>> dana: fox news alert. russia claiming ukraine tried to assassinate president putin in an overnight drone attack on the kremlin. this is an unverified video. kiev is denying responsibility. breaking news here. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning to you. moscow says it was forced to shoot down the drone and says it reserves the right to retaliate against that strike. greg palkot picks up the story live in london. let's begin a new hour with you. hello. >> bill, dana, remarkable story. remarkable if it's true. remarkable if it's not true. let's go through the he said/she said on this attack. russia claiming that ukraine

tried to kill vladimir putin. they said they tried to do it with a drone attack on the kremlin aimed at the presidential residence inside the kremlin. there has been video released reporting to show this incident, that is the drone attack on the kremlin, and then according to the russians, they say with their radar sophistication, they were able to shoot the drones down. you see at least one blast in this alleged video of the attack. they go on to say, in a statement coming from the state media agency tatt, that they reserve the right to respond to this in any way. branding it a terror attack. as for ukraine. ukraine says they had nothing to do with it. a senior ukrainian presidential official saying this is not the kind of thing they do. i will give you a quote from them. ukraine has nothing to do with it. we don't attack the kremlin. first of all, it does not

resolve any military task and it asks for a lot more trouble. folks, we've been looking at this video and listening to what russia has been saying and what ukraine has been saying. there are a couple of options now that we're looking at. one, that it was a kiev-organized attack on the very heart of the russian government. if it's true, an astounding act. another option is a ukraine sympathizer within the moscow area that did this thinking this would be a good thing to do. so not completely condoned by kiev. or a third option is that it is what they call a false flag attack. that is -- this is being talked about by some in ukraine, that russia did it themselves to try to set up an attack, response on ukraine. to me this sounds like a little bit too far to go for such a false flag attempt.

it is an option out there now. now we are looking at the accusation from the kremlin, a huge accusation, if true the most audacious thing ukraine has done to try to kill vladimir putin. and we have ukraine absolutely saying they had nothing to do with it. by the way, the word from tass is that vladimir putin is alive and well and in fact has been seen in some alleged video today. so nothing to worry about if you are on the russian side. again, some spectacular video. true or not true, of absolutely the center of the russian government. the nerve center where the whole invasion of ukraine has been directed from. so interesting stuff and we're sorting it out minute by minute. >> bill: want to bring in dan

hoffman now. ukrainians deny this. they are suggesting about an hour ago we were reporting that one of the leading officials in kiev was saying it is a prelude for russia to carry out a terror strike on ukraine. as that happens, dan hoffman knows the area well and station chief in moscow for several years. good morning to you. it is fresh news. we're still working through it. what do you make of it at the early stages now? >> first it's important to consider the source of the news. that's the presidential administration, the kremlin. they are interested in influencing, not informing. and then secondly, it is a bit press oz tress to imagine how a ukraine drone could make it from hundreds of miles from ukraine all the way to russia through the tightly controlled airspace over the kremlin of all things. remember, the russians took down a u.s. drone over the black sea. russia has done -- has made it a point of exercising control over

airspace. so i think at first glance, at least, this is vladimir putin subterfuge. he wants an excuse for more -- they don't want mothers protesting. additional security putin would want. an excuse to retaliate with measures that go beyond the pale even by russia's standards against ukraine. they've already launched massive attacks on ukraine civilians, neighborhoods, hospitals, maternity wards, infrastructure. this is something that russia will try to use as an excuse in the come days i think as well. >> dana: one of the things that the russians keep repeating is this was an assassination attempt against vladimir putin. correct me if i'm wrong, the russians haven't exactly been avoiding trying to get zelensky. >> right. they are at war. the russians have absolutely

targeted zelensky and tried to kill him. so that's where again i think russia wants to see how the united states reacts. that's also a big part of this. how does the biden administration react? remember the biden administration in my view, at least. has been guilty of some escalation paralysis. efforts by the biden administration to insure russia doesn't overreact by their estimation to providing ukraine with the weapons that they need. this may be another effort by vladimir putin to demonstrate his seriousness and also to emphasize that russia is prepared to take whatever steps necessary to defeat ukraine. and that's got to be a concern. right now i would just emphasize this is one where the president will be asking director of c.i.a. burns, i'm sure he has been on the phone asking him what is going on inside the kremlin? tell me the plans and intentions, what does it mean and a lot of coordination with ukrainian partners. >> bill: reading this according

to reuters one u.s. official really first reaction we've gotten saying the united states is trying to validate russia's charge that ukraine tried to kill putin with the drone attack. may three. spring offensive is to begin soon. what are we to make of it now and whether or not ukraine can be successful this time? >> right. that's the larger question. does ukraine have the capability to be successful in this counter offensive? their mission is to take back all the territory the russians illegally annexed going back to 2014. i would highlight vladimir putin is facing more pressure now than he has from his own internal security services and military. when i first heard about this drone attack i thought it was more likely one of his own guys would try to kill vladimir putin, not ukraine. the inner circle is closer to him and more concerned about the way the war is going.

i think vladimir putin is very concerned about the potential success of ukrainian counter offensive and what russia's narrative will be. they are playing it up in the russia press if they lose they will claim it was russia against the entire west, against nato. and that's something that putin is trying to prepare his own people for. if he loses, his regime security will be perilous. perilous times for the rest of us. russia has a lot of nuclear weapons and unrest in that country is definitely dangerous for the rest of the world. >> bill: great to have you on the phone to get your expertise. former u.s. national security advisor robert o'brien will join us in minutes. we'll get his take on this news coming up shortly here. eight minutes past now. >> dana: a woman arrested multiple times for a series of unrelated stabbing and knife attacks but avoiding jail each time thanks to soft on crime policies in los angeles. now charged with murdering a father of two just weeks after she was arrested and released again for assault with a deadly

weapon. bill melugin following this story live in los angeles. hi, bill. >> good morning to you. sources in l.a.'s office tells me this case is a prime example of the disaster that can happen when california's loose mental health diversion laws combine with gascon's soft on crime approach. this is 23-year-old jade. law enforcement sources say she was charged with attempted murder in 2020 after stabbing a woman in the chest puncturing. a violent felony but instead of jail time she was given mental health diversion. later absconded and cut from the diversion program but reenrolled and given another chance. in 2021, brookfield was arrested for battery against a peace officer. instead of jail she was given mental health diversion. case dismissed. later that year she was arrested again this time for making criminal threats after sources

tell me she assaulted a man, pulled out two knives and threatened to kill him. the case was rejected by lada george's gascon's office for lack of evidence. fast forward to march this year while still on diversion from her first knife attack she was arrested again for another felony assault with a deadly weapon after she repeatedly swung a knife at a bus driver who missed her exit. brookfield was then ordered release from custody with an ankle monitor despite violent history and blatant violation of her diversion program. it was a deadly decision. just weeks later in april brookfield was arrested again, this time for murder after law enforcement sources tell me she fatally stabbed a man named dennis banner in an argument in the street. she had her ankle monitor on at the time. diversion is terminated and only now is she finally being held in custody after allegedly killing

on innocent man. i reached out to gascon's office for a statement. they told me they appreciate the public concern when somebody in a mental health program commits a serious crime. they say prosecutors make the best decisions they can in light of all the available information and that their hearts go out to the victims in this matter, end quote. we stand ready to support them on their journey to healing. guys, back out here live law enforcement sources tell me this case should cause a serious re-evaluation of mental health diversion policies at the state level as well as l.a. >> dana: i would think so. thank you. >> bill: breaking news from overnight now. police arrested the illegal immigrant accused of murdering his neighbors ending a massive four-day long manhunt in texas. francisco oropesa was found hiding underneath laundry in a home 20 miles from cleveland, texas north of houston where the massacre took place on friday

night. police say five people were shot execution style including a 9-year-old boy. there was a noise dispute. called the f.b.i. tip line. it is accredited to for leading to his capture. several other people are arrested in connection to the crime. could be family members as well. the suspect's wife is among those now being questioned. so stand by for more on that. now to this also. >> dana: president biden is sending 1500 active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week to help deal with an expected surge of illegal immigrants once title 42 ends. soldiers will serve in administrative and transport roles to free up border patrol agents carrying out the law enforcement duties. joining us now texas lieutenant governor dan patrick and i have to imagine you think this is maybe welcome but way too little too late and you've already sent national guard troops there in order to help. >> yes. and these troops will be doing

very little when they arrive there except be in clerical positions. bill and dana, let's look at the entire picture. you have a president who doesn't know where he has been or where he is going. a vice president who can't string ten words together. she is the border czar. homeland security secretary continuing to tell congress the border is secure and then the press secretary who said the other day that border crossings were down 90% while she knew they were sending these national guard. again, we'll be in support -- they can't interact with those crossing illegally. do nothing to stop it. they don't want to stop it. our poor border patrol agents who want to do their job of law enforcement are reduced to being hotel clerks in an all-night hotel with a vacancy sign that says everything is free in america, come and get it. fentanyl, the number one killer 18-45, drug trafficking, we have children and women in sex trafficking daily. we find that. we have criminals crossing the

border on a regular basis committing murder, rape, carjacking, brutal gang violence all over this country. this president does nothing about it. he even says these 1500 are there to help these people cross into america. this president has a stone cold heart. he does not care about the victims. he does not care about these people in the county killed, five of them including the 9-year-old as you mentioned by an illegal here who had been deported many times. the president in my view, this country has been invaded for years. i have said this on fox. after his first term, bill and dana, 10 to 15% of the total population, those who already here before he came to office and the 10 million plus during thinks four years, 10 to 15% of the entire population will be in america illegally. that's a plan. he doesn't care who dies or gets hurt to execute that plan. >> bill: next week will be a whopper.

thank you for your time. we'll speak then. he is right about the 10,000 national guard troops governor abbott sent out a tweet he deployed some time ago. you wonder what 1500 can do. maybe gives the border patrol a bit of a break. >> dana: they are only allowed to do administrative work. they can't help on the apprehension. they are throw to help the border patrol who have been doing administrative work. >> bill: interesting. this is andrea flores, his former director for border security, biden's. you knew title 42 was going to expire, right? what was your plan. you knew it would happen. dhs had two years to plan a wind down. instead it was a greater emergency that will lead to troops in border communities. maybe you get more under this administration, maybe you don't. they've shown in the past that when you have a problem down there, the amount of attention they give it sometimes is the opposite of what you would expect. >> dana: reminder that comes

from somebody who worked for president biden at the national security council on this very issue. want to get you to this. check out this video. >> bill: man, oh man. that video of a driver losing control straight into that stopped car. that police officer making a run for it. how this -- turned out. >> dana: artificial intelligence could be coming for your job sooner than you think. which jobs will be farmed out first and what it means for the u.s. workforce? >> the president and vice president kamala harris getting ready to hit the trail. are voters willing to overlook the age and the negative views of the vice president? former chief of staff to george w. bush, andy card, will join us on that. p's: plan ahead by getting a va cash out home loan from newday. pay off your high rate credit cards. pay yourself cash.

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>> bill: so we showed you some of this a moment ago. the heart-stopping moment in virginia on monday. roll it. that dash cam video we'll show it again in a moment. that car nearly crushing a fairfax county officer. man, he saw it coming and he made the right decision. >> dana: thank goodness. >> bill: another car sped around the curve and crossed the median. the car clipped his right leg. we think he is okay and crashed into the cruiser. that man is lucky. >> dana: fast reflexes and thank goodness that he will be all right. that is incredible. also now the biden administration and the campaign is reportedly planning the first fundraisers for 2024 next week with vice president harris

heading to georgia. but her unpopularity has been a big challenge. the latest poll shows only 41% of voters have a favorable opinion of the vice president with 57% unfavorable. let's bring in andy card former chief of staff for george w. bush and great friend. wonderful to have you here. david axelrod, who ran the obama/biden campaign has thoughts about why this vice presidential issue is going to matter in 2024. let's listen to him here. >> kamala harris is going to have a prominent place in this campaign because of his age. i think it is a natural question to ask about the vice president. and there must be a recognition in his campaign and in the white house that they need to strengthen her as a player in all of this. >> dana: they've been doing this for quite a while. this is the latest transformation they're trying with the vice president. look at the headlines here. "the new york times" april 25th. with biden's 2024 bid kamala

harris will be under more scrutiny. biden looks to elevate harris's work. inside biden strategy to repair harris's image. how much of an issue is the vice president in this upcoming 2024 election? is it possible to turn things around? >> thank you for having me on. yes, i think it is a challenge for the biden/harris team to demonstrate they have the capacity to put a team together that will be there for the next four years. kamala harris has not lived up to expectations when she was appointed as the running mate for joe biden. so i think that they're struggling in the polls. i think she is struggling to demonstrate her capacity to really lead the nation. so i think it will be an issue for the biden/harris team as they get ready to campaign. the first place they will have to campaign is with the real people in new hampshire. i'm not sure that either one of them is that popular in new

hampshire right now. >> dana: that's where you are and activity on the republican side as well because we are not that far away from getting really into the 2024 election much to everyone's surprise. it has gone by pretty eye quickly. when it comes to a vice presidential choice the republicans might say if biden wins re-election in 2024, every day of his term could be kamala harris's inauguration day. when you were involved in previous campaigns and though you were secretary of transportation during the 41 years and re-election for george w. bush, how much of an issue was the vice president when you dealt with those campaigns? curious about dan quayle especially. >> first of all, president-elect or the president want to be has to really understand that the vice president has to be ready on day one in case they are needed on day one.

so you don't pick a vice president for the future, you pick a vice president to meet the challenges should something catastrophic happen to the sitting president. so it is not a training opportunity. i do think dan quayle had more credibility than kamala harris. but yes, there was a little stretch of the time at the time and i remember the selection process people were quite surprised when the first president bush picked dan quayle as his running mate. they assumed it to be bob dole at the time for example. kamala harris is not up to the task right now. she would have a hard time being president tomorrow if something happened to joe biden today. >> dana: that will be an issue that everyone will be talking about. andy card, great to see you. >> i should also point out the republicans have the same challenge with our leading candidate, too. who would be his running mate. >> dana: a lot of people wondering who that might be for

anybody that actually emerges on the republican side. andy card, thank you. >> bill: nice to see you. he looks good, happy and healthy. >> dana: we have to discuss the anti-aging secrets of andy card. >> bill: axios report saying at this state of the game the biden team in terms of a campaign is running behind schedule. >> dana: it says here by january 2011 obama's team announced its senior leadership and courting donors. they had a donor meeting last night with the biden team and it didn't blow anybody away. >> bill: a little underwhelming is the report. china stirring up the pot militarily, economically and online. the biden administration says it is ready for high-level talks with the nation's biggest rival. what is taking so long? senate republicans accusing secretary of state antony blinken of lying. did he give false testimony about hunter biden under oath? and drugs are taking a devastating toll in the streets

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investigation getting more contentious if you can believe that. two top republican senators accusing secretary of state antony blinken of giving false testimony claiming he never exchanged emails with the president's son and calling on blinken to turn over his records. >> congressional republicans are focusing more on secretary of state antony blinken in the hunter biden investigation. ron johnson and chuck grassley's staff interviewed blinken in 2020. they highlight this exchange in their letter to blinken. question, did you ever talk with hunter biden on the phone? he says not that i recall. then they ask did you have any other means of correspondence with him emails, texts and he says no. they produce a 2015 email where hunter asks him to get a cup of coffee and he said absolutely. he was a long time aide to senator and then vice president joe biden. blinken is also responding to

house republican accusations that he coordinated that 2020 letter from dozens of former u.s. national security figures calling reports on the contents of hunter biden's laptop as having all the classic earmarks of a russian information operation. >> can you explain what your role was in that and if you incentivized it? >> one of the great benefits of this job is that i don't do politics and don't engage in it. but with regard to that letter, i didn't -- wasn't my idea. didn't ask for it or solicit it. i think the testimony that the former deputy director of the c.i.a. mike morrell put forward confirms that. >> house republicans say morrell's testimony shows a call from blinken triggered that letter. democrats say it's nonsense and accuse republicans of cherry picking morrell's interview. >> bill: breaking news that happened a short time ago.

russia claims ukraine tried to assassinate vladimir putin. moscow saying it thwarted a ukrainian drone attack on the kremlin. that is the video on screen. calling this a terrorist act, threatening retaliation. the u.s. says it is trying to verify the claim which ukraine denies. robert o'brien, former u.s. national security advisor. your timing is pitch perfect, sir. thank you for being here. antony blinken is doing an interview right now with the "washington post." he said cannot validate the reports about a drone strike. he also said anything that comes out of the kremlin you must take with a large shaker of salt and again we simply do not know. if you were to fly a drone from the ukrainian border to downtown moscow and hit the kremlin, you would have to travel about 500 miles. what do you make of the early reports we have on this, sir, in the scarce video we're watching? >> it has the hallmarks of a

russian false flag operation for a couple of reasons. one, the russians just launched a massive drone attack on civilians in ukraine and roundly criticized for it. i think this is their way of trying to say the ukrainians did it to us as well. number two, it's inconsistent with the way the ukrainians have fought the war. they could engage in gorilla at activity in moscow and russian cities. it has not done so. it has had limited attacks on the russian federation to power stations on the border that they deny. this is inconsistent with how ukraine has fought the war. three, if they were trying to assassinate vladimir putin, this based on the photos we're watching is a small drone with a small conventional charge and the kremlin is a massive facility for those of you. you have been there bill and dana. a massive facility. hitting it with a small drone with a limited conventional charge wasn't going to kill vladimir putin or do any real damage to the kremlin.

it is hard to believe the ukrainians would have risked the backlash of that sort of attack. i would take this one time when i would agree with blinken to take it with a grain of salt from the russians. >> bill: we'll see how it develops in the day and coming weeks in the spring offensive on behalf of the ukraine military. you were intimate in this in the trump years. that is the topic of beijing, china. nicholas burns is our ambassador and he said this about ready for high-level talks with chinese leadership. watch. >> our view is we need better channels between the two governments and deeper channels. we're ready to talk and it is particularly important to do that, of course, when you have big problems. we have major disagreements in the relationship. we have never been shy of talking and we hope the chinese will meet us halfway on this. >> bill: you could say what took you so long? you had a couple of things out there. the spy balloon, you have covid restrictions, i didn't realize

this, there are 295,000 chinese students studying in america. there are only 350 american students in china. some of that is because of covid restrictions. the other thing burns said we have not had a productive exchange on the fentanyl issue. i ask you on all these issues now, what has taken so long? >> well, this is a little embarrassing. we're begging and ambassador burns is being told to do this by the state department. we are begging the chinese for talks. they aren't that into us. i'm not opposed to talking to our adversaries. when i was in office i held a summit with russia. so on arms control. if there is a reason to talk to our adversaries that's fine. for us to beg them to come to the table, that is a sign of weakness. the chinese -- last time the chinese spoke with us met with

jake sullivan and tony blinken in alaska. you will remember this. they haranged our diplomats and spent an hour lecturing them on how terrible the u.s. was. no apology for covid. no further clarification what happened with covid. the threats against taiwan are beyond the pale, and the spy balloon they still clinging to the story it was a meteorologist balloon checking the weather over the air force bases. i appreciate that they were checking over the weather over our nuclear sites and in light of all the chinese bad acts the fact we are begging them for talks is a little embarrassing. >> bill: thank you for your time. blinken said he hopes to do that later this year. we'll see if and when it happens. robert o'brien, please come back. thank you. >> dana: a new health warning for americans. why the surgeon general says

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>> bill: here we go. all aboard. disturbing scene on board of a unite ed airlines flight. assaults a flight attendant and tries to jump out of the plane through the emergency exit. other passengers intervene. this happened before the flight took off from san francisco to

houston. >> dana: i would be irritated because it delayed the flight. a new report from the surgeon general says loneliness poses a tremendous health risk as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. his report said this. we now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. it is like hunger or thirst. it is a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is missing. millions of people in america are struggling in the shadows and that's not right. that's why i issued this advisory to pull back the curtain on a struggle that too many people are experiencing. here now dr. marc siegel, fox news contributor. how do you assess loneliness in america? do you think it as bad as he describes? >> huge problem, dana. i interviewed him actually yesterday about this when the advisory first came out. and actually monday morning and aired it yesterday on the radio. this is a key issue for him.

he has been following this for years and published a book on this in 2020 before the pandemic really hit. and he is very concerned about it. these statistics that they uncovered are shocking. 30% increase risk of stroke. 30% increased risk of heart attack. 50% increased risk of dementia. you say what does that have to do with loneliness but it has everything to do with it. people not doing as well cognitively if you connect them and not as isolated they do better. 60% increased risk of early death from loneliness. from being separated from people. from not having real human connections. of course, the pandemic had a lot to do with this. he admitted that. he also agreed with me that everybody at each other's throat is a huge part of the problem. he prescribes kindness and the doctor needs to play a prominent role. how doctors are hiding now

behind artificial intelligence. he wants physicians to come to the forefront the problem of loneliness. >> there is no substitute for in-person reaction. as we use technology we lost out on a lot of in-person interaction. how do we design technology that strengthens our relationships as opposed to weakens them? what did he tell you about that, doctor? >> that's a really important point. he said to me something really surprising, bill. he said that social media was actually designed initially to bring people together, to actually be used as a way of reaching out with your iphone, with tiktok and with google and with twitter. but that it has deteriorated to the point it promotes divisiveness and anger and it doesn't have to be. we can move in more of a direction of kindness.

this may be pie in the sky. listen, advisory is the first step towards healing a problem, right? it is not the solution. just the beginning. >> dana: can i show you one thing on another topic? laura ingraham. it has to do with loneliness. she did a great trip to san francisco talking about fentanyl and talked to a resident. watch it. >> to me fentanyl has been like something that is keeping me alive. it helps me not think about some of the trauma that i've been through. when i don't get it, like, i can't breathe sometimes or have anxiety really bad. but when i have it, like i need it i immediately calm down. >> dana: doctor you can almost hear the loneliness in her voice as well. >> great report by laura ingraham and she pointed out that you only have two choices when you are on the street in an encampment and tent city. she loved san francisco.

i do, too. these homeless encampments are troubling. the choices are you stay and live in these conditions or go to jail. there aren't enough feet on the ground there. aren't enough boots on the ground. as you just showed, people turn quickly to drugs. there is a lot of mental illness on the streets to begin with and there is a connection there between mental illness, the use of fentanyl and other drugs and the point you made to tie everything together loneliness. people are isolated there. there is no family. >> bill: thank you, doctor, good input there. thank you. artificial intelligence could be coming for your job. a lot sooner than you think. say it ain't so. >> dana: i hope not. >> bill: which jobs are most likely to get farmed out first. oh joy. stay tuned. on your credit cards lately? get ready for a shock. the rate on credit cards is now over 22%. if you want to save hundreds of dollars every month, pay off the balances on your high rate cards with a lower rate

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>> harris: the white house announced there will be no negotiating between the president and republicans over the debt ceiling. the time is becoming more urgent for all of america.

our ability to pay our bills meaning the country and us. biden is set to meet with gop leaders but now we know it is just his own photo op. and our southern border bracing for what could look like an invasion when the covid-driven title 42 health restriction ends shortly. one texas lawmaker says the president has surrendered on illegal immigration. senator mike lee was there and will be in "focus." jonna caldwell and tyrus top of the our. >> dana: millions of jobs lost all over the world for a.i. in the next few years. we'll tell us what will not have a job, kelly? >> i know, right? that's the concern. listen, manual labor-intensive jobs are not as much at risk. a.i. will impact white collar roles more than blue collar.

the new study predicts 14 million jobs lost by 2027. close to a quarter of all jobs would change and those adjustments would be driven by a.i. it would be accountants, cashiers, customer service workers. another report from goldman sachs predicts 300 million jobs globally could be impacted by a.i. positively or negatively. the study predicts the a.i. could replace 44% of all legal roles. we are having a writer's strike in hollywood. the sticking point in a.i. writers want their contract to prevent studios from using a.i. to write and edit scripts. i don't know if you saw this. reeves even banned it in his contracts. we should take note as well. >> dana: we might need to. thank you for that. a lot of people wondering. >> bill: breaking news from the world of sports.

the younger brother of nfl star quarterback patrick mahomes has been arrested. this is jackson mahomes, age 22. booked earlier today in johnson county jail. we believe that's on the missouri side of the border southeast of kansas city. three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of battery. apparently this incident happened back in february at a local bar restaurant in kansas city. the case has not gone away. bond has been set at $1 hundred thousand. that's what we have from the d.a.'s office in johnson county. we'll keep an eye on that. before we get out of here a couple things. more evidence that actors woody harrellson and -- could be half brothers. the only place you can find this stuff. new interview harrison claims when mcconaughey was born dad told his mom that ain't my son. i do believe he said it with

that accent. this follows comments from mcconaughey revealing that harelson's father may have had a fling with his mom during his parents' divorce. >> dana: do you think they're saying it to get in celebrity news? >> bill: i think that's exactly what they're doing. >> dana: i have a feeling. i'm impressed with your follow-up. you have a lot of attention to detail and you know the viewers of newsroom appreciate it. >> bill: we won't let that one go. >> dana: harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. republicans put a deal on the table to save the nation from defaulting on its debt. it would be devastating. it is up to the president, though, to work with all lawmakers and solve this crisis. they are set to meet with him and now late word biden will just sit with them but he will not negotiate anything. the nation did not hire a deal maker with this one. i'm harris faulkner and you are