john: we are going to talk to the first term assemblyman looking to unseat one of the most powerful democrats in congress and in a district that president biden won by double digits. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. boy, sandra, getting exciting. sandra: here we go, two weeks from election day. sandra smith in new york, crime is the talk of many here in this city, but it s happening in american cities and towns all across the country. we begin with covid at this hour. president biden and his party accused of exploiting it and what critics called the consequences of their refusal to move on from it. it s a fox news alert. john: kicking things off, more than a month since president biden told the american people the pandemic is over. the damage done from how the president and other democratic leaders handle the pandemic may last forever. sandra: the worst drop in children s test scores in decades, after the most