maybe the cabinets. >> bill: it is all yours, fival million. almost 10:00 here in new york. fox news alert. three top stories topping the news: former professor caught on camera holding machete to new york post reporter arrested and charge. judge releasing her without bail. century road seventh story building went up in flames. arson investigation now underway. cornell university moving deeper into woke aimed at teaching white medical students how to become better allies focussing on racism is a public health issue. more throughout the hour here. let's get to this now, irs whistle blower giving sworn

testimony for house, ways means committee. good morning everybody friday, dana has the day off. jacui, welcome back to new york. >> jacqui: i am jacqui heinrich. veteran tax crimes investigator claiming cover up by the justice department using political interference. shaply saying he was so concerned the way federal prosecutors were handling this case he felt obligated to go pubic. >> when i saw the egregiousness no longer became a choice. it was something i don't want to do but have to do. >> jacqui: live at the justice department. david? >> reporter: gary shaply behind

closed doors, members house side. shap ly has been with the irs 1 years as an investigator. he was essentially told the slow walk the investigation. he is still irs employee. we know via various sources that is the hunter biden tax investigation that began in 2018 coming up on half a decade. he joined the probe in 2020. he is going to meet with staff members if they are still in town before the holiday weekend. he can't say much. bound by disclosure rules. department of justice is to blame the the way this investigation was handled from the beginning. heated meeting with federal prosecutors last october red line and catalyst for coming

forward. department of justice declined to comment. majority of the allegations about the investigation and what he calls retaliation still unknown because he is hoping to share more when he is allowed. meanwhile judiciary chairman jim jordan wrote to attorney general garland yet. removing a whistle blower and could be retaliatory reaction prohibited under united states law. department of justice not commenting on that letter from jim jordan. according to gary shaply's legal team. there is a narrative he didn't want to meet with democratic-run senate. attorneys say that is not true. people from the senate could have come to sit down with the transcribed interview. no one is there from the senate side today. jacui? >> jacqui: all right.

david, thanks. >> sure. >> what we have done in florida produce irrefutable results that our approach works. >> jacqui: florida governor ron desantis speaking in orlando. his first speech since launching white house bid. desantis and former president donald trump planning to stomp on the state of iowa. rich edison. hey, rich? >> good morning, jacui. that first campaign event tuesday. florida governor traveling to iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. first day and a half ripping former president donald trump

adding to debt, failing to finish the wall and covid. trump shot back. he said desantis is better than most democrats and calls him average. trump will be in iowa with a town hall thursday with sean hannity. desantis has large lead on the rest of the field. they maintain they can break through. >> multiple voices is a good thing. if this race would be a two-person race, which it is not, that is not good. >> optimistic positive message backbone anchored in conservative principles working. more my message gets out, more

excited people are to join the team. >> campaigns still finalize, scott hutchinson, nikki haley, and former swaummy. jacui? >> jacqui: thank you, rich. >> bill: new poll delivering bad news for joe biden. 66% view biden victory 2024 disaster or set back. jessica tarlov. host of the "the five." hello to both of you. disaster is what they say. how is the condition of the economy? 83% fair or poor. ryan, you did this for a living. >> think about the string of events, gas prices, inflation

being a problem, three banks collapsing month and a half. now debt default. when you are watching from home, gee how are things going in the economy? answer you get that is not great. i want a narrative of prosperity, opportunity, not defaulting on debt. banks not collapsing. we are not getting this from the president. >> jacqui: jess, inflation is a global issue. how do you prevent them from owning that issue when you have americans saying they will not support raising debt limit without spending cuts because of inflation. does that put that in the president's lap? >> jessica: seems like a bipartisan compromise than people expected. maybe the far left. hopefully get a deal.

part of the impetus, americans will blame present biden if we default which was not the case under president obama. republicans in the obama term blamed by 10 plus point margin. three or four points blaming present biden. very different calculus heading into election. >> part of that is mccarthy. >> bill: several times a day. >> america is looking for somebody to answer questions. he is answering questions president is not. >> bill: what do you think we led with cnn poll, two-thirds of the american people say disaster if present biden were re-elected? >> again people make a simple calculation. they say do i want more of this? do i want something different? biden whether he likes it or not represents more of this. you have a lot of candidates

saying we have something different in mind. they are active. they are announcing their campaigns. they are out there, america wants leadership. if they are not getting it from their president, they are going to look around who has something else. >> bill: jess, if i saw that, that would ruin my weekend. >> jessica: polling numbers not great for the president then. going in the wrong direction. biden's name will be on the ticket verses other democrats' names which is the difference. a lot of it is who is the republican on the ticket. if he was re-elected 2024, lame duck presidency. it will be four years then do this again.

i think that lends itself to helping ron desantis. >> bill: what are you hearing about that at the white house? >> jacqui: about? >> bill: all of this re-election stuff? >> jacqui: president and white house dismiss polls. >> jessica: the bad ones. >> they don't talk about the -- rematch between president and president trump. they put the issues in the background, they are going to run on abortions, rights being on the ballot. all that works if trump is the nominee. does it work if you have a different republican nominee? >> if the different republican nominee is saying the same things, i think it continues to work. i think ron desantis is stuck in

the rock and hard place. he talks about wore on woke. >> jacqui: do people care about that if we are in a recession? >> jessica: if he is walking around talking about a woke mind virus. >> brian: he is raising a lot of money on all those things. he have breath in terms of what he can do. all the candidates on the republican side can talk about social and economic issues. on all of those fronts they can win if they are out there with a message that sounds fresh and different than what they are getting from white house podium. >> bill: whether it is education, woke ideology or party of parents tim scott calls it, they will all hit. brian, thank you, jessica, thank you. >> jessica: thank you. happy weekend.

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>> bill: just in. city of philadelphia banning ski masks-style face coverings on all public transportation in

response to a recent surge in violent crime. masks became popular during the pandemic and makes it difficult for police the id suspects. in philadelphia taking action given the holiday weekend. see how that goes for commuters and more. jacqui? >> jacqui: massive fire in australia's biggest city, flames ripped through the seven-story building, downtown, look at that. two teenagers turned themselves in to police. >> bill: what a shame that is. takes your breath away. that is full on there in australia. elon musk on to another job

touting another major break through. fda given brain implant company green light for human testing. neurolink. researchers hope they can find cures for blindness, paralysis, fascinating stuff, susan lee of fox business. >> fascinating man, billionaire t that, wants to robot cli sew chips into your brain and enhance human ability, neurolink says first human tests important first step. recruitment not yet open. they'll announce more information soon. elon musk on twitter congratulate fda test approval. it will use a robot to sew a chip on the surface of your

brain and detect brain neurons and thoughts downloaded on to an app and control other devices and key board via blue tooth. sounds very, very complicated. company around since 2016. testing in animals, monkeys, pigs. neurolink isn't the only company. this technology in development for decades, estimated 42 patients globally that have had brain computer implants. i am sure you watched "60 minutes" paralyzed patients. an als patient typing with the help. what musk wants to do has even bigger issues. neurolink wants to surpassed able body human performance. even with musk's successful

track record, none of the brain implant companies have received regulatory approval. i hope it goes better than the twitter space than desantis. >> bill: they are going to sew this to the brain? >> that's right. >> bill: wow, unbelievable. susan lee, see how it works, thank you. from now on our nation will no longer be never ending cycle of welfare. >> jacqui: welfare reform still a hot button issue and sticking point. senior national correspondent live in los angeles, hey william. >> reporter: jacqui, should able body adults without children be required to work, look for work, train for work or do community

service at least 20 hours a week in exchange for monthly check? gop says yes. current law though under 50. gop wants to increase to age 55 major welfare programs. taniff, snap or food stamps and medicaid. savings 120 billion is a lot of money. less that 2% of the 1 trillion spent annually on these programs. progressive democrats say absolutely not. >> this is about throwing people off of benefit. we are not here to screw poor people. >> reporter: are the rules to ownerous? 6 66en% favoring, present biden voting for work fare along with president clinton.

now present biden calls it a whacko notion. how many americans receive welfare, under tanif $500 a month, food stamps, $372. they can stay on if they look for work, 20 hours a work. conservatives say it is not so much to ask able bodies adults to meet the standard. >> americans say it is perfectly appropriate. so right now you have a stal stalemate. unable or unable to work. republicans say they want to drive more americans into the workforce, jacqui? >> jacqui: democrats put a red line on the medicaid portion.

now they are also trying to push back on snap. thanks so much. >> bill: long weekend arrived, folks. millions of americans heading out the door kicking off busy summer travel season. taylor swift hits new york city this weekend. if you don't have a ticket stay away. warning for fans and we'll tell you why coming up. [music]♪

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>> bill: 10:30 here in new york. video from new york city, police suv zigzagging through a highway. whoa. apparently trying to box in a moped driver. eventually. that is close. suv continued to go on the highway. moped got off at an exit. nypd aware of the video. dangerous stuff around here. anywhere. especially in new york.

>> jacqui: yikes. >> bill: let you know how that turns out. >> jacqui: memorial day weekend officially here. tens of millions of americans on the move. hoping to avoid repeat of last summer marred by delays, madison is here with us. >> reporter: americans are going on vacation. 42 million travelers expected to go on a trip with the vast majority 37 million using their cars to get to their destinations. gas prices average $3.57 per gallon. that is down a dollar from last year. that was when gas was shockingly high closer to $5 a gallon. last three years, we are still paying pretty penny for gas. one driver said for this weekend it is not worth worrying about. >> don't look at the credit bills, spend the card. hope for the best.

have a fun weekend. all that matters, life is too short. >> reporter: flights seeing high demand. aaa 11% increase in flyers this memorial day weekend compared to last year despite high fares plaguing the industry. transportation secretary pete buttigieg still dealing with air traffic controller shortage, short 3,000 plan to hire back half that. jacqui, traffic still flowing. no traffic jams worse time to be on the road 3:00-6:00 p.m. >> jacqui: news you use, madison, thanks so much.

>> bill: so that happened. that is former professor, hunter college new york city. tirade against antiabortion student burning up the internet. she was fired. she threatened new york post reporter with a machete. patrick ruby is with us. good morning. you are a junior, studying history. did you know this professor, aware of her? >> no. i did not know her before the encounter. >> bill: you are well aware of the story. what do you think of this? >> um, there is a lot to think about, um, definitely been a crazy situation i have been a part of. but, yeah, it is really crazy. >> bill: are a lot of students talking about this, patrick?

>> so, at least on my end with students i know, who are part of the catholic student association um, it has been the buzz. people outside of that group i am not really sure for sure on social media it has gotten around. >> bill: from what i am reading, a lot of people are supporting the professor. have you heard that? >> i definitely have heard some support. um, but actually for the most part, i have been really surprised much support my group has gotten from people who both agree with our, where we stand morally and people that don't agree with us understanding we had the right to be there, right to speak freely. >> bill: uh huh. >> to be stopped for speaking

freakily by a professor wasn't wrong. >> bill: we look at video during the initial altercation, were you a part of that, patrick? >> um, so yeah. i was at the table with other students and associates for life. i was in the thick of it. >> bill: what did you think what she said to you and how that went down? >> uh huh. it was definitely, you know, when we table we understand we are in enemy territory. a lot of people are not going to agree with us. we are trying to have conversations. we understand that push back and maybe even violence is always a possibility. that is always something we have to think about. when it happens, really, in real time, it is always a little

scary. little shocking. in the moment i tried to keep my cool. not overreact. try to listen to what she was saying really. >> bill: patrick, have you or your group gone back out on the campus since then? >> that was on may 2nd almost a month ago. story blew up last week or so. i had my last final tuesday. done for the semester. so we haven't been back on campus too much. >> bill: another thing patrick, some were not surprised she reacted the way she did. have you heard that? >> um, i mean, i understand that when we speak about abortion, or when we speak about human rights, dignity of all human beings, it is an issue that

touches people to the core on both sides for pro-lifers and people that are not pro-life. we understand conversations can get heated. and so in our tabling with catholic student association, help for students for life, we try to understand we are not speaking to ideas, we are not speaking to ideologies, we are speaking to people. we are speaking to hearts. we are trying to have these conversations that maybe fruitful and we may speak to these people with their own experiences. >> bill: you are entitled to free speech. we'll see whether or not your group gets out and stays active. patrick ruby, appreciate your time today. >> thank you. >> bill: good luck in school, rising junior. >> jacqui: house speaker kevin mechanic car that i have talking about status of the debt limit

negotiations. take a listen. >> even wisconsin have work requirements passed 82% of the vote. whatever passes with that high. i don't understand why democrats here have a difference opinion than americans across country. takes people from poverty. supports medicare and more are paying in. think about the oppose you are support idea of borrowing money from china, paying people who are only able-bodied with no dependents to sit on the couch and not paying into social security or medicare. you are fighting the whole process. i believe in giving people opportunity to go get jobs and make the economy stronger. the democrats when they took

over, they have to spent so much, we are spending more than we ever have. highest debt we ever have. they want to continue to path. we cannot. end of the day this has to change trajectory. i don't want to give anybody false -- republicans are on a path to put us on that. >> mr. speaker? >> we want to unshackle. so much money on the sidelines. supreme court decision 9-0. think about this, 9-0 decision, administration oversteps bounds that would harm farmers. 9-0 decision what did schumer say? maga extreme. 9-0 decision is now ma maga extreme. they are out of step with american public and their own

party. this is the difference. american public wants to see us curve our spending addiction where the democrats have put us in. put us on a trajectory less dependent with china. adding six trillion dollars. they want to see us cut the red tape americans can build things again. that is what we are looking at. >> mr. speaker you said yesterday you still have time, how much time do you have? >> look everyday narrows down. this is why i went on february 1st to see the president. i asked him if we can sit down. we can't get those 97 days back. we know it is a crunch time. we know it is not easy. we are going to make sure. we are not just trying to get an agreement. we are trying to get something that changes the trajectory. we worked through the night. i thought we made progress

yesterday. i want to make progress again today and solve this problem. >> defense spending? >> we are working through everything. >> have you spoken to the president directly last 24 hours? >> i have directly. talked about to his team. talked to our team. we'll continue to work throughout the day. we are here. we'll stay here to make sure we get it done. >> what is your response to the letter, 35 members of the freedom caucus send you with a list of demands #holdtheline, does that concern you? >> not an at all. you all report things that are not true in the process so people get concerned. you ask them questions. if you are wondering holding the line where we have been all the

time. we don't want to be in this deadline. i give republican conference a lot of credit. curves back spending, brings back wasteful money and unshackles what is holding us back. curves inflation, ends dependency on china. all positive stuff. unfortunately we have to get a bill signed by the senate to the president. it is hard. we are willing to do the work. thank you. >> bill: there are the headlines, jacqui. a lot of them. >> jacqui: sounds like work requirements still a big issue for democrats. big push back on medicaid portion. also an attempt to exempt snap. what republicans want to do goes beyond what is in the passed bill and eliminate waivers where

it is hard to get work. harsher than what trump tried. not just progressives, moderate democrats like susan wild in pennsylvania. >> bill: interesting. they are still talking. spiker mccarthy said we made progress with the debt ceiling. talks come down to one thing, spending. clearly republicans have that in their cross hairs. he thinks this is just the start generally on spending. seem to suggest as long as they have majority in the house they are going to continue to push the issue. >> jacqui: looks like they are giving democrats a win allowing student loan money to stay in the bill. mccarthy, that is going to the supreme court and likely struck down. little bit of maneuvering there, chess. >> bill: thursday next week deadline see if they debt it done. all right now, 42 minutes

passed the hour. >> jacqui: cornell medical school launched free antiracism course to teach why was students how to be better allies. five-hour training is over the outrage of the death of george floyd. t >> you have the team. >> double trouble. >> jacqui: what do you make of this? one thing i would point out, free course, voluntary. >> right. >> jacqui: you have a problem? >> huge problem with it. no. 1, voluntary. if you don't take it everyone is going to know you didn't take it. that is not voluntary. no. 2, why are you assuming white people are racist? if that is the case isn't it a medical condition? can't help it. every say bill, it is a medical

condition. ridiculous. put george floyd's name on it rest his soul to push his agenda. pushing the fact white people are born racist. if that is the case i wouldn't be sitting here, it is asinine. excuse my language. >> bill: it is a friday. joey? >> i give it a 10. words in this, phrase about being an ally. i get that. i know where it comes from. different movements that push back against oppression. you are learning to be a better ally, this is us vs. them. you are on this team or that team. what is left out of this is grace. i come from small southern town. my grandparents, my parents and my understanding of race have evolved.

what incentive do i have to fix myself or fix my understanding? i look at my dad. little things that happened, i could see growth. man, if he were treated like a terrible person he wouldn't have had a chance to understand and grow and learn. if it were taught in grace, learn other people and what they go through so you can appreciate them as a human being. they are saying no, let's apologize for tweets from 20 years ago. apologize for anything you ever said that could have offended someone rather you meant it or not. >> bill: teaching you how to recover from it how thoughtful. >> robbing us blind. >> jacqui: teaching you how to apoll apologize. the right thing to do instead of erase history, it is not who i

am now. >> bill: buying that? >> if something you said 20 years ago i have moved on, you should, too. why are you looking that deep? what are you doing with that free time. people make mistakes, allow redemption. i hate the idea you are assuming a group of people. that is the key word. learn the person's name before you try to ruin him. >> bill: you found this target story this week. they have put something out there. they have that car in reverse in a big way. here is ceo call for no. 4, diversity and great for the brand start there. >> i am really proud of the work we have done in the deni space you walk into a store and feel at home. represents the community.

those are good business decisions. it is the right thing for society. it is the great thing for our brand. >> bill: displays in the front of the store and moved out of the front of the store. latest letter, to the teens showing incredible agility, thank you. we can still celebrate pride in meaningful ways. they are losing market value. by the billions. >> target took a stand on bathrooms when north carolina bill ncaa pulled out. multigender or all-gender bathrooms. that was a big thing. few months ago, walked in transgender books on the front section. why are they deciding now the stand they have taken is no longer worth them pushing on maybe it is purchasing power.

maybe what happened with bud light, the beer. if you take a stand and make half the people in america mad all you can do is make the other half mad. if target believes they should push on it. ho hobby lobby and chick-fil-a do not apologize for being a christian organization. the things weren't pride-oriented things. they were things that were a bad influence on their kids. devil is in the details. target doesn't want to share the details. >> as a parent have a transgender section big and tall, mens and womens section. my problem i had to explain to my nine year old over the bathing suit situation. i wasn't ready to have that discussion. when you put political things,

pride, black lives matter section and put political stuff in front. it is not about the consumer. i had to come up something on the fly. i am not ready to talk about birds and bees with my daughter. pouch was for goggles. she said that is a dumb place for goggles. i said that is why we are not buying that bathing suit. nothing with me being phobic. it is me being a dad i don't want to discuss that with my nine year old. >> bill: thank you, gentleman. thank you for your service on this memorial day. >> thank you. >> bill: two billion dollar power ball winner accused of making off with a stolen ticket. now he is being sued. [music]

>> no tailgating for t swifty. that's today's celebrity news. taylor swift is playing three sold out shows over the weekend in new jersey. tens of thousands who attend inside. at previous spots, fans without tickets gathered outside to sing along. new jersey skops cops are telling fans to stay home. we'll see whether or not they listen. >> apparently they're worried about traffic. even put out an alert. for taylor swift fans, only fans with tickets are allowed at met life stadium. they're worried about traffic. jackie, it is new york. >> i bet they show up in droves, too. >> there's always traffic. see whether or not they listen. my guess is no. if you are going to the show, enjoy it. if you're not, i hope you get as close as you possibly can. >> is it possible his luck ran out. powerball winner served with a lawsuit at his $25

million mansion in the hollywood hills, accuses him of stealing the lottery ticket that landed him a $2 billion jackpot last year. california lottery is confident he is the rightful winner. he ended up taking a lump sum payment of $997 million. >> as we close out our program today in honor of memorial day weekend, the next guest is pushing for better mental health care for veterans who wore the uniform and gave us freedom we have today. meet john burns, deputy director of concerned veterans for america. good morning to you. and thank you for your time. want to put a fine point on your message. in the year 2020 there were 6146 veteran suicide, sorry, 2022. that's an average of almost 17 per day. john, that is way too many. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill, good morning, jackie. thanks for the opportunity

to talk to you guys. >> what's the message you want us to understand knowing those numbers? >> i lost several friends to suicide since the global war on terror started in new york in 2001. we've lost nearly four times as many veterans day and military members to suicide since 2001 as in overseas actions. 30,000 compared to 7,000. i was reflecting on memorial day this weekend, thinking about those are people we should be remembering on memorial day. those folks in previous wars said they died of wounds later, wounds sustained in combat. fact of the matter is these wounds were probably treatable for most of the 30,000 if the va was following the law, providing care it was supposed to and if it was executing the law, especially the mission act faithfully, some of the veterans day would still be alive. we should remember those veterans day on memorial day and fowe are working

every day to reduce veteran suicide by forcing va to follow the law and provide timely and quality care. but while americans are relaxing this weekend and remembering veterans day that died overseas, should also remember those that suffered and died at home because they served overseas. >> john, is the va ignoring options it has on the table? >> absolutely. partner organizations of ours have filed foia requests and sued for follow-up data. the va is obviously manipulating wait times and obfuscating when they send records through the requests. so it is impossible to tease out exactly what they're doing. they're clearly not assigning folks to community care option from the mission care act including mental health care. i heard from privates and nonprofits they're desperate for referrals and they're not getting referrals. we have veterans killing

themselves. >> you look at veterans, suicide rate is 32. we only have a short time left. about 30 seconds. it is a profound question. what is the experience of war taught you about what the veterans live through? >> there's so much that happens deployed in combat. if you see combat, it haunts you the rest of your life. if you are struggling with stress, depression from your normal civilian life, it comes back to you in those moments. it is mostly treatable, something the va can help with if they assign community care, assign veterans to care they earned, we could reduce the numbers down from 2 and a half times the civilian rate. >> good work you're doing. to all the veterans, thank you and thank you for sharing the story. >> thanks for having me on. >> you bet. i think we have time for this before we go. >> we do. >> jackie, question for

you. one of the all time best songs for karaoke. here's the list from the community. kelly clarkson, since you been gone. >> yes. >> aretha franklin, respect. >> come on eileen. >> yes, yes, yes. >> island in the sun. >> the end of the world as we know it. >> probably on board. >> i put in american pie, don mclane. >> i want to hear you sing it. >> have a great memorial day weekend. spend it with family and friends. >> good to be with you. >> you as well. here is julie banderas. hello, julie. >> thank you, guys. happy memorial day weekend to you all. fox news alert we begin with in 2020, now president biden ran his campaign from the basement. so far, looks like he'll still be sticking close to his home, this time around as well. critics dub it his rose garden campa