he is running for re-election at 80 years old and reigniting criticism with his age. a string of missteps is raising concerns. bill: at the white house it celebrated bring your child to workday. the president talked to a group of kids when one of them asked him what seemed to be a pretty simple question and the president then drew a blank. what was the last country you traveled to? president biden: the last country i traveled. what was the last one i was in? i ve been to 89 met with 89 heads of state so far. so i m trying to think where was the last place i was? it s hard to keep track. i was you are right, ireland. that s where it was. how did you know that? shannon: if they make the argument that he is ready to roll after the president was caught relying on cheat sheets during his first news conference in more than the month. the white house said it is entirely normal. bill: republicans beg to differ. democrats dismissing the criticism saying the president s r
russian plant. john: 51 former intel officers signed on to the letter, saying it was the earmarks of russian disinformation. sandra: and 52, the man asked to sign but said no. dan hoffman knows a thing or two about russian tactics, joining us new at 2:00. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. we have made it to friday, sandra. sandra: we have indeed, john. great to be with you. i m sandra smith in new york. welcome, everyone. plus, parents showing up and speaking out in california. they are letting boys that identify as girls change in the locker room. sandra: a school district s transgender policy reportedly leading to this schoolyard brawl. those details this hour. john: president biden promising to finish the job during his 2024 re-election bid, but as the polls show, americans wonder what finishing the job actually entails. sandra: leaning hard on president s first term accomplishments to get voters on their side so fox news d
new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
predawn attack. the target, an apartment building hundreds of miles from the front lines. and abortion rights advocates score victories in the unlikeliest of places, attempts to impose new bans fall short in a pair of red states. are they one-offs or warning signs for the republican party? we start with federal prosecutors poring over hours of new testimony from vice president mike pence. one of the few people with firsthand knowledge about former president trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election. pence s testimony came less than a day after a judge rejected trump s last ditch effort to block it. i want to bring in nbc s ryan reilly who s been covering all of the developments for us. also nbc s vaughn hillyard with the former president and his supporters in manchester, new hampshire, brendan buck who served as an aide to republican house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and an msnbc political analyst, and carol lamb is a federal former rather for
warrant, come to the door. police department, search warrant, come to the door. we could learn more about what was found during that search at the preliminary hearing. but before that the judge and lawyers on the case will be in court later this month on a motion to strike the gag order issued by judge to ensure kohberger gets a fair trial. aishah: and what bethany funk says. the lawyers want to hear from her. thank you, dan. it looks like the russians created this event. so-called false flag operation. the russians came out relatively quickly to say that this was an assassination attempt on putin. aishah: jack keane doing a reality check on the foiled drone attack against the kremlin. did russia stage it so it could then blame us? the latest next.