>> at this hour, we are expected to see house speaker kevin mccarthy on the hill. you're looking at a live picture right there right now where talks on the debt ceiling are stretching into the long weekend. most lawmakers are back home, but on standby in case a deal is reached. we'll keep watching for that shot for mccarthy to emerge any second. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into hour number two. i'm john roberts. a lot of news happening this afternoon. >> a lot of help, not a lot of chance a deal will get done this weekend, but everybody will pay

attention and watch it because it's pretty important. >> hope is not a strategy. should get something done. >> this is true. i'm gillian turner. we're on mccarthy watch. we'll bring you any news out of the speaker's office as it comes out at this hour. a presidential candidate is raising alarms, saying linkedin intentionally censored him. >> this was no accident. this was intentional viewpoint-based censorship. i fear it's just the beginning of what we'll see all over again this election cycle like we did in the last one. >> he's accusing microsoft-owned linkedin of shutting down his posts on climate and china. the company's response and mollie hemingway just head. passengers near pre-pandemic

levels. >> as to has already screened over 2.6 million people, the highest number since 2019, pre-pandemic. spike and near misses on runways have hit the industry hard as it is trying to bounce back. president biden's transportation chief says things are getting better. listen. >> we're a long way from saying we're out of the woods or fully comfortable, but we've seen a lot of real problem. >> even more americans are hitting the roads to kick off summer. 37 million folks will drive this weekend, with gas prices inching up amid high demand. we have fox team coverage up and down the east coast. will nunley in soggy myrtle beach, but first we go to secaucus with the latest. madison?

>> we're not the worst point when it comes to traffic, so fingers crossed that the as to security lines are shorter, but based off the numbers we're getting we expect lines to be long. 2.6 million travelers were screened by tsa. again, that's the most people we've seen since november 2019, pre-pandemic. today could beat that record. the faa expects more than 51,000 flights to take off today, and travel analysts expect to see the number of passengers climb 11% this year compared to memorial day last year. the smooth sailing that we've seen, good news for flyers, considering all the issues that the industry has had in recent months from national ground stops to massive air traffic controller shortages causing flights to be delayed, even in some cases canceled, secretary buttigieg we're currently short 3,000 air traffic controllers,

but they plan hiring back 1500 this year. drivers, when we look at the roads, they're feeling the crowds and high costs. aaa expects 37 million to hit the road this weekend, filling up their tanks despite the gas prices. currently gas is $3.57 a gallon on average, up 23% compared to memorial day pre-pandemic. despite the lofty prices, it's still down a dollar from last year when gas was on the verge of $5. one driver was well prepared for his family vacation. >> we left today probably 3:00 in the morning, tried to avoid the new york traffic. so that's why we stop here, because we want to go through new york first, and then stop, make sure we're not going to get stuck during the rush hour. most of the time our most expense is the gas. >> that rv he was in had, like, eight people in it. they packed in there. they're ready for a great family

weekend. they avoided the stuff behind me, as we spoke to them this morning. the bad news, like i said, we're not even in that crunch time. aaa says 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. is when traffic is expected to be the worst, but it's already starting behind me, john. >> the turn pike moving momentarily, but now it's back to stop and go. madison, thank you. gillian? >> well, myrtle beach is among the hotspots americans flock to this weekend. the national weather service, though, just issued a beach hazard warning through the long weekend. will nunley is there with the latest. what should beachgoers expect there? >> to stay indoors, for the thousands of people who have converged on myrtle beach for sunshine and surf, they're

seeing up to 5 inches of rain. by the way, it's chilly. 59-60 degrees. it's jacket weather around here. this is a look at the beach. we need a scan earlier just to see if anybody was out. we did see a lifeguard truck pass by. other than that, nobody is out on the beach, not even at the pool. we stop by the airport. you can see the disappointment on families' faces as people were getting off the airplane, hoping to see that sunshine. instead it was rain and wind all the way. there's a gale warning in effect. tomorrow will be even worse, with not only the strong wind, but inundation of rain. lots of places looking for alternative plans. i'm here at the dunes beach and golf resort, they'll keep the buffet hot and try to make the best of it, but families making alternative plans here, at least for the next couple of days. check with us any time on your free fox weather app. back to you.

>> will nunley, in myrtle beach at this hour, thank you. john? >> republican presidential candidate vivvikramaswamy, says linkedin. >> mollie, let's take a look at what linkedinhas put out there. this is the email from the 23rd, in which they first notified him. they said your account was restricted for repeatedly sharing information that's in violation of our policy. pretty straightforward. we see the same rationale and explanation for blockages on twitter and other major apps. one of the question questions to ask here, do you think this would have happened if he were just another civilian, if he was

not a presidential candidate, would he have been blocked in this way for his comments? >> he definitely would have been blocked. this is the type of censorship we see across every social media platform. if you have viewpoints at odds with frankly the far left people who run a lot of these organizations, you will be censored, deplatformed, you will be flagged. what makes the difference here, he was able to appeal the situation, because he's running for office. it shows that censorship is a problem, because it affects our elections. people in america, by law and by our culture, should be free to discuss things, have differences of opinion and come to their own viewpoints. >> saying this was a mistake, we didn't mean to do this, but they put identity a specific email, which linkedin sent him, which said video shared on the 5 5thof february.

it's something vivek put out. they said you shared a video, that climate change was real, the climate religion and its apostles have a different objective. they said, oh, by the way, you put this out there, video shared on the 7th of may, that the climate agenda is a lie, fossil they knew what they were doing, because they said, this is why you're being blocked. now they're saying it's a mistake. what's the real deal? >> very hard to believe it was a mistake. he did post these viewpoints that are at odds with the views they hold. they do say they were punishing him for holding these viewpoints that are different. the owner of linkedin, reed hoffman, has had a history of far left activisim. he was also involved in some of these fake russian bot campaigns

to make it seem like there was russian election interference. that's the irony here. here we have actual election interference, against someone running for office by this company, owned by the same guy trying to blame other countries for it. >> quick question on the 2024 political angle here. you know, ramaswamy clearly hopes this ignites a firestorm and galvanize people in his defense, following the trump playbook a little bit, when president trump used to be mad at twitter, used to comment on all the times they blocked him. is this going to do that for him? is this a galvanizing event? do people care enough about linkedin and this example? >> i think people have become increasingly aware of how much censorship is going on of american viewpoints. that will help someone who's made his candidacy about the harm caused by corporations. whether it's enough to take on the trump or desantis campaigns

remains to be seen. >> speaking of desantis, you brought it up, what desantis said this morning in a speech in orlando, where he's cleveing to the right of trump to get the nomination. let's hear what he said. >> what we've done in florida is produce irrefutable results that our approach works. under my administration, we have more school choice than any place in human history probably, certainly any place in the united states of america, because we understand how important it is that parents are directing the education of their kids. >> if you want to win the republican primary, you got to swing to the right. he appears to be out to the right of former president trump. do you think that will help close the gap? >> well, anyone who wants to win the republican nomination has to have the courage to fight the culture war. it is one of these things that animates, not just republican voters, but a whole swath of independent voters as well. you see with what we've seen with the bud light campaigns,

the target campaigns, dodgers, these issues really do resonate with american people. it's not even about social conservatives, about people wanting to be normal, have space that is not overly politicized. governor desantis is taking that on effectively. i think that will help him with his campaign. any republican running for this nomination has to fight the culture war. >> mollie, we love having you, but we've got to let you go. thank you so much. >> have a good weekend. >> take a look at this. president biden launched his re-election campaign just under a month ago now. he's yet to hold any official campaign event since then. however, white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the front lawn. has the president's team talked about his fundraising numbers at all with the media? >> no. gillian, curiously, the biden team hasn't told how much money they've raised in the first one month and one day of this re-election campaign. usually when the number is good,

that is something that the campaigns will brag about, to show that they've got people behind them, literally invested in them. but as we are hearing this morning, money isn't everything. >> jeb bush found that it's not enough to ultimately win over the voters. that's been true. rudy giuliani in 2008. there have been a lot of candidates who had all the money, but they just didn't end up with the nomination or the presidency. so it's important. i don't want to downplay that at all. ron desantis is taking the lead, but donald trump still has a 30-point advantage at this point. >> president biden's plan to make his re-election bid all about the economy will be complicated if there's a debt default. and yet, the plan is to jet to camp david in a couple hours. then on to delaware. then back to d.c. and then back to delaware on monday. white house officials are telling curious reporters there's nothing to that. >> i can only speak for the

president. i can't speak for the speaker, how he chooses to move forward with congress. what i can say is that the president could deal with this issue anywhere he is. so i'll just leave it as that. >> president biden has very, very little visibility on these debt limit negotiations, something we don't expect him to touch on today either. in fact, his only on-camera events are celebrating the march madness winners. we are seeing a crowd gathering in the east room right now where he's going to toast the lsu women's tigers basketball team. gillian? >> all right. well, peter, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it as always. john? >> well, if you don't like flying take a look at this pulse-pounding video. it shows a passenger opening an emergency door mid-flight, sending passengers into a major panic. >> wow. plus, is it really a debate when the judge has already decided

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>> you're taking a look now at the white house. there's president biden and first lady jill biden, welcoming the lsu tigers women's basketball team to celebrate their championship season. the president there going to give some remarks. >> your 2023 ncaa champions, the lsu tigers! >> all right. well, we'll let you know if news breaks out of there. >> yeah. or if the lady huskies show up. i don't think they will. silencing free speech has become all too common at schools across the country as professors and students crack down on

conservative viewpoints. now a troubling new report suggests that high school students are even having to censor what they say in debate club of all places. how to teach kids how to think critically, reason out a argument, persuade people with civility, the debate club can be vital, at least it was for one supreme court justice. listen here. >> i learned how to reason, how to write, and i gained the self-confidence that can sometimes be quite difficult for women and minorities to develop at an early age. i have no doubt that of all of the various things i've done it was my high school experience as a competitive speaker that taught me how to lean in, despite the obstacles, to stand firm in the face of challenges, to work hard, to be resilient, to strive for excellence, and to believe that anything is possible. >> well, a new report claims that debate judges are setting

ground rules that conform to one political ideology, setting up an automatic loss for debaters on the other side of that. our next guest is blowing the whistle on all of this. we bring in james fishback, a former high school debater and debate coach. james, you wrote about this in the free press, in which you said the debate judging has become intolerant of certain ideas. you wrote, the decline has continued from a competition that rewards evidence and reasoning to one that punishes students for what they say and how they say it. what's going on here? >> it's really, really troubling, john. i couldn't agree more with justice jackson and her remarks earlier. high school debate taught her, taught me, justice gorsuch, senator warren, so many people about self-confidence, presentation, being able to lean in. the problem today is what you

talked about in an earlier segment, viewpoint censorship. before the debate rounds, judges share their paradigms, online blog posts that detail their political ideologies. before the round, the student knows they're being judged by someone, quote, a leninist metr. if you argue for capitalism, you will lose. >> a judge said, leila lavender said, quote, before anything else, including being a debate judge, i'm a leninist/maoist. i will no longer evaluate and vote for capitalist arguments.

another said, if you were discussing immigrants in a round and described the person as illegal, i will immediately stop the round, give you a loss with low speaker points, give you a stern lecture, talk to your coach, not having you make the debate space unsafe. you say that's exactly is the opposite of what should be happening in contestants, that the spaces by their very nature should be unsafe. >> we mean free speech and open debate. that's what the idea is that set this nation into motion. that's what teaches young people the best of debate, about bridging the divides. if you have a certain view about gun control or immigration or federalism, you ought to be able to stand up and argue that view on the view, on the merits, on the evidence, and not be shot down before the round. to think a young 13-year-old girl would utter the word

illegal immigration in debate round, that judge and many others like him, would stand up, interrupt, give her the loss, and huh mail 80 and lecture is appalling, it's un-american, and antithetical for what debate stands. >> illegal immigration is an accurate term, because that's exactly what it is. how widespread is this in debate clubs and schools across the country? >> i would say this. this is not necessarily about -- if you look at it just from the number of judges who have problematic paradigms to the total number of judges, that's going to portray this as not being as widespread. it's going to be a low percentage. lila lavender who you brought up, john, she was the 2019 national college debate champion. her words, her opinion, matters. when she sells students that i'm a marxist/leninnist, don't contradict me, they listen to her, creating a culture of fear. at a debate tournament these

days, for those debate coaches or debate students, ask yourself could you stand up in a debate tournament and say i believe that we should build a wall, i believe that we should -- that federalism protected us from the pandemic and so on. those views are just not accepted in a high school debate scene. >> yeah. i guess you could stand up and say it, but you know you'd probably lose. james fishback, what a fascinating article you wrote. it is a fascinating issue. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, john. >> were you ever in the debate club? seems to me you would have been. >> i wasn't. it occurs to me maybe the kids on the wrong side of liberal debate judges are being done a service, stick with me, learning how to argue around entrenched biases that are sometimes invisible, learning how to work against -- or within a system that is biased against them. they can go to law school. they can have big careers. they'll be successful. >> so they lose a debate

competition. >> so they lose a debate competition, they'll be successful later on. >> that's a good point. >> maybe i'm wrong, but -- >> i think you successfully argued your point. shot me down. >> ha-ha-ha. all right. there's also this, something very serious to report from the u.s. navy reveals now extensive problems surrounding the very high-profile seal training program, a review was ordered following the death of a navy seal, hours of he completed the navy's infamous hell week. the nearly 200 paige report resulting from the proceeding outlined widespread failures, indicating they may have played a role in the death. jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon with new details. hi, jennifer. >> hi, gillian. navy seal training has always been brutal. the notorious hell week was dubbed so for a reason, but the

last week something has shifted and the training has rebound hazing and punishment as opposed to training, posing serious danger to the health of the candidates, carding to a new report from the u.s. navy following the tragic death of a young seal candidate. the investigation followed the death in february of 2022 of kyle mullen, a star football player from yale, who died suddenly from pneumonia and heart failure after making it through the brutal course. he was taken to the barracks in a wheelchair, coughing up dark fluid. three other candidates also had trouble breathing. the 200-page investigation into naval special warfares basic training found overzealous instructors, unchecked steroid and performance-enhancing drug use to get through the course, poor leadership and bad medical oversight. 10 people, including two high-ranking navy seals have been singled out for possible court-martial. the navy first ordered the review in september of 2022, seven months after the death of

mullen. when mullen collapsed, the report found medical personnel, who was supposed to oversee the safety of the recruits, told other seal candidates who wanted to call 9-1-1 they shouldn't, otherwise they risked being washed out. quote, candidates continue to be exposed to unnecessary medical risk and inconsistent care under the consolidated medical department. the investigation revealed a degree of complacency and insufficient attentiveness to a wide range of important inputs meant to keep the students safe. kyle mullen's brother, in an exclusive interview with abc this morning, could barely contain his family's furor and disappointment. >> we've been waiting for a year and a half almost, at this point, since my brother passed, and no one has gotten in trouble. we want to make sure people are getting adequate care. >> the commander of navy special welfare welcomed the report, and said he ordered decisive steps to improve commander training, and vowed to learn from the tragedy and prevent it from ever happening again.

gillian? >> let's hope that that is actualized. jennifer griffin at the pentagon for us this hour, thank you. john? >> gillian, russia is moving nuclear weapons into another country amid reports that vladimir putin is losing his grip on the military. former moscow cia station chief dan hoffman weighs in on this. >> plus, this. a major victory for texas moms working to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl. >> we are all impacted in a negative way by fentanyl. this is a war like i'm raising the flag. our sons were a casualty of this war. m retired from public health nursing and from the army reserve. my retirement funds allow me to enjoy what i love to do. as long as you can make an impact, why stop?

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>> moms in texas are taking it into their own hands to try to curb the deadly fentanyl epidemic, pushing to get texas lawmakers to pass a bill tackling the issue in schools. and now that bill has passed. it is named in memory of a

teenager who died after buying one fentanyl-laced pill. our senior correspondent casey stegall live in dallas with are mo. those mothers championed the legislation that finally got through. >> they did. hats off to them. this is through a grassroots organization they formed. texans against fentanyl is a group made up mostly of moms who have lost children to this powerful drug. they've been working with police, educators, and legislators to get tucker's law passed, named after 19-year-old tucker roe who died two years ago after taking a fake percocet he got on line. the drug is killing people at staggering rates. >> this is a war like i'm raising the flag. our sons were a casualty of this

war. we want to have people join us, join forces. we're stronger together. we can make a bigger impact. >> now, tucker's law passed, both the house and the senate here in texas. a few more procedural items to tie up before it heads over to governor abbott's desk. it requires texas schools to teach sixth graders through high school seniors in-depth knowledge about the synthetic opioid, how it's frequently used to make counterfeit pills, and only 12 grams of table salt can be enough to kill. >> it have the detection portion. we have to get at the root cause. >> as of right now, oregon is the only other state to pass similar legislation. california and illinois are also considering it. >> casey stegall with the latest, thank you for that. gillian? >> we'll take you back to the white house now, some developing

news there. the president and the first lady welcoming the lsu tigers in the east room. it looks as though just a couple moments ago somebody visiting up on the dais with the team and the president, appears to have passed out. we'll keep an eye on this situation as it unfolds. we'll let you know what's happening there. the. >> looks like a team from the white house medical office is there attending to that person. as you can imagine, these events are very crowded, people standing around for a long time. sometimes you get dehydrated or something else might be going on. i mean, we see this at political events all the time where somebody starts to feel a little bit faint. sometimes they actually go down. looks like that has happened in this case. we're told that everything at this point is okay. let's hope this person was just, you know, suffering from a little bit of dehydration. they're clapping now.

it looks like -- as an athlete who's injured comes off the field, looks like that person is being taken out by the white house medical office. it appears they're okay. let's hope that it was just something as benign as maybe being dehydrated or overheated. >> we certainly hope so. we'll turn your attention for the moment as they continue to help her recover, for the first time in more than three decades now, russia is sending tactical nuclear weapons outside its boundaries to be stored inside belarus. the u.s. state department is condemning the move, but says it sees no sign that russia is preparing to actually use the warheads. meanwhile there are reports now that the head of russia's infamous wagner group is breaking with moscow's military with putin. let's bring in dan hoffman, former cia station chief and fox news contributor. dan, the analysis from the expert crowd on all of this is that putin might be losing a little bit of his iron grip on

the military at this point in the war as the stalemate drags on for months and months and months. ththis wouldn't have happened sx months ago. what's your read? >> i think that the leader and founder of the wagner group is jockeying for influence inside russia. he's been careful to criticize the minister of the defense, as well as the army chief of staff. and for now that's not putting him in putin's crosshairs, because he's giving putin at least two scapegoats for russia's massive failures in this war, that were supposed to last a few days, and is in its 16th month. we're seeing a threat to vladimir putin's regime security, part of the reason why vladimir putin is deploying the tactical nuclear weapons to

belarus, a way to preserve his regime security. lukashenko did not stay for the breakfast after the victory day parade, rumored to have a viral infection, as well as heart trouble. >> do you think that the russian military would have sort of success relying -- using on these old bombs stashed away for decades since the end of the cold war? >> yeah. so they are having some success, dropping these soviet bombs on ukrainian cities. that's kind of a b back to the future use of soviet munitions. they're not in the air for very long. they're dropped by soviet aircraft. they don't use a propulsion system, which air defense, like

the patriot missiles could track. this is why ukraine is asking for those f-16s. throughout this war, the biden administration has been slow to deliver what ukraine needs on time, whether it was antiaircraft artillery or the air defense missiles, the stingers, and now the f-16s. it's having an impact on the battlefield. it's constant catch-up for ukraine. there are attacks, and then ukraine seeking to device counter measures. right now as ukraine is poised to mount the counter-offensive, time is of the essence. >> umm, we've got to leave it there, dan. thank you so much for joining us with your analysis on this. we appreciate it. >> all right. >> john? >> scary situation, gillian, in the skies when a man suddenly opened the emergency exit in the air. you didn't think he could do that? take a look at what happened here.

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>> that's exactly what the honor project plans to do, with the help of its volunteers, the group will place flags of momentos on the graves of 10,000 fallen soldiers across the country. one of the cofounders, robert mannion, honoring her brother killed in 2007, a first lieutenant in the marine corps, died saving the lives of his wounded teammates. the ryan mannion joins us now. people are thinking about time off, barbecues, cookouts, partying, maybe going out on the boat. we have to remember, before we head out this weekend exactly what memorial day is all about. what's it about to you? >> i mean, i think you said it right there, it's okay for it to be a weekend where you gather with family and friends and do things that the men and women who gave their lives and freedom in defense of our country love

doing as well. one thing that's important, don't let the weekend pass without acknowledging why it exists. it's very simple to take one moment out of your day and recognize the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for us. >> well, said. talk to us about the honor project, specifically how this weekend is shaping up. what are you doing across the holiday weekend with the project? >> sure. so this weekend we have thousands of volunteers that will visit va cemeteries and arlington national cemetery, and they will go out and place tokens of remembrance at over 10,000 gravesites. we have families that can't be there to visit their loved ones. they're able to make a request that someone visits their gravesite that day. that's just what we do. we're bringing out thousands of volunteers to stop by these gravesites to say their names, remember them, and let their families know that we do remember, and we'll be there to

remember their loved ones if they can't be. >> ryan, this is something was started during the covid pandemic, where people were holed up at home, and somebody has to go-to the gravesites, honor the brave men and women who laid down their lives, gave their last devotion to their nation. it's not just because people can't travel because of the covid pandemic, but a lot of people wouldn't be able to get to arlington national cemetery, because people from far and wide across this country are buried there. what made you say, okay, covid's over, but we've got to keep this going? >> well, i think it's two part. number one, i'm a gold star sister. my brother is buried at arlington. so for me to know that someone is visiting his gravesite this weekend, someone's paying respect and honor to him, that's so important. but even more importantly, i'm a mother of three young children. and for me to know that i'm passing down to my kids the importance of what memorial day

means, that's just as important. so these thousands of volunteers, they bring their children out. i'm going to be at arlington tomorrow with over 400 volunteers. these volunteers are coming with their families, their kids, and able to pass to their children this weekend what memorial day is all about. that's so important for us to pass that message down to the next generation. >> ryan, how can folks at home get involved if they want to be part of the project or part of the foundation? >> they can head right to tr travismanion.org, where you can see projects across the country. if you can't get out to one of our locations this year, participate in the honor project, i urge you to go online and google fallen service members, and you can come up with names from world war i to our current day conflicts, and learn the story of one fallen service member.

at your barbecue on monday, hanging out with your family and friends, doing what we love to do, pass that story on to somebody. share that story. let others know of the brave men and women who have given their lives. >> we should put in a plug for flags of honor, giving you momentos to drop off at the gravesites. there's wooden american flags they donate to raise money. hats off to them as well. ryan, thank you so much for joining us. we hope that you have a good memorial day. we will hold the memory of your brother in our hearts. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be right back.

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>> a terrifying video of a plane door opened midair after a passenger grabbed the merge lever leaving passengers clinging to whatever they could

for safety. our alex hogan is live with more. number of people hurt and people wondering how they got the door open. >> hi, john. yes, nobody was flown -- fell out of the plane. but 12 people were wounded. most suffering respiratory issues and having severe ear pain after this passenger opened the door. there were 194 people on this flight, terrifying experience for them. you can see the wind whipping through the plane with passengers screaming or crying and some of the passengers tried to stop the man before he managed to open the door. witnesses say it appeared he was trying to jump. the plane did land safely. on the ground, the man, a 33-year-old, was taken into custody and there's no word just yet on what his motive might have been. the asiania airbus flight was about an hour long.

this happened minutes before the arrival at 700 feet in the air. one pilot that flies this specific type of plane explains the pressure in this cabin is equalized under 1,000 feet. meaning the weight of the door wouldn't being a big of a hurdle as it would be as a higher altitude. still, there's multiple safety features on these emergency exit doors like multiple pins, latches or even locks that are in the control room to prevent this -- the cabin and the cockpit to prevent this from happening. so this is raising a lot of questions, john, about whether or not this person knew how to do this before he did. john? >> john: i've never heard of such a thing before. but now i have to watch for that as well. alex hogan in london. thank you. just before we go, i said flags of honor. i should have said flags of valor. i had honor on the brown with honor project.

they make these fabulous flags. very generous. >> beautifully made. >> john: great spending friday before a long weekend with you. >> you as well. >> john: plans? >> no. time with family. i'm not going anywhere. >> john: my wife and the kids are going to see her friend retiring from the navy before he goes to the moon. >> that would be wonderful. >> john: i'm john roberts. have a great weekend. >> i'm gillian turner. "the story" with martha starts now. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum at fox news in new york. right now on "the story," we are watching this very closely with our folks on the hill. last minute negotiations over our 31 trillion debt and whether we might be able to trim a little bit of that in order to pay our bills. one source telling fox that talks are continuing and that we may see some kind of agreement soon. so stay tuned. it's friday afternoon. anything can