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00:00After months of global trade wars, a federal appeals court says most of President Trump's tariffs are illegal.

00:07The tariffs stay in place for now, but the ruling sets up another Supreme Court showdown on the limits of President Trump's authority.

00:14Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs his state's controversial new district map into law.

00:19California is making a counter move, but now another red state is looking to jump to join President Trump's push to widen the GOP House majority in next year's May.

00:28Good afternoon. I'm Mike Emanuel in Washington, in for John Scott, and this is the Fox Report.

00:40More on those stories in a moment. First, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is deploying a thousand more cops to the Bronx after a surge in shootings this week.

00:50C.B. Cotton has more. C.B.?

00:53Hey, Mike. Well, across the city, the NYPD touts a record low number of shootings from the start of the year through July.

01:00But city leaders are now confronting what appears to be a shooting surge in the Bronx.

01:05Incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams, running as an independent, says in addition to more police patrols, he wants to speak to gang members to try and tackle the issue.

01:16We're going to reach out to the notable gang members, the shooters, the trigger pullers, and see if we can sit down around the table and talk about how do we end this violence.

01:27Just one day after Adams' Thursday remarks, three people were injured in a shooting near a Bronx church.

01:35Officers are now searching for two suspects who got away on a moped.

01:39Adams' political opponents are also weighing in with how they'd address the violence if in charge.

01:45Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, also running as an independent, has pledged to hire more NYPD officers citywide.

01:51We need 5,000 additional police officers, which will bring the NYPD back to full force.

02:03Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa has said he'd welcome National Guard troops and he wants tough prosecution.

02:12Why don't we lock them up?

02:15His 2020 comments on defunding the police and pledged to maintain the NYPD headcount.

02:21This week on the campaign trail, he appeared to speak once again to his pledge on creating a Department of Community Safety,

02:28which would mean shifting responsibilities such as mental health calls away from officers into the hands of other professionals.

02:37I want to make sure we can keep our police on the force, and part of that is listening to them.

02:41All this talk about crime in the city comes at a time when President Donald Trump has said

02:48that he's eyeing federal intervention in New York City's crime policies.

02:52But during a meeting this past Monday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish told U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi

02:58that the city doesn't need the National Guard and that the NYPD has crime under control.

03:04Mike.

03:05CB Cotton starting us off live. CB, thanks very much.

03:08While Mayor Adams steps up his crime fighting in the Big Apple, President Trump's hoping to expand law enforcement nationwide

03:15after seeing success here in Washington.

03:18This, as a recent AP poll, shows a majority of the country thinks crime is a major problem in big cities.

03:26Let's bring in former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould.

03:29Justice Gould, welcome.

03:32Thank you, Mike, for having me.

03:34So, President Trump's talking about taking his crime crackdown to Chicago.

03:38I want to play the reaction from the governor and the mayor there, and I'll get you to react to it, sir.

03:44We want most of all is for Donald Trump to help us to fight crime with civilian law enforcement.

03:56But we don't welcome troops to the city of Chicago.

03:59We do not welcome troops to the state of Illinois.

04:02They would rather send the military into our cities and address poverty.

04:09They would rather occupy our city with soldiers than allow themselves to be taxed so that we could fully fund education and provide housing for everyone.

04:21Chicago's had the most murders for 13 consecutive years.

04:25Doesn't that suggest it's a time to change things up?

04:27Well, Mike, this isn't a college seminar where we're trying to come up with creative ideas for a thesis.

04:36This is reality.

04:38These people are suffering from violent crime.

04:41And so the idea that you don't want to stop gangsters and murderers and rapists from preying on your population is asinine.

04:52No one is talking about taking away due process or any constitutional rights.

04:57President Trump is just talking about bringing in assets to help make those communities safe.

05:03You can see with Mayor Adams, he's acting responsibly by seeking more police.

05:08These other mayors, like Mayor Johnson, are acting completely irresponsibly.

05:13To that point, the Associated Press polls suggest that the country believes that crime in our major cities is a major problem, 81 percent, with 53 percent approving of President Trump's handling of it.

05:26So would it be wise for these blue state governors and blue city mayors, excuse me, would it be wise for them to accept some help from Washington?

05:36Well, that would certainly be the beginning of wisdom, but they don't seem to have any common sense on this issue.

05:44The American people elected President Trump on this issue.

05:48And that support is across the board.

05:51It includes young people and minorities, of course.

05:55So the idea that we're going to protect people from violent crime is an issue that we had a referendum on it, Mike.

06:04And what the president has been doing in D.C. is certainly an example of how we can make communities much, much safer.

06:13Here in D.C., there's been a great deal of criticism about basically youthful offenders being treated like children.

06:19Is it time for these big cities?

06:22For years, it's been under the control of the president and Congress, despite some confusion of the Home Rule Act.

06:28But I can tell you, I've been in the law for over 35 years.

06:31I was a prosecutor. I was a trial court judge before I got on the Supreme Court bench.

06:37Of course, we need to crack down on youth crime, especially violent crime.

06:41And I want to emphasize, excuse me, what President Trump said.

06:45Harsh but fair.

06:47What on God's earth is wrong with that?

06:49And trying to stop these young people from being embedded in these gangs, being indoctrinated into a life of crime.

06:57Of course, we need to stop it right now.

06:59Justice Andrew Gould, thank you very much for your time and your analysis today, sir.

07:05Thank you, Mike.

07:09President Trump is doubling down this holiday weekend after a federal appeals court struck down most of his tariffs as illegal.

07:16The ruling doesn't take effect for several weeks.

07:18And the White House says the fight is far from over with plans to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court.

07:25Lucas Tomlinson is live at the White House with more.

07:28Lucas?

07:29Well, good afternoon, Mike.

07:30Of course, tariffs have been a major part of President Trump's economic agenda.

07:35Now, this appeals court says they're unlawful.

07:38And the president will be taking this to the Supreme Court, he says.

07:41In fact, his Treasury Secretary, Scott Besson, says these tariffs have brought in over $500 billion to the American coffers to help reduce the debt and deficits.

07:51And the president wasting no time taking a true social short time after the ruling, saying, quote, let's read it together.

07:57All tariffs are still in effect.

07:59Today, a highly partisan appeals court incorrectly said that our tariffs should be removed.

08:04But they know the United States of America will win in the end.

08:07If these tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the country.

08:11Next slide, please.

08:13Now, with the help of the United States Supreme Court, we will use them to the benefit of our nation and make America rich, strong and powerful again.

08:22Now, the case is not only expected to go to the Supreme Court, that appeals court, by the way, Mike, here in Washington, ruled seven of four, upholding that lower court ruling that the president had usurped his executive power by using that 1977 law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, of course, which does not actually mention the word tariffs.

08:41The Constitution gives Congress the power to tax and lay and collect duties.

08:45The Emergency Powers Act can only be used, quote, in an unusual and extraordinary threat.

08:50And the court ruled there is no national emergency.

08:53Here's Treasury Secretary Scott Besson talking about tariffs in the courts with our own Brett Baer at the beginning of the summer.

08:59Your thoughts on this on again, off again, judicial tug of war over tariffs?

09:04Well, Brett, it seems highly inappropriate for the judiciary to wade in here when the Senate had the opportunity to override the president and didn't.

09:16Well, there's been some concern, Mike, that tariffs would raise prices for consumers.

09:22One area touted by the White House is the price of gasoline.

09:25A lot of numbers there on the screen, Mike, but it shows that the lowest price of gas this Labor Day weekend is this year compared to the last five years, lowest five years ago.

09:35Now, inflation has been creeping up for four straight months, but still well within getting close to that two percent goal the White House wants to see and the Federal Reserve, perhaps because inflation has been creeping up.

09:47It's why the Federal Reserve has not lowered inflation rates, Mike, much to the president's dismay, of course.

09:53Lucas Tomlinson live on the North Lawn.

09:54Lucas, thanks very much.

09:56For more on this, let's bring in Republican Congressman Daryl Issa of California, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

10:04Congressman, welcome.

10:07So this is the tie there.

10:09This appeals court judge says that President Trump's tariffs exceed his authority.

10:15Undoubtedly, this will end up at the United States Supreme Court.

10:19How do you react to this latest news?

10:22Well, thanks for having me on.

10:23And let's nuance this for a moment.

10:26They may or may not rule on behalf of the president as to a particular statute.

10:31But when it comes to the president using his national security authority to protect America for many things, including, for example, all the rare earth minerals coming only from China and that being used as a weapon and so on.

10:46He has used his tariffs as part of a national defense strategy to make America strong.

10:52That is so clearly within the president's authority.

10:56And quite frankly, it's something where Congress did a poor job.

11:01The Chips Act tried to throw money at onshoring capability, but did little or nothing, actually, to put in line more than 80 items that we cannot live without and we cannot get from any place other than China.

11:14So the president is doing exactly what his tariffs as an opportunity to cut a better deal with allies and adversaries trying to level the playing field.

11:24Does this undercut his ability to negotiate with foreign partners?

11:29No, just the opposite.

11:31The president's made it clear that the primary goal is reciprocal fairness.

11:37And he's done a number of deals, some with small countries, some with fairly large, including Britain.

11:43And in every case, at the end of it all, the two parties have walked away realizing that they have a sustainable, reciprocal relationship.

11:51But he's also made points, for example, with India, who is a bad actor when it comes to buying oil that, in fact, is fueling people being killed in Ukraine every day.

12:02So the president is using these tools in two ways, and we have to support him because what he's doing is essential to American security.

12:12We know the markets and investors do not like uncertainty.

12:15Do you worry that this court ruling could hurt the markets when they reopen next week?

12:22Well, you're sure right on that.

12:24The fact is that we're heading towards certainty every day.

12:29The president is closing these deals and giving the market a direct path to do business.

12:36If the court turns this upside down, we're going to have to do a reset.

12:40It means weeks or months or even a year before we get back where we are today.

12:45We can't go backwards.

12:47We shouldn't go backwards.

12:48It's very clear.

12:49The court should look and recognize that although the president has a number of things he's accomplishing,

12:55the key one is he's making America secure and self-reliant, and he has to do that for national defense.

13:03You only have to look at the aggressive behavior by our adversaries, including China and Russia,

13:08to realize that we're at the last possible moment to do what he's doing, and he's got to be allowed to do it.

13:15This president is doing what no other president would do, but many should have done for decades before this.

13:21Congress passed a huge portion of the Trump legislative agenda in the big, beautiful bill.

13:27I'm curious how it's playing back home in your district,

13:30considering it's likely to be a central issue in next year's midterm elections.

13:35This bill is playing very well in California.

13:38The combination of recognizing that the SALT deduction for those not necessarily making the largest incomes,

13:46but large enough to have been adversely affected was taken care of.

13:50But a host of other things were done.

13:52But most importantly, what the president did is he kept my constituents' taxes from going up.

14:00He kept businesses from having to deal with a massive tax increase.

14:04A tax increase, by the way, would be far greater than any tariff.

14:08Do you find that people like it more when they get to know what's in it,

14:12considering it's such a huge piece of legislation?

14:14Well, if you're looking for something to like in a bill, you'll find it.

14:19If you're looking for something to dislike, you'll probably find it.

14:22But in the case of this, on balance, my constituents are very, very pleased.

14:27They're particularly pleased with the certainty that the tax advantages that they've seen

14:32that are helping America be competitive, that, quite frankly, got us through four years

14:36that were pretty bad under Joe Biden.

14:38And that tax, and by the way, the tariffs, neither one of which were changed during Biden,

14:44was one of the reasons that we didn't have a terrible recession under a lackluster administration.

14:50So, yes, they're happy.

14:52But candidly, they're asking me about the next step.

14:55They're asking me about the next agenda.

14:57They want to see the rest of the president's agenda.

15:00And that's what we're going back in just a couple of days to go to work on.

15:03Congressman Daryl Issa, the great state of California, thanks very much.

15:10A setback for the Trump administration in its immigration push.

15:14A live report on that is next.

15:19With a number of ministers, he is the most senior official killed in the Israeli-U.S. campaign against the Houthis.

15:26The strike came days after the Houthis launched a ballistic missile toward Israel,

15:31which Israel says carried the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023.

15:37A federal judge last night blocked the Trump administration's fast-track deportations of people caught far inside our southern border.

15:44The decision temporarily stops a key element of President Trump's mass deportation strategy.

15:50Madeline Rivera has the story.

15:52Madeline?

15:54At issue here are migrants who are arrested far from the border, not those who are captured near the border.

15:59And that distinction is crucial because the federal judge presiding over this case says non-citizens,

16:05once they enter the country, are afforded due process.

16:08For background, expedited removals have been in practice in the U.S. for nearly three decades.

16:13It traditionally applied to people who were caught within 100 miles of the border

16:17and who had been in the country for fewer than 14 days.

16:20In January, the Trump administration expanded the authority for non-citizens arrested anywhere in the U.S.

16:26if they cannot show they've been in the country for two years.

16:30That is what Federal District Court Judge Gia Cobb says is the problem.

16:34Cobb, a Biden appointee, says,

16:36In defending this skimpy process, the government makes a truly startling argument

16:40that those who enter the country illegally are entitled to no process under the Fifth Amendment,

16:45but instead must accept whatever grace Congress affords them.

16:48Were that right, not only non-citizens, but everyone would be at risk.

16:52Cobb also argues the government risks removing people who have been here for more than two years.

16:56But a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security says, in part,

17:00the judge ignores the president's clear authorities, adding,

17:03The previous administration facilitated an invasion of our country at the southern border.

17:07DHS is exercising its full authority under federal law

17:11by placing illegal aliens who have been here for less than two years into expedited removal.

17:16This comes as the White House says it's ramping up its immigration crackdown in sanctuary cities,

17:21calling it a national security and public safety concern.

17:25Mike?

17:25Madeleine Rivera, thank you.

17:29Friday's court ruling is one of many hurdles the Trump administration faces

17:33in its fight against illegal immigration.

17:35Still, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says 1.6 million illegal aliens

17:39have already left the U.S. on her watch.

17:43Let's bring in Jay Shabria, Managing Director for Public Affairs for Mad Global Strategies.

17:50Jay, welcome.

17:52Hi, Mike.

17:52So what do you believe the impact is of this court ruling on President Trump's illegal immigration push?

17:59Well, a few things to remember.

18:02As your reporter rightly said, this was a Biden appointee, and she's gotten into some tussles before

18:06on some other immigration issues.

18:08She is consistently trying to slow down Donald Trump's effort to stem illegal immigration

18:14to make sure that it gets under wraps.

18:15But she's not going to be successful in the long run.

18:18This is no different than what all these liberal judges have been doing, these Biden and Obama appointees,

18:23and we're getting used to it.

18:25The American public, they're still our age, but we're getting used to it,

18:27and they're finding other ways to do it.

18:29Look, as you said, 1.6 million illegal immigrants have left this country under Kristi Noem and Donald Trump,

18:35and that's an amazing statistic.

18:37You know, one of the things that I was thinking about today, her whole argument seems nonsensical to me.

18:46She's saying basically she's not, like, finding fault with the process.

18:49She's not finding fault with expedited removals.

18:51But what she's saying is that if you're in the country, you can't remove them expeditiously.

18:56Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

18:58It seems like they're creating a caste system amongst illegal immigrants.

19:02If you're in Nebraska or if you're in Iowa, you've got more of a say or more of rights than someone on the border.

19:07It really doesn't make any sense, and I think the American people are going to see through it.

19:10Borders are.

19:11Tom Homan sounds determined to finish the job.

19:13Let's play him.

19:14I'll get you to react.

19:17You're going to see a ramp-up of operations in New York.

19:19You're going to see a ramp-up of operations continue in L.A.

19:22And, you know, Portland, Seattle.

19:24I mean, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country,

19:32especially those cities, we're going to address that.

19:35We know for a fact they're releasing public safety threats, illegal aliens to the streets every day.

19:40That's where we need to send the majority of the resource, and that's where they're going.

19:44Bottom line, does this need to be sorted out with the Supreme Court?

19:48Well, I think it's going to go to the Supreme Court, definitely.

19:50But, you know, like what Tom Homan is saying is in these cities, that's where a lot of the problems is, in these inland cities.

19:55And, look, I was actually watching a local NUSA package in Boston where my daughter goes to school.

20:01Housing has become all of a sudden more affordable, and what the package determined was it's because of Donald Trump's immigration policies.

20:07I always hear these liberals and these left-wing Democrats going on these podcasts talking about how we need affordable housing.

20:14Well, Donald Trump's delivering affordable housing in the cities because of his immigration.

20:19You should be cheering, but it's because it's a Donald Trump policy they're trying to push back on it.

20:23And, look, these judges are going to do this all the time.

20:25We know that.

20:26But at some level, we're going to get more judges because of Donald Trump, more conservative judges in there,

20:30and this policy will not be able to be stopped.

20:33How does this issue play with the American people?

20:36Is it along partisan lines?

20:37No, I actually don't think this is a partisan issue at all.

20:40This is probably like a 70-30 issue for Donald Trump and Republicans.

20:45The more he gets stopped by judges, I think the more of the American people who absolutely...

20:50Scott, and this is the Fox Report's bottom of the hour.

20:53If you're just joining us, here's a look at some of our top stories.

20:57Portland, Oregon, public schools sent kids home two hours early on Friday.

21:01Administrators citing unsafe classroom heat, with most schools lacking air conditioning.

21:06Officials warn more early dismissals could come next week, with temperatures forecast to top 100 degrees.

21:14A kidnapping suspect led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles County,

21:20eventually crashing near Point Doom.

21:22Three children were inside the stolen vehicle, including a toddler.

21:27The suspect escaped on foot, leaving the children behind.

21:30All three were airlifted to UCLA Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

21:34And millions are hitting the road this Labor Day weekend, and most travelers can expect dry and pleasant weather.

21:41Heavy rain and flash floods could affect parts of the plains and the Gulf Coast, so drivers there should stay alert.

21:48Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed what he calls the, quote, one big, beautiful map into law, as California mounts a tit-for-tat redistricting proposal.

22:01However, another red state announced its plans to redraw maps looking to boost GOP control of Congress.

22:07Christina Coleman has the latest.

22:09Christina?

22:10Hi, Mike.

22:12The redistricting battles are definitely heating up.

22:15Yesterday, Missouri's governor announced he's going to call a special session to redraw the state's house districts.

22:19He released a proposed map that targets a seat held by a Democrat in the deep red state.

22:25I hope the legislature will work together to pass this map and critically needed IP reform to stay true to our Missouri-first values.

22:35This is about clarity for voters and ownership of our future.

22:40President Donald Trump commended the governor's efforts on True Social, writing, quote,

22:45He just called a very special session to begin passage of a new, much fairer, and much improved congressional map that will give the incredible people of Missouri the tremendous opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 midterm elections, a huge victory for our America-first agenda.

23:02So we'll see how this all plays out.

23:03Texas is now the first of what-

23:05There's fairer representation in the United States Congress for Texas.

23:10Texas is now more red in the United States Congress.

23:13And here in California, voters will decide in a special election in November whether to approve a redistricting plan that could slash five Republican-held House seats.

23:24Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is among a growing list of Republicans criticizing this effort.

23:31However, Governor Gavin Newsom says he pushed for this plan after Texas Republicans and President Donald Trump announced their redistricting plan in the Lone Star State.

23:40I'm not going to submit myself to niceties, not when this guy is trying to wreck our country.

23:49Meantime, Republicans maintain there's nothing rigged or unconstitutional regarding the new congressional map in Texas.

23:55So, again, we'll see how this all plays out with all these redistricting efforts.

23:59Ultimately, Democrats need a net gain of three seats to win control of the House.

24:04Mike?

24:05Christina Coleman in Los Angeles.

24:07Thanks very much.

24:07Joining me now is Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon.

24:13Congressman, welcome.

24:15Thank you, Mike.

24:16So, the Republican leader of the California Assembly is blasting Governor Gavin Newsom.

24:21I want to play it.

24:21I'll get you to react, sir.

24:24The person who doesn't believe in free and fair elections is Gavin Newsom.

24:29Because he is right now, you know, after after the last election where we actually had some pretty big gains here in California, where many voters started voting differently.

24:39He's trying to change the map so that we are denied our ability to get representatives of our choice, taking Republican members of Congress down to seven percent.

24:49Well, we make up about 40 percent of the voting bloc in California.

24:55Congressman, what do you make of California's reaction to Texas?

24:58Well, I have mixed feelings.

25:02I know what's motivating Republicans is the state of Illinois.

25:04When you look at how egregious that gerrymandering is in Illinois, and that leaves Republicans in other states saying, why didn't we do the same thing?

25:13And I feel for the Republicans in California because they've already been gerrymandered.

25:17There's only nine, I believe, Republicans in California out of that big state of 50-plus members of Congress.

25:23So, you know, I totally can empathize with the gentleman's opinion there.

25:30But right now, if all the states gerrymander, the Democrats and the Republicans, the Republicans will pick up about 10 seats.

25:37That's because the Democrats have done it a lot better in the past than Republicans.

25:42And I think Republicans are saying, why should we give this advantage to Democrats?

25:46I think it's gotten a little out of control.

25:48But if you're Republican, you look at Illinois, you say, you know, we should do the same thing.

25:54The problem is they hate to see this happen every two years.

25:57We should get a little stability.

26:00What's motivating us is Illinois.

26:03How does it play out, in your view?

26:05Does it ping pong from red states like Texas and Missouri to California and another blue state?

26:13Yeah, you're going to see, you know, Texas will definitely pick up some Republican seats by doing this.

26:17I imagine if you're a Democrat in Texas, that does not make you happy.

26:21Obviously, it did not.

26:22We'll see it in Missouri.

26:24You may see it in Ohio.

26:25But the Democrats are going to try to do the same thing in California, maybe New York.

26:29By the way, New York did redistricting, you know, two years ago.

26:34So this is not just a Republican issue.

26:38But in the end, Mike, if both sides do this, the Republicans are going to pick up seats because the Democrats have been more effective at this in the years past.

26:46So what's at stake here, sir, in terms of next year's midterms and what that means for the final two years of the Trump presidency?

26:54Well, right now, the country is so evenly divided, you're going to see maybe swings of 10, maybe on the top side, 15 seats in these elections, unlike in the years past where you'd see 40 or 50.

27:07Which means if you can pick up 10 seats through redistricting, you know, a net gain, that is a significant number for either party, right?

27:20So this will have an impact, I believe, in the midterms.

27:24And how it will affect people's voting?

27:26I don't know they'll have that significant effect.

27:29I do believe in a midterm year with your president, with your party in the White House, it's always a little more uphill.

27:36So the Republicans are going to have our work cut out for us in 2028, just based on history, you know, and go back 100 years, that's what's been happening, right?

27:45So we've got our work cut out for us.

27:47However, with the tax policies and the energy policies, the immigration policies that we're working on, I hope the voters will see a lot of progress and reward that.

28:00It's a little too early to say, though.

28:01Congressman, it's been four years since the haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan.

28:06As someone who has worn the military uniform of the United States, what are your reflections, sir?

28:13Well, I've never been more angry in my life than a president.

28:16When this happened, it was a botched withdrawal.

28:20I disagreed with President Trump when he was negotiating with the Taliban without the Afghan government.

28:25So I've been free with my criticism there, and I thought the plan, the initial plan from President Trump was not good.

28:31However, it was conditions-based, and the Taliban did not meet those conditions.

28:36And President Biden made a decision on his own to disregard those conditions.

28:42I don't know if it were anyone who was going to Comic-Con.

28:45We're going to be in the same time as an adult.

28:47The Taliban was the same.