i'm gillian turner in for bret baier.ongressional republicans press their case that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a chinese research lab in wuhan. a new senate report claims the evidence points to undetected aerosol leak during vaccine research that was backed up today by the former director of national intelligence. his position was once ridiculed as a right wing conspiracy theory. we begin tonight with correspondent bill melugin he joins us in washington. >> continues to pick up a whole lot of steam. a brand new released senate report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. >> our money to a lab in china that wasn't up to code that was doing gain of function research and that's where this thing came from. that's what they didn't want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. >> i do agree with that. >> communist china the target of bipartisan criticism i

the bragg's case set precedence for more prosecution. >> ainsley: let's bring in bret baier. morning, bret. he says they have additional evidence, but the second counts is not listed, how is this a felony without a second crime? >> bret: great point, if you listen to legal experts on every ideological spectrum, they have a problem with this, it is not listed in the indictment. the 34 counts to get from misdemeanor to felony, has to be an underlying crime temperature is like choose your own adventure for the jury that you could choose the federal election crime. that is a jump for a local da to make that a federal charge. then he mentioned state election law. and yet running for president is a federal office. and then he talks about avoiding taxes, this was done to help michael cohen on his tax returns and falsifying state law tax records. you are going down in the weeds here. to jump from misdemeanor to felony on 34 counts, that is what he's doing temperature is vague and a lot of people have a problem with it. >> steve: no kidding. i'm curious, you are in dc and talk to the

with that, we bring in bret baier. rd the secretary of state talk about how they're working on this wrongful detention for evan gershkovich. that's something that has to come through our state department. that sort of triggers the ability to make this a stronger priority. is that right? >> that is right. it's an official designation. it shouldn't take that long. the secretary state could have just said we're making it happen and it's going to happen very quickly. i think he was getting there. what is interesting here, first of all, the concern about this reporter and we should say it's our cool league in the broad umbrella. it's good to hear he's in good spirits and google health. he's being detained, wrongfully detained. there's more than 30 americans around the world that are being wrongfully detained. the critics of this administration say that they really made things tougher around the world to get these people back home in the negotiation about wnba star brittney griner and the trade with the convicted arms traffic

i'm in for bret baier. federal government take action as another bank risk failure congressional republicans secure the border when pandemic related asylum rules expire and bet bret baier has the story of a war hero whose exploits were kept secret for decades. >> but, first, breaking tonight. a u.s. supreme court justice says he has a pretty good idea who leaked the draft of last summer's controversial abortion ruling and the reason behind it. samuel alito made the comment to the "wall street journal," fox news chief legal correspondent and an cower of "fox news sunday" shannon bremen has the details. shannon, good evening. >> shannon: good evening, trace. tuesday, you know, will mark the one year anniversary of leaked draft opinion that signaled the supreme court was prepared to overturn the roe v. wade precedent described by supporters as establishing a constitutional right nationwide to abortion. the court's current majority disagreed. the author of that opinion, justice samuel alito still clearly frustr

bret baier has got some information about the charges and the indictment which was just unsealed. bret. >> just coming out from inside the courtroom, 34 counts of falsifying business records. and it says first-degree. i'm not getting the specifics of how this breaks down or reading each 1, 1 by 1, but the number is 34. falsifying business records in first-degree and as far as what cases, whether it's stormy daniels or expands to the other case we were talking about, karen mcdougall and the "national enquirer," we don't have that detail yet. maybe we could talk to jonathan turley and andy about the falsifying business records. does not appear there are any other avenue the district attorney has gone down here. >> gillian: andy, what do you make of that, what bret just laid out, what can we read into the fact that there are 34 counts of falsifying these records in the first-degree? >> well, obviously if it's in the first-degree, then we are in this posture where i presume without having read this that they are saying there is another crime that he's committed that he was trying to co

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i'm bret baier.he management district attorney investigation into former president trump has led to 34 felony charges. is the focus of house republicans. the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing today in new york. g.o.p. members say alvin bragg's policies have contributed to the increasing violence in the city. democrats say today's event was all a political stunt. good evening, bryan. >> bret, good evening. republicans insist today's hearing was about how progressive district attorneys make america less safe. as for new york city crime victims well, they were just trying to be heard. >> there are hundreds and thousands of us. we don't give a damn about your politics. we don't care. >> victims of violent crime in new york city testified today against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accusing bragg of pushing soft on crime policies that make the city less safe. bragg charged bodega owner jose alba with murder for killing a man in self-defense after he stabbed alba in his shop. th

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tonight my colleague bret baier look at some of those strategies and the importance of increasing semiconductor biden has taken his chip manufacturing to allies abroad. the u.s. wants to take on china alongside top producing countries in asia and europe while also increasing chips production across north america with mexico and canada. tonight we look at how strength in numbers could help the u.s. and its allies tom nate the semiconductor industry. >> we are stronger and better when we work together. >> this year, president biden has traveled north and south in an effort to get u.s. neighbors canada and mexico on board with increasing semiconductor manufacturing. >> there's no doubt why it matters that we turn to each other now, to build up a north american market on everything from semiconductors to solar panel batteries. >> but getting mexico involved has proved challenging. the u.s. and canada want president manuel lopez obrador to dedicate more funding for clean energy that could potentially help one job and opportunity for mexican workers and businesses. >> president obrador said he and u.

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jennifer griffin, thank you. >> sandra: bret baier, welcome to you.d to have you here this afternoon. here is the latest that we heard from john kirby on not knowing exactly what else is out there. >> we don't know what's out there, james, we don't know who is responsible for this. and we don't know if they have more that they intend to post. so we are watching this and monitoring it as best we can. but the truth and the honest answer to the question, we don't know, and is that a matter of concern to us, you are darn right it is. >> sandra: there's a lot we don't know, right, at this point, bret? >> yeah, there is, jen does a great job, i had that job six years, there's a lot of concern about this, sandra, a lot. even more potentially than the edward snowden leak years and years ago. they think this is not the end of this, and that may many more documents like this could come out. now, why is that troubling? it's troubling on a number of fronts. one is that it shakes the allies' confidence in anything that they communicate with the u.s. or also that t

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight an arrest in what some officials call the first leak of classified documentsn decades suspect a 21-year-old member of the massachusetts air national guard. leader of online chat group where the materials were posted we have fox team coverage tonight jacqui line rake traveling with the president in ireland with white house capitol hill reaction as well david spunt be at the justice department. we begin with diswrerch griffin at the pentagon with our story. >> cyber reporters beat the fbi to the front door of the alleged leaker forcing the surveillance team to accelerator its plans for rearsz outside of the alleged leaker's family home in massachusetts late this afternoon alleged leaker identified as jack of the massachusetts air national guard. according to the air force promoted last july. worked as transport systems journey man. cybersecurity expert. that's how he gained access to some of the nation's biggest secrets. we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act. >> "the was

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, new strains on u.s. relations with china.eijing government is extremely unhappy with a visit to the u.s. by talk juan's president, including a meeting with the speaker of the house in california. this comes as china is at the forefront of an effort to try to displace the u.s. dollar as the number one currency for international trade around the world. we have fox team coverage in new york. larry kudlow of fox business tells us about the global impact of these currency efforts. in washington rich edson shows us how china is making its move. but we begin with national correspondent william la jeunesse at the leag presidential library in simi valley, california. good evening, william. >> good evening, bret. you know, washington and beijing have had for differences over the future of taiwan. today speaker mccarthy down played any disputes. he said while the united states is not interested in war it will not abandon taipei. >> a friendly handshake. , outside a symbol of the growing tension between china and the u.s. shutting off by

i'm in for bret baier. another bank risk failure congressional republicans secure the border when pandemic related asylum rules expire and bet bret baier has the story of a war hero whose exploits were kept secret for decades. >> but, first, breaking tonight. a u.s. supreme court justice says he has a pretty good idea who leaked the draft of last summer's controversial abortion ruling and the reason behind it. samuel alito made the comment to

bret baier joins us and sean duffy are here on set with us in new york. first to chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin with the very latest as she has been uncovering new information on this all throughout the day, every hour. hi, jennifer. >> hi, martha. we came out of a pentagon briefing. here's brigadier general pat ryder on the arrest. >> it's important to understand that we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act, a violation of those guidelines. >> cyber sluths seemed to have honed in quicker than the fbi. "the new york times" identified the leaker as jack teixeira of the 102nd intelligence unit of the massachusetts air national guard who was promoted last july. we heard the same from merrick garland moments ago. the "washington post" managed to track down and interview a member of the online chat group that teixeira led for the past few years. >> any claims that he's a russian operative or pro russian is categorically false. he's not interested

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investigation and revelations and jim jordan on how they plan on getting alvin bragg to new york city and bret baierrall view, clay travis and morgan ortagus will react live and a panel on whether the indictment changes their minds and we have new poll numbers. you have a former executive assistant to joe biden facing tough questions on classified documents found in his possession, that investigation is moving forward. yeah, there is one. and severe weather today. janice dean all over it, also we're not done yet, i don't know if we can fit it in, admiral mccraven will be here, he has a new book telling us secrets to being successful in life. that is all i got, we're out of music, please get dressed and join us innin 92. -- in nine. ♪ hey pops - what's cookin'? [laughs] ahh? mmm. ahh. and i am linda. my turn! who wants more sliders? thanks, mom. i am groot. nothing brings the galaxy together like king's hawaiian. see guardians of the galaxy: vol 3. in theaters may 5th. ♪ >> and i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have commit

let's watch the irs whistle blower's lawyer with bret baier. >> my client wants to come forward. he's not a political person. he's not a social media person. he's not coming here with a political agenda. he has been at the irs for 10 years, now's a view vialsor special agent. he's trusted at the irs. he spotted and observed things that were done differently in this matter. he wants to talk about them and he believes they questioner influenced by politics. he has documents that will support what he has to say. >> my gut is there will be enough to launch a probe. we have to get the ts crossed andicss dotted. if it's as it seems, this is very, very serious. it's certainly a tax issue besides obstruction. liz: senator, more insiders in government are talking. it's not just the irs whistleblower. nbc reporting there is growing frustration inside the fbi. they finished their work on the hunter biden investigation a year ago. they wanted to move on charges back then, and this has been languishing, sitting around. is ag garland telling them to sit on the case so they sent a dog whistle t

energy department has an intel units, they said it was a lab leak and the fbi told bret baier, christopher wray. >> ainsley: and department of energy. >> steve: department of energy and the fbi, those two intel organizations said it is a lab leak. does not surprise brad winstrep. he had this to say about all of that. >> the letter talks about us not being scientific. we have seven physicians on the committee in a bipartisan fashion and bringing scientists in and we'd be glad to bring in the chinese scientists doing things like gain of function research and coronavirus research. lab in wuhan went to control and you had some of their researchers fall sick and destroy the sequences of the data they had on the virus they had on hand. you start to add these things up and they were seeking grants and doing that in low security lab is quite a problem and very condemning, i would say. >> brian: good for them, taken house majority and three years later to prove the obvious at this point, which tom cotton called at the beginning, now we hopefully will verify it. the new good science, real science. >

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, new strains on u.s. relations with china.an's president, including a meeting with the speaker of the house in california. this comes as china is at the forefront of an effort to try to displace the u.s. dollar as the number one currency for international trade around the world. we have fox team covag

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said that and neither frankly can general jack keane, he was on special report last night with bret baier this, looking backward, blaming trump buck-passing endeavor from the biden team, here is general jack keane's reaction from that. >> jack keane: president trump was not there, president biden recommended against that and painted a picture this could go faster than what we think it could go because once you release it, things get uncontrolled by those events. this clearly sent a message to our adversaries that this was a disaster, they saw it for what it is. all our allies and friends saw it. we haven't had humiliating operational defeat like that. not only horror how we left and leaving thousands behind, we walked away from a 20-year ally and surrendered it to our adversaries who were in charge on 9/11. >> guy: ashley, we saw it, our adversaries and enemies saw it and now i guess the white house plan is to say don't believe your own memory, don't play this type of footage. they say trump did this and set everything up. there is some truth to that, ultimately the execution of the polic

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i'm bret baier. china says it's ready for a fight over taiwan.tion is saying and doing in response legal battle over the abortion pill. we again our series on the rise of artificial intelligence with a look at how it impacts education. br

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight, the biden administration insists the fault for the chaotic exit oftan in 2021 lies with then president trump. a new review released before a holiday weekend states that president biden was severely constrained by the decisions of his predecessor. republicans in congress have sharply criticized the biden administration's actions in the chaotic focusing on the deaths of 1se

but it will get more interesting bret baier thank you. >> you bet. kennedy: a long day, crazy too. >> a massivic historic day. president biden remaining silence, who asked about trump's indictment biden just smiled because someone theysaid ice cream. peter doocy. >> all that everyone in country is talking about at this moment, while we're in here is trump, does the lack of comment mean you do not think anything happening in new york today is one of the top issues facing the country at the moment. >> that is your assessment. that is not my assessment. i am just laying out the facts we're just not going to comment. kennedy: yeah, because i don't know what to say, i'm karine . they love to blame trump for everything, but now he is changed, why are they silent, our party panel, alexander wilkes. and juan williams. and cofounder of base politics hannah gui hannah cox. atalex andra you have legal merits of the case which seem to be weaker than others that might befall president in near future, then the political ramifications. who pulled out ahead today? >

. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier, the top democrat in the senate and newbrows after being seen with a man accused of being a chinese spy. a daring nighttime rescue frees american embassy personnel trapped in sudan. winnipeg that and what's next. who was throwing rocks at vehicles in colorado? a 20 year old woman is dead tonight because of it. >> breaking tonight on the eve of president biden's

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. ♪ >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.the possibility of sending u.s. troops to taiwan would be on the table if china invades. house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul is leading a bipartisan delegation to the island this week. his comments will undoubtedly trigger a fierce reply from beijing. mccaul spoke exclusively with congressional correspondent aishah hasnie today. she joins us from taipei where it is 6:00 p.m. saturday morning. hello, aishah. >> hello there, good evening t

bret baier just had on jesse, i'm sure you saw 150 days since biden had an actual press conference.eak, he can't walk. he certainly can't climb the stairs. there's no way in my opinion, no matter how many influencers they have working in his favor, there is zero fan base for joe biden out there. people voted against trump. that's it. >> jesse: how was your easter and the easter bunny almost had to come and save the guy. jorge, who i believe has been on "jesse watters primetime," was fighting at ufc event that trump was at. and after the fight, he took the mic, here's what he said. >> i want to say greatest president in the history of the world sitting right there. [cheers] >> i love that guy. and take that do you know who -- let's go brandon out of power and replace him. >> jesse: got a young men in the audience and a lot of young athletes and a lot of famous faces and those aren't paid influencers. those are real people. how does that contrast with who joe biden's paying to tell people the guy is slick? >> look, first of all, joe biden had been asleep for four hours by the time ufc

an exclusive interview airing at 6:00 eastern time on monday on bret baier.ext in the war? >> shannon: he has been on the front lines of many different wars and understands how the world works. fantastic the secretary is sitting down with him. >> bill: looking forward to seeing that monday at 6:00. hunter biden expected to settle a child support dispute in arkansas involving his 4-year-old daughter. david spunt has more on this. >> his dad is setting his sights on a second term in the oval office. hunter looking at a courtroom ordered to appear in person in arkansas for a child support dispute with his former girlfriend. she says her 4-year-old daughter is his 4-year-old daughter. dna test showed that child is hunter's, biden and roberts agreed on childcare payments but she believes he is not paying enough. hunter's team wants to delay the hearing but the judge said no, he must be there in person. what sets the story above the child support dispute we may find out more about his finances. he has been under federal investigation since at least 2018. we know u.

i'm bret baier. former secretary of state mike pompeo has made a decision.e is not running for president in 2024. he will be here live on set to explain why. the u.s. supreme court makes a decision on the fate of the so-called abortion pill but the legal fight is far from over. shannon bream is here with the latest on this. and elon musk says artificial intelligence has the potential to destroy civilization as we know it. our five part series on ai wraps up today and we will analyze all sides with a trio of ai experts. ♪ but, breaking tonight, the suspect accused of leaking our nation's top secrets appearing in court for the first time today. 21-year-old national guard man for leaking and sharing classified information. we learn more about the investigation that led to his takedown as criticism mount to the methods of highly sensitive secrets to thousands of people including a 21-year-old air national guardman from texas. they are tightening the entire process. reaction. we begin alexis mcadams outside the court house. that appearance happened today in bosto

here's the whistle-blower's attorney earlier today on with bottom line bret baier. >> my client is not coming here with a political agenda. >> he has been at the irs a long time. >> been at the irs more than ten years, now he is a supervisor, special agent. he is trusted at the irs. he has been trusted as an assistant special agent in charge in other cities, entrusted with international investigations and working with other countries' tax enforcement burst. >> sean: he is doing the right thing through appropriate channels. hunter biden's attorney is threatening the whistle-blower, accusing him of committing a crime simply for coming forward to expose what he believes to be misconduct. take a look. >> my client wrestled whether or not to come forward. he had a lot of sleepless nights about coming forward with this. end of the day he decided he could not live with himself if he stayed quiet and said nothing. he is coming forward, but knows he will be attacked. really attacks like this are kind of what he was worried about, but he wants to come forward, tell the truth. >> you see that as

i'm bret baier.today, former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the january 6th 2021 capitol riot. the testimony came just hours after a federal appeals court denied former president donald trump's emergency legal efforts to block pence's appearance. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department with the breaking details. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening. we knew this would happen at

i'm bret baier. china says it's ready for a fight over taiwan. the country is moving military equipment. what the biden administration is saying and doing in response legal battle over the abortion pill. we again our series on the rise of artificial intelligence with a look at how it impacts education. breaking tonight, at least four people killed this morning during a shooting at a bank in louisville, kentucky. the 24-year-old shooter livestreamed that attack on social media until he was taken down by authorities. the man employee at the bank. three police officers are among nine wounded. one who has been on the job in less than two weeks is in critical but stable condition tonight. garrett tenney is in louisville with the latest. good evening, garrett. >> tonight, investigators are searching the suspect's home and digital footprint seeking explanation for why he carried out this horrific attack killing four of his co-workers and injuring nine others this morning when he walked into old national bank in downtown louisville with a rifle of some k

i'm bret baier.ith an attorney for an irs agent who may have more insight on whether the biden white house is interfering in that investigation. we will speak with him live. the largest and most powerful rocket ever built successfully launches. we will show you, however, what happened soon thereafter. and the next major development in the battle over transgender participation in women's sports.

pompeo broke the news yesterday on fox news telling bret baier here he and his wife feel this is notheir moment. alexander half of the story progressed from her separatist state mike pompeo will not be entering the race. he made that announcement last night on special report, watch. approximate care deeply about america and issues i've been talking about this last year end a half and frankly for decades matter and awful about this is not our moment this is not the time for us to seek elected office records pompeo said he made the decision with his wife adding he may not end up endorsing his former boss for president. earlier this month former arkansas governor asa hutchinson joined former un ambassador nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy and announcing a rendered center tim scott announces exploratory this week with top gop hopefuls attain the nra's annual convention yesterday that included former president trump and his former vice president mike pence per they're both heading to nashville as well this week and are in c donut retriever new hampshire governor is going to be there as well

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, president biden is officially running for a second term. that's not news but the president made the announcement early this morning repeating his original claim that he is battling for the soul of america, taking another shot at what he calls maga extremists. the comes as the president faces serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. the president hasn't yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren't allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn't weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >i

eastern on monday evening with bret baier.inistration is suing tennessee over the state's ban on transgender treatments for minors. the justice department claims those things are medically necessary for children. critics, though, are honing in once again on secretary of state antony blinken accusing him of playing a role discrediting the hunter biden laptop story. >> where there is smoke there usually is fire. we've seen a lot of smoke with antony blinken about the disinformation campaign about the hunter biden laptop mess. >> gillian: critics are pointing to some of the folks signing the letter landing political appointments in the administration. we have sean duffy to weigh in coming up next. it was me the whole time. -whoo-hoo! -[ laughs ] well done, ma'am. what...did i do exactly? with snapshot from progressive, you get a personalized discount for doing exactly what you're already doing -- being a safe driver. congratulations. this is a bowling trophy. yeah, it's the biggest one they had. okay, thanks. mm-hmm. oh. have a g

i'm bret baier. the hunter biden investigation we will talk with an attorney for an irs agent who may have more insight on whether the biden white house is interfering in that investigation. we will speak with him live. the largest and most powerful rocket ever built successfully launches. we will show you, however, what happened soon thereafter. and the next major development in the battle over transgender participation in women's sports. >> bret: but breaking tonight, there are growing questions about the biden administration's policy on china. while the president talks tough, critics say president biden appears to be taking a kid glove approach in several key areas. we have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. looks at how the american military is preparing for a conflicted with beijing possibly. we begin hour with white house correspondent peter doocy on the white house's north lawn and the president's reluctance to push china too hard. >> that's exactly right officials are put

hope you'll join us for that i'm gillian turner in for bret baier. thanks for watching "special report" from washington tonight. "jesse watters primetime" hosted by will cain begins now. >> will: thank you so much, gillian. >> gillian: you bet. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> will: good evening, i am will cain and this is a special edition of "jesse watters primetime." look, leaving is never an easing thing to do. watters hasn't left. he's just had a baby. not enough people irish goodbye. most people have to be should out the door. leaving is hard. you could be the most hated guy in the office but you don't realize it. and you don't realize when it's time to leave. >> will: good morning. >> go hell. >> hi, alice that's a nice dress. >> don't even look at me. >> hey, glen. >> hey, go to hell. [laughter] >> i heard that one already. >> will: yeah. try having a sitdown with that person. it never goes well. >> we have had it. you leave right now and play now and give you six months pay. that's half of your entire contract. please, just -- just go. [ laughter ] >> see if i stay

. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier, the top democrat in the senate and new york's democratic mayor raising eyebrows after being seen with a man accused of being a chinese spy. a daring nighttime rescue frees american embassy personnel trapped in sudan. winnipeg that and what's next. who was throwing rocks at vehicles in colorado? a 20 year old woman is dead tonight because of it. >> breaking tonight on the eve of president biden's expected announcement to try to seek a second term, no polls indicate americans have major misgive givings about that prospect. polls indicate president biden's age is a reason, the polls show different misgivings? a.bawl line the electorate does naught seam excited about the early prospect. inen 2024, that's where we begin, jackie starts us off live on the north lawn. >> good evening to you, bret. there are questions about whether this announcement is being slapped together. reports have described it as a last-minute scramble to build a website, fund raise and finalize campaign staffing decisions and talk of a major event rolling

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, several new twists in the hunter biden investigations.ederal law enforcement officials tell fox news lawyers for the president's son will meet with justice department officials next week. this comes as a former cia official says under oath one-time biden campaign adviser and current secretary of state antony blinken played a key role in the effort to attribute the laptop scandal to russian disinformation. let's get details on all of this tonight from senior national correspondent rich edson. >> two sources confirm to fox news biden's attorneys are scheduled to meet next week with the prosecutors investigating the president's son. the sources say biden's lawyers reached out weeks ago request requesting an update to the investigation which started in 2018. >> hunter biden's attorneys are set to meet next week with justice department officials, including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss. the trump appointed prosecutor investigating the son of president joe biden. fox news has been told prosecutors are looking into two possible misdemeanor

pompeo confirming the news yesterday on special report telling bret baier he and his wife feel this isnot their moment. alexandria hoff has a story. park summer secretary of state mike pompeo will not be entering the race but he made that announcement last night on special report, watch. >> what we care deeply about america and the issues i've been talking about this last year end a half and frankly for decades better off a lot this is another moment this is not the time first to seek elected office. >> pompeo said he made the decision with his wife adding that he may not end up endorsing his former boss for president. earlier this month former arkansas governor asa hutchinson enjoyed former un ambassador nikki haley in announcing a run for senator tim scott also is exploratory committee this week with special gop hopefuls attending the annual convention yesterday. that included former president trump at his former vice president mike pence they are both heading to nashville for the rnc donor retreat. that is going to be there as well the indictment former president trump has provided

i'm bret baier.the chairman of the house judiciary committee over an investigation into his office. the move by alvin bragg comes as judiciary committee chairman jim jordan announced the probe of what he calls bragg's pro-crim

it led to objections from chris wallace and bret baier, both were perhaps the top on the news side. >> reporter: and some pieces of litigation could have been instrumental in pushing carlson out. texts revealed showing that carlson believed differently from what he said on air saying about donald trump, i hate him passionately, there isn't really an up side to trump. and lawsuits filed by former fox news producer abby grossberg against the network claiming carlson's show team engaged in rampant sexism including texts she said from carlson using the c word to refer to sydney powell. and fox says that the lawsuits were riddled with false allegations. >> this has been a painful, even traumatic experience for fox news to see all their inner communications get splayed out in public. they are one of the most opaque institutions in american society for a very good reason and that is they don't want people seeing in. >> reporter: tucker carlson has not responded to cnn's repeated requests for comment on his ouster. a source tells cnn that he was informed of it on monday and he will not have a

. >> dana: bret baier, great to see you. we'll do the hand-off professionally tonight from "the five" to you. >> that might be iffy. >> dana: the first republican primary debate will be broadcast on fox news scheduled for august in milwaukee. date to be announced. >> bill: artificial intelligence could shake up the finance world. one hedge fund is already using the speed of a.i. to its advantage using the technology to try and boost the accuracy of its predictions on stocks. mark meredith is on that interesting story here. mark, good morning. >> good morning. when it comes to investing traders are looking for the upper hand. now with the rapid rise of a.i. those advantages could come from a computer moving at rapid speed predicting markets in ways we never could. wall street embraced a.i. robo investors cut many humans out of the portfolio management business and risen in popularity in recent years. one company is revolutionizing. allowing data scientists to submit a.i. financial models and they're put to the test in the mar

we are speaking with a member of one of the members of the 0 unit and a full report tonight with bret baier>> john: we'll be looking forward to that, as lingering fallout continues. >> sandra: this shocking video out of the bronx just coming into fox news channel, a man assaulting a female nypd officer, you have to take a look at this here, it is disturbing. incident happening yesterday around 2:00 in the afternoon. the suspect walks up to the unified officer and clocks her on the side of the head with the bottle. suspect was arrested and charge series of crimes, including assault, the officer is listed in stable condition. chaos in chicago as hundreds of teenagers storm the streets, attacking a helpless woman who is trying to enter her apartment at the time this happened. that woman is speaking exclusive to us here on the fox news channel for the very first time next. >> john: looking forward to that. plus, california governor gavin newsom facing pushback who says soft on crime policies are putting their neighborhoods at risk. plus, just when we needed it, good news. month after cardiac ar

i'm bret baier. damage control for the biden administration as more sensitive data is released from the leaked pentagon intel files. so what's next? we will talk live with the french finance minister about the recent comments of the french president when it documents china and the u.s. and our ai series continues tonight. how could artificial intelligence affect your healthcare? ♪ but, first, breaking tonight, president biden's trip took him to ireland today a security scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president's irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president's insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today