glad to have sandra smith here. she is quite the athlete, although it might be time to hang it up. >> laughing at her pain, audience, that's great. with god to do some housekeepin before we tackle the news. first, who is this fellow, this is the detroit tigers home game against the white sox on friday night. it's not often i get wedding proposals at baseball games freight usually it's in the sauna at planet fitness. but i guess it beats cats proposal. >> i figured that i would just >> r8. she gets up eventually. either way, if your going to as me to marry you, at least leave your name, buddy or an address like third stall from the left. i've got a phone number and not one to a gas station like when was dating. maybe it wasn't meant to be. as my camp counselor said to me decades ago, you can't do this to me greg, i have a family. more important matters, notably censorship. on saturday evolutionary biologist treated this. my june 1st discussion with on the dark dark wars pod quest ha been removed from against spam def

. >> john: it's so sandra smith of you. we're talking about spears here and you have your nose in the market. >> sandra: thanks for joining us. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. breaking right now in surfside florida, we're covering the ongoing search for people in the building that collapsed north of miami beach. so far one person is confirmed dead. there's a lot of concern here at this hour. we expect that we're going to get some news and an update any moment on the situation here. nearly 100 people are unaccounted for. that number has been rising as they learn how many people lived in these 136 apartments in this 12-story building in north miami. it collapsed at 1:30 a.m. while people were sleeping. moments ago, governor desantis was on the scene. watch this. >> tragic day. some of those folks that were able to go for safety, we thank the fire and rescue for what they did to put themselves on the line to help other folks. they're still hard at

i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. h martha. >> martha: thank you, beyond and sandra. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. today "the story" comes to you live from redding, pennsylvania. we're at the mid-atlantic air museum's 30th annual world war ii weekend. we've had an incredible day here. it's a little rainy at the moment if you can hear what is going on behind me. we've had an incredible day. 77th anniversary of d-day is sunday. this year is also the 80th anniversary of pearl harbor. you can see here what it was like during the war in

i'm sandra smith here in new york. >> john: you as well, sandra. see you time. i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: beautiful scene in geneva. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. covid cover-up from china has now as of today led to the death of more than 600,000 americans. that is the new number on this tuesday. the battle over where the fault was is only just beginning. for months dr. anthony fauci and dr. francis collins and most of the media said that the idea that it could have come from the wuhan lab was a theory often talked about by president trump that they felt was not plausible. even though the virus was first spotted just a stone's throw from the lab where chinese scientists have long been working with bats and coronaviruses. even amping them up to make them more deadly. dr. robert redfield, the head of the cdc under president trump was one of the first officials to support this theory. that perhaps covid did leak from the lab. he says that since coming out with that theory, he received death threats as a result

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. moments ago, the department of justice is starting to outline what they will do to combat this violent crime surge. they're talking about a fire of course trafficking strike task force. that would address illegal guns on the streets. as we track stories like this, a tragic update on the young parents that were dragged from their car and beaten and shot on saturday in chicago. you can see the gun being pulled there. the man fires again. the two of them are on the ground there. we learned that the woman has also died. so both of the parents to these two young children. it was all provoked by just a minor traffic incident. so yet another violent crime. look at this one. a volunteer in the mayoral race in new york was stabbed in broad daylight. the stories keep coming, this comes six months after ending operation legend. remember operation legend? it was the brain child of attorney general bill barr. it was to crack down on crime on the streets by giving

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. the ongoing search for people in the building that collapsed north of miami beach. so far one person is confirmed dead. there's a lot of concern here at this hour. we expect that we're going to get some news and an update any moment on the situation here. nearly 100 people are unaccounted for. that number has been rising as they learn how many people lived

i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. stove is now. >> martha: we'll look forward to seeing john there. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. you've had your vaccine. ready to have a big summer because you couldn't last summer. beach parties, restaurants with pent up energy and money. the economy looks like it's going to explode. nearly every part of that fun is now understaffed. your likely to wait in long lines and all of it from gas to beer to everything else will take a bite out of your wallet because inflation is rising. is it transitory as the biden administration says or is it something more? what is the political impact of that as we head towards 2022? karl cove is here and tell us how he sees it. let's start with jeff flock live at the pumps with what to expect as americans get excited to hit the roads. hi, jeff. >> hi, martha. hello to you from sunny michigan. i'm aabove interstate 94 out here. you can see america coming back to life. a lot more folks out there. take a look at the numbers on what it

see you back here tomorrow. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: their memory better thanrtha: thank you, john and sandra. breaking on "the story," the mystery of the lab in china and its relationship to the united states scientists is deepening at this hour. fox news has just learned from two former u.s. officials that there was an effort among some higher ups at the state department to block an investigation and questions about the wuhan lab. those new details from fox reporting come on the heels of an explosive expose in vanity

i'm sandra smith. >> and the "the story" now with shannon beam in for martha maccallum starts right now announcing the u.s. administered 300 million shots in 150 days. we are monitoring his comments in the probe of the origin of the virus and china's cover-up on the work of coronaviruses in the very city where covid was first reported. the administration was pushed on how it's possible for world

i'm sandra smith in new york city. this is "america reports." welcome back, john. >> john: thank you. stiff from the roller coasters at hershey park. i'm john roberts in washington. good to be back. biden forced to address the issue as shocking cream scenes are caught on camera in several democratic led cities. a warning, some of the video is disturbing. footage in chicago showing a suspect shooting a man excuse style after a minor traffic accident. we learned the man's wife that was also shot in this incidents has died. >> sandra: horrible. in detroit, a triple shooting leaving a 11 yard boy, his father and a third passenger in the hospital. they were just sitting in a car when a gunman opened fire on them. in new york city, brand new surveillance video showing a moment a campaign volunteer for candidate eric adams is stabbed multiple times on a bronx street. police still looking for that suspect. >> john: we have team fox coverage to kickoff the program. ted williams joins us in just a moment. first, aishah hasnie live in new york city where a

good afternoon, i'm sandra smith in new york. meeting between president biden and his russian counterpart comes as both nations a knowledge relations have hit a low. this has the lighthouses walking back, from president biden after he signaled he would be open to exchanging cyber criminals with russia. >> john: white house aides say the -- will on the table when the leaders meet in light of ransomware tax targeting critical u.s. infrastructure. fred fleitz will join us in the moment. >> sandra: we began with benjamin hall live in brussels. hi, benjamin. it's become good afternoon, sandra. we are seeing a different approach to nato than we sound or president trump. president trump tough on the organization but he did force many countries to meet their 2% minimum spend on their military and the result, $130 billion a year extra reported to nato coffers but we are in a new summit, new presidency. totally different mode. this has been a far less confrontational one so far. they were discussing a number of issues, one is the withdrawa

i am john roberts and washington. >> sandra: and i and sandra smith in new york.ng threats from afar. russia and china are sure to be on the agenda with china, the elephant in the room, the coronavirus pandemic. where it came from and whether beijing tried to cover it all up. president biden is a one goal of the trip is to show china that the u.s. and its european allies are tight. >> john: then there is russia. biden is set to face 210 next wednesday in his first meeting with the russian president since taking office. critics are saying biden is giving moscow a gift is by meeting with putin following multiple cyber attacks traced back to russia. the two limits away we will speak to senator rick scott. but first jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon. >> hi, sandra. this is a high-stakes trip to europe and which president biden will be watched closely and assessed on how he manages to unite the g7 and nato partners to rebuild alliances. nato needs to prove itself relevant and emerge with a strong united voice against russia. this trip will be judged by how the

hello and welcome, i am sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. look who's here. >> great to see you, i am trace gallagher and for john roberts. the justices siding unanimously with the catholic foster agency in philadelphia saying he could legally exclude same-sex couples. the court also upholding obamacare and a 7-2 vote. >> sandra: chief legal correspondent shannon bream has more. thank you for joining us. what do we know? what happened the last couple hours? >> let's start with the religious liberty case. advocates are celebrating unanimous decision in favor of a catholic social services group in philadelphia. working with the city placing children into foster care but the city barred them when they realize the group was not placing children with same-sex couples. the group says that would violate their catholic doctrine. here is g.o.p. senator josh hawley on the implication. >> this is a resounding pro-religious liberty decision, really good result. it's a great nondiscrimination ruling. what they are saying is they cannot discriminate agains

i'm sandra smith here in new york. >> john: you as well, sandra. see you time. i'm john roberts.y led to the death of more than 600,000 americans. that is the new number on this tuesday. the battle over where the fault was is only just beginning. for months dr. anthony fauci and dr. francis collins and most of the media said that the idea that it could have come from the wuhan lab was a theory often talked about by president trump that they felt was not plausible. even though the virus was first spotted just a stone's throw

i'm sandra smith in new york.hington and we kick off our numbered two and kayleigh mcenany the push to go woke ramps up another notch. we will talk about the congressman despite gender equality, the crash test dummies. >> okay. dr. siegel gets too far away, we will bring him back to talk about a study finding a chemical in some sunscreens that is directly linked to blood cancer. something you need to know. we are talking about brand names very familiar and you see them on the shelf every day. you might even have them at home. >> john: one of the most popular brands as well and the most conservative, but first a school in virginia putting a teacher on paid leave after he spoke out against the school district policy that requires teachers to use students preferred pronouns. he is now going to court to fight it. correspondent michael emanuel, hey, mike. >> john, good afternoon. the educator tanner frost is suing fighting to regain his job as a teacher. >> we love our free speech. and you know, teachers are just like

come on in, sandra smith. who do you think is running the show, put more biden?was a handshake and a smile especially on the part of president biden. republicans are seizing on that but to your point how we address the hacking this is key. lindsey graham said you have to show we've got red lines. he went on to say he should be warning putin face to face if there is another attack we will go on the offense, we will go after your infrastructure but that is why former secretary of state mike pompeo has gone on the record saying it shows enormous weakness the president biden is not going to stand on the world stage next to vladimir putin and hold a joint news conference this afternoon. this is of key interest for the world, key interest for me on my show because this will fall in the hours between 1:00 and 3:00 eastern time this afternoon. the world will be watching and i will tell you the words of mike pompeo when he warned of the weakness it showed to not stand side-by-side with vladimir putin, the fact that you are not prepared to stand up 6 to 8 feet from your ad

join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports."a u.s. alternate for the tokyo olympic games says she cares about her country despite this post on facebook last year. wolfe reportedly joked about killing former president trump last year. writing a facebook comment that read: >> interesting, i wonder if he should they then are on twitter or facebook given the comments she made. our president didn't pass those community standards and guidelines. i think you know how i feel about people not being proud of the country going to the olympics to represent. whatever pronoun she prefers to use she's not proud of the country and feels it's oppressive there are several other counties she could compete for. however, there are several other countries would not except for for what she has chosen to do and her identify cation. instead she lives in this great country affording her the opportunity to go to the olympics to compete. that is something she should be proud of as an american as we all are. unfortunately that's not the case anymore. it's d

i'm shannon bream in for sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts.es that we're watching as they're beginning to develop. so many surfside, florida are looking for their loved ones. you can see the prayers on the wall, the photographs that they have put up after the collapse of that building and their loved ones are speaking out this afternoon. >> at times it's complete devastation. and then, you know, there's periods of disbelief.

good afternoon, i am sandra smith.n roberts, all nine justices. will we soon be seeing money dylan moses, jonathan turley on how this ruling only adds to the reasons democrats should apologize. >> sandra: i can't wait for that, meanwhile, taking a kick at old glory. all new, we will tell you about the red flag and her past that might have predicted the star-spangled scandal. they have a lot to say about that. they will join us. >> all of that plus the little girl brought to tears in the ballpark and the star player who had to apologize for his behavior. >> sandra: we begin with the nation's largest city in the thick of the bloody summer so many people feared, just some of the attention grabbing headlines. >> trace: a sister hugging her brother as bullets fly by their head, a man stabbed in the head and the station, a man in brooklyn chased by a team of assassins and chaos. in one of manhattan's most popular parks and someone waved a knife and a taser. >> that suspect has been in jail ten times. they have dropped charge

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good afternoon everyone, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher info john roberts.dicine that she fantasized about shooting white people in the head. the school responding, but there are big questions about what took so long. >> sandra: we are also watching feta parents in multiple states taking action of their own in virginia. you're standing up for a teacher who was suspended for violating policy. in new york they are controlling some of the daily and i will know more. thing is i'm a become the only way we can get this cancer out of our schools's meeting. bringing them feel guilty, brainwashing them coming. we will be 25 author vivek ramaswamy has been sounding the alarm about the appetite and pushes push i must be >> sandra: and we become an eric shawn york but first, mike emanuel. >> signatures are being collected here and in an effort to recall school board members in loudoun county virginia. among the concerns of a document obtained from a teacher showing two columns. on the left, experiences oppression. women, children,,, bisexual and clear. on the right expe

hello and welcome, i'm sandra smith and new york and this is "america reports." >> john: i'm john roberts in washington at any minute we expect the president to be speaking in st. ives, england. he is on his first foreign trip as commander in chief and is expecting to meet with world leaders. >> sandra: back here at home it's looking unlikely to get 70% of american adults vaccinated by july 4th will happen, according to the cdc. just under 64% have so far received at least one dose. the one and the rush to vaccination, we got team coverage. in fox news contributor miranda devine will join us but first correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president and his live in cornwall, england, with us. >> some of the latest video we have president biden and the prime minister is coming out here in st. ives. it's the same idea as the atlantic charter signed by the u.s. and the u.k., this one is going to be updated to emphasize the need to stop global warming and stop cyber hacking. this is a trans-atlantic trip to to promote an end to the america first policy but so far in front of the came

i am gillian turner in for sandra smith, looking at a cdc panel.he symptoms, those folks have been reporting chest pain, difficulty breathing. >> john: steve harrigan has more for us, live in atlanta, home to the centers for disease control. >> keeping the numbers here in perspective. just over 300 cases of inflammation of the heart muscle or mild, compared with 20 million people vaccinated, so the numbers are low but higher than normal. this was a panel of medical experts advising the cdc, saying that there is a link between heart inflammation and the vaccines from mentor and pfizer. those in younger men and adolescents, usually right after the second shot, and usually a fall recovery just within days. no one has died from this, but certainly an unsettling development. they do say that there is a link i'm not the second is in particular. comes at a time when health experts are trying to encourage young people to get vaccinated, and across the u.s., widely divergent. some states in the u.s. like vermont, more than 60% vaccination rate. other places

. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: their memory better than mine. sandra, see you tomorrow for friday. i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. breaking on "the story," the mystery of the lab in china and its relationship to the united states scientists is deepening at this hour. fox news has just learned from two former u.s. officials that there was an effort among some higher ups at the state department to block an investigation and questions about the wuhan lab. those new details from fox reporting come on the heels of an explosive expose in vanity fair that says a state department team started asking questions about why some u.s. entities were collaborating with the wuhan lab. the doors began to close. one official reportedly warned that he feared it would open up a can of worms. rich edson with the new details that he reported and uncovered today. rich? >> good afternoon. some former state department officials say others in the bureaucracy were stone-walling an investigation to whether the virus leak

i'm shannon bream in for sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. the stoies that we're watching as they're beginning to develop. so many surfside, florida are looking for their loved ones. you can see the prayers on the wall, the photographs that they have put up after the collapse of that building and their loved ones are speaking out this afternoon. >> at times it's complete devastation. and then, you know, there's periods of disbelief. >> usually say i love you. she said it wise. i said it twice. just didn't know it was the last time. >> martha: so hard to listen to these families and think what they're going through. we have ten people confirmed dead now. gladys and antonio were married 58 years and lived together in the building. manual lafont, the third person on the left there, a dad. he coached his son's baseball team. then you have stacy fang, 54 years old. we have come to know through her picture and her beloved son, jonah that was pulled out aliv

i want to thank my colleagues and friends, sandra smith and charles payne. for mere job security, i rushed back. what you need to know is what is happening right now on the voting rights measure. it's not dead. democrats could still eek this out if they get every democrat to go along and joe manchin has indicated as things stand now he will go along. as i mentioned, that also means blowing up the filibuster so you need a simple majority. 50 votes will do it and the haven't casting the tying vote. chad pergram on top of this drama and where it is going. chad? >> good afternoon. the senate won't debate the voting rights bill today. a gop filibuster supports it. democrats won't lower the filibuster bar. >> i do think that it's extremely admirable that there's a handful of democrats that believe in the institution. >> chuck schumer has secured a deal with west virginia democrat joe manchin to launch debate on the bill but that gets you to 50 votes, not 60. shumer is coy about what happened next. >> liberals are criticizing president biden for not doing more. >>

i'm sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." benjamin hall has been standing by. he is live from brussels, belgium, with the very latest as the president just wrapped his press conference, benjamin. a lot to take in there. we'll have our panel in just a moment. what did you hear? >> yeah, absolutely, sandra. quite a free-flowing press conference. we heard from the president much of the same as we've been hearing the last few days. a sense of the g-7 and nato meetings were a message that america is back a warning to russia and china. that if they pushed the boundaries, president biden will respond. and here's what he said on russia. >> i shared with our allies that i'll convey -- what i'll convey to president putin, but i'm not looking for conflict with russia but we will respond if russia continues their harmful activities. >> there are still questions about the strength of the messaing coming so far. the final g-7 communique may just fleeting reference to the situation in the east and south china sea. they didn't specify china's takeover of the idea. and economic

thank you, sandra smith, joy joe, kat, our studio audience. "fox news @ night" with evil shannon bream is next. i'm greg gutfeld. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight: president biden reportedly using his time away from summit meetings to prep for his highly anticipated face-to-face with vladimir putin. our panelists are standing by a larger talk about what the president must accomplish in order to claim win. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell making it clear if republicans regain control of the senate, he would block any supreme court nominee put forward by president biden in 2024. as you can imagine, is not sitting well of progressive. airline passenger in the flight crew joining forces to take down an unruly passenger midflight. the video shows a man screaming on the cabin floor not long after the captain made a in-flight announcement for help. trace gallagher on the case to try to figure out why we are experiencing this surge in air range. president biden is about to

. >> jesse: hello, everybody, i am jesse watters with dagen mcdowell, sandra smith, and greg gutfeld.0 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ notice anything different? "the five" in studio and boy, does it feel strange. no more remote set ups, no more to second delays, we are back here

i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now with martha. >> martha: thank you, beyond and sandra. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. today "the story" comes to you live from redding, pennsylvania. we're at the mid-atlantic air museum's 30th annual world war ii weekend. we've had an incredible day here. it's a little rainy at the moment if you can hear what is going on behind me. we've had an incredible day. 77th anniversary of d-day is sunday. this year is also the 80th anniversary of pearl harbor. you can see here what it was like during the war in this entire exhibit. the living conditions for soldiers in the pacific to the boxed eggs and k-rations that they ate day in and day out. you can get a sense of the culture and life at the time as troops fought thousands of miles away. you can see the young ladies keeping everything going here while they were away at war. we'll take you through this incredible experience throughout the hour. plus, a sit-down with a man that lived it all. 99-y

i'm sandra smith. >> and the "the story" now with shannon beam in for martha maccallum starts right now. have a great weekend. >> thanks, trace and sandra. good afternoon. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. president biden speaking at the white house on covid-19. announcing the u.s. administered 300 million shots in 150 days. we are monitoring his comments in the probe of the origin of the virus and china's cover-up on the work of coronaviruses in the very city where covid was first reported. the administration was pushed on how it's possible for world leaders to ever get to the bottom of this. >> why do we think an investigation will be fruitful when china will show you what they want you to see? >> you're right. china has said no, we won't allow that. we just can't take the no lying down. >> victor davis hanson and joe concha are with us. >> the president says 300 million shots have been administered. he also says nationwide deaths from covid are know down by over 90%. he's promising that the virus is in retreat right now and america is surging back. he promised "a summer of j

i'm gillian turner in for sandra smith. vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. that's where you'll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this currents iteration of the border crisis. you can see border patrol footage from april. shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. the smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. >> john: critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. the white house says el paso was a perfect case study. the vice president shooting down questions about the timing of her visit. >> how do you know now was the right time to make the trip to the border? >> it's not my first trip. i've been here in times. >> first time after being in charge of the response. >> the certain aspect of this visit is leading this visit after the work that we did in guatemala and mexico. as i long said -- i said in march i was going to come to the bord

i'm sandra smith in new york city. >> john: great to be back after a day off yesterday. new reaction from the white house to this sticky moment that is getting a lot of attention today in an interview that vice president harris did. she's not at the border in mexico. watch this. >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> at some point. we are going to the border. we've been to the border. so this whole -- this whole thing about the border, we've been to the border. we've been to the

. >> jesse: hello, everybody, i am jesse watters with dagen mcdowell, sandra smith, and greg gutfeld. 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ notice anything different? "the five" in studio and boy, does it feel strange. no more remote set ups, no more to second delays, we are back here face-to-face, kind of coming back, people are shutting their masks and we are starting to get back to normal. covid cases are near a pandemic low following big low -- falling below -- and their increase of 500% this memorial day weekend and tens of millions of people hit the road. in movie theaters, remember those? people went back to the box office this weekend in ticket sales hit the highest level of the pandemic. but perhaps may be the biggest indicator of the return to normal fomo, people suffering from fear of missing out is making a comeback. i can almost touch it. we would get back to the table soon. and -- >> are you participating? a all right harold, greg? >> jesse: did you know that you were going to get shot head to toe, or is that a mistake? >> harlod: i'm not sure. >> there is no

. >> thanks for having me today, i am shannon bream and for sandra smith, serving more than two yearsadelphia, vowed that he would serve all ten years rather than ever admit that he was guilty in

john roberts joined sandra smith at the top of the hour for a jam-packed "america's newsroom." >> thearticipating in a debutante ball years ago with an organization that once excluded black and jews." >> i decided to participate in a debutante ball, a century-old organization that hosted the debutante ball had an unquestionably racist, sexist and elitist past. i was not aware of the history at the time, but that ignorance is no excuse. i acknowledge that because of my race and privilege i am the beneficiary of a system that has dispensed unequal justice and unequal rewards. harris, just last week we were discussing the story. she didn't apologize and now she appears to have caved to the mob. >> you and i are mothers. one is it okay for our children to make mistakes? i know she was 19. everyone matures in a different edge. i'm wondering when we are allowed to make mistakes, acknowledge them and move on. she said it was not enough to say she didn't know those things, but somehow she was supposed to miraculously know? but yet, they have a job as governor of virginia. and we have elements

. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. >> i'm trace. john roberts is back today. "the story" now. >> martha: thanks very much. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, secretary state tony blinken is being pressed on why the biden administration accepted the nose that covid-19 was a natural occurrence and not one that may have been cooked up in the wuhan lab despite so many clues that were pointing in that direction, including chinese military had some involvement. now word that china wants to build many more of these similar labs. so this man is one of those who is under a bit of growing scrutiny. he's the president of the group that sent u.s. taxpayer money to the lab. it's dr. peter daszek. he was pressed this sunday on why he believed what he was told by his chinese counter parts. >> you're taking their word for it. >> we found it to be believable, correct and convincing. >> but this is matthew pottinger. he probed the last leak theory nor the pompeo state department. he had a different take-away. >> they did research on coronaviruses attached to

. ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld along with dagen mcdowell, harold ford jr., jesse watters and sandra smith is "the five." there seems to be no end in sight to the crisis of the southern border, another disturbing video shows a small child being abandoned, this time it's 5-year-old boy seen pleading with smugglers not to leave him after being dumped just steps from the texas border. >> no! no! no! >> greg: texas is responding to the crisis by declaring a disaster at our southern border, governor greg abbott says they are emboldening the drug cartels and traffickers. the white house officially ended the remain in mexico policy that the last administration put in place. so jesse, i'm asking a question privately tailored for you. why do democrats hate migrant children? >> jesse: how long do we have, greg? you know who shot the video? the french press. reporters foreigners doing the jobs that americans won't do. there's more to the story than we are seeing here, they're saying this little kid is going to meet up with her parents who already crossed from a why wouldn't parents just bring the kid

i'm gillian turner in for sandra smith. "the story" starts right. >> martha: we're in the middle of two big live and unfolding stories this hour. in surfside florida, these are the faces of the lost. whole families, little children, aunts, uncles, all missing this afternoon. an apartment building that was full of life 38 hours ago and is now in pieces. on the right-hand side, you'll see the live work ongoing. we'll continue to so you that. a heroic effort playing out. four confirmed dead at this hour. the cause of this is still unknown. that part of it just beginning. >> my niece and her husband and her son were on the seventh floor. >> i'm asking everybody to pray for survivors. >> my nephew was here with his wife and three small children. 2, 6 and 9. you never lose hope. >> martha: never lose hope. rachel is among those that are hopeful today as this process continues. her mom, judy is unaccounted for. rachel will join us in just a moment. we're watching the minneapolis courtroom team. chauvin is on the left side of your

i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm >> martha: we knew that about trace. good stuff. thanks very much, guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. today a major win for religious liberty advocates. that's the story we're going to dig in for you right now as some democrats have been pushing back. they want to pack the court. they want to urge justice brier to step down because they say there's such a close margin and it's not fair. they want a younger, more liberal judge. all nine justices today ruled a catholic agency in philadelphia that has placed foster children with homes for decades, yes, they said they had the right not to work with same sex couples to place children. it goes against their religious values and principles. the agency defended their policy but lost in the lower courts. today as we're telling you, they won in the highest court in the land. john roberts wrote this "the refusal of philadelphia to contract with csf for the provision of foster care services unless they agreed same sex couples could go through scrutiny. it violates the first amendment."

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i am john roberts, join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports." >> harris:an coke vending machines in its office building over the criticism of george's voting law. the county commissioner defending the move saying "the left wing in america defund, boycott, cancel, tear down statues, all sorts of egregious actions, the expectation from them is the opposing political side will cower in the corner and we are supposed to accept that and it's supposed to be okay. and it's not okay!" emily, why is it not okay? >> emily: i think what we're seeing here, rather than a capture of further cancellation but it's just using the tools available for them to push back against corporations that they see as participating unfairly in this process of corporations and, frankly, and unfair, performative way and it's done in a gaslighting way. i see people standing up and saying what tools do we have to exercise and send a message other than using your dollars in your own way? using your dollar to support or "boycott" if you choose to be against something, there needs to be a law

. ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld along with dagen mcdowell, harold ford jr., jesse watters and sandra smith being abandoned, this time it's 5-year-old boy seen pleading with smugglers not to leave him after being dumped just steps from the texas bor

i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: did he say $50 million? i'm john roberts. clearly anymore the wrong business. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thank you. i'm martha maccallum in new york. a stunning interview, former barack obama wrestles with the trump economic book and mostly tried to take credit for it. >> joe biden and the administration are essentially finishing the job. i think it will be an interesting test. >> he says he laid the ground work for all of that economic boom. he said this president trump gained among black and hispanic voters were misunderstood. >> if you're the average voter, you're thinking, you know, looks like his policies are working to me to some degree, which explains why trump was able to make some inroads, real inroads among nonwhite voters feeling like you know what? i'm working and making decent money. things feel good. >> martha: sounds like there was concern about that. clearly significant job growth in the trump administration. now you have an unprecedented flood of relief money that is leaving people at home and n

i sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha maccallum begins right now. she has tom cotton coming up. >> martha: thanks. the big story underway at this hour on the heels of a rocky maiden voyage for the vice president, president biden ventures out for his first foreign visit as president. he's on his way to the g-7 as he lands in the u.k. moments ago. the stakes are really quite high in these meetings. these countries will be taking the measure of the new u.s. leader. we expect a remark from the president that will set the tone. those will get underway shortly. he has eight days ahead of him. a packed trim through the u.k. and europe. it all ends with a very high stakes summit. he will talk to the russian leader, vladimir putin amid reporting that our own ambassador expressed concerns about the one-on-one. they're also reportedly concerned at the white house to some extent with the perplexed reaction to the v.p.'s trip to guatemala and mexico and her handling of questions about why there was no stop at the southern border included. >> we've been to the bo

i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: inflation is hitting your working hours. yes. i'm john roberts. "the story" starts now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. this hour our exclusive interview with dr. francis collin, head of the national institutes of health. on the hot seat. he's e-mail surfaced calling the lab leak theory a conspiracy theory. but now he's saying it needs to be thoroughly investigated. that is moments away. stick around for that. first, texas governor greg abbott declares a disaster on the southern border with mexico. texans struggle to protect their property. border patrol officials try to take care of the children that are abandoned at the border. this issue should unify democrats and republicans. the white house mostly avoids the question of this topic when people. but this video of this terrified little boy that was dumped by a smuggler and crying for help has captured the attention of this whole country. hear that little boy crying for help. amid new reports that vice president harris' team is panicked about being t

i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i john roberts. the story with martha maccallum starts right now. don't go away. >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. as the chairman of the joint chiefs warns the nation that china's military is growing at a very serious, very sustained rate. president biden still took an opportunity to point to the advice that our greatest threat is climate change. that as the new president subtles america first in favor of america is back on the eve of the g-7. is there any going back to the way things were? morgan ortegas is here and joins me now. great to have you with us today. >> thank you. >> martha: yesterday as president biden made his way, he said it's clear to putin and china that europe and the united states are tight and the g-7 will move. is that true? is that your assessment of the way things will work? >> no. i wish it was true. i commend the president for trying to continue the policies from the trump administration from mike pompeo as it relates to china. there's been bipartisan consensus on china. while we've

i'm sandra smith in new york city. >> john: great to be back after a day off yesterday. i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: thank you both. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in new york. we have brand new reaction from the white house to this sticky moment that is getting a lot of attention today in an interview that vice president harris did. she's not at the border in mexico. watch this. >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> at some point. we are going to the border. we've been to the border. so this whole -- this whole thing about the border, we've been to the border. we've been to the border. >> you haven't been to the border. >> and i haven't been to europe. i don't understand the point that you're making. >> martha: okay. peter doocy was just in at the briefing in the white house. he pressed for answers on why she's not going to the border. why that is not part of this mexico trip. hi, peter. >> good afternoon. it was straightforward. i asked jen psaki, the press secretary, why it is that the vic

i'm john roberts, joined sandra smith in me at the top of the hour for "america reports" live it fromancisco as the city's crime and homelessness problem rages out of control. one shoplifter loading up a big bag of stuff as walgreens, you can see this river santa cleaning out shelves, tossing stolen items into the garbage bag and taking off even as a security guard basically just watches. julie, this is absolutely insane and it's happening every day. be one yeah, first of all, that poor security guard, frankly if i was a security guard i would've yanked that back a little harder but that's the whole problem, the security guards don't even have backup and you can blame the democratic leadership for that. the san francisco mayor in 2020 actually announced a hundred and $20 million budget cuts to both the police and the sheriff's department so basically what you're giving, essentially as the criminals, all the crooks a five finger discount, go to any store you want to end the lift and leave and nobody's going to come running after you and that is the problem, once again, that we are seei

i'm john roberts, join me in sandra smith of the top of the hour for "america reports. >> emily: welcomel time friday night. he brought up comedian kevin hart's claim that white power and white privilege is at an all-time high and called it ridiculous. he insists that women's rights, gay writes, and race relationships in america can end have never been worse. >> uncle joe's pointing liberals toward something they need to be more aware of, they have a bad case of progressive-phobia, a phrase coined to describe a brain disorder that strikes liberals and makes them incapable of recognizing progress. if you think america is more racist now than ever, more sexist than before women could vote, you have progressive-phobia and should adjust your mask because it's covering your eyes. >> emily: tomi, obviously he was kidding but there's a whole host of truth in that end he went on to say this progressive allergy day acknowledging societal advances is self-defeating. i think we are watching that happen as they eat their own. >> tomi: you know, bill marr has done this quite a few times so i have to