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>> sandra: mercedes joins us in a moment, but first, matt is live on the ground in moscow, idaho. kohberger entered a rather unusual or uncommon plea today. we did not hear much from him, that's a big part of it. >> that's right, a couple minutes ago inside of the county courthouse, the attorneys for bryan kohberger told the judge they will stay silent on all five charges related to this murder case. therefore, the judge entered default not guilty plea for bryan kohberger and his attorney asked for a six-week trial beginning in october and no sides objected to that date. kohberger appeared in person in the past hour inside the courtroom wearing orange prison garb and this courtroom is basically a walking distance from the murder site where the four students were killed shortly before last thanksgiving. kohberger was wearing orange prison garb, looking extremely

alert and observant. answered loud and clear, and today he was arraigned on four charges of murder in the first-degree, accused of stabbing to death four students last november. and also in the court, the parents of gonsalves, and they did not express outward emotion, or interact with kohberger or his team. the arraignment moved quickly and efficiently and then kohberger exited the courtroom. two other follow-up hearings in the next hour or two in relation to this case. the big one was the arraignment and ultimately kohberger entered a not guilty plea by staying silent, sandra. >> sandra: matt, we are looking for any reaction to this. what's so unusual is his silence

in the courtroom, matt. was that expected? >> the courtroom was very quiet, everyone was being very professional. abiding by all the rules presented to us. we are asked not to interact with the family inside of the courtroom, so we did not. we did not ask them any follow-up questions afterwards. our understanding is they are still here right now, there are two follow-up hearings, scheduling and some, i believe a hearing on some of the potential evidence or discovery, and that's happening right now. but you know, in general, sometimes you see family members of murder victims shed some tears or outward emotion and that really did not happen today from what we saw inside of the courtroom, sandra. >> sandra: and we do know kayley's mother and father were in the courtroom, and we will look for immediate reaction from the family members involved but

what the attorney for kohberger asked for, a six-week trial in october. matt, thank you very much for joining us. mercedes colwin is joining us on set, very emotional for all those involved, and not hearing from him with the exception of he understands he told the judge what was laid out before him. what was your take away from what just happened? >> that was unusual. someone who is amassing a vigorous defense, obviously there will be a big defense, they are asking for six weeks, a lot of testimony will come in, a lot of evidence. you would expect that someone's accused of four murders of these brutal murders, they would say i'm not guilty. but to stand silent and go through the procedural default of having the judge enter your not guilty plea, a little odd for me. and not a single-family member from the kohberger, not a single one in the courtroom. they obviously knew the arraignment very important, they

did not stand there and support your son. >> sandra: is that telling to you? >> without question. >> sandra: there are requests for the defense team including the bodycam and dash cam footage from the search of his home and the arrest. the copies of the lab reports that detail the forensic evidence that was collected, analysis of the items recovered, a lot of evidence involved here. they are also asking for the reports and notes on the lab testing and from the interrogation. will they be honored with that? >> i'm sure. and on record saying that prosecutors already provided that information, 20,000 pieces of evidence have already been provided. that's been reported. if there's anything missing, obviously that will be substantiated and they will provide that at a later point. what it's telling us as a defense attorney, they are going to start attacking the collection of evidence. they are going to start to look at that forensic, how did you collect it, almost like we are back to o.j. how the o.j. defense was.

if you have so much incriminating evidence against you, then let's start to look at the collection of evidence and that's what they'll start to do. >> sandra: you mentioned o.j. trial, were the evidence in that case and a lot taken from his apartment including a black glove, hair strands, the collection of the dark red spot, the cuttings from the uncased pillow, reddish brown stain. what do you believe is going to look line in october? >> it's going to be a fight in terms of evidence. there are still hearings presented before the judge without the jury present both sides will argue about the evidence presented to the jury, and ultimately what's going to be key are all the forensics are going to come in and it's a master class in collection of evidence by law enforcement. when we did that, when we, his arrest, we covered it. breaking news and you saw how law enforcement had done everything from digital collection to the blood on the sheet that matched the dna. a lot there.

>> sandra: thanks for jumping on the breaking news for us. >> john: ted williams, criminal defense attorney and fox news contributor. ted, you spent a lot of time in idaho, you were there the day bryan kohberger was arrested, you are very familiar with all of the evidence. we'll get to that in just a second. i wanted to run past you some of the reasons why he might have stood silent in court or standing mute is what the technical term is. sometimes the defendant will do that as a way to delay court proceedings but does not seem like that was the case because the trial was set. sometimes they'll stand mute because maybe they are negotiating a plea agreement. that doesn't seem to be the case. another reason why, they protest the legitimacy of the court. do you think that might be a reason why kohberger is standing mute here? >> john, there can be many reasons. under idaho law, the attorney who represented kohberger could tell the court that he was going to remain silent and at that

stage the judge would enter a plea of not guilty. there are many reasons for that to happen, but primarily this is a strategy between the defendant, kohberger, and his attorney in making those to the court that allowed the court to enter a not guilty verdict on the burglary charge and the four counts of first-degree murder. >> he has a new attorney representing him, alyssa matheth, at one time went to the university of idaho. certified in death penalty cases, and she managed to overturn a conviction of a man accused of attempted murder and kidnapping. he was sentenced to 50 years, plus another 50. she got that overturned. so clearly that is the route she's going for -- with kohberger here. when you take a look at the

preponderance of evidence, a lot of things point to kohberger but nothing that definitively links him, we do not know still what the source of the dna was from the knife sheath. >> you know, john, you touched on an excellent point here. what we do know, though, another network has recently announced that in their research that they found out that kohberger allegedly went on amazon and purchased the sheath and the knife, the knife in this case has never actually been found. but what the authorities have and what they are gathering is a lot of physical evidence as well as circumstantial evidence. when we look at the physical evidence, one of the things that i really want to find out about is what they found in that white

vehicle that kohberger and his father drove back across country from the state of washington to pennsylvania. that's going to be very instrumental in this case. for instance, a lot of times when you put a seatbelt on and from what we have been told, that was a very bloody scene there on kings place there in moscow, idaho dealing with these four students. and when you put a seatbelt back on, there are a lot of times that when you take the seatbelt off it will roll back up and i'm sure the authorities are looking at that seatbelt as well as other physical evidence in that automobile to try to establish a rapport, not so much rapport but a connection, should i say, between kohberger and these murders. >> john: it was a gruesome scene to be sure, ted. at one point, photographs of

blood that was actually seeping out between the wall boards of the house. this is obviously potential death penalty case, the clock starts running now for the prosecutor to decide whether or not to seek the death penalty and it's interesting to node in the state of idaho they recently reinstated death by firing squad. i mean -- does this case get any more dramatic? >> you are absolutely right. i've got to tell you, having been out on the ground researching and investigating this case, this is a case that i believe calls out for the death penalty and the fact that you have said here that they have just put out most recently that you can die by firing squad it is more likely than not within the next 60 days, and that's what they have, 60-day period to let the courts know if they are going to seek the death penalty, i would -- if i had to be betting person, i would believe in this case as agregious as

these crimes were, that it's more likely than not they will seek the death penalty. >> john: in your experience, if you are a juror and you are deciding a death penalty case versus life in prison case, how does that change the calculation as to your determination of guilt or innocence, or does it? >> well, i think it is all driven, john, by the evidence that's put to that jury. they will do what is known as voir dire when they are choosing the jury, try to determine if any of them have problems with, or if the evidence is presented properly given kohberger the death penalty. and if they find that there are jurors what can't carry that out as part of their sentence, they are probably dismissed from the jury. but what will happen here is when you look at the evidence,

the manner in which these four young college students were killed in that home, and i think that when the evidence come in, it is more likely than not that jurors could very well vote for the death penalty in a case of this nature. >> john: six weeks beginning october 2nd, unless there is any further delay. we will be watching it all unfold here on the fox news channel. ted williams, always great to see you. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> john: stakes could not be higher in this case in so many different ways, sandra. >> sandra: and your hearts are with all those families involved, all the students who have gone through so much at the university, and come down to the beginning of the trial they have confirmed as october 2, 8:30 a.m., october 2nd. this just happened in the courtroom, about 14 seconds, the just entered the not guilty plea for bryan kohberger a few moments ago. >> mr. kohberger prepared to

plead to these charges? >> your honor, we will be standing silent. >> ok. because mr. kohberger is standing silent, i'm going to enter not guilty pleas. >> sandra: so that was that, john. just a few moments ago. we'll see where all this goes. but to your point, a lot at stake and many, many will be watching. >> john: i would we interested to know the reason for him standing silent in court. it happens on occasion, doesn't happen very often but as we pointed out when we began with ted williams, a number of reasons why a person could do that. curious as to why kohberger chose to do that. >> sandra: the u.s. barrels toward the june 1st hard deadline to avoid default, house speaker and kevin mccarthy will meet for more talks for raising the debt ceiling. jacqui heinrich has a preview. where do things stand right now as we begin a brand-new week?

>> sandra, white house negotiators wrapped up their discussion with house republicans on the hill and neither side spoke to reporters when they were leaving the room. so that might indicate that they're coming closer toward each other rather than farther apart after both sides gave harsh criticism toward the other over the weekend. we are ten days out from the potential default deadline, if you include today. yesterday the treasury sexual misconduct said june 1st was a hard deadline. and could place the credit rating under review if we get too close to default. the president has tried to see up some potential blame for the other side if that were to happen. >> on the merits based on what i've offered, i would be blameless. on the politics of it, no one would be blameless. i think there are some maga

republicans in the house who know the damage that it would do to the economy. and because i am president, president is responsible for everything, biden would take the blame, the one way to make sure biden is not re-elected. >> house republicans keep reiterating they are the only ones that have so far passed a bill and say it's democrats and the white house to blame for lack of progress. >> hard to get them off the spending spree. underlying issue is the democrats, since they took the majority, addicted to spending, we are going to spend less than last year. >> the president will speak in person at the white house with speaker mccarthy later on this evening, around 5:00. we don't know if mccarthy is going to speak to reporters afterward, but he has following every other meeting and even though the president does not have anything on his public schedule in the way of remarks, i did see crews from the white

house pulling chairs out of the roosevelt room, which might indicate some planning in the works in case the president decides to speak to the american people on this, sandra. >> sandra: and of course you will alert us to that. jacqui heinrich at the white house, thank you. >> john: senator tim scott joining the fast growing republican field for the gop nomination. what impact does this have on the 2024 race? bob cusack joins us next. >> sandra: talks between president biden and kevin mccarthy continue. if a deal is not reached, what will it mean for you? we'll ask our econ panel to break it down. >> if we default on the debt, history books will record that joe biden was the president when we defaulted. to one term, one paragraph history. with a home loan from newday, take out an average of $70,000, pay off debts and high rate credit cards, and save hundreds every month.

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had overcome problems with his schooling in terms of being able to improve his grades, his education and of course his own family, personal dynamic, talked about what he's had to overcome and achieved the american dream. listen to what he had to say. >> this isn't just my story, it's all of our stories. the circumstances and the situations may be different but details may change. but every single one of us are here because of the american journey. where there were obstacles, that became opportunities. >> the senator certainly had the crowd on his side. they were very eager to hear from him, even when the microphone dropped out at one point. of course the senator has to overcome more than technical difficulties, a lot of focus whether he will be able to rise in the polls. even before he announced, he was only polling in the single

digits. i asked him if he were the nominee, let's say it was president trump, if he gets the nomination, would he support him? >> i'm going to be the nominee. the good news is i will support myself and i look forward to making sure that i continue to have the conversation with the american people about an optimistic, positive m he is sag that's anchored in conservativism. ev >> he has confidence and money, $22 million to start his campaign, money going to tv ads in battle ground states and will probably pay for the jet to iowa tomorrow night. sandra. >> sandra: very interesting day. keeps getting more and more interesting by the day. mark meredith, thanks very much. >> john: bob cusack, editor and chief of "the hill," and we were listening diligently to mark meredith and we thought this is a tim scott we have not seen before.

typically when you see him in public or get him on the program he's very reserved, measured in what he says. he was measured in what he said, obviously, but he was on stage, i've never seen him so animated. >> i've never seen him so animated. that was a high energy speech. his advisors probably told him can't be low key. he's a respected senator. part of the reason he got the endorsement from senator john thune. but, can he translate this money and this momentum in the polls, that remains to be scene. >> john: a moment earlier on, i thought is he going to stray into howard dean territory, about pulled back from that. john thune has endorsed him, and senator mike rounds and as mark pointed out, he's got $22 million in the bank. nobody else has $22 million in the bank. why does he have that much money? >> well, i think because he's so respected, african american, a

prominent presidential candidate and former president trump is not going after senator tim scott because he knows how professional scott is, he's a pro's pro, but can he have the energy, and he did today, but will voters get behind him? i thought the optics of that speech were great. >> john: especially when he called his mom out and said thank you for supporting, believing in me when no one else would and gave his mom a bouquet of flowers. >> she raised him, a great personal touch. >> john: harvard harris poll, good news and bad news. bad news, 47% of people polled say they have never heard of him. however, of those 47%, or of the rest who do know him, 30% say they have a very favorable or favorable view of him. not a lot of people know about him, those who do really like him. >> and that's rare. we work with harvard harris a lot, and listen, any time you are above water, any time you

have any favorable numbers, because most politicians, especially congressional leaders, are underwater, meaning more people disapprove than approve. >> john: other bad news for tim scott in the poll, put up the preference. trump, 58%, desantis way behind him at 16%. pence 4, tim scott at 1. numbers likely to change as scott starts campaigning, but it's a huge bar to have to clear. a lot of people are thinking he's obviously saying he wants to be the nominee, but he would be the pitch perfect running meat for 1 or 2 of those candidates. >> certainly we will see speculation about scott and others being the v.p., his answer is of course i'm going to be the nominee, i don't have to worry about being v.p. he is a leader in the party, but poll numbers are not good. he's just getting going. >> john: tim scott has nowhere

to go but up. sandra. >> sandra: following a judge a short time ago in the murder of the four idaho victims, a judge just entered a not guilty plea for bryan kohberger. one of the four victims' families has put out a statement, this one from kayley gonsalves family, they would like to thank everyone for following the case and keeping them alive, they are what -- keeping the memories alive. and they took it to the grand jury and came back with indictment. we are disappointed the judicial process is not more efficient in addressing the gag order. this is the beginning of a long way for the families. it's a long road for them and we look forward to october 2nd when the trial for the families will

begin, it has to be torture for them. >> john: emotional six weeks in october for them. the clock ticking on the debt ceiling crisis. deadline to avoid potential default days away. former obama economic advisor robert wolf and former trump advisor steve moore next to break that all down. >> sandra: two shark attacks in less than 36 hours and one of them, the victim wasn't even in the water. what is behind all this? >> i've been in the water for a very long time, i've never seen a shark like this. he wanted me, it was a scary, scary event. out here, you're a landowner, a gardener, a landscaper and a hunter. that's why you need versatile,

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open to spending cuts and tax adjustments to reach a deal on the debt ceiling, but the president calling the republicans' latest offer unacceptable. what can we expect with the big talk between the house speaker and the president? robert wolf is a fox news contributor, former economic advisor to president obama, and steve moore is here, freedom works economist and former economic advisor to president trump. we have both sides well-represented here. let's flash back to president obama, robert wolf, dismissing the use of the 14th amendment. listen. >> this administration does not believe that the 14th amendment gives the power to ignore the debt ceiling. >> the president does not have the authority to take action in that kind of a way. >> there have been some suggestions that a president could use that language to basically ignore this debt ceiling rule. i have talked to my lawyers. they don't -- they do not --

they are not persuaded that that is a winning argument. >> sandra: ok, so is it a winning argument now, robert? >> i don't think they are going to use the 14th amendment. i'm not a lawyer whether they have that ability or not i'm not sure. i recall during 2011, it was a very different time, the republicans had a 24-house majority. but also we have learned a lot just by the threat at that time, the market went down by 20%. personally, i think it's a big unforced error by speaker mccarthy. i think there is going to be a debt ceiling passed, i don't think any of the freedom caucus will vote for it. >> sandra: ok, so here is just some of what we are hearing, steve. from both sides, as they spar over these stalled talks, play it out. >> the white house is not serious. they are not taking a look at the reality where the country is fiscally. >> what we have now is speaker mccarthy and maga house republicans saying they are

going to push the default detonator and blow up our economy if they don't get their way. >> we need a deal this week. time is running out and president biden has delayed 100 days to meet and then off on the trip and we need action. less finger pointing. >> sandra: where does this go, steve, going back to chris van holland calling out maga republicans saying they are trying to blow up the economy if they don't get their way. are they just laying the ground work here, the white house and democrats, to point fingers at republicans for an economy that is already suffering under this president's policies? >> well, that may well be, sandra. but you know, i'm so glad you played those clips from president obama because it was 2011 the last time we had a big debt limit showdown and to his credit, barack obama did negotiate what i think was a very good deal with then speaker of the house john boehner.

what biden is saying, the first month of this, i don't want to negotiate anything, kind of crazy. look, right now i think the republicans hold all the cards in this debate. only one bill that's actually passed congress so far dealing with the debt ceiling and that's the republican bill out of the house. sandra, i think the republicans should say to chuck schumer, you know he's the democratic leader of the senate and runs the senate, you guys pass a bill and let's see where we are. so, the only game in town right now is the plan that the republicans pass rather heroically, it would exceed -- it would extend the debt ceiling but with some conditions, welfare requirements, more drilling, cap on spending, i think even my friend robert wolf would agree with those. >> sandra: his name has been invoked. respond. >> great revisionist history. i remember debating i was to the right of him during the three

times it was passed under trump which i said there should be no debt ceiling debate, he agreed with that during the trump administration. amazing the trump tax cuts forced huge deficits, he still wanted to pass all of the debt ceilings. remember, nancy pelosi and trump, president trump, excuse me, they did not have a debate. they -- the democrats when they were running the house passed it, it's been passed 79 times, or 78 times, 49 times under a republican president, including president reagan 18 times. listen, i'm all for negotiating budget. i think i have been more fiscally conservative than steve and his entire group. that have believed, have not worked in 40 years. >> sandra: steve? >> i think robert wolf is a

pretty centrist moderate democrat. my problem -- >> sandra: don't tell his friends. >> my problem is with joe biden, who you know, basically said he's going to run as a uniter, a centrist democrat. he was the one, sandra, who negotiated the last deal when he was vice president and now he's saying he won't make a deal. i think the republicans should sit back and say we passed something, you haven't, let's -- you know, once you put something on the table we can live with. i'll tell you this, we cannot live with a debt that's going to go up by $2 trillion more this year, that's lot of money, more than trump ever borrowed. >> sandra: maybe -- maybe to that point, steve, republicans are not doing a great job explaining these are not spending cuts, but trying to cap the spending. that's what's involved in the negotiation. and did we just have a debate who is farther to the right? democrat and republican? >> here is what i'll say. i agree with steve. there should be a hard budget

negotiation, and i don't have an issue with giving back unspent covid money. >> sandra: call the white house, robert, call the white house. >> but that doesn't have to do with passing the debt ceiling. we are mixing -- >> sandra: so you are no negotiation like biden. you are no different. >> sandra. >> always try to negotiate. >> sandra, eight times in my lifetime, in my professional career when republicans, democrats, got together on the debt ceiling and made a deal. this is nothing new. the only thing that's new is biden saying i don't want to negotiate. >> sandra: robert wolf, fiscal conservative. got it. got it. >> we have him on record. >> sandra: he's on the record. thanks so much, guys. thanks for joining us. john. >> john: right and right -- the fbi accused of breaking the rules to spy on everyday americans, court document and

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his floaties and jumping in the water. keep an eye on children by the pool at all times. thank goodness everyone is ok, john. it can be so scary. >> john: who else was in the pool with him? >> sandra: i see that as well, and i'm not sure, but appears to be mom or a sitter or somebody. >> john: didn't appear to be any reaction there. >> sandra: just goes to show you you can be a distance away and that can happen so fast. >> john: the firefighter leaps into action, boom, back up on the pool deck, don't do that again. goodness, wow. he is fast. good thing, too. russian forces claim to have taken complete control in the battle for bakhmut but ukraine says they have encircled the city on three sides, getting ready for a major counter offensive there. daniel davis is a season fellow, dan, unpack this for us. it's a little difficult to know

what's going on in ukraine at the moment. we do know there is minimum contingent of ukrainian forces in and around bakhmut, tying up the wagner mercenary forces for the better part of a year, they took over bakhmut, we have been hearing about this coming ukrainian counter offensive for weeks now yet nothing has happened. so, where are we in this whole situation? >> right. what it says for sure on the ground, it's geolocated from a number of videos released by the russians, they have full control of bakhmut, they have had effective control well over a month, like 90% a month ago, and they have been just methodically moving through the last few percent and now they have it. what ukraine is referring to, on the northern and southern flank of that, a week ago, a little more than that, they started an operation to try and penetrate through the flank defenses of

the russians to cut off the wagner group so they might be able to cut them off. but the problem is that they ran into some pretty stiff russian defenses and multiple belts in the areas and one of those has stalled out about four days ago, and the northern one is inching progress but not too much more than. because russia has thrown up reserves, so at the moment it's a little inaccurate to say the russians are surrounded on three sides but there are some ukrainian forces in there. if they don't throw more reserves in there, it's not clear they'll be able to move much further. >> john: i regularly get videos from the bakhmut area dropped into my youtube mailbox, and nothing if not brutal, the scene of some of the worst fighting in the year-long war. bakhmut, it's a small city, 73,000 people, it is along a couple of major highway routes, but why is it so strategically

important or is it? >> this is like ironically the city of gettysburg and how important it was to the civil war. by itself was not important, but two sides made it important and that's what happened here, at least as of december, maybe even a little further earlier than that. zelenskyy decided this is basically no, we are not going to give this city up. it is that important and russia then said no, we are going to take it no matter what, regardless of how tactically it may have been. both sides placed enormous political and psychological importance on it and now then russia has taken it, so they have a victory here, but the bigger problem may be that it's not that important but ukraine has spent a tremendous amount of resources, and now that they have lost the city and the personnel, so it may have a significant negative impact on their attempt to have an offensive this spring or summer.

>> what about the counter offensive? i've heard some people posit they may try to go to kherson, and months to train the pilots on the f-16, don't know if biden would allow them to have the f-16, but said they could train on them. where do we go in terms of a counter offensive, what might it look like, what might be involved? >> yeah, if the ukraine side was gonna have launched a counter offensive they had a good chance a month or two ago. had they withdrawn from bakhmut, they would have been in better position to do that. because they used so many brigades, now they have a smaller striking force. zelenskyy has a very difficult decision. if he launches this offensive in any direction, whether it's try to cut the crimean land bridge many suspect is the most logical target.

if he tries to do that and does not succeed, or even partially succeeds and they have so many casualties because russia has built up all the defenses in this intervening time, it will be more difficult to break through, ukraine may be in a weaker position by attempting an offensive than they are right now. and almost one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't for zelenskyy. >> john: always good to get your analysis, appreciate it. >> sandra: pro democracy chinese dissident says she fears for her family after chinese police tracked her down here in the u.s. and threatened her parents on the mainland. now she's talking to bryan, the secret chinese police station in new york we have been reporting on and now this. what exactly is going on here? >> look, sandra, she says she

has broken several chinese laws by speaking to us but did it anyway, despite the threat of punishment she and her family face from the chinese communist party. started a petition on change.org for the ccp to release someone from prison. but they traced the position back to her, and china located her parents and made them call the daughter here in the u.s. to take down the petition or face it, and she fears the ccp has infiltrated the company or hacked their data. >> so what you are saying here is that the chinese government was somehow able to hack into change.org to find your email and then to locate you. >> yes. i don't have evidence to prove that, but that's my best guess. >> because in your mind, there's no other way that the chinese government could have known that that petition --

>> is from that email, yeah. it's so creepy, so frightening because like you never know, even if you are in america, a free country, you still have to worry about your safety. >> now, we have reached out to change.org and they have not responded. despite threats, she and her other pro democracy dissidents will continue to try to speak out against the communist regime. the chairman on the select committee of the ccp tells fox this, incumbent on congress and all levels of law enforcement to stand up to the ccp bullying tactics and protect everyone on american soil. united states should be a haven for persecution, not a hunting ground. and fbi director christopher wray says they have 2,000 active investigations looking into the ccp, including efforts to spy on and repress people living in the

united states, sandra. >> sandra: very interesting, bryan, thank you. john. >> john: with so much bad news, thought we would take a momentary pause here for a surfing contest in florida going to the dogs. literally. get it, pause, dogs, literally, all right. mini goldendoodle named charlie brown, stealing the show. watch this. [cheering] >> john: charlie brown getting a perfect 10 for his dismount, and another 10 for his flip. judges awarded him best wave. you know, griff jenkins, our griff jenkins is a big surfer but i think, you know, that little doggy could give him a run for his money. he's a better surfer than my charlie. charlie doesn't surf. >> sandra: i imagine you are a surfer, too, john, am i wrong? >> john: yes, you are wrong. i can wake board and water ski,

no surfing for me. >> sandra: maybe you ought to give it a try, never too late. he looks very proud of himself. congratulations to charlie. add another hat to the ring, one prominent republican announced, how does it affect the overall 2024 landscape? the number of shark attacks on the rise on southern beaches. as with we approach the summer season, what exactly do you need to know? all that and a whole lot more, including dr. gavin nayler, taylor riggs, and john levine coming up in a brand-new hour. i was tired of throwing money down the rent drain, so to speak. after watching the admiral that just made up my mind, i said, i'm calling newday usa tomorrow. 70 more dollars over my rent.

i'm actually owning my own home because newday usa focuses on the va homeloan benefit. that's their expertise. i felt like i would definitely get a better shake. the admiral said that my service is, you know, my down payment. for us that was important not to be able to have to put anything down. i was aviation in the marine corps, 30 some million dollar aircraft. if the country, american people can put that kind of trust and confidence, the equipment that we fix, literally $200,000 home. can you help me? can somebody put a little bit of belief in me? and i felt like i felt newday did do that. if you can afford rent, you can afford to own. to maximize that va loan benefit and not pay anything out of my pocket was tremendous. i had my doubts, but i don't anymore.

>> john: more trouble brewing at

the bureau. the fbi under fire for allegedly handling the biden family, or handling the biden family with kid gloves while improperly spying on everyday americans, just how many times did the fbi surveil americans? it's shocking, and we will tell you this hour. >> sandra: plus, sharks attacking in florida days before the unofficial start of summer. one victim was not even in the water when it happened. we'll ask a leading shark expert if it could mean a dangerous summer beach season. >> john: and no, it was not the guy grabbing the shark by the tail. and bud light bleeding. sales down the fifth straight week after the campaign with the transgender influencer. is it leaving everyone with a bad after taste. john roberts in washington, that has to count as the single most expensive can of beer in history. >> sandra: i think that's fair to say at this point. might even be fact.