local teachers union. they had made her the poster child of a secret meeting on threats to public education. her offense? asking about the curriculum. sandra: welcome back. as america reports rolls into a second hour, i am sandra smith in new york and john, great to be back with you. john: good to have you, sandra, i am john roberts in washington. we will talk to that mom who says the union harassed her for asking basic questions. she is now fighting for air know my parents rights in education. we begin with this fox news alert. many of the breadcrumbs lead to the lab where very few actually lead to nature, if any. if we don t do it, no one will. sandra: that was the chairman of the house covid origin committee, he joined us last hour, right after the committee s first hearing wrap. he says it looks like all roads lead to a lab leak but some democrats, including the white house, are not buying it. they say the evidence remains inconclusive. john: that hearing come
protecting their turf and business, a big part of which is drugs. fentanyl prominent among the drugs and human trafficking. another huge cartel business. so look at this. in 2021, the dea made this map to show the places where they believed based on their work the cartels had influence here in the united states. look how shocking and widespread that map is of cartel influence all across the country here in the united states. bill barr says that mexico is close to being a failed narco state at this point. it must be dealt with like we dealt with isis. in other words, every effort to kill and dismantle these groups. before we get to that, ned price is speaking in the state department. let s watch. do you know if any of the four americans had any previous trips ordealings with mexico in? i couldn t say. that s not something that we d say from the podium. we want to respect the privacy of the americans that were brought to safety and now back in the united states. they re fre
to boston. tell them to shoot me because because we re going to have to shoot me down today. where are they diverting us because wherever it is there s going to be a blood bath everywhere. that man is in custody after attempt to go stab a flight attendant and opening a door mid flight. details on the incident coming up. china s foreign minister warning the u.s. of catastrophic consequences if washington does not change its tone on a number of incidents including u.s. support for taiwan. what we re learning from this key communist party meeting. we will get to that all of that. we want to begin this hour with the four americans kidnapped in mexico. rosa flores from houston, dianne gallagher is in south carolina where three of the missing people grew up. these are close friends we re told. what more do we know about them? i know you ve been speaking with the families. reporter: you know, erica, these four families of these americans who were abducted just absolutely t
john: that was a great afternoon. great to have you back. sandra: great to be back, john. i feel very blessed to be back. and yeah, that was quite an interview. a lot of parents when they speak out, they fear retaliation. it s important to cover it. john: parents rights and education is a big topic. sandra: i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum in new york. so the mother of tae mcgee, on the left-hand side of your screen there, says her daughter watched her two close friends die in mexico. american citizens caught in cartel crossfire and they were moved from one place to another and then two of them were shot and killed in front of the other two. it was not far across our southern border. it s believed the killers were
wearing from a facebook live that they had done there on the trip down. now, look, the sister of zendel brown one of the americans kidnapped said she had a bad feeling. she talked to her brother while he was on the trip down, she had a bad feeling, told him about it. his mother is simply clinging to her faith and holding out hope. i felt a little uneasy because i told him i had a dream, you know, i said i m just checking on you. that s what i told him thursday, and then, like i said, friday morning i texted and i didn t get anything. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages, but, however, no news is good news. that s the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. that s probably that s probably the only way that she can stay with it right now. now, look, mcgee s family says that this is actually the second time, erica, that she has gone to mexico for a medical procedure, the first time was