up about one year later to the senate with his hands very bruised and it is still kind of unclear as to what caused that. the condition of the minority leader remains unknown and we will keep you up to speed as the show goes on. also breaking right now, three police officers in los angeles have been shot in the line of duty after some sort of standoff with a barricaded suspect. a tactical alert has been issued to, which is another phrase for all hands on deck. this happened in lincoln heights which is near downtown los angeles, primarily an asian hispanic area. we are told they responded to a call and someone open fired and somebody involved in a standoff. the police officers were taken to usc medical center, a level 1 trauma center that s good news. we are being told that we don t know exactly what the injuries are and we are being told all three officers are expected to survive. we ll have breaking information on that as well as the show moves on. now to our other top story
russian plant. john: 51 former intel officers signed on to the letter, saying it was the earmarks of russian disinformation. sandra: and 52, the man asked to sign but said no. dan hoffman knows a thing or two about russian tactics, joining us new at 2:00. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. we have made it to friday, sandra. sandra: we have indeed, john. great to be with you. i m sandra smith in new york. welcome, everyone. plus, parents showing up and speaking out in california. they are letting boys that identify as girls change in the locker room. sandra: a school district s transgender policy reportedly leading to this schoolyard brawl. those details this hour. john: president biden promising to finish the job during his 2024 re-election bid, but as the polls show, americans wonder what finishing the job actually entails. sandra: leaning hard on president s first term accomplishments to get voters on their side so fox news d
believes the pandemic likely resulted from a laboratory leak in wuhan, china, peer that is according to classified intelligence recently provided to the white house and members of congress. the energy department now joins the fbi and the virus from a mishap from a chinese left you will say that it was dismissed by the media by debunked conspiracy theories. so, we will proceed, guy as jonathan turley points out for years the media and government allied to treat anyone raising lab theory is 1 of 3 possibilities. he writes, conspiracy theorist, racist or racist conspiracy theorist? he s absolutely right. guy: remember for a while it was racist you couldn t talk about how this virus originated at all from the perspective of these gatekeepers. and i just keep coming back to the term misinformation and conspiracy theory. this is use to disqualify points the media and others disagree with and over and over again, they are proven wrong. i m not saying there aren t things such
against sending weapons to russia for the war in ukraine. plus, a newly disputed intelligence report. did a lab accident in wuhan cause the covid pandemic? as house republicans are about to launch a new prime time investigation. and toxic fears. safety concerns spreading far beyond ohio after contaminated waste from that train derailment was shipped out of state without warning. the environmental activist erin brockovich is back with us today. plus, curveball. major league baseball s new rules already changing the outcome of the game. the mlb s dramatic changes to america s favorite past time. good day. tensions with china escalating a beijing accusing the u.s. of quote, fanning the flames in ukraine. china saying the u.s. is using a double standard. arming ukraine while warning china against doing the same. secretary of state blinken and vice president harris had told the world about the possible change in china s policy not to provide lethal aid to putin. national sec
president of the united states. failure to act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. this is not health reform, this is control. how is that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for ya? the american people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. it s been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you are a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular. and many democrats think they can win the presidency. senator biden now joining a growing list of democratic candidates who are announcing their intentions for 08. on the democratic side, you had a lot of candidates, senators like chris dodd and joe biden, john edwards, bill richardson. we looked at all of these people who are running, and in the end, you thought, well, thi