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was in over 102 films during the course of his lifetime not only the flench connection. director, writer, producer. he starred in tony nominated films and he was on broadway as well. his last film was a movie with ray romano and at the end of his life, he ended up joining and helping veterans with uso, tunnel 2 towers and building homes for veterans. he passed of a long -- his side was his wife elise, we will remember him. >> greg: great guy. that's it for us. have a great night. ♪ >> shannon: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. war and cuban crisis as the u.s. monitors ships and planes

operating dangerously close to american waters. we will talk about the arrest of 8 foreign nationals with suspected terrorism ties with former microsoft ceo steve palmer. batter up the annual congressional baseball game takes place tonight in washington. >> shannon: breaking tonight, the house has approved a resolution to hold attorney atty general merrick garland in contempt of congress. he continues to refuse an order to turn over audio of president biden's interview with the special counsel over his retention of classified documents. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. >> aishah: shannon, good evening to you. a very historic night on capitol hill for the first time in many years the house has held in contempt and attorney general. every single republican member except for one voted for this contempt. and that was ohio congressman david joist, a moderate. and tonight, garland is also firing back e writes this,

saying it's, quote: deeply disappointing that the house is turning its powers into a, quote: partisan weapon. >> either the transcript doesn't match the audio or the audio is so bad that he doesn't want us to hear it. >> this is a colossal waste of time but more importantly, it is dangerous. a fiery debate on the house floor. >> the resolution is adopted. >> aishah: ending with house republicans holding attorney general eric garland in contempt for refusing to hand over audiotapes of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur in the classified documents case. republican leadership arguing that americans deserve to hear for themselves why hur did not charge biden when he cited the president's age and poor memory. >> they provide critical insight in what that transcript itself cannot provide. we have to know if the transcript is ache raft. >> democrats worry the g.o.p. will use the tapes for political

warfare in an election year. >> they are hoping that in the five hours of president biden's testimony they can find a mispronounced word or phrase or a brief stammer which they can then turn into an embarrassing political tv attack ad. >> they also accuse some republicans of hypocrisy for not answering subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. >> i never said i wouldn't testify. i just want to know what the parameters of that testimony were going to be. >> garland warns handing over the tapes would risk future witnesses from cooperating in politically sensitive investigations and after seeing a rise in threats towards doj employees, he wrote this in a "the washington post" op-ed. we investigate and prosecute violations of federal law. nothing more, nothing less. >> and shannon, tonight the doj is not likely to go after its own boss. house republicans know that and that is why congresswoman anna paulina luna of florida is vowing to push a vote that, if passed, would allow the house to

force the sergeant at arms to go and arrest the attorney general. shannon? >> shannon: okay. aishah hasnie on the hill. thank you. now to a chilling reminder of the cuban missile crisis 62 years ago. the u.s. is sending resources to monitor a convoy of russian ships and aircraft in the caribbean sea for military drills with cuba. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> the pentagon began monitoring the four russian warships as they crossed the atlantic and conducted live fire exercises. intended to simulate an attack on enemy ships. early wednesday, russian warships were seen entering the port of havana. echos of the cuban missile crisis in october 1926, when soviet leader that kit that khrushchev reached a secret deal with fidel castro to place soviet nuclear missiles 90 miles from key west, florida. >> a series of offensive missile

sites. >> president kennedy ordered a naval quarantine. it was the closest the two countries are ever come to a war. on tuesday, russian warships sailed less than 30 miles off florida's south coast. ships from the u.s. second fleet, u.s. fourth fleet and u.s. coast guard atlantic area shadowed them. u.s. intelligence assesses there are no nuclear weapons on board these ships, but the russian flotilla does include the kazmierczak zan nuclear powered submarine. the pentagon down played the provocative exercises in its backyard? >> it's not a surprise we have seen him do these type of port calls before. we, of course, take it seriously, these exercises don't pose a threat to the united states. >> in moscow's russia's foreign minister thankd his cuban's counterpart taking russia's side ukraine. >> we are grateful for human friends for principled position around ukraine.

havana says the outgoing events absolutely correct. >> jennifer: it's notable russia did not send its only aircraft carrier to cuba it's currently out of service. also notable that ukraine has sunk nearly half of russia's black sea fleet in the past two years. including a prized submarine. shannon? >> shannon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. president biden will summit. he will also push his cease-fire proposal between israel and hamas. meanwhile, there are growing questions about a possible loophole in the president's promise not to pardon his son over his felony gun charge conviction. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight. good evening, peter. >> peter: shannon, good evening, president biden is going to have a joint press conference tomorrow with ukraine's president zelenskyy. maybe he will get asked about hunter's convictions. maybe he will not. but, we learned today that the

president is even keeping his top communications advisers in the dark. recommendation look, i haven't spoken to the president about this since the verdict came out. >> peter: in the past a press secretary was able to say president biden wouldn't pardon his son. now she can't answer about a potential way around that promise. >> peter: you are not ruling out that he would commute the sentence. >> what i'm saying is that the president -- i have not spoken to the president about this. >> peter: a luxurious resort near the sea in italy will host this week's g-7 summit. and as leaders look for solutions to the war in gaza, "wall street journal" is publishing notes from hamas leader yahya sinwar. quote: sinwar cited liberation conflicts in places like angola where hundreds of thousands is of people died independence from france saying, quote: these are necessary sacrifices. israel says hamas is rejecting a cease-fire deal backed by the

u.s. whose top diplomat is growing impatient with the process. >> hamas could have answered with a single word, yes. instead, hamas waited nearly two weeks and then proposed more changes. [explosion] >> peter: also on the g-7 agenda ukraine as national security adviser jake sullivan writes we are aware of new and credible reports that russian authorities are listing abducted ukrainian children on russian adoption websites. this is despicable and apology. president biden emphasizes his skills as a statesman, yet, plans to skip a dinner with other leaders. >> wouldn't read too much into him not going to one dinner. >> peter: during the flight over to italy right now, the press secretary also refused to disclose which biden family members on r. on board there are reports that the day after hunter's conviction all of his adult children finnegan, mazi,

and naomi are on this official presidential delegation with the president. shannon? >> shannon: maybe we will find out on the other side. peter doocy at the white house. thank you. coalition of immigrant advocacy groups is suing the biden administration over the president's recent direct tia that limits asylum claims at the southern border. the groups say it differs little from a similar move during the trump administration that was blocked by the courts. it is the first test of the legality of the president's sweeping crackdown on the border which came after months of internal white house deliberations. well, tonight, we have a follow-up to a story we brought you tuesday. it concerns increasing terrorism fears following the arrest of 8 tajikistan nationals who snuck into the country through the southern border. correspondent alexis mcadams has an update from new york. >> the president doesn't want to secure the border. >> outrage on capitol hill. after 8 suspected terrorists from tajikistan were arrested in the united states: have ties to

isis. crossed illegally at the u.s. southern border. house majority leader steve scalise blaming president joe biden's policies. >> how many more terrorists are in our country because joe biden opened up the southern border. >> sources say these men were all, quote: fully vetted at the border. but, somehow, nothing was flagged. so, they were let right. in former ice director tom homan says these suspected terrorists were later found in l.a., philadelphia, and new york city. >> the sanctuary cities are a sanctuary for criminals. they are a sanctuary for terrorists. >> tajikistan is about 8,000 miles from our southern border and is plagued with religious tension and poverty. back in march, four gunmen from tajikistan were charged with killing 139 people at a theater in moscow. democratic congressman greg kay caesar weighing in. >> we should obviously reese and detain people who commit terrorist act.

>> sources say a majority of these suspected terrorists were found in new york where a democratic councilman says he is worried there could be another attack in the big apple. >> it's frightening and we are headed for another 9/11 i predicted that i think we should have a secure border. we new know who is coming into our country shannon a new concerning report by the dhs inspector general shines a light on the big issue within the department saying the department needs to improve its screening process saying dhs remained at risk of allowing dangerous people into this country unless it fixes it. shannon? >> shannon: we will talk more about that coming up, alexis, thank you very much. federal reserve officials have left a key interest rate unchanged. they say they expect to cut it just once this year. instead of three times because of persistently high inflation. inflation did slow in may with consumer prices up 3.3% from a year ago. the dow lost 35. the s&p 500 gained 46.

nasdaq surged 265. the last two are both record high closes. up next, brit hume on the situation in the middle east. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 39 in rockford as authorities in a northwest illinois community confirmed three ogle county sheriff deputies were injured in a shooting. this happened in dixon about 10. police say an individual in a home threatened suicide and homicide. police had to return fire as they entered that home. the gunman and the officers injured are in good condition. fox 45 in baltimore as maryland's governor wes moore says the ports of baltimore is, once again, open for business. this comes nearly three months after the francis scott key bridge fell in late march. ships are beginning to arrive at baltimore harbor as fleet week began. the week celebrates the rich traditions of the chesapeake bay and contributions marylanders to

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♪ >> hezbollah terrorists have fired a massive barrage of weapons from lebanon into northern israel. retaliation for the killing of a top commander. it comes as secretary of state tony blinken was in the region to push a cease-fire proposal with global support but that deal has not been by either israel or hamas. >> hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal that was on the table. some of the changes are workable. some are not. in the days ahead, we are going to continue to push on an urgent

basis your partners, with qatar, with egypt, to try to close this deal. >> shannon: let's talk about the situation in the middle east with fox news chief political analyst brit hume. good to see you, brit. >> brit: hi, shannon. >> shannon: so let's start there. once again we have biden administration officials to try to come together. the question remains is hamas a reliable legitimate negotiating partner? >> brit: well it, doesn't seem to be the case since hamas hasn't accepted this deal anyway. look, what is happening here is that both sides think in their own way they are winning. the israelis have made enormous advances. they are now in rafah. believed to be the last major holdout of hamas forces. they were able to get, you know, some staggering number of palestinians out of there. to avoid being collateral damage in the fighting. they think they are winning and they think full complete victory is within sight. hamas on the other hand looks in

victory in another way. looking for their organization to survive. they want to see israelis kill as many palestinians as they can get killed because they think that turns world opinion in hamas' favor and that they can survive and therefore win in that way. so, that's where we are. and i don't think the prospects for a cease-fire look any good at the moment. and that's the reason why, as you pointed out, neither side is really fully accepted the terms of this deal, which the united states wants, i think, in part for domestic political reasons. the president of the united states doesn't want a war in the mideast going on as he approaches his attempt to be reelected. and on the world stage, of course, the calls for a cease-fire play very well. >> shannon: yeah, and his attempt to thread this needle has been very difficult with progressives in his own party, with those on the right who think he has created too much daylight between him and the prime minister. so a lot for this white house to manage. but to one of your points you made about hamas and how they think this beftsz them. "wall street journal" has reporting on this on one of the chief leaders and how he sees

this. they say for months sinwar has resisted america to cut a cease-fire and hostages deal with israel behind his decision messages the hamas military leader in gaza has sent to his mediators show is a calculation that more fighting and more palestinian civilian deaths work to advantage. and, brit, there has been a lot of discussion whether netanyahu is losing this hearts and minds war as more and more palestinian deaths occur. but are there those who see the leaders of hamas for what they're, the palestinian people that they also are being portrayed and betrayed by these people? >> brit: i think they are being betrayed. and i suspect that over time, perhaps, large numbers of palestinians will turn against hamas. but they really haven't so far and while. not necessarily popular in gaza, it is the case that such polling as we have been able to see

suggests that hamas, i mean, that the gazans support what happened on october 7th, think of that they support what happened on october 7th. and at this moment, the hamas leaders are in no mood to try to save their people and curb the civilian deaths because, as those the messages suggest, hamas thinks that's the way to victory. in the meantime benjamin netanyahu is under pressure within his own country to do two difficult things that may not be compatible. one is to prevail and get the hostages out. the other is to do it while minimizing casualties among gazan palestinians civilians. very difficult and, you know, and getting the hostages out, which was the biggest calling card, the strongest bargaining chip that hamas has -- they had

success over the weekend, quite dramatically, it's a very, very difficult and risky thing to try to do. >> shannon: yeah, very costly on all the sides. brit, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. are. >> brit: you bet, shannon, thank you. >> shannon: up next, we talk with former microsoft ceo and u.s.a. fax founder steve ballmer about his meeting with the homeland security secretary on illegal immigration. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: first our democracy 2024 roundup tonight republican sam brown overcame a crowded field of primary components to win nevada's g.o.p. senate primary. that sets up a fierce general election battle against incumbent democrat jacky rosen that could control which side controls the senate. south korea long woman nancy mace has survived targeted primary challenge for the second straight election. she easily defeated catherine tetempleton.

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♪ >> we stand by the legality of what we have done. it's not only a matter of securing the border, martha. we have a humanitarian obligation to keep vulnerable people out of the hands of exploitative smugglers. we are doing so very much to maintain the integrity of our asylum process.

>> shannon: that was homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas defending the administration's record on the southern border. today, mayorkas sat with former microsoft ceo steve ballmer the founder of the government accountability group u.s.a. facts and he joins us now live. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> shannon: one of the debates we have about this problem is getting the accurate data. you have been on a mission to ensure everybody can have the government tata we need to know what is going on. >> we try to dig it out wherever it is government databases and major it digestible. some of it is hard to find. in general, i believe we have really quality statistical people, so the date is good, generally when you find it. we don't try to explain why what happens w. right up the middle. and immigration is an area where data is there.

complicated, the words are complicated and explaining it to a fellow citizen really complicated. >> shannon: yeah, people get frustrated when you dig and deal even if you feel like somebody relatively savvy looking at government data it's not always easy to find. some of what you put together. border encounters, let's start with this one, generally rising but repatriations are declining. we have more people showing up but fewer people actually being returned to their home countries if they are here without a premise to stay. >> it depends on how you look at it. and i will give you -- we came off a period of title 42 which was in place for covid. and there was during covid. rebuff people under our laws much more easily at the border. we operreoperatreoperation repae down compared to what they were

in covid. it's a factor because in a sense our rules changed during thattered pooh. but border encounters, a word which most people won't understand but it's our language is some kind of interaction with whether it's border patrol or somebody else with an immigrant. it can be somebody who is, quote, trying to come over the border. but it can also be somebody who shows up at a port of entry and says to u.s. customs i seek asylum. sean. >> shannon: speaking of asylum. you also dig into immigration courts case load which is a problem everybody across the ideological spectrum will say is an issue. they are so backlogged and you guys have data on this. we have new case receipts versus the total case completions. which is a tiny fraction of the overall number. you have also got how many pending cases that we have now 2.5 million? how in the world? you guys aren't in the business of clearing the backlog but it gives us a picture just how bad the problem is. >> yeah. we have 2.5 million backlog.

the backlog is building. and you know, our current processing rate, obviously we're not going to close the gap. the other thing that's interesting, if you actually look at asylum petitions that are granted, versus not granted, that keeps diverging and something like 16% now of all asylum applications are actually granted. so, we have got a dynamic in there that, again, i'm not going to predict and i don't prescribe policy. it's an interesting dynamic what really happens with that population of people waiting for the asylum hearing. >> shannon: i want to quickly ask you. you had a chance to share this with the dhs secretary. i know you can't talk about what you discussed. any type of reaction. is this information news to them at all? do you think it helps push the conversation forward? >> i was -- i really was impressed by the knowledge of the data. you don't see that in all

government officials. but there was -- we met with some others on the data side and i thought there was real professionalism and understanding. now, again, policy aside, and there was a recognition that we don't have all the numbers we would want. and some of it is going to take more investment. and at least in the context of what we do, i felt like, hey, there's a willing department that wants better data. and then everybody will battle out the partisan part of that. >> shannon: then we kick it to the folks over here behind us on the hill who magically come up with solutions they don't seem to be able to get. to say before you go, we wanted to mention that your friend basketball legend jerry west has passed away. he was a hall of fame player, coach, executive. he was known as mr. clutch for late game heroics, silhouette considered to be the bases of the iconic nba logo. he passed away this morning at 86. your thoughts on his life and legacy? >> i mean, he has got a larger

than life legacy. i think of jerry from my last seven years. he was my partner, if you will, really on the basketball side we have people run the thing but jerry was the sage, the consultant to all of us, and is he incredit continue bibly fun guy and bright guy about current events and history. and a challenging guy in the sense that he really pushed us to inspire our best work and a guy who always wanted to have fun. i had a lot of fun and respect and learning from jerry. i will miss him. >> shannon: he was a very big legacy and dear friend. steve, thank you for making time to come in tonight. >> thank you for having me, shannon. >> shannon: up next, bret baier begins series on benefits and future of space travel. the panel on the house votes to hold the attorney general officially now in contempt of congress. ♪ then add the whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows listerine is 5x more effective

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♪ >> shannon: research in space has given us medical break trues, scientific advancements and new technology. this week we begin a new series that looks at what we have learned in our more than 60 years of space travel. my colleague, bret baier reports from nasa headquarters. >> having been there you know what all these guys go through?

>> well, and, of course, they are the real pros. >> bret: this week we go inside nasa headquarters. >> i want to show you my toys. >> bret: yes. >> before we do the interview. >> bret: okay. that sounds good. >> bret: first stop tour of administrator bill nelson's office. >> you have heard about the james telescope. >> yes. this is it. >> former florida senator showed us collection of space shuttles. >> when you were on a mission could you ever nag you would be the nasa administrator one day? >> i had no idea. >> bret: the priceless artwork. >> the reason i wanted that paint something that orbiter is over 160 acres of land that my grandparents homesteaded under the homestead act. >> bret: really? >> there's the deed. >> bret: how about that? >> from woodrow wilson to my grandmother. >> bret: full circle. >> full circle.

>> bret: as space travel becomes more frequent more and more private companies are working alongside nasa. >> there are a lot of kinks when you get up in space. >> it's very unforgiving environment. and you are white knuckle time when that baby is going up and when it's coming down. >> bret: from the agency's headquarters, space operation center, administrator nelson explains how experiments in orbit have benefited us here on earth. >> we are talking about the fascination with space. and it really is an american past time, really space and figuring out what is next for us. >> you just think how the space history here brought us together. think when the soviets beat us and really scared because they had the high ground. >> the view is tremendous. >> and when glen was successful for three orbits, that changed

everything. >> we choose to go to the moon in this dedecade and do the other thing not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> that is the american spirit. >> bret: when nasa was created technology into the space must also be practical for earth. >> we get credited for things we didn't do which is a wonderful problem to have. oh we invented the microwave oven and velcro and teflon angst tang we didn't do it. ang. >> program executive at nasa. he works to transfer nasa inventions to the commercial sector. >> something we did do we don't get credit for is we invented the camera that's in your cell phone. >> bret: there is a lot of linkage between what you all do. >> camera on a chip was developed by nasa for our earth observation. now we all have the blessing of taking, your cameras, a

photograph and it's an absolutely beautiful photograph. >> bret: with private companies now testing their own products in space, innovation is also expanding. >> bret: how often are the new science experiments being sent up to space? >> quite frequently. and more frequently than before. because we are sending more crews to orbit. >> bret: are they at one time conducting numerous experiments? >> all the time. our astronauts are doing it full time, 365, 24/7. >> shannon: more on that coming up. we are just a few minutes away now from the first pitch in the annual congressional baseball game. organizers expect more than 25,000 fans. and hope to raise $2 million for local charities. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram will be on the call tonight for fox sports 1. he is at national park tonight. ♪ >> they dress like ball players.

>> it feels great to lace up cleats. >> they talk like ball players. >> put some hustle on it, chuck. >> 1, 2, 3. >> do they play like ball players? ♪ >> all right. woo. >> probably get a lot more blooper material than maybe espn top ten material. >> members of congress on the diamond, a tradition which dates back to 1909. if they play it, they will come. more than 25,000 came to gnats park for the congressional game last year. raising $1.8 million for more than 40 charities in the washington region. >> obviously you can see it can be. >> teams play for keeps. >> molding folks to play specific positions and i think that's going to make a big difference. >> more rivalry. bipartisan is a word people use but really don't have that in game either. >> republicans are on the three

game winning streak, thumping the democrats last year 16-6. thanks in part to a bases loaded triple by missouri senator erec smith. >> all the way to the wall that might clear the bases. >> the secret is you try to wait wait for your pitch and get a good swing on it. >> circus catches in left field. >> what a play. >> but the democrats can't count on mullen this year. >> a little hobbled here. i have a knee injury. >> democrats will rely on speed. crediting can a caesar of texas recently dusted other foot race dashing three miles in 19:33. >> look for him to be stealing a lot of the bases. >> john thune actually said that being the fastest man in congress is like being the best surfer in kansas. >> steve scalise leads off from the g.o.p. is he recovering from cancer. he nearly died seven years ago when a gunman opened fire at the republican practice in virginia. shannon? >> shannon: all right, chad, we

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hands can be easily manipulated. that is not an idle concern. >> we will be holding attorney general garland in contempt of congress. is he refusing to comply with the lawful subpoena. >> all right. it's official now. let's bring in our panel to talk about it. josh kraushaar is a fox news radio political analyst. guy benson, political editor at town hall.com and host of the guy benson show on fox news radio and axios political reporter stef kight. we knew this vote was coming. everybody probably had their predictions down and their statements ready here's what the attorney general says. it's deeply disappointing that this house of representatives has turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon. today's vote disregards the constitutional separation of powers. the justice department needs to protect its investigations and the substantial amount of information we have provided to the committees. guy, they say you have got the transcripts of the special counsel interview with president biden. you don't need the audio. >> because it might be manipulated as if the

president's voice isn't available everywhere else? this makes absolutely no sense. obviously the conclusion that people are going to draw is that the transcript, which was bad enough for president biden, doesn't do justice to how, perhaps, embarrassing or difficult the recording actually is. so, they are going to withhold from us, i think for obviously political reasons. the american people won't get a chance to hear it. but we can probably guess why they are not providing it. >> shannon: there is only one stef republican who voted against this dave joyce a republican out of ohio. and he said as a former prosecutor, i cannot in good conscience support a resolution that would further politicize our judicial system to score political points. enough is enough. so there's a little bit of that building on the hill. you know, after president trump's conviction in new york, there was all this back and forth about okay, republicans, you now have to start fighting fire with fire. some saying we need an off ramp. >> yeah. it's interesting. this was definitely a difficult vote for some republicans.

we were reporting even yesterday that this was not certain to pass at one moment, like this was something that was a real discussion among republicans in the house it. obviously did end up passing. but we had at least dave joyce who was unwilling to go that far. we are continuing to see republicans make a point to try to fight fire with fire with the justice department. they have been doing this for a long time. it's been a focus of their investigations since republicans took control of the house and we're seeing them especially loudly after former president trump's conviction recently. it's all interesting to see the response to the hunter biden conviction where they are saying that, you know, not to be distracted by. this they feel like there is more that could have been done there. >> shannon: want to put up only two u.s. attorneys general have been held in contempt of congress. i will put them up because you will recognize their pictures. josh, these are very recent. this is not something like something that happened 1896. this seems to be a new political game. >> this is a new normal and very polarized and partisan washington. we also didn't include the

impeachment of dhs secretary mayorkas, also a party line vote. very contentious. that's the new normal trying to punish cabinet secretaries over policy disagreements, ethical issues. i think the big thing is about this issue, about garland is how political it is. because, republicans definitely want the audio of president biden. who heard called elderly man not able to articulate. >> shannon: forgetful. >> that is the kind of fodder that would be campaign ads for president trump. that's the political motive. for democrats i don't understand why garland would release the transcript but then claim executive privilege over the audio itself it. seems very political and i think president biden doesn't want this out there. so there's a lot of politics. i don't know if the legal issues, being as essential as the political issues behind them. >> we know the political issues will take months if not years to get resolved if this ends up in court well past the election coming a month from now. i want to turn to foreign policy as well with president biden

over at the g-7. "new york times" says this. the biden administration after considerable internal arguments have been pushing to outseize the assets. taking russian assets. that fell flat in europe where most of the funds held out of concern it would be in violation of international law. stef, this is something we have heard bandied about on capitol hill. people talking about taking assets use to fund the european. >> it is interesting to see biden make these renewed commitments to ukraine, continuing to push for u.s. support there moving forward and the big question is going to be, you know, come november if former president trump ends up being elected all of this is going to go out the window and the future of u.s. support for ukraine is really big question right now. but, of course, biden is deciding to use this trip to double down on that and a citizen to express u.s. support for ukraine moving forward. >> and republican also say okay, good. but too little too late. they get to ramp up the

criticism on that front. here is senator lindsey graham, of course, republican. >> everything we have done with ukraine has been slow. it's been indecisive. but, if we went after the assets that putin has all over the world, take his money, stolen from the russian people and help the victims in ukraine, i think it would do a lot to end this war. >> shannon: josh, looks like that's not going to happen gets back to the argument is the biden administration trying these things too little too late,. >> big agenda items that's one of the deliverables that president biden is going to try to achieve. the big headline though, this is potentially the last g-7 for president biden if he doesn't win re-election. and if you talk to european leaders and you actually whisper beyond the public statements that they make. they think that there is going to be a change in foreign policy. president trump they think has a very good chance of being the next president. and that's going to foreshadow a huge shift in foreign relations. >> shannon: yeah, what we heard prior to the 2020 election was

that president biden would come in, restore norms, would restore america's place on the global stage. he says that's what he has done and that everybody is really afraid of coming back. that may be for good reasons about the way he handled some foreign policy issues. >> well, there are multiple wars raging in different regions, various countries are on fire. our allies aren't sure where we stand on certain things, our enemies are emboldened, they can publish stories about people being worried about what donald trump might do if he is president again. voters can see what biden has done and what the world looks like today and it does not look safer than it did four or five years ago. >> shannon: i want to play a little bit of press secretary talking today about this idea of president biden not giving a pardon to hunter but, there may be semantics in there makes a difference. here's what he said. >> i have not spoken to the

president about this. he was asked about a pardon. he was asked about -- he was asked about, um, the trial specifically. enanswered it very clearly. very forthright. as we know the sentencing hasn't been scheduled yet. i don't have anything beyond what the president said. >> shannon: josh, a pardon is different than commutation and sparks this conversation about what the president may be considering. >> the white house has been trying to score political points by saying they are honoring the rule of law in hunter biden's sentence. there's not going to be a pardon. it gets a little more complicated when you have karine jean-pierre not acknowledging whether a commutation which would erase any kind of prison time for hunter biden. that's going to be a political hot potato the white house is not going to be comfortable. >> still three months or so four months away. okay, panel, thank you. >> shannon: finally tonight, today's throwback. >> mr. gorbachev, open this gate.

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers] shan than that was 37 years ago today president reagan delivered that iconic line in berlin. challenged the soviet union to move up to new movement toward reform by getting rid of the berlin wall that guided the city. just over two years later, it finally came down. tomorrow on "special report," more from bret's interview with nasa administrator bill nelson on future missions to mars. plus, the search for life on the red planet and beyond. thanks for watching "special report." i'm shannon bream from washington. "the ingraham angle" is up next. ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. as always, thank you for joining us. streets across america are turning into scenes from the fast and furious. [squealing tires

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