sheriff s deputy which they apparently knew from active shooter drills is not what a real deputy would do. the actual deputy confronted the shooter within 5 minutes of the first 911 calls and gave himself up without any kind of a fight. at the police station, he refused to answer any questions and asked for an attorney. we will get to the bottom of this. we are executing a search warrant at the suspect s house. as i said he is not cooperating with us at this point in time. michigan governor gretchen whitmer and president joe biden also reacting to the shooting. this is every parent s worst nightmare. as we learn the full details, my heart goes out to the families enduring the unimaginable grief of losing their loved one. school at oxford high is canceled for tomorrow and officials plan on giving update later tonight on both the investigation and on the stalls of the victims. bret? bret: garrett tenney in chicago. garrett, thank you. speaking of chicago. cooke county, illino
york governor andrew cuomo against sexual misconduct. fox news media analyst and host of fox news media buzz howie kurtz has the news breaking just this hour. bret, good evening, that news coming moments ago cnn suspending prime time host top rated host statements saying newly released documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother s efforts than we previously knew as a result we have suspended chris indefinitely pending further evaluation. this is a reference to documents that have come out about his efforts to orchestrate the defense of his brother, the then governor andrew cuomo and the cnn host didn t address it at all last night on his show and he spoke only of why his brother resigned on his sirius xm today. the criticism mounting after disclosures that chris cuomo used his media connections to help the then governor fight shower. allegations. sexual harassment. he should resign if he doesn t
governor cuomo was being extolled and chris cuomo looked like the unbeatable host. i mean, there is some basics in journalism about conflicts of interest. and they just ran roughshod over them and now they are paying the price. it s not all chris cuomo. cnn, you know, gave him the blessing to go on with his brother. bret: i want to turn topics and we will obviously follow this story and where it goes and what happens with cnn and chris cuomo. but, the omicron variant is obviously dominating people s thinking and so are these mandates and vaccine mandates. and just at the top of this show, a federal judge in the district western district of louisiana, ruled that the healthcare mandates for healthcare workers to get vaccines cannot be upheld there needs to be a stop of that. nationwide and says a higher court is going to weigh in on this. mara, this is significant in
another blow to the administration s efforts on covid-19 mandates for vaccines. also tonight, president biden s twin challenges as he seeks to rebound from sinking poll numbers in part brought on by a spike in inflation and the newest problem a gut punch of another coronavirus variant. those issues and warnings from the fed chair today sent the markets tumbling on wall street. the president was on the road today trying to sell the benefits of his biggest legislative victory so far. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. the markets aren t spooked by the prospects of a government shut down friday because mitch mcconnells is that is not going to happen. the markets are spooked instead by either the pandemic or the president s policies. depends on who you ask. it s going to help rebuild the backbone of this nation. this is what the white house wants you focused on their one big win, infrastruct
smollett. the jury in this case is seven men, four women, majority white and midge aged. one black man a s. seated and one black man is an alternate. smollett s family and mother has been joining him in court. here is one of smollett s brothers today. it has been incredibly painful as a family to watch someone you love be accused of something they did not do. all right? we re confident in his legal team. and we look forward to people hearing the actual facts in this case. in court right now, jussie smollett s defense attorney is questioning that lead chicago police investigator. they are pointing out that a police search found that there were guns and drugs in the owes brother s apartment sent a message had homophobic slur and attacked a person on the empire set for being gay. bret: matt finn, thanks. breaking news we said at the top of the hour that the federal judge has blocked issued a