might. bill: beijing showing it whats the power to blockade the island firing maybe from every direction. the drills come on the heels of last week s talks in california between the president of taiwan and our house speaker kevin mccarthy. dana: congressional dell grecian visiting taiwan. the foreign minister warning to fox news any accident might spark an uncontrollable war. the chinese did their exercises these couple days have been very serious. if you look at the chinese air force and with the ships they re coming close to taiwan. even though taiwan is small. we believe in the prophesy of david versus goliath and taiwan will also prevail in the end. bill: brand-new week. mike gallagher house chair joins us in a moment. dana: greg palkot joins us. good morning, greg. there is the latest flurry of saber rattling by china around taiwan appears to be ending for the moment. there is more to come. war planes and ships were announced around the coast. a warning to th
happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
tex. he leveraged the media, talked about the cellphone stuff. this guy got it done. kudos. they re still looking for a third suspect. might have news today on that. paul mauro, thank you. thank you. 13 american soldiers killed in the terror attack at the kabul airport. now the biden administration attempts to shift blame for the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. dana, good morning to you. nice to see you. getting ready for the easter weekend. wow. passover is underway. i m bill hemmer. good morning. the new report released by the biden administration saying the decision to end a 20-year war was the right thing to do. it does not, however, erase the pain. one marine recently calling the massive blast at the kabul airport leaving him severely injured. remember this? a few days. i m thrown 12 feet on to the ground. i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious, lying around me. mmy abdomen ripp
he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b
and muslims. we ll bring you developments throughout the morning here. meanwhile a shocking murder on the streets of san francisco. the cash app founder bob lee, stabbed to death while walking downtown. this tragedy seen as a wake-up call for a city in crisis. we ll see whether or not they answer that call. good morning, everybody. it s a busy thursday already. i ll bill hemmer. good morning. i m dana perino. this is america s news room. i remember that war in 2006. i believe you were there as well. we ll keep focusing on that. let s talk about this cash app founder. bob lee was 43-year-olds. he was a creator of cash app, and former cto, chief technology officer, of square, the father of two little girls, and his murder is sending shockwaves through the industry. lee was walking through an upscale part of town. this is nancy pelosi s district. someone stand him multiple times, left him for dead, and surveillance footage shows lee stumbling down the sidewalk, calling for