Dozens more unaccounted for. Were live from the burn zone coming up shortly. First this. Like father, like son. President biden and son hunts both under Special Counsel investigation. Is it too much to overcome, we wonder . Well find out in time. Good monday morning. Im bill hemmer live in new york. Hello. Dana good to see you again. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Its been a very tough weekend for everyone in hawaii. Much more for you on that. We want to get to this information. The appointment of a Special Counsel on hunter biden is the latest as the president deals with his own Special Counsel for mishandling classified documents. The legal challenges are mounting. That is bad news for a president already facing questions about age and electability. Bill meanwhile hunters Special Counsel. The same prosecutor who tried to give the sweet plea deal about a month ago. According to republicans, that just does not simply pass muster. Dana peter doocy is live at the white house
Gillian 4 00 a. M. Thanks for having me. Im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. The threat a repeating third grade now is being designed to motivate students to work harder in school as some schools are struggling to overcome major setbacks lingering from the pandemic. Bill third grade is a critical benchmark. Those who cant read are four times more likely to drop out of school. Gillian memphis, tennessee, 76 of third graders there right now not proficient in reading. Only 1 of those students were held back a year. Bill at problem chronic absenteeism. More than a quarter of students are missing at least 10 of the school year. It puts them of greater risk of dropping out. The governor from arkansas Sarah Huckabee sanders with us yesterday. We have to get back to the basics of teaching math, reading, writing and american history. We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this Propaganda Leftist Agenda Teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. Its one of
Stronger ties and present a united front against china, russia and north korea. The Faulkner Focus and im john roberts in for harris. The setting for the summit camp david. President s Retreat In The Woods of maryland. Historic grounds have witnessed major strides in american diplomacy. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby with this. This is the culmination of months and months and months of work not just by the United States but by south korea and japan to improve their relationships. They are operating more together. They are communicating more together and looking for ways to deepen their own cooperation because they see much of the same things we see in terms of the threats and challenges. So there is a lot of common interests, common shared goals here that we will pursue. John he referred to the decades of disagreement between japan and south korea. One headline says President Biden looks to cement a fragile truce. Mike pompeo says the true gamble is the impact on china.
I will always ask is any of this shady . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Republicans are saying that david weiss is not the man for the job. They point back to the five years weiss has already spent looking into Hunter Bidens alleged tax and gun crimes. We sent a letter. I was one of those that sent a letter saying we should have a Special Counsel. On the other hand, i have some question about weiss doing it. This appointment is camouflage and it is coverup. I think its disgraceful. David weiss was the u. S. Attorney handpicked to lead this investigation who spent the last five years covering it up. This is a joke. Not only did weiss drag his feet for five years and try to negotiate a Sweetheart Plea Deal with the president s son, he also let the statute of limitations run out. Harris critics are accusing the white house of avoiding questions on all of it. Karine jeanpierre, the White House Press secretary, last held an official press briefing july 27th. There is
Disaster in state history. Confirmed deaths at 55. Were told that number will likely grow. None of the fires right now is fully contained. Not one. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Those fires have left a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks and think about the economy there with the businesses knocked down. They dont know when they can get in there and when tourism will be an option again. The historic city of lahaina, once hawaiis royal capital, is charred ruins now. Survivors stunned at just how fast Hurricane Doras winds helped the flames to spread. People are found in houses in a huddle. There was nowhere to go. Beyond any other tropical storms, 100 times, covid, everything for our small town. People lost everything, homes, jobs, their cars, some their pets. There are still people missing. I have never seen something ravaged so fast. Harris take a look at the video. Look at the sheer scale of damage. Rescue crews now combing through the rubble