fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
Sound like hes causing any issue in the back right now. I think hes subdued. Other than that, yeah, we want Law Enforcement as soon as we get on the ground. Reporter this man was sitting at the front of the fully booked flight. He says about 25 minutes after takeoff, a Flight Attendant announced there was an emergency on board. She sounded in a panic, and then she took off down the aisle. Us passengers just looked at each other and instantly had fear within our bodies, didnt know what it was. Reporter stephen says the plane was going down quickly and made several sharp turns. Moments later, he says, he saw the cockpit door open and 44yearold Joseph Emerson walk to the back of the plane without an escort. Only after the plane made an Emergency Landing in portland and the man was arrested did stephen understand what happened. When youre on that plane, youre scared to death. You wake up the next morning and you see one of their own was allowed to walk past you unattended. You get angry th
rachel: it is the 8 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend start requesting this. the supreme court is set to rule on one of the most highly anticipated cases tomorrow. what to expect for trump s presidential immunity claim. plus the white house is pushing back on this report about biden s political future as democrats in congress express concern over future debates. pete: are you craving some patriotism? oh, my god you look like a fourth of july makes me want a hot dog really bad. [laughter] pete: that clip but independence day wasn t always known for hot dogs and fireworks. will and i will go off the wall with a look back at the holiday traditions. third hour of fox & friends weekends starts right now. rachel: good morning everybody 8:00 i m here with will, and pete getting ready for the holiday weekend. pete: louisville, kentucky is a great town they ve got the louisville slugger museum there. got this great will: ever been to louisville. pete: rest
Pete Police Detective wrote this. This is a slap in the face to every single Law Enforcement officer in Pinellas County. I reached out to st. Pete police to say what they are doing. A spokeswoman told me that the sign is not an issue and right now they are not involved. Its a problem with the city. City spokesman ben kirby says its illegal and will be removed. As for people in the neighborhood, they say not a big deal. Nobody has been saying anything. Reporter in st. Garin flowers, 10news wtsp. The city couldnt tell us if anyone would be fined for posting that sign. A break in polk now where deputies have made an arrest in a deadly hitandrun from over the weekend. They say the man who hit and killed a woman and badly hurt a deputy is in custody tonight. Deputy adam pinal was helping a woman after she crashed her car into a tree on a dark stretch of state road 60 in lake wales. Median and the driver took off. We will learn more about the person arrested in just about an hour, and of cou
Some light fog may affect your 40s, but we have a few 30s decision 2016 election day and whats happening before election day are mounting as we get into the last leg of the president ial campaign. Tracie potts is in washington with how the government is preparing. And who the tell nbc your vote is safe but social media and transportation next tuesday. For now, the concern is africanamerican voters in swing states. they couldnt find you in the rolls . at all. and you had donald trump and extremists supporting him have that intimidation. The best way to repudiatt with the biggest turnout in american history. Nbc polls show trump ahead in arizona and texas, but North Carolina is a firewall that trump needs to win. President obama campaigns there today. Trumps wife melania campaigned solo for the first time we have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other. The fbi continues to examine 650thousand emails linked to clintons top aide. How