declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
here is america reports . john: president biden will attend the dignified transfer of three american soldiers killed by an iranian proxy attack in jordan. he will face the families as the remains of their loved ones return to u.s. soil. sandra: the moment will be playing out on video, but no audio. we will bring that to you when it plays out as we honor these three soldiers brave service. john: right now, we are waiting to hear from new york governor kathy hochul at an event here in new york city. outrage growing over a migrant mob attack on police officers in times square and now we are learning some of the suspects may have left town. hello, john roberts, good to finally be with you. sandra: in new york city. good to have you here. john: missed you yesterday. sandra: but the show today, and nice to see you last night as well. thanks for joining us, everybody, sandra smith, and we are in new york. this is america reports . immigration on the mind of many voter
rachel: good morning, everybody, on a beautiful e we moral day weekend memorial day weekend. that was the navy band performing live, god bless america, and god bless our troops, especially on this memorial day. so glad to be the here this morning with my if friend will and with joey by who s in for pete this morning. and very appropriate to have you this weekend. joey: well, you know, pete would be appropriate as well rachel: of course. joey: but if you can t have pete, have joey. rachel: that s what we always say. joey: i make a career out of filling in for pete hegseth. will: i would like to think that there would be a fox & friends competition the i could sign up for and win, it would be pull-ups, but joey just squeezed out, none of us really cared about the count because he continued interview, talking throughout, and those were some beautiful pull-ups, joey. joey: you know, i m not to going to run a marathon anytime soon, i skip leg day, so i get my pull-up