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states hitting triple digits. phoenix now reaching ten consecutive days of 110-degree temperatures. also developing as we come on the air tonight, the images coming in now, the massive landslide destroying at least nine homes and counting in los angeles county. the ground shifting 20 feet overnight, sending homes into a ravine. matt gutman on the scene for us. president biden on the world stage tonight. he has just arrived in lithuania for the high stakes nato summit. and already, ...

Mike good evening, Welcome To Washington im mike emanuel in for bret baier. Breaking tonight a pivotal. Eagle pass texas is under a State Of Emergency tonight. The democratic mayor of eagle pass made the declaration as thousands of Illegal Immigrants are crossing into the country in virtually nonstop fashion. We have fox team coverage. Peter doocy at the white house shows us what the president s Press Secretary did when he asked about the crisis. We begin with correspondent bill melugin who has ...

$6 billion. its not complicated. this is whats heartbreaking. im not asking them to do this every day, every week, every year. we have a perfect storm of conflict, climate change and covid. its a one-time phenomena. hes asking for $6 billion. musk is worth $311 billion. just friday his net worth grew more than 9 billion. musk responded on twitter that if the u.n. can show how $6 billion will solve world hunger, i will sell tesla stock right now and do it. the u.n.s david beasley applied, lets ta...

Wine and dine mortgage executives while at the conference. another $140,000. way more money than they needed according to this report. this past january, fannie and freddie were told to stop spending money sponsoring conferences and rein in employee food expenses but that was after octobers spending spree. we should note that fannie and freddie paid the government $36 billion in dividends since the bailout began. which is a start. but experts say the total cost of the bailouts could go as high a...

Alison swartz isdale on the way and means committee. welcome to both of you, good to have you here. you wrote a letter, you said you want mr. foster to come before congress and explain exactly how he got these numbers and when he knew this and why you didnt hear this argument during the debate, right? >> exactly. i think thats what the american want. as a physician ive got real concerns about the quality of health care under this bill and the access to health care. so what this is about is about...

Ideas that go after the waste and abuse in our system, especially in programs like medicare. but we do this while protecting medicare benefits and extending the financial stability of the program by nearly a decade. martha: that was the argument you heard over an over really during the health care debate but now republicans are saying hold on a minute, theres a new report from inside the obama administration that tells a tale of rising costs, so they want to know where those numbers were during ...

Medicare actuary says this, among other things -- increase of $311 billion in the next ten years, 15% of all providers could become unprofitable. some hospitals may go under. medicare cuts could drive 15% of hospitals in the red. and there are also other cuts that are questioned in the report. what about it, steve? >> its fascinating. think of since the five, six weeks since healthcare passed we have seen a steady stream of front page news stories that affirm the conservative critics of the bill...

Paying more. >> we are going to spend more, not less, as nation on healthcare. reform was supposed to be about getting this monster under control and its going the wrong direction. >> reporter: the actuaries found under the new law, national health spending would increase by $311 billion over the next ten years, $89 billion more than previously thought. though that is a small percentage of total spending which would be $35 trillion. the report also found 18 million people, more than half of 34 m...

The toughest immigration rules in the country are now laws in arizona. the governor there signing a controversial new bill targeting illegal immigration, but its already challenged on a couple of fronts. two advocacy groups say theyll go to court over it and president obama is telling the justice department he wants to know if its constitutional. the law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and permits police officers to ask about a persons immigration status if theres reason to...

Oldest citizens. >> whether you call it a death panel or not, when youre 90 years old and go to a hospital and the bed is taken up by someone else or the service the doctor wants to order isnt available, youre going to have a problem. also physicians are going to want to run away from patients where they cant get the tests they need. its already hard enough, medicare pays less than other insurances. if they cut reimbursements, and another thing, specialists are not paid enough by medicare, speci...