marc siegel joins us now. we see the spike in cases in arkansas which is being attributed to the delta variant. how much of an issue with this b.s. we had into the long holiday weekend particularly if you take the u.k. as a potential model here? >> she just set this up perfectly, let's look at the u.k. and i will tell you why we shouldn't be afraid if we are vaccinated. it's a mixed messaging for los angeles county to be saying put your mask back on indoors if you are vaccinated. you know what? they are wrong. the cdc's right to stick to their initial guidelines. let's look at the u.k. out of all of the hospitalizations in the united kingdom right now, many thousands of hospitalizations, less than a thousand are due to covid-19. 14 deaths in the united kingdom. 26,000 cases but almost all of them were mild. very few hospitalizations and almost no deaths. because in the u.k. 86% of the people have had at least one shot and more importantly 65% of at two shots. what does that mean? if you are vaccinated fully ag

this is all to get us into space. spaceship two, his company went above the 50-mile mark, so they were 50 miles above the surface of the earth for about 90 minutes. they had several minutes of weightlessness, that's pretty exciting. i have experienced that. but now jeff bezos is coming up next week. you will go on the new shepard said to take off july 20th. you will go even higher, 62 miles, the internationally recognized line where most of the world believes the beginning of space is. they tweeted about this last week which is kind of funny. when two billionaires talk about going to space. from the beginning, it was designed to fly above the line so none of our astronauts have an asterix next to our name. 96% of the world, 100 kilometers up at the internationally recognized carmen line. listen, it's 6-1, so it's truly the beginning of space, either way you're going to be weight lifted. >> sandra: the goal is to get us all there, you pay for a ticket, whether as jeff bezos, richard branson. >> or a science teacher. th

the statement reads, "we are always considering options available to us that would allow us to support human people and to support their humanitarian need which are indeed profound." we are left wondering what is the next move to help these people. >> i hope that some form of humanitarian aid or military intervention, i think we are willing to do that. we heard also that it is possible to intervene in terms of reactivating their intranet. the cuban government has shut down communication in their country obviously to support their cause we need to make sure that we help however we can. we learned in the middle east that with these freedom fighters, they need our help. need to do that. it would been great if we did something more for the hong kong protesters a couple years ago. there people in the rate that agree with that as well including people like rick scott the president that would not pass congress in terms of supporting the hong kong protesters. >> sandra: ted cruz action the question how is this possible responding to a tweet from the biden state department saying that they prot

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looking at us? that makes no sense at all. >> john: you probably heard rich edson in his report where he quoted anthony blinken said responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of human rights but rather should acc knowledge it with intent to improve. he says you can't play the moral high ground on human rights unless you're a transparent nation. what nation is more transparent than what the united states already is? >> mr. blinken, let me tell him this. we are the most transparent nation. because our history and the issues we've had on race relations have been under the microscope. what do you think the civil rights movement was? what do you think reconstruction was? what do you think the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment were? what do you think the civil war was? we've had this progression in our country going back 100 years and especially through the u.s. i'll have rights movement till today. we've done that. we've had our reckoning in the united states. put us on the same par of what is going

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thanks for joining us today. appreciate it. >> sandra: millions of job openings across the country still going unfilled. yet there is a push by some to extend once again the federal unemployment benefits. our panel will debate what is next for the unemployed. >> john: plus, is the commission looking to cut down on the court's power? jonathan turley is coming up on that. ♪ ♪ thbest time in history to turn your home equity into cash. because home values have climbed to all time highs. and so has your equity. turn it into cash now, while mortgage rates are near all time lows. the newday 100 va cash out loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. you could take out more than $50,000. use it to improve your home. pay off high rate debt. pay for big expenses. or put it in the bank for real peace of mind. now's the time to use your va home loan benefit to get cash before mortgage rates begin to rise. call now. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also

that does it for us. live from d.c., john. >> john: didn't i tell you how great it has been to be in the studio with you? you should move to washington. >> sandra: i'll pack my bags. headed this way. great to connect. we'll do it time to time. >> john: i love it. been great. hope you and your family have a happy fourth of july. hope you get storms. there's storms. >> sandra: yeah. happy fourth of july. that does it for us. i'm sandra smith live from d.c. this time. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts now. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. so of course, preparations are underway nationwide for the fourth of july. for most, they're happy post look-down plans and we're going to get to the miracle of that today. first, it's ever more clear that our greatest american cities are in deep trouble. here's a stark sampling of what is happening out there. here's a few looks at some of these horrific incidences. this sexual attack in broad daylight in broo

what have you got for us? >> well, this whole debate over whether masks should or should not be worn in schools has really turned into a complicated and confusing situation for people all over the country, particularly for parents who are left to make the decision in cities and towns. it seeing a spike in new covid infections us kids get ready to head back to school for in person learning. listen. >> that is a medical decision that should be placed back into the hands of the parents and out of the hands of a school board. >> it is asking a lot, i think, of children. and i think it's probably a little bit overkill. >> i would not want him to be exposed to catching covid because kids could die from this also. even though they say the chances of kids are low, but i still feel like you never know. >> now, john, at least six states say they will require students and teachers to mask up, regardless of vaccination status, but some hands are tied in states like arizona, arkansas, and texas where laws or executive orde

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thanks for being with us. white house secretary jen psaki said the reference to the abolitionist teaching network was more than 1,000 citations, essentially making the case that it accidentally slipped through. assuming that is true, should they be more vigilant if that is the case? >> they should be more vigilant, but this is not an isolated incident. it's a broader pattern of the biden administration department of promoting critical royce theory. we know that months ago, secretary miguel cardona who has been a huge supporter of crt, try to create national incentives for an local school districts, and after 30,000 comments trashing their proposal, they backed down. one time they give them the benefit of the doubt, but they have an established pattern of trying to push the radical ideology, thankfully we are watching and rallying the people of the country against it and in these two instances, they backed down. >> jacqui: you are referring to a grant proposal that referenced the 16-19 project, somewhat controv

thank you for joining us. first i want to play out anthony found she is the words on masks and get your reaction to where things stand. >> at this moment the cdc still says and recommends that if you are vaccinated fully that you do not need to wear a mask indoors. the cdc agrees with that ability and discretion capability to say, you know we are in a situation where we have a lot of dynamics of infection so even if you are vaccinated you should wear a mask. that's a local decision that is not incompatible with the cdc's overall recommendation. it's been a >> sandra: so if the premise to dropping our masks while being vaccinated and that was backed by science then why would the science suddenly change indicating that vaccinated americans have to mask backup? >> it's a great question and to thank you for having me back. the science hasn't changed. if you are fully vaccinated you don't have to mask up. but here's the key part. if you are in an area where there are lots of infections you would probably subject yo

he joins us now thank you for joining us we still have live photos up on capitol hill after the hearing has concluded for the day but can you first react to how you saw your republican colleagues handle their roles o this committee? let me say these are tragic stories and a tragic day in january 6th. the stories these officers had to tell our stories and experiences that never should have happened. i heard an officer say somethin that is most notable in this entire hearing in that thought they were not prepared for what happened that they. if what had been allowed to be in that room and do my duty as ranking member of the committee i would've asked a question tha neither of my constituents asked. would've asked him to impact statement. last week i demanded the capito police union chief represent 90 percent of the rank-and-file members and the men and ladies that serve to protect us protec my staff and family everyday wh would we not allow another voic in the voice of the capital police union to be on hand to give his testimony he was rejected from being in the room to testify. he would'

rather than just some of the evidence that we have seen has led us to make this decision or lead us to change this guidance showing people that data, showing them in a way that will understand it could be such a big deal for people. >> my dearly departed mom once said you get more bees with honey than vinegar. >> there you go. we will see how that all goes down commit meanwhile to the border and the crisis at our southern border, people in town along the rio grande valley, migrants who have tested positive for covid are reportedly being released to a catholic charity and put into local hotels where they are mixing with the public at restaurants and other places. it is a story you will only see right here on fox. live on the ground in la jolla, texas. hi, rach. >> good afternoon, sandra. we've had about 30 or 40 migrants coming up the road here , a few hundred on this spot passed through every day prayer that's because customs and border protection, which is a mile away from the border here will bring migrants here and start the processing procedure and that is happening right her almos

thanks for joining us. i'm john roberts. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in with trace in for martha. >> good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher. a short time from now, president biden will take to the east room of the white house where he's expected to announce that if you work for the federal government, you must be vaccinated or face strict protocols like regular testing and masking. this comes as a growing list of

none of us want that. let's keep the schools open with layered protection. >> sandra: we've got to get our kids in the classroom. there are risks of us not doing that also. i appreciate your time. thank you. eric, it feels like -- you talk to parents now and this is a big question. not just in your kit going to wear a mask, but is there the possibility -- you hear that some schools might not even open fully in the fall. >> eric: it is alarming from dr. friedman. they say that the delta is 1,000 times stronger than the original. if you're not vaccinated, you should get vaccinated. talk to your doctor. clearly there are other concerns about covid spreading across the country and the border crisis combining, creating a problem big enough to bring members of both parties together. >> sandra: lindsey graham is teaming up with henry cuellar. they say it is time for someone new to lead us through this crisis. it is a person you may remember from the obama years. we are going to talk to the senator live next. best

jason joining us now thank you so much for joining us today. i take personal offense to this because my family was rescued and world war ii from a japanese prison of war camp. my father remembers running towards flag in the philippines before moving to the u.s., getting a great education, and serving the flag in korea. we are seeing that flag denigrated by so many people on the left. this would not had happened ten or 20 years ago. what has changed? >> george doherty is like millions of other americans and shame on "the new york times" fg into this anti-american socialist and far left wing propaganda. the left wing of the united states of america is the best in the nation and it does bring us together. then rick times suck at it. the democratic party today which was made up of the men and women who actually made up of working men and women come of those people have been disenfranchised because they have been co-opted now by the socialist part of the wing that does not believe in america as a symbol like the flag. they do not believe in what uni

thanks for joining us. i'm sandra smith. >> thanks. >> sandra and benjamin, i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum, this is "the story." fresh reaction to the white house to the violent holiday weekend that ravaged some of the nation's biggest cities. the administrations said this didn't begin under the current president. placing the blame on guns and the summer months. >> the president continues to work to address violent crime. it has gone up the last 18 months around the country.

what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that the president is here in crystal lake, illinois, just about 45 miles northwest of chicago. after meeting with chicago's mayor lori lightfoot who has a lot of problems, and there is an alarming amount of bloodshed over the weekend even by chicago standards. 18 people killed over the weekend and it is common over the rough parts of town. what she wants from the president with a democrat and off it is more resources and money. jen psaki indicated that she will get it. $1 billion and more than $1 billion for the state of illinois. most of the bloodshed is gang related, but as you mention, there was a frightening case from over the weekend. it divides an i owe man who rented a room that rented a room looking over the navy appeal to my peer. he was overlooking the beach and the pier where the crowds are. he has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and here's superintendent david brown. speak out we have reports of an employee of the hotel with a rifle and a hand

our affiliates are joining us for the news conference live from the white house, with us now is geraldo rivera spending tons of time in afghanistan, many assignments, 11, right? we'll get his reaction to the president and just a moment, let's go back to joey jones, retired bomb technician and fox news contributor host of fox nation outdoors, he joined us before the president's remarks and we talked about what to anticipate from him, what did you make of what you heard? >> i want to say that was a fantastic job, i did not have the tv in front of me or who was asking some of the questions, but the right questions were being asked and i applaud the press for asking them in the first months that president biden has been president he has been pushed hard on an issue and i appreciate that. the main question that i wanted an answer from all of this because i believe that it is a political decision president biden said we don't know what is going to have been in afghanistan, but it's not going to be my problem, it's not going to be on my watch, and if that is his posture, that's fair, i don't t

thanks for joining us. >> ari: thank you. >> sandra: the piece points out many of the challenges, but ethics experts and art critics suggesting that biden's art would never be priced so high, benjamin, if he had a different last name. important question to be asked. >> benjamin: it is an awful lot of money, it is remarkable. i am not sure who would pick the gallerist who would sell his art, that money will be coming to him one way or the other, a lot of big questions. when it comes to michael avenatti, interesting one, too. due diligence, what were media companies doing due dill jeps when they had him on 154, that is practically every single weekday during a year. no one thought to ask, they were happy because it was attacking president trump. it turned out to be, he was a fraud all along. >> sandra: amazing to look back at that media montage and those who considered him serious contender for the white house. >> benjamin: remarkable. it became a fixture in washington for six months. u.s. capitol will turn t

jonna, tell us on the legal front. is that the next step to finally file this petition to end the conservatorship? >> yes, absolutely. so a judge can only do what a judge is requested to do on paper. so the next step would be. we know what britney wants. she doesn't want to just get her father off the conservatorship she wants to be out from under it and i don't blame her. the next step is file to proper petition. i have to add this. with the judge hearing what she heard i would also want to remove this judge from this conservatorship proceeding. the judge is not doing britney any favors. >> dana: how do you see it this morning, tammy? >> there is also some questions i completely agree with what our friend just said but there are questions about britney's lawyer as well. in one of the statements, in the statement she had last week she claimed that she had no idea that she could challenge the conservatorship and that brings up the question what has her lawyer been saying? the people surrounding her have been making a lo

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we haven't used the navy. as a result the navy budget has been cut and training cut and maintenance and operations have been cut. the result is as we look forward, one of the wars of the future, the threat of the future will be on the seas in asia and south china seas and taiwan and maritime trade and we're not prepared for. what president biden has done is cut the defense budget including the navy budget. >> bill: the quote that sticks out to me. i guarantee you every unit in the navy is up to speed on diversity training. i'm sorry i can't say the same with the ship handling training. how is that working or finding its way into the u.s. military? >> look, it comes at a price. the diversity training, the wokeness, the filling out the bureaucratic forms to make sure you've checked out culture issues come at a cost of time, effort and training. as a result of that, the focus is not on war fighting, not on winning wars or not on how you'll have to adapt in modern warfare. it is all the cultural issues. what it ha

we're starting to see more technology-based approach with them using drones to use counter surveillance on us to find out where our people are at. >> and construction on the u.s. border wall ceased when president biden took office and so there are large gaps in the wall making it very easy for migrants to move in between those gaps whether they have good or bad intentions here in the u.s. >> bill: jonathan serrie, thank you. it continues from the border. >> dana: former empire star jussie smollett due in court for a status hearing today facing felony charges for filing a false police report. he told officers in january of 2019 he was the victim of a racist attack. two brothers were named as persons of interest and that they said the story was made up. today's hearing is to determine whether the lead defense attorney received information that would disqualify him from the case. let's bring in jonna spilbor a criminal defense attorney. refresh everybody's memory. this is what jussie smollett told rob-in roberts at the time. >> the attacker masked and he said this maga country and punches

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the private sector used to be one of those places that brought us together. we live in a divided colony politically divided. it depends on spaces that can still bring us back together. major league baseball and nfl stadiums. as each of the companies go woke we lose the ability to come together in the apolitical spaces that used to bring us together as one people. i think that's the real loss, bill. >> bill: pretend to care about something other than profit or power precisely to gain more of each. these are your ideas, in woke, inc. get it very soon. great to see you. we'll talk again very soon. thanks. >> julie: federal agents on the border are not only protecting our country but also saving the lives of dozens of migrants who end up lost, tired, or close to death. we have got an exclusive look at some of the rescue operations. stay tuned to that. plus pandemic travel restrictions are set to end next week. could this open the floodgates and make the crisis even worse? texas governor greg abbott joins us next. ♪ on the road again, just can't wait to get on t

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it's going to take us to save us throughout our city. no one wants to drop anything down and say, hey, we need the community to come together and speak out on these issues. if we can come together as a whole and help one another, it's all about speaking out. like i said, i know everybody around wants to see people have support, we have the support, so where is it? we can talk about it every day, but if we are not out here physically boots on the ground, talking to these neighbors every single day, nothing's going to be done. and our englewood community, they're working hard, our commander, are deputy, so much. and i know that getting tired. some days i want to give up but i have to fight to change and make a difference in my community. >> bill: stay at it, charles. let's take in a couple weeks, maybe at some point your sister moves back and hopefully soon your niece will be out of any type of danger there, as well. charles mckenzie in chicago. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> bill: a new hour begins now, president biden talking in a tele

>> well, these are people that fought with us, bled with us, died with us, bill. we talk a lot about merit-based immigration in this country. i can't think of any group that is more deserving, that has earned it, that was literally willing to die alongside american soldiers. when you can track that with what's happening along our southern border, where hundreds of thousands are coming for months that we know of, i think it is completely reasonable, the right thing to do. it's not just the right thing to do morally, but from a national security standpoint, if we have to go back, we have to send our soldiers back, which biden's own intelligence community is saying al qaeda and isis can come roaring back in the wake of the taliban takeover, we will need local allies on the ground and everybody is watching right now whether we are going to keep our promises. so this is the right thing to do morally but also from a national security standpoint. if you want to temporarily relocate many of these in kuwait and qatar could take weeks to process. there has been this concern

tell us what you read into it, marc. there is a lot going on here. >> certainly people are looking at their lives and what they are seeing especially people who live in major cities is this outbreak of violent crime. no one wants to live in the middle of this. of course they'll report they are less optimistic one 1-month-old children are getting shot in a local place. "new york times" reports that last year was the worst year for violence crime since the 1990s. it went up 30% and killings and up 24% this year. what is driving that? two things are driving it. one is in all those major cities they've defunded the police. minneapolis cut police funding, portland, phil, new york city cut it by one billion on. police retirement. national public radio reports there is a startling 45% increase in the retirement rate of police officers last year and 20% increase in resignations. fewer police on the streets. crime will go up. this is not rocket science. if you call for defunding the police and you don't have the police officers b

us. they left him for dead on a brooklyn sidewalk. >> that was on one coast. in oakland, california former democratic senator barbara boxer was attacked and robbed yesterday afternoon. claudia cohen leads our coverage in california. >> the former senator joining the growing ranks of bay area crime victims after being mugged in broad daylight near a busy dining and retail area along the city's waterfront and not far from a building where boxer has an apartment. she was alone taking her daily walk around her neighborhood and talking on her cell phone. she tells fox a filliate she was then approached by a young man who got out of a black sedan double parked. >> i tried to cross the street and get away and he slammed me on the back and reached across me. he was behind me and grabbed my cell phone out of my hand and i said how can you do this to a grandmother? i want to call my grandkids. why are you doing this? he could care less, got in the car and he sped away. >> the 80-year-old former sen

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joining us now is sergeant men will cost us without la joya, texas, police. so when these migrants were released to catholic charities, was the catholic charity told that the people were covid positive? >> that's what we have. the information that we have is they were positive for the covid-19 virus and we don't know the extent of or how many there is. but the ones that came across told us themselves that they were positive for covid. >> dana: here's congressman cuellar from your district. >> when border patrol drops folks off gets overloaded and then they dropped them off at a hotel without even telling the local officials that that's not right. they need to tell the local officials especially if they are covid positive. what i'm asking for the biden administration is to do a pause. >> dana: would you like to see them pause as well? >> that sounds about right to me, i mean that's what we are looking for, transparency and for us to be able to know what's going on. if this is happening, how do we let the community know if we are in the dark about this? if so i

maybe it is good news for us. did you know and have you been following the red state/blue state battle, the suggestion that trump voters don't want to get the vaccine? >> i've been following it. >> bill: i missed the five yesterday. did you know in new york they say 7-1 democrats to republicans? did you know that 45% of new yorkers have not been vaccinated? does that sound like blue state/red state? >> cave men according to people on our show. if you look at the map of the united states and show the hot spots, all of the hot spots are in huge democrat cities. new york city, atlanta, los angeles. not a lot of trump voters in those cities. we have to do away with all the politics and just try to get people vaxed. at a certain point you have to stop. you can't push people that hard. >> dana: do you like the idea president biden suggested many of the governors have done this to incentivize by giving people $100 to get a shot? >> i love bribes. i think they work. >> dana: do you think you could get a retro active bride

>> that does it for us this morning. enjoy the day. >> bye, everybody. >> a loud explosion in south florida last night as crews brought down what was left of that collapsed condo with tropical storm elsa approaching. welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm griff jenkins. >> i have to remember the say the fifth. all morning long folks have been saying happy fourth. it is the fifth. i'm gillian turner in for dana. in surfside, florida, rescue teams have now gotten the all clear. they have resumed digging through that massive pile of rubble hoping against hope now really to find survivors. 24 people are confirmed dead. 121 still now unaccounted for. meantime officials are looking at the structural integrity of other buildings in the nearby area. charles watson is tracking that development from surfside. hi, charles. >> good morning, gillian and griff. what we mains of champlain towers south came down in a matter of second after a long day of planning. demolition crews imploded the 13 story tower. you can see the explosives go

they were thinking about us then. they aren't thinking about us now." nothing quite says barbecue and red, white, and blue like that. [laughs] what do you make of it? >> first of all, for congresswoman bush, she makes $175,000 a year, bill, to represent people all over america based on taxpayer money. i don't know very many countries that aren't free that would allow that to happen. how would you think that is received in places that are truly not free and don't have the full benefits and fruition of human rights? and let's keep in mind, as it pertains to maxine waters, what the declaration of independence said, what thomas jefferson did so brilliantly, he believed the nation should inculcate in the years ahead, even if we didn't have a perfect union in his mind in 1776. the declaration of independence and the constitution are what ultimately led to all people all over the world looking to america as a beacon of light. i would say to both these congresswomen, first of all, we all can't celebrate july 4th, but there are thousands of people every single y

we could use some good images. i think if you look back on covid in the city, one of the moments you will remember is people coming out of their windows and banging their pots and pans and blowing their horns and everybody applauding for the nurses and doctors. we will take you there live. meanwhile, check out this guy. while millions of people spend time shooting off fireworks, this guy spent his holiday raising money for veterans. he played 114 holes of golf in a row. he has a sore back. he is a board member for higher heroes usa. he has been part of this event. how do you feel? good morning to you. >> i feel great. i played golf with my son. i love to be able to do it. the one you're in defect -- >> how did this come about? 15 years ago, i played golf because my wife and kids were out of town. i ended up -- my friend's wife said i'm going to do it for veterans charity. over the course of the following year, he hired a gentleman by the name who was a veteran he lost his leg. they had a chance meeting. that led to

what else would you like for us to do? >> what we can do here is we can have younger people, on the show at times and talk about what young people need in chicago in order to think on a high level. we do our best to change mindsets and behave and associate. at the same time, have young people on an interview people who are caught in the struggle. we have too many psychopaths running around in chicago. the city needs a lot of help. last week, i did a ride around for a one hour on my face that glide, and i did not see one police car on the southside of chicago an entire hour. the police have not been trained -- i say this all the time. they have not been trained to stop killings on the front end. we are not anti-police. we are anti-excessive force and police brutality. they need to stop talking about the plans i have. we still had a 53% increase in gun violence even with extra spending. what you can do is continue to have guys like myself and other people to talk about what we are doing. we mediated 28 conflicts on the front

joining us now is david maltz. i want to put if we can that picture back up with part of the 758 pounds of liquid meth which was found, brought in by a male driver who is applying for entry into the united states which i'm assuming is a good indicator that the cartels are using that as a crush of migrants at the border to get drugs into the country. >> traits, thank you very much. first of all, the mexican cartels have made a business decision to make as much money as i cannot only for the drug smuggling but the migrant smuggling from migrants around the world, not just central america. but let's make it clear. they have made a billions of dollars from flooding our country, there is a tsunami of drugs hitting the streets. methamphetamine, fentanyl, but the end result is what i'm concerned about. these are the kids that are dying from the poisonous drugs coming from the cartels and they are working with the chinese transnational criminals, and that's another thing that no one is really talking about. we have a natio

the bond market is telling us that. neil: that is a popular trading instrument, that means for those looking to grab them or refinance the home they are already in, i will ask you as a former dallas fed advisor how long that is, do you think these low interest rates continue now as some seem to think through the end of the year into next year? the same crowd was surprised when they spiked and the fed hinted of hiking rates sooner rather later so things can change. >> things can change, 3 weeks from today we've got a debt limit showdown no one is talking about, that was very total to us for markets, bond yields fall much further, a decade ago in 2011. the individual in the house of representatives said conservatives need to take a stand and show that the debt limit, the debt ceiling as of july 30 first is an opportunity to show republicans willing to cut costs and cut spending and on the other side of the aisle in the trillion dollar direction, there's something to be said this summer where bond yields continue to slow e

and helping us. i don't think that parents are putting their time to ingrain manners into young people's minds like mine certainly did and it's a terrible time when people in the service industry are trying so hard after not having work or money for a year and a half already and trying to bring a little bit of normalcy in this crazy time. neil: what you're saying is you're exceptions to this rule, but here is where my waiter experience comes in handy. i was a waiter, but the first thing i noticed if i would wait on table, a couple of young people, i wouldn't get a good tip. that was not going to be my money making table. hate to be so crass about it. that's anecdotal story and don't have the stats, but it was what it was, it is what it is. what does that tell, and surveys are confirming that millennials and gen-zers, i'm sure there are cheaper old folks like myself, less inclined to be, maybe because they have a little more money. what do you think is going on? >> if i was in the business that you on

thank you for joining us. you have a bit of work on your hands. it is getting easier. >> political message from washington dc, the border is controlled, problem on the border, 5 months later, let me say this. 200,000 getaways, they got away so far and the state of arizona, 90,000 get aways from head 22 oh. when they say it is under control these are historical highs. it is disingenuous to say they are on this border. neil: on the left or right, republican or democrat, i look at numbers and the numbers are startling and not getting better. if operation ignores the approach to this it doesn't make it easier. it makes it tougher. >> this is why i keep saying the fact the sheriffs in this country stands for public safety to community safety, and humanitarian, last week in my county my team was looking for five deceased bodies that were left behind, it happened every day on the southwest border, the number that came to communities throughout the united states that is a public safety issue. we don't know who these people are. now imagine what is coming

andy, thanks for joining us. we know that businesses generally can do what they want, private businesses can. but this is certainly something that also feels invasive. in other words, you're telling me to put something into my body, something that is making rounds to an emergency measure and not fully even vetted by the f.d.a. is there -- does that change the legal calculus here? does this tilt it more in favor of people saying, hey, this is overstepping your boundaries? >> charles, i think the biden administration will be better when these things are challenged in court and state governments instead of an emergency authorization had full authorization, but that said, the courts have looked pretty leniently on governments who tried to impose mandates. there was an important decision a couple of weeks ago, a federal court in indiana said that the university of indiana could compel vaccine mandates on students. they had a group of students who challenged the mandate that they get vaccinated and what the court said

>> fuentes has been alongside us the whole time, she has been a great advocate for us in this district, she met with us to walk through the encampment and met a lot of the neighbors back there, we were able to really give her an idea of the risk we are at every day having that behind us and she has been a great advocate and she's been going to the city to go to bat for us. it backs up to the residential area, and we appreciate her being on our side in that cause we've been going through. >> one of the neighbors or people in your neighborhood has had a break in. any serious things that happened outside of that? >> we have fires within 5 feet of our fence every day, there are break ins every once in a while. the most that we experience is the smells of the fire and the drug use and the verbal assaults, people yelling constantly and it makes you not want to go anywhere, mowing the lawn i threw up because of the fires, whatever they were burning was so noxious it made me sick and that is not a fun way to have your first home especially in a city like austin which is amazing to live in. jil

tell us how this happens? >> what should have been a joyous occasion, you have to excel academically and be good moral character and what should have been a joyous celebratory two days turned tragic i've been in law enforcement for a long time, this is a sad occasion and basically this, 57-year-old in the city of annapolis for an induction ceremony of the prospect, dropped them off to get settled in like all parents do, and met another family, in rhode island checking in and get together that evening, at the graduate hotel on west street. they decided to end the ending, the gunfire came adjacent to the hotel. where they were sitting. jillian: we've been hearing this is a stray look, she was not the intended target. what information do you need help with from the public? >> we are almost sure, nothing to suggest the intended target. she's from houston, texas, bringing her son to the naval academy. the gunman and another couple, opened fire on some and the bullet happens quite often and the stray bullet hits the