sandra: mercedes joins us in a moment, but first, matt is live on the ground in moscow, idaho. kohberger entered a rather unusual or uncommon plea today. we did not hear much from him, that s a big part of it. that s right, a couple minutes ago inside of the county courthouse, the attorneys for bryan kohberger told the judge they will stay silent on all five charges related to this murder case. therefore, the judge entered default not guilty plea for bryan kohberger and his attorney asked for a six-week trial beginning in october and no sides objected to that date. kohberger appeared in person in the past hour inside the courtroom wearing orange prison garb and this courtroom is basically a walking distance from the murder site where the four students were killed shortly before last thanksgiving. kohberger was wearing orange prison garb, looking extremely alert and observant. answered loud and clear, and today he was arraigned on four charges of murder in the first-degree
stress when in fact it s causing mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington. that s pretty stunning, sandra. sandra: really serious stuff. sandra smith in new, i don t. all new at 2:00, we speak to a mother who lost her son to suicide. she blames years of heavy cannabis use that made her son s delusions worse. her story and her warning just ahead. as we top a brand-new hour, any moment now we are set to see the pentagon take questions as u.s. troops remain stationed at the southern border with thousands of migrants still making their way into this country. president biden claiming the crisis is far less serious than some feared. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than y all expected. john: the president claims things are looking great, more than 83,000 migrants were detained in just the past week, and given court dates to app
opinion, is witness intimidation. we plan on the next 7 to 10 days having a press conference to give the press and the american people the facts what we have uncovered thus far. sandra: what he said there caught jonathan turley s attention. tweeted directly after, if true, it s a continuation of a scorched earth strategy. why he thinks a criminal plea deal may be the biden s best bet. a lot of news making here, trace. good to have you. sandra smith in new york. trace: fascinating, sandra. also this hour, president biden will tackle the china threat in a high stakes meeting with the president of the philippines. american and filipino pilots are flying the first time together in 30 years. sandra: and we expect the philippines president to arrive at the white house this hour. but first this. begin with two cities in crisis, including one that just declared a state of emergency. trace: leaders of brownsville, texas are under extreme pressure to house the 15,000 migrants t
is potentially admissible in court. swift reaction every angle, every politician it appears. a manhattan prosecutor filing criminal charges against the former president, donald trump. the manhattan d.a. s office working to coordinate a surrender next week. new hour begins right now. welcome. it has been a week. i m bill hemmer friday. dana has the week off today. our friend is back with us to help us out. how was the first hour? shannon: reunited and it feels so good. okay. let s move on. i m shannon bream. this indictment will go down in history the first ever criminal case against a u.s. president. the front page of the new york post alerting readers to the gathering stormy as trump reportedly faces charges stemming from a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels. new york city police now on high alert for possible protests. bill: full coverage continues now. jonathan turley has reaction along with trey gowdy. first david spunt from washington and more on t
john: speculation is finally over. president biden kicking off his 2024 re-election bid at the age of 80. we are just moments away from the first white house briefing since the president s announcement. sandra: vice president kamala harris is not going anywhere either, staying at the president s side as they team up to run for another term. john: but if they were expecting big excitement over their decision to try for four more years, the polls of voters, even democrat, could show they are in for a disappointment. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: i guess sandra: and a lot of news is expected. could be setting up a possible trump rematch but this time around, president biden will have to defend his record as americans are struggling to make ends meet. our economic plan is working. we now have to finish the job and there s more to do. i ran for president to rebuild the backbone of american, the midd