hello, everyone. i m dana perino. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: america just when you thought you had seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer for democratic senator ben cardin is out of a job after a graphic sex tape was filmed in a historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. it was recorded last week, but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed places where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there, and it s where james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video have not been confirmed, but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile some in the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets for reporting that a democratic senate staffer filmed the sex video in a capitol hill heari
kind of considered taking a question. this were a number of shouted questions. then decided he said something about you can come see me in my office or something like that. departed. so here s a bit of the new details about the objects that were shot down over canada, alaska and lake huron. the intelligence committee s current assessment is these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private company that studied weather or other scientific research. martha: he spoke about the chinese spy flight, the balloon, whatever you want to call it. he said he expects to speak with president xi. watch this. we seek competition, not conflict with china. we re not looking for a new cold war. i make no apologies and we will compete. we ll responsibly manage that competition so it doesn t veer into conflict. martha: that s something that the president says a lot. he wants competition with china, not conflict. he said he expects to speak with president xi about this. it s
minute since we had seen that as well. a lot to entertain us in washington. gillian turner in for sandra smith. tensions on the rise now as we fast approach a year of war in ukraine. stand strong. ukraine will never be a victory for russia, never. attack against one is attack against all. john: president biden blasting russian president vladimir putin for his assault on ukraine, but issue was left out of the speech. gillian: the president did not address putin s major nuclear warning to the west out this week, russia is suspending the nuclear arms control with the united states, opening the lid for potential weapons expansion. john: all of this as russian is looking to get a boost from communist china. xi jinping plans to visit moscow in the coming months. beijing wants to play the role of peacemaker. some skeptics wonder if xi might have another agenda and if biden will do anything to stop him. tiktok is here, the ford chinese battery plant is coming, farmland is
sky. beautiful. the sun just rose. and, of course, after the first day of summer. now we are a couple of days in. five days in and the days are getting shorter. brian: i feel bad for rhode island. every time something small or not big bigger than rhode island, not as small as rhode island. bigger than rhode island. it s the size of rhode island. everything is always compared to rhode island. don t you feel bad for them. steve: this is from new yorkers. in other words, our state could kick your state s butt. prior. brian: always an analogy. rhode island is always the small state analogy. ainsley: have you been to newport before. steve: yeah. beautiful. ainsley: restaurant black pearl, rhode island where they serve clam chowder and so good it s worth going. steve: if it was so good why didn t you bring us a t-shirt? ainsley: i know. next time i go i will. brian: envision the boat pulling up to the dock. how many claims do you need? if you have seafood in the m
the washington white house, on the great maga king. just for emphasis one time, the poll found 18% of america is on the right track. the president s approval rating hovering 38%. the majority of the country disapproves of the job he s doing with inflation and a 40 year high with family struggling to find baby formula. the president put the blame on republicans. my republican colleagues see these programs with the working class and middle class people, they say that is why we have inflation. they are dead wrong. under my predecessor, the great maga king, the deficit increased every single year he was president. our colleague, jackie hunter followed up at the white house. i was just wondering if this is the best strategy for biden to win support at of midterms especially the inaugural theme? speak with the president is not afraid to call out what he sees with his extreme position that is out of line. with where the american people stand purity will not stand back and st