here. take a look at the misery map, more miserable virtually by the moment. john: you have to love the misery map. america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts, good day to you again. gillian: no misery here, all good, all happy, not complaining about anything for a change. john: might be misery for you, but not gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra smith, we ll take you live to the snow zone but first overseas. john: president biden jetting back to washington and leaving behind a new axis of evil. china and russia showcasing their close ties with iran in tow. gillian: declaring a no limits partnership, experts say not only a threat to ukraine but the future of taiwan as well. john: when chinese president xi jinping makes a trip to moscow in the spring. china says they plan to play peacemaker but they doubt intentions. they are working together today to reach those goals. john: where do we stand against our adversaries? we will take th
the car. he was hiding under the car like a pet. basically it was just me and jeffrey, like, screaming. we found the 13-year-old rapist. we know he entered the country from ecuador through texas, through eagle pass, texas, back in june 25th of 2021. when he did come into the country, the federal government did take fingerprints and dna from him at the border, so that is still being worked on. sandra: brutal crime in new york city highlighting the unchecked prices at our southern border after a migrant who entered the country illegally is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york, and it s good have you today. gillian: i m gillian turner intro john roberts. this is america reports. the man charged with a disturbing crime is slated to be in court in the next hour. police say they held that girl in a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint, and then force them into a secluded area of the new york city park. he allegedly tied up
abiding citizen randomly decided to go outside of his house and start shooting at unarmed people. the defense s theory is the victim was killed by a drug trafficker and also says kelly is not associated with threats being made against the legal teams, the courthouse, and the judge, and john, they are all back in court this friday. john. john: alicia, the latest on that. thank you. gillian. gillian: well, we are keeping an eye on des moines, iowa, republican senator tim scott will take the stage next hour to kick off his faith in america tour. choice of location has folks buzzing he is now in fact laying the ground work for a 2024 run. what he said about that earlier today. i am here because i want to hear what folks here in iowa want to hear from elected officials. bottom line, as i hear more from the constituents here in iowa and around the country, it will give me more information on what to do next.
impacts blacks and hispanic families. gillian: one tennessee county is joining a growing list of municipalities considering a reparations program of their own. shelby county, which is memphis, would use covid relief dollars. grady, how much of the covid funds are they planning to use? gillian, the proposal in shelby county, tennessee could take as much as $5 million and use it not to send checks in the mail for reparations, but create a reparations committee. the committee would then look into potentially creating a long-term reparations program. the vote could come as you ment mentioned as early as this afternoon. providence, rhode island is using $10 million in taxpayer money. the two programs are unique from the eight other cities and
still in the soil and coming down leslie run. so that that s about it for now. gillian: i m sorry to hear about the simms to. can you tell us a bit about your animals? i know last week you told us you were concerned for fish on the property, you were concerned about your horse, how are they holding up? the horse is doing better, you know. he, with the steroids and the antihistamine and my wife is crushing up 10, 12 zyrtecs a day, and the vet report was environmental, not knowing all the chemicals on the grass, and of course he had diarrhea. the dogs were lethargic for a few days and throwing up. it s just this is horrible, and you read a few articles and there s a thing called persistent bioacumulative toxins