billion. now the fate of his controversial program is in the hands of the supreme court and we could find out any moment how the court has ruled on this. we ll bring it to you as it happens. the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway van der sloot is on his way from peru to the u.s. facing federal charges he tried to extort holloway s mother on information where her daughter was buried. her body has never been found. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning, i m bill hemmer. joran van der sloot is in u.s. custody on a jet filled with f.b.i. agents heading for birmingham, alabama where he will remain in federal custody for the duration of the criminal proceedings held there and then returned back to peru to serve the remainder of a 28-year sentence for the murder of a 21-year-old woman in lima. dana: we spoke to the federal prosecutor who filed the u.s. charges against van der sloot is 2010. i ha
we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
ignored. it gets worse hunter and joe everyday, it is unlikely he will be held accountable. on the campaign trail, your president joe biden repeatedly denied again and again and again discussing foreign business dealings with his son hunter. ashley: lauren blanchard is live with morning. lauren: president biden landed in ireland, the trip is political and his sister valerie owens biden and son hunter biden are with him. fox news digital reporting found while joe biden was in office, a vice president and assist antss of his firm visited the white house more than 80 times during the obama administration. this is what president biden said when asked about knowledge of his son s business dealings. mr. vice president, how many times have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings. i ve never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings, never discussed with my son or brother or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses, period.
and plug the leak. we take this very seriously and we will continue to work closely with our outstanding allies and partners and nothing will ever stop us from keeping america secure. we will continue to investigate and turn over every rock until we find the source of this and the extent of it. dana: this comes as top congressional leaders gain access to classified documents found at the homes of former vice president trump, pence and biden. bill: congressman jim hines joins us in a moment. first to chad pergram who leads our coverage live on the hill. good government is apparently no better at keeping secrets than a click of students in junior high. top house and senate leaders demand all member briefings about the latest batch of documents which were leaked. the pentagon and the intelligence community want answers. deeply unfortunate leak of classified documents is certainly as intense as anything in that now part of the in box as well. we need to learn lessons fr
general of louisiana and missouri allege the white house worked with social media companies to suppress freedom of speech. how damaging could this be for the white house? constitutional law expert jonathan turley here to weigh in just ahead. sandra: begin america reports on this monday afternoon with a major wake-up call from our nation s report card. the fed revealing decline in children s test scores in the country, biggest drop we have seen in decades. it follows the devastating closures due to covid that kept millions of children out of the classrooms. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. great to start the week with you, john. john: good to start with you too. 15 days to the midterms, on average, fourth grader math dropped five, eighth graders plunged eight. sandra: reading scores dropped three points since the pandemic started, the decision to close schools and along with parents rights have made education a key issue in the midterm elections.