joining us live. but first, this fox news alert. two interviews and a primetime speech, but a week of talk from president biden only serving to raise new questions. one was about the chinese surveillance craft. the president brushing off its significance and risk after it loitered across the nation just last week. john: president biden claiming the violation of u.s. air space was not a major breach of national security, yet it traveled thousands of miles over some military sites and collected information from the ground to above. and capable of collecting communications and sending them straight back to china. sandra: a far cry to portray it as no big deal, just a balloon. a lot to unpack as america reports rolls into a second hour here. another busy news afternoon on a friday. sandra smith in new york. great to be with you. john: john roberts in washington, good to be with you, sandra. the president getting attention for trying to downplay the classified document
as well as his delaware garage. john: oversight committee chairman james comer says he wants to know who met with the president at the penn biden center and what role chinese donors played in funding that think tank, where the classified documents were found. in just moments, comer will give an update what the committee will be looking for as the scandal grows. sandra: and here we go, john, as we begin america reports with a new mexico district attorney announcing involuntary manslaughter charges against actor alec baldwin for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer of the movie rust. john: john roberts in washington. decision comes 15 months after the initial incident. during a reher sal, he pulled the hammer back on a gun thinking there were no bullets in it, but it killed halyna hutchins and injured the director. sandra: and the armor will also be charged in the incident. michael and mercedes standing by. sandra: matt, what are we hearing in terms of reaction
tomorrow s huge vote. their question, where is the clinical data to back this up? one of them, our own dr. nicole saphier who warns i will be watching. she is here live to break down what families need to know. all new at 2:00. begin with the fox news alert. sandra: the top republican in the house kevin mccarthy doubling down on comments suggesting if republicans win the house they could pump the brakes on free flowing aid to ukraine. i think ukraine is very important. i support making sure we move forward to defeat russia in that program. but there should be no blank check on anything. we are $31 trillion in debt. john: analysts are already sounding the alarm, warning any break or slowdown in aid would alter the course of the war at a time when ukraine is making advances on the ground and putin seems to be backed into a corner. nearly nine months since he invaded ukraine. general jack keane s response to that and trey yingst with a report what that would mean on the
president biden is set to lay out his plan to once again bring down sky high cost of gasoline at the pump. once again, by tapping into the nation s emergency oil reserves, even as it brings the needle even closer to e. i m john roberts in washington, happy wednesday, sandra. sandra: and that s a visual for you, starting to look like that, right? the president will announce that release of 15 million more barrels of oil, rounds out the 180 million draw down the president committed to earlier this year. john: the releases have brought the supply to the lowest level since ronald reagan was president. likely bring down gas prices for a brief period of time, but critics say biden is using the emergency stockpile to play politics. midterm elections now just 20 days away. former vice president mike pence will join us to discuss what all of this means for the elections. sandra: looking forward to that. begin with fox team coverage. marc thiessen ready to sounds out, and one way
you are looking live at windsor castle and they will stay there until they feel it s time to walk away. i ve been taking notes the last ten days, might as well share some of them. you were just talking about former president trump for obvious reasons and i thought it was fascinating and did show how much he loved the queen, he wrote an op-ed that appeared in the daily mail, and often do you see one from the former president and whole of civilization is in mourning, passing of queen elizabeth ii, reigned over 70 years, is a loss for billions around the world. and martha was talking about all the notes and the items that people left, flowers and all the little remembrances and one by a child, said thank you for inspiring us to work hard, you worked to the end. a beautiful message why she meant so much to so many. sandra: finally at rest, john, wanted to take a moment. you and myself and our team to say what beautiful coverage that was of the queen s funeral this morning