john roberts in washington and so begins another week, sandra. sandra: sets us up for an exciting afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. the former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe said he had no knowledge of the sky establishment in 2019. were you aware of the cuba spy center? there wasn t one, maria, this kind of surveillance platform was present and allowed is just absurd. john: the china spy base is only about 100 miles from american shores and according to reports, it lets china eavesdrop on everything from phone calls and emails to communications within the u.s. military. sandra: florida congressman mike waltz how the u.s. should stop china from expanding the global footprint. gillian turner, what s the latest? gillian: secretary of state tony blinken wrapped a presser in which he appeared to confirm china has been operating a spy base inside cuba or trying to and it is part of this broader effort by the communist party to ramp up espionage
breaking news from the pentagon as the biden administration makes big moves ahead of the potential border disaster. it could come in days if it s not already happening, title 42 will be lifted and the surge is expected to grow. welcome back as america reports heads into another hour. bill: no dramatics today. i m in for john roberts, i m bill hemmer. we are told pat ryder makes remarks off the top and new information about the plan to send 1500 troops to the southern border within the next week to nine days, sandra. sandra: it s a big deal. the decision is coming nine days before title 42 expires. fox news teams have been reporting for weeks now, this has been anticipated. overburdened border towns are in panic mode over what could happen when that ends. we talked about el paso. bill: seeing migrants massing by the tens of thousands, believing the end of title 42 will be the perfect time to make their move and make the crisis at the border a bigger catastrophe. sand
firsthand look at the murder scene. alec s defense attorneys called their final witnesses to the stand to try to poke holes in the medical examiner autopsy report. john: is the defense closing strategy working to sway members of the jury, nancy grace has been covering the murder saga from the beginning, join us live from outside the courtroom with her take-aways coming right up. i m really sorry that the lab leak has become such a distraction for so many people. frankly, we still don t know. there is no evidence to say. you said the overwhelming amount of evidence indicates it s a lab leak. i believe most card carrying viral virology and others would disagree with you. i think you are misunderstanding. international investigation led by the world health organization is something we have been pressing for. we need that data, we need that information from the chinese government. sandra: walk down memory lane, remember that, years ago and many years of it, denials from
production. alaska republican senator is here to weigh in. i think a lot of us were panicking. we re trying to get through it and open different bank accounts quickly. am i nervous? no. it is backed, secured, the government is doing the right thing. i m shocked it happened. i m devastated it happened, because svb was the heart of the ecosystem for the technology and venture company world. president biden says americans should feel confident in the state of the economy, but inflation collapses are doing little to confirm those fears. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith. i m john roberts in washington. this is con america reports. businesses and the broader economy. the february report further complicating the federal reserve s big decision on interest rates. it is looming. many economists are pleading with chairman powell to tap the breaks on the rate hikes following the collapse of two may major u.s. banks. first we re going to peter who is travelling
but his administration is pushing forward with a plan that would punish home buyers who have good credit scores. sandra: force those with good credit scores to pay more for their mortgages in order to subsidize high risk borrowers. former president obama s top housing adviser that he brought on board during the financial crisis, david stevens, he is calling the move unprecedented and says the industry is in shock. he s here for an exclusive interview to explain why, and larry kudlow how it could depress the housing market even further. whistleblower allegations a game changer. you know, this is somebody in the irs at a high level who apparently is willing to come forward to tell congress during the investigation of hunter biden there was obstruction. it s another example the irs is a mess. the whistleblower ought to be heard. obstruction of justice and certainly will be pursued in congress. john: begin with the white house set to take questions as an irs special age