sandra smith will take you through the next hour. hi, sandra. >> sandra: fox news alert as we begin a new hour, seismic fracture in the president's party and he is the cause of ch chasm, an intense meeting brought no consensus whether the 81-year-old president should stay in the race. senate democrats are set to have a similar discussion about that an hour from now. and this is "the faulkner focus." i'm sandra smith in for harris. house democrats started to trickle out of that closed-door meeting an hour ago. most of them basically just ignored reporter questions that were shouted at them as they departed. senate democrats will be discussing biden's viability during their weekly lunch meeting. the questions dividing the party, can biden win? if he can, is he up to serving another term? yesterday the president was all about tamping down what some see as panic. he sent a letter to house democrats telling them to support him. he did a phone interview on msnbc and held a call with top party donors and a virtual meeting with the congressio

i'm sandra smith in for harris faulkner. a big news day. the supreme court has thrown the case back to a federal judge to decide if trump's felony january 6th charges meet the criteria for prosecution. a trump campaign senior advisor with this moments ago. >> they basically have said sorry, jack smith, you don't get to just impede and intrude on the executive branch. we get to have protections for presidents who are doing things while they are in office so they don't come out and get targeted and criminally and civilly sued. it is very important. a good decision. obviously i believe absolute immunity should exist for the executive branch but they did recognize it. >> sandra: shannon bream is all over this and live at the supreme court with continued reaction to this. shannon. >> sandra, the bottom line is a win for the trump campaign today in that this is kicked back to the lower courts. it buys more time and makes it less likely this case actually gets to trial by election day. 6-three there is immunity, criminal immunity for core function

sandra smith is in for harris on "the faulkner focus." here she is. >> sandra: thank you. fox news alert any moment now president biden will be meeting with union leaders. later he hosts world leaders and tomorrow he is scheduled for what the white house is calling his big boy press conference. all eyes on his every move as he looks to prove to his own divided party that he has what it takes to beat donald trump and serve another four years in office. i'm sandra smith in for harris, both house and senate democrats met yesterday. some describes the hours-long chats as rough and said. plenty of headlines paint the pictures. democrats panic about biden but do nothing. dems split an biden's survival strategy. biden's support on capitol hill uncertain. cracks in the dem party are evident as biden's campaign shatters. house democrat steve cohen with this democrat >> are you on the same page? >> no. >> what do you mean you're not on the same page? >> not even in the same book. >> sandra: colorado senator michael bennett is now the upper chamber's first democrat to say this. >> th

. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york, this is "america reports." it has been a rough week for biden as more and more democrats call for him to drop out of the race. that number of democrats is now rising to 30 and even high-ranking democrats. >> john: making a push for the 81-year-old to reconsider. nbc reports biden's family is discussing an exit plan. biden allies says not so fast. >> yes, he is old, but he can do the job and win. >> president biden is our nominee, we will nominate best candidate to take on and defeat donald trump, for me, that is joe biden. >> if we stop focusing on his record and focus on what he's trying to do, he will win and has a chance to win in a big way. >> john: with that, straight to senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich. >> another senate democrat and four house democrats including junior member of the black cauca caucus called on the president. the latest call is from democrat lofgren. this has nancy pelosi's fi fingerprints all over it. lofgren won with 65% of the vote and her calling on biden to step out

for to be with you thank you for joining us everyone. >> john: i'm john roberts. >> sandra: i'm sandra smithnow. >> martha: thank you john and sandra good afternoon everyone i'm martha maccallum and this is the story. and what may become 1 of

. >> sandra: hello and welcome everyone i'm sandra smith in new york and john it's great to begin a brand-newyou. >> john: good to begin an hour with you, sandra john roberts in washington this is "america reports." one of the lawmakers yesterday, he will join us in a few minutes. >> sandra: let's bring in national correspondent bryan llenas in butler, pennsylvania, at this hour hello. >> hello, sandra. the fact is we are learning more about the assassination attempt from pennsylvania state police current, colonel christopher paris then we learned yesterday from now former secret service director kimberly cheatle. colonel paris testifying today to his knowledge two butler emergency service officers were posted at a window by the second floor of the agr building which as you can see from this video overlooks the rooftop that was used by the shooter that day. they spotted to's crust thomas crooks and identified him as a suspicious person but they lefto search for him. >> they were no longer in that room where they could look out the window and oversee the roof is that video shows. >> i believe

. >> a lot were learning at this hour i am sandra smith in new york this is "america reports" on the sunday the fbi is investigating the incident as an assassination attempt. here's what we know so far, the fbi revealed a 20-year-old shooter thomas matthew crooks acted alone and use the gun near the scene and fox learned it was legally purchased by thomas matthew crooks father. >> the fbi is sifting through evidence in any social media presents as he tries to determine the motive. let's get to david spunt live on this investigation what were they doing right now. >> something we've been able to confirm through the secret service, according to a spokesperson for the secret service, local authorities were aware of this threat shortly before president trump was fired upon shortly before shots ring out at the rally last night and when the local police tried to make contact that is when the shooting started, there are still questions as to why the secret service was not aware of this threat before it happened. technically it was outside of the perimeter where the suspect thomas crooks was

i'm sandra smith. this the "america's newsroom." usa today poll taken after the debate shows 54% of voters say democrats would replace president biden at the top of the ticket. >> dana: the white house seizing on the supreme court ruling trying to change the narrative. the president blasting the opinion on presidential immunity while ignoring questions on the future of his campaign. >> president biden: american people must decide if they want to entrust the president once again, the presidency to donald trump. now knowing he will be more bold to do whatever he pleases whenever he wants to do it. i will respect the limits of the presidential powers i have for 3 1/2 years. but any president including donald trump will now be free to ignore the law. thank you. may god protect our troops. [shouted questions] >> sandra: we have team fox coverage for you. karl rove and harold ford junior on deck and aishah hosni in washington and madeleine rivera is in washington to kick things off. >> president biden is try

i'm sandra smith. >> i'm jacquie heinrich. ank you very much, sandra and jacquie, good afternoon, everybody

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where watching for you i'm sandra smith a new york welcome. that deadly attack happened earlier and the white house has been urging a "double medic solution" to it. moments ago the state department set a full out war is not inevitable but this retaliatory strike is raising concerns. we will see with the white house has to say on that in moments. first let's get to gillian turner at the state department. jillian, there are americans in lebanon that are trapped right now. what are we hearing about the admission rations attempt to help them? >> right now the administration, sandra is not even confirming this attack. the news broke stateside about the israeli attack in beirut responsible for the deaths of 12 israeli children earlier in the week so we asked the state department about it they say they are working to confirm, they don't have a comment for us but they did say this about the conflict take a listen. >> israel has every right to defend themselves, certainly for things we just talked about from the proxies like hezbollah and it certainly

i'm sandra smith in new york, what a week, john. >> john: yeah, which way is this going, anybody's guess. i'm john roberts and this is "america reports." 29 democrats have asked biden to step aside and that list keepses growing. >> arkansas republican senator tom cotton is standing by. >> john: we begin with pe peter doocy live in rohoboth beach. what did we learn about biden challengers at the dnc that just wrapped up? >> peter: there can't be spontaneous challenger when the dnc meets virtually. it is going to be possible for somebody with some organization to knock president biden off the top of the ticket, this is how. >> is it possible that another candidate can challenge president biden in a virtual vote? >> i'll take that one. per the convention rules, any challenger would have to have verified support of hundreds of delegates. >> peter: from covid quarantine, the president speaks this. i look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. make the case for my own record and vision to save our dmsz, protect rights and freedoms and create opportunity for everyone. biden ca

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welcome back to america reports hour to i am sandra smith and report and build great to have you today. >> sandra: i am bill hemmer live for john hot roberts here in milwaukee. you can feel it going. the delegates are all filing in. the form looks beautiful and where you see the selected states in the preferred seating in the front row right there, i tell you a lot about the priorities for this trump campaign right now as i get rolling and come out of milwaukee trying to win some of these critical battleground states. trumps vp short list has been circulated for some time. here are names on screen front runners being doug burgum and j.d. vance out of ohio, marco rubio in the news breaking with him right now, tim scott out of south carolina, virginia governor glenn youngkin. he has a lot of support here in milwaukee. so too are some of the others as we have heard from the gas in the last hour. bill melugin is tracking that and he's live in milwaukee as well and let's check and a brand-new hour with you. >> good afternoon to you. we just got an update from our politics team. according to

primary process unfold where she traded jabs with donald trump but she's here and our colleague sandra smith is reporting her speech is going to address people uncertain about donald trump and make the case for voting get for him and she looks plain why she is voting for him after she tried to come for his job. lauren: she wasn't invited to the convention and now getting a big speaking role. something is in the air. the south carolina republican chair and are in see. how do you describe what we are witnessing now in milwaukee. prior to convention planning what happened before the convention started. some people, pinching themselves wondering if this can last. what do you think? >> none of us expected the convention to go this way. we saw in pennsylvania a truly heinous act but what we also saw was a candidate who took a bullet for this campaign letter really which i think has given extra result to republicans across the country, make sure that we win. credible unified party. successful campaign, successful politics, addition and multiplication, nikki haley coming to speak this evening, anoth

sandra smith will take you through the next hour. hi, sandra. >> sandra: fox news alert as w

sandra smith and more. it is 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." huge final night at the rnc, bringing down the house. but revving up trump. and a protrump twist on his hit song with kid rock. there is so much more on that, but first, donald trump meeting the moment during his big night at the rnc. the former president delivering a heart felt message of unity days before dodging a bullet. trump sounding like a changed man as he recounted his both chilling brush with death. >> i will tell you exactly what happened, and you will never hear it from me a second time because it is too painful to tell. i said to myself wow, what was that. it can only be a bullet. and moved my right hand to my ear. brought it down. my hand was covered with blood. just absolutely blood all over the place. i immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack. i am not supposed to be here tonight. not supposed to be here. (voices from the crowd chanting "yes you are"). >> thank you. but i'm not. and i will tell you -- i stand before you in this arena only by the

. >> sandra: absolutely thank you for joining us and sandra smith. >> john: i am john roberts we're handing it over to martha late sorry. >> sandra: sorry martha. >> martha: thank you very much you guys get afternoon in martha maccallum this is the story live from zebra publican national convention here in milwaukee. double truck junior will join us this hour as this dramatic split screen emerges of what is going on in this country. here tonight the 45th president once the deed the 47th as well will make his long-awaited big speech tonight before a crowd that's been waiting for this moment especially after the events of saturday. the attempted assassination on the life of donald j. trump. he will speak this evening at this convention we really seen a dramatic pulling together and unification of his party behind him over the course of the proceedings this week. on the other side, reason to believe president biden is now giving very serious consideration to exiting this phrase. thank about what is unfolding here. there is a lot that's gone into this and we wait to see what the final outcome i

come join sandra smith. this afternoon. top of the hour. have seen democrats warning america former president trump is a threat to democracy. do they really mean it? top democrats tell a very different story in private. >> i have had top democrats say to me, basically something, like, i don't know why all these democrats who think donald trump is an extensional threat to democracy are acting the way they are. >> tomi. >> they wouldn't be running president joe biden if they really about that donald trump was an existential threat to america. that's all they are. democracy, abortion. that is pretty much it. that is all they have in the tank. they are going to have to run with that. it's going to be real difficult when they are actively trying to get there a guy who their primary voters voted for off the ballot. the democracy argument, i give it a couple more days and they will switch that one out. >> on the quiet is being said out loud. >> democrats are lying to be able to get their vote. donald trump is a threat to liberals we liberals real

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thank you for joining us set your dvr never miss a america reports thank you for joining us and sandra smith. >> john: and john roberts don't forget president's news conference tonight we will cover it. the story with martha maccallum begins now. >> martha: thank you very much john and sandra good afternoon everyone i'm martha maccallum and this is the story. what a story this is. here is just one of the latest wrinkles that's being uncovered. this report says behind the scenes there is backstabbing, no big surprise here. reports that some white house advisers are talking behind his scenes about how to begin to convince the president to step aside. the new york times reporting the campaign is quietly testing polling on a harris versus trump race and "they have to make the case to the president who remains convinced of that strength of his campaign that he cannot win against former president donald trump". they have to persuade him to believe another candidate like vice president harris could potentially lead mr trump so says and purports the new york times. another element would be to assure

i'm sandra smith. >> i'm jacquie heinrich. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thank you very much, sandra and jacquie, good afternoon, everybody, i'm martha mccallum and this is "the story." president donald trump calling it a big win for democracy. the supreme court ruling he has immunity from prosecution for official acts as commander in chief but not for unofficial actions leaving it up to the lower court to decide what that means, specifically on a case-by-case basis and in this situation, in the federal election interference case. that means that the trial will very likely not happen before the november election, if it happens at all. the six conservative justices backing this ruling, the three liberals dissenting. chief justice john roberts writing this for the majority, quote, "the president is not above the law but congress may not criminalize the president's conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the executive branch under the constitution." now, justice sonia sotomayor writing, the criminal law that the

. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith the story with martha maccallum begins now. >> martha: thank you john and sandra good afternoon everyone i'm martha maccallum and this is the story. and what may become 1 of the hottest issues of the 2024 election harris and biden team up to shake up the supreme court. with a plan that includes presidents being able to pick new justices when they are 2 years in thanks to term limits. we will speak live with the house judiciary member down goldman but first let's get to breaking news out of israel as they make clear that hezbollah will pay a heavy price for the bombing that brutally killed 12 children on a soccer field in the golan heights. israel has every right to respond says the u.s. but nobody wants an all out war they say. this as hostilities have clearly escalated. the former secretary of state and cia director mike pompeo is standing buy but first to correspondent trey thinks reporting live on this as he has throughout the week and from tel aviv. hello tray. >> good afternoon martha. overnight the security cabinet of israel met to discuss operational

hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith in new york here we go, john. >> john: here we go and is this reaching critical mass? in which suddenly something is going to happen? i'm john roberts in washington this is "america reports." calls for biden to drop out from hollywood all the way to washington. our own hillary vaughn got democrats on the record about the hollywood shark are hitless in here. >> "new york times" op-ed saying we know need a new nominee saying the guy from the fund-raiser a few weeks ago the same guy from the debate has concerns about mental fitness and needs to drop out. >> i haven't seen that. >> does that concern you that someone like george clooney who was just with the president says you need a new nominee? >> george clooney is a movie producer he needs to produce movies. >> if he has questions do you? democrats are calling for the president to step aside what you think? >> that is a decision for the president. >> sandra: robert wolf and steve moore are here. >> john: robert says yesterday biden had a very good day. let's get to aishah hasnie on capitol hi

. >> sandra: i am sandra smith >> martha: good afternoon everybody and martha maccallum and this is 'the story' had moments ago former president trump had a q&a at the national association of a black journalist conventions in chicago, there is a little piece of that. >> mr. trump: i think it is disgraceful that it came here, i love the black population of this country, i have done that so much for the black population of this country, including employment, including opportunity zones with senator tim scott of south carolina, one of the greatest programs ever for black workers and black entrepreneurs, i have done so much and i say this, historically black colleges and universities were out of money. >> martha: okay,, this event was pretty rocky from the get-go, the president saying the first question was very rude and got off to very hostile opening here from some of the group members. one cochairs mike chose to step down before this event happened saying in part she was "not involved or consulted in any way with the decision to platform former president trump in such a format". we sho

. >> the governor describing him as a girl dad but thank you so much for joining us on sandra smith. special edition of special report with bret baier starts right now. ♪ walk into a special edition of special report i am bret baier coming to you live from milwaukee site at this republican national convention. over president donald trump on his way here to what promises to be a convention unlike any other. but first breaking tonight the attempted assassination of former president on the cost of becoming the party's nominee or a third time for it former president trump calling for unity and resilience tonight following saturday shooting a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. authority said the former president was grazed on the right nearby bullet fired by men identified as thomas matthew crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania by the shooter was killed by a counter sniper team at that event the authorities found three improvised explosive devices in his vehicle. and bomb making material in his home. one person in the crowd was killed but t to others were injured in tonight it is liste

i'm john roberts in for harris, i will see you with sandra smith at 1:00 eastern for "america reports break. stay tuned. >> kayleigh: a

i'm john roberts and joined sandra smith and me at the top of our four "america reports" and we wille the liberal media crazy. they even took issue with this speak from trump's granddaughter, here is kai on the stage talking about her grandfather. >> i'm speaking to my grandpa that people don't often see. to me, he is just a normal grandpa. he gives us candy and soda wind that parents aren't looking. [laughter] and he always wants to know how we are doing in school work with the media makes my grandpa seem like a different person, but i know him for who he is. he is very caring and loving. he truly wants the best for this country, and he will fight every single day to make america great again. >> emily: now here is will be goldberger's reaction that. >> i know his grandchild was up trying to humanize him and change idea who this guy is. don't fall for that. [applause] >> emily: and just after trump was nearly assassinated by a bullet, joy reid compared his brush with death to biden getting covid. >> donald trump was an elderly man who, for whatever reason, was given nine seconds to t

last night who do little to convince his cliques he should stay in this race it's a busy i am sandra smith the new yorker to h you. >> john: great to be with you i am john roberts in washington no chopper talk this afternoon because he has the motorcade to andrews it's raining here for the first time in weeks. the president spoke for 8 minutes and took questions nearly an hour in its first news conference since that dismal debate performance. take a look at this range of headlines to sum it all up. the president's to performance did not make matters worse but may not about to improve this situation the dnc chair sees it differently. >> listen, i think he was clear, i think he was strong, and really come across, he put on a master class in terms of international foreign policy tonight. >> john: we have fox team coverage, shannon bream joins us with no reaction. speech we begin with jacqui heinrich live in detroit, michigan, where the president will soon be holding his campaign event and jackie, i was just taking in the fact that we now have a 19th democrat in congress who is calling on bide

. >> sandra: it's incredible, great to be with you, john i'm sandra smith in new york this is "america reports" now the white house many having a second hearing looking into the failures of that day. secret service director and alejandro mayorkas and fbi director christopher wray were initially asked to appear today but every single one of them declined. >> john: committee member jim jordan joins us with his reaction and moments. fox team coverage ahead with williams on where the investigation stands but first aishah hasnie live on capitol hill to appoint a new secret service director very soon, biden will. >> john, santa good to see you. president biden is looking for air placement for the doctor kimberly cheatle but here on the hill democrats or public and say does not matter who replaces her they don't care about that because they say there are some deep problems within the secret service that they want to get to the bottom of. speak of the secret service needs a perfect score. glass and women assassination attempt 40 years ago, ronald reagan took a shot. can't let that happen again

speak to the alert on that very news welcome everyone i'm sandra smith the new york great to be with you and adam schiff now a prominent democrat calling on biden to withdraw. john, good to be with you as we kick off a brand-new hour here. >> john: good to be with you too, sandra, schiff had told donors that everyday i think if he is our nominee we lose and we may very well lose the senate and our chance to take back the house. now according to a statement given exclusively to the "los angeles times," we are working to get this ourselves, he has now gone public with this, sandra. speech of the most influential democrats are far to call for biden to step away from the ballot. he told biden he is one of the most consequential for residents and our nation's history and has his lifetime as a senator, so vice president, now has president has been a country better. he goes on to say, john, "but our nation is at a crossroads. a second trump presidency will under mine are democracy and i have serious concerns whether the president can defeat donald trump in november." >> john:qui heinrich is

i'm sandra smith. divided supreme court handing down the decision ruling presidents are entitled to some immunity from prosecution for official acts. republicans are on a winning streak uniting behind trump ahead of the gop convention later this month in wisconsin. democrats are descending into total chaos after a debate performance that put a giant question mark at the top of their ticket. >> dana: today we're waiting for the first white house briefing since the debate and the supreme court ruling. it has been two weeks since the last briefing. trump legal advisor alina habba telling us earlier the court made the right decision. >> i think the american people think that these cases should never have existed. let's just be clear. now we're in this political attack on a leading candidate because they can't win with their candidate. >> dana: bryan llenas is live in palm beach, florida with more. hi, bryan. >> hi, this morning fox can confirm that former president trump's lawyers have filed a letter to ju

i am sandra smith in new york this is "america reports" that highly anticipated briefing is coming up meanwhile here is the cover of "the new york post" today. biden's medical mystery of the house stonewalls repeat visits from parkinson's expert. the president 's acuity and age at the center of two democrat meetings on the hill today as the party looks for a path forward with or without biden at the home. >> john: fox news coverage with chad pergram live on capital katie pavlich has reaction on everything we have seen but beginning with peter doocy live from the white house briefing room. it is about to light up again. peter? >> and john yoo describe what happened here yesterday as chaotic. the reason is they were very basic questions whether or not president biden had been seen by a parkinson specialist at all and there were no answers to those very basic questions but about eight hours after that briefing wrapped close to 10:00 last night the president's dr. lisa letter via the white house and he explained that president biden has not ser any neurologist since his last physical they

thank you for joining us, and sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. we got a lot talking about over the next coming days and weeks. meantime let's head over to set -- manager macarthur him -- meant like mack. >> martha: good afternoon, i martha maccallum. and this is "the story." kamala harris in michigan with single time getting out to those battleground states, she is essentially the presumptive democrat nominee, she has enough delegates and it all happened in the blink of an eye. a piece of that excuse calls today "breathtaking." and while she smiles from the podium, the president of the united states parted his way across the tarmac and up the staircase to air force one. after reluctantly throwing in the towel on this race. has indeed been a remarkable 24 hours in american presidential history. and then there will be the vp question for the vp. medical writers over the new york times ranked the nonbiden contenders, we drop out, and take a look at this wall. this is from the new york times. they gave interest in various factors to tally electa elec

. >> vice president harris: i will be back with sandra smith at 1:00 eastern for "america reports."er on this later on this afternoon for that matter, we will see some of harris' interview with former president donald trump as he visits the initial association of black journalists in chicago. a lot of protests as well. "outnumbered" coming up after the break. did i read this? did i get eggs? where are my keys? memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. visit morethannormalaging.com when you're in the military you're really close with your brothers and your sisters that are in the military with you. and when you get out of the military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother? we live pretty close to each other. so he's always coming over. when i go to jack's house, we watch a lot of football, hang out. we go outside the friendship has kind of grown into a family i was overseas on a depl

my colleague and coanchor sandra smith is in the studio with this now. hey, andrea. >> welcome, everybody. everyone everywhere is talking about the news. i was just speaking with dana on set about this stunning song. others, not so much. the little conversation. reading through some of these notes highlighting the fact that some of the campaign stop were stunned by this decision, reporting throughout friday and obviously earlier than that, you are in the race until you're not he had to say that he was in the store when it. we listen to them this week, two of them last week. we are in it to win it and we will win it we will see victory for this ticket. she never really reference joe biden. if you may, brett, are you still with us? >> i am. >> just looking through some of these statements here. there is a rush to sort of secure his legacy, to. all of those supporting him all the way through this, brett. >> 100%. you have people that may potentially throw their name in the hat. there had in the ring, brother. jd, the governor of illinois puts out a stay say

i'm sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports."emember there used to be sleepy summer news days? >> gillian: everyone in washington used to leave in july and august. now it ramps up. i'm gillian turner in for john roberts out of washington today, as we are waiting for that white house briefing. democratic wheels are spinning coast-to-coast. as sandra mentioned a m a month, lloyd doggett from texas the first democrat to call on biden to withdraw from the race. and democratic governors held a call yesterday to discuss the campaign way forward. sources say there weren't serious talks about biden stepping aside, that it was a major gripe session. the president is now set to meet with those governors in person at the white house tomorrow. >> sandra: boy, oh, boy, will that be interesting. this is a brand-new poll reveals 75% of voters believe that democrats has a better chance of winning the white house with someone else. but the biden campaign is still insisting he will remain on the ticket. >> other actual discussions happening with t

her remarks live and see if she has anything to say about what happened on saturday, john i'm sandra smith in new york this is "america reports." also breaking today democrats pushing back their plan to nominate biden as their nominee slowing down this process as dissent grows even louder. "the new york times" now reporting that biden's circle is shrinking as the party fears election wipe out saying "he is increasingly isolated during the biggest political crisis. >> john: but in milwaukee republicans are uniting behind donald trump come his running mate senator j.d. vance just hours away from what may be the most important speech of his life. rio fox team coverage, bret baier joins us in just a moment. >> sandra: but let's get to alexis mcadams live in milwaukee for us. what we can expect on day three, this is going fast, of the rnc what does j.d. vance plan to talk about tonight? >> sandra, john, we are hearing from a source familiar this will all come down to j.d. vance introducing himself to the american people and all of the people watching closely at the republican national conventio

that does it for us, thank you of adjoining is, i'm sandra smith. >> john: and john roberts, naydamacmartha starts right now. >> martha: thank you very much, good afternoon everybody, a martha maccallum and this is 'the story'. today as it continues to build at this hour cagle blonde new calls for president biden to step aside from some of the most influential democrats of the obama era. former house speaker nancy pelosi, who stresses to the current president of that time is "running out" for him to make a decision. we have a lot to get to, you will be joined in a moment by what has national security communications advisor john kirby as president joe biden meets with nato leaders in washington and tries to prove to the world and to some members of his own party that he can continue to be commander in chief for another 4 years. [ ♪♪ ] >>> all right, interesting a moment from this morning to john kirby in just a moment about a said to bring in commander-in-chief question, retired general jack keane, now chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst

i am sandra smith. >> i'm john robbins. i will enjoy it. 1 think about anything except cleaned out. the story starts right now. >> the weak and dishonest here and we got a little business to take care of so thank you for joining us this afternoon. i martha maccallum. back in new york city this afternoon and this is the story. breaking by the minute now you have more democratic lawmakers calling on president biden to step aside. there's 31 now. 9 in just the past few hours. there's a reported growing sense in president biden's inner circle that the game is over. but he says he quote is looking forward to getting back out on the campaign trail next week. his team sending a never die message. watch. >> the president is in this race. he says the time and time against me? seen some slippage in support but it's been a small movement. people are not moving from joe biden to donald trump. what they are doing as they are saying to us katie do and the president saying yes, i can. >> we are entering a pivotal 72 hours. carol mark ware see is that this way. if biden does survive this weekend th

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hello, welcome everyone, i am sandra smith, john great to be back with you. >> john: i'm john robertswashington they could have told walter mondale but he kept going. this is "america reports" and the democratic party calls for biden to reassess. there is another report that it is no longer a matter if but simply when biden will drop out of the race. axios with top democrats say biden pressure campaign is working and they believe the president could withdraw as soon as this weekend here this is the president currently self isolatg in his delaware home, following a positive covid test yesterday. >> sandra: we have an all-star lineup to take us through all of this, one williams, mary katharine ham and kevin mccarthy will join those coming up. we begin with peter doocy who is live at beach in delaware and is that campaign giving us clues right now about how a possible dropout would go? >> no, nothing like that, sandra. the campaign is insisting president biden is not going to drop out under any circumstances, even though it is possible this president with ever shrinking inner circle hasn

. >> sandra: all right welcome back to "america reports" i am sandra smith in new york, john great to be with you. >> john: good to be with you maybe this hour-long delay means we are in for something really special. i am john roberts in washington. it is a pivotal day for the president to redeem himself in the world stage. the nato summit today and the briefing the leg of this are the big question through all of it can president biden assure his party and our allies that he is in fact fit to lead? we have republican senator josh hawley standing by but first aishah hasnie live on capitol hill watching all of the action today. >> john, good afternoon i think we are in for more of the same it doesn't seem like anything has moved or shifted in the last few hours and capitol hill at least the big private meeting with the democratic caucus lasted about two hours long, secret no cell phones allowed and when people came out it was clear there was no consensus. the conference not unified beyond president biden as there are still a few stragglers, a few hold outs that do not want him at the to

. >> sandra: it is and it continues we are more than halfway through i am sandra smith in new york this is "america reports." president biden is using the three-day summit to convey confidence, stability, strength all to save his candidacy for november but democratically one of his top supporters like congresswoman nancy pelosi are urging him to act fast. >> as long as the president -- it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we are all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. >> donald trump is on track, i think, to win back the selection and may be win by a landslide. >> anything that has eased your concerns are? >> nothing more to say about this. >> sandra: former state department morgan ortagus on the make or break moment on the world stage. >> john: we have complete coverage now jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with what we can expect from today's events but first to where it is all happening white house senior correspondent peter doocy lives on the north along. peter, how is the biden campaign reacting to the fact that three weeks

that brings us to now for good to be back with you i am sandra smith and the orca. john: good to back he was with you as well special edition of america reports here is where things stand right now but live look outside the shooters home and bethel park the fbi is investigating the incident as an assassination attempt an act of terror. law enforcement said the shooter, 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks acted alone. >> ap right now is reporting a local officer encountered the gunman who pointed his rifle at the officer. the officer then retreated down the ladder that is when the shooter shot towards the former president donald trump. fox is confirming a gun that was recovered from the shooter was illegally purchased by the suspects father. john: a multiple explosives or from the suspects car bomb making materials also found in his house. will speak directly to a former classmate of the shooter and moments. >> fox team a coverage right now. david is spent with more details on the suspect but let's get right to cb cotton is live on the ground in beutler, pennsylvania f

and of that is where we are 1:00 on the east coast welcome, everyone i am sandra smith in new york, john gray to be with you. >> john: great to be with you as well i am john roberts in washington and this is "america reports." anonymous campaign officials told "the new york times" harris is looking to distance herself from several policy positions but listen to harris in her own words. >> there is no question i'm in favor of banning fracking. starting with what we can do on day one of public lands. we need to quickly re-examine ice and its role and of the way it is being administered and will what it is doing and we need to think about starting from scratch. >> assault weapons that are already in circulation what do you do about those? >> there are approximately 5 million to your point, greg we have to have a buy back program and i do support a mandatory buy back program. >> they don't get to keep it. >> the idea is everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the pap

welcome ever appeared this is sandra smith in new york and we are covering the presidents arrival their life. >> john: i am john roberts in washington and you've been up for a long time pair the president headed to air force one pure he's going down to austin, texas, visiting the lbj library where he will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the passage and signing of the civil rights act which of course was done by the johnson administration back in 1964. >> sandra: all right. president biden has arrived there ahead of the speech where he will announce these new reforms he is calling for on the supreme court of the united states. all of this as we see a campaigning kamala harris out there. making her pitch to american voters why she is the one who should come after the president as he steps on air force one. >> john: something we will be talking about has the hours progress as afternoon is that op-ed that the president pinned and "the washington post" calling for a reform of the supreme court. including term limits and a strict ethics guidelines. of course nothing will happen on that be

hello, welcome everyone i'm sandra smith the new york and as we like to say breaking news afternoon to run your. jillian great to have you. because they could come a sander i'm gillian turner out of washington, john roberts is off today this is "america reports." any moment now president biden will hold a high-stakes meeting with benjamin netanyahu this coming of course at a moment when their relationship has been especially rocky over the war in gaza end. >> sandra: it appears we are seeing the arrival of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house as we speak as we topped a brand-new hour here. we will continue to watch that as we do know we are also at the white house expecting a press briefing as a republican sadie presidents oval office address last night failed to ease concerns about his health after being forced out of the 2024 race. the israeli prime minister, gillian, has entered the white house. >> gillian: has entered the building with fox team coverage right now, former secretary of state mike pompeo is standing by, jennifer griffin on the latest instan

. >> thanks for joining us i'm sandra smith. >> i'm john roberts.e's the story with martha. >> paul: thank you very much. good afternoon. i martha maccallum and this is the story the joe biden campaign admitting it has had 2 bad effing weeks was the phraseology is behind closed doors reporting from axios. trying to rally the troops. you've got to sympathize with the folks running this campaign. clearly it's been an incredibly tough last couple of weeks and they are trying to deal with the challenges. they have tough pulling numbers. very nervous donors which will tell you more about in a little while and then uncertainty that surrounds the be plan kamala harris the vice president. so all of this for better or worse. at this moment since clearly sucking up all the oxygen in the cycle. it's all anybody is talking about. since video for the president right now lives forever these moments last night are not helping. >> ladies and gentlemen president putin spent president putin? is going to beat president putin. >> i would not have been picked vice presi