general of louisiana and missouri allege the white house worked with social media companies to suppress freedom of speech. how damaging could this be for the white house? constitutional law expert jonathan turley here to weigh in just ahead. sandra: begin america reports on this monday afternoon with a major wake-up call from our nation s report card. the fed revealing decline in children s test scores in the country, biggest drop we have seen in decades. it follows the devastating closures due to covid that kept millions of children out of the classrooms. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. great to start the week with you, john. john: good to start with you too. 15 days to the midterms, on average, fourth grader math dropped five, eighth graders plunged eight. sandra: reading scores dropped three points since the pandemic started, the decision to close schools and along with parents rights have made education a key issue in the midterm elections.
new york and california now under pressure. michigan. we ll take a look at the governor s race. we ll take a look at those. these are the headlines, this is what is being talked about today. politco, big republican gains. the washington post, democrats fear that the mid-term map is slipping away from them. and axios is showing a red tsunami. president biden moments ago said this. so far we re running against the tide and we re beating the tide. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. it s going to shape the way this country looks like for the coming decade. he did zero campaigning over the weekend. let s bring in fox news contributor josh kraushaar. these are the senate toss-up races as you see them and as we see them. nevada, arizona, georgia, pennsylvania. let s take a quick look at arizona. this is a race that at one point the senate leadership committee said, blake masters is on his own. right? now this thing is tightening up.
jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser in new york. breaking news in the united kingdom, the country s third prime minister in seven weeks has officially been decided. rishi sunak is, therefore, elected as the lead of the conservative party. you heard it there, rishi sunak, britain s former finance minister will take over for liz truss who resigned last week after 44 days on the job. we ll talk about the latest twist in this political turmoil. does the u.s. have a triple-demic on the horizon with the covid, the flu and respiratory viruses on the rise. you re seeing a tidal wave of sweeping across this country right now. but we start with crunch time before the midterm elections. two critical states begin early voting today. with 15 days to go, polling shows historic levels of voter enthusiasm with 70% of registered voters expressing high interest in this election. that
the vice president s residence here in washington, d.c. all sent by republican governors who have pledged to make a point about the crisis they see at the border. the white house called it inhumane to use migrants as political pawns. this comes as one of the products of the border crisis. the opioid outbreak the boom of fentanyl hits home for returning college and university students. we have fox team coverage tonight. increasing danger from the fentanyl laced drugs. reaction to the republican governor s moves, but we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the southern border as he has been tonight he is in eagle pass, texas. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. just a few days ago vp kamala harris repeatedly insisted that the border is secure. now texas governor greg abbott said he has decided he has to bring the border toker had. early this morning, that s exactly what happened. two migrant buses sent by the state of texas arrive near the 100 mipgs greg a
Bret im sorry. I couldnt help it. I will tune. In thank you. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, former President Donald Trump says the quarter billion dollars civil Fraud Lawsuit against him is a scam. The former president making the comment as he arrived at the Manhattan Courthouse where the trial began. He is accused of deceiving banks and insurers. No one is above the law. During opening statements, the state argued trump and his family routinely filed inflated financial statements. But trumps team disputes that. Arguing value is subjective. And determined by what someone is willing to pay. Trump argues his brand brings additional value. While Attorney General james claims the former president routinely lies about his net worth. This is disgraceful trial. Put forward by Attorney General who is corrupt. Were going to be here for months with a judge already made up his mind. Its ridiculous ruled trump and others including his adult sons eric and don