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former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy is standing by. first, david spunt who has been covering this all along, this very quick verdict. >> very quick verdict. were talking three hours and ten minutes. when you have a verdict that quick, its not favorable to the defendant. steve bannon, the former white house adviser to former president donald trump convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of congress. willful failure to appear before testimony before january 6. guilty. count two,...

we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, were learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter irans nuclear threat. >> we mean what we s...

along. >> dana: its the brand-new fox news power rankings predicting republicans will win 225 house seats. it would give the gop a seven seat majority. >> bill: factor in the toss-up seats. many by the way. that margin could grow to as high as 37 as of today. >> dana: feeling that potential red wave is a lack of enthusiasm for the president and his policies. that is me having the gift of understatement. a new poll shows a mere 13% of americans say the country is on the right track. >> ...

contemplated an additional mass shooting. theres new word about how his father helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his past. a young man who had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we have the names of all seven peoplekilled, we want to begin with who they were. eduardo uvaldo had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters we...

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united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. theyre not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. >> bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since t...

yes, that investigation goes all the way to the top. and the fed all but certain to jack up interest rates this afternoon. but how big a hike will tell us a lot about the inflation problem. as new numbers on housing and what were buying spell more economic trouble. up first, the details that point a glaring legal spotlight at the former president donald trump. this banner headline courtesy of the "washington post," the justice department investigating trumps actions in the january ...

economy into a recession which is what we dont want. the gang is here. good morning. >> dana: good to be here im dana perino and this is "americas newsroom." all that economic news coming this week with the administration, theyre swirling as well as the news. theyre swirling and spinning. the central back is expected to announce a rate hike again today. it would be the fourth one in five months that will pour cold water on an economy already slowing down. >> bill: the feds trying to pu...

from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. im bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. >> good morning. glad to be with you. im sandra smith. this is "americas newsroom." those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. >> bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in ...

infighting. >> support justice where she says on a weapons ban and the impact it could have as democrats push to take your rights away pick rex and nicole what you have? >> it is a horrific crime caught on camera for a teenager most down a mother and her infant for the radical district attorney in los angeles in sending him to camp as a punishment? i dont know about that. >> on a happier note it is day three of the queens platinum jubilee per the star-studded platinum party at the pala...