Arriving at round two at the Pga Championship after being arrested and booked in jail. Police say he didnt follow their instructions trying to drive around the traffic jam. Welcome to americas newsroom, im dana perino and i think it is safe to say his day would go this way. Bill apparently scheduled to tee off in 20 minutes. This is the video, this is the moment before dawn in louisville, kentucky on the east side of town. Guys, guys, stand back. Back up. Im back, im back. Bill thats the masters champion being detained while trying to make his morning tee time. Traffic was shut down after a deadly bus crash outside the club hosting the tournament killed a person who was working for one of the vendors for the tournament. So scheffler now faces a number of charges including Second Degree assault of a Police Officer, a felony, he put out a statement saying it was a chaotic situation that led to a big misunderstanding. Jonathan serrie picks up the story live in atlanta. What can we piece together . Hello. In that statement Scotty Scheffler saying he was trying to follow Police Officers instructions. The whole thing a big misunderstanding. He was detained this morning while attempting to navigate his way through the traffic that had developed outside of the Pga Championship at the golf club in louisville, kentucky. Police were directing traffic around that fatal accident in a tournament traffic lane where a bus had struck a pedestrian earlier in the morning. Espn Reports Scheffler drove past an officer who grabbed onto the car before it came to a stop at the entrance to the golf course. Jeff darlington posted on x the Police Officer began to scream at scheffler to get out of the car. When scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer Shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. Scheffler was arrested and booked. Mug shot wearing an Orange Jumpsuit faces charges of Second Degree assaulting a Police Officer. Third degree Criminal Mischief and disregarding Traffic Signals coming on the heels of His Second Masters Title and recent birth of his first child. Clearly not what he was expecting this morning. In that statement that he issued on his Instagram Account scheffler said that he was trying to obey Police Instructions and trying to do what he was asked. He says i never intended to disregard any of the instructions. I am hopeful to put this to the side and focus on golf today. Bill and dana, back to you. Bill all of this coming out of the tournament. We do have a statement, dana. This is from scheffler to the espn reporter Jeff Darlington, the reporter with the camera. This morning i was proceeding as directed by Police Officers. It was a very chaotic situation understandably so considering the tragic accident that occurred earlier. There was a misunderstanding i was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions. I hope to put it to put it aside. It truly puts everything in perspective end quote. Dana great statement. Sounds like from the heart and also it is quick. It is out there and that is true. Refocusing on a man just going to work lost his life today. Bill i havent met him but observed him. He strikes me as nothing but a gentleman. I said Scotty Scheffler is a man playing with boys. He strikes me as a guy he is an old soul. Thats the way he carries his life. Dana he faces possible serious charges. Bill he does. Well see how the police handle that. It was all unfortunate and for all sides. The death of this pedestrian who was working the tournament. The cops getting ready for the tournament to make louisville look and the golfers trying to play the best game they can. Dana we have jim gray coming up in a little bit on that. The Biden Administration moving forward with plans to reclassify marijuana. It wants to downgrade weed to a less dangerous drug. Fox news contributor James Freeman is here, Assistant Editor with the Wall Street Journal editorial page. This got set in motion many years ago, right . Obama talked about it, trump flirted with it, biden promised it, and never did it until recently said he will put this rule into motion. Now it is on its way to possibly being reclassified to be the same as tylenol, steroids and testosterone. Really a tragic mistake. It began with barack obama kind of creating the impression that weed is not that harmful. That it is not so different from having a beer or what not. And i would if i could plug to your viewers my colleague finley did a great interview with a doctor studying pot for decades. There is a mythology it is not addictive and not as addictive as other drugs. Not true. Mythology it is largely harmless. Enormous amounts of brain damage for adolescents. It is a bad message and a tax break for Cannabis Providers given the nature of the drug classification. Bill doctors will be able to do more research on the medical stand front. In the meantime you have the politics of it. The Biden Campaign says biden smokes trump in marijuana policy. Cute, right . Here is the poll. Legalizing marijuana nationwide 69 of americans favor it. Only 30 oppose it. What does that tell you, james . I think im not saying it wont be a successful pander by joe biden, im just saying it is reckless, irresponsible and do a lot of harm. I really this note about how it will make it easier to research, yes. But you can research it now. And this doctor has done the paperwork and done a lot of research as have others. We have decades of knowledge about the dangers here. I know it is hard to tell from instagram and other social media but it is a very dangerous substance especially to adolescents. Bill the level of the measure of thc in pot you grow in the field of kentucky is one thing. But the amount of thc loaded into i will call new pot is ten times higher. Sometimes greater. Dana kids can tell their parents biden says its okay. News fox polls this week. This is interesting. The deal breaker issues from some voters. The abortion at 15 , economy at 14 , Border Security 14 . I look at this and thinking if im trump i would rather have those set of issues on my side. Bidens team know that their voters get very energized to vote on the issue of abortion. Your thoughts on this. I think your point was right about trump and i think this is why he has evolved. It wasnt pleasing to prolife voters but he has now moved to saying leave it to the states. I think because he understands the potency of this issue. Certainly you look at 2022, how did the democrats keep the senate . I think this was a big part of it. That was the year that inflation was raging the worst and we talked about it on this program. So i think the issue here is trump is trying to do what he did to Hillary Clinton in 2016 except more so with biden. In other words, paint biden as the extremist, as the up until birth nine month abortion guy and trump saying let states decide. It is a powerful issue but i think it is also beginning to dawn on a lot of voters if it hasnt already that whether they like it or not, abortion is going to be available lots of places in the United States for a very long time. And so i think that was the trump effort to kind of blunt exactly the power of that issue you are seeing in the polls. Abortion matters in seven or eight states nationally. Swing states where it is not a given as it is in this jurisdiction where you will have permissive laws. Dana have a good weekend. Bill tell everybody at the journal hello. They would never let us in the door. Dana i would love to be in their meeting. Bill we have significant news out of beijing, china. Pay attention to this. It is happening this week. Chinese president xi rolling out the red carpet for russian president vladimir putin. They have struck a relationship, folks, the two leaders meeting in china celebrating a No Limits Partnership as tensions grow with the west. Greg palkot is Live In London for more now. Hello to you. Just wrapped up a twoday love fest between the russian and chinese leader with a lot of potentially dangerous results out there. The meetings ended with a most unusual lengthy embrace between putin and xi. The talk was all about the two countries conversations, friendship with no limits, burgeoning ties. Sanctions shutting down other avenues, china is very important to russia economically and politically. The two went on to speak of a multipolar world separate from the u. S. , its allies, west. Putin and xi talked of a new era countering and critical of u. S. Military alliances and aims in europe and in asia. Now the u. S. Has been especially concerned about trade from china to russia vochlg things Like Electronics and machine goods, which could have a double use for russian weapons in ukraine. Beijing has denied this and claimed it is working for peace in the region. In the effusive words of xi about putin, the china Russia Relationship is hard earned and the two sides need to cherish and nurture its stability. Experts, bill, say this is nothing but bad stuff can come out of this twosome and growing intensity between this relationship not just for the United States, the current Biden Administration but for the west as well. Bill a legacy of the war as governments around the worlds to pick a side. Were seeing that develop. Live in london. Dana the journal said this in the editorial board. Will biden step up on ukraine . His limits on kiev are a strategy for defeat on the installment plan. The Washington Post editorial page said the same thing. Bill the big point they make is the limits on ukraine is that were not going to give you weapons you can fire across the border to russia. In the meantime you have an area where the Russian Military can operate unimpeded. They can resupply, rest, and on and on it goes. Dana a similar thing were saying you say youll help them but what you are doing by holding back is that you are helping them lose more slowly. Bill indeed. Here is the question we asked about our fox poll put out last night when it comes to helping ukraine fight against russia what should the u. S. Do . Its split three ways. 1third, 1third, 1third there appears. Bill more to come over the weekend as russia makes a move. Scotty scheffler tees off after being arrested. Could he face more than legal penalties for this incident . There is also this. What do you notice about your right hand . Its cut up. Just injured the top portion of your knuckles. Correct. 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Have a fun weekend. Unnecessary action hero unnecessary. Was that necessary . No. Neither is a blown weekend. With paycom, employees do their own payroll so you can fix problems before they become problems. Hmm get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. See you down the line. Dana testimony has just resumed in the Karen Read Trial accused of drunkingly hitting her boyfriend with his car and leaving him to die in the snow. Read insists she is being framed for his murder. Lets go to molly line outside the courthouse in massachusetts. Hi, molly. Good morning, dana. As prosecutors continue to call witnesses and First Responders to the scene in an effort to show karen read is guilty her team has highlighted shoddy police work as they aim to prove karen read is being framed in the case. Supporters continue to rally outside the courthouse every day. Sometimes she casts them a grateful smile on her way in as true crime enthusiasts are tuning into the trial accused of killing her boston Police Officer boyfriend, 46 years old at the time. Prosecutors say she hit him with her s. U. V. During an argument after a night of drinking in january of 2022. The scapegoat of a conspiracy aimed at protecting the family of a fellow boston Police Officer alvin, read claims she dropped him off for a Late Night Party at alberts home where Defense Attorneys claim okeefe was likely beaten to death. Never hit by karen reads vehicle at all. Albert admitted that he traded in his cell phone before prosecutors let him know it needed to be reserved. His nephew also took the stand denying he held any animosity toward okeefe. Albert admits he had been at the house that night but left before read and okeefe arrived. The defense is critical how the investigation was handled highlighting how Blood Evidence was collected in red solo cups placed in a grocery bags. Some investigators have personal ties to the albert family. Read is charged with Second Degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision. Up to the jurors to untangle these dueling tales. Dana thank you for covering that. Bill Defense Attorney and former homicide detective ted williams. It sounds to me they put the cops on trial. I will let you answer that. This is albert that molly mentioned with his bloody knuckles from february of 2022. I dont know what you think this may or may not have to do with it. How do you size it up . Albert is the person with the bloody knuckles, bill. I can tell you what is going on here is while it is the governments position that they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that karen read committed this crime, the defense in this case is trying to throw as much mud as they possibly can in the other direction looking at the investigation itself, which seemed to be a shoddy investigation, no doubt about it. But they are trying to connect the investigator who conducted the investigation with albert, who i mentioned, who was a young man that they believe, meaning the defense, that he was involved in some kind of an altercation with john okeefe, the 16 year veteran of the Boston Police department that died. But i can tell you most of the evidence in this case at this time points at karen read. A portion of her vehicle was found there at the scene. She had been in an argument with john okeefe. So they have quite a bit to work with, meaning the prosecution. Bill also some testimony that two officers were together, one claims he heard her admit to it and the other says i never heard that. So their stories could compete with each other. Ted, i want to go to the story out of louisville, kentucky. Scotty scheffler was arrested and on the Course Playing at the Pga Championship. The huge tournament in louisville. What was happening as he was trying to get to the course. A pedestrian had just been struck by a bus and killed. Dark, raining, cops trying to redirect traffic. He is trying to get to the course to access his normal routine to get ready. I dont want to say it was all a misunderstanding. How do you piece this together when youve seen a scene like this before . Well, i absolutely believe that there was a misunderstanding here. Scotty scheffler was trying to get into the club area there. Someone was directing traffic. It appears as though scheffler did not recognize the person directing traffic. He thought it was one of the individuals associated with the club. And as a result of that, a Law Enforcement officer who was directing the traffic, decided to pull him over. They charged him with assault. I think it is a big misunderstanding and i think it will all be worked out here. There doesnt appear to be any criminal intent whatsoever. Bill so we have a statement from Scotty Scheffler, a statement from his attorney. A statement from Pga Championship itself and well see how police shake this down later. The post Round Press Conference with Scotty Scheffler will be pretty interesting. Thanks for coming on. Your grandkids have a big day today. Whats going on . Yes, bill, thank you. My granddaughter Alicia Williams graduated from baylor university. My granddaughter