life and sadly human remains. families and loved ones gathered at a church for a prayer vigil. what s the mood like among the relatives? the mood is changing a little bit. they have been waiting quite some time for news. they were taken by bus to the site of the collapse in groups of 30 at a time. some just to see and get closure. others to offer prayers for the missing or the dead. they are frustrated by the slow pace in their eyes of the recovery effort. no bodies or survivors have been recovered since thursday. and the lack of explanation for what caused this collapse. and the waiting for knowledge one way or the other is the hardest part. up hoping and praying. i try to stay positive. but every hour that goes by you feel less hope leaving you, and it s devastating. the numbers stand at 9 officially dead and 156 missing. those numbers are expected to change quite a bit. still a lot of questions. what more are we learning about the collapse and nearby buildings? are
start with calls for a credible investigation. former secretary of state mike pompeo with this warning. we need to know what happened here. the chinese communist party knows what happened here. they know patient zero is. and the three individuals that would get sick. the wuhan virus. we need to get to the bottom of this. this could happen again. they re still conducting research in the same laboratories today. harris: this could happen again from the former secretary of state. let s go to the state department for rich edson and that s where we begin our live coverage. rich. good morning. a growing number of scientists and government officials are pressing for an investigation into the wuhan institute of virology and whether the global pandemic may have begun there. in january the state department revealed that the u.s. government had reason to believe that several researchers at that lab had become sick in the autumn of 2019. the journal now reporting three of them were
more than 51% of adults, we see people are feeling confident, some people, to get together with friends and family. restaurants, some are operating at full capacity. fans are at sporting events, many without masks. and people have flocked to board walks and pools and beaches in droves. it feels very, very close to normal. and it s nice to see people really all in a good mood. the human race is back to being together united again, doing stuff publicly. and the holiday is also setting a pandemic record for travel, 37 million people are expected to hit the roads and the skies. the tsa screened close to 2 million passengers on friday alone. cnn s polo sandoval is in coney island, new york. the statewide curfew has been lifted there. what are you seeing, and what else has changed? you know, victor, many of the iconic attractions here on the coney island and board walk didn t get a chance to reopen during the pandemic last summer. now many businesses welcome back the crowds
deaths. good afternoon. i m sandra smith here in new york, this is america reports. hi, john. john: sandra, welcome back from a few days off. i m john roberts in washington. here s a look at san jose. officials say the suspect is dead after killing several people at a rail yard. it all happened before 7:00 a.m. local time. sandra: getting many more details on this. in the last half hour, the mayor of san jose saying this is a horrific day for our city. claudia cowan has more. we just learned more in the last few minutes. we have, sandra. there s so many questions that we still need to be answered including motive, who was the shooter in this case, why were these people killed and injured this morning. you can see a large law enforcement presence is here in downtown san jose in santa clara county following the shooting at the vta, the valley transportation authority. a light rail hub and maintenance yard a few blocks away from me. of course, authorities are now proce
another massive spending program, and that could mean major tax increase. administration may want $3 trillion in new infrastructure spending. gives it up, goodwin if be slams it down. steve: good morning. it is tuesday, march 23rd, 2021. we start this hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. overnight, look at these pictures, terrifying scenes, that is of a massive nursing home fire in spring valley, new york. oh, oh, the firearm. the firearm. rachel: the fire causing the roof to collapse. evergreen nursing home in spring valley. an explosion apparently sparked the flames with at least one firefighter and two civilians injured. will: several residents were evacuated. some shown here seeking shelter in a bus. we will have more on this story as it develops throughout the morning. good morning, again, and welcome to fox & friends. steve, rachel. steve: good morning, will, rachel, good morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. we start with another fox