room where john kirby is set to headline that briefing just moments from now. john: the big question, what will he have to say today about beijing setting up a spy base in america s back yard. kirby now admitting what the national security spokesperson said just days ago that china has a spy base in cuba, yes, it s real. sandra: biden administration they have ports on both sides of the panama canal already that can restrict that shipping. they have a space monitoring station in the mountains of argentina, to track our satellites, buying up farmland left and right. john: congressman mike waltz sounding the alarm about the chinese spy base in cuba about 100 miles from u.s. soil. that on top of several other ways china is trying to steal our nation s top-secret. sandra: ukraine s counteroffensive against russia is well underway. the test to see if billions of american dollars to the country is put to good use but it s happening as putin cozy up to russia, and iran sa
the attention of national by the office of the special counsel jack smith comes as there has been a wide-ranging investigation into the handling of top-secret documents and mr. trump s effort to maintain after 2020 election loss. make no mistake that this creates an extraordinary situation as it displaces the u.s. justice department into a investigation not only of the former president, but the current republican front runner for the 2024 presidential race. this is going to be messy, politically. donald trump already holds the historic place of being the only president being at being twice impeached and now he is the choice to be indicted on federal charges. cbs, catherine joins us now. this is a big development tonight. trump was already on edge that former president broke the news on a social media platform. reporter: multiple sources confirmed to cbs news that the former president has been indicted on criminal charges andy mar-a-lago document case. includes the unlaw
it is quite a scene down there. smoke and flames shooting into the sky right above. look at that explosion. there are now reports of several more explosions. crews were battling that fire for hours and is now said to be under control. one of the most vital in our nation. cb cotton is following this story. what more can you add? traffic brought to a standstill on one of the country s oldest and most traveled routes. telling fox 29 affiliate that a tanker truck caught fire under i-95 in northeast northeast philadelphia. causing the northbound overpass to collapse. now north and southbound lanes are closed in this area for about three-4 miles. emergency dispatchers were reportedly notified just before 630 this morning. firefighters arriving to the aftermath to assess the damage with portions of northbound lanes reduced to rubble. the fire was under control like you said about an hour later at 7:30 a.m. this morning u.s. secretary of transportation saying federal resources are
far as south as louisville. ainsley: looks like it s gotten worse as the day is progression. an hour ago it was not as bad. over # hundred million americans urged to stay indoors a void breathing this hazardous air. coming from hundreds of wildfires up north burning across canada. steve: filly sports plex down in philly right now. let s check a little closer to home. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez joins us live from hears new york. you are just across the river from manhattan and you can see it, but it s not as easy as it normally is. steve ainsley, brian, good morning. let me paint the picture for you here. you mentioned on long island sitting here in queens. we are overlooking the city. you will notice there the haze, the smoke still very present over my shoulder midtown, as you look further west, you should be seeing downtown, the wall street district. maybe even the world trade center but you re not seeing those buildings, that smoke still very much prevale
and raising concerns about his age and ability to endure a grueling election cycle. we will watch the news conference live and dig in. fog, the smell, the smog, it s it s like out of like a disaster movie or something. yeah, it s really surreal. this is unbearable, and seems like apocalyptic. definitely have a headache, it s pretty hazy out here and my eyes are burning a little bit. john: people living in the northeast reacting to surreal scenes of smoke-filled cities as smog from raging canadian wildfires drifts to the united states leaving more than 100 million americans under air quality alerts, and the hazy conditions could be sticking around into the weekend. john roberts in washington, and good smoky thursday afternoon to you as well. aishah: coughing here and there. this is america reports, thanks for watching. time lapse video showing how the new york city skyline changed over the span of a few hours yesterday, the skies turning the orange-tinted color