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pressed jen psaki on this. we will get your reaction. >> instructing border agents to refuse ride along requests from reporters? that is a lot of folks on the ground are hearing. >> coordinated his apartment of homeland security and the logistics of press access. >> during the trump administration you promised to be the most truthful and transparent administration and oversee the department of homeland security so if you want to grant access to the press couldn't we tell dhs to do it? >> we support transparency and i would encourage you to talk to the part of homeland security about cross access, what you're trying to accomplish at the border. >> your reaction? >> you have to watch what politicians do, not what they say. sometimes when people act like they don't care it is not an act. this is all smoke and mirrors by president biden, doesn't want people to see what is going on and he's not going to change his practices. he or the people making sense believe in open borders. they said we are going to send fema d

carley: jen psaki. calling the border surge a crisis. this has reporters claim president biden taking a page out of the trump playbook and turning to mexico to stem the flow. we are live in washington. benjamin: shots of hope, the us marks a major vaccine milestone. live report on pending cdc guidelines to get more kids back to class. carley: never too late to follow your dreams, a world war ii veteran gets a high school diploma. the ceremony you don't want to miss. "fox and friends" continues right now. ♪♪ nothing standing in my way ♪♪ benjamin: good morning glad to be with you coming from london and new york today, it is 9:00 in the morning over here. it is world sleep day. i hope everyone got their sleep. carley: i will celebrate that, i can guarantee you of that. benjamin: i wonder at this hour who is watching. if you're up at 4:00 am, this is the place you should come and you can enjoy the morning with us so thanks for joining us. good morning to you. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. carley: the ho

james: another foreign entanglement for hunter biden came up in a press conference with jen psaki that she indicated he is a part owner of an investment firm called bhr can you tell us about that. >> bhr is behind the harvest rft is of chinese private equity fund i would put private in quotation marks because it's funded by the chinese government and they set this vehicle up in 2013 hand is basically run by chinese financial professionals and then they have a couple of americans that they added to the board of directors, one of those would be devon archer hunter biden's business partner and hunter biden himself and we know by the terms of the deal he was put on the board and he was basically given an equity stake in the firm and the bottom line i raised from the beginning as we talked about before, there's no logical explanation as to why hunter biden is on the board of this entity, he has no backing a private equity and no background in china and the point is this 10% equity stake by some estimate from scholars at the university of chicago and elsewhere could be worth 30 or $40 millio

that's what jen psaki was telling reporters when she was pressed multiple times, what's happening on the order and to get a taste of what she said, here's the briefing earlier today. >> children, presenting at our border, who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations, is not a crisis. we feel that it is our responsibility to humanely approach this circumstance, and make sure they are treated with -- treated and put into conditions that are safe. i will say that, you know, these photos show what we've long been saying, which is that the -- these border patrol facilities are not places made for children. they are not places that we want children to be staying for an extended period of time. our alternative is to send children back on this treacherous journey. that is not, in our view, the right choice to make. >> she is acknowledging that, yes, they are seeing a record number of people at the border. the question is how long is it going to take and the other thing, brianna, is transparency here, because you heard jen psaki reference photos,

jen psaki said both sides need to be heard. she found what is going on uncomfortable. this is the same jen psaki who attacked senator susan collins as a quote fake feminist coward to vote to confirm brett kavanaugh. there seems to be a bit after double standard critics are pointing out, kristin. your final word? >> that is exactly right. multiple high level democrat left-wing women have still remained silent on the cuomo situation despite passionately objecting to brett kavanaugh's confirmation on the supreme court due to decades-old, unsubstantiated claims. kamala harris and elizabeth warren still said nothing about cuomo. yet they were the ones spouting the believe all women talking points, saying that kavanaugh had no place on the court. so it has become clear for a lot of democrats, not all of them, a lot of them the "me too" movement was all about politics and not protecting women. elizabeth: okay. kristin, thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: coming up fox news contributor jason chaffetz. the biden administration, people in w

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but it wasn't so obvious to press secretary circle back jen psaki. she told reporters she would need to circle back on this issue. take a look. >> president putin extended an invitation to's beloved to canute the conversation. he's asking for a live stream open direct dialogue tomorrow or monday and this is something you would consider? >> i will have to get back to you if that's something we're entertaining. i would say the president already has a conversation already with putin that he is not yet engaged with. >> sean: let me tell you the straight up truth will freeze over before joe biden is ever allowed to debate vladimir putin. because vladimir putin would clobber him in any debate, that is sad. at this point, now you've got jen psaki doing a disservice to the administration and you the american people she doesn't try to answer the most basic of questions. i think we know why, the white house wanted questions from reporters in advance in the daily b story. but tonight, i have good news for joe biden. tomorrow is friday, guess what, joe, you get

psaki claims transparency is what you'll get and dignity and. specht is what these people get and it's just completely opposite of that they're not in a dignified situation they've got thousands of people sleeping elbow to knee and be towed to nose you know stacked on the floor so tight they have to sleep on their side and they can't roll over and that's a complete embarrassment for the by the ministration they're not even testing those people and i'm sure thousands of them do have various viral loads and are bringing them across to infect ordinary americans who are not as yet completely vaccinated so that's another great danger that is being forced on the american people in the name of this fraud because they want this story off the headlines when you ask biden when the transparency is going to be delivered by his administration he says i don't know they're up to something else this is not a matter of trying to help impoverished people from from 3rd world countries become americans and reap the benefits of residence here this is not about that.

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get to see. it just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own who we might quote of his using that language. while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis rad

here's what jen psaki said. watch. >> we feel that it is our responsibility to humanely approach this circumstance griff griff this as the "new york post" reports that the cartels are using these unaccompanied minors to smuggle their members into the united states and as we spend more time in the swelling migrant camp we are learning more about the treacherous journeys they are making. we met one migrants who says will tijuana he was kidnapped. watch this. >> i was getting up in the first day i came here. i load everything, i load a lot of things that i bring. griff: meanwhile, as this camp here, tries to figure out how they will get across the border, hoping that president biden will help them despite the administration saying don't come, the business owners and residents around this migrant tent camp are getting very frustrated. here's what one pharmacy owner told us. >> that's my question every day, what's going to happen with these people and the business. because it's killing us one way or the other. i mean

press secretary jen psaki says we could get one by the end of the month but did not offer a date. with the president gearing up to sign the massive stimulus bill and border crisis. sounds like a good time to hear from the commander-in-chief and answers to actual questions from the media. kristin fisher is live at the white house for us. day 48, kristin. >> that's right, harris. president biden is preparing to sign the second largest stimulus package in u.s. history while simultaneously contending with the mounting crisis we're seeing at the border. so the timing is really ripe for a formal news conference with the entire white house press corps and if you take a look back at history you can see that the last 15 presidents had all held one at this point in their presidency. but instead of holding his first real news conference the white house is preparing for the president's first prime time address 8:00 p.m. on thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the covid-19 shutdown. white house press secretary jen psaki said president biden will hold his first formal news conference so

chris wallace asked jen psaki about whether or not rolling back the trump policy hurts this country. she could not give him any credit. our border was secure and last week joe biden lied to the american public when he said more people, more illegal aliens are returning back to their own country. that's a lie! we have been bombarded. not only who have covid, but they are given hotel rooms and accommodations unlike our national guard troops and our homeless populations. it's an embarrassment at the southern border. >> we have to leave it there, but coming up we will talk about president biden's economic, tax hikes for wealthy americans and corporations as he rolls out the next phase of his recovery plan. it could come with a $3 trillion price tag. we will debate that next. ♪ ♪ today's all-time low interest rates plus get cash. with home values climbing, now is the smartest time ever to turn your home's increased value into an average of $50,000 cash. refiplus. it's new, it's only for veterans, and it's only from newday usa. [tv announcer] come on down to our appliance superstore wh

press secretary jen psaki is not budging. here she is at yesterday's briefing. >> look, i don't think we need to sit here and put new labels on what we have conveyed is challenging and a top priority for the president. >> will he acknowledge there is a crisis? >> first the president and this administration's focus is on digging out of the dismantled and inhumane immigration approach of the last administration. >> i don't want to sound like a broken record at what point does it become a crisis? >> well, i would say i don't think we need to meet your bar of what we need to call it. >> harris: oh wow. meanwhile house republicans are asking for a second time for answers in a letter now they again ask dhs secretary mayorkas what is the plan when it comes to handling the massive migrant surge? and we do have back with us now jose i come to you first. >> first and foremost i agree with the press secretary. i think what we have to do is get to the bottom of it. we have had crisis, republicans know it. we've had migrant crisis every s

we bring you the greatest masterpiece of press secretary jen psaki. lara logan will circle back on that next. e world's needs while creating a cleaner future for all. at chevron, we're lowering the carbon emissions intensity of our operations, investing in lower-carbon technologies, and exploring renewable fuels of the future. we work hard to care for the homes we love. but it's only human... to protect the one we share. >> at this point is the crisis worse? >> i don't think we need to sit here and put labels on what we conveyed is challenging, we conveyed a top priority is for the president, what are policy teams are working on single day. we have a trip to the border this weekend. >> laura: there was a trip? how lovely. obviously the biden administration's border cover up is totally falling apart. but white house press secretary jen psaki wasn't done gaslighting the public just yet. listen to her excuse why immigrants are now flocking to our southern border. >> immigrants are fleeing countries were individuals and families are facing prosecution, fl

they are going the other way and it was amazing to watch jen psaki say we don't have the facilities to hold these kids but it is not a crisis all in the same breath. they can't do catch and release with children. it's the one group of people, the unaccompanied children, you can't just turn out onto the sidewalk. in your introductory report is under 12 years old. families go to the border. shove their kids across. it would be talked about as child neglect and here our government is the next chain in the human smuggling operation. >> harris: we find out they have these colored brace lets. human smugglers are using a system of colored wrist band to information on the wrist bands used for smuggling organizations. they note whether or not they were paid for coming across. an adult on the southern part of the border had to pay or what affiliation with smuggling groups they might be. this is so dangerous for the kids. one last word on that. >> absolutely. chip roy talked about this. you have mexican officials speaking anonymously about how dangerous this is and we're going to see again it is

on friday jen psaki confirmed that president biden intends to sign executive orders on gun control. this as we see the new story surfacing about hunter biden and what he talked to his therapist, his ex-wife talked about his own guns. there's a report from politico that it appears hunter may have lied on his gun background check form that he wasn't a drug user. if this was anything having to do with anything about you or your brother, i know that you go shooting and hunting from time to time, you would be mud but there's no conversation whatsoever about this in the press about hunter biden and, of course, those business deals is another angle here that he has with chinese companies and international companies as well. that's gone. jen psaki the other said she doesn't know the story that the wife of the mayor of moscow sent 3 and a half million dollars to hunter biden years ago. that's also a fact that's been documented. eric: first of all, if i got 3 and a half cents from the wife of the mayor of moscow i would get -- you check, yes, right. the second is have you been discharged from

but it wasn't so obvious to press secretary circle back jen psaki. she told reporters she would need to circle back on this issue. take a look. >> president putin extended an invitation to biden to continue the conversation. he's asking for a live stream open direct dialogue tomorrow or monday and this is something you would consider? >> i will have to get back to you if that's something we're entertaining. i would say the president already has a conversation already with putin that he is not yet engaged with. >> sean: let me tell you the straight up truth, -- will freeze over before joe biden is ever allowed to debate vladimir putin. because vladimir putin would clobber him in any debate, that is sad. at this point, now you've got jen psaki doing a disservice to the administration and you the american people she doesn't try to answer the most basic of questions. i think we know why, the white house wanted questions from reporters in advance in the daily b story. but tonight, i have good news for joe biden. tomorrow is friday, guess what, joe, you ge

jen psaki: hi, everyone. what is going on around here.

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get to see. it just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own although we may quote of his using that language. well the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis r

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get the ok just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own although we might quote of his using that language. well the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the u.s. border is indeed a crisis r

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you'll have access to everything once we get to see. it just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own who we might quote others using that language while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis r

today, i spoke, one on one, with white house press secretary jen psaki. and asked her specifically about the vaccine supply, coming to california. >> governor newsom announced, yesterday, that he is expanding the vaccine eligibility. which was great news for californians, and a bit of a surprise. because on the local level, our county-health official's saying the supply just isn't there, yet. so, it -- it's coming? >> it's coming. and that's great news for the people of california. i will say, one of the steps we are also trying to take is to expand the number of options people have, in terms of locations to get the vaccine. so, the president has announced that he is -- we're now funding more than 900 community-health centers around the country. we are expanding mass-vaccination sites. places, where people can go with their entire family, of people who are 16 and older, of course, to get these vaccines. expanding the supply that's going to pharmacies, around the country. another place, that's -- people are really going. they can pick up toothpaste, and al

then you have the press secretary, jen psaki saying they shouldn't come. if you're young and you show up, we're going to let you in. the cartels know this. the smugglers know this. they're marketing the biden strategy to these countries. >> without a doubt. the message from the president has to be very direct and concise. do not come here illegally. if they do, they need to return people and have them processed in their countries. you have to show that image. the other message that is being heard is really the friends and neighbors saying guess what, pedro, i was able to come across. you need to come over right now. the third message like you said, the cartels are aggressively marketing the messages and what has happened is, they make money. if you had 100,000 people that passed in february and the average amount is about $6,000 per person, that is $600 million for one month. that is a lot of money. >> trace: why not just reinstate the trump policies that appeared to be working? >> well, you know, i support the title 42. it's a 1944 law. we need to do that

listen to what white house press secretary jen psaki said today about what to expect next from this administration. >> what the american people will hear from him this week is part of his plan, the first step of his plan, to recovery includes an investment in infrastructure. he'll have more to say later in april about the second part of are his recovery plan, which will include a number of the pieces you talked about. health care, child hair, addressing that. the total package we're still working out but he'll introduce ways to pay for that and eager to hear ideas from both parties as well. >> the answer how biden is looking to pay for this infrastructure deal tie into other bigger democratic pushes we've seen? >> one is mitigate income inequality. it's risen for generations, exasperated further by the pandemic. president biden's call for raising taxes if you make more than $400,000 a year and rolling back tax cuts from president trump would help mitigate inequality and use the money used to fund president biden's infrastructure, clean energy or what jen psaki talked about. health care and child c

chris wallace was pressing jen psaki on that access yesterday. listen. >> at this point, in terms of allowing access to border patrol facilities for reporters, you are being less transparent than the trump administration. >> well, first of all, chris, the trump administration was turning away kids at the border, sending them back on the treacherous journey or they were ripping kids from the arms of their parents. we're not doing that. we are committed to allowing cameras into the border patrol facilities, absolutely. griff: we'll see whether or not there is the media access, rather than what you're seeing now is a bit of a controlled video released by the administration. this is what they want you to see. but of course they don't want you to just freely see everything. carley: you're absolutely right. white house press secretary jen psaki said they're committed to allowing cameras into the facilities. that is false. they allowed one camera into a facility that is considered the aspiration alphas it, it's what they want you to see, but there are a

great to see you. >> great to see you. >> martha: i listen to jen psaki. she says we're working to try to create more transparency. it's not that hard to do if you genuinely want to do that. but you're also very familiar with how difficult it is to deal with these situations when there's a crush at the border and there's family and children involved. >> absolutely. she has this refrain. she said it today and said it yesterday. we remain to transparency as if it's a phrase and not so much a concept that they're really looking at implementing. it's striking that today, the cameras that are being let in to what they're calling an aspirational facility, it was created under the trump administration in 2019. so the trump facility is aspirational 1 they're allowing the cameras into. they're now allowing them to the obama era cage facilities that. trump took so much blame for. so it's easy to commit the transparency, to find the way around covid. test the reporters. it's not hard. dhs is stonewalling and now allowing her to make good on that transparency promise.

they know -- jen jen psaki even saying that they could do it sooner. so is this easy or will therebe some challenges? >> good afternoon. you know, you through the distinction appropriately up front, you said that there is a difference between eligibility and when this reality will actually set in and people at least hopefully 75% to 80% of the country adult aged eligible population gets vaccinated. we don't expect that likely to occur end of june or early july. but we'll get better with the max clinics, we'll get better with scheduling. we know it has been difficult. but those things will smooth out and i think that it will get easier and i think that it is achievable by the end of june. >> what are the numbers like for these get-togethers once we are able to have them, is it five people, ten people, 20? are we expecting to get more concrete guidelines on that? >> cdc, those guidance, the guidance that was released a few days ago, that is a living set of guidelines and they know that they will be updating them once more people have vaccines in arms, yo

you watch jen psaki up there, the whole thing is about transparency and honesty. we'll always tell you what's going on no matter how bad it is. the message has evolved to don't come now. how do they fix this? >> a couple of things. when i was press secretary, i used to describe how i would spend about 50 or 60 of my time talking to the president and the administration. the other 50% of the time, you spending time advocating for the rights of the press. and in this case, i don't know what gen khaki is trying to fight for that, there's no question that the pressure is coming not just from fox news, this comes from everywhere, including photographers. one of whom from geddy images had to go to the mexican side to take pictures. this has never happened before. this is a process point. we come to work every day. we're covering stories. they cover protests. you can cover things safely. we know how to do that a year in the to the pandemic. >> martha: one reporter said he was peeled off of the congressional trip when they realized he was a reporter and told him he had to

jen psaki said he was leveling d the president doesn't believe this is the time to lift restrictions. responsibility the media on his -- aren't the media on joe biden's here. >> we shouldn't lose or sense of humor here around name calling. president trump did a little bit of it. i don't excuse president biden's neanderthal line. i think lifting the mask mandate at this point is probably not the smartest thing to do the comment and the way the president framed it allowed that message to be lost in some ways but texas ranks 48th out of 50 in vaccination rates. florida, which is about to see an influx of party goers because of spring break, the highest rate of inspection for the uk variant is in florida. the concerns are real. this is not to be critical of a governor or a president. this toys be mindful of the science and the facts around this virus. we are so close to the end of this in so many ways, i think the president was trying to say this is not the right time to let up. thankfully, businesses in texas are still requesting, urging people to wear masks when in stores. howie: let me

. >> i have to ask you, jen psaki who was asked earlier who would be impacted by a future tax hike, gave a curious answer. let's take a listen. i want your response to this. >> he said on taxes, anybody making more than $200,000 will see a small or significant tax increase. to clarify, did he mean individuals or households? it wasn't very clear. secretary yellen has referred to households before. >> families. yeah. >> there's a significant difference between an individual making $400,000 and a household making $400,000. >> there sure is. that sounds like a change to me. i covered biden on the campaign trail. he's refrain over and over again is if you're making $400,000 a year or more, you'll be impacted by this. people making less than $400,000, you don't have anything to worry about. in august, he said there wouldn't be a need to tax people making less than $400,000. he doesn't want to impact the middle class. if this is going to households where people each making $200,000 and they fall into the $400,000 category, that's a significant shift. >> a game changer. thanks. i want the opinio

on friday a jen psaki confirmed thatnt president biden intends o sign executive orders on gun control. this as we see this new story surfacing about hunter biden and what he talked to his therapist how biden his ex-wife talked about his own guns. there's a t report from politico that its appears hunter may hae lied on his gun background check form. that he wasn't a drug user if this has anything to do with do with anything about you or your brother you go shooting and hunting from time to time. you would be mud but there's no conversation whatsoever about this and the press about hunter biden, and, of course, those business b deals is another ange here. that he has with chinese companies and international company as well. that'sni gone. jen psaki other day said she doesn't know story that the wife of the mace mayor of mast cow spent three and a half millions to hunter biden years ago. meanwhile that's also a fact that has been documented. >> first ofn all, if i got three and a half o cents from mayor of moscow wife i would be in jail rest of my life you know that second of all we're s

psaki for her reaction about this, jen psaki said both sides need to be heard, this is the same jen psaki who attacked senator susan collins as a fake feminist coward devote contempt for brett kavanaugh. there's a double standard people are putting out. >> that's exactly right multiple high-level democrat left-wing women have remained silent on the cuomo situation despite passionately objecting to brett kavanaugh confirmation on the supreme court to decades-old of substantiated claims, kamala harris and elizabeth warren has said nothing about cuomo and they were the onein spouting believe all women talking points and saying kavanaugh had no place on the court, it's become clear not all democrats but a lot of them the. >>: movement was all about politics and notab protecting women. elizabeth: thank you for joining us we appreciate it. coming up jason chaffetz the biden administration and people in washington are saying impeach him that donald trump did rattle themp biden team on key policy mistakes on jobs, energy, lockdown in the border butig not all republicans are shined on to tru

that's one heck of a position to put jen psaki in every day because she will get those questions. thank you very much. the critics going after the biden administration after the homeland security secretary says there is no crisis at the border. again let me repeat that. he said there is no crisis at the border. even as customs and border patrol reportedly are redeploying hundreds of their agents to help with the crisis at the border. illegal crossings rising. former acting ice director tom homan is here with his take and part two of my exclusive sit-down with kayleigh mcenany. she opens up about her relationship with the press during her time at the lectern and how things have changed for. >> there is a certain mod couple of respect that reporters and those at the podium should have for one another. the audience will be well aware of some of the reporters who were more interested in being political operatives let's say than journalists. wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper fo

the white house is ignoring that instead they are pivoting to a plan c as jen psaki said looking at how to get some type of wage hike done down the line. >> jasmine wright. thanks so much as usual. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. democrats determined to spend big to rescue the economy and address the income inequality. senator elizabeth warren wants to tax the ultra wealthy to pay for it. >> this is a tax that hits only the top 1/10 of 1%. we're talking a lot about fairness in our tax system. adding 2 cents in a wealth tax means they're still getting a great deal but it's time for them to pay a fair share. i am completely confident that this is a constitutionally responsible way to do it. >> she's proposing an ultra millionaire tax, 2% income tax on the net worth of households and trusts between $50 million and billion dollars. billionaires would face a 3% tax. now she has to convince washington and her own party's treasury secretary. janet yellen said this would be, quote, too messy to implement. they need to talk. she said once a wealth tax is put in place it would not be hard to monito

psaki claims transparency is what you'll get and dignity and. specht is what these people get and it's just completely opposite of that they're not in a dignified situation they've got thousands of people sleeping elbow to knee and big toed to nose you know stacked on the floor so tight they have to sleep on their side and they can't roll over and that's a complete embarrassment for the by the ministration they're not even testing those people and i'm sure thousands of them do have various viral loads and are bringing them across to infect ordinary americans who are not as yet completely vaccinated so that's another great danger that is being forced on the american people in the name of this fraud because they want this story off the headlines when you ask biden when the transparency is going to be delivered by his administration he says i don't know they're up to something else this is not a matter of trying to help impoverished people from from 3rd world countries become americans and reap the benefits of residents here this is not about that.

host: jen psaki in the white house briefing room yesterday. we are talking about potential tax hikes as the biden administration considers its next round of major spending on climate change issues, infrastructure issues. tax increases on the table for corporations and high income earners. hearing from you on whether you support those increases. it was last week that the top republican on the house ways and means committee warned that tax increases are coming, especially as the biden administration looks ahead to this infrastructure deal. this is republican kevin brady last week on fox. [video clip] rep. brady: tax increases are coming. there is no question about it. they intend to parrot within an infrastructure bill, although they are spending almost $2 trillion with almost no impact on the economy, but they are thinking more memorial day, packaging tax increases on businesses, income, perhaps payroll, wealth, energy, in that type of bill. they do not intend to have any discussions with republicans. they made it clear. they do not see a need

we will carry that live with jen psaki. meanwhile a crisis after covid change the world. still no clear path to school for millions of children. so how do we move forward as a country? our panel is here, martha maccallum, the mental impact of those closures on children. plus the latest on biden crisis and brand-new details emerging from the sexual misconduct allegations against andrew cuomo. jam-packed two hours coming up. live as "america reports" begins at the top of the hour. >> harris: a school in new york city defending itself after releasing guidelines for preferred language on campus that discourages the use of words like "mom," dad, parents because it could be considered inappropriate but why? that is my question. the episcopal school said those words make assumptions about a child's home life. it is all part of the grace church schools new inclusive language guide which suggest using terms like grown-ups, folks, or family. instead because they promote a sense of belonging for all students. however, critics are charging the guide is another example of how woke ide

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get the. ok just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own who we made quote others using that language while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis radio ho

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get to see. it just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own who we might quote others using that language while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis radi

psaki claims transparency is what you'll get and dignity and. specht is what these people get and it's just completely opposite of that they're not in a dignified situation they've got thousands of people sleeping elbow to knee and big toe to nose you know stacked on the floor so tight they have to sleep on their side and they can't roll over and that's a complete embarrassment for the by the ministration they're not even testing those people and i'm sure thousands of them do have various viral loads and are bringing them across to infect ordinary americans who are not as yet completely vaccinated so that's another great danger that is being forced on the american people in the name of this fraud because they want this story off the headlines when you ask biden when the transparency is going to be delivered by his administration he says i don't know they're up to something else this is not a matter of trying to help impoverished people from from 3rd world countries become americans and reap the benefits of residence here this is not about that.

you know, roy, we have heard from the president, we have heard from jen psaki. they are going to let the cameras in just not right now. why won't they let them in right now? >> i can't speak to the timing of whether or not they will let media in. the fact of the matter is what's in place today and what's in place during the obama administration and during the trump administration, the detention cells that are designed are utilized by the border patrol weren't designed for containment of children and families. they have been existence for decades. one of the things that we have asked for or border patrol has asked for is the ability to revamp and reinvest in its detention capabilities. i think what's often overlooked is the fact that there is a type night dollars toward border enforcement. when you have a surge of this nation it draws away from the mission of the border patrol, operations those funds are now dedicated to the care and well-being of these populations. steve: something going on right now and griff jenkins had it as part of our lead story today is th

psaki claims transparency is what you'll get and dignity and. specht is what these people get and it's just completely opposite of that they're not in a dignified situation they've got thousands of people sleeping. and big code to nose you know stacked on the floor so tight they have to sleep on their side and they can't roll over and that's a complete embarrassment for the by the ministration they're not even testing those people and i'm sure thousands of them do have various viral loads and are bringing them across to infect ordinary americans who are not as yet completely vaccinated so that's another great danger that is being forced on the american people in the name of this fraud because they want this story off the headlines when you ask biden when the transparency is going to be delivered by his administration he says i don't know they're up to something else this is not a matter of trying to help impoverished people from from 3rd world countries become americans and reap the benefits of residence here this is not about that. as coals gro

psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get to see. it just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear. now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own who we made quote others using that language while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the us border is indeed a crisis radio