griff: david spunt live at the white house covering on the developing story. nita. anita: a preliminary report from ice showing a sharp drop in deportations, more than 3 times less in fiscal year 2021. this as border patrol arrests more criminals at the border trying to cross into this country. our bill live at the border in la joya. >> they are able to patrol the front lines and effective at tracking migrant runners. these are the single adult men typically wearing dark clothing or camouflage who speak into the country and are trying to evade away from law enforcement, they want to get further into the country and are not willing to turn themselves in but when border agents are out there on the front lines and able to use manpower and resources, they are typically able to track the guys down and arrest them. as you can see in the video right here, we saw this yesterday as well. if we can pull up the video from yesterday afternoon, same exact location here in rio grande valley, la joya, texas, they were apprehended by border patrol when there aren't huge search

david spunt from the justice department. we have another example of just how difficult it can be for police to actually enforce the law. correspondent dan springer in seattle shows us some amazing images. >> a man driving a stolen toyota kept ramming a squad car in tacoma last week after a minute of burning rubber and bashing the cop car, the suspect managed to hit other cars and drive off. the police chief defended the inaction setting a new state law severely limiting one cars domestic cops can give chase. >> if you choose not to stop and you turn your emergency lights off and you go the other direction. >> police in washington state can no longer pursue them as they have probable cause a suspect in the vehicle has committed a violent crime. car theft statewide is up 50%, and fort orchard at some 500%. seems like this were a suspect drives past police on the sidewalk and is not pursued. >> what has changed significantly is the environment that has created this brazen contempt for the law. it's in bold and criminals. >> 30

>> bret: david spunt at the justice department. david, thanks.liberal policies of one of the nation's top prosecutors are literally a joke. we'll let you hear for yourself coming up. first, beyond our borders tonight. northern europe is being battered by a third major storm in five days. heavy rains, high winds have resulted in at least two deaths. travel has been disrupted that region and there have been hundreds of flood alerts across the region still recovering from last week's hurricane force winds. iran's president arrives in qatar ahead of a global gas summit and as pressure mounts to revive iran's nuclear deal with world powers. president ibrahim ricey's trip comes as iran and qatar dom forge closer bonds. share vast under water gas field. australia is back open for the tourism business. today the country removed its final travel restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers. australia closed its borders to tourists in mayor of 2020 in a bid to reduce the local spread of covid-19. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight, w

david spunt shows us the technology that manipulates video, audio and perhaps the truth.allagher takes a look at the bold decision to trigger global energy crisis. we kick off with white house correspondent kevin corke with developments tonight, good evening, kevin. >> good evening, shannon. joe biden believes russia is poised to go much further than launching massive military attack against ukraine and he hopes he is wrong about that. one thing certainly he has been apparently wrong about is the 2-year-old claim on twitter when he said he thought vladimir putin is somehow a afraid of him and didn't want him to become president because he was the only person in the field who had ever gone toe-to-toe with him. not so much. dancing shoes aside, a deadly serious game has europe and the white house here at home on edge tonight. >> this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. i will began to impose sanctions and response far beyond the steps our allies and partners took in 2014. if russia goes further with this impatient, we stand prepared to go further. >> so, you

correspondent david spunt reports from the justice department. >> america, you blame me for interferingr said that this manipulated video is a deep fake. >> you don't know who to trust. >> audio, video, text, images that are created to show something that didn't necessarily happen or never occurred. >> fbi's tells fox news it is getting easier to make these digital deceptions and they aren't always illegal like parodies of tom cruise and crean elizabeth. the fbi gets involved if the video violates any federal laws like extortion or fraud. shaw gave us example of ceo voice being manipulated. same inflexion, the same accent and then make a phone call and then you can ask the employee as the ceo to wire that money. >> that happened in hong kong as part of an international heist while the fbi won't specifically comment on deep fakes as part of a russian invasion, other intelligence sources say they are on the lookout for altered videos of putin, ukrainian president zelenskyy, even president biden. >> we have for many years expressed concern about maligned influence. >> the attorney general

first to the news and david spunt at the department of justice on this monday. ning. >> good morning to you. quite a big headline out of a routine court filing by special counsel john durham who began his investigation almost three years ago. this may be the information that republicans say gets to the substance of the issue they have been trying to prove for many years. this all happened in that court filing late friday by the special counsel. he filed a motion relating to a potential conflict of interest within the defense team of former clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman. he pleaded not guilty to lying to the f.b.i. he is among those indicted so far in durham's probe into the origins of the trump/russia investigation. under this motion with factual background durham reveals sussman was involved with tech executive 1 and internet company to infiltrate the servers at trump tower and white house. he billed the clinton campaign after tech executive one to mine internet data. tech executive 1 indicated he was seeking the please certain v.i.p.s. the former pres

david spunt live at the justice department to see where this goes today. good morning. another day, another fight over mask mandates. governor glenn youngkin on the job just a few weeks says it is sifrl. if students or teachers want to wear a mask in school great. he wants to give people the option to not wear a mask if they want to, teachers, students or parents. wants them to make that specific decision. a judge in arlington, virginia felt differently and put a stop to his executive order giving parents a choice about masks. the judge ruled in favor of the seven school districts suing the governor arguing that a state law passed by the general assembly last year prior to youngkin outweighs the governor's order. they wrote keeping rules in place established over the school year helps children, families and staff understand how they may be impacted during the pandemic. youngkin's spokeswoman fired back this is about what's best for their kids' health and who can best make that decision? we're going to appeal this. it's just the first step in the judicial pr

correspondent david spunt has the latest tonight. >> former clinton campaign attorney michael sussmann is fighting back after special counsel john durham tied him to covert computer data collection from the obama and possibly trump white house. sussmann pleaded not guilty to lying to the fbi over now debunk information that the trump pain campaign was in communication with a russian bank. filing reported by fox news sussmann involved with a tech executive to data mine or take information from servers at trump tower and also the executive office of the president going back to 2014 during the obama administration. jaffy has not been charged with any crime. a spokesperson tells fox news he was legally provided access to dns data obtained from a private client that separately was providing dns services to the executive office of the president. dns computer data base servers mentioned multiple times in durham's filing. >> dns is a very loose associative tool. it is not giving you the actual communications between computers. it's not going to let you read an email or text message. >> the tea

david spunt is live with the details. david? >> interesting story.rland told authorities to prosecute those that were unruly on flights. now delta's ceo is taking it a step further directly reaching out to attorney general garland asking him to create this no fly list. according to the faa last year, it was the worst year on record for unruly passengers with nearly 6,000 incidents. the majority dealt with mask-related issues. a man was restrained by the flight team after groping two female flight attendants. he was arrested and charged. just under 6,000 unruly passengers reported to the faa. a little under 1,100 investigations and 300 enforcement actions. in his letter to the attorney general, bastion said that you support our efforts with the much-needed step of putting any person convicted of an on-board disruption on a no fly list that would bar that person from traveling on a commercial air carrier. pete buttigieg seems to be okay with it. >> we need to take a look at it. the airlines are doing their own internal no fly lists. some have spoken ab

david spunt from the white house and we begin this hour on the ground in kyiv with steve harrigan. hello to you. >> more russia forces arriving close to ukraine's border near the russian city. satellite images show not only the presence of new fresh russian forces on the scene but also the construction of a new field hospital at well. vladimir putin repeated his demands yesterday to ukraine. he wants ukraine to give up all advance weapons and to renounce forever any hope of joining nato. ukrainian officials say the kremlin wants more than that. they say russia wants the destruction of an independent nation on the border of russia. ukraine's foreign minister. >> the main narrative for vladimir putin is simple and or filing. ukraine doesn't have a right to exist. it is dangerous for president putin who runs an authoritarian regime to have a successful democratic country next to him. >> ukraine's government calling up military reservists last night and ukraine government is telling all ukrainians who live in russia to leave immediately. more than 3 million of them live in russia. >> s

david spunt at the white house, wow. so americans in ukraine, get out now, as you heard david say.s past time to get out. that's warning from officials in the u.s. they say russia's military buildup poses an immediate threat of invasion, so retired lieutenant colonel bob mcginnis joins me now. about two hours ago a secretary of state antony blinken spoke with the foreign russian minister, love lavrov. -- lavrov. this was the readout. the secretary made clear that a diplomatic path of resolving the crisis remained open, but it would require moscow to deescalate and engage in good faith discussions. you know, is this sort of like where the united kingdom, where not a lot of police officers carry guns and say stop or stop again? doesn't sound like a lot of teeth there. >> well, there really isn't, george. clearly, mr. putin and, i think, has made a decision. whether or not it's going to be a false flag operation into donbas in the east and seize a piece of terrain there, or he's going to use the troops that are gathered in belarus, eastern ukraine and, of course, even the naval forces

david spunt is there. to my knowledge, david and you're there and you know more, we have not seen or heard from the president. >> nothing today, neil. we had a statement released from president biden. white house press secretary jen psaki briefing in the white house behind me. the big news, the president issued more sanctions this time on the builder of nord stream 2, the pipeline. you remember it was just yesterday that the leader in germany, german chancellor olaf scholz announced that he was halting the nord stream 2 project. this was a bold move. many people did not know if he would do it or not. it's created some economic uncertainty to his people, to the russian people. but it was a move he wanted to take. the president announced sanctions from president biden. it reads in part, these steps are another piece of our tranch in stance. we will not hesitate to take further steps if russia continues to escalate. yesterday he announced the u.s. is cutting out full global financing to two major banks that fu

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. >> harris: david spunt reporting from the justice department now. >> this may will mark three years since special counsel john durham began his investigation. he charged three people so far including former campaign attorney michael sussman. durham reveals that former attorney sussman was involved with someone known as tech executive 1 who worked with the internet company to infiltrate servers at trump tower and the white house. durham says sussman who pleaded not guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and billed the clinton campaign after tech executive 1 mind internet data to establish a narrative tying trump to russia. in do so he indicated he was seeking to please certain v.i.p.s at law firm number one and clinton campaign. harris, the filing mentions domain name system data which really contains millions of pieces of data looked at by experts using algorithms to show potential connections. a former federal prosecutor told me the word spying may be going too far. listen. >> i don't think you can fairly say this is evidence of spying in the way that the word is traditionally used. we're n

. >> sandra: david spunt live at the justice department. crime showing no signs of letting up if major cities acoos the nation. in new york city at least five people were stabbed in the subway just this weekend alone. it happened just after mayor adams laid out his new plan to combat transit crime on friday. >> people tell me about their fear of using the system and we're going to insure that there is not new york's reality. new yorkers will see an increased presence of nypd on trains and on stations to insure that we are keeping the quality of life that we expect. i don't pretend a problem doesn't exist. we identify and fix problems and get stuff done. that's what my administration is going to be about. >> sandra: a dire situation in atlanta. homicides are up 43% in 2022 compared to this time last year. rapes are up an astounding 236% during that same time period. some police officers are blaming what they call the revolving door of career criminals saying it feels like the movie groundhog day and in seattle the police department is dealin

david spunt has more. >> john durham's probe looking at the origins of the russia investigation begane years ago. may will mark three years and our colleague just reported a few minutes ago that this probe is accelerating and more people are cooperating and coming before the federal grand jury. this news came out friday. many republicans including former president may feel vindicated about what happened because they believe this is finally getting to the substantial part. un-friday, special counsel durham filed a motion relating to a potential conflict of interest within the defense team of former clinton campaign attorney michael sussmann who pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi. susman was involved with someone known as tech executive 1 that worked with an internet company to infiltrate servers at trump tower and the white house. according to the filing, the tech executive tasked researchers to mine data to get a narrative tying candidate trump to russia. he referred to certain individuals at the clinton campaign. donald trump, the former president was out with a statement this weeken

first, david spunt. >> hi, martha. watching this investigation unfold for three years, republicans are beginning to feel vindicated. john durham, the special counsel announced friday night that there was a motion relating to a potential conflict of interest within the defense team of michael susman. he pleaded not guilty to lying to the fbi. durham revealed that sussmann was involved as tech executive 1 that worked with an internet company to infiltrate trump servers at the white house and at trump tower. he tasked the researchers to mine internet data, establish imprints and a narrative trying trump to russia. >> i don't think this is evidence of spying in the way it's traditionally used. we're not talking about intercepting communications. it doesn't mean it's not right and doesn't mean that john durham is on a serious past for accountability in the clinton campaign. >> john ratcliffe told durham that suggests more charges. today to bill hemmer he declined to name names. >> i think there was a criminal conspiracy tha

first we go back to david spunt in washington and the changing face of mask politics. >> it certainly is changing. next month marks two years since the majority of states entered into lockdown mode. about a month ago omicron cases were rising sky high but now governors are reigning things in and tonight somebody who wants to be governor in georgia is facing calls of hypocrisy. >> if a picture is worth a thousand words, expect many of those words too be critical after georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams posed maskless boo surrounded by young children. opponents quick to criticize. david perdue hosting image at the top of twitter profile page with the words unmask our kids. abrams has been vocally mask and fired back. shameful using black month reading event for georgia children as impetus for a false political attack. even abrams fellow democrat is loosening the rule. phil murphy beginning march 7th mask in schools will no longer be required but there is a caveat. >> we are not removing the ability of individual district leaders to maintain and enforce such a policy within th

david spunt has details. >> a source close to john durham's probe tells fox news things have quote accelerated people are into the russian organization. >> i know nothing about russia. >> before he even moved into the white house donald trump denied reports weighs in cahoots with russia. now special counsel john durham looking into the origins of the russia probe for almost three years argues in a new filing that former clinton campaign attorney michael sussmann was in contact with a technology executive who tasked researchers to mine internet data to establish an inference and narrative tying then candidate trump to russia. sussmann is fighting charges of lying to the fbi, this latest revelation prompted the former president to call the allegations a far bigger crime than watergate. >> i don't think you can fairly say that this is evidence of spying in the way that the word is traditionally used. you know, we are not talking about intercepting communication. it doesn't mean that john durham is not on a serious path towards accountability, possibly at the very highest reaches of the clinton ca

first, david spunt at the justice department. >> hi, martha. a lot going on here.ormer clinton campaign attorney michael sussmann is fighting back against the allegations through his attorneys. he's arguing that john durham is trying to "taint the jury pool." sussmann was charged in february and pleaded not guilty for lying to the fbi after coming with information and the trump campaign being in cahoots with the trump campaign but not divulging that he worked with the clinton campaign. john durham said that susman was involved with a tech executive canadian rodney geoffrey. he took information from servers at trump tower and the executive office of the president, the white house, going back to 2014 during the obama administration. geoffrey has not been charged with any crime. he's legally provided access to dns data obtained from a private client that separately was providing dns services to the eop under terms of the contract the data could be accessed to identify an analyze any security breaches or threats. >> dnf data mining is very imprecise. in the context of

on twitter to recent revelations from the special counsel investigating the case, correspondent david spuntlary clinton mum when asked by the daily mail about the allegations and special counsel john durham's latest filing. >> did you pay to spy on the trump campaign. when are you going to comment on the spy allegations, hillary. >> clear durham has not charged clinton any crime and never suggested, she, quote, spied on anyone. durham did charge her 2016 campaign lawyer michael sussmann about lying to the fbi about a trump-russia connection that never panned out. in addition to the clinton campaign. sussmann also represented a technology executive named rodney jaffy. he had what durham called sensitive arrangement with the government to monitor domain name system. computer data base servers at the obama and later trump white houses. dns's allusive soberrive tool that pings ip addresses but does not include emails or text messages. durham alleges sussmann got ahold of the information and took it to an agency. fox news has confirmed is the cia. >> i believe durham would not be continuing on i

. >> dana: david spunt is live at the justice department for us. ning. a big reason we continue to cover this story is there are more questions than answers. we hope to find out more in special counsel durham's filing but there are several things we do know we want to take our viewers back over the past several days. we know michael sussman and rodney joffey are two names we discussed. he is a technology executive who worked with sussman. sussman pleaded not guilty to the f.b.i. over debunked information that the trump campaign was in communication with a russian bank. according to durham, sussman through the tech man looked through computer database servers at the white house. it doesn't give you actual communications between computers. you can't read emails or texts but pings i.p. addresses. he was able to do this because he had a sensitive arraignment to collect dns information from the white house dating back to 2014. the reason 2014 because of a heightened fear of russian interference not necessarily with donald trump but the democratic nationa

david spunt. >> former clinton campaign cyber attorney michael sussman is fighting back against allegationsohn durham in a filing late friday. sussman through his attorneys in a filing late last night are arguing that john durham is quote tainting the jury pool. also putting out information to the public before his attorneys. michael sussman pleaded not guilty to lying to the f.b.i. for allegedly coming to that bureau with information that the trump campaign was in cahoots with a russian bank but not working for the clinton campaign. sussman was involved with tech executive 1. the man who we know as rodney offy working with an internet company. to take information from servers at trump hour and executive office of the president, the white house. we're told it goes back to 2014 during the obama administration. he has not been charged with any crime. how joffey was able to get minuscule data from the office of the president was eye opening. sussman's teams wants a judge to strike that part from the official record. in a statement last night which is part of the filing, sussman's attorneys wri

. >> john: david spunt at the department of justice.would allow students to opt out of wearing masks. if it's passed by the house, that would render any legal action against governor glenn youngkin's executive order moot because it would have the force of legislative law. >> gillian: interesting. coming up next for something completely different now, we have the bonnie and clyde of bitcoin. how did a couple from manhattan allegedly launder billions in crypto. there they are. we'll tell you next. veteran homeowners, need a financial boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. up to $60,000 or more. veterans are saving an average of $615 every month. with more ways to help more veteran families, no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newday us

the latest with david spunt in a moment. >> sandra: masks are dominating much of the news cycle, democraticsmiling up a storm in this photo, while critics say it's the perfect snapshot of hypocrisy. >> john: welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington, a lot to talk about, sandra. >> sandra: indeed. we'll see what the two leaders have to say the top of the next hour. abrams front and center maskless in a room full of elementary school students. of course the kids all wearing their face coverings, and opponents pointing out she has pushed for more things for schools. >> john: salons, and beyond the borders, joining an ever-growing list of democrats not sticking by their own rules. a list that had a few more names added just over the weekend. >> sandra: mollie hemingway will join us. david, what is stacey abrams saying about all the attention she's getting for the photo? >> she is firing back forcefully saying her opponents are trying to score some cheap political points. she was reading to a group of students in a classroom in decatur, georgia, you

fox news correspondent david spunt has the very latest from the justice department. david.ost three years of investigating republicans all the way up to the former president of the united states are beginning to feel like what you may call vindicated by this filing by special counsel john durham t was filed late friday night t was a motion relating to a potential conflict of interest within the defense team of former clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman. sussman pleaded not guilty to lying to the fbi for allegedly coming to the fbi for information that the trump campaign was in cahoots with a russian bank but not divulging he was working on behalf of the clinton campaign. that information did not pan out n this specific motion durham reveals sussman was involved with someone known as tech executive one who worked an internet company to infiltrate servers at trump tower and the white house. according to the court filing tech executive one tasked researchers to mine internet data to establish a inference, and quote, narrative tying candidate trump to russia. in doing so th

david spunt is at the justice department with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon.ithin the last hour, new jersey democratic governor phil murphy announce announced he is dropping the mask mandate for students across new jersey effective march pth. -- 7th. he says it is possible that local ticket cans will make a different decision, but opposite sides of the spectrum, they are in agreement that making masks optional in schools is the way to go. if students or teachers want to wear a mask, great, but they are giving the choice to parents to make that decision. a judge in arlington, virginia, just outside d.c. felt differently and told the court that she was pulsing a stop to governor youngkin's executive order giving parents a choice. the judge ruled in favor of seven school districts that sued governor youngkin arguing that that state law passed with by the general assembly requiring masks outweighs the governor's order. the judge wrote in part: keeping rules in place that have been established over the school year helps children, families and staff how they may be

. >> dana: want to go to david spunt live at the justice department.e information here that everyone here needs to know. >> good morning to you. this is about cyber defenses with the united states th. is an all hands on deck mission here in washington the f.b.i., department of justice, homeland security all preparing for a potential cyberattack. here is president biden on that just 24 hours ago, not even. listen. >> president biden: if russia pursues cyberattacks our companies and critical infrastructure we're prepared to respond. for months we've been working closely with the private sector to harden the cyber defenses. >> the president putting out a clear warning to russian president putin. do not launch a cyberattack on the united states. of course, there are concerns about what a cyberattack could do to the power grid. if the u.s. grid is penetrated by any russian cyberattacks and weren't online it would take a week to two weeks to get it back online fully functioning from a homeland security source to fox news. i spoke to a top cyber expert in was

david spunt is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: i was just on a call with a senior