Japan has only vaccinated 1% of the population. The anger in people s voices reflect the opposition to these games. Many think the games should not be held this summer. John. Salina, thank you so much for being with us. New day continues right now. Hello. I m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. The cdc s new covid guidelines leading to mass confusion across america, businesses dropping restrictions, but only in certain cities and states. We ll be speaking with former surgeon general jerome adams. Bill gates divorce taking a new turn. The reporter who broke that story is here. And new this morning cnn has learned of another mysterious energy attack on an merge offi american official and this happened near the white house. And a space force commander canned for what he said in a podcast. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is monday, may 17th, and americans are enjoying newfound freedoms while confronting new dilemmas as we try to d
a very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday. it s only wednesday. april 28th. and the vaccine rollout and an economy on the rebound will highlight president biden s first address to a joint session of congress tonight. on the eve of the president s 100th day in office, only 200 people will be attending this address. that s a number that s normally around 1600. this is going to be a very different scene. there will be no other guests permitted. it will look and feel like nothing we ve seen before. president biden will lay out the next phase of his economic plan. this is a $1.8 trillion federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave. it s on top of the $2 trillion infrastructure package still working its way through congress. we re going to speak to the white house about all of this in just a moment. first, cnn editor at large chris cillizza at the magic wall with, chris, what we can expect tonight, s
every occasion. his press conference wasn t so bad, white house press secretary of propaganda jen psaki had to circle back and was forced to issue not one but two lengthy statements clarifying biden s remarks. he really meant to say this, including the president s inept comments surrounding ukraine that shocked the world. and between the lying, the rage, and the bizarre whispering and bouts of confusion, joe biden all but gave the green light foe ukraine, so long as it was a minor incursion. the russians are testing us. joe biden failed that test. people are concerned, rightly so. they watched those remarks, i think, with or were.. one ukrainian official who i have been in close contact with while this marathon press conference is underway said that he was, i am quoting here, shocked that president biden would give a green light to vladimir putin in this way. what he was alluding to is that it gives putin, and this is another quote, gives the green light to put into
unity with the west. new images show eight-mile convoy of russian vehicles headed toward southern ukraine. you are watching fox and friends first on monday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. we ll have a live report coming up, we begin with another fox news alert. president biden s plan to crack down on ghost gun, he is set to announce this actual. ashley strohmier joins us with the latest. ashley: the announcement is changing the definition of firearms to include gun parts. will require background checks before ghost gun are sold. ghost gun do not have a serial number and are untraceable. the one on the screen was allegedly used to shoot a 16 year old while she was walking home from school in the bronx. two other teens were also shot, pushing high-profile dems to close the gun loophole. listen. there is no serial number, there is no background check. cuorder them online, no questions asked. i m calling on the administration to go all after ghost gun by
the comments made by the prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. the way the presidents demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivated. gratuitouspo. harris rushing to the defense of her boss after hehi nsgot called a man with a brain made of swiss cheese by the special counsel the white house doing some damage control after the president melted down in front of the entire nation so they print dominic sent out a spokesman. some of the cases close the facts and evidence refute the theories that are floated the public is smart and they can rysee what is going on. i think they can see and understand when people are gratuitous and make comments that they should make. i don t know how many folks have read all 400 pages of the special counsel said president biden has significant limitations on his memory, who is w i helping him run the coun. the commander-in-chief runs the country that part of t