Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. Hope youre having a good monday morning, its monday, april 29, 7 00 a. M. On the east coast. Time for the hot topic of the hour. President biden taking plenty of jabs a at President Trump and the press during the white house Correspondents Dinner saturday night. Biden called on journalists to quote rise up to the seriousness of the moment and ignore the polls. Watch this. The defeated former president made no secret on his attack on the democracy. Im not asking you to take sides. Im asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment. Move past the horse race numbers, the got ya moments and distractions, the side shows, that have come to dominate and oversensationalize our politics, focus on whats actually at stake. I think in your hearts you know whats at stake. Id like to make a toast. To a free press. Maria free press. Free press with direction from the white house, liz. Yeah. Of course he wants them to take sides,
emily: the biden administration is taking action against explosion of antisemitism we ve seen on college campuses. the education department says it is investigating a list of schools over reported incidents of antisemitism and islamophobia. hello, everyone, this is audio, i m emily compagno, joining us today fox news contributor lisa boothe, anchor and co-host of bottom line dagen mcdowell, fox weather meteorologist amy freeze and former white house press secretary ari fleischer. department of education launched investigation into seven schools, over five reports of antisemitism harassment and two of antimuslim harassment. this week posters were spotted on benches mocking those made for israeli hostages kidnapped by hamas. instead of hostages names, they say, missing cow. now word from upenn on this. another school is columbia university, suspended two student groups this week. many protested that decision. watch. columbia university has immense history of fighting for an
executive action president biden just signed to tighten the border. any moment the president will explain his big, new plan. we re live at the white house and at the u.s./mexico border, to dig into how this could be an immediate game-changer for people crossing into this country. the seasoned fbi agent who has been investigating hunter biden for months, will resume her testimony at the trial of the president s son. the text messages included in the indictment that have not come up in court. and, quote, i will not be intimidated. right now, attorney general merrick garland going toe-to-toe with members of congress, from everything from donald trump s criminal trial to a reality check to crime in america. our nbc news reporters are following all of the developments. we start with aaron gilchrest. this aclu challenge is something the administration had to be challenges. how do we know about how they ve been preparing for the legal challenge to this order? you re right, chr
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not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs, free from political influence and we will not back down from defending democracy. the republicans line to be intense. the head of this committee has been clear about his desire to get the justice department to turn over audio of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hurr. they have the transcript. they re exhibiting executive privilege over that. it could have a chilling effect they say of future cooperation with prosecutors in investigations such as these. the committee will continue pressing for that audio. democrats for their part during this hearing, chris, allowed garland to explain himself and gave him opportunities to clarify, effectively helping him play defense, as some of them