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.
darren shaw, chris anderson, two members of the fox news decision team will join us in moments. plus, charlie hurt, josh is here. american s suburbs, republicans and democrats spending the last six days of the campaign delivering final pitches to some of the country s most important voting blocks. hello, john roberts in washington. six days left, sandra. sandra: this is america reports. brand-new wall street journal poll shows a huge swing among white suburban women. shift of more than 27 points to republicans in just three months. we are watching several key races across the country, typically blue districts, that are moving towards republicans as crime and the cost of living top the minds of suburban voters. especially women. look no further than virginia 7th congressional district, miles from the nation s capitol, big names hitting the campaign trail, vega is looking to unseat the incumbent democrat. spanberger will be joining us today. sandra: and kellyanne conw
different country. that is right the liberal to help keep classrooms close to talk about keeping the kids in the classroom. welcome back as america reports rolls into our two. sandra smith and i m happy to report it is friday. trace: and we have a big second hour, sandra, trace gallagher in four john roberts. the irony in the visit to ukraine, a new report shows the very serious price of covid on kids education as a key testing measure for college hits rock bottom. sandra: we will tell you ahead all new at 2:00, but first, we start with this fox news alert. california dreaming or california nightmare? americans outlets feeling the squeeze of inflation and biden s energy crisis with the highest gas prices nearing $7 a gallon again. trace: i saul $6.99 driving in this morning. president biden in the golden state right now just one stop of a west coast swing to tout his massive spending plan and out just 25 days before the midterms. sandra: prices are still right t
and why she s resonating with voters there. and glenn youngkin will talk about how he was propelled into the governor s mansion last year. this has developed into a big storm, that means the impacts will be far and wide. it will bring heavy rain, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge, along with isolated tornado activity along florida s gulf coast. there is going to be an interruption of power, plan on that. understand that will happen. florida governor desantis warning people to prepare for the worst as hurricane ian inches closer toward the gulf coast of florida. hello, i m john roberts, good monday to you. jacqui: good monday to you, john. i m jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the hurricane s exact path is uncertain but what s clear is the storm is rapidly intensifying as forecasters warn it could strengthen into a category 4 system by the time it reaches florida. john: churning west of jamaica and south of cuba, expecting catastrophic damage. this as the na
alert to southwest florida, president biden has just landed and is set to get a first land look at the devastation there unleashed by hurricane ian. the president will also be meeting with governor ron desantis of florida during the trip as the region faces what could be ears of rebuilding. hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. and a big welcome to bret, i m sure you heard the voice and thought that s bret baier. bret: good to be with you, bret baier here for john roberts. one week since the category 4 hurricane ian made landfall with historic winds and storm surge. damage estimates are staggering, as high as $50 billion. sandra: the numbers continue to climb. the president expected to reaffirm the commitment to rebuild during remarks a short time from now. bret: the storm killing at least 109 people in the u.s. so far. sandra: so heartbreaking. alexandria hoff is in fort myers beach, what is the president s plan? yes, he s going to get a unique view of this off