i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. president biden addresses whether he would commute the sentence for his son, for his multiple felony convictions. new york police arrest a suspect armed to the teeth who may have been planning a terror attack. our series on space exploration examines the search for extraterrestrial life >> but, first, breaking tonight dueling field trips for the presumptive presidential nominees while president biden makes news in italy about possible executive action regarding his son hunter, former president trump was on capitol hill where his first visit since the riots on january 6th, 2021 mr. trump spoke with house and senate republicans and addressed a business round table. he also spoke with fox news congressional correspondent aishah hasnie about his eventual running mate. let's bring her in right now. good evening, aishah. >> aishah: good evening to you, shannon, if it wasn't apparent before it certainly is after today. president trump has the support of the majority of house and senate republicans. and in his first exclusive interview after meeting with them, he extended an olive branch to one political opponent, while showing empathy for another. >> president trump, who do you want for g.o.p. leader? >> for the first time in four years and the first time since the january 6th riot, former president trump back near capitol hill trying to bring house and senate republicans together ahead of the election. >> it was a great meeting. there is tremendous unity in the republican party. >> aishah: after his whirlwind tour of washington talking business, policy, campaigns and burying the hatchet with g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell, trump spoke exclusively to fox about it all and gave us a hint about his v.p. pick. >> a lot of folks surrounding you. some of them are on the short list for vp. >> yeah. >> was your pick for v.p. in the room with you. >> probably, yeah. probably. i don't want to go but probably. i think we will probably announce it during the convention. >> do you know who your v.p. is? >> i have sort of a pretty good idea. look, we have some really talented people. i have a pretty good idea. >> trump also made news today by throwing his support behind former maryland governor and senate candidate larry hogan despite his own campaign and the rnc slamming hogan for telling americans to respect trump's new york verdict. >> are you going to support larry hogan to win that senate seat. >> yeah. i would like to see him win. i think he has a good chance to win. i would like to see him win. >> are you endorsing him? >> nobody has asked me that but essentially i would be endorsing him, yeah. >> shot back saying governor hogan has been clear is he not supporting donald trump just as he didn't in 2016 and 2020. trump also commented on the hunter biden conviction and whether or not president trump should pardon his son or commute the sentence. >> well, i can say a lot of things that hunter did were already killed by the statute of limitations so, in that regard, they have already benefited. as you know. >> aishah: you are a father though. doyou understand what itmeans t. what would you do in that situation. >> it's a very serious thing. i understand that whole subject. i understand it pretty well because i have it with people in their family. it's a very tough situation for a father. it's a very situation for a brother or sister and it goes on and it's not stopping whether it's alcohol or drugs our whatever it maybe. it's a tough thing and so that's a tough -- it's a tough moment for their family. it's a tough moment for any family involved in that. >> aishah: showing quite a bit of empathy there, shannon, he doesn't go as far as to say whether he would pardon his own son if he were in that similar situation. trump also addressed those comments he made about the rnc host city milwaukee because democrats are really going after him right now saying he basically told me he was talking about crime in the city when he called the city horrible. and he was talking about election integrity adding i love milwaukee. shannon? >> shannon: yeah. sounds like a number of lawmakers in that meeting have the same version he does. we will talk about it later with the panel. aishah, great interview. thank you. >> got it. >> shannon: president biden is now on the record he will not commute the eventual sentence for his son after his conviction on felony gun charges. during his news conference today with ukraine's president in italy, president biden reiterated he will not pardon his son but this was the first time he addressed the commutation question. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich reports tonight from bari, italy. hello, jackie. >> good evening to you, shannon. u.s. officials have been uncharacteristically blunt. this summit was meant to deliver lasting support for ukraine because biden's future in office isn't guaranteed. the reality that came into sharper view with french and u.k. leaders also facing headwinds. but biden also had personal problems to shoulder on the world stage. >> would you commute your son? >> jacqui: amid hand shake sealing 10 year flowage build u.k. defenses with the 2024 elections throwing future aid in doubt, president biden couldn't escape questions about his convicted son, hunter as hunter's children looked on. biden so wanted the focus to remain on ukraine he snipsd at a question about gaza. >> i wish you guys would play by the rules a little bit. i'm here to talk about a critical situation in ukraine. >> russia is saber ratling, warships armed with hypersonic missiles carrying drills near cuba seen as respond to biden green lighting ukrainian strikes within russia territory. biden said today it's as far as he will go. >> we have not changed our position on that sort. >> analysis for the instituted of study of war shows biden only approved 16% of what ukraine could do. still out of reach, all russian air bases, the overwhelming majority of ground forces and logistics bases and the vast majority of russian air defense systems. >> if you want ukraine to win, why would you weaken them by not allowing them to be on the offensive? >> the only place where putin has been successful and is not surprising because he is a kjb guy has been a propaganda operation to deter the biden administration from giving ukraine what they need and when they need it. >> zelenskyy expressed thanks for the pledge meant to outlive the next administration. plus a new $50 billion loan underwritten by the u.s. and backed by frozen russian assets. experts say the kremlin's response is still playing out. russian prosecutors today announcing "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich will stand trial on what the u.s. deems sham espionage charges. >> i think what putin trying to do by putting him on trial is to enhance russia's leverage. >> the u.s.-ukraine agreement comes one month before nato allies converge in d.c. heading off a replay of last year's tensions when ukraine was denied an invitation to the alliance. president biden said the new agreement includes major friments from ukraine on democratic reforms needed to buena nato. shannon? >> shannon: jacqui, also a strong warning to china at this summit not to help russia in its war in ukraine. there has been lot of discussion of that here in washington. does zelenskyy also think it's a concern or not? >> he seemed to indicate in an answer today that he didn't think it was an issue. he said that he had a firm conversation with chinese president xi and got assurances that china wouldn't sell weapons to russia. it's unclear when this conversation happened. their last talk that we know of was aim of last year. however, president biden chimed in and didn't leaf that unaddressed he countered zelenskyy saying china is helping russia with ability and technology to produce weapons, shannon. >> shannon: all right, jacqui heinrich on the road. safe travel. thank you. the supreme court has unanimously preserved access to a medication used in nearly two thirds of all abortions in the u.s.s. last year. but rather than getting to the merits of the case on fda guidelines regarding mifepristone the justices found the pro-life doctors who brought the case did not have legal standing to sue. attorney erin holly who argued on behalf of the doctors called today's disappointing the own label says one in 25 weapon who take chemical abortion drugs will end up in the emergency room. and while it's a tough loss for pro-life advocates they are celebrating language in the unanimous opinion that says federal conscious protections provide broad conch and shield a doctor who doesn't want to provide care in violation of those protections. both president biden and vice president harris are warning of other threats to abortion access. >> we must remain clear-eyed about the threats to reproductive freedom in america. and we must remain vigilant. >> shannon: we are awaiting another abortion ruling from the court on whether the biden administration can force hospitals to provide emergency abortions in states like idaho where there is a near total ban on abortion with exception to save the life of the mother. a man who is said to have had extreme jihadist views and armed with a cache of weapons and new york police equipment is in custody tonight. experts believe he was planning something they're calling, quote: very bad. correspondent bryan llenas is in new york tonight with specifics. >> we need to protect our city. >> a possible attack thwarted in new york city. 27-year-old judd sanson charged today on multiple criminal weapons charges after the nypd pulled over his ford explorer over a blacked out license plate only to make a disturbing discovery, a stockpile of weapons. inside the suv, police found 11 weapons, a loaded 9-millimeter handgun. 9 loaded magazines. switch blades, metal knives, a hatchet, an ax, a weighted whip, stun gun and a baton. >> at the moment we don't have terrorism charges but we are still continuing the investigation especially considering the language that was used. >> prosecutors say alarming phrases were etched on the baton like, quote: left me no choice. you gone learned today and arabic phrase that translates to ask in god for forgiveness. the "new york post" reports sanson shared extreme jihadist views online. a police source telling the post, quote: something very bad was potentially averted some of the parts had the potential for something awful. police also found a mask commonly used as antigovernment symbol. nypd uniform gear including handcuffs and logod bullet proof vest and vest worn by employees working in the city's subway system. >> he had, which i find extremely concerning, an nypd bullet-proof vest and transit reflective uniform which, as we know, in the city of new york, really gives you access to almost anywhere you want to go. >> rich: this arrest comes after fbi director christopher wray warned last he week about the nation's vulnerability to terrorism. characterizing it as, quote, being on a whole nother level now. wray said he was concerned about lone wolf actors or small groups drawing twisted inspiration from terrorists abroad. shannon? >> shannon: bryan llenas in new york. thank you, bryan. house lawmakers are threatening extreme measures against colleges that do not condemn anti-semitism on campus. wednesday dozens of protesters caused a major disturbance at a school in los angeles. griff jenkins has the latest tonight. [chanting] >> griff: last night at cal state, nearly 100 protesters seized a student services building, vandalizing windows and blocking exits, trapping employees for hours. [chanting. there is only one solution, intifada resolution] >> raise your hand in issue auto zion nist zionist to get out. >> the homes of the leadership including jewish directors were defaced yesterday with upside down red triangles painted on doors. the same symbol hamas' militant wing uses to identify israeli targets. >> to the universities listening, if you think we will lose focus, interest, for forget about this, you couldn't be more wrong. >> he are saddened that the hateful actions and rhetoric too often targeted jewish students has continued. >> at a house hearing today over anti-semitism and university leadership failures demanding schools do more to protect students like cornell's talia drawer. >> the message was very clear. rules are meaningless and lawlessness is rewarded. >> the was he and means committee considering options for congress to revoke the tax exempt status to schools that turn a blind eye to anti-semitism. >> we must hold account being the faculty who openly supports -- >> griff: tells fox they are looking at tracing the funding from domestic and foreign sources encampments which have been anti-semitic in nature and maybe unlawful. clear tonight, shannon, this committee which began their investigation back in november is far from done. >> shannon: yeah, as are these protests. a summer would have lessoned that at all but it doesn't look that way. >> griff: protests are far from over. >> shannon: s&p 500 gained 13. nasdaq was up 59. both of those are new record high closes. up next, tensions on israel's northern flank come to a boil. we have got a report. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as an attorney representing families of some gilgo beach murder victims, says he has evidence that could implicate family members of the suspect rex heuermann, john ray claims posted images of human being that looks half eaten. fox 29 in philadelphia with word that gasoline spilled from 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trump and 18 others face charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia ♪ >> shannon: israeli tanks advancing deeper into the gazan city of rafah tonight. move comes as hezbollah fire additional rockets northern into israel. trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. >> trey: texts along the israel lebanon border are boiling. hezbollah retaliating with single largest rocket barrage in a day after israel killed a top israel commanders earlier this week. hundreds of rockets along with dozen of attack drones were launched from southern lebanon as the iran-backed group vows to escalate the ongoing conflict. >> we will increase our operations in intensity, force, quantity and quality. and let him wait for us in the field. >> israeli airstrikes have pummeled southern lebanon in recent days going after hezbollah strongholds and rocket launching positions. efforts are ongoing to reach an understanding with hezbollah to avoid the situation unraveling into a larger war but time is running out. >> whether through diplomatic efforts or otherwise, israel will restore security on our northern border. >> israel will respond with force to all aggressions by hezbollah. >> reports indicate that american officials are urging the israelis to use restraint and not escalate the ongoing conflict. although with fires raging no end in sight for the war in gaza. could launch a larger offensive action without the blessing of their u.s. allies. >> you see the conflict north of israel continue to reach concerning levels and we want to tackle all of those issues and the best way to do that is through a cease-fire. >> tonight, israel launched another strike in southern lebanon. reportedly targeting high profile hezbollah members. shannon? >> shannon: trey, we always appreciate you and the team working around the clock. thank you so much. >> up next, severe flooding in south florida prompts emergency measures. we are going to ve a live report. plus, how private enterprise is fueling 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