>> see you tomorrow, everybody. >> join him on the radio on "the five." >> stay within yourself. >> get dressed. >> so long. >> bill: thank you, guys, good morning, everybody. 2024 taking shape. republicans converging oh than a key battleground over the weekend while president biden gets ready to launch his new campaign as we say hello on a monday morning. hope the weekend was grand. bill hemmer. a new week begins now. >> dana: i'm here and ready for it. i'm dana perino. and "america's newsroom." great to be back with you. president biden is expected to kick off his bid for re-election tomorrow forging ahead despite some very dismal poll numbers and growing number of democrats who say even they do not want

him to run. >> bill: on the republican side, presidential hopefuls were in iowa for an evangelical conference. big names on hand. the focus in iowa was on faith. >> if you believe like i do, that america should celebrate our founding fathers and not cancel them, let me hear you say amen. >> it is time to graduate to actually solving the problem with a vision of our own. we don't say race, gender, climate, sexual orientation. we have a different vision. god, country, family. >> an administration that was built on faith and freedom and liberty and life has been replaced by an administration that is literally weakened america at home and abroad. >> dana: senator tim scott was in iowa this weekend. well oh he hear from him in a moment. let's go to peter doocy at the white house this morning.

>> the polls are bad for president biden. seven out of ten adults don't want him to run again according to nbc. just 26% want him to go for re-election. the president pre-recorded a video which would mean he taped that video hours after returning from ireland and saying this. >> is it -- >> do you know whether the last few days have changed your calculus when you make your announcement. >> i've made that calculus and we'll announce it relatively soon. but the trip here reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done. >> have you made a decision? >> president biden: i told you my plan is to run again. >> age is a factor for people saying no don't run again. 21% say minor. "the new york times" editorial board says it's important

writing his most recent health summary released february 16th said the same thing describing him as a healthy vigorous 80-year-old male to exercise the duties of the president but his cognitive abilities went unmentioned and something he should discuss publicly and demonstrate to the voters who expect the president to reflect the nation's strength. >> meetings with him time and time. he is up to the job and does it well. let's look at the obvious, an active president. meeting challenges of america every day. >> and president biden, a very superstitious guy, has this announcement slated for the fourth anniversary of his first campaign cycle. that campaign was about trump. trump not a sure thing as an

opponent. they can't just copy/paste. >> dana: exactly right. senator tim scott republican of south carolina joins us now. i'm so excited to get the senator on today. thank you, sir. >> good morning. how are you? >> bill: thank you for being here. one of the things you said on saturday is how do we win? you answered it by saying the way we do that is make sure our message is in sync with what voters want and what the nation needs. that's two things. lay them out. what are they, 1 and 2? >> number one we have to restore confidence in america. we have to believe that we are the greatest nation on earth. i believe america can do for anyone what she has done for me. we have to focus on restoring hope, creating opportunities and protecting america all three things president biden has failed at. if you want to restore hope, let's make sure that every single child and every single neighborhood has quality education. if you want to create

opportunities, let's have the best economy in the history of our land. that means we lower taxes, not increase taxes, and make the tax cuts and job tax cuts permanent. that's a $2.6 trillion add to the american families around this country and if you are going to protect america, you see china for what it is, an adversary and close the southern border that would stop 70,000 americans from losing their lives and 6.3 million illegal crossings. this is achievable but it will require new leadership. >> dana: senator scott, "the new york times" has an op-ed that says tim scott faces long odds. given that there are so many republicans getting into the race now and fox will host that first debate in august, as more republicans get into the race, doesn't that mean it makes it easier for president trump, who is far ahead in the polls, to go ahead and win the nomination

again? >> well, i'm very excited about what i'm hearing on my tour. without question across the country a positive optimistic message stands out from the crowd because it is anchored in conservatism. people want to hear not only what we are going to do but why we'll get it done. i believe that we must focus on america as a city on the hill. then we have to tell americans how we will solve the problems that they face. we have an administration today that is attacking charter schools. they are trying to close down charter schools throughout the country. if we have the greatest american success story, if my american dream is going to pale in comparison to others, we'll have to reignite the engines of telling the truth to our young kids. don't indoctrinate them, educate them. it is working across the country. i look forward to having a

chance to do more of it. >> bill: your first answer was pretty good. one thing you did not mention, however, is the story that broke at the end of last week. "wall street journal," joe biden the 51 spies of 2020. the headline we're learning that his campaign helped gin up disinformation about hunter's laptop. how much of that should be a part of this republican primary campaign to begin with. >> well, integrity and character will be on the ballot without any question. when you find those sources that reinforce the importance of us having all the information deceiving the american people going into election cycles is not just a travesty of justice but something we can correct by winning elections and it will mean as the house continues to investigate hunter biden stories you'll see it on the election campaign i'm sure. i will focus on the american people and what they are

prioritizing. the fact that for single mothers like the one take raised me are having a difficult time making the ends meet. for seniors on fixed incomes with gas over 40% higher, 20% higher for food, 20% higher for electricity, i have to focus on their issues. we can chew gum and walk at the same time but the american people want solutions to the crisis at the kitchen table. >> dana: thank you for joining us this morning as we kick off another week. closer to 2024 as biden is set to announce. >> bill: we'll see him in milwaukee in august. we'll host the first republican primary debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. a couple of things to look at "new york times" editorial, biden should take voters' concerns about age seriously both in terms of fitness for office and being out of touch at the moment are legitimate. we expect tomorrow as peter doocy was reporting that we'll get a video message that launch

his next campaign for a potential second term. >> dana: 70% say biden should not run again. all voters, republicans and democrats mixed together. 48% say age is a major factor. "the new york times" saying he should address the issues of age and at least start to take more questions from the press. >> bill: that will be out there, too. this time tomorrow we believe we'll have control of a video that lasts 90 minutes -- 90 seconds. >> dana: that would be a lot. >> bill: fox news alert. the reason you do this is because you control the message, right, in a big way. we'll talk more about that. apparently coming up shortly. >> dana: because there is a new report on the leaked pentagon document that says afghanistan is once again a staging ground for terrorist plots against the west detailing specific efforts to target embassies, churches and business centers. all this happened in less than

two years after the botched withdrawal of u.s. and allied forces from afghanistan, opened the door for the taliban to return to power. the "new york post" sums it up in four words, deal with the devil and republicans are sounding the alarm. >> they are coordinating across multiple countries. now we have the general in charge of the middle east saying they could actively strike our interests within the next six months. you know, again, this is worse than it was before 9/11. we're in a much worse situation than we were even then. >> dana: national security officials say the u.s. can still take out terrorists in trouble spots without permanent troops on the ground. a friend of mine in the business says that afghanistan is now the ground where they basically send the terrorists out all over the place including to places like sudan, also in the news. >> bill: big statement by michael waltz.

the president will run at the age of 80 for a second term and see how it goes. you want to control the message with a video recording. four years ago on a saturday i was traveling, the hotel room i was in, tvs off in the distance, joe biden is in philadelphia announcing his run for the white house. what with as happening behind him? garbage trucks blocking traffic and cleaning up the street. it was a terrible way to launch and -- >> dana: the video when he announced it he did it by video as well. tom hanks was involved. who knows what they'll come up with tomorrow. they taped it after he got back from ireland. >> bill: right, correct. that will be a big story tomorrow and we'll be all over it. we have this at 11 minutes past the hour. major test for house republicans trying to thread the needle on a bill to slash spending and raise the debt ceiling.

what it will take to keep the party united. >> dana: meanwhile a deadly crash filling the skies with smoke above connecticut. >> bill: china said to be trying to rewrite history on covid. how western journalists might be complicit on things being complicit on things being rewritten. anyway, like i was saying, it's getting harder [ somber music playing ] and harder to make ends meet and... hon, do you mind? well, on the bright side, new customers [ angelic choir singing ] who bundle and save with progressive save over 20 percent on average. sorry, we let them practice here on thursdays! sounding good, friends!

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>> dana: two chicago teens walked away with misdemeanor charges after allegedly stealing the blue car on the screen, going through an intersection and straight into a truck. the crash killed a 6-month-old and injuring other passengers. gary et tenney is live in chicago with this horrific story. >> this crash sent the entire family to the hospital in serious to critical condition on a sunday afternoon in the west garfield park neighborhood. the mother was driving with her three kids in their pickup truck when a car blew through an intersection and slammed into the truck sending it into a tree. that hyundai was stolen and the 14 and 17-year-old boys inside were taken into custody. in the back seat of the truck was a 6-month-old whose skull

was fractured in the crash. he died from the swelling in his brain. mom and two sisters 17 and 15. the teens cashed into them and have only been charged with one count each of criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor that carries is maximum punishment of six months in jail. compare it to a manslaughter charge in illinois which would be up to five years in jail. additional charges could be added as the investigation continues. on a gofundme page the family says they're devastated about losing their baby boy and raised nearly $40,000 to pay for his funeral and help with medical costs for his mom and sisters. >> dana: i'm so sorry to hear that. thank you. >> bill: here in new york nypd looking for the driver who plowed through a manhattan dining shed last week. the driver was trying to split the scene after a traffic stop.

that's a restaurant for folks at home that sits on the sidewalk that he rammed right through. he went right through that, several others. he backed into several officers and injured one of them. as of today, that gentleman benjamin abrams age 56, career criminal with five prison stints under his belt has still not been accounted for. extraordinary. >> dana: let's hope they find him. in san francisco a wave of shoplifting has led to this. one target store putting products behind security glass. all products. look at this video someone posted on tiktok. police said they would try to step up patrols in shopping areas but seriously understaffed and shouldn't have to do that. here is the thing, why would you go there instead of asking to get it online? shop online and you can find it easy. it's a shame. >> bill: if you have a chance to go back and roll the video from new york. the guy who owns the restaurant

wasn't there. one of the people who works for him was. at 5:00 in the afternoon, dana. normally all those tables would be filled with people eating and luckily no one was there at the moment that he ran into the sidewalk. >> dana: i wonder if he could tell nobody was in there. i would like to hope he would. he is five prison stints. >> bill: at age 56 and yet unaccounted for. the chase went on for a mile in manhattan. how do you not get him? how does he get away? where did he go? unbelievable. watchdog group reports several members of congress or their family members sold bank stocks as the regional bank crisis unfolded a month ago. watchdog knows some of the sales were right before the stock price of the banks dropped for rose significantly. the push to limit stock trading on the hill is going nowhere. we have that from fox business on the hill now.

good morning. >> good morning to you. this controversy is just the latest example of members of congress making money or limiting their losses during a time of anxiety for everyday americans. both republicans and democrats or their family members traded shares of bank stocks during the silicon valley and signature bank crisis last month. the children of congressman moskowitz of florida threw a financial advisor sold shares worth between $65,150,000 according to a report from capitol trades. a spokesperson says he made the trades before a congressional briefing on the banking crisis. congresswoman malliotakis, new york republican bought shares in the regional bank that took over signature bank amid the turmoil. abigail spanberger is pushing

for a bill with chip roy that would ban members of congress, their spouses or dependent kids from trading individual stocks. >> what i find so tragic is that once again the american people are faced with stories where they're seeing lawmakers making choices that seemingly impact their own financial standings and that seeds doubt into the roll and work we're doing on capitol hill. another reason why we need to ban members of congress from being able to buy or sell individual stock. >> by the way, that legislation that spanberger and roy are proposing has a lot of bipartisan support. more than 50 members of congress have signed onto that bill as co-sponsors. they run the political gamut from republican matt gaetz to democrat adam schiff. a lot of viewpoints who support this legislation. >> bill: we'll see if it gets off the ground. thank you. >> dana: d.c. public schools

requiring all students and staff to provide a negative covid test in order to come back after spring break. the chancellor says the policy is designed to insure safe return to the classroom. it is the fourth time this school year that the district has done this. no word on whether d.c. will ask students to do it in the fall. i don't know any other school district asking to do that. >> bill: breaking news from the white house moments ago, peter doocy breaks this news. the president putting out a statement thanking susan rice for her service as his domestic policy advisor. she is leaving the white house. what she does next we'll find out. whether or not she has an active role in the campaign we'll see. she likes to hang in the background, shall we say, on a lot of these matters and see whether or not that's the case going forward. susan rice is leaving the white house. 25 minutes past the hour. hunter biden's attorneys will meet with officials from the d.o.j. this week.

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>> dana: april going out like a lion with another round of nasty weather in the forecast this week. storms threaten to bring heavy rain to texas, oklahoma and kansas and that means potential flash flooding and wash-out conditions. over on the east coast several new york city landmarks were struck and the statue of liberty not spared. lightning striking the famed torch. luckily no reports of damage. kind of an amazing sight. >> bill: sure is. so newly-released photos and videos show a suspect running a

chinese police station at fundraising events with senate majority leader chuck schumer and mayor eric adams. bryan llenas is in new york with how this happened. good morning. >> good morning. five months after the world was warned about this now closed illegal secret police station behind me in chinatown. chuck schumer and mayor eric adams were seen rubbing elbows with the man suspected of running the police station as an agent for the chinese communist government. he gives adams a proclamation at a march gala hosted by the nonprofit. last week he was 1 of 2 men arrested by the f.b.i. accused of operating a shady cultural nonprofit the american chung lou association as a front for an illegal secret police station that tracked and harassed chinese nationals in the u.s.

and tried to influence u.s. policymakers. records show that harry and his co-defendant made political donations to new york democrats including mayor adams and governor kathy hochul. they say they're operating a network of police centers and cultural associations in the u.s. to try to influence politicians like schumer and adams. >> they should have done their homework before talking to people who are considered influential community leaders. >> do your due diligence before you meet these people and be aware you might be used to legitimize these individuals for political purposes. >> bill: the chairman of the congressional select committee says politicians need to be on alert by the chinese cultural associations. >> it's what xi calls the ccp's

magic weapons. most americans including elected officials aren't away of what united front work is. many may be unwitting targets. >> adams office says he did not know theuspected chinese agent. >> bill: the story goes on. thank you in lower manhattan. >> dana: the long arm of china's censorship is rewriting covid-19 data according to the "new york times." altering timelines to deleting information, the report warns beijing's cover-up may go far deeper than scientists are aware of. jason chaffetz and joe concha, fox news contributors, welcome to our show today. on the censorship of covid, i think we've all come to realize that a lot of that was happening. do you think it was even worse than what we knew at the beginning? >> yeah.

this is the standard operating procedure for china whether it's the uighurs or child labor. name the topic that they aren't disingenuous about and certainly covid. this administration has not pushed china with the facts. they have not pushed the world health organization. you a congress for two years that didn't have hearings on covid. they get away with it because nobody asks them hard questions. >> bill: here is the quote from one of the authors of the study. it was so hard to get any information out of china, there was so much covered up and hidden. you think? >> the least surprising thing we're hear all day. china has tried to thwart all data. it wasn't too long ago if you say it came from a lab in wuhan it was considered a conspiracy

theory. john stewart said if there was a chocolate outbreak in pennsylvania the first place you look to is the chocolate factory. 7 million deaths worldwide. 1.1 million americans died. our economy still hasn't recovered. 30 year low in test scores as the result of a loss of earning. some call for accountability around this particularly from the journalism community. we aren't seeing it outside of this network. >> dana: exactly. this story is an important one. it is about the letter that went out from 51 national security officials. i'm so convinced they worked so hard to get to 51 so they could say over 50. the "wall street journal" headline. joe biden and 51 spies of 2020. we are learning his campaign helped with the information about the laptop the press went along with the false biden campaign claims because it wanted mr. biden to win.

the 51 officials have done more to damage the credibility of the c.i.a. and f.b.i. than anything donald trump has said, ditto for the complicit media. it is a weekends to -- wonder that the campaign asked the officials to do it and second they did it and the media didn't ask questions and when it became not true they melted into the woodwork and nobody talk about it again. >> bill: they've never come clean about it. they spun it up in 48 hours. what brothers me is that these people used security clearance as a political tool. yet the same 51 officials continue to have a security clearance. why does the united states of america give them a security clearance if they will misuse it? if you abuse it and try to spin something that wasn't in the data, that they never did research, they never did see, there were no facts to it, then you should lose your security clearance. >> bill: one of dana's points is well taken.

who in the media other than here will report on it? >> here is the thing. many of those officials now work in the media, right? you look at john brennan, the former head of the c.i.a. who signed off on this letter is now a national security analyst for msnbc and we've seen at cnn they hired many of the folks that signed off on that letter. the media isn't going to hold anybody accountable because many of their employees signed off on that letter to jason's point. how did journalists just buy the fact when the folks said it was russia disinformation. could one person have asked the question have you looked at the laptop and evidence or is seen unseen type of evidence? >> dana: they are in the intelligence business. we know from documents that have come that obama/biden white house that the obama team was concerned about improprieties with hunter biden. i don't understand how all of a sudden they could say oh, it must be russian disinformation. there is no way that they would have believed that the laptop

couldn't possibly have been his. they immediately went to russian disinformation. the media fell for it and a shame and wonder why they have a 15% approval rating. >> social media. if you shared the story. what do you think of this? unbelievable. >> it's proximity to the election. a few weeks away, needed to run out the clock and that was their game. >> bill: a whole new area 51. >> well done. >> bill: fuel tanker crash and a deadly explosion on a bridge in connecticut. check it out from over the weekend and how it unfolded. the intense fighting in sudan forcing the u.s. to evacuate its embassy staff. what about the thousands of americans who call that country home and are trapped there now? >> in a situation where we would want people moving about too freely or aggressively right now. the safest thing for many americans to do who didn't get

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>> bill: we have one dead, two injured after a fuel tanker rolled over on a connecticut bridge and burst into flames. that will leave a mark. the tanker driver said to be pronounced dead at the scene.

it was an otherwise nice day on friday when it happened. several good samaritans ran toward the flames. the bridge suffered no structural damage. what a moment that was in connecticut. all right. dana. check this out. >> we should start those negotiations now, not using the american people and their mortgages as hostage because right now we've got to simply make clear we will avoid default and get this behind us. >> dana: urging president biden and kevin mccarthy to sit down and get a deal. mccarthy will try to pass a deal this week. jodey arrington chairs the house budget committee. are you in charge of putting together a house republican budget plan. how does that differ from what kevin mccarthy needs to do this week on the debt ceiling?

>> well, the budget resolution is a 10-year and the president submitted his and working on a resolution. meanwhile you have a shorter window to negotiate the debt ceiling and include fiscal reforms which we've done a number of times. president biden has been involved in those negotiations as a senator and vice president. and that is what we're doing to send a debt limit legislation that responsibly lifts the debt limit, pays our bills but also reins in the reckless spending that has created a firestorm of inflation, soaring interest rates and putting us close to a sovereign debt crisis, which would be one that you can't print enough money or borrow enough to bail out from. that's what we're focused on today. >> dana: the urgency of getting this done increased when the

treasury department realized that less tax money had been coming in this year than the year before, which means all the things they're doing to try to push this debt limit deadline passed. it could happen mid june and why there is urgency. kevin mccarthy on with maria yesterday. let's listen to him here. >> we do have a very small majority, only five seats. one of the smallest we've had. i can't imagine someone in the conference wanting to go along with biden's reckless spending. we are raising the limit responsibly but looking at the fiscal house and curbing waste, limiting the growth in the future. saving taxpayer money but growing the economy by making us energy independent and cutting red tape so we can build things in america. >> the speaker's office is biden is being irresponsible for not negotiating. the white house is saying it is

an untenable situation. are we closer to getting anyone to the table to actually work this out so moms and dads aren't going to of to look at what would be the consequences of a sovereign debt crisis? >> speaker mccarthy has been at the table and he has offered to negotiate with the president. now we will put our terms on a piece of paper, get 218 republicans, and we are going to put the ball in their court so to speak. look, this president has spent $10 trillion in two years. 6 trillion of which has been added to the national debt. i talked about inflation, but the list of things that this president has done when you've got 31 trillion in debt, which is 25% larger than the largest economy in the world, the u.s. economy. i mean, the unilateral spending on the student debt cancellation, we have tens of billions of dollars in unspent

covid money. that is low hanging fruit. there is a number of common sense spending controls that we could put in place like president biden did in the past as senator and vice president. and i think the american people who, by the way, have tightened their belt and had to change their spending habits, expect their federal government and their nation's leaders to do the same. i think this is very reasonable but i think it's irresponsible for the president not to show up to these negotiations. >> dana: congressman, we'll be paying attention as you crunch the numbers. thank you. >> thank you, dana. >> bill: if you are starting to worry about the rapid rise of a.i., artificial intelligence, you might be late. experts say we've arrived at an inflection point. check it out. the shot from over the weekend. they were throwing beer in the sky for half an hour and we'll tell you why.

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>> bill: about a week to go until national college decision day. a survey finding thousands of american students are choosing where to enroll based on politics. opting out of states that don't align with their own views. this not only reflects polarization, but it could make it worse. outkick founder clay travis with us now from florida today. how are you doing? good morning to you. here is what they found. one in four college students rhode island university based on politics. i guess it's not like i want to go because i like the football team or i like the engineering school. it has to be what is the state legislature doing on issues like guns and abortion. that's what this survey reflects. >> i think it's part and parcel of everybody having a great

start to their week. part and parcel surrounding covid. red getting redder and blue getting bluer and you want to go to places where you'll feel more welcome. a little anecdote. i go on the road for college football sometimes to see ohio buckeyes. when i was a kid in college the idea that you were in new york or california and you would ever send your kid to the university of alabama or to old miss or tennessee, that you would voluntarily send your kids out of state to a big time sec school was crazy. no one would have done it. now when i work around the sec campuses they're loaded up on kids from l.a. chicago, new york city, everywhere. i think what it reflects is a deep desire -- the sun belt has a population 62%, i saw, of the overall united states population resides in sun belt states.

and so i think this is a reflection of that. i think covid made it more of an issue. people were going on tours on campuses, i have a kid starting to take these tours in the south. they are all from the northeast from the chicago area and the west. their parents are fed up and want them to go to a place more welcoming, maybe more welcoming to a diversity of viewpoints. we talk about diversity of color. what is far more important is diversity of perspective. many parents are making those decision when it comes to where their kids go to school. >> dana: are the colleges reacting to this? >> they are making a lot more money because you can charge twice as much for out of state students. good example on this that ties in with sports. the overall enrollment of the university of alabama has doubled since sabin took over as football coach. almost all those kids now coming from out of state, more than half of the university of alabama's enrollment now, is out

of state. they are paying over twice oftentimes what the in-state kids are which is creating this circle where the school becomes more selective, better and building it off of out of state dollars because of the attraction that these schools are now selling to people from outside the region. >> bill: conservative-leaning students were more likely to strike california and new york off their list. liberal leaning students were likely to strike florida, louisiana, texas, and alabama off their list. another topic here. cnn will debut a new show this week, charles barkley, very entertaining teaming up with gail king called king charles, clever name there. cnn's ratings in prime time have dipped 61% in prime time in march. that's trouble. >> look, i love charles barkley. i don't know that anybody can save cnn.

ist is a dumpster fire and they need a big fire hose to put the thing out. maybe he can help. he is the best, most talented guy to ever play sports and go into media. i don't know there is anybody even close as a former athlete to his overall talent. maybe tony romo. i don't think it is going to be remotely that helpful. like i said, cnn is beyond saving. >> dana: it is interesting gail king does the morning show for cbs. so that's a busy schedule. the pairing could work. we'll pay attention to it. clay -- i was going to call you trey clavis. that could be your alter ego. >> it is a new opportunity for dana does sports. you have to get my name right. you've been on fire lately. >> dana: stay tuned because here we go. they sure know how to celebrate a hole in one down under.

watch. >> this is going all the way. koepka, he is posing. >> oh, yeah. >> oh! there it is, there it is! >> dana: chase got to drill this lucky shot in australia on saturday. fans responded by dousing him in water and beer. he said he smelled like beer the rest of the day. can i tell you how it ended up? 24th place, ten under par. >> bill: that's not so great. the guy probably had beer in his ears for crying out loud. that was great. you know what the aussies are doing on the liv tour? what they'll do is when you get ready for your back swing they go -- and when you hit it, boom, it goes. if you listen to that you hear

the whole crowd. >> dana: do you want that as a golfer? >> bill: i wouldn't but maybe they -- >> dana: you can't argue with it. don't throw beer on bill when he gets a hole in one. >> dana: rescuing american personnel. they swept into sudan to evacuate diplomats and some people from canaled. >> bill: a new week starts now i'm bill hemmer. fighting intensifying in a battle for power between sudan's top two generals. the international world caught by surprise, expecting a peaceful resolution handing control to civilians despite signs both generals were getting ready for an