are classified briefings on capitol hill, top republicans demanding answers from the pentagon and director of national intelligence to fill in the blanks on this timeline. senators want to know when the spycraft was picked up on radar. since the odyssey across the united states, are countries are reporting in india, philippine, taiwan and u.s. territory of guam. the one that crashed off hawaii a month ago, other recent sightings in the u.s., washington post says it is part of chinese espionage arsenal. chinese have taken old technology and married it with modern communication and observation capabilities to glean intelligence on other nation s militaries, it is a massive effort. americans want to know why the spycraft was not shot down sooner, especially if there are explosives onboard. president biden defended his actions. president biden: i told the military to shoot it down when safe to do it, they said it was unsafe over land and they could learn a lot watch being it
risk. good evening from studio b in new orleans. site of tonight s national day of racial healing town hall, which i will be hosting tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern along with chris hayes and trymaine lee. i ll tell you much more about that a little later. we begin tonight with the real life confluence of a toxic stew of election denial, extremism, and political violence. the type of nightmare scenario that is all too real in america. police in new mexico arrested failed republican legislative candidate solomon pena, who they say orchestrated a string of shootings targeting democratic officials in the state. last november, pena lost to his democratic opponent in a landslide, by nearly 50 points. but claimed he really lost because of so-called fraud. apparently he s both an election denier and a sore loser. after the election, a very stable pena wrote on twitter, i dissent. i am the maga king. he later posted a photo of himself in maga gear, noting much like donald trump, he n
out of control ahead of the july 4th weekend. rich, great to be with you. wonderful to be with you, i m in for john roberts, rich edson. millions are expected to travel for the holiday. aaa predicts 3.5 million will fly, but staffing shortage, pricey fares, and some pilots threatening to strike causing turbulence for the friendly skies. gillian: thousands are being canceled, delayed, experts are fearing an influx of new holiday travelers starting today is set to make matters even worse. listen. all of it is coming to a head, we are seeing the cancellations. we just need more people to work in the industry both as air traffic controllers, pilots, you know, flight attendants, all of that. all in short supply and they can only staff so many planes. gillian: casey stegall is tracking the travel nightmare from dallas-fort worth international. hi, good to see you. a little turned around, i should be wearing my winter coat, usually when we are standing at the airport doing
creating a definitive list where individuals will not be able to carry firearms. public transportation. shannon: learning new details about the human smuggling tragedy in san antonio that left 33 people dead. citizens there are on edge. we have texas republican congressman chip roy standing by. record crime rates and soft on crime policies. record retirement by police officers and prosecutors. we begin with the state of the u.s. economy. the president continues to blame russia. white house correspondent kevin corke is taking closer look. great to be with you as always. happy friday. as you can well imagine, there are a record number of americans expected to take to the skies and the roadways to celebrate this fourth of july holiday weekend. they will do so will make skyrocketing airfare and gas prices. while the white house is bringing down those costs remains its top priority, at least one of the president s advisors tonight is taking some major heat for seemingly defe
oh say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight over the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave will: the tradition continues. our nation s and them live from a different location. we are honored to be at the us military academy at west point for fox and friends weekend and it is a beautiful seen both behind us and in front of us. good morning, what a remarkable shot. will: what you are seeing is the banjo, and a cripple independence day celebration, fireworks show, the 3 of us will be hosting it for the fox news channel, the next two mornings with this incredible backdrop of the hudson ri