>> julie: a wild scene as gunfire out on a city bus. the warning before we show you the video. it is graphic and may be hard to watch. nobody was killed. [gunshots] >> julie: charlotte, north carolina police bus driver defended himself in a wild shoot-out after a passenger pulled out a gun. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm julie banderas. >> griff: i'm griff jenkins. wow, stunning in the video. a simple bus ride starting like any other day until a passenger starts an argument with the driver, another passenger on his way to work says he hit the deck

the moment he heard the first shots. >> i had a bad feeling from the time that the young man got on the bus, you know what i'm saying? an eerie feeling that i can't explain. >> griff: charles watson is tracking all the details. charles, what's the latest on this? >> good morning, griff and julie. the shocking shooting happened on a charlotte area transit system bus earlier this month. take a look at the video. it is absolutely wild. on it you see the driver, david, appear to open fire on the passenger to his right who looks like he already has a gun in his hand before the two men begin shooting at each other while the bus is still moving. this all started because the passenger identified as 22-year-old allegedly got agitated because the driver denied his request to let him off the bus before the next stop. he began to provoke the driver and hit him. as the two argue the 22-year-old

pulls out a gun moments before both men start shooting within close range of one another as bullets fly, passengers like joshua duck for cover and try to pry open the back doors to escape the hail of bullets being fired in their direction. >> my instincts when i heard gunshots was get to the floor. i thank god i'm here and didn't get shot. >> the 22-year-old wounded in the confrontation along with the driver is charged with several crimes including assault with a deadly weapon. carrying a concealed weapon and communicating threats. the 22-year-old who according to jail records has been arrested at least four times over the last couple of years has appeared before a judge and was granted a $250,000 bond that he has yet to post. as for the driver, we're told he is recovering from his gunshot wounds at home and is out of a job for bringing a weapon to

work, guys. >> julie: all right. >> griff: charles, thank you. >> julie: those in agreement on the debt ceiling. now president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell the deal to members of congress before the default deadline. both sides say there is something for everyone. >> president biden: the agreement also represents a compromise, which means no one got everything they want. but that's the responsibility of governing. and this is a deal that's good news i believe you will see for the american people. >> this will be transformational. congress will vote to spend less money this year than last year. we'll reform cutting red tape. >> j >> julie: peter doocy. >> negotiators here at the white house are pleased. >> this deal was compromise. this compromise protects the key

investments made over the last two years in our infrastructure space, climate investments. but neither side gets everything they want. >> the word she used there compromise seemed impossible earlier this year when white house officials said that would not be happening. >> we won't be doing any negotiation over the debt ceiling. this should be done without conditions. >> there were plenty of conditions and some conservatives in the house are furious. upset about raising the debt limit through january of 2025 at a time these members predict the u.s. debt will balloon to $35 trillion. others in the conference are worrying this deal doesn't put enough money towards preparing for an aggressive china. >> i have real concerns. i think this does a lot of good. my concerns are national security. i think the number one job of the federal government is to

keep us safe. i know there are those out there who say look at the billions we spend on defense. >> this deal doesn't mean that anything is actually done. it just means that party leaders on both sides like what is in it. it is unclear if changes will have to be made to get this through congress but if -- whatever they wind up doing there is urgency. it has to be done within one week or else default, julie. >> julie: peter doocy, thank you. griff. >> griff: let's bring in hugo gurdon from "the washington examiner." let's pick up where peter left off. they have a week to get this done. there is upset folks on both sides of the aisle particularly among conservatives. does it get done? >> i think it will, griff. i think it will get done. it is always possible the republicans will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. they've done it before.

maybe it will get torpedoed. a serious fault by the republicans but they've won this. joe biden has been insisting for nearly six months that he wouldn't negotiate. he ended up negotiating. hakeem jeffries drew a red line and said no work requirements for food stamps. that's now going to be a phased in part of this deal. the democrats have been in retreat throughout this and republicans have clearly won the p.r. battle. a first for them. most previous debt ceiling confrontations have ended up with the republicans simply looking like they are digging in their heels. this time around what speaker mccarthy has done is obliged principle that the ceiling would be raised without any discussion of spending. biden accepted that. neither side got what they wanted but a clear and consistent victory for the republicans over the course of a

month or more. >> griff: you raise a great point. curious if there is a fear that republicans could overplay their hand in claiming victory in what they have accomplished. listen to hakeem jeffries, minority leader and speaker mccarthy on the sunday shows before we got to this point. listen. >> right now the democrats are very upset. one thing hakim told me there is nothing in the bill for them. not one thing in the bill for democrats. >> i have no idea what he is talking about particularly because i have not been able to review the actual legislative text. >> griff: do both sides get to take something home? >> mostly the republicans do. mccarthy is saying there is nothing here for the democrats and jeffries is hiding behind the fact that he hasn't seen the text. he knows what is in the bill and democrats conceded on this. it is important for speaker mccarthy to thread the needle. he has to say to his own caucus,

look, we got a lot here and we won, but not to the extent it will alienate a few democratic votes he will need. he will lose some votes on the right amongst his conservative -- the freedom caucus and he has to make those up in order to get the majority by winning over some democrats. a lot of democrats, the left wing squad will definitely vote against this. but i suspect this is more like to pass with a substantial majority not a razor thin one. >> griff: we'll see. the spending is capped for two years and gets us to the next election. i have to ask as we look at the republican field, it looks like president trump is far and away out there. "the new york times" writing as much saying this, the rapidly ballooning field combined with mr. trump's unbreakable core of support represents a grave threat to mr. desantis

im periling his ability to consolidate the non-trump vote and mirror the dynamics that powered mr. trump's take over of the party in 2016. now if you look at fox news's latest polling we have here we can show you how dominant it appears mr. trump's lead is, 53% among republican primary voters to ron desantis's 20%. both trump and desantis hitting iowa this coming week. what do you make of where things stand? does trump have a lock on it? >> he doesn't have a lock on it, no. he has a substantial lead and that's a regrettable thing. it seems as though everybody and his uncle has entered on the side of the republicans. and the danger is that this will allow former president trump to do what he did in 2016 when you will remember he won new hampshire and south carolina with about 1-third of the vote. to say about 60% of republicans who voted in those primaries voted against donald trump and

yet he won. there is a danger that will happen again. in december i wrote the thing is for republicans not to have a big, wide field and allow trump to run through the middle. it is still possible. remember that desantis was ahead of trump six months ago. he has had a bad several months but trump's lead right now shows the volatility of the race. it is still possible. >> griff: we'll see where it goes. i suspect it will change many times. hugh gurdon, thank you for taking time. >> julie: two trans high school students who won spots in one state's women's track championships dropping out at the very last minute. after backlash. plus a day to honor our fallen military heroes. how americans are observing this memorial day from coast to coast next.

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churchill downs in kentucky on saturday. euthanized after rupturing a ligament in her fropt leg. the 12th horse to die there since april 27th. her death comes less than 24 hours after another horse fell during a race on friday and was unable to get up. the track says it is investigating what it is calling a highly unusual number of deaths. >> griff: as we mark memorial day across the u.s., americans remember and honor fallen service members are parades and other events. memorial day is, of course, the unofficial kickoff to summer. christina coleman is live in santa monica, california, with more. >> hi, griff. millions of americans across

this great nation are honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. look at this video here on the west coast at a national cemetery they held a memorial day ceremony 15 miles north of down ton san diego and 30,000 veterans lay to rest there. >> comes outand supports these whether they know the folks but they see the fruits of the sacrifice that they've made for this country. >> in the midwest chicago's memorial day parade and wreath laying ceremony was held this weekend as the city celebrates the freedoms that we have in this great country and down in florida crowds gathered at miami beach for the air and sea show for memorial day weekend. organizers call it is greatest show above the earth showcasing technology from all the branches of the u.s. military and includes planes and helicopters flying over the beach and in the northeast thousands attended the

19th annual air show at jones beach, new york. the headliner this year was the u.s. air force thunder birds. u.s. army golden knights parachute team and cape cod wowed the crowd. the weekend being the unofficial kickoff to summer they appreciated spending this time with their families. >> the crowd is huge but it is well worth it, between the planes and beautiful weather, summer on long island doesn't start until we have the best show. >> we're live here at santa monica historic peer at the beach. early right now. hundreds of people will be at the beach today and thousands will gather around california's boutful coastline to celebrate this wonderful holiday weekend. >> griff: beneath that pier there will be good waves in

california. >> julie: most of us don't surf. ben, do you surf? >> griff: we can change that. everyone should surf. >> julie: i'm scared to death of waves. trina is horrified of the ocean. >> griff: i get julie on a surf board. >> julie: and i have to squeeze into a wet suit? >> griff: you can wear a bathing suit on the warmer days. >> julie: i'll bet you on that. i will pay you. >> griff: i guarantee to get you out. >> julie: i would love to try -- not. two transgender students who qualified for women's events at california state track and field championships dropped out of the contest. there were no shows a week after taking spots from biological females and sparking protests. joining us now chelsea mitchell. an athlete suing in connecticut to block transgender athletes

from competing against women in school sports. matt sharp, the senior counsel for the alliance defending freedom. thank you both for talking to us today. chelsea, i want to start with you. riley gaines you know is a former college swimmer and extremely outspoken against trans athletes competing. she tweeted this on friday. she writes both boys, she is in other words referring to the trans girls. they qualified for the girls high school track and field state championship in california did not compete in present limbs today. did they realize they possess an unfair advantage or is that too optimistic? they bowed out due to negative pressure. is the institution to blame for that by allowing them to compete in the first place? the negative pressure will be a result of that. >> of course. none of us asked to have these

policies put in place. it shouldn't be up to us athletes to decide these policies. at the end of the day it is unfair these biological males are entering the female category and why our institutions need to step up and put policies in place that protect females. >> julie: the interscholastic federation for high school sports in california said this. the cif is disappointed for two of our student athletes and their families because due to the actions of others, they found it necessary to withdraw from the state track and field championships out of concern for the students' well-being. now, if this cif had the trans runners well-being in mind -- they're blaming the actions of others, okay? they wouldn't be subjected to this kind of pressure. barrett, who won third at the southern section masters event saturday brought on the negative pressure from the crowd with one spectator ledgeing yelling to trip her. it's awful repeatedly while she

ran the race. it can be heard on video. those spectators wouldn't be out there. i can't imagine racing and hearing somebody screaming trip her. it's not her fault. she shouldn't be in the race in the first place. >> right, that's the problem with these policies whether it's california, connecticut policies that chelsea and other athletes are challenging. when you open female sports being taken over by males you'll have female records lost and lose out on spots on the podium and why we're advocating for states to do the right thing to adopt good policies that preserve fairness in sports to give everybody a place to play but not at the expense of the female athletes. >> julie: the court will look at the connecticut policy. you represent four female athletes including chelsea who have been consistently deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at these elite levels

because the connecticut interscholastic athletic conference adopted a policy that allows males who identify as females to compete in girls' athletic events. tell me why you would like the court to reconsider the transgender policy. >> the hard work and the other female sports, the records they would have had but for this policy matter. we want to court to make sure the hard work, the accomplishments of celli and the other athletes are respected and ultimately this policy is taken down so no other young woman in connecticut or throughout new england faces the indignity and humiliation of losing opportunity because of a biological male competing in their sport. >> julie: thank you both for coming on today. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> griff: russia unleashing --

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overnight with the biggest doan attack on the war. some got through. damage and casualties. today another assault of missiles, the 16th air assault of the month causing huge disruption forcing folks down into bombshell tears. missiles used today came from the north from russian jets or sites in neighboring belarus targeting civilian and military infrastructure ahead of what is widely thought to be a major spring counter offensive against the russians by ukraine forces. over the weekend kiev officials were talking about the move as if it was imminent. sunday was kiev day, a holiday marking the founding of the city. usually concluded with fireworks. this year fireworks of a deadly different sort. back to you. >> julie: thank you. >> griff: let's bring in former cia operations officer, a professor at the university of new hampshire.

professor, thank you for taking time on memorial day and picking up where you heard greg palkot's report. a barrage of attacks was getting text messages from our friend in kiev i spent a few months there last spring saying that explosions were all over the city. she says she even felt buildings shaking. how do you assess this latest attack and where things stand? >> thanks, griff. an interesting choice by the russians to send a symbol about attacking kiev on kiev day. they are clearly struggling with various things figuring out what will work. the ukrainians have done a great job for air defense systems. the launch a drone attack sunday and cruise missile attacks today is a pattern we haven't seen them pull together in recent

times. >> griff: we also have seen reports that not just in kiev but that air alerts were going out in every part of ukraine yesterday. another ploy in putin's playbook here of trying to intimidate the population. does it appear to be working? >> the ukrainians have been very resilient as they battled the various attacks. but yeah, i think he is trying to intimidate the ukrainian population, trying to keep them off balance by changing the timing, the locations and the nature of the attacks. launching the drone attacks one day and then using an over missile and bomb technology that flies under the radar. trying to figure out what he can do and always trying to keep the ukrainian populous on its heels. i think they've shown incredible resilience. i think the spring counter offensive is going to be

launched fairly soon and see how they rebound from that. i know the ukrainian soldiers in places like bakhmut who are looking forward to being able to fight against the non-wagner troops, traditional russian troops feel like they have a better shot fighting traditional troops and see how it plays out in the spring. >> griff: do they have what they need? the administration, long distance missiles and yes, a no on patriot defense systems and then it was a yes, administration slow walking it. now the latest it was a no on f-16s and now training ukrainian pilots. do the ukrainians have what they need heading into these offensives? >> yeah, i think they have most of what they need. if they were to get f-16s it would strengthen their ability on the air defense side of things and give them stronger air superiority but i don't think there is an appetite for

giving them those tools right now. they will be living hand to mouth as they fight out the spring offensive doing the best they can. training them is a good start, though. >> griff: i want to quickly play senator lindsey graham talking about how it ends. want to see if you agree? >> i want to end the war in ukraine by defeating putin. the counter offensive is a foot right now. the last 400 some days the ukrainians have defied every expectation and bloodied the russian army inside ukraine. they need longer-range rockets and cluster munitions to defeat the russians. i think they can expel russia from ukraine. >> griff: how does this end? >> i'm -- i don't know if it will end in ukraine's favor. it will be drawn out for a longer period of time and continue to be bloody and both sides continue to lose. ukraine will do a good job of

preventing russia from taking significantly more territory but i'm not sure it will ever be a clean and decisive victory on their behalf. >> griff: thank you for taking time, sir. >> thank you. >> julie: bizarre ending to a high school baseball championship in new york. the umpire calls strike three on the last out prompting one team to start celebrating. only problem is the catcher dropped the ball. i'm no sports enthusiast but not a good thing. while the team was jumping up and down the opponents were rounding the bases. >> the victory, wow, this is the most bizarre ending i've ever seen. they'll lose the championship because of that. >> julie: the final score 6-5. sad. they are all excited. these are kids. if it was a professional game i

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>> julie: a mystery in one of italy's cities. officials in venice are investigating a bright green liquid in the grand canal. it appeared yesterday. it doesn't appear to pose a public health threat. no one claimed responsibility. it is not saint patrick's day there and comes days after climate activists in rome poured black die in an iconic fountain. >> griff: record breaking travel this memorial day weekend. before it comes to an end millions of vacationers have to find their way home. we're live at dallas international airport. >> good to see you. let's break down the numbers for you. this was going to be a very busy travel holiday weekend, we knew

that. aaa predicted some 42.3 million americans would be traveling some form or fashion over the holiday weekend. out of that, 3.4 million are flying. that's actually about 11% higher last year in terms of air travel. now, while the crowds have been large, planes have been packed and patience has been tested at times. thankfully the usual hustle and bustle is all we can report with no major incidents. the misery map we've seen worse. right now 209 delays reported. only five cancellations across the country. jackson hartfield in atlanta, chicago and dfw rounding out the top three trouble spots at the moment. >> i definitely noticed more people. not too bad. no people fighting or anything yet. i guess it's fine so far. >> it has been extremely busy.

i haven't flown since 2019. i was amping myself up for this. >> more than 37 million americans were expected to drive to their destinations. a 6% jump from last year, says aaa. april gas prices averaging $3.65 a gallon. down from last year. $0.50 cheaper versus the previous memorial day weekend. airfare on the other hand not so much. high demand is creating an awful lot of sticker shock for people trying to plan summer trips and the experts say it will remain that way. back to you. >> griff: bring your pash interference the highways to the friendly skies. >> pack your patience. >> julie: chicago has deadly violence. nine people reportedly killed, 39 wounded in shootings from friday night through yesterday

afternoon. mayor brandon johnson is only in his second week in office and he says he has a new safety plan. the question is can it work? let's bring in former homicide detective and fox news contributor ted williams. the new mayor has a huge task at hand. there was a homicide near the mayor's home. perhaps that will open his eyes to what is a real, real problem in chicago. >> hi, julie. i'm happy to be on with you and my friend william griffin iii there. i want to say that the mayor of chicago, the new mayor, mayor johnson, certainly has a crime to make -- climbing a mountain, to be candid with you. crime is off the charts there. julie, that is not shocking that we've had, from what i've just seen, over 40 some people shot

over the weekend here. the fact about it is until they get serious, meaning the authorities, about crime, crime is not going to go down. they have to recruit more police officers. they are down 2,000 police officers in that city. and also most of the crime, julie, is happening if black neighborhoods. that's black on black crime. they will have to get individuals in that neighborhood engaged in saving their own neighborhoods. >> julie: among the casualties, this is very sad in one weekend alone. female victim age unknown found dead shortly before 1:00 a.m. a 33-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound. a 35-year-old man was found on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest. before 3:00 a.m. a 37-year-old woman and 35-year-old man someone shot them both in the face. the man died, woman in critical condition.

about 20 minutes later a 22-year-old was standing on the sidewalk when he was shot in the chest and he died. this is just the start of the first unofficial weekend of the summer. this is also a weekend that typically does see a spike in crime. if you compare this weekend to years past it is only going up. there is only so many people you can blame. it is the politicians and the fact that police recruitment is down is an exact reflection of what they are doing wrong. there is no incentive to be a cop in this city. >> you're absolutely right about that. i am hoping the new mayor will go around the country and recruit police officers and give them some incentive to come to chicago because clearly, chicago is somewhere that unfortunately individuals do not want to visit under the circumstances here. it is sad that you cannot walk down the street. but guess what? you just said it, julie.

we were talking about this last year. the same identical thing. insanity is doing the same thing over and over an expecting different results. crime is insanely off the charts in chicago. >> julie: totally. here in new york city it is not much better. jordan neely's family, the gentleman who was mentally disturbed who died in a subway after being put into a choke hold after appearing to be a bit threatening to another subway passenger who happened to be a former marine. his family is a civil action lawsuit against daniel penny. it quotes please be advised this office has been retained to pursue a claim for personal injuries and wrongful death. your action resulted in the death of jordan neely. now, the former marine last week told the "new york post" and

defended his actions telling them this. this had nothing to do with race. i judge a person based on their character. i'm not a white supremacist. he went on to say he regretted the system failed the mentally ill neely. that's the point i want to make here. system failed him. yes his choke hold killed him but it wasn't a premeditated act. >> i agree with you. i don't think race is a factor in this case. the case itself is going to turn on negligence. how fearful were people on that train as to the actions that had been taken by penny against neely under the circumstances? >> julie: that's all the time we have. i know you want to pay tribute to our heroes in america. >> thank you for that. this past weekend i was on with your colleague where i inadvertently referenced the

veterans day when i meant memorial day. i want to say the day we honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for us, two of my friends, leroy spiller and james krout from houston, texas, i often think of those people. i was in vietnam and i understand. so we honor our dead today sadly. >> julie: ted williams, thank you. >> griff: speaking of honoring america's heroes as we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice we'll tell you how tunnel to towers is marking memorial day with an incredible gift to 30 families next. ♪ want to stop lower body pain before it starts? there's a dr. scholl's for that.

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products for more than a decade. this year the response from customer has been different. a lot of people are upset over pride products geared for children. the company has moved some pride products to the back of its stores after customers knocked over displays and in some cases confronted employees. customers on social media were specifically upset about a so-called tuck-friendly bathing suit. they say they only adult sizes. you mentioned the $10 billion loss. a week ago last wednesday target stock value was over $160 per share. in ten days the stock plummeted by 14% and now under 139 a share. the lowest in three years. the target ceo says they're concerned about the safety of their employees. customers upset with the pride line have confronted employees and activists on the other side are upset with target's decision

to remove pride items. several target stores have received bomb threats since that decision. thankfully no one has been hurt. the target ceo says they support the pride community. >> julie: thank you. >> griff: on this memorial day we pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country. the tunnel to towers foundation is honoring those fallen heroes by providing their families with mortgage-free homes. frank siller is chairman and ceo of tunnel to towers and joins us now. frank, thank you for being here. such an important day to have you on to talk about the great work that tunnel to towers is doing and now you are giving this great gift to 30 families. >> 30 mortgage-free home today. 21 gold star widows who lost their loved one protecting our country and nine fallen first responders. those first responders before they became police officers or firefighters first served our

country and they were veterans and came back in america and died protecting their communities, super heroes. that's why we did those particular first responders. so we're proud of the work that we're doing and your viewers, you go to t2t.org and donate $11. fox news joins us on our mission to take care of the greatest of all americans we are able to do 30 homes today. >> julie: one of your recipients is the mother of a girl who died at the age of 21 back in 2009. u.s. army sergeant robinson. her mother has been raising the love of her life, she had 2-year-olds at the time and died serving our country and you are offering this to her mom and her daughter. tell us about this. >> our foundation from the beginning is always about the children of great heroes that give their lives to make sure

those children and families are taken care of. in this instance symone was a single mother and left behind a 2-year-old daughter. and who is there to take care of her? symone's mom, regina, it is a beautiful love story how she stepped up and took care. they didn't have a home. we provided them a home. that's our promise to all those families that go out and serve us. you protect us, you give your kids a kiss goodbye and you don't come home we'll make sure they get a mortgage-free home and why we did this today. >> griff: what is your message today? >> funny you say that. i am here with my grandson, john. he came up with me and i said write something what this day means to you. he said memorial day is special because people gave up their lives for our safety and freedom. it's important for us to remember them. i mean, that says it all. >> julie: that's amazing.

just last hour we talked about how 50% of youth don't actually understand what is going on and why we celebrate today or do they identify with our armed forces that are fighting and giving their lives overseas? that's amazing. you are a great role model, obviously. >> i have six beautiful grandchildren and they all know about memorial day. they all know about 9/11 for sure because they lost their great uncle. but this is what we have to do as americans. we must never forget and honor the sacrifice and what today is all about. >> griff: you do a great job. thank you very much. >> thank you and god bless america. >> julie: we have a deal in principle. the devil is in the details and selling the deal to their parties. what is next as the clock ticks down? f it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee,

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