John good evening, Welcome To Washington im John Roberts in for Bret Baier tonight. The biden administration weighs its response to an attack that injured u. S. Troops in iraq. Taylor swift is forced to cancel multiple shows overseas due do a possible Terror Plot targeting the concerts. We look at efforts to boost cyber defenses across the public and private sectors. Breaking Tonight Brand new Fox Power rankings the first since Vice President Kamala Harris ascended to the top of the democratic ticket. Former President Trump holds a Variety Edge over the Vice President in the electoral College Projection 251 to 241. Though the race is closer than ever. And these next few weeks will be crucial for both candidates. There are just 90 days now until the election while early voting kicks off in just 30 days. But the g. O. P. And democrats focusing on key american States Today. Vice president harris and Running Mate tim walz appear at event this hour. Grady trimble is there right now. Good ev
Mained an antimask stance especially in schools. Experts have raised legitimate concerns that the risks of masking outweigh the potential benefits for children. Fortunately, the data kaet that covid is not a serious risk to healthy children. But there is no evidence that the risk of wearing masks outweigh the benefits. And cdc evidence shows covid can be a serious risk to children. If you look at the mortality rate of covid, just this past year for children it s more than twice the mortality rate that we see in influenza in a given year. We have a panel here today. Reporter: desantis defiant on the facts, holding a private roundtable discussion this week with handpicked outofstate experts, parents and students who effectively reinforce his antimask ideology. The press was not invited to the event. And when cnn asked why, his office didn t respond. Thank you again, governor. Reporter: so we tracked down the governor at a press conference today. But after the last speaker finished talkin
It is friday in the public reckoning. It may be losses in the long term. Plus new cdc mask guidance for kids in school as pfizer pushes for a vaccine booster shot. The cdc and the fda saying not so fast. We ll talk to a governor struggling to get his own state vaccinated. Fbi officials are going to help with the investigation into the assassination of haiti s president. Welcome to friday. It is meet the press daily. I m chuck todd here in washington. A fence surrounding the capitol put up because of protrump extremists. The dismandling of the fence is the most symbolic change since the insurrection six months ago. More substantive in the last six months since the deadly attack, the republican party got more radical and more committed to trumpism, not less. On january 6th, richard burr said in a statement that the president bears responsibility for today s events. He would go on to convict him in the impeachment trial. Lindsey graham said that night count me out, enough is enough. That
President putin. More advisors than what we re seeing here. The larger meeting has been going on for about 40 minutes. Throughout the meeting and even after we know that breaking of bread, so to speak, no shared meal between the two world leaders, president biden will not be alone with putin one on one at any time. Afterward a pair of separate solo news conferences are expected to take place. Vladimir putin going first, then president biden. Very different from the last meeting between vladimir putin and a u. S. President. That one was very different. We have seen jockeying this morning with members of the press, we have seen the white house looking to clarify a comment that was made silently, a head nod community. The pool reporter in the room says president biden looked at her and nodded yes. The white house quick to say he was not answering that question, but saying that he was just answering another question. Second session with translation happening, more people in the room, dpb,
Security threat for millions of civilians on the front lines. People are paying the r ransoms. Hospital networks, and more and it gives a greenlight for others to father or mother low. They are hitting soft targets, vulnerable has they struggle to recover. The threats on the economy are enormous. Hackers can disrupt key supply chaps. The biden administration now confronting the implications including what it would take to wake the country up to the seriousness of this. The white house views this as a significant national security threat and the president does intend to bring up the ransomware attacks. So many of the group that s have taken responsibility for the attacks and that the u. S. Intelligence community has located in these attacks are in russia. There are so many critical infrastructure structures. It locked down the networks because the ransomware asackers allowed them to extort the companies and shut down key sectors across the country. Energy secretary jennifer granholm sai