john: all right. top six? >> stephen: yeah. i got a will give you that for free. batiste left you. just for the record. >> strictly j-o-h-n. >> john: i'm not even getting into the jons. not coming here for a top 6 h. >> stephen: later i will tell you who scored above you. let's earn it. let's earn it. >> john: let's see how much i agree. >> stephen: that's called driving tune in. now they've got to stick around to figure out who i like more than you who's named is spelled john. >> what a fascinating glimpse to commercial television that is. i have the opposite. it's not tune in, it's like you can't leave until i finish talking about compounding pharmacies. if i ever had one commercial break in a story, everyone would leave. >> stephen: if you exhaled. if you -- one breath. >> john: one breath. that's it. that's the end. that's the only way to actually get people to listen to the [bleep] we have to say. >> stephen: speaking of broadcast, you're an american. >> john: yes. >> stephen: did you watch the super bowl. >> john: of course. >> s

warning to americans about the push to go woke and why she says it takes a page from any dictator's playbook. >> john: we will talk to that north korean defector live, brand-new at 2:00. hi, sandra. >> sandra: sandra smith in new york. right into a jam packed hour with this fox news alert. >> faa has been charged with modernizing notam for ten years. why has it taken ten years? >> we have been on a journey of modernization. >> let me ask again, why has it taken ten years and why is it still not done. >> it does take a while. these systems -- the complexity. >> everyone shut down the first time since 9/11. >> john: acting head of the faa getting grilled on capitol hill over the air travel debacle, the first nationwide ground stop since the september 11th attacks. >> sandra: faa says it is now taking steps to avoid a repeat of that massive system failure but already several incidents of near collisions have travelers rethinking their next trips. >> john: even some lawmakers questioning the agency's priorities, listen here. >> do you believe that that is your mission at the faa to mitigate climate chang

a week. great to be back with you. >> john: you know what can change in a week, you could be on vacation and back at work. it's true, things do change over time in some cases. in this case they did. i'm john roberts in washington, and this is "america reports." that conclusion based on new intelligence and further testing from the department's top biological laboratories whic st from the nearby virology lab.e >> sandra: the chinese government quick to response in anger, accusing the u.s. with a smear campaign against beijing and urging the biden administration to stop politicizing the issue. >> john: jonathan turley is here to weigh in. >> sandra: and why the lab leak was dismissed by so many. >> john: jacqui heinrich live at the white house. reaction there? >> no response on china yet, john, but china has had a lot to say, china has blocked the world health organization from fully investigating covid origins pushing out this claim, china has always supported and participated in global science based origin tracing, laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a

john roberts. see you monday. >> gillian: thanks for having me. great to be with you. a john: you and the balloon. >> gillian: "the story" with martha starts next. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. and right now breaking on "the story," this. >> the fact is, we know that it's a surveillance balloon. the balloon continues to move eastward and is over the center of the continental united states. >> martha: well, that is an image of the chinese spy balloon said to be larger than two to three school

. >> john: welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour on this friday eve. hi, sandra. >> john: john, great to be with you. so-called juvenile justice reforms have a lot of people scratching their heads. a 12-year-old brought a gun to school without fearing any criminal charges as a result. lawrence jones is one of the people asking how that is justice for anyone. he'll join us ahead. fox news alert. >> can you say how many people the white house counsel's office added to prepare for the house invest investigations? >> i would refer you to the white house counsel office with staffing or how they are moving forward dealing with that. >> john: the white house press secretary, more questions over his son's infamous laptop. news on that story this afternoon. >> sandra: hunter biden's lawyers are requesting investigations into people they say unlawfully accessed his data, including the laptop repair store owner, but now hunter's lawyers say that does not mean that they are admitting that the laptop was actually his. just that his data has been improperly accessed.

"america reports" rolls into a second hour. i'm john roberts, good day to you again. >> gillian: no misery here, all good, all happy, not complaining about anything for a change. >> john: might be misery for you, but not -- >> gillian: i'm gillian turner in for sandra smith, we'll take you live to the snow zone but first overseas. >> john: president biden jetting back to washington and leaving behind a new axis of evil. china and russia showcasing their close ties with iran in tow. >> gillian: declaring a no limits partnership, experts say not only a threat to ukraine but the future of taiwan as well. >> john: when chinese president xi jinping makes a trip to moscow in the spring. china says they plan to play peacemaker but they doubt intentions. >> they are working together today to reach those goals. >> john: where do we stand against our adversaries? we will take that up with retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis. >> gillian: first, in poland, jennifer griffith joins us from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> hi, gillian. senior u.s. d

it's just a couple years late. >> john: here is the thing about science. been about a debate. some people said the world was flat, others said no, it's round. a great debate until we figured out it was. some thought the earth was the center of the solar system, somebody else said no, it's the sun actually the center of the solar system and a debate about that until we figured out, yes, galileo was right. but here we have the shutdown of alternate theories about what's going on and then the same thing applied to natural immunity, that's no good, you can't take that, you have to have the vaccine because that was politically driven and now we find out from the big study in oxford, oh, by the way, the masks that our children wore for so long hindered their development in school, didn't really do anything either. >> right, these people have been largely vindicated. we also know from a lawsuit against social media that the cdc did participate in these back channel discussions on who to censor, who to target. we just had a hearing i testified in that show as many

a month. go to t2t dot org. >> john: a live look at the white house.he national economic council chairman brian deese continues to take questions from the press. we're still awaiting karine jean-pierre's appearance at the podium to take questions about the balloon. one of brian deese's last jobs at the podium. he will be leaving the white house. >> he will be departing. reporters are all geared up to talk about the balloon. that's the most highly anticipated topic. >> john: they want to talk about the state of the union that will do it for us. >> "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks. we're covering what is happening at the white house. we'll take you there live as soon as karine jean-pierre gets questions on that. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," we're learning new details about what was in this chinese spy flight vehicle that was sent crashing to the ocean by -- after the -- its run-in with an

the justices will make a final decision by the end of june/early july. sandra, john. >> sandra: david spunt on the steps of the supreme court for us, thank you. and a lot more on that coming up, john. >> john: we have betsy devos, the former education secretary in the trump administration just ahead. would this supreme court decision, if it goes in president biden's favor, give him more power than the executive office has ever had. dave rubin coming unon this. >> sandra: and what it means down the road for the loans and the precedent it sets. john. >> john: president biden will discuss protecting healthcare during a stop in virginia today as residents in east palestine, ohio worry about getting sick after that train derailment earlier this month. epa administrator will tour the site for a third time and meet with people impacted by it. in a news conference, assured residents epa is in it for the long haul. alexis, are there still health concerns there on the ground? >> john, good afternoon. there are lots of health concerns, depending who you talk to. but residents h

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jeff, a coat off. >> happy about it. >> john: all right. well, you look at the weather there, sandra, and a good day to get out and vote. should be a big turnout, i would think. >> sandra: top issue is crime and the economy in that city and you can combine the both of them, so many of the businesses have said they have had to flee that city because people don't feel safe going to work there, and if they leave, you know, to start a family there, they don't feel safe sending their kids to school there, and they go somewhere else. that city has lost so much revenue, so many residents due to crime, and this is going to be -- this is a huge decision for those residents. those who are still there. >> john: we should find out later today how it's going to go. expected to be a run-off, we hope by the end of the day to find out who is in it. >> sandra: we'll be watching that. the energy department conclusion that covid likely came from a lab is obviously very significant development in all of this, especially considering the secretive division that o

a good crudite. it's going to be fun. >> john: we are going to talk to kilmeade a little later on. this morning. he was freezing. and bret michaels from poison was sitting beside him in a t-shirt. >> sandra: what does that say about kilmeade? >> john: he has thin blood. >> sandra: the white house briefing, friday afternoon, but still a lot of news coming in and we are going to want to see how the white house responds to some of the top stories happening at this hour as we learn more about the capabilities of that chinese spycraft that was lingering over the country last week. who and what exactly were they listening to. we will be monitoring that briefing. we'll go there live as soon as the questions begin. >> john: a major shake-up in the presidential primary calendar has one state not happy. why iowa governor kim reynolds says democrats are abandoning rural america. she is here with us live. pnc pk we will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what's your why? age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® hi

a crowd. peter, thank you. john. >> john: let's bring in lieutenant general keith kellogg, former security adviser to vice president mike pence, co-chairman of the center for american security and fox news contributor. general, good to see you. play a little bit more of president biden's speech in terms of whether nato will hang tough. listen here. >> doubts whether nato can remain unified but there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waiver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. >> john: what did you think of the speech in the overall? >> john, thanks for having me. all we are doing is pushing to the right down the road. he talks about nato being in support, united states being in support. they have to bring this war in support of ukraine to a conclusion because the longer this war goes on, it does not help ukrainians. ukrainians cannot get into a war of attrition. last another year, that's where you head. they can end this war. what putin needs to hear from president biden is an end state

fact. >> john: i lived in miami for a time, and it dang nice down there. >> gillian: i wonder when desantis is going to declare, if he is going to declare. >> john: june, maybe july. see who else comes out. pence may come out some time in the spring, don't know, tim scott could announce, but i think we'll get a flurry of announcements before july. >> gillian: keep the attention and infighting on others and build a space for yourself to come out at the best possible moment. >> john: so you could attract all the fire. >> gillian: you are never going to avoid it. i had a boss who once said hard things never get better with age. time is ticking for president biden as well to declare his own 2024 candidacy. sources are telling us tensions behind closed doors over the democratic party headquarters are running high. >> john: american households drowning in debt at levels we have not seen since 2008, just the latest in a series of economic red flags. how will all of that affect the debt ceiling talks that are playing out on capitol hill? james

a lot of fight left in him. we'll see. jim, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, john. to be with you. >> sandra: of course he has a lot of fight left in him but he can do other things. >> john: i know all the ladies in new york are vying for the office next to tom when he joins fox sports, but i think he's got -- i think he's got another season in him. >> sandra: interesting. if you had one question, if he was in front of you right now, i guess that would be -- >> john: why, why quit? >> sandra: if you had it to do over again, would you do it over again, would you do it. i think he said he does in the regret anything. was it worth it? i have somebody in my ear -- some big football fans in the control room. >> john: here is the thing. i don't think the thing with him and giselle fell apart because of football. i would assume there were other things going on, i think he has another season left in him. come on tom, come on back. >> sandra: i love this -- we'll have to continue this conversation. giselle, i don't know, if he could do it over again, would giselle still be t

john. so like a lot of northerners john brown was particularly they love brown once it was clear that he was going to be a martyr and he and john brown it has to be said, died very well. whatever you think and there's an interesting argument to be made about john on all sides of of his story. he was a hero in his unrepentant embrace of the cause of freedom as he waited for his inevitable hanging by the virginia authorities. and so i don't know what william j. thought, but john, do the second like, you know, emerson and thoreau and others sort of acknowledged his heroism as his life was about to end. and could you give your take on garrett smith what happened to him with him after the john brown raid. i so the question is you know what happened to garrett smith i mean garrett smith a breakdown that he did. yes i mean and you know a lot of people fled i mean frederick douglass fled for life. i mean, they were, you know, knowledgeable, not actively participating, a conspiracy to attack federal facility, which then as now is crossing a line that puts you in a you in a very tenuous category. and,

and if it's not there, that's a problem. >> john: shotgun and high powered hunting rifle. ccording to the autopsy, was fired from about three feet away, and you would think there would be some splatter back from a shot that close. two shots as well. >> right. i think that this is going to come down to splattered or soaked. there was some discussion that they are going to have some blood somewhere and if it's soaked, that's consistent with him going over and checking the pulse of his loved ones that he checked on versus any splatter if they do come up with evidence to suggest there was some splatter, that would be more consistent with the prosecution's theory. >> john: is it just me, mark, or does the prosecution's case look a little thin here? >> well, we are not on the jury, so we don't know. we do know they were in tears yesterday after seeing just unbelievably sympathetic evidence about the crime scene and what really happened. you know, it comes down to do they believe, for example, his voice was the one on his son's recording. that would mean he's there at the crime sc

to explain to their family why they received a citation cap street once a john is cited, they are referred to the first defender prostitution program where they allow individuals who solicit. >> workers to go to a class and pay a fine. so that is definitely an option. but sometimes we find individuals have arrest warrants and that case will actually physically take them under arrest. police say so far no citations have been given to workers. these are human trafficking victims for the most part and what we're going to focus on is getting resources to these individuals to see if we can get them out of this lifestyle to stop the behavior barriers have been put on cap street as another strategy to prevent john's from cruising the area for workers supervisor hillary ronen's for did that after receiving several complaints from people who live there, many of the barriers put in place have been run over by drivers. so the city plants but stronger barriers out within the next week. meanwhile, the police department has motorcycle patrols issuing traffic citations issued approximately 30 citations s

of course they are getting a lot of criticism and have been all week. john is some criticism coming from capitol hill? lisa: a groundswell from conservatives and republicans. they see this as an opportunity politically but they also think the president should have acted sooner, should have directed the military to take this down more quickly. they question whether there was a hazard. they say surely there was a space over the united states where it could have been safely done. they are starting to define how they will go after president biden for his expected reelection bid. mitch mcconnell said the biden administration reacted at first to indecisively, then too late. they are going to cast him as someone who is weak and indecisive. there are not as many democrats supporting his move overtly, but it's the weekend, we will have to see. some say we are glad he got it done. john: the dance of the debt ceiling has begun. the first big test for the retionship between the president and the house republicans. >> i love that, dance of the debt ceiling. it is early.

and this is kind of when the light bulb went off, like i could be a pilottoo. johng an associate's degree in engineering, dwight joined the u.s. air force and trained to become a test pilot. he was stationed in texas, missouri, and arizona -- and on the side earned his bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. michael cassut is an author and space historian. michael: the air force at its test pilot school started creating what they called a space school that would allow you to be more qualified to fly for nasa. john: through it all, dwight had one goal in mind -- to become america's first black astronaut. jermaine: there was one time in 1962 where dwight, he's flying this f-104 starfighter nicknamed the chrome javelin. this is a supersonic aircraft that reaches the edges of the earth's atmosphere. and it's very dangerous up there. you could black out, you could crash, you could die. and, you kno he's ready for this thrill. he really wants to become this astronaut. john: it was the early 1960's. america was roiled by the civil rights movement and captivated by t

a jury. thank you very much for joining us on that, phil. thank you. >> you bet, any time. >> johnt biden's nominee to lead the irs as the service faces growing backlash for its plan to crack down on the tips that servers receive. a glaring disconnect from what president biden campaigned on. larry kudlow as you can imagine is fired up about this. he'll join us coming up live. >> sandra: plus the acting head of the faa facing a laundry list of questions from multiple close calls on the tarmac to the computer outage that brought flights to a screeching halt over the holidays. how he is responding. we'll have that for you next. >> status quo is not acceptable. there must be accountability when the agency is not using taxpayer funds efficiently. at newday we make it easy. our newday 100 loan lets you combine your first mortgage, your second mortgage, your high-rate credit cards, personal loans and car loans into one, low monthly payment. so you can save hundreds every month. and at newday, there's not one dollar upfront to apply. give us a call. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® t

but it's clearly a lack of something going on and -- >> john: it's a lack of something. >> where thes to call in mark milley and lloyd austin and explain how was this missed. when you look at the sensor packages the balloon that happened this last weekend, it's kind of hard to miss the sensor package, and i've heard two stories. >> john: size of a regional jet or school bus. >> and transmitting, and we think it had directed movement, to not like it was free floating out there and it was not caught by the military, it was some civilians in billings, montana. and call them in and if you can't give me an answer. >> john: the general explained this way. >> i will tell you that we did not detect those threats and that's a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out. >> john: domain awareness gap. i'm not quite sure what that means. maybe another word for extraordinary failure. >> no doubt it's a violation of american sovereignty, john. be very clear, this should not have happened, should never happen again. they have these balloons down in latin america right now, we have allies acros

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are house republicans serious about issuing a subpoena to hunter biden? >> they are, john. interested in digging into biden family business dealings, hunter a key figure. and some members of congress say they are close to a serious next step. >> always going to be a last resort. if our hand is forced, yeah, i think a subpoena will be issued. >> it seems likely hunter biden is not going to cooperate with house oversight demands. his attorney said initially the request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose. lowell has offered to meet with the committee, but some say it's a delaying tactic. delaware has been investigating hunter biden for years, declined to comment when asked by fox about the status of his investigation. >> would you be willing to give us an update on the hunter biden investigation? >> no as to the last. >> back on capitol hill it is clear the new republican majority is running out of patience with the president's son. >> we are not going to really take too much time dilly dallying around the issues of getting something accomplished and on the record. if it ha

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it's a good thing. johnthere are some models in the united states or it's a compressed week, four days before the hours. what do you think about that? >> the difficulty with that model, i'm not persuaded that people are as productive in their ninth or 10th hour on wednesday. i'm not persuaded from a burnout perspective the people are likely to be better rested. the research is not conclusive that this is something good for business and people, and the other point i would make is it overlooks the power of the incentive. get time back in exchange for the same pay, people are focused and motivated and driven in order to achieve the goals. john: what do you say to that? the point about efficiency and productivity having diminishing returns? >> it is quite correct on that. even a 10 hour day people are doing nothing. this would keep up the output we now have. the crucial point is people like bunching leisure. in industries, medical hospitals, 12 hour days three days a week is full-time. that accords very well wit

it's a positive step and we're glad to see it. reporter: john, on the department of energy's findings, a lab leak most likely caused the pandemic, how should americans respond -- how should americans understand china's response here saying that this is politically motivated, it's a lie, there's no science to back it, swatting down this informing. john: i condition speak for the chinese and i wouldn't endeavor to do that. but just let me back up a little bit. the president made trying to find the origins of covid a priority right when he came into office. he's got a whole of government effort designed to do that. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about exactly how covid started. there's just not an intelligence community consensus and i would add that one of the things the president did, he tasked the national labs, which report through the department of energy, to study this as well. it wasn't just an effort confined to the intelligence community. that work is still ongoing but the president believes it's really important

affluent parents get a choice, poor people don't, that's just wrong. >> john: marc thiessen, never ats for words. thanks for joining us. >> sandra: the man accused of attacking paul pelosi is in court today. he attacked pelosi with a hammer last october. pelosi is still recovering from his injuries, and was in attendance at the state of the union address last night where he received a standing ovation. john. >> john: sandra, tragic update to a story we have been following all week. the new york police department officer detectives say was lured into an ambush robbery and shot has died of his wounds. he had been on life support since a gunman shot him in the head last weekend. police said he was trying to buy a car that was listed for sale on facebook marketplace but it was a scam to lure him there with a pocket full of money. the suspect accused of shooting him, a lifelong rap sheet, 21 arrests, including some for violent crimes. the officer was 26 years old, a married father of two young children. we mourn his passing. >> sandra: the pentagon just giving an update as more questions s

your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. >> john: the sheriff'sffice in orange county, florida releasing body camera video showing the dramatic arrest of a 19-year-old career criminal accused of killing a woman and then returning later to kill two more victims. watch here. >> [bleep] [bleep] your face, get on your [bleep] face. >> they killing me, they killing me. >> deputies spotted keith moses walking and ordered him to get on the ground. deputy remarking the gun they found in waistband was still hot. he is accused of killing, three did not survive the shooting spree. a known gang member with a long rap sheet. prior arrests include grand theft and domestic violence charges. >> a push to remove a far left prosecutor in the most dangerous city in the u.s. is now in the hands of the court. this after st. louis circuit attorney kim gardner refused the missouri attorney general demand she step down. so now the a.g. is asking the courts to kick her out. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is following the story. how is gardner reacting to this. >> kim g

with mark esper in just a moment, john. ning, the department of defense was tracking this high altitude object as kirby continues to describe, not calling it a balloon, at least not yet. it was over alaska air space for the last 24 hours, it was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet. they decided, collectively, it posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight and out of abundance of caution, kirby's words, and the recommendation of the pentagon, president biden ordered the military to down the object and they did, and it came inside our territorial waters, about the size of a small car, he described it, a bit different obviously than the situation we just had in the past week, john. >> john: the former secretary of defense to the trump administration mark esper has been listening with us and joins us now. sounds like a different animal, a different beast than the last balloon, what do you make so far? >> amazing the breaking news that happened here. there are differences, of course, in terms of what john kirby is

there seems to be a contradiction there. >> yeah, to me that's the major unanswered question that remains, john. he did a good job and finally speaking to the american people, covered each of the incidents, at least the last three in some details. he talked about the policy framework going forward, i think it needs to be more public, he talked about it being classified, but the two things he did not cover, why didn't he shoot down the chinese balloon down when it was over alaska. that's number one. number two, he should have taken questions at the end. the reporters have a responsibility to ask questions the american people are asking and he simply passed the opportunity to do so. >> sandra: what do you believe is the m he is -- the message he sent to china there? >> we are not going to tolerate bad behavior and he wants to work with them, but i would liked him speaking about the strategic competition the united states and china are in, and china does not have our best interests in mind. american people need to understand and hear the competition between the united states and china is real and

>> john: all new at 2:00, republican senator josh hawley wants the feds to set a legal age to use social media. he says if you are not 16, you can't log on and it's passed time to start fighting back against big tech. welcome to "america reports," hour number two. john roberts in washington. >> sandra: great to be with you, john. sandra smith in new york. congress looks for ways to keep children safe online. senators hearing from parents who say cyber bullying cost them everything. >> let us be clear. these are not coincidences, accidents or unforeseen consequences. they are the direct result of products designed to hook and monetize america's children. it should not take grieving parents filing lawsuits to hold this industry accountable for their dangerous and addictive product designs. >> john: could hawley's proposal have legs? that's coming up this hour. >> sandra: the white house is set to face tough questions on china, those flying objects, and a brand-new inflation report just out that shows costs are still way up from where they were just one year ago. we are keeping our eye on t

a used car lot. so look, i don't agree with the trigger happy reference. this is why i thought john kirby made a credible case. after the chinese balloon flew across the country we did go on a heightened state and changed the radar under the defense operations. it was warranted, we missed it, we blew it the first time, you don't blew it the second. now you have to recalibrate going forward. >> this was not covered in the j kirby briefing, but white house response, the train derailment, the environmental disaster in east palestine, ohio. we had trent conaway, the mayor of east palestine on just a little while ago. i asked him about the fact that it took the epa administrator so long to get there, and the fact that pete buttigieg still has not shown up. here is what he said about reagan's visit and mayor pete not showing up. >> just a dog and pony show. they have sort of let us hang out to dry here, you know, i commend the united states epa, the actual people on the ground doing the actual work. as far as mayor pete as people like to call him, i would rather he just stay away. he is j

all in favor of that. [ horn honking ] there's a lot of buttons and knobs in here. >> john: a formerty of kentucky women's swimming star who called out the biden administration over what she calls the gender ideology propaganda attending the state of the union. riley gaines raising concerns of a white house push for transgender athletes to compete in sports based on their gender identity, rather than biological sex. comes after she was forced to compete after transgender swimmer lia thomas last year, where they tied in fifth place. riley gaines, former five time sec champion, good to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> john: your first state of the union address. what did you think? >> it was a unique experience, i enjoyed meeting everyone, but there are some theater, coming from the leaders. >> john: i don't think the president was going to get into your particular issue during the state of the union address. for the audience point out you have been a tireless campaigner to ensure female athletes have an equal opportunity to perform in women's sports. let me just repeat that. to en

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at 5.45, we want to get a check of the weather now with a john as we take a quick live look outside behindnce again, 9 tartly, right? dark, clear it the usual here things around the bay. good you can see everything. yeah, i know even though you can see what it looks like around coit tower, it is definitely not bad. it's just cold. as you guys mentioned, you can see how cold it is outside. but a lot of us down into the 30's yet again this morning. >> we are going to be looking at today similar to yesterday. cold start mild finish to the day. we're adding a few clouds today. so that's the switch up from yesterday's crystal clear conditions. you can see those clouds right now sitting to the north and west of us. those will drift over the bay area come the afternoon. but not coming along with any chance of rain. we do stay dry today. this high pressure ridge firmly in place. it's to weak trough nudging right past the region, doctor to do much for us tomorrow. skies clear right back out. so today a few passing clouds keeping us a little cooler in the upper 50's to low 60's tomorrow and thursday

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i can't take a single document -- >> john: i don't think so. >> when i get briefed, i go to a scif and i cannot take a single document out, i give over my cell phone and need to make sure those are the protocols. the point is, the president is fully cooperating and fully transparent and at some point he has to explain and his team will have to explain what the documents were, why they got there, and how they have cooperated in giving them back. the main thing is he should be fully transparent as he has been and cooperating. >> john: one thing to be fully transparent, another thing to have classified documents in your possession when you are not supposed to have them. should there be consequences here? >> i think no one is going to defend having classified documents. i think, look, obviously vice president pence found them, he's turning them over. i think the point is, we need stronger controls so this does not happen again, and if people in good faith have discovered this and are turning them over and cooperating, then my view is they are doing the right thing as long as they are coope

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so i wish the administration was a little quicker to tell us everything they do know. >> john: so kirby got out there, he said a lot of words, out there for 45 minutes, did not give a lot of information other than china has a surveillance program and don't believe the three latest objects shot down were involved in surveillance, but can't rule that out either. so where is the transparency here? >> there's no transparency, john. i think they face another challenge, which is congress can get quite territorial, too, what is the information that we are owed. if you start losing members of your party, that becomes a political problem for the current administration, too, and certainly they need to make sure that they are educating them, too. >> john: one other question quick if i could on a completely different topic. one more classified document find at former vice president mike pence's house on friday. should there be a special counsel appointed to look into the classified information that he had in his possession as well as president biden and president trump? >> i think that vice preside

john: you will find out. >> has there been a posture change regarding the sensitive sites? it proactive? john: let me put a fork in this the implication is there is a blanket policy for every base in the united states. the answer is no. we have protocols especially when we know that the valence will occur. you open skies treaty with russia. all that scheduled and laid out. when you know that there is going to be in on -- open skype display, take the appropriate action. you do that case the chinese spy balloon, and we will always do that. i will never talk about what precautions we will give any given time. we only do what we need to do to protect our nation secrets. >> i will not talk about more than that. >> you started the debriefing by talking but the president's involvement in the report from odie and i replayed that over this. in the odie and i report, and unidentified aerial phenomena not said there are 240 seven unidentified aerial phenomena reported since 2021. some have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance stability. can you say why the presid