matt finn fox news.re mourning the death of an actor who rose to fame with tom hanks in the early 1980 sitcom bosom buddies. peter scolari died yesterday following a long battle with cancer. he was 66 years old. salary starred with tom hanks in the popular but short lived comedy. he was also nominated for an emmy for his role as tv producer michael harris in the mid 19 eighties comedy newhart. salary went on to appear in several t v shows and broadway stage productions. california jobless numbers released this week show a sharp uptick in residents filing unemployment claims. ktvu tom vacar looks at the trends and reasons why the state's job market has been so slow to recover. at 7.5% each california and nevada have the dark distinction of being tied for the nation's highest unemployment rates. nevada continues to suffer low tourism. california has lost so many small businesses that there are far fewer jobs to return to. also many lower paid workers are apparently holding out and waiting to see if employe

box's matt finn has latest for us tonight. >> right now vaccine mandates in many u.s.could put millions of americans at risk and force thousands of city employees out of work. could all potentially lead to higher crime and unemployment across the united states tonight, trying to take a stand against the vaccine mandates. in chicago, the deadline is in a matter of hours. midnight. ircity employees must enter ther vaccine status in a city portal. chicago police union estimates as much as half the police force has not been vaccinated. thatcc means thousands of offics and face being let go in cities like chicago with steep violent crime for the battle between chicago mayor lori lightfoot and thend police union president is rapidly intensifying. the short while ago a cook county judge issued a temporary restraining orderra against the police union president prohibiting him from publicly commenting anymore about the city's vaccine policies.. the mayor claims that officers who do not comply will not be sent home this weekend but chicago police worry if they do not submit thei

matt finn with the latest in los angeles. hi, matt.t: halina hutchins husband posted a picture to instagram writing, we miss you, halina, and the sister of the 41-year-old says halina had a marriage that was an example to follow, real love and that she leaves behind not only her husband but 9-year-old son. hutchins was born in the ukraine, her parents still lived there. her father told scottish sun that he and his wife are trying to organize travel to the u.s. to comfort grandson and the vigil was held last night in new mexico, hutchins was killed thursday when actor alec baldwin misfired prop gun in the new mexico set of the film rust. local president of a film union says the industry has been rocked by this tragedy and that everyone deserves to work in a safe environment. >> tonight we celebrate her legacy as a leader among young female. we are here to remember helena. >> the la times was reported that baldwin was handed a gun by assistant director and told it was cold and that there were a few misfires before that on the set of the

we have live fox team coverage, alexandria hoff from the national school board association and matt finnon the tragic baldwin shooting. live in virginia, hi, mark. mark: alicia, good afternoon, democrats are deploying the biggest names throughout the common wealth to try to race support for terry mcauliffe, former chair of democratic party and someone struggling get back his old job as he races for the governor's mansion. on the stage is the sitting governor of virginia ralph northham who not too long ago was considered dead man walking and we are expecting to hear from former president barack obama. he's one of several heavy hitters who have been trying to get voters out and get them excited about this race in off-year gubernatorial statewide election. we did hear from -- i'm sorry, we heard from vice president kamala harris on thursday. she was trying to rally those supporters making it clear there's a lot on the line in this election. >> we are here right now to make sure terry mcauliffe is elected the next governor of the great and the common wealth of virginia and we will not be the

fox's matt finn has that story for us tonight. >> lori lightfoot and kim foxx are publicly slamming eachx did not press charges against five suspects arrested from a shoot out last friday that killed a person. three gang members shot into a family's home in daylight targeting opposing gang members. people in the house fired back, killing a person outside. the mayor says the suspects were shooting to kill. officers got to that scene and witnessed the shoot out, which was also caught on camera. five suspects were arrested, yet kim foxx, states attorney, released them all, initially explaining the shooters were mutual combatants who agreed to enter into a fight. mayor lightfoot publicly spoke out against the decision, saying she's getting calls from residents and officials and foxx has some explaining to do. foxx responded saying she is mortified the mayor spoke out about an active case and is basically calling the mayor a liar, saying there wasn't enough evidence to press charges, no weapons found. here is foxx and mayor lightfoot. >> statements made yesterday regarding this case that simp

jon: matt finn reporting live. matt, thanks.mes up inconclusive for brian laundrie's cause of death. his remains found wednesday after more than a month of searching. meantime the, how much his parents knew about their son's disappearance is still an open question. charles watson is live in knot port, florida -- north port, florida, with the latest. charles. >> reporter: hi, jon. well, the next step is figuring out what happened to brian laundrie. that task is now in the hands of a forensic anthropologies who will take a look at brian's remains and try to determine when and how he died. that is the course of action that has been taken after an initial autopsy, as you mentioned, came back inconclusive. wednesday the fbi confirmed they found human remains and personal s belonging to brian in the swampy mack hatch chi environmental park. law enforcement had been searching the year for the brian for more than a month as he was considered a person of interest in the murder of his girlfriend, gabby petito. at the laundrie's north port

correspondent matt finn is joining us from our west coast newsroom to explain. evening, matt. >> hi, mike. governor newsom signed a log california that allows police to act criminally or with a demonstration of bias to be stripped of their badges. california was just 1 of 4 states without such a system alongside hawaii, new jersey and rhode island. the golden state's new reforms also limit the use of rubber bullets during protests headsets a statewide standard for when officers can use projectiles or tear gas during demonstrations. the law also bars a type of restraint that has led to death and lays out detailed instructions for when police should intervene. police can lose their certification for excessive force, sexual assault, intimidating witnesses, false reports or participating in law enforcement gangs. multiple groups represent and police officers including the california police chiefs association oppose this new law, arguing in part that a bias panel without law enforcement expertise will review police cases and that officers will be subject to broad def

matt finn fox news. of elena hutchins at the american film institute in los angeles have established a scholarship fund to honor her memory and support aspiring women cinematographers. her husband, matthew, posted his thanks to her f e family for nurturing her talent. he asked anyone who would like to donate to the conservatory in her memory to go to a fee .com. dave chappelle is coming to san francisco amid that controversy over his latest netflix special, the comedian is heading out on a 10 city tour that's scheduled to open and chase center november 4th. the shows are expected to include a screening of his his documentary title, untitled. followed by a live set with special guest appearances in each city. on wednesday, employees and netflix walked off the job in protest of chappelle's special, the closer, many feel the content in that specialist hurtful to members of the lgbtq plus community. two former apple employees are suing the chuck giant alleging ageism sexism and other forms of discrimination,

i am matt finn. back to "hannity." log on to foxnews.com for all your headlines. >> sean: the unhinged rage of the far left is on full display as far left activists are ramping up the harassment of democratic senators who are refusing to surrender to the socialist schemes of progressives. look at this disturbing video of left-wing innovation activist actually following arizona senator kyrsten sinema into a bathroom and informing her -- and filming her while she's behind the stall trying to go to the bathroom. >> we need a throwback better plan right now. >> we need solutions, the build back better plan needs to have the solutions that we need. we knocked on doors for you to get elected. just how we got you elected we can get you out of office if you don't support we promised us. >> sean: any outrage from the left, none from joe biden. imagine if this were conservatives. the media meltdown would be never ending. that's not all because joe manchin faced the ire of leftists while he was on his house vote in d.c. take a lo

matt finn live in los angeles with more. matt?reporter: eric, we're learning more from the multiple 911 calls placed from the movie set of "rust" in new mexico where alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed a woman. one of the callers told the 911 operator that the two shooting victims were doubled over and alert after they were shot. here's some of the 99 11 calls. >> reporter: baldwin fired a gun that he was reportedly told was cold at the director of photography, hal that hutchens. she was shot in the chest and killed. director joel souza, standing behind her, was shot in the shoulder. he's expected to be okay. hutchins was reportedly advocating for more safety on the troubled movie set. her colleague said she had a very strong work ethic and forgave coworkers for mistakes. and we now know a search warrant was issued so investigators could document the film set, the warrant says baldwin's blood-stained costume and the prop gun was taken as we've, and the h.a. times is now reporting a prop gun misfired a new times on the movie

our own matt finn's in los angeles tonight with all the details. matt. >>>> here in california, it will soon be i against the law to sel traditional gas powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and grass cutters. governor newsom signed a new law the beginning in 2024 and possibly sooner b will ban the sale of new gas powered equipment. it's a large category from lawn mowers to pressure washers that will nowor have to be electric or plug-in. the law as a part of gavin newsom's commitment to lower emissions and cleaner air. has been approved to offer professional landscaping businesses rebates to switch their gas powered equipment to zero admissions andat governor newsom also signed a law that orders large retailers to provide a gender-neutral i owe for children's toys. it applies to businesses with a 500 or more employees that will now need a section that is gender-neutral for items like toys or toothbrushes. clothing is not affected, the stores can still have boys engrossed sections and stores like target have already been doing this in his 2015. >

i am at matt finn. now back to "hannity."your headlines, log onto foxnews.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: now the attorney general merrick garland was on the hot seat on capitol hill today, tried to walk back his efforts to weaponize the fbi against parents standing up to radical, out-of-control school boards. take a look. >> fbi agents attending local school board meetings question rick >> no, fbi agents will not be attending school board meetings and there is nothing is memo to suggest it. >> sean: real strong republicans like jim jordan major to hold him accountable after that deception. now, listen to congressman jordan expose garland's agenda to politicize the doj come along with this exchange with the committee chairman jerry nadler. watch this. >> the chairman just said this before doj was political and went after their opponents. are you kidding me? three weeks ago, the national school board association writes president biden, asking him to involve the fbi and local school board matters. five days later, the attorney general of

first to matt finn in los angeles. hi, matt. >> hi, martha. there's more concerning details emerging about how dangerous the set of that movie was. a lot of the focus is on the film's 24-year-old armorer. in a new interview with tmz, a principal cast member is praising her work. >> i think the armor having been pressed for time as much as she was was doing a fantastic job. i overheard the director praise her a couple of times for being as safe as she was. >> a search warrant reads that the film's director, joel souza who was also shot in the shoulder said no life rounds were supposed to be on the set. the firearms were checked by an armorer and then halls. when halls handed baldwin a gun that was believed to be cold, he fired it hitting halyna hutchins in the chest killing her. and hall was fired from a movie when a gun unexpectedly discharge injuring a sound member. halls said he was remorseful for that indent. and the l.a. times reported that he turned down the movie "rest" because of two reds. he wonders how a real loaded gun was on the set

for more on the breaking developments we go to matt finn in the west coast newsroom. >> the nationalealth admits us tax dollars were used to fund a limited experiment to test spike proteins from that coronavirus is in china capable of binding to humans. and the letters representative james comeer, lab mice with a modified that virus became sicker than mice that were given an unmodified that virus with the nih claims these particular bat viruses tested in wuhan lab could not have become the covid virus and the nih director claims the nih grant funds to new york city-based funds called eco-health which sub granted money to the wuhan lab without being transparent about the testing taking place. this comes after doctor fauci denied us dollars were funding gain of function research at the wuhan lab. senator and follow the charge on the idea that coronavirus came from the wuhan letter and has since tweeted i told you so doesn't even begin to cover it here. senator paul had this to say tonight on fox news primetime. >> they are still trying to get around the truth. they say it was unexpecte

matt finn has the numbers on that for us tonight. >> in estimated record 400,000 migrants might attemptcross our southern border this month. according to an nbc news report citing dhs officials. a major ruling yesterday from a federal appeals court will allo the biden administration to kee contrary lou using title 40 to to turn away asylum-seekers which will likely prevent that massive surge of migrants from making it into the u.s. this month. we are warning up to 400,000 migrants could cross our southern border in october. 400,000 would be nearly double the 21 year record reached in july when 200,000 migrants across our border. yesterday of federal appeals court ruled the biden administration can resume the use of title 40 to to turn away non-us citizens. two weeks ago a lower court ruled that title 42 was enacted under the trump administration in that president wright no longer had the authority to boo blog asylum-seekers using title 42. that in his emergency health la implemented when the cdc believes prohibiting anyone except u.s. citizens into the country including asylum-seeker ca

i'm matt finn. now back to sean hannity. you're watching fox news channel. >> sean: amid joe biden's self-inflicted super spreader catastrophe is being forced to face reality. he must reinstate remain in mexico policy next month. the policy means that asylum seekers have to stay in mexico. they can't be processed in to the country illegally as joe has been doing while their claims are heard instead of being released to the interior of the u.s. with no covid tests in the middle of a pandemic and we're told there's no need to test them because they're not here long anyway, which is a lie. in 2020, biden called the policy dangerous and inhumane. joe, now you're in charge. by the way, what is so dangerous and inhumane to ask people, i am pro immigration, legal immigration? but just follow the rules. you need a security check a background check, hilt check and show that you have the means to take care of yourself when you here and not be a burden to the american people. welcome to america. you owe all americans and donald trump a

correspondent matt finn has that story for us. >> just a short while ago tonight, the chicago policeident announced that the city of chicago blinked in the final hours before the city's vaccine deadline, decided it will not be sending home without pay, police officers who choose not to submit their vaccine status by tonight's deadline. that union president said the officers will still face some type of punishment if they choose not to reveal their vaccine status to the city. chicago faced losing a considerable percentage of its police force beginning this weekend, the officers that would have been sent home without pay if they did not enter their vaccine status into the city's portal. chicago is requiring city employees by midnight tonight to enter into the city's portal whether they have been vaccinated. city employees who have not yet got the vaccine can opt for twice-weekly testing at their own time and expense until the final deadline to get the shot on december 31st. the chicago policing and president is still urging his members not to enter their info into the city's portal. >>

for more on the breaking developments we go to matt finn in our west coast newsroom. >> the national now admits that u.s. tax dollars were used to fund a limited experiment at the wuhan lab to test its spike proteins from coronavirus is in china were capable of binding to humans. director from the nih states that lab mice that were infected with a modified bad virus became sicker than mice that were given an unmodified bad virus however the nih claims that these particular bad virus is tested in the wuhan lab could not have become the covid virus and the director also claims the nih granted funds to a new york city-based nonprofit eco-health which then sub granted money to the wuhan lab and without being transparent about the testing taking place. all of this information comes as dr. fauci repeatedly denied that u.s. dollars were funding gain-of-function research at the wuhan lab. senator rand paul that the charge on the idea that the coronavirus came from the wuhan lab and has since tweeted "i told you so doesn't even begin to cover it here." senator paul had this to say tonight on

i matt finn, now back to "tucker carlson tonight." >> tucker: at the height of last year's presidentialn, joe biden who moonlights as a scientist announced that he had identified a single cause for every covid death that occurred in the united states. created covid in a lab and covered it up with the help of tony fauci but who cares? the reason people were dying last year joe biden told us was donald trump killed them, watch. >> if the president had done his job, done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive, i'm not making this up, look at the data. look at the data. >> tucker: one of president "does his job," nobody dies of a virus. look at the data, come on man! that's what joe biden said. biden got elected, honestly for a lot of reasons, a lot of them illegitimate but thematically he got elected because he promised to unlike donald trump stop americans from dying of coded. how was he doing on that campaign promise? according to the latest data from johns hopkins university, more than 353,000 americans have died of corona this year. turns out that's higher than

matt finn is crunching the latest economic numbers for us, good evening. >> in the new fox news poll nine in ten voters say they worry about inflation, most say prices are up for everyday items. this new fox news poll conducted live interviews with 1,000 registered nationwide voters all selected at random, 87% said they are very concerned about higher prices or inflation. 43% say bills for groceries and everyday items has increased a lot. 40% say they have increased a little. 84% of people surveying say it rising gas prices are up problem for their family and half of the voters interviewed say current gas prices are a major problem. nearly all, 94% think that gas price increases are a problem for the country's economy, americans are feeling pain at the pump in the grocery store where some shelves are empty and other prices are eye watering. "the wall street journal" reports food prices rose by 4.5% in the u.s. this past september compared to last year. as a rule of thumb when food prices rise by about 5%, consumers start changing their buying habits. major brands like nestle and proc

correspondent matt finn leads are covered with the highlights. good evening. >> good evening.nt biden made some questionable remarks and statements tonight at that cnn town hall. the president stated that he has been to the southern border but fox news' own reporting and research indicates president biden and has never been to the south border. speak i do have plans to visit the southern border? >> i've been there before. i've not had a whole lot of time to get down. i've been spending time going around and looking at the $900 billion worth of damage done by hurricanes and floods and whether and traveling around the world. speak of the president was also asked about vaccine mandates. police officers and firefighters in cities like seattle have already lost their jobs and their livelihoods because they did not get vaccinated. thousands more firefighters in los angeles and chicago face losing their jobs as well. >> should police officers, emergency responders be mandated to get vaccines? and if not, should they be they be stay at home or like a question mark >> yes and yes. [app

matt finn has the very latest.joins us. >> senators including chuck and lindsey graham grow a stern letter on thursday to attorney general merrick garland and trust dominic instructing him he has some cleanup to do after he released a memo this week promising to prosecute parents that make threats against school boards when appropriate. the senators writing to the ag that has memo -- to potentially prosecute parents might chill open discussion at school board meetings. the senators say the attorney general must now clarify to the american people that is never the federal government's rule to quash those who question local school boards. telling the adrian parr "to be clear, violence and true threats of threat -- of a democracy." the report of heated encounters between concern parents and school boards often involve speech that is clearly protected by the first amendment. federal law enforcement muscle should never be used against protesting parents. the memo promising to prosecute parents that threaten violence has

matt finn joins me from los angeles with more. >> the "l.a.rop gun had misfired a few times on the new mexico side of the film rust and a half dozen crew members walked off the set to protest working conditions just hours before the baldwin shooting. here is a portion of the 911 call after the deadly shooting. >> we have a shot accidentally. >> santa fe county sheriff's office was called to the bow nanna ranch movie set yesterday an tore and producer fired a prop gun accidently hitting cinematographer alayna hutchins killed. advocating for safer conditions on the set. director dzousa owe expected to be okay. the shot was a live single round according to the "l.a. times." the santa fe sheriff's office releasing a statement writing in part, quote: this investigation remains open and active. no charges have been filed in regard to this incident. witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives. baldwin was photographed looking distraught shortly after the accidental shooting on the new mexico set. the actor has since tweeted, quote: there are n

matt finn in los angeles where this raised quite an issue and just outrage in the film making community >> reporter: the last word from the santa fe county sheriff's office is that this is an active investigation. witnesseses are cooperating. so far, no charges have been filed. now the family of the woman that he accidentally shot and killed is speaking out, posting a picture to instagram, question writing we miss you. they said she had a marriage that was an example to follow she leaves behind her husband and 9-year-old son. her father told the scottish son that he and his wife are trying to organize travel to the u.s. to comfort their grandson. a vigil was held last night. she was killed thursday when actor alec baldwin misfired a prop gun on the new mexico set of the film. a local president of a film union said she was a leader among females. >> union sets should be safe. every person deserves to go to work with complete security, knowing they can perform their work and return home safely. this moment has shaken all of us to the very core and we will carry her in our hearts and minds

i matt finn, now back for "hannity." your headlines, log on to foxnews.com. ♪ ♪ >> sean: tonight we have more disturbing moments from biden's fake new cnn town hall from last night. he actually mocked and scalded in the past, lectured in the past demanded in the past, now he's mocking americans that have a different point of view then him. if for reason, they made the choice not to get vaccinated. reasons some of them have underlying medical conditions, some have natural immunity, following that science. you may not agree with them but that's what they are doing. they decided to stand on their principles. that will be their choice. we live in a free society. here's how joe biden after he has lectured them and scalded them, yelled at them, here's what he saying now. take a look. to speak of the two things that concerned me, those i try to mat a political issue. i have the freedom to kill you in with my covid beard and come on, freedom. >> sean: here with reaction, fox news contributor leo 2.0 terrell to rella by the way,

matt finn, fox news tech industry analyst larry maggot said it's unusual to see all platforms of one company go down like they did today at facebook. it's also interesting is difficult across the board, not just facebook and then the facebook dot com app but also instagram and what's happened? i understand that internal communications within facebook were also. offline today, so that really affected the entire company. omega says, because the outrage was so widespread, the fix was likely complicated on wall street stocks slumped over new concerns about inflation. the dow was down 323 points. the nasdaq was all 311 points. and the s and p was lower by 56 points. tech stocks were hit hardest. shares of facebook fell. 5% apple was down 2.5. i knew attend tonight. oakland police are investigating another violent crime at unprovoked attack that happened right near the oakland i center ktvu zambelli joins us now live and amber. this disturbing incident was part of a weekend of violence with the police department already stretched so thin. that's right. heather, the police chief, spoke abou

additional tests are expected to be conducted throughout the week in los angeles, matt finn fox news.ing into creating a dune system. it sends him beach aimed at pro protect him rather homes from rising sea levels. the dunes would be at the first of its kind, emery county and what costs less than the more traditional hard structure seawall seen in other parts. of our coastline. county officials are containing me to get feedback from the public there, as well as other nature based alternatives. the plenty process is expected to last three years. southwest passengers are being advised to check flight schedules before they head to airports across the country. for a third straight day, the airline has cancelled or delayed flights. ktvu is tom baker spent the day looking and do what's causing the problems and he found there's no clear answer just yet. monday was day three for southwest airlines passenger as cancellation held that will improve from the weekend continued with 360 flights so far, in addition to mondays, 10% cancellation rate. a whopping 30% were cancelled on sunday and 24% sa

fox news' matt finn is in l.a. with the latest. warrant was issued, so investigators could document the new mexico film set "rust", where the shooting took place. and they said that baldwin's bloodstained costume and the prop gun were taken for efforts. an assistant director handed baldwin the loaded weapon and announced it was cold. a prop gun also misfired a few times onset before baldwin's fatal shooting, including two rounds fired by baldwin's stunt double from a gun that he was also told was not loaded. a half dozen camera crew workers walked off to protest workering conditions just hours before this fatal shooting. after a producer, alec baldwin fired the prop gun accidentally hitting halyna hutchins, who was killed. she was considered a rising star and advocating for staffer conditions onset. director joel souza was hit and injured in the shooting, but he's expected to be okay. exactly what the prop gun fired is under investigation. in an e-mail to the l.a. times, a union representing the prop master said the shot was a quot

matt finn is live with the latest breaking details on this case. >> hi, sandra. d.a. have their first scheduled news conference tomorrow in new mexico. we anticipate learning much more about this investigation including the big question of whether there might be some charges and there are more new concerning details emerging about just how potentially dangerous the new mexico set of the baldwin movie was. a hollywood veteran prop master now tells "the l.a. times" that he turned down working on the movie "rust" because he felt there were massive red flags calling the baldwin film "a slap dash production with an overriding focus on saving money instead of concern for people's safety." he turned down the job in an e-mail telling the l.a. times after i pressed send on that last e-mail, i felt in the pit of my stomach that is an accident waiting to happen. last thursday, baldwin accidentally shot and killed 42-year-old cinematographer hutchins on the new mexico set. a search warrant indicates that the assistant director handed him a gun that was believed to be cold or

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