president trump. welcome to a new hour of new new. i m dana perino. dana: we re off to the races now. bill: already. this new ad is a sign governor desantis is getting ready to jump into the race. it hits trump. we won t mess with social security as republicans. what did trump say? entitlement be on your place. at some point they will be. what happened to dump? dana: desantis is seen as trump s main rival not formally confirmed his candidatesy. trump shows as the frontrunner desandt is is among those making appearances in the states of iowa and new hampshire. no more whining, no more complaining. now we get to work. if you wanted to create a blueprint on how to ruin america, you would do what president biden and the radical left have been doing. after all we re americans, right? isn t freedom in our d.n.a.? on the democratic side now president biden hasn t announced officially about his campaign. he was asked over the weekend when he came home from irela
this is america s newsroom. a years long investigation. a grand jury brought an indictment to president trump. the charges are under seal for now. the counts number in the dozens. bill: that s sparking a firestorm of criticism for the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. known as a soft on crime prosecutor. since he took office in january, he has downgraded more than 50% of felonies in new york to misdemeanors. he appears to be taking the opposite take against the former president. republicans calling it political persecution. manhattan d.a. s office is in contact with the former president s legal team. they re working to coordinate his surrender. a logistic call nightmare. one of the president s attorneys said the d.a. wanted when im to surrender today. the president pushed back on that and expected to happen on tuesday. bill: let s begin now. chad pergram on the hill. andy mccarthy with analysis. bryan llenas joins us outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, new york city.
remains under seal. trump says it is all political persecution. republican lawmakers say it is simple and wrong. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has had it out for trump all along. i said from day one this is a political stunt. what s behind all this? hatred. this is absolutely a political witch hunt through and through. this is the kind of witch hunt that can only serve to tell people in the future if it works, you should try to indict people to keep them from winning elections. you are talking about a misdemeanor that gets bootstrapped onto election law in a way i ve never seen. democrats know it has nothing to do with the laws. they are sending a message. harris: kevin mccarthy is vowing the house will hold alvin bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power accountable. and we have live pictures outside mar-a-lago, florida, where former president trump s sporters are gathering. that s his home in that town. national correspondent bryan llenas, how a
routine training exercise. the helicopters involved were hh60 blackhawks. they can transport a dozen people at a time. fort campbell is the army s only aerial assault division. number of casualties is not known but there are several. we expect to learn more when they address the media under 60 minutes. a big area in southern kentucky goes up along with border with tennessee. the 101st airborne division sent out a tweet minutes ago. this is the latest we have. we can confirm two aircraft from the 101st were involved in an accident last night resulting in several casualties. the focus is on the soldiers and their families who were involved. that s the latest as of this moment. knowing it happened on 10:00 last night. those families are bill: the bulk of that information will come out in the news conference and hold our breath and say our prayers along with u.s. army families involved there and have a connection to that base. stand by. another breaking news story now. am
in the faulkner focus. well, many people are saying there is no way this could actually be a coincidence. lawmakers say it is an example of all-out intimidation by the federal government. republican congressman jim jordan is the chairman on the subcommittee of government weaponization. we still do not have the answers from the i.r.s. about that unlikely coincidence. it appears to be the latest example of the weaponization of the federal government against the american people. harris: matt taibbi testified to that committee on the government s censoring information on twitter. the white house with a game of dodge ball yesterday. i was wondering if you could respond to this taibbi visit by the i.r.s. and say whether it is part of a campaign to harass or intimidate related to the journalism. i have refer you to the i.r.s. harris: i.r.s. has not responded to a fox business request with an explanation. we ll have house oversight chairman comer questions as he comes up