with one thing in common, a failure to show up at school. sandra: retired nypd inspector on the increase of juvenile crime. mike emanuel that the effort to get kids back in school. live in chicago for us. how big of a concern as this violence we saw over the weekend? sandra, publicly, officials are saying that all if nothing about this weekend s violent spirit behind the scenes, there are real concerns that this past week and could potentially serve as a preview of what we could see on a weekly basis this summer when crime typically spikes. that would come just as the national spotlight comes to town for the democratic national convention. this easter weekend city wide, 33 people were shot and 7 people killed in shootings across the city including at least 2 mass shootings on chicago s west side. early sunday morning inside this bar where an unknown person started shooting at a group of five girls mostly in their teens killing 119-year-old and sending the other 4 girls to
high, and the fed says they are prepared to yank them even higher. president biden still on vacation in lake tahoe, and kamala harris about to hold an event with the wnba team. and that s where we start hour two of america reports. i m john roberts in washington. happy friday afternoon, sandra. sandra: it is indeed. good to be with you, john. welcome everyone. sandra smith in new york. a quiet month in the west wing, july 29th, his first day of vacation. 17 days meant the president was out of office either in delaware or lake tahoe in this particular case. we have not heard a peep from him yet today even though the fed says decades high interest rates may be going even higher. we are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate and intend to hold policy at a restrictive level until we are confident that inflation is moving sustainbly down toward our objective. sandra: peter doocy is covering the bidenomics push from the north lawn. peter, what are we hearing about
what devon archer told congress about the biden family brand. and it is damaging. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live with the breakdown in dc tonight. kevin, good evening. reporter: evening trace. devon archer telling congressional investigators that hunter biden used the then vp joe biden as, quote, defensive leverage to send, quote, the right signals to his foreign business partners. all while selling him as the brand that offered capabilities and reach, as well as a unique understanding of dc. that from archer s comments and a transcribed interview before the house oversight committee on monday this week. fox news digital obtaining the more than 140 page transcript of archer s interview which took place behind closed doors. president biden and the white house have repeatedly denied that the elder biden ever discussed the foreign businesses with his son, nor did he have any knowledge about his son s business dealings. but the answers in the transcript t
navy sailors allegedly provided classified manuals and the locations of marines in exchange for bribes. information that is critical to our national defense. bud light reported after the controversial quarter with the dylan mulvaney backlash. sales down. coors light, miller lite up 20%. over all good day. robertson a strike for the touchdown to austin watkins jr. come away with that take away at the end was awesome. i m a little bit country i m a little bit rock and roll i m a little bit of mr. nashville. steve: live from new york city, ladies and gentlemen, we made it to friday, august 4th, 2023. as you can see we have the stage. we have the astro turf. brian: astro turf? steve: field turf, whatever it is. we have that fake green grass out front but we have the real entertainer, donny osmond himself is going to be our surgeon concert serrie performer today. wow. he used to come on the show all the time. now he has permanent stuff to okay today is
so today. john: she said she was not going to take any questions about hunter biden, certainly in the past she has made statements about the president and his relationship with his son and has chosen because of the sensitive nature of the current proceedings to not say anything. she s asked about it now. let s listen. anything more than what i shared yesterday. this is a personal matter for hunter biden. this is, you know, a personal issue, and as you know, this has been done in an independent way by the department of justice. it has been led by a trump appointed prosecutor and i m just not going to comment beyond what i said yesterday and of course and we have said this multiple times, the president and the first lady, they love their son and they support they support him as he is working to rebuild his life. i m just not going to say anything beyond that. and on leader mcconnell, he mentioned that the president called him yesterday. can you talk a little bit about t