resources in what might be proof that nothing is safe these days, even a memorial to allison was not spared from cold hearted crooks. john: ali s father is going to join us to discuss his heartbreaking loss. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: that s a place i know well, and new orleans also dealing with out of control record high crime in that city, too. i m sandra smith in new york. ali s father, he ll be joining us this hour, but begin with 49 days until the voters decide the balance of power in d.c. and those brand-new fox news power rankings are out showing the headline few could have predicted. first time control of the house of representatives is now in place for democrats. john: possibility democrats keep control of both houses of congress, something no party in the white house has managed to do in decades, going all the way back to 2002. it s a fox news alert. when we talked about the midterms a
dana: president biden thinks democrats are cruising to victory in 12 days. his white house is nervous that they are running out of gas. president biden driving more than 100 miles per hour while behind the wheel of a classic corvette on jay leno s car show. it s his last ditch effort at courting gop voters. mr. biden hopes his gear head reputation will appeal to some parts of the republican base. it s true. but politco reports his administration is not feeling the same need for speed. anxiety is growing that republicans will capture one chamber of congress and possibly both. with those fears, president joe biden will stay on the sidelines. biden did make time to travel to dem friendly syracuse, new york. he had this to say about the economy. great economic report today. the gdp report. things are looking good. dana: things are looking good, greg, especially when you re behind the wheel of a classic corvette. greg: i get their anxiety over the mid-terms. it s logical.
there was nbc news correspondent miguel almagor letting you know that actually that assault on paul pelosi in san francisco that you read about last week, that story was a whole lot stranger than you ever imagine. according to almagor, citing several law enforcement sources with direct knowledge, it was paul pelosi who opened the door for police when they arrived. now, you ll remember that authorities had previously told us that the intruder, david de pape, had broken into paul pelosi s bedroom on the third floor of the house and woke him up. yet somehow both pelosi and to paper on the ground floor. by the time police got there. moreover, according to almagor pelosi in the paper had been together in the house for at least half an hour. and yet, strangely, they both seemed fine with police present almagor reported paul pelosi, quote, did not immediately declare an emergency or leave his home. instead, he, quote, walked back several feet toward the assailant and away from p
atlanta. reporter: hi, anita, 2 and a half million georgia voters have cast ballots in early voting setting new midterm election record. high turnout comes despite democrat gubernatorial candidates claims voter suppression. during the pandemic emergency rules introduced absentee ballot drop boxes but after democrats won georgia s elections for president and both u.s. senate seats in 2020, the republican controlled legislature passed a new election law requiring each county to have at least one drop box but also requiring the drop box be kept indoors and only accessible during voting hours. democrats are also opposed to new requirements for voters to provide the number of a driver s license or state id card in order to obtain or submit an absentee ballot. but georgia s republican secretary of state says the new id requirement solves an old problem. we have been sued by the democrat party and republican party over signature matches saying it s subjective. what did i say back
he was the one who came out and said flatten the curve, and that flattening the curve kept going on and on and on. now, when it comes to schools, he s not telling a fib here. in july of 2020, i interviewed him and he said we have to get the schools open by the fall, but note he had already set a policy of lockdowns and closures that were extended to the schools. so the issue of collateral damage, mental health effects, socialization, nutrition, eye care, the mask overuse, the issue of not being with your peers that we were so worried about was extended and he talked about it in july 2020, but i think the horses were already out of the barn. we saw from other parts of the world that you could leave schools open and the spread did not increase. john: to that point, dr. siegel, it s one thing to say we want the schools to open, but it s another to set conditions or be among the people setting conditions that make it impossible for those schools to open. and at the same time, t