>> trace: chad pergram live for us on capitol hill. , thank you. >> chief justice roberts is supposed to be the guardian of the court's reputation. in my judgment and the judgment of so many americans, is he derelict in that responsibility, whether it comes to court packing, in terms of the individual districts and forum shopping, whether it comes to ethics of the members of this the supreme court. >> trace: let's talk more about how the democrats are going after some of the supreme court justices. joining us now fox news chief legal correspondent and anchor of "fox news sunday" shannon bream. shannon, it's great to see you. i want to pick up with senator schumer left off there, kind of going after the chief justice john roberts as being derelict in his duties. it's interesting the whole narrative here because over the past few weeks we have heard a lot from the democrats about respecting the rule of law. and now it appears that they have taken a few swipes at the supreme court maybe more than a few shannon. >> senator schumer not that

chad pergram trying to get questions answered.torney general is just focused an surrounded by his people and did not answer any questions. merrick garland will testify before the house judiciary committee at the top of the next hour. garland faces accusations, of course, that his department of justice is weaponizing the justice system. we'll have that for you in about 30 minutes. >> this is all an election year deathbed conversion by joe biden. basically this executive order, which would be by my count the 95th executive order he issues does nothing about catch and release and says the first 2500 that come across the border get in free. >> bill: 23 days from debate number one and today president biden will sign an executive order that might affect the border. the idea if daily migrant encounters exceed 2500 a day, asylum requests will be shut down. according to available data this is the number that we have. estimated number of illegals who enter the country since joe biden took the white house surpassing 5 million. griff jenkins

neil: it is chad pergram, chad following that on capitol hill.n, is that the official stance? >> unless president biden changes the narrative that won't happen. i'm reminded of the adage democrats fall in love, republicans fell in line if trump was convicted 34 counts, in a civil trial. democrats went to bed and to me. two years ago john fetterman had a stroke and people said he should drop out. him and josh brewer rental one convincingly, for the first time in decades. if advising democrats, ran for congress. stop bedwetting or stop feeling sorry for yourself, trump says last night in the debate overturning roe versus wade was a good thing, remind the american people 50% of black women in america today have no reproductive freedom. talk about the issues. neil: biden can't do that. >> he needs to start doing it. neil: can't do that for whatever reason. >> hopefully he will in the next debate. today in north carolina. neil: the down ballot position people worry about, he will be a leather drag on what do you think of that? >> that's going to depen

laskova chad pergram with more. >> neil, good afternoon.ining with former president trump is essential in order to hold the house and then -- otherwise the cube could not accomplish anything. today marked the second pilgrimage to mar-a-lago by mike johnson. [ engine roars ] months. >> he and i speak frequently about the election cycle of court and how we can complete the mission of restoring him to the white house and during the house majority and winning the republican majority in the senate. >> here are the gop's meter agenda items reupping the expiring trump tax cuts, the gop could lean on a special senate process to avoid a filibuster the past that but renewing our tax cuts may act or the deficit. there will also be a focus on border security republican see a porous border puts the u.s. at risk. >> we are talking sex predators, gang members, violent criminals, terrorists, people who have ties to terrorist networks. this is not just hundred of thousands, we're talking millions. >> but democrats cough and suggestion that former president

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chad pergram has the latest from washington.ats dodging reporters after president biden bombed. >> i have no comment whatsoever. >> is your flight more important than. >> what is overreaction in your mind? people wanting to remove him himself? >> that's a big leap top democrat in the house sticking by the president in. >> you think president biden should step back after the debate last night? >> it takes for the party to unwind. biden delegates are pledged to him but are bound august 7. more than a month before the next debate in september so if president biden stumbles again, democrats are stuck. the party can only replace the nominee after august 7 due to death, resignation or disability most democrats believe the president deserves another chance. >> if this was baseball, he's got two more swings this isn't baseball. >> the 25th amendment and its mechanism to sidetrack an unfit president. >> it makes that decision, i would. i was asked the service members. >> senior house leadership source says those close to the president di

chad pergram has the follow-up on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning. reupping those expiring tax cuts will be one of the biggest goals for congressional republicans and the former president. most republicans appear to back mr. trump following last week's meetings in washington. >> i think it has a lot to do with the way he has run his campaign and speaking, his plans and policies. we're in desperate times in the country. the biden administration has made a mess of every metric of public policy and i think that has a unifying effect on our party and the american people. >> republicans want to make sure they have a plan in place to govern if they control the presidency, the house and the senate. but how they handle tax cuts and cut the deficit is hard. the numbers may not add up. they also want to curb regulation and then there is the border. >> on day one of my new administration we'll begin the largest deportation operation in american history. we have no choice. this is not sustainable. >> democrats say even moderate republicans from swing districts a

>> gillian: chad pergram on capitol hill tonight for us. you very much. >> chad: thank you. >> gillian: stocks today were up. the dow gained 140. s&p finished ahead 8 and nasdaq cross 28. coming up next, our latest power rankings, plus the montana senate race. how former president trump's conviction has now become a political weapon against the democratic incumbent. first, let's take a look at what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. first, fox 32 in chicago, opponents and supporters of controversial dalton village mayor henyard almost comes to blows. police had though break up a squirm m*a*s*h at town hall meeting monday. voted 4-2 to reinstate former chicago mayor lori lightfoot's investigation into henyard's activities overriding the mayor's veto. and this, fox 5 in atlanta. officials there continue grappling with the after-effects of a massive water pipe bust over the weekend. parts of atlanta have been without water since friday. a boil advisory is still in effect. part of that damaged pipe that caused a

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senior congressional correspondent chad pergram.ng reporters after president biden bombed. >> i have no comments whatsoever. >> you have no comment. >> i'm staying with pappa. >> is your flight more important than the decision whether or not can he stay on the ballot. >> he had a tough night but i don't think we need to overreact to that. >> what is overreaction in your mind people wanting him to remove himself from the ticket? >> yeah. that's a big leap. >> top democrat in the house sticking by the president. >> leader jeffries do you think that president biden should step down after the debate performance last night? >> no. >> it takes a lot for the party to unwind itself from the president. biden delegates are pledged to him but become bound on august 7th. more than a month before the next debate in september. so if president biden stumbles again, democrats are stuck. the party can only replace the nominee after august 7th due to death, resignation, or disability. most democrats believe the president deserves another chance. >> t

chad pergram lie for us hill to explain. chad? >> trace, good afternoon. it's not easy to do.he rules would mandate the president back away from the nomination before august 7th. that's when presidents officially lock in their delegates. even swing district democrats are sticking by mr. biden for now. >> he had a tough night, but i don't think we need to overreact to that. >> what is overreaction in your mind? people wanting him to remove himself? >> yes, that is a big leap. >> why? >> because it's an overreaction to 90 minutes. >> wasn't the dye kind of cast though? people didn't think he looked like he was up for the job and perception, reality, and politics? >> if you're asking me what other people are thinking i am unqualified for that. >> former house majority jim clyburn saved president biden's fortunes in the primary four years ago and he laughed when i asked of his services were needed to come to the rescue again, but no one is really sure what code or what happened if there is a movement to find a new candidate. >> if it were a ball game -- >> strike when you think he

fox news senior congressional correspondent chad pergram with some of the details for us. porter: good afternoon, larry. gop leaders believe aligning with president trump is essential to hold the house and win the senate, otherwise they cannot accomplish anything. today marked the second pilgrimage to mar-a-lago by johnson in two months. >> he and i speak frequently about the election cycle of course and how we can complete the mission of restoring him to the white house and growing the house majority and winning the republican majority in the senate. >> reporter: here are the gop's major agenda items. re-upping the expiring trump tax cuts. the gop could lean on a special senate process to avoid a filibuster to pass that but renewing the tax cuts may add to the deficit. there will also be a focus on border security. republicans say a porous border puts the u.s. at risk. >> we're talking sex predators, we're talking gang members, violent criminals, terrorists, people who have ties to terrorist networks. this is not just hundreds of thousands. we're talking millions. >> repor

chad pergram on the hill, chad, thanks.the son of convicted murderer alec murdaugh is suing several media companies. we will tell you why. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 26 in houston, texas tropical storm alberto officially forms from the potential tropical cyclone number one. alberto is expected to bring heavy rainfall. coastal flooding especially south of interstate 10 in texas. typical storm and coastal flood warnings already in place. fox 8 in new orleans as louisiana becomes the first state to require the 10 commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. republican governor jeff landry signed that legislation today. and this is a live look at portland from fox 13 in oregon. one of the big stories there tonight, the minor league portland pickles baseball team partners with cannabis company cycling frog to reportedly become the first ever sports team in the u.s. to sell thc products at live sporting events. seltzers, full spectrum, alcohol free th

>> shannon: chad pergram on the hill for us as always. thank you, chad.s controversial newly named editor robert winnett has decided not to take the job the financially struggling post had announced when it would take over of the core newsroom functions after november's presidential election. today's announcement comes after several published reports in the "the washington post" and elsewhere raising questions about the ethics of winnett and current post publisher will lewis when they worked together in england. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: the u.s. navy's red hill fuel storage facility provided fuel to the pacific fleet since world war ii. built hid noon a mountain 20 stories underground once held 250 million gallons of fuel. but in november of 2021, an accident caused a leak that allowed 27,000 gallons of fuel to seep into the aquifer, in tonight's whatever happened to, we looked at the thousands of military families and civilian hostile suffer health effects from that debacle and where a major lawsuit against the navy stands. chief national security correspondent j

as donald trump meets with the powers on capitol hill it may be a new return to the white house chad pergramng mike johnson at mar-a-lago as we speak they're planning a big announcement and a half hour or so chad is on capitol hill. >> afternoon this is the second meeting between the president and speaker mike johnson in recent months at mar-a-lago and mr. trump phoned johnson right after he was convicted, the signs will discuss a possible governing agenda. >> what he talked about the most was economy and we have to become energy independent again and bring down energy costs if you can bring down energy cost you can bring down the economy or the inflation. >> the gop hopes to have control of the house, the senate and the white house next year one big issue for former president trump is re-upping his expiring tax cuts they may use a special budget tool to sidestep a filibuster also on the docket bolstering foreign policy. >> we've seen enough from afghanistan, the inflation and everything since then this is not working out for a country he is committed to making sure our parties unified and w

chad pergram is going to do that with a look at tonight's congressional flight out on the field. >> gillianuple blocks that way but not spark is just behind me. they're fighting at the capital right now. the fight on the field tonight. more on that coming up. veteran homeowners need cash but worried you can't get a home loan because of your credit? here's great news. at newday we've been granted automatic authority by the va to make our own loan approval decisions. in fact, if you've had credit challenges and missed a payment along the way, you're more than five times more likely to get approved for the newday 100 va cash out loan. no one knows veterans like newday usa. ♪ ♪ [sfx] water lapping. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [sfx] water splashing. ♪ ♪ [sfx] ambient / laughing. ♪ ♪ >> john: from the capital held to the baseball time, they are taking for the field for the annual congressional ball game. thousands of fans will fill the stands and watch the democrats and republicans face off against each other, and chad pergram is live from the roof of nat's stadium. they let you up on the roof right karen. >> before

>> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks.al budget office saying today the u.s. deficit will jump to $1.915 trillion for fiscal year 2024. that tops last year's gap as the largest outside of the covid-19 era. it's the second straight big increase for president biden since the pandemic. the cbo cites increased outlays for student loans, medicaid, bank failure cost and aid to ukraine and israel. the office also predicting the u.s. national debt will reach $50 trillion with a t by 2034. stocks were up on weak retail sales data. the federal reserve comments as well. the dow gaining 57. the s&p 500 finished ahead to 14 to a new record close. the nasdaq rose 5 to its second consecutive record finish. up next talk live with ohio senator j.d. vance said to be on the short list of running mates for former president trump. first what some of the affiliates covering tonight. pop star justin timberlake is charged with driving while intoxicated. daily mail.com took this photo of timberlake in handcuffs shortly after the incident. police i

>> chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks very much.'s bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume. brit, good evening. >> brit: hi, mike. >> let's talk about the top republicans and the rnc chair and speaker of the house going to mar-a-lago to get on the same page with former president trump. how do you see it? >> what is striking to me, mike, is the former president is acting in a way that i don't believe he ever has before. aligning himself again and again with the republican establishment on the hill. he has stuck up for mike johnson repeatedly. he is -- another single example is in the state of maryland, he has encorresponded larry hogan a man who says he will not vote for trump. and you see in this case of congressman good in virginia. he would have been someone who is considered an obvious person for trump to support and yet he is going against him. so i think this is -- the president is showing a streak of practicality and pragmatism in his recent behavior that we may not have seen in him before and it will be interestin

chad pergram, fox news. anita: chad, thanks very much. in today's political panel. joining us now is america first policy institute chief communications director marc lotter and democratic pollster charlie -- i'm sorry, carly cooperman. excuse me. welcome to you both, marc and carly. great to have you here. all right, quite a debate last night, one for the history books, for sure. "the new york times," as you know, is calling for president biden to step aside. the article saying, quote, the greatest mix service mr. biden can -- public service mr. biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election of carly, to you first. should he step down? >> i don't think joe biden's ready to step down. he had a bad night. his campaign is quickly pivoting and bringing the conversation back to one of substance, back to biden's policy positions which a large majority of americans support many of those positions, back to his record of the past three and a half years and to the strong economy he's presiding over. and i thi

. >> bill: chad pergram has more from the hill as it gets underway. what do we expect? >> good morning. there was a time when experts dismissed the possibility of a lab leak sparking covid. it was called a fringe theory. what changed? the senate is exploring whether the virus came from the wuhan lab. there are questions for anthony fauci. >> they need to comply with the law and let the american people see what we know about the origins of covid. everybody basically thinks it is a lab leak and the question is why and how? i don't know why the biden people are so sensitive about this. this happened before he came to office. i don't get why they are so super defensive about fauci. >> no appearance by fauci today. he testified before the house committee investigating the start of the pandemic two weeks ago. even fauci will not rule out whether covid-19 came from a lab. >> what is conspiracy is the kind of distortions of that particular subject like it was a lab leak and i was parachuted into the c.i.a. like jason bourn and told the c.i.a. they should really not be talking a

chad pergram, fox news overseas, president biden delivered a toast during the french state dinner inesident emmanuel macron and his wife brigitte hosted president biden and first lady jill biden at the elysee palace earlier in the day, mr. biden said france was america's, quote, first friend from its founding, and it remains one of its closest allies. more than two centuries later, france and the united states have always been there for one another. >> we stand together when the going gets tough, and that's a fact. we stand together to defend the values that lie at the soul, the very soul of both our nations. >> the state visit was aimed at showing off the partnership between the two countries on global security issues. this week, president biden signed an executive action temporarily shutting down asylum requests once the average number tops 2500 per day. many republicans say it is too little, too late. california senator alex padilla, a democrat, says the policy is too tough. he joined us on our political show. the issue is let's ask the questions who are they? >> where are they co

chad pergram has the story and all he came together. >> dana good evening.trump took their feud outside as an outside the commission on presidential debates. mr trump offered at their president biden. >> mr. trump: i'm calling on crooked joe debate anytime anyplace. >> president biden called his rivals bluff. >> president joe biden: made my day, powell. will even do it twice. >> mr. trump: -- after a 33 debate spanning 36 years. >> what they wanted to do which would -- >> republican national committee severed ties with the cpd two years ago. >> if you want free and fare debates this commission has shown bias. >> the biden campaign also rejected the commission and push for early june debate. campaign demanded certain rules including cutting off the candidates microphone. since 1960 debates were ever -- and television. >> republican candidate, vice president and the democratic candidates senator john f. kennedy. >> -- and in to an economic campaign whistle stop. >> no soviet domination of eastern europe. >> i'm not going to exploit for political purposes my op

resident historian chad pergram. chad, thanks.te issues by looking at foreign policy. it could play a larger than usual role in tonight's event considering what's going on around the world. here is state department correspondent gillian turner. >> i will prevent world war iii. >> president biden and former president trump go on offense against each other and america's enemies tonight. >> let me say again to any country thinking of taking advantage of the situation. i have one word, don't. >> both candidates will face tough questions about america's role in major foreign wars. >> if i was president, the afghanistan disaster would never have happened. ukraine would never have happened. would have never have been invaded by russia. and the october 7th attack on israel would never ever ever have happened. >> biden in recent weeks has doubled down on support ukraine with $225 million security assistance, air defense interceptors and antitank weapons. >> everything we have is going to go ukraine until their needs are met. >> trump insis

one of the greatest of all time, chad pergram joins us from capitol hill.mic player and personality. >> i brought a san francisco baseball with me today. as say, willie mays was considered best all around baseball player of all time. others were faster, but experts believe mays was best all-around. he started playing in 1948. he plays for the giants. he played stick ball with kids in the bronx. president obama presented him with the presidential medal of freedom. he was remembered for epic catch in the world series. fly ball to deep center field after making the catch mays said b biggest worry was getting the ball back to the infield. 3200 career hits, 24 all-star ap appearances. he was said to be a better football quarterback. he finished with the mets in 1973. he was 93 years old. >> brian: thursday all-star game will celebrate the negro league. would have been great to have willie there. we appreciate it. dr. fauci admitting school closures went on too long. you think? >> initially to close it down was correct. he knew for a year not a good idea. >> that

congressional correspondent kurt chad pergram explains. >> republicans are nearly united about netanyahuddressing a joint meeting of congress. however, the chasm threatens to fracture the party. bernie sanders and other progressives declared they won't attend. >> this is a time to choose a side. bernie sanders sides of the terrace them so get. i expect most of the members of the house of both parties in the senate will join us for this historic address. >> chuck schumer house minority leader hakeem jeffries signed off on the invitation for netanyahu along with johnson and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. among progressives, jeffries reminded his attendants. >> like every single joint address to congress, i plan to attend and participate that relates to every single joint address that's taken place during the one 18th congress. >> the housecleaning democrat knows pictures of the middle east in this caucus. >> all of us recognize every individual member has to make that decision to participate on their own based on what they believe is consistent with the district they represent. >>

on capitol hill, chad pergram, fox news. >> let's bring it carrie and thank you for being in the studio on saturday. you saw during chad's package, the gloves are coming off for democrats and trying to make this an election issue. pretty hard words from democrats this week. i want to play another sound bite for hakeem jefferson in the house, listen in. >> we are witnessing significant judicial overreach led by right wing extremists on the supreme court. aishah: how do you read that? is this election year politics here? >> look, what i see are people that are frustrated that the supreme court which for most of our lifetimes, was controlled by the left and willing to give them wins. suddenly isn't anymore and they're outraged that they can't just default control of that branch of government so congress would like to find ultimate ways to do that. they're trying to build a case by this fear mongering of packing the court and finding some layer of congressional oversight to the court. at that flies in the face of our constitutional separation of powers and the independents in the court thre

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with that breaking news tonight. good evening, chad. >> chad: bret, good evening. the trio of house committee chairs accuse james biden and hunter biden of lying to congressional investigators. both men sat for closed door depositions as part of the house's impeachment inquiry. >> when someone lies to congress, that is a crime that is a felony crime and people need to be held accountable, even if you are the president's son. >> republicans accuse hunter of not he telling the truth about his role at a biden family holding company. they say the firm received millions of dollars from foreigners who met with then vice president biden. the houses james biden claims claims he was not at a meeting with his brother but documents indicate otherwise. prosecution is now up to attorney general merrick garland. >> i trust he'll act on that with the same alack tri at this that he acted on all the trump people refer were referred. contempt of congress. >> democrats say the referrals are a fig leaf for a stalled impeachment inquiry.

. >> john: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. what are they accused of lying about? >> good afternoon. hunter biden is accused of lying about his role at rosemont seneca. that is a bite and related business. he is also accused of telling falsehoods about communications with chinese business partners. republicans say jim biden failed to tell the truth. >> i think that jim biden like they provided false information to congress regarding some of that china deals. with hunter biden, i think it is the money laundering stuffed with the right around the corner, impeachment doesn't have to be the only tool in the toolkit. >> the criminal referral -- attending a meeting between hunter biden business partner tony. >> i think that justice department needs to look at that and act accordingly. when you lie to congress, that is a serious violation of the law. it is a felony. the president's son should not be treated any differently than any other american. >> kevin mccarthy green-lighted an impeachment inquiry last july. that investigation yielded some of this information. even if

a fiery hearing in washington he faced an intense grilling, senior congressional correspondent chad pergramhill with the details. it's good to see you. , likewise merrick garland is fighting obligations that his department is biased and even in cahoots with manhattan district attorney alvin bragg for his prosecution of former president trump, republicans are convinced that there are two systems of justice. >> the public has seen through the claims that you made today about fair and impartial pursuit of justice, they see the justice blindfold has slipped off and they look no further than the treatment by your department of former president trump and current defendant hunter biden. >> democrats challenge that, they know they d.o.j. launch criminal probes of democratic new jersey senator bob menendez in texas democrat henry cuellar, democrats defended the attorney general. >> it's not the fault of the department of justice at donald trump surrounded himself with criminals, trump walked out upon himself. i know as we sit here today the department of justice is prosecuting hunter biden and any f

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill. >> good afternoon.otapes, he says there is really not that much there would be added by releasing the tapes. he said it's full of filler world -- filler words and -- but republican sailors from the -- precisely why they want to listen to the tapes. >> we don't know whether there -- he said there were blank times where there was silence. within -- we don't know whether those were one minutes long condiments shaw week -- because those were edited out. we do not know whether this supports a substantial or substantiates mr robert her's findings. >> the gop has accused garland of being unfair to former president trump and taking it easy and president biden. democrats believe republican slump weaponize the audiotapes against the president ahead of the fall campaign but republicans warned garland he had better comply with the committee's demands. >> what happened to peter navarro and steve bannon win they decided to defy a subpoena of the congress? >> we received four referrals criminal referrals that two were

. >> bret: chad pergram saying those closest to the president have not served him well. it is not sustainable. let's see where things are in a week. we have to get through the bed wetting. let's say this all is happening. how do you think it happens? when does it happen? august 7th is the time that you have to make a decision for the convention. >> of course we're doing that roll call earlier because of the ohio law you mentioned. i think the process will play out. i think they will huddle right now. there is a campaign event in raleigh. the former president is going to chesapeake, virginia. i want to see joe biden on the stump today and see his performance. he has told everyone watch me on the campaign trail and he has got to turn this around. again, democrats love to wet the bed. we're famous for that. we were wetting the bed before last night and only intensified only the last couple hours. but again he has to turn this around and he, i think, hopefully can do it. >> bret: tens of millions were watching last night. >> dana: thank you. as trump's short list gets shorte

>> john: chad pergram with the latest from capitol hill on t that.sam. >> let's bring in rand paul ranking member of the senate homeland security committee. senator, great to have you here. i couldn't help but wonder what was going through your mind. one dr. anthony fauci says he keeps an open mind on the origins of covid. >> i figured that would be one more lie because he was never open-minded about this. it's crazy and it came from animals and then he quoted this paper from proximal origins in nature but he helped write the article and he never told anybody he was part of the planning stages for it, but the people who wrote this journal article proximal origins all of them were privately emailing each other saying man, this looks like it came to the lab and it looks like the virus had been manipulative and the public saying the opposite. there has never been an exposure of democracy to this level and i was amazed one of the authors showed up today because it was pointed out to him that he was saying in private that he thought it came to a lab one s

chad pergram is live on capitol hill to explain this. it is a logistics nightmare in one sense, chad. >> good morning. last night was seismic, senior house democratic leadership source tells me, quote, those closest to the president have not served him well. the source adds, this is not sustainable. but the house's top democrat stands by president biden. >> hakeem jeffries do you think president biden should step down after the debate performance last night? no. >> were you okay with how he did? >> now removing the president is messy. it would likely take a cohort of senior democrats ranging from former presidents obama and clinton and former house speaker nancy pelosi to convince mr. biden to step aside. house republicans want the audio tapes from the interview special counsel robert hur conducted with the president and hinted that president biden was not with it. >> is that augmented, that push after we saw the president's performance in the debate last night? >> everyone can see the objective fact that we have been discussing for a lon

senior congressional correspondent chad pergram will be on the call tonight for fox sports 1.s. >> it feels great to lace up cleats. >> they talk like ball players. >> put some hustle on it, chuck. >> 1, 2, 3. >> do they play like ball players? ♪ >> all right. woo. >> probably get a lot more blooper material than maybe espn top ten material. >> members of congress on the diamond, a tradition which dates back to 1909. if they play it, they will come. more than 25,000 came to gnats park for the congressional game last year. raising $1.8 million for more than 40 charities in the washington region. >> obviously you can see it can be. >> teams play for keeps. >> molding folks to play specific positions and i think that's going to make a big difference. >> more rivalry. bipartisan is a word people use but really don't have that in game either. >> republicans are on the three game winning streak, thumping the democrats last year 16-6. thanks in part to a bases loaded triple by missouri senator erec smith. >> all the way to the wall that might clear the bases. >> the secret is you try

. >> shannon: thanks to chad pergram. now to our sunday group.wn the hill back and fox news washington bureau. "usa today" white house correspondent white francesca chambers. fox news contributor katie pavlich. fairman founder of the faith and freedom coalition ralph reed and kevin walling. i hope you're enjoying the air condition. so glad to have you with us. there are warnings from democrats who are worried about what president biden will do when he shows up on thursday. here's jones. >> if biden goes out and messes up, it's game over. if he walks out there and a week later he is lower in the polls, it's panic in the party. >> if he shows up and has a good night that could be a huge boost. >> the biden campaign, shannon, is saying they don't expect there to be a major jump in the polls or really at all in the near term. they see this as more of an opportunity to organize and get their supporters engaged in this election and indeed, they are staying in a memo this morning again that when you have these two candidates who have already been well d

we are live here in atlant >> sa, according to our very own chad pergram. tonight's could prompt new calls for the hurt tapes to be releasedr th. pes. they should be released. release the tapes. now, that's a special counsel referred to as biden as an elderly man with a poor memory. and joining us now is congressman jim jordan, and. congresswoman elise stefanik on set with me. i want those tapes because according to those tapes, joe biden was was i still vice president in 2009?l didn't recall when his son had passed away. l sonadand her said before a jy he would come across as a nice old man who's very forgetful. they hav and e tapes.'t why won't merrick garlandhe tap tolease the tapeess? well c, it's because they're trying to cover up their feebleness. and the fact and that believe, sean, that they edited the transcript, that they turned over to congress. thd over think it's worse.k i think it's worse. i think we. i know we're going to work very house republicans to use every tool at our disposal to hold the departmenttool t of justice and the biden admini