city subway. witnesses say the man was threatening fellow passengers. donors raised $2 million to defend daniel penny charged with manslaughter putting neely in a fatal choke hold. i m dana perino. bill: laura stack was a very impressive woman. our best to her and her cause. i m bill hemmer. good morning. 41,000 people from all walks of life contributing to daniel penny s legal defense fund donors praising him as a hero and denouncing alvin] for bringing the charges against the decorated marine who stepped in to protect others. penny s lawyer thanking the public for their generosity and defending penny s action. he didn t go to the subway seeking to harm anyway or attack anyone. he was putting himself in harm s way for the benefit of others. dana: laura engel is live in the newsroom today. hi, laura. supporters of daniel penny showed up over the weekend helping to raise $2 million for his defense fund. it happened in the last few minutes. as the 24-year-old continues
opinion, is witness intimidation. we plan on the next 7 to 10 days having a press conference to give the press and the american people the facts what we have uncovered thus far. sandra: what he said there caught jonathan turley s attention. tweeted directly after, if true, it s a continuation of a scorched earth strategy. why he thinks a criminal plea deal may be the biden s best bet. a lot of news making here, trace. good to have you. sandra smith in new york. trace: fascinating, sandra. also this hour, president biden will tackle the china threat in a high stakes meeting with the president of the philippines. american and filipino pilots are flying the first time together in 30 years. sandra: and we expect the philippines president to arrive at the white house this hour. but first this. begin with two cities in crisis, including one that just declared a state of emergency. trace: leaders of brownsville, texas are under extreme pressure to house the 15,000 migrants t
sandra: all new at 2:00, the pentagon set to brief the press any moment now as president xi and putin wrap up day two of their historic summit bringing america s top two adversaries even closer together. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith in new york. we are certainly monitoring the pentagon for any news that comes from there, john. john: it could be a big news hour. we ll keep an eye on the pentagon for any updates as president xi tries to broker a peace plan for putin s war. experts warn any china-backed peace plan would have one winner, china. that s where we start with the fox news alert. sandra: president biden just wrapped his remarks on a day he has devoted to talking about climate and environmental justice. at the same time as china and russia are plotting against the united states. the two major powers showing off their close relationship during today s second round of talks. john: president biden under fire for still
let s go to kelly o grady on why this is so different. kelly? well, great to see you, neil. yeah, when i woke up this morning and i heard that j.p. morgan chase had taken over first republic, it reminded of 2008 when you saw them take over bear stearns, when you saw them take over washington mutual. one of the key take-aways, the big bank banks keep getting bigger. j.p. morgan won out on a competitive bidding process. they re taking over all deposits. the bank will also make a 10.6 million payment to the fdic as part of this takeover. they were operating as usual today. the one that i m at, folks were coming in and out, checking their accounts. the president said he feels like the banking system is going to be okay. listen to this. regulators have taken action to facilitate the sale of first republic bank and ensure that all depositors are protected and the taxpayers are not on the hook. these actions are going to make sure that the banking system is safe and sounds. ma
later in the show. keep an eye on this. this line i do believe i could say has maybe tripled since we ve been on the air in just an hour and everybody is lining up right there. it was definitely time to lock down and make sure you know where you are going, you aren t going out after dark or alone. all of yesterday i stayed home. i didn t go out. people have the same idea. people are trying to stay at home if they don t have a reason to go out. really unnerving. like a graveyard. dana: a normally peaceful college town as police investigate three stabbings at u.c. davis. there is a series of random of brutal attacks u.c. davis west of sacramento. the f.b.i. and homicide detectives joining that investigation. officers picking up a possible person of interest yesterday for questioning. local police trying to make sure that no stone is unturned. the attacks with knives were particularly brutal and violent. we re not dealing with three separate crimes. until we have e