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all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your business with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. >> sandra: fox news alert, u.s. bases under attack and startling admission from the u.s. military. fox news is confirming u.s. air defenses at a base in syria were not working when iranian drones hit the base killing one american and wounding six others. any moment now we expect to hear from the pentagon and explanation why the troops and other americans were left unprotected. >> john: after the deadly attack, president biden ordered airstrikes on iranian proxies, and with our adversaries in the rearview mirror now, the president is making the case to bolster joint defense during his visit to canada. the white house says they need to counter iran's actions in the middle east but what does that

look like? this is how texas republican senator ted cruz sees it. >> the biden administration has gone incredibly soft on iran and right now we see putin and xi coming together, russia and china, our two most formidable adversaries coming together because of the biden administration's weakness. >> sandra: we will bring you to the pentagon once the briefing begins. i'm sandra smith. happy friday in new york. >> john: happy friday to you, sandra. john roberts in washington. right now president biden is addressing the canadian parliament to project strength. it's a fox news alert. >> sandra: new axis of evil led by china and russia hanging over the white house after they flexed their muscles on the world stage. >> john: the president turning to our neighbor of canada where he and prime minister justin trudeau shared concerns about

china's mission to shape a new world order. >> sandra: we will hear from both of them at a joint news conference coming up. let's get right to peter doocy, live at the white house with what we are learning now. hi, peter. >> we are learning now that this meeting is friendly but there's also friction because the u.s. and canada do have some disagreements. >> we are lucky. we have canada to our north to share the values, all the values are the same. which disagree and agree on things occasionally but there's no fundamental difference in the democratic values we share. >> the big policy announcement addressing northern border crossings that have risen 133% year over year. now there's going to be a rule that people crossing the border in either direction can be sent back unless they apply for asylum elsewhere and ahead of time. similar to the new rule governing the southern border and critics of the president on immigration are cautiously

optimistic. >> we welcome any changes in policies to help us effectively do our job and it appears to be headed in the right direction but as we have seen for the last two years, this administration has said one thing and done another. >> last night the national security advisor jake sullivan bailed on a gaggle of reporters. they were on air force one going over a response to a suicide drone strike against u.s. interests in syria that killed a u.s. contractor, injured five troops and also injured another contractor. the u.s. wound up responding and then taking even more incoming. >> it's not uncommon when we take a retaliatory strike like this for them to answer right back with ineffective rocket fire, and nobody was hurt, no u.s. casualties at all. it was a sort of an instinctual

reaction we get from the militant groups whenever we do this kind of thing. >> they are saying the main air defense system at the u.s. base that came under attack was not working. they don't know why yet and don't know what difference it may or may not have made. but we hope to hear more about that any minute. sandra. >> sandra: we'll be watching for that. peter doocy at the white house. thank you. >> john: some developments in a horrific crime story that we have been following. houston teenager who is accused of attacking and paralyzing a woman got his bond cut in half. the police arrested joseph harrell last week for the february attack you see on the left side of the screen, he followed the victim for 24 miles before body slamming her and stealing her money. she was paralyzed as a result of that. his attorneys argue the family did not have enough money for the original bond. the teen has been caught on jail calls confessing to the crime and complaining about his

victim's gofundme page. dramatic video out of sarasota, florida a police officer was thrown in the air after being struck by a car driven by a suspected burglar. the suspect, mark thomas, was chased by cops before being arrested. the cop was taken to the hospital. he is now recovering at home. oh, my gosh. and in philly, the district attorney's office is asking for the public's help for ten suspects wanted in connection with deadly shootings and stabbings. larry krasner says the homicides took place between 2019 and september of last year. >> missouri attorney general filing a petition in a legal battle to remove kim gardner, alleging that she has dismissed almost 12,000 cases along with numerous other accusations. gardner called the ongoing efforts to boot her from office a gross power grab and legal

filings and maintained her office despite political pushback to resign. missouri attorney general andrew bailey is joining us now. thanks very much for joining us. why have almost 12,000 cases been dismissed under gardner? >> well, it's because the circuit attorney is unlawfully refusing to do her job, instead of protecting victims, she's creating more victims. this is about the rule of law for me and restoring justice for the victims of crime and the people of st. louis, and we filed action to have her removed from office for her unlawful refusal to do her job. >> sandra: she's calling that a power grab. what's your response? >> that's your ridiculous. eight month backlog for warrants by the st. louis metropolitan police department, consented to ridiculously low bonds to put

violent offenders on the streets, she's going to be held accountable, it's time for her to go, we are going to use every legal mechanism to make that happen. we filed an amended petition, 121 pages long that include additional facts that have come to light since our initial filing. there's been a well spring of individuals who have come forward with a story to tell, victims of crime, current and former police officers, former empl employees circuit attorney's and judges. >> sandra: 12,000 case dismissals, failings of gardner's st. louis prosecutor's office, 9,000 cases dismissed before going to trial. 2700 forced dismissals for failing to provide speedy trial, that is just some of what we are learning, and the backlog in gardner's office, look at this. at least 3,000 cases not even reviewed for charges. 200 plus cases of first,

second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter pending, 163 homicide cases assigned to five attorneys. what do you warn could be the consequences of all these dismissals, mr. attorney general? >> yeah, the consequences are people dying, things being broken and people being permanently injured and hurt. i mean, there is blood in the street because the circuit attorney refused, unlawfully refuses to do her job. somebody has to hold her accountable, i'm proud to lead the effort. it's about restoring the rule of law and justice for victims. there are real human victims suffering because of her unlawful refusal to do her job. >> sandra: got it. lastly before you go ask you about the transgender activists firing back at you, mr. attorney general. you filed an emergency regulation this week to protect children from life altering gender changing surgery. you are demanding an 18 month waiting period, 15 hour long

psychiatric assessment sessions, mental conditions have to be resolved before receiving care. why are you getting such backlash for this decision? >> a woke left wing ideology masquerading as medicine. a shadowy network of the transgender clinics across the state of missouri we were unaware of until we launched our investigation into a clinic in st. louis a whistleblower came forward and made very credible allegations what amounts to child abuse. we have discovered this is a threat to children's safety and we are using the legal recourse to stand in the gap, protect kids and give the general assembly an act on a more thorough bill and gender mutilation. we are not going to let them experiment on children here in the state of missouri. >> sandra: attorney general andrew bailey. thank you. we'll be watching all of that,

thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra: a remarkable end to his point about the real world consequences of the case dismissals and what is happening under kim gardner and the actions of her office. there are real people suffering those consequences, john. >> john: and she's just sort of saying, you know, talk to the hand, don't talk to me, or in your face or whatever, she claims he does not have the pa you are to oust her and she's not going anywhere. we will follow the battle and see who wins in the end. >> sandra: we are awaiting the update here from the pentagon after this u.s. base john in syria was attacked by iranian proxy forces, retaliatory airstrikes. waiting updates, proxy forces launched seven rockets -- we are told the pentagon briefing is underway, john. dip in here and the update off the top. >> general milley testified yesterday to discuss the

president's fiscal year 2024 budget. next week both leaders are scheduled to testify before the senate arms subcommittees. and the secretary and the chairman look forward to provide the service members around the world the resources they need to accomplish dod mission and strengthen america's national security for the 21st century and beyond. on wednesday, secretary austin unveiled a comprehensive plan aimed at improving the lives of our force and their families. six additional actions address essential needs in education, childcare, parental leave and career advancement. the department of defense is committed to working with congress and other stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of these measures. the plan directs the implementation of the following. universal prekindergarten, dependent care flexible spending

accounts for service members, promoting awareness of new military parental leave benefits, improvements to the exceptional family member program, spouse eligibility for career advancement account financial assistance, and professional licensees for military families. secretary austin and the department of defense are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for service members and their families through these new measures. dod will collaborate to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing support. memorandum and additional information found on the website. and with that, i will take your questions. a.p. >> a couple things. one quick clarification in the counter strikes. the u.s. hit 3 or 2, was it three strikes or two strikes? >> two different facilities, two

strikes. >> two strikes, ok. and then secondly, can you talk a little bit about the protection at the base where the iranian drone hit? my understanding is that there was some either lacking protections there -- can you say whether or not any of the radars or anything there either failed or were not operating. is there adequate protection there now, how did the drone pierce the security of that base and then i have one follow-up. >> sure. first of all, broadly speaking, for operation security reasons i'm not going to get into the specifics in terms of the types of force protection capabilities we have in our facilities, other than to say we take force protection very, very seriously. i will say, as it pertains to radar, my understanding is that there was a complete sight

picture in terms of radar. all that case, u.s. central command will conduct review to assess what happened and take a look at what if any other mitigating actions need to be taken. but it would be premature to talk about. >> just a quick follow-up on the actual situation now. obviously the u.s. was struck again, green village was hit again in response to the u.s. retaliatory strikes. are things escalating there, can we expect more, is this turning into a far more escalatory situation for the troops. >> as you highlight this morning approximately 8:05:00 a.m. local time, 1:05:00 a.m. eastern time, we had ten rockets that targeted coalition forces at green village in northeast syria.

attack resulted in no injuries to u.s. or coalition personnel and no damage to equipment or facilities. in terms of escalation, look, again our focus in syria is on the defeat isis mission, and that will remain our focus. we do not seek conflict with iran, don't seek escalation with iran. the strikes we took last night were intended to send a very clear message that we will take the protection of our personnel seriously and respond quickly and decisively if they are threatened. >> thank you, general. i have two questions. according to the dod, intelligence assessment is this, iranian origin, the groups that were targeted by the u.s. are affiliated with the iranian revolutionary guard. one american citizen was killed, six more were injured. do you and the department and

secretary of defense hold iran responsible for the death of the american citizen. >> the groups are sponsored by iran. iran certainly plays a role in terms of ensuring this type of activity doesn't happen. >> is iran responsible for the death of an american citizen or not? >> look, iran, certainly, backs these groups, and by default, therefore has a responsibility to ensure they are not contributing to insecurity and instability but clearly they continue to do that. thank you. jennifer. >> one more question if i may. make it quick. so yesterday general carlila was on the hill. it happened prior to his testimony. when he delivered his testimony on the hill did he know about the attack and if so, why didn't he inform the congress about it? >> i would have to refer you to him. jennifer. >> general ryder, what kind of drone was this iranian drone and how fast was it flying when it

came towards the base and did it in the end actually crash into the base or did it fire its missiles at the base? >> yep, thanks, jennifer. so, we are still assessing some of those pieces. i don't have that information to provide other than we are very confident that based on the forensics, based on the intelligence analysis that we have done, that it was of iranian origin. >> did it crash into the facility or fire a weapon at the facility? >> it did not fire a weapon, to my knowledge. >> if say the radar was working and tracking it and drones don't fly that quickly, how is it that it was able to crash into the base, and you say that you are protecting these bases? >> this is a dangerous part of the world. the work we do is inherently dangerous, that's why you have the military in these types of places conducting these types of operations. rocket attacks, mortar attacks in the past from these kinds of

groups. they will do an assessment in terms of the attack, but the fact is that these irgc backed groups conducted this and unfortunately an american was killed. >> why wasn't there a contingency to shoot down the drone. >> it's a dangerous place and we'll look into the details of that. thank you. janie. >> thank you, i have two questions. announced it had conducted a nuclear underwater explosion test and said that [inaudible] to u.s. and south korea. how did the u.s. react to this? >> so i'm aware that north korea issued a press release about

this supposed capability. i've seen the press reports but i don't have any further information to provide on that. >> concern about -- >> we are concerned about any type of destabilizing activity by north korea, and so again, it's something that we take very serious lip, but as it pertains to the north korean press release, you know, i don't have anything further to provide. >> chairman of the joint chief of staff, general milley, will visit to south korea soon. does he have any plans to visit -- >> i don't have anything to read out in terms of general milley's upcoming visit. i would refer you to joint staff. i don't want to speculate. thank you. orin. >> following the ten rockets fired at green village, do you believe it was the same group that carried out, the same group or militia that carried out the rocket attack and the drone attack, do you plan to respond

to the rockets and what will it take do you believe to restore deterrent there. >> sure. our current assessment is that these rocket attacks were conducted by our irgc affiliated groups, that this rocket attack was done in an effort to retaliate from last night's attacks. again, they did not cause any damage at the coalition facility. as far as any type of future action, i'm not going to talk about or preview potential operations other than to say we will always reserve the right to respond appropriately if our forces are threatened. thank you. >> are you not concerned that there will be an all-out war with iran due to the continued exchange of fire between the proxy groups and also they are attacking your bases in syria. >> yeah, look.

so, first of all, we don't seek conflict or war with iran. our focus in syria is on the enduring defeat of isis. you know, unfortunately what you see in this situation are these iranian-backed groups, not only in syria, but conducting operations in the strait, the gulf, iraq, destabilizing operations meant to export terror and instability, you know. iran sending drones to russia. the united states and our coalition, our allies and our partners, we are focused on trying to ensure stability, security in these regions, and that will be our focus. we do not seek a wider conflict and so we will -- that said, if our people are threatened, we will continue to respond appropriately and proportionately. >> sandra: all right. so what you are hearing here is an update from the pentagon on

whether or not iran was responsible for this attack. iran played a role, but he said in other words, the iran-backed groups, he continues to point out, repeating that a moment ago. jennifer griffin's exchange is important and interesting, john, asking what kind of drone was this, offering no further specifics from the pentagon, how fast it was going she asked and did it fire a weapon on the facility, the answer was no. she followed up with why no contingency plan to shoot the drone down because at the top of the briefing he confirmed that all the radar was working, that all the normal protections and the facility were working, so why a drone that does not move very fast and was not firing off a weapon, why was it not taken down prior to this happening. >> john: yeah, some questions as to whether it might have been a predator style of drone or the kamikaze drones that russia has

been employing in ukraine and iran has been supplying those to russia. more reaction on all of this, retired lieutenant colonel dan davis. senior fellow and military expert at defense priorities. dan, good to talk to you. so, not naming iran specifically, pat ryder was saying irgc backed or supported groups but if the irgc is backing the groups, ultimately iran is behind it. why isn't the administration taking tougher action against iran if they continue to kill our people? >> well, look, as the general said there, the you state doesn't seek war with iran, and it doesn't want to escalate any of these situations that's going to draw us into a war that could potentially cost much more damage and death to u.s. troop members. but look, the bigger question is here, and this is a profound one, why are those 900 troops still on the ground in syria. i can tell you for certain they are not providing any benefit to

the united states, and the claim that the general is making here that they are there for the enduring defeat of isis, look, that is nonsense. that is not a military achievable mission. it's the equivalent of saying we are going to drain lake erie with a bucket. take out leaders here and there but no impact ob the scale of isis and isis does not pose a threat the troops are defending against. those troops need to be taken out so they don't get us drawn into a war and so nobody dies unnecessarily. >> john: if they are not there really to defeat isis, why are they still there? >> that's a good question. you know, certainly the syrian democratic forces like our troops there, that helps them keep the control of that part of syria. but that's not our job is to help the syrian democratic forces. our job in the military is defend our country and our interest and those troops are not doing that.

so, that is a very valid question i would like to hear the defense department answer, but the better answer is we are going to withdraw them. >> john: back to the more overall threat from all of this, and that is from iran. general mark milley was up on capitol hill yesterday and he issued what really is a frightening warning about iran's potential nuclear capability. >> iran could produce material for a nuclear weapon in a few weeks and a few months for an actual weapon. policy iran will not have a fielded nuclear weapon. >> john: the united states has multiple options to make sure that does not happen. what are those options? >> well, i mean, what else is there besides kinetic option, that's all that's left there, and what he's not telling you is the only reason, the only reason that they are -- they have material up to 80% is because we have been using this maximum

pressure for many years through two administration's and it has been nothing but disaster for our interests, and every time it pushes iran further and further in that direction. and look, they have not made any determination to build a bomb as the general admitted there, but the more we push in this direction, the more likely they are to do it and then we could end up at that same war that we said we want to avoid. so this is going in a direction that doesn't benefit us, and i can't stress that enough. >> john: all right. lieutenant colonel dan davis, good to get your thoughts on this. appreciate it. >> thanks, john. >> sandra: the political fallout, new polling showing the president's approval rating underwater, especially when it comes to foreign policy, as a new axis of evil presents a growing challenge for the white house. right now the president is in canada in an effort to bolster defense ties. jason, former congressman and

fox news contributor, thank you for hanging on through the update from the pentagon. clearly having a reaction to this moment, jennifer griffin had an exchange at the pentagon briefing and somewhat revealing, i'll get your response. >> so if you say the radar was working and if you were tracking it and drones don't fly that quickly, how is it that it was able to crash into the base, and you say that you are protecting those basis. >> look, again, this is a dangerous part of the world. the work we do is inherently dangerous, why you have the military in these types of places conducting these types of operations. we have seen rocket attacks, mortar attacks in the past from these kinds of groups. they will be an assessment in terms of the attack. the fact is these irgc-backed groups conducted this attack and unfortunately an american was killed. >> why wasn't there a contingency to shoot down the

drone. >> it's an inherently dangerous place, we'll look into the details. thank you. >> sandra: your response to that, jason. >> totally unacceptable. are you kidding me? the pentagon -- the radar is working, it's a dangerous place, but a slow moving drone was able to come in and kill an american and maim others. that is not an acceptable way to the lieutenant colonel's point, i think the president of the united states needs to explain to the american people why we are there and what is it that we are doing, and do we have the capability to fight on both fronts. you have the chinese on the move making threats to our warships moving through the south china sea. but we also have to be able to fight on another front. saudi arabia is getting closer to iran, iran is about to build a nuclear bomb. that's really what they are signaling to us and a couple weeks ago the pentagon testified to congress that hey, guess what, there are other threats

like isis hitting the homeland in the united states of america and we seem to have this lax, we don't give a crap, that is not acceptable to have u.s. personnel killed in syria. mr. president, you personally have to explain to the american people what's going on and how this is not going to spin out of control and become even worse. >> john: jason, as sandra mentioned at the top the president's approval on foreign policy well underwater in a new a.p. poll, approval on foreign policy just 39%. disapproval at 60%. look at the way that has changed since march of 2021. nikki haley was on america's newsroom talking to dana perino, here is what she said. >> it shows what happens when there is american weakness. whether it's in afghanistan, whether you see it in ukraine, whether you see it on the southern border, you are going to continue to see more of these things. last week, here you had the

russians, they shot down a u.s. drone, what did biden do, nothing. when you do nothing, when you show weakness in any area, they are going to continue to do more. >> john: the united states did retaliate and the irgc backed rebels fired ten more missiles. does this administration need to be stronger toward our adversaries and outright enemies? >> the weakness as haley, she was pointing out, the weakness invites more aggression against the united states. i think they sense a weak president biden and as karl rove pointed out earlier in this show, you know, those numbers started to drop after afghanistan, and they never got better. and i think there is a reason for that. he's not a strong communicator, he has not shown a deference and thought towards this, and no confidence that we have the ability. things were peaceful in the middle east under donald trump. but now they are going worse. you've got russia, you know,

getting together with china to form this alliance, we have to be able to fight on two fronts but i don't think anybody has the confidence we can fight on two fronts. we have got to be able to protect the troops that are overseas, and if we don't express some outrage, go after them, make it so painful that nobody ever dares to come after the united states again. but it doesn't feel like that. and so the communication is just absolutely just poor. >> sandra: worth noting we were listening to the pentagon update off the top, we are sitting here together and when he came out to speak before he took questions, there was not an immediate addressing of what had just happened, of course the first question was on it. i don't know what your take away is for that. sound from last hour. listen. >> we've got adversaries around the world who think we are weak and when they sense weakness, they are going to probe and if

at all possible exploit those weaknesses. >> sandra: so karl was obviously making that point last hour. but jason, right off the top, when the pentagon came out didn't immediately address it. when they did after the first question, you were on set here saying people died and we are saying this happens, there will be a review? >> let's go -- they know exactly what happened and they were not prepared for it. i don't think it's a coincidence china is on the march. making threats about u.s. warships by the parcel islands in the south china sea. a reason i think both of these things are happening at the same time and the assessment from the pentagon you've got isis coming up able to give an attack on the united states, iran coming up with a nuclear weapon, and you've got joe biden over there just, you know, playing footsie with the prime minister of canada. i'm glad he's there, but what are they doing to protect the

united states of america and make the world a safer place. >> john: and on that point, this president spends a lot of time talking about threats to democracy from inside the united states. should he be spending more time talking about threats to democracy coming from overseas? >> yeah, we spend more time figuring out who is going to use what bathroom on an aircraft carrier than to make sure we have the biggest, badest military on the face of the planet. under ronald reagan, we had 600 warships. now we have less than 300 and the chinese are building warships as fast as they possibly can. so what are you doing, mr. president. the budget is going to be there, but gosh, you've got to take control and be a better communicator as the president. >> sandra: all right, jason, appreciate you joining us. >> john: thanks, jason. car makers have promised their investors that electric vehicles are the way of the future. but could their push to go green be putting one american car giant in the red? plus this.

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it. the state senate rammed through his proposal to punish oil companies over price gouging claims, the bill will set a cap on company profits and impose a penalty when the cap is exceeded. newsom says it will bring down gas prices. critics are calling it a total job killer. larry kudlow, a long way of getting to the fact he's spending $7 million on a commission to track down price gougers when we have had numerous state, local, federal investigations to go find the gosh darn price gougers, never resulted in arrest, never resulted in a lawsuit. >> not one in any state. it makes good left wing politics. by the way, they are telling about how high -- gasoline prices in california have been coming down, i want to say that. 4.82, the national average is 3.44. that's because california has very scarce supplies and lots of taxes and regulations. a year ago californians had

5.88, it's down a buck. it's set by the market, they don't understand markets in california, and the gasoline stations set it from whatever the market dictates. the price of oil has come down by about $40, ok, it's about -- where, under 70, the price of oil. >> sandra: i had to look at whether or not he's going after the big oil companies and if he is, so he's anti-profits? that's anti-capitalism. >> yes to one, anti-profits, yes to two, anti-capitalism, yes to three markets, that's the way they govern in california. >> going after the gas stations, incredible thing to prove. if it's the gas stations, four guys on the local corner, they are getting together to raise prices, that would have to be happening. >> it has never ever been proven. the gas stations are like supermarkets, gasoline is secondary.

>> sandra: sell you a donut and a coffee. >> this is just gavin, i know him very well, he's a lovely man. he turned so far left. he used to be a pro business moderate democratic mayor of san francisco, ok. i just want to put that on the table. but he's going along with all the crazies. this is about hating fossil fuels and they think they are going to help invoke climate change and so forth and so on. that's all this is about, and they are going to be in a rude awakening if this thing ever went through. >> sandra: one thing before i move on to the wall street journey polling, i'll be on your show as well, i got off the phone with bjorn, and he pointed to the eia website, the biden administration own energy agency. they are predicting that e.v.s, electric vehicles, will only be 10% of the american market by the year 2050, which backs up

what he continues to claim is this is -- we are not ready, this is the transition that is not ready. people don't like these vehicles. people would be rushing out to buy them if they had mastered the market and now the companies are pouring billions and they are losing billions. >> not speak of the government. goldman sachs has just reestimated the so-called inflation reduction act and has now estimated something like $400 billion cost for the e.v. tax credits and the overall bill is going to be 1.2 trillion. in other words, we are spending a fortune on this product. let the market decide. that's a novel idea. incidentally, that energy information agency a couple years ago, i think it was 2020 or 2021, said united states should be producing 15 million barrels of oil per day. right. we are still hovering around 12. the peak was 13 million plus.

if you had -- oil prices would be $30, maybe $35 a barrel if we were producing between 14 and 15 million. gasoline prices would be under $2 a gallon if we were doing that. >> sandra: could you imagine? >> a lot better than going after a socialist state like california and getting rid of the energy companies and laying off how many millions of people we will never know. just on this one point, california gasoline has come down a buck in the last year. but it's 4.82. nationwide gasoline is about 3.40. ask yourself. >> sandra: still up over a buck since biden took office. >> ask yourself where it's so much more expensive in california, because of their taxes, left wing -- free enterprise capitalism will solve a lot of problems.

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less than ten hours later, the coroner said he had to change the cause of death to a hit-and-run because the body was found on a roadway and contained no bullet fragments. the highway patrol official said i asked her why she was ruling it a motor vehicle accident and what she thought caused the head injury. she told me it was not her job to figure that out. it was mine. double murder convict alec murdaugh's father a retired prosecutor, allegedly offered his assistance to the victim's family but stopped returning their calls. he prompted a witness to contact authorities with a lead that failed to pan out. investigators are optimistic more witnesses will emerge now that alec murdaugh is behind bars. >> the chief believes there's five people that have knowledge and that now the murdaugh trial is over with and there's been a conviction, he believes people will now have the courage to come forward. we're asking people to come

forward. >> alec murdaugh's surviving son, buster, went to high school with the victim. but he issued a statement a few days ago denying any relationship with him and said he had nothing to do with his death. sandra? >> jonathan serrie reporting live from atlanta. john? >> john: students at stanford law are getting a lesson in free speech. a half day session to educate them on the first amendment and the norms of the legal profession. it's mandatory after students and an associate dean interrupted a federal judges address earlier this month. the dean has been put on leave but defended her actions saying she was using deescalation techniques. let's bring in host of "fox news sunday," shannon bream. so jenny martinez, the dean of the law school, put out a lengthy letter about this, which said in part, our commitment to diversity and inclusion means we must protect all views.

settled first amendment law allows government restrictions on heckling to preserve the counter vailing interest in free speech. i don't think anybody has interpreted dei to mean you have to listen to conservative voices. this is an interesting letter. >> every first year law school know what the first amendment is about. it's not protecting the stuff that we agree with because you wouldn't need it. i think about the supreme court. they ruled on the church that likes to picket at funerals and use horrible languages and signs that we cut put on tv because the language is so offensive. they won 8-1 at the supreme court. the first amendment is about having to hear and co exist with ideas and language you don't like. that's how it works. >> john: we're seeing on the screen the associate dean who got up there and started ripping the judge and explained why are you here is. the juice worth the squeeze? what do you have to say that is this important?

she's wrote about this in the "wall street journal." here's what she said. i stepped up to the podium to deploy the deescalation techniques that i had been trained which gets parties to look past the conflict. she said she wanted to give voice to the students. she said she wanted judge duncan to understand why some students were protesting his presence on campus. it came off that she was leading the charge. >> we weren't there. we've seen video of this. they said her remarks were five to six minutes long outlining everything the students had against other decisions that he made, their perceived ideas that he was anti-this, anti-that. if we're on the outside looking in, we don't know the whole thing, we weren't there but she's written this piece and she said it's important for us to have dialogue, to deescalate and have difficult discussions. people in the room said they felt like she was doing the

opposite. she's on leave at this point. so we'll see what comes next. >> john: let me read from martinez's letter. she didn't agree with the way that steinbach has determined it. >> john: she doesn't say anything about all administrators will be instructed to use deescalation technique tactics to explain to the person getting heckled that the students have a right -- it's crazy. >> the stanford law students are not going to be disciplined by the law school itself. there's other people stepping forward saying that they will file bar complaints in texas, california that may stop them from getting their license. >> john: real quick. "fox news sunday"? >> mike mccaul is here. a lot of foreign policy. we'll ask about syria and beyond.

>> john: thanks. sandra? >> sandra: fox news alert now. we've been monitoring developments out of canada where the president is currently speaking there. he was introduced by the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau who spoke about french canadian american cooperation, the partnership throughout the years and today talking about economic interests, the war in ukraine, climate and an increasingly assertive china. trudeau said in his remarks, this is not a moment to compromise on our values. this is a moment to double down on them. trudeau ahead of the president speaking there now made note of the two michaels freed from chinese detention. that's what we heard so far as they're meeting and talking about other things, an immigration deal for the northern border, john. >> john: the immigration deal is interesting, this is in the swanton sector which

incorporates new york state and vermont and new hampshire. the deal they agreed to said if they crossed illegally, they'll come back to the country in which they came. if somebody goes to canada from the united states, they'll be send back to the u.s. or vice versa. you won'ter if they can cut a deal like that on the northern border, why doesn't joe biden visit with president obrador and said looks, let's cut the same deal. anybody that comes in from mexico goes back to mexico and vice versa. doesn't make sense to a lot of people. >> sandra: people watching may be having the same questions. dealing with a different number of immigrants on the northern versus the southern border. we're going to listen to the president for a minute. >> in war and peace, we've been a strong hold of liberty. safeguard with the fundamental freedoms that give us our lives literally, give our lives meaning. we have gladly stepped in to the

responsibilities of global leadership. we understand all that is at risk for canadians and americans alike. when freedom is under attack anywhere in world. today our destinys are intertwined note because of geography but because of a choice, a choice we made again and again. the united states chooses to link our future with canada because we know we'll find no better partner. that comes from the bottom of my heart. no more reliable ally, no more steady friend. today i say to you to all of the people of canada that you will always, always be able to count on the united states of america. [applause]

together we will build a partnership that is an incredible advantage to both of our nations. that doesn't mean we never disagree as any two countries will do from time to time. when we disagree, we solve our differences in friendship and g g goodwill because our interests are fundamentally a lined. as we stand at this inflection point in history a professor that once explained the question as you're going down the highway 60 miles an hour and you rapidly turn one direction five degrees and never get back on the same path again. but, but you're on a different course. the decisions we make in the coming years will determine the course of our world for decade