. >> carley: madeleine rivera has the things you need to know, including other big races. good morning, madi. >> madeleine: a lot tawatch today. former president trump has a big night, he could become the presumptive nominee by middle of this month. he won north dakota with 84% of the vote after scoring major victory on monday prosecute scream court rejected colorado effort to kick him off the ballot. his opponent nikki haley has been crisscrossing the community. she has not committed on dropping out of the race. >> you cannot take somebody out of a race, voters can take somebody out of the race quickly. a court should not be doing that. >> tomorrow, you got a job to do. i need you to vote and i need you to take 10 people with you. >> president biden is not facing any formidable challenges. there is a push to vote uncommitted in protest of the war between israel and hamas. >> it is really overwhelming majority of democrats who believe that the president is on a very dark course. >>-- community low for biden, simple fact that he did not -- >> last time we were very happy wit

madeleine rivera is in washington on the election and mark meredith is at the white house with previewur's remarks. mark. >>y woo are expecting house republicans to grill robert hur about what he learned about president biden's age, his memory and ability. robert hur was investigating the president for mishandling of classified documents. this report looked at different things including documents dating back to when biden was president. republicans insist it raise questions about the president's cognitive abilities. we have robert hur's opening statements. he will tell them we identified evidence that the president willfully retained classified material when he was a private citizen. robert hur said he would not charge biden that there wasn't enough evidence, lawmakers will further examine what he thought biden's memory of the documents and his time in the white house. robert hur claims biden couldn't remember when his son beau died or when he was vice president. hur is expected to say relevance of the president's memory was accurate and fair. what i wrote is what i believe it is evide

>> todd: madeleine rivera, thank you. let's bring in fox news contributor joe con challenge.a friday. here is some of the previous headlines bee smirching the hunter investigations that's a good word bee smirch and al headline from the guardian republicans struggle to provide proof of wrongdoing at biden impeachment inquiry. "new york times" for biden the trouble of his sons are personal and politically painful. too bad for them, joe, that hunter under oath just confirmed the core of the house production' case, joe was in the meetings. joe was on the phone and joe joe? >> joe: i did love i was in new york city this is a quote having lunch with some of my business associates and i said hey, dad, want to come by for lunch? who wouldn't do that? >> carley: raise your hands if you wouldn't do that. all the hands are. in. >> joe: in my late 40's i always called my dad to come by with shady russian chinese associates to come by for lunch then he said he just had a coca-cola and bowl of speaghtd and didn't talk about anything whatsoever. please, guys, look. you have who have expecte

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madeleine rivera has more on this breaking scene. >> madeleine: this is a developing situation, we have a crew heading to the scene. griff jenkins and our producer james levinson spoke to the sp sp spokesperson and may believe there are about 20 people in the water and they are treating this as a mass casualty situation. there are several emergency crews on the scene, there are dive teams and crews from surrounding counties joining on this massive response. big questions were how many cars were on the bridge when this happened and how many people were affected. baltimore city police started getting calls 1:35 eastern time with workers potentially in the water. the spokesperson says as many as seven people, cars and possibly a tractor trailer fell into the patapsco river. this is a difficult response. it is dark, the water is cold. baltimore mayor said, at 3:00 a.m., i am aware and on route to the incident at the key bridge and efforts are underway. this morning people are being told to avoid i-95 southeast corridor, a major route for motorists, outer most crossing, this bridge is 1.6 mi

madeleine rivera.hel: troubles mounting for boeing texas general ken paxton opens an investigation into one of its top suppliers. spispirit aerosystems. his statement says parent manufacturing defect is led to numerous concerning or dangerous incidents some of which occurred in airport let's bring it right now aviation expert mike boyd. mike i want to get to the texas ag in a moment. first of all boeing ceo said he will step down at the end of this year. does boeing have until the end of the year to change the way they're doing business? >> no they don't part number one it's too late now for their behind the curve to airbus. economically that's made a heck of a hit for us. they're planning has been very poor. both in manufacture but more importantly and product planning. america is falling behind because of boeing. arthel: let's get to the texas ag. he is investigating spirit aerosystems. is this the right hood to look under if you will? >> know it is a political stop by paxton. what stanek does the ag

willis is accused of using her position to assign the prosecutor nathan wade to the cases, madeleine riverald affect all of this. >> judge scott mcafee says he hopes to have an answer on friday on whether attorney fani willis should be disqualified but there could be some snacks, the defense is pushing mcafee to reopen evidence and include the testimony of two other witnesses they say they dispute the on special prosecutor nathan wade statements that their relationship began in 2022. mcafee admits he has legal issues to work through and his decision could determine whether the georgia election interference against former president trump will move forward before the november election. >> i'm very impressed with the judge he's already been clear is making sure that he follows the law and does what's right. willis maintained she did not reap any financial benefits that he earned as a special prosecutor in a racketeering investigation but her headaches are only growing, two attorneys are running to unseat her as district attorney christian whiton smith is challenging her in the democratic prima

madeleine rivera.d is coming out of a closed door meeting, i should stress. kind enough to join us now. governor, very good to have you. >> good morning, thank you. neil: what's the latest, governor? >> well, the latest is that the operations continue. you know, there have been four priorities that i've laid out and four directives. first, we've got to bring a sense of closure to the families. four individuals who are unaccounted for and four families looking for a measure of closure and we're committed to getting that to them. focus on making sure we're opening up these channels. this is a huge economic impact not just to baltimore, not just to the state of maryland, but the economic impact this is having on the american economy is staggering when one of the busiest ports, one of the most effective ports in this country has essentially been shut down. we have to make sure that we're protecting all people impacted by this and that includes our port workers, our families, our heroic first responders and

madeleine rivera is there with the latest. hey, or madeleine. >> reporter: hey, neil.ot of assets are heading to this area in the coming days. the navy the has dispatched three crepes including the chesapeake -- cranes including the chesapeake 3000 which is capable of lifting 1,000 tons. but money of them has begun the work of actually lifting the debris right behind me because crews right now including inspectors and engineers, they're in the planning stages assessing the site, mapping out the debris to try and figure out how to do this work as quickly and safely as a possible. >> we're beginning to make progress on those phases. in the phase one we talked about, we need to do the assessments of the bridge both above the water line and beneath the water. those assessments continue. as the governor said, we were out there today. >> reporter: and is that's the problem here, neil. so you got these cranes that can lift anywhere from 150-1,000 tons. the problem is the span of this bridge you see right on top of the dolly here, it weighs about 3-4,000 ton, so it has to be s

madeleine rivera is live in washington with more.e youngest republican woman elected to the u.s. senate. katie britt's rebuttal was meant to be a split screen with president biden as the country's oldest sitting president. sitting in her kitchen, she tried to make the point kitchen table like the economy. will cast as a permanent politician who is out of touch with americans as he tries to sell bidenomics. >> goodness, y'all, bless his heart, it's been a minute since joe biden pumped gas ran a carpool or pushed a grocery cart. meanwhile, the reps of us see our dollar and we know it doesn't go as far. >> brit hit biden. invoking laken riley his country less safe under his watch. >> just think about laken riley. in my neighboring state of georgia. this beautiful, 22-year-old nursing student went out on a jog one morning. but she never got the opportunity to return home. she was brutally murdered by one of the millions of illegal border crossers president biden chose to release into our homeland. and tonight president biden finally said

madeleine rivera is live from the u.s. capital with thest on this.e. >> reporter: yeah, still so many questions, and that's because some lawmakers say the pentagon hasn't exactly had the best track record when it comes to transparency on this issue. listen. >> why don't you declassify everything that and should be declassified, see let us all see the information. >> everyone's suspicious, and it's, like, why not put it all out? >> reporter: the defense department emphasizes there is no cover up of alien technology. they say the 63-page report they handed to congress covers all u.s. government investigatory efforts since 19 that. it says -- 1945, it says most sightings were with ordinary objects and the result of misidentification. we're talking weather balloons, drones, satellites among other things. the dod also says there is no proof the u.s. is concealing a ban to reverse engineer alien spacecraft. that was what a whistleblower had claimed during a congressional hearing last summer. the report acknowledges the department of homeland security once

neil: thank you for that, madeleine rivera. have a nice weekend.tch up with jared bernstein, chair of the president's council of economic advisers on this whole inflation thing, got his thoughts on who's to blame. take a listen. >> the fed is absolutely contributing to these outcomes. we're not going to get into monetary policy -- neil: well, they eased that demand by raising the rates. not enough to kill it off, but enough to adjust it to the point where the trend is more the friend right now. but that's their doing. >> i don't think it's particularly contentious at all to say that much of the disinflation we've seen has come from improvements on the supply side and that, yes, our administration's fingerprints are on that. neil: all right. i could see what he's saying about the supply side thing and opening up supply, bottlenecks and all that, but the fact of the matter is if you're wondering why inflation is at least off its highs, or you might want to credit the federal reserve hiking interest rates. not a pretty way to do it, but that's the par

we have madeleine rivera, she is live in washington. we begin with mark meredith at the white house mark take it away. >> good morning. today house republicans are expected to grill special counsel robert hur what he learned of president biden's age his abilities and memory as hur was investigating biden for the mishandling of classified documents. hur's report, which came out a month ago had generated considerable pushback from the white house after hur claimed -- the white house claimed that hur was acting as a political instigator as opposed to investigator. the report concluded that biden had willfully held on to classified documents. both at his wilmington home as well as the d.c. office. but it was another section of the report which generated the biggest headlines that we'll likely hear about today. hur writing this. mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during his interview with our office as a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. the report went on to say he did not remember when he was

madeleine rivera has the latest. hello, maddie. >> reporter: hey, mike.y, and it is a big one because this could determine whether former president trump's election subversion case moves forward before the november election are. here's senator raphael warnock. >> donald trump the deserves a hearing before a jury of his e peers, in this case that's voters or from georgia. and i know there are folks on the other side of the aisle, unfortunately, who are trying to lean in here and put their finger on the scale. i'm not going to pile on. i'm going to allow the judicial process to proceed. >> reporter: there are other issues judge scott mcafee may have to consider, the defense is pushing him to reopen evidence and include the testimonies of two more witnesses. they say these witnesses dispute willis' and nathan wade's statements that their relationship began in 2022. willis also maintains she kid not financially benefit from the money wade earned in as lead prosecutor in the racketeering investigation. while all of this is playing out, two attorneys are runnin

madeleine rivera's live from the if u.s.orter: hey, good afternoon, griff. if you're firmly in the camp intelligent life exists, i don't know how convinced you'll be by this report or that was handed to congress. it says that the u.s. government has no evidence of alien technology. listen. >> what we found is that claims of hidden programs are largely the result of circumstance or lahr reporting by a small group repeating what they heard from others and that many people have sincerely misinterpreted real events for mistaken sensitive u.s. practice as uap or being extraterrestrial, quotation. >> reporter: covering all u.s. government investigatory efforts since 1945 but states most sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena were ordinary objects and the result of misidentification. the findings also rebut whistleblower claims that the u.s. has been reverse engineer being alien spacecraft and is concealing that program from the public. the d to od argues there is no -- dod argues there is no prof of -- proof of that, but the d

madeleine rivera is live with more on the decision.orter: hey, good afternoon, griff. with special prosecutor nathan wade down, district attorney fani willis should be able to continue prosecuting former president trump and his allies. but she may face more challenges. it's unclear, for instance, how the loss of wade's institutional knowledge could affect the case. willis praises wade's involvement over the last 865 days saying in a letter in response to his resignation, you are the one who had the courage to accept the role even though you did not seek it. and trump's team can't submit if a certificate of immediate review and take this case all the way to the georgia court of appeal. >> i think the decision not to remove her, while legally wrong, is really a coup for trump because it opens up the possibility of an aa peel of this -- appeal of this which is delay, and that's what his main if strategy the here is, is delay. >> reporter: trump's hush money payments trial in new york city which at one point appeared to be the only one of

. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera. >> madeleine: several testy moments. hunter stresses his son was not involved in business dealings. he does admit putting his father on speaker phone and asking him to drop by personal lunches. hes he takes his family's calls because of the death of his mother. i'm surprised my dad did call me now. if he did, i would take his call. he talked about a trip in 2014, hunter says he introduced his father to a chinese business associate jonathan lee. hunter denies it was a meeting. huntered i introduced my dad to jonathan lee and his friend and they shook hands and probably took a photograph. my father went up to his room and i went to coffee with jonathan lee. your father, he never received or interacted with any business associates, is that correct? yes. did you receive money from china or not? i received money from a china company. chair comer says next step is a public attorney. abbe lowell says the transcript means there is nothing left to ask, say or do. >> steve: another standoff. thank you. >> brian: now republicans wa

. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera has more. >> madeleine: affecting extent to which federal government agencythe issue stems from a lawsuit that missouri and louisiana filed in 2022 saying biden administration violated fifth amendment by taking down content from their platforms. some posts were posts suggesting covid might have been made in a wuhan lab. they argue the federal government targeted conservative speech. >> most important free speech case in our lifetime, involves collusion with biggest social media companies to suppress posts. there were instances where they pushed back and the government said do it or else. >> madeleine: cooperative effort to fight misinformation and improve public health, which they say is not a free speech violation. supreme court is expect to rule in late june. back to you. >> steve: thank you. >> brian: president spoke over the weekend in ohio, endorsed bernie moreno and it is going to be a close race, probably two or three points and we'll find out who will take on brown who could determine balance of power in the senate. huge crowd showed up. he spoke for

madeleine rivera is with us. >> madeleine: part of the campaign strategy to meet voters where they are. the president will remind them of what they say the administration has done over the last four years. the campaign is bullish. priv privately tension within the team. biden has grown angry and anxious about the reelection effort and one telling him he is mad at himself for not being more forceful with the staff. one point of contention has to do with his age, he was known as retail politician. white house now have him boarding air force one through a shorter staircase. he is sporting new shoes, hokas for standing on your feet. former president trump saying over the weekend he thinks a lot of democrats are voting for him. >> you ride down the streets of florida, alabama and they have trump signs all over the place. they are looking for hope. there is no hope with biden. he's a dead head. >> that is not how democrats view. >> i think democrats vote for me more than you think. they have never seen a number like that. people in beverly hills vote for me, they don't talk about it. >> made

maaed run -- madeleine are rivera has the latest on this tragedy. hello, maddie. >> reporter: d.c.ping to have more information about this shooting laterren today the. the heir asking for the public's help -- they're asking for the public's help. here's what they said early this morning. >> a total of seven people were shot at this location, two of which have since been pronounced deceased. the other individuals that were shot at this location, all of which are adults, were transported to local hospitals. >> reporter: so several things we don't know including the identities of the victims, the conditions of the five survivors and what led up to the shooting. this area where this took place though, as you know, mike, is a popular spot in d.c. home to a last of restaurants, bars and shops, and it comes despite efforts by public officials to bring crime rates down. about a week ago d.c. mayor muriel abuse orer signed a massive crime bill into law, and supporters hope it makes an improvement. listen here. >> security includes over 100 targeted interventions to answer these calls and fi

. >> carley: madeleine rivera has details, good morning. >> madeleine: good morning. biden campaign is trying to increase pathway to victory in november and expanding to minority voters, women, young voters. the president is expected to talk about union jobs, abortion and border security. the president will head to the border in arizona and texas. former president trumps his campaign cut a new adwhen he talked about how biden's reelection would affect the auto industry. tell your supporters now no matter what no violence. it is going to be a bloodbath. >> trump campaign responds no amount of gaslighting can cover up biden's bloodbath, from the afghanistan withdrawal and the border. listen here. >> when will the president hold another news conference to ask a question without having helicopter noise in the background? >> i don't have anything to share. the president takes questions pretty regularly and enjoys having engagement with you, i don't have a press conference to layout. >> is there talk of one? >> i don't have anything for you, the president enjoys engaging an

. >> carley: madeleine rivera has the latest. >> madeleine: caribbean leaders are holding an emergency meeting today as chaos engulfs haiti. gangs are threatening to overtake it. [video playing] >> madeleine: the country is in a state of paralysis with basic goods and low supply. gang violence forces the u.s. to evacuate some. the embattled prime minister is facing calls to resign. he's been stranded in puerto rico. biden administration is -- after assassination of the president. james foley says they messed it up, they rode this horse to their doom. hatians have been fleeing for years to escape long-standing instability. latest crisis could push the numbers up. numbers show 85,740 encounters with citizens so far this fiscal year. increase from last year. resolution remains unclear. haiti government is extending state of emergency for another month. >> todd: thank you. senator tom cotton will react to the chaos in haiti and tell us how america, biden administration need to respond. >> carley: israeli prime minister netanyahu is not backing down to lead a ground invasion into rafah. >>

madeleine rivera is live with more. >> madeleine: good morning, joey and carley, one year after he was arrested in russia, prospect of evan gershkovich gaining his freedom in the near future appears dim. profile lays out evan gershkovich's stolen year of st stories, the crime journalism. march 28th, 2023, evan gershkovich published russia's economy is starting to become undone. next day he was detained on espionage charges. just this week, a russian court ordered him to stay in prison for another three months, until at least june 30. biden administration says it is continuing to work for the release. russia rejected a proposal that would have freed evan gershkovich and former marine paul weill cland. >> he is managing best way he can, in a tiny space, walking six steps, steps. it takes toll on us and definitely on him. he wouldn't reveal a lot, we still know it is taking toll. >> i have to put on the blinders. i think about my son, of course it is upsetting events. i have one goal at the moment. >> madeleine: if convicted, evan gershkovich could spend 20 years in a russian independenta

. >> carley: madeleine rivera has details. >> madeleine: some say now is not the time for a party. says this is opportunity to tell the white house how irish people feel, they want to see a ceasefire immediately, hostages to be released and food and medicine to get in, as well. one of the biggest champions of the palestinian cause. yesterday president biden was in michigan, where his team removed reporters as he was about to take questions at a campaign stop. >> will you take a few questions? >> thank you, pat. >> thank you, head back to the cars. thank you. thank you. we're happy to -- thank you. >> madeleine: vice president kamala harris is expected to meet with rapper fat joe, andy brashear and people who received pardons for convictions, this is after she visited an abortion clinic. first time a president or vice president has toured a clinic that performs abortion. >> we are facing a serious health crisis that is affecting many, many people in our country, most of whom are silently suffering. in states around our country, extremists have passed laws that have denied women acce

. >> carley: madeleine rivera, thank you. gold star marine killed in the kabul airport bombing is doubling down on condemnation of president biden after he was arrested for disrupting the state of the union address. >> i was listening to him and praying that some point he would mention afghanistan and our kids, the gold-star families were thinking it might be a possibility. i do not even know what i said. i said, do you remember abbey gate. it was like the lord. he never said the name. >> carley: steve nikou faces a fine or 90 days in jail or both. >> todd: faa finding issues with boeing 737 max jet during audit of spirit aero systems. boeing failed 33 of 89 product audits while spirit aero system failed 13. there should be zero failures. a boeing whistleblower found dead in his truck just days after testifying against the aviation company. according to the charleston county coroner, barnett died from a self-inflicted wound. >> carley: it is election day. president biden and former president trump could both secure party nomi

. >> todd: first madeleine rivera wrapping up his address. >> madeleine: president is kicking off with this fiery 67 minute speech. didn't mention him by name, president biden wasted no time taking aim at former president trump saying american democracy is on the line. >> president biden: my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin, do whatever the hell you want. that's a quote. a former president actually said that. my predecessor failed the most basic presidential duty he owes to american people, duty to care. my predecessor and many in this chamber want to take prescription drug away by repealing affordable care act. >> madeleine: his tone defiant trying to quell voter concerns about his age, mental acuity and whether he can run the country for another four years. democrats praised his energy, republicans say his speech was partisan and divisive. trump saying he was angry, disturbed and misrepresenting facts about every subject he discussed. >> joe biden is on the run from his record and lying like crazy to escape accountability for the horrific devastation he and his

will: madeleine rivera is live. >> reporter: two national guard soldiers and one agent is dead, one soldierthe helicopter went down. some images on the crash site. pieces of debris scattered on the ground. the joint task force is the helicopter was assigned to the southwest border support mission and crashed at 2:fifty p.m. mountain time friday while conducting aviation operations. bill melugin says a border patrol source said cartel members witnessed the crash. he was told cartel members watched the helicopter on their drone when it crashed and zoomed into the crash site and laughed about it, posted on cartel social media. identities of the soldier and border patrol soldiers and border patrol agent who were killed have not been released. pete: we had the vice president of the national border patrol council. border patrol agent in the rio grande valley renewed the folks involved in this but he knows about the cartels activity and it was interesting to ask about the video the cartel has made. here's his response. >> as agents we don't put much thought into what these folks saying. they are g

. >> lawrence: bring in madeleine rivera with details on the bridge and how big it is on global impact can you tell us? >> madeleine: this will have a major impact in the region, the main concern is trying to find seven people who are missing right now. as you have been mentioning all morning, this is a main thoroughfare in and out of baltimore, 11 million vehicles went over the bridge last year, major transportation artery in the region gone. talk about what this impact or impact this incident could have on the global economy. we'll see how it unfolds over next days, weeks months. this is ninth largest port in the country for international cargo, carries 53 million tons of cargo, some valued at 80 billion dollars. think about products affected, top commodities by weight from the state. in 2022, coal, liquified natural gas, waste paper, automobiles like truck, salt, paper, gypsome. it is not just commodities that go through here, this is major lane for cruise ships, those operated by royal caribbean, carnival and norwegian and 400,000 passengers left from the port last year. this could

. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera has more. >> madeleine: this lawsuit stems from state brought by missouri'sys general. expressed information on social media about the covid-19 pandemic and the last presidential election amount to censorship. some of this concept included posts suggesting covid-19 might have been made in a wuhan lab. posts on masks and vaccine efficiency and posts regarding the hunter biden laptop story. the biden administration says its efforts with companies like facebook and x is a cooperative effort to fight misinformation and improve public health. but, missouri senator eric schmitt says the administration went beyond that. >> the most important free speech case in tour lifetime because it involves some of the highest ranking government officials in our country colluding and coercing with some of the biggest social media companies in the world to suppress millions of posts. some of them wanted to kind of take some of these down, but there were instances where they were actually pushing back and the government said do i it or wells. >> last year a federal judge barred a

. >> will: madeleine rivera live from washington with the latest. madly? >> madeleine: the president's trip from new hampshire coming on the heels of the state of the union address. this afternoon the president will be calling on healthcare. policies including $2,000 cap on prescription drug costs and $35 insulin to everyone not just people on medicare. is he facing skepticism. a new poll shows 36% of americans trust former president trump to do a better job leading the country as president while 33% trust biden and 30% trust neither. president biden was also in georgia over the weekend. he is trying to shore up his support among minority voters touting record low black and latino unemployment under his leadership. his outreach comes as more polls show he has been losing support among black voters, a key part of the coalition which propelled him to the presidency four years ago. still his supporters say they are not worried. >> i'm confident that at the end of the day, in november, the overwhelming majority of african-americans, caribbean americans, black a

madeleine rivera has the details. hey, madeleine. >> yeah.ired federal judge barbara jones has been monitoring the trump organization since november 2022. now, her duties will expand over the next three years. jones will review the trump organization's internal accounting controls. record keeping and financial reporting policies and procedures. the trump organization must provide her with copies of monthly bank statements. notify her in advance of any transfer of cash or other assets and notably, they must tell her of any effort to secure a surety bond. former president trump has until monday to post the nearly $500 million wonder in his new york civil fraud case. he has been turned away by 30 insurance companies. ask the the new york appeal court to stay the penalties until the appeal is exhausted letitia james prosecuting him for political reasons. he says on truth social numerous businesses have ended plans to relocate into new york because of the fabricated witch-hunt against me. the attorney general's office has filed judgments in west c

madeleine rivera is live near the collapse reporter: hey, jonathan.rews are working and cranes are expected to start lifting the debris from the water behind me. the work focused an the north section of the key bridge and see it over there in the distance around where the two cranes are and no clear time line as to how long this will take. synergy home t not going to take hours and not days. once we complete this phase of the work, we can move more tugs and barges and boats into the area to accelerate our recovery. reporter: this work will be incredibly complex and what they're doing not on the part of the bridge hanging off the dolly. that's going to take more time. crews are going to figure out how to cut the pieces into smaller -- rather cut the bridge into smaller pieces and operation on the north side is significant and again, the priority here is to start clearing out the channel and getting the economy up and moving again and 8,000 workers on the docks whose jobs have been affected and millions of dollars worth of goods at standstill and four m

will: madeleine rivera in washington with the latest. >> hey, guys. biden paid his brother back with must be that appeared to come from a chinese energy firm, cefc. he was asked, where do you believe the source of the money going into them prior to being sent to you coming from? cefc was the answer. he doesn't think cefc was tied to the chinese government and maintains the president had no information about the sources of the funds he used to repay the loans. he says "my brother has no idea what i do because i don't talk business to my brother, i don't ask him advice in terms of business because i just don't. it is a line, a red line drawn in the sand, i never discuss business with my brother". president biden is doubling down saying he didn't interact with his son hunter's business partners. listen. >> i don't read the record of every single witness. these guys got to stop this. >> but you did interact with their partners. >> i did not interact with their partners. >> he testified his father was not involved in the business dealings and the speakerph

madeleine rivera is near the side of the bridge collapsed with more. >> those demolition crews cuttinghrough mangled pieces of metal as we speak. they've been able to remove the top part of the north section of the bridge. 200 tons lifted off site. let's take a look at this video. 650-foot ton crane in a 330-ton crane. small vessels will begin to move through. calling this 247 operation unprecedented. this ship is the length of the eiffel tower with 4000 tons of steel sitting on top of it. nearly 400 people participating in this response and there is so much work being done above and underwater. there are divers that are assessing the wreckage to figure out how to cut it up into smaller pieces. it is important to get the port of baltimore back up and running again for the good of the region and the country. they did approve $60 million for emergency relief but that is a down payment. he hopes congress can step in and release more funds. >> if you remember the 2007 bridge collapse in minnesota, $260 million put together. including funds put their congress on a bipartisan basis. i hope a

madeleine rivera out on the water with the latest for us. hi.ter: hey, good afternoon, gillian. i was told by a member of unified command that no work has begun to lift the debris from the water. you'll see it right behind me over there. i am told that they're finishing up their plan of action here. the primary challenge for crews here is trying to figure out how to break up the bridge on the dolly into smaller pieces that weighs between 3-4,000 tons and the cranes heading to the area can only lift between 150-1,000 tons so that span of the bridge has to be broken up and once that is done, the work can begin to lift that off the bridge and start clearing off this channel. moments ago though, we saw another crane arrive to the site and crews here are planning to scale up the response over the next five days to seven cranes, ten tugs, nine bathrooms and the hope is to get enough -- nine barges and hope is to get enough debris clear so maryland police divers can go back into the water to look for the four missing people presumably dead. the hope is

. >> brian: madeleine rivera has more. maddy? >> madeleine: good morning, guys. the supreme court announced one or more opinions will be reissed at 10:00 a.m. as per usual practice we don't know which one. court almost issues decisions on days the judges are expected to take the bench. this time the justices will not be doing that they are not scheduled to return to the courtroom until march 15th raising speculation that a ruling on the colorado case colorado super tuesday. during arguments last month the supreme court appeared skeptic of colorado's effort to king former president trump off its primary ballot. the question how a ruling nits favor would not lead to unimaginable situation for the country. the colorado court was the first to invoke article iii of the 14 of the amendment barring former office holders who engage in insurrection from holding office again. joined in colorado removing trump from their primary ballots but the decision has been stayed pending an appeal. back to you. >> steve: madeleine, it sound like they are going to post it on the websit

. >> madeleine rivera is in washington with all the details. madeleine?deleine: good morning, guys. u.s.a. official says there were 47 passengers on board that first charter flidz. only for americans with u.s. pat ports. the state department announced the charter flight on x saturday providing a link with an application. they say we encourage u.s. citizens still in haiti to who seek to depart to contact the department of state using the crisis intake rm on our website if they have not already done. so but getting to these charter flights to leave haiti are dangerous. taking off cap haitian. the airport remains closed after the gangs took. it is about a five and a half hour dry from the capital and it runs through gang controlled territory. the state department is warning folks to only consider taking these charter flights if they believe they can read cap haitian safely flu in more remain at the agency that does remain open comes after some non-important it personal were evacuated. have agreed to step down presidential council formed and interim minister

. >> lawrence: madeleine rivera joins us with the latest on that, hey, maddy. >> madeleine: good morning, guys. if district attorney fani willis is disqualified it would be a big win for former president trump who is looking to delay the legal proceedings against him. willis admits to entering a relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade in 2022. but she argues she did not financially benefit from the compensation wade got in the election interference case still former acting attorney general believes scott mcafee may rule against her going to kick not only willis and weighed off the case but most like live the fulton county d.a.'s office. and then it goes to the prosecuting attorney's council in georgia to reassign the d.a.'s office. >> in florida still no word as to when the trial regarding trump's retainment of lady documents will start. on thursday, though, judge aileen cannon dismissed one of trump's motions to toss out the case on the grounds of unconstitutional vagueness. judge cannon saying i don't see how it leads to a dismissal of the indictment. maybe a defense at trial.

madeleine rivera is light and a washington with all of the details. and madeline, what a drama. >> it is. this ends eight months long fight of a government funding and the statement the president says this agreement was compromised neither side got everything it wanted. the bipartisan spending bill rejects extreme cuts from house republicans expands access childcare and research funds mental health and substance abuse care. advances american leadership abroad and provides resources to secure the border that my administration successfully fought to include braid the senate seat syncing up with the house of voting 74 -- 24 to pass 1.2 trillion dollars spending package. it funds key agencies including the departments of defense, state, and homeland security. but conservatives, especially those in the house are not happy with how the vote went down in their chamber. they are angry of the lack of border provision. in the fact democrats gave this bill a massive boost to get it to the finish line. that is why georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor green find

jon: what a challenge madeleine rivera thanks.ll be a push for part or all of the new francis scott key bridge and baltimore senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has details. >> there is an immediate demand to rebuild the bridge. the city of baltimore, the east coast, and the american economy demand it. >> is to this is not just going to impact maryland this is impacting farmer in kentucky but it's impacting the auto dealer in michigan perfects a president promises help. >> it is my intention federal government will pay for the entire cost of it reconstructing that bridge. i expected congress to support my effort too. >> no one knows how long this will take it. >> is a heavy lift is going to take some time too. >> it took five years to build. we do not yet have an estimate on how long it will take to rebuild progress in 2007 i 35 west bridge in minneapolis plunge into the mississippi river killing 13 people and injuring 145. congress responded at breakneck speed. >> hr-3 311 a bill to authorize additional funds for emer

madeleine rivera is in washington with more. >> good morning, kayleigh.ouse plu plushes this tool kit a guideline they say meant to help build relationships across different faiths. one of the resources included in that tool kit was a document published by america indivisible who says their mission is to root out anti-muslim racism. the guide that america indivisible posted in december 2018 recommended a site called muslim girl. feature credible voices of muslim americans actively challenging anti-muslim bigotry. fox news digital did a review on muslim girl. articles that targeted christian evangelicals. one post authored by muslim girl staff in may 2021 says the support of christian zionists evangelicals of israel is rooted in anti-semitism, based on their own desire to, quote: trigger their religious revelations they continue in order for us to dismantle u.s. foreign policy and funding to israel's oppressive occupation, we need to root out christian zionists evangelicals who control the way in which this country functions and who are anti-semitic themse

madeleine rivera is light at the scene at that disaster. >> hey jon, operations are ramping up a couplego we saw another barge with an aerial boom lift arrived to the site crews are focusing on the north section of the key bridge that's right around where the two cranes are. we have seen them cutting pieces of metal. what they want to do is clear-cut enough debris to open up some sort of channel allowed small vessels to come through. >> it is not going to take ho hours. it is not going to take days. but once we complete this phase of the work, we can move more tugs, and more barges, and were both into the area to accelerate our recovery. >> as you heard mort say the main parties to clear debris enough divers go back into the water and try to recover the four people still missing. and then reopen the port you've got 8000 workers on the docks whose jobs have been impacted. millions of dollars worth of goods that cannot pass through. the goodness we are today small businesses can now apply for disaster loan assistance from the federal government. the work here though is far from easy engin

and madeleine rivera is following this on capitol hill. >> after a series of short-term resolutions thenment is fully funded through the end of the fiscal year, getting to this point was far from easy. the vote breakdown, senate voting 74-24 to pass the 1.2 trillion dollar spending packages funding the departments of defense, state and homeland security. friday, a group of g.o.p. senators wanted votes on amendments related to issues like the border, migration and the laken riley act potentially putting democrats up for reelection later this year up in a tough spot. >> some of the dems wanted the votes they know they're going to face voters in the fall. >> shortly before midnight, that allowed them to speed up the passage. the massive boost from democrats, that angered conservatives even more who were already not happy with the lack of border provisions and the number of earmarks in this bill. so, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene began the process of trying to remove house speaker mike johnson, a similar maneuver that cost former house speaker kevin mccarthy his role in the f

will: madeleine rivera is live with the details. >> it's up to the judge to decide whether district attorneyi willis should be kicked off leaving president trump's election interference case in georgia hanging in the balance and that issue is whether willis financially benefited from the prosecution as a result of her relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade whom she hired to help lead the case in november 2021. >> we frankly couldn't care less if they had a personal relationship outside of work. that's not the issue here. the issue is that they began this relationship in 2019 and they were dating for two years and then she awarded him a contract where pub lib money either from fulton county or state of georgia ended up in his pockets. that decision alone was imp improper. reporter: one notable moment judge scott macafy said it was clear money changed hands. >> that's the fact whether it was split even or goes one way or another or all the way $10,000 one way or another, that's a fact at issue as a result of the hearing but no longer just the theory that money changed hands. no longe

. >> will: madeleine rivera is here with the details. good morning, madeleine. >> madeleine: good morning, guys. former president trump is looking to draw contrast with presidtopresident biden on crim. he spoke with his wife and one-year-old son. >> the child, brand new, beautiful baby, sitting there, innocent as can be. doesn't know how his life has been changed. but the diller family will -- will never be the same. can never be the same. and we have to stop it. we have to stop it. we have to get back to law and order. >> diller was shot and killed monday during a traffic stop in queens. the alleged shooter is facing several charges, including first degree murder of a police officer. police say he had more than 20 prior arrests. president biden was also in new york thursday. he wasn't at the wake, though the white house says he called new york city mayor eric adams to give his condolences and said the president was at radio city music hall enjoined by former president obama and clinton fundraiser. mod der races by lizzo and queen latifah

madeleine rivera has more of the story. >> d.c. police are still looking for the suspect or suspects who they say shot seven people early sunday morning. what's a total of seven people are shot at this location. to which have since been a pronounced deceased the other individual shot at this location all of which are adults were transported to the local hospitals perverts authorities have not released identities of the victims are the conditions of the five survivors they also not said what led up to the shooting. the area where this took place is a popular spot home to some of d.c.'s biggest restaurants. police are looking at surveillance video of the area on asking witnesses to come forward. the shooting comes just days after d.c. mayor signed a massive bill into law to tackle the crime crisis in the city. it is called secure d.c. some of the key parts of that legislation include strengthening gun penalties, cracking down on organized theft and creating drug-free zones local sub employee with public officials to find solutions bu

madeleine rivera has the latest. >> reporter: the decisions of these two judges could determine whetherump will stand trial in georgia and florida later this year. in georgia trump and his co-defendants are accusing fulton county district attorney fani willis of financially benefiting from her relationship with a special prosecutor, nathan wade. willis hired him to the the help lead the election interference if case in november 2021. they say the appearance of conflict is enough to get her kicked off. >> if this is tolerated, we'll get more of it. this office is a global laughingstock because of their conduct. >> reporter: but fulton county district attorney's office says the defense must show actual conflict which they argue hasn't been done. >> there's absolutely no evidence that the defendants in this case, their due process rights have been harmed in absolutely any way. >> reporter: as we wait to see how judge scott mcafee rules within the next two weeks, all eyes are also on judge aye lin cannon in florida who did not make a decision as to when the trial involving trump's handling

fox's madeleine rivera explains how this latest move spcould hurt the district attory in forming a casein fn county district attorney fani willis. in his resignation letter, special prosecutor nathan wade says he's stepping down in the interest of democracy and to move this case forward as quickly as possible. this should allow willis to continue her prosecution against former president trump and his allies. but her reputation is now in question. judge scott mcafee is slamming her for, quote, a tremendous lapse in judgment in pursuing a relationship with wade. details of her and wade's personal lives have been laid out in public. all of this could affect willis's ability to select a jury for instance, and thus impact how this case advances. and she's still facing several investigations, including one in georgia, where a republican led state senate is looking into alleged misconduct on her part. >> the problem with this is that it just undermines the public's confidence in the fairness and the impartiality of our criminal justice system. >> trump can't submit a certificate of and take th

madeleine rivera is live on capitol hill with the latest on that drama. >> reporter: hey, good afternoonaishah is. that's right, still a lot of drama. but make no mistake, this is a major, make your moment for this congress, finally fully funding the federal government through the end of the fiscal year. the prospects of this $1.2 trillion package appeared dim late friday. some senate republicans wanted amendments related to issues like the border, migration and the laken riley act potentially putting vulnerable democrats who are up for re-election in november many a tough spot. shortly before midnight though, lawmakers reached an agreement that allowed them to expedite the bill's passage. >> it's no small feat to get a package like this done in divided government. these past few months have shown yet again that when bipartisan has room to work, webbing e get the job done. >> reporter: the senate syncing up with the house overnight sending this bill to the president's desk with a 74-24 vote. it funds key agencies including the departments of defense, state and homeland security. but the

pete: madeleine rivera joins us now with more. >> reporter: fannie if willis is defying the judge's rulingwhich was technically a legal win for her, but it still amounted to a slap on the wrist as the judge admonished her behavior. hours after mcafee's decision, special prosecutor wade stepped down saying i am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy and dedication to the american public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible. willis defended wade, responding ever i compliment you for the professional aism and and dignity you have shown over the last 865 days as you have endured threats against you and your family as well as unjustified attacks in the media and in court on your reputation as a lawyer. judge mcafee rules former president trump and his allies failed to show willis and wade's relationship created an actual conflict of interest. still, mcafee was highly critical of willis saying this finding is by no means an indication that the court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the district attorney's testimony during th