reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception line. d
this. evan gershkovitch and paul whalen are americans. a chance they could come home. putin hopes to find a solution to release them from jail. they have been in moscow for some time. what it all means is not clear. gershkovitch is the reporter for the wall street journal detained since last may. whalen has been behind bars for five years, december of 2018. so we re watching that story. we ll bring you updates if they become available. meanwhile we are off to the races, america. a federal prosecutor accused of running interference for joe biden will testify this morning all part of the official house impeachment investigation which became official as of 5:29 yesterday eastern time. good morning, everybody. it s thursday. you almost made it. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the news broke during the five yesterday. we got all our opinions out there and more news today. they aren t wasting any time. today s witness is lesley wolf. a
kilmeade and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: president biden facing criticism for focusing on islamaphobia despite a despicable wave of anti-semitism in america. the anti-defamation league says there s been a staggering 400% rise in anti-semitic incidents. just this week, a cornell student charged with threatening to shoot up, stab and murder jewish students on campus and there s this startling scene. a jewish student at harvard, singled out and screamed at by anti-israel mob who mocked him from excuse me, from walking freely. the university s president says they are working to fight all forms of anti-semitism on campus. and then with all of that in mind, the administration is rolling out a national strategy to counter hate towards muslims. vice president kamala harris making this announcement on social media. as a result of the hamas terrorist attack in israel, and the humanitarian crisis in gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-pales
pete: it is 8:00 in manhattan considering texas or elsewhere not far from new hampshire and glad you are with us. we have folks joining us. great to have you here with kaylee:nothing can compare but we will take you to this. fox news alert, president biden wrapping up a meeting with the gulf cooperation summit on day 3 in the middle east. pete: president biden facing criticism at home after fist bumping with the saudi crown prince yesterday when he arrived. peter doocy has the latest. reporter: we got new insight into president biden telling these leaders in the middle
it will be a big number as president biden undid much of the trump-era immigration policies. he ended border wall construction, terminated asylum agreements with countries, limited ice s ability to deport and tried to end the return to mexico policy. it leads to scenes like this on monday when the border patrol encountered a group with five kids including two triplets, girls of one year old. they were suffering from hypothermia symptoms. no questions about this issue at yesterday s two-hour news conference. bill: dan springer. waiting on the numbers and the report. we ll be patient but only for so long. thank you, dan in texas. dana: president biden facing criticism for his school policies. defended those decisions during his news conference yesterday. president biden: very few schools are closing. over 95% are still open.