rachel: that was the edwards that is the edwards waters university triple threat marching band, performing live at the speedway at the daytona 500 which by the way starts at 2:30 p.m. today and they are a triple threat. they ve got dancers, the band, two different types of dancers, they re amazing. they re amazing. i felt like i could pull off the shades. i need to take them off. it looks ridiculous. richard petty can do it. i can t do it. rachel: remember when i flew the f-16, my one regret was i didn t have off yatesers. aviators. i should have bought them before i did it. i made fun of him. those sunglasses lasted i looked at myself, i said you could do it. rachel: i would have looked so much cooler in the flight suit and this. that was a once in a lifetime you look cooler in those than i do. rachel: thanks, pete. just a fact. i m looking a at the monitor. >.rachel: i need the air forceo send me back the flight suit. i want a picture with this. it was a
waste at the department of energy. briton identifies as non-binary and gender fluid. laura: oh, does he? talk about holding the bar really high. you know he would still be there if they didn t have that security footage, by the way. for this administration, it s failure as far as the eye can see yet zero accountability, none. still no senior officials, no cabinet official fired. not alejandro, let em all in, mayorkas at dhs. not leave it to pete buttigieg at the department of transportation. not the queen of transitory inflation janet yellen at treasury. so the only logical conclusion at this point can be that america s decline is their agenda. now biden s balloon fiasco was a national embarrassment for the united states at every turn, and it reminds us that we really don t have military leaders who are looking out for us. even when generals austin and milley blew the afghanistan withdraw which led to the deaths of 13 service members, they still kept their jobs. the inte
there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
this sunday, crime and punishment. president biden backs down from fighting a republican effort to block dc s more lenient approach to crime. we will make chicago the safest city in america. just after the perception of rising crime took down chicago s mayor. we fought the right fights. can biden s moves help democrats from being seen as soft on crime going into 2024? plus, divide and conquer. florida governor ron desantis isn t officially in the race yet, but he s eagerly courting trump s base. i think there is a strong anti-woke majority across the country. the primary fight is kicked into high gear as more candidates consider challenging trump. for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i will talk to chris sununu who is considering his own white house run. and confronting china. a bipartisan push to face the growing threats from beijing. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century.