congress all about it. that s where we start on thursday morning as we get rolling here. i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: good morning, i m dana perino. there is a lot of news. bombshell allegations come from an unnamed i.r.s. supervisor asking congress for whistleblower protection so he can tell them how the administration is mishandling the hunter biden tax probe. bill: that investigation started back in 2018. white house repeatedly promising to stay out of it. this agent says it has done anything but. according to his lawyer, he has receipts to prove it. my client wants to come forward to congress. he is ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. would you find any evidence or allegation of a political agenda? no. to him the truth is one truth. he wants to come forward with it. the things he has been through are very well documented in emails and other communications with the department of justice
border. so many communities are bracing themselves down here as groups of migrants waiting in mexico grow. we know the numbers. we know we have 35,000 people in the the reason they get here faster is because they want to get in front of the line. st. francis church in el paso is an ngo that is helping by way of housing and assisting migrants with their needs. once released by cbp into america, more than 1 million migrant apprehensions have been reported already nationwide since the start of this fiscal year october 1st. dana: we ll watch the numbers and watch the board are through your eyes. thanks. bill: so near the border in the far southeastern reaches of texas and in the town of boeck
they did a tribute during women s month for leah thomas. it doesn t seem like they re keeping politics completely out of the mix. i have to commend these two women for standing up for these women who are losing so much of the success that they worked so hard for. here you have a man who enters the women s division and let s be quite honest about lia thomas. as a man, didn t really do much. didn t move the needle. run of the mill swimmer. enters the women s devision and broke records and obliterating success these women could hope to reach. as far as espn i don t know what their plan is whether they talk to these women or address it on air. i would hope that this would be something that they would address. up to this point they have remained completely mum on the topic. i am not sure exactly what happens. i know sage has been a huge advocate for women and their rights and very outspoken. bill: you hear more and more
very, very diligent about and referring that to the department of justice. and the justice department has not responded to our request for comment. bill. thanks for that. we ve been waiting five years. see whether or not this is the one what moves it forward. nice to see you in washington. i ve come here today to announce my candidacy for the democratic nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] dana: robert f. kennedy junior making it official launching his 2024 presidential campaign joining marianne williamson challenging president biden for the democratic nomination. the president is yet to announce his bid for a second term. there might be news on that today. mark meredith is live in washington with more. president biden has two challengers for the 2024 democratic nomination. today there are signs an official biden campaign launch may be days away. next week will mark four years since biden launched his 2020
the florida delegation to endorse trump early. they may not be able to keep up that velocity, that tempo but went ahead and did it early to highlight that desantis is not a a warm and fuzzy guys who calls to check in and heard you had an accident, what s going on, how quick are you going to get back on your feet. i happen to see the great comment you made on fox news sunday. really good, that was a great moment. how are you doing, pal? that s not the warm and fuzzy desantis. he is i got an agenda and get it done and it will make florida a better place to live. bill: thank you, karl. to be continued, right? dana: so much. bill: in fact, we will continue it in august when we host the first republican primary debate of this election cycle. how many will be on the stage? it s a pretty good question right now. third week in august. milwaukee, wisconsin, see you there. meantime there is this.