>> bret: former president donald trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing he's facing following this week's indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the trial judge making that ruling today. this comes amid growing questions about the justice system in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of president biden. congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a two-tiered application of the law. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening. the g.o.p. says there are two sets of rules. one for the bidens, another for former president trump. the right intends to level the playing field. >> you can't beat them, you persecute them. >> republicans believe there is something nefarious going on. >> it seems as though every time trump goals higher in the poll he gets a new indictment. >> mccarthy suggests the timing is fishy. former hunter biden business partner devon archer sat for an interview with the house oversight committee on monday. the former president was indicted on tuesday. >> it seems to me, after you learn of the real dealings behind the bidens, the next day he gets indicted. >> house republicans are threatening retribution. >> devon archer transcript, i think, tells a lot about the corruption in the biden crime family. >> most democrats try to ignore g.o.p. accusations. it's unclear if the president faces a blind spot. >> the only thing that the biden administration can try to do is be cooperative and get the facts out as best they can. >> some republicans demand impeachment. >> when we get back in september, if there's not a clear path and a clear timeline for impeachment, i'm going to pull the trigger on that. >> democrats accuse republicans of a diversion. >> they have to change the subject and they have nothing to offer the american people in terms of jobs. >> republicans want information from delaware u.s. attorney david weiss about hunter biden's plea agreement. weiss says he's in control of the investigation but the g.o.p. suspects there was pressure from above. >> which is it, mr. weiss? you have full authority to bring them when, where and whether or just in your u.s. attorney's district? so he has changed his story but the whistleblowers haven't. >> the g.o.p. wants to cut money for the doj and trump prosecutor jack smith. that could be a major issue as congress tries to avoid a government shutdown in september. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thanks. tonight we are hearing from a former big city law enforcement official who was given prison time for tax crimes similar to those hunter biden is facing. lucas tomlinson is following president biden in wilmington, delaware tonight with that part of the story. >> >> president biden is wrapping up his vacation, taking a short flight aboard marine one from his delaware beach house to his home in wilmington. he will spend the weekend in the same city where his son hunter's misdemeanor plea deal fell apart last week. critics argue there are two standards of justice comparing how the president's son has been treated to a former baltimore police commission his or her also failed to pay federal taxes. unlike hunter, darryl d'souza didn't face the extra gun charge. >> if even the money value, you know, some of the things that you described with the gun and, you know, and narcotics, they should be held at the same standard as me. >> the same justice department prosecutor handled both cases. hunter biden has been charged with a misdemeanor for not paying over $2 million in taxes. some tax attorneys say this much money could land you in jail for 3 to 5 years. hunter was offered a plea deal. yet, the explicit commissioner received 10 months in prison for owing much less. republicans are questioning president biden's involvement with his son. >> we know this was unethical. we know it was shady. we know he has lied repeatedly to the american people. >> hunter biden's legal team and doj prosecutors have to negotiate a new plea deal that will satisfy the judge here in wilmington after the last one fell apart. bret? >> bret: lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in wilmington, thanks. former president trump is facing three separate criminal trials in coming months those coincide with big events in his presidential campaign. this evening, correspondent david spunt looks at what comes next for the former president. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening. in a couple of hours, donald trump will deliver remarks at a dinner hosted by the alabama republican party in the capital of montgomery. is he back on the campaign trail and expects plenty of talk about yesterday's arraignment. now, this latest indictment, his third in four months. former attorney general bill barr, a one-time close al 4r50eu of his old boss, said just hours ago this recent case against trump is legitimate and trial should happen as soon as possible. >> i don't like, you know, all these overkill attacks that this was somehow reprehensible to bring it. what was reprehensible was the conduct after the election. and it's perfectly to be expected that the department of justice would approach it the way it would approach something like this. >> one of the chief allegations the government makes is that donald trump knew he lost the election, but still wanted to put a pause on the official electoral vote counting and send those votes back to the states. that's on page 34 of the 45-page indictment. here is how trump's attorney explained this situation. >> what president trump said is let's go with option d. let's just halt. let's pause the voting and allow state legislators to take one last look and make a determination as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. that's constitutional law. that's not an issue of criminal activity. >> following yesterday's arraignment, trump's calendar really beginning to fill up, bret. no question with both political events and court dates. on the top of the screen you will see first political debates first hosted by fox news. summer caucuses and summer quengsz. bottom court appearances and court date. the trial in the classified documents case is set for may. special counsel jack smith wants the trial effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election to happen before the 2024 presidential election. we can't also rule out another possible indictment soon in atlanta, georgia. district attorney fanny willis you see her right there. moving toward an indictment to overturn election results with georgia officials. the former president's legal team abandoned a bid to oust a case after a judge earlier this week ruled against them. the next donald trump-related court hearing next week in for the piers, florida in a separate classified documents case. several house ago he pleaded not guilty to paper on three additional charges added last week, middle of last week. he is not expected to attend that court appearance. bret, he has a busy calendar campaigning and dealing with these cases. >> bret: david, thank you. >> you bet. >> lawmakers concerned over china's growing influence in the u.s. participated in a field hearing today in iowa. they are looking into china's expanding purchases of large amounts of american property, particularly farmland. correspondent bryan llenas is in iowa tonight. >> the bottom line gets thinner and thinner and tighter and tighter. >> sixth generation farmer says china's relentless efforts to steal billions of dollars worth of america's secretly patented engineered seeds is costing farmers and potentially threatening america's food supply. >> when china steals that i.p. from a seed company, that money has to be made up somewhere. and so, unfortunately the u.s. farmer is the one that's going to deal with it. >> over the last few years, chinese nationals have been convicted of stealing genetically engineered corn seeds in iowa. rice seeds in kansas. a company's software farm ago gori them in missouri. >> they don't innovate like we do. we have a frequent economy. so the only out for them is to steal our secrets. >> you are being robbed every day. >> congressional round table in dysart, iowa the select committee on china how china is pleepg for conflict with the u.s. over taiwan. china now owns 384,000 acres of land in the u.s. that's up 456% since 2011. particularly alarming are attempted agricultural land purchases near u.s. military bears land that lawmakers warned could be used for spying or for spreading bioweapons that could disseminate our crops. >> what keeps me up at night is that they are stealing our seeds and they are reverse engineering to know what makes them hardy and what makes them drought resistant and pet resistant. what says they couldn't turn that around to us. our food supply is a national security issue. >> here's the problem, one out of every three rows of soybeans out here is sold to china. u.s. farmers are asking congress to get tougher on china without alienating their number one customer. bret? >> bret: there are also concerns about potential chinese influence in america's energy policies at large. >> bret, tonight, fox news digital is exclusively reporting energy secretary jennifer granholm had multiple undisclosed closed door conversations with china's top energy official days before the white house decided to tap into the nation's strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to lower gas prices back in 2021. republicans argued that this was a threat to ou.s. national security while at the same time financially benefiting chinese companies that were allowed to buy and sell that oil the department of energy tells fox news those conversations were about climate change bret? >> bret: okay, brine. thank you. new jobs data shows u.s. employers added 180,000 jobs last month. that was fewer than expected. the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%. a disappointing end to a tough week for wall street the dow dumped 150. the s&p 500 dropped 24. the nasdaq lost 50. for the week the dow was down s&p fell two and a quarter and the nasdaq fell almost three. up next, the controversy surrounding the fatal shootings of a black motorist. we'll bring you that story. first, beyond our borders tonight, members of an american mission group volunteering in niger have left the country. the 11 members of antioch california-based church were struck in the african nation -- stuck, rather, after last week's military coup. they're headed to paris now on a flight arranged by the state department. social media influencer andrew tate wins an appeal to be released from house arrest. is he charged in romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. tate will not be allowed to leave the country or in close proximity with defendants, victims or witnesses. and this is a live look at queens cliff, australia. one of the big stories down under tonight. a u.s. nuclear submarine is visiting western australia. the appearance of the uss north carolina is the first visit by a virginia class submarine since a new military agreement was announced between the u.s., australia, and the united kingdom. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ hit it ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ one, two, get loose now ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ stay two nights and get a $ 50 best western gift card. book now at bestwestern.com. from pep in their step to shine in their coats, when people switch their dog's food to the farmer's dog, the effects can seem like magic. but there's no magic involved. 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>> it began for a stop for a nonfunctioning taillight in the early morning hours monday. minnesota state troopers learned that the driver of the car ricky cobb ii was subject to make up and hold order from the ramsey county sheriff's department for violating a protection order that kept him from contacting the mother of his two children. the trooper's body camera show cobb resisting as is he asked to step out of the vehicle and surrender his keys. >> hold on is did a warrant. >> no it's not a warrant i need to you step out. >> hold on hold on. >> get out of the car. >> when you say step out of the vehicle, you need to explain to me. >> this is not lawful, man. get out. >> get out of the car now! >> according to minnesota's bureau of criminal apprehension trooper on the passenger side fired his gun and struck cobb. cobb did not appear to have a gun at the time but the bca says a handgun was found in the back ever the car as well as two cartridge casings. >> life-saving measures were immediately provided by the troopers until emergency services arrived. >> cobb died on the scene, making him the 230th person to die in encounters with minnesota law enforcement since 2,000. >> say his name activists are a taking to the street claiming that police in minnesota are a threat to people of color. >> we are not safe as black people in the state of minnesota and the brutal murder of ricky cobb ii proves that, yet, once again. >> demonstrators demand even firing criminal charges for the troopers involved in this fatal shooting. three state troopers have been placed on administrative leave as a matter of protocol pending the outcome of an investigation. bret, back to you. >> bret: mike tobin in our midwest bureau. mike, thanks. up next our "common ground" segment looks at bipartisan efforts to get to the truth about ufos and that shocking testimony of a whistleblower last week. first, what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york with three people killed in a house explosion in buena, new jersey, about 40 miles southeast of philadelphia. two children seriously hurt. one person is missing. the cause of thursday morning's blast is being investigated. fox 35 in orlando as two of central florida's largest school districts remove a.p. psychology from classrooms. this comes after the florida department of education says it will no longer give college credit for the course amid sexual orientation and gender curriculum concerns. >> this is a live look at seattle from fox 13 our affiliate there one of the big stories there tonight, the blue angels arrive for this weekend's boeing c fare air show. the team is performing in just a few minutes and then again saturday and sunday should be fun to watch. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back ♪my h ♪ usband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn't care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen. the most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. shingles doesn't care but, shingrix protects. shingrix is now zero dollars for almost everyone. ask your doctor about shingrix today. the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam, who make- everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that- i need a breakthrough card. like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more. plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases. and with greater spending potential, sam can keep making smart ideas- a brilliant reality! the ink business premier card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. >> do you believe uap pose a potential threat to our national security? >> yes. >> do you believe that our government is in possession of uaps? >> absolutely. >> do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? >> biolodges came from some of these recoveries. >> human or nonhuman biologics? >> nonhuman. >> there is money in a ghawjt is said to go to a program and is it doesn't and it goes to something else. >> yes. i have specific knowledge of that. >> bret: we covered that hearing and it's truly, truly amazing and we are going dissect it further tonight. time for tonight's "common ground" segment. tonight we deal with the ufo or uap issue which has gone from a fringe topic to warranting the significance of that congressional hearing and much more investigation. just a few days ago. joining us tonight wisconsin republican congressman glen grothman and california democratic congressman robert geathersgarcia. congressman grothman, boy, it raised a lot of eyebrows. what did you get out of it and where does it go from here. >> said they saw unidentified anonymous phenomena. they said other pilots one in the pacific and one in the atlantic. one seeing tic-tacs shape objects and others seeing spheres with a box in it. other pilots have seen it as well. i have since had a conversation with someone who is involved in the department of defense who insists our military is withholding information on this. so while it seemed kind of an off beat things for congress to fro can you say on it's high time we did. there has been a lot of speculation on this going to be for dozens of years. think i it demands more questioning. not to mention the star witness who he jews saw a second ago kept saying he could not reveal things because he was in a more confidential setting forces more confidential setting. congressman garcia i'm going to play another soundbite from the whistleblower the u.s. is concealing this multi decade program. take a listen. >> i was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi decade uap crash retrieval program to which i was denied access to those additional read-ons when i requested it. >> are you aware of any individuals who are participating in reverse engineering programs for non-extraterrestrial crafts? >> personally, yes. >> bret: okay. the defense department spokesperson says to date all to date ano, ma'amly resolution office has not discovered any information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently. i guess what people want to know is this whistleblower for real? he was under oath, right, at your committee? is this getting us to finally realize that this is all happening for real? >> i think that chairman grothman said it correct. we have a hearing that was very bipartisan. we had three witnesses that all have distinguished service to the country. and we have to explain and understand what this phenomena actually is the truth is that uaps exist. our government has said that numerous times. we had it said at the hearing. by hots have seen them northwesterly commercial and military side. as it relates to this witness. the witness is sharing a lot of truths as he sees them. and i think as having whistleblower status it's up to us to get to the bottom of it. there is a loft information that came out. while the government can certain liver agree that there are some uaps we can't explain, there are many that we cannot. i think that it's not just the uap issue but there is information within the department of defense, our other whistleblowers we need to uncover what's going on. i think that the american public deserve transparency and disclosure here. and there are unanswered questions. >> bret: all right. i just want to ask you both. do you believe what that whistleblower was saying? congressman grothman, first to you. >> well, to be honest, he answered so many questions that i cannot respond it in a more closed setting. you really don't know what to believe. i think far more impressive were the other two witnesses who literally saw unidentified phenomenon near their plane and had other pilots in their formation see it as well. in two different locations. one the pacific, one the atlantic, seeing different sorts of aircraft. so i think those were really the two key witnesses. and i do believe that what they saw demands further explanation. >> bret: congressman garcia just at the white house, national nal security council spokesman john kirby said that the uaps are having an impact on u.s. military training and that they are seeing these phenomena more and more. there's just a frustration out there, i think, that this is so groundbreaking, so, you know, crazy to think about that why can't we find out now? you know, why can't you all get answers now to some of this stuff if it's true or not? >> well, i think it's first important to remember the hearing we just had was quite historic. one of the first times we have had this open conversation about uaps and put a lot of folks on the record. we had two very credible witnesses that obviously saw these uaps with their own eyes. the descriptions obviously were quite disturbing of the formation of these uaps took. and then a third witness who certainly has definitely heard and interacted with a lot of folks that have shared information. but he also had a lot of classified information that he was unable to give us. so getting that classified briefing or hearing is going to be important to really, i think, get to the bottom of the lot of what that third witness actually said. it's something that we are all very interested in. and i understand the frustration. i mean, i'm frustrated, too. we should also know that if we are going to do this the right way, it's got to be done with a seriousness, transparency, certainly we shouldn't rule anything out but we should also be very honest and just move forward and understand that we don't know what these uaps are. i don't think we can deduce one way or another and exactly say what they're are in this moment. >> bret: in a bipartisan way seeking common ground on this, on this planet and elsewhere, the answers are out there. gentlemen, thank you very much. you can see all of the "common ground" segments on my podcast, common ground. find that and the all-star panel podcasts under the bret baier podcasts at fox news podcasts.com spotify or wherever you downloaded who casts. also see the whole extended discussion here on the fox news youtube page. up next with baby boomers getting older and needing more medical care, we'll look at efforts to bring in more doctors to help. >> when we think about the coming tide of older adults, we are not in position to meet that. i know that there's a tsunami coming, and i want us all to be prepared and all hands on deck. ♪ your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. mlb chooses t-mobile for business for 5g solutions... ...to not only enhance the fan experience, but to advance how the game is played. now's the time to see what america's largest 5g network can do for your business. why didn't we do this last year? 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>> and she cut a lot of corners in those geessments of donald trump and in the first impeachment they were racing to try to make it effect his chances in the 2020 election. now, on the other hand, it seems to me republicans have made enormous progress in the house on the hunter biden story. finding out that joe biden really was aware of his son's business dealings. it would be very productive to keep diving into those documents, more interviews, finding out more facts about what's going on before anybody starts talking about impeaching joe biden. >> bret: devon archer transcript, digging into this kimberly. mr. archer, the request you know the request is like can d.c. help? there were not -- i'm not going to. there wasn't like, it wasn't specific, you know, county big guy help it was always enor fuss can we get help in d.c. jim jordan help from the united states government to deal with the pressure they were under from their prosecutor then tailed the freezing of assets at the london bank and other things that were going on in ukraine. mr. archer: correct. meantime "the washington post" says joe biden gets four pinocchios because biden said his son earned no money from china. his son says otherwise. i mean, these are just, you know, tidbits of what this investigation is going forward. >> it was a bad week for joe biden because you also have to put what we learned from devon archer in the context of what we already knew. which is, again, that joe biden was sent on this delicate mission to ukraine. his job was to keep them close as russia invaded crimea. he was warned by the state department not-that hunter biden was a big problem. that this entire look was undermining their anticorruption message and, yet, now we find out this week that he aided hunter in presenting a basically a cone of protection around this controversial burisma company. which, i mean, devon archer said actually allowed the company to maybe not go bankrupt. so he knew what he was doing. and that, i think, puts a different spin on this, regardless of whether or not he ever took a dime from his son's work. >> bret: meantime, you know, you have the lawsuits and the court trials on the republican side. you have these investigations, juan, on the democratic side. the rcp average for the g.o.p. primary, the nomination has former president trump at 53.1 and his nearest opponent at 17.6. >> this is the average of recent polls. i mean, it seems like it's going one way it. could obviously change but it seems like it's going one way. >> i think that's right. i don't think there is any other way to read it that even with these indictments and trouble what you see is former president trump gets a bump and kind of, you know, it's all about donald trump constantly now on the campaign trail. people have to react to the latest indictment and what trump says and doesn't say. the bigger issue here, i think, on the hunter biden side with the release of this devon archer transcript is where's the proof? so this moment even this week with the release of the transcript, when he was said, you know, when he was asked directly, did joe biden have any direct knowledge about burisma of any type he said no explicitly. what you see is that the republicans on the house side are engaged in what looks like to democrats like an attempt to distract and deflect from the big news of the week, which was the trump, you know, third trump indictment. >> bret: okay. i want to play this soundbite. this is from this ufo hearing. we had the common ground with the chair and the ranking member of that subeconomy who held that hearing. take a listen. >> right now the stigma on this topic is so bad commercial aviators do not feel comfortable reporting this as a safety issue come pound that with the department of defense is not releasing any information about this really little way they can create new procedures on reporting without that information sharing. >> bret: the information is out there, byron. we just have to find it. >> this is so amazing that we are hearing this stuff. if this is true, this is the biggest story in the world. we won't be talking about trump. this just absolutely incredible. so we have to actually have this stuff. it has to be released. we need some trainers here. >> bret: yeah. kimberley? >> absolutely. look at the confusion we had when that chinese spy balloon came over about what was up in the air? i mean, we seem to have a lot of questions about what's floating around up there. i think the pentagon definitely owes congress and the public a lot more information about what they do and do not know. >> bret: this whistleblower is unbelievable, juan. i mean, just to get your head around it. and, if it's true, he was under oath and he wants to go classified session. bring it on. let's get it done. let's figure it out. >> well, you know, my favorite part of your "common ground" segment was when you said establish common ground on this planet. well, yeah. i say everybody -- everybody would love to know. i mean, that's like, you know, the jfk files. i mean, that's kind of human kind would finally settle sump a big issue. >> bret: all right. let me get to lightning round. winners and losers. byron first and then loadser. >> my winner james comer the house oversight chairman. his hunter biden investigation keeps on finding out interesting stuff. the loser is vivek ramaswamy. g.o.p. candidate been rising lately but really stepped in it with comments about a so-called 9/11 inside job conspiracy. had to clean that up. >> bret: yeah. he did. and he did it on the interview here he said it's not an inside job. kimberley? >> so my winner is desantis for economic plan which hopefully should inspire some better debate in the field. my loser is the navy upon the news that he found two sailors passing secrets onto the chinese. we need to do a better job about this. >> bret: okay, wawrp, bring it home. winner and loser? >> well, i think the american worker has had a pretty good week. unemployment down to 3.5%. that's the lowest since 1969. and inflation has been going down for 12 straight months. loser of the week i would say tommy tuberville, the senator from alabama. he loses the space command headquarters moving to alabama because he continues to block military promotions and gering not only democrats but republicans. >> bret: i will say workforce participation something we don't talk about a lot. we need to get into the numbers there. panel, thank you so much. winner are you guys we made it around the horn. have great weekend. ♪ >> bret: that sound from the orchestra means it's friday and it's "notable quotables." >> this is a very sad day for america. >> this is 5% cushion of a political opponent. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021 is described in the indictment. it was fueled by lies. >> it's a terribly tragic day that we find ourselves in where political speech now has been criminalized. >> the president was surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers. >> so far the devon archer thing is a lot to do about nothing. >> if hunter were a republican, he would be in jail by now. >> they never once spoke about any business dealings. it was all casual conversation, niceties, the weather. >> biden administration loves that when we are talking about indictments, because then they don't have to talk about their horrible track record. >> mr. president, are you concerned about the downgrade? >> fitch's decision is puzzling. >> you thought we got to the point of no return where it was impossible to pay this debt back. you would rename the united states of america venezuela. >> there's an expectation for return to the constitutional order and a continuation of the democratic process. >> will you talk to us on your way back, mr. president? >> probably not. >> bret: one week covering washington. monday on "special report," we will talk with republican presidential candidate miami mayor francis suarez. please join shannon bream for "fox news sunday." her guest this week trump attorney john lauro, jake as close and republican congressman chip roy. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report" fair balanced and still unafraid. ingraham angle start right now >> pete: i'm pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. this is a special edition of the ingraham angle live from new york city tonight. now, not only is the left lying. we know about the shear corruption engulfing the biden family. it's like a bible on fire at this point. they are working overtime to snuff out any negative coverage of it. and, worse and it's predictable. they are smothering us with the same tired smears. >> and they're also trying to my hunter biden with president biden.