♪ >> we're only halfway through. you have a three-hour radio show. we love to work. >> do you know want to know who is on? we'll lead are rich lowry, andy mccarthy and other surprises. >> bill: all right, guys, good morning. the man arrested and accused of misleading police about his wife's disappearance is now charged with her murder. in minutes he will be in court arraigned. the courthouse in massachusetts where brian walshe will appear. he was charged with the murder of his wife, ana. she disappeared on new year's day. updates on that hearing when it begins south of boston. it is one of the burning questions of the classified document scandal. why did the d.o.j. not participate in the search of the president's home?

we might have an answer as we go looking today. good morning, it's wednesday. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: this is dana perino. a story like this with a new development every day insures the next day you'll talk about it again. the justice department reportedly considered sending agents to monitor the search of the president's home but according to the "wall street journal" officials decided not to in order to avoid complicating the investigation. >> bill: that's what we're told. the search was left to the president's lawyers and that revelation inspiring this headline in the "new york post." nothing to seize here. >> dana: the post is on a role this week. it has put the white house on damage controller. reporters aren't buying their -- >> i have been forthcoming and clear about being prudent from here. guys, you guys can ask me this 100 times, 200 times if you wish. >> why is it the matter of this

white house counsel to deal with documents from two administrations ago? we're not talking about presidential from the white house. why is that white house counsel involved in this matter at all? >> something for the white house counsel to address. i'll see you guys tomorrow. >> six times it turned out to be false. are you sorry about that? >> i'll see you tomorrow. come talk to me. >> dana: peter doocy is standing by at the white house. why is the white house counsel involved in going through documents at the penn biden center, peter? >> we're hoping to find that out at some point maybe from the president who says he will discuss it in detail soon. instead of sending agents from the f.b.i. in windbreakers is because the biden team was cooperating. that is not flying with critics

on the hill. >> it was only 20 documents. well, how do we know that? i guess we have to take that on face value now and the white house was too nervous to have a federal agent aleast alongside the attorneys because remember, anything else they see that could be construed as criminal activity as they look for these top secret documents while the attorneys have no clearances at all. >> a new contradiction with the white house's line on wilmington, too. now they defend not having visitor logs by saying like every president his personal residence is personal. that fits with the way the president has described what happens there as in not a place where there would be classified material laying around. >> president biden: i was sitting in my kitchen yesterday and there was a sun room off the kitchen. my wife was there with her sister and a good friend named

mary anne and saying do you realize it's over $5 for a pound of hamburger meat? five >> they used to talk about it where the president should go frequently because he was working the whole time. >> while every president can work from anywhere they are. that's how presidency is he crypt. >> nothing on the president's schedule today and don't know what we'll get from him. the press secretary is set to come out later this afternoon. >> dana: we'll talk about it on "the five" as well. >> bill: federal prosecutor and brett, good morning to you. i will get your piece in a moment here. what is your reading as to why there was this measure of cooperation between d.o.j., f.b.i. and lawyers for the president? >> in what universe does d.o.j.

allow the lawyers for the target of an investigation to take control of seizing and searching for evidence? it is so contrary to standard operating procedure that it is laughable they're trying to pass this off on the american public. this is in my estimation an attempt to control a narrative, to find out how bad the problem is, and then to try to control the narrative that is going to come out as a result of it. instead, you know, for those of us that have worked on these kinds of cases where even a defense attorney who represents a client accused of possessing classified documents, they won't even show them the evidence until they get clearance. now all of a sudden all the rules have suspended and we are allowing the target's lawyers to do the search. >> dana: the white house has a spokesperson who said when it comes to congress we intend to review and respond to oversight inquiries in good faith but expect members of congress to show the same good faith.

house republicans lose credibility when they engage in fake outrage about an issue and clearly pursuing only for partisan gain. how do you see that? republicans are saying that they are just asking questions. the white house -- i understand why they are doing it. they're trying to compare the differences of trump and biden's situations but ignoring the similarities. >> yeah, they are ignoring the similarities or they are ignoring the distinctions that don't work in their favor or for joe biden's favor. you think about the fact the archives had no knowledge these documents were out there. you think about the fact they may have something to do with the ukraine, which makes you question does it have -- does it connect any dots between hunter biden and tony bobulinski's references to what the big guy was involved in with hunter biden and these other countries? they are ignoring the things that are of concern to the american public.

>> it could be one of the biggest political scandals in american history. you say america's justice department has been police sized and it begs the question what the merrick garland know and when did he know it and what were they doing behind the scenes, i assume? >> right. it could be this is inoctoberous. it also could be nefarious and troubling and substantial. if it has any ability to connect dots. if those are documents that may have revealed some of the efforts by hunter biden and the connections that he himself in text messages and emails has alleged about his father or tony bobulinski in some of those, we're dealing with an entirely different type of scandal involving a then vice president of the united states. >> dana: give the viewers a sense of how long this could go on? will this drag -- both trump's and biden's situation, are

separate but similar, how long will it go on and how far into the presidential election cycle will we hear about this? will there be a resolution before november of 2024? >> dana, i have a case right now i'm representing an individual accused of possessing classified document and we're in the third year of the case. this has more urgency. it is politically more important. i know that special counsel hur is going to work efficiently. he has a great reputation at the department of justice. i'm hopeful these chapters on both donald trump's possession and joe biden's possession of classified documents can get behind us. but i don't see that. i don't see it happening quickly. >> bill: thank you. come back, okay? more questions, right, for a while. brett, thank you very much. in the piece at foxnews.com we

need to know what they dealt with. >> dana: something that's interesting. if they're innocuous, no problem. if they're nefarious, that's very unlikely. i cannot imagine that actually happening but if it does happen, if this goes to go and there is discovery the documents will be something you find out about and it is very dangerous. >> bill: they raided mar-a-lago two months prior. the one thing biden's team did not want to happen is raiding the delaware home. he is getting for a re-election this spring. it's the last thing he wanted. at that point you would easily be able to compare the two between trump and biden. that's where we are now. what time is the briefing today? 3:00 from the white house. >> dana: we'll see what other shoes drop before then. a manhunt still underway for at least two suspects in a shantey.

among the victims a teenage mother and her baby. authorities say the attack was not random but a targeted execution carried out by a cartel. >> well planned out, tactical. executed quickly. so from the time of the phone call until we arrived was a very short amount of time and by then they were long gone. i am not pointing a finger at any one cartel, i'm not. i'm saying what took place is very much like what we've seen in the past when it comes to an execution by a cartel. >> dana: matt finn is live in los angeles with the details this morning. >> right now authorities are on a hunt for two known suspects they say executed this family including a 72-year-old grandmother, her 16-year-old granddaughter and that 16-year-old's 10-month-old child. the sheriff says it was a deliberate massacre that shows

signs of a gang or cartel-related a says nation including two victims killed in the streets and victims with shots to the head around 3:30 a.m. monday. six family members were killed. three survived including one person who intentionally hid and made the 911 call. the gunfire was so intense the call was initially treated as an active shooter. the home was known for gang activity and a search warrant was just conducted at the house earlier this month. it is not clear who the intended target was. the mother and 10-month-old were not. autopsies have begun on the six victims. the sheriff said it is not confirmed it was cartel related but partially blames the cartels in his county on the southern border. >> i can tell you cartels are here. they are here for multiple reasons. selling drugs is lucrative. there is a lot of money to be made. it focuses on the money. the other is that we have a very

unsecure border right now. there is a lot of back and forth when it comes to the cartels and free movement up and down the state and across the border. >> that sheriff also says california has taken a soft on crime approach and this state has to start holding criminals accountable who use guns in violent crimes. mexican cartels continue to smuggle drugs and violent criminals here into the united states, dana. >> dana: matt finn, thank you for the update. >> bill: breaking from overseas a helicopter crash in ukraine killing more than a dozen including high-level officials and children. our reporters near the scene. we will go there live in minutes. check this out. >> pretty extraordinary that we select group of human beings are able to sit in a room and come together and actually talk about saving the planet. >> dana: oh geez.

u.s. climate envoy john kerry droning on about saving the environment at a conference where more than 1,000 people arrived by private jet. the amazing disconnect. >> bill: ana walshe's husband about to be arraigned. we should learn more why investigators believe he did in fact kill his wife. they will make their case. >> it is horrific to see it. given the evidence that we've heard with the hacksaw and knife and blood, i can't imagine that it was anything peaceful.

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>> dana: surveillance video emerging of the new york city crime wave in action. a group of robbers first demanded money in a harlem deli and then ransacked the place

throwing kitchen knives and store products at the employees. thankfully no one was hurt and police are still looking for the suspects. >> bill: back in the courtroom to another big story we're watching. brian walshe now in court, the husband of a missing mother of three by the name of ana walshe, set to be arraigned on a murder charge. we expect to learn a lot more about the investigation and the evidence at that hearing. before we dip inside bryan llenas is at the courthouse as well. let's begin with you. >> bill, good morning. yes. brian walshe's arraignment starting right now. he faces not only a murder charge but also told he faces a dismemberment of a human body charge. the movement of a deceased human body. we have heard details of circumstantial evidence. the police chief here told me this morning they have enough physical evidence to have been able to charge him with these

charges and at this point we have heard all the way up until day over the last 16 days a ton of circumstantial evidence including surveillance video of him in the home depot buying cleaning supplies. the fact they found blood and broken knife in the family basement as well as a hatchet, hacksaw and blood reportedly found inside of a trash facility. let's go into the courtroom with you guys as brian walshe is being arraigned. listen. >> on january 1st. he stated she took an uber lift in the airport and going to work. there were no uber to that house on january 1st. defendant said he had not spoken to his wife since the early morning hours on new year's day. they were unable to locate her and ana's phone.

it indicated it was stationary in the house until new year eaves. no outgoing calls at that time and at 3:14 a.m. on the 2nd was turned off. defendant stated -- jacket, watch, ring and private purse. defendant came the timeline of 6 or 6:10:00 a.m. on the 1st when he last saw her. his actions on january 1st. he indicated that on that date that at 3:00 p.m. he went to his mother's house but got lost because he didn't have his phone. he knew he was lost. defendant stayed 15 minutes and went to whole foods and cvs. he did not enter either of those stores. on january 1st, defendant

googled on is ipad. some of the searches as files. the defendant said he left at 6:00 a.m. 4:55 a.m. on january 1st he searched how long before a body starts to smell. 4:58 a.m. how to decompose a body. 5:20 he searched how to embalm a body. at 5:47 a.m. 10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to. at 6:25 a.m. on the 1st how long for someone need to be missing to inherit. at 9:29 a.m. what does formaldehyde do? how long -- at 9:59 a.m. can an identification be made?

at 11:34 a.m. dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body. at 11:44 how to clean blood from floor. 11:56 on the 1st. 1:08 what happens when you put body parts in ammonia. 1:21 the defendant do we throw clothes away or wash them? also information gained from the defendant's phone which showed on january 2nd he was at home goods where he -- [inaudible]. there were also more google searches on january 2nd. at 12:45 a.m. hacksaw best tool to dismember. 1:10:00 p.m. can you be charged with murder without a body? at 1:14 p.m. can you identify a body with broken teeth?

on january 2nd, defendant was seen on surveillance at the home depot in rockland and checking with surveillance he is observed on security camera purchasing items including cleaning products, mops, brushes, tape, hatchet, baking soda. facemask and gloves on at the time he was pushing the cart in home depot. 5:32 he began -- [inaudible] data from the phone also tracked his whereabouts on january 3rd. locations were traveled 4:27 on january 3rd from apartment complex. surveillance shows the defendant

as well -- a path near the dumpster. he carried garbage bags and leaning in appears to be heavy as he has to heft it into the dumpster. he walks to the dumpster with the garbage bag and leaves it. 4:28 another complex at 5:ten telephone shows records -- video shows a party consistent with his parent. he threw items in the dumpster. on january 3rd at 1:02:00 p.m. he does more google searches. what happens to a dead body? 1:13 p.m.enter what is the rate of decomposition found in a body in a plastic bag compared to a surface in the woods? 1:20 baking soda make a body

smell good? on january 4th, the following day, the defendant went to home goods and t.j. maxx and purchased towels, bath mats and men's clothing. then he went to lowe's where he purchased a trash can. officers observed -- deep down in a plastic liner in the back of the car. the next day a view of the car shows -- [inaudible] and the carpet appeared to show fresh vacuum streets. the defendant said he threw in the trash. they analyzed and there was blood -- on january 5th review of data from defendant's show showed his traveling to where

his mother resides. the complex where his mother lives at 9:30 a.m. went for five minutes around the building to the southeast corner. in the southeast corner of that complex there was a dumpster. it was later secured and searched. on january 8th police and crime team searched the home. they found blood in the basement. a knife with the presence of blood and a damaged knife. second knife was also found in the basement. in addition there were heavy duty large plastic liners purchased from that home depot trip. as part of the investigation police tracked his credit card. there was no activity when she was last seen on january 1st. police officers tried to track down what happened to the bags that the defendant was seen throwing in the dumpster

earlier. they were already picked up and taken to a location for shredding and insince rated. by the time police low indicated that. they searched the dumpsters by the mother's property. it was searched as a transfer station. investigators recovered 10 trash bags. inside them many of the items contained stains consistent with blood. in fact, a lot. among the items were towels, rags, slippers, tape, suits, cleaning agents, gloves, hiking boots, a 19 watt -- in the name of anna walsh. a hacksaw and hatchet. the boots were described what

ana was last seen in. large brown states. it consistent with having baking soda on it. there was a part of a necklace. the state crd items that were recovered from those trash bags. there was human blood found on them and sent for dna testing. the findings were as follows, ana's wash contributed to the dna on the slippers with blood on them. on the exterior ana and brian walshe contributed to the dna. the tyvec suit there was dna. exterior left pant leg ana watch contributed to the dna.

interior white sleeve ana walshe was a contributor to the dna found on that suit. there were tissues that she contributed to the dna. one of the earlier google search, on december 27th the defendant googled what's the best state to divorce? it was believed that brian walshe dismembered anna wash re walshe and disposed of her body. the commonwealth is asking the defendant be held without bail. >> [inaudible] >> not at this time, but i will.

your honor. we have a date of february 7th. [inaudible] >> that's by zoom, correct? >> by zoom. >> status is fine. >> status. >> thank you. >> thank you, your honor. >> the defendant will be held without bail until february 9th, 2023, for a status hearing. >> thank you, judge. >> bill: that was something to listen to. in court quincy, massachusetts a number of google searches that were frankly grizzly based on the description given in court. back with bill hemmer, dana perino and jonna spilbor. what did you take away from this? >> we were all wondering whether investigators had actually found a body.

they did not. but apparently what they have found is dna. both ana's and brian's dna on many of the objects he discarded. they also know he discarded of those objects and most telling was this guy spent a lot of time googling basically how to clean up a murder in not so many words. the sad part is, he got answers. i guarantee that's why he went to the home depot and bought what he bought and why he did what he did. we don't have a body, but you don't need one always to get a conviction. this dna will be very telling because both of their dna was found on certain items. why is that interesting to a criminal defense attorney? it raises the possibility of a self-defense defense. think about this. 2003 robert durst. he was getting accused of murder and probably committing these murders his whole life.

2003 he shoots his neighbor, morris black, in the face, cuts him up in suitcase size pieces and dumps his body in the galveston bay and knot found not guilty. they never found the victim's head. it was self-defense. he panicked and disposed of the body in the bay. he won that case. i am not saying this is going to apply, but as his defense attorney might be wondering whether he does have a case. >> dana: the other thing is i don't understand the prosecution's strategy. i don't know how they do it there. we were listening as she listed all the evidence and i felt like we know this. a little more detail but we know this and while it was going on i said to jonna, what about the dna? she buried the lead. they actually do have the dna >> she didn't need to go through the google searches but this was his arraign: here are the

charges against you and we move from you. i think she did it for the cameras and because look, we have a mother of three who was well respected in the community. also a daughter. still missing. people will wondering is she did? i think she did that for our sake. >> bill: we heard the town that the north of cohasset and quincey by 30 minutes if you have no traffic. did she own property there or is that where one of the in laws or mother lives? >> i think that is where his mother lives but don't quote me on that. he was basically -- is traveling to get the evidence away from their home someplace else. >> bill: it leads us to the question if he disposed of her body or to take it a step further parts of her body, it could be anywhere along this 30-minute route. >> yeah, very difficult to find. but again, people mistakenly believe you need a body.

here is the thing, though, without a body you can't prove cause of death or manner of death. that can make a murder conviction very difficult to come by. especially now that we know there will be a whole lot of d fricke a testing going on. >> dana: what did you think of his demeanor? he doesn't blink. he sat and stared at the prosecutor the entire time and didn't say a word. he will be held until this arraignment february 7th. what did you make of him? >> it's interesting. we know that he is a bit of a career criminal. this isn't his first rodeo. he is already facing federal fraud charges. then he gets charged with impeding the investigation. now he is charged with murder. you would think if he were a loving husband you might have a tear or two. people will say you don't know how people act. scott peterson was crying and holding vigils. that's a different story. he is being stoic. his attorneys are probably telling him that. >> dana: i think of what a

monster. there are three children involved and they're in state custody now and young and loving each other as siblings and now they don't have either parent and they are separated. i find it so tragic. >> what do they know? where were they? what did they see, hear and know? >> bill: one last question. you see on screen what he bought and purchased. found doing a search at a transfer station with a hacksaw and a rug the blood on it. i thought she said several rugs. the searches for how to dispose a body. on and on she went. 18-page affidavit in the idaho murders and told through smart legal minds like yours that the state could be holding back on evidence. that they have more that was not included in the affidavit. this, however, was much more specific. in my opinion and my view that's the way i heard it. why would that be but for the

absence of a body? >> and that's probably why. they really want -- the state probably wants to let everybody know, including the defense attorney and defendant, that they have a lot more evidence than he probably thinks they have. come on, everybody you don't have to be a criminal or an attorney to know what you google is going to be found out. where your cell phone is will be found out. you can't go anywhere without being on camera. so i think we'll have to get more into the mind of this defendant as it moves forward. >> bill: when you were listening you had a phrase. >> guilt by google. >> bill: possible? >> possible. >> dana: would it be a first? >> i don't know if it would be a first but look at what he did and how much information they got from his computer. basically a roadmap how do i clean up a murder? but he did it in 25 different

google searches. i think it will give people a lot of pause when you are searching for shoes online. somebody is going to find out at some point. >> bill: throughout this process keep in mind they have three young children. jonna, thank you for your analysis and being here with us. we'll be back with you later. thanks. >> dana: we have this breaking news from ukraine. top officials and three children were among at least 15 people killed in a helicopter crash this morning. it happened near a kindergarten in the suburb east of kiev. ukraine's interior minister was among those killed. alex hogan is live in kiev with the latest. do they know what happened? >> it is just an awful site here as authorities carry the bodies out of this kindergarten after it was hit by a helicopter earlier this morning engulfing this area in flames. look at the footage we have from earlier this morning. this emergency service helicopter, part of it crashing into the roof of this

kindergarten. what is now believed at this point to be a pilot error and potential mechanical issue in this morning's fog. at least nine people who were on that helicopter including ukraine's interior minister, first deputy and state security have died. more than a dozen are dead including children. at least 20 people are hospitalized, including 11 children. residents who live here tell me they heard the explosion this morning. it was incredibly traumatic. they assumed the school and apartments were under attack. i visited the hard hit areas of eastern kharkiv with the city's mayor that says 118 kindergarten buildings used as civilian gatherings points have been destroyed in the war so far. the second largest city comes under attack at least once every day. >> it only takes russian c300 missiles 30 seconds to hit where we are. >> such a traumatic week for

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>> please leave. call 911 now. >> please leave, you are trespassing. >> bill: on it goes, scary scene seattle coffee shop. the couple run that store and lost employees, insurance and lost a lot of customers to rising crime. they aren't the only ones. other small business owners say they face similar violence and danger every day in seattle. diana and steve own the sip and ship and with me now. nice to see you. good morning to both of you. fighting an uphill battle in a town you live. diana, to you first. you are begging for help. a bunch of store owners got together yesterday to try to draw attention to the cause. is anyone listening? >> oh, yes, i think so. you know, the reason why we came together was to better

understand what we are all facing. we had a council city member present, sarah nelson. other members within the community, our community alliance. we want to come together and understand what we were all going through so we can come together and figure out what solutions we can come up with. we've been doing this for 21 years and -- >> bill: i don't know why it has taken so long. it seems like people in authority are not acting based on your pleas. steve, i'm reading here you put an employee at the door to make sure they put the dead bolt on in case someone from the streets enters your store and could cause you harm. tell me about that. >> yeah, our store is right on market street there in the neighborhood of ballard and occasionally there is going to be a person in crisis who is walking by in front of the store

and that's kind of gets everybody on alert. the employee will put their hand on the dead bolt to make sure the person who is in crisis doesn't come in the store and create a problem. >> bill: can you stay in business? there is a nike store in downtown seattle that has been there for 25 years and nike is closing. >> yeah. i read that. i heard about that yesterday. it was a great spot that we all used to go to. unfortunately that's a business decision that nike is making and unfortunately they'll be moving. i think he will go to bellevue. i think we can stay in business. it will take a lot of work and a lot of people joining together and we're thankful for sarah nelson for being there from the city council and hopefully this is helping to get our voices be heard. >> bill: i hope you can stay in

business. starbucks closed half a dozen stores in seattle. starbucks. they are closing half a dozen stores there. diana, you sound more optimistic than i expected. as if i can get change from this meeting. is that a fair read? >> i hope so. we're not in business to give up easily. and we know it takes a lot of work to be in business and stay in business and we feel like we're up for the task. we do need access to resources and we hope to discover what those might be for small business owners here in seattle. >> bill: give me the list. what do you need? >> we need to better understand the issue. it is very complex. there is not one silver bullet that will solve this problem. >> bill: you need more cops? do you need more watchdogs in the neighborhood? what do you think, steve? >> we need task force. i think when the police force was reduced the talk was having a task force who were going to

help the people in crisis. and those people -- and i don't believe the task force is up and ready. certainly we need more police as well. i think the pendulum has gone too far one way. i don't think it should go all the way back to where it was. there needs to be a middle ground and the task force to help not only small business but the people in crisis that are on the streets. >> bill: you both speak well to the issue. 23% increase in fatal shootings that year. that's not the town you want to live in. steve and diana we'll stay in contact. we'll reach out to sarah nelson. you mentioned her name several times and see if she can get some action for you. thank you for being here today. >> thank you for having us. >> dana: the family of a california lawyer is accusing authorities of suspicious behavior and possible foul play after he died while on vacation in mexico. police say elliott blair died from a fall but his family says he was the victim of a quote

brutal crime. christina coleman is live in los angeles. what's the story? >> well, the lawyer's family says the liaison for the local coroner's office in mexico saying the case has been forwarded to a d.a.'s office for a possible homicide investigation. the family is fed up with the lack of communication from mexican authorities on this case. they just announced they will conduct their own independent investigation. by hiring a private investigation firm and retaining an independent pathologist. the lawyer, elliott blair, was an orange county public defender. his family says the 33-year-old was at a resort and spa 12 miles south of tijuana over the weekend to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife. mexican authorities say he was intoxicated and died after falling from their room's balcony. but his family says this

explanation does not add up. they say blair was not intoxicated and that the incident did not occur off their room's private balcony. they believe it happened in an open air walkway outside the front door of their room. they say the couple was very familiar with the resort's layout. they stayed in that specific room multiple times and also noted that blair spoke spanish. the lawyer's body was found on january 14th. blair's loved ones released their first statement on the matter saying quote the family, which has extensive legal training in criminal law, wholeheartedly believes based on their initial investigation that elliott was the victim of a brutal crime. they also raise suspicion over blair's wife. they said quote in addition, it is highly unfortunate that throughout this entire devastating ordeal, his loving wife has been given multiple versions of what happened to elliott. mexican authorities have not said blair's wife was involved in his death. meantime his family continues to

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from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. >> it is a recipe for economic catastrophe. as president biden made clear congress must deal with the debt limit and must do so without conditions. >> bill: now with the u.s. set to hit its debt limit tomorrow, the white house is warning congress to raise the debt ceiling. however, republicans are calling for deep spending cuts first in order to match the increase. edward lawrence fox business is crunching the numbers. hello, how will this go? >> they're at a big impasse now. the white house being more vocal. we're hearing from the white

house press secretary, not the president, about how the congress needs to deal with this issue. listen. >> we're not going to work our way around this or negotiate on this. this is the basic -- the basic duties of congress is to deal with this issue. let's not forget in the last administration they, democrats and republicans, were able to deal with the debt limit three times, three times. so this is something that needs to be done, that should be done, and we call on congress to act. >> the white house digging in. there will be no pre-conditions or negotiating over the debt ceiling. even moderate democrats starting to say spending might be a problem. here is senator joe manchin from switzerland. >> we have to work together. it is a bipartisan and always been that way as far as the debt ceiling. we have to realize we have a problem. we have a debt problem. we're $31.4 trillion of public debt right now. all we're saying is should we

not make sure we all recognize how we got there? how we presentent it from going further? >> tomorrow the treasury secretary will implement extraordinary measures to stretch the money until mid june and then we hit the ceiling. >> bill: you will need a bigger calculator, edward. thank you. nice to see you. thank you. >> dana: fox news alert. let's get going on the top of the hour topping the news. the husband of missing massachusetts mother ana walshe appearing in court last hour now formally charged with her murder. prosecutors revealing new details about the investigation including dna evidence found in the trash to support the murder charge. liberal cities across the country are considering reparations for black americans affected by racial disparities. the debate over this is a distraction from bigger issues like crime and homelessness.