investigation into former president trump has led to 34 felony charges. is the focus of house republicans. the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing today in new york. g.o.p. members say alvin bragg s policies have contributed to the increasing violence in the city. democrats say today s event was all a political stunt. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. republicans insist today s hearing was about how progressive district attorneys make america less safe. as for new york city crime victims well, they were just trying to be heard. there are hundreds and thousands of us. we don t give a damn about your politics. we don t care. victims of violent crime in new york city testified today against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accusing bragg of pushing soft on crime policies that make the city less safe. bragg charged bodega owner jose alba with murder for killing a man in self-defense after he stabbed alba in his shop. the murder charge was later
russian plant. john: 51 former intel officers signed on to the letter, saying it was the earmarks of russian disinformation. sandra: and 52, the man asked to sign but said no. dan hoffman knows a thing or two about russian tactics, joining us new at 2:00. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. we have made it to friday, sandra. sandra: we have indeed, john. great to be with you. i m sandra smith in new york. welcome, everyone. plus, parents showing up and speaking out in california. they are letting boys that identify as girls change in the locker room. sandra: a school district s transgender policy reportedly leading to this schoolyard brawl. those details this hour. john: president biden promising to finish the job during his 2024 re-election bid, but as the polls show, americans wonder what finishing the job actually entails. sandra: leaning hard on president s first term accomplishments to get voters on their side so fox news d
wrong because if putin i m sorry, if president xi successfully invades taiwan that would have a huge impact on the global economy, whether it s on semiconductors, closing off shipping routes. it would have a massive impact and what it would show is it would show that china and its authoritarian allies are on the march and that s what we cannot allow to happen. neil: all right, former and brief british prime minister liz truss saying she s concerned about a comment made by emmanuel macron is a u.s. fixation. and the leaks keep coming out how china, taiwan, and china and russia, and all of these things are sort of joined at the intelligence hip and the revelations that we ve heard. and alexandria hoff is looking at what we re continuing to get. the young man accused in all of this, he may have been accessing classified intelligence networks right down to the wire how close they were to finding the breach. jack teixeira was searching leak on the government issued computer one
passengers upset and exasperated. i was meant to leave at 8:00 a.m., you know, flight canceled. another flight was going to be 11:00 a.m., canceled. one more at 3:00, canceled. we have to get home. we have a flight. it is going to be, you know, canceled. they need to let us know now so we can know what to do. the problem a huge surge in passenger traffic. call it post-pandemic rebound. the tsa says it screened more passengers on friday than on the same day in 2019. let s talk about what s happening here. business journalist mark stewart joins me now. tsa says they screened 2 1/2 million people. that is remarkable. same number as way back in february 2019. or 2020, i guess. what is that telling us about the american economy? it tells us people are finding room in their budgets to travel. it s the notion of pent-up demand. another struggle facing the economy is labor. airlines are dealing with these pilot shortages. i heard from one pilot last night, there should be scr
there were guns. a rare mass shooting in denmark. tragic news there are several fatalities reported. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, july 4th, independence day in the united states. millions of americans will be celebrating the holiday without covid restrictions the first time in three years. the celebrations come at a time of deep division over conservative politics. roe v. wade one of the issues. cost of living a concern for many families this holiday weekend. several cities marked independence day early with fireworks shows on sunday. you re looking at picture from milwaukee, wisconsin. it s their first show since 2019. but in many cities, fire work displays may be limited with costs for displays around 35% according to the pyrotechnic association. retailers are ready to meet demand this year. the fourth of july cookout will cost more this year, roughly 17% higher than last year. that s a little over $10 more tha