starts now crunch time and high anxiety at the white house. new reporting on how people around biden are feeling as democratic lawmakers are heading back to washington for the first time since the cnn debate. hey why so many things this week is the one that will decide it all. hurricane beryl lashing southern california, southern texas, right now, more than a million people without power and houston, the nation s fourth biggest city, we are live on the ground for you. and boeing agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the u.s. government families of crash victims, though, are furious calling it a sweetheart deal. i m kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. this is cnn central the new cnn reporting this morning is describing the biden white house right now gripped by anxiety and uneasiness as the president is facing intense pressure to prove his his doubters wrong. and it critical moment lawmakers are returning to capitol hill for the first time since the cnn
of his presidency as some of america s closest allies look to see if u.s. foreign policies have really changed since donald trump left the white house. tomorrow s speech comes on a heel of a series of setback for the biden administration on friday. the pentagon announced a drone strike targeting terrorists mistakenly killed tens of millions and including seven children. the fda advisory group voted against the booster shot, it was only approved for seniors or high risk groups. and finally, france recalled its ambassador to the united states over president biden s to provide nuclear we ll get overall of that. the administration had hoped todd pivot back to his domestic agenda which has been jeopardized by some members of his own party. whitehouse s aides discussed curtailing the u.s. travel. with us we have white house s reporters, jonathan lemire who s up way too early for us and david ignious is joining us. jonathan, you traced joe biden s problem, he s obviously going
demand answers. todd: and there s this. definitely no great pleasure to call out democrats, i was a democrat. todd: did you see this, a hollywood actress and former democrat throwing her support behind republican gubernatorial candidate larry elder, the stunning allegations that is made as voters prepare to head to the polls in california s recall election. good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. the fight against the president s vaccine mandate heating up as republican governors vow to challenge the order. jillian: lauren blanchard is live with the backlash as new york city begins enforcing its own mandate. reporter: the list continues to grow by the day, the governors say the vaccine mandates are unconstitutional and an attack on personal freedoms. we have had people that have been working hard for months and years, throughout the whole time, and now he wants to cast them aside. he s got no a
mcgowan is making against governor newsom s wife as voters prepare to head to the polls in california s recall election. todd: you are watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i am todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. let s begin with this, the fight against the president s vaccine mandate heating up as republican governors vow to challenge the order. todd: lauren blanchard live with the backlash as new york city begins enforcing its own mandate. lauren, good morning. reporter: good morning. the list of governors continues to grow by the day, they say vaccine mandates are an attack on personal freedoms and are uncons fusional. this is egregious overreach of federal authority and as we see what these rules are, we will be able to know exactly how we will be able to challenge them in courts. reporter: here s what the president announcerred last week, businesses with 100 or more workers must require vaccination or weekly tests. employees at medicare or medic
concerned about their own people. the state department says you should go to the united nations if you have concerns. no word from the state department on exactly how many americans are still in afghanistan. last week we told you private groups blamed the department for blocking six planes from u.s. citizens from leaving an airport in northern afghanistan. for all we know they may still be stuck there. bill: lawmakers to demand answers on that today. whether they get any we don t know. the first of two days of hearings. the secretary of state is the main player. many blame the entire mess on the biden administration. i think our greatest national security threat at least in the short term is joe biden and our national security apparatus. why did this go so bad? how did he get it so wrong? why didn t he listen to the intelligence community warnings since april and may of this last year? this rosie dream they were going to somehow negotiate a last-minute deal with the tal