fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
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detained and his case gets moved over to the presidential hostage association. they have the ability to impose sanctions. what more needs to be done at this point? dana: don t know if sanctions are enough, right? antony blinken spoke about this conundrum they re facing. in any of these instances, there is a balance to be done between trying to bring home people who are being unjustly detained in one way or another and what it takes to do that even as we engage in efforts to bring people home, we can also increase the pressure and increase the penalties on those who would engage in the practice of unlawful detention of american citizens. dana: one thing i wanted to ask you about, benjamin, is the importance of having reporters on the ground reporting from places that might be hostile in
things taken a turn when he killed the families peppered, before being taken into custody by police. frightening bystander video capturing attends hostage association at the complex. a man can be seen holding a gun to the back of a woman s head is swat team leader entering the apartment taking down the suspect. while we saw the worst of humanity this year, we also witnessed the best of it too. from heartwarming reunions to dramatic rescues. like the scene into new york, police officer teaming up to save an infant trapped underneath the car. i cannot get it hooked up. the michigan officer pulling over a speeding driver who confessed to having a bad day.