thousands of dollars on, the prominent democrat apparently spent more than $20,000 at the ritz-carlton in half moon bay, california where his wife worked . for more on these and other stories download the fox news app. or go to foxnews.com apps. at this moment, we want to take you over to the pentagon where the secretary of defense and th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff art meeting with the pres and an opening statement there secretary expected to talk abou his upcoming trip to asia which included stops in vietnam, the philippines, and singapore, he will also talk about withdrawin troops from afghanistan. the second trip to the regio as secretary of defense, this time we re headed out to southeast asia, and i m glad to have the opportunity to engage in person with leaders they are. i am especially looking forward to making keynote remarks in
today we re closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. we never again want to be where we were a year ago today. so today while the virus hasn t been vanquished, we know this: it no longer controls our lives. president biden at an independence day event at the white house celebrating freedom from the worst of the pandemic and calling on more americans to get vaccinated. his remarks come as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread rapidly throughout the country and is just over 47% of americans are fully vaccinated and children under 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine. dr. marty makary joins us now. a fox news medical contributor and a professor at johns hopkins
the california retail association says that juveniles and homeless people are often the perpetrators of organized crime here. they do the dirty work and see from these places. target is reducing the hours in six of the stores in san francisco because of the continue with theft. in response to the crime, a spokesperson from the d.a. s office told fox news it is not just petty theft there trying to fight writing, there are possible because of the vast criminal network behind them which are offered dismantling. we are crating an ongoing retail theft attacks first and we are working with agencies which so far has led to the recovery of over $8 million in stolen merchandise. a man was seen in video slowly riding a bicycle through the store as he stole stuff and put it in big trash bag. it is an example of the boldness
texas prison. scan the qr code on your screen or go to foxnews.com.com/apps. the country s largest teachers union says it supports teaching critical race theory in schools even though parents are continuing to push back. they approved a resolution that claims it is reasonable and appropriate to include crt in curriculum and pledge to create a team of staffers to help teachers fight back against antisera to rhetoric. the wall street journal editorial page in fox news contributor joins us now. thank you so much for being here. you do know that those who are input port of crt say to deny it in schools are whitewashing history. what is your response? speak out no. it is not that at all. it is essentially an antieducational attempt to erase
foxnews.com/apps. trace: u.s. troops withdraw from afghanistan, the local translators who risked their lives providing critical support for u.s. forces fear death at the hands of the taliban if they are left behind. with time running short before the pullout is complete, the push is on to get them out. we ll have more on this i had with congressman andy biggs. first to our national security correspondent jennifer griffin life for us at the pentagon with a fox exclusive. on tuesday night we went to dulles international airport outside washington, d.c., not far from the cia, for whom some of these combat translators worked in afghanistan. we met one of the lucky few who managed to get a flight out of kabul after receiving his special immigrant visa after working for the u.s. military. fearful that taliban will target his family back in afghanistan he asked that we refer to him by a pseudonym. we ll call him sadiq.