About the Mask Mandates in place at the moment and Karine Jeanpierre said yes, the way this process is supposed to work. Its a different message out of the white house which is tightly controlling some of the mandates through cdc recommendations throughout the pandemic. Trace indeed. Gillian take a look at this, any moment now, Mitch Mcconnell will face reporters, it is expected to be mcconnells health, obviously, after two freezeups over the last few weeks. Welcome back, im Gillian Turner in washington. Good to be with you, trace. Trace gillian, good to be with you. Im Trace Gallagher in los angeles. Sandra and john have the day off. Breaking news in the hunter biden probe, david weiss and hunters attorneys have until the end of the day to provide an update on the battle over a Diversion Agreement that was aimed to keep hunter out of prison. Special council weiss says the agreement fell through when the plea deal collapsed in july. Hunter bidens team is arguing the opposite. David spunt has the latest, hes live in washington. David, good afternoon. Hi, trace, good afternoon, we heard the White House Press secretary ignore questions about hunter biden and not answer them from the podium, which we see often. Hunter bidens plea deal collapsed on july 26th in a very public way in open court. Technically the final piece to fall is an outstanding Diversion Agreement and a federal judge is waiting for updates. Original terms, hunter was expected to avoid jail time for lying on a federal gun form in whats known as a Diversion Agreement. Last month his attorney abbe lowell went to the judge and said it was binding and valid as both sides signed it. The defendant intended to abide by the terms, his team wrote. Special counsel weisss team wrote first the government did not reneg as the defendant assert, and its not in effect. Whats not clear is it what the judge will ultimately say as both sides could be not further apart on this issue. She dismissed the tax portion of the case, which was expected because Special Counsel Weiss indicated he plans to refile charges in california where hunter biden lives or perhaps in washington, d. C. We are waiting, we are watching to see what this filing says today and what Hunter Bidens immediate future is from a legal standpoint. Trace. Trace back to you as the news breaks. David spunt live in d. C. Gillian a story we brought you at the top of the show now, awaiting the weekly senator Leadership Press Conference where minority leader Mitch Mcconnell is expected to face questions about his recent health scare. Colleagues on both sides of the aisle are insisting he is capable of continuing in the job. Listen. He seems very much the old Mitch Mcconnell that a lot of us are used to and used to battling. We may expect Mitch Mcconnell will check out for 20 seconds a day but the other 86,300 seconds a day he does a good job. I heard him on the floor a little while ago, sounds good to me, im all good with mitch. Sandra john kennedy, sir, louisiana senator, i understand you came out of the weekly policy lunch and we are led to believe from our reporters on the ground there that the senator did address his health. Are you able to tell us, or paraphrase for us what he said . Sure. First all of the press here on capitol hill is wanting to talk about this week is Senator Mcconnell. They are wetting their collective pants with the might at being able to talk about it because it keeps them from having to talk about President Biden, i mean, the polls clearly show whether you agree or disagree about 60 of the American People think President Biden cannot finish a sentence without taking a map. The press up here does not want to talk about that. Now, with respect to Senator Mcconnell, all republican senators just had lunch. Senator mcconnell talked about his health history, he explained hes no stranger to Health Problems starting with polio as a child. Hes had two of these, he said, and only two of these brain freeze moments. He said hes been checked out by every specialist in washington and all over hell and half of georgia and they have all given him a clean bill of health, and that he feels fine, and i take him at his word. Regardless of what we all think the truth is, and what ive tried to explain to my friends in the press, the only person in the milky way who can make Mitch Mcconnell step down is Mitch Mcconnell. And i know him pretty well. And knowing him as i do i think the odds of him stepping down, let me put it this way, it will happen when you see donkeys fly. Gillian sir, as you mentioned President Biden himself has faced questions, criticism about his fitness for office based on his age, his physical health, his mental health. A lot of folks in the press are pointing out now that by covering whats happened to Senator Mcconnell over the last few weeks with these two very public freezeups, this issue has become bipartisan concern now. Do you agree with folks on both sides of the aisle who are calling for Generational Change in the senate . Well, The Press On Capitol Hill has not treated this as a bipartisan issue. They hardly ever talk about President Biden. They would have a lot more credibility if members of the press would go to every democrat in the senate and ask them what they think about President Bidens capabilities to serve and then come talk to us about mcconnell. The American People clearly have concerns about President Biden. I mean, he talks like hes from outer space sometimes and thats a legitimate issue but its never covered on capitol hill. This week its been all mcconnell, all the time. And i know mcconnell, i know him well, and mark my words, when the world ends and hell freezes over, there will be three things left. Chuck grassley, Mitch Mcconnell, and cockroaches. You may not like that, you may like that, but thats the way i see it factually. Gillian will Senator Mcconnell remain the Majority Leader if your party takes it in the next Election Cycle . Probably, yeah. A year and a half away, two years away, there may or may not be others that run against him. The topic this week has been should mcconnell resign, and a, mcconnell is not gonna resign, thats not gonna happen in your or my natural lifetime, whether you like it or not, and number two, mcconnell says the doctor is telling me hes fit to sefrn and i believe him. I want to make sure i ask you about the recent surge in covid cases, sir, before i let you go. The cdc is reporting over the last week, hospitalizations resulting from confirmed covid cases have ticked up 15 . We are seeing some schools now, public Elementary Schools institute Mask Mandates. How concerning are the covid cases and then the renewed Mask Mandates to you . Well, covid nobody has said covid is over. Its no longer a worldwide pandemic, its more an endemic disease, but look, i hate to say this gillian, but the cdc and the leadership at that time did more to undermine the institution of Public Health in america than anything i can think of in the last 100 years. I mean, they just nobody believes what the cdc says anymore, and thats really a shame. When dr. Fauci said theres no way that the virus could have come out of wuhan lab and it was discovered that he had actually funded gain of Control Research there and tried to cover it up, that just destroyed their credibility. And nobody believes them anymore, and those who do believe them sort of go well, you know, i guess theyre right. They are just not convinced. My feeling about the mask is that if you want to wear a mask, wear it. If you dont want to wear a mask, dont wear it. But if President Biden tries to mandate mask wearing, i think he needs to call a press conference, throw away the teleprompter, come armed with the science and explain to the American People but i dont think they will believe him because the polls tell me most americans right now dont trust, they dont trust President Biden to make hamburger helper, and i wish i didnt have to say that, but hes brought this on himself. Gillian and public trust and confidence, senator, in all the government institutions across all three branches of government is pretty much lower now than its ever been in history. We are hoping, sir, we will hear from Senator Mcconnell himself coming up in just a moment. Thanks so much for taking time with us. We appreciate it. You bet, you bet. Gillian trace, a lot of old arguments about Covid Resurging in the wake of the 15 Hospitalization Surge that we saw over the course of the last week. The senator there laying out the conservative argument, the Majority Conservative Argument over the last three years, which is that the cdc got a lot of things wrong that created a whole lot of heartache, a whole lot of illness for millions of americans. Trace and they did get a lot of things wrong and the confusion and the skepticism really builds when you have dr. Anthony fauci saying listen, here is the whole concept on this. Asked about Mask Mandates and he said he does not believe the evidence now points to being helpful to the public at large, being helpful to ease the pandemic, but on an individual basis he thinks that kn95 mask might be helpful. So that kind of brings in to the whole concept here, we are going to show, look at the live pictures, Talking About senator Mitch Mcconnell, so live pictures of him coming out there we will bring that, but back to dr. Fauci and brings up the concepts of well, they might be helpful on an individual basis if you have a kn95 mask. It might be somewhat helpful. As the pandemic overall to the public at large, the evidence does not point in that direction and that was a big statement made by dr. Anthony fauci revered by many on the left in the country as kind of the epitomy of the medical, you know, Decision Maker for this for the covid pandemic. Im having trouble seeing, is that Mitch Mcconnell, is he back in the back of there, gillian, i cant gillian i cant tell if hes emerging from the policy lunch but once we see him closer to the podium well take the viewers there immediately. And i asked the senator about Mitch Mcconnells health, said he did address Health Concerns in the lunch and insisted he is okay to serve out, certainly the rest of his term at the very least, but then i pressed the senator whether Senator Mcconnell is going to remain the leader should the republicans retake the senate in the next Election Cycle and did not hesitate, he said yes, absolutely. He then caveated that with well, its about a year and a half away, two years away, but he seemed very confident that mcconnell would remain as leader. He does not have a divided caucus at the moment, so that was interesting as well. Trace yeah, and we are looking live at capitol hill, they are waiting for Mitch Mcconnell to come out and bring you news. Meantime, police in pennsylvania are set to give an update on the Frantic Search for a convicted murderer who escaped prison a week ago. Are they inching closer to capturing danelo cavalcante. Gillian plus the migrant crisis is sparking increasing concern in deep blue states. Could the anger possibly derail President Bidens bid for a second term . Special report anchor bret baier will join us next to discuss. Little did we know 15,000 migrants ago that we would be at 110,000, you know. We would have thought the National Government would have resolved this issue. Veteran homeowners. 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Moments from now, former democrat turned independent Kirsten Sinema is going to lead a hearing on capitol hill. Her staff says she plans to blasts President Biden sending more money to blue states rather than Border States like arizona. Now some in the press are taking note, axios writes it has sparked political disaster for President Biden. Fox Team Coverage beginning right now. Bret baier is standing by whether bidens Border Policies may come back to haunt him on the 2024 trail. First to Congressional Correspondent aishah hasnie. What are democrats on the hill saying this afternoon . Aishah number two democrat, dick durbin told me he admits the border crisis is going to be a political challenge in 2024 for democrats but he tried to shield the president for taking any blame. Should this be a political problem in 2024 for democrats . Its a political challenge and i see it at home. This is a serious issue that we have to take seriously. Innocent people are being hurt. Is the white house doing enough, the administration doing enough . Lets step back and be honest about this. 30 years since we discussed immigration and we are going to blame this president for the problems, god sake, lets blame ourselves for the problem. Aishah not sure if senator sinema would agree with that. She and five Senate Democrats are pretty upset the white house gave away 134 million to new york state while arizona got half that amount to deal with the migrant surge. The cash flow and complaints come as new yorks governor kathy hochul publicly blaming President Biden for this and protests are breaking out across blue states. Not only shaping up to be a big policy issue for the white house, the border could grind the government to a halt as some house and Senate Republicans say they will not vote for a shortterm Spending Bill unless it addresses the border. The problems at the border are getting worse, not better. Any Supplemental Needs to address Border Security. Would you vote no if it doesnt . Yeah, totally, 100 . Aishah and congressman chip roy telling me he does not want the federal government to shut down but not afraid of it either as long a