running against sandra smith? >> jesse: are you going to shame me into losing this race?o many ways. sandra smith and many members -- there is sandra right there in the red hat d.c. this morning. fox one. sandra took home the fastest email on journalists with a time of 22 minutes and 33 seconds. that's about a 7 and a half minute mile there. >> jesse: i can do that. i can do that. i do do that. >> dagen: i challenge to you race sandra smith who ran on a track scholarship. >> jesse: not sure i'm ready to accept that challenge. over to dan bongino. what do you got, dan? >> dan: patriot awards, i have been doing them ever since they started. fox nation third annual patriot awards i will be there with bells on november 17th at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. hard rock live theater in hollywood, florida, i don't have to go far. steadfast dedication. listen, i'm going to read it it's a great event. great american heros who do cool stuff unlike these idiots in hollywood. you need to show up. be there or watch it i did a book signing. it was great, packed and fantastic. november 17th, si

sandra smith?allenge? >> greg: you are in trouble. >> jesse: are you really fast? >> sandra: yes, she is fast d 1 float. how about a mile? >> greg: make it long to endure the humiliation. >> jesse: i don't want to lose to a girl. so i'm out. >> sandra: speaking of l is u where i won track athlete here is coacho. >> before you go, what's that? >> there is one thing i have learned on this recruiting trip, coach that you know how to close. let's do it. let's take a selfy, suns out, guns out on three. >> sun's out, guns out. team work, baby. you use that often. good stuff. >> jesse: casy? >> katie: this a feel good story a middle school in california was named wednesday for the nation's oldest living national park service ranger who happened to also be celebrating her 100th birthday during the ribbon cutting her name is betty reed. rosy the. the school chose her because of her leadership resilience. she also was named woman of the year in 1995. the california state legislature, and the 2005 she was nam

"your world" and the market closed with sandra smith today in for neil right after this. have a great afternoon, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow. >> sandra: thanks. we're live in northport, florida where the fbi has been searching the home of brian laundrie. he remains missing at this hour after a body believed to be gabby petito was discovered in wyoming. we're following this developing story for you very closely. we'll have a live update coming up. first, to wall street. stocks rocked. the dow selling off more than -- more than 600 points as it settles here in the final seconds of trading. worries about china and inflation keep investors on edge. welcome. i'm sandra smith in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." a down tour in china's housing market sparking worries over there as inflation is a huge concern here. democrats continue to push for massive new spending plans. the dow diving on the news today. down nearly 1,000 points midday. coming back on the final minutes of trading. finishing off down 614 points. we've got fox team coverage with fox business's lauren si

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i'm sandra smith. >> john: good to see you. see you tomorrow. i'm john roberts. ha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," in moments we expect some tough questions for the pentagon. we will take you there live as soon as that gets underway. that as to the chairman of joint chiefs general milley was asked to what extent would the u.s. consider coordinating with the taliban beyond what we saw during the evacuation. >> any possibility of coordination against isis-k? >> it's possible.

i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: and i'm john roberts.noon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, a live briefing from the pentagon and no doubt they have had some very interesting conversations there today. stunning reporting that the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, went behind president trump's back to assure china that he would not let the president take certain actions or start a war and if anything were underfoot, he would warn them about it first. that's one of the specific

." ♪ ♪ >> jesse: hello, everyone, i'm here with katie pavlik, jessica karloff, sandra smith and greg felled. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." president biden is more than happy to spread fake news to smear patrol agents as he desperately shifts the blame on the crisis he created. biden peddling the false narrative that border patrol agents were webbi

. >> reporter: 40-year-old sandra smith recently received news no one wants to hear. >> i was diagnosedarly y june >> reporter: she made the decision to cut her hair off >> that's when i felt sick for the first time, because i have been doing really well with the treatments and just trying to stay positive >> reporter: her husband reached out to george and booked her an appointment. journal set up a camera and began recording without sandra knowing. but it's what he did halfway through that left her speechless >> when i started cutting her hair, i saw her become emotional. so i decide to support her >> reporter: in the midst of shaving her head -- >> what? >> reporter: he turned the blade towards his sen, becoming bald himself. >> i said i want to support you and look the same. >> i thought i was going to cry. i was just trying to keep calm and as soon as he did that, it was just such a shock. but so touching. >> reporter: she says in a world where people fairly take a minute to talk to a stranger but this one deserves recognition. >> such a kind gesture, such a good person and just put

i am sandra smith in new york. here's a picture of that family after they crossed into an unidentified third country through a land border. they help facilitate the rescue. they call that nonsense. >> john: 100 americans remained stranded. the taliban reportedly preventing at least six aircraft at an airport, mazar-e-sharif, from taking off. >> sandra: one week since biden most recent comments about that withdrawal. the white house as efforts to rescue americans left behind are still underway. >> john: former green beret michael waltz is standing by to join us. >> sandra: but first, peter doocy is live there in washington. >> sandra, good afternoon. the white house says americans want to leave afghanistan but can't because the taliban will not let them, not part of a hostage situation. >> no, that is not what we would characterize it as. those are comments made by a republican congressman this weekend. >> they are not hostages, and we know that this white house does not like to use the term "stranded." >> we have b

stuart: still ahead on the program today, sandra smith, jake bequett, the owner of bobby van's steakhouse restaurant in new york city, so are his restaurants in new york city full? i will ask joseph smith. china's second largest real estate developer cannot pay its bills. that is it causing a the market slide. will beijing bail them out and help out. we'll take that on in the third hour of "varney" coming up next. ♪ it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. get ready for it all with an advanced network and managed services from comcast business. and get cybersecurity solutions that let you see everything on your network. plus an expert team looking ahead 24/7 to help prevent threats. every day in business is a big day. we'll keep you ready for what's next. comcast business powering possibilities. if you used shipgo this whole thing wouldn't be a thing. yeah, dad! i don't want to deal with this. oh, you brought your luggage to the airport. that's adorable. with shipgo shippi

a bank that never exited. >> sandra: jonathan turley will break down the dirty tricks am i am sandra smithn new york. >> john: i am john roberts in washington. one just one of the stories we are working on, on a busy day of news. >> sandra: fast changing case of gabby petito and her fiance who went off the grid. the feds showed up at the parents house in florida. >> john: the case is moving rapidly since a body believed to be gabby's in wyoming. in florida the fbi is executing a search warrant at the home of brian laundrie's parents. police were scaling back the search for brian in a nature reserve shifting the search elsewhere. >> sandra: in wyoming an autopsy is schedule for tomorrow on the body found which could confirm if gabby was murdered and tell police how she was killed. seeing the eerie video that helped police locate the body. the travel blogger will join us to share her story. >> john: in wyoming the search for gabby is a search for evidence. >> sandra: and jonathan is 2000 miles from there in florida. >> john: and in north port, charles watson at the home where gabby and her f

i'm sandra smith in new york. hour two rolls on. >> john: hi again, sandra. john roberts in washington. lots to get to. let's get rolling. fox news alert. president biden at the united nations to tell the world america is back, but a series of global blunders has even some allies asking if they'd be better off without biden leading the way. our nation's very first ally, france, so furious, it has recalled its diplomats back to paris. we've been hearing the real story of a tragic drone strike that killed an innocent afghan family and the withdrawal from afghanistan itself perhaps the worst crisis of the biden presidency thus far. >> sandra: self-made errors that made it harder as president biden tried to regain the world's trust. was he up to the task? steven miller who wrote speaks like these for former president trump gives us his take after a quick update live on the ground in afghanistan. >> john: fox news catching up with taliban terrorists who are showing off the arsenal of weapons that the united states left behind when it left afghanistan and basically

i'm sandra smith. >> john: we'll have complete coverage all day tomorrow on the 9-11 remembrances. idgewood, new jersey. i was so moved listening to your interview with him. our heart goes out to him. we thank him for his service. the experience he described is one that i know from that small town in new jersey where we lost the parents of 12 families and all of those kids grew up with that so ever present in their minds and in their hearts. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. today "the story" as you can see comes to you from the site of ground zero, september 11

." ♪ ♪ >> jesse: hello, everyone, i'm here with katie pavlik, jessica karloff, sandra smith and greg five." president biden is more than happy to spread fake news to smear patrol agents as he desperately shifts the blame on the crisis he created. biden peddling the false narrative that border patrol agents were webbing migrants

i'm john roberts. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. we heard from gabby's emotional mother.t, her father will join us live. latest on this case live from steve harrigan. hi, steve. >> this started on july 2nd, the two young people making a trip across country and go see friends in oregon. gabrielle petito, 22, her boyfriend, brian laundry, by july 16th, made their way from colorado to utah. zion national park by august 24th, last time the two were seen together, leaving a hotel in salt lake city, utah. final phone call one day later between gabby and her mother. her mother says she last spoke to her daughter when she was in grand teton national park august 25th in wyoming. here is the mother. >> i believed the first couple of days i wasn't getting responses, i believe she was in a place with no service. it was like day eight or nine, i became concerned and figured she couldn't be off the grid for that long. >> the mother waited until september 11th, she filed a missing persons report. sometime during that weekend brian laundry made his way home to florida, with the van, but

i am sandra smith and this is "america reports." >> john: i am john roberts in washington. talking about ending the mission in afghanistan as the u.s. now depends on the goodwill of the taliban to rescue americans and allies still stuck in the country. we now know that dozens of u.s. journalists and their families are among the stranded. this comes as new photos of taliban holding mock funerals. >> sandra: nikki haley joins us ahead of the pentagon news conference at happening in just a moment. first, a u.n. ambassador, your reaction to those photos, as outrage is pouring in? but also big questions as to whether or not those journalists left behind can count on this president and take him at his word that he will get them out of that country and out of harm's way? >> thank you, sandra. first, i can tell you that those photos are every reason blinken, sullivan, and biden should not be trusting the taliban. i think what we are seeing with the journalists and americans there, biden at some point has to admit that they lied to us. they are not being honest with the american peo

." >> i am jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith.here gabby is. glass template what does anyone saw gabby was august 24th. she checked out days

. >> i'm anita vogel and for sandra smith in new york. democrats spar over a spending package and this is the house looks to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure plan with deadlines to prevent a government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. >> john: the biden administration concedes the fate of the president's agenda is "precarious." the president looking for a middle ground over his massive tax and spend plans. in moments ago, senator joe manchin saying he wants a $1.5 trillion package, a lot less than what the president wants. >> they voted pretty consistent. i don't vote any of them if they are much more progressive or much more liberal. but i'm not asking them to change, i am willing to come from zero. >> anita: fox team coverage, bret baier will join us in just a few moments and chad pergram has a latest on capitol hill. >> john: will but we begin this afternoon with white house correspondent peter doocy. how do things look there? >> so far they look quiet and you know how these things go. you don't hear a lot from the president if

i am anita vogel in for sandra smith. the all male government includes many of the same figures from the 1990s. the interior minister is a known terrorist with an fbi bounty on his hands. >> hundreds of the americans and after mala stands remain with no u.s. diplomatic presence. the state department is relying on this taliban government to allow stranded americans to safely leave the country. >> anita: morgan ortega's is standing by. first, he is live. trÈs? >> reporter: the tell them has named a caretaker government and we are learning more about the individuals appointed to keep position. we know [indistinct] is the new f ben schmiesing prime minister of afghanistan. along with a number of other cabinet members. the new ministry of the interior is -- and he has a $10 million bounty for his involvement in a hotel with a check in 2008 as well as an assassination attempt. the makeup of this new government is going to be very difficult for denied states but they have to engage with them on issues such as getting those final

." >> i am jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. gabby's family pleading -- pleading to tell them where gabby is. glass template what does anyone saw gabby was august 24th. she checked out days before this. police found a newlywed couple shot to death at the camp ground. it at the same location where they got into a fight. >> a witness his calling police to report a possible domestic violence incident. the encounter seen here on body cam footage. >> kim foxx coverage now. laura ingle has been talking. >> are jonathan serrie kicks things off where people are anxiously awaiting to see if brian laundry will ever emerge from his home. jonathan? >> reporter: no public statements coming out of brian laundry or his parents. the man who called 911 from moab you talk to report that keith witnessed gabby fighting with her fiancÉ brian in the parking lot of that? restore, officers determined the argument was more of a mental health issue than domestic violence. they do not proceed with criminal charges but require the coupled to separate for t

i'm sandra smith.later today for a firsthand look at the devastation from hurricane ida the northeast is use beginning to get a handle of the full impact of that storm here and there are so many sad stories to tell. >> bill: front page "new york post" features one of the many victims of the killer storm, a 2-year-old boy drowning in a basement apartment along with his parents. >> sandra: a horrible story. we spoke to a man who was rescued from floodwaters along with his 3-year-old daughter in his arms. >> the night before we saw people being evacuated already and we were like maybe we'll hold off for a little bit because it still wasn't reaching the main floor of the house so once it reached that level, then okay, we should start calling because we didn't want to walk in the water. we were scared to get electrocuted. we called them up that night. they had stopped the evacuation that night because it was getting dark and was dangerous. >> bill: senior correspondent laura engel north of new york in a tow

. >> jacqui: i am jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. secretary of state antony blinken faced a tough -- facing tough questions before congress. lawmakers expecting to demand answers about the death of 13 service members in kabul and how the afghan government fell apart in ten days despite president biden singing collapses unlikely. >> john: there's been no new information from the state department on american stranded in afghanistan. as far as we know, the taliban still refusing to allow planes ready to evacuate americans from taking off. >> jacqui: florida congressman standing by. you will have a chance to question blinken. first, to congressional correspondent aishah hasnie. >> hi, jacqui. good afternoon. we could expect some fireworks today during the hearing. ranking member michael mccaul told me he is ready to hold blinken's feet to the fire that he will be bringing up prior previous testimony to this hearing. secretary of state is set to appear virtually in front of the house foreign affairs committee at 2:00 this afternoon. you w

the border more than a week and silence backlash pet hello, welcome everyone, it is friday, i am sandra smith in new york and this is "america reports." hello, john. >> john: hello, sandra, last day this week. i'm john roberts in washington. in looking at a bridge in del rio, texas, where you can see a dramatic difference from just a few days ago. the numbers diminishing from 10,000 migrants to about 3,000 now. >> sandra: it all comes as democrats compare the situation to slavery with false claims of agents on horseback using whips to control crowds of migrants. the white house now facing widespread criticism for failing to offer meaningful solutions to the crisis. >> john: questions linger over how many haitians are being deported and how many are being allowed to stay in the united states. we have live fox team coverage to kick off this friday afternoon. chris wallace joins us in just a minute. >> sandra: we begin with jeff paul live in del rio, he kicks things off for us. >> yes, big changes in del rio, texas, we think about a couple of days ago there were thousands and thousands of people

i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, a live briefing from the pentagon and no doubt they have had some very interesting conversations there today. stunning reporting that the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, went behind president trump's back to assure china that he would not let the president take certain actions or start a war and if anything were underfoot, he would warn them about it first. that's one of the specific contentions that is being questioned in all of this as perhaps one of the most serious. jennifer griffin doing some independent digging of her own into this story. she has been told today by multiple sources that key aspects of the reporting in this are not accurate. she's in the pentagon briefing room at this moment waiting for this to get underway. we've been questioning specifically about some of the underlying story here to get to the bottom of what is true and what i

the border more than a week and silence backlash pet hello, welcome everyone, it is friday, i am sandra smithlo, john. >> john: hello, sandra, last day this week. i'm john roberts in washington. in looking at a bridge in del rio, texas, where you can see a dramatic difference from just a

. >> i'm anita vogel and for sandra smith in new york. democrats spar over a spending pack

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i'm sandra smith. >> i'm john roberts. the story with martha starts now. >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. a look at the live shot of the man hunt which is quite active and underway right now for brian laundrie. we'll take you there live and speak with a well known fbi profiler about the new information about his survival skills. we'll get to that in just a moment. we begin here. overwhelmed by the situation at the border. thinking like a stone in brand new polls. the white house is struggling on a number of fronts. so we start with this. this is the white board that they keep at del rio at the border inside of the state of texas in the united states. it shows a specific count. by the border agents of the movements of migrants that cross illegally into texas and now in texas and it shows where they were sent, how many are under the bridge as you can see. they keep close track. why did we hear this? more than once from the man that oversees all of this. >> senator, i don't have that data. >> why not? why don't you have that basic information

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, this afternoon on "the story," this is the scene in del rio, texas. del rio has a population of 35,000 people. 35,000 texans live there. now they have 12,000 -- as many as 20,000 at one point refugees living in their town. despite the fact that the homeland secretary says this. >> our borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. >> it's clear they're open. this man, rodney scott was president trump's and then president biden's chief of the u.s. border patrol. he also worked in counter terrorism at the border in 29 years of service there. he recently wrote this letter to the leaders of the homeland security committee in the senate. "i witnessed the unprecedented seismic shift in border security and immigration policy initiated january 20, 2021, the biden inaugural. this shift, he writes "created the current crisis." he goes on t

join sandra smith and me at the top they were for ""america reports." >> emily: in the days and weeks the american flag reflected that feeling. we saw it in every home. today, the american flag has become and symbol of protest, and even of the world stage on the limbic. morgan, as you often talk about, it remains a symbol of democracy on the world stage, as protests against horrific regimes, people still hold onto our flag as a symbol of freedom. >> morgan: that is right. you can look at the protests in hong kong, i ran, cuba, around the world. when oppressed people long for freedom, the symbol they hold up is the american flag. i wish that some people in our country who don't understand this could almost have a moment to go visit those people and talk to them about why they hold up the american flag. we can always make america a better place. we can always seek reforms and seek to make it a better and more just society. i don't think anyone is arguing against that. you can do it in a more respectful way. i would remind you, this administration continues, at the united nations, to spo

. >> jacqui: i am jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith.ing tough questions before congress. lawmakers expecting to demand answers about the death of 13 service members in kabul and how the afghan government fell apart in ten days

i am anita vogel in for sandra smith.same figures from the 1990s. the interior minister is a known

senator bill, steven moore, branko mead, sandra smith and carla please join it.his move there so much to get to tonight consider it gotten for the president signed the afghan evacuation was quote extraordinary success. he really said that. but if the mission was so successful why are there american still stuck in afghanistan? why is the tailbone are driving around in our gear and using our weapons to kill the dissidents? let's get into it with tonight's mantell former trump advisor board member, jason meister is here. we have the dave smith, host of a part of the problem it is a podcast, glad you're back. host of the richard fowler show, also awesome, incredibly dapper, the richard fowler. great to have you all. >> hello. >> thanks for having us. kennedy: great to be seen. there is so much to get into, jason. i don't know which part of the story is more sickening or heartbreaking. when i was watching those caskets unloaded at dover, i, like many people watching, i succumbed to my own emotion. i was in tears because it was like i have a 16-year-old. a lot of the p

i sandra smith. >> john: i am john roberts. "the story" starts now. >> martha: breaking right now on "the story" after several attempts by reporters to find out, did the state department succeed in getting any americans out since our forces left on the ground since that's the job they've been designated to do? finally good news. an american family from texas has escaped. although the state department took credit, this is the man that did it with help from others, this is corey mills, an army veteran. this team of special ops veterans saw this team through a harrowing ordeal. at one point that mom had a taliban gun, probably an american gun, held to her head. they said do not ever come back to this airport. corey mills will join us live in just a moments. first, david spunt with the back story. hi, david. >> hi, martha. the state department estimates there's about 100 americans left in afghanistan. some want to stay, some want to leave as soon as possible. they just want to get out and get to safety. this includes miriam and her

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. a lot of breaking stories unfolding this hour. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking now, the white house press briefing is about to -- is underway now after fox news has confirmed some information about the -- that came from general scottie miller. we'll take you there in just a moment. we also want to take you back to this immediate story. we expect we'll have new developments on this in moments as well. you saw the emotional plea of gabby petito, the attorney who is working for her mother. that was richard staffer, asking the family of brian lawn -- laundrie to please come forward. he appealed to -- she appealed to them parent to parent. they know each other. they were about to get married, this young couple and they're begging for whatever help he and his family can give them to be forthcoming with that. watch this. >> we believe you know the location of where brian left gabby. we beg you to tell us. as a parent, how could you let us go through this pain and not help us? as a

i'm sandra smith. >> john: good to see you. see you tomorrow. i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," in moments we expect some tough questions for the pentagon. we will take you there live as soon as that gets underway. that as to the chairman of joint chiefs general milley was asked to what extent would the u.s. consider coordinating with the taliban beyond what we saw during the evacuation. >> any possibility of coordination against isis-k? >> it's possible. >> martha: we're expected to hear questions about that today and the full context of what that conversation was. my next guest knows what it's like to sit across a negotiation table with leadership of the taliban. chris galinda has fought the taliban as a commander in afghanistan. he's sat down at the table in an effort to try to find a way forward for the country. he serves multiple tours in afghanistan and an advisinger to our top generals there. he's the author of "zero sum victory, wha

good afternoon, on a busy wednesday afternoon, i'm sandra smith, hello, john.

there was an interview earlier on "fox news" channel the senior official border patrol called sandra smithwere trained to do which is what alejandro mayorkas was basically saying yesterday, they had to backtrack because they decided that this is our new narrative and were mad at and both are of the border agents on the bus. kennedy: the estimate that to be a bigger story who are huddled under an overpass or now because there's a massive storm coming in and whatever encampments that is been put up charlie is going to wash away and put these people in even it later carol and then they are going to end up deporting all of them back to haiti. guest: that's likely outcome here but that's exactly has party to give you gotta get that off the front page predict. guest: the distraction here is this is an opportunity to be mad about something that is more comfortable printed because that's what i think the bothers me the most about the stories much of the press and left activist and all of people members of congress who work blending their garments under far less severe situations under president tr

i am sandra smith in new york and this is "america reports." am john roberts in washington. a state of emergency declared in new york, new jersey and pennsylvania as

. >> bret: i saw sandra smith in the bureau today after her run i'm pretty sure she could take you. >> jesse: no one has seen me rub. i could be really fast. >> bret: thank you. ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight the whole democratic legislative agenda is hanging by a few votes. that from a congressional watcher on capitol hill counting votes tonight. president biden is scrambling to get his massive tax and spending agenda across the congressional finish line. a bipartisan infrastructure bill and another massive spending package democrats call human infrastructure. $3.5 trillion. as the day moved on today the crucial votes appeared more allusive and the decision whether democrats will actually move forward with a vote tomorrow still up in the air at this hour. the president ditched a travel date in chicago today to stay at the white house and pressure reluctant capitol hill democrats to try to get with the biden program meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer in the oval office trying to cut deals w

. >> in sandra smith in new york, the taliban letting 200 foreigners leave including abou 30 americans airport in the north part of afghanista where americans have been waiting to board charter flight for taliban refusing to let flights leave out of that airport claiming issues with documents. the secretary of state

i'm sandra smith. >> john: we'll have complete coverage all day tomorrow on the 9-11 remembrances. i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: yeah, john and sandra, mike is from my hometown, ridgewood, new jersey. i was so moved listening to your interview with him. our heart goes out to him. we thank him for his service. the experience he described is one that i know from that small town in new jersey where we lost the parents of 12 families and all of those kids grew up with that so ever present in their minds and in their hearts. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. today "the story" as you can see comes to you from the site of ground zero, september 11th 20 years ago. now we have the beautiful freedom tower standing tall behind us. the incredible moving 9-11 museum, which you must make time for when you come to new york city. it is an absolutely moving experience. it's a tough experience, but it's one that i think all americans benefit so much from from being part of. it is impossible as we sit here today to avoid the book ends of where we were then and where we

i am sandra smith in new york. a lot going on as we watch

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra.r. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking now, the white house press briefing is about to -- is underway now after fox news has confirmed some information about the -- that came from general scottie miller. we'll take you there in just a moment. we also want to take you back to this immediate story. we expect we'll have new developments on this in moments as well. you saw the emotional plea of gabby petito, the attorney who is w

i'm sandra smith in new york and this is "america reports." >> john: hello. i'm john roberts in washington. and helping the firefighters battle the wildfire. driving the wildfire closer to lake tahoe. in the southeast, homes in grand aisle was stripped down to their stilts from hurricane ida. the number nearing dead is close to 50. and the yankees and where the patriots play, show the field completely submerged by water. >> sandra: remarkable images there, john. to kick off the hour, in south lake tahoe. and in new or leans. and burned as surrounded by floodwaters. brian? >> reporter: good afternoon. we are in new jersey and the fires are still trying to be taken out by the firefighters behind me. this was a banquet hall and it exploded after a couple feet of water. you can see the firefighters trying to douse the flames. the owner opened this business in 2018 and you can imagine in 2020, it made him very difficult to host events and then, he lost his business. he's absolutely distraught. listen to him. >> i bet everything in my life on this property. i worke

smith. >> sandra bradshaw. wanda green. >> reporter: each name was read including tiffany jackson's aunt wanda green, who was a flight attendant. >> all the emotions come back, wondering where she was, if she was okay. >> reporter: she came to honor the passengers and crew who died on the hijacked flight on september 11th. she reflects 20 years later. >> it's just taught us again to appreciate each moment that we have with each other and love each other. she was an incredible, loving person, very nurturing. and so that's what it reminds me to be. >> reporter: first responders and city leaders. the event was slimmed down because of covid but the emotions were the same. this memorial in union city was dedicated in 2007. >> me being a marine corps veteran, i really feel that. >> reporter: in los gatos, a powerful ceremony by the flame of liberty memorial. >> it's about what happened 20 years ago. in our town we had two members from flight 93, two heroes who got a group together and stormed the cockpit, todd beamer