chad pergram is following the paper trail from capitol hill and mark meredith is at the white house on how the president is reacting to all this. >> good morning. president biden has repeatedly said he never discussed his son's overseas business dealings but there is new reaction coming in after the testimony from one of hunter's business associates who said the vice president would jump on the phone and talk to hunter's business associates quite often. now we're trying to find questions answered who is telling the truth? on wednesday the president was wrapping up a bidenomics event in new mexico when peter doocy was able to get the president to weigh in for the first time on that testimony. you see peter race to the president from devon archer. >> there is this testimony now where one of your son's former business associates is claiming that you were on speakerphone a lot with them talking business. is that -- >> president biden: i never talked business with anybody. i know you would have a lousy question. >> why is that a lousy question? >> president biden: because it's not true. >>

elizabeth: chad pergram, thank you so much. good to see you on this friday night. potential counsels are supposed to come from outside the government, not inside the doj like u.s. attorneys like david weiss. so you guys, i think you have standing to fight this to continue oversight, ways and means and judiciary probes into the biden family because, you know, as soon as comer was saying ooh i'm going to subpoena joe biden, ooh i'm going to subpoena hunter biden, then you have, you know, u.s. attorney david weiss named as special counsel. how are you guys going to fight this? is are you going to continue with an impeachment inquiry in we've got greg steube filing articles on that today. >> absolutely. we should absolutely do an impeachment inquiry. this is is as corrupt as everything else that they do, excuse my -- i've been doing a lot of talking today -- and they deserve to go through this process and to have real justice. he cannot be the special counsel. it's against state statute. so we've got to fight hard on this. what they're trying to do is be real cute here

chad pergram joins me. chad, did president biden receive any of the money directly?but $20 million as you say is how much biden family businesses received overall from interest abroad. republicans are trying to unwind this. >> we've already proven that this family received over $21 million from some of the worst people on the planet from some of the most adversarial countries on the planet. and yet they can't account for what they did to receive this money. >> let's explore the biden family tree. as in the money tree. public records reveal the president's brother jim biden scored 360,000 through one company and hall by widen and reman take partner of hunter biden scored 350,000. robinson walker l.l.c., ask associated with hunter biden narrow angled around 30 million. >> banking records speak nor themselves. no one does business like this. >> it's one thing to receive the money and did the bidens properly account for it? >> no records paying taxes on $20 million. if you and i sell $600 worth of stuff on e bay, we get a letter from irs. there's a two pass system in the

we start with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram, chad. >> harris good morning to 140 page document from monday interview and the transcript former hunter biden business associate devon archer said hunter wanted to use his powerful name to help catch business. hunter biden aimed to sell the brand of the biden family. archer said that hunter would never directly say his father would be used for business, but his father added value to hunter biden. archer told house investigators "this would send the right signals for ukrainian and burisma who faced prosecution." archer said the implication the bidens on board with intimidate from prosecuting burisma. democrats believed to standards of justice especially on a day like today. >> you look at the indictments and it is after hunter deal implodes and devon archer gives his testimony. every time something happens, then they come back at trump. >> they were all spoke to mike also questions about them vice president biden attended cafe milano in washington, d.c., and the wife of moscow's mayor was there and unfolded just after the wh

harris. >> harris: chad pergram. thank you. raymond arroyo fox news contributor.t do you make of the biden money tree? >> look, harris, it's just one shell company that chad mentioned there with the breakdown in that tree. the bidens have more bed hopping intrigue and exploits than another family at this point. when you look at what comer's committee has uncovered, more than 20 shell corporations, $20 million and counting from places like russia, kazakhstan, china. the question is what were they doing for the money, harris? and secondly, it's an important point that comer raises. let's say that this was all legitimate money. that they were somehow doing some service to these foreign oligarchs. they didn't pay taxes on $20 million plus according to comer. that needs to be scrutinized. that is illegal. you just can't do it no matter what your last name is. >> harris: so chairman comer is now saying when he subpoenas president joe biden. when he subpoenas his son, hunter biden. the shift. what is your take on it? >> well, i think the preponderance of evidence is such

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>> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thanks.ight we are hearing from a former big city law enforcement official who was given prison time for tax crimes similar to those hunter biden is facing. lucas tomlinson is following president biden in wilmington, delaware tonight with that part of the story. >> >> president biden is wrapping up his vacation, taking a short flight aboard marine one from his delaware beach house to his home in wilmington. he will spend the weekend in the same city where his son hunter's misdemeanor plea deal fell apart last week. critics argue there are two standards of justice comparing how the president's son has been treated to a former baltimore police commission his or her also failed to pay federal taxes. unlike hunter, darryl d'souza didn't face the extra gun charge. >> if even the money value, you know, some of the things that you described with the gun and, you know, and narcotics, they should be held at the same standard as me. >> the same justice department prosecutor handled both cases. hunter b

bret. >> bret: chad pergram, thank you. >> dana: let's bring in jeff mason from reuters, a white housedent. i'm glad you are not on the president's trip and you can sort this out for us. listen to james comer issuing subpoenas for hunter biden yesterday. >> are you going to subpoena hunter biden? >> this is always going to end with the bidens coming in front of the committee. we are going to subpoena the family. we want to talk to 3 or 4 more associates first. this is a complicated case and we are being obstructed every step of the way by the department of justice, by the f.b.i., by the secret service, by the i.r.s. and by the biden family attorneys. but that's not stopping us. >> dana: the gop is not going to stop. you have covered many white houses. they are saying there is nothing to see here. now there are bank records and emails. because they have subpoena power they can get more information. how do you think it goes from here? >> not the first white house will say there is nothing to see here. that's what we'll continue to see from the biden white house. they will try to say no,

dana. >> dana: chad pergram, thank you. >> bill: good work yesterday. jonathan turley and andy mccarthy. good morning to both of you. play a clip here. different snippets over the past four years or so. these are the times, some of them. that joe biden said i didn't talk business with my son. >> president biden: i did not know he was on the board of that company. i've never discussed my business or their business, my sons or daughters. never discussed a single thing with my son having to do with ukraine. never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. i've never discussed with my son, brother or anything else having to do with their businesses. >> bill: you can believe that and think it was about the weather, maybe it was. based on what we think we learned yesterday, what's the best argument? where should the audience focus on as of now? >> well, the circle is tightening. as we know without any question in my view that hunter biden was selling influence and access. joe biden was the subject of that influence peddling. i also think it's clea

chad pergram with me. the biden family actually use these companies to hide finances? take me through it. >> reporter: stuart, good morning. there are more than 20 term firms that pop up which are associated with the bidens. what exactly is rosemont seneca partners? we asked a forensic accountant. enter the transaction -- >> the transaction from ye lain a that bat arena, the russian oligarch. if you look at the transaction yourself, you'll see $3.5 million coming inbound from russia, and it moves in two transactions to devon archer and one of hunter biden's companies. that -- almost dollar for dollar. that is signature of a problem. >> reporter: dubinski says people sometimes create shell companies, then they transfer money through those firms. that makes it hard to track. >> i think it was seneca thornton partners, if i have it correctly, or i think that was one of the top tier, when i call it top tier, you have layered companies. and if you start with those and then follow it all the way down, that's whe

back to you. >> dana: thank you, chad pergram.court getting underway as special counsel jack smith and president trump's legal team appear for a judge in washington looking to set a trial date on federal charges of election interference. i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. great to start off the week with you. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. they are proposing different time lines. smith wants to can come this january. defense wants more time to review the evidence provided by the prosecutors asking for a start date in 2026. plus trump has three other trials looking for space on his calendar. >> these trial dates are going to move. it is unrealistic, it's the attics and no judge is going to say that you can be on two trials at once in two different states. a lot of these overlap. they look at the start date of the trial but these are 4 to 6 week trials at the least. so there is no way they aren't going to overlap. they will have to go into october, november of next year. again, by design. >> dana: a court hearing about to get

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has details tonight from capitol hill. ing, chad. >> bret, could you tell if you're interacting with a bot? it's all about transparency. lawmakers want people to know when they are encountering a bot or program generated by ai. >> it's going to be hard at some point to determine what's real and what's not. a platform ought to notify a consumer if they are interacting with artificial intelligence. >> the government already regulates all sorts of products, providing warnings or information. nutrition details and calorie counts, warning labels for alcohol and tobacco, safety information about cars. there is particular concern about kids and ai. >> so a parent that doesn't want their child subject to ai they should have to sign a consent form. parents should have the right to keep their kids safe. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer conducted a series of briefings on ai for senators this summer. he hopes bipartisan lawmakers will craft a bill to guard against the worst of ai. >> we can't throw our hands in the air and hope

chad pergram is live from capitol hill on what exactly is in it. s a pretty short letter, sandra, sent on january 20th of 2011, this of course is when the president was vice president. and i'll read what it says. says "i apologize for not getting a chance to talk to you at the luncheon yesterday, i was having trouble getting away from hosting president hu. i hope i get a chance to see you again soon with hunter. i hope you enjoyed the lunch and thanks for coming." so a pretty short declarative letter but this is what republicans have been talking about, and devon archer from the gop perspective being a lynch pin to this, he was connected with hunter biden and may have been associations with the president and the business dealings of hunter biden, sandra. >> sandra: very interesting stuff. have we been able to garner any congressional response yet, chad, to the discovery of this letter and the obtaining of this letter? >> i just got this a couple minutes ago, this had been talked about, but i just got it right before we came on the air. congress is o

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chad pergram following that bouncing ball as we begin a new week on the hill and plenty to cover thereg. the four impeachment articles by florida representative greg steubey argue the president is complicit in alleged crimes by his son. one article said collusion with d.o.j. to keep hunter biden. >> what they've got is hunter biden. we all seem clear that this guy was addicted to drugs and did a lot of really unlawful and wrong things and we have said let the justice system run its course. they're not saying that about donald trump. >> some republicans argue the president was on the take selling the family name and boosting his son's business opportunities. >> it needs to be demonstrated is bribery. under the text of the constitution a president can be impeached for treason. the essence of bribery is a quid pro quo. >> some republicans are reluctant to head down the impeachment road. the math. unclear if the house would have the votes to launch and impeachment inquiry and doubtful there would ever be the required 2/3 of the senate to convict. >> we're a long way from the conspiracy tha

. >> dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. she has been asked that question a lot. her answer did change slightly and we have noticed that. what did you find out this morning from the new records? >> good morning. the question is what was hunter biden doing to earn access to this money? republicans on the house oversight committee say the new records detail a pay to play scheme. proof of $20 million sent to the bidens from foreign business sources. the committee says russian, ukrainian and kazakhstan funneled money to companies tied to hunter biden and a shell company associated with hunter biden business partner devon archer. president kind with people in washington and archer and hunter biden and burisma put hunter biden on the board. >> it involved a foreign country or foreign national wiring money to a fake company. then the fake company would then turn around and wire the money to the biden family members. they did this to hide the source of the revenue because they weren't supposed to get money from many of these countries. >> republicans are trying to draw a

on capitol hill chad pergram fox news a.esident donald trump is less than a day to request to response for protective order by the department of justice. it would prohibit certain details of his latest criminal case from being made public. despite this, he is still out on the campaign trail looking for support for his primary run. alexander hawk has details. >> the former president faces a total of 78 charges in three ane separate criminal cases. his legal team said they are expecting a fourth indictment to come out of georgia in the coming weeks. the leading gop primary candidate remains defiant and they appear and waivered for. >> i never heard the word indictment over the period of a couple of weeks get for indictments. they do this to try to win an election but nobody ever thought it was possible. it is done in third world countries is not done in this country progress chart pleaded not guilty thursday to charges stemming from alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results less naturally he lobbed a true social po

>> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. thanks., as we approach the first presidential debate, we take a look a what republican candidates are doing in one very important state. first, beyond our borders tonight, ukrainian officials say russia launched three waves of drones and missiles against the southern ukraine port city of odesa overnight. they say the ukrainian air force intercepted all the airborne weapons. falling debris though damaged a residential building, a is a market and dormitory. police in afghanistan say an explodes ripped through the hotel in the east province of coast today. at least three people were killed. several others wounded. no immediate responsibility claimed responsibility as of yet in hong kong seven of the most the group was exsonner rated of organizing an unlawful assembly. convictions in taking part of the assembly were upheld. just some of the other stories beyond our borders don't. we'll be right back. ♪ tell them if i don't survive ♪ i was born free ♪ i was born no obligation hearing evaluation t

chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. hi, chad. what can you tell us?this was a little scary scene where there was a call that came in to the washington d.c. police that they alerted the u.s. capitol police. what happened there after is they evacuated the russell senate office building. this is the oldest senate office building. it's across the street from the u.s. capitol. this is where committees have their offices and where senators have their offices as well. you can walk in to any offices, you clear security. you go through a metal detector but you tonight have to have an appointment or be on a tour. you can go meet with someone or have a cup of coffee or walk around. you don't need a special pass. i'm told they dumped the building quickly. they came running down the hall with guns saying "everybody get out." there was concern of an active shooter. they never saw a weapon, they never heard any shots. so they got the russell senate office building evacuated. connected underground is the dirksen senate office building. they're trying to clear the bui

fox news' senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the story from capitol hill. >> you can't'em, you persecute 'em. >> reporter: republicans believe there's something nefarious going on. >> it seems as though every time trump goes higher in the polls, he gets a new indictment. >> reporter: mccarthy suggests the timing is fish fishy. deafen archer sat for an interview with the house oversight committee on monday. the former president was indict on tuesday. >> it seems to me after you with learn of the real dealings behind the bidens, the next day he gets indicted. >> reporter: house republicans are threatening retribution. >> the devon archer transcript, i think, tells a lot about the corruption in the biden crime family. >> reporter: most democrats try to ignore gop accusations. it's unclear if the president faces a blind spot. >> the only thing that the biden administration could try to do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. >> reporter: some republicans demand impeachment. >> when we get back in september, if there's not a clear path and a clear timeli

>> bret: chad pergram on the hill. chad, thank you.e next, former secretary of state mike pompeo on the u.s.-iran prisoner swap. first what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 26 in houston the drought will go on there. most of texas is expected to be rain-free over the next seven days with hotter than average temperatures. 69% of the state is in a drought currently up 52% last week. this is a live look at alba couricy, new mexico. one of the stories there tonight from our affiliate virgin galactic rockets to the edge of space with its first tourist. they launch off. the crew included a former british olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother/daughter duo from the caribbean. the space plane guided back to a runway landing and space port america in the new mexico desert after a brief flight that gave passengers a few minutes of weightlessness in space. the edge of space. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back ♪ will things ever be the same again ♪ it's th

>> bret: chad pergram on the hill. that's one to follow. thanks. let's bring in dr. marc siegel.thanks for being here. what did you see with senator mcconnell's freeze again today? >> bret, i saw a freeze. and we in medicine we use the term called the deferential diagnosis. i have to tell you at the top of that list and, again, i haven't examined him and i don't have any background on this except i have talked to people in congress and in the senate, would be parkinson's' disease because that in its later stages can give you a freeze and it can also explain why no one around him in these freezes is panicking and saying this could be a stroke. this could be a seizure. it could be those things, too, by the way. but, again, then you would rush him into a immediate treatment and analysis. you would do mri or eeg to see if it's a seizure. it if it's parkison's you already know about that and somebody diagnosed that clinically by doing an examination and treatment helps by the way. again, i'm not saying that's what it is. but i think what is really striking here is that alarm bells did

sandra. >> sandra: chad pergram on the latest developments from there. thank you very much, chad. trace. >> trace: migrant encounters at the southern border on the rise again. texas dps says they blocked a bridge near brownsville, texas disrupting traffic, as the biden administration appears to be making moves to respond to the growing surge. florida congressman mike waltz will join us, but first live to bill melugin in eagle pass, texas. do we know, have any idea how many migrants are being apprehended each day? >> good afternoon to you. we do. multiple sources telling me yesterday alone, border patrol apprehended just over 6,000 migrants after they crossed illegally. keep in mind, that does not include the ports of entry. the numbers are surging now and the border patrol union is responding to the surge. posted a tweet, says in part, as we predicted, numbers have skyrocketed. we are at 6,000 arrests and 1,000 known escapes daily. where is biden's mainstream media? breathless coverage of the temporary drop from historic highs that went on for two plus years and now have disappear

fox's chad pergram has more now from capitol hill. doctors, politicians and researchers agree something has to be done to promote more social connection. the surgeon general going as far as releasing an advisory, declaring loneliness, a public health epidemic. while most people associate isolation and loneliness with mental health, there is robust scientific evidence linking it to these physical social isolation increases your risk for heart disease, stroke, dementia, depression and anxiety. according to the cdc, 1 in 3 adults ages 45 and older, feel lonely in the us. experts say there are several factors that lead us to this point. among them, the divisiveness of social media and the pandemic shift to remote working and learning. certainly, the pandemic accentuated and existing problem. now lawmakers are tackling the problem with a bipartisan bill introduced by senator chris murphy. stand up in office in the federal government to stu ways that we can do better but expert stigma is incorrect. the underlying causes often originate in p

stuart: chad pergram, thanks very much.legal team calls the indictment election interference at its finest. watch this. >> this is not a coincidence. this is election interference at its finest against the leading candidate right now for president for either party. president trump is under siege in a way that we have never seen before. president trump and his legal team and everyone on his team will continue to fight not for him, but for the american people. stuart: andy mccarthy, former federal prosecutor, joins me now. andy, in your judgment, is this election interference? >> i certainly think, stuart, that the goal here is to get uncomplementary or unflattering information about trump out into the public domain in the runup months of the election. i'm sure if you asked the prosecutor, he would say that there were real crimes here. i have real question about that. but i think the political objective here was obvious both from the remarks that he made after he returned the indictment, he spoke for about a three minutes, an

>> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. thank you. former president barack obama has a friendly warning for his old vice president, a published report saying the former president is cautioning president biden to be aware of just how formidable donald trump may be in the 2024 presidential race. senior national correspondent rich edson is on rehoboth beach, delaware tonight with the president. >> president biden is riding through his week long vacation at the delaware beach with little to say to the public. >> good morning, mr. president. have you been briefed on niger. >> will you talk to us on your way back, mr. president? >> probably not. [laughter] >> while in rehoboth, the president faces low approval ratings and a steady release of information regarding his son's international business profits and conduct. polling shows what would be a tight race between the president and the republican frontrunner. former president donald trump. republicans are already criticizing what they say will be another biden campaign largely hidden from p

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chad pergram live on the hill, chad, thanks. ♪ several republican presidential candidates making theirwa this week. florida governor desantis is dealing with the hurricane. this comes against the back crop of the list of criminal cases facing the frontrunner. here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> republicans are heading for a primary season of campaign events and courtroom proceedings. >> we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. >> ahead of the start of trump's march 4th election interference trial, primary voters will decide 10% of the republican delegates. assuming a four to six week trial, more than two thirds of the delegates are up for grabs during the trial. 19 to 26% could be determined after. what interferes with the primary process is donald trump's conduct. and his insistence on continuing to run for president of the united states. what it's going to do is put the republican party in an awful position. >> on foreign policy, vivek ramaswamy defended his controversial positions in the american conservative. writing he would, quote: accept russian control of the

he didn't answer chad pergram's questions yesterday, but behind closed doors, he said that hunter biden put his father on speaker phone to sell the brand 20 times. house oversight committee chairman james comer says this, devin archer testimony confirm joe biden lied to the american people when he said he had no knowledge about his son's business dealings and was not involved. joe biden was what he sold to enrich the biden family. andy biggs elaborated on what archer told him. >> term he used was this, people would not be inclined to legally lean on burisma because of the biden name. which again, that was joe biden. >> archer talked about the big guy and how hunter biden said we need to talk to my guy, see when my guy is going to be here and those type things. >> griff: the white house is ush approximating back denying that the president ever talked business on the call, saying this. it appears house republicans hyped witness testified he never heard of president biden discussing or doing anything wrong. house democrats downplayed the testimony. >> approximately 20 times over the course

chad pergram for the latest on capitol hill. chad, we should be just a couple of days away from the transcript so everybody can see what happened in that interview. >> that's right, harris. and who do you believe after yesterday's multi-hour transcribed interview? democrats and republicans are polar opposites on this. republicans suspect the worst. >> that plea deal was designed to cover up the web of corruption surrounding joe biden and his family. this is the biden administration and his hit man merrick garland and jack smith going after their political rival and they don't like it because it stinks of two-tier justice. this is unamerican. we don't do this in our country. it happens in third world country and it is wrong for our country. >> bill: they believe the archer interview draws a straight line from hunter biden to business dealings and directly to the president. republicans accuse the d.o.j. of trying to keep archer from appearing. on saturday the prosecutor responsible for archer's criminal case wrote a letter asking a

first to chad pergram live with the latest. hi, chad. >> martha, good afternoon.esides our diametrically opposed characterizing what this means, republicans this is the most concrete evidence yet linking president biden to the business deals. >> if my wife or my son say hey, dad, come to dinner or can you come to dinner, one of the first questions out of my mouth is who is at dinner? you don't show up just because you're the vice president of the united states. it's influence pedalling. >> democrats say the evidence is circumstantial at best. democrats characterize the gop probe as a fishing expedition which is wasting time and money. they say president biden is not responsible for the conduct of family members. >> have they pointed to anything to suggest that joe biden engaged in corrupt behavior? no. on the contrary, hunter biden's business partner said yeah, he was on phone calls talking about the weather. exchanging pleasantries, which is not a crime. >> the next step in the process is the release of the transcript from the archer interview this week but that

chad pergram on capitol hill. >> a lot of people found connection in place of employment and folks workthey're just pawns; right. moved around on a board for the profit purposes of their employer. >> murphy has legislation to combat the issue and guidelines and being lonely can lead to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and dementia and contributes a mental illness. joe there was a decrease in increased risk of markers. we need to take a life span approach to this and her paps starting early in life to prevent these issues maybe a wide approach. >> general jerome adams says social media can play a role in being lonely. >> we often think of its ability to connect us but it can separate us and isolate us and it can make us feel like we're even more alone than what we may actually be because you put up this idealized version of society and if you're not keeping up with the joneses, there's something wrong with you. >> gop center mar marshal and exacerbating the process of feeling lonely. stuart: chad, thank you very much indeed. experts warning that artificial intelligence is fueling

chad pergram has been picking it apart. what do you have, chad? >> good afternoon. republicans now want to get back democrats after the indictment of former president trump. that's why they're highlighting the devin archer transcript. the gop wants to talk with delaware u.s. attorney david weiss. there's questions about whether weiss received pressure from above in the hunter biden investigation. >> the department of justice's story keeps changing, which isn't mr. weiss. you have authority to bring it, when, where and who or just in your direct. he chased his story. the whistle-blowers haven't. >> archer said that president biden had dinner with the president of burisma in 2015. mr. biden shook everybody's hand. the white house said the meeting never happened. it's unclear in democrats have a blind spot ahead of 2024. >> the only thing the biden administration can do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. i think they have done about president biden's noninvolvement in this. >> some republicans are itching for impeachment especially after the arch

chad pergram has more from washington. chad? >> good afternoon.ch mcconnell froze during a public speaking event. today mcconnell nell locked up while answering questions in covington, kentucky near cincinnati. >> did you hear the question, senator? running for re-election in >> yes. >> all right. i'm sorry. we need a minute. >> the whole episode lasted 29 seconds. mcconnell never left the lectern. he regained his composure and fielded two questions. he froze up at a press conference in july. before today's it's dent, he appeared lucid when asked about government funding. >> what are your prospects for a government shut down? will we see something like that occur? >> honestly it's a pretty big mess. >> the 81-year-old mcconnell fell and sustained a concussion last winter. he was out for weeks. mcconnells office said he felt light headed today and is fine but he will talk to a doctor before his next engagement. >> neil: i hope he's all right. thanks, chad. back to florida and the storm and how they're trying to adjust to that. we finally had a sens

chad pergram following that on capitol hill. chat, whats going on here? >> neil, good afternoon. a band aid bill with a mix of democrats and republicans. some conservatives don't want that. that's because an interim bill renews all old spending. that's what the right opposes. >> for leader mccarthy, speaker mccarthy to say that he wants us to extend that is insane. he's known for nine months that we need to deliver the appropriation bills. >> the freedom caucus is raging at kevin mccarthy for suspending the debt creeling with more democratic votes than gop votes. conservatives don't want to see that again. some republicans have seen the consequences of previous shut downs backfire on the gop. >> government shutdown waste funding, when we shut down the government and bring it back up, we spend more money, not a single federal worker loses a day of pay, but we lose the productivity of the working. they go home. >> republicans will push for cuts in a final spending agreement. that could take until late fall or the winter. that could mean a series of stop gap spending bills. >> i don

house oversight chairman jason chaffetz is in "focus" shortly and we'll start with chad pergram. >> good morning. the third set of bank records released by the committee purports to show hunter biden and his business partners securing millions of dollars from eastern europey an oligarchs when his father was vice president. the memo says that the vice president attended dinners with those who forked over money to the biden family, 3.5 million from the widow of the mayor of moscow. the president then met with her weeks later. republicans say this connects president biden to his son. >> the president said he had no involvement. no involvement except dinners, phone calls and 30 plus meetings with hunter biden's business partners. and 30 plus meetings, 20 some phone calls, dinners with the wealthiest woman in russia. all they talked about was the weather we're supposed to believe? >> house oversight committee chairman james comer says hunter biden sold his father as the brand in order to reap millions. president biden has historically said he was not involved with his son's business ventures.

chad pergram following the story on capitol hill for us. >> here is how this works. right now fema has the money it needs to address the hurricane in florida and also the disaster in maui on hawaii. right now they have $3.4 billion in what they call the disaster relief fund. the administrator says it will have to be increased. these two natural disasters back-to-back will dwindle the pot. she said she needs $12 billion brand-new for the next disaster. listen. >> i want to stress that while immediate needs funding will insure we can continue to respond to disasters, it is not a permanent solution. congress must work with us on the supplemental request that the administration has made on behalf of fema. >> so there is a request right now by marco rubio to separate ukraine funding from disaster aid. i talked to a democratic representative from florida earlier today and he is teaming with senator rubio on that piece of legislation. he wants that to be a straight vote in the senate as does republican florida senator rick scott. but the way the administration presented thi

cheryl: chad pergram, thank you for that live report. reaction from the hills national politics reporter julia manchester. julia, your thoughts on these new records being released by house oversight james comer's committee. they've been sifting through these bank records anding from a trove of documents. >> we heard so much last week and from democrats during the testimony and surrounding the testimony that there's this "illusion of access" if hunter biden was chatting with the business associates and put his father on speakerphone and he father said, hello, i'm joe biden, the vice president but didn't participate in the conversations and makes it easier for the democrats to make that case. however, this make it is more difficult to make this case if these documents are accurate because it shows president biden, you know, then vice president biden attending these dinners and talking more with these asosuates and that being -- associated and that being said, the white house is very much pushing back on this saying there's really nothing t

chad pergram with us now.el the indictment was kind of used as a distraction from hunter's scandals? >> reporter: they the absolutely do. and this is the triplet from the closed door -- transcript from the close door interview on monday. it focuses a great deal on, quote, the brand. devon archer told the committee the brand was the biden family and that delivered value to burisma. now, in the transcript archer said ukrainian natural gas oligarch lieu he sky face pressure from ukrainian authorities during an mg. archer said they wanted hunter biden to help relieve some of that pressure. archer said the biden name was key to the survival of burisma. archer told house investigators that, quote, people would be intimidated to mess with burisma because of the brand, the biden name. this is what enrages gop members especially on a day like today. >> so if you're sitting at home and you're mad, you have a right to be mad if. when it come toes to donald trump, there are no rules. when it comes to joe biden and hunter

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let's get the news from chad pergram w who is there on monday back again today. you told us three or four days. you are spot on. what is the news in the transcript? >> this is the transcript from the closed-door interview on monday. it focuses a great deal on "their brand." devon archer told the house oversight committee, the brand was the biden family. that delivered value to marie's mama. in the transcript, archer said faced "pressure from ukrainian authorities during investigation. archer said they wanted hunter biden to help relieve some of that pressure. archers have the biden name was key to the survival of burisma. "people would be intimidated to mess with burisma because of the brand, the biden name." this is what enrages g.o.p. lawmakers especially on a day like today. >> if you are sitting at home and you are mad, you have a right to be mad but when it comes to donald trump, there are no rules. when it comes to hunter biden and joe biden, they get away with almost everything. >> archer told investigators, hunter biden put his father on speakerphone a bu

. >> gillian: chad pergram on capitol hill for us, thank you. president biden responded to a question about testimony from hunter biden's former business partner devon archer. white house correspondent peter doocy asked the president about his involvement. here is what he said. >> there is this testimony now where one of your son's former business associates is claiming that you were on speaker phone a lot with them talking business. is that -- >> never talked business with anybody, and i new you would have a lousy question. >> why is that a lousy request he? >> because it's not true. >> thank you, mr. president. >> gillian: bring in nick l langworthy, serves on the house oversight committee. the president has maintained he never talked to anybody, including his son, about his former business deals. your reaction to what he said yesterday. >> he runs away from the camera every time he gets a difficult question in front of him. i think it's rather pathetic to have the leader of the free world running and saying ah, shucks, and saying that everyon

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill. >> the memo appears to reveal millionsg from ukrainian energy firm burisma where hunter biden served on the board. records released by house republicans indicate president biden attended dinners in washington with ex-soviet empire oligarchs. >> this is payback millions of dollars that the biden family received because of their access to the brand, to the big guy, being joe biden. there were no services being delivered, except for access. >> russian oligarch bart reena is one of the richest women in russia. she allegedly scored a dinner with then vice president biden at d.c.'s swank cafe milano only after sending millions to hunter biden's business partners. the white house docked when asking how she dodged sanctions earlier this year. >> i'm not speaking to individual -- individual persons from russia. >> republicans believe this makes the connection between the son and the father. >> 30-plus meetings. 20-some phone calls. dinners with the wealthiest woman in russia and all they talked about was the weather we are supposed

chad pergram has more force from capitol hill. >> good afternoon, money from foreign sources, the memoe says president biden's family and business partner scored $20 million from overseas interests, republicans see a problem. >> the white house says joe biden never got a dime, i don't believe it's. at the end of the day if hunter biden was spending money for his dad on behalf of his dad, his dad doesn't have to take a dime, that's facilitating a bribe from the president of the unites states through his son. >> the record shows hunter biden appeared to connect wealthy businesspeople with his father when he was vice president. that includes oligarchs from russia, ukraine, and kazakhstan. some attended dinners with then vice president biden at a d.c. restaurant but only after money went to hunter biden business partners. the white house deflected when asked about potential ties between the president and his sons business ventures. >> i've been asked this question a million times, the answer is not going to change it remains the same. the present was never in business with his son. speak o

here is senior congressional correspondent chad pergram. >> loneliness emerging as a national healthd to address prevention and the root cause of the pain and trauma that a lot of people are feeling like the loneliness and isolation. >> doctors say chronic loneliness poses same physical health risk as smoking cigarettes every day. >> isolation has been shown continue to crease the risk for premature death by 26%. >> loneliness leading to a spike in diabetes, stroke, heart disease, dementia, to say nothing of emotional well-being. >> when the federal government locked down our children and adults as well, it led to an explosion of mental health problems. >> doctors say covid exacerbated loneliness but loneliness was on the rise bflt pandemic. >> it also shows that simply getting back to normal is not going to be enough. >> surgeon general vivek murthy characterized as epidemic an initial declaration. >> social connection is as fundamental to food, water and sleep. >> murthy's move caught the attention of lawmakers. >> the surgeon general's report is alarming, isolation is not good. it

. >> trace: we have a cameo chad pergram said this.e marshal artist bruce lee he played caito in the green hornet and he said be like water my friend, it can flow or water can come crashing down. be like water, my friend. >> trace: be like water my friend. carl demaio, your thoughts? >> all right, i'm going to go with yoda. you know, he's smart, powerful, the jedi master but i wouldn't be able to understand him because he doesn't speak in normal english and normal sentences. annoying, he is. >> trace: that's the way it is. paul would you be pole yes 46 instagram 33. and tyler altman yoda a good soul wise warrior also very judgmental and bias against anything that did not perfectly fit his world view and put too much pressure on everyone to perfect and let's be honest the way he talked would get annoying eventually. bonnie, spider-man because there would be spider webs all over my house. and marianne monaco, michael scott, the office. handful? fun to watch, michael, benjamin franklin gets it nick cage national treasure that character kn

chad pergram knows the building and series of buildings more than anybody. what's going on?have evacuated the russell senate office building, across the street from the u.s. capitol and read what the police have put out here, officers are searching in around around the senate office buildings, grand total of 3 in response to a concerning 911 call, stay away from the area as we are communicating. and this from our hillary vaughn with fox business said they evacuated the russell rotunda, and said the officers were screaming at everybody in the office building to get down the stairs as quickly as possible, they ran down three flights of stairs, you had officers with their rifles up saying put up your hands, put up your hands and get out of the building as fast as you can. so, hillary vaughn was with aishah hasnie, our other correspondent in the russell building, so they have dumped the russell building but don't know precisely what they have, at least they are not saying publicly what it's about right now. they just say there was this concerning 911 call that came in to the cap

could there be an even bigger clash as our own chad pergram suggests if the house were ever to launch an impeachment inquiry? where does all of this go next and how does it affect the house investigations? >> sandra, back the last week in june myself, jim jordan and jamie comer asked for 13 individuals to come before our committees. mr. weiss was included in the 13. but the department of justice, the irs, has continued to stone wall our access to get to the bottom of the information. i am worried that this special counsel will only try to block congress's legislative authority to investigate and let me tell you, we are not going to slow down because this isn't about hunter biden. this is about president biden and his influence and how his son has helped enrich the entire biden family. >> sandra: nice to have you on, jason smith. and as the news breaks and we learn more, appreciate your time, sir. thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> gillian: bring in a former spokesperson for attorney general bill barr and worked as director of public affairs at the justice department, and now fox news

chad pergram tried.ublican lawmakers say hunter husband hut hut his father then vice president joe biden on speaker phone. showing off a little bit at least 20 times while meeting with foreign business partners wells as well as other people. archer claims biden was put on the line to, quote: sell the brand. >> joe biden was the brand. in a statement, house oversight committee chairman james comer said joe biden was the brand that his son sold around the world to enrich the biden family. but the white house is rejecting comer's conclusion saying quote it appears that the house republicans own much behind witness today testified that he never heard of president biden discussing business with his son or his son's associates or doing anything wrong. >> joey: as republicans call out the alleged influence peddling scheme, that's what they believe this all points to. well, democrats are going to down play it and they're saying these new details amount to a bunch of nothing. >> approximately 20 times over the co

let's check in with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram and get the latest on how this is being received on capitol hill. >> republicans called for a special counsel but not david weiss since he can't be nullified plea deal with hunter biden. >> i have some question about weiss doing it because johnson and i sent all of this material we had from the cafe bank with regard to payments that were made to hunter biden, they never did anything with the 1023 document that i got released. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy says biden's doj cannot be used to obstruct congressional investigations or whitewash the biden family corruption. a spokesman for judiciary committee chairman jim jordan said david weiss can't be trusted. his committee expects him to testify. before this, he gave jordan a a list of days he was available but previously john durham only spoke to congress after the reports were complete, republicans since a stone wall. >> we are going to let this go. mr. weiss you're not off the hook here, this friday afternoon gambit is not going to work we are going to continue to