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Were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave will we begin this morning with a fox news alert, a tragic update out of maui. Now at least 80 people are confirmed dead after devastating wildfires. Rachel Officials Say more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for as rescue and Recovery Efforts continue. Joey another fox news alert, Washington Attorney general Merrick Garland making a big announcement about the hunter biden criminal probe. Im here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a Special Counsel. On tuesday of this week, mr. Weiss advised me that, in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a Special Counsel, and he asked to be so appointed. A. Joey Alexandria Hoff is joining us live with the9 story. Reporter Special Counsel david weiss is the same u. S. Attorney that fostered the probationonly plea deal for hunter biden that eventually fell apart and who let the statute of limitations run out on the 2014 Corruption Case involving burisma. He will now lead the deepening investigation of into the younger bidens business dealings. House republicans are skeptical that this is a move that takes investigative power out of their hands. Well, this is another example of the Department Of Justice stonewalling and obstructing our investigation. Ive been complaining about this for months. This is an investigation about joe biden, i dont think we need any more evidence to show that the Department Of Justice is trying to obstruct our investigation. I think Merrick Garland made that argument for us today. Reporter can critics also argue or that under Justice Department regulations a Special Counsel should be selected from outside the the u. S. Government and and that a u. S. Attorney should not be the one to lead this. Still, the legal jeopardy for hunter biden appears to be escalating, and his legal team weighed in. His title became Special Counsel today. His powers were the same yesterday. So whats different . It doesnt make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. So what does the Special Counsel do that he couldnt do . The answer should be nothing different. As to why now or why he wanted this as of last tuesday, thats a question youre going to have to ask him. Im confident. Reporter so the white house says they were not informed before the official announcement was made. The president offered no response as he departed for delaware yesterday. [inaudible conversations] reporter mr. President , are you under investigation . Reporter so as Special Counsel, david weiss will be under no deadline to conclude his investigation, that means it could stretch well past the 2024 elections. Guys . Will thank you, alexandria with. Rachel will, im going to go to you, because with youre the lawyer if theres no difference between his powers, weiss Powers Yesterday two days ago and weed when he was appointed Special Counsel, why did they make him a Special Counsel . Will to paper over an alreadydrawn conclusion. It seems to be a conclusion that was already expected from Hunter Bidens counsel. Hunter bidens counsel says it doesnt matter if you change the title, it shouldnt change the outcome. David weiss arrived at a certain level of charges, we know that, it was what most are describing as a Sweetheart Deal that basically gave haunter hunter biden immunity for all the other things hes being investigated. David weiss said he didnt need Special Counsel powers. Well, first, he asked for Special Counsel powers, whistleblowers said he was denied. Then he said i had all the power i needed to investigate hunter biden, and weirdly now the response has been you can have Special Counsel powers. So those three actualities dont mesh with one another, they dont make sense, so theres no reason for this legally. Its simply something that is going to be done for cover politically. Rachel but it seems like its politically not so great for them because everyone can see how odd this is, and also why would you appoint, joey, the same person who tried to block the whistleblowers from pursuing lines of questioning into joe biden . I mean, its so obviously corrupt. Joey Optics Of Ab Absurdity has not stopped this Administration Rachel great point. Joey one thing thats puzzling to me about it, i guess, is kind of what will was just talking about. If you accept the fact that there needs to be some sort of change in david weiss position, making him a Special Counsel, have to believe that means they believe they need to go back and look at evidence, maybe interview more people, have more authority to move charges, i guess now into a different district. But then david weiss himself has said, no, we interviewed everyone we wanted to interview, we were never told no, none of thats a problem. This really just comes down to if you believe both of those things, then you have to believe Merrick Garland is simply doing this only to quash some of the criticism, not to actually the not necessarily change what hes charged with, but to further the investigation, i guess, would be the public, the public admission of why theyre doing this. I think whats really important here is, and Jonathan Turley said yesterday, he was the first one on our network to really point it out, that this really kind of defines the the actual regulation as far as who a Special Counsel should be. And we have the regulation here, section 600. 3 of the Department Of Justice regulations, it says the Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. Will, you may know a little bit more on this than i do, but regulations arent law. Basically, the law tells the Justice Department you must do something, and the Justice Department comes up with regulations how they will do it. So even though this guys that defies that regulation, there isnt a legal resource. At the end of the day, the attorney general can appoint whoever he wants to. Rachel does making him a Special Counsel in any way change the investigation that Representative Comer and the House Republicans are doing . Will well,ing thats a good question. Only if we believe david weiss really had integrity and now has the freedom to pursue his integrity. Rachel right. Will as to the House Republicans, i dont know rachel cant he say, well, they wanted to bring him in. Do you remember they talked about bringing weiss in for questioning himself . Will yes. Rachel now he can say, well, its urn investigation. Is that right . Will i guess, yeah, hide urn the guise of an ongoing under the guise of an ongoing investigation. Gary shapley, that whistle blow. Hes laid out on capitol hill some of the costs of, i guess, putting that trust in david weiss. The statute of limitations have been extended through an agreement with Hunter Bidens defense counsel, and they were willing to extend past november 2022. Weiss allowed those to expire. I dont claim to be privy to communications, but United States attorney weiss told us he was not the deciding person, that he had requested and was denied special authority after d. C. Declined charges and that if california dekleins, he will have to declines, he will have to request special authority again. Whether the full responsibility elis with weiss or garland is for, ultimately, the public to decide. Rachel yeah. I mean, hes right. And i guess in the eni just want to tie this whole topic up to go this is more than just about corruption and the biden family getting rich. Vivek ramaswamy request yesterday when he was in iowa at the political call events there said i believe that it is deeply linked to the Policy Decisions, this corruption scandal, that the Policy Decisions that the Biden Administration is making as were discussing this right now, requesting billions of dollars of additional need without once articulating why this is in the u. S. national interests. So i think its also important to get beyond sort of the daytoday match nations, legal machinations that we see going on and ask ourselves why this matters, and i think thats why it matters. Joey yeah. I think this has turned into a bit of a chess game between what appears to be republicans and democrats, and it really should be looking for truth. A. Rachel absolutely. Jee e yeah from something very important to something that is paramount, which is life and death. A fox wildfire alert. 80 people, 80, are now dead from the devastating wildfires still sweeping maui. Officials in hawaii are in recovery mode with 1500 still missing. As a new fire prompts evacuations in a resort area just north of the heavy hit town of lahaina. Rachel were now learning that the islands alert sirens never went off. The Hawaii Emergency Services administration confirming that the alarm it tests every month were not turned on even as the fire started to spread. Will lets bring in former Hawaii Congresswoman and Fox News Contributor full city gabbard. Tulsi, aloha. I know through your Military Service youre deeply connected to everything going on in hawaii. The number we have is 80, from my understanding, none of the buildings though have yet been searched there in historic lahaina town, so that number threatens to go much, much higher. What can you update us on this morning . Will, to all of my friends, people that ive worked with over years, you know, i served in congress for eight years representing hawaiis second congressional district. Maui is a part of it, so countless times ive been through the community of lahaina, kaanapali is being evacuated after a few hours ago. The impact on this community is just, its hard to conceive of when you look at the catastrophe that they have gone through, frankly, are continuing go through. This crisis is far from over. There are still active wildfires there on the island of maui affecting a couple to other communities, some that are the only 50 under control. So this is not yet a community in recovery. There are people just trying to survive. Will, i know youve spent a lot of time on maui growing up, you know that there is one road that goes through that town of lahaina, and a lot of communities that lie beyond that road as you continue to drive around the island. So as that community was completely shut off, i think only yesterday they reopened that road for residents only. Theres a lot of folks out there who, you know, mothers who are on the verge of giving birth, there are families with no access to food or fuel or in some cases clean water. We have Community Members literally getting on jet skis and boats going around and skirting this blockade that was stopping them from trying to get supplies to people just to be able to help their neighbors and friends. So its can theres so much frustration, theres so much suffering, you know . The real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking the how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. Rachel do you know, tulsi, im curious about why this alarm system didnt work. Have you heard anything else about that, any explanation . Ive heard a few explanations, you know . The wildfire moved in a matter of hours from everything that i have heard from from really residents who were out there on the ground and perhaps there wasnt enough time. Ive also heard possibly the communications, the cell towers, the ability, even perhaps some of these alarm towers went out. There must be an investigation into this, why residents were not properly informed with time to evacuate. I dont want to guess to what the answer is, but theres a lot of different stories and reasons that are flying around right now. Joey tulsi, i saw a tweet yesterday, it wasnt from a government official, i think it was probably more than anything a corned citizen, someone who concerned citizen, but in the tweet, i found it interesting. They basically said, hey, listen, maui and this town, its a small island, a small town, not big in importance maybe, but people. And the biggest military in the world is just an island away, a few miles away, a couple dozen miles away on oahu, and the idea of could they have done more, should they be with doing more now . In other words, all these resources are right there, all these Military Resources are there, should they be doing more in maui today . Could they have done more as this was happening . I dont know what resources could be helpful in a situation like this, but i do know there are ships in and out and a lot of infrastructure there. Youre in the military, you understand this, what are your thoughts on it . Yeah, joey, the answer to that is, yes and yes. You know, im not privy to whats going on in the op center there at any given moment, but it is hard for me to understand why there isnt, you know, a mass deployment of medical support going out to these communities, you know . You have the uss mercy, we have pacific fleet, we have so, so many professionals who in times of need in other parts of the world we have, you know, tsunamis and earthquakes in other countries across the asia pacific where the u. S. Military deploys immediately to provide that support. This crises is happening in our community right now. Whether they are moving bebehind the scenes or not, i dont know, but the fact is this crisis has been going on for days. They could have and should have already been there deploying food, water, medical care. Can you imagine the horrors that these families have gone through, the firefighters and First Responders or have gone through . A friend of mine just told me his son is a firefighter and has come home telling them stories of the most horrific things he has seen. Just support for people to be able to be go and talk to someone about what theyre going through. I mean, its need on every level. They should not only be focusing on the rebuilding, the Rebuilding Effort will be massive. Theres no question about that. But right now we are still in survival mold. The people on maui are still in sur is vial mode, and survival mode, and every single facet of government, county, state the, federal, Military Needs to be deployed to surround, wrap their arms around this community, let them know, hey, were here for you, we care for you. Will yeah, its hard to fathom, joey, the number of Government Resources that are not far away. You see the devastation on your screens, i have friends who are running their boats with supplies back to lahaina. Hey, tulsi, i know right now is a recovery period, and i dont mean to make a lot of this, my mom is still there between lahaina and kaanapali, and there will be plenty of time for this, an afteraction report, but you have such unique insight, rfk jr. With tweeted this yesterday, and it matched up with something that is my personal experience. I grew up, the hills are full of pineapple plantations, they turned hem into Sugarcane Fields, and then they went fallow. Rfk jr. Brought this up as horrible Land Management is part of what led to this ability for the entire island to catch on fire. What are your thoughts on Something Like that, how this got so out of control . Speaking directly to your point about the Sugarcane Fields and when that stopped just a few years ago, it is a very serious issue about the mismanagement, lack of management of those properties. And as you know also, will, maui unfortunately has a long history of Water Rights Problems and mismanagement of how historically a lot of the water that has traditionally gone down as nature intended to feed different communities from atop the mountain, those water rights were sold to corporations who rechanneled and rerouted that water to go towards certain plantations and and away from those different communities. Its a big issue, but its one that continues to be battled and fought. Maui deals with with drought very often, and so there need to be hard questions asked and answered about access to water, how these lands are being managed or not and, frankly, how the first how the response went that allowed this to go on. I have a friend whos a firefighter who said the maui fire is horribly understaffed. Its a lot, and there needs to be a serious afteraction are review. Itll come too late for all of the families who have lost everything, everything. But it must be done to insure accountability and that the Something Like this cannot be allowed to happen again. Will tulsi, thank you so much. We always appreciate your insight and especially on this morning. Thanks for your care. Aloha. Will all right. To help, you can help those impacted by donating to the red cross. There is a qr code here or head to red cross. Org fox forward. Rachel all right. Were going to move to another story. 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It looks like summer break is going to last a little bit longer for kids in louisville, kentucky. Jefferson county Public Schools had to cancel classes this week after an overly ambitious redesign of bus routes turned into a logistical nightmare on the first day of classes. Many parents say buses didnt show up to pick up their kids wednesday morning, and some students werent dropped off until 10 p. M. After school that day. Here to react is Jefferson County parent charlie bell. If charlie, welcome. So what is the excuse that the school has given you as to why this is happening . There was just that the bus drivers didnt really know the routes or the kids didnt know what bus stops that they were to get on or to get off at, and both could have been easily fixed. Us having a bus shortage is not something new rachel right. Here in Jefferson County. But there are some things that need to be tweaked for our kids to be able to get on the bus safe and get home at a decent hour. Rachel what time did your kids get home . So my daughter, i have two children, i have a daughter and son both in high school, they go to two Different Schools at two different times. My daughter goes to school at 7 20, she did not get home til 6 p. M. She gets out at 2 20. My son goes to school at 8 40, he did not get home i actually went and picked hip up at 5 30 because his bus hadnt got there yet, and he gets out at 3. Rachel wow, those would be some hungry kids when they get home, no question about it. [laughter] have you heard from the School District . I know the school is very apologetic, they actually canceled school until they can figure this out, a few days. What are the plans to fix this situation . Is it just hiring new bus drivers, changing the routes . What are the schools and the parents going to do . So as of right now their just saying theyre just saying just be patient, and theyre having the bus drivers do the routes. Were projected to go back to school on wednesday, but one of the bigger problems is for the elementary kids. To me, one of the solutions would be to have the name of the kid and what the driver has the route and the name for that child to get off on that particular buts stop. Bus stop. And that would speed up the process. But you have three Different School start times, three different end times, so wills no room for error. Rachel yeah. Its very complicated. By the way, we have a Video Statement from the superintendent. Listen. Apologies to our families, specifically families and students for this disruption in their learning. First day of school is extremely important. The amount of change we are taking on is unprecedented. It is not something that i say as an excuse, but change is hard. And weve a had a whole lot of people have to change the way we do things, and what that has meant is its brought with up some issues that weve had to deal with. Quite candidly, we should have anticipated those problems better. Rachel is that enough for you . No. [laughter] no. No, these decisions are made by seven individuals on our school board, and i dont think that parents were taken into consideration of what it is that that actually entails of three different so you can typically have three children at home at three different can schools at three different times. Its a logistical nightmare just in your home with childcare issues and all those types of things. Our city has not recovered 100 from covid have had. So now covid. So now we just need to get our kids back to school safely. Rachel yeah. You make a great point, charlie. Our kids have missed enough school, these people have to get their act together. By the way, i have nine kids, so i cant imagine what would happen to me [laughter] nine Different School, nine different times. Thanks for bringing the story to our attention. Thank you so much for having me. 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Winds were in the mid 80s when this fire was going on, and that very strong wind is what fueled all of these flames. Just want to show you the island right now. The north and kind of east side of the island is the windward side, and thats where you might have heard of the road to hama, this incredibly green area, but then you get to the west and south side, its the leeward side of the islands, and this right here, you see the two areas of burn scars, you can see the one here thats up country and the one in downtown lahaina. Now weve got the winds much calmer, the Weather Pattern that we were dealing with has completely changed, and the winds are going to be much more calm for the next number of days. This is where those fires were. Most of the fires here in upcountry contained. Only 80 containment in that fire thats around lahaina. Drought wise, youll notice the one little spot with the worst of the draught right there the in maui. Some areas in the severe drought category, very dry conditions. And all of hawaii in general, over 10 inches above where you would tip typically be rainfall. Hilo, about 6 inches. Maui had rainfall for the year lower than average. We are going to get a little bit of rain and a little moisture, humidity levels coming up over the next couple of days across maui. Guys . Will wonderful explanation. Thank you, rick. Rachel you have such long memories of being there. I have such positive memories of being there, i was there when the real world took our cast to i maui, and we had such a great time, and it is sad to hi that lahainas gone. Will anyone whos been there knows its paradise. Rachel yeah, it truly is. Were going to turn now to your headlines. New overnight, a Minneapolis Police officer if discharged from the hospital to applause after he was shot in the line are of duty last night. Police say he was ambushed while following a robbery suspect. He was taken to the hospital while his fellow officers chased the suspect taking two america a woman and a boy into custody. Disgraced ftx founder Sam Bankmanfried is now in jail after prosecutors claim he was tampering with witnesses in his fraud case. A judge revoking his quarter billion dollar bail after prosecutors said he leak are letters from his exgirlfriend to the new york times. His lawyers claim he wasnt tampering, he was responding to a press request. He is due back in court in october when his fraud trial begins. Virginia factory worker, a Virginia Factory Worker is going viral for his Blue Collar Anthem about Hard Working Americans. Frustrations with political leaders. Listen to hum. The rich men north of richmond, lord knows they all just want to have total control. Want to know what you think, want to know what you do will he goes on to sing about high taxes and lawmakers turning their attention away from the working men and women of america. The video already racking up millions of views on youtube. Rachel listen, its really interesting if you listen to the song, print the lyrics and read them as well, its really fascinating what he touches on. I mean, it is a Blue Collar Anthem. Its gone viral for a reason, its touching peoples soul. I read through it. What hit me was living in the new world with an old soul. We hear so much about the new world order, and these globalists all over, and if you have an old soul, youre kind of wondering whats going on here. Joey this music is appalachian, bluegrass slowed down, basically, and i point that out because i grew up listening to some of those legends, ricky skaggs. And when i hear the song and i listen to the lyrics, what i want to point out, this is not a partisan political song. Rachel no. Joey this really is not. For example, Tyler Childers or zack bryan, theyve both taken a little bit of heat lately for some of the politics theyve brought into their music videos or lyric, but if you sit down and listen to them, theyre pretty consistent with the sentiment of people, what we call the white plight, the leftbehind people of appalachia, the people that are live in mining towns or Mountain Towns that have been largely left behind by progress. Thats where my family comes from. And i think whats great about this song is it doesnt point a finger at pom politics, it points a finger at kind of the idea that politicians dont immediate to service everyone. Need to service everyone. They can take care of themselves and the big cities on the coast and everyone else doesnt really matter. I love this song for that reason. Rachel it also takes pot shots at Jeffrey Epstein is in this joey yeah. Rachel you know, people who are on welfare and probably should be working, so it is the, as you said, its got manager for everybody in it. Will rich men north of richmond. Its a great song. It resonates, not just the way its sang. Its beautiful. Still ahead, republican lawmakers sounding off over the appointment of david weiss for the hunter biden case. Jonathan turley gives his take next. Promises of all shapes and sizes. Each, with a time and a place theyve been promised to be. A promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. When my doctor gave me breztri for my copd things changed for me. Breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flareups. Breztri wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. It is not for asthma. Tell your doctor if you have a Heart Condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Dont take breztri more than prescribed. Breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. Call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. Ask your doctor about breztri. Mr. Weiss is the single architect over that sweetheart plea agreement deal. I am very fearful that appointing the Special Counsel is just an attempt to Stonewall Congress investigation of the biden family. This was a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Rachel were back with a fox news alert. Republicans raising concerns of david weiss appointment of Potential Counsel in the investigation of hunter biden. Will a spokesperson for jim jordan says wise cant be trusted and this is just a new way to white whitewash the biden family corruption. Joey lets can ask George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley. Good morning, professor. I watched you yesterday e say in very plain words that there is a regulation on what a Special Counsel is, and you this does not abide by it. But really theres no recourse for that. Only the Justices Department really take issue with the Justice Department not abiding by its own regulation, correct in. Thats right, joey, and thats the problem with this law, is that its not enforceable. Something Congress Needs to look at. The laws quite clear, the purpose of a Special Counsel is the pick someone who is unassailable, someone who has no connections to the Department Of Justice to assure the public that this is truly independent in the every respect. Instead, Merrick Garland appointed someone whos under a cloud of suspicion. Hes literally being investigated by congress for his conduct and handling of the prior hunter biden investigation. It flips the Special Counsel law on its head. Now, its true the Department Of Justice did violate this before with the appointment of john durham who came from from within the Justice Department, but durham wasnt under any cloud of suspicion, he wasnt under any attacks over allegations of fixing the investigation. Will you know, jonathan, that would be akin to Merrick Garland pucking some other, you know picking some other prosecutor at some other jurisdiction far away within the doj, but he picked the one guy whos directly related, exactly as you described, in this case. I know its hard to get inside another persons head, jonathan, but rachel asked this question earlier. It so clearly suggests political malfeasance, it so clearly what could be a motivation how about this, what is your most charitable explanation for the motivation of Merrick Garland . [laughter] thats e a tough question, will, because its truly inexplicable, you know . I supported the appointment of Merrick Garland. I thought that it was an inspired choice. He had a great reputation as a judge as someone that got people together, that unified people. And i wrote a column not long ago saying its really painful for me to say that hes an utter failure as an attorney general. I mean, his personality just did not lend itself to this job. He lacks that strength in leadership that you need. This was that moment. He needed to step up and do the right thing, and what that meant is to appoint someone completely outside of the investigation, outside of the Department Of Justice and also to expand the mandate to say, look, there are allegations of Influence Peddling involving the president , some are related to these tax charges, lets get this all investigated. And if there is crimes that are revealed, those crimes will be prosecuted. And so this mandate has expanded, im giving it to somebody new, and the public can feel assured the Department Of Justice is looking after their business. He didnt do that. And instead, he magnified the problems here. I mean, i dont know anyone who could possibly look at this appointment and not be completely mystified as to his thinking. Rachel jonathan, how is this going to affect the house investigation . Well, thats a great question, rachel. I think that there was, obviously, a blowback on congress. The most Immediate Impact of this appointment was to insulate the Department Of Justice itself and weiss. The house was closing in on weiss, demanding interviews from him and his lieutenants. This will make it much, much more difficult. But it wont stop things. In fact, in a curious way, they may have tripped a wire here by not expanding the mandate its pretty clear now that Congress Needs to investigate including a possible impeachment inquiry, because nobody else is looking at the corruption scandal. Rachel really quick, could that have been why he asked for the Special Counsel title, so he wouldnt have to go before the House Committee in because the house, youre right, the house want to bring him in and investigate him because he this warted so many of the thwarted so many of the investigations the whistleblowers were trying to look into. Whether thats the motivation, that will be the impact. If he speaks, i expect he will say very little now a that hes Special Counsel. Will so obviously corrupt. All right. Thank you, jonathan. Thank you. Rachel all right. Joey yeah, its a chess game of who can get away further, i guess, im not sure. All right. Turning now to your headlines beginning with this, new oversight, at least one person is injure after houston Fire Fighters balloted a threealarm fire battled a threealarm fire at a recycling center. No word on how extensive the damage is or what caused the fire. And Shark Spotting Drones will now be deployed at New York City beaches every day for the rest of the summer. The nypd and and fdny launching the cameras to help scan for danger before beach goers hit the water. Shark sightings and attacks have been on the rise this year. If a shark is spotted, Officials Say the beach will close for at least one hour until the area is clear. And check this out, Heart Warming video, a legallyblind toddler in new york bursting into a big smile after seeing his parents clearly for the first time. His parents learning just a few weeks ago little theo had severe vision impairment, and this was the moment he got fitted for his first ever pair of glasses. I think say this video says it all, and were so happy for theo to finally be able to see. Beautiful. Will thats awesome. Joey look at him. [laughter] oh, thats beautiful. And those are your headlines. Rachel all right. Well, coming up, an incredible rescue caught on camera. Lifeguards form a human chain to rescue a boogieboarder stuck in a potentially deadly rip current. One of the heroes joins us a little later. Will and colleges scramble to chatgptproof assignments as more students use a. I. And other tech to cheat. But next well talk to a Law Professor or whos urging universities to embrace the tool rather than ban it. This is your summer to smile. To raise your glass and reconnect. To reel in the fun and savor every bite. To help you get ready your aspen dental team is celebrating 25 years of Affordable Care with an epic summer of smiles event. Dont miss enjoying a moment, with our onsite labs to help you, fast, and 20 off your denture care. So, whether you need a new look or a quick fix, you can celebrate with a smile all season always at aspen dental. Book today. [city ambience sounds] [car screech] [car door slam] [camera shutter sfx] introducing neds plaque psoriasis. [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, red patches are all people see. 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Carl szabo is the Vice President up and General Counsel for net choice and professor of internet law at George Mason Universitys scalia law school. Professor, thanks for joining us. Really want to get your first thoughts on this, because i read your pov, and you kind of go against the grain on this a little bit. Yeah. I mean, a. I. Is here to stay, like it or not, and it will improve our lives, and it will challenge us. But fear of new technology is nothing new. I mean, we heard when calculators first came into the classroom that it would destroy math, and we still teach arithmetic and, in fact, calculators helped students to do better at math because we can do more advanced calculations at an earlier age. Same things true with a. I. As a professor, ive got to up my game. Cheating has always been around as well, so when a student turns in a paper that just seems completely out of whack with where they are intellectually, what they say in class, thats a are red flag. So as a professor, i can identify when a student is just using a chat bot9 to write theirs sate because it just doesnt match what they were doing just as if they paid somebody to go and write it. So this is something where teachers and professors will have the better know your students and really know the information on the paper because at the end of the day, students are going to use it, and as teachers and professors, we can either pretend that they wont or figure out a way to embrace it. Joey yeah, i guess my question is in math you still have to know what variables to put into the equation even if you dont do the equation yourself, and thats kind of where calculators come in. But with chatgpt, were talking about your ability to communicate an idea. So you have to learn the idea, conquer the idea, but your ability to communicate it, i feel like my 14yearold son, he doesnt talk the way i talk because hes on a phone. Hes communicating in such a different way. Twitter used to have the 160character limit or whatever it was. So do you see a problem here beyond grades, beyond getting an a on the assignment when it comes to going into the work force and showing your skills . Yeah. I mean, thats going to be the ultimate differentiator, because we are going to have to teach people how to communicate. It is an art9 form, and its something that a robot just cant do. When you put something into chatgpt, going to come back with something thats very row bottic, and thats to be expected because its a row bot. So what we need to do as teachers and professors is get away from this whole just write a paper. We need to actually begin to teach communication on an intellectual level. Joey yeah. I teach a Seminar Class for that very same reason because i want to challenge the students. Joey thank you so much for joining us. I agree with you, but it is pretty scary. Professor, thank you. Fair enough. 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