local teachers union. they had made her the poster child of a secret meeting on threats to public education. her offense? asking about the curriculum. sandra: welcome back. as america reports rolls into a second hour, i am sandra smith in new york and john, great to be back with you. john: good to have you, sandra, i am john roberts in washington. we will talk to that mom who says the union harassed her for asking basic questions. she is now fighting for air know my parents rights in education. we begin with this fox news alert. many of the breadcrumbs lead to the lab where very few actually lead to nature, if any. if we don t do it, no one will. sandra: that was the chairman of the house covid origin committee, he joined us last hour, right after the committee s first hearing wrap. he says it looks like all roads lead to a lab leak but some democrats, including the white house, are not buying it. they say the evidence remains inconclusive. john: that hearing come
protecting their turf and business, a big part of which is drugs. fentanyl prominent among the drugs and human trafficking. another huge cartel business. so look at this. in 2021, the dea made this map to show the places where they believed based on their work the cartels had influence here in the united states. look how shocking and widespread that map is of cartel influence all across the country here in the united states. bill barr says that mexico is close to being a failed narco state at this point. it must be dealt with like we dealt with isis. in other words, every effort to kill and dismantle these groups. before we get to that, ned price is speaking in the state department. let s watch. do you know if any of the four americans had any previous trips ordealings with mexico in? i couldn t say. that s not something that we d say from the podium. we want to respect the privacy of the americans that were brought to safety and now back in the united states. they re fre
john: that was a great afternoon. great to have you back. sandra: great to be back, john. i feel very blessed to be back. and yeah, that was quite an interview. a lot of parents when they speak out, they fear retaliation. it s important to cover it. john: parents rights and education is a big topic. sandra: i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum in new york. so the mother of tae mcgee, on the left-hand side of your screen there, says her daughter watched her two close friends die in mexico. american citizens caught in cartel crossfire and they were moved from one place to another and then two of them were shot and killed in front of the other two. it was not far across our southern border. it s believed the killers were