president in a direct challenge to former president donald trump and made no bones about that. back together in new york city. i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: so glad you re here, my friend. bill: miss or not really? dana: 12 on the miss. you were missed, yeah. bill: i ll take that. dana: you should take that. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be back together. more on the wildfires in a little bit. i remember last week my parents saying they couldn t see the mountains from denver because of these wildfires. the east coast dealing with it as well. christie launched his campaign yesterday and attacked the president straight out of the gate. he said president trump made americans smaller by pitting them against one another. if you look back at our history, when we have had great leaders, at every pivotal moment in our history there was a choice between small and big. and america became the most different, the most successful, the most
our country today is not normal. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremist that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. here in my view is what is true. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. the maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose. no right to privacy. no right to contraception. no right to marry who you love. they fan the flames of political violence. maga republicans look at america and see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fears and lies for profit and power. tammy: all of that is a lie. this was a national prime time national presidential address you paid for. but there was nothing presidential about this speech. it was a campaign event full of demean
with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
Expected to raise while here, which is the humanitarian aspect of this, the fact that no humanitarian aid has been able to get into gaza, that has been something that Secretary Blinken and his Marathon Trips that hes been making here in The Middle East over the last several days and now i should note theyre just next door to where i am speaking to you meeting with that entire wartime cabinet and next he will hear from first responders, from victims families, from the families and relatives of hostages but there are going to be key questions between what he and the Prime Minister have discussed, humanitarian aid, poppy, is right at the top of that so well see if there are any announcements when the president comes and speaks in this room behind me. Thats whats next on his agenda but the white house said President Biden was walking into this with key questions not just about humanitarian aid, but also what israels goal is here. If they do go into gaza, with that expected Ground Incursion
Watters, Martha Maccallum and greg gutfeld, this is the fi five. Former President Trump arriving at trump tower leaving court in New York City after showing up for the first guy in his civil fraud trial. Much more on that in just a minute. But first, was it a stunt to shut down the government or is this progressive lawmaker just plain stupid . Capitol police are investigator Congressman Bowman after yanking the fire alarm after the house was about to vote. Bowman says there was no ill intent, it was an embarrassing mistake. He came to this door that is normally open, it was locked, a little strange these doors have signs on them that say Emergency Exit only, but okay. So, he did what any of us would have done and decided to pull the bright red alarm thats clearly marked with the word fire. Bowman seems to be confused why people are making such a big deal out of this. The statement that pulling the fire alarm was an accident. I dont know why this has gotten so much attention. I was lite