court biographer and the author of "the chief, the life in touch length times of chief justice john robertsjoins us now. joan, thank you so much for being with us. now you wrote in your great piece today for cnn.com that roberts represents more than just one vote among nine. as chief he steers the discussion. if he's in the majority he also assigns the opinion that will speak for the court. so fair to say, i mean, he is pivotal here? >> he is, paula, and it's great to be with you this afternoon. he is more than just one vote because he starts the conversation in the private meetings. he'll start the oral arguments on wednesday when for the first time since 1992 "roe v. wade" is under a very serious challenge here. and john roberts has a real history with "roe v. wade." as you know, paula, he was part of the reagan and first bush administrations that argued strongly to then the supreme court saying please, overturn roe but that was then and this is now. he's no longer an advocate. he's trying to steer this court perhaps towards reversal of r o', but in his mind he's also the institutional in

i'm griff jenkins and for john roberts. >> i'm alicea coming in for sandra smith. the heavily mutated coronavirus variant first spotted in southern africa, several european and asian countries moving fast abandon all travel from several nations in southern africa. >> griff: it seems the rapid response is still coming too late. call late. confirmation from health officials at the strait has spread beyond africa with cases down in israel. >> alicia: discussing the black market sell-off that we begin with jonathan serrie live in atlanta home base for the cdc. >> the european union is urging its countries to halt travel to and from nations where this new dangerous variant has been detected. today, britain began a temporary ban on all flights to and from half a dozen african countries and requiring british travelers returning from those countries to quarantine in hotels. >> the early indications we have of this variant as it may be more transmissible than the delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. >> u.s. health officials

hello and welcome to new york. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington. the nation watching to see if republican can defeat his opponent. >> sandra: we have fox team coverage to kick things off. dan standing by with analysis from the "wall street journal." mike taking a look at education's role in this race. live from the mcauliffe campaign. >> john: we begin in chantilly, virginia. alexandria, get us going. >> john this morning, youngkin told us when he got into this thing he had a name recognition of 2%. now his name is one of the top trending items on twitter. he made a stop at a polling place in fairfax county and even stopped to play only basketball, even in the rain. he spoke to the energy his campaign has gained and that was evident at the rally he held last night in loudoun county where hundreds of supporters gathered in what's one of the most talked about districts in the country. parents should have a say on what schools teach. one factor that made him successful early on was simple math. biden won by 10 points but youngkin is sure the tide is c

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i am john roberts in washington. judge entered the courtroom to address a report that a media member was ticketing after following a bus carrying jurors. kenosha police claimed the person said they worked with msnbc and was trying to photographer the jurors. the judge calling the allegations extremely serious. as wisconsin officials are on edge for a verdict that could come at any moment. >> sandra: jonathan turley and mark will dig into that. first alexis live outside of the courtroom in windy kenosha, wisconsin. what exactly did the judge say? >> the judge talked about a major security concern here in the kyle rittenhouse trial. investigators with the kenosha police department are questioning a person who was following the jurors home last night on the jury bus when they left the courtroom. this comes as the deliberations continue for the kyle rittenhouse case. two motions for a mistrial still on the table. key video evidence at the center of one of the motions and the other is based on claims that prosecutors acte

case it draws closer to a conclusion leaving the city at the center of all of this on edge, i am john robertshn, good to be with you on a friday, i'm anita vogel and per sandra smith today, the prosecution of the case for lesser charges against rittenhoe ahead of monday's closing argument, this is the judge still weighing the defense team to request, tossing case out to buy the lead prosecutor. >> john: missing limb and facing multiple charges for shooting and killing two men and wounding a third during the racial unrest in kenosha, wisconsin. >> anita: jonathan turley will

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nicole saphier weighs in paradigm john roberts.e top of the hour for "america reports." >> emily: the ceo of mcdonald's to meet with the families of two children shot and killed in chicago over the past year. one of them by police. this after protests over text messages he sent chicago mayor lori lightfoot about the deaths of black and latino children killed in gun violence. the mcdonald's chief wrote "tragic shootings in the last week both at our restaurant yesterday and with out of toledo with both the parents failed those kids," even harder to fix. critics called the texts racist. others say that the ceo has just been telling the truth. he's apologized to him and calls for him to resign. kennedy, your thoughts. >> kennedy: i am not loving it. boy. he's a real hot water and it just goes to show, anything that you send anyone is going to be made public. and i don't know. i feel like as soon as you apologize, you are setting yourself up for cancellation. i will be awfully surprised if he retains his job. >> emily: pete, "the wall s

don't fix the supreme court, the john lewis votes rights act is trying to restore something that john robertsservative cronies took away. there is nothing to say if you pass the john lewis voting rights act, roberts wouldn't take it away again. i preferred hr 1 to the freedom to vote act. what did joe mansion, think about this, what did president mansion want out of the hr 1 that he wanted -- that he did not put into his freedom to vote act? all the ethics reforms forcing a person to release their tax returns before they run for president. prohibiting presidents from funneling money from the oval office to their family run businesses. that is what was in the freedom for the people act that mansion took out of the freedom to vote act so i think the for the people act was better but again, at this point, i will take anything from this party that actually allows people to go vote easily and frictionlessly and without the voter suppression done by the republicans and the party won't pass it. >> yeah. look, i don't want to lose sight of the fact there is a lot of talk about mansion-sinema. i think

i'm john roberts, join us at th top of the hour for "america reports". >> minneapolis rejecting defund keep their police department in tact and not replace it with a woke department of public safety. it comes as a major blow to progressives and the defund police movement. the citizens essentially are saying we believe public safety necessarily includes law enforcement, that reform is separate from dismantling that community protection includes police encourage your thoughts? >> i thought you're exactly right in the way you laid it out . i think clearly people in minnesota state they still want at the police department, but i think people all over america, black, white, asian, everybody, the question is about police reform and people who want to g too far left on the defund staff , clearly they are being rejected, but yesterday you saw democrats do very well talking about police reform in boston, michelle williams, pittsburgh, ed gainey. all over, democrats did very well in city elections yesterday . >> martha, it wasn't about police reform, it was about complete dismantling than the ot

the associated press writing that chief justice john roberts might find the most incremental approachrsuade the majority of courts to go along. since roberts became chief justice in 2005, the court has moved in smaller steps on some issues, even when it appears there was a binary choice. i think a lot of my viewers may see this as binary. what's the incremental approach. >> so the chief justice is now presiding over supreme court. that's very, very conservative, far more than any supreme court in our lifetimes. he himself is quite conservative and also an institutionalist. he believes in slow, incremental change. so the transformation in the supreme court because of the trump appointments, and most importantly, justice ruth bader ginsburg being replaced by justice amy coney barrett has really moved the court to the right. we haven't actually seen the impact of that yet. they've been really cautious, incremental and slow, but by the chief justice. the question for wednesday is, is that now going to hold? are we going to still see that incremental approach? by the way, that incremental

. >> john: good to be with you here on this tuesday, i'm john roberts in washington. protesters gathering on the steps in the courthouse in kenosha is the city and national guard remain on alert. i kyle rittenhouse this morning himself randomly pick an picking the group of 12 men of one who will decide his fate. prosecutors say that he was a vigilante out on the streets expecting violence and his lawyers claim he was attacked while trying to help the community and feared he might be killed. he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge. >> sandra: andy mccarthy, leo terrel and joe concha will join us to react to the latest elements but first, outside the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin were certainly a lot of tension has been building throughout the day. alexis? >> sandra, that's right. not a lot of action but as soon as the jury went into deliberation we have more protesters from both sides here out in front of the courthouse, and we just heard moments ago from the kenosha county sheriff's department, they say they are keeping

the law has been slowly gutted by chief justice john roberts supreme court over the last few years and for context in the not so distant past reauthorizing the vra used to be a bipartisan non-controversial enterprise. in 2006 no more than mitch mcconnell of kentucky whipped votes in favor. republican president george w. bush signed it in law. he made a show of it. well now democrats try to restore the law to basically what it was before the supreme court of john roberts got its hands on it. and what they're proposing is called the john lieus voting rights advancement act named after the civil rights hero who shed blood in the battle for equal participation for black americans in our democracy. democrats are trying to fill the holes. the supreme court poekds in voting rights through a number of voting rights bills. and now republicans want nothing to do with it. in fact when the john lewis bill came up for a vote yesterday the same mitch mcconnell who once kwhipd votes for ve. authorization apprehending the new law was tantamount to a partisan power grab. >> practically every single wee

we will have john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be spending tuesday with you. to be too great to be with you, john. his infrastructure plan again later today after abruptly canceling plans yesterday to address the nation about the ongoing supply chain and inflation crises. >> john: a new fox news poll shows a dramatic swing and support for the president on his handling of the pandemic with only 40% of voters approving of the job he's doing, compared to 64% just six months ago. >> sandra: peter doocy, he just ran out there. peter, you're take away. >> sandra, the president hosted a series of bill signings. they were about a dozen democratic senators in attendance, and covid never came up even while they were doing that, at the same time, jerome powell was up on capitol hill, telling lawmakers that no matter what you have heard from folks, here, inflation is not going to be transitory. >> i think it is probably a good time to retire that word and try to explain more clearly what we mean. >> officials are undeterred. the president is selling his trillion dollar inf

john roberts was not available. apparently he had a prior commitment at the american constitution society. strangely to me, but i guess in the spirit of open debate, they invited sheldon whitehouse. but then he started ranting and raving about piercing the inner circle of the illuminati or something. it is all very weird to me. they also asked kamala harris but she said sitting in a room with 2000 lawyers would bring back bad memories of the bar exam. both times she took it. this did not surprise me a lot. despite the devotion to a republican form of government, they even considered inviting true loyalty. but joe manchin was not available either. you are stuck with me. i'm sorry. but i'm still grateful to be here. just as i am grateful for what the federalist society has provided to so many people over the years. scholarship, free inquiry, friends and mentors. that is not all. nine years ago, after i spoke at another federal society event, a pretty girl came up to me afterwards and he gave me her phone number. she i

i'm john roberts in washington., for another hour. >> sandra: i like when you remind everybody it's friday-eve. i'm sandra smith in new york. we have to get to breaking news. a primary player behind the infamous steel dossier about -- steele dossier about to face a judge. major movement this afternoon in the durham investigation. the feds arresting a researcher reported to be at the heart of the unverified claims in the antitrump steele dossier. the suspect set to make his first court appearance in less than 30 minutes in a virginia courtroom just outside d.c. griff jenkins is live at the courthouse. he's got an update for us now. hi, griff. >> sandra, that's right. any moment now in this hour we expect igor danchenko, a 43-year-old russian national residing in virginia to face five counts in a 39-page indictment before a judge. here he is indeed believed to be a russian analyst who was the primary source for the infamous steele dossier. these charges pertain to statements he made to the f.b.i. in five months of 201

good afternoon, i'm john roberts in washington, good to be spending another hour with you. >> sandra: jam-packed second hour of "america reports" beginning on the ground in the country's most crucial race, we are watching it and this is a fox news alert. >> john: glenn youngkin and terry mcauliffe sprinting across the race on president biden and his agenda, things have taken quite a dramatic turn in the final stretch. >> sandra: the republican challenger gaining ground a little bit more than 24 hours out from the polls closing in the commonwealth, here ready to react, we begin with rich edson in live in richmond forest kicking things off. >> good afternoon, sandra, scheduled to be here at our brewery in the richmond area in just a short while, and awful lot of breweries as a part of this campaign. he has been campaigning throughout the day and in roanoke in the center of the state earlier today, terry mcauliffe closing his campaign by hitting the democratic strongholds in a been there the last several days bringing democrats to the polls and while he denied to us he was trying to make

i'm john roberts, welcome to "america reports" on a wednesday. >> great to have you here in new york again. he has taken the stand on day eight of the homicide trial against him. he said he did not go to kenosha looking for trouble and pulled the trigger on that august night in self-defense. prosecutors dispute that saying he was the aggressor and that his actions took the lives of to men. to get mike tobin has been watching the proceedings from the courthouse and joins us with the latest on the trial. quite a day, my friend. skanky it was. >> it was quite a day with kyle's mother crying in the courtroom. the now 18 -year-old attempted to explain the first deadly encounter with joseph rosenbaum and fell apart himself. >> i look over my shoulder, and mister rosenbaum mister rosenbaum was now running from my right side and, i was cornered from in front of me. >> ultimately, he broke down in tears on the stand and they had to take a break with the court room, but he pulled himself together and explain what happened at the car source location about a quarter-mile from where i'm standing

chief justice john roberts also expressed some concerns, so how about you?om what they were saying and is the texas law now on shaky ground? >> i think it's definitely on shaky ground, alex, and certainly we were feeling a lot more hopeful after the hearing on monday than we were prior to the hearing, but i think it needs to be understood that these justices are bringing forward concerns about the constitutionality of this law, not through a concern for abortion but because if states are allowed to override constitutional precedence by simply putting enforcement authority in the hands of private citizens as texas did here, this could extend to overreaching and overriding other constitutional protections, second and first amendment as well. >> yeah, and to that point, let's take a listen to brett kavanaugh who is making exactly that point. here's what he said about it. >> the firearms policy coalition says, quote, this will easily become the model for suppression of other constitutional rights with second amendment rights being the most likely targets. end qu

i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, hope you had a good thanksgiving. good to be back with you. >> sandra: i certainly did. great to see you come as well. president biden now encouraging everyone to now wear your mask indoors again regardless of your vaccination status. travel restrictions to the u.s. are also now in effect for eight countries in southern africa, leaving some passengers stranded at various airports. >> john: although the administers and concedes that the travel ban will not stop the spread of the fast-moving omicron variant, the president says it'll buy them more time to respond to it. here is the president addressing the nation earlier telling americans to remain calm. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we are learning more every single day. >> sandra: that was just a couple minutes ago. we've got reaction, sox coverage begins now kicking off a brand-new hour for us. dr. nicole saphier is here. she will join us in moments. bu

, in their questioning, a majority of the justices including brett kavanaugh and chief justice john roberts new york law may be too restrictive of second amendment rights. all right, a dramatic ending now to a parent's worst nightmare. police in australia released this video moments after raiding a house and finding four-year- old cleo smith. she vanished from her parents' camping tent 18 days ago triggering a massive search. cleo was checked out at a hospital and reunited with her parents. a 36-year-old man has been arrested in her abduction. all right, up next, we want to meet some of the candidates who made history on election day. y. with the only vitamin c that lasts 24 hours. more restful sleep. with the first-ever triple action sleep supplement. we put more of our brains into helping your heart. we give you more wellness solutions backed by rigorous science than we ever have before. nature's bounty gives you more, so you can live bountifully. fries or salad? nature's bounty gives you more, salad! good choice! it is. so is screening for colon cancer. when caught in early stages, it's

york branch of the nra made a similar argument before the supreme court justices chief justice john roberts questioned whether new york's law is too restrictive from the woods. it's pretty unlikely that you're going to run into someone is going to rob you in the street. but justice steven briar questioned whether states will then be able to restrict concealed weapons anywhere like in schools or places where alcohol is served. what are we supposed to say in your opinion. >> that is going to be clear enough. that we will not produce a kind of. >> and as you know, california is one of those other states that has a similar concealed carry law. now we expect a decision from the supreme court before the end of the term next summer reporting live in washington. alexandra limon. >> thank you for that report. alexandra. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news a retired doctor from the bay area news battling stage 4 cancer finds herself in a pitch black battle with the big nasty there. how she survived that attack left on that. we'll get back. i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my

i am john roberts in washington. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. we wait to see if we will hear from any of the attorneys in this trial or maybe kyle rittenhouse himself. john, we will re-rack video kyle rittenhouse reacting to the video being red because he embraced his lawyer in that moment. he appeared very emotional, hugging his lawyer. as all the charges were read out. here with this moment that he dropped when the charges were one by one right off finding him not guilty of each one. he regained his composure, listen to the charges, hugged his attorney. all of this, as he said he acted in self-defense last summer when he shot three people, two of them fatally, during last year's rights in kenosha. demonstrators have been gathering. for days now, as the jury deliberated for three and a half days, our crews are live and will have live reports. jonathan turley, we took that moment in together as we watched rittenhouse as the verdict was read. >> yeah. i have those scenes in courtrooms and the intensity is almost impossible to capture, even on vide

we'll do it again tomorrow. >> john: yes. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. and sandra. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, the chair of the house intel committee pressed by the lone conservative on the view today whether or not he perpetuated the russian hoax to the american people. >> we know the main source of the dossier was indicted for lying about the key claims. do you have any reflections on your role in promoting this to the american people? >> first of

anita: this is interesting, you're talking about the story from john robert, so touching.ries did you particularly like, did you learn something about them? >> they are like children, we love them all. [laughter] >> there's so much in this recipes and their favorite playlist for music and movies so emily tells a story when she was growing up her mom had breast cancer but think that she survived but they had a hard christmas couldn't get a treat and someone brought a fake christmas tree and they put the tree up everything christmas as a reminder about difficult christmas when their mom had breast cancer but also she survived it but it's what you get from stories of the fox family. >> and you have to listen to the to charles payne stories, he asked santa for a briefcase and he got one with a calculator in it and i think santa made a good investment. [laughter] >> what was your favorite story you got after the whole thing was said and done? >> i left jesse's story telling our own stories of our own memories, we have a great video about how we cut down our christmas tree but m

john roberts is live in new yor city with us and it is fantastic.new york city today.

. >> john: and i'm john roberts. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, the chair of the house intel committee pressed by the lone conservative on the view today whether or not he perpetuated the russian hoax to the american people. >> we know the main source of the dossier was indicted for lying about the key claims. do you have any reflections on your role in promoting this to the american people? >> first of all, whoever lied to the fbi or christopher steele should be prosecuted and they are. the president -- >> you've promoted this for years. that's what republicans and people are so confused about your culpability in this. >> i disagree with your premise. it's one thing to say that allegations should be investigated and we were. and it's another to say that people were seen as lying, which is impossible to do. let's not use that as a smoke screen for donald trump to inviting russia in to help in the election, which he did, in to inciting an insurrection which he did. none of that serious conduct i

hello, i john roberts in washington. biko and i'm jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the defense team is making their case for the third day in a double murder trial calling expert witnesses to support their argument that rittenhouse acted in self-defense despite claims from prosecutors that the defendant was a aggressor. >> john: let's recap what happened so far today. garrett tenney is standing by live outside of the courtroom in kenosha. >> john, the defense's request for a mistrial without presidents that was made yesterday has not come up in the trial today but judge bruce showed her has not made a ruling on that, so that is still on the table as we go forward. at the beginning of today's hearing he did tell everyone involved, one of the first things he said was, everyone be on their best behavior today. this comes as the defense calls with last three witnesses to the stand, the first being the use of force and video expert who testified that rittenhouse was kicked in the face just prior to shooting anthony huber. also testified about how quickly everything happe

may be john roberts. could be bill hemmer?that paul rudd. >> very nice. >> greg: we should all admit that harold ford is too good looking for fox. >> shouldn't admit that at all. >> greg: i'm talking about dudes, not women. susan, how do you feel about the choice? >> dear member clueless? he hasn't really aged that much. >> greg: he's in his 50s now. >> wise and there a woman alive? i would like to see nominees, j.lo, jennifer aniston, the judge. >> greg: she's only 59. >> she's got some arms, right? >> greg: speaking of the judge, you did not know who paul rudd is. >> i recognized his face. >> greg: he doesn't make you hot? >> not at all. >> greg: would be your choice? harold ford jr.? >> kevin costner. >> greg: he's quite the charmer. he's also over 50. >> works for me. >> greg: you were actually named sexiest homeless man. we're going to have a party later. >> light a fire in that garbage can, there's going to be a harmonica playing. it's going to be good to come until one of you gets too drunk and murderous somebody who ge

i am trace gallagher in for john roberts.ure americans things are way better than last year but increasing inflation, a supply chain crisis, and skyrocketing gas prices are all threatening the holiday season and taking the president's approval. >> sandra: tomorrow being one of the busiest days of the year on the nation's roads, the white house as president beidler release more petroleum to drive down gas prices that critics including democrat joe manchin says it's nothing me than a band-aid to fix the problem. we'll see how he defends that moving moments when he began speaking of the top of the hour. we should hear from him shortly. first this. fox news alert. some news we just brought to you a moment ago. strangulation, aggravated battery, drug possession, resisting arrest, domestic abuse, suffocation, carrying a concealed weapon. at some of those crimes on darrell brooks' rap sheet. none of those stopping him from walking free from jail for less than the cost of an iphone. >> trace: $1,000 bail was altered frame to be freed

in their questioning, a majority of the justices, including brett kavanaugh and chief justice john robertsted they think the new york law may be too restrictive of second amendment rights. >>> all right. a dramatic ending now to a parent's worst nightmare. police in australia released this video moments after raiding a house and finding 4-year-old cleo smith. she actually vanished from her family's camping tent 18 days ago, triggering a massive search. cleo was checked out at a hospital and reunited with her parents. a 36-year-old man has been arrested in her abduction. >>> all right. up next, we want to meet some of the candida s who made history when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> it was an emotional celebration as democrat ed gainey became the first black mayor of pittsburg

hello, i john roberts in washington. biko and i'm jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the defense team is making their case for the third day in a double murder trial calling expert witnesses to support their argument that rittenhouse acted in self-defense despite claims from prosecutors that the

i am john roberts. the "story" starts right now with martha. see you tomorrow. >> martha: thank you very much. breaking news on the story the durham investigation is heating up and the question is where and to whom might it lead? today you have a third person indicted by the grand jury in the courtroom. we are waiting to see him enter or exit. igor danchenko is a russian. there say picture of the man who has been indicted. danchenko pedalled facts and rumors to christopher steele used by the fbi as substance for their warrants turning into a full-blown investigation against president trump. this is a fascinating development in this story. in moments senator lindsey graham who helped expose all of this when he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. first griff jenkins live outside of the courthouse in virginia. what is going on in there? >> good afternoon. well, we know that 43-year-old russian native danchenko is schedule this hour in the federal courthouse behind me. arrested this morning by the fbi. a 39 page indictment. he is facing

case it draws closer to a conclusion leaving the city at the center of all of this on edge, i am john roberts welcome to you today. >> sandra: thank you, john, good to be with you on a friday, i'm anita vogel and per sandra smith today, the prosecution of the case for lesser charges against rittenhoe ahead of monday's closing argument, this is the judge still weighing the defense team to request, tossing case out to buy the lead prosecutor. >> john: missing limb and facing multiple charges for shooting and killing two men and wounding a third during the racial unrest in kenosha, wisconsin. >> anita: jonathan turley will begin -- join us in just a minute, but we begin with gary. >> good afternoon to you. prosecutors are hashing out what instructions the judge will give the jury before monday's closing arguments, those instructions will tell the jury what they need to consider for each of the charges and today as you mention, prosecutors are asking for lesser included offenses on some of the counts which would give jurors the option of finding kyle rittenhouse guilty of a lesser charge even if

exists as a solution that demands fighting racism with more racism and i personally am at the john roberts school of thought were the best way to end is to stop discriminating on the basis of race and take it from me were the best articulate proponents the direct quote from the book is the only to pass discrimination is present discrimination, the remedy is the future discrimination. i disagree and i think that is a big part of my view without the dogma of the systemic racism effectively is combing gold in the solutions that demand further racial lysing solutions that are likely to be counterproductive in every direction including in the direction of actually serving poorly the black community and around the communities that i think are close to have been helped by this dogma. but there are things i reject as the ideas that bring a prism of race to evaluate the struggles equally or more powerfully through the lens in the theory of intersection intellectual underpinnings which a black woman will always be disempowered relative to a person who might live 10 miles down the street from me here

. >> and i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow for another episode of "america reports." "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thank you, sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. right now president biden in glasgow as senator joe manchin says they're no closer to a deal on the president's agenda. democratic infighting continues. so during this trip abroad, he was asked about the large picture of all of that and mounting issues back home by a.p. reporter zeke miller. watch this. >> tried to showcase that america is back. back at home, your poll numbers have fallen, your party's nominee for governor in virginia is facing a tougher than expected race. your party spent months trying to negotiate the centerpiece of your domestic legislative agenda. why should the world believe that when you say america is back that it is? >> because the way they reacted. you were here. they wanted to know what our views were. we helped lead what happened here. i didn't run to determine how well i'm going to do in the polls. i ran to make sure that i followed th

i'm griff jenkins and for john roberts. >> i'm alicea comingn

. >> john: and i'm john roberts. a busy day after thanksgiving. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. "the story" as the president calls omicron a cause for concern, but he says it's not a cause important panic. he doubled down on dr. fauci's assertion that it's inevitable that this strain will reach the united states when you look at how it's moved so far. we have three cases confirmed in north america in ontario at this point. the president says he's not recommending lock downs and took time to defend his travel restrictions on eight south african countries where this variant emerged. >> the reason for the travel ban, there's a significant number of cases unlike any other country in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get the vaccination now before it heads -- it will move around the world. >> martha: so joe biden had a different take on that when president trump did a similar thing. we'll talk about this with karl rove who is starting by on that

i am trace gallagher in los angeles and for john roberts.our hands where i can see them! >> trace: this chilling video shows brooks being taken into custody after asking a homeowner

i'm trace gallagher in los angeles and for john roberts. it's a far cry from initial reports h

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i am trace gallagher in los angeles and for john roberts. the details are horrendous. if you have children in the room, you might not want them seeing something so horrific. seen witnesses say was marked by bodies flying through the air. chilling video from the city of waukesha's own facebook live stream showing the speeding suv speed past the crowd of onlookers. witnesses said they couldn't believe they were saying. the suv plowing through families. >> sandra: the suv drives through the crowd. members of the band looking on in horror. mass confusion erupts as people scream to get out of the way. five people dead and dozens wounded. the chaos and carnage leaving locals shocked. >> that was the worst thing i've ever seen. >> hit a whole crowd of kids. >> kids involved. my mom was trying to help one of them. one of the kids. there was blood everywhere. >> everyone is in shock. everyone started screaming. people over for five blocks. i thought maybe a driver didn't stop. someone said they definitely did it deliberately. i feel like it's watching a movie. i've never seen a

for john roberts. "the story" with >> thank you very up. i'm martha maccallum. we have a lot of stories that we're adding developments and new information to this afternoon. one we're going to touch on right now the kyle rittenhouse. we're going to speak with his defense attorney. he will join us as he calls some of the reaction to this case disgusting. we'll talk to mark richards in a short time. that video is always stunning to see when kyle rittenhouse received the news. the president wrestling with a couple problems, inflation and age. two issues weighing on the public's view of his presidency. new poll numbers to add to the mix there and to add to the issue that they're concerned about no doubt at the white house. first to wisconsin where we have just learned more about the suspect in the christmas parade tragedy. police say that darrell brooks had been involved in a domestic disturbance minutes before the crash. take a look at his rap sheet. it's nearly 50 pages long. he was released on bail ten days before the parade last night. some of this is very hard

do that is to get both the protect the freedom to vote act over the finish line as well as the john robert lewis voting rights advancement act over the finish line and dealing with the filibuster appears to be the only way to do it. so i'm just thankful that the civil rights groups and your voice and the voices of others continue to be raised and holding all of us accountable for such a time as this, failure cannot be an option. >> this session we're talking about. now, house democrats are now past the legislative hurdle of passing the bipartisan infrastructure framework. but you still have to go out and sell it. by that, i mean run on it next year in the mid-terms. but i'd imagine that under even the best circumstances, many of the physical benefits won't be tangible for some time. how do you bridge the gap with voters ahead of the mid-terms? >> well, it's important to deliver for the people, the build back better. and we've done that with the infrastructure agreement. we will do that with the build back better act. there will be some policies that will continue to be immediately felt. su

. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. here's the story unfolding right now. president biden huddled moments ago with his cabinet. talking about the trillion dollar infrastructure package that axios puts it may be his only remaining opportunity to show voters that his party can deliver before the mid-terms. here's what the president said moments ago saying the spending agenda, the human infrastructure part of the bill, will help in america's competition with china and claiming that it will help bring down prices that you see at the stores. watch this. >> we do it right, we know what the it will mean. it will create millions of new jobs and grow the economy. we'll win world economic competition that we're engaged in with china and many other countries around the world. we're going to see ease, yes, ease, lower inflationary pressures on our economy. >> martha: okay. former speaker of the house, newt gingrich joins me. the author of the new book, "beyond biden" and a fox news contributor. let