o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
top of the hour. nice to have you have us, i m eric hill. on this very busy monday morning. election day, if you re not counting, just 15 days away. early voting already breaking records in at least one battleground state and this week there will be a number of major debates in key match-ups around the country. first up is florida where ron desantis is set to scare off with charlie crist tonight. we ll have more on that in just a moment. we re also following this unprecedented rise in rsv cases among children and why it is putting pressure on hospitals, some states in crisis mode. we ll take you inside one texas hospital. and happening right now, jury selection is underway here in new york city for the trump organization facing several felony charges. we re going to be live outside of the courthouse with an update on that for you. let s start this hour with reporter dan america. and 15 days until election day. we re seeing some impressive turnout numbers when it comes to
democratic values taking a page in the greatest generation as we face the threat of vladimir putin today. president biden, wrapping up his five-day trip for the 80th anniversary of d-day. last stop a special tribute to fallen american soldiers in a military ceremony cemetery and memorial just outside of paris. honoring those who were made buried from world war i. that s more than 2000 u.s. service members were laid to rest and also died for freedom, fighting during the first great war as the president first lady now heading back to the u.s. hello everyone welcome to fox news live pipe eric shawn. good to be with you. i am anita vogel part i felt level has the weekend offered president biden heading back to the u.s. earlier he first lady jill biden laid a wreath at the world war i cemetery former president trump skipped that visit in 2018 citing safety concerns during inclement weather but biden appeared to be using that today to draw a contrast between himself and the for
new england area, the first circuit court of appeals, and they cover basically, you know, maine, vermont, new hampshire, puerto rico, believe it or not, and massachusetts. so this ruling is binding only on that area of the united states, the federal courts that cover that area of the united states. it s a very, very important precedent that will be looked at by courts around the united states and there are at least seven other lawsuits pending, challenging the doma act. this is a very important precedent. this also makes it more likely that it could move its way up to the supreme court, yes? absolutely yes. because what the supreme court likes to do, especially when dealing with controversial issues, is to basically allow the lower courts to resolve it and come up with different solutions and then the supreme court, you know, hands down a decision for the entire country. and now you mentioned seven other existing cases? yes. i was just as i was reading the decision
minute drive from the scene to the station. that means that george zimmerman haf only remained at the shooting site for 20 minutes or less, being treated, police say, for injuries to his nose and scalp. this is a second angle captured by police surveillance cameras of his arrival. in it, in the original view, you see zimmerman, hands cuffed behind his back, getting out of the patrol car. as some pointed out, he needs no assistance and doesn t appear to be injured or a traumatized man. some have launched on to this moment as a patrolman touches zimmerman s jacket, looks down at it, and wipes it on his pants. was it blood, dirt, something else? there s no way of knowing at this point. then there s the moment when an officer checks the back of zimmerman s head. zimmerman told police that trayvon martin punched him in the face and slammed his head, as zimmerman s father says, on to the sidewalk, on to concrete. doesn t look like a serious injury, but is there some evidence of som