conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
investigation into former president trump has led to 34 felony charges. is the focus of house republicans. the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing today in new york. g.o.p. members say alvin bragg s policies have contributed to the increasing violence in the city. democrats say today s event was all a political stunt. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. republicans insist today s hearing was about how progressive district attorneys make america less safe. as for new york city crime victims well, they were just trying to be heard. there are hundreds and thousands of us. we don t give a damn about your politics. we don t care. victims of violent crime in new york city testified today against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg accusing bragg of pushing soft on crime policies that make the city less safe. bragg charged bodega owner jose alba with murder for killing a man in self-defense after he stabbed alba in his shop. the murder charge was later
to review documents taken from his home in florida by federal agents last month. a judge came down in favor of the trump team s request today rejecting arguments from prosecutors that the special master was both unnecessary and unwise. correspondent david spunt has tonight s top story. good evening, david. this judge s order out hours ago is a temporary legal victory for the former president and gives him more political opportunities to attack an ongoing grand jury investigation into his handling of sensitive documents. days after asking what is the harm with naming an outside neutral party to review the thousands of documents seized by the fbi, judge aileen cannon cited unprecedented circumstances in ordering the special master, quote: to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege. the judge s order still allows the intelligence community to continue its r
bret: breaking tonight and all day today president biden has covid. the white house made this announcement this morning just days after the president returned from a middle east trip and the trip yesterday to massachusetts. is said to be experiencing mild symptoms. the president will isolate at the white house and execute his duties from there, according to the white house press secretary. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has the latest tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president is suffering only mild symptoms. a runny nose, a dry cough, and fatigue. but we did get conflicting information from white house officials and his doctor about when those symptoms started and why he only reported them after popping a positive on a routine test. but, most importantly, we re told the president is doing fine. but the team or the day rather that his team had long prepared for has finally come. hey, folks, yes you hea
three-way contest seeking a place on the november ballot. and some drama on the democratic side there as well with the frontrunner, lieutenant governor john fetterman suffering a stroke last week getting a procedure at the hospital today. is he competing in a four-person field. we have fox team coverage tonight. we have you covered, jonathan serrie is following the north carolina primaries from charlotte. we head there in a bit. but, first, the keystone state. alexandria hoff is at kathy barnett s headquarters. bryan llenas dr. mehmet oz in newton. starting us off rich edson from david mccormick s campaign in pittsburgh. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. they are all getting set up at mccormick hq. john fetterman s watch party is getting set up but is he not going to be there. the progressive and democratic frontrunner has been in the hospital since friday with a stroke. today his campaign released this statement saying, quote: john fetterman is about to undergo a sta