as we wait this today. good morning, everybody. 9:00 in new york. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is good to be with you again. secretary mayokas will go before the house homeland security committee at the top of the hour and appeared before the senate yesterday. it reignited republican calls to remove him from office. he said the expiration of title 42 that begins in may will fuel a surge of illegal crossings. one estimate putting the number at 11,000 a day. mayokas did not dispute that number. dana: lawmakers pressed him on reports that migrant children are being forced to work at factories and slaughterhouses. watch here. have you seen this report from the new york times migrant children work brutal jobs across the united states? have you seen this? i have. let me share with you what we are doing. have you seen these numbers? reports of trafficking and abuse of migrant children. you can see a massive surge that begi
they want to get back to reading, writing and math. dana: top personal priorities in the american dream survey. my children and family was the top at 58.7%. the next after that is health and healthcare. you could almost put those two together is how strongly people feel. the other thing you found, though, is you asked why do people think the country is on the wrong track? call for number three shows government at 34%. then the economy and again i think you can put those two together as well as crime. the government is required to help protect the people and also to help provide the condition for a strong economy and the government is the thing that people are frustrated with. that s right. government and politics fit into that category as well. people are tired of partisan politics and ready for results. this survey is interesting because it is not just your typical poll. we didn t create the ideas and go to the american people. we let the american people tell
work. they ve just assumed they are non-adversarial. gillibrand is the chairwoman of the subcommittee. the hearing starts in an hour. bill, there is a public portion and classified closed portion. that closed portion will certainly fuel perhaps more questions and conspiracies. bill: like to be on the ladder. it would be interesting. nice to see you in d.c. dana: inflation, rate hikes and recession fears oh my. it is no wonder public pessimism has hit a high. 69% of americans say they hold a negative view of the economy. they do not expect it to improve any time soon. frustrating for a white house who maintains jacque heinrich that the economy is great. the highest percentage of people in the survey s 17 year history saying they hold negative views about the economy now and in the future. only 12% of people in that survey saying they feel
costly. how can a first-time buyer get a good deal. michael corbet. i do, i do. gretchen: talk about the stats. homeownership part of the personal american dream? according to the american dream survey. 92 percent of that survey range plan to buy a home in their lifetime and twen percent have a positive outlook on homeownership . 31 percent that are rening plan to buy. gretchen: that is good. because we went through a housing bubble . a lot of people lost their story. let s talk about the good news aspect. the good news you can get in a home that is affordable. it is call would a starter home. we have three examples. in the beautiful state of oklahoma. this is tulsa.