>> a busy three hours. thanks for joining us today. brian has a radio show coming up. and tomorrow we'll find out what my name means according to chatbot. >> good morning, everybody. this buy ravage of rockets happening in the last hour. fired into israel from lebanon. this is the northern part of the country. it appears to be the largest barrage since the war in the summer of the 2006. local media reports more than a hundred rockets after clashes between israeli police and palestinians inside a mosque, considered sacred to both jews

and muslims. we'll bring you developments throughout the morning here. meanwhile a shocking murder on the streets of san francisco. the cash app founder bob lee, stabbed to death while walking downtown. this tragedy seen as a wake-up call for a city in crisis. we'll see whether or not they answer that call. good morning, everybody. it's a busy thursday already. i'll bill hemmer. >> good morning. i'm dana perino. this is "america's news room." i remember that war in 2006. i believe you were there as well. we'll keep focusing on that. let's talk about this cash app founder. bob lee was 43-year-olds. he was a creator of cash app, and former cto, chief technology officer, of square, the father of two little girls, and his murder is sending shockwaves through the industry. >> lee was walking through an upscale part of town. this is nancy pelosi's district. someone stand him multiple times, left him for dead, and surveillance footage shows lee stumbling down the sidewalk,

calling for help before he collapses. >> meanwhile police have yet to make an arrest in this case. they have not named a suspect. they do say that criminals in san francisco are empowered. >> it's unfortunate. it seems like it is a random act of violence. they're trying to look for more video prior to that one showing him seeking help to backtrack his movements, but those are precious moments that were wasted, where that person probably in that vehicle could have helped him, and therefore he didn't. so unfortunately mr. lee succumbed to his injuries. perception is reality in san francisco, that you can commit a crime and basically go through a revolving door in our criminal justice system and be out. >> so that last point is spotlighting what's become a crisis of lawlessness in san francisco. murders up 20% this year. homeless encampments are overtaking entire blocks, turning neighborhoods into open-air drug markets. >> we have more on the store from los angeles this morning.

good morning, jeff. >> bill and dana, we got in contact with a friend of bob lee who lives in the neighborhood where the stabbing happened. he told us bob was beloved and was the kind of guy who made everyone's lives better, but he also told us no one feels safe around there, and says bob lee himself called san francisco a cesspool, and he's not alone in that feeling. >> for someone who contributed so much, who was a founder, a creator, i'm shocked and upset, and i feel unsafe. >> it's a tragic situation. i mean, paying our respects is the least we can do. >> investigators say they were called out to the scene in san francisco embark darrow waterfront, around 2:30 thursday, when they found lee stabbed. they tried to save him, but he later died at the hospital. police are working the case, but

have yet to announce any suspects or arrest. bob lee's father said his son was the kind of guy that would have given the shirt off his back, never looked down on anyone, and just lost his best friend. >> i'm devastated for them. as the top law enforcement officer in this city and county, if somebody is arrested for this crime, that we prosecute them to the fuller extent of the law. >> the tech world is reacting. elon musk says violent crime in san francisco is horrific, and even if attackers are caught they are often released immediately. the mayor in a statement says she's confident police will make an arrest, or arrests, and whoever is responsible will be held accountable. dana? >> jeff, thank you. >> let's bring in howard ford and guy benson on set with us. elon musk, his tweet after the murder, very sorry to hear that. many people i know have been

assaulted. violent crime in san francisco is horrific. if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately. is this is note good for a cityn tough times. >> yeah. it's more of the same. it seems like every time we hear one of those these horrific stories out of a major american city people start looking into the background. in many cases, it wouldn't be a shock to anyone around this table. i would point out that right now the governor of california was mayor of san francisco for a long time. he's on a tour of red states to complain about how awful those places are, how florida and alabama should be a lot more like california. i think the residents in those states might not agree. some people in california might wonder is the governor's time being well used at the moment. >> harold ford, you know that area well.

and also in chicago, where we had a big mayoral election. shootings in chicago since that mayoral runoff, on tuesday was election day, five people were shot, wednesday two, and today one. >> it's overdue to take an inventory of cities across the country with the kind of bail laws, to guy's point, for the recidivism rate to be as high as it is. we identify crimes and criminals. why not keep them in jail? i understand the instinct of some who wanted to have cashless bail for nonviolent offenders, but it seems as if we're letting people out who are engaging in violent acts repeatedly. i think you have to do that. i give the mayor of chicago, the new mayor of chicago -- i actually thought the other guy, paul vallas, would win, and brandon johnson is the victor -- i wish him well. he has ideas different than mine. he lives there. he says, look, i think we need

to think more secretly and broadly about investing in communities, investing in neighborhoods. for the sake of the children and parents in these communities, i hope he's right. but if he's wrong, i hope again, as we said last night on "the five," that he has the ability to change positions, and the mayor and da does as well on this front. >> news in chicago. news also in wisconsin, where democrats picked up a critical seat in the state supreme court there. meanwhile in north carolina, a democrat state senator who has switched parties to the republican side, which gives republicans of north carolina a supermajority. now the governor is a democrat. she's from charlotte, elected as a democrat just about a year ago. okay? has got a lot of folks furious with her. here's how she explained her change of mind. >> the thought of being an independent thinker in this world of cancel culture that's taken over the democratic party doesn't want people like me, or anyone who has free thought,

independent thinking, and who's here to actually govern and improve our state. i'm not going to be bullied. i'm a free thinker. i stand firm on that, because we do have freedom in this country. i have the right to free thought unbeknownst to what they actually believe. >> a quick change of heart when you just ran 12 months ago. she said the modern-day democratic party has become unrecognizable. i think that's true for a lot of voters. this is welcome news for republicans who i think are licking their wounds after tuesday. chicago, the election, as you just referenced, went very far left in that city. then the wisconsin one was really consequential, to lose that battle to the supreme court ideologically. north carolina, this member switching parties, supermajorities in north carolina in both chambers for the republicans. democratic governor, as you mentioned. interesting, bill, this is the second time in two months this has happened in the south.

louisiana has supermajority with a democratic governor. >> does that worry democrats, harold? >> i think it's a good thing for the system. if the mayor of chicago believes his ideas are not working, he should shift ideas. this young legislator in north carolina decided that she could not exercise, according to her words, could not exercise the kind of free thinking without, i guess, being canceled or punished by some in her own party, and decided to switch parties. that's what democracy and freedom is all about. i hope more people do that. you mentioned louisiana. but what happened in kansas, when the kansas voters rejected the idea of the legislature being able to make new restrictions on abortion, a republican state. what happened in wisconsin. i don't like judges being elected, but that's a different show and different conversation. voters decided what they wanted. if you're an elected official, you believe you can't act or behave effectively on behalf of your constituents, the only to do it is to switch parties, god

bless you, republican or democrat. i respect the system and the process. >> what about joe manchin? >> when i was in congress, a senator from vermont, decided to being independent. this is the great american political story. we should not restrict people from thinking. again, you may wish democrats are switching to republican. i may wish the other thing. what we can all agree on is that the system works. if she believes she can be more effective, this young legislature in north carolina, with being republican, god bless her. >> the state elections tell us sometimes national trends. we'll see whether or not that's the case. great to have you guys here. >> love having you here. >> i'll see you later. >> thank you. >> authorities asking for the public's health after three teenagers are shot and killed over three days in florida. the call going out after a local sheriff told us yesterday that investigators were close to breaking the case wide open. >> we have a lot of leads. they're getting us in the right

direction. there is no evidence, no information, that would even suggest that it is a serial killer. i'm counting on the arrest. that's what i'm looking for, because justice will be brought. >> sounds to me like you've got suspects in mind already. >> yes, we do. >> is an arrest imminent? >> yes. >> what happened, jonathan? >> hi there, dana. the sheriff is optimistic that someone out there knows something. deputies have now released a photo of a car they found at one of the crime scenes. take a look at it. they hope witnesses will come forward with information on the white chevy's whereabouts. in the 48-hour period before saturday when they discovered this vehicle partially submerged in a lake in rural marion county, 60 miles northwest of orlando. inside the car they discovered the body of 16-year-old camille corals, shot. on a go fund page, loved ones

write that she was a beautiful person, interested in sports, art and fashion. the car she was found in actually belonged to another victim, 16-year-old layla silvernail, described on another gofundme page as the definition of a team player and amazing athlete. she was found with a gunshot wound near a construction site on thursday. she was still alive at the time, but unable to speak with investigators. they were unable to glean any information from her, and she later died in the hospital. she had played with a women's softball tournament, which issued this statement. layla was a caring young lady, amazing athlete and cherished teammate to so many young girls. she was known for uplifting new and younger teammates, and encouraging them to play hard and believe in themselves. a day after layla was found, the body of a 17-year-old male was discovered nearby, lying beside the road, with a fatal gunshot wound. authorities have not released his identity, but they say they believe that all three teens

knew each other and that these were not random attacks. sheriff woods says that his detectives have gathered a trove of digital and forensic evidence, and again expressing optimism that multiple arrests are imminent. dana? >> jon jonathan, thank you. that was a great question you asked the sheriff. >> he gave us a hint. we thought maybe there could be breaking news in the hour we were on, but it hasn't come to pass yet. hoping for the best in marion county, florida, northwest of orlando there. house per now kevin mccarthy's largely successful meeting with the leader of taiwan, sparking retaliatory threats out of china. the administration cave in to beijing's tough talk? >> and the latest on the severe weather targeting the heartland

next. plus -- >> there is trouble in the middle east as video from jerusalem. inside the old city near a mosque where there's been action all week. in the meantime, in the northern part of israel, with the border of lebanon, within the last hour, a barrage of rockets fired into northern israel, said to be at least a hundred. the iron dome defense shield stopped and intercepted some of them, but not all of them. we're waiting for results on the aftermath of that and what israel does next. stay with us. it's a brand-new story, just happening in the last hour. we're on it throughout the morning here on "america's news room."

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>> a barrage of rockets fired

into israel in the northern part of that country out of lebanon. we're live with more. what do you think you know, trey? hello. >> yeah, bill, good morning. this is a developing story, but what we know, around 20 rockets were fired from southern lebanon into northern israel today. many of them were intercepted by israel's missile defense systems, but some of them slamming into buildings and open-fields. a number of small injuries were reported. this is significant, because it comes amid the backdrop of larger regional tension. this started on tuesday night. here in jerusalem at the mosque, the third holiest site in islam, where 350 palestinians were arrested. video showing israelis beating worships, with stun gases. they led fire into jerusalem,

along with antiaircraft missiles. the fact that lebanon is getting involved is a significant development, meaning that the jewish state is facing a broader war. the israeli security establishment is meeting at this moment. from our source in jerusalem, israel has already responded to the rocket fire from lebanon, with artillery strikes along the border, but we expect a heavier response. the prime minister benjamin nettenhu is meeting with officials. they don't believe it was hezbollah that fired the rockets into northern israel. they believe it was palestinian factions, like hamas, that have offshoots in the southern part

of lebanon. iranian proxies across the region, that have targeted israel, with not just rocket fire, but bombing attacks and drone attacks. we're following the latest out of jerusalem. but the latest we know, around 20 rockets fired into israel from southern lebanon. the israeli military at this hour is meeting to decide a response. >> okay, all right. so we wait for that. that will be the next part of this story. trey, thank you. great work in jerusalem. >> there's simply no relief from severe weather in the heartland. five people confirmed dead. several others injured after a devastating tornado tears through missouri. two hours south of st. louis was bearing the brunt of the disaster. the national weather service says the townshipser there packed winds up to 230 miles an

hour. lightning casting a glow on a wall of clouds as thunderstorms moved through in texas. then back in missouri, look at this unbelievable video of a lightning bolt, striking a semitruck. remarkably and thankfully no one was hurt. forecasters warn folks are not out of the woods yet. more severe weather, with danging winds and hail, still targeting the nation's midsection. it's that time of year. >> exactly right, which means it could go on for some time. the last two weeks have been stunning for all of us. every day we wake up, whether it's arkansas, or in this case missouri, or other parts of the central plains, the midwest, they have really been battered by this. they're watching the skies every night. you know, all the local tv stations, dana, they've got the meteorologists on the air, almost 24 hours a day, warning people about what they're seeing on the radar system. the technology is so good in these news centers, it's great for the people there, to get them warnings, but it clearly occupies their mind every day. >> warnings that should be

heeded, and we pray for the families that just lost their loved ones. >> 23 past the hour. on the hill, lawmakers, bipartisan now, aiming to pass a bill that will crack down on cartels' use of social media to recruit teenagers to unknowingly help them smuggle drugs into the country. chad, good morning. what are they going to do? >> bill, good morning to you. it's a backdoor way for cartels to traffic fentanyl, someone to do it for them, teenagers to work as a driver and transport drugs on behalf of the cartel. >> post messages targeted at youth, promising thousands of dollars for, as they call it, the simple task of driving people up north. youth are falling for this. many times unknowingly they're engaging in very dangerous and illegal activities in the

trafficking of humans across the border. >> virginia democrat abe gale spanberger teamed with him to crack down on cartels, their use of social media to reach teens. the bill requires tech firms to report cartel recruitment activities. >> some of these ads look like regular commercial totally appropriate, totally normal ads. you know, willing to pay somebody a couple hundred bucks to move my car from point a to point b. on its face, some of these ads look like the sort of kind of gig economy type jobs that might be available. >> democrat mark kelly authored the senate version of the bill. he says using teens as runners and paying them could lead to other crimes. >> through social media platforms, cartels are advertising. young people are making trips, often in their parents' cars to the border. it's a big problem. the you know, results in high-speed chases and accidents,

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>> there's new concern that the dollar is losing its dominance as other nations look to phase it out. edward lawrence at the white house with more. edward, hello. >> hey, bill. this is all part of china's, you know, subtle plan to become -- to replace the u.s. as the world dominant economic power on the earth. china starts slow at first, you know, because they think long term. now, they're chipping away now, trying to at least, at the u.s. dollar, as the go to currency around the globe. >> one of the driving goals of our foreign policy for decades now has been protecting the u.s. dollar. at this point this administration is throwing that away. the reason that parties for regular people, not only does that erode our influence in the world. it's bad for our economy. it takes away some of the

advantages that we have. >> so china actively making deals around the globe to replace the u.s. dollar. talking with saudi arabia about doing oil transactions in not dollars. china has an agreement with brazil to trade in the chinese currency or brazilian currency, talking to the bank of iran using chinese currency. this is a series of meetings happening in china, leaving the u.s. on the sidelines. french president macron in china this week. next week europe's top diplomat heads there. president biden is highlighting the tax money he's spending meanwhile. >> the inflation reduction act, the most transformative in investment and climate ever, and not just here, but anywhere in the entire world. >> treasury secretary janet yellen says that the u.s. is in no danger of losing the dollar

as the reserve currency, saying there won't be competition for a long time. >> edward, thanks. let's hope so, right? from the white house, thank you. >> one thing i would say to china, too, at no time, i am the speaker of the house, there's no place that china is going to tell me where i can go or who i can speak to, whether you be foe or friend. i'm not the general manager of the houston rockets. >> china notching another win on the world stage, hosting the first high-level talks between saudi arabia and iran in seven years. at the same time beijing is lashing out at u.s. lawmakers for meeting with the president of taiwan yesterday. let's bring in former nba player enes kanter freedom. >> thank you for having me. the pressure between the american people and taiwan has never been stronger.

>> i watched the meeting as a significant step for strengthening the relationship between the united states and taiwan. with china's continued aggression toward taiwan, it is essential for the u.s. to show that taiwan has the right to exist as a free and democratic nation. it's a partnership between democratic nations, sharing a commitment of freedom, human rights and the rule of law. you know, taiwan has much to offer to the world, and it is our responsibility to ensure that taiwan's sovereignty is respected and upheld, that its people are free to pursue their dreams and aspirations. >> i feel you can explain this very well to people. you spoke about china and there were consequences for you. how would you describe to people who are viewers here, people who

used to watch you play basketball, why it matters to america's national security that we should care about this? >> i mean, if you look at the world stage right now, china is the world's most dangerous country to the free world, you know. we got to do whatever we can to protect our rights. i think one thing that -- look at what china is doing to its own people. look the at the concentration camps. look at what they're doing to hong kongers, mongolians. i don't even want to think about what they will do to other countries. so we've got to do whatever we can to protect our rights. and already they're sending spy balloons, going on tiktoks, right now 150 million people downloaded that app. we've got to do whatever we can to protect our rights. >> let me also ask you about something that happened in another place where we are certainly in an adversarial relationship, and that is

russia. "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. the biden administration just did that very difficult and they made a tough decision about a trade in order to get brittney griner back. is that something that should happen here? >> i mean, this incident highlights the growing concerns about the press freedom in russia, where journalistic reporters are often targeted and harassed by authorities for their critical reporting. the detention of evan is just another example of the russian government forcing silence, independent journalism and free speech. we've got to do whatever we can to bring evan home. like you said, 200 activists and journalists have signed a letter

to release evan. i mean, the international committee has expressed its concern over this incident. you know, like i said, we've got to do whatever we can to bring him home. >> one last question is about the people who signed this letter. talk a little bit about what it takes in terms of being brave and courageous to speak out like that when you know what the consequences could be. >> you know, freedom definitely comes with a price. i have so much respect for people who knows that they could get themselves in trouble, but they still standing up for freedom, still trying to be the voice of all those innocent people that don't have a voice, still standing strong for democracy around the world. i have such a respect for people like that. evan was one of them. we got to do whatever we can to help those people around the world. >> enes kanter freedom, thank you for your time this morning. hope to see you again soon. >> thank you. >> a live look of nashville,

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>> former presidents suck up all tht biden. >> so it's good to lay low for a couple news segments? >> this is a president that's been able to get historic pieces of legislation done. >> so there's the white house, not answering questions about his predecessor's criminal charges. want to bring in the former senior advisor to president trump, kellyanne conway. is this smart pool or is it not? >> it's not smart at all. in fact, if i were the biden administration, i would ignore donald trump, and start focusing on the 74 million pence-trump voters from 2020. they've done so much to enrage and very little to engage those

74 million voters who are going to help decide the next president of the united states. bill, also all former presidents and first ladies have been eerily curiously silent, mostly on president trump's arraignment this week. you got to wonder, if it could happen to one former president, it could happen to sitting and other former presidents and first ladies. six or seven years ago, when people thought was a good idea, when people thought it was a good idea, what was hillary clinton doing? she was smashing phones and deleting emails, misusing state department resources. so you've got people out there just this week say prosecute george w. bush and barack obama as war criminals. where does it end? i think people are worried about the precedent this can set, but

this is 2016 all over again, where people think they can avert their gaze from donald trump, but he's the biggest issue out there. this president has not handled it well. when we pivot to issues, then president trump will be able to say, okay, let's talk about my economy versus joe biden's economy. let's talk about afghanistan, syria. let's talk about iran and israel. let's talk about the border, crime, inflation. so even when you get to issues, trump versus biden, i think biden will have sort of regretted the fact that, quote, trump did suck up all the action. >> okay. that's that. it could go on for a while, right? there could be other cases, that we could be in this for years. we'll see whether or not their position changes over time. >> yes, sir. >> if it does, how does it change. meanwhile, for republicans, a tough day in wisconsin. for moderates in chicago, tough day in chicago. the gop's decline in wisconsin

suburbs is a warning for 2024. that may be the case. ronna mcdaniel said this yesterday. >> abortion is still an issue. we can't allow the democrats to define republicans and put millions of dollars up in lies, and have it go unanswered, because the lies become the truth if they go unanswered. >> i don't know how you address that lies become the truth there, but she said messaging on abortion is still an issue. how would you strategize that? >> yes, bill. we're 100% pro-life, but we're having a hard time, especially with young people, assuring them that what is being peddled by the left is not true. look, i saw in wisconsin this week what we saw in michigan last november, which is young people showing up to the polls in these midterm elections. yesterday's special election for judiciary. they're coming out to vote. this is a prime motivator for

them. look, there's no question that the democratic party is radical, outrageous on abortion on demand, very few restrictions, but i thought the republican candidate was weak in this way. if you are being frontally attacked, you must attack in response with facts and with figures. he didn't do that. i would point out to everybody that on the ballot in wisconsin this week, voters went to the polls and overwhelming supported two anticrime measures, and 8 in 10 voters supported work requirements for childless adults before they get welfare benefits. so the republican candidate for the judiciary underperformed the two crime measures that one knows he supports by more than 20 points. yes, we're being outspent. ronna is correct on the messaging piece. i don't think the pro-life movement of which i'm a member has figured out how best to assure people they won't be

denied something that's important to them. the other thing is i think too many republicans -- this goes for donors and practitioners, pollsters, candidates -- we're looking too much to 2024. don't forget if 2023, we have three big governors races in kentucky where there's a democrat, in louisiana where there's a democrat, in mississippi where there's a republican. at this point during obama's first term, we had won 62 seats in the house, and we had won loose state governorships like new jersey and even virginia, becoming a blue state then. we need to get it together. candidate recruitment is important. having a message, finishing our sentences, is important. people want to know you respect them to sus out the policy issues, fighting for them, not fighting with each other. >> thank you. we'll see where the strategy goes. thank you. >> minutes away from what could

be tiger woods' last masters tournament, the five-time winner overcoming a massive car crash in 2021, and many injuries, admitting the road to recovery has been hard, but his career has been built on redemption. >> i don't know how many more i have in me. i think my game is better than last year, but the difficulty for me is going to be the walking going forward. just hanging in there, fighting on each and over shot. it means something. each and every shot means something. >> woods is up against former champion scottie scheffler. >> are you going to be watching? >> no. >> sheffler is half of tiger woods' age. >> scottie scheffler is a really good player right now. in golf today, everything ends and begins with scottie scheffler. he's the guy to beat. >> okay. that's good to know. >> this won't be tiger woods' last masters. >> i don't feel that either.

i feel we just announced tom brady was retiring. never true. >> enjoy the masters if you're watching this weekend. here we go. we're watching a barrage of rockets being launched in israel from lebanon. civilians are urged to seek shelter. the latest in a moment. we're live in jerusalem. that's coming up.

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it's been touring the world with stops in london, the middle east, and is expected to hit dallas and then new york. it recently was on display in jerusalem, a nearly complete 1100-year-old hebrew bible, what christians call the old testament, written over one or two years, dedicated to a sigga going in syria in the 13th century. the synagogue was destroyed, but the bible survived. historians are calling it extraordinary. >> it's such a big story. so many people participated in it. >> before the year 900 ad portions of the bible appeared in scroll form, without punctuation. this is the closest we have today to the dead sea scrolls.

now it will find a new owner when it goes up in auction in may at sotheby's in new york. >> this is a treasure. this is a masterpiece of scribal art, an example of something which will never come up again. >> now, its selling price is expected to go for up to $50 million, becoming the most expensive book or manuscript ever sold, even surpassing a copy of the u.s. constitution. >> it's amazing, the condition it's in. how exciting. lauren green, thank you. >> watching this on the streets of france, primarily in paris, where they have made their voices known about an idea that the french leader has to raise the retirement age two years from 62 to 64. so far macron has not given up. talks on wednesday broke down. hoosmacron is holding his posit.

the strikers are suggesting that the number of protesters on the streets have fallen, especially in the transport sector since the movement began in january. whether the movement is losing steam, clearly it's not, because they're still out there. just watching to see where this goes. it's been an ongoing story on the streets of france, especially paris, for some time. all right. that's that. 10:00 now in new york. dana? >> china ramping up threats against the united states amid growing tensions between beijing and washington as members of congress land in taiwan, vowing to protect the democratic island against chinese aggression. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> how you doing? >> that was a fast hour. >> sure was. i'm bill hemmer. a bipartisan delegation, now a dozen lawmakers now in taiwan for a three-day visit, sending a strong signal to beijing that taiwan has u.s. support, a day