>> sandra: all right, here we go, fox news alert to the top of a new hour as we look live at the white house press briefing

room where john kirby is set to headline that briefing just moments from now. >> john: the big question, what will he have to say today about beijing setting up a spy base in america's back yard. kirby now admitting what the national security spokesperson said just days ago that china has a spy base in cuba, yes, it's real. >> sandra: biden administration -- >> they have ports on both sides of the panama canal already that can restrict that shipping. they have a space monitoring station in the mountains of argentina, to track our satellites, buying up farmland left and right. >> john: congressman mike waltz sounding the alarm about the chinese spy base in cuba about 100 miles from u.s. soil. that on top of several other ways china is trying to steal our nation's top-secret. >> sandra: ukraine's

counteroffensive against russia is well underway. the test to see if billions of american dollars to the country is put to good use but it's happening as putin cozy up to russia, and iran says they can build a nuclear arm whenever it desires. >> john: john roberts in washington, all of that on the table for kirby and karine jean-pierre. we will listen in live to the q and r. stunning details to a story new at 2:00. >> sandra: a brave mother's dying wish in the remarkable story of survival as her four young children are found alive in an amazon jungle 40 days after crashing in a plane. the father of two of those children providing brand-new

details on the mother's final plea. >> the mother was alive for four days before she died, their mom told them something like you guys get out of here, you guys are going to see the kind of man your dad is and he's going to show you the kind of great love that i've shown you. >> john: rescue crews fearing the worst but clues like footprints and partially eaten wild fruit giving them hope the kids were still alive. the youngsters battling the elements and defying the odds in a story many people are calling a miracle. >> sandra: truly amazing, start to finish. bill has more on this stunning rescue operation. what are we now learning, bill? >> sandra, the kind of story that sounds like it's straight out of a hollywood movie script. four very young children who as you guys mentioned somehow survived in the amazon jungle for over a month completely alone before they were finally rescued. take a look at the video. ages 13 all the way down to just 11 months old. all of them were finally rescued

on friday by colombian soldiers who had been searching for them after the plane went down in the jungle back on may 1. it was found on may 16 with the bodies of the pilot and the co-pilot, but rescuers had found promising signs that perhaps those kids had survived. they found footprints, found some fruit that had some bites in it, so they kept looking. eventually they were found. the children's uncle told reporters they were able to survive 40 days by eating flower and fruit and navigate the jungle and what berries to eat or what to avoid because of their indigenous roots. >> the first thing they told us was that they were hungry, they wanted rice pudding, bread, they wanted to eat, eat. >> the children had been travelling with their mom when the plane went down killing all the adults on board. the pilot had declared

emergency, citing an engine failure. they said they were hiding in tree trunks to protect against snakes and mosquitos, and the mom had survived four days after the crash and urged her young children to go on without her in an effort to possibly up their chances of getting rescued. and back out here live, they are reportedly dehydrated and covered in mosquito bites, but other than that, in decent condition for what they just went through. they are being treated at a hospital in colombia's capital right now. it's unclear how long they are going to have to be there for the treatment. remarkable story all around and a tragic one as well. back to you. >> sandra: nothing short of a miracle, thank you so much. john, this was the story i think we were all glued to, the new details over the weekend and to think about that mother and that message that she sent her children, and the bravery of their father that will now lead

them. >> john: kind of in a way, although the time period is different, is the same as those kids trapped in the cave in thailand when it flooded and how you managed to survive. the youngest was 11 months old, how do you care for an 11-month-old in the middle of a wild jungle. >> sandra: instincts. >> john: george soros is turning over the rein, he says he's more political than his father and plans to expand on the family's liberal agenda. in recent years, backing soft on crime attorneys and far left efforts to defund police headquarters. we'll speak with a minnesota sheriff about the dire consequences when law

enforcement does not get what they need, and kelly, do we know what alex soros is keen to focus on? >> good to be with you, john, he shared he plans to focus on causes like gender equity, abortion, voting rights, of course those will all be very key issues in the 2024 cycle. so in that first interview since taking the reins he shared this quote, said i'm more political, as much as i would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we have to do it, too. alex will chair the open society foundation, a non-profit directing roughly a billion and a half, and his father was also known for backing d.a.s and law enforcement that pushed progressive issues like bail reform. so critics are worrying with alex taking over we may be in for more of the same. >> invest a few million dollars in the races you can elect one guy who will enforce criminal justice reform but not prosecuting.

if his son is going to double down on this, we have a lot of problems coming into america's cities. >> one difference, alex flaunts his liberal connections. george kept a low profile, but a quick scan of alex's social media, countless pictures with world leaders, democratic main stays, the v.p. there, the president, nancy pelosi even, and alex also appears to have his own direct line to the white house. he visited at least a dozen times since october of 2021, even meeting with one individual responsible for vetting presidential appointees. and he's concerned about a potential trump win in 2024, likely see significant influence from the soros organization this cycle. >> john: and he's concerned about the restriction of free speech on college campuses, a little of this, a little of that. kelly, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: more on the impact of defund the police efforts regularly backed by soros, more than three years since george floyd's murder in minneapolis

and the unrest that unsued in its aftermath. the next guest says it's an uphill battle trying to rebuild the trust in law enforcement, due in large pack the lack of funding to see results. the hennepin county sheriff joins us now. what is your message here, not just what is happening locally for you all, but what's happening across the country? >> good morning, thank you for having me. what i will say is that what we are seeing in minnesota is not unique across the nation. currently i'm at the major county sheriff's conference and what we are talking about are these very issues. high rate in crime, specifically with juvenile offenses, juveniles committing adult like crimes, and the fentanyl crisis, funding is huge. not only do we take like the unrest in minnesota that has affected our staffing levels, we have to look at how the pandemic

has affected us. we are in trouble right now. crime is not slowing down overall. we have to have people to do this work and so when we are talking about funding, it's not going to fix everything but will help and we need to get serious about it right now. >> sandra: that being said, getting serious about these county crime stats in hennepin county, crimes increasing since 2020, these are the numbers. these are cases received by the county d.a.s office. gun possession, assaults, homicides, we are seeing what's happening in these cities and we know that according to you and others, we have spoken to other police across the country who are dealing with this, this backlog of prosecution, which you say leads to more street justice and i read directly from your own words. at the hennepin county sheriff's office forensic science lab, firearm processing requests are up 148% since 2019.

as a result, turn around times are greatly increased, increased turn around time prolongs the execution of justice, you say. fueling the street justice intrinsic to the cycle of violence. please do explain what you mean there by street justice, sheriff. >> well, i think first off, that we can all agree if there is not immediate consequences to these acts of violence, that they will perpetuate, they will happen more often and get more serious. so we need to be able to have the mechanism and the people to effectively and as quickly tackle these crimes as they happen. but when they are just sitting in the hopper for months and months and months, and no one person or one agency's fault, it's the criminal justice system as a whole, this is where that funding comes in. we need people, we need equipment, and we need knowledgeable people to do this work. because if people are not seeing any immediate response to the crimes committed there, what

is -- what is the incentive to stop, what is going to slow it down? you know, so you know, when we are talking about funding and the whole reason for that op-ed is like yes, we were keeping our eyes on that, you know, i am grateful to our governor as well as, you know, our congressmen and senators that have helped and understood this issue. we can no longer just sit on our hands and wait to take action and we need help, you know. there is subject matter experts, sheriffs and chiefs, that need some say into how these funds are appropriated so we can do what we need to do to help people be safe. we can't turn a blind eye out there. i'm a person, a sheriff who believes in yes, we need prevention, and intervention, but we also need enforcement and with that, we need the funding to help do all three of those components, they are all needed. we need people who understand that, and people who are willing to say yes, we do need --

>> sandra: and you are one of those people. sworn into office in january 2023, first woman and person of color to hold that office. born in chicago, raised in minneapolis, became a mother at 15 years old, excelled in school, earned several scholarships, you have a passion for working with children that remains to this day. you are coming from a very unique position to be able to speak out about this. real quick final thought from you, sheriff. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. yes, real quick, that's just it. i have so many lenses that i can use and people need to listen to that, right. there are some things that can't be taught, some things you have to live, lived experiences. bring the right people to the table and follow those recommendations so we can get to a better place. >> sandra: interesting perspective. appreciate you joining us. thanks so much. >> john: a live look at the white house, the press connect will be joined by john kirby with several crucial foreign

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greater concerns with time than trump because if he can't get this trial before the election, he might never see a courtroom with a jury in this case. the reason is that you have at least one republican contender already pledged to pardon trump, and others may feel compelled to do so, and trump could give himself a self-pardon. it's going to come down to the calendar. what smith was strongly suggesting is that the defense insist on a speedy trial, which would mean they would go to trial in 70 days. that is almost universally waived in criminal cases. the defense needs more time. but in this case the prosecutors want a speedy trial. >> john: the case will unfold in a courtroom in miami, in an area that is pretty favorable to

former president trump these days and you suggest in this article the doj and jack smith have got a problem, that when you take a look at everything that's going on with the fbi, take a look at the perception of political bias at the doj, the credibility of the case that the government is making is in real question here with potential jury pool. >> yeah, this is more of a problem for the public at large. and common parlance, the department of justice has lost the room. this may be the most talked about indictment that few people have read, and there's a reason for that. you know, for many people this is a pattern of conduct by president trump. for many others it is a pattern of conduct by the doj and they don't go beyond that. and so you have a lot of people who are skeptical that we have another election where trump is on the ballot and yet again the justice department is hot on his trail. now, that may be fair or unfair,

but it is a -- it is a really pronounced perception by many in the public, so voir dire or jury selection here is going to be key. we no longer ask the jurors not have any knowledge of a controversy, particularly in a high profile case. we focus on bias. but just as trump cannot lose a single count, smith cannot lose a single juror. so there's risks on both sides. >> john: we are looking at miami international airport, flipping back and forth, and pictures of the doral complex where he will spend the night. and bill barr was on with shannon bream and he says he thinks trump could be in real trouble. >> if even half is true, he's toast. it's a very detailed indictment and it's very, very damning. and this idea of presenting trump as a victim here, victim

of a witch hunt is ridiculous. these are official documents. it's inarguable. >> john: even you called this indictment a heart attack on a plate. >> well, all these indictments tend to start that way. they diminish with time. we have not heard from the defense yet. but there's a lot in this indictment that should concentrate the minds of the trump team. 76-year-old client and any one of these counts could be a terminal sentence for someone of that age. the other thing is that the jurors will not hear this argument of selective prosecution. those motions are almost universally denied by courts and they rarely are argued before the jury. so the jury is not going to hear about other cases. and in the end, both arguments might be true, right, the department of justice could have been after trump and he might have made it really easy for

them. but either way, those arguments will tend to be suppressed in trial. the courts generally don't allow them to be argued in front of the jury. >> john: all right, well, the former president will be arriving there in miami probably in the next hour or so. and the cameras will be spooled up and ready to follow him as he goes over to 87th avenue and the doral club. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> sandra: and thanks to the professor. california governor gavin newsom sitting down with sean hannity as it swirls for a potential 2024 bid. do we have a potential biden challenger in the midst? >> newsom does not rule it out, nor should he. they believe he would be a harder democrat to beat than either president biden or vice president harris.

yet when asked, newsom would not say yes or no to a run next year. >> how many times has your phone pinged a day people saying you need to get in this race, because they agree with me that he's not up to the job. >> i see -- i see where you are going with this. >> i'm asking. >> and i'm not answering. >> do you think he's cognitively strong enough to be president? >> i have conversations with him all the time, yes. i'm dead serious about that. >> lately newsom traveled to multiple red states casting republican governors as book bagging, knuckle dragging, anti-migrant biggots, even as a broke california breeds residents and businesses who consider the state on his watch to be unsafe, unaffordable and unlivable. >> the state has not made progress in the last two decades as it relates to homelessness. >> why? >> housing costs are too high, our regulatory thickets are too

problematic, and people are pushing back against new housing starts and construction. i've been here four years, i can't make up for the fact in 2005 we had an historic number of homeless. >> right now 171,000. >> disgraceful, disgraceful. >> sean also grills newsom on trump, desantis and immigration. the governor last interviewed here sandra with fox 13 years ago, would tell us a lot about his ambitions, not in six years but now. >> sandra: thanks so much, william, and that will be tonight on hannity. john. >> john: that's a really interesting discussion, and i mean, you've got to give kudos to gavin newsom for -- >> sandra: sitting down? >> john: trying to find a way to put it on television, the

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washington, d.c. area. everything was looking pretty parched. we are awaying the start of the white house briefing scheduled to begin three minutes and 43 seconds ago, as we hope to learn more about a chinese spy base in cuba 90 miles off the coast of florida. a base that the white house denied existed when confronted with reports last week. but now say oh, yeah it's been there, we knew all about it. we'll take you there when the briefing begins. >> sandra: a lot of people not even cutting their lawns because they are so brown, hallelujiah for some rain. it's a hot market for camp counselors, guards and ice cream scoopers, but not for internships, brian brenberg and taylor riggs. so, job posting for summer internships down almost 15%. year over year basis.

so, what is happening, why are there less summer internships? >> internships, one of the things that employers use that for is to make decisions who they are going to hire in the future. so you do the internship one year, you get a full-time job the next. if you are a company saying i don't know about the economic outlook, i don't know what kind of hiring we are going to do in the future, the first thing you do is pull back on the internships because you are not going to hire the workers. so when it tells you, companies are leery about it going forward. >> it's about follow the money. biggest wage increases on some of the lower skilled jobs, like the lifeguards, ice cream scoopers, bagging grocery bags, those have been the biggest wage gainers, i think in the wall street journal said $16 an hour last year, this year it's 20. >> pretty good for a summer job,

20 bucks an hour, wow. >> sandra: what was your first summer job? >> i worked at a video store, i be kind rewind. i used to fix them when they br broke,. >> and i was a greater at basketball, 80 bucks a game. >> sandra: i was a baby-sitter, and i made an amazing summer living, caddying and good cash, and you learn the etiquette. and if you are looking for a summer job and you are a teenager, the getting is good. 9% higher wages than last year, national average, 14.89 an hour, almost at 15 bucks. >> and now beating inflation, if we talk about the inflation print tomorrow will show inflation is 4 or 5%, 9% wage increase you are getting richer

instead of poorer like everyone else. i also heard this news and was excited that teens just want to get out there and work. so often we have talked about people not wanting to get out there, wanting to stay home, isolated, play video games. i love we are talking about work ethic again and parents encouraging their children to explore what interests them or not. >> if you are the teen, you are keeping up with inflation. if you are the parents, you are probably not. the labor force participation rate for teens, like 30 years ago was 55 today. today it's 35%. we have a long way to go to get teens back in the labor force the way they were in the mid 90s. >> sandra: taylor's point is well taken, for the american families living paycheck to paycheck, might be pushing the teens out the door to go make a few bucks to pay for their sports. >> and charge them rent. >> buy your own clothes now. >> depending on which age range they are. tech companies, layoffs continue over the past would years.

what is happening, better or worse? >> if you are in a.i., great. everyone else in tech, not so great. a.i. is pretty much the only hot spot. i'm looking at this as the white collar recession, may not be a full blown recession but hit some higher tech workers, higher skilled workers. >> they overhired during the pandemic big time, could not get people to come back to the office. they realized productivity went way down, if you are not coming back in the office maybe you don't have a job and every tech company that cuts employees has seen their stock boost because investors say ok, you are cutting your costs a little bit, means profit will get better. >> sandra: we were just talking about the timex economy, axios did this piece, writing about all these pockets of the economy struggling but the economy keeps on keeps on. >> the consumer is still ok. they are still spending, i me maybe we differ on this. >> sandra: for now, is that what you are saying? >> an spending already, and

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>> sandra: fox news alert to the white house, john kirby is walking back the white house denial on the report that china's building a spy base in cuba. he is attempting that walkback and is being challenged by reporters. let's get to the white house. >> and we worked very, very hard as expeditiously as we could with the intelligence community to try to get some context downgraded so we could provide it over the weekend and we did that. but we were as forthcoming as we should have been given the nature of this information.

sadly not everybody seems to take it as seriously as we do because clearly there's a source or sources out there that think it's somehow beneficial to put this kind of information in the public stream, and it's absolutely not and a limit even now to what we can say about our knowledge of these activities and i can just tell you as somebody who works with all of you on lots of different sensitive stories i wasn't about in any way, shape or form to violate operational security by talking in any more detail either before the first story or after the first story. >> two questions, first iran and second sudan. iran, the israeli prime minister is saying that any potential deal between that administration and iran is not going to be binding for israel. i know the white house denied the talks but how will it

complicate the bigger picture if israel actually is not cooperating with you and not on board and how close do you consult with them? >> we consult with israel very, very closely. as a matter of fact i think you know coordinator for the middle east was in the region not long ago, and had meetings with israeli counterparts. we consult with them very, very closely. we have a shared idea of the continuing destabilizing behavior and the threats from iran in the region. i'm not going to confirm press reports about deals or no deals. we are laser focused on the de destabilizing activity and it crosses a lot of realms, missile capabilities, relationship with russia, support to russia in ukraine, the harassing of maritime shipping, the support of terrorists networks in the region, i could go on and on and

we talk with the israel is all the time about this. the israelis can speak to themselves as any nation can how they are going to deal with the threat. i can tell you what we are doing. >> sudan, the administration efforts along with the saudis have not succeeded the end of bl bloodshed, or sustaining the ceasefire. >> we still want to see a ceasefire and still want to see it transition to civilian authority. we want to see both sides put their guns down. >> american citizen was arrested in russia on drug charges. wondering if you have any comment on that arrest and working to determine if it's a similar wrongful detention case. >> i don't have a lot of information on the arrest itself, i refer you to the state department. i know the state department is, at least as of my coming out here, trying to get in touch with the family and they are

looking into this case. so as far as i know, consular officers were present at his arraignment and did get a consular visit with him. we'll obviously continue to monitor this and stay in touch with his case as much as possible but it's just too soon to be able to characterize it one way or another and you asked about a wrongful detention, that's up to the state department to look at. >> was the president briefed on the case? >> i don't have a degree to which the president was. >> counteroffensive, the ukrainian military says it took back three villages in eastern ukraine and also heavy losses, including u.s. provided equipment. i wonder what the u.s. assessment is. >> we are not going to do an armchair -- offensive operations combat is happening. there's no question about that. but it's up to president zelenskyy to characterize it, not us. and it's certainly going to be up to the ukrainian armed forces

to speak to the give and take on any given day. it's war allege it also already proven violent. what we are going to stay focused on, making sure that ukraine can succeed on the battlefield. you saw a package of assistance coming through the usai program announced at the end of the week. i think very, very soon you are going to see additional drawdown packages from the united states. it won't surprise you the kinds of things are the things we know they need in this particular fight. >> can you now tell us whether the ukrainian provided you any notice the operations were underway, i know you've been cagey saying whether or not -- >> i'm not cagey, i'm careful. they had no obligations to give us any kind of head's up or inform us of their operations, nor have they ever in the last 15 months. >> just quickly to close the loop on the china-cuba story. many times we come to you with

stories that are based on classified information, i'm sure often to your chagrin. >> much to my chagrin. >> going forward should we expect the administration is not going to be fully forthcoming when we do have stories like that? >> what you can -- what you can take to the bank, trevor, is that we'll be as forthcoming with you as we can. there's all kinds of different classified information out there. you know that, different labels, different classifications on it. sometimes there is information that is so classified and so secret that there's a real limit. in fact, there's a real danger to somebody like me trying to provide you a steer before you report, and that was the case here. we were careful and all i can

promise you is that we'll be as forthcoming with you as we can. the fact that we came out a couple days later and provided some clarifying information does not mean and should not be taken as i've seen in some of the press reporting as some kind of walkback. the original reporting as we said was inaccurate. and we did the best we could in the moment to be as forthcoming as we could. unfortunately, it wasn't going to prevent some inaccurate reporting. after the first reports we worked to get some additional context downgraded, but even that had to be carefully scrutinized. it's shameful that somebody or somebodies somehow think it's ok to put this kind of information in the public -- you are just doing your jobs, i get that, you have to ask tough questions and people come to you with all kinds of sensitive information. we'll do the best we can to provide you a steer and to let you know what the

vulnerabilities are. obviously you and your bosses make the decision about whether you are going to report on it but i'm comfortable that we were as forthcoming as we should have been and could have been in the moment and remain that way right now. >> understood. and just on the meeting tomorrow now, should we expect that president biden will be prepared to address any concerns the nato secretary general might have about the handling of classified information related to the trump indictment? >> the agenda for the meeting with the secretary general is going to be pretty wide-ranging, obviously it's very, very focused on ukraine and what the alliance is doing to support ukraine with the united states is going to continue to do to support ukraine and certainly it's in keeping with the secretary general's presummit travel, he's making his way to all the capitals, including washington, that's the focus. >> will the president ask the

secretary general to stay on for another term? >> i'm not going to get into the president's decision-making with respect to who would be the next secretary general. we are grateful for secretary general stoltenberg's leadership, he's gotten extended three times and led the alliance at a critical time, even without the war in ukraine it would be a critical time, certainly in the context, he's done a superb job. >> thank you, john. i want to take another stab with the mar-a-lago documents. given that we have seen images that some of them had the five eyes on it, have you guys done anything or walk us through what you have done to assure allies about this type of intelligence and if there's any intelligence -- >> i appreciate the question a where you are trying to go, matt. i'm not going to be able to talk with any detail about those

documents or this case, and it's really for something for the justice department to speak to and in terms of any national security assessment that would be up to the director of national intelligence. separate and distinct from all of that, and this kind of gets to my answer to trump, we obviously take very seriously our responsibilities to protect classified information and to protect the nation's secrets and what we are focused on is doing exactly that. it's protecting the nation's secrets, protecting our ability to both collect intelligence and to analyze that and to use it to help better defend the country. that's what we are focused on. >> you were just talking about, shameful reporting the cuba and china thing -- >> i'm not going to characterize it -- this is -- this is really for the justice department to speak to. >> and just quickly on the meeting tomorrow with the secretary general, can you walk

us through sort of where the president is on ukraine and whether the president thinks an invitation should be set for nato membership for ukraine. >> without speaking to the conversation with the secretary general that hasn't happened yet, our policy with respect to nato membership has not changed. we obviously still support nato's open door policy, and that's -- those are discussions that have to be had with all 31 allies and of course the nation in question here. so, we are -- we are not taking a position one way or another. i think you know in bucharest there was a declaration made very clear that nato should be in ukraine's future at some point in the future, nothing has changed about that. >> are you able to characterize at all what about the initial wall street journal report was inaccurate? >> no. pt>> and can you be more precise on when precisely china

established a base? you said it was at least 2019, as far as you could go. >> as far as i'll go today. >> does the president believe it's important for the next -- [indiscernible] >> the president believes whoever is the secretary general of nato should be an individual who the entire alliance can get behind and lead the alliance into the future. there is a transformative future ahead for the alliance, and whenever this war ends nato will be larger, and ukraine will be different. given the scope of their westernization of their military. whoever the next secretary general is going to be, it has to be something the whole alliance can get behind and a transformative leader. i'll leave it at that. >> i wanted to follow up on cuba. has there been any conversation with the cuban government about

the base or the chinese try -- >> we have made our concerns known. >> to the cuban government? >> yes, we have. >> and colombia, do you have any information on the government and the eln? >> we are aware of the developments but don't have position to take right now. we refer to those parties. >> john, a couple of questions. one, robinson, we know that former domestic policy advisor as well as the head of public engagement met with family and attorneys about possibility of extradition of the suspects. anything new? mexico was saying they are waiting for the united states to move on the extradition of the suspect or suspects. >> i'm afraid i don't have anything for you, april. if you allow me, we'll take the question see if we can get you a better answer. >> make sure you get back to me,

ok? >> you mean you don't think i will? >> i know you will, john. i know you will. the next question, as we are in this unprecedented moment and the white house is very aware, i'm sure the president is very aware and we are waiting for tomorrow, how would you qualify the mood here as this is such a serious moment with very sensitive information and a former president of the united states. >> the president is focused on his tasks as commander in chief, april. again, we are going to let the justice department speak to this. his focus is on making sure as commander in chief he can continue to defend the country, continue to advance our economic competition with competitors like china, make sure that we can advance our foreign policy around the world, that's where his head is, squarely on the work in front of him. >> sandra: all right, there you have it, listening to john kirby

there at the white house taking questions on the walking back, obviously, of the shutting down of that initial report on the chinese intelligence in cuba, now saying this is not a new development, john, so some interesting moments where he tried to walk around the fact that they shut that report down initially. >> john: yeah, clearly this was classified information that kirby was hit with and i think he was afraid of getting out ahead of his skis so he said they got more information to put the report in context that they downgraded, not like tsci or anything like that, but probably, you know, sensitive or confidential information that they got out there in the public domain. but we are going to learn a lot more about this, i would think, in the days and weeks ahead. >> sandra: and live pictures in miami, at the bottom of the screen, donald trump's plane

landing in florida ahead of his court appearance tomorrow. >> john: interesting with the president in a federal courtroom with the judge who some people are saying is friendly to his cause, aileen cannon, and we'll see where it goes. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the >> martha: all right. right now on "the story" a live look at miami. president trump is about to go down the staircase of his plane a just landed in miami. the reason he left new jersey where he spends the summer generally is that he has a very important court date tomorrow in miami. he's the first former president to face federal criminal charges, 37 counts, for handling of classified documents. he gave a thumbs up as he got on the plane in new jersey.

as i said,