we have a clip of john roberts.town halls from 1 1/2 years ago that believe that maybe we have crossed a point here where more needs to be done. maybe more people will be emboldened by what happened with gabrielle giffords over the weekend. >> sandra: great stuff. that was from john january 2011. he went on to cover the white house. a lot of great ways we're celebrating 25 years of the fox news channel. great to be here with you today. thanks, mike. i'm sandra smith. >> happy anniversary. i'm mike emanuel for john roberts. "the story" starts right now. hi, martha. >> martha: great videos. thanks, sandra and mike. i'm martha maccallum in new york. this is "the story" right now. president biden on the ground in elk grove, illinois. trying to drum up support for his agenda. the push her in illinois is for more vaccine mandates. it's a moment when president biden is under a lot of pressure polling-wise. 38%. a huge slide from where he was. 38% approve of the job he's doing according to the

i might go get those answers john roberts, it's great. progressive left during a recent interview. the academy award-winning actor says he doesn't not support the police. >> i am not in the least bit for defunding the police. police work is, aside from all the negativity around it, it's very necessary for us to have them and most of them are guys that are doing their job, they are going about that day-to-day jobs. >> harris: i'm surprised they didn't cut his mic because that's kind of counterculture to the discussion that goes on among democrats about defunding the police. we will do a lightning round. brian, you go first. >> brian: evidently frankie for sonic, he also agrees not to defund the police. they got to tell cori bush because cori bush come at the congressman woman believes they should defund the police. as does most of the squad. congress has to get in line with some of those powerful african-americans in the country. i'm heartened to hear it because he does have real life experience. >> morgan: i love this stuff just can't be

john roberts deleted this tweet, and that should matter, by the way, and he's tried to walk it back,too. but why would i even think about posting that the death raises questions? he knows the root of his concern is illegitimate. i'm not connecting him or will or the others to the big lie, i have no reason to do that, especially where john roberts is involved. the idea of saying, people have questions about the election, yeah, because you're telling them they should have questions, without basis. that's what happens here. this is raising questions. because the people in the prime time lineup who, once again, fox never really tells you they're not part of the news division, right? it's entertainment. they're just allowing people to entertain you with things that are making you hate other people in this country. so tonight, they'll make mention of powell's age but nothing of him battling an advanced form of cancer and parkinson's disease. and that's not just intellectually dishonest. it's proof of somebody who doesn't want to make things better except for themselves and their fortunes.

like, maybe john roberts shouldn't have so much power. that's not how it works. the commission had no court reformers on it. biden's commission for supreme court reform had no court reformers on it. which tells you what that commission was all about. and their report, their draft report is just -- it's gobbledy gook. some commissioners believe this while others believe that. it's not designed to advocate. it's not designed to inspire. it's not designed to move the needle. it's not designed to make recommendations. think about it this way. the supreme court is the only way in the country that operates without ethics rules. that could be a reform. but instead of we are looking at ethics reform, the supreme court commission didn't touch t didn't even study it. this reform, this commission was designed to do nothing to give biden cover for doing nothing. they have done their job very well. host: the president's commission on scotus was established by exec executive order in april, 180 days to study the legality of reform proposals. expanding

there are three, all conservatives, chief justice john roberts and trump appointees brett kavanaugh andervative triad at the center of the court. >> reporter: democrats sounded the alarm at barrett. >> a judicial or the pea toe they are fairing at the aca. >> reporter: she has defied expectations of both sides. >> the expectation that justice barrett would be a reliable vote for the position has not materialized. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh is also a critical vote to watch. >> we don't know what a brett kavanaugh who is no longer beholden to john roberts to get the deciding vote will say about abortion, and we don't know the same about justice barrett. >> reporter: barrett and kavanaugh broke with the chief justice to allow that texas abortion law to go ahead on technical grounds. a sign john roberts' once dominant influence may be coming to an end. >> chief justice roberts will encourage his colleagues to do it, and not all of them are on board with that. >> reporter: a court at a crossroads as americans remain on edge over just how far and how fast the supreme court will go. >> our t

georgia, and that's what it boils down to, democracy, and none of this would be happening if the john roberts voting act. the biden commission, you say they miss the mark. you are supporting the bill that would add four more justices to the bench. tell us why. >> thank you, reverend. >> i think we're having audio problems with the congressman. we'll try to get that fixed. but i think that i wanted to start to show, to really put into focus, that how we got here is important and the supreme court that decided 2013 and decides where we go in terms of upcoming voting matters, they are going to have to be looked at as we deal with the voting -- as we deal with these voting rights legislation matters in the senate, which we will get to on the show. we'll be back with congressman johnson, but joining me now is two former congress members, congresswoman edwards, and david, both msnbc political analysts. david, we are one day away from former trump possibly sitting down for a video deposition for a lawsuit involving a 2015 alleged assault that happened outside of trump tower during a demonstration. t

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chief justice john roberts when that came into place said -- he said the statutory scheme before theut unprecedented. the legislature, meaning the texas legislature, has imposed a prohibition on abortions after six weeks and delegated the prohibition to the pop pew lass at large. how do you square the concerns about the so-called regulatory scheme with the fact that there are conservatives that may be in favor of an abortion ban? >> ali, you have put your finger on the big point there. on the one hand, yes. we have a conservative majority, many of whom including john roberts himself having expressed skepticism at roe versus wade. on the other hand, you have state lawmakers here that are really trying to circumvent the judiciary. something that the judiciary does not like one bit. so will we have -- there is a potential that the supreme court justices may rule in a way that even though they may not agree with the roe v. wade, they're not going to like the way texas did this and they can strike that part of it down in an effort to prevent other states from following this same approach,

and the way to put out the fire has got to be through the john robert lewis voting rights advancementay forward at this point since republicans have demonstrated zero interest in uplifting and defending our democracy is to create a democracy exception to the filibuster that will allow these two important pieces of voter protection legislation to get n up or down vote in the senate. that is it. and that is what we've got to do. >> understood. i mention your role in the judiciary committee. we were questioning the attorney general today and what you drew attention to and his response, from today's hearing. >> i believe that every eligible voter should be able to vote and that there should be no restrictions on voters that make it more difficult for them to vote unless they're absolutely necessary. the justice department is limited in its ability to bring cases and it must find discriminatory intent or effect. >> fact check, true, those are the requirements on what the doj could do in bringing the cases but do you think this attorney general based on what you heard today is being asserti

i'm john roberts.a smith in new york. it is friday, we also asked democratic candidate to join us, but terry mcauliffe's team said his schedule today was too tight. we will keep asking. today we'll hear from glen youngkin on why issue striking nerve in virginia and spreading far beyond. first, breaking news at this hour. if the supply chain crisis so far had you worried about having few too turkeys or finding perfect christmas tree, you might stop stressing about holidays as shortages become potentially deadly danger to people's health. >> john: empty shelves in hospital pharmacys and drugs are the difference between life and death for patients, now the american -- urgent public health crisis. >> sandra: live in atlanta, home of the cdc headquarters. >> sandra and john, supply chain disruption having impact on medication in short supply because of covid-19 pandemic. the reasons are similar to other products. it is costly, the store inventory in warehouses, pharmaceutical companies have incentive to kee

smart people that now to the supreme court every day a person that has to go argue in front of john robertsthursday on monday wanted to stay should have so much power so the commission had no performance bidens commission and young core performance and what that you commission was all about. and that commission believes this is not designed to advocate and make the recommendations. think of it this way the supreme court is the only court in the country that operates without ethics rules there is no code of ethics that they are required to follow it is low hanging fruit to have the fx requirement i don't know maybe with sexual assault and then excuse themselves when women's rights come before them? but looking at fx reform the supreme court commission did not even study it so theot commission was designed to do nothing to give cover for doing nothing and had done their job very well. >> that can mental - - on executive order 180 days to study the merits and proposal such as term limits to expand the number of justices 36 legalld scholars and judges and more than 17 hours of discussion in the

i'm john roberts in washington. great to see you, sandra. >> i'll take it neat. i'm sandra smith in new york. polls show the candidates locked in a close race weeks after he expressed concern over the unpopularity in the state. education has become a top issue as critics say the biden administration is trying to silence those concerned parents. >> this comes as a student is found guilty of sexually assaulting a high school classmate in virginia. the father of the teenage victim became a symbol for unrest at school board meetings nationwide. he was arrested for trying to stand up for his daughter after the school superintendent insisted there was no sexual assault. >> we've got fox team coverage. it begins now. jason is standing by to weigh in. mike emanuel is in loudoun county. >> to alexandria in arlington. hi, alex. >> hi there. democrat terry mcauliffe has bought in a slew of high profile democrats to drum up enthusiasm for his campaign. tonight, president biden will make the short trip over the bridge here to arlington. he wrote this on twitter. "folks, terry

it's been >> john: hello again sandra, i'm john roberts washington. "the new york post" putting it bluntly on its cover calling it bidens secret flights. the post reporting that flights take off at texas and land at westchester county airport and migrants are then placed on buses and sent to at drop off points in new jersey, new york and connecticut. >> many are already struggling towns, migrants are put on those flights as border towns are completely overwhelmed by the surge. fox reporting exclusively last week that the border patrol has released more than 100,000 migrants into the u.s. since just early august. we have fox team coverage which begins now. senator tom cotton will react to the secret flights in just a moment. >> john: buttressed eric shawn has alleged in westchester county. you actually look like you are in new york city. sorry about that. >> that's all right john, i'm in the newsroom. the biden administration is supporting young migrants and those nighttime charter flights from texas, but they are filled with teenagers and children who

good afternoon, i'm john roberts in washington. we had a busy 60 minutes ahead of us. >> sandra: in the last 50 ms., was as well. i'm sandra smith anymore. that is down a full point since the month started. the top concern is the economy. the president heading out to his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, selling his multitrillion dollars spending plan, even as the supply chain crisis leave store shelves empty and ports filled with products. >> john: fighting campaign as a working-class joke, but so far a lot of his priorities has seen more alarm as of causes like social spending. that means higher taxes for americans. fox team coverage begins now on the issue staring down this white house, and driving down the president poll numbers. from the unanswered questions in afghanistan, to mandates leaving americans jobless praise be to john, we began with a crisis on our southern border. senior correspondent mike tobin is reporting live from texas. hi, mike. >> hi thomas sandra. eddie dhs source confirms that 2021 saw 1.7 million border

john roberts is off today. u.s. adding 194,000 jobs for the month of september, well short of 500,000. unemployment rate falling as americans face higher prices in grocery stores and at the gas pump, where gas prices have surged to seven-year highs. >> sandra: a lot of americans feeling that pain at the pump. supply chain bottlenecks getting late, some shelves empty at stores across the nation, threatening the holiday shopping season. we work our way to mid-october. team coverage of this, karl rove will react to the president's comments in moments. >> trace: jacqui heinrich is live from the west lawn. jacqui. >> jacqui: the president is taking a lap on this jobs report, which was far cry from the 500,000 jobs added that economists were looking to, 194 really missed the mark there, the president called it evidence of progress we are making. he pointed out a couple bright spots in the jobs report and noted unemployment fell below 5%, first time since march of 2020 and noted report comes from september when covid cases

i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, great to see you. >> you just can't make that one up. i am sandra smith in new york. jonathan and diana seems like your standard suburban couple. the fbi alleges they had a secret, a plan to steal classified information on u.s. nuclear submarine technology an sell it to a foreign nation rea the couple is facing charges of betraying the atomic energy act. >> we are looking closer at the social media and learning more details about the husband and wife. fox team coverage starts now. former deputy national security adviser katie mcfarland is standing by. >> to the pentagon national security correspondent jennifer griffin she has the details of the spirit. >> the two accused spies, jonathan and diana appeared separately in a west virginia courtroom two hours ago. both we're shackled and an orange prison jumpsuit, they both sat alone without legal representation according to jak gibson he was in the courtroom. the judge ordered that both receive public defenders very jonathan come at the navy nuclear engineer stood before the judge for five m

i'm john roberts join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports." >> there is no potential dangerin this. if man could fly he would have wings. he did fly. he discovered he had too. >> captain kirk has boldly gone where no one of a certain age has gone before. 90-year-old william shatner became the oldest person in space this morning. the blue origin rocket carrying him and three others off from texas. here is shatner after he landed. >> to see the color go right by you. now staring into blackness. the blue, the sheet, this blanket. this comforter of blue around us. blue sky then you shoot through it all. you rip the sheet off you like sleeping and you look into blackness. >> julie, captain kirk made it to space. >> i thought that was a touching interview. i thought jeff basos did really well listening and pretending to be interested. i don't know. he, he was awesome. i thought william shatner was emotional. i don't know if jeff basos caught on. this sin spiring for billionaires like myself that normal people will take a trip to space. it's exciting. >> we will ta

. >> it's good to see you again although it is bad news on john roberts from washington.ly crisis under control we just heard from the press secretary but now it's the president turned with the user marks expected moments from now. we hear the toy association president basically saying get ready for the issues the poor into next year. >> this has brand-new numbers out today show and rising is no going away and when you add thi empty store shelves millions of jobs are still not fill that means that we are all paying a lot more. >> the demand for truck drivers is absolutely breathtaking. there are estimates that there is a need for at least 60,000 new truck drivers on the road. >> we are in a suit mommy of food they insist the president is on top of this. you will see us live on the north lawn with analysis of this. >> secretary is explaining that they know this is not just a single bottleneck. we have supply chains faceted currently and they cannot guarantee from the white house people trying to ship to a hous or a loved one ahead of the holidays that they will have this d

. >> a red mass was held in washington today with chief justice john roberts. >> 8 of 9 justices willhighest court after 18 months of virtual hearings due on the pandemic. justice kavanaugh will stay home after testing positive for covid last week. >> i had worked at nbc and cnbc and business news for 7 years before i came to fox, still had that scrappy feel, it had been a round for a few years, there was spill an energy and an edginess and a scrappiness to it was that fun and attractive to me. it fell like you could kind -- do anything. you know if you were willing to work hard enough and put yourself in to that mix, and work long hours, you could succeed. my path to fox news went through 1600 pennsylvania avenue, the white house. where i worked in the press office first deputy then press secretary, i end up thinking, i would like to continue to be a part of the conversation, even after bush administration ended. confident right as a was about to leave the white house, i met sean hannity. he came to have a last look around the white house when george w. bush was president. but first

thanks for joining us. >> john: i'm john roberts.tha maccallum. >> martha: good to see you. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. today we mourn the loss of an earn icon. a soldier in the u.s. army. he was born here in new york city from immigrants from jamaica. he rose to the highest levels of the u.s. government. >> it shows to the world what is possible in this country. shows that follow our model and over a period of time from our beginning, if you believe in the values we espouse, you can see things as miraculous ase

john roberts, who has looked into this says it is less than half of the people who are eligible, whos not moving may be as fast as occurred and that could leave some people more vulnerable this winter. the nhs says it is now inviting more people to come forward and the numbers, the rate so far are in line with independent guidance. this is england stop elsewhere, scotland and wales don't publish data in quite the same way. in northern ireland the same way. in northern ireland the focus has been on healthcare workers rather than the elderly. they are just starting to roll that out now. across the uk, if you offered this jab, come forward and take it, because it offers more protection, orshould take it, because it offers more protection, or should do, this winter. , . ~ protection, or should do, this winter. , ., ,, , ., ford is investing more than 200 million pounds in its halewood plant on merseyside, to build power units for electric vehicles. partly funded by the government, it will be the first dedicated factory, assembling components for electric cars in europe, safeguarding 500

and pass s.4, the john robert lewis voting rights advancement act. let us restore the full protections of the voting rights act of 1965. let us pass the freedom to vote act which, after all, the first 300 pages written by john lewis, his empowerment act, it's about access at the ballot box. it's about making sure that the least of these, the voiceless, have a voice in this democracy. we must restore the vote. voices of the excluded. we can do that. congress can do that. that was what the supreme court said in the shelby vs. holder decision. only congress can come up with a modern day formula to secure the right to vote. to get at the most egregious state actors. we understand that we are threading a thin needle. but we have done our job. and now the senate must do its. let's get rid of the filibuster. let us reform the filibuster at the very least. and ensure that every american has a right to vote and to ensure that their vote is counted. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i now yield to congressman evans. mr. evans: i'd like to thank the chair

i'm bill hammer in for john roberts. the president arriving on the hill earlier today announcing a framework deal on that massive spending package. it's currently listed at 1.75 trillion, half of what democrats initially wanted. it also includes $2 trillion in tax hikes. >> sandra: proposals for family leave are and they scramble to get democrats on the same page, and that's just days before the suddenly neck and neck governors race virginia where democratic loss could be seen as an indictment of a party that cannot get things done. president biden addressing the nation this morning at some key democrats will remain skeptical. >> and our people. >> it's a major, major snafu and clearly to my mind, we need to have certainty. and we can trust. >> on john barrasso is standing by with reaction and there is a lot of it so far today. >> sandra: we look forward to that but for us to the white house and jackie heinrich with the very latest as a president has just departed. >> hi, sandra. just a fact of the white house was the on

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. . >> martha: have a great wedding, john. i'm martha maccallum in new york. the big question this afternoon is, we have moore on a live demonstration on the new developments that we just learned about. the firearms and the ammo that were believed to be in alec baldwin's hands. an analysis of what kind of bullets that could be in that weapon.

. >> john: i'm john roberts. stove starts rights now. >> martha: have a great wedding, john. i'm martha maccallum in new york. the big question this afternoon is, we have moore on a live demonstration on the new developments that we just learned about. the firearms and the ammo that were believed to be in alec baldwin's hands. an analysis of what kind of bullets that could be in that weapon. first, merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today. another rough day for this gentleman. over his memo that called for the fbi to assist with threats of violence by parents against school board members. now, since the last hearing, the national school board association who memo he admits was the basis for his action, they backed down. they said that it was wrong of them to suggest that these parents could be domestic terrorists in this context. so the a.g. was under pressure to do the same thing and to rescind his memo. >> either you run the department of justice or the department runs you. right now looks like the department of justice is running you. >> did you consider the chilling

. >> john: and i'm john roberts in washington. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york city. here's "the story." look at these numbers. the president is down 21 points since june. that is an unprecedented slide since world war ii. that's a gallop number. he's on the road right now scrambling to get this administration, get his presidency back on track and to see if he can have a positive impact on two very big upcontinuing races. he's on his way back to new jersey where a solid lead by the current governor, democrat phil murphy, has shrunk dramatically while nobody was watching. went down 20 points according to real clear politics. that spread is between 4 and 6% now, somewhere in that range. the president goes to virginia tomorrow. that's the hottest race next tuesday to be sure. republican glenn youngkin is now in a stunning lead neck and neck with former clinton team player and former governor of virginia, terry mcauliffe. biden has

she most recently published a biography of cheesed chief justice john roberts entitled the chief in 2019 birx is a graduate of georgetown university when she was eight finalist for the pulitzer prize explanatory journalism in 2016. so please join me and welcoming both of them to the stage. [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you and thanks to also laurent rosenberg who had quite the hustle and arranging all this. this is the very first time we've been back in person at the smithsonian. i have to say we have the added bonus this is justice buyers first in person washington d.c. he couldn't say in the world he was up at the 92nd street we have extra special things you also something even better because today was the first time that the press and the eight justices minus justice kavanaugh were in the courtroom for oral arguments. they had not been to gather on the bench to hear a case since march 4, 2020. this was quite a big day. joanne breyer was there watching justice kennedy the retired justice kennedy roberts was there how do i feel to you? what was it like for you? and everybody he

john roberts will be back next week and thank so much for joining us, i'm sent to smith. >> bill: high bill >> martha: thanks, sandra and bill. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. so it's been a pretty tense day and a long day already for the president of the united states, job. he reportedly told members on the hill that the really tiny margins and majorities and his presidency are on the line when it comes to these two bills. a clear effort to convince progressives that even this slimmed down 1.75 trillion human infrastructure frame work as they're calling it, he's trying to say to them, this would do it. this would achieve the economic transformation of america that you seek. >> any single element of this frame work would be viewed as a fundamental change in america. taken together, they're consequential. >> martha: they weren't so convinced of that. it wasn't flying with progressive that are dug in. >> so you're not on board with the frame work? >> i want to see it improve. >> this is not what i thought was coming today. >> martha: she said she felt bamboozled. leadin

. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in new york. we have brand new developments this afternoon in the mystery of what really happened on that set at the alec baldwin movie set where halyna hutchins was gunned down. first, this story for you today. turns out that this woman, the head of the national school board association, that lobbied the white house to investigate the riled up parents that they're meeting shortly thereafter got a white house appointment. so right before that, right before attorney general merrick garland decided to take the advice from the letter and called the fbi to keep an eye on the parents. now garcia used this dad as an example of the dangerous uptick that they said existed at these school board meetings. his terrible story coming up. >> it's really scary that our government is going to weaponize themselves against parents? they're using my video across the nation to spread fear? that's wrong. i'm not a bully or racist. i love this country. i have

. >> i'm mike emmanual in for john roberts. nancy pelosi says they will take up the infrastructure bill today. the left holding up the bipartisan bill, as leverage for massive social spending plan with critics saying the plan could reshape america is expand the welfare state. >> sandra: and shrinks price tag of the spending plan. >> the resolution is two senators and the rest of the 90% of the democratic caucus. i think that is where the discussion is and we'll see what offer we get. >> sandra: team coverage, karl rove will join us. ayesha hasnie has latest from capitol hill. we begin with peter doocy live from the north lawn. hi, peter. >> pete: good afternoon, sandra, this is not republicans versus democrats fight. this is democrats fighting about how many progressive authorities they think the country can afford. republicans watch from the sidelines. >> i hope progressives stand their ground and nothing happens, that would be the best result. when we win in november 2022, we can start reversing damage of the progressive left

re-authorizes the key provisions of the original voting rights act that had been gutted by the john roberts supreme court over the past eight years or so. then there's the for the people act. that's a big, very ambitious proposal tackling ballot access, ethics rules, taking on dark money groups that have flourished in the wake of citizens united to use unregulated sources of money. the freedom to vote act, that's the one up for consideration in the senate this afternoon. that's like not the big ambitious one. it's a scaled back version of that big ambitious agenda that's passed in the house. you might call it the water down version of the for the people act. there's a reason for that. you might not be surprised to hear who it is. joe manchin. he's been in news a lot. he wanted to go another route. he wanted to find consensus with his friends across the aisle in the republican party. he would not support a bill unless he could get some republican votes too. in the spirit of bipartisanship, he wrote letter with republican senator about the importance of both sides coming together for federal

john roberts, the story starts right now. >> thank you. continuing coverage of the breaking news. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. the teton county coroners delivering his full report on the manner and cause of gabby petito's death ruling it was strangulation and her body was in the wilderness for three to four weeks before it was discovered. all as the man hunt for brian laundrie appears to be at a standstill. his lawyer releasing this statement moments ago quoting now, gabby petito's death at a young age is tragedy wine brian laundrie is charged with the unauthorized use of the debit card belonging to death, brian is considered a person of interest. he's still missing. when he's located, we will address the pending fraud charge against him. dr. michael baden is standing by with fascinating insight. let's recap what we just learned moments ago with laura ingle. she's live in new york. laura? >> trace, of course, you know this is a big day in this case, learning the cause and manner of death. homicide, strangulation. as we know from all of the cases we've covered and t

i'm john roberts here in washington. >> anita: i'm anita vogel in four sandra smith. the >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. right now on "the story," the white house defending pete buttigieg amonday an onslaught of criticism from republicans surrounding the supply chain crisis. the gop claiming the administration responded to slow to a crisis months in the making. secretary buttigieg will be on "special report" this evening to react to some of the criticism. one solution presented by the administration has been to ramp up operations at a major u.s. port. we're talking about the port of los angeles. officials tell fox that effort could take up to three months as the holiday season looms. senator tom cotton is standing by. first, let's bring in the national correspondent, william la jeunesse with more. >> trace, the cranes behind me are silent as they have been every day that week at 5:00 a.m. when we arrive despite the president's promise hoff getting another shift up at 3:00 to 7:00 a.m. right now there's six containers arriving

. >> i'm mike emmanual in for john roberts.. the left holding up the bipartisan bill, as leverage for massive social spending plan with critics saying the plan could reshape america is expand the

as is tradition, a red mass was held in washington today with chief justice john roberts the only justicehe nine justices will return to the highest court after nearly 18 months of virtual hearings due to the pandemic. justice brett kavanaugh will stay home after testing positive positive for covid on thursday. download the fox news a app, you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to foxnews.com/apps. >>> now back to one of our top stories, ongoing negotiations on capitol hill. president biden weighing in as democrats remain divided over two domestic spending bills. >> everybody's frustrated. that's part of being in government. biden's going to work like hell to make sure we get them passed. >> every republican is united against it. we're a party that wants to grow the economy, the democrats are a party that wants to grow the government. >> this is not a wish list, this is what the working families of this country want and what the economy needs. >> the build back better agenda has become the biden build back broke agenda. and the american people have figured out that what they're try

. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts rights now with martha maccallum. >> martha: good to see you. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. today we mourn the loss of an earn icon. a soldier in the u.s. army. he was born here in new york city from immigrants from jamaica. he rose to the highest levels of the u.s. government. >> it shows to the world what is possible in this country. shows that follow our model and over a period of time from our beginning, if you believe in the values we espouse, you can see things as miraculous as we sitting before you to receive your approval. >> martha: colon powell in 2001 reflecting on his past to become the first black secretary state. a trail that he blazed as national security adviser. his family announced his death from covid-related complications. he had cancer as well. he was 84. he played a major role in u.s. politics for decades. many wanted him to be a presidential candidate. instead, he was president bush's secretary of state. eight months before

. >> and mike emanuel in for john roberts here in washington.al infrastructure plan is paid for and will cost zero dollars, but republicans say that's all spin

and then, in a twice deleted tweet fox' john roberts said the fact that colin powell died from a breakthrough covid infection raises new concerns how effective vaccines are long term. he went on to say that he deleted his tweet because people interpreted it as anti-vax. okay. that was his defense. look, that's the original tweet again. do you want facts? so i will give you some facts. colin powell's death doesn't raise new concerns about thefectiveness of vaccines. the fact is colin powell, a soldier to the end, was battling multiple myloema which is a cancer of the cells that make antibodies. he also had parkinsons which put him at high risk with an immune compromised system making him much more susceptible to the virus. doctors say what colin powell's death shows is this. vaccinating everyone is important to protect cancer p patients. you get vaccinated if rfor your but get vaccinated to protect the vulnerable people like general powell. that would be a fitting tribute to his legacy of service. colin powell was a man of character and a man of integ in integrity, a permanent blot on his reco

the fact of the matter is all 50 senators, democratic senators are in support of the john robert lewis voting rights advancement act that restore the full protects of the vra, including clearance. what we have to have in the face of this is federal oversight. so it seems to me that the senators, our 50 as far as in the senate as well as our vice president can vote to change the rules and end the filibuster and allow for a fair vote on the senate floor regarding voting rights. that's what we have to do. it's within our per view. we just have to have the willingness to act. >> that willingness is not there, from your neck of the woods in alabama, responded to for sinema when she said, we have more to lose by killing the filibuster than we have to gain. his response, without the expletive is who the blank is we. because we do not have more to lose. so how do we bring those senators along and explain to them that we have been battling this level of white supremacy for a long time and by not protecting voting rights, they will ultimately be hurt as well. >> exactly. the filibuster came abou

i'm john roberts on a friday. >> i am in need anita vogel in for sandra smith. president biden trying to break up the bottleneck by calling on the private sector to step up and getting busy ports to work around the clock. it's just the beginning of the supply chain problem. companies are also dealing with warehouse storage issues. facility is overflowing with toys and is struggling to get the retailers across the country just in time for christmas. do my karl rove will join us in just a moment, jacqui heinrich is live at the white house but we begin with william la jeunesse live from the port of los angeles today, what's going on there? >> president biden said on wednesday we are going to go to 24 and seven, specifically the three to 7:00 a.m. shift. we've been there the last two mornings at 5:00 a.m. and none of those operations were underway, the trends behind me were silent and officials turn out realistically it could take two to three months before the ports and all the players involved can go back to 24/7 operations. >> this is not flipping a light switch

john roberts in washington, welcome to "america reports," sandra greeted them at good to be back with you. >> sandra: welcome back mime sandra smith in new york and the president's domestic agenda held up by his own party. the feud between moderates and progressives threatening to sink his massive spending plan with the price tag remaining the huge sticking point at this point. >> john: progressives calling for $3.5 trillion in spending but moderate say they want to package that costs less than half of that and a key biden ally said it could fall somewhere in between. around $2 trillion. >> sandra: jacqui heinrich is here with the latest from the white house to kick things off, hey. >> good afternoon to both of you guys. chris coons said publicly what we have known through our own stories same for a little over two weeks now at the white house to broker roughly $2 trillion reconciliation package reaching an agreement between house progressives and the moderate senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. but since the last deadline came and went two weeks ago, there has really been no pro

. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher in for john roberts. the suspect started firing after getting into a fight at the school. the f.b.i., atf and other law enforcement are on the scene, a man hunt is underway. casey stegall is joining us by phone, he rushed to the site of this shooting reunification site in arlington, texas. casey, give us some sense of what it has been like for parents as they reunite with their children who were in the school at the time of the shooting. >> casey: you can imagine. i just spoke with a guy literally a few minutes ago, he said his daughter is a sophomore. he was parking in the parking lot because the traffic is so bad. he was going to hoof it to the performing arts center. not far, just a stones throw away from the high school itself. that has been identified as the official reunification center and that is where once the official all-clear is given and the students are able to board the buses and leave the property, they will be brought to this location so they can be reuniified with their parents. they wan

sotomayor said the study had an enormous impact and led to chief justice john roberts to be more sensitivele were not interrupted. >> regrettably, that's a dynamic that exists not just on the court, but in our society in jen. most of the time women say things and they are not heard in the same way that men who might say the identical thing. >> a change in oral arguments has been clear now that the justices are back in person. so far even in conscientious cases, the justices have not cut each other off. >> even the supreme court justices. >> leave it there. >> just leave it there. early start continues right now. >>> and good morning, everyone. this is early start. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. time for our top stories to keep an eye on today. the house committee investigating the capitol riot serving a subpoena on one former top justice official who pushed then president trump's election fraud lie and interviewing another d.o.j. leader who pushed back against it. more on all this in just a moment. >>> an fda panel of vaccine advisers is set to