in some places. hartford, connecticut, you can see how much snow there. led to slippery road conditions. in newtown a semi lost control after hitting a guardrail because of the slick road conditions. this has been an interesting storm. what happened was really within 24 hours of the snow starting, the forecast models shifted south. while some pla

. >> aishah: aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. "america reports". to chad pergram live on capitol hill what you are hearing, chad, what congressmen and women are saying right now. >> this is rather cryptic. mike turner is making documents available to all members about this serious national security threat. national security adviser jake sullivan offered to speak to top lawmakers tomorrow but is cagey about the threat. >> americans understand that there are a range of threats and challenges in the world that we are dealing with every single day, and those threats and challenges range from terrorism to state actors, and we have to contend with them. we have to contend with them in a way where we ensure the ultimate security of the american people. >> sullivan comes to capitol hill in the next hour to speak to lawmakers about fisa, so this may be part of the conversation, too. fox asked multiple lawmakers about the threat over the past 24 hours but members of the intelligence committee would only say it's serious and not talk about it. tensed up when

sandra smith will take you through the next hour of "the faulkner focus." here she is.

i'm sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. >> john: should have a simple answer, but didn't. john roberts in washington. our own fox digital reported last month after viewing documents obtained by the house judiciary committee that data shows banks combed through customer's records for terms like maga and trump. >> sandra: pretty unbelievable. and included the names of stores like dick's sporting goods, cabelas, and even bass pro shops. >> john: did you buy a baseball glove from dick's? some say it's invasion of privacy. >> sandra: hillary, thanks for kicking things off for us. did treasury secretary yellen really not have anything to say about the question on surveiling this surveillance scheme? >> yeah, sandra, it's interesting. her response a little surprising and shocking, basically saying we'll look into it, we'll get back to you. the reason why it's a little surprising, she didn't have anything to tell lawmakers when she was here on capitol hill yesterday is because this is something that the

i'm in for sandra smith, she's out on assignment. "america reports". general austin's briefing comes as u.s. officials confirm iran manufactured the drone used to kill the three american service members and injure dozens more during sunday's strike. calling the attack on sleeping soldiers egregious and looking for a multi-tiered strike in retaliation. >> john: tensions ratcheting up near the red sea, united states taking out an anti-aircraft missile in yemen, raising concerns the group could be expanding its target zone. >> gillian: tom cotton joins us with reaction, but first jennifer griffin, she's at the pentagon this hour. hi, jennifer. >> hi, gillian. well, it's the first time we have been able to question defense secretary austin since his secret hospital stay and the questions were pointed. the secretary was contrite and took responsibility for keeping the president and his national security team in the dark about his prostate cancer and ending up in the icu. >> i want to be crystal clear. we did not handle this right and i did not handle this r

i'm sandra smith. i'll see you at 4:00. >> john: we'll see you tomorrow. i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. trace is in for martha. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon, everybody. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. significant updates as you've been hearing on the shootings of joel osteen's megachurch in houston. the gun fire was caught on camera. luckily it happened between services. as we learned, the gun fire was in a hallway outside of the actual sanctuary. we'll get more in to that as we go on and maybe get back to the press conference. meantime, police say the suspect has a criminal history dating back almost two decades and has identified as both male and female. she also had a "palestine" sticker on her weapon and a 7-year-old boy who was with the suspect an a man in his 50s were hurt before security officers killed the shooter. former fbi agent maureen o'connell is here with me in los angeles. first to william la jeunesse with the latest on the breaking news here. what are we learning? >> the most important thing you say is she never got in to

hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. >> bret: bret baier in washington in for john roberts. laken riley set out for a morning jog, never returned home. suspected killer, lived five minutes from the crime scene, was arrested and denied bond. but outrage is growing over what many feel was a preventable murder. >> sandra: georgia governor brian kemp says he was kept in the dark about the suspect's immigration status and he is demanding answers from the white house. he will join us live coming up. >> bret: fox team coverage. paul mauro joins us in moments, but madison live from athens, georgia. good afternoon. some new information on how laken riley was killed. >> good afternoon, bret. about an hour ago the coroner confirms she died from blunt force trauma to the head, but says that the official report likely will not be ready for several weeks, and we have gotten the chance to speak to a lot of students here just now getting back to classes after the death. i'm told a lot of people are still shaken up over riley's on campus death and say it's an odd feeling being back. one stu

. ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and sandra smithhe five" he went on a liberal late night to prove his brain works right. joe biden leaving his cpap machine on air force one for an afternoon taping of "late night with seth meyers." trying to show america how hip he can be without breaking one. an astounding number of americans say he has blown a short circuit. his latest poll has 64% of registered voters saying they don't think biden is mentally fit for another term. boy did he reassure them. >> the other guy is about as old as i am but he can't member his wife's name. [laughter and applause] it's about how old your ideas are. look, this is a guy that wants to take us back. everything we have gotten done -- he wants to do away with once he gets elected. i think his views on where to take america are older than -- anyway. >> greg: he ran out. [laughter] well, it was a race to see who fell asleep faster: the president or south's dwindling audience. even obama's old crew ain't optimistic about fixing up the old busted geezer. >> if you

. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york city and this is "america reports". >> bret: bret baier in washington in for john roberts. the president will be blocks from the roosevelt hotel, but will he see the migrant crisis firsthand in new york? outrage is growing after police charged an illegal immigrant with killing 22-year-old laken riley down in georgia. the suspect had been arrested once before in new york. >> committed a crime when you come into the country illegally, that is a red flag. why nobody was notified or something was not done about that and this individual was allowed to then somehow get to the state of georgia and commit this murder, you know, outrageous. people are so frustrated. >> bret: fox team coverage now, gerri baker on the president's swing through the big apple today. nate foy with an update on migrant gangs stoking here, but first, alexis mcadams in eagle pass, texas. good afternoon, alexis. >> good afternoon. horrible case in georgia started here at the nation's southern border. fox news can confirm the migrant now facing murder charges in the case of the

. >> jacqui: jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. this is "america reports". brownsville has just seen 46 migrant encounters over the last five days. texas has a lot to do with that, installing anti-climb fences, concertina wire and national guard troops. former president trump is heading to eagle pass where agents have apprehended more than 2000 migrants in that same time period. >> john: he has just touched down in del rio, texas and apparently when he gets off the aircraft talking to the press who has been travelling with him. brian kilmeade on the duelling visits and the crisis in america, but first griff jenkins is in brownsville awaiting biden's arrival. who is the president going to meet with and what's he going to see, griff, besides you? >> well, john, he's gonna meet with front line border officials like chief jason owens and others who are going to give him an operational briefing and secretary mayorkas is right, numbers are down, particularly in brownsville, just 46 encounters in the past five days but he's gonna get a briefing about what crossed t

thanks for joining us, everybody, sandra smith, and we are in new york. this is "america reports". immigration on the mind of many voters on the border crisis leads to chaos, cities coast to coast, like this scene playing out in new york saturday, a group of migrants beat officers trying to disperse a crowd. governor hochul says send 'em back. sources tell fox news five suspects could have already skipped town, boarding a bus to california. >> john: why you say would they go to california? some nice incentives for noncitizens who are living in the golden state. migrants can apply for housing assistance, food stamps, cash payouts, free healthcare, even financial assistance for college. >> sandra: former acting ice director tom homan will join us on the far-reaching effects of border crisis. christina coleman will have more on human smugglers taking advantage of migrants in california. >> john: c.b. cotton has the latest on the altercation with police involving the seven suspects. >> nypd continues to look for others involved in the initial attack, my police sources say five, some of

fox business anchor charles payne and sandra smith co-host of america reports. here. >> sandra, let me start with you. you read those polls, they do bounce all over the place. there are also new state polls that show the former president leading in a couple seven swing states. so we're just seeing some volatility in the polls. >> sandra: i went back and unpacked some of the fox news voter analysis from new hampshire and iowa. sort of to respond what you just heard there from nikki haley. while do you look at some of the numbers like in new hampshire with the suburban voters, she got 50% of their vote, donald trump 49%, they're about split. so to make the case that suburban voters going to go for her is a tough one. but, when you sort of unpack where you live, this was iowa, donald trump 34% of the vote, nikki haley 28% of the vote. she can lean on the independents, 67% in new hampshire went to nikki haley, 30% to donald trump. there was some interesting numbers. i think she thought the knicks was going to be a lot different when it came to new hampshire. a lot di

hello, welcome everyone, i'm sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. >> john: not to mention another round of bad polling numbers in terms of his approval rating, this is "america reports". biden campaign maintains it's in terrific shape and says it has a record amount of cash on hand and vast fundraising advantage over republicans. >> sandra: but democrats and top advisers may not be feeling so optimistic. axios says they believe they need to use the state of the union address as a reset to show the country he is still fit to serve. >> john: coming up, ask our political panel whether the president can dispel donor doubts over him winning a second term, first rich edson live at the white house, and the biden campaign says we got no money problems. >> that's right, john. the campaign said it had a solid january just as president biden is heading to california to raise more money. they say they raised $42 million in january. last month to have $130 million in cash on hand. highest total by any democratic candidate in history,

sandra smith is on assignment. i'm gillian turner. we are waiting for two more suspects to appear, five of them as john mentioned have already been arrested and arraigned only to walk out bail-free. one of the released migrants appearing to treat his entire apprehension as a joke, you can see there smiling, blowing kisses at the cameras. >> john: another suspect casually flipped the double bird as he strolled away, again without having to post any sort of cash bail. we will talk to fox news legal editor kerri urbahn, and brian kilmeade of the crisis reaching a new tipping point. >> gillian: but first c.b. cotton in time square. some lawmakers are now calling for the suspects to be deported, is that an option? >> hi, gillian. new york officers, state and local, are not allowed to hold any migrant for federal immigration enforcement. and members of the nypd specifically are not allowed to ask the immigration status of anyone involved in a crime because of sanctuary city laws. >> here are seven people who have clearly displayed they have

sandra smith in new york. it's a special election day here in the big apple and the unrelenting migrant surge could stop their chances of flipping the seat formerly held by george santos. >> john: pilip hammering souzzi on the issue. >> sandra: our political panel is standing by to reported rifts in the white house. >> john: aishah hasnie on a push to impeach mayorkas. >> sandra: and bryan with the snow behind you, bryan, a familiar sight to most of us who came in today. what impact will this nor'easter have on turnout there? >> well, hey, sandra, look, it's certainly not going to help voter turnout. the snow has stopped briefly at least, it's supposed to stop about 2:00. so far, about eight inches of snow have fallen on long island, and both candidates now concerned about that voter turnout are offering rides to voters to make their way to a polling location just like this one. we are going to walk inside of here. now in terms of voter turnout, to say it's been slow here is an understatement. there have been

. >> sandra: welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. "america reports". democratic lawmakers are in full damage control mode after the big week last week and many are turning attention away from the report to focus on the president's record. >> john: voters are far from convinced a second term is the best way forward. overwhelming 86% of voters say the president is too old to serve another four years. >> sandra: so right to peter doocy live at the white house. what is the biden team doing to counter growing concerns about the president's age. >> they told us last week this was coming and we saw it for the first time in its now iteration today, trying to turn talk about the president's memory into a joke. >> we are promoting clean energy and industries of the future, made here in america, made in america. what i didn't realize, and i've been around i know it don't look like, i've been around a while. [laughter] i do remember that. [laughter] [cheering] >> and people there laughed but his problem is a lot of people don't think it's a joke. 86% of those poll

sandra smith in new york. latest shocking incident comes in virginia where as we now know a venezuelan man who was released from cbp custody after crossing over the border last summer was charged with a pair of felonies for sexual assaulting a minor. >> john: arrest comes as another venezuelan national released by the border patrol was charged with the gruesome murder of georgia nursing student laken riley. >> sandra: we have complete coverage of all of it for you now. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick moments awas as some democratic leaders appear to change their tune on sanctuary cities. >> john: first our team of reporters, madison with new developments in the laken riley investigation, and mike emmanuel starts us off in washington. what are we learning about the incident in virginia? >> the victim is a 14-year-old female acquaintance, incident last month. the suspect is identified, carnal knowledge of a child without force, taking indecent liberties with a minor. a former customs and border protection

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. see you monday. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story" this afternoon. a somber scene as president biden and the first lady receive the dignified transfer of three american soldiers coming home. they were killed in the drone attack in jordan at a place that is known as tower 22. there members of our armed forces supply and reinforced the protection of civilians in syria and iraq and during that attack more than 40 other service members were injured by an iranian-made drone. so the president also met with the families of these three fallen soldiers today at doer air force base in delaware. they are 46-year-old sergeant william rivers, 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett and 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders. moffett and sanders were promoted to sergeant post posth posthumously. the president has said he has decided how to retaliate for the death of these three americans. so far we have not seen that response.

i'm sandra smith. >> john: fasten your seat belt when you watch us. "the story" with martha starts right now. buckle up for that. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story." the border deal is about to implode essentially on capitol hill. it went nowhere. more than a million migrants in the meantime have come across our border since just october 1. almost 8 million since president biden's inaugural. those are all record-breaking numbers. the records have been broken and broken again. so clearly there's a crisis. everyone acknowledges this. congress and the president are not acting to do anything to fix it or to reverse this situation at this point. the huge numbers that we talk about all the time, they are numbers. they're important. they impact american cities. they impact the national security of our country and the bottom line of all of that. no one knows any of this better than border patrol chief jason owens. and while this number may sound a lot smaller, it's one that he wants you to know something about. he