robin here in ft. worth. thank you very much. ainsley and brian, we have to play more pickel ball. >> i think they'll need advil. don't forget to watch the radio show. >> this weekend saturday night. >> stay within yourself. >> bill: good morning, here we go. was america's top diplomat doing the president's dirty work? ex-c.i.a. official claims senior campaign advisor antony blinken was the one behind the effort to discredit the hunter biden laptop story. that's what we're learning as of now. good morning, everybody. see where it goes. it's friday. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." the chicken and the egg, it had to start somewhere. >> bill: this is what happens when you win chambers of congress and you can do your own investigation. we're seeing it play out. >> dana: that's changing now.

new revelations come from mike el morell. he says when blinken orchestrated the letter saying the laptop story had all the classic earmarks of russian misinformation. >> the "new york post" took a beating on that. democrats accusing the paper of being a puppet for putin. after the election the media admitted the story was true after all. >> dana: it's coming back to haunt this white house. i.r.s. whistleblower says the administration is mishandling the criminal investigation into hunter biden's taxes and according to his lawyer, he is ready to go on the record before congress. >> my client is a career law enforcement officer who is respected within the i.r.s. and teaches other agents how to properly do investigations. he knows when to spot when investigative steps aren't done in the traditional way to get at the truth. and he has spotted and observed

things that are done differently in this particular matter which i can't identify. and he wants to talk about them and he believes they were influenced by politics. >> dana: rich edson is following the story from washington this morning. good morning. >> former c.i.a. deputy director said a call from then campaign advisor antony blinken sparked that statement. 51 former intelligence officials calling the hunter biden laptop story russian disinformation. this in a letter committee chairman jim jordan sent to blinken asking the secretary to produce more information that the biden campaign used to discredit the post story. jordan writes although his outreach was couched as gathering reaction to the "new york post" story it set in motion the event that led to the statements released. jordan includes this back and forth between morel and committee staff. prior to blinken's call you

didn't have any intent to write this statement. i did not. this is on top of an i.r.s. special agent whose attorney claims the agent has information about political interference in the criminal investigation into hunter biden. the agent is looking for whistleblower protection. their attorney said the agent can contradict sworn testimony to congress by a senior political appointee. the white house maintains the hunter biden investigation is independent. >> we're letting the department of justice handle this. that's what an administration does when they believe in the rule of law. when they believe that the department of justice is independent. that's what the president believes. >> last month attorney general garland told a senate hearing he would not interfere in that investigation. the u.s. attorneys office in delaware is leading it. back to you. >> dana: thank you. so -- >> bill: you want a reference point? >> dana: let's listen. >> bill: this was october 22,

2020, a few days after the letter was put out. this was debate number two with biden and trump, watch. >> there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what this -- what he is accusing me of is a russian plant. they have said that this has all the -- five former heads of the c.i.a., both parties say what he is saying is a bunch of garbage. nobody believes it except his and his good friend rudy giuliani. >> the laptop is another russia russia hoax? >> that's exactly what -- >> that's where he is going. >> dana: it's interesting to look back and interesting. good call to pull it up. >> bill: we're hearing biden will announce his campaign for re-election next week, tuesday. trump now seems to be leading in the republican primary. >> dana: by a lot. >> bill: what a rematch that

might be if that moment comes back. >> dana: incredible to think of somebody of that distinction and discernment and judgment of a former c.i.a. director who decided to go ahead and go with this. what's interesting to me is antony blinken has worked around the bidens for his entire career and it didn't occur to him that having known hunter and what was going on that the laptop could be real and getting your friends and former c.i.a. director to do that for you? that's a lot to ask. i bet there is a little bit of bitterness. >> morel of 1 of 51. 50 others out there. >> dana: they worked hard to get the next three to get over 50 to give biden the talking point in that debate. >> bill: the news comes as biden is reportedly gearing up to announce his re-election bid next week. jacque heinrich has the news and live on the north lawn on a beautiful day in d.c. >> i cording to multiple reports

the president will release a video next tuesday coinciding with the four anniversary of his last announcement. this dampened any talk of a serious primary challenger. >> president biden: there is an election coming up? didn't know that. i plan on running but not prepared to announce it yet. i told you my plan is to run again. >> republicans are gearing up for a fight with biden's announcement coming as his poll number near record lows, gas prices and inflation remain high and tensions with global super powers are escalating. the justice department is still investigating biden's mishandling of classified documents and investigating his son, hunter biden, for potential tax and gun crimes. just this week that i.r.s. special agent said to be involved in the hunter biden probe sought whistleblower

protection alleging the administration is improperly handling this investigation into the president's son. >> i thought he was running for re-election for a while nouchlt of course, if he does go forward with running for re-election and all the facts come to light you will have the kind of reckoning in public we did not have that 2020 because of biden campaign efforts to suppress information about hunter biden to spread lies to the media which happily carried water for joe biden in their efforts to defeat donald trump. >> president biden is not expected to face any serious primary challenger. the only two in the ring now marian williamson and robert f. kennedy junior have not previously held elected office. >> bill: rnc announcing plans for the second republican presidential debate taking place at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california.

fox news hosts the first debate in milwaukee in august. more on the state of play especially in the state of florida. where all these members of congress are thinking about now. we'll talk to three coming up this hour. stay tuned on that. >> dana: fox news alert on severe weather push being east from the plains with damaging winds and large hail. watch here. these intense hailstorms pelted a car in the village of dwight as thunderstorms swept through northeast illinois. formation of a tornado in tyler, texas east of dallas. yesterday's severe weather came after deadly tornadoes in the u.s. the scale of destruction in oklahoma. severe watches and warnings are in place for the ohio valley and central gulf coast today. >> we've introduced the green new deal for cities, the green new deal for public schools and

for public housing just to name a few. these bills not only stop climate change, they tackle the intersecting crises of climate, economic inequality and racial justice. >> bill: democrats introducing the green new deal. sweeping legislation would cost taxpayers tens of trillions of dollars and phase out fossil fuel production. it signals how far apart democrats and republicans could be on the issue of spending. aishah hosni is watching the back and forth live on capitol hill on the congressional side now. good morning. >> good morning. these two sides are on two different continents now when it comes to spending and spending cuts and both attacking each other's proposals right now. last night as you mentioned, the likes of aoc announcing their 50 to 90 trillion green new deal arguing this spending is not as important as the cost of human life. you guys we could easily get there if we got rid of all of

federal spending on everything like defense for a decade. the white house is already spending on climate change. president biden announced a billion dollars for a climate aid funds as republicans 0ed out contributions for the program. mccarthy is crawling back on green spending star getting democratic spending like the student loan bail-out and money for i.r.s. agents and green subsidies in the very green inflation reduction act. >> goldman sachs this will cost three times as much money as proposed beforehand what the democrats passed. we need to repeal it to make us less dependent on china and curb inflation that they created. >> if his deal actually moves through the house, which we still don't know if it will, senate majority leader chuck

schumer says the maga wish list has no chance of surviving the senate. listen to how progressive representative skjei paul describes the proposal. >> they aren't interested in trying to take on climate change. it is a ridiculous proposal. it is cruel, extreme and unworkable. their debt limit proposal. >> so with president biden unwilling to sit down an negotiate on a debt ceiling solution, we're nowhere near a spending solution. bill. >> bill: more to come. thank you, aishah, nice to see you on the hill. >> dana: video showing the moment russia accidentally bombs one of its own cities. how moscow is explaining that one. >> bill: the white house getting blowback on the push to phase out gas-powered cars. how this is exposing a major disconnect between the president's domestic and foreign agendas. >> dana: why officers say they no longer even want to work in

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>> dana: check this out. thieves pull out a heist at canada's busiest airport getting away with gold and other valuables. a container carrying the items arrived at the airport in toronto on monday. unloaded and transported to a holding facility. later turned up missing. >> it did contain gold but was not exclusive to gold and contained other items of monetary value. the total worth estimated at this time for the property is estimated at just over $20 million. >> dana: wow. no suspects have been identified so far. if you see anyone sporting bling, turn them in.

>> smells like an inside job. i would say so. d.c. police hanging out the help wanted sign but apparently there are few takers. the size of that department shrinking to its lowest level in half a century as homicides and violent crime are on the rise in our nation's capital. lucas tomlinson on the streets of washington for that and more. lucas, good morning. >> good morning, bill. officials say fewer cops on the street has led to an increase in crime. that's the story here in the nation's capital and elsewhere. we spoke to the head of d.c.'s police union and offered the stats. >> beginning in 2020 we've lost almost 1200 police officers. 45 percent per of those who left have resigned and turned in their badge and walked away. almost impossible to hire people. the police department has been hiring academy classes in single digits, 7, 8, 9, 10 people. you mention off the top d.c. police force the smallest in 50

years. officers leaving faster than they can be replaced. d.c. police chief says he could lose 200 more by the end of the year. the mayor says she wants more cops on the street, that would be a big challenge. let's look at the d.c. crime stats as of this morning. homicides up 27%. sex abuse up 47%. motor vehicle theft doubled. total crime here in the nation's capital up 25%. keep in mind, bill, this rise in killings comes on top of last year's highs. homicides in d.c. have been over 200 in each of the past two years. something this steph -- city has not seen in 20 years. we talked about the crime spike. >> our hope is washington, d.c. gets away from some of this criminal first, victim last policies that have led to a violent crime increase inside the district. >> earlier this week the

republican house blocked a bill from the d.c. city council that the union said was soft on crime and anti-police. expect crime to be a major issue in 2024. >> bill: lucas tomlinson in washington, d.c. thank you. >> why is the biden administration trying to ban cars and trucks? >> the administration is not trying to ban anything. the administration is trying to reduce emissions through the epa. the emissions can be best reduced through electrification. there is not any effort to ban vehicles internal combustion engine vehicles. >> dana: they butted heads during a hearing yesterday. granholm over the defense for the push for electric vehicles. it is interesting to me when they announced this president biden was in ireland. michael reagan of the epa do it.

it didn't go as well as they thought it would. the president is trying trying to remake the entire auto industry and doesn't take questions. >> all these materials we need to make electric vehicles are all processed or produced in china. we have a vehicle fleet that is almost entirely made here in the united states now. unfortunately this policy is bad for americans to increase costs for american consumers and source all these products in china. >> dana: i just saw a chart this morning about all the electric vehicle batteries and how many are made in china. it is almost off the charts. almost 100%. >> lithium, cobalt. all the copper we'll need to supply these new electric vehicles. it will be a huge challenge for america at a time when china is the biggest geopolitical risk. >> bill: it's a double whammy out of china. you get the minerals from there. but they are putting up a coal plant every 13 days in china. >> that's right, bill. we are at a point where this

country could be energy independent if we had the policies in place to be energy independent. we have endorsed a plan, hr1 that just passed the house of representatives. api has a make, move and improve plan that if congress enacted it we could be energy independent again. >> bill: if only, right? you can use the phrase you want. she doesn't want to use reduce. pair back, pick your poison. what joe manchin said in the hearing was telling. west virginia, right, coal state. he said let the market go where it is going to go. what he is saying is allow the consumer to determine what succeeds and fails. >> dana: why did he vote for the inflation reduction act? >> let's look at what happened in the last decade. the united states has replaced coal as a primary power source because of markets. not government. we've been able to replace coal with natural gas, a cleaner burning fuel.

50% cleaner than coal. it had nothing to do with a government incentive but everything to do with markets. we were producing more here and reduced costs. we want to export that progress around the world. unfortunately we don't have a policies in place to do it. >> bill: we were doing it. >> dana: we are headed into summer months, warmer and when the government decides to change fuel blends, gas prices already on the way up. secretary granholm yesterday on what she says they are trying to do to reduce gas prices. >> the actions we took last year in the wake of the war and supply constraint was to release from the strategic petroleum reserve. gas prices fell about 1.50 a gallon at that point. oil traded on a global market, opec decides to cut production. that's a problem. we want to encourage domestic production. this year we'll be at a record level of domestic production in the united states. >> dana: those members of congress must have been

irritated. gas prices now versus a month ago. and we're heading into the summer months. what's the outlook for consumers and families notice summer. >> the biggest concern about what she said. she drained the strategic petroleum reserve. the biggest problem is that since then we actually use 20% more oil today. we're at a dangerously low point for the strategic petroleum reserve. we need to get it back filled up now. >> bill: when will they do that, mike and what will it cost? >> they are saying they'll be doing that sometime by the end of the year. i doubt it given where we expect gas prices to be going. the most important policy we can pursue now is an american energy policy. unfortunately this administration has a political policy, not an energy policy. we need to be producing more here. >> dana: what's api doing to push back? >> every day we're working with our colleagues on capitol hill trying to advance american energy. we have an agenda that would

produce more here in the united states. it is an agenda the american people have embraced and agenda that this biden has turned away from every single time. >> bill: we'll see if they change if the price gets too high. nice to see you in person. have a great weekend. question now is tom brady going to play again? wow. hold on. why some folks are wondering after comments were made. we'll check that out. a major move by google. the company tries to reestablish itself as a leader in the field of a.i., artificial intelligence. where will it take us? the money man, charles payne, has some ideas on that. ♪ whoa. okay. easy does it. ♪ we switched to liberty mutual and saved $652. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. with the money we saved, we thought we'd try electric unicycles.

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this happening as interest rates keep rising and news that the biden administration is discounting rates for high-risk home buyers. that's expected to force people with good credit to make higher monthly payments. we will see if that happens. >> there is an aspect that we call all of us call it a black box. you don't fully understand and you can't quite tell why it said this or why it got wrong. our ability to understand this gets better over time but that's where state-of-the-art is. >> dana: he admits he doesn't fully understand the power of artificial intelligence as the company accelerates its a.i. efforts by merging two research units together months after google implemented its biggest job cuts ever. charles payne is here. did google get caught flat footed here? >> 100%.

mind-boggling. 30,000 engineers, 10,000 a.i. engineers. it feels like maybe -- a.i. encompasses a lot of things. feels like siri and alexa captured everyone's fancy. in the meantime what the other thing like chatgpt and others came but the acceleration caught everyone flat footed. it is embarrassing. that's their business. i wrote the letter that went out from the ceo of deep mind and sort of saying you know what? let's put it together. deep mind and the brain team from google research will go together. they are in deep trouble. >> bill: for clarification, chatgpt, as i understand it, allows different a.i. systems to talk to each other. it pulls information from all the a.i. out there and that's what microsoft put billions of

dollars into. >> up to $13 billion to the open a.i. it encompasses all of this. it scrubs everything, it scrubs the internet. it looks at -- based on language. so it can look across a wide spectrum. i want to give the audience an idea how fast this has grown and the power. to put this in perspective is amazing. on january 1, 2018, gpt, the first iteration of this, had 17,000 padaflop. march 15th of this year. the fourth iteration had 22 billion. even if you don't know what that is to go from 17,000 to 22 billion. think about that for a moment. that's beyond mind-boggling. what is a petaflop. it would take you making

calculation every second for 32 million years to equal one of those. the most powerful super computer in 2004 had 20. this has 22 billion. this is amazing. >> bill: share this video with the team the other day. a friend sent me a podcast called all in. it's an hour and a half long. they are tech guys, some venture capital guys. what they were talking about exclusively is how much progress a.i. had made in the last seven days. and they were blown away about it. it leads us to elon musk who gave this warning the other day with tucker carlson. >> we lost control of some super a.i. for some reason the things that would normally work to shut down the administrative passwords to stop working, where we can't

slow down or, you know, i don't have a precise answer. it is past a point of what most humans can do. >> bill: past the point. >> it probably is past the point. it's gone -- it's -- you have to get on the band wagon if you are in this industry. instincts that maybe elon had years ago instead of walking away from the project maybe more poise tress about it when they could have closed it down. where we are is inevitable. now the game is who can play to win. >> dana: i'm worried about people who might lose. the artificial intelligence conversation is interesting. we can tell people love talking about it on all different levels. people questioning will a.i. help in the workplace? 13% said it will help. i don't -- that's low.

32% said it would hurt. i'm wondering are we prepared as a society and economy for what could happen if a lot of people lose their jobs in the next few years? >> i'm a natural born -- i'm always afraid of the next iteration. this is the fourth industrial revolution. the first three created net/net jobs. mckenzie had a research report part of this big automation will displace between 40,800 million jobs by 2030. now, by the same token, i've read where over the next same period of time 60% of the jobs over the next between now and the next ten years aren't even created yet. we don't know what they are but new jobs. so if it plays out the way it played out throughout history the displaced jobs will create more jobs. >> dana: is our education system setting us up for success? >> you can't go from working in

a factory to operating an a.i. system. that's one of the issues that the powers that be and planners that be have to do. it's like when they came out with the initial online spreadsheets. bookkeepers lost jobs. for every job they lost, there were different jobs created. the same thing happens over and over. you have to worry about those who slip through the cracks. millions of people. >> bill: the horse and buggy and the car. quite the transition. the word of the day is peta flop. >> dana: i have to start calculating. see you in a bit. >> bill: there is this now. you have to watch this story now. american diplomats caught in the crossfire in africa. the pentagon is getting ready for an evacuation. how challenging could it be? mark esper on that mission

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>> dana reads sports. >> dana: when it comes to perhaps the greatest of all time it's never say never, never, never. tom brady not ruling out unretiring again this time to play for the dolphins. listen to his answer to a reporter's question. >> are you coming out of retirement? >> i will say now that i'm not affiliated with any team anymore i have strong ties with a couple of teams. i do have some friends on the dolphins that i really like.

>> dana: okay. are we doing this again? >> bill: i don't think so. >> dana: why? >> bill: i think once is enough, you know? >> dana: it was twice. >> bill: i guess you're right. he came back once, right? i don't think so. i think -- >> dana: i'll go with yes. >> bill: i think brady has a great sense of humor and putting chum in the water. >> dana: a big dolphins fan, i think he would like to see that. in honor of ari fleischer i put my money on tom brady playing and when he announces his retirement again i won't do a fox news alert. >> bill: stick to your word. 15 minutes before the hour. new insight in 2024. a fresh "wall street journal" poll of likely republican voters shows former president trump doubling up ron desantis 48-24. with me now two republicans from desantis's state of florida,

corey mills and greg steubey, good morning to you. we hope to have byron donalds on also. congressman, i want to start with you. you had comments this past week that got some attention. you are saying that in five years, governor desantis did not reach out to you one time. is that true? >> yes, sir. it is a little bit even worse than that in my opinion. there has been multiple students opportunities where i've talked to him and given him my cell phone number and asked him to reach out to me. things in my district where i was told i could not be part of the press conference and not allowed to participate in that in my district. you can't win friends and influence people that way especially in the political real pal. many things that i've reached out to him and asked to talk to

him. not even a person from his staff called me back. >> bill: he had such quick action after hurricane ian. he moved quickly. i'm surprised that actions like that would not convince you otherwise. >> look, i stand for america first agenda. there is no other candidate for the republican nominee that could go in day one and do what we need to have done in our country and reversal the disastrous policies of this biden administration. that's president trump. that is why i'm backing him and i'm looking forward to fighting on team trump. >> bill: byron donalds. welcome to the conversation. your district was hit the hardest by hurricane ian. i mentioned the support that desantis did there. he rebuilt bridges in a week. remarkable stuff. in addition to that he supports your wife and what she was doing in southwest florida and you even -- you were on stage

introducing him when he won his re-election as governor. so what changed? >> nothing changed. i haven't stopped my support of ron desantis. we're talking about the presidency. i think you just heard congressman streaks tebe. you have to hit the ground running on day one. donald trump did it once before. he can do it again. and if you look at our country from a foreign policy prospective. we know the domestic issues. but china is on the move. they see weakness at the white house. the next commander-in-chief has got to be able to do the job of commander-in-chief on day one. we know donald trump can do that job. that takes nothing away from governor desantis. he has done a great job as our governor. the country is in a place now where day one will matter for the united states. i know donald trump can answer that call. >> bill: i want to bring in

corey mills. legal issues in front of the president. there might be more. specifically here in new york. we saw one play out two weeks ago. you call that a unifying event. explain. >> that's correct. look, the bottom line is, i want to go ahead and echo the sentiments of both of my colleagues whether it's domestic or foreign policy issue, both are right. tatty trump is ready day one to hold adversaries accountable and put america first. unifying approach. we saw something unprecedented where you had an attorney general who was appointed and supported by george soros who even ran on the principles i will come after donald trump and he has basically upgraded his accusations and allegations from a misdemeanor to a felony. the attempt of putting a gag order would have been a larger impediment as far as what the legal ramifications were than the charge they are trying to levy against him themselves.

the bottom line, american people have seen for far too long. whether the obama administration and the weaponization of the i.r.s. in 2004 or what's going on now or d.o.j. and crossfire hurricane. the bottom line is americans are tired of watching the two-tier justice system where our government is weaponized against americans. the reason they're going after president trump he is the one who can defeat joe biden in the white house, take back our country and get it on track and start leading the country where it needs to go. they know it and why they are coming after him. america stands behind president trump. >> bill: all three of you and congressman steube, start here. the president supported a few candidates who proved out to be weak and didn't win. in 2020 suburban voters did not support his candidacy. how do you back that now? how could that possibly change in 2024 with a rematch? >> in my district trump is

overwhelmingly supported just like that poll you just showed from the wall is journal. trump is beating desantis by 24 points. very similar here in my district in southwest florida. trump has the support. he will continue to have the support and continue to build the teams he will need to build to be successful. >> bill: congressman donalds, you look at suburbs of philadelphia, milwaukee, wisconsin come to mind. how would you address that? >> very simple. every presidential election is a different election. you can't look at 24 in the prism of 2020. why? covid-19 had the entire country shut down. voters were looking at a bunch of different things. looking at 24, what i believe is you will have president trump and president biden in front of these voters. the simple question is this, who did the job better? it is without question that donald trump did significantly better job than what joe biden is doing currently.

that will be your question in 2024. i think that suburban moms looking at inflation and the indoctrination that's happening in our schools, they will say you know what? these democrats have led us the wrong way. polling indicates that. we need somebody who is effective and can get the country on track. >> bill: last question. do you give governor desantis credit for what he has done in the state of florida? it is no longer purple. >> absolutely. look, i think it is just like byron was saying earlier. we have a great governor and done a tremendous job. i am not trying to diminish the impact he has had in the state of florida. what we need is a person who can actually lead on day one. here is the greatest part about it if people forget. president trump does not have a re-election looming over his head when it comes to the tough decisions that need to be made when it comes to china, russia, domestic production, when it comes to our economy. look, you saw in your earlier

report where home sales has weakened. politically weakened on the world stage. from a military perspective we're being depleted and a reduction in our ability to recruit. president trump has shown to be a great president. >> bill: more to come on this. understand all three were at mar-a-lago having dinner last night. thank you for your time this morning. byron donalds, corey mills, greg steubey, three republican congress members from florida. >> dana: a self-inflicted wound. i couldn't believe it this morning. i saw it with general keane. russia mistakenly bombs its own city. details on the stunning mishap next. multiple random shootings rock the united states. what's happening to the fabric of our country. shannon bream on american values today. pay off your car loan, consolidate your debt

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>> dana: putin's military can

chalk up a mistake. it accidentally bombed its own city. russian air force striking a city 25 miles from the ukrainian border. three people injured. several buildings damaged. that had to be a shock for the people on the ground. >> bill: the war in ukraine rages on with no end in sight. a look at the training of ukraine special forces and other service members there. their next step will be deployment to the front lines. alex hogan back in kiev in ukraine with more. hello, alex. >> hi, bill. we joined the ukrainian military this undisclosed location. soldiers tell me they're training every single day for this new chapter in the war. >> their main task to go inside russia's positions. >> ukrainian forces preparing for the coming offensive. >> we train for everything.

mine, artillery, shooting. >> it's these drills over and over en graining the skills as second nature before the soldiers return to the front lines. this unit is across country from defending the capital, south or eastern front. 15 months ago they were civilians. identities a distant memory of a different life. engineers, professional wrestler, a furniture store worker. he is now a medal of honor recipient for bravery in bakhmut, the most deadly battle in the war where the lines have hardly moved in months. they will take it on regardless of the odds. >> if a group commander dice other fighters are trained and know what to do. >> right now the defense contact group is meeting at the ramstein air base in germany where lloyd

austin is expected to announce the 21 abrams tanks should arrive in germany by next month. >> bill: thanks, we'll see whether or not it makes a difference on the battlefield. thank you. >> dana: bombshell revelation putting president biden's 2020 campaign team at the center of the intel letter designed to discredit the hunter biden laptop story pointing to russian disinformation. top republicans now saying the letter was choreographed all the way. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: is it friday yet? >> dana: it is. this is a good show. >> bill: okay. >> dana: i'm just saying. >> bill: i'm on board with that. a bad thing if i wasn't: i'm bill hemmer. happy friday at home. a former c.i.a. official revealing in sworn testimony that secretary of state antony blinken, then a senior biden campaign advisor just a few weeks before the election led the effort to release that letter signed by 5