alex hogan, thank you. todd: the longest summit in summit history.sident facing backlash during the veterans day address. listen. >> i have adopted the attitude of the great negro at the time, went on to become a great picture in pros in major league baseball, jackie robinson. todd: biden's choice of words referencing hall of fame pitcher satchel paige land commit hot water online when he was attending to wish secretary of state anthony blinken a happy birthday. newly released email show the national board association was engaged with the white house, the department of justice and other federal agencies before sending a letter to the president calling parents, quote, domestic terrorists, just five days after the letter was sent to biden the doj send a letter to investigate the school board. after intense blowback they apologized for that letter. attorney general merrick garland has not retracted the memo to the doj despite telling congress his only proof of threat against school boards was that letter. threats of violence and carefully coordinated le

. >> alex hogan live on the ground in scotland where the president is set to speak before returning home. jackie ibanez has details on the latest roadblock to biden's agenda but we begin with griff jenkins in the suburbs of richmond, virginia. >> it is election day in the commonwealth and the polls in the elementary school behind me just under two hours as the nation's eyes are on this race, a bellwether race. we are in the richmond suburbs in glenallen, very important county of this race, comes down to the wire between the former democratic governor terry mcauliffe and political newcomer and businessman glenn youngkim. youngcan surge delayed in his race on an issue that has become a top issue in the stated that is education. here's what he said yesterday. >> for us to recognize this is no longer a campaign. this is a movement led by parents, led by virginians. >> mcauliffe has sought to tie youngcan to donald trump pointing to his inexperience and mcauliffe has said he wants to take -- pay teachers more but made statement on the education issue that have some raising eyebrows. >> 50% of

alex hogan live for us in london. alex, thanks. let's bring in representative andy harris from the great state of maryland. good to see you, sir. baltimore is in maryland. joe biden will be in baltimore today on his sort of infrastructure victory lap. what do you think of him visiting baltimore when there are other places like, oh, i don't know, l.a. that are really having port problems right now. >> well, the ships are backed up in baltimore also. and, look, if the president president wants to come to baltimore, why doesn't he talk about funding the police. we have one of the highest murder rates in the country and on track to set another record this year with over 300. carley: there's the issue of gas prices that everybody is so worried about and this line 5 pipeline that the biden administration has was a -- waffled on back and forth, whether they're considering shutting it down. this is happening as a group of democrats wrote the biden administration a letter saying you've got to do something about gas prices. >> the real infra

carley: alex hogan live for us in london. congratulations on the big move out there as well. >> reporter: thank you very much. ashley: now a developing story out of houston, travis scott and drake are hit with lawsuits over the deadly incident at the astro world festival. carley: eight people were killed and dozens injured during a massive crowd surge. jackie aibanez joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning. 113 people including five minors were hospitalized after the deadly festival. candlelight vigil took place in houston sunday for the eight victims killed. all but one have been identified. their ages range from 14 years old to 27. authorities launched a criminal investigation into the festival. they say someone in the crowd may have been injecting people with drugs. intense video shows medical staff and concert-goers frantically trying to give cpr to victims as the concert raged o. rapper travis scott and event organizers are facing at least two lawsuits over the incident. one suit alleges the two incited the crowd.

carley: alex hogan live for us if london, thank you, alex. and the letter that she was talking about, it was signed by a group of 11 democrats and it's asking president biden to do something to lower gas prices. they say they agree with president biden's green energy push but it can't come at the cost of making it impossible to get gas and the thing that i found interesting about that letter is that one of the people who signed it, senator elizabeth warren, one of the most liberal senate democrats. todd: senator blumenthal from connecticut as well. look, this is essential that they solve this problem right now because when you look at -- not necessarily the gas that he's goes into your car but the gas that goes to heat your homes, people could die. because if people have to make this choice oh, do i heat my home or do i feed myself, that is a horrible decision that people in the united states of america should not have to make. carley: yeah, you're absolutely right. when you're talking about this line 5 pipeline, michigan governor gretchen wh

todd: alex hogan joins us live from washington as democrats urge joe biden to take immediate action to ease the crisis the pump. alex. >> reporter: hi, carl hey and todd. there's a lot of concern over what this could mean financially when we're looking at gas prices that are already soaring compared to years past. but environmentalists say that the toll there on the great lakes is already too high. this line 5 pipeline runs from canada through michigan, transporting about 540,000 barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products every day. a leak could mean a massive and devastating impact on the great lakes. but shutting it off could cause prices at the pump to soar even more. the white house says it will wait on a full environmental review before making any call. back in june, the army corps of engineers announced it would begin its own environmental impact statement. biden last week during his trip to cop 26 in scotland tout's the administration's effort to lead the world in climate action, 11 t senate democrats are sending a letter to the president supporting those promises but als

todd: alex hogan live for us this morning in london. alex, thanks.arley: president biden's 31 year high inflation crisis is hitting hardest here in america's heartland. todd: this as senator joe manchin is reportedly considering delaying the be president's spending plans. griff jenkins joins us live from washington with more. >> reporter: good morning, todd and carley. you better get used to the high prices because they're here to stay, contrary to claims from the administration that an inflation spike would be transitory. the labor department announcing october consumer prices are up 6.2% from last yearnd a almost a full point from september. take a look at the map, americans getting hit hardest in the heartland, over 7% in he phoenix, this as president biden tried to calm fears from the port of baltimore yesterday, saying his massive social spending bill is the solution. >> we've got problems. many people remain unsettled about the economy and we all know why. everything from a gallon of gas to a loaf of bread costs more. we've got to build it back

alex hogan has more. alex? >> hi, neil. president highlighting the importance of this summit here in scotland and also underscoring the u.s.' commitment to combat climate change. some scientists say they're kept school because really none of this is a done deal. senator joe manchin vowing to not get behind this 1.7 trillion infrastructure plan. joe biden tonight responding saying that he believes that he can get manchin on board. this plan will not raise inflation. the other topics, biden calling out china, russia and saudi arabia for not showing up. they say it's a lack of leadership on the world stage. >> showing up, the rest of the world will look to china and say what value have they provided? they have lost in the building of the influence of people around the world and all the people here at cop. >> biden touched on everything from the build back better frame work. a goes that a climate focus could create more jobs. he talked about the success of the summit so far. the president touting the stride towards ending defor

carley: we begin with alex hogan who is live on the ground in scotland where the president is set to is morning. alex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carley and todd. as you mentioned, this will be a very busy schedule on tap for the 26th conference of the party's top 26. 120 leaders from all around the world will be here in scotland for what's been dubbed as the best last chance to tackle climate change. be president joe biden as you mentioned will touch down here after arriving from rome. he will arrive later this morning. and before the opening session, he'll meet with british prime minister boris johnson and u.n.'s secretary general. among those not in attendance are some major world powers including russia and china. >> the disappointment he relates to the fact that russia and including not only russia but china basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change. there's a reason why people should be disappointed in that. i found it disa ayou pointing myself -- disappointing myself. >> reporter: biden has laid out the most far reaching clim

first, alex hogan live in london. alex?hi, march that in three months this report found that in only four provinces, 100 people have either come missing or been killed. these are former police officers, members of the military. these are also intelligence service members. the report detailed the targeting of their family members. during this investigation, the human rights watch interviewed more than 60 people about life under the taliban. afghans share their stories of raids, public beatings, disappearances and revenge killings. when the taliban first took over, they vowed to give amnesty to former authorities and really anyone who surrendered. since then, taliban officials denied that their fighters are behind any killings. this weekend taliban prime minister said that there's been no forms of retaliation. well, today's investigation paints a very dark picture of a very different reality in those provences and the report calls it a pattern of activity around the country. this comes as international aid organizations warn

we turn to alex hogan who is live on the ground in scotland. ex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, todd and carl carley, this is 12 dayf conversations, leaders from around the world will be here for the 26th climate change conference. this was supposed to take place in scotland last year. however, thats was put on pause because of the pandemic. this morning, president joe biden leaving rome where he was over the weekend. now arriving here in scotland, again, to deliver a speech at the summit today. before then, he'll meet with british prime minister boris johnson, and the u.n. secretary general. biden calling out certain world powers for not making an appearance, including russia and china. >> the disappointment relates to the fact that russia and including not only russia but china basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change and there's a reasons why people should be appointed in that. -- disappointed in that. i found it disa appointing myself. >> reporter: biden has laid out but not yet passed the mo

alex hogan has more on the painful spike in energy prices hitting highs not seen in more than a decade, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carley and todd. diplomatic talks are still well underway in scotland at cop 26 as many of the leaders then return home to their home countries, trying to implement some of these changes but back on u.s. soil, there is a lot of pushback especially when it comes to what these changes could mean for already skyrocketing prices. take a look at this full screen that we have of what some of these prices could look like with gasoline already up 49%, natural gas up 28 and electricity prices up 6%. critics are sounding off about this to the white house. >> we were a net exporter of energy in january and joe biden has shut all of this done. it shows you how intentional the biden administration is in pushing this socialist agenda. >> reporter: critics are also slamming biden's comptroller of the currency nominee for past statements about the coal oil and gas industry as a whole. take a listen to this. >> and what i'm thinking about is primarily coal ind

alex hogan live for us in london with that story. hi, alex. >> reporter: good morning, carley and todd. the canadian government is saying the line 5 pipeline is a major priority for the country and just last month it actually invoked a decades-old treaty to begin negotiations again with the u.s. now, this pipeline runs through michigan, transporting the majority of canadian crude exports to the u.s. and while democratic governor gretchen whitmer as well as environmentalists really want this turned off to prevent an oil spill in the great lakes, it's also a lifeline carrying oil and gas that you power millions of businesses and homes across both countries. the white house says it's gathering more information from an impact survey underway by the army corps of engineers. >> we expect that both the u.s. and canada will engage constructively. these negotiations and discussions between the two countries shouldn't be viewed as anything more than that and certainly not an indicator that the u.s. government is considering shutdown,. >> report

correspondent alex hogan live in london where the government has approved the first covid pill. alex. >> this is a breakthrough finding. what this does come at the treatment attacks the genetic code of the virus preventing it from multiplying. it keeps its low enough to prevent serious symptoms. for the most effective use, patience will need to get the pill within five days of getting sick and take it twice a day. the u.k. is the first country to approve such a drug really putting pressure on the fda to do the same. back home, pfizer is seeking approval for its own experimental antiviral pill and the company says its drug can prevent hospitalization and death by up to 90%. biden is commenting today saying it is promising if improved. >> we've artie secured millions of doses and the third would be another tool in our toolbox to protect people from the worst outcomes of covid. >> this all comes after hero blends under the microscope. it warns that half a million people on the continent could die within the next three months. bosnia's exploding with hospitals for us to expand their

but first to alex hogan in london. >> hi, martha.ay sunday, taiwan says they traced 27 chinese aircraft in the air zone that it monitors. now taiwan scrambled deploying its own defense systems and those include aircraft combat and now also deploying missile systems. 18 fighter jets, and five bombers with nuclear capabilities and a refuelling plane entered their air defense identification zone that the military watched closely. taiwan has says they have seen the number of incursions increase drastically with about 150 aircraft over a four-day period. china in the past has said that these protect the country's sovereignty. the fly-over came as president xi jinping melt with top military officials. a three-day military conference wrapped up sunday where he discussed the need to camp up the country's armed forces. china still claims taiwan as its own territory, denouncing their attempts to meet with other nations. still, that is something that the taiwanese government did today. the president held talks with lighters from latvia, lithuan

ashley: alex hogan joins us live in london as the administration tells americans the only remedy is adapting clean energy initiatives. alex. >> reporter: hi, carley and ashley. this network moves about 540,000 barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products every single day. so shutting it down would have a massive impact on the oil and gas industry but it also could have a major impact on the average consumer as well with gas prices already up 50% from last year. congressman bob ladder from ohio, and about a dozen other congressional lawmakers firing back, writing, quote, as we enter the winter months and temperatures drop across the midwest, the termination of line five will undoubtedly further exacerbate shortages and price increases in home heating fuels like natural gas and propane at a time when americans are already facing rapidly rising energy prices, steep home heating costs, global supply shortages and skyrocketing prices. environmentalists argue that despite the potential rise in costs, the potential toll of a leak in the great lakes is simply too high. the biden administration

>> sandra: alex hogan reporting live from london.ollett trial, from the hit tv show "empire," who infamously reported that he was beat up in a racist attack on the streets of chicago more than two years ago. >> sandra: however, chicago police have alleged that smollett lied about that incident and in fact hired the perpetrators to attack him. david lee miller is live in our newsroom with a story that many of us followed for quite some time. >> sandra, as you enter the courthouse today, actor jussie smollett remains silent. he is on trial for lying to police about the attack that really shocked the country. an alleged assault in january of 2019. he said he was assaulted on the deserted chicago street by two men who shouted racist and homophobic slayers and yelled, "this is maga country," referencing president trump. he said they had placed a noose around his neck. two brothers who worked as xers on his show said they were paid by the actor to stage the assault. smollett has denied it was a hoax. >> i'm an advocate. i respect too much