and he was a hero. everyone looked up to my big brother, lieutenant colonel bobby. our hands. we were together when the military try folded this and they handed me this flag. i thought maybe we'd take this time to gather over that flag and just take a moment of peace. for. ♪ ♪. shannon: i am a shannon bream put in as millions of americans

enjoy this memorial day weekend and remedy sacrifices of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, president biden president trump offer their competing views of the u.s. military. ♪ >> thank to the u.s. armed forces for doing what only america can do. as the indispensable nation, the world's only superpower. >> we believe they are not job of the niceties of military is not to wage endless regime change wars around the globe, senseless wars. shannon: heat on the campaign trail our headlights are dominated by finger-pointing over second failed border vote in congress. the increasing isolation of israel as the war in gaza drags on and a bipartisan anger and congress over how universities have handled student protest. >> taxpayer dollars have no business fighting universities without principles that align with the principles. shannon: will talk to to members of congress trump supporter malliotakis and a biden

supporter jared moscowitz on house of foreign affairs. >> new york during the hush money case against donald trump begins alliteration this week. our legal panel is on verdict watch and looks ahead to the huntehunter biden and gun trial. >> did you ever sent information to dr. fauci's personal e-mail? >> i don't remember if i did i may have >> former top adviser to anthony fauci growth and congress over allegations he may have tried to hide potentially destroy smoking gun records on the origins of covid our sunday panel breaks down what it means for americans faith in our institutions. all this week on "fox news sunday." ♪. shannon: hello from foxnews in washington in your headlines today a tornado touched down across interstate 35w and denton, texas saturday causing

damage to homes of power lines and trees part of the severe storms that move through texas, oklahoma and kansas killing at least five people. and taiwan bipartisan u.s. delegation of house members have landed in taipei to meet the island's new president. it comes just two days after try to held wargames and the taiwan strait which the state department is calling deeply concerning. in the middle east, hamas set apart a series of rockets at tel aviv this morning. there are reports of rocket sirens and central israel for the first time in months. no immediate reports of casualties or damage. in a bubble talk with congressman jared moscowitz and byron donalds. first we talked of fox news correspondent mark meredith at the white house he is covering the 2024 presidential race. >> present by to return to the campaign trail plays will be busy in the battleground state of pennsylvania. the latest polls show him locked in a very tight race with former president trump who is making an overt effort to win over black

voters that biden needs in november. ♪ quick speaking at west point military commencement president biden vowed to continue at u.s. militu.s.military and economic t for ukraine even as its work with the russia stretches on for more than two years. >> and standing against a man who i've known well for many years a brutal tyrant. we may not and we will not, we will not walk away >> here at home the president's political future remains uncertain. a poll finds voters are split with a biden leading former president trump m by only 1.48 - 47% well within the margin of error. trump, the presumptive republican nominee spent saturday night courting libertarians. >> i am asking for the libertarian party's endorsement or at least lots of your votes. >> recent events in your chosen campaign growing effort to win over minority voters.

>> it does not matter where that you are black, or brown, or white, or whatever color you are it does not matter. >> the biden campaigns that it is determined to hold onto black support for last week the present address graduates at morehouse college. >> you started college just as george floyd was murdered. there is a reckoning on race. it's not to wonder democracy you hear about actually works for you >> notably the president's tone is far different than president obama's address 11 years earlier. >> your generation is uniquely poised for success on like any generation of african-americans who came before. >> the biden campaign was also recently dealt a blow after former un ambassador nikki haley of vocal critic of donald trump came out to say she will support trump over biden who she called a catastrophe the biden campaign have been making public attempts to try to win over hailey's

supporters. shannon: mark we were at the white house have a foreign-policy question as well for the issue up is really biden administration, what are they saying now but the pushback on the icc the warrants issued? not over not only against leaders of hamas but israeli leaders as well per. >> the white house has been quite outspoken the presents on these arrest warrants for israeli leaders outrageous. now the administration is even saying it's open to possibly sanctioning the icc down the line. shannon: mark murtha reported for the white house thank you very much for joining us now for thflorida democratic congressman jared moscowitz. welcome back congressman. >> center have a meet. shannon: out to start the icc. you called these warrants outrageous. you have condemned them as the white house has as what you heard mark meredith talked about potential sanctions. you know under the trump menstruation officials were sanctioned there were bees that restrictions on their family members there was even a counter investigation into alleged

corruption. president biden lifted though should he have left them in place? >> honestly hindsight is 2020 we are where we are today. i am for putting those sanctions back in place. i am for congress acting on a bipartisan basis to go after the icc. let's state some facts here when asad killed 300,000 civilians using chemical weapons, if you recall which was a redline for this country to the icc go after asad? no they didn't they said to syria it was not a party to the icc. when people asked them to look at the human rights violations in china have begun after china? know the icc specifically said china is not a party to the icc. but it's israel party to the icc? they are not and yet they are now going after israel. this is totally political for the icc is irrelevant they have no jurisdiction we might as well call them the harry potter ministry of magic they are irrelevant because israel is not a party to their treaty. and so this is pressure on partially from the international

community that wants to see it no more israel paid their use in the icc to go ahead and do that the united states needs to restaurant in a strong bipartisan way which is why you're saying and democrats and republicans in the house and senate and the biden ministration coming together hopefully we'll get that done we get back from break. shannon: is a lot waiting for you should know when you come back from break. one of the most is your struggles your boat ultimately voted for this bill in the house that would force the white house essentially to hand over all weapons had been congressionally approved by the way and build the president himself signed. you had some concerns with the bill the president has talked about withholding certain things from israel. the ultimate, 16 and democrats decided to vote for that bill. where do you think there has been day late or are you worried someone in your party or the white house sending confusing or cap netext messages not only tol but its enemies as well? >> the reason i was concerned about that bill is there were

issues in there and beyond israel hamstringing potentially all of the admits rations in the future. on this issue, on israel my biggest problem is right now the reason there is no cease-fire is because of hamas. , stop right there. there is no other conversation but we do not have the hostages that we do not have a cease-fire is because hamas will not agree to one we need more pressure on hamas not last anytime there's any daylight between the united states and israel hamas has a reason to not come to the table and agree to a cease-fire we also sell reports unfortunately israel had agreed to the terms between the united states yet the egyptians might've changed some of the terms in favor of hamas. unfortunately right now the cease-fire conversations are an absolute complete mess but make no mistake about the reason there is a rafah operation is because hamas is not agreed to a temporary cease-fire to release the hostages. shannon: i want to talk about the pier there as well u.s.

officials like many in the international community are worried about getting eight into the people, the civilians in gaza but there's trouble for that pier the "new york times" already sang the pentagon is seeing it as a logistical nightmare. you're getting word this week and four ships attached to the pier ha have become on board and bad weather. two of them running aground on a nearby beach for the "new york times" added this little relief has reached palestinians several trucks were looted as they made their way to a warehouse for the world food program warme formedn tuesday the pier project could fail if israel did not do more to ensure the safe distribution of the aid for you and i talked about this lesson you are on. the reports hamas is threatening people threatening to kill people who work with israel to distribute that aid. and yet the onus is on them to get it done. what more could they be doing to facilitate highways, checkpoints to make sure he gets to civilians? >> again at the same conversation over and over and over it is israel, israel,

israel, israel. no, none of the proms and getting aid have to do with the fact the un is having issues getting the aid around. it is an unsecure area because hamas is attacking the ai aide. where's the pressure on egypt to get more aid through the rafah crossing. the state department announced a try and get egyptians to get more aid to the rafah crossing is always israel let's blame israel. but again the reason why there is not humanitarian aid going around is unsafe because hamas is attacking the convoys because hamas want was a silly aid. make no mistake about hamas does not care about the palestinian people the leaders of hamas are worth billions of dollars did they invent the product know they stole dismay from the palestinian people buried themselves underground while they left all of their civilians exposed in a war that hamas started. it is no different with this humanitarian aid. israel is doing what they can obviously without putting their soldiers in harms way to get this age of the palestinian

people is very important we do that there are innocent civilians their women and children who need to make sure that we get aid we have to make sure we do not have a famine but we need the un and egypt to do more. shannon: at which su quickly up in critical somewhat the president's position on the border and some of these foreign policy issues as well for our recent polling shows a lot of americans agree with you. they give the edge to president trump on immigration, on the economy on crime and foreign policy. the top swing state polls for the president this week as well and nay silver at one of the top pollster said he still struggling like this by august he should consider leaving the ticket. set a conversation worth having if your goal is to make sure president trump does not get back to the white house? >> no it's not a conversation worth having nay, thank you for your participation. this is ridiculous we are well past that conversation. president biden is going to be the nominee. we are going to have our convention he's going to win in november. this is going to be between two

people the way i look at the election is do you want to tromp back or do you not? that is the crux of the issue i think that's what the american people ask themselves they go into that bout do they want president trump back or do they not want him back? that is going to depend on what is important to each solitary proof your work for a woman's right to choose you will not be voting for president trump if you are for a woman having the rights to contraception, you won't be going for president trump on immigration i think both parties are to blame on what is going on in immigration we democrats have said this before democrats were late to come to that that we came to the table got a bipartisan agreement with a conservative bill coming out of the senate than republicans walthenrepublicans e trump wants to use it in the elect election he said blame me. at the end of the day the elections very close your kind at halftime never going to get out of summers 1b september, october's be going to the election people will look at what is a state of the economy at that moment and how do they feel about the country?

it's a very close election is under a couple of states. shannon: another not feeling good about the economy will talk about that when the show congressman we appreciate your time, thanks for dropping in. joining us out fellow florida cogs in republican byron donalds. welcome back if you care about a right to choose you care about contraception which by the way president trump says he does not want to touch contraception. all of these are the questions and arguments congressman said if you care for this and you cannot vote for your party. ask first of all the right decision but is not left it to the states president trump has asked this question multiple times he does not want to wait and from the federal level he wants the states to make this decision for themselves because every state is different. every group of citizens and each state have different philosophies when it comes to something as personal as

abortion and at this point the president's position is the philosophies of people in the states need to beat what governs not federal.definitely not the supreme court. opposite of contraception that simply not true president trump does not want to do anything on contraception he wants to be able people to be able to take advantage that and us in use ine personal lives. shannon: we talked about the border a little bit both parties take blame for not getting something done there is a bill offered up this week in the senate. everyone admitted it was kind of a show it was not going to go anywhere. but it provides the talking point for president biden's and congressional republicans do not care about securing the border for fixing america's a broken immigration system said he would've voted for it if you did they put partisan politics ahead of our country's national security. now, republicans under president trump did controlled the white house house and senate if you run the table and all the sins align again, what promises or plans can offer to the american people about republicans fixing

the border? >> a couple of things but first donald trump at its border security when he was president of the united states. joe biden came in the first thing he did was ripped up trumps a border policy simply because they're put in place by donald trump. it was very stupid decision by joe biden for the country has suffered as a result. now what we are going to do his ending catch and release it will go back to remain in mexico but we are going to have to deport millions of people who should not be here because our cities and states simply cannot handle the flow of these illegal migrants it. now you've got jordanians going trying to breach quantico under joe biden. he saw it happen on the southern border in california the other day they're trying to scale the wall in california and get over the wall there. what president trump is going to do is put back the policies that actually had our country secure. we are going to deport millions of people. it needs to be done. and then and congress a policy like hr to i would have the votes in the house and senate we

will move a larger part of that to become federal law which gives the president more authorities to secure the nation. shannon: we will wait and see the result of november up everything to do with those plans. both talk about this a president trump is taking his argument to some nontraditional places this week. you were part of his trip into the bronx. he's got people who love the idea people who hate the idea that you are there with him on stage it reignited the conversation you and i have had previously on this show about race and critics who say republicans are using quote black and brown people. there is one news a personality out there who says you are being used as a prop. here is joy reed. >> this black guy republicans love to roll out as a fake proof that black people, the blacks are maga. it is a joke just as credible's on the pretended they're going to make that guy speaker of the house they were going to do that

either. shannon: how he viewed that statement her own personal beliefs and experiences are such that she cannot fathom black americans would find a home in the gop? do you think she's making more of a statement about republicans are you? >> first well i find joy's comments to be nothing more than crabs in a barrel purchase because i'm a different viewpoint of a way of looking at the world, different politics and all the sudden being used? you can make an argument msnbc is using her but i'm going to move on the rally in the bronx was amazing had a very diverse crowd of people from the bronx puerto ricans, dominicans, black people, white people all their supporting president trump they have seen the disaster that is new york city. they have seen the disaster that has become to the united states of america because of the master of disaster joe biden himself and they want donald trump back. i heard my colleague said the previous segment this is going to be a decision is going to be a decision for the american people between two presidents, who did the better job?

it is without question donald trump was significantly better president on every metric that is why he has support in the bronx. that's why when the president went to minnesota he has support in minnesota. there is more support and a lot of blue areas that is for president trump coming back. we are looking at expanding the political map not shrinking it based upon race or anything else that is what joy reed and joe biden and the rest of them want to do they want to shrink the political map based on previous dog bought and racial lines that is not what president trump's focus is. his focus is on all of america. shannon: that sound like someone who would join them on the ticket be out there campaigning and make that conversation, that argument when i first interviewed you 2021 you are yoe brand-new congressmen clearly good campaign on pro trump agenda you were pro- trump. but as with any on the vp shortlist i like to ask about the fact you at some point had not been a huge trump fan or you had reservations you said he was a self promoter.

you're glad he was not running against president obama years before. i think it's important you are on the short list where your evolution happens especially if you are on the ticket you're going to try to make the argument to other people who may be skeptical about president trump they want to know what your evolution on him was. >> and glad you are bringing this up. what you're talking about are probably facebook messages from 2012, 2015. yes i had skepticism. but you had an opportunity to watch the 2016 campaign unfold. see donald trump's positions on the campaign trail against hilary clinton. thank god he beat hilary clinton. the country was better off for it and then he watched him do the job. i will tell you, myself like so many americans have seen donald trump be president and now this in the country without donald trump as president and they want to go back to the years of 2017, 2018, 2019 our country was significantly better on every

metric joe biden and the crazy left to bri will bring up covid. but covid would have been terrible for any president to get there donald trump still did a great job getting us through covid. so i will tell you this if you look at anyone in 2015 you probably had some skeptics, no doubt about that. there is no skepticism look at the job he did as commander-in-chief. the world was less safer, no new words our economy was better everyone is getting ahead it is not the case today. shannon: all right congressman byron donalds those of you at home her both sides of the ardent congressman, we thank you for your synth will see you soon. president trump new york criminal trial is coming to an end closing argument set to begin to say the jury could hand out a verdict as early as this week our legal panel here with the predictions next as we take time throughout this memorial day weekend and our show to remember the fallen including a look at that moving world war ii memorial. it just happens to be my favorite here in washington.

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speed defense will make their closing arguments to the 18 jurors that include six alternates that could be asked to step into for the 12 primary jurors is disqualified or otherwise unable to serve out their commitment. following those summations the judge will give the jury instructions telling them what the law it means how they are to

interpret and apply it to these chargers against president trump. in the end they will have to decide the former president falsified business records in the path to stormy daniels facilitated by the presence of onetime fixer michael cohen and falsify those records with the intent to cover up a separate crime. how is that all going to work with ram fox news contributor, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and eight mccarthy and trey gowdy's former south carolina congressman and host of "sunday night in america" with trey gowdy on the fox news channel. gentlemen, welcome. i'm glad to have the brain and trust with former prosecutors to break us all down. all of us have taken turns attending the trial but we will be back to this we going to read the analysis of a couple of folks who i think you could argue lean left. here's how they see the trough in the first day of testament this is harriet lipman in the ae los angeles times the prosecution has presented a tight persuasive detail the prosecution cross-examination of costello redirected cohen and dennis were crisp, clear,

textbook demolition of the points going into the final act i like the chances he will be found guilty. having closely followed trump's trial for criminally falsifying business records to deceive voters into making him president, i am convinced he is guilty as charge and barring jury notification will be a convicted felon soon after memorial day. andy, as it has played up the decisions made, the rulings thus far what you think? >> it is a cogent story just got a story that violates the law. i think to the extent those left of center legal commentators are predicting a conviction, they may be right because of the way the case has been pitched to the jury. it is one thing for us to be here pronouncing on what all the various legal flaws are and there are a plethora of them. you have to try to see the case that with the jury is seeing it.

in this instance i think the jury is seeing it through the lens of judge merchan has been very indulgent of the prosecution's dodgy theories here. i could sit here and poke holes at them all day but it does not make a difference because we are not in their speaking to the jury. shannon: it comes down to them it was so important are the jury instructions it was kind of wonky last week as they're hammering it out we all know those are critical we put together case you then go to the jury. here's what syracuse law professor said proper jury instructions will identify separate legal elements of a crime that must be proven for conviction. improper jury instructional gloss over the legal issues make it more likely a jury who may not like the defendant will convict. so trey, what do you make over the back and forth of the jury instructions? what do they give the jury by way of making a decision? >> i admit a little bit of a minority here. i've sat through 100 different judges giving jury instructions to the jury half the time i did

not know he or she was talking about they are incredibly complicated another two lawyers there were nearly no lawyers on a jury pay what jurors usually do is they go with their quote common sense. they go with their intuition. they say do we think, are we pretty sure this person committed this crime. i will say this to andy's point, the jury identifies with the judge. i don't want to sate stockholm syndrome but it's a little bit like that they are at the >> and call the judge. the judge protects them, the judge feeds them. they look at this trial through the prism of the judges eyes. and look i've had pro prosecution judges in my life but i ain't never seen a judge like this. he essentially walked in and asked the defense are you ready and then he looked at the prosecution and set are we ready i was in the courtroom twice, two days that is what i felt like he was a member of the

prosecution team. shannon: politico says is defined trump guilty about felony level the jury must unanimously find trump falsified the documents in order to commit or conceal a separate crime but the jurors do not have to agree on what that separate crime was according to the way the judge ruled. so andy, i am not sure i fully understood and articulation of the prosecution about what that underlying crime is. >> that is exactly right. your question before about the jury instructions, i agree with trey. very often they'r their densitye usually it's not a broad by the time to get to the end of the case everybody knows what has to be proved it with the jury is going to be told. here, we finally get something in the way of telling us exactly what the charge is at the end of the case. we really still don't have a copy of the jury instructions

but the notion the jury can convict by agreeing to it various items on a menu and they do not have to be unanimous about that last item is which we think is some variation of a federal campaign which does not have authority to enforce but the notion they do not have to be unanimous on that may be the 12th reason why this case should be thrown out. shannon: trey quickly if they're not a net unanimous of the hold that argue will the judge send him back? >> it is essentially go back and i'm going to keep you held the hostage until he reached a verdict they are actually frowned upon now we have up modified charge but nobody wants to spend weeks and months and get a hung jury the judge is going to say go back and reconsider your position. but i have not seen it work all that often my prediction is a

hung jury for some of the reasons and it laid out. i still do not know what that other crime is so how can you defend your self if you do not know the other crime is a? shannon: will soon be in the hands of the jury. and he has two really interesting pieces diving in and break into the minutia of this case very interesting and trey will see you tonight. thank you both. >> yes, ma'am thank you. shannon: last night for presideherpresident trump courtd potential voters at that libertarian convention. he wants to persuade them to support him in november. some of them appeared unconvinced will bring and are panel into nontraditional settings this week but first, right now pentagon thousands of motorcycles are assembling to remember america's military heroes. particularly those missing in action or prisoners of war. rolling to remember it will soon fill the streets of d.c. on this memorial day wee

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from the very first day we take back the white house i believe we are going to have the four greatest years in the history of our country. >> the guy we are running against wants to back up all the prospects of the progress he made. shannon: present by the former president trump often contrasting visions on the campaign trail time f 10% of thl political reporter stef kight mollie hemingway, former obama

campaign for policy advisor david tafuri and howard kurtz host of media buzz on the fox news channel but good to see you all on eight memorial day weekend for a thank you for coming in. i want to start the president trump is getting a lot of attention for going into nontraditional spaces. not only the bronx but the libertarian convention as you saw there was a little bit of an undercurrent of not full agreement i would say it flat out but definitely backlashes on the things he said. how is this playing his willingness to go to these places? he went to the blue state of minnesota. that mere fact that he went there he is not going to win new york city's not going to win new york state but he sends a message the symbol of urban decay in the south bronx that he cares about the problems of minority voters. it was a curve ball, is surprised a lot of people and mostly told stories about projects he said is going to try to rebuild new york city is such a powerful signal i was struck by the contrast of president biden's at morehouse college speech which kinda played kindn

the politics of victimhood the president said what is democracy of black men are killed on the street question mike what is democracy if you have be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot question what this is a guy who served under the nation's first black president. shannon: the "new york post" had an editorial piece that really touched on that and said biden's speech at morehouse college was an appeal to victimhood claiming america has been always will be a racist nation. trump is pitching opportunity, a better life. people don't want a litany of what's wrong they want to know how you're going to improve their lives in malik the trump camp said that's what his promises was because of striking to compare these two speeches that happen to be during the same week it does explain why president trump is getting so much more of the black vote and the brown both and other republicans are his message is one of opportunity. focusing on economic opportunity and talking about how it no matter what your skin color is this is a great country you saw with president biden that was a very dark divisive racial grievance speech it was kind of

surprising how dark it was and i am not sure it has worked for democrats to play up racial grievance is in the past i'm not show sure how that will work compared what trump is selling. shannon: we heard from people in the bronx in the spot trump went to a 65% hispanic probably 31% black residents in that area. but we heard from a lot of them as they are concerned what everyone is concerned about the economy, providing for the kids, future, all those things the economy is one place the polling continues to be really tough for president biden but the "new york times" tells us that the economy is not actually bat in fact it's in remarkably good shape yet somehow there's a pervasive sense the economy is bad and in that sense not to economic reality or personal experience is what is hurting biden's campaign, how do they feel about at the white house? i know a lot of times it really doesn't get credit for the good things that happens. >> biden and his advisers are frustrated by the fact they feel like they have seen the economy

starts number of they've seen some of these numbers they point to job growth they see as inflation is not as bad as it was but they want to get more credit for that the reality is when it comes to how people view the economy, inflation is the biggest indicator people feel like they are spending more than they used to be that is going to be a huge issue for biden but something he is going to have to overcome before november you look at fast food prices axial sows cover this is a huge issue for biden when it comes to working class americans they feel their money is not going as far under biden. they don't care as much about the economic and macro trends they care about being able to buy at fast food for their kids go out on a sunday afternoon. shannon: esther here's a headline for foxbusiness to an 80% of americans consider fast food a lock street due to high prices the fox news pulls it is ias a prop for your family? this gets to the question whether there is a perception of the countries having trouble or you are having trouble.

grocery prices, 89% of people say it is a problem for them public gas prices 84% and you can go through the whole list there. we can talk of foreign policy that is your specialty you know when people go to vote somebody once said it is the economy, stupid progress i agree the economy is good it is been good for the entire biden term. shannon: weight 9% inflation? what's inflation has come down. >> are going to sit 9%. i also agree people do not think it is good. president biden has six months to make the case that it's actually better than people think he's going to have to be able to do in order to win. i don't think it's a big deal people aren't able to go to fast for think the big deal there grocery prices are high. that's also impacting them. biden's recent visit he was at west point yesterday was talking about foreign policy. i think foreign policy is going to more important in this campaign that has been in any

recent presidential election because at the end of this campaign people will be looking for instance at ukraine then president trump said is going to end the war in ukraine it's not going to provide support to grant president biden is a steadfast supporter of you can be also issues with trying out we are going to see a big comparison between biden and trump on who is tougher in china. the testbed is for biden it was going to be a referendum on port foreign policy because of how chaotic things are but you reference famously for the bill clinton campaign it is the economy, stupid, james carville who came up with that said democrats are not going to win with the strategy which is you are stupid for caring about the economy. shannon: he also rose said you look at the recent biden polling numbers is like seeing your grandma naked it's scary and you could forget it. [laughter] lesson i credit him for the pettiness. >> joe biden is hardly the first president to use federal goodies to try to buy votes. but what is particular egregious is the forgiving of student that the courts have blocked it pretty got a legal workaround and that doesn't do anything for people who did not go to college

or went to college and paid their way or have already repaid their student debt. shannon: gets to the economic question a lot more the bow up next to heat a congressional showdown former top advisor to doctor anthony fauci confronted with e-mails that appear to show him talking about getting around the freedom of information act, hiding communication within the heat of the battle to find out what led to the covered pandem pandemic. our panel on that next too. and images of the navy fleet week in new york harbor this week thousands of sailors, marines and coast guard members in the big apple this holiday weekend. sleepy? headaches? dry skin? you're probably dehydrated. try liquid labs rapid hydration. it's packed with all five essential electrolytes. taste amazing and way less sugar than sports drinks?

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government officials hiding from we the people is not the american way. >> went to take the fifth amendment? you don't seem to remember

anything. i find that amazing. shannon: republican republican and during a fiery house hearing on wednesday lawmakers grilling doctor david you see is it former top advisor to doctor anthony couch after releasing several of his e-mails that seem to reveal alarming covid era communications we are back of the panel let me put a couple of these up so people know what we are talking about here but one of the e-mails comes from his gmail it says we've got to be careful i learnt from our foia lady that's freedom of information act lady here how to make e-mails and disappear after i am avoided but before the search starts i think we are also a plus i delete a post those earlier e-mails after sending them to gmail. here's another e-mail produced by the house committee saying this, i learned the tricks lasted from an old friend, mark moore who heads our foia office and he also hates foia's. soap molly, the person is supposed to make you comply with

transparent communications according to these e-mails looks like was telling them how to get around it. >> invite looks like that from these e-mails which show what a permanent unelected bureaucracy can do can control information nbc and control so much of what happens here it is also important we not forget what these e-mails were about. they were about how we were finding some of the work that was happening in china that related to covid and suppressing any discussion of the origins of covid. that's a very serious issue. the delays we have had in getting information lately could not hold china fully accountable for what is going on here. it really showed in some these e-mails criminal behavior by some of our own people. shannon: how concerned are you, david, about the national security and foreign relations implication with china and beyond? >> i am. first about this is shameful foia is a federal accident. you can be convicted of a crime for violating it and he is just speaking openly about how he is going around for yet.

i also agree with molly the substance of what is potentially hiding is about whether or not china reacted appropriately when it discovered the virus and whether china is at fault for its safety measures in this virology lab. i do not think covid is going to be on the balance in 2024. however, the one thing that american people deserve to know is whether china acted appropriately. if they didn't that needs to be disclosed to everyone so china doesn't do this in the future. shannon: the american funding stream part is what they'd like to know that as well. doctor lawrence his confronted with these e-mails here is his explanation. >> some of the e-mails i have seen that you all have provided look pretty incriminating. don't remember them but it looks like i made a mistake on more than one occasion. it certainly was not my intention to do that. shannon: to the question of intention it seems like he is think this is how to get around foia or some is told he had to

do a big box assembly he was bent and foia request as a journalist it is a frustrating process. it takes a really long time it is hard to believe the rules of foia. in some ways reading some these e-mails was confirming to me that they do not always take it seriously and there are ways to get around that it is frustrating. seeing both republicans and democrats criticize over these e-mails was notable. we so rarely see bipartisan agreement on issues like this it is about the subject matter and foia exists to allow journalists and the public to understand how the government is working but it is clear evidence. it appears very clear they are at least joking about getting around it which is not appropriate and potentially actually preventing. shannon: for any of us who filed a foia request you get it back it's all blacked out with everything but one sentence is a frustrating process because it looks incriminating because it

is incriminating. my force line favorite line when they said by the way tony and i, fascia, just got a huge freedom of information regarding wuhan institute. the irony here is the government now acknowledges there is at least a very good chance this didn't originate in that chinese lab put in oth. in other words the deep dark secret he was trying to keep now everybody's change their position on. many people change their position for it. shannon: yes they have they have hearings like this it would to a lot of people it was a time for all of us a move went to bed past that there are some lawmakers on the hill feel are questions that need to be answered lawmakers working on a buy person when something else the issue of americans being held in turks and caicos. the first one, brian came home last night but maybe it's friday night in pittsburgh. this was the scene as he was reunited with his kids i have got to admit come david want to watch as the first time very teary-eyed. we still have three americans and who under their laws are

being held for violation of the slots were trying to get them home. >> moving video i am glad is been released at the state department worked very hard to get him released. what is at issue here we go to a foreign country to comply with the laws he should not be treated worse than citizens but you should not be treated better either. what happened here is turks and caicos has very strict gun laws in part because i want to attract tourists it does not want crime it does not want americans if you're going to the caribbean because of crime. but unfortunately he's caught up in this he did despite mistake he did had some ammunition that can happen especially if you are in a hunter. it was resolved appropriately he was sentenced but suspended sentence allowed into the hole hopefully the other three will be coming home soon as well. shannon: quickly, some folks don't think the state worked hard up of got one home and the others are promising because the united states has some authority here and some influence i do think people wish it could've been applied sooner this man was facing what was it 12 years?

shannon: a minimum 12 years in jail for. >> you have to respect these laws and have common sense we did not see that here. >> i fail to understand why anybody would show up with ammunition in their baggage. they must denote this is illegal under the laws it is a sovereign nation we cannot tell them what to do but i think it's very encouraging sign this one and gentleman was able to return i hope and expect to see the other americans home soon. >> that woman they're probably grabbed a bag did not realize there is a bullet that he got caught in the lining of a bag or something. there's a lot of explanations we will see whether she gets the same level of deference. >> we know lawmakers on both side of the aisle also visited kirks and pushing and raising awareness and to points made turks and caicos has an incentive to release these americans and show they are willing to work with our government and encourage american tourism. shannon: owes earlier this year it's a beautiful non- lunch a quadruple check anything i take with my next trip or a panel, think of a much will see you next sunday up next very

important work one group is going to honor fallen service members and their families this memorial day weekend. there is what you can get involved too. we're going to tell you about that we are also remembering those at rest at arlington national cemetery. it's a beautiful day they're tht across the potomac river from us here in washington

shannon: eight live look at arlington, virginia thousands of bikers prepared to take part in rolling to remember. participants from across the country gather at the pentagon nearby they will ride to the mall area and washington to honor veterans and those missing in action, presents as a board as well first lieutenant travis was killed protecting his fellow marines in an ambush in iraq in 2007 his courageous actions let every other member of his patrol to survive that day. the travis manion foundation was started to honor his service to bring together thousands of veterans and families of fallen heroes. each year on memorial day the foundation has its honors project volunteers across the country pause, reflect and honor those who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty i sat down with travis' sister ryan manion ceo of the travis manion foundation to check what the mission and expansion of this year's honor projects it is out this week's sunday special. let's talk memorial day is one

of those reminders as your foundation is focused on your brother, the sacrifice he made you have spread that to touch so many other people and families. and for people who cannot visit the grave sites of their love and say it here at arlington national cemetery or other places you have the honor project. tell us about that because the honor project started out one young woman, emily who during covid start visiting gravesites and people started tweeting her saying could you visit my grandfather question what could you visit my brother? whatever it was so she ended up on that date visited hundreds of gravesites. she came to us and said listen, this is something i think we could really expand so the travis manion foundation foundation to cover her original initiative with corned at the honor project and to date we have 46 cemeteries that are participating where volunteers can go and pay tribute to our fallen service members. families know that their loved

ones are being visited on memorial day. shannon: that's a beautiful thing there's a lot of reasons they may not be able to travel for finance, health, distance, whatever it is have you been surprised asking for this has grown since emily had the first idea during covid? was i don't think i am surprised i think for a long time people have been looking for a way. it's always sweet drive don't forget what memorial day is about. there's not a lot of tangible things we can do as americans to honor that. and so for us we gave an opportunity for families to bring their kids to teach the next generation, this is what memorial day means so take them out to the cemetery in the morning and enjoy the pool in the afternoon. and then as a gold star sister at myself i will not be at arlington on monday i know somebody's going to walk up to my brothers gravestone and say his name and he is going to be remembered in that way and is a gold star sister at that means everything.

shannon: what does this mean to a loved one tuneup they cannot physically be there that someone is going to say that name and a member that person? quick site always say it for me, i remember memorial day weekend so my brother was here. we were doing the things that all of us enjoy so much we were at the beach. we were with family, having parties, kicking up the unofficial beginning of summer. but today i recognize all of those summers and memorial day weekend' i had the opportunity o do that because of the men and women have given their lives in service for our country. i think we have an obligation as americans to take a one moment out of that entire weekend and understand why at the weekend exists if you can't show up at an honor project location, go online and learn the story of a fallen servicemember. as you are cracking open a beer at the pool with your friends and family, share that story with your neighbor and make sure

these stories and the stories of my brother and all the men and women have died in service to our country that their names live on. shannon: thank you so much. you can find out a lot more information and offer to help with phone by visiting travis manion foundation.org it's not too late for memorial day at my podcast within the dream drops this week ice that now tracy poss journalist education advocate who says the report cards you are getting it right now, they are not actually telling to the full story about how your kids are doing. we talked about the questions you should be asking. living in the bremen anyway like your podcast great thank you for joining us i am shannon bream. remember how blessed we are this memorial day weekend we will see you next sunday. big weekend show." "life, liberty & levin" with mark levin starts right now.