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>> chris: i'm chris wallace. deadly tornadoes killed dozens of people and slammed six states. we have the latest. and the white house under increasing pressure for federal response to rising crime across the country. >> we have concerns about what we've seen. serious concerns about retail theft in a number of cities across the country. >> chris: to stop smash and grabs, mayor's play defense. the fallout from protest and

still... >> the top 20 big cities in this country. >> chris: we will ask outgoing mayor bill de blasio about that and resistance to the sweeping new vaccine mandate for all businesses. then, places serv -- prices sur. president biden says more government spending is the solution. >> my plan is to not add to inflationary pressures. >> chris: what is the real cost of build back better? we will speak with linds lindsey graham, on the senate budget committee. plus, a supreme court ruling keeps in place a texas ban on most abortions. we will ask our sunday panel what it signals for roe v. wade ahead of the midterms.

and our power player of the week. the doctor hoping to create an unlimited supply of life-saving organs. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. emergency crews are searching for survivors and digging through the destruction after a trail of deadly tornadoes -- the largest and most devastating, kentucky bearing the brunt. the governor saying 70 are dead but that could grow to more than 100. steve is on the ground in kentucky with the latest. >> when you see the aftermath of a tornado, you can see the path, one street gets hit, maybe the next street over, it does not

get hit. the destruction is almost complete. the candle factory was one of the largest employers here. on friday, the tornado brought the building down, with 100 workers inside. including a pregnant woman, crying for help. on with the houses, businesses, trees, landscapes, fathers, daughters, coworkers, friends. >> one of my best friends is inside there right now. i'm assuming. we haven't heard from him since the tornado hit about 8:30 last night. >> unfortunately, one of her friends was in the building when the tornado collapsed a wall at this amazon building. some of these people appear stunned, they've lost their

house, car, job, business, records, photographs, everything. chris. >> chris: steve harrigan reporting from kentucky. thank you. now to the spike in crime across the country. at least a dozen major cities hitting all-time homicide records already this year. smash and grab robberies or on the rise. the white house says more guns and the continuing pandemic are behind the crime surge but critics point to leniency's in cash bail. we will talk with the mayor from the largest u.s. city, new york city. mayor bill de blasio. >> chris, the white house and justice department are pumping millions of dollars into fighting crime but city leaders on the ground say it's not working fast enough. >> this bothers me very much.

>> attorney general er merrick garland discussing more than 1,000 murders this year across the country, america's cities are under the microscope and breaking records. >> no regard for others, expecting them to change their behavior dramatically is not working. >> the white house fending off criticism from the national sheriffs association over just how much the biden administration is helping. >> members of our administration have a history of supporting and funding police associations. >> jurisdictions across the country, equaling about $18,000 per jurisdiction.

how is can help? i don't think so. >> on the streets of the big apple, it's not only crime grabbing headlines. mayor bill de blasio's new vaccine mandate will have to show proof of two vaccines. it affects nearly 200,000 businesses. chris. >> chris: david, thank you. joining us now is the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. mayor, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> mayor de blasio: thanks so much, chris. >> chris: i want to start with something you said this week. here you are. >> even looking back at 2020, one of the most difficult years for this city ever, the top 20 big cities in the country -- >> chris: according to the new york police department through last sunday, 6 out of 7

index crimes are up this year, including murder, robbery, and assault. the only one down is burglary. mayor, you know what has been said about lies and statistics. in fact, does your city have a serious crime problem? >> mayor de blasio: we have a lot to do, no doubt about it. index crime, major crimes in new york city are down 11% over eight years. we did it by bringing the police and community closer together. the key is to overcome this horrible patch in the covid era. get guns off the street. the nypd has been doing a fantastic job. yes, there've been problems for sure. more to do particularly in certain parts of the city but i will guarantee you this, and our police commissioner dermot shea

said this, we are going to go back to where we were prepandemic and get safer still. we are the safest big city in america and we will remain. >> chris: but we get to statistics. murder is up 45% over the last two years. robberies are up 4.5% just in the last year. and i want to take a look. i want you to respond to your police commissioner, dermot shea, and what he said just this week about people who are arrested being allowed out without even having to post bail. here he is. >> when you have mass amounts of people put back on the streets that have traditionally been held in jail, you are seeing some of that permeate here as well. >> chris: when you say new york is the safest big city in america and i'm sure you can find statistics to back it up, don't you risk looking out of touch? i think there are a lot of new yorkers who don't feel that.

>> mayor de blasio: chris, look. we got to make sure that not only are we safe but feel safe. both are important. it look around the city right now. the city is thriving. we've come back strong from covid. today in new york city, there is a much safer city family were eight years ago. no question about that. the two years of covid have created immense problems. i agree with commissioner shea. there is some things we need to change with the laws in albany but the nypd is not doing theire community got hurt deeply last year but is being fixed and shield now. we are getting guns off the street. we are going to turn this situation around. i have confidence and the nypd has confidence that we will get back to the prepandemic levels soon and then surpass and become even safer. the statistics show in most of

the city peered there a few places where we are struggling. for example, in the bronx. but most of new york city, where can you back to the prepandemic levels and going better and farther. >> chris: but eric adams who takes over as mayor on janua january 1st ran on a tough on crime platform and one of his main tenants was that he would restore an anti-crime unit you disbanded. here is mr. adams. >> this is a city where we are going to be safe, we will have effective policing that is not heavy-handed. we are going to have the backs of our police officers but hold them accountable to do their jobs. >> chris: when voters elected eric adams, of all the candidates running for mayor, weren't they, in a sense, rejecting you? >> mayor de blasio: eric adams it's one i've worked pretty closely with, i helped him in every way i could to get him elected. i think he's going to continue

what we started and build upon it. he was a police reformer. this is well known. as key to safety, that's what we did with the strategy with enabling more policing. commissioner dermot shea believed we needed to change that plainclothes unit, those officers are now in uniform and they are taking more off the street this year and we've seen in decades. i want to say that commissioner shea thought it could be proven and it has worked. i think eric adams will take everything that has been done and take it to the next level for safety for this city. i have a lot of faith in him that. >> chris: you just imposed a new mandate that all private businesses must have all of their employees vaccinated by december 27th.

no exceptions for "well, if you are not vaccinated, you can get tested regularly instead." why impose what could be the most dramatic and sweeping vaccine mandate in the country just four days before you're going to leave office, sir? >> mayor de blasio: my job is to protect new yorkers. we are going through the worst crisis in our history. we've lost tens of thousands of people in this city. it's been incredibly painful. i've talked to new yorkers that have lost a grandparent, parent, someone they love, i have to keep them safe. >> chris: why not allow the new mayor who is going to come in four days later to impose the mandate if he is going to do it? you are sticking him with that. >> mayor de blasio: it has worked, we are at 71% of all new yorkers. fully vaccinated. we are leading the country. that's because we use incentives and mandates. every single mandate we put in

place has greatly increased the number of people vaccinated, since the first mandates back in august, we've had over a million more doses. that's why the city is open and thriving. vaccination equals freedom. it allows people to get back to work, their lives, be safe wherever they are. school, workplace. it works. that's why we are continuing to deepen it. >> chris: this week, new york city become the biggest city in the country to allow noncitizens -- people that are in this country illegally -- for as little as 30 days to vote in municipal elections. you expressed some concerns about the legality of this law but you said you are not going to vote the mike veto it. why not? >> mayor de blasio: i have mixed feelings about it. i also question the legality of

it. but i trust the city council. this is an important issue but we talked about the central issue, defeating the omicron variant. that's where my focus is. >> chris: let's talk about your focus going forward. there is some talk and you are openly considering running for governor this year. i want to talk about this recent poll. governor kathy hochul who replaced andrew cuomo a has 36% support. 28% had a favorable opinion of you. mayor, do you really have a sh shot? >> mayor de blasio: that poll that you showed, the horse race remind me of every election i've ever been in. i've been the underdog many, many times. it's not where you start, it's where you finish. elections are a chance to tell

people what you've done. we have to change a lot of things in this state. parents need a much better situation for the kids them what they have right now. the school day does not account for parents' schedules at work. i propose a plan to change that by asking those who have done very well so families can have a decent life in new york state. i think people respond to ideas and vision. and accomplishment. i will be going all over the state of new york talking to people about just that. >> chris: in ten seconds, it sounds like you are running? >> mayor de blasio: i have more to say on that soon. over the next few weeks, finishing my term as mayor, my goal and focus it's keeping this city safe from the omicron variant, getting away from the covid era. this is why a tough, strong approach with mandates is what

is keeping us safe. it's one of the safest places in america when it comes to covid and we plan to keep it that way. >> chris: der bill de blasio, good to talk with you today. thanks for joining us here. up next, what is happening across the country with both crime and covid? ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "fox news sunday" is brought to you by pacific life. over 150 years of strength and stability. stability. confidence in every step of you♪ journey. the best parts of being a parent. one of the most important is giving them ways to fulfill them. for over 150 years, generations have trusted the strength and stability of pacific life. because life insurance can help protect and provide for the financial futures of the ones we love. talk to a financial professional about pacific life.

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speak of these are democrat prosecutors deliberately refusing to enforce the law. and when we have crimes, we just aren't going to prosecute them prosecute them. >> chris: josh hawley laying responsibility for the spike in crime across the u.s. squarely on democrats. guy benson of fox news radio, julie pace, executive editor for the associated press, and fox news political analyst, juan williams. julie, certain crimes are up dramatically. not nearly at the level they were in the '90s. we've seen these shocking ima images. every time you see them, it's kind of stunning come of organized smash and grabs.

how big a problem for president biden and democrats, both in terms of politics and is there anything substantively that they can do about it? >> crime is one of those things that can really overshadow basically any other issue for people. if you don't feel safe, if you don't feel like your family is safe in the community, then there's almost nothing else that matters. from a purely political perspective, there is the statistics and in how people feel. if they feel they are living in an era where crime is increasing, they're going to react at the ballot box. when it comes to actual actions, there are some things the administration is considering in terms of federal assistance, the drill advisory groups, former police officers, but for democrats, obviously this trickles down. if people feel like democratically elected officials are not taking crime seriously enough or doing enough to prosecute some of what we are seeing, certainly there could be

some blowback. >> chris: guy, republicans are hammering democrats on the national level on a few points. no bail for nonviolent crimes, prosecutors in some jurisdictions not even enforcing laws, and then there is of course "defunded the police." how much of an issue is it on the national level? >> i would call it trickle up, it might be happening at local levels because as you mentioned, chris, some prosecutors and d.a.s have decriminalized lower level crimes. but that i could trickle up to the white house and certainly to congressional races, i see republicans hammering on this general issue virtually every single day. and the recidivism, the reoffending of people who in many cases get out with no bail or very low bail from that

horrible series of killings in waukesha, and there are people who are dangerous, who should not be on the streets, and i think people feel that. >> chris: even in a city as liberal as new york city -- and i just had a conversation with mayor bill de blasio -- you have people running on a law and order agenda, like eric adams. >> i think we are trying to have safe streets and i'm using's language to hold police accountable -- i spoke to adams during his campaign and he said if working-class people

are told by any candidate that they are going to defund the police, that candidate will need intense police protection. i think governor gavin newsom said texas has a higher rate of crime then california. five of the top states in terms of murder rate per capita have republican governors. when you look at this, i really think it boils down to a gun problem. and right now, close to 80% of all of these murders are being committed with guns. adams wants a really tough attitude toward getting guns off the street. in new york, there's a big issue about stopping and frisking. he is in favor of "stop, talk, and frisk."

i think he doesn't want starsky and hutch on the streets but they do want police, that's what democrats want. >> chris: the mandate for health care workers and businesses with more than 100 workers, here's democratic senator jon tester. >> in the state of montana, folks are saying, business people are saying even though the owners think it's a good idea to get vaccinated, they are saying it puts me in a bind. >> chris: julie, tester and senator joe manchin, two democrats voted to defund or block president biden's mandate for big businesses. >> this is a huge frustration for the biden white house spread they look at the state of the pandemic in the united states and they say there is one way -- and science backs this up -- to get control of the spread of the

virus and that's for more people to get vaccinated. in places where you have had vaccine mandates, you've seen vaccination rates rise and covid cases come down. but if they continue to be blocked by the court, the biden administration says how are we going to get those vaccine mandates up? what's the other method for doing so? then they worry about the economy, our ability to get back to life as normal if rates sit where they are. deep frustration if they think the one way of getting out of the solution continues to be blocked. >> chris: guy, julie is entirely right. covid cases are up, covid deaths are up. end and we have the only crown variant, which we know very little about, is imposing mandates good politics and good public health? >> devote and

block president biden and his team insisted that there would be no mandates from the federal government and then they did some anyone. >> chris: in fairness, that was before the delta variant. the science changed. >> people heard that we weren't going to force people to do something and then situations on the ground change and they say never mind, we are going to do something. i don't think that will sit well with voters. i was struck by something mayor bill de blasio said and he said this in previous comments as well among regarding his very heavy-handed mandate, she has cited omicron as the triggering effect that brought this about. based on what you said, chris, it's true that we are waiting on a lot of good data from omicron but it appears to be significantly less virulent.

numbers have fallen significantly in terms of hospitalizations and certainly deaths like in south africa where it's been circulating for a month. >> chris: we will take a break. we will see you later in the program. up next, senator lindsey graham on what he says is the real cos of president biden's "build back better" plan. my work helps save lives. ♪ my work has gone platinum. ♪ my work gives people hope. ♪ i work at fedex. ♪ take your career to the next level with one of our many open positions. ♪

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president biden social spending bill is not $1.5 trillion as advertised but a staggering work $.9 trillion. joining us now, south carolina senator graham, who says the bill can be paving a path to socialism. it senator, welcome back. >> senator graham: thank you. >> chris: you commissioned the congressional budget office to see how much the build back better plan would cost, to go on for ten years. the cbo found instead of adding $200 billion to the deficit, it will add $3 trillion to the deficit. but senator, the white house says that's fake. if the programs are extended, they will find ways to pay for them. >> senator graham: give me a

plan to pay for them done. president biden said the bill was paid for, vice president harris said it was paid for. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, it's not paid for. it's $3 trillion of debt. what does this mean? the house should revote. the vote in the house was based on a fraud. it doesn't cost $1.75 trillion. it's $4.9 trillion. if this is paid for, i missed it. give it to me. give it to the american people. show us how you're paying for this bill. joe manchin came to me and he said i think this bill is full of gimmicks. these programs will go away, lindsey. they go for ten years, the bill will double. it didn't just double, it went two and a half times.

>> chris: but in 2017, president trump and all senate republicans voted for the tax cuts that added to trillion dollars to the economy and in fact you talk about budget gimmicks, it used the same budget gimmick, for example, saying individual tax cuts were going to end in 2025. here is white house press secretary jen psaki on that. speak of the plan they proposed and passed for and passed into law, in 2017, were to trillion dollars in tax cuts that were not paid for in no way, shape, or form. that did not seem to upset them at all. >> chris: senator, does she have a point? >> senator graham: not really. this bill, "build back better" it's $5 trillion. it's not $1.75 trillion. when they tell you the bill is paid for, they are lying.

when nancy pelosi brought it to the house with a cbo score of $1.75 trillion, that was alive. >> chris: respectfully, what jen psaki is saying and elect oand a lot ofdemocrats are sayi7 tax cuts was alive. that wasn't paid for. >> senator graham: no, we voted knowing that cutting taxes we believed would be good. i never said that cutting taxes -- i voted for cutting taxes. i am against extra spending and the government. the cbo said it cost $3 trillion bid joe manchin, if you are watching, you are right, joe. you got this right. it is alive. it's $4.9 trillion. not $1.75 trillion. joe manchin was right. what the hell are you going to

do about it? give me the offsets. do you raise taxes by $3 trillion? or cut spending? >> chris: on average, spending 21% of their income is spent on child care for parents. prepandemic come up 14% of children in south carolina lived in poverty. by blocking build back better, you would end a child tax credit of $3600 per year per child. senator, just as a practical matter, won't that hurt a lot of families in your state? >> senator graham: families in my state are getting crushed by inflation. 6.8% inflation came out, the highest inflation rate in 40 years. it makes your paycheck go less. it's crushing people who are

working. if you pass build back better, it declares war on fossil fuels and gives tax credits to vehicles made by union plants which hurts bmw and volvo. build back better will be gasoline on the inflation problem. it destroys the ability to extract fossil fuels, gas prices went up 58%, the last thing i want to do is add burdens to working families in south carolina. here's my message to the democratic party. quiquit lying about that bill. senator manchin, i hope you will stand up against us. we need to stop build back better before it destroys the country. >> chris: this week, 14 senate republicans voted with the senate democrats to set up a process, not to vote to increase the debt limit but set up a process so democrats by themselves could vote to increase the debt limit. you were not happy about those

14 republicans, the way this played out. you blasted majority leader mcconnell. saying "it's pretty obvious this will not be received well by the republican faithful, including former president trump." senator, are you that worried about former president trump and his base? speak to the republican senate said we would not lift a finger to help the democrats raise the debt ceiling. we would make them use that reconciliation which they can do by themselves to raise the debt ceiling because that's the process they used it to spend the money. in the end, we did not make them use reconciliation, i don't like that a lot. i like senator mcconnell but sunday republicans voted against this and every house republican but one voted against it.

we promised one thing but delivered another. that was a mistake a mistake. >> chris: in the end, the democrats will end up raising the debt limit by themselves. what we are talking about is setting up a process so they can do it. is that really such a big deal? >> senator graham: it apparently was to every house republican. 70% of the senate republicans, the way we did this is change the rules of the senate on a house bill. we did not use the reconciliation process. here's my point. if we are going to be successful in 2022, we will have to work together as a team. here's what i would say to every republican, if you want to be senate republican leader in the house -- excuse me, a republican leader in the house or senate, and you don't have a working relationship with trump, it's going to be --

>> chris: if you don't raise the debt limit, the country defaults. it tanks the markets, probably puts us in a recession, it means things like social security checks -- >> senator graham: i understand all of that. >> chris: do you really want to play politics with that? speak to time we raise the debt >> senator graham: every time we raise the debt ceiling, what we said as a party is that we are going to make them use the reconciliation process to raise the debt ceiling. the democrats caused this problem, they need to fix it. if you help them, you are this spending. it's really not about the process as much as it's about keeping your word. we let a lot of people down. senator mcconnell has been a great leader on many things but we are going into an election cycle with the wind at our back. we can't do this again but when you look forward to this party, donald trump is the most consequential republican in the

entire history of the republican party, may be besides ronald reagan. you have to have a working relationship with donald trump or it will not work. >> chris: senator graham, thank you. thank you for coming in today. it's always good to talk with you, sir. up next, we will discuss the supreme court's texas abortion ruling and what it means for roe v. wade when we come back with our sunday panel. as experts warn of the effects on well-being caused by the pandemic. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate

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group of people that think they can replace their judgment with hers. because the law will remain in effect as it has for quite some time, already saving thousands of lives and we hope more to come. >> chris: two very different reactions to the court decision on friday. texas abortion law while allowing limited challenges to it, we are back with the panel. julie, the supreme court allowed the texas abortion law to stand and while it said providers can sue, there is a real question as to if they can sue in a way to stop the law. it brings up the question, the separate decision, largely procedural. what does it indicate about what the supreme court may do later this year, this term, with the mississippi law when it comes to roe v. wade and whether it is allowed to stand? >> the ruling on friday left

this narrow opening to sue but it's extremely narrow. that raises a lot of concerns for people that would like to see abortion rights continue in this country. and what the court will do with this larger case around the mississippi law. really signaling pretty clearly that they are willing to substantially restrict abortion rights or perhaps even overturn roe completely. that decision on friday is going to raise the concern about where that ruling will go on the next couple months. >> chris: guy, if the court ends up in the mississippi case to sharply limit roe v. wade or perhaps even overturning it, how big an issue does abortion become in the 2022 midterms? >> it'll certainly be an issue and should that happen, should roe be curtailed or supplanted,

when it comes to the national picture on abortion, i know some democrats say this would really energize our base and could turn the election but i think polls suggest that americans are focused on on th -- on a lot ofg issues, not just abortion. i did see a pullback in texas, ground zero with this restrictive new law, it's been in place for weeks and governor abbott who signed the bill into law is leading his opponent by 15 points, i think it's a guessing game how much it would actually affect races. i think there is a spin on both sides so far. >> chris: juan, it's just a fact of political life in america but for 50 years, pro-life advocates have been an extremely powerful force. certainly in the republican

party. let's assume this all flips and roe v. wade goes away, how effective or powerful do you think the pro-choice forces would be in politics as we head into the 2022 midterms? >> i think you are right, chris. for the last 50 years since roe v. wade was put into law, abortion opponents have been on the march, on the offensive to try to end roe v. wade. if it flips as you described it, what you will see is that people wear for abortion rights in this country will be on the offensive. they will be marching and saying that they are protecting women's rights. they also will have a powerful message to take to voters. right now, according to -- 59% of voters agreed to keeping roe v. wade's status as it is. a matter between a woman and her

doctor. the number one issue in all midterms is turnout and what you get of course is that the economy is the number one issue but in states where you have governors races, legislative races as guy was referring to, this will be a big issue and lead to increased turnout especially among one very critical group: suburban white women. democrats are thinking that is absolutely to their advantage. >> chris: let's turn to the biden-putin phone call. about 100,0 100,000 russian trot the ukrainian border. >> i look you in the eye and tell you as president biden told president putin the things we did not do in 2014, we are prepared to do now. >> chris: julie, what are your sources at the white house telling you, do they think that president biden made headway and if so, how much?

with vladimir putin. >> they feel good about a couple of things. they feel good about the message that biden delivered. they think he was extremely tough and clear as jake sullivan said that their measures beyond what the obama administration did that the biden administration will be prepared to do. they also feel good about the unity between western allies. unity on russia between the united states in the europeans, they feel they are in lockstep with those european leaders. the big question is how putin responds and that's how don't know if they made any progress. if he backs off his posturing in ukraine. >> chris: there's been some criticism of president biden because he didn't block the lord stream gas pipeline from russia

but if putin were to go ahead and they believe germany will support them and cut off the nordstream pipeline, that's something that putin cares a lot about. >> there threats that are on the table to go far beyond just the pipeline, which i do think was a mistake by biden. i was pleased to see yesterday that he started to sound a little bit tougher. the question here is vladimir putin, what does he think he can get them get out of an invasion of ukraine and is the deterrent effect with the threats that are being put out there and mentioned, will that change his calculus? over the last 10-15 years, with the west has done has not stopped him. he does what is in his interest. is this time really different? are the threats being made explicitly or implicitly enough? i don't think we've a great

answer to that yet. >> chris: finally, juan, you got big news this week about your nephew, chris williams. tell us about it. >> chris, we are so thrilled. chris was 1 of 12 -- 1 of 10 people picked to join nasa's class of 2021 astronauts. he will go onto training in houston. we were thrilled with chris when he graduated from stamford, mit, harvard medical school. we are thrilled that he is now becoming an astronaut. we are all out of space on this one. >> chris: when did you know chris williams had the right stuff? >> when he was a little boy and he was wearing a onesie that had astronauts on it. he has always had the ambition

to be an astronaut and it has come true. >> chris: was that onesie the aspiration of his parents are him? >> i think it was him. that's how you get to mit, stanford, harvard medical school. [laughs] >> chris: thanks, panel. see you next sunday. up next, "power player of the week." the surgeon that has made a breakthrough in organ transplantals. ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause it's all right ♪ ♪ oh, it's all right ♪ you booked a sunny vrbo ski chalet. with endless views of snow-covered peaks. ♪ ♪ a stove that inspires magnificent hot cocoa.

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>> chris: right now, they are more than 100,000 americans on the waiting list for an organ. each day, we lose 12 of them. but what if there was a way to unlock the tragically short supply of organs? here is our "power player of the week." >> we are only able to supply about 25% of the organs that are needed for the people on the waiting list each year. >> chris: dr. robert montgomery at the organ transplant institute on the urgent need for organs drove him to a medical breakthrough. the first ever pig to human transplant. >> it's using a nonhuman organ and transplanting it into a human. >> chris: the genetically engineered pig kidney was attached for 54 hours to a deceased donor who had been kept on life support. >> the transplant went really

well. in fact, the kidney behaved and looked just like a human kidney. >> chris: it was a major test of whether xeno transplanted organs was a key. what did you need so that human recipient wouldn't reject it? >> we knocked out a particular gene that has been lost during evolution from pig to man. so we can avert rejection. >> chris: this is personal for montgomery, who was just 15 when he lost his father to heart disease. >> one of the doctors at one point mentioned a transplant and said at age 50, he was too old. that's stuck in my head my whole life. >> chris: montgomery went on to become a world-renowned transplant surgeon. but he has also faced troubles. >> i have had the sudden cardiac arrests and have been

resuscitated from them. that has heightened my resolve and resilience to really try to make a difference. >> chris: in 2018, montgomery needed help. he turned to the team he had created. how did it feel when the team he put together was going to give you a heart transplant? >> i hired them because they were the best in the world. i'm doing great. i had complete confidence in them. >> doing fantastic. >> chris: montgomery is married to the opera star denise grace. how does it feel to be married to an actual diva? >> she is outstanding. we refer to opera singers as divas, for sure.

>> chrwe are probably a year oro away from the first living human trials. >> chris: he's hoping all the work he has put into this research will save lives. >> i've been a doctor and patient my entire career. that's my unique thing. it's my duty to make the very best of that. >> chris: montgomery says that the trials go well, pick kidneys could be available for regular transplants to humans within ten years. finally, a personal note. after 18 years, this is my final "fox news sunday." it's the last time and i will say this with real sadness, that we will meet like this. 18 years ago, i was told i would never have interference with the guests i have on the show, to cover the stories i think are important, hold these countries

leaders to account. it's been a great ride. we've covered five presidential elections, interviewed every president since george h.w. bush, traveled the world, sitting down with francis emmanuel macron and russia's vladimir putin. and i got to spend sunday mornings with you. it might sound corny but i felt we built a community here. there's a lot you can do on sunday mornings. the fact that you've chosen to spend this hour with us is something i cherish. but after 18 years, i have decided to leave fox. i want to try something new, to go beyond politics, to all of the things i'm interested in. i'm ready for new adventure and i hope you will check it out. and so for the last time, dear friends, that's it for today. have a great week. and i hope you will keep watching "fox news sunday." watching "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪

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