a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
address rising crime. chicago will now have another mayor who has previously called for the defunding of police. gillian: what impact will that new mayor have on the windy city s ongoing crime surge? we ll speak with raymond lopez about just what chicagoans say they are expecting. john: begin with the fox news alert, the taiwanese president meeting with kevin mccarthy in los angeles as part of a week long trip to america that has left china threatening to retaliate. those pictures coming in moments ago. hello, john roberts in washington. we live to fight another day. gillian: allegedly. see how today goes. good to be with you, john. john: it s early. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra smith. this is america reports. taiwan s increasingly close relationship with the u.s. is a major source of anxiety for beijing for years, china called it a provocative move that threatens to derail relations and undermine stability across the pacific. john: the biden administra
we have fox team coverage in new york. larry kudlow of fox business tells us about the global impact of these currency efforts. in washington rich edson shows us how china is making its move. but we begin with national correspondent william la jeunesse at the leag presidential library in simi valley, california. good evening, william. good evening, bret. you know, washington and beijing have had for differences over the future of taiwan. today speaker mccarthy down played any disputes. he said while the united states is not interested in war it will not abandon taipei. a friendly handshake. , outside a symbol of the growing tension between china and the u.s. shutting off by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world. and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. taiwan president xie equally indifferent to china s intimidation. we must be
conway. the silence continues after the u.s. military shot down those three mystery objects flying over north america. three since friday. however, americans still are waiting to hear directly from the president exactly what they were and why they needed to shoot them down. i m not talking about the china spy craft. i mean the three things floating about us since then. lawmakers are losing patience on both sides of the political aisle. i m harris faulkner. it has been several days since the united states fighter jets shot down those objects over alaska, canada and lake huron. while the white house says those objects have yet to be identified, they say there is forplan for the president to address the nation. the president clearly has been briefed on a regular basis on this, on a daily basis on what has occurred in the last ten days or so. but i just don t have anything to preview as to if the president is going to be speaking on this in the upcoming days. harris: i wonder
6th insurrection. wolf blitzer is off today, i m p pamela brown and you re in the situation room. and let s begin our coverage this hour with tonight s top story. the justice department looking to file a response to donald trump s request for a third-party attorney to review materials seized from his florida home. cnn s sara murray has this report. reporter: the justice department set to weigh in today on former president donald trump s push for an independent special master to review the documents seized from mar-a-lago. there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this, checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was not only essentially morally wrong, but legally wrong. doj asking to file a brief in response to trump s request. the fbi has begun digging through documents and a filler team uncovered some material that may include attorney client privileged i