heard from the biden administration, and food, gas and household goods continue to soar. >> we are going to see ease, yes i say ease lower inflationary pressures on our economy. and we will be carrying this out, what i call blue collar blue print for america. >> the white house says the hard infrastructure bill the president will sign will eventually be supply chain issue and more big spending democrats want to pass in the social infrastructure package will eventually get americans back to work. it was specifically designed to bring down the costs of child care. >> but even democrats are urging the white house to pull other levers now. >> i have said let's have the president tap the strategic petroleum reserve that would bring down the cost of gas. >> administration says there is nothing to preview on that front. also challenging the assertion there is no relief in sight by touting the coming end to their own programs. democrats passed along party lines in march. >> but these are long-term solutions, mostly that you are talking about, so what will be done in the immediate future to address the next year. >> actually, many of them are short-term. >> what is true and is not often out there is that a lot of these pandemic relief programs are ending, right, are ending. >> obama economists larry summers among critics who say. >> said it was transitory. doesn't look so transitory. they said it was due to a few specific factors. doesn't look to be a few specific factors. they said when september came and people went back to school that the labor force would grow and it didn't happen. >> the white house says these economic problems are what you you would expect in a pandemic recovery. but republicans say the biden white house traded one problem for another. >> a combination of their anti-supply measure like shutting down pipelines and banning drilling on federal lands and, you know, all kinds of policies that make it harder to actually create goods and services. >> the white house brushing off concerns the president intended nominee for fda commissioner dr. robert will not get confirmed by the senate after senator joe manchin came out and voiced his opposition. the white house seeming to indicate that republicans could make up for his vote pointing out that caliph was confirmed to this role once before by a vote of 89 to 4, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich on the north lawn, thank you. we have new information regarding the controversy over school board officials comparing concerned parents to domestic terrorists. and sparking the attorney general to call for fbi intervention. correspondent griff jenkins looks at newly released emails showing coordination with the biden administration. >> i did not speak with anyone from the white house. >> that was the attorney general in late october, denying accusations that his memo issued weeks before was politically motivated. but a newly released memo obtained by fox news written by the head of national school board association shows the group meeting with white house staff as early as september 14th. discussing, quote: concern over the current climate for school board members. noting: nsba has been actively engaged with the white house department of justice, department of homeland security. this as parents across the country were expressing concern at public school meetings over masks and vaccine policies. as the nsba was pressuring the administration to take action. sending a letter to president biden on september 29th, accusing some parents of endivablegging in, quote, domestic terrorism. five days later, the justice department responded forcefully in the nsba claimed credit, writing: in response to the letter sent by nsba on october 4th, 2021, the attorney general was ordering all u.s. attorney offices and local fbi offices to reach out to local and state law firm officials to coordinate efforts on this problem. but, under oath, garland denied any coordination. >> did you or anyone at the justice department communicate with those organizations, f, did you help the national school board association put together the letter. >> i have had no such conversations. i would be surprised if that happened but i don't know. >> and, bret, just moments ago, a white house official tells fox news they contacted doj after they were notified about these threats of violence because they say we were concerned about the pattern and we discussed policy not enforcement, doj chose to take this approach on their own, meanwhile, doj officials earlier today told fox news that they are standing by attorney general garland's congressional testimony and that october 4th memo as for the nsba, well, they have since apologized for their controversial letter. bret? >> bret: this is a story worth following. griff, another topic, something with steve bannon, former trump adviser today. >> griff: that's right. the former senior trump adviser indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of congress, he has since indicated that after refusing to comply with january 6th alleged panel subpoena, he will surrender on monday and appear in court. this just hours, bret, after this morning former chief of staff mark meadows, white house chief of staff mark meadows refused to appear before the committee. the chairman vinny thompson saying he will pursue contempt charges for him as well, bret? >> bret: both stories we will follow, griff, thank you. former president trump said he wasn't concerned about mike pence's safety during the january 6th former riot. the former defendant defended the shouts from capitol rioters threatening violence to threat it telling new book betrayal he was not concerned about the chants of "hang mike pence." if you heard those chants they were terrible. >> oh the people were very angry. >> saying hang mike pence. >> it's common sense, john. it's common sense that you are supposed to protect -- how can you -- if you know a vote is frauds lent, right? >> yes. >> how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? >> bret: meanwhile, another story involving former president trump restaurateur and apprentice contestant summer is ending defamation case against the former president there will be no compensation and each party will pay its own expenses. she alleged mr. trump kissed and groped her as she tried to talk to him about her career in 2007. former president trump has always denied the allegation and called it a hoax and now the entire case has been dropped. stocks were up today. the dow gained 179. the s&p 500 finished ahead 34. the nasdaq surged 157 today. for the week the dow and the nasdaq fell about two thirds of a percentage point. the s&p 500 dropped one third. a crisis that has not diminished for president biden is the illegal immigration surge along the southern border. in recent events indicate that influx is actually ramping up once again. correspondent bill melugin reports tonight again from la joya, texas. >> illegal immigrant hides in a tree hoping to evade capture but a texas dps trooper knows to keep his eyes up in the dark of night. scenes like this play out nightly here in la joya, texas, law enforcement hunts for runners who refuse to turn themselves. in hours later the light of day reveals a huge grouch migrants crossed illegally la joya in the overnight hours. this group about 200 strong. mostly families and young children. over the past month, fox news has repeatedly gone roma, texas and shown the constant stream of smugglers bringing migrants across the rio grande in rafts. they have been brazen with no fear of being caught. but, on tuesday night in roma, for the very first time, texas dps and the texas national guard captured a smuggler on a raft as he brought seven illegal immigrants across the river. one of the men in the raft was a 45-year-old from el salvador a previously deported felon for sexual assault. dps says the 17-year-old smuggler assaulted troopers as they around him and he had already had two previous arrest force human smuggling. in a statement about the operation, texas dps tells fox news in part, quote: texas dps and texas national guard are taking action in combating human smugglers and deterring mass migration and stand ready to protect the people and property of texas. and, bret, all year long now we have been showing images of thousands of migrants crossing illegally here into lajoie a texas. never before how we have been able to show you this location. this is a hot spot on the banks of the rio grand here where these migrants like it cross illegally in the middle of the night. this is federal land. you cannot get down here without a law enforcement escort. texas dps tells us the activity is picking up so much they are planning to surge more resources including patrol gun boats to help out already overrun border patrol. send it back to you. >> bret: bill melugin and the fox flight team along the border. bill, thanks. >> bret: breaking tonight the conservatorship that has controlled a large part of the life of pop star britney spears has ended. a judge in los angeles officially announcing the decision just a short time ago. correspondent jeff paul is live in los angeles right now. good evening, jeff. >> good evening, bret. britney spears reacting moments ago on twitter saying, quote: good god i love my fans so much. it's crazy. best day ever. that's in part because tomorrow for the first time in more than a decade, spears is going to wake up with the freedom to make decisions both financially and with her personal life. now, also kicked off in 2019 when britney spears announced that she was going to take a hiatus. that's when a amount of her fans began to take a second look and question what was going on with her life. they soon began to highlight the strict orders she was living under which led them to the widely watched documentary causing public outrage that pressure pushed several key court hearings into the public life where britney spears publicly said on the record that the conservative shop was, quote, abusive. she wanted to be free. her newly picked attorney began to vouch for her wishes, her father then filed a petition to be removed and all of that leading to the moment where spears finds herself free for the first time. >> what's next for britney and this is the first time said for about a decade is up to one person. britney. [cheers] >> britney as of today is a free woman. and she san independent woman. >> now, while britney spears wake up tomorrow free from this conservativeship back to life without a conservativeship no way over as far as britney spears and court. father investigated for conservatorship abuse. >> bret: up next, thousands of trained afghan commandos stuck in afghanistan still, following the american withdrawal. we will take you there to find out what's happening to them thought now, first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in las vegas as former raiders head coach john gruden sues the national football league. gruden says the nfl and nfl commissioner roger goodell sought to destroy his career and reputation. calling it soviet soviet style character assassination. the league calls it meritless. the lawsuit comes one month' after gruden resigned offer the release of emails over which he made emails racist, homophobic and misogynistic. a winter storm leaves nearly 7 inches of snow in parts of northern minnesota. authorities report several minor accidents involving semi-trucks in central minnesota. and this is a live look at atlanta from our affiliate fox 5 down there. one of the big stories there tonight. the city is named one of the best travel destinations in the world for 2022. travel guide book company lonely planet ranks atlanta number 4. it is the only u.s. destination on that list. auckland, immediately to came in first. and that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ kevin! kevin? 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what would you do? >> the afghan commando training program was always a favorite for u.s. generals to show off the visiting dignitaries from washington. the commandos may, in fact, be needed again if the u.s. has to go back to afghanistan. >> the defense department is saying isis could strike the homeland in the next six months. that means we may have to go back as soldiers. enough to they all know our tactics, techniques and procedures. that puts future american soldiers on the line. >> secretary lloyd austin has promised to help. >> we're not finished. we will continue our work and so we will work as hard and as long as we need to to take care as many people as we possibly can. >> one option is to air lift the commandos to guam, the u.s. protect democrat which has historically served as evacuation hub for war time allies. tens of thousands of south vietnamese refugees were hesitant after the fall of saigon by orders of president ford. president biden wrote offering the pacific island as a solution. the island has housed kurdish fighters of a after the u.s. evacuated after it left iraq. bret? >> bret: jen, another story we are following about the latest tension on the border with ukraine. how worried is nato about the russian built up there? >> well, the white house said it has had extension discussions with ukraine and you were mean allies will the russian military build up along ukraine borders that many western allies fear could signal an invasion. satellite imagery shows tens of thousands of russian troops on the border. secretary of state blinken says the build-up is a cause for real concern and a rare rebuke paris issued a warning to moscow. report hollow and unfounded attempt to incite tensions. the pentagon is watching the situation very closely, bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. up next, howard kurtz examining the media's coverage of the kyle rittenhouse trial. keep it here. ♪ ♪ bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bret: we told you yesterday the co-founder of the new york black lives matter movement is warning of terrible consequences if the incoming mayor reinstates plain clothes police units. tonight we hear from hawk newsom. correspondent bryan llenas has the story from central park. >> if they think that they are going to go back to the old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets again. there will be riots. there will be fire. and there will be blood shed. >> that was hawk newsom, co-founder of black lives matter of greater new york. in an interview with new york newsom set he is not advocating for violence. is he warning new york city mayor eric adams if he bring back anticrime police clothes police unit disbanded in 2020 violence is inevitable. >> when eric adams allows these police to go out into our city and crack head and racial profile individuals, there is going to be instances of police brutality and it's only a matter of time before someone dies. that will be a trigger. we all know what happens when that trigger is pulled. >> adams just the second black mayor elected in new york city called newsom's organization fring and his comments silly. the former nypd captain is not backing down on his campaign promise to bring back under cover cops amid a surge in crime. >> this city is not going to be a city of riots. it's not going to be a city of burning. in is going to be a city where we are going to be safe. we're going to have effective policing that's not heavy handed newsom's organization and adam. pressed adams demanding he play out ohis plans for police reform he refused. adams' first day in office is january. he is already being criticize wanted of flip-flopping by progressives. >> the progressives have forgotten about the black lives matter movement. and they won't remember us until, you know, the midterms. >> and crime remains front of mind for ne new yorkers. just yesterday a 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and choked 7:00 a.m. while walking right here in the middle of central park. bret? >> bret: bryan llenas in central park tonight. thanks. closing arguments given monday in the trial of the illinois teenager accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest in wisconsin last summer. tonight the mother of kyle rittenhouse tells us what her son said after his emotional testimony on the stand two days ago. wendy rittenhouse spoke with fox news correspondent alexis mcadams. >> when he was telling, like, i had to do it, mom, and that's when he told me when he came back to the apartment, he goes, mom, i had to do it because they were chasing me. they were hurting me. >> bret: today the judge in the case said he would allow the jury to consider lesser charges in the shooting of one of the two men who were killed. he denied a prosecution request for similar option in the killing of the second man. the rittenhouse case has made for compelling television during its live prod broadcast of that trial. media reporting on the eventing. >> news network showed child rittenhouse sobbing on the stand. and he started describing how he shot three men, two of them fatally during last year's rioting in ken another shah, all of them the 18-year-old said in self-defense. >> if i didn't pull the trigger i thought mr. huber was going to kill me. >> wounded man said he didn't shoot until he pointed his own gun at rittenhouse. for more than a year while some conservative pundits defended him. much of the media have maligned rittenhouse who after the police shooting of jacob blake did illegally bring an a.r. 15 to the tense wisconsin town. >> it's not good that a 17-year-old vigilante arguably a domestic terrorists picked up a rifle, drove to a different state to shoot people. kyle rittenhouse is the enemy. >> an abc news article called him an alleged white supremacist, despite the fact that rittenhouse and the three men he shot were all white. now, the trial has prompted some of rittenhouse's critics to revise their views. >> what kind of idiot, 17-year-old, gets a giant gun and goes to a riot. this is a tough case for the prosecution because it does seem like he has a plausible case of self-defense. >> and the media have admitted that prosecutors stumbled badly even getting scolded by the judge. >> don't get brazen with me. >> but that hasn't swayed commentators such as msnbc joy reid who last night invoked the history of vigilantism and lynching. >> 17-year-old proud boy believed he had the perfect right to cross state lines and protect property with the ar-15 property he got claiming it was cool. >> a tragedy for everyone involved and lesson for media rushing to judgment before trial and painting every story in racial terms. bret? >> bret: howie, "the washington post" today on this other story ran a lengthy correction having to deal doo with the steele dossier in the russian probe. what about that? >> bret, this is a highly unusual move for a newspaper to go back and remove large portions of two past stories published during the trump administration and which triggered by the indictment of igor danchenko, the primary source for the steele dossier for lying to the fbi. now, the post which won a pulitzer prize along if with the "new york times" for reporting that included the dossier that identified sergei as an unwaiting source for exspy christopher steele that accusation has been removed from the stories along with the dossier's most salacious and provable claim that they once had evidence of donald trump being with prostitutes at moscow hotel. he denied being a source for steele having any compromised information on the former president. bun question with the post stepping up to correct the record will other news outlets do the same? 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>> well, i'm sure i'm like a lot of people, i have gotten an ear full from the people i have dealt with in the marketplace about the costs they are facing whether somebody repairing my car or the electrician that comes by the house it gives you a very vivid picture of what is surging through the supply chain. for all the little parts and things that they have to be able to rely on. and i think the administration is feeling the heat because everybody in america is feeling the heat. you know, they talk about the fact that their bill, for example, will make child care less expensive. and to the extent that's true, that's great, but it is a problem that probably affects only a certain percentage of people whereas the general price increases now, are touching everyone. and this is a case in which they set out to solve a certain set of problems at the beginning of their administration and by the time they are getting around to passing legislation related to that, a whole new problem has come about. the additional issue is that as your tape of larry summers showed, there were people warning at the beginning of the year that the initial american rescue plan was oversized and would overheat the economy and they went ahead with it anyway. and so although a lot of this stuff is not their fault, that will be an issue that they're going to be held accountable for. >> bret: the president conceded this week, byron that is definitely adding to the inflationary pressures. the other thing is that the truck driver issue and how trucking happens is really affecting the supply chain. and that does deal with administration policy in one shape or another. >> well, absolutely does. i mean, this is the administration, of course, that wants the united states to produce less energy. but, you know, to elaborate on what chuck said, there were critics saying all along that while the covid pandemic was a -- had a terrible effect on the economy, the relief measures, the stimulus measures we were passing were too big. $900 billion in december. $1.9 trillion in march. they are about to sign another $1.1 trillion on monday. and then now democrats are arguing among themselves whether to spend between 1.75 trillion and 3.5 trillion more on top of all of that. and i think the poverty of president biden's ideas is shown by the fact that when presented with this inflation problem, the only thing he can think to say is "we have to pass more spending." and that is the official white house position right now. >> bret: right. and when you talk about oil and gas and talk about energy prices, there's a thin vale where the administration is not really pretending anymore that it doesn't mind higher prices in energy because, eventually that forces transition, kimberley to different kinds of energy sources. here is the nominee for comptroller of the currency on this issue and senator pat toomey responding. >> coal industry and oil and gas industry. a lot of the smaller players that industry are going to probably go bankrupt in short order, at least we want them to go bankrupt if we want to tackle climate change, right? >> the fact is, in my 11 years in congress, i don't think i have seen a more radical nominee for any regulatory spot in our entire federal government. >> bret: kimberley? >> yeah, well, this is the mindset of nearly all of their nominees. remember, this is an administration that came in and made clear that this climate agenda was going to direct almost all the rest of what it did throughout government. and, you know, we were just talking about inflation here. people, when we talk about that and they think about gas prices it, may normally tend to think about what it costs to fill up your tank. but the reality is as energy is the backbone of nearly all production of supply in this country whether you are creating plastics or manufacturing aluminum, whatever it is. it's the key reason why those prices are going up across the board. the answer is to send the right signals to companies to get them investing again. that's not what they're doing. >> bret: okay. well, it's interesting to watch and there is a couple of nominees who are potentially in trouble for the administration. panel, stand by if you would. up next, the friday lightning round, afghanistan, the northern virginia school board controversy with some breaking news tonight plus winners and losers. ♪ ♪s managers. 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department's assistance getting all americans and green card holders out of harm's way. we are back with the panel. byron, the state department saying all americans have been contacted who want to get out and they are working on the afghans. and the people we talk to say that's just not true. >> well, as far as the americans are concerned. we are talking almost 300. i think 289 was the state department number. and a lot of those are ready to leave. clearly they were left behind. plus, we have all the people we brought over to the united states who were still on u.s. military bases. and as far as the actual afghan commandos are concerned. one's heart goes out to them. you have to think it might be a long time before the biden administration goes back and brings anybody out. >> bret: chuck, this isn't on the front pages anymore. we continue to cover it here. what about the fall-out from this. >> you know, those commandos are a special group. they were for all intents and purposes the absolute spine of the afghan army. they fought really hard and took a lot of casualties right up almost to the end. we did get some of the air personnel, the pilots out quietly a little while ago. but their situation has become so desperate some of them are reported to be joining isis in self-defense which means their plight is turning to a national security issue for us as well. >> bret: all right, i want to turn to this situation in virginia and the national school board and the fbi reaction to it. here is senator kennedy and attorney general garland on this memo. >> the national school board association sent the letter to the white house and the white house promptly called you and said sick the fbi on parents at school board hearings. >> i did not speak with anyone from the white house while i worked on this memorandum. this memorandum reflects my views that we need to protect public officials violence and threats of violence while at the same time protecting parents' ability to object to. >> i get that i have heard your testimony. >> i decided on this memorandum on my own. >> bret: as more time goes on, kimberley, we are getting more and more bits of information that not only the school board association but the white house and the doj, some interaction there in email exchanges and other things. >> yeah. well, it sounds as though, too the white house is acknowledging that it did give a heads up to the doj even though it didn't tell them what to do. i mean, you can take that for what you will. usually when you get a call from the white house people's ears perk up and they feel they need to move. there is a lot more to come out from this, but it certainly looks bad as though there was a lot of coordination and that this became very political. >> bret: all right, byron, winners and losers. winner first. >> my winner is britney spears. just this afternoon a judge formally finally lifted that conservatorship over her personal and financial affairs. she is about to turn 40 years old and can now live her own life. loser is ron klain. white house chief of staff has been twisting himself into a pretzel trying to explain that no matter what the condition of the economy, lots of inflation, no inflation, the very, very best thing we can do right now is to pass president biden's agenda. >> bret: all right, chuck. winner and loser? >> well, my loser is anybody who put any credence in the steele dossier, which has been thoroughly exploded and we referred to have the fact that my newspaper, unfortunately, had to print a retraction on that. i would point people to eric wemple's coverage of that story in our paper as well. and my win everywhere of the week is senator maggie hassan, democrat of new hampshire who got some very good news about the fact that her two strongest republican opponents chris sununu and kelly ayotte will not be running against her next year. >> bret: significant political development there. all right, kimberley, winner and loser? >> so my windsor johnson & johnson after the a.o.c. supreme court vacated a $465 million nonsuit against it claiming it caused the opioid crisis. and my loser is the prosecutor in the keil rittenhouse case who spent most of this week getting schooled by the judge on basic points of law. bret it has been something to watch. hasn't it? all right, panel, thank you very much. make it a great weekend. when we come back it is friday and that means "notable quotables." ♪ ♪ eaves your stomach... where it is absorbed to give you the benefits of life saving aspirin... to help prevent another heart attack or stroke. heart protection with your stomach in mind. try new liquid-filled vazalore. aspirin made amazing! when traders tell us how to make thinkorswim even better, try new liquid-filled vazalore. we listen. like jack. he wanted a streamlined version he could access anywhere, no download necessary. and kim. she wanted to execute a pre-set trade strategy in seconds. so we gave 'em thinkorswim web. 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means, where it goes from here we don't have that detail as of yet this just crossing the wires again that's that from reuters saying this federal appeals court has affirmed the stay. weave will get more information about that and bring it to you here on fox. it is the end of the week. it is friday. that means "notable quotables." >> why were you try position get to the police? >> i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> i heard nothing in this trial to change any of my rulings so why. >> testimony your honor. >> that was before the testimony, your honor. >> don't get brazen with me. >> it really looks like a whirlpool of people just falling and traumatizing feeling because someone you love screaming for help, for their lives. >> i want you to stay angry. i want you to stay frustrated. >> you casts look like you are in disarray. it suppresses your reporters. >> many people concerned about the economy and we all know why. >> we campaign with the plan. upper case t, upper case p. the plan. >> do you know when president biden plans to sign this bill. >> i will tell you i will be there with bells on. >> do you have any reflections on your role in promoting this to the american people. >> whoever lied to the fbi or the american people should be prosecuted and they are. >> this has definitely been a time of a lot of reflection. >> there is nothing low risk or low cost about war, the women and men who fight it. >> i traveled the world with the military and i kind of came to really respect and honor the service and sacrifice not only for the military members but also their families. >> all right. here we go, 3, 2 -- all right, ready? >> bret: great event down at lake nona for folds of honor. i may choose different pants next time. i really pay. monday "special report," president biden holds virtual summit with chinese leader xi jinping and the president also will be signing that infrastructure bill. the big event at the white house is going to start a very niewzy week we think this week. this weekend on "fox news sunday" surgeon general vivek murthy joins chris wallace along with texas attorney general ken paxton. check your local listings. i will be on gutfeld exclamation point at 11:00 p.m. that could be interesting. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report" fair balanced and still unafraid. fox news prime hosted by lawrence jones starts right now. hey, lawrence, you know that gutfeld show a little scary. >> lawrence: good luck with that you know can be a little louder. great show as always. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime," kamala harris continues to embarrass america on world stage. it's been 8 months since joe biden appointed the vice president as his border czar and finally the border is her top priority. watch. >> on the issue of belarus and what is happening at the border with poland, we are very concerned about that. and hopefully paying attention to it. >> lawrence: man, madam vice president you got us again. for a second i thought you you were going to talk about your actual job protecting america's border.