>> sandra: "america reports" rolling right into a jam packed hour two to wrap a busy week. moments from now former vice president mike pence will be speaking about the classified documents found in his home and he's answering questions, a first on fox. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into the second hour. here we go, john. i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: big friday afternoon, john roberts in washington. we are watching a lot right now, coast to coast, all new at 2:00. in california, ronna mcdanie minutes from learning her fate as the rnc votes whether to keep her as leader. >> sandra: and in washington, look live at the white house press briefing room, karine jean-pierre is set to take questions. >> john: police officers accused of murder in memphis. city on edge and holding its

breath as video of a violent beating is about to go public. the victim's family appealing for calm. >> sandra: we are learning more from the just released bodycam video of the attack at paul and nancy pelosi's home. another nonstop hour of news begins now. begin with the city on edge bracing for whatever reaction may come when video of a deadly police beating goes public today. hours from now, they will release the bodycam footage of 29-year-old tyre nichols, they say acts that defy humanity, steve is live in downtown memphis. steve, what are you seeing on the ground there so far today? >> sandra, right now a very visible police presence. we have seen police on horses in unmarked cars, marked cars as well. as far as protests or

demonstrations, not a sign of anything yet. streets are quiet, life going on here as normal. as you mentioned, that tape expected to come out on the internet on the youtube channel five hours from now, the tape is expected to be one hour long, supposed to show the violence from three weeks ago when a 29-year-old young man tyre nichols was beaten to death, largely defenseless individual, horrifying to hear. heard descriptions from family members and officials and family members who have seen the video, and violence could be in memphis and the governor of georgia has called out the national guard, fbi an on alert infield offices, and we heard from tyre's mother appealed for peaceful demonstrations and spoke about what she is going through.

>> no mother should go through what i'm going through right now. no mother. to lose their child to the violent way that i lost my child. >> as far as those five former memphis police officers, they are now out on bond, from 2 to $350,000. they face a range of felony charges, including second-degree murder, could land them in jail alone up to 60 years. family and the attorney say it's a good first step. see if it's enough to keep things peaceful tonight. back to you. >> sandra: steve, thank you. john. >> john: right now in california, members of the republican national committee are deciding who will lead the party through the 2024 election. one side, ronna mcdaniel fighting to keep her job, and a fourth term. challenger, harmeet dhillon says

the party has under performed under her watch. >> sandra: ron desantis throwing his support behind dhillon, calling for new blood in the rnc. will it have an impact on the vote happening right now? we'll ask shannon bream on the showdown. >> john: william is live at the high stakes and high dollar meeting in dana point, california. >> how it begins and ended, it started as a family feud but turned into a bitter and divisive nominating process we have going on. people are trying to count their votes and right now it is frankly up for grabs, may be only separated by a dozen votes, ronna mcdaniel has been in the position six years and she knows the people intimately, worked closely with them for a long time and then the insurgent campaign of harmeet dhillon.

vice chairman of the california party, a lawyer who worked for former president trump and she has worked a very effective insurgent campaign here and picked up a lot of votes. i'm going to show you around quick, john, what's happening now. they are just about ready to take the nominating speeches from the floor, there are microphones in the middle, they can talk for five minutes to nominate each candidate. up on the left-hand side as you can see, some voting booths over there, right. so, each state and territory has three votes. there are three voting booths. they'll drop in the secret ballot, and the key number is 85 votes to win, basically half the number of the 168 members of the committee members here today. smart money remains on ronna mcdaniel, but no question dhillon has tapped into some

frustration, mean believe they need new blood. during the candidate presentations two nights ago, mike lindell, my pillow ceo, spoke here, and he has ideas for branding and marketing, and dhillon talked about the grassroots, detailed plan, 30, 60 days, and ronna mcdaniel talked about minority outreach and one thing, a lot of republicans, the gop has a distrust of the voting system. she laid out and said we need more early voting, mail-in voting, ballot harvesting to compete with the democrats, what she laid out. the question is going to be what the voters really believe and what they want, and will they take the party in a populus direction with dhillon or stay with ronna mcdaniel.

>> sandra: we'll get back there when the news comes in. shannon bream is joining us right now, shannon, always, looking forward to seeing you this weekend. first up, do you believe and do you believe there is belief out there that desantis throwing his support now behind harmeet dhillon, will it swing the rnc chair vote? >> it's very interesting because for a long time we have thought ronna mcdaniel has the advantage as incumbents usually do, and a lot of people thousand that. you heard william talk about the late push, insurgent push that harmeet dhillon has been grassroots, gone member to member, talking about how she'll be able to work with former president trump when it's good, push back on him when she thinks he's out of line, so a lot of folks have had an open ear and said they have actually been persuaded by actually talking with her one-on-one. she has put in the time, doing a

lot of retail politicking, we'll see the candidates doing going into 2024. it's secret ballot and probably the best shot for harmeet dhillon, the folks can secretly decide who they are going to go with. >> john: instead of the show vote like in congress, people could throw in a ballot for somebody other than the person they even supported. last time ronna mcdaniel was here she said she had probably 100 to 107 votes in support, pointed out, only needs 85. but katie pavlich here a little while ago said that harmeet dhillon is claiming, or her people are claiming, she only needs 12 votes to cross the threshold. here is what desantis said, i think we need a change, i think we need to get some new blood in the rnc. i like what harmeet said about getting the rnc out of d.c. nebraska and the washington

state gop also endorsing harmeet dhillon. so, you can say look, i got a letter from all these delegates in december, this is ronna mcdaniel that say they are going to support me, things could potentially change. >> yeah, and with the secret ballot nobody has to be accountable if they change the vote. and i heard william express there, both of these primary candidates we think between ronna mcdaniel and harmeet dhillon, and mike lindell, and not just get rid of the existing person, no, this is my plan how we can turn this around, get more people elected to the federal positions. so she's going to be in there and the fight ronna mcdaniel will say i had a good track record, we won seats in the midterms and so how can you kick me out when we have flipped some seats from blue to red. >> sandra: she said there is a

tendency to scapegoat or ignore the wins. her words, we defied history in 2018, 15 seats, 2020 in the house, unprecedented, and this year winning back the house. she made her case and presented the other side of those who think she's responsible for not winning back the senate. >> and that's the thing, a lot of scapegoating from the former president to current members on the hill saying this person is responsible, that person is responsible, candidate quality. it was the abortion issue, i mean, people are going to point to all kinds of things that say they aren't specifically responsible for the less than exciting and red tsunami that a lot of folks had wanted and expected in the midterm elections. we'll see if it's persuasive again. i think harmeet dhillon has had a smart lane in doing the retail politicking and saying i'm not just against ronna, this is what

i'm going to do to change things. ronna has been a powerful force, and 100 plus potentially delegates pledged to her. >> john: and all of this is geared toward 2024, and 1 of the questions, who is the republican nominee. former president trump the only one in the ring so far but many others waiting to pull the trigger. and the "new york times" talked to 59 of the over 160 delegates in dana point and asked about donald trump in 2024. negative reaction or questioning they got. mac brown, kentucky, this isn't 2016. people have moved on. jonathan barnett from arkansas, i've been a supporter of donald trump in the past, i just think we need choices this time. we have to look at all of our options. hank mccann from delaware, did i vote for trump in 2016, you bet. 2020, you bet. now, i don't know. so even though the only one he is in the race, not a lock at

this point. we have going through a process, i assume, that the majority, the vast majority of the rnc delegates will support donald trump should he become the nominee. it's a question as to whether or not they want to try him again or somebody else. >> as you pointed out, people said yes, i supported him in the last two elections, he was my guy, i think many republicans out there worry that january 6th is going to dog him or taint him in any campaign if he becomes the general election nominee, if he makes it that point, he's going to have to answer questions about that and he's under a special counsel investigation, not only under the documents but also in connection to january 6th, a lot of things are hanging over his head. some of these delegates are going to say let's pick someone else who maybe has the same kind of fight that he had, but without this baggage he brings into it. but most polling shows that most folks in the gop at this point trump is their guy. >> sandra: this was zeldin on ronna running again, awaiting word as the vote is right now

taking place, shannon. listen. >> i believe that she's going to by design be getting re-elected to an historic fourth term and i don't believe is the best path forward for the party. the question shouldn't be whether she can put votes together to get elected to another term, but the question is whether she should be running for the fourth term, i believe the answer is no. >> sandra: december 7th, shannon, to show you how the party has been divided on this leadership at the rnc for quite some time. it was bubbling up before then, obviously. >> a lot of folks -- zeldin, his good showing, not a win in new york, but closer than governor hochul would have liked it, a good republican result for a lot of new york, and a lot of folks pushing him saying ok, let's try this guy. he did something good in new

york, not for the finish line himself but much closer and tighter race. he as you heard there said essentially i'm not going to run because i feel the way the system is set up now is only the current chair woman can win if she decides to run again. he backed out of the race but made the point he did not think it was a fair fight for somebody who would want to challenge her. >> john: interesting, a couple days after ronna mcdaniel appeared here on "america reports" he was supposed to announce his candidacy and i think that day ronna mcdaniel held up this note and said signatures of 107 people to support me, and zeldin said i don't think i'll take a run at it. but in terms of harmeet dhillon, interesting what you said, not a matter of i'm running because ronna mcdaniel is no good, she's been saying there have been problems, that the party could potentially do better, she has a set of plans for saying this is what i will do.

here is why you want to vote for me, and that's different than a lot of elections we see. >> it is, and the same thing with the parties, the midterms, are you for something or telling them to vote against the other party. so harmeet has tried to thread that and saying i bring these to the table and i think the leadership in the past has been lacking. so as we have heard conversations from people who said i was a no vote on harmeet, i badgered her with questions face-to-face, accomplished attorney, won a lot of cases, and will it be enough, i don't know. >> sandra: shannon what we do know, we will see you fox news sunday this weekend. fabulous line-up. >> congressman mike mccaul, republican, and democrat adam smith, congressman, they will talk to us about what's going on in ukraine. the tanks we pledged may not get there by some estimates for years, what goes on there, the border, the documents, all of these things touch on national

security, both of them have a deep resume on that front and meet the newest senator, i think senator ricketts has been sworn in, but i talked to katie britt out of alabama, she walks around the hill and people thinks she's a staffer, she has to get her badge out as a young woman on the senate side and prove she's a senator. interesting conversation what it's like to be a freshman in the halls. >> john: looking forward to that. we'll go to the white house briefing in just a moment, karine jean-pierre is wrapping up the standard business and is about to take questions. i think the nancy pelosi, or the paul pelosi tape will factor prominently in the briefing, ab other items as well. >> sandra: as memphis and the country is awaiting the release of that bodycam video, that is expected tonight. there likely would be questions on that to the white house, the

growing classified document scandal. and also waiting mike pence, going to be speaking to our own rich edson this hour, so we are waiting a lot of things at this moment. i believe because the president made it firm today that ron klain, his chief of staff is departing the white house, that there was a bit of housekeeping on that right off the top from karine jean-pierre, so awaiting questions and answers. >> john: talking about the departure of ron klain, who was there from the beginning, and the covid czar will be taking over, and she's taking questions now. let's go to the briefing room. >> iga director julie rodriguez noted how consequential the last two years have been under ron's leadership as we pass some of the boldest policies that are improving the lives of americans every day. and counselor to the president closed it out with you always paid attention to the little things that matter to people more than anything you've made

this group feel like more than just colleagues but really like a family, and i will add for me personally one of the things i love about ron is that he sees you when no one else sees you, and when he does see you, lifts you up. and that is what is the definition of a leader is, and that is ron klain. and with that, i'll say ron will always be part of the family. we are also -- also very much looking forward to have someone like jeff lead this team. he is someone who many of us know very well and how to get big things done, he's tackled the toughest issues in government throughout his career, from fixing healthcare.com to leading our historic covid response. he led the national economic council during obama-biden administration, and shares the president's focus on strengthening the economy and growing it from the bottom up and middle out. he led our administration's

transition into office under incredibly trying circumstances, you all were there, and watched us try to get our -- get the administration together at that time, and thanks to jeff we had a historically diverse team in place on day one ready to work. now in year three a big task ahead, ensuring the historic laws we pass are implemented efficiently and fairly. no person -- no better person to do that than jeff, and also add, no better or kinder human being. we are also all waiting to see the bagel wednesdays, i think you have heard us talk about this, we hope it makes its triumphant return, and next week the white house will host an official transition to thank ron for his tireless work and officially welcome jeff back to the white house in this role. thank you for indulging me. with that, darlene, kick us off. >> sure, one follow on chief of staff and one follow on tyre

nichols. as you know, separate videos today being released, one on the attack of former speaker pelosi's husband and the other the beating of tyre nichols. does the president have an interest in watching either of those videos, particularly the memphis one. >> the president sent heartfelt condolences to tyre nichols' family. yesterday he and the first lady, and he's going to be regularly briefed as he has been, he's going to be monitoring the situation. as the case continues to develop, clearly he'll be keeping a close eye, i don't have anything further to read out on that piece, on the video. obviously the video is not out yet, but again, he'll be regularly updated. as far as paul pelosi, i have not seen the video yet, i know that was just released, i know

many of the cable news outlets have been showing the video this morning, i have not had a chance to check in with him or to ask him, but i think you don't even need a video to know how horrific and unconscionable the attack of paul pelosi was, and to be very honest, it's a miracle that paul was not more seriously injured and we are grateful that he is on his way and continues to recover. the president has always been clear and continues to be clear to condemn any sort of political violence. there is no place for it here in our country, and he's going to always believe that, and ask for people to come together, republicans, democrats, doesn't matter which party you are in, to condemn the political violence and violent rhetoric we have seen over the years. >> and with the chief of staff news today, that position is one of the more powerful ones in washington that has never been held by someone who was not

white and male. would the president commit to choosing a chief of staff who is not white and male if jeff were to leave before the end of the president's term? >> what i'll say to this, i'm certainly not going to get ahead of the president, not something i can do from here, but look, and i kind of said it at the top. the biden-harris administration is the most diverse in history, that is a fact and we expect to -- this trend to continue. the cabinet is majority of people of color for the first time in history, the cabinet is majority female the first time in history, majority of white house senior staff identify as female, 40% of female staff racially diverse communities. record of six assisstants to the president are openly lgbtq, and think about the 30,000, about 3,000 appointees, 58% female, 6% disabled, 31 first generation americans, 17 first generation

college grads and 14% -- 17% first generation college grads, and 14% lgbtq. and i think that matters. this is -- this is a record that the president is truly proud of and i think not just the president, all of us here who are members of his team. >> thanks, karine. i know there's been coordination on the law enforcement level but have there been any conversations you can tell us about between the white house and state officials or governors about how to handle the possibility of unrest this weekend? >> so, a couple of things there. i want to reiterate what the family and the president have called for, which is peaceful protests, protests to protest peacefully, the president will continue to call on and joined his family. the white house has been in coordination with the relevant agencies to ensure they prepare if protests become violent. this coordination is standard practice and in keeping with

what the administration has done in other instances, including the anticipation as you all know for the dobbs decision, the trucker convoy protests and election day, three examples i can share with you at this moment. administration officials have been and will continue to be in touch with state and local officials on the ground as we watch the next few hours develop. >> has the president spoken with the nichols' family directly or does he plan to? >> obviously when a tragedy happens like this, the president always wants to extend personally his heartfelt condolences to the family. i don't have a call to read out or call schedule at this time. but again, i would refer you to the statement yesterday but our hearts are with tyre nichols' family and the memphis community as well. >> can you confirm a report by our friends at reuters that elon musk met with the infrastructure

coordinator here at the white house about electric vehicles. the white house has not always had the nicest things to say about tesla and its labor practices. >> i can confirm that mitch landrew and also john met with elon musk and electrification, and the inflation reduction act can advance e.v. and increase electrification more broadly, that meeting did happen today. i can confirm that to all of you. >> mark a turning of the page of the relationship between this white house and elon musk? >> i will say that i think the outreach and the meeting says a lot of how important the president thinks the bipartisan infrastructure legislation is, and how the inflation reduction act is, and especially as we, it realities to e.v.s. and his commitment, and so i will leave it there. but i think it's important that his team, his senior members of his team had a meeting with elon musk today to do just that.

>> thanks. does the president regret not making it more of a top priority in his work with congress over the last few years? you mentioned how he called on congress to pass the george floyd act but it did not seem like one of his big priority legislative pushes. >> you know, i have to say i disagree. one of the things the president said, multiple crisis we have had to deal with, that the country was dealing with at the time, as obviously there was covid, there was the economy because of covid, there was climate change and the other one was dealing with the racial unrest we had seen across the country that we have all went through and many of you spoke to. and he took action when congress was not able to get the george floyd policing act done, he took action as i just laid out, by doing an -- taking executive action and doing everything he could with the tools he had. so he did take it very seriously. and he's going to continue to be

very focal, he's made speeches about this over the past couple of years, and he's talked to congress and has asked congress to take action. he has spoken to many times to the leaders in congress who put forth like cory booker and others who put forth that piece of legislation, and our team will continue to have those conversations. but again, by taking executive action i think showed and we believe showed the president's seriousness on this. >> one more topic. the who us have any response to meta reinstating former president trump's accounts on facebook and instagram? >> we are not going to comment on an individual twitter account or social media accounts from here. that is the responsibility, that is something that the independent clearly platforms decide on, and you know, we rely on the platforms that private

company to make sure that their platform is not used to incite violence. and so that is something that we will continue to call on, but we are not going to comment on individual people. >> on tyre nichols, the negotiations that happened last year in the senate, obviously, paused, does the president want to see those resume on the george floyd policing? >> i think as you saw in his statement, the president was very clear, we need to deliver change. we must have accountability when law enforcement officers violate their oath and build a long lasting trust between law enforcement and the vast majority of whom wear the badge of honor in an honorary way, an honorable way i should say and the communities they are sworn to protect, and to serve, and so we need -- he previous we need to continue to do, to move towards that type of change. and he's going to continue to call on congress to come

together and to deal with a real issue. i mean, again, we are having the same conversation talking about the same thing, brutality, a death of a young man that we shouldn't be doing. we shouldn't be reliving this type of hurt and pain and having to, you know, reach out to the families and a community and saying that we are with them in this time. this should not be where we are today. >> specifically the senate talks between cory booker and tim scott and others, is that something that needs to be restarted at this point? >> i'll say this. we think congress should act and take action and put legislation to the floor that deals with this in a real, in a real way, and that is going to be up to congress on what that looks like and what that ultimately materializes to be. but again, the president will call on them and committed to being part of the crucial work

that advance meaningful reform. >> any specific provision in that bill or any other bill that would prevent the kind of death that we saw here? >> look, i mean, if you looked at the george floyd policing acts, something the president supported last year, there were some real important components, provisions in that act that we thought would start the process of bringing forward meaningful change as the president is going to call for. but again, work with congress, continue to call on congress to really move something forward that's going to deal with an issue that has been disproportionately really affecting the brown and black communities. >> karine, the president spoke publicly what seemed to be a genuine bond with george floyd's family, i was wondering if you could talk about a personal side of him, how much that has informed or maybe had an impact on how he processes or sees things like it appears we are

about to see. >> yeah, and you know this, phil, you have covered the president or certainly watched the president the last couple of years, especially during that time as his relationship with the george floyd family developed, and they have met many times and spoken many times, and you know, i cannot imagine how conversations like that don't have an effect on someone, right. when you see -- when you see a family going through so much pain, and that pain being captured on video for all the world to see. so yeah, i think it's had an impact on all of us here, an impact on many across the country, across the globe, and yeah, i think he takes this very seriously. he takes -- he sees what is going on, he hears the stories, he talks to the families, and he feels that it's important, it's important to make sure that these families that go through this get swift and full and

transparent answers and investigation to the death of their loved ones. the doj is looking into this, and also the local authorities, and there's going to be a trial, so don't want to get too far into this particular case but as you asked me about the george floyd family, yeah, i think it's -- i think it affected all of us, you know, meeting them and listening to their story and what, the pain that they are still going through. >> and a little -- in terms of the call for protests and nonviolence, is he confident that's where he feels things are going at this moment in time and how will he ensure the message continues over the next couple of days? >> look, he called on -- he called for peaceful protest. he joined the family, i think people should listen to the family as they call for peaceful protest as well. and i think that's really important and we understand --

we understand the outrage people have currently, and how hurt and painful this is, but we are going to continue to say, violence, but violence is unacceptable, and so you know, i just laid out a moment ago what we are trying to do here, meaning the president has met with the agencies, his administration has been very much in touch with local and state officials to do everything that we can to prevent that. but again, the president has always been very clear when it comes to -- when it comes to violence not being the answer, and making sure that when we protest it's, when people protest it's peaceful. >> joey. ok. >> appreciate it. i just want to clarify, the fbi director has said he has seen the videos of tyre nichols, and said he was appalled. has the president been briefed about the contents of the video or has he seen the video footage himself already? >> i can tell you the president has not -- he's been briefed but

has not seen the video nor has anyone at the white house seen the video, so i can confirm that. and look, he has been briefed on what occurred and what he knows, what he's able to be briefed on from his team, but he has not seen the video. >> the fbi or -- >> i don't have a specific clearly senior administration officials have, i don't have the specific name or person to lay out for you. >> regarding the debt ceiling, senator joe manchin says in his recent private meeting with speaker mccarthy, that mccarthy said he "has no intention on touching medicare or social security." what is the white house reaction to hearing that, and do you agree with what the senator is saying there? >> well, look, for months and months and months now, and many of you have reported this, they have been saying that they are going to -- they are planning to cut social security and medicare. this is what republicans have

been saying for months, for months. and you know, i have a few -- a few reporting from some of your colleagues, esteemed colleagues just the other day, "washington post" headline is "house gop eyes social security, medicare and spending battle," and reuters in january, republican house conservatives threaten debt limit default to cut social programs. that has been consistent with what -- >> john: we are going to take a pause on the coverage of the white house briefing, still ahead is peter doocy with some questions for karine jean-pierre. we'll jump back in when we get to peter, and the nation holds its collective breath in anticipation of the tyre nichols' bodycam video released later tonight. >> sandra: we are waiting on the rnc chair vote and also getting this into the newsroom just now,

a fox news alert, horrific shooting has occurred in jerusalem at the entrance of a synagogue as worshippers were leaving a service there. police there say at least seven people are now dead, and several wounded, including children. investigators are considering the shooting to be a terrorist attack. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the details from our london bureau. >> very serious stuff, getting it from the jerusalem bureau, at least seven killed, maybe 8, and 10, 15 injured in the shooting attack outside a synagogue in east jerusalem in the jewish area of jerusalem. it happened at around 8:15, some reports say it was after friday night prayers with worshippers coming out of the synagogue, some of the reports in fact say the gunman actually went inside

the synagogue and did the shooting, some people call this one of the most serious attacks against israelis by possibly, allegedly, palestinians in several years now. the gunman was shot and killed by authorities. there are no signs that they are looking for anybody else at this point, but it was a very deadly, very, very tragic scene there at the synagogue. just to put this into context, guys, this comes just a day after a shooting in the janine refugee camp in the west bank by israeli special forces going into the refugee camp, at least nine palestinians killed at that site, another killed at another location. this in an attempt by the israeli forces to circumvent a terror cell grouped there and

planning an attack according to israeli sources on a target in israel. that then triggered other scrimmages in palestinian areas, also overnight we saw rockets coming from gaza going into southern israel. israeli forces also conducting some airstrikes against gaza. more scrimmages today, but it's a very tense time. there is no direct connection being made yet between this shooting at and around a synagogue in east jerusalem, but certainly the thinking is indeed possibly because of the israeli action on thursday that this occurred on friday night. but again, it's -- it's a very solemn time for jewish people. israelis coming out of the synagogue there, in fact, other reports the gunman going in. from what we are hearing, there

are no other gunmen involved. the authorities are not looking for anyone else. it seems to be a lone individual but the lone individual, guys, did a lot of harm. >> john: it's john here. secretary of state antony blinken has taken note of the increased violence in israel, nine palestinians killed yesterday, exchange in rocket fire and airstrikes across the border from gaza to israel and back again. this unrest, does it appear to be isolated in terms of the timeline, or indicative of something larger brewing? >> well, there are concerns, yes, we have prime minister benjamin netanyahu back in charge of the government that's causing great concerns in some quarters in the region, and there are concerns of a wider spread problems in the region and that is what people are looking at. again, this attack tonight is

being described as one of the deadliest attacks against israelis in several years now, so this is a major event and the area around the synagogue certainly is on lockdown, absolutely, and we will see if there is any further response from the israeli authorities, benjamin netanyahu is set to stage a crisis meeting of his cabinet tonight, one can expect from past history that there could be some follow-up from the israeli defense forces to this attack, even though it appears to be an individual involved in this, but yes, that is the concern, and as you note, yes, the secretary of state coming to the region, he's arriving in egypt on sunday and will go on to meet both israeli and palestinian officials after that in an attempt for the biden administration to try to tamp down on what could be a growing

problem in the region. but right now it's watch and wait time, john. >> john: all right. >> sandra: greg, we have the live pictures up in jerusalem as we have just gotten word of this terrorist attack as they are calling it, we have learned eight have been killed, we said seven earlier, it's eight including the gunman so far, ten injured in this synagogue attack and noting it is also holocaust remembrance day, the year 2023, this was mentioned right off the top of the white house press briefing by karine jean-pierre. we are obviously listening in for any questions she might get on this as it's a developing story right now. greg, i just want to say, obviously, the paramedics are still at that scene, providing treatment to the injured, also getting anyone who is injured who survived the attack off to medical services. there is a lot happening as you can imagine on social media watching the palestinian reaction to all of this.

what is the account of the former israeli prime minister, prime minister spokesperson, he is putting out pictures and video of palestinians celebrating, ok. karine jean-pierre is he white house is being asked about this. listen in. >> towards the solution this year. >> so as you know, we are aware of the reports yesterday, just mentioned secretary blinken's travel. so look, we recognize the very real security challenges facing israel and the palestinian authority, something we recognize and condemn terrorist groups, planning and carrying out attacks against innocent civilians and that is something that you will continue to hear from us and we will be consistent on that. we also regret the loss of innocent lives and injuries to civilians and are deeply concerned by the escalating cycle of violence in the west bank. over the past few days, the administration has been closely

engaged with the israeli and palestinian authority on the recent violence and to urge deescalation. we under score the urgent need for all parties to deescalate, to prevent further loss of civilian life and work together to improve the security situation in the west bank. palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely, and you will hear that from secretary blinken as you just mentioned, his commitment that the president has to a two-state solution, and we will continue to call on deescalation in the region. >> follow-up to that, during may of 2021, when there was violence in the region, president biden got on the phone with benjamin netanyahu, he was more personally engaged. is there a reason why we are not seeing the president himself hop on the phone and be more directly engaged? >> the president is very committed to the security and

the real security challenges that they are facing here in israeli and palestinian authority and we will condemn the terrorist groups planning and continue to be vocal. don't have anything to read out as far as the president calling the prime minister but as you know was just mentioned, secretary blinken is in the region, we had national security advisor jake sullivan who was there just last week and i think that shows our commitment to the region and so we'll -- you'll continue to see that, just don't have anything specific on the president. >> thanks, karine. people on the hill are talking about a debt limit extension until september. would the white house support such an extension? >> look, we have been very clear that the debt limit should be dealt with without conditions. we have been very, very clear on that and continue to make that clear.

and we believe that congress should act in a bipartisan way as they did. >> sandra: so we are going to continue to monitor this white house press briefing. karine jean-pierre taking a question from one of the reporters who got word in the room of this what is labelled a terrorist attack so far in jerusalem, eight killed, ten injured in a synagogue attack. we are told the shooter came in and started shooting at random. there are children that have been rushed to area hospitals that were injured in this attack. what we heard was a reaction from the white house, john, saying that the white house is aware of security concerns but no specific statement related to that attack. >> john: we should point out it was in the neighborhood north/northeast of downtown jerusalem. it's in east jerusalem, so actually in the west bank region, not on the israeli side of the line there. the gunman apparently arrived by car, probably be the white car

we have been seeing in pictures, and was shot and we believe killed by police. but what a terrible tragedy there, with so many killed and wounded, friday night prayers there in east jerusalem. >> sandra: indeed. we are also watching of course for the vote to come in from out of california, the rnc chair vote. a lot happening this hour. we are told we could hear from and see nancy pelosi's reaction to the release of the bodycam video of the attack of her husband. we are going to sneak in a quick break here. we'll be right back with all the breaking news. mber that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a little number you'll never forget. did you know that liberty mutual custo— ♪liberty mutual♪ ♪ only pay for what you need♪ ♪only pay for what you need♪ ♪ custom home insurance created for you all♪ ♪now the song is done♪ ♪back to living in your wall♪ they're just gonna live in there? ♪yes♪ only pay for what you need.

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>> sandra: nancy pelosi now reacting to the release of the bodycam video of the attack of her husband. >> asking about the progress my husband is making, and he is making progress but it will take more time. as you know today there was a release of some information. i have not heard the 911 call, i have not heard the confession, i have not seen the break-in, and i have absolutely no intention of seeing the deadly assault on my husband's life. i won't be making any more statements about this case as it proceeds except to again thank people and inform them of paul's progress. that will be the end of what i'll say about the case. thank you.

>> madam speaker, how is your husband doing? >> he's coming along, thanks. >> sandra: all right, reaction from the former speaker of the house nancy pelosi to the release of that bodycam video. it is graphic, as difficult to watch, john, and it is very clear when he opened that front door what happened when they were both holding the hammer and the police asked what was going on, and at that moment he attacked the former speaker's husband and it's awful to watch, and it played out exactly the way the police reports were detailed early on. and we have now seen it for ourselves. >> john: a little confusing the initial police report said they take on to two men both holding on the same hammer, and we were not clear how it unfolded but now we have seen it to the break-in to the incident there, still unclear as what happened in between to end up with both of them with their hands on the

hammer. let's bring in brian claypool to help us sort it out. brian, when you take a look at the break-in david where david depape violently breaks into the home and then the police bodycam when they knock on the door and i mean, it's almost a surprise that the two men open the door, i guess paul pelosi had made the call to 911 and was hoping that the police were going to show up, and then the attack by depape against paul pelosi. what did you make of that whole sequence? >> john, nice to be back with you. before i comment, nobody wants to see anybody get hurt and terrible to see paul pelosi hurt and we all wish him the best. that said, this investigation has been about transparency, and one big take-away i have from this that's troubling, john, the department of justice came out and said the police officers opened the door, its in the report. we just saw the footage.

the police officers did not open the door. the door was opened by paul pelosi. that to me is really a critical fact. the doj had to have reviewed that footage before they put in a report about how the door is open. why is that important? because it does create a bit of a mystery about how if somebody is fearing for their life they are able to walk to open the front door, you know, was paul pelosi able to just then walk out of the front door if he felt in harm's way, and then the other question we have to talk about, nobody wants to talk about it, but let's do it. did paul pelosi know this guy. because it is a bit weird. you saw a picture, paul had a drink in his left hand, right. it -- and again, i'm not disrespecting him, being looed almost casual in some respect. both hands are on the hammer, was paul able to just let his hand go and run out the front door. and another issue is the 911

call. paul in the 911 call is kind of passively in fear -- didn't sound like he was really fearing for his life, they were having a two minute and 50 second discussion, john, and in that depape says he did know pelosi, pelosi said he doesn't know him. there are some facts people want to know. >> sandra: wasn't that an effort to keep the attacker calm potentially? i think that's the way a lot of us interpreted the 911 call when we heard it last hour that this was somebody who had 911 on the line and paul pelosi was trying to convey that he was in distress, that he was in immediate danger without escalating the situation with the attacker. and by the way, clear footage, if we can roll on it, outside the house showing this attacker breaking through the glass windows on the side of the house, i mean, this is seen here from surveillance cameras on the

house. >> right. well, you can make that argument. i know -- you know, i know if i'm in fear, people handle fear differently, right. i'm not saying that i welcome this upon him. all i'm saying -- you'll i'm talking about, we just want transparency in what happened and why did it take so long to get the video footage. maybe he was trying to quell the situation. maybe he was trying to delay. i get that. but there are also other components of the investigation that i think people just want to know more about. for example, where -- anyway -- i think we are done. they told me to wrap. >> john: no, no, keep going. >> the other issue is where is the evidence of a breaking and entering? i get what you are saying about casing the area. >> sandra: video of him breaking into the house. >> has anybody seen -- i have not seen the video of him breaking through the house. >> sandra: it's on the screen

right now, and assume it's with the hammer you later see him with, clear video we have been given outside the house, the attacker is on the right side of the screen breaking through the house. >> got it. great. then maybe i'm wrong. >> john: he's clearly using that to break in. >> yeah, ok. can't we talk more about -- what is the doj doing? are we supposed to just give a hall pass on such an important fact that to me i think -- i think there was a clear narrative that the doj wanted to propagate in this, and we have been going through this with other occasions. hunter biden thing with the mar-a-lago, you know, search warrant. i think that's really to me the biggest take-away. why is there not truth in what happened with that entry? >> well, again, we know a little bit about what happened after he -- you can see there, he shoves his entire body weight against the window trying to get through and manages to squeeze

through the hole. where he confronted paul pelosi and said where's nancy, that if she doesn't do what i want her to do, i'm going to break her kneecaps. we don't know what transpired between then and the 911 call and don't know what transpired between the 911 call and the time when the officers arrived and the two of them were holding on to a hammer. seemed to be obviously, brian, some sort of threat from david depape. during the 911 call, paul pelosi says to the dispatcher, trying to talk to at an ad lib code he's in trouble and needs the police, oh, he's telling me i've been talking to much, i need to put down the phone. so clearly it sounded like the situation was becoming agitated. and in terms of why he didn't run out the door, none of us know what was happening in that moment. we could point out that paul pelosi, he's in good shape, is 82 years old, depape was half

his age, potentially thought maybe he could not run away, even though the door is a few feet away, we don't know. >> look, i'm with you. paul was -- paul feared for himself, he was harmed, that's terrible, and i'm not questioning that about paul. all i'm saying is a complete -- i think lack of transparency again by the doj and people just want transparency in high profile investigations involving high profile democratic officials, that's all. >> john: it's certainly not too much to ask for. >> sandra: brian claypool, appreciate you joining us on that. more breaking news this afternoon, brian, thank you very much. >> john: thank you, brian. first on fox, former vice president mike pence speaking to fox news about the classified documents that were found in his home in indiana. senior national correspondent rich edson spoke to pence, he's live in miami with him, and rich, what did he say? >> good afternoon, john. the first time he has spoken

since the news broke. he says he takes full responsibility, will cooperate with the investigation, he refused to comment on whether his situation was like president biden or former president trump's. he did say, though, that he will work on any investigation. i asked him if he thinks the department of justice should get involved. here is what he said. >> do you think there have been special counsels appointed by the department of justice in two other cases. do you think there should be one in your case as well? >> i would leave that decision to the attorney general and the department of justice. and again, this was an unfortunate development and i think it's important that our office simply cooperate fully in any investigation by either the department of justice, the archives, or the congress of the united states, and we are determined to do that. >> he also talked a lot about his history in congress and having dealt with classified documents then, i asked him if it had happened before.

what he had to say to that. >> i remain very confident that during my time in the congress of the united states we were very careful and very cautious, and as we were during my time as vice president. but again, during the closing days of administration when materials were boxed and assembled, some of which were shipped to our personal residence, mistakes were made. we were not aware of it at the time until we did the review just a few short weeks ago, but i take full responsibility for it and we are going to continue to support every appropriate inquiry into it. >> he says he is still considering running for president, talked about a few other things. we are also here in florida where governor ron desantis won by nearly 20%, his election race, and if there is a model for republicans running nationwide, he would only mention all republican governors nationwide are doing a good job. john, back to you.

>> john: rich, thank you. a difference there, the former vice president saying i take full responsibility, something different than president biden said. that is a big difference, sandra. >> sandra: a big difference from no regrets, that's correct. >> john: no regrets, i take full responsibility. >> sandra: that does it for us, and the news will continue and the coverage will continue. >> john: "the >> good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum this afternoon. a lot of breaking news. we're waiting to find out who will be the head of the republican national committee. ronna mcdaniel faced a leadership challenge after the mid-terms when the red wave that lots of people predicted didn't happen. we will speak with reince priebus, the former rnc chair and doug schroen, former adviser to president