On time and ready to go. Thanks for having me. Im sandra smith. Drug poisoning deaths are killing americans at an unprecedented rate in the country. More than 100,000 lives lost last year alone with fentanyl and methamphetamine driving the record increase. Ashley is just one of those victims. Her heartbroken mother attended todays summit. It continues to flow into our country and is poisoning someone every five minutes. We lose so many every day. The death toll keeps rising. Sandra david spunt is live in washington on this. Hi, attorney general Merrick Garland began speaking to families moments ago and joined by d. E. A. Administrator about the dangers of fentanyl. Top of mind for the d. E. A. As the drug continues to become more potent and harder to detect as Border Crossing numbers continue to grow, so does fentanyl. Not necessarily from the exact people crossing the border who seek a better life but the drug thats making its way to the United States through the mexican cartels. Ashley was just 32 years old when she died in 2018. According to her mom, you saw her, she took half a pill of what she thought was her prescription medicine. Her mother works to prevent the same thing from happening to other families. She is in washington, d. C. This week to meet with the d. E. A. Her organization is called voices for awareness. It aims to bring awareness and understanding of just one grain uhl of fentanyl like sugar or sand can do and kill someone. I would say to another parent that if youve been thinking about talking to your child or someone in your family about the dangers of fentanyl or any other dangerous drugs that you do it now. Dont wait. It might be too late. I would encourage you to talk about it now. Look at these numbers, sandra and bill. In 2020, 56 1 2 Thousand people died from synthetic opioids primarily fentanyl. In 2022 the number is not final, it jumped more than 30 to almost 75,000 people. Just last week the son of former mexican drug lord el chapo was arrested and he and his brothers said that cartel are the two biggest distributors of fentanyl to the United States. D. E. A. , f. B. I. And local authorities in new york trying to put together the pieces of tragedy at a bronx daycare resulting in the death of a 1yearold last week. Fentanyl was hidden inside the daycare. Three other kids were taken to the hospital. You see them there. So sad and tragic. Two people charged. Investigation is far from over. Others could be charged. The boy was just a year old. Sandra david spunt live from washington for us. Thank you very much. Bill three minutes past the hour now. A big reveal for you at the moment. The Republican National committee announcing seven candidates have qualified for the second primary debate and for the first time right here on americas newsroom we can tell you exactly where they will be standing on the stage. So here we go, Florida Governor ron desantis once again center podium. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy flanks the governor to his left. Nikki haley is on his other Side Shoulder right. South carolina senator tim scott in position four. Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the fifth spot and on the wings former Vice President mike pence will be stage right and north dakota governor doug burgum will be stage left and there you have it. It all goes down tomorrow night at the Ronald Reagan library in simi valley, california. Dana perino joins us now, one of the moderators. You knew that, didnt you . Good morning in simi valley. Dana good morning, i did know. Nobody can reveal like bill hemmer. Great job. Bill if i told you we rehearsed it, would you believe me . Dana no, you dont never need to rehearse. Bill show us the stage. Dana this is where the moderators will be sitting. Stuart varney gets the center seat because he will be the thorn between two roses. Thats where well be. Let me take you over here. As you said this is where the podiums are. Ron desantis, governor of florida. This is his podium. I did want to show you and sandra something. First of all, these dont move. You cant bring them down, i dont think. So i will show everybody why i could never run for president. This would be me with a microphone that never moves. For anyone asking if i will run for office the answer is a resounding no. Bill get you an apple box. Sandra the stage is set and it looks fabulous. You do as well. We are super excited for this. Give us a little insight to your preparations . Dana one of the things that i had this blank canvas, any issue, any idea you could come up with. Of course as bill hemmer knows i overprepare and i did. Now were narrowing it down. You have seven candidates here and you have the rules and who gets to answer what when and were working on all this. There is a collective anxiety in the nation. We cover it. Our audience knows it well. There is an anxiety about the state of the country, the state of the economy and how that feels like everyone is being nickel had and dimeed to death all the time and grocery bills are not going down. The cost of everything affects all these other issues as well. How we will pay for national defense. How do we deal with the budget and the fact our Education System seems to be in quite a free fall and School Choice cant be the only answer . All of those issues are amongst the buckets. I didnt mention several of the others, dont worry, were covering a lot of ground. Bill it looks beautiful. Dana they did a great job. Bill you have to consider the setting and you have to consider who it represents and bill mcgurn wrote about that in the wall street journal. He goes back to a speech that Ronald Reagan made in october of 1980. It was his final speech before the election and this is what reagan said on that day. What our nation needs, what the American People want, is a humane economy, one that sees them not as interchangeable parts to whom unemployment is a temporary inconvenience. But as individual human beings, members of families with feelings, hopes, and dreams. Bill it is quite profound when you listen to the words there and think about the striking auto workers, think about the Writers Strike in california, mcgurn writes this. Time for zombie reagan nom ickx. To dismiss reagans thoughts as the product of a bygone era would be dismissing the bill of rights. A republican president ial candidate who read what the gipper put forward might discover in his principles a more potent and persuasive formula for truly making America Great again. Can someone on stage Channel Reagan and do it with authenticity . And do it with believability, dana . As the sun came up over this beautiful location you remember the reagans chose this location for a reason, to reflect who he was and what he meant to the country. And i think that is a quite beautiful sentiment. The party has changed quite a bit. But does the reagan Movement Still run through it . I think what mcgurn the arguing the answer is yes. Here as a candidate you are underneath Air Force One and here in this place that just means freedom, Economic Freedom certainly, as some of the candidates have talked about. But a feeling of unity. Can somebody here bring us together, polarization is something you hear a lot about. People have this worry where the country is going. What you do in looking for a president is somebody who can look farther ahead not just to the next day but where are you taking us in the future . They have an opportunity and it will be, i guess, 36 hours out . Sandra absolutely. Dana. Such an important moment for voters and for people at home to see those revealing moments from the candidates and it will be great. We cant wait to see it. Dana, you with your two cohosts it will be fabulous. Bill talk to you later in the hour. You arent done with us yet. Dana okay. Sandra President Biden will be joining picket lines of the uaw strike in detroit later today. He called himself the most prounion president. The administration is sitting out negligent options between Union Leaders and big three carmakers. Edward lawrence is on this reporting live for fox business. Edward, you are live in wayne county, michigan. How is it going . And in a few hours the president will be somewhere in wayne county, michigan, on a picket line. The first time a sitting president will visit a picket line in modern times. This is about three dozen or so strikers, Union Strikers from the ford facility. I have seen trucks coming in, blocking the trucks trying to carry parts in and eventually let the truck through. The president will bring a message of support not just for the union but his transition to electric cars. President biden said yesterday the union gave up some pensions to save Car Companies so the automakers need to repay the favor. President biden i think that now that the industry is roaring back, they should participate in take a look at the significant increase in salaries for executives and growth of the industry, they should benefit from it. So republicans say the president doesnt care about these Union Workers because he is regulating away the cars they make. I think the union worker is connecting the dots themselves because it takes less parts, which means less workers to produce these vehicles. So i dont think this administration is behind the auto worker one bit. They might be behind the Big Union Bosses but they are definitely not behind hard working american families. Im actually hearing some of that from the picketers behind me. Favorable about the president coming to visit hoping them push the companies but a little concerned about his push to get rid of their jobs. Back to you. Sandra Edward Lawrence in wayne county for us. Bill migrants putting down stakes. It is paving the way for mexican drug cartels to set up operations. Well get to it coming up. Plus there is this. I cant just sit around and let him get beat on by everybody else. Dana the Shocking Riverfront Brawl in alabama. The dock worker caught in the middle is speaking out. Bill gold bars and Mercedes Benz in the driveway, half a million in cash. New jersey senator bob menendez will appear in Federal Court amid a mountain of evidence. Former assistant u. S. Attorney Andy Mccarthy on the high stakes on a high legal wire. 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The Liberty CountySheriffs Office admits many People Living in the area are indeed in the country illegally but they are only allowed to do Immigration Checks on people they arrest for Violent Crimes for felonies. For us the strain is the manpower. Were having to pull resources from other areas to make sure we have enough people in there to respond to calls. The primary developer operates under a Company Named tonight houston. Their lawyer provided fox news with a Written Statement which reads in part quoting, our developments have put the American Dream of homeownership within reach for Tens Of Thousands of middle and working class texas families. It continues the unsubstantiated accusations are defamatory and slanderous and will be treated as such. We should note last night Texas Republicans voted for Governor Greg Abbott to convene a Special Session to address colony ridge, among other State Business thats unfinished. Sandra Casey Stiegel reporting from dallas. Thank you. For 30 years, i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal Savings Account which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family Facing Confiscation in cuba. That was robert menendez, democratic senator in new jersey deflecting blame for bribery charges. He says his cuban heritage is the reason he kept wads of cash in his house. It points out he was born in america. The list of democrats demanding his resignation has grown to three. Charges conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit Honest Services fraud. Count three conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. He just referred to cuba and taking money from his own personal account. There is nothing illegal about that. Is that a defense on its face . No, its not a defense but look, they are going to have to prove corrupt intent. So anything that he can plausiblely show that cuts against that would count in his favor. The problem is, bill, it sounds like a preposterous explanation. It is always the problem in these political cases. In a normal case not involving a politician the Defense Lawyers would tell their client dont say anything until we at least get a look at the governments discovery, get some understanding of what the case is and lets not be making statements that they can use against us at trial. In a political case, because you have the dual problem in the four corners of the litigation you have to try to prove the governments case is not Strong Enough but in the public domain, the court of public opinion, you have to show that you are fit for political office. So he has got pressure on him to speak that the normal defendant doesnt. I guess he feels like if he doesnt defend himself publicly, the calls that you just mentioned for him to step aside will only grow stronger and maybe be impossible to resist. Bill the accusation is that there is a tie to the egyptian government. Here is what he said about that charge. Its clear and consistent in Holding Egypt accountable for its unjust detention of american citizens and others, human rights abuses, deepening relationship with russia and efforts that have eroded the independence of the nations judiciary. Bill he said if you look at my actions related to eg