tornadoes and severe storm threat throughout the day today. steve, ainsley, brian, l.j. >> ainsley: moments ago hunter biden arrived for the first day of jury selection in the federal gun trial facing three felony charges for lying on a federal gun form. >> brian: in an hour dr. fauci will testify before congress. >> lawrence: he knew there was no science to support several of his covid mandates. >> steve: that's crazy. you can expect it to be heated. defendants will defend him. republicans ask him real questions. >> ainsley: no distance social distancing works or mask. >> steve: and no tests. see you back here tomorrow. >> brian: stay within yourself. >> bill: thanks, good morning, everybody. want to show you hunter biden arriving at a courthouse in delaware last hour. jury selection right now is

underway in his federal gun case. it is the first time ever the son of a sitting president will stand trial. we've had a lot of first time evers, america. hunter is accused of lying about his illegal drug use on a gun buy form in 2018. first want to get to this because on the hill today he was the public face of the government's response to all the covid pandemic matter. now a house panel set to question dr. anthony fauci one hour from now amid allegations of misconduct. app apparently there is a lot there. hope you had a grand weekend. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm glad to be back with you. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." we move from one trial to another trial. we have somebody else kind of on trial today anthony fauci. nearly two years since he testified publicly. this hearing could get contentious fast. republicans have a lot of questions. democrats are speaking ahead of

the hearing. some of them are preemotion actively defending dr. fauci. today's appearance comes on the heels of testimony from a top advisor last week. secret emails raised questions about whether fauci might have tried to keep some records out of the public eye. >> bill: they're looking into the virus research and the scientists conducting it were transparent. >> when you have con gre gat settings with no masks in a situation particularly indoors, that is asking for trouble. i think it's pretty common sense now that outdoor risk is really, really quite low. it was based on the evolution of the science. >> dana: former cdc director dr. robert redfield joins us in a moment but first to mike emanuel live on capitol hill. hi, mike. >> good morning to you.

folks lining up for today's highly-anticipated question and answer session with dr. anthony fauci. the scene is the house subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic featuring the first public testimony of dr. fauci. lawmakers will dig into procedures during the pan emotion dick and embarrassing emails, an advisor was seeking ways to look at public records laws and fauci's personal email accounts and leading republicans saying there are indications he may have used them for government communication during covid. a frequent fauci critic laying out his expectations. >> we now have his emails from the exact time when he was saying it was natural, nothing to see here. that the nih had nothing to do with it. we have the private emails where he and everyone in his inner circle was saying oh my goodness.

>> lawmakers are also likely to dig into the procedures americans lived during the covid pandemic. something that came up during fauci's closed door deposition. quote, do you recall when discussions regarding the at least six foot threshold began? the six foot in the school, six foot overall. it was applied to businesses. yeah, it was applied in schools and here at least how the messaging applied. was the six foot distance was the distance that needed to be. >> i don't recall. it sort of just appeared. i don't recall a discussion of five or six or whatever. it was that six feet is -- >> did you see any stud eels that supported six feet? >> i was not aware of studies. that would be a difficult study to do. the six-foot social distancing rule basically ruled our lives, kept schools closed for an extended period of time. defendants striking saying it's

a waste of time and republicans lack evidence. dana and bill. >> dana: thank you so much. >> bill: thank you. want to bring in former cdc director robert redfield. here we are again. good morning. david moreens is a former aid for dr. fauci and in 2021 he said i can't -- i can either send stuff to tony on his private g-mail. he is too smart to let colleagues send him things that could cause him trouble. what do you think they get from this hearing? >> you know, bill, i'm not certain. i hope it's an opportunity for tony to be relatively transparent with the american people and let people understand how he is thinking and why he made what decisions that he made. i think it's an opportunity for

him to try to express the rationale behind some of the decisions that he made. >> dana: nichole malliotakis from staten island, congresswoman and she is on this committee. she was on "fox & friends" first this morning. listen here. >> we're uncovering a lot of discrepancies what dr. fauci told the committee and what other staff members have told the committee. we're trying to get to the bottom of the accountability. who is lying to this committee and committing perjury and responsible for the destruction of government records. whose idea was it to use a personal g-mail instead of using government email to avoid freedom of information laws. that's what we're trying to uncover. >> dana: there is that and that also gets to the other question which is how did this originate in the first place? i think he will get a lot of questions about the funding of the lab in wuhan where it looks like a lot of people, democrats and republicans on this committee are looking at saying the evidence is pointing us to a

lab leak. >> two things, dana. first very disappointing to me as someone who spent more than 40 years in public service that it was such an orchestrated effort to get around the freedom of information rules and record rules. dr. morens testimony was disheartening for those of us in public service that there was such a concerted effort to get around the freedom of information and more that will come out hopefully in the hearing today. related to origin, i have always said i hear all the time on the news that all the evidence points to spillover. i will argue there is no evidence for spill over. a lot of opinions by people for that. as you commented, the evidence that's mounted over the last three or four years is highly supportive of a laboratory origin for this virus and i happen to believe that the fact that certain people i think took this position, nih in particular, the leadership, to

go after spillover, they thought they were protecting science. i think in reality what they did by not aggressively going after both hypotheses including the lab leak they hurt the credibility of science. >> bill: i learned from our foia lady -- that's quite a phrase -- how to make emails disappear after i'm foiaed but before the search starts and i think we're all safe. what a lot of americans are wondering, if tax dollars went to the wuhan lab, we need to know. and if gain of function achieved this, we need to know. how much have you thought about how we prevent the next virus from happening? >> yeah, i think it's so important, bill. this as i wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal." i called for a moratorium on gain-of-function research. i think that research in my view, my opinion, is what caused

this pandemic. it was a pandemic that was really caused by scientific arrogance. we're at risk for another pandemic. a lot in the news about bird flu. it has the potential to cause a pandemic at some point. i don't think it is likely to happen from spillover. but i do think it is likely to happen from gain-of-function research in the laboratory. so i don't see the necessity for this research. there are some scientists and fauci have been big advocates. they try to protect science and the ability to do gain of function of research and not have it regulated. i think that's a mistake. we need to put a moratorium on it. this is the type of research that needs to be highly regulated and i think that's at the heart of a major disagreement that i have had with tony over the years. >> dana: many democrats -- some democrats on the committee are frustrated and saying the republicans are too backwards looking.

looking at the origins of covid trying to figure that out rather than thinking about future possible pandemics as you just mentioned. do you have a view whether it matters to try to get to the bottom of how covid started? >> yeah, dana, i think it's really important. it will take a lot of energy to put in place what we need to put in place to prevent a future pandemic. and a lot of that, i think, will come from a clear understanding, broad consensus of society how this pandemic started. like i said, i think this pandemic started in the laboratory as part of scientific experiments and if you just sort of forget about that and don't try to raise that as an issue there won't be energy required to really put in, i think, the regulations that will be required to restrict gain-of-function research. right now gain-of-function research is being done in university labs all over the world and they don't have the proper containment to control that gain-of-function research.

i remind people when i was cdc director one of the things i had to do that wasn't pleasant was i had to shut down fort detrick, the army's premier laboratory for high containment pathogens. i had to shut them down because they were violating the containment rules. we don't have a rigor bio containment in many of these university labs doing this research. i think we need to call a moratorium. it shouldn't be decided by scientists but a broader group of society whether the research is of value. if it has to be done how can it be done in a safe, responsible way. >> bill: thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. remember the early days of covid we were running to anthony fauci to get his comments on so many things and extraordinary now four years later so much has changed. dr. robert redfield, thank you again. we'll speak soon. >> dana: thank you.

[applause] >> dana: a standing ovation for an nypd officer released from the hospital this morning after being shot overnight in new york city. police say a venezuelan migrant is behind the attack that the mayor calls a senseless act of violence. nate foye has the story. >> crime scene is still active in queens, new york as two nypd officers narrowly escaped with their lives. police have taped off about two city blocks. you see several evidence markers in the middle of the road. one of them on top of a moped that police say the venezuelan migrant was riding. police were investigating a robbery saying the migrant was riding that moped the wrong way down the street and tried pulling him over. he got off the moped and during a chase they ran after him. police say that migrant shot those two officers, one of them in the leg, and the other in a bullet-proof vest that you are

about to see momentarily. the good news is from that video you just showed, both officers are okay. they left the hospital this morning. the police benevolent association says the officer shot in his vest actually helped apply a turn -- they returned fire and shot the migrant in the right ankle. he lives in a migrant shelter. palm is say he entered the country illegally through eagle pass, texas, last july and the suspect in several robberies in the queens area. here is new york city mayor eric adams. >> this is a bullet hole. because of this vest, a young police officer is going home. senseless act of violence.

>> this right here is the gun that castro used according to police. it is unregistered as was his moped. they blame new york city's courts and judges. >> why wasn't he afraid to shoot new york city police officers? we've been in courtrooms across this city demanding change. the criminal justice system is putting police officers and the public at risk. >> police are still investigating the man for other robberies in the queens area. as you can see the investigation here continues this morning. dana. >> dana: all right. nate foye, thank you. >> did hunter biden commit a crime? have you spoken to your son, mr. president? >> president biden: i'm proud of my son. >> bill: president biden standing by his son to this day. first lady jill biden has just

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>> president biden: the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. >> bill: so president biden the day after president trump's guilty verdict.

now the president's son, hunter biden, is on trial in delaware facing three federal felony charges. first lady jill biden is at the courthouse. one case in delaware and in september another case on tax evasion in california t. prosecutors argued lied about his drug use on a gun purchase form six years ago. rich edson is outside the courtroom. hour one, day one. >> good morning, day one, hour one only 30 minutes into jury selection heroin going. the case is open. hunter biden arrived about an hour ago into the courtroom with his attorney. shortly there after the first lady jill biden surprised us all, also arrived here on her 73rd birthday. president biden has kept his son close over the weekend. the two went bike riding over the weekend. president is expected to speak with hunter daily during this

trial about two to three times more than usual. the judge began jury selection at 8:46 a.m. audio went out. we have been hearing they've been working on it. also instructing the jury -- potential jurors not to search this case on the internet. have to take their phones out of the courtroom. there are around 250 potential jurors. the court will narrow them down to 12 plus the alternates. also face questions about what they've heard about this trial. their thoughts on the president and the bidens. prosecutors maintain hunter biden falsely swore on a federal form that he was not a drug user when he bought a gun in 2018. hunter's attorneys moved to introduce a second gun form into evidence which had additional information on it. defense wanted to use it to show the gun shop owner filled out the form inaccurately. the judge barred the form from the trial. unclear which witnesses the defense may call. prosecution signaled they may

call a dozen witnesses which could include the gun shop owner, hunter's ex-wife and beau biden's widow. hunter's attorney had a plea agreement but it fell apart with the judge. the former agreement is now involved in hunter's tax charges. this is only the gun charge case. the tax charge case is beginning in september in los angeles. >> bill: off we run to the next courtroom. thank you much. nice to see you, dana. >> dana: let's bring in andy mccarthy, fox news contributor and you've been seeing a lot of him. first on hunter biden, this is the gun form hunter filled out. the false statement in the purchase of a firearm, false statement to a licensed firearms deal and possession of a gun by

someone using a controlled substance. you said hunter biden's only defense is the one d.o.j. prosecutors gave him. how so? >> well, dana, if he had been timely prosecuted, remember, this is something i think hunter obtained the gun on october 12th of 2018 and had it for 11 days. the evidence against him is very strong. the law enforcement people were brought into this when the gun was lost. they tried to discard it. precisely it seems like hallie biden tried to discard it because they were worried hunter was drug add lid and might hurt himself or someone else. the case is overwhelming that has become more overwhelming with time as hunter has made a lot of statements about the condition he was in at that time. i don't think he has much of an argument that he wasn't a drug addict at that time. but where he does have an argument is while david weiss

delayed in bringing the case for nearly five years the supreme court in 2022 in a case basically made a ruling that calls into question a number of federal firearms restrictions, including whether it's constitutional under the second amendment to ban drug users and drug addicts from possession of firearms. and therefore he now has a defense that he wouldn't have if he were timely tried in 2018 or 2019 or if he had pled guilty then. that case wouldn't be an issue. >> bill: they came out of an 11 day rehab plan and sober at the time is what they'll argue. the trump now. >> the president is going to cooperate with the pre-sentence investigation and we'll speedily appeal this unjust verdict. i think this case is replete with reversibleer or and we

defend his rights all the way up to the supreme court if necessary. >> bill: the appeal is 30 days after the sentencing. so the window opens on july 11th. i don't know if this appeal happens before the election. seems a stretch to me. i was looking at the accounts for all en weisselberg, the former accountant. he was found guilty on seven counts of felony. in the state of new york a through e, a more serious. trump was found guilty for a class e felony. what will the judge do when it comes to sentencing? weisselberg had one that was c grade, one was d grade and five that were e grades. trump technically has 34e grades. weisselberg is age 76. trump is 77. is merchan going to put trump in jail, andy? >> well, i think there will be a lot of pressure on merchan to have a jail sentence component

to the sentence. i don't think he -- i don't think he should put former president trump, give him a prison sentence. i think that would be really over the top in a case like this. but again, he will have a lot of pressure to do that. this is a non-violent felony in new york city where, you know, as some of our reporting has shown, you have people who are committing really serious crimes, including assault on police officers who were back on the street in nothing flat. for a case like this for a former president who is the defact owe nominee of the republican party in the upcoming election, it seems to me it would be really ridiculous to put him in jail for a crime like this. >> bill: we shall see. >> dana: your piece in the national review called in memory of justice, regardless of what happens to donald trump all of us will live to regret it. commend it to our viewers and

maybe give you a quick final word about that piece. >> dana, i just think if you look at every society that we've ever had and in particular in american history, you think about the even all those old movies about the frontier. one thing everybody knew is you needed to have a legal system. you needed to have a justice system in order to have a free and prosperous society that everybody thought was fair. when you turn it into a partisan weapon we lose that. if we lose the undergirding of the rule of law you can't have a free and prosperous society. i think we don't realize the damage done here. >> bill: you have been great for us. on to the next one. [crowd chanting] >> bill: pro-palestinian protestors crashing a pride parade in philly. the showdown that brought

festivities to a screeching halt coming up here. president trump gets a standing ovation for a ufc event after his conviction. he was in new jersey for that. can he turn his legal defeats into an electoral victory? >> people also say can you bring the country together. the answer is yes. successful bringing the country together, i had it together. before the china virus came in i had it together. we really had it together.

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ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean. as the president, i don't and won't comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad, i have boundless love for my son. confidence in him and respect for his strength. our family has been through a lot together and jill and i are going to continue to be there for hunter and our family with our love and support. so there you have a statement from president biden and i'm sure that was a comfort to hunter, who spent the entire weekend with his dad. also sends a signal to reporters to say don't bother asking me or my white house press secretary because we won't answer. >> bill: this trial has been underway for an hour and four minutes. jury selection is underway. i think the trial will last a week. jill biden is there. she made a decision to show up at the courthouse just about an hour ago so she will be in court for today's proceedings and we'll track that and see how many times she shows up or if other members of the family show

up. some of the family members will be on the stand and witnesses in the case. we'll track that and see whether it goes a week or more in delaware. let's get to this right now. >> people also say can you bring the country together? the answer is yes. successful bringing the country together. i had it together. before the china virus came in, i had it together. we really had it together and it would have stayed. everybody was -- everybody was doing better. the country was doing better than it had ever done. we'll go back to the same policies and then some. >> bill: they say revenge is best served cold. donald trump is sticking to that adage. here he was on saturday night in new jersey getting his old job back. he says that would be the best payback for his conviction. philippe worked for hillary clinton. katie pavlich. welcome to both of you and hello

to you on monday morning. philippe, you are perfect for this. bill clinton was put in the legal spotlight, right? his popularity went higher and won re-election going away in 1996. you believe today that donald trump's chances of re-election are higher or lower than they were a week ago? >> let me start, i think the idea this helps donald trump is really silly. i have to admit i have this fight with my friends who are democrats to the point where i've told them to just stay away from arm's length from me. i'm tempted to hit them when they make this argument. i don't see how being charged 34 times with a felony is helpful. yes, i understand the raising money part. this went on last year, two years ago when his house was raided. he has less money than joe biden still. i think it's kind of silly. in terms of his polling, you

know, the polling since last week is worse than even i thought. i wasn't sure how it was going to affect things. i don't know how you two thing, particularly katie. it is a little harsher for donald trump than i expected among independents and some republicans. i don't know if people will abandon him or stick with im. they'll probably stay with him. it shows a softer under belly. the idea this is better is just folly. if it was better he would be racking up 200 felonies instead of 99. >> bill: we need the let the polling play out a little bit. let everybody take it in. katie, what do you think about this? >> first to former president trump's statement about how he believes being elected would be the best revenge. he is sending a message he wants to move forward with issues that affect americans. this is something that he did after the election against hillary clinton in 2016 when people were saying we want to lock her up. no, we'll move on.

i don't want to hurt the clintons. we'll move on with the business of the country and they continued to go after him. as far as what he is doing now with the polling and how this trial will affect him, just anecdotally you have seen a number of republicans saying they didn't vote for him the past two elections. they didn't vote for him in primaries and now willing to vote for him as a result of not just being just the case against him but their concerns where this leads to country in terms of political opponents being targeted in case after case with law fare to try to keep him off of the campaign trail. a culmination of what has happened with far left democratic das. they tried to keep him off ballots. people look and say we don't believe this is a coincidence and we want to have a democracy and vote in november rather than having someone being taken off the trail through these tactics. you saw this in 2016 with the

f.b.i. saying we need an insurance policy and now you are seeing the insurance policy in 2024 being this law fare that continues against donald trump. >> bill: it will be a five months -- >> only one of these men is fighting to get on the ballot and joe biden in ohio. >> and rfk junior who the democrats are trying to prevent. >> bill: it will be a fascinating five months. get ready for national vertigo. we will have so many twists and turns and coming our way. i wish i had more time. we'll do more next. thank you. >> sounds good, see you soon. >> thank you, bill. >> dana: dana reads sports. the 2024 stanley cup final is officially set. last night the edmonton oilers knocked off the dallas stars to win the western conference. >> bill: watch this goal.

look what he did? it's like magic. >> dana: wow, amazing. the oilers could become the first canadian franchise since 1993. they'll face the florida panthers in the final. the rangers -- >> bill: they blew it. >> dana: it begins saturday night in south florida. >> bill: a great series so far. let's go to the border right now. this will be a major focus. listen. >> now the united states is being overrun by the biden migrant crime. a new form of vicious violation to our country. it is migrant crime. we call it biden migrant crime. >> bill: we're hearing that the president will take executive action on the border tomorrow. but with five months until the election, lawmakers are saying he is too little too late. we'll see. plus this. caitlin clark getting a reality check after a major body check. her wnba opponent standing by a

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the bench. and -- >> bill: we knew she would make headlines. i don't think a lot of people predicted this way. a hard shove on the superstar. the league is upgrading the hit to a flagrant foul against her opponent. she got a shoulder check on saturday. mike tobin has more on that from chicago and the follow-up today. >> this is one of the cases where pressure on social media came before the higher ups took action. most of it focusing on the fact that caitlin clark is the draw that got people to pay attention to the wnba. statements on twitter or x ranged from they should could be will her, meaning clark. without her the wnba would go into no existence and anointed her the face of the league without making her earn it. a jealousy hatred thing going on with the wnba. referenced with a saturday game in which chicago card carter

threw a shoulder into clark that knocked her to the hardwood waiting for the ball to be inbounded. in face of pressure the league upgraded the foul to a flagrant one violation. carter refused to answer question. >> it is what it is. i feel like i'm at the point where you accept it and don't retaliate. >> i am not answering caitlin clark questions. i didn't say anything. >> angel reiss seemed to applaud the physical contact and skipped the post-game interview. the team got find as did she. clark is being targeted and the league needs to clean it up. >> bill: see what it goes. podcast host kennedy and outkick host charley arnoldt.

>> all we did is fight and argue. i love the hate more than the love. what you don't all understand i would rather you hate me than love me and i mean that on my dead aunt. >> weird thing to say. >> well, i think if you don't want to answer questions about caitlin clark maybe if you didn't treat her the way you did no one would be asking about you at the post-game pressure. clark is a bully in the wnba. she threatened her own treatments and waived from the second team she was on because of poor conduct. a representative how a lot of the players in the wnba feel. a lot of jealousy and rage. they don't understand if it wasn't for caitlin clark they would not be getting the exposure they are getting right now and also the league so instantly has realized so many benefits and perks because of clark coming. salaries will no doubt go up. they have gotten charter flights now. people are actually paying attention to the wnba which is

incredible but because of caitlin clark. >> do they love to hate her? >> yes, they should. it should be a tough physical game. we wanted parity in sports and wanted women to earn their place and make what men make based on merit. so yes, it will be tough at times. i'm a hockey fan, new york rangers fan. it was a tough weekend. we have a giant 6'8" thug and they love the hits. the rangers love when he is on the ice. the indiana fever, yes, they love caitlin clark but also love the players who are going to make the game physical. that will get more eyeballs. i'm sorry, she creates more drama and complains too much. >> bill: she said the players in the wnba need to realize that caitlin clark is helping all of them now and in the long run. she is the tide that will raise all boats. i agree with the point you made.

if she gets injured people won't watch. she is drawing so many eyeballs. we're talking about it. we would not have done this a year ago. >> dana: i know. kennedy changed my mind. kennedy just changed my opinion live on air because i was -- i don't like to see girls fight. i don't like it and i think she is being targeted and mean but i really appreciate the dignified way clark reacted. you are right. she is classy, she is all right. it is not a tea party. >> this wasn't just aggression in the game we love to see. kennedy, we had the conversation a year ago that we like them talking smack to each other because the men do it. why can't the women? the men play a more aggressive game. this isn't aggression. that was a dirty play. >> it was a slightly dirty play but not anything where she should be suspended or kicked off the team. >> she called her the b word. >> caitlin clark was talking trash before that hip check.

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>> dana: we have potential bad news for american motorists heading to summer. opec plus says it will not be increasing oil production until next year. a move it says will off set sagging prices as the war rages in gaza and shipping tanks under

a i tack are happening in the red sea. high gas prices are likely to persist through the november election. aaa, one gallon of regular gas cost $3.53. it could go up. brace yourselves. >> bill: $3.69 in ohio this weekend. the woman accused of running over her boyfriend and leave him for dead is back in the courtroom today. her attorneys say she is the victim of a conspiracy. good morning, molly. >> from flirty federal agents to witnesses accused of making a slew of late night calls many witnesses taken back to the stand today. day 19 of the karen read trial as prosecutors continue to call witnesses to the stand. supporters holding vigil outside of the courthouse. they want to say she hit her

boyfriend with her car. defense attorneys claim the 44-year-old woman is being framed all part of a conspiracy to protect the family of a fellow boston police officer on whose snow covered yard o'keefe's body was discovered hours after read claims she dropped him off for a late night party. o'keefe was more likely beaten to death. recently called witnesses include several people present who deny some of the calls they made to each other or o'keefe were intentional. they insist after being confronted with defense record the calls were butt dials. a lot of accidental calls. a federal atf agent part of the group present the night o'keefe died, he read flirtatious texts made between himself and read and acknowledged the record of the exchange was the only thing he specifically saved before tossing his phone. one day before receiving a court order to preserve it.

>> you knew that destroyed simm card and phone would be gone forever, correct? >> yes, i threw it away. >> you did not transfer anything from your old phone to the new phone, correct? >> that's correct. >> prosecutors have called a state police to the stand this morning looking for evidence at the scene. the prosecution is not that close to resting. still a number of witnesses expected and then the defense will have their chance. bill. >> bill: we'll follow it all. thank you through your eyes and ears, molly line in massachusetts. thanks. >> the evidence has mounted over the last three or four years is highly supportive of a laboratory origin for this virus. certain people i think took this position, nih in particular, the leadership, to go after spillover. they thought they were protecting science. i think in reality what they did by not aggressivel