let's get to our chief white house correspondent, mary bruce. mary, you were on the air with me earlier and reported in realtime as it was coming to your iphone, reaction from the biden campaign. we witnessed, and you have reported many nights here, the president seldomly actually even pointing out that donald trump was in the middle of this criminal trial other than to sort of needle the trump campaign saying, the former president is busy, i hear, in so many words. i paraphrase. does that tactic change moving forward? >> reporter: well, david, we still have not heard directly from the president himself, but his campaign says, today shows no one is above the law. this verdict is a political gift to democrats and the president but his campaign is being careful not to celebrate this too much. they don't want to be seen as feeding into trump's narrative that this was all something of a political hit job. that's something that the president adamantly rejects. note tonight in a somewhat muted statement, the campaign says, "today's verdict does not cha

correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: donald trump today suggesting he's open to restricting birth control if re-elected, saying it's something he's looking at. >> do you support any restrictions on a person's right to contraception? >> well, we're looking at that and we're going to have a policy on that very shortly. and i think it's something you'll find interesting and it's another issue that's very interesting, but you will find it very smart. i think it's a smart decision. but we'll be releasing it very soon. >> reporter: trump this morning suggesting in an interview with a local pittsburgh station that he'd support states making their own rules. >> you may want to support some restrictions? like the morning after pill or something? >> we are also -- things really do have a lot to do with the states. and some states are going to have different policy than others. >> reporter: hours later, trump trying to take it back. doing cleanup on social media, writing, "i will never, and will never advocate, imposing restrictions on birth control, or other contraceptives." but he did not say that

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the biden campaign is calling donald trump a danger to the constitution and a threat to our democracy, after the former president refused to say he would accept the results of the election. trump telling "the milwaukee journal sentinel," "if everything's honest, i'd gladly accept the results. if it's not, you have to fight for the right of the country." tonight, president biden saying, take trump at his word. our karen travers asking him -- >> are you worried that trump says he won't accept the election results? >> listen to what he says! >> reporter: earlier this week, when trump was asked by "time" magazine if he's concerned about violence if he doesn't win, he said, "if we don't win, you know, it depends. it always depends on the fairness of an election."

convicted felon or not trump will be the republican nominee for president, david. >> all right, mary bruce with us at the white house, mary, thank you. >>> let's bring in rachel scott because, rachel, reaction came in very swiftly from republicans on the hill. republican leaders across this country, they are united behind donald trump. >> reporter: united behind the former president after this verdict today. the speaker of the house, mike johnson calling today a shameful day calling this a political exercise not a legal one. johnson, of course, 1 of 37 republican officials that visited that manhattan courthouse to show their support for the former president, even trump's former rivals including florida governor ron desantis who once said trump's indictment sucked the oxygen out of the republican primary tonight blasting the verdict. the bottom line, david, this is a republican party that has only grown more closer to donald trump even after today's guilty verdict. >> rachel scott in washington, thank you. we have just learned that the new york city district attorney alvin bragg is going to

our chief white house correspondent mary bruce leading us off at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in a true campaign surprise, president biden and donald trump agreeing to two one-on-one debates, the first just a few weeks from now, at the end of june, the earliest general election showdown in american history. trump has been pushing for debates for months. >> i'm trying to get him to debate. >> reporter: this morning, biden with this surprise challenge. >> donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. since then, he hasn't shown up for a debate. now he's acting like he wants to debate me again. well, make my day, pal. i'll even do it twice. >> reporter: biden then taunting trump, referencing the one day a week that he's not tied up in court. >> so let's pick the dates, donald. i hear you're free on wednesdays. >> reporter: trump firing back, "just tell me when. i'll be there. let's get ready to rumble." >> i really think he has to debate. he might as well get it over with. probably should do it early so that he can -- you know, because -- he's not going to get any better

mary bruce, thank you so much. again, september 10th here on abc. >>> in the meantime, a lot of other news to get to tonight. the major story overseas at this hour. the prime minister of slovakia fighting for his life after what officials there say was an assassination attempt. the troubling images coming in here tonight. the moment robert fico and his bodyguards walking to greet supporters there, when a man reached out, firing five times. the gunman was then wrestled to the ground right there. the prime minister flown by helicopter to a hospital. surgeons trying to save his life. tonight, he is in life-threatening condition. that is what they're calling it. slovakia, of course, a nato ally. this evening, president biden is among those leaders condemning the violence, and praying for the prime minister's recovery. here's abc's tom soufi burridge. >> reporter: this is the moment slovakia's prime minister is shot five times at point blank range, in what officials say was an assassination attempt. and tonight, doctors

abc's chief white house correspondent mary bruce is in washington. of the silence coming from the white house? >> reporter: juju, tonight we have not heard from president biden directly reacting to this, but his campaign says today shows no one is above the law. there is no question that politically this verdict is a huge gift to democrats and the president. but his campaign is being careful here not to celebrate this too much. they don't want to feed into donald trump's narrative that this is all just a political hit job, something that the president adamantly rejects. instead in a somber, somewhat muted statement, the campaign said, today's verdict does not change the fact that there is still only one way to keep donald trump out of the oval office, at the ballot box. convicted felon or not, trump will be the republican nominee for president. president biden is expected to weigh in at some point. we'll see if he takes any of our questions. >> juju: mary bruce, thank you. >>> when we come back, our powerhouse roundtable dives deep intohat the verdic

let's get right to our chief white house correspondent mary bruce on this move, when it comes to chinaonight. and mary, it also comes amid these new numbers. >> reporter: it does, and david, the biden campaign is certainly aware of these new numbers. donald trump now leading president biden in several critical battlegrounds among registered voters, including arizona, nevada, and michigan, where manufacturing is key. donald trump leading in michigan by seven points. and tonight, the president is trying to send a message on the economy, that he, too, is tough on china. the president tomorrow expected to announce that he is quadrupling tariffs on electric vehicles from china from 25% to 100%. he's also targeting other imports like semiconductors, solar panels, and batteries. the president is vowing to protect american workers from foreign competition and hoping to gain ground on the economy in the process. the issue also pivotal in states like pennsylvania and wisconsin, where those polls show trump and biden are much closer, david. >> david: mary bruce with us tonight. mary, thank you. >

so, let's get right to mary bruce. mary, the white house insisting this is all politics, suggesting they know what republicans would do with these recordings. >> reporter: david, that is the crux of their argument here, as the president is now using his executive privilege to block house republicans from getting access to the audio of his interviews with the special counsel related to his handling of classified documents. the white house is accusing republicans of seeking to manipulate the tapes for political gain after the special counsel described the president as a, quote, elderly man with a poor memory. david, as you know, the full interview transcripts are already out there, and the special counsel declined to bring charges against the president, but biden is now using this privilege, something donald trump did, as well, at the request of his attorney general, merrick garland, who is also warning that politics is at play here and cautions that releasing the audio could have lasting impacts on future investigations,

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>> david: mary bruce at the white house. thank you. >>> we turn to the israeli-hamas war. weapons experts telling abc news evidence from israel's deadly strike on a camp in rafah indicate the israeli military fired an american-made bomb. video and images of weapons debris from the site suggest these fragments are consistent with a u.s.-made small-diameter bomb meant to be more precise and limit the number of civilian casualties. that strike sunday ignited a fire that killed at least 50 people and injured more than 200 others. it comes as a top idf official said just today that the war in gaza could continue for at least seven more months. >>> tonight, north korea sending a fleet of trash-filled balloons into south korea. more than 260 balloons detected striking fear at first, but most landing harmlessly. explosives and biowarfare response teams sent to collect the debris. the incident in retaliation after south korean activists sent propaganda-filled balloons into north korea over the weekend. >>> when we come back here tonight -- the shooting at a very busy kroger's groce

mary bruce at the white house. >> reporter: tonight in a dramatic move, president biden laying out in great detail for the world to see the cease-fire deal israel has put on the table, challenging hamas to get on board as biden himself faces growing political pressure here at home. >> it's time for this war to end. >> reporter: the president in stark terms assuring that hamas has been drastically degraded. >> at this point, hamas no longer is capable of carrying out another october 7th. it's one of israel's main objectives in this war, and quite frankly, a righteous one. >> reporter: biden for the first time pulling back the curtain on negotiations. the first phase an initial six-week cease-fire with women, children, and the most vulnerable hostages returned in exchange for the release of hundreds of palestinian prisoners. israeli troops would withdraw from populated areas in gaza and humanitarian aid would surge in. what comes next, far more complicated. the temporary cease-fire would hold while israel and hamas negotiate a permanent plan. a full end to fighting and release of the re

>> david: mary bruce at the white house for us. mary, thank you. >>> meantime, there was an eye-opening headline tonight involving presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. "the new york times" reporting on a 2012 deposition during which rfk jr. said doctors once found a parasite, a dead worm, in his brain. tonight, what his campaign is now saying about this, and here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, new questions about the health of independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr., after he claimed a doctor discovered a dead worm in his brain. according to "the new york times," kennedy testified in a "by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of i 2012 deposition that he experienced "memory loss" at the ti time, saying, "i have cognitive problems, clearly." kennedy said one of the doctors said it could have been caused "by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." >> most people will have at least some degree of cognitive impairment, just because of the inflammation that goes

>> david: mary bruce at the white house tonight. mary, thank you. overseas tonight, and to a terrifying scene in senegal. a boeing 737 crashing during takeoff, skidding off the runway. passengers using mshlg e iing e slides to escape amid the flames. some with critical injuries tonight. here's our foreign correspondent james longman. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying images of passengers fleeing a burning plane that crashed during its takeoff run in dakar, senegal. the boeing 737 air senegal charter hurtling down the runway but skidding onto the grass before it could lift off. frightened passengers then jumping down emergency slides as the fire burned. of the 85 people onboard, ten were hurt, with four suffering life-threatening injuries. the plane's wing and engine badly damaged. it's not clear yet what may have triggered the accident. it comes a day after this fedex cargo plane landed without its nose gear on a flight from paris to istanbul. the crew telling the tower the gear would not deploy, the plane kicking up sparks as it slid along the runwa

>> david: mary bruce live at the white house for us.ary, thank you. >>> we are learning more tonight after some terrifying moments, an suv crashing into a thrift store in las cruces, new mexico. authorities say the suv crashed right through the glass doors, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others, including customers and employees. police say the 69-year-old driver was pulling into a parking space when she mistakenly pressed on the accelerator instead of the brake. >>> tonight, there is a new warning from federal authorities about scams targeting seniors across this country. it comes after the nation was horrified by the images of that homeowner with a gun, and that unsuspecting 61-year-old uber driver who was killed. tonight here, the scam warning and how it works. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, that harrowing video seen by the nation. the senior with the gun charged with murdering the unsuspecting uber driver. >> help! help! >> reporter: the result of what authorities say is an explosion of scams targetin

>> david: mary bruce at the white house again tonight. >>> late today here in new york city, the deadlyre's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, investigators on the scene after a 16-year-old student was gunned down in broad daylight on the streets of new york city. the shooter and another suspect on the run. >> person shot, spring street and varick street. >> reporter: 911 calls pouring in from the typically quiet soho neighborhood just before 2:30 this afternoon. the teenager shot in the head outside a high-end hotel. police saying those two suspects fled on a ride share bike. >> we have a witness who is a male black, wearing a black -- all black. black hoodie, black pants. fled on a citi bike. >> reporter: the victim taken to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead. tonight, the nypd saying the teen attended a charter school, and the shooting likely stemmed from a school dispute. david, this incident comes as new data shows new york city shootings are down about 16% from last year, though violent crime does generally increase as we head towards summer. david? >> david: all ri

>> david: mary bruce at the white house. thank you. >>> we turn to the israeli-hamas war.pons experts telling abc news evidence of the deadly strike in rafah indicates it fired an american-made bomb. they suggest these fragments are consistent with a u.s.-made small diameter bomb meant to be more precise and limit the number of civilian casualties and that strike ignited a fire that killed 50 people and injured more than 200 other. the war in gaza could continue for at least seven more months. >>> tonight north korea sending a fleet of trash-filled balloons into south korea. more than 260 balloons detected striking fear at first, but most landing harmlessly. explosives and biowarfare response teams sent to collect the debris, the incident in retaliation after south korean activists sent balloons into north korea over the weekend. when we come back here tonight. the shooting at a very busy kroger's grocery store and police racing to the scene and what we learned tonight and the deadly house explosion and fire. two people have been killed and this newy isser have storm threa

mary bruce live at the white house tonight. both biden and trump convinced they can outperform the other. >>> also tonight, the troubling images. the attempted assassination of the prime minister of slovakia. the leader shot multiple times at close range. he is now in what authorities are calling a life-threatening condition. his security detail pushing him into the car. >>> here in the u.s. tonight, another bridge accident. a massive barge hitting a bridge near galveston, texas, causing partial collapse and an oil spill in that bay. crew members pulled from the water. >>> the harrowing dash cam video revealed in court showing a semitruck crashing on a bridge. the truck hit by another vehicle. the driver losing control. her truck then dangling 100 feet above the ohio river. >>> tonight, the fighting intensifying in northern gaza. israeli troops also positioned near the southern city of rafah. matt gutman with late reporting from israel. >>> the war in ukraine. tonight, russia increasing its attacks near kharkiv. ukrainian troop

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, president biden making a play for key swing state voters dependentectric vehicles and targeting other imports from china, $18 billion in total, in an effort to protect american jobs. >> folks, look, i'm determined that the future of electric vehicles will be made in america by union workers. period. >> reporter: biden nodding to junior workers in pennsylvania and wisconsin, where polls show the race is tight. and michigan, a crucial battleground, where recent polling shows donald trump up by seven points. >> my predecessor promised increased american exports and boost manufacturing. but he did neither. he failed. >> reporter: biden once promised to repeal some of trump's tariffs. now he's building upon them. the president making the case he's the one who is really tough on china. trump, outside his courtroom, on the attack. >> they've also got to do it on other vehicles, and they have to do it on a lot of other products. because china is eating our lunch right now. >> reporter: biden putting the blame right back on trump. >> he's been feeding them a

mary bruce at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as president biden threatens to further withhold u.s. weapons from israel, prime minister netanyahu defiant. "if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone," he said today. firing back after biden, in his most direct warning yet, said the u.s. would not provide israel with weapons to attack rafah. >> i've made it clear to bibi and the war cabinet, they're not going to get our support, if in fact they go in these population centers. >> reporter: it comes after the president has warned netanyahu for weeks not to invade rafah, where more than a million civilians are seeking refuge. but those warnings have been ignored. netanyahu already launching what he says are limited operations inside rafah, choking critical humanitarian aid. biden already halting the shipment of 3,500 u.s. bombs, fearing american weapons could be used to kill more innocent palestinians. tonight, many republicans now accusing biden of abandoning a critical ally, including donald trump, who today repeated an anti-semitic trope questioning jewish voters who

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: president biden traveling to the critical battleground of wisconsin today, where a new poll has him leading donald trump by the slimmest of margins. biden there to announce microsoft will build a $3.3 billion artificial intelligence center on the very same site of a failed trump era project that was supposed to create tens of thousands of jobs, but never got off the ground. >> it's going to be transformative, not just here, but worldwide. not only a significant invexm invexment investment in racine, but the people of racine. >> reporter: the microsoft project is expected to create 2,300 union construction jobs, and more than 2,000 permanent positions. six years ago at the same location, then-president trump heralded a $10 billion investment by electronics manufacturer foxconn, promising to bring 13,000 jobs to the community. >> this is the eighth wonder of the world. >> reporter: but the project fizzled. the field where trump once broke ground with golden shovels now empty. >> they dug a hole with those golden shovels, and then they fell into it. foxconn tu

let's go to chief white house correspondent mary bruce. mary the president has not commented. >> reporter: the president has not weighed in. but his campaign says no one is above the law. they are trying to walk a fine line. they want to take advantage of this politically but the biden campaign has also been careful not to celebrate this too much. they don't want to feed into trump's baseless narrative that this was somehow orchestrated by the president. instead, the biden campaign is hammering the point that while donald trump may be a convicted felon, he can still win in november. the campaign, in a somber somewhat muted statement saying today's verdict does not change the fact that there is still only one way to keep donald trump out of the oval office, saying it is at the ballot box, adding convicted felon or not, trump will be the republican nominee for president. now, don't expect the biden campaign to completely up end its messaging because of this. i'm told they're going to continue to focus on what is at stake in this election, hig

let's bring in mary bruce. white house in the thick of these negotiations. >> reporter: they certainly are, george. the biden administration is heavily invested in these talks which they see as the best way to ease the humanitarian aid crisis in gaza. and also defuse this crisis abroad, but also here at home as the president continues to face growing political pressure and these protests. talks will now continue. the white house hopes a deal will be done. but the back and forth over the last 24 hours goes to show how fluid this situation is. all of this coming as the u.s. continues to urgently warn israel not to invade rafah. the president reiterating that message directly in his 30 minute phone call with prime minister netanyahu. the white house deeply concerned that an operation like this would only exacerbate the humanitarian crisis. so far netanyahu doesn't seem to be heeding biden and the u.s.' warning. the big question then what comes next? how does the administration respond? i have asked the white house

mary bruce has the story. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning.he biden campaign is eager to put the issue of abortion front and center in this campaign, and this morning sending kamala harris down to florida to mark the state's new six week ban going into effect. that's before many people even know they are pregnant. she will blame donald trump directly for this as he brags about overturning roe. she will also call him out for recent comments. trump telling time magazine he would not stay in the way if states wanted to monitor women's pregnanies or punishing those who violate abortion bans. president biden calling that shocking saying in a video, quote, there seems to be no limit as to how invasive trump would let the state be. all eyes will be on arizona, set to repeal the set. they are expected to repeal that civil war era ban on abortion, returning the state to a 15 week ban. overall, donald trump avoided taking specific positions on the issue of abortion, deferring instead to the states which he says are handling this issue brilliantly. gio?

chief white house correspondent mary bruce in washington with details. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning. we knew that this election would be anything but ordinary. now president biden and donald trump are shaking up the debates. they won't even be their party's official nominee when they take the stage next month in atlanta the earliest general election showdown in history. this morning the dates are set. >> make my day, pal. >> reporter: president biden and donald trump up ending the traditional presidential debates agreeing to two one on one face-offs. their first june 27 on cnn before the convention. the second, september 10 here on abc news. just weeks before voters head to the polls on election day. for months trump has been taunting biden. >> we have an empty podium right here to my right. do you know what that is? that's for joe biden. i'm trying to get him to debate. >> reporter: but it was the president who challenged trump in a surprise announcement wednesday, even mocking his criminal trial in new york, referencing the one day a week h

. ♪ ♪ >> hello everyone i'm charlie along with mary tammy bruce and welcome to "the big weekend show.e big story tonight, graduation interrupted. [bleep] [bleep] [chanting] >> move it on lose it. >> anti-israel protesters storm the commencement ceremony at the university of michigan and campus chaos moving from encampments more than 1200 agitators arrested in recent weeks at george washington university in washington, d.c. a direct message to president biden. anti-israel protesters projecting image of bide within the text genocide joe over an american flag that the university staff unfurled earlier this week and matt fin is at the university. matt. reporter: as you know there's been weeks of unrest and chaos here in new york city some of our excellent fox news reporters have been covering the protest hour by hour today. we can safely confirm that's been nothing but peace here at nyu, in fact, nypd officers have been outnumbering any civilians here in the sectioned off area where their protest were last night ultimately nypd had to come into this area dismantle the encampment make upwa

our chief white house correspondent mary bruce has more. od morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. president biden has made clear he has reservations about how israel is handling this war. he wishes netanyahu would take a more targeted approach. this morning president biden is fiercely defending the prime minister, adamant there is no equivalent between israel's conduct and that of hamas, calling the application for netanyahu's arrest outrageous. this morning president biden rallying to israel's defense in blunt terms. >> what's happening is not genocide. we will always stand with israel and threats against its security. >> reporter: biden, outraged, denouncing the international criminal court as its prosecutor seeks a global arrest warrant for both israel's prime minister netanyahu and hamas' leader for war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> there is no equivalent between israel and hamas. >> reporter: the court's top prosecutor accusing netanyahu and his defense minister of deliberately starving palestinians by choking off

i want to bring in mary bruce for a little more on that. e deal between israel and hamas. how does this all pull together with that in the background? >> reporter: certainly the white house is watching very closely to see hamas' next move. the mood here is i would say cautiously optimistic. they have urged hamas to take the deal on the table. this would be for a temporary cease fire along with the release of the remaining hostages. what you saw today was the president trying to walk a fine line. he is, of course, backing the importance and need for free speech, while also coming out trying to condemn violence, hate speech, condemning anti-semitism. you heard the president say point blank, peaceful protest, of course, is allowed, but violent protests are not protected. the president saying there's not the right to cause chaos. this isn't a situation where anything goes. and then you heard the president also make a political point here because he is also well aware that he's been under pressure to speak out more forcefully. this is the firsted

our chief white house correspondent, mary bruce, has the latest for us. good morning mary. >> good morning michael. well, this is president biden's most direct warning to israel since the start of this war. and it could set up an historic clash with this critical ally, president biden, now threatening to halt the shipment of additional u.s. weapons to israel, which he acknowledges have been used to kill innocent civilians. this morning, president biden is calling out the israeli government. >> it's just wrong. we're not going to supply the weapons and the artillery shells used. >> making it clear in his sharpest criticism yet that the u.s. will not provide israel with weapons to attack rafah. >> i've made it clear to bibi and the war cabinet they're not going to get our support if in fact they go in these population centers for weeks, biden has warned israeli prime minister netanyahu not to invade rafah, where over a million civilians are seeking refuge. >> and he's already taking action, halting a shipment of 3500 u.s. bombs. fearing american weapons coul

our chief white house correspondent mary bruce has more for us. morning, mary. >> reporter: robin, good morning. less than six months to go and both are historically unpopular with a lot of work to do. president biden has been doing a burst of out reach to black voters especially young black men who helped deliver him to the white house in 2020 and whose support he'll need if he wants to stay for a second term. this morning president biden is trying to shore up support with a key constituency, arguing he's breaking down doors for black americans. >> there's too many african-americans who have health insurance. >> reporter: biden swinging through michigan and georgia, two states he narrowly won in 2020 and will need again in november. in atlanta, biden giving the commencement address at historic morehouse college. >> we know black men are gonna help lead us in the future. black men from this class, from this university. >> reporter: the president touting his record but facing silent protest over his handling of the israel/hamas war. a handful of st

. >> robin: our chief white house correspondent mary bruce joins us now and has the latest from d.c. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the president stressing his steadfast support for israel, even says when they disagree. this morning a sign of the growing rift between the u.s. and israel over the conduct of this war. abc news confirming the biden administration is pausing 3500 bombs to israel. over concerns that they could be used in rafah. this is a major shift in policy, the first time we know of that the u.s. has denied israel access to military aid to try to influence this war, concerned how these weapons will be used. we are told the administration is reviewing whether to with hold future weapons transfers as well. all of this comes as for weeks the president has been warning israel and netanyahu not to invade rafah. over 1 million civilians are there now seeking shelter and seeking refuge. but so far these warnings have largely been ignored. a senior official telling us the israelis have not addressed our concern about protecting palestinian civilians. this als

biden's warning to israel that he will hold some weapons deliveries if it invades the city of rafah, mary bruce the latest. good morning. >> this morning the rift between u.s. and israel is only deepening. prime minister netanyahu defiant bowing to go it alone after president biden warned that the u.s. will not provide weapons to invade rafah. netanyahu saying they will fight with their fingernails if need be to eliminate hamas. to this morning as president biden threatens to further withhold u.s. weapons from israel, prime minister netanyahu firing back. "if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone" he said after biden and his most direct warning at said the u.s. would not provide israel with weapons to attack rafah. fearing american weapons could be used to kill more innocent civilians. the white house stressing the u.s. and israel share the same goal to eradicate hamas. but spokesman john kirby saying smashing into rafah and the president's view will not advance that objective. but netanyahu disagrees. israel making it clear they will move ahead with or without u.s. support. >> we often h

plus biden's big push to get back black voters, congressman chip roy, clay travis, tammy bruce, marie: it has been a whirl wind moment for scotty scheffler. moment pre-dawn hours at the country club, the number one golfer in the world, pack on the pga championship and on the course right now. arrested earlier today in case you are joining us facing four charges, one is a felony. we have now learned that he will be arraigned in louisville next tuesday, may 21st, at 9:00 a.m. jim gray joins us now and jim, there is a lot of factors in all this and we're going through it throughout the last couple hours. i guess your take on it right now when you consider everything was happening around that area on that country road with a dead pedestrian a short time prior. >> that seems to be the reason for the chaosic experience that everybody is having because of the tragic death of the pedestrian. players have a dedicated lane or ability to get in. the statement released through jeff darlington who has done a great job scheffler said it was a misunderstanding. he thought it was where he was being d

tammy bruce, fox news contributor, marie harf, fox news spokesperson on president obama.here is a divide. democrat staffers don't want us to know who they are but what is happening in your party. why is it happening? >> well, i think there is less of a divide maybe than it appears. this was a small protest. i'm happy staffers can make their views known. they can also resign if they want to. we're in a democracy. that's their freedom and their choice to do. i think that you see some of this pushback because president biden this week yes paused certain weapons but announced $1 billion in additional -- harris. since october 7th he has sent unprecedented amounts of aid to israel and there is a debate in the party now. i would say to these republicans quickly that they held up aid to israel for months because they were playing politics. >> harris: they can say the same thing about you. hr2 went to the senate in may of last year. >> as a former organizer i like seeing people be organized. this country right now we're in a tenuous kind of position with divisions, the nature of v