refusing to leave the coffee shop. the regional director who was overseeing that store says she was fired in the aftermath just because she was white. and a jury agreed with her. awarding her more than $25 million for the ordeal. i m john roberts in washington, that s the way we start off a friday eve. sandra: a big development. great to be with you, john. this is america reports. shannon phillips oversaw several areas for starbucks, including philadelphia at the time of that 2018 incident. the two men were handcuffed and escorted out of that store after they declined to leave because they were waiting on a business associate. phillips was not at the store at the time but claims starbucks used her as a scapegoat to prove it was taking action in response to the controversy. the company says phillips was fired because she demonstrated an absence of leadership during the crisis. a new jersey jury sided with phillips, awarding her $25 million in punitive damages and $600,
jackie. good evening, bret, the administration is still gauging the scope of today s cyberattack on multiple federal agencies and pressure is on to stay tough on china after its foreign minister told secretary blinken to show respect in a call yesterday. but the president keeps getting questions on things he doesn t want to answer. on the cyberattack. president biden not responding to bribery allegations detailed on an fbi 1023 form allege ago burisma executive paid then vice president joe biden and his son hunter to gain u.s. oil rights $5 million each. that money going to hunter and indirectly to the big guy via shell companies. why telling [inaudible] why do you ask such a dumb question? the document did not say joe biden received any payment. but the president also did not want to comment on federal agencies hit in a global cyberattack. initial reports from the administration suggesting china may not be behind it? we are trashing it as a criminal group. many
news alert. the u.s. supreme court will decide whether donald trump can be kept off the (202)020-2024 ballot in colorado with argument starting on february 8th. the supreme court has now agreed to consider what is a very important appeal and constitutional issue. that is whether or not president trump s name will remain on the ballot until they render a decision. also tonight a big update from the biden family business as hunter may soon be held in contempt of congress. we have an update on that. the one and only dr. cornell west will join us with more of his defense which i think is indefensible of the former harvard president claudine gay. a hannity shootout tonight. tonight we begin in valley forge, pennsylvania. nearly 250 years ago during a bitterly cold and wet winter, george washington stationed the continental army on this rural plateau just outside of philadelphia. the defensible position it gave washington s exhausted troops time to rest and recover, recoup and
bill: you have to do something might be the quote of the day. passing the buck on the border. president biden blaming congress as he fights to tear down an emergency barrier in the state of texas. good morning, everybody. can we still say happy new year? i do believe we can. dana: we can. bill: i m bill hemmer live in new york and we ll figure out how we do this all over again right now. good morning. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. i wish president biden s new year s resolution was not try make news while the helicopters blades are whirring. it is driving me up a wall. making significant news in a way and you can t hear it. this is what he said. the biden administration is asking the supreme court to intervene in a dispute with texas. the white house wants permission to cut down 30 miles of razor wire used to block migrants from crossing. this after a record month where agents intercepted more than 300,000 people. bill: 300,000. speaker mike
to the worst levels in recorded history. in fact, at one point today, new york city was second worst behind new delhi, india, which has notoriously difficult situations with this kind of haze. so you can see, therefore new jersey, there is a burning smell when you walk outside. a lot of people have pulled their covid masks out of their desks in their bags when they go outside, visibility is very pampered. and very picky lament busy around new york city, the planes have been grounded, they are saying this could just be the beginning. bridget mahoney and his life at yankee stadium here in new york where she is breathing through a mask. what is it like out there, bridget? yeah, martha, you can notice even a significant difference from when i had the mask on to off, i can really smell the smoke, the wildfire smoke and even looking hazy. it almost looks like there is a filter here just to plain eyesight. of course the yankees are supposed to be taken on the chicago white sox fir