[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate for fairness in women s sports which could be in further jeopardy after biden administration guidelines issued last night. shannon bream will react to all of this. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this good friday, i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. good to be with you, john. anita vogel in for sandra smith. we are going to unpack all of that straight ahead
learning after determining there are no visitor logs for the home in delaware. out west, the california weather may finally get a break sometime soon. but not before one last batch of storms moves out this afternoon. we ve got a live report from the state now, under a major disaster declaration. plus, an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on one of next year s cril senate races and trying to unseat sherrod brown in ohio. i m hallie jackson in aurkz. with me is monica alba, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former federal prosecutor and political legal affairs columnist rendo mariotti with us as well. the question is not taking questions from reporters on the documents. not all together surprising. but the white house is trying, to it feels, as you have new reporting on the president s mind set on all of this, flex the muscles and point the finger at house republicans to say why didn t you care when donald trump did this and you care what is happening in a different s
try to disrupt that. the same time they also they really hurt people s lives. hurt their access to things. they ve been active in europe the past couple years. some of the things they ve been doing is vandalizing the fountain in rome. they vandalized art in paris. it removes our ability to celebrate things. now they re surrounded by security, glass. they take away a lot of the human experience. they say they re doing this in the name of the planet. at the end of the day, they re anti-human. john: i was driving to work down the george washington parkway taking photos of a scene that unfolded there. this is climate activist, people protesting the willow project, which biden green lighted in alaska. they had traffic on the g.w. parkway backed up a couple miles. the u.s. park police has jurisdiction over that piece of roadway. they treated the protesters gently. you can see there s a couple of
anita: i don t know, even mainstream media outlets are slamming the timing of the release, one reporter calling it the very definition of a holiday news dump and still no word from the president on the matter. john: americans are still seeking answers to why president biden green lighted the withdrawal of all u.s. troops so quickly, even when his top generals advised against it. no one told your military advisers, no, keep 2500 troops. an no, no one said that to me that i can recall. i recommend we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. withdrawal of the forces would lead to the collapse of the afghan military forces and eventually the afghan government. i m confident the president heard all the recommendations and listened to them very thoughtfully. anita: the white house sounding defiant in yesterday s briefings, even defending the withdrawal that killed 13 u.s. service members. children being killed, people hanging off of air force jets
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