oregon. dan. reporter: yeah. hey, rich. as you know, very few democrats have chosen to campaign with president biden this year, but when he asked if he could come out to oregon and help with the run for governor, tina said come on out. biden s three-state western spring began in colorado where he appeared with senator michael bennett who looks to be pretty safe there. he attended fundraisers in california and now he finishes up in portland. he gives a speech on lowering cost for american families. cotech is locked in a three-person race, and it s been locked up for months. betsy thompson, most believe is taking more support from the democrat than from the republican. she attacks cotech relentlessly over the dual crises of homelessness and crime. in a statement she said, quote, i hope biden comes more often so that portland will clean up more of the trash and tendencies that tina s created between the airport and downtown portland. kotek has been pretty much in lockstep with
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
year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor s, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. th
a preemptive measure, they decided to argue the negative that electing republicans in the future wouldu be akin totu electing terrorists who would seek to blow up our entire system. this is just an extraordinarily dangerous course for republicans to be taking in terms of our democracy. republican party can no longer say that they don tst agree with the insurrectionists, with the bigots, with racists. there may now be people aligned with white supremacists who are in congress. how do youou protect the country from them? it could be that we havean a republican majority in congress this fall and iff that happens, you may see republicans in congress wanting cut the money tot the department of justice to turn the lights. we may lose our democracy. ge the attorney general issued ominous warnings. the top domestic violence extremist threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocated for the superiority of the white rac
Keep up with the fast pace of orders. Now. Californias new 20 minimum wage aims to help those workers keep up with the states rising cost of living. A vast majority are adults. About a quarter have children of their own, and the pay is so low right now that one half of all fast food workers in the state either themselves or have a Family Member whos relying on one of our social safety net programs. Ken jacobs is cochair of uc berkeleys labor center. He says the new law applies to some half a million employees at chains with more than 60 stores. It creates a new Fast Food Council as well, made up of industry and unions to address future wages and working conditions. Some major chains including mcdonalds, chipotle, starbucks, jack in the box and shake shack say they will have to increase prices. We have soft sales. We have declining traffic counts. This bill, ab 1228, has really hit our operations hard, were no longer hiring. Were not back filling positions. Another Franchise Group owner