chad pergram has the latest on that. he sent out a bulletin. what do you know, chad?watch the activity that appears to be somebody tended to on the ground. >> i'm told that the car came in and after the car, the blue sedan rammed the capitol police officers there. the suspect got out of a vehicle with a knife and shot by the capitol police officers. they have the national guard troops there. there are small contingent of the national guard troops around the capitol. this is the quick reaction forces to make something permanent at the capitol. something i want to emphasize this roadway was not open from january 7 until two weeks ago. constitution avenue because they reduced the footprint of the perimeter. there was a cry saying we don't need a larger footprint. you keeping people away from the capitol. so they took out the outer perimeter that went out several blocks from the house and the senate office buildings and they moved it back in. they took out the razor wire. so that is a barricade around the capitol. the whole idea is maybe when the national guard leaves in

the latest from chad pergram who is trying to put this together. chad?out the suspect. his name is noah green. he's 25 years old. he's from end and appears to have ties to virginia. what we also learned in the past couple moments and the u.s. capitol police put out a statement is about the officer. two officers that were hit by green's car. two were injured, one is billy evans. he died from his injured according to the u.s. capitol hill police. i'd real this from the acting police chief that just came in. she says that he had been a capitol hill policer for 18 years. he began his service in 2003 and was a member of the capitol division. nancy pelosi has lowered flags at the u.s. capitol to half staff in honor of billy evans. pelosi said that he was a martyr for democracy. not it's piecing together what this was about. the one thing that we know from robert conti the acting washington d.c. police chief, there was no terrorism. they're usually able to piece together a lot about the suspects quickly, get a license plate, information about the suspect. i've

chad pergram live on capitol hill.e news out of capitol hill, brain sick nick who died after he competitive protesters during the riot died of natural causes according to the d.c. medical examiner. saying he suffered a stroke, it means it was not brought on by an injury. two men were charged with assaulting the officer with chemical spray during that riot. bringing you news from around the world and breaking tonight, foreign policy challenges for the new president, the biden administration facing pressure on a number of fronts. russia's continued build up near the border with ukraine, china's increasing intimidation of taiwan and negotiations over the iran nuclear deal amid iran's increasing enrichment of nuclear material thumbing its nose at the u.s. jennifer griffin has details of all of that at the pentagon, good evening, jennifer. >> from russia to china, iran, north korea, the biden administration is facing a potential tsunami of simultaneous external national security thoughts proving to be the ultimate stress te

>> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thank you.ou are looking live at, momentarily, a picture of atlanta's baseball stadium where the summer's -- this summer's all-star game was supposed to be played. major league baseball is now moving that game elsewhere in response to the new georgia election law. that decision comes shortly after president biden said he would support such a move to protest the legislation despite multiple fact checks including from "the washington post saying that the president, the white house, and top democrats have been saying about that new law is not true. let's gets details tonight from correspondent steve harrigan in atlanta. good evening, steve. >> good evening, bret. the summer classic supposed to be right here in atlanta in july. it's not going to happen now. it's going to be moved to another city. we don't know which one yet. mlb commissioner rob man ford saying he is going to move it because, quote, there were restrictions placed on voting in georgia, that's something mlb does not stand for. now, th

chad pergram. >> only four u.s. capitol police officers have ever died defending this building. two this year. all four laid in honor in the capitol rotunda. the guard post on the senate side of the capitol where evans was killed was draped with a black cloth, flowers and photo of evans by the guard shack where he stood watch. house chaplin, senator majority leader chuck shooum ear, nancy pelosi, bear black and -- officer kenny shaver was injured in the april 2 incursion. he along with acting u.s. capitol police chief will lay a wreath. lying in honor is similar to lying in state. it is one step below lying in state but looks very similar. the main difference is a police honor guard, not a military honor guard stands vigil. the casket doesn't rest atop of the -- six persons have laid in honor in the rotunda. rosa parks, billy graham, two police officers. brian sicknick and today billy evans. pelosi called evans a martyr for democracy. he was a "star wars" fans, enjoyed mini golf. he will be buried next to his father in western massachusetts. >> harris: as we watch this, we saw t

congressional correspondent chad pergram has that part of the story tonight. >> federal skirt and tea for another police department, this time louisville, kentucky, more than a year after the death of breonna taylor during a police raid. >> it will determine whether ellen pd engages in unconstitutional stops, searches and seizures as well as whether the department execute search warrants on private homes. >> retirements and resignations from the police department hit a five-year high following her death is murder shot up last year and shooting spiked nearly 100%. >> they do not enjoy their job, right? so they understand that whatever we have been doing isn't working. >> the justice department started scrutinizing the neapolis police after the george floyd verdict. assange law enforcement is at a breaking point. >> they are instances where the only hope for a constitutional policing is for the federal government to intervene. >> i have not done anything. >> the push to reform the police tore apart the streets in 2020. while makers hope to forge a legislative solution in 2021. >> we hav

he will speak a little bit later, chad pergram looks at the political fallout from the comments by democratic congresswoman and all of the reaction to that on capitol hill. we start off with matt finn in minneapolis also with a quick, decisive action from the jury they are, good evening, matt. >> you might see a celebratory mood outside of the courthouse, people cheering, honking their horns and barbecue going on. judge peter cahill said that derek chauvin will be sentence and eight weeks and he will be sentenced on the highest charge found guilty of second-degree murder. here in minnesota, the jury's typically serve two-thirds of the sentence in prison and providing the person behaves well the rest of the sentence served on pro outside of prison. however in this case the prosecution stipulated aggravating factors which might increase derek chauvin's time. the judge will make that decision. the court room moments ago moments ago derek chauvin did not look at the jury has the verdict was read. chauvin immediately stood up and put his hands behind his back and handcuffed and taken into custody.

we want to go to chad pergram. we've heard the lockdown has been lifted. our congressional correspondent has within with us and joins us live from capitol hill. what do you know about this point? >> a couple moments ago, martha, they came on the intercom system and announced that they lifted the lockdown shortly after 1:00. and the u.s. capitol police chief said that this incident went down about two minutes after 1:00 eastern time this afternoon. we were standing in this place. we heard them come on the loud speaker and a flounce that they were locking down the capitol. the last time that i heard that on the loud speaker system was on 1-6. it's been a long time in that regard, that they've had to lockdown the capitol. the important thing to note here is that this fence line around the capitol, that is the very edge of the perimeter. the street that he came up on, constitution avenue between the senate office buildings where a lot of the senators have their offices and committee hearing rooms, they're on the other side of the street from constitution avenu

shannon. >> shannon: chad pergram in the hill, thank you, chad. border patrol encounters with and apprehensions of illegal immigrants continue to search tonight is the biden administration plans to relocate unaccompanied children to less crowded housing facilities away from the border goes into effect. chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher has the very latest for us tonight. good evening, trace. >> shannon, good evening. those who doubt there is a crisis of the southern border might find new numbers compelling. the border patrol is now on track to encounter more than 2 million migrants before september. that would shatter the record. in early tomorrow, busloads of migrant children will arrive at a facility in houston that has 500 beds. how long the children will stay there is unknown because the white house has not yet said if the shelter is temporary or long-term. the houston holding center is 1 of 10 texas facilities that, all told, can provide 13,000 beds. it's a lot, but not enough, not nearly enough, which is why texas governor gr

correspondent chad pergram shows us tonight, good evening, chad. >> good evening, it was a second timed defending democracy. billy evans laid an honor in the rotunda just weeks after the capital observed a similar ceremony, died just after the january riots. >> its luster dulled by her grief. >> police officers are national guard troops saluted as an honor guard escorted the casket into the rotunda, president biden spoke to his family about his own grief, the president's first wife and daughter died in a 1972 car accident. mr. biden told them to take note of a fragrance or memory that will remind them. >> i promise you, just takes a while. takes a while. but when it comes, you will know because he still with you. he still in your heart. >> dropped a model of the rotunda she clutched during the service, the president reach down to pick it up and handed it back to her. >> than the president of the united states looking after your toys. >> officer evans like to play, he played with legos and dueled with lightsabers for the "star wars." set a majority leader chuck schumer quoted shakespear

congressional correspondent chad pergram educates us tonight on what this is all about. vening, chad. >> good evening, bret. it's the latest skirmish in the culture wars a fight about the 1619 project and a push by president biden's department of education to teach it in american classrooms. >> in a blistering letter, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell led a coalition of 37 g.o.p. senators demanding education secretary magill cardone nasa strike the plan. mcconnell wrote quote americans do not need or want their tax dollars diverted from promoting radical ideologies tonight in divide us. americans never decided that our country should be taught that our country is inherently evil. the 619 project says slavery was a key force in the american revolution. many miss torians dispute that. >> we have got to defeat this proposal this. is unwarranted federal intrusion into the content of the curriculum. >> education secretary miguel cardona says he hasn't seen mcconnell's letter. >> the federal government doesn't have a role in the curriculum. i have faith that the educators

here is chad pergram. >> the problem for democrats is not with republicans, it could be with democrats coalitions in both the house and senate. liberals want more even though the american jobs plan already cost trillions. >> you know, some fellow democrats in the house that are saying this is not big enough, you have to do more. >> progressive's like alexandria ocasio-cortez want to the green new deal, home care, paid family and medical leave. bernie sanders wants to expand medicare to cover dental and hearing. passing democratic priorities boils down to the mouth. >> democrats have much bigger margins in the senate and house, they would have much bigger leeway, but in the senate if they lose one democrat, the bill is not going forward. >> it is a goldilocks problem, a bigger bill satisfies liberals and alienates moderates. the smaller bill has the negative effect. it's unclear as president might biden can keep democrats at the table. only losing two votes on their side of the aisle with hastings and once the housewares and republican senator elect wednesday. how speaker nancy pelosi s

>> shannon: all right, chad pergram on capitol hill tonight. thanks, chad.ongressional republicans are asking the director of the fbi to declarity attack on their baseball practice in 2017 a case of domestic terrorism. that incident left louisiana congressman steve scalise with serious injuries. four other people were wounded. the gunman was killed by responding officers. the bureau originally designated the attack by shooter james hodgkinson suicide by cop. last week ohio congressman brad wenstrup who was also on the field that day, told bureau chief christopher wray the designation is unfair to survivors. it doesn't line up with the evidence, and fails to recognize the heroism of the officers who responded. now an update on operation lone star, texas authorities took fox news on aerial and marine tours of the southern border today to highlight their efforts to deal with the immigration crisis. correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what she saw. >> speeding downtown rio grande river, we're with texas depth of safety officers as they look out for people cross

chad pergram starts us out tonight. >> shannon cummins the second major security incursion of capital than three months, and the second officer to die this year defending the capitol dome. u.s. capitol police officer william billy evans is dead, a suspect who fox identified as 25-year-old noah green, plowed over evans and another officer guarding the senate entrance to the capital with a blue nissan. the car crashing into a security barricade, the police say greene jumped out and lunged at the officers with a massive night stomach knife with a machete. they fired, killing him. at the capitol police and those who work on capitol hill, reeling a gun. >> i asked that the public continue to keep u.s. capitol police and their families in your prayers. this has been an extremely difficult time for u.s. capitol police after the events of january 6th. >> prior to this year, only to capitol police officers ever died defending the capital. officer jacob chestnut and john gibson during a 1990 chewed out. officer brian technik died just after the riots. his remains laden honored in the capitol ro

chad pergram standing by live for fox news, chad what can you tell us?figure out more about the suspect. this happened a little bit after 1:00 eastern time not a lot of people on capitol hill because they are in a recess this is the first real house and senate joint recess that we've had for passover and easter since last march because of the pandemic they were even in session over the holidays, christmastime, new years day, so this is the first time they've not been here so very few members of congress, very few aids here, but what's notable that happened when this car came up capitol hill and constitution avenue which is just outside the capitol, and turned in, this is where the national guard and u.s. capitol police guard access to the plaza at the capitol. there is still an interior fence , which was erected, just after the riot on the 6th of january right there, and that's where this incidental went down. liz: chad, you know, we're still looking at this car. hillary vaughn, our reporter for fox news, also told us when they lifted up that trunk it wa

chad pergram has the latest. chad? >> here at the capitol is know a greene, he is dead.me up to capitol hill around 1:00 and rammed his car over two capitol police officers and then into a security barrier. he jumped out of the car wielding a large knife, that's when he was shot at and killed by u.s. capitol police officers. the dead officer is billy evans. is he a 17 year veteran of the u.s. capitol police house speaker nancy pelosi says evans was a for. he says on this good friday i would ask that all americans pray for healing for the surviving injured officer. remember, there were two who were attacked here for comfort of officer evans family and for all officers and families of our u.s. capitol police. now, in just the past couple of mommy's we have gotten a statement from president biden about this. he says, quote. we send our heart felt condolences to officer evans family and everyone grieving at this loss. we know what a difficult time this has been for the capitol and everyone who works there and those protected. biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff

chad pergram. thank you very much. among republicans speaking out against maxine waters here is republican congresswoman lisa mcclain. watch this. >> once again this weekend we saw a member of the majority openly call for more confrontation in a minneapolis suburb. if this were reversed, if this was said by a republican, you know madam speaker the majority in the chamber would move the strip them of the committees and expel them from congress. >> harris: so speaker pelosi was asked whether or not maxine waters need to apologize. the speaker's response, no, she doesn't. that woman on the floor should be apologizing for what she said. mcclain hit back tweeting as that woman, no, i won't apologize for calling out the double standards that you have set. congresswoman lisa mcclain, republican of michigan joins me now. so first of all welcome to the program. this is quite a back and forth that has nothing to do with the issue of wading in on the ground in minnesota of maxine waters. first your response to pelosi and deeper o

charles: manny gomez was on before you, and i also had the opportunity to speak with chad pergram on the ground. discussions about what's next from a security point of view. do you bring the fences back? do you pull the barriers -- the perimeters, rather, out? do you maybe at least stop cars from being able to go down constitution avenue? just some ideas out there. obviously, there's going to be, you know, you started this conversation off by saying threats not be political about it, but this will be political fodder as well. >> yes, it will be, and that's unfortunate because it brings a panic into a situation that we may not have to panic about. as i said, we might find out that this is a lone wolf with mental illness issues. but look, moving forward, again, the totality of the information is important. i don't think you need an extends the national guard. i don't think you need to do very much because the police did a fantastic job in newt rlizing the -- neutral easing the individual. maybe those lawmakers ought to commented the john the police did and then talk about making sure t

chad pergram said that rank-and-file democrats are furious with waters. your response to that? not so sure. this is not new. she said during the trump administration she wanted people to follow trump officials around and go to the gas station sxurjing the same type of violence then. she just told another member to shut his mouth. this time she jumped a shark. they know what maxine waters does and find her useful and so does the media. they only back up a little bit when they go too far. a week from now they will have her on the show and there will be no problem. >> laura: yes. >> they are joined at the hip now. >> laura: yes. they are furious, big deal. that tell us nothing. who is behind last night's star studded tv vaccine event? raymond arroyo watched it so you didn't have to. all next on "seen and unseen." >> ♪ ♪ >> laura: time for "seen and unseen" where we reveal the stories behind the headlines with fox news contributor raymond arroyo. the biden administration launched this really big, major media push for covid vaccines. why the hard sell? >> even though we learned over

chad pergram has the latest. chad? >> here at the capitol is know a greene, he is dead. up to capitol hill around 1:00 and rammed his car over t

trace. >> trace: chad pergram live on the hill.h of daunte wright police declaring a riot for the second night in a row. demonstrators seen breaking windows and setting fires at a police union building. dan springer is live at the northwest bureau with more. >> good morning. as you know we've seen this dozens of times over the last year, antifa and self-described an arc consists tried to burn down the police union building in portland. there were about 100 people. the whole thing lasted less than 1 hour. portland police say it was dangerous. someone set a fire in the trash can and placed the can next to the building that sits in a mixed neighborhood with homes and businesses. another person set the wood framing around the doorway on fire using an accelerate and light fireworks, a direct action on twitter and told people not to stream it live which is a pretty clear signal there will be violence and property damage. police declared a riot just 10 minutes after the group showed up and ordered the crowd to disperse but they did not us

congressional correspondent chad pergram educates us tonight on what this is all about. s a fight about the 1619 project and a push by president biden's department of education to teach it in american classrooms. >> in a blistering letter, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell led a coalition of

i think chad pergram was telling me they can cram in as many as 1600 for these addresses. d afternoon, neil. since the advent of television, the president's annual speak to congress -- speech to congress became the single most important day of the year in politics. only 200 people allowed in the halls of congress, members will be in assigned seats spread out throughout the chamber. >> have a limited audience with people spacedded very far apart, it creates completely different atmosphere in the room. it's the crowding, it's the whole kind of mob scene that occurs as the president is announced when he comes in. >> reporter: it's now told there the won't be any glad handing, perhaps glad elbowing. ed president biden will wear a mask to enter the chairman bear and then remove -- chamber, and then remove it. but it's unclear if senators will have to wear masks or pass through metal detectors to get in. >> have they talked to senators at all whether they will have to pass through the magnetometer? >> i don't know the specific answers to your question. >> reporter: house rules re

chad pergram is live from the hill with more.eady irritated at chairwoman maxine waters, moderate democrats were seething over her remarks over the weekend urging demonstrators to be confrontational. and then when she came in the courtroom yesterday. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy will attempt to get the house to censure waters this week. it's one of three official modes of house discipline. it is between reprimand and expulsion. censure is a harsh rebuke and they stand in the well of the house and chastised by the speaker. the house has only censured 23 members in history. the last was in 2010. house speaker nancy pelosi raised the ier of some democrats yesterday saying she didn't think waters should apologize. she doubted waters' comments would spark violence. >> bill: want to bring in pete hegseth with analysis and host of "fox & friends" weekend. before we get into this whole media stuff going back and forth what do you think right now? >> you said it. in your setup for this, bill. minneapolis is bracing for this. m

if chad pergram into that reframes u.s. history begins our day live on capitol hill with more on all of this. >> the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was going after the biden administration, republicans are mad about incorporating the 1619 project into what is taught in public schools, mcconnell has written to the secretary of education, the letter says americans do not need or want their tax dollars diverted to promoting radical ideologies meant to divide us. they are focused on race. >> i don't think america is racist, but the overhang from all over the jim crow and before that slavery have had a cost and had to do with it. >> addressing races one thing but the culture wars propose a political problem for democrats. >> they get too bogged down in social issues, they will potentially lose their majority in the house. >> republicans see an opportunity to drive a political wedge on social policy. >> john: chad pergram for us on capitol hill, thank you so much. a number of states are moving to ban teaching and critical race theory in public schools, a lot of other ones. if we ar

let's get the read on all of this from chad pergram, the efforts to go after the congresswoman for those afternoon, neil. some congressional democrats were already irritated at the chairwoman of the house financial services committee, maxine waters. moderate democrats were seething after waters' remarks over the weekend urging demonstrates to be confrontational. the defense counsel and judge invoking waters was a bridge too far for some democrats. >> and now that we have u.s. representatives threatening acts of violence and in relation to this specific case it's mind-boggling to me, judge. >> well, i will give you congresswoman waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned but -- >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy will attempt to get the house to censure waters this week. republicans say democrats only want to accuse the gop of inciting the capitol riot but won't speak out about members on their own side. democrats say republicans have no leg on which to stand. >> so again perhaps kevin mccarthy should sit this one out because he

our congressional correspondent chad pergram seemingly stomping the senate majority leader earlier today have sound from the senator marco rubio pointing to a double standard on capitol hill. take a listen i'll get your response on the other side. >> they talked to senators as to whether or not they will have to pass through the magnetometers to get into the house chamber or wear masks? >> i'll have to get you the details on that. i have been informed of all the security that is there, i feel very safe being there. >> when it came to coming together to impeach donald trump for the second time after he was out of office, they put 100 senators in the same room sitting inches apart for hours at a time over five or six days. apparently covid was not an issue then but now of course something like this, we can't have that many people in the room sitting next to each other. >> kristin: there's going to be so many fewer members of congress for that joint address tomorrow night. >> the senator from florida, marco rubio, made a great point. to get the disparate viewpoints on this. is it good for o

chad pergram reporting live on this very bold move from republicans on the hill in this regard. chad. >> good afternoon, martha. this is the latest skirmish in the culture wars. mitch mcconnell called the agenda radical and one that fixates solely on past flaws. he says students shouldn't be taught that our country is evil. mcconnell says this is part of a democratic trend. >> the far left certainly gets the message. some of the most liberal members have gone out of their way too say they're surprised and delighted by the president's willingness to do things their way. >> the secretary of education, miguel cardonas has not said he saw the letter from mcconnell. >> the federal government doesn't have a role in the curriculum. students need to see themselves in curriculum but doing in a way that builds community in our schools. i have complete confidence the educators will get it right. >> the problem with democrats, courting voters more focused on economics than left wing politics. >> people at the end of the day get most motivated and going to go vote and make their political dec

victor, congressional correspondent chad pergram with details for us tonight. >> democrat rita hartz people whom she trusts prompted her to withdraw her challenge to miller meeks. house minority leader kevin mccarthy parachuted into iowa after house speaker nancy pelosi suggested the house could unseat miller meeks. >> it's the people's house, not pelosi's house. the idea that democrats want to turn over an election after it has been counted, recounted in a bipartisan election board had voted -- it's time to move on. >> in a statement, hart called the race stain on democracy adding the truth has not prevailed. hart said there was a toxic campaign of political disinformation. iowa election officials certified miller meeks is the winner by six votes, the closest house race in a century. democrats contend election officials never counted 22 ballots. >> it's about following the democratic process and making sure that iowans have their voice heard and their voice is their vote. >> democrats are now making a big push for congress to pass voting rights bills. democrats hope to use a dispute

congressional correspondent chad pergram takes a look at where things stand tonight. >> the district of columbia would morph into washington douglass commonwealth. douglas as in frederick douglass the famed abolitionist who lived in the city. you heard of pack the courts, how about pack the congress? republicans say democrats pushed statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. >> this is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by democrats to gain two ultra progressive of it d.c. senate seats. >> democrats say the current states faced opposition to understood as well. >> everyone knew that hawaii and alaska could not be admitted pause they weren't contiguous, it was said utah couldn't be admitted because they were practicing polygamy there. >> blocking d.c. statehood as essential to left leaning agenda. >> this bill is part of the progressive pathway to reshape america into that socialist utopia. >> statehood got a boost from the biden administration this week calling it, quote: long overdue and noting that d.c. residents are deprived of full representation in congre

now to chad pergram where the president will be tonight on capitol hill. it's going to be a different environment in this covid world. not as many seats occupied. can you explain? >> that's right, neil. the president's annual speech to congress is the most visually important event in american politics. this will look different. only 200 people allowed in the house chamber. s that a fraction of the 1,600 that they usually have. >> i think audience response is important. when you have a limited audience, the people spaced very far apart, it creates completely different atmosphere in the room. >> with so few members, this may be the biggest change since lyndon johnson shifted his address to prime time in 1964. the january riot lingers in the minds of security officials. >> access control is number 1. you have to make sure that whoever gets inside that chamber is supposed to be there. >> gop tim scott will deliver the response. let's see if he talks about police reform. neil? >> neil: now to the omb director under president trump, russell good to see you. a lo

chad pergram with what we might expect. reporter: good evening, gerry.his will be a different speech. usually pack about 1600 people in the house chamber. this time only a grand total of 200 people on hand, 80 house members and 60 senators. chief justice john roberts is the only invited member of the supreme court. only cabinet members, secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin. this is for covid protocols. president biden will wear a mask into the house chamber but remove it speaking from the dais. the house has special rules requiring house members to pass through metal detectors to enter the chamber. house members must wear masks inside of the chamber. senate majority leader chuck schumer says he doesn't know if senators will have to wear masks. republicans question whether there is hygiene theater. >> it is not clear exactly when he told them about it. was it after he was secretary of state or during the negotiations. i say with this, what happens with a lot of guys, they fall in love with the deals. the deal is more imp

here's congressional correspondent chad pergram. >> republicans say d.c.hood chops. >> it was not set up to be a state. >> no or minimal manufacturing, agriculture or natural resources. >> republicans expect the d.c. statehood bill chess piece in a political game. >> pure power grab to give two democrat senators to district of column yancts they just want fairness for d.c. >> they don't see taxation without representation. all they see is two new liberal democrat senators. >> house majority leader steny hoyer says that may be the case now but not forever. >> when alaska and hawaii were admitted not too far apart in years, alaska was perceived to be a track state and hawaii was perceived to be a republican state. >> the politics of alaska and hawaii flipped over time. the two more senators now could tilt the political playing field towards the democrats. >> let me tell what you democrat support is really about of hr 5. democratic partisanship. democrat power. >> democrats contend g.o.p. opposition to statehood is really code. >> one senate republican said t

fox's chad pergram says democrats are so angry at waters that some would support her censure.aters encourages rioting the governor of florida is doing something about rioting. ron desantis signed into law effective immediately the strongest antiriot, pro-law enforcement measure in the country. as cities brace for the chauvin verdict, desantis says, if you riot, you loot, you go to scale. second hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪. stuart: miranda devine is here, she wrote this. if one person is killed or injured in riots after the chauvin verdict waters should be held responsible for pouring gasoline on fire. there she is, miranda devine. have at it, go to it. you're on the show. have at it. >> good morning. yes, well she is a big fish in a barrel to have a go at because she put into words what the democrats have been doing anyway, pouring gasoline on the fire of civil unrest and racial riots. stuart: yeah. >> and unfortunately i don't believe any of these democrats that are supposedly backgrounding journalists saying they're outraged, maxine waters has been doing

chad pergram on the congressional calculus. representatives is now debating the bill, a final vote is expected around midday. the district of columbia is required in the constitution to serve as the seat of american government. republicans want to keep it that way. >> federalist number 43 james madison argued that as a capital city were situated in a state the federal government would be subject to undue influence by the host state. >> the bill would shrink the size of d.c. and be named after frederic douglas, who is buried in the city. the bill will likely die in the senate. it needs 60 votes to clear a filibuster. some democrats think they can overcome that hurdle. >> you don't do any filibusters for anything now except legislation. it is on its last legs. so with the movement of the filibuster, there will be movement for d.c. statehood. >> bill: this bill is a chess piece in a larger game played by democrats. they will use this bill to get support to modify the filibuster. >> bill: more coming up in a moment. >> dana: joining

chad pergram with the latest. >> the white house formally put its weight behind the bill to make d.c. it to be independent and say it's a power grab for democrats. >> nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by democrats to gain two ultraprogressive d.c. senate seats, force radical, far left policies on the american people. >> democrats say there are arguments against admitting other states, too. >> everyone knew that hawaii and alaska could not be admitted because they weren't contiguous and texas couldn't be admitted because it was a separate public and no authority to admit a republic to the unit. >> senate, unclear it can get 51 votes. they will likely use it to try to revamp the filibuster. >> dana: all sorts of reasons. bill, the thing about the d.c. becoming the 51st state it is not just about the flag and how many stars on the flag. this would be practical implications all around. >> bill: significant. you have a book out. >> dana: i haven't talked about it for a while. i have two events coming up i want to invite people to. everything will be okay. same sky is a great

chad pergram picks up the reporting from here. >> good morning.t a proposed rule from the education department would cite the 1619 project, it's faced criticism from historians. mcconnell and others write the secretary of education that the project puts ill-informed advocacy ahead of historical accuracy. mcconnell has targeted the biden administration concerning radical policies of late. >> behind president biden's familiar face, it is like the most radical washington democrats have been handed the keys and they are trying to speed as far left as they can possibly go. >> president biden spoke about the importance of education in his speech wednesday but not about an idea quite like this. >> president biden: my plan provides a universal three school for every 3 and 4-year-old in america, everyone. that's a game changer. >> democrats would rather focus on bread and butter issues. republicans see a political wedge. the more democrats are bogged down in controversial social policies. >> bill: want to bring in ian pryor now the found are of fight for s

. >> gillian: we're joined by congressional correspondent chad pergram.ublicans immediately attempted to sanction jones after those remarks on the floor but then jones voluntarily withdrew them. republicans say they're disgusted with the tactics of the democrats. >> democrats on every topic they go to race. and if you oppose whatever radical agenda they're trying to push, they call you a racist. >> liberals are applying pressure on senate democrats to end the filibuster to pass statehood for d.c. and other parts of the democratic agenda. they face a foe, the united states senate. house speaker nancy pelosi is not getting involved in the filibuster fight. >> mitch mcconnell is still the problem and i don't get involved in any discussion on senate rules, you know that. and i don't welcome any discussion from them on house rules. >> the problem for the left is that a failure to pass the bills in the democratic senate leaves them with the same outcome they had when the g.o.p. controlled the senate. liberals say they are willing to modify the filibuster now ev

chad pergram is on capitol hill with more. >> president biden targeted georgia since it approved thew look like jim eagle. this is gigantic what they are trying to do. >> there has been criticism that the decision by major league baseball to pull the all-star game from atlanta could ruin the state's economy. president biden used his speech last night to push congress to correct what democrats see as a wrong in georgia. >> president biden: congress should pass when hr1 and the john lewis voting act right away. >> you have to remember how important georgia is politically to president biden. he captured georgia's 16 electoral votes narrowly and democrats wound have control of the senate if they didn't win both of georgia senate seat in a january runoff. the democratic senate gives the president a chance to pass some of his policy priorities. >> dana: thank you, chad. >> president biden: my american families plan guarantees four additional years of public education to every person in america. great universities in america have conducted studies and shows adding two years of high quality

. >> bill: chad pergram picks up the coverage live on the hill.in? >> dana: potentially the biggest issue is how to hold officers accountable. if there is any sort of immunity expended to officers. california democrat karen bass is working with gop south carolina senator tim scott on a potential bill. >> this has been going on for just decades. officers right now are not really held accountable. >> ohio governor mike dewine used to be the state's attorney general. he suggests another way to regulate officers. >> we have the state licensing boards for doctors, for lawyers, for nurses. we should do the same thing for police so that when there is a complaint against a police officer, state licensing board can deal with that. >> the house has twice passed bass's bill in less than a year. democrats blocked scott's bill last year in the senate. police reform is likely front and center. wednesday night scott delivers the rebuttal to president biden's speech to congress. >> dana: for more on this lawrence jones is joining us. since we mentioned congresswo

chad pergram is standing by with us on capitol hill. how does this proceed? >> what you'll notice.they had already draped the guard shack where he often stood vigil outside the capitol with a black cloth. to bring the president into the building they were lining up the capitol police officers and officers from the metropolitan police force saluting the hearse as he came in from the house side and exit on the senate side where officer evans, his post. where he was often found each day. i would pass him many days when i would come in. that's how i entered the capitol from there. they will bring the coffin into the rotunda and the house chaplain will start things off. >> dana: i believe we're looking at billy evans' children, the father of two. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] >> forward march. >> dana: the body of officer evans has now entered the capitol. his little girl dropping her toy and picking it up before going into the capitol to honor her father. >> heart rending scene to watch his children watch his coffin. a huge tribute to their father. we talk about his

neil: thank you, my friend, chad pergram.et office director action president. it seems like john boehner, the former speaker now with a book out seems that it's unlikely this is even going to come to pass but again, the president along party lines did get his covid relief bill through. do you think as things stand now it's tougher to sell infrastructure? >> i think it is going to be tougher to sell this bill. the previous bill was essentially the heros about from the previous congress that the democrats had worked on for quite sometime. they were familiar with it, they already voted on it was straightforward to get democrats together to vote it across on a party line vote. this is a very different animal. it's "infrastructure" and that means that different things to every member of congress and they want their thing in there, and they want to make sure their constituents get taken care of and there's no real coalescing around a single bill. there's a lot of constituencies. i'm happy with the president's proposal and they want

a tweet from chad pergram, noting the house hearing today, a appropriationsn -- an appropriations committeeng this morning just after our program. so, stick around on c-span. you can also watch it on c-span.org and listen to it on the free c-span radio app. host: thank you for that. we have about 22 minutes of your calls and comments. let's go to matt in virginia. democrats' line. caller: listening to the comments this morning, as a teacher i can hear three things. one, fair of change. -- fear of change. i think that joe biden has to work on helping people understand that our society is changing whether we wanted to were not. we cannot go back to the 1960's and 1950's of, you know, giant unions where a lot of people work with one job and a family structure, that is out the window. we are in a world where we are dealing with other countries, fighting for the same resources as them, we are creating trade deals across countries and we have to compromise with them to create those trade deals. i think that people want this american gemini that cannot exist in a global world. so, helping people u

we heard behind the scenes the democratsy incensed chad pergram's reporting when it came to voting they did up for appeal. irresponsible but getting accolades. >> the only quoted the judge. no politics involved this. wasn't a political situation. this was an opportunity to bring the nation together. this was an opportunity to call what was right and what was wrong. to help us heal and make sure the system works and continues to work for all americans. pete: you talk about bringing people together, is there an opportunity for a police reform bill in the house that actually meets the ingredients that both republicans think are necessary and important as well? brian: and law enforcement. >> and law enforcement. >> i have met with karen bass and friendship going back to the state legislature in california. kim scott has been leading this. you remember in the last senate tim scott had a bill. unfortunately the democrats led by at that time senator harris they filibustered not even to let it come up for debate. i think there is an opportunity. there is a group of us that have been working and

brian: chad pergram says take 50 votes and looking at 2022 and all this legislation stopped only becausere on cinema and mansion will be so great they will open up the flood gates and all this stuff will pass before they ultimately lose control of the house. here is a memo from steve scalise on why d.c. should not be a state. the d.c. government has failed to provide for the safety and well-being of its citizens. there are currently 57 reported murders this year. that's 30% increase compared to all homicides committed in 020. why should the district of columbia be granted understood can't perform duties protecting its residents against criminals. george will writes today that if you want to know why d.c. is going to become a state there are times in which you had democrats are 60 votes and in 1984, 57 senators. but they never moved to do this. and when ronald reagan came within a few votes of taking all 50 states, he still got trounced in washington, d.c. with less than 1% of the vote. donald trump got 5.4% of the vote. don't let anyone kid you. this is not a hunger to get washington, d.

brian: chad pergram did this story on foxnews.com.crats are tell him they are upset that maxine waters did that if you are that upset, put your name behind it republicans have no problem calling out other republicans. why can't a democrat stand up and go i'm really offended by maxine waters being involved, being in the same party as me. acting so irresponsible at 82 years old. when is she going to grow up? she travels with security in order to go into the center of brooklyn center in order to say if this verdict doesn't come out right, get ready to really ratchet up the. pete: confrontation. brian: confrontation. i should use the right word here. one thing about the defense attorney he said i ask you, judge, please sequester the jury. and then out of nowhere this brooklyn center story, this tragedy happens with daunte wright. and then these riots happen for nine straight days and maxine waters jumps in the middle of it. you have got to tell me the jury didn't see any of this? they are not affecting by this know if they vote a certain