bill says it s new structural racism. some schools think it s ok to discriminate against one group in favor of another. this has been six years in his garage, probably had a lot of people come over there, whether it s workers, whether it s staff, whether it s friends, like who knows. and they say they are being transparent but they are really not. why didn t they tell us about the ones in the garage when they knew it at the time. be transparent with the american people and treat everyone the same. that s all we are asking for. sandra: all right. lawmakers sounding off. begin america reports with a live look at the white house at this hour, a press briefing is scheduled this hour amid growing backlash for president biden as he struggles to explain how the classified documents ended up at his home and private office. hello, and welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. john, welcome back to you. john: sandra, good to be with you. what about the guy who was detailing the
right now. top of the hour. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. president biden is giving a rare press conference last night talking about his highs stakes meeting with china s xi jinping and signaling a hostage deal could be coming soon in the israel/hamas war. biden says he has been deeply involved in the negotiations quote mildly hopeful. we will be joined by the family of a 3-year-old who is being held hostage in gaza right now. kaitlan collins speaking with joe manchin about his political future. she is going to join us with the details. and the pentagon s ufr chief is resigning. he says there are ufo sightings that could be the act of foreign adversaries or even aliens. we will get into it. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. new this morning, a shooting attack near jerusalem. israeli police say six israeli personnel were injured at a security checkpoint. the three attackers were shot and killed. getting a better picture of why the israel defense forces decided