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dana. dana: fox news alert. the supreme court hearing a high-profile case with huge ramifications for the biden white house. over efforts by the administration to silence free speech on social media. did the administration improperly pressure big tech to censor certain posts about covid treatments, election security and hunter biden's laptop? the justices will have to decide. two lower courts have ruled against the biden administration. oral arguments getting underway any moment now. dramatic night raid in gaza city. israeli troops stormed into shifa hospital coming under fire in a heated battle for control against hamas terrorists hiding inside. welcome to a new hour of in us news, i'm dana perino. good morning. >> bill: i i'm bill hemmer goin on four or five months. shifa was raided last year where they discovered underground bunkers and tunnels said to be used by hamas as command and
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control centers inside troops found weapons and evidence that hostages may have been held there. general jack keane with us a bit earlier on hamas's humanitarian targets. >> hamas chooses these sites purposely because it will shield them from idf operations and also it enhances international condemnation of what the israelis are doing. that's what this is all about. >> the only thing that gets hamas to release the hostages is continued military pressure. that's what enabled us to bring out already half of the hostages. that's what will enable us to get the remaining hostages. at the same time there has to be pressure. >> bill: the beat goes on in the war. trey yengst back at the post live in tel aviv, israel with the latest today. hello, trey. >> good morning. unexpected development overnight as israeli forces launched a raid into gaza's shifa hospital.
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you can see in the drone video here fire fights erupting inside the come flex as israeli forces entered. the top spokesman for the israeli military said israel is acting on intelligence that senior hamas militants are sheltering in the hospital. he said this overnight. >> we call upon all hamas terrorists hiding in hospital, surrender immediately. medical facilities should never be exploited for terror. >> our understanding is that israeli soldiers are still operating in shifa at this hour. hamas released a statement condemning the incursion and according to the idf internal security operator for hamas was killed during the morning's raid. i spoke with a doctor working in shifa hospital said the conditions are difficult and doctors have resorted to giving their own blood to treat some patients. some food, water and supplies are reaching the hospital this doctor says it is not enough. as for the extent of hamas
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operations inside the hospital, it is not clear how many militants the military believes are inside the compound. we have reported extensively from shifa and seen a tunnel network underthe facility in addition to weapons that were recovered from the area. we have not seen a command and control center as the israelis say is there. the question today remains if they will find more hamas operatives inside the hospital and at this hour israeli forces say at least one soldier was killed during this morning's operation. bill. >> bill: thanks, trey yengst reporting. important stuff in tel aviv. thank you for that. >> dana: joining us for more on this wyoming senator john barrasso is a republican on the foreign relations committee. great to have you here. i was a little shocked that one of your colleagues on the democratic said side that he doesn't thing that anyone from unrwa was helping hamas. >> when it comes to u.n. like
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human tear assistance through unrwa there is no evidence of diversion to hamas. he said this very clearly. i have tried to tell my colleagues who keep coming back from meeting with netanyahu government officials spreading this lie, this myth about diversion from unrwa. >> dana: i didn't think there was anybody who disbelieved what we've been hearing. >> that's the u.n. relief fund that money from them going to hamas. not a single dime should go to them in the few if you recall. the united nations has failed in its mission and we've seen it repeatedly. this money has gone to build the tunnels and the terror network that we have with hamas. you showed the video of all of those tunnels. hundreds of miles of tunnels. more than the new york subway system. where did the money come from? united states, united nations, funneling it to this organization.
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not a single penny should go to them period. >> bill: it appears that pressure on this administration continues to ramp up. we see that in some of the protests all over the country. then you have chuck schumer last week calling to get netanyahu out there, out of there, i should say. nancy pelosi was asked about that this weekend. >> schumer's speech was an act of courage, an act of love for israel. what is wrong with advocating for elections in a democracy? people have different views and they express them and that's a beautiful thing. but for him to say what does that say if he won't even say that as the war winds down, the people of israel should speak. that's all chuck was saying. >> bill: that's how she heard it. how did you hear it? >> a disgraceful call for interference by the united states into israel's elections and i thought it was schumer just doing biden's bidding. we have a president they didn't have the guts to do it himself so he had chuck schumer give
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that speech going afteour closest ally in the middle east. somebody that has been a friend from the beginning with the united states. it was wrong and republicans stood up and said so. israel is a democracy. they have absolutely every right to hold an election. a right to defend themselves. they'll keep doing that. i think the democrats are scared right now because what we see is so many of the far left democrats are supporting hamas instead of israel. they are afraid it will cost joe biden the election. >> bill: it is fractured indeed. what netanyahu said we're not a banana republic, leave us alone. >> dana: it helped bring the israelis together. netanyahu and biden will speak today apparently. we'll get read-outs and see how it goes. last week we were filled with the conversation about tiktok and what should happen. the house passed it in a bipartisan fashion. it goes to the senate and over the weekend we hear this. there are rumored bytedance
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buyers putting themselves together. steve mnuchin, kevin o'leary and a former ceo and someone i don't know from rumble. there is a potential buyer. would that be a good solution for everybody so it's sold off and everybody keeps using the app? >> a good solution. tiktok right now is a flags nall security threat because it's under the control of the chinese communist party. that's the threat component of it when we have 170 million americans whose information is under that same control. so they can use it to spy on us. you know how people get very mad when we hear of a spy balloon or from us in the west where you see china is buying farmland and ranchland near military installations. this much worse. i met with the ceo of last week in washington i said look. the problem is not tiktok itself. the problem of the ownership. if we can find a group like we
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have here i think it would make the solution better. continue with tiktok but not controlled by the chinese communist party. >> we'll see how it goes. nice to see you in person. we want to express to you our profound gratitude for the loss of your -- sorry for the loss of your wife. >> she watched you every morning right up until the end. she loved you guys. >> dana: you have a wonderful love story and great example for the rest of us. >> bill: stay strong. florida late last night. we'll check it out. >> they're shantey. stay down, stay down. don't move. >> bill: spraining break chaos, a person is dead, two others injured after shootings in jacksonville beach late sunday. police are looking for the shooters. they gave us an update earlier today at jack's beach. >> multiple suspects and multiple scenes. multiple shell casings from pistol and rifle caliber weapons
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found on the ground. two of these firearms have been recovered. we have not made any arrests at this time. we're still working on the investigation. >> bill: witnesses saying the shooters fired 15 to 20 shots in one of the injured victims is in serious conditions at a nearby hospitalal >> dana: the nation's crime capital. police are offering a $50,000 reward leading to an arrest in a shooting that left two people dead and five hurt less than a week after mayor bowser signed a new crime bill into law. mike emanuel is live in washington, d.c. the city in d.c. seems rattled to me. >> no doubt about it. this latest incident took place 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. two men were found with gunshot wounds who died at the scene, both 32 years old. the motive remains under investigation. the location is less than a mile from capital one arena where the men's basketball championship was played hours earlier.
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exactly one week ago d.c. mayor bowser signed a crime bill called secure d.c. bowsers emphasized using modern tools to hold criminals accountable. >> we're also in an environment where we have to have more technology to balance off not having the number of people resources that we have had in past years. the message is really to people who would commit crime. if they haven't gotten it already you will be on camera and you will get caught. >> the "washington post" editorial board sounded the alarm a piece, can anything stop the d.c. crime wave? violent crime declined in every major u.s. city last year. the district was a tragic outlier. local leaders say those in authority must do better. >> we saw a devastating 39% increase in violent crime and 26% increase in crime overall in the district.
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274 people lost their lives to homicide. residents are in fear the carjacking and thefts and falling victim to crime across the city. this is unacceptable. >> a very popular time of year for visitors to the nation's capital. many travel to see the cherry blossoms and student groups make middle school trip to see the sights. >> dana: thank you so much. and trapped in the middle of gang-fueled violence the state department trying to get hundreds of americans out of the chaos unfolding in haiti. among those stranded very young children. we're going to hear from an american couple trying to get their adopted kids back to the united states. plus this. >> we have become sort of this epicenter of crime and prostitution and illegal street vending. it has taken over many streets. >> bill: once vibrant and pleasant neighborhood plunging into despair here. residents comparing aoc's district to a third world country.
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we'll check it out. there is also this. roll it. >> so this is the hallway. it is a passageway 24 inches across. if you are six foot five or six you might have a problem. if you are 5'11 comfortable. >> dana: bill was on top of the world with the u.s. navy in an arctic adventure. ♪ i couldn't get my hair done. then psoriatic arthritis. cosentyx works on both for me. people with psoriasis on the scalp have a 4 times higher risk for psoriatic arthritis. serious allergic reactions, severe skin reactions that look like eczema, and an increased risk of infections, some fatal, have occurred. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to, or if ibd symptoms develop or worsen. still workin' for me.
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>> dana: let's hear it. six more years for vladimir putin. he extended his rule and claiming a landslide victory in the presidential election. there was no suspense. the election was a farce critics
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say since he faced no real opposition. his most prominent rival was found murdered in a russian prison last month. >> bill: he offered his first comments. >> dana: 87%. >> bill: he is getting close -- speaking of putin will take you to a place, well, where putin has put a lot of focus. the arctic is considered to be the earth's final frontier. it does now with major world powers, u.s. and russia and now china. the u.s. navy gave us an invitation to see how things are changing there and we did just that last week. to get this far north, you have to go a long way. our journey began in washington, d.c. embedded with the u.s. navy. we flew nearly eight hours to
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dead horse, alaska. then we flew another 200 miles north into the sea. down there in the middle of nowhere we spotted ice camp. every two years about 60 sailors and a few scientists make a small tent village for up to five weeks. it is harsh, demanding, flat, it is bone chilling cold. >> how do you find the runway? >> we make the runway. >> bill: it was 29 below when we arrived. >> quite cold, negative 55 with the windchill. we ask people to stay within the area in case there are polar bears. >> bill: why did we come here? this is navy admiral. >> it is an opportunity for allies and partners, if we come with the united states and get a sense of how to conduct military operations here. >> bill: if you looked at the globe and rotated the earth to the north pole you would find eight countries that have
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territory north of the arctic circle. seven are members of nato. russia is the outlier. russia is what's on admiral's mind. >> russia considers this their backyard and they would love nothing more than to take claim to the are turk region. it's full of resources. trade routes are opening more each year. they consider this a place they have dominance. >> there is more to this mission. the navy says melting arctic ice is a real thing but understanding how much and when and what the effect could be to all of us is a point of debate and that's another reason why they are here. >> their knowledge of the arctic is not as complete as it needs to be. we need more research and coll ipodate data and inform and develop the models and consider to research so we have a better idea. >> we choppered farther north to rendezvous with the u.s.s.
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hampton. a nuclear submarine out of san diego and saw this. in a rare move for any of the world's military powers, the navy will bust through the arctic ice in a submarine getting to the hatch takes a chain saw. with temperatures so cold and ice so thick, it takes more than an hour to gain access to the hatch. >> mike brown is the commanding officer. >> i don't want us to go to some type of shooting match with russia. i will lose friends and people will die. but i think the u.s. submarine force is ready if that's what we are called to do. >> bill: most of these sailors are at sea for three months at a time. a different life. to say the least. no iphones or social media, no transmission beneath the water.
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an isolation unlike any other. the navy has been doing some form of this exercise since 1946. a chilly beginning to the early years of the cold war. russia has been operating in the arctic for generations. several years ago the chinese government belt a military outpost in the south china sea. many countries objected but not one stopped beijing. today china is poking around the arctic as well. many believe the natural gas and oil and rare earth material is abundant if you can get to it. 24 hours later, the hatch opens again. the american flag is raised from the hampton under a brilliant and bright blue sky. they think about the message he is sending to the world about american power. especially to vladimir putin. >> all of it sends a message to him we take this area seriously, too. we won't stand by and allow any nation to operate up here if
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their intentions are not allowed to remain free and open. >> bill: he is talking about the possibility that putin could charge some sort of ocean liner for passage and he wants open and free international waters. thanks to the u.s. navy. we have a fox nation special coming up in a few weeks' time. i glad i went and i'm happy i'm back. >> dana: i find the arctic fascinating and glad you went to be our eyes and ears and thank you to the men and women up there in those conditions doing that kind of research and protection for us. >> bill: they have so many stories to tell and so many stories happening there. remember when we were on the air with shannon in washington, d.c. and we were at that location 210 -- near the 75th degree north latitude. there is not a whole lot of territory in the world that's further north. we're on a frozen ocean. we did a live shot with you using star link from elon musk and the connection was amazing.
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i thought wow, for us to be in this business for as long as we have i thought using star -- there is no place in the world off limits for live television. that to me is a revolution. >> dana: what did you have for dinner? >> bill: spaghetti and meatballs. sub they cooked pizza. in 1914 the u.s. navy started serving ice cream on their submarines. why? life is tough and demanding. good food creates good morale. submarines have the best food in the u.s. military. good eating. we watched a movie on board the sub, too. thanks to the navy. awesome experience. >> dana: great editing, too. >> bill: thank you. [shouting] >> dana: fdyn commissioner heckled and booed over the st. patrick's day parade over the
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>> dana: right now the supreme court is hearing what is being called the biggest free speech case in a generation. republicans are suing the white house for pressuring social media companies to remove content. administration disagreed with. all this as facebook is reportedly under investigation accused of giving drug pushers a platform to sell illegal narcotics. kelly o'grady live in new york city with more. hi, kelly. >> that's right. meta is under investigation for illicit sale of drug. the company may be facilitating and profiting from the alleged activity on its platforms like instagram and facebook. "wall street journal" is reporting u.s. prosecutors in virginia have been sending subpoenas as part of a criminal grand jury probe. in response the big tech giant
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says it is working to crack down on this activity and shared this with fox business quote. the sale of illicit drugs is against our policies and we work to find and are he move this content from our services. meta cooperates with law enforcement authorities to help combat the sale and distribution of illicit drugs. questions are being raised whether meta and other companies should be responsible forare the content sellers and users post. for example, during the pandemic telehealth companies flooded social media platforms for prescription medications and they're promoting fake versions of weight loss drugs on meta 's platform. that's translating to legal action. 41 states plus d.c. are suing meta over allegations regarding child safety and facebook whistleblower revealing the company's own research described kids instagram usage as an addict narrative. senator blackburn shared these
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thoughts. no surprise meta is peddling inlegal drugs to users. we've seen companies utilize social mead to push illicit substances to unsuspecting americans, especially our children. simply because an investigation may happen doesn't mean charges will be filed. it appears the appetite to hold big tech accountable is growing stronger. back to you. >> dana: great to have you on. thank you. critics disdescribing a neighborhood in aoc's district as third world. street corners filled with trash and rampant prostitution. people who live there say aoc is mia. >> no team coming out and speaking to the vendors or the prostitutes in these situations. where is the the help? >> you told me earlier it doesn't appear that she is doing what she is supposed to be doing for your neighborhood. >> never does. i've never seen her in the neighborhood. >> dana: let's bring in the anchor of good day new york and
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paul mauro as fox news contributor with the nypd. rosanna, look at these pictures here. we have pictures of prostitution in aoc's district and what are you hearing from that? i know -- >> it is not shocking, dana and bill. thank you, by the way, for inviting me. so congresswoman aoc has been mia for quite some time. in fact, state senator ramos has said said or implied that her office has been overcompensating because aoc has been missing there. there is a lot of problems in that area. they've known about the brothels. they have been going on for over a year in that. by the way, it is not just hidden brothels. they are out there on the streets as plain sight, you know, basically prostituting on the streets. and the city knows about it, the mayor knows about it.
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police know about it. there have been brothel busts in the city. how do they stop it because as the mayor said, as may or adams said, these people need to work. >> bill: she was asked about immigration third week of february. roll this. this is aoc talking about that. >> you only respect illegal aliens. >> i am an elected member of congress, so -- we have had enough. as we notice and as we've seen the voices that are anti-immigrant in this country are very, very loud but they are very, very few. >> bill: you know this area. what do you think about it? >> i'm from this area. i grew up in elm hurst. she is mia to say the least. i wrote a piece about her for fox digital which has a new piece up that builds on that. it goes back almost two years
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now and just demonstrates how completely mia she is. as she was calling to defund the police. as she was doing that, commensurately crime and shootings were going up in her district. no response from her. you never get a response from her. another nuance. one of the things that our city council, which is very far left and can never stop coming up with ways to get in the way of what was traditional police work, one of the things they put through is they removed loitering for prostitution. that was the front line statute for getting street prostitution off the street and in some cases have these women kerb-mostly women, put in jail. after a while. i have been there for this. they literally have said i'm going somewhere else. i remember them cursing about giuliani saying i'm going somewhere else. you can't make a living. they will talk to you. sometimes they will give you information about other crimes, etc.
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i remember them saying we have to clear out. well, that disincentive is no longer there and there also comes, last point, close the loop with the migration issue. not telling anybody anything they don't know. we've recently had a homicide in queens of a prostitute by a guy who looks like he may be a serial killer. all of these elements coming together because all of these interdiction methods are taken off the table and we shouldn't be surprised >> some of these women are very young. not women. they are young children and we're not even talking about what is going on with human trafficking, with the illegal immigration coming in our city. >> bill: i want to get to this quickly. the governor put the national guard in the subway system. you study this stuff and you live in the city. >> it's ironic, right? >> bill: she says it is working and last week shots fired. >> governor hochul comes on and talk about how wonderful it is
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to have the national guard even if it's just optics it makes people feel safer. one day later major shooting on the subway. you can't make this stuff up. people who take the subway on a regular basis will tell you, it is not normal what they deal with. maybe they aren't dealing with shootings and murders but they are dealing with mentally unstable people on the subway. >> bill: every day. need a quick answer. are they looking for guns or something worse? >> ostensibly for guns. they can come onto a subway if they signal to be stopped. they turn around and walk out and they know that. >> bill: that won't solve much. you have a new fox nation series, brian kohberger. all three parts are streaming now. we want to give you a shout-out. >> we'll have it on the ops desk. look out for that.
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>> dana: great to have you. >> bill: new york city's fire commissioner was heckled by protestors at the city's st. patrick's day parade over the weekend and it went down like this. [shouting] >> bill: they are yelling at cavanaugh after her department's investigation and trials promised to hunt down trump supporting fdny members who booed the new york a.g. james at a promotion ceremony. that's out there too, for you today. >> dana: ohio holding a key gop senate primary tomorrow. the candidates vying for a shot at a vulnerable democrat senate seat. trapped in haiti with no way out. we hear from an indiana couple trying to bring their adopted sons to safety. >> the issue in haiti in particular, they just let 4,000
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>> bill: now it is election eve in the state of ohio. voters choosing between three republican challengers to unseat sherod brown. getting a lot of attention starting today. mark meredith live in columbus. good morning to you there. >> bill, it's looking cold here. good morning. ohio senate primary is also getting down right nasty. multiple factions of the republican party trying to steer voters to their one candidate. three names on the ballot tomorrow including state senator matt dolan. secretary of state and businessman moreno.
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they are in damage control after the associated press says it found a 2008 adult friend finder page they believe was tied to moreno. the campaign said it is a joke from years ago and they're dismissing it. he had nothing to do with the account and existed for less than a half day 16 years ago. he is blaming his opponents for the story going viral. candidate calling the whole thing vile and trying to pivot to other issues. >> j.d. vance and i will be great partners. we'll work together in the united states senate to always advocate for ohio to make sure we're putting ohio first. >> matt dolan has a done of establishment support including governor dewine. he hopes this time the legislature will stand out to forties. >> you would expect it to be shades of gray. i'm the only one that can say
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here is a conservative agenda that has been put in place in ohio that i was the author of. >> hoping the luck of the irish will carry him tomorrow. this race getting a lot of attention and expensive. $50 million being spent on ads just now. wait until the general. >> bill: could decide the balance of power come november. we'll see. nice to see you in columbus, ohio. >> dana: haiti descending into further chaos trapping some of the most vulnerable and youngest people on the island. our next guests from indiana and. their boys are stuck in haiti. missy and john join us now. thank you so much for being here. when was the last time you were able to speak to your boys and how did they sound? >> we spoke to them a week ago yesterday and they sounded good and were happy. they are very fearful. >> dana: do you have the ability to talk to them regularly if not
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by phone. is there text messaging that you can get regular updates? >> no. we do not have that ability. >> dana: that must be very difficult. john, as i understand it, the adoption process was completed in 2023. march of 2023, a year ago. what has happened between then and now that they haven't been able to get here to be with you? >> well, there is a lot of unrest in haiti for a long time so it has been hard for the haitians and government to get to work a lot of times. that slowed it up. right now we're waiting on haiti passports and article 23. >> dana: you are right. their government is not exactly functioning. and they will need those to leave. has our state department been able to help you at all? >> they are supposed to meet
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with the adongs agencies tomorrow. most are legalry adopted and our children are legally adopted. what the state department is currently asking for is absurd. when haiti is on the verge of collapse. the department of state is the the central authority and they can discuss with the haitian central authority what the state department needs to do is waive visas, need to waive haitian passports and ask the haitian government to do so and they'll take the lead from our state department on this. the planes are coming to rescue americans but not helping our adopted children. >> yes. we have tried several times for the last year plus we have tried to make contact with the state department and ask for these -- this wasn't something that just suddenly happened and didn't see it coming. we've seen it coming for a long
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time. >> dana: tell me about your decision to go to haiti, volunteer work that you do there. your hearts being opened to these children and your decision to adopt them into your family and become their parents. >> we first went to haiti in 2015 and with a mission, a great organization that does ministry and actually reaches out and helping the haitians with medical and dental needs. we saw the need there and our heart just went out. the haitian people are very kind and loving and so that's what kind of started us on this journey of adoption. >> dana: john, how do you get through the days as you watch some of this news coverage? the gang violence is difficult. situation is desperate and food might be hard to get. you are here safe and sound but i would imagine extremely worried. >> yes.
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it's very stressful just knowing they are there. they are hearing the gunfire. they are hiding underneath their beds because they don't understand, they don't know what's -- if they can get hit so they are scared and you are trapped there and you can't just comfort them. so it is very stressful and this is why we're reaching out to everyone we can to help others get their kids home. >> dana: you are doing the lord's work, adopting people -- young people who need your love and guidance. missy and john of indiana, we'll stay in touch and hope you can get something from our state department as they try to meet wi those adoption agencies tomorrow. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> bill: stay strong especially now. there is a new lawsuit aimed at forcing china to admit covid came from a lab. a small american business owner
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>> dana: the covid claim about covid that originated in the research lab in wuhan, china has been debated and getting traction for years. now a small businessman from texas is suing china. how do you sue china, william? >> that's just a question. what we'll answer, right? the two stories here. did covid start in a lab? if so, can china be held liable? some u.s. agencies believe the virus did leak out. china denies it. which is why one attorney is trying to force china in the federal court to find out. >> hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> buzz owns a photography studio near dallas. like other businesses he took a financial hit and wants china to pay for it. >> we know who is responsible and it is certainly lab in
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wuhan. we brought it as a class action on behalf of all americans. >> the attorney sued china in federal court. >> it is very likely the wuhan lab was conducting experiments on bioweapons. if that's the case it's a violation of internation law. >> it becomes overwhelmingly likely that sars originated in a lab. >> bill: there was a patient suggesting that it could not occur in nature and new report containing 1400 pages of u.s. government documents supports that conclusion. revealing that in 2018 a team of u.s. and chinese virologists applied for a $14 million pentagon grant to make the sars virus more infectious. a lot of the lab work can be done in wuhan. it did not meet u.s. safety standards. pentagon passed on the project.
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a former "new york times" science editor suggests the team secured chinese government funding and went ahead by themselves. >> these researchers had the means, motive and opportunity to do this work. >> so are the documents conclusive? one prominent virologists calls them a smoking gun. to your question, china fought this subpoena in this case and trying to stay out of federal court under something called the foreign sovereign immunity act. they usually prevail. examples in libya and iran they were held liable. right now it's up in the airment back to you. >> dana: thank you so much. now we know. >> bill: we mentioned this a couple of hours ago. the u.s. supreme court hearing arguments whether or not the biden administration broke the law in its crackdown against online disinformation. lydia hu has more with an update from the newsroom in new york. what do we know so far? >> that's right. oral arguments are underway for an hour.
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we have heard from the attorney for the biden administration appealing and asking the supreme court to weigh in here. the lawyer is presenting arguments saying any government contact the federal government may have had with social media companies was merely persuasion to the social media companies, not coercion in their content moderation policies. mr. flecher is also taking questions about standing and whether the states in this case, missouri and louisiana, can actually bring this case. there is a possibility the supreme court may not even reach the merits of the decision. happening next week expect to hear from attorneys from those states missouri and louisiana and they will point to the mountain of evidence that they say suggests this federal government has coerced social media companies in censoring content about covid policies. bill. >> bill: we're waiting to hear from the supremes then. northwest isn't your typical fourth grader. roll it now.
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she is getting ready to drop her debut album elementary school drop out. obvious nod to her dad's debut album called the college drop-out and hinted there may be a -- >> dana: pretty good information right there. i was in nashville this weekend and want to give a shout-out to the bluebird cafe that's always great. i saw mark irwin and three new artists to me. they were at the listening room cafe for the 18th birthday. chris blair congratulations on the anniversary of that great business. then we came home and peter had his boots on. i like that picture. aniston and davis were three young people i saw there. >> bill: a lot of talent. >> dana: talk about talent,

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