trail. griff. hey, happy 4th, bryan and gillian. voters in those states are getting a healthy dose of old glory, gop candidates for the parades. ron desantis marched today in a parade in wolfboro, new hampshire, and another one in merrimac, he ll be joined by tim scott, doug burgum. only in america could the son of a single mother rise from poverty to be a candidate of president. america is the land of opportunity, not oppression. fire that burned in independence hall, 56 men pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to establish a new nation conceived in liberty. meanwhile out in the hawkeye state. mike pence taking part in urbandale, and francis suarez busy in cedar rapids, iowa, running a 5k race this morning and then making pancakes, noticeably absent from the trail today, former president and front-runner, donald trump, who leads in fox news latest polling among gop primary voters with 56%. desantis trailing by 34%, and single digits down there. we ll next s
israel vowing to intensify its war against hamas, even as there s a call for more aid. and netanyahu heckled by families of hostages, demanding for loved ones to be saved now. and then strikes against iran-backed militants, and what it means for the region and u.s. it has been a rocky year for the president. a look back and a look forward to his 2024 campaign pitch. later as well, the anti-vaxx movement on the rise. a rave of lawmakers that oppose vaccine requirements, and what it means as the covid infections keep ticking up. hey, everybody. good morning to you. we begin this hour with new developments in the israel-hamas war. this morning plumes of smoke can be seen over the skies of gaza, and a senior adviser of the prime minister bibi netanyahu. he will meet with secretary of state, tony blinken as well, and he met with israeli forces telling them do not stop. he vowed to continue the war to the end. and let s bring in nbc s ryan nobles at the white house, and a retired f
here at home, that midair scare onboard a cross-country united flight from san diego to newark. a lithium battery catching fire. passengers screaming, air traffic control radioing the pilots, saying they could not hear them. we have new reporting tonight, the u.s. navy off the east coast and what they ve now discovered. parts of that suspected chinese spy balloon and what it reveals. and the unmanned underwater vehicles examining the wreckage for explosives. a way for the chinese spy balloon to self-destruct. martha raddatz with new reporting. just moments ago, the first look tonight at what president biden will tell the american people later this evening. the address in prime time, the state of the union here on abc. the president before congress and the country, and mary bruce live at the white house. there is also breaking news from memphis at this hour in the tyre nichols case. we have new reporting tonight. what one of the officers allegedly did. pierre thomas is h
china says that contraption over the united states is just researching weather. yeah, okay, sure. the lead starts right now. china is calling it a civilian airship. the u.s. calls it a spy balloon. whatever you call it, it s causing a huge diplomatic riff between two global superpowers as the pentagon contemplates shooting it down. and hate in home schooling. the discovery of disturbing pro-nazi and disturbing teachings to kids in ohio sparking a debate over what parents can teach their children at home under the auspices of education. chatgpt growing faster than tiktok or instagram, bound to revolutionize how we operate, maybe even about to take your day job. welcome to the lead. secretary of state blinken is talking about his canceled trip to china. let s listen in. in our skies is a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law, and clearly unacceptable. and we ve made that clear to china. any country that has its air space violated
equality, and a celebration of how far they have come. women s history month. gillian: fast forward to today, nearly 30 years later and some women are recording they are frustrated they now feel they are being asked to take a back seat to transgender women. from one of the best known brands to historic institutions, there is a push afoot to redefine biological women. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two, i m john roberts, and nice to see you this friday afternoon. gillian: gillian turner in for sandra. women s history month getting underway, no escaping the controversy whether you are at the smithsonian museum or want to grab a chocolate bar. john: a world gone so woke, an nba team is even apologizing for the offense of suggesting without women we wouldn t have babies. it s just biology. we ll get brian kilmeade s take on all of this. race for the white house is heating up as republicans gather at two duelling conferences highlighting the