looming over it all the latest and boldest example of chinese spying on u.s. soil. bill: that s the chinese spy craft shot down over south carolina. the military is in the process of recovering debris as we speak. crews combing through search area the size of 15 football fields. they ve already apparently pulled some pieces from the water and taking those to the f.b.i. lab in quantico for analysis. dana: republicans are pummeling the white house to allow the air ship to spend days over military sites. the president, through the national security advisor directed the military to refine and present options to shoot the balloon down immediately. to collect the bull balloon. we took maximum precaution to prevent any intel collection. i was in close coordination with the united states strategic command and we provided counter intelligence messages out of our intelligence shop across the entire department of defense and interagency so that we could take maximum protective m
flight as it crossed the country. we re monitoring both hearings and bring you news as it happens. first to another congressional hearing about to begin. chief border patrol agents will testify before the house oversight committee about the front lines of the border crisis. we re looking forward to hearing their testimony. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. a lot of the guests we ve talked to for the past two years on the border every day, right? administration tried to block top border officials from testifying today. now it s allowing this emotion to appear under the threat of subpoena. all this happening as agents have encountered more than 700,000 migrants at the border since the fiscal year first began since the first of october. dana: more 300,000 migrants in the last three months have gotten away from agents after crossing and agents have caught 38 terror watch list suspects. bill: border czar vice president kam
meet me at the door. good morning, everyone. that is charles barkley. don has the day off. poppy is in utah. you see her there for the nba all-star game. poppy, i m so excited jealous of your co-anchors, for sure. rough assignment, right? i cannot believe they sent me here. i m going to complain to the bosses. this is terrible p i . i m just in centre court. this is amazing. we have a fun lineup. i sat down yesterday with shaq with, chuck, with kenny. i couldn t get a word in edge wise. it was awesome. you re going to see that at 8:00 a.m. then we re joined by ryan smith, the utah jazz owner and someone who loves the state of utah, you ll hear all about this sill con slopes. we ll talk about the tech scene here. the wnba commissioner krajy engelbert and an update on brittney griner. the first time they had the all-star game in utah in 30 years. super excited. we ll be checking back in with poppy. we also have a lot going on in the news development has. did hackers j
ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s
being controlled by the cartels and smuggling drugs. the family of bruce willis revealing he has been diagnosed with ftd, a form of dementia. his condition has gotten first. but first this. president biden: make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people i will take it down. bill: president biden finally breaking his silence. we ve been waiting for ten days on those aerial objects shot down by the military. says the last three do not appear to be connected to beijing or any foreign surveillance campaign. meanwhile a hobby club out of northern illinois fears its silver coated party-style balloon may have been shot down by a side winder missile over canada. the missile costs a lot of money. the balloon not so much. sandra: estimated cost $12 of the balloon. bill: the missile upwards of $4 hundred grand. dana has the day off. welcome, i m bill hemmer. sandra, welcome back to you. sandra: i m sandra smith. president bid