lucas tomlinson has that story.nce 2003 operation gratitude is delivered over three million care packages to deployed forces. >> honor -- we tried to do all we can to bring joy -- reporter: janice lost her son in afghanistan joined a group of bipartisan lawmakers at the d.c. armory showed their gratitude. >> from the political stand point, i think this is important for americans to see. we've got republicans -- democrats, no matter whether we're getting past impeachment, january 6th you name contentious issue we're willing to set that ath and focus on men and women down range. >> i'm a proud veteran and proud member of congress here to help serve our troops. our troops are fighting overseas every single day today. and the longest war in history and americans have forgotten about that. we haven't. >> regardless of what aisle we're on we're all american first. >> a bipartisan caucus -- all approximately half republican half democrat and we're all bound by our -- our service to our country in uniform, and branches and

griff: lucas tomlinson in washington, thank you. molly? molly: president biden is doing his best to sound optimistic after a disappointing april jobs report. the economy adding only 266,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate ticking up to 6.1%. despite the dismal numbers, the president says the recovery is on the right track, but critics say his stimulus package helped to cause the lay wore shortage. labor shortage. mark meredith is live at the white house following this for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. president biden is spending the weekend up at camp david, but next weekend big meetings planned including one with senate republicans all to talk about the president's economic agenda. and as you were just talking about, this latest report from the labor department shows the country still facing tough times. economists had predicted a million jobs added last month, instead employers adding 266,000. the data shocked so many people, and it meant the unemployment rate ticked up ever so slightly to 6.1%. let's look at those numbers from

lucas tomlinson has more mow from washington.acks here in the united states following violence between is israel and hamas. israel ambassador to u.s. addressed issue on fox. >> i think it is appalling i saw one of the effect that happened -- >> blocked from here and near any embassy near the israeli consulate second avenue but it is not israel's problem or the jewish problem it is the worldwide phenomenon. it is an american phenomenon. oldest form of racism as this is something i expect public figures -- >> operative word is peace. >> i'm really glad there's a cease-fire. in the middle east, and i have every confidence that the biden administration will make all efforts to maintain it. here in new york, peaceful protest is our hall mark but it must stay peaceful. hate against any group, asians, jews, palestinians is wrong. >> some blame rise in anti-semitic attacks in l.a. and new york on facebook instagram, twitter, and tiktok for inciting violence. >> common denominator and platform is social media and it feeds on itself. and t

the state department also warn americans to travel there in washington, lucas tomlinson.world in weekend at the movies coming up why industry experts say they expect this weekend to be a good one for box office is this could be the 1st $100 million weekend. that we have seen since before the pandemic. atteberry weather after a cool the mild start this weekend, but some big time changes for tomorrow, setting up the heat event. as we head toward memorial day, we'll have more on your forecast coming up. this, you can finally head to a movie theater. and, as reported, hal eisner tells us experts expected to be a good weekend for the box office. i want to see other the quiet place to or carla for deborah armstrong and karen enjoys medley. this memorial day weekend means going to the movies, so the idea of going back to the movie isn't isn't something you're uncomfortable with. no, i'm vaccinated. i have masks, huh? yeah. yeah i'm not worried about it for the first time in a long time. movie critics we spoke with have high hopes for local movie theater box office is if you're a

fox's lucas tomlinson has more from washington, d. c.f the largest pipelines in united states, missouri lawmaker on the homeland security committee indicated the cyber attack came from overseas. the fbi is investigating. i think you're gonna to find hope republicans and democrats alike outraged at the audacity. of a foreign actor trying to disrupt our economy, pipeline ships, gasoline and jet fuel over 5000. miles, is responsible for roughly half the fuel knees coast. in a statement, the company said, we proactivelyhres temporarily halted all pipeline operations and affected of our i t systems upon learning of the issue. ah leading third party cyber security firm was engaged and they have already. launched an investigation. there are reports this was a ransomware attack, using encrypted files on a device to shut it down. malicious actors, then demand a payment to turn it back on. the attack comes two months after the solar wind tak blamed on russia and the microsoft hack blamed on china senator ben sasse ter sits on the senate intelligen

and trying to keep triple crown hopes alive following a controversial wing at kentucky derby lucas tomlinsonck. lucas. reporter: jon only to have 100,000 people here at the race force and charm city here in northwest baltimore today it is 10,000 a far cry from those who showed up to watch medina spirit win that troafl race and short time ago i spoke to kentucky derby winning trainer graham motion about what trainer bob baffert's win means. >> face of the score and kentucky derby so it is confusing to the general public. you know, has a way to come back we are not sure this horse will be posted. reporter: wants sport to adopt and not have different rules for different states remember these horses are competing all over the country. bob baffert famous trainer in thoroughbred racing despite when broke for now, of course, baffert had to answer to 5 high profile drug investigations in past two years roughly 30 in his career. many trainers in addition to motion saying racing itself to blame from medina spirit found to have excessive trace of a e lisle antiinflammatory drug in his system and didn't

lucas tomlinson is in washington with this story. lucas. reporter: the cyberattack shutdown wasn't of the largest pipelines in the united states missouri lawmaker on homeland security committee indicated it came from overseas. the fbi is investigating. >> going to find a whole republican and democrats alike outraged at the audacity of a foreign actor trying to disrupt our economy. >> colonial pipe ship gas fuel over 5,000 miles from texas to new york. responsible for roughly half of the fuel on east coast. in a statement the company said, we proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat which is temporarily halted all pipeline operations in effected some of our i.t. systems upon learning of the issue of leading third party cybersecurity firm was engaged and they have already launched an investigation. there are reports this was a ransomware attack using encrypted files on guys to shut it down. malicious earkts demand a payment to turn it back on and two months after solar wind attack and microsoft hack blamed on china senat

lucas tomlinson has the seat today.e third past saturday in may, 50,000 spectators join the kentucky derby and the controversial when, to time kentucky derby winning trainer and 2-time preakness winner mike smith will be up defending his former boss hall of fame trainer bob bamford, the last to win the triple crown in 2018 on justify with mike smith aboard. here he is defending his boss. >> people need to educate themselves on what it is. and illegal substance they use for training as any athlete would, training for a race or a game. >> reporter: bedford is the most famous trainer in racing despite his success in the derby and preakness 7 times, set to answer 5 high-profile drug investigations in the past two years which many trainers say raising itself is to blame after medina spirit was found to have an excessive traceability of anti-inflammatory drug in his system. kentucky derby winner won the sixth race, says the sport is incapable of policing itself or the punishments are not adequate. later this week bob baffert

triple crown and all eyes on medina spirit kentucky derby winner that later failed a drug test lucas tomlinson10,000 spectators expected today to enjoy preakness full slate of racing far cry from 130,000 that show up may each year pandemic move preakness to october request no fans but some improvement and in kentucky 50,000 that enjoy derby now two time kentucky derby winning jockey mike smith won two times as well, of course, last to win triple crown aboard justify by baffert defended trainer. >> people need to educate themselves on what it is. this is illegal substance they use to therapeutic for training as any athlete would you're training for a race or a game. reporter: baffert considered most famous despite his success when he preakness for seven times now baffert had to answer for past two years many trainers say racing itself is to blame after medina spirit found to have excessive trace of illegal antiinflammatory drug in his system kentucky derby winner just won the sixth race here and grade three gallorette with punishments not adequate deterrent and medina spirit passed three drug t

here is lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. >> as u.s.s continue the withdrawal from afghanistan. taliban fighters have taken over dozens of abandoned bases in recent days raising questions about the fate of thousand afghan interpreters who risked their life to work with the u.s. government. top officer told fox news the u.s. military is ready to evacuate them, it's not up to him. >> there are plans being developed very, very rapidly here for not just the interpreters but a lot of other people that have worked with the united states. >> white house pushed back, quote: i can tell you we have no plans for evacuations at this time. a spokesman for general millie clarified the chairman's remarks. the physical evacuation of afghans is one of manying being considered. evacuation is not imminent. the state department runs the special visa program to relocate interpreters two years of faithful service. the taliban doesn't discriminate one year or two years. they will kill me for working with the american. >> army veteran who served two tours in i

here is lucas tomlinson. >> since 2003, operation gratitude has delivered over 3 million care packagesnice chance who lost her son in afghanistan joined a group of bipartisan lawmakers at the d.c. armory to show their gratitude. >> from the political standpoint, i think this is important for americans to see. we have got republicans, democrats, no matter whether we are getting past impeachment, january 6th. >> you name the contentious issue we are willing to sit that aside and focus on men and women down range. >> i'm a proud veteran and proud member of congress here to help serve our troops. our troops are fighting overseas every single day today in the longest war in american history and a lot of americans have forgotten about them. we haven't. >> regardless of what side of the aisle we may fall on, we are all americans first. >> bipartisan caucus. half republican, half democrat. we are all bound by our service to our country in uniform. and all races all parts of the country and here to serve. >> it took over 100 years for world war i memorial to open in the nation's capitol. it too

lucas tomlinson is live with everything we know about the attack so far. good afternoon, lucas. >> good afternoon, mike. the cyber attack shut down the largest pipeline in the united states. and the attack is still ongoing. the colonial pipeline jichs more than 5,000 miles from texas to new york. it's responsible for roughly half of the fuel on the east coast. and they described the impact of the hack. >> this is an attack on u.s. energy infrastructure which shows the vulnerability of our system not only impacting us on the wallet immediately by raising gasoline prices, but raising the cost of transporting gasoline and diesel because they have to take more stringent security measures. >> in a statement, colonial pipeline says we proactively took systems off line to contain the threat which halted pipeline operations and affected some of our i.t. systems. a leading cyber security firm was engaged and we've launched an investigation. the reports this was ransomware attack using encrypted files to shut it down and demanding ransom to turn it back on. and after

lucas tomlinson, fox news, well known beach is about to close and will not open this summer.ant work that needs to be done there. also more dry. warm weather in the forecast. is there any chance of rain chief meteorologist bill martin will have the complete don't settle for products that give you a sort of white smile. try new crest whitening emulsions for 100% whiter teeth. its highly active peroxide droplets swipe on in seconds. better. faster. 100% whiter teeth. crestwhitesmile.com gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. so you're ready for the day with a fresh face for a fresh start. for a limited time get a 5th cartridge free. jumped more than 10 cents. california has the highest prices in the nation averaging $4.4 a gallon and san francisco drivers are getting hit with the highest prices anywhere, experts say. there are a few factors behind the increase at the pump. a shortage of tanker truck drivers is one reason people are seeing rising gas prices and even dry pumps at fueling stations combined t

well, lucas tomlinson is live in washington with details on hunter's dealings. ing. >> good morning, guys. roughly a year before election day then candidate joe biden made the following pledge. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house, will sit in on meetings as if they are a cabinet member. will, in fact, have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country, period. period. end of story. >> chinese business records reviewed by fox news shows that hunter biden continues to hold a 10% stake in a chinese private equity firm. when asked for comment white house press secretary pointed to jen psaki's most recent comments on hunter biden's recent investments back in february. >> he has been working to unwind his investments but i would certainly point you as a private citizen i would point to you him or his lawyers on the outside. >> hunter's lawyer did not respond for comment. the daily caller first reported the story one day after president biden's address to a joint session of congress. >> in my d

lucas tomlinson with more on what's going on. lucas?he largest pipeline in the united states. the company says the hack was discovered yesterday and it's still ongoing. the company, colonial pipeline, ships jet fuel and gas to the east coast, affecting 5500 miles from texas to new york, responsible for roughly half the fuel on the east coast, 2.5 million barrels a day. last hour an energy expert described the impact of the hack. >> this is an attack on u.s. energy infrastructure which shows the vulnerability of our system, not only is it going to impact us on the wallet almost immediately by raising gasoline prices, it's going to raise the cost of transporting gasoline and diesel because they have to take more stringent security measures. >> in a statement, colonial pipeline says we proactively took certain systems off line to contain the threat and which has temporarily halted systems and a leading third party cyber security firm was engaged and are investigating. ransomware attacks used incrypted devices to shut it down and using it t

lucas tomlinson has more life from the pentagon. hi, lucas, lucas. >> hi, sandra.a lieutenant colonel in the space force doubled was relieved of command. he said that he owed he did not those commercials he spoke about on hannity. >> there were videos being sent out to every service member we were asked to talk about our discussions on the rise in which we were taught that the country was evil, it was founded in 1619 and not 1776, and then whites are inherently evil. >> officials silo meyer never received permission to publish a book. he didn't go through the process that former defense secretary's like bob gates go therapy at officials also told fox that none of the training materials mention the 1619 project or whites being evil. those are defense videos that are publicly available. the space commandery relieved him of command last friday. over what he called the lost of trust and confidence in his ability to lead. the three publicly available defense department video were reviewed by fox news this morning and make no mention of the 1619 project or whites being e

lucas tomlinson forest, thank you. >> sandra: thank. a cease-fire between israel and hamas still in effect as president biden praises his administration for helping to put together a peace deal that likely came as a result of egypt stepping in. >> we've held intensive discussions hour by hour literally. in the name of avoiding this prolonged conflict we've viewed in previous years when hostilities have broken out. >> sandra: welcome and thanks for being here. what does history tells us ?>> thomas believes it has military strength, takes actions against israel and wears down in the capacity put damage on israel and then pretend that made big advances. this has happened for a five times in the israelis call it mowing the lawn. periodically, we will have some kind of incident and this evolved activities in east jerusalem and begin a reign of terror and think about it, 4,000 missiles have been launched from gaza towards israel and the most recent account i've seen and more since then so the israelis respond, they know exactly what to do. it

lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon. what can you tell us? republicans in addition to senator paul are pressing the chinese to cough up more information how this virus originated and accusing beijing of a cover-up. dr. fauci says he does support a full investigation. >> will you in front of this group categorically say the covid-19 could not have occurred through serial passage in a laboratory? >> i do not have any accounting of what the chinese may have done and i'm fully in favor of any further investigation of what went on in china. however, i will repeat again the nih and niad categorically has not funded gain of function research to be conducted in the wuhan institute of virology. >> wisconsin senator said gain of function research in a place like the wuhan lab in china is a dangerous practice that involves genetically modifying naturally occurring viruses. gallagher accused dr. fauci of being one of its longstanding advocates. republicans like senator paul and gallagher want to know if taxpayer dollars supported this kind of research in

lucas tomlinson has more on that story. good morning. >> good morning, bill.ers have a bull's-eye on their backs. >> i think we have a duty and a moral responsibility to protect them from the taliban and al qaeda. if we do not give them special immigrant visas, they will be left behind and be slaughtered by the enemy. >> they write in the "new york times" the taliban view them as traitors. since 2014 there have been 300 targeted killings of people who worked with us. many more will die if the administration doesn't take immediate steps to speed up the process to get them out safely. the state department runs special immigrant visas, the head of forces in the middle east says he is ready to help. >> if directed to do something like that, we could certainly do it. >> jennifer griffin will have more information on that. >> lucas tomlinson with that story from the pentagon. get more from jennifer later today. >> dana: i did the interview of the george w. bush from the portraits. one of the portraits was from afghanistan. tony george bush. he said he loved frosted

we get details and the news from that event today from lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. good evening, lucas. >> good evening, bret. defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff did not have answers when asked how they would prevent the taliban from taking over kabul after u.s. forces leave afghanistan. >> we're hopeful that the afghan security forces will play the major role in stopping the taliban. we expect that this will be a challenge for them. >> intent to keep an embassy open and keep supports the afghan government and afghan security forces. we haven't figured that out 100 percent yet. >> the withdrawal began on may 1st. the tall pan are already advancing after warning a few days ago about bad possible outcomes after the u.s. leaves, general milley revised his assessment about whether kabul will automatically fall. it's not a forgone cngz, the key will be the afghan air force. >> as the u.s. forces with draw so do the 6,000 american contractors who keep the planes in the air, pulling out without their support few think the afghans will be able to sto

first, we go to lucas tomlinson. >> hi, martha. standing outside a colonial pipeline fuel farm 30 minutes outside the nation's capitol. the president's top advisers talked about how they can get more fuel up to the east coast using rail, increased shipping and relaxing standards and restrictions on trucking. the dhs secretary says cyber attacks are on the rise this year. >> more than $350 million in losses are attributable to ransomware attacks this year. this is a 300% increase over last year's victimization of companies and there's no company too small to suffer a ransomware attack. >> as of last night, 6% of virginia's gas stations ran out of fuel and that crept up to 8% today. disruptions have been minor. a company in georgia supplies half of the fuel for the east coast. analysts say if the shut goes down longer, prices could creep up more. the pentagon has not reported on the hack. we've seen trucks coming in and out all day but no lines in the gas stations like in north carolina. many lawmakers say they want increased cyber p

lucas tomlinson live in washington with the way to sort all this out on whether we should still wearks if you're vaccinated outside, inside, in a restaurant, wherever you go. >> reporter: hi, eric. as you pointed out, it's a little confusing. the assistant secretary of health under president trump said to dana perino yesterday. >> if you're around vaccinated people, you should not wear a mask. you're very, very safe. i think this is very confusing, and it's causing people to not have faith in the vaccine. it's exactly the opposite of what we want. >> reporter: president biden spent 30 seconds looking for his mask after a speech outside in georgia thursday night. some were wondering why fully vaccinated adults still need to wear a mask outdoors at all. president biden offer some of his perspective. >> but if we were, in fact, sitting there talking to one another close, i'd have my mask on, and i imagine you'd have have a mask even though we've both been vaccinated. so it's a small precautions to take that has a profound impact. >> reporter: a small precautions that many adults are tir

lucas tomlinson has more from the pentagon. >> on capitol hill president biden's cdc deck tore admittedpossible the virus leaked from a labs sars, mers, generally come from an animal origin. >> any other possibilities? >> dana: certainly a lab-based origin is a possibility. >> they believe more and more the coronavirus came from a leak from the lab in wuhan and they want the biden administration to put more pressure on china to demand a full investigation and answers beginning at the end of the month. 18 top scientists writing in the magazine science say more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of this pandemic. theories of accidental release from a nap and pillover are viable. joni ernts says i've seen the intel reports and many questions that only communist china can answer. the world deserves answer. they refuse to cooperate with international efforts. tax dollars were being funneled to the wuhan institute for research on dangerous coronaviruss. >> every piece of evidence that we saw throughout the entire time i was this suggest it originated in the wuhan institute

lucas tomlinson live at pimlico in baltimore with what we can expect. >> reporter: hey, eric.h running of the preakness stakes, today just 10,000. a far cry from churchill downs where you had 50,000 spectators. of course, the race marred in controversy after bob baffert's winning horse, medina spirit, failed that drug test. i spoke to a flynner about what this -- trainer about what this failed test means. >> bob is the face of the sport, and the kentucky derby is the one day that everybody watches horse racing, so sure it's a black eye on the sport. i never understand that theory that the good guys have to police the sport. >> reporter: universal drug testing standards, right now you have different rules for different states and, of course, these animals ship out to different tracks across the country, so what's good for a horse in california where baffert is based -- who actually did not make the trip, reportedly, to pimlico here in baltimore, eric, he is back home in california. he's had five high profile drug investigations the past two years, about thirty in his career. me

police department as correspondent lucas tomlinson reports it's leaking officer data in an effort to a fresh warning from the acting head of dhs's cyber unit. >> adversaries are growing far more aggressive and far more sophisticated. >> fox news has learned the size of the cyberattack on the d.c. police department has spiked from 20 officers having personal information stolen to now several hundred, making it the largest hack of a police force in u.s. history. a russian speaking cyber gang whose members call themselves babuk has released. so stolen data which sensitive information. they demand $4 million ransom. last month the justice department launched a new task force to focus on ransomware and digital extortion. yesterday less than four months in office, president biden signed a 34-page executive order to strengthen the federal government cyber defenses. u.s. public and private sector entities increasingly face sophisticated cyber activity from both nation state actors and cyber criminals. the dhs secretary says ransomware attacks have tripled this year. >> more than $350 million

lucas tomlinson has details. >> lawmakers continue demanding answers how coronavirus from china was unleashedn the world. wisconsin republican mike gallagher writing dr. anthony fauci urging him to find out if the virus escaped from a lab backed by the chinese military. calling it the most important question facing the world today. >> the evidence is stacking up in favor of the lab leak hypothesis but admittedly we don't know. what i'm saying is we should know. we need to get to the about the of it. >> many scientists and lawmakers like gallagher accuse the chinese government of a cover-up. at the white house, jen psaki was asked if president biden is pushing his chinese counterpart for more information. >> the president believes there should be an independent investigation led by health experts and one where data is provided and provided to medical and science experts here in the united states. >> gallagher wants to know about the chinese lab's funding. >> shouldn't we at least examine the lab leak hypocritical sis and understand if u.s. money was involved in it. >> the world health organiza

lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more. hi, lucas. >> that's right, the c.d.c.ng new guidance on mask wearing outdoors, saying they can come off for fully vaccinated people in certain circumstances. president biden recently addressed the issue. >> but if we were in fact talking to one another close i'd have my mask on and you'd have a mask even though we'd both be vaccinated so it's a small precaution to take that has a profound impact. >> president biden spends 30 seconds looking for his mask after a speech in georgia thursday night. some are wondering why fully vaccinated adults need to wear a mask at all outside. and from the trump administration, they offered the best advice. >> if you're around vaccinated people you should not wear a mask, you're very, very safe we know the transmission is very low. it's confusing and causing people not to have faith in the vaccine, it's opposite than what we want. >> the c.d.c. director explained the guidelines. >> if you're fully vaccinated and want to attend a small outdoor gathering with people who are vaccinated and un

lucas tomlinson on that.t regardless what party you want to blame, it's a long, long time that a president admit add imbalance, you'd have to go back to bill clinton. is inflation a legitimate concern here? and is it something that we should all be watching? let's go to dan and francis newton stacy, and sara norman, the former kamala harris campaign advisor. sara, if i can begin with you, the administration has said in this budget that it is, i'm going to keep inflation in check, the growth will be respectable and longer term it will be stunning, but it will be a rule of thumb 1.2, 1.3 trillion year in and year out. i can understand kind of why they announced this and shared this with the world right before a holiday weekend. what do you think? >> look, i know americans are feeling inflation right now, but the question is, is it permanent? and of course a lot of republicans are going to scare us about inflation just to attack biden, but let's put this into perspective. the spending that he's proposing is goin

lucas tomlinson is live with what the biden administration is calling for in the wake of this. it started when the president of belarus scrambled an mig fighter jet, and carrying a dissident. and forcing it to land. and bearus is backed by russia, jen psaki read the statement. it was travelling between two european member union. it's an affront to international norms. and after most of the outlets were forced to shut down after demonstrations against the disputed presidential election. the strongman ruler is backed by russian president vladimir putin. and belarus-- he and his girlfriend were flying to lithuania when it was intercepted sunday and the sanctions for the white house will target nine state-owned businesses and the treasury department will lead a review. and in her name she referred to the political prisoner and they responded to sanctions announced by other western nations. >> what really is astounding is the reaction of their colleagues, and their desire to spread fake news on the grounds that are very questionable and doubtful. >> also the f.a.a. issued a new warn

pete: lucas tomlinson joins us live in washington with more. e has ever warned us about. that your debt becomes so large it's more than 100 percent of your g.d.p. there is no coming back from that. this sounds like venezuela or cuba. >> to pay for the 25% increase in spending nearly $3 trillion in taxes will be levied by the administration. budget includes 36 billion for. combat gun violence and address the root causes of migration. the senate minority leader says the money would disappear into a million mediocre daydreams. it would drown american families in debt, deficit and inflation. lindsey graham says president biden's budget dead on arrival. be serious questions about government spending. budget proposal exceeds president trump's budget request 4.8 trillion last year summers warns risk to the economy overheating due continue toflation. will: thank you, lucas. one of the conversations we have had and we have had several point last several months the embrace of the permanent pandemic the emergency measures put in place have become in many w

lucas tomlinson has more on that from washington d.c. lucas?ng the violence between israel and hamas, increasing attacks here against jews in the united states, as ambassador to the u.s. spoke earlier on fox & friends. >> i think it's a appalling, it's appalling, but it's noticer 's problem or the jewish problem. it's a world wild moan, it's an american phenomenon, it's the oldest form of racism and this is something i expect all public figures here to condemn. >> the operative word is peace. i'm really glad there's a cease-fire in the middle east, and i have every confidence that the biden administration will make all efforts to maintain it. >> here in new york, peaceful protesters are hallmark but it must stay peaceful and in washington, we just passed, and the president just signed, the anti-asian hate crime bill just yesterday, and hate against any group, asians, jews, palestinians, is wrong. >> some blame the rise in anti-semetic attacks in la and new york on facebook, instagram twitter and tiktok for instigating the violence. >> the commo

lucas tomlinson picks up the reporting at the pentagon there. tion into the origins of the coronavirus. >> it deserves investigations. you have mainstream journalists the evidence seems to suggest it started in a lab that got a $3 million grant. ecohealth gave $6,000 of american money to the lab. why are we giving money to a lab in wuhan china in the first place? >> they believe more and more the coronavirus outbreak came from a leak from that lab in wuhan. they want the biden administration to put more pressure on china. they demand a full investigation. former secretary of state mike pompeo spoke about this recently. >> every piece of evidence that we saw throughout the entire time i was there suggested it originated in the wuhan institute of virology. i haven't seen a shred of evidence that suggests anything to the contrary. >> the current secretary of state tony blinken is demanding an investigation. republicans are giving the administration until the end of the month to cough up some answers. >> bill: thank you from the pentagon today: >> da

lucas tomlinson has all the details here in our washington bureau. >> the world health organization releasedof a cover-up. the white house a short time ago jen psaki spoke about the investigation. >> the president believes one where the data is provided, provided to our science experts here in the united states and we look forward to reviewing that. >> the g.o.p. leader of the committee and two other republicans wrote to secretary of state tony blinken requesting five days before the inauguration, the secretary of state was asked about it last month. >> i think we have to because we need to do that precisely. understanding what happened in order to have the best shot of preventing it from happening again. >> "washington post" columnist who reported a new probe into it writes "without backing from democrats who are conspicuously absent from these efforts, these investigations will struggle. understanding the cause of this pandemic and ensuring something like it never happens again is the most important question facing the world today. congressman gallagher will explain why he urgently wants t

fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with the latest for us. hi, lucas.e was relieved in command after receiving training materials, extremism material was biased against white people. >> there were videos being sent out to every base service member we asked to watch in preparation for extremism down days, discussions on race which we were taught that the country was evil, that it was founded in 1619 and not 1776. that whites are inherently evil. so i speak up against those things in my book. reporter: officials say never received permission to publish a book. he didn't go through the process former defense secretaries bob gates went through. officials tell fox, none of the training materials given to him mention the 1619 project or anything about whites being evil. the videos were publicly available online. the head of station operations command relieved lieutenant colonel low mire ahead of space command last friday over what he called a lot of trust and confidence in his ability to lead. space force spokesman telling this was made by public comments by

. >> dana: lucas tomlinson, thank you. >> they could have ended the mask mandate and they could haveo the parents to decide whether you want to have your kid in a mask or not. >> it doesn't matter what the parents say or do according to the school board they're not going to listen. they haven't listened for 14 months. >> kids have no voice of their own. i felt that mine and other parents' legitimate concerns over their kids social, learning and health needs were totally being ignored. >> the school board didn't want to hear from us. they allowed one parent to speak. all we wanted to do is be heard and they denied us of that. >> bill: an area near salt lake city, utah. angry parents sounding off an "fox & friends." the mandate requiring students in utah to wear masks for the rest of the school year. it forced the school board to wrap up early after the crowd voiced their opposition. here is how it sounded. [people shouting no more masks] >> bill: it went from there. we pick up the story from denver. how did it turn out? >> right now a spokesperson with the school district tells me pol

lucas tomlinson is on that story and more. what is happening here? >> good morning, bill. is actually now several hundred officers and civilians that have had their records stolen. the dhs secretary says that attacks like this have tripled this year. >> more than 350 million dollars in losses are attributed to ransomeware attacks this year. a 300% increase over last year's victimization of companies and no company too small to suffer a ransomeware attack. >> the f.b.i. is assisting in the investigation into the russian speaking cyber gang who claimed responsibility for the cyberattack. the group has exposed the personal information of washington police department including 200 members and civilians including their finances, bill. cyber experts say the largest hack on a police department in u.s. history. it described what ransome attacks are. >> many groups will attempt to lock up the victim's most sensitive data or steal data and threaten to release it in order to increase their extortion value. >> last month the justice department established a new task force dealing with

lucas tomlinson with more. >> in recent days a number of attacks against police officers, including twoy that he hit the police officer with his car before they opened fire. and tim scott with the g.o.p. rebuttal. i wrote a bill and after the deaths of george floyd and my democratic colleagues blocked it. >> the floyd family sounded hopeful. >> we believe that everybody is committed. we are optimistic that as president biden encouraged us to try to have this george floyd act passed before may 25th, the one year anniversary of the killing of george floyd. >> even on the very difficult subject like police reform, gun safety, immigration, bipartisan compromise, strong bipartisan compromise, strong legislation coming out of bipartisan compromise is never out of reach. >> congressman clyburn defended the police after some in his party called for defunding the police and talked about race in america. >> and electing barack obama and kamala harris. >> some in the country think otherwise. neil: thank you very much. we're fortunately to have congressman clyburn to talk about this, and some say t

lucas tomlinson is outside of the one facilities in fairfax, virginia.. standing outside a colonial pipeline fuel plant outside the nations capital in northern virginia. so far the impact has been fairly minimal. 6% of virginia's gas stations have run out of fuel. so far the nation's airlines impact has been minimal. some are adding stops to get fuel other than the east coast. american airlines said currently we're experiencing minimal operational impacts due to the fuel supply shortage on the east coast with two daily long haul flights are impacted as a result. closely monitoring the situation and working around the clock to ensure we have adequate supply of fuel across the network. fuel trucks coming in and out of here. fuel is being moved. colonial hopes to restore the service by the end of this week and it supplies half the fuel to the east coast. if it goes longer than that fuel prices will be affected analysts say. so far prices have raised a few cents in virginia. president biden set up a task force to protect the electrical grid in his first 100

lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more. >> there are 18,000 interpreters who could need toquote, i can tell you we have no plans for evacuations at this time. the state department is processing special immigrant visa applications in kabul that are focused on insuring the system functions quickly consistent with u.s. security and other application requirements. "new york times" reports taliban fighters have taken over seven afghan bases this month as u.s. troops begin leaving. an army veteran who served two tours worked for three years to bring his afghan interpreter to the u.s. he has a nonprofit no one left behind. >> the d.o.d. has two weeks. they don't str the manpower and equipment to do this. the taliban will free the prisoners and wreak havoc. you don't need a crystal ball. >> lawmakers saying they don't want to see a repeat of saigon. >> dana: this is an important story and we should stay on it. thank you for your report this morning. >> we'll gather the evidence that we can. it will be tough because like you said china has closed its doors. they're acting very suspi

. >> dana: let's get more from lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon. >> i spoke to general millie lated he still doesn't know where the coronavirus began. >> we must get to the bottom of this. what i said a year ago is still true today. inconclusive. we don't know. >> speaking at the air force academy graduation he indicated why the chinese haven't been helpful in the investigation. he thinks it's the highest in decades. >> we're now in the 76th year of the great power peace following world war ii. the structure is under stress. we can see it fraying at the edge. >> more scholars are pointing fingers at the lab in china as the source of the pandemic. a physician and professor of infectious diseases in washington tells jennifer griffin the first cases go back earlier to november and possibly october of 2019 raising questions about the world health organization's findings about the origins. >> who team really wasn't authorized or empowered or part of the terms of reference to do a proper investigation of the labor ij in. i think that should be done now. >> something president biden is al

lucas tomlinson is live. >> bill: lieutenant colonel says he was released of command that materials heout to every base service member that we were asked to watch in preparation for our extremism down days and discussions on race in which we were taught the country was evil. founded in 1619 and not 1776 and that whites are inherently evil. i spoke up against those things in my book. >> bill: officials say lohmeier never received permission to write that book or public it as well and didn't go through the process that even former defense secretaries go through at the pentagon. officials tell fox none of the training materials never mentioned the 1619 project or anything about whites being evil. the videos are publicly available online. the head of space operations command relieved him of command of the 11th space warning command in colorado last friday over what he called a lost in confidence. spokesperson says the decision was based on public comments made by lieutenant colonel lohmeier in a recent podcast. it has initiated a command directed investigation whether these comments consti

lucas tomlinson is there. pipeline says it should be back on-line by the end of the week by friday or saturday. already, we're so far, not had a huge impact on a fuel prices on the east coast and throughout the united states. however, here in virginia, ashley, 30 minutes outside of the nation's capital, fairfax, virginia, outside of colonial pipeline fuel farm, 6% of the gas stations in commonwealth of virginia has run out of fuel it. has not been a major impact on airlines. in a statement, however, the american airlines is making changes to two of its long haul flights. american has not canceled any flights. american is saying quote, currently experiencing minimal operational impact for overall flight schedule due to the fuel supply shortage on the east coast, with two daily long haul flights out of charlotte impacted as a result. we're monitoring the situation, working around the clock to assure we have an adequate supply of fuel across our network. ashley, we've seen fuel trucks coming in and out of here as

remaining 2,200 national guard troops are finally leaving the nation's capitol this weekend, lucas tomlinsonbut first the 25,000 national guard troops here on duty in washington d.c. now the remaining 2,200 are leaving at the end of this weekend, the entire mission here in washington cost over $500 million and this was extended once for two months back in march, and now, many lawmakers are glad the mission is winding down. >> i was a little, i think it was problematic. i thought they were reduced so i can accept them leaving on may 23. reporter: the house narrowly approved a $1.9 billion supplement all bill to improve security here at the capitol that includes 17 million for new surveillance systems and over 4 million for capitol police, wellness and trauma support after the january 6 riots. no republicans voted for it. three democrats voted against the bill including omar, three other progressive democrats including alexandria ocasio-cortez voted present. earlier today i went to pete sti ner near the capitol where they have providing free meals to the national guard. a former navy vet, pers

lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more on the president's remarks. lucas? a shift in his party's commitment to israel? >> there is no shift in my commitment, the commitment to the security of israel; period. and they need the help and i'm committed to get that done. and so, i don't -- and i think that -- you know, my party still supports israel. >> thursday night a jewish man was beaten by a mob in midtown manhattan just a few blocks from where you guys are sitting right now. spoke to our colleagues at the "new york post" about being knocked to the ground by five or six metropolitan making anti-semitic remarks. i have heard of waives of hate in the city. maybe i was new year's eve to nay eve toe think itwouldn't ha. i have been in new york my entire life. i never thought i would have to second guess wearing a yarmulke in public. cease-fire israel and hamas. satellite guided bombs to israel. alexandria ocasio-cortez and rashida tlaib similar measure in the house. emily, will, pete? pete: thank you very much. let's bring in jason chaffetz, fox news contributo

pete: lucas tomlinson joins us live as the vice president skips the trip to virtually meet with the mexicanyear high and -- 20-year and deportations fall to their lowest levels on record. vice president harris spoke to mexico's president on zoom yesterday. >> together the we must fight violence. it is in our country's mutual interest to provide immediate relief to the northern triangle and to address the root causes of migration. >> reporter: guatemala, el salvador, honduras make up the northern triangle. mexico's president harply criticized the biden -- sharply criticized the biden administration. harris will visit mexico and combat mall la next month. -- guatemala next month. lawrence, jed and pete, i gave you the derby horse, i'm glad that your horse finished dead last though -- [laughter] i'll see you guys next week for the preakness. pete: i thought i was going to get away with that. >> reporter: next week it's a two-week turn around, i think maybe midnight bourbon is the only horse from the derby racing next week. jedediah:ing that could work for you. [laughter] pete: hot rod charlie.