Good morning, its tuesday, august, too, by the way. Im bill hemmer. Dana bills favorite month. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. That was quite a thing yesterday. Well cover all the angles. One of the key phrases was the illusion of access. Thats what devon archer told lawmakers hunter biden was selling. Bill archer says hunter repeatedly put his dad on the speakerphone while off with clients all over the world. He witnessed that more than 20 times over the course of a decade. Dana he says it was a big part of how hunter called clients on the biden brand. Does it qualify as a smoking gun . Bill Democrats Pointed Out Archer said biden never talked business with his sons clients. Republicans say the evidence is piling up. Every day this Bribery Scandal becomes more credible. Lets look at what devon archer testified today. He said that not only was joe biden on the phone over 20 times with people including the burisma executives talking about whatever, even though the presiden
dana: news today the world s largest asset managing firm under investigation by the house select committee on china. black rock is facilitating u.s. investment in chinese companies flagged for security risks and human rights violations. what s going on here? grady trimble of fox business live in washington. good morning. the house select committee on china says two huge finance firms in the u.s. are helping invest money in chinese companies that have been black listed by the united states government. the committee is asking for more information from the two firms, black rock as well as one of the top stock market index compilers, morgan stanley capital international. it says in its brief review of the firms, the committee has found both of them has
victory by the protesters in bahrain. most of them she shia muslims could offer foot hold for iran. as for the crown prince, one expert says he is willing to negotiate. the government, the crown prince was very proactive. he stepped into the plate. he walked into the television station. he wants to create develop dialogue with all parties, including the shiites. and he is ready to talk. he is ready to begin dialogue. but the royal family is under enormous pressure from rulers of neighboring countries to keep the peace and keep the status quo without offering any major concessions. so, a very volatile situation, shep. shepard: i will say it is. steve centanni live in washington. leave it to iran to ratchet it up a bit. a move that could add growing fuel to the fires in the mideast. tomorrow, iran insists it will send two warships through the
the bridge is from saudi arabia. it holds particular importance to america as it s home to the u.s. navy s fifth fleet. tensions there remain extremely high after riot police opened fire last week on protesters who demanded the royal family loosen its control. and now one grouch students is camping out demanding the removal of the monarchy all together. we don t want them anymore. we want our people to control. we want to vote. shepard: we want to vote, she says. all this puts the united states in an awkward position watching people like her square off against government that s been a local ally. giving our military strategic access to counter threats from iran. but this is much bigger. steve centanni our national correspondent live in washington. this is a very sensitive situation. well, shep, it is very sensitive. for one thing because the high profile bahrainian opposition leader is planning to return from exile in london and this could add fuel to the fire. meantime, there ar
and we spoke just a little while ago with a republican governor john kasich. he totally rejects the idea that this bill is union busting. he says it s absolutely necessary to dig this state out of an 8 billion-dollar budget hole. if we get that done, we balance our budget, 8 billion in the hole, without a tax increase, and we have cut taxes on income taxes, that s going to send a message to the rest of the country that if they can do it there, they can do it in their state and then maybe, guess what, they might actually be able to do something like this in washington. we at least hope so. we spoke to one key supporter this bill who told us why it is so badly needed one ohio town wanted to get rid of one police sergeant but union rules which were codified into law said in order to get one of police sergeant had you to dismiss more than 70 patrol officers. shep? shepard: woody hayes son s voice carries a lot of weight in that state the truth is it s dominated the republicans