>> trace: lauren blanchard live, thank you.'s bring in the author of the new book break the code of silence. criminal defense and trial attorney brian claypool. congratulations on the book. using this whole lawsuit, former president trump against michael cohen is retaliatory. >> i think it was a big mistake for trump. two reasons, the optics for those who are in his favor after bragg invited him. his poll numbers went up. his donations went up. people were actually feeling sorry for him. now he filed this lawsuit. he gives the perception that he is retaliating and pulling against cohen. first of all, cohen is going to toss it out of court because the court does not have personal jurisdiction. he does not do business. he has no minimum contacts in florida. he will have to file in new york and that is where people don't like him and the last putback i want to make it is trump would have to sit for a deposition. he gets no immunity in a civil case. all his personal and business financial records are going to be subpoenaed. that co

lauren blanchard is live in d.c. with more on this developing story. lauren, good evening. >> good evening, trace. a g.o.p. bill introduced by representative stephanie would roll back a new biden administration policy set to go into effect next month that would increase mortgage fees for borrowers with larger down payments and higher credit scores in order to subsidize higher-risk borrowers and make home buying more equitable. >> i went from homeless to the house of representatives and i had to work extraordinarily hard to build a credit that was worthy to be able to purchase a house and buy a car. >> reporter: the federal housing finance agency director says to be clear, the series of steps taken by fhfa to update financing framework will bolster safety and soundness. this comes as a new fox news poll show that many think the economy is in bad shape. 70% of voters say that the economy is getting worse for their families in 2017, 30% felt the same way. the last record high was in 2006, plus, republican senator ted cruz and representative byron donald ar

lauren blanchard live for us. lauren, thank you. let's bring in fox news contributor ted williams in florida right now covering this case. ted, three kids dead. we got two others accused of murder and the sheriff down there in marion county, billy woods, says this is a societal problem. listen to him, and then i'll get your response. >> the fact is society fails it. we do not hold our juveniles accountable. school districts h across this state and across this nation need to stop minimizing the actions of their students. hold them accountable! >> he said again and again, ted, hold them accountable. what are you learning down there about these kids? >> trace, this was an excellent investigation by law enforcement officers down here to solve these murders. what they found was that three of the juveniles that they -- right now, they have two of them in custody and they're still looking for one, but all of these juveniles had records. and something else they found that was extraordinary was that the three juveniles involved in the killin

lauren blanchard has stijn video and she is here now to break it down for us. >> good evening, trace. the body cam footage from the two responding officers shows us exactly the did you knower they were running into, an am bush, facing rounds of builts before they were even out of their car. in the video nicholas wilt who had just graduated from the police academy two weeks ago and his training officer cory gallo way, run up the steps. some shooter was firing, wilt was struck in the head and immediately is on the ground. galloway is able to get down the steps and take cover. from there as more officers arrive, galloway fires at the suspect, killing him. galloway yells quote, i think he's down, suspect down, get the officer. wilt remains in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery. the five innocent lives that were lost, joshua barrack, 40, a loving father and husband remembered for coaching basketball, dane eckert, remembered for her generosity, tommy elliot, 63, known for helping governor andy bashir build his law career, julia farmer who just moved to louisville and was

lauren blanchard, ktvu, fox two news.y a tech leader killed in establishing this week in san francisco remembrances pouring in for those who knew him best. the city of san francisco, caught in a quote doom loop. an expert joined us on mornings on to let us know what that means for the future of the city has more and more companies leave or their employees refused to come back stabbed and killed ktvu zac sos with more on who he was and the ongoing investigation. one by one prominent figures from san francisco's tech community taking to social media to mourn the loss of bob lee on wednesday , the 43 year old tech founder stabbed to death early tuesday morning in the city's rincon hill neighborhood in a series of tweets, the ceo of cryptocurrency startup mobile coin released served as the company's chief product officer , calling the news heartbreaking, adding quote. bob's energy was infectious. he made friends everywhere. he went . one of the things that made him truly special was his capacity to dream big and to summon tho

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. >> ashley: lauren blanchard is live with morning. >> lauren: president biden landed in ireland, the trip is political and his sister valerie owens biden and son hunter biden are with him. fox news digital reporting found while joe biden was in office, a vice president and assist antss of his firm visited the white house more than 80 times during the obama administration. this is what president biden said when asked about knowledge of his son's business dealings. >> mr. vice president, how many times have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings. >> i've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings, never discussed with my son or brother or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses, period. do you stand by your statement you did not discuss business dealings? >> i stand by that statement. >> ashley: a former stenographer says that is not so. mike mcconnell wants to testify to a grand jury looking into the first son that the fbi ignored then vice president's role in his son's ukraine dealings. "joe biden committed crimes in ukraine

lauren blanchard, fox news, the finger pointing and blame game continues over the u. s. is withdrawal from afghanistan. president biden administrations. president biden's administration rather was laying blame on former president donald trump for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of troops from that country. the white house released a 12 page summary of the results of government reviews, taking little responsibility for its own actions and sorting that biden was quote severely constrained by trump's decisions. former secretary of state under president trump michael pompeo fired back, saying the report is based on things that are simply not true. supreme court justice clarence thomas is being accused of accepting luxury trips from a prominent republican donor without disclosing them, according to a new report from propublica thomas and his wife, conservative activist jenny thomas have received gifts from gop mega donor harlan crow for more than 20 years. the gifts included flights on crow's private jet, as well as luxury vacations on his super yacht. and at his priva

us soil today, as lauren blanchard reports the meeting could possibly escalate tensions with china. historic meeting between house speaker kevin mccarthy and taiwanese president tying win on u. s soil by both pro taiwan and pro china protesters at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. the move is seen as a boost to the self governing island stronger when we are together in our efforts to protect our way of life. taiwan is grateful. to have the states of america. i always side president has been on a trip across the u. s meeting with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. i believe our bond is stronger now than at any time or point in my lifetime. china condemned the meeting well before it took place and threatened countermeasures. the white house is also closely watching the meeting and what china decides to do about it. if anything, the administration maintains there is no change to the one china policy should not use the transistors an excuse. to take any actions to ratchet up tensions. chinese state media reports. already china is conducting patrols and inspections

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cash now boxes lauren blanchard is in washington d. c. with the latest familiar family name is entering the 2024 race for the white house. robert f. kennedy jr. known for his fierce anti vaccine views, is now the second democratic candidate to file to enter. he is the nephew of president john f. kennedy. but many are still waiting to see if president biden will run for re election. fox news poll shows he is struggling with his job approval with 56% disapproving. i think when you see polls like this, you realize that on the key issues, you know, foreign policy, national security a lot of us still agree, and we're not happy with the job that joe biden is doing on the republican side. the trump campaign says they have raised $12 million since news broke of the former president's indictment. there really has in the short term been a rallying effect around trump over these charges in a hypothetical matchup by quinnipiac university , they found president biden would narrowly beat former president trump were again? somy congressman thomas massey

lauren blanchard, fox news apple is cutting jobs within its corporate retail teams, according to bloomberge is eliminating positions in its development and preservation teams. those groups are responsible for the construction and upkeep of apple retail stores. it is not clear how many positions are being eliminated. apple has largely avoided the mass layoffs at other tech companies have recently announced and is now positioning the move as a streamlining effort rather than layoffs on wall street markets fell today following a new government report that showed the number of new job openings fell for the first time in nearly two years, a sign that the labor market is cooling off . the dow dropped nearly 200 points nasdaq fell by 63. the s and p finished the day lower by nearly 24. johnson and johnson, reportedly offering to pay nearly $9 billion to settle lawsuits. claiming its products contain talc that cause cancer. the settlement is subject to approval from a bankruptcy cord in at least 75% of plaintiffs. tens of thousands of people have filed lawsuits alleging that j and j baby powder ca

fox news lauren blanchard tells us the meeting in southern california could escalate tensions with chinaheart and historic meeting between house speaker kevin mccarthy and taiwanese president tying when on u. s soil met by both pro taiwan and pro china protesters at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. the move is seen as a boost to the self governing island stronger when we are together in our efforts to protect our way of life. taiwan is grateful. to have the united states of america for all the side president has been on a trip across the u. s meeting with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. i believe our bond is stronger now than at any time or point in my lifetime. china condemned the meeting well before it took place and threatened countermeasures. the white house is also closely watching the meeting and what china decides to do about it. if anything, the administration maintains there is no change to the one china policy should not use the transistors and an excuse. two. take any actions to ratchet up tensions. chinese state media reports. already china is condu

lauren blanchard tells us he met with his science and technology advisers today regarding the growing that artificial intelligence can pose. the white house is heeding warnings from tech leaders that artificial intelligence or ai must be carefully watched as it grows in popularity and capabilities can help deal with some very difficult challenges like disease and climate change. but also have to address the potential risk to our society. meeting with his council of advisors on science and technology, president biden is looking at the impact of a i on individuals, society and national security. tech companies have responsibility, in my view to make sure their products are safe before making them public, while the tech sector has been racing to create new ai systems last week, tech industry leaders and researchers including twitter ceo elon musk called for a six month pause. it's not robots. with lasers coming out of their eyes. it's something that's much softer and much, much more concerning. i think that that the hacking the cybersecurity part of all this to me is by far the most impo

lauren blanchard tells us this comes as the nation is inching closer and closer.ssible default. the national debt continues to grow while the clock is ticking ahead of a potential u. s. default pressure is on the white house and congress to increase the federal government's borrowing limit. but republicans want president biden to sign on to spending cuts to meet with mccarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets. extended that's not negotiable. republicans say they will ultimately raised the limit. we send a message to president biden that we've had enough and he needs to negotiate with with the speaker, but first speaker kevin mccarthy is pushing a debt ceiling package he hopes will jump start spending cut talks. this isn't a conversation. they handed us a ransom note with a small majority speaker. mccarthy narrowly won a vote to pass the bill to the senate despite pushback in his own party to 17 the nature to 15. the bill is passed. there were late night last minute tweaks to the bill. midwestern representatives wanted to keep ethanol credits. some har

lauren blanchard, fox news great, well, migration well underway and the first death reported here in bay area, the efforts to protect the species and the silver lining, it's of animal abuse after a driver founded, injured and underweight golden retriever puppy wrapped in a plastic garbage bag and discarded beneath the buena vista highway one overpass, the puppy nicknamed cheddar was transported to santa cruz veterinary hospital, where he is now recovering. the sheriff's office says the puppy showed signs of significant injuries and aggravated abuse. if you have any information, you are asked to contact the santa cruz county sheriff's office. we're learning more about a 35 ft. long gray whale that washed up on bolena speech. the well became stranded on march 23rd at the beach and biologists with the marine mammal center in the marine headlands say the whales showed signs of having been hit by a ship for more on this. we're joined by my o'flannery, part of the marine mammal necropsy team at the marine mammal center, both thanks for joining us this afternoon. first off here. this is the

lauren blanchard, ktvu fox two news. former president trump appears in court and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. you're looking at live pictures of the ex president's motorcade outside the man kenton courthouse where the president is right now for his arraignment, where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to those house money payments made to stormy daniels will continue to follow the story and bring you the latest plus. making sure certain police officers never work in california again, while nearly two dozen officers face losing their law enforcement powers under a we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you know and love, but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine sale going on now till april 11 we have hundreds of wines sure to pair with any gathering. so act now because these deals won't last long. stop in and save today ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪

as foxes lauren blanchard reports the nation is inching closer to a possible default.he national debt continues to grow while the clock is ticking ahead of a potential u. s default pressure is on the white house and congress to increase the federal government's borrowing limit. but republicans want president biden to sign onto spending cuts to happy to meet with mccarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. that's not negotiable. republicans say they will ultimately raised the limit. we send a message to president biden that we've had enough and he needs to negotiate with with the speaker, but first speaker kevin mccarthy is pushing a debt ceiling package he hopes will jump start spending cut talks. this isn't a conversation. they handed us a ransom note with a small majority speaker. mccarthy narrowly won a vote to pass the bill to the senate despite pushback in his own party to 17 the nature to 15. the bill is passed. there were late night last minute tweaks to the bill. midwestern representatives wanted to keep ethanol credits. some hardline repu

lauren blanchard has more on that.mccarthy's biggest step into foreign affairs since taking the gavel. all eyes are on his wednesday meeting at the ronald reagan presidential library in california, with taiwanese president tying when it's good to take the meeting, it would have been more powerful if it had been in taiwan, former speaker nancy pelosi made a trip to taiwan late last year, which china condemned for president i meeting on u. s soil with the third most powerful us politician bolsters support for the small island. claimed by beijing. china's embassy in the us sent a letter to speaker mccarthy and some members of congress, saying the move was blatant provocation. act seriously violates the one china principle and the provision of the three china us communiques and gravely undermines china's sovereignty and territorial integrity. the white house has urged china not to overreact. there's no there's no change to our one china policy. we've been very clear about that republicans are applauding mccarthy. e and c p

lauren blanchard, ktvu. fox two news.entral coast were devastating flooding his wiped out crops around the region. the areas considered to be america's salad bowl as it's home to farms that funnel products to our local grocery stores, joining us now to talk about what this means for the agricultural industry as a whole, and the changes consumers can expect to seth meyer, who is the chief economist at the u. s. d. a good morning to you, seth. thank you for joining us in short here. what will this flooding mean for the agricultural community around the central valley area? yeah. so i think when you think about the areas where we've seen flooding recently, portions of the salinas valley along the power a river near the central coast. i think within those areas we're likely to see reduced acreage for specialty crops and by specialty crops. i mean things like strawberries, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, and you know, and maybe continue to see reductions due to lingering flooding. the geography of the area is such

americans are once again seeing higher prices at the pump post boxes, lauren blanchard tells us it's move by a group of overseas oil producers that comes amid inflation. drivers again are seeing a slow take up at the gas pump after a surprise decision by opec to cut oil production by one million barrels per day starting next month. back in october. opec members two million barrels of oil a day stands pat with this cut, keeping it along with the cut they made last year. we could be very short going into into july, august september ratios, the average price for a gallon of regular is now 3 50 cents from a month ago, but still far cheaper than this time last year focuses on the impact of the american consumer and we've seen over the past year. gas prices come down by a dollar 50 at the pump. crude prices come down $30 a barrel move also comes as russia says it will extend oil production cuts for the rest of the year, which will likely threaten inflation globally. we need to get american production back up to the levels of about 13 million barrels a day, which would put our destiny in ou

. >> ashley: and investigation into the first family's business dealings, lauren blanchard good morning lauren: president biden has landed in ireland, in tow his sister valerie, who adviseless the president and hunter biden. while then vice president biden was in office, a number of hunter's former business partners and assistants of his firm visited the white house 80 times during the obama administration. this is what president biden said when asked about his son's business dealings. >> mr. vice president, how many times have you spoken to your son about overseas business dealings? >> i have never spoken to my son overseas business dealing, never discussed with my son, brother or anyone else anything having to do with their business. do you stand by your statement that you did not discuss business dealings? >> i stand by this. >> a stenographer says that is not so, mike mccoramick wants to testify the vice president ignored his son's ukraine business dealings. it is conspiracy, i am a witness to that happening, citing a trip he took in 2014 on air force one. mccormick is a trump suppo

lauren blanchard joins us now. >> lauren: the trip was not without a few gaffes, his son hunter had to help his dad on more than one occasion -- >> [indiscernible] -- success? making sure do not all have covid, what are they talking about? what is the key to success? guy named jesse helms from south carolina, north carolina. he was a very conservative guy who was very, very -- not very crazy about african americans when he got here, always had fights. >> ashley: from pubs to meeting with cousins, the white house is insisting this is not a taxpayer funded family reunion. >> what would the white house say to this charge, this is the president coming to rediscover his roots and may be much substance behind it. >> i would not dispute this characterization, i think the president feels strongly there is benefit both here, as well as in the united states to mark the anniversary of the good friday agreement. >> lauren: fox news digital was first to report during the obama administrator, a hundredful handful of hunter's business associates visited the white house over 80 times. james comer says

lauren blanchard joins us. >> he was shot in the head when he ran toward the shooter in the louisville, kentucky shooting yesterday. nicholas wilt graduated just days ago and has been undergoing surgery. a fifth victim has died and eight others hurt, including two officers. >> hospital -- code three. >> officers to the hospital, code three. >> transporting one officer, get the hospital ready. >> the alleged gunman began shooting before the bank opened yesterday morning. witnesses say it began in a first story conference room. police responded within minutes. visibly upset the governor breshear said he lost a close friend. >> a terrible act of violence tore from all of us, one of my close friends. what we need in a word is love, i mean, just love. love for these families, they are going to need it. >> the suspect was 25 years old, connor sturgeon, an employee of old national bank, though he had been told he was being let go from his job. he was shot by police when he pointed his rifle at them. >> he had a long rifle and you hear shots and started firing. whoever was next to me got shot

joey: joey: lauren blanchard hae latest on it.eporter: sheriff billy woods said they can't blame guns for killing three teenagers but the three criminals not held actable by their schools or society. police are still on the hunt for a third suspect in the teen on teen murders that left two juveniles in handcuffs, three dead, and one on the run in marion county, florida. >> some of you know him, you know where he is, and you need to turn him in. i will get him. i will find him, and justice will be completed. reporter: the victims are 16 year-olds and an unidentified 17-year-old male. investigators say silvernail found shot on the side of the road late last month and taken to the hospital who died about half a mile away where police discovered a 17-year-old boy with a fatal gunshot wound and the next day a third victim located inside silvernail's car partially submerged in a lake. police say at one point the suspects were in that vehicle before they shot the victims. the sheriff has not decided if he will charge the suspects as adul

joe: lauren blanchard has the latest. >> reporter: people can't blame guns for killing the three teenagersd it is the young criminals not held accountable by schools or society, here's what we know this morning, police are on the hunt for 1/3 suspect in teen on teen murders that of two juveniles in handcuffs, 3 dead and one on the run in marion county, florida. >> you know where he is and you need to turn him in. i will get him, i will find him. justice will be complete. rachel: 60-year-old layla silver, unidentified 7-year-old 17-year-old male, he was found shot on the side of the road late last month, she was taken to hospital where she later died half a mile away, police discovered a 17-year-old boy with a fatal gunshot wound. the next day day 1/3 victim was located in silver nails car that was partially submerged in a lake. police say at one point suspects were in the vehicle before they shot the victims. the sheriff has not decided if he will charge the suspect as adults or not but he believes they deserve the maximum penalty, the youngest now in handcuffs was just 12 years old. will:

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lauren blanchard, fox news a light earthquake shook parts of the bay area and central coast. less than an hour ago, the magnitude 4.5 was centered of ht around 3 23 pm today. that's that initial magnitude of 4.6. we heard the earthquake was felt as a general role as far north as oakland and san francisco. no immediate reports, though. of any issues after that, that shaker on what actually was a pretty beautiful day here around the borders? yeah, we'll take it. turning now to meteorologist rosemary oroczo rosemary, no tod and it was a beautiful day, little bit. below where we should be temperature wise, but we've got the sunshine. we didn't have the wind quite as strong and yeah, we are going to continue with this pattern as we get into your bay area wednesday in increasing clouds on thursday and believe it or not, we've got wet weather in the forecast. as we get closer to the weekend. there's a look there over the golden gate bridge where we do have beautiful, sunny skies overhead view here from up above where it is quiet out there yesterday. in addition to the wind, we even

lauren blanchard takes a look at what some health experts say needs to be done to improve travel.t too far behind. problem now is becoming a significant aspect of our modern society. but even though traveling can be fun, it can also be stressful, especially if you have difficulty with mobility, seeing hearing or speaking. according to the cdc. roughly 26% of adults in the us have some type of disability. and while the americans with disabilities act of 1990 has led to some improvements in accessible travel, health experts say efforts to provide seamless travel experiences shouldn't stop at the airport. terminal travel is a journey that contains multiple components from trip planning to local transportation, air, travel, lodging, food and beverage facilities and attractions. professor xu coal of indiana university, says there are multiple gaps inaccessibility people can face when they travel , a person may have reserved and accessible room at hotel. but find out the room is not accessible after all upon arrival, says it's critical for businesses that make up the travel and vacation