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00:00Federal agents in Chicago forced to fire defensive shots after they were attacked near an ice facility this morning.
00:07This, as Illinois' governor, is defying calls to mobilize the National Guard.
00:12Good afternoon. I'm John Scott, and this is the Fox Report.
00:21Three big stories we're following this hour.
00:24A stunning attack on federal law enforcement officers near a Chicago ice facility this morning.
00:30The Department of Homeland Security says agents were boxed in by 10 cars, and one of the drivers had a gun.
00:39Plus, President Trump's negotiating team heading to Cairo for new talks with Hamas.
00:44Israel is preparing to heed the president's call to begin, I'm sorry, to stop bombing so that Hamas can release its hostages.
00:52And there's outrage at the sentence a Biden judge has given to Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh's would-be assassin.
01:01Attorney General Pam Bondi is among those calling it a slap on the wrist.
01:05We begin, though, with Christina Coleman.
01:07She has the latest on this morning's attack on law enforcement in Illinois.
01:12Christina.
01:12Hi, John.
01:14DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says law enforcement officers were boxed in by 10 cars this morning in Broadview, Illinois,
01:22the very same area where anti-ice crowds have been gathering for days.
01:26She said, quote, agents were unable to move their vehicle and exited the car.
01:31One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
01:37She says law enforcement fired defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.
01:44McLaughlin also said that the armed woman was named in a CBP intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents and posting online,
01:53hey, to all my gang, let's F them up.
01:56Don't let them take anyone.
01:58Very disturbing.
02:00Things got violent outside of the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, again, early yesterday morning.
02:05Take a look at that with anti-ice protesters clashing with law enforcement.
02:08Approximately 250 anti-ice protesters gathered there.
02:13Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas to try and break up the crowd, blocking federal operations.
02:20Today, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker put out a statement saying the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard in the coming hours.
02:30Pritzker said, quote,
02:31This morning, the Trump administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum.
02:36Call up your troops or we will.
02:37It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
02:45Pritzker maintains that there's no need for military troops on the ground in Illinois, and he says he will not call up the National Guard.
02:53Meantime, in Portland, another city with ongoing violence outside of an ICE facility, a fistfight broke out between an ICE supporter and anti-ICE protester.
03:03Now, you could see there in that video, that was a conservative influencer who had been arrested by Portland police explaining to our Bill Malusian what had happened.
03:14He has since been released.
03:16But there you go.
03:17You could see that fistfight between that ICE protester and anti-ICE supporter.
03:22There you go.
03:24There you see him laid out.
03:25That's just some of the ongoing violence there.
03:28Now, federal authorities say local politics is impacting police involvement.
03:32Take a listen.
03:33Unfortunately, local police has been restricted from responding or cooperating at all with federal authorities, which is completely absurd.
03:44Also, last night, Portland police say they arrested two men who refused to get out of the street and engaged in aggressive behavior toward each other during the protests.
03:52Again, just some of the ongoing violence in that area.
03:55John, very, very disturbing.
03:57Yeah, Christina Coleman, what a week.
04:02We just, pardon me, received this statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
04:07The Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office is aware of this serious incident, which placed officer life and safety at risk.
04:17This Department of Justice does not tolerate assaults and obstruction of our brave men and women in federal law enforcement.
04:24We will investigate and prosecute all those who assault or obstruct federal law enforcement, including public officials, and we will hold them accountable to the full extent of the law.
04:36That statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
04:39We will have more on this at the top of our next hour with former Trump DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Jonathan Fahey.
04:47That's a little over an hour from now, 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
04:54It appears Israel is pausing its strikes on Gaza, had President Trump's urging so Hamas can release Israeli hostages.
05:02But the president is also warning the terrorist organization should not delay ceasefire negotiations.
05:08Senior national correspondent Rich Edson, live from the White House, with more Rich negotiations.
05:13Senior national correspondent Rich Edson, live from the White House, with more Rich.
05:17Hi, good afternoon, John.
05:19Well, President Trump says there is still more work to do before there is a concrete peace agreement in Gaza.
05:27The president, though, in the meantime, is keeping up the pressure on Hamas, urging the group hostages.
05:32The president posted it earlier today, quote,
05:34I appreciate that Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in order to give the hostage release and peace deal a chance to be completed.
05:42Hamas must move quickly or else all bets will be off.
05:45I will not tolerate delay, which many think will happen, or any outcome where Gaza poses a threat again.
05:52Let's get this done fast.
05:53Everyone will be treated fairly.
05:55With that, a White House official says the president has dispatched envoys Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt,
06:01where delegations from Israel and Hamas will try to reach a final agreement.
06:06Hamas says it's willing to release the hostages once the field conditions for the exchange are met.
06:11It's unclear what those conditions are.
06:13It also said it would transition Gaza's government to other Palestinians, but that it wanted a debate among Palestinians about the future of Gaza
06:21and that Hamas would be a part of that discussion.
06:24Hamas said nothing about the plan's condition to disarm.
06:27Former officials say Hamas's position is deteriorating.
06:30Their leverage is getting thinner, but each person, even down to the last hostage, does afford them leverage, unfortunately.
06:39They don't have respect for human life, but they use hostages as their own life insurance, and this is reprehensible.
06:47The president has warned Hamas that it needed to agree to his peace plan by tomorrow night,
06:51or that he would support Israel to do what it had to do in Gaza.
06:54President Trump unveiled his Gaza peace plan Monday while meeting here at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
07:02The plan mandates that Hamas release the remaining hostages, disarm, and cede power in Gaza.
07:08In return, Israel would withdraw from much of Gaza.
07:12It would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and also open the way for more humanitarian aid to Gaza.
07:17John?
07:18Rich Edson at the White House right now.
07:21Rich, thank you.
07:23Let's bring into the discussion former NATO ambassador Kurt Volker.
07:27So it has been an incredible week.
07:29I mean, President Trump laid down those demands on Monday, as Rich was just saying,
07:35and already Hamas is saying that it will agree to his demands, although, as usual, they're being a little cagey.
07:43What do you think about what has happened?
07:46Are they serious about releasing the hostages?
07:49Yeah, well, thanks, John.
07:50And it really is quite remarkable.
07:52I think President Trump is on to one very big idea, which is very important.
07:57That is, there's not going to be a two-state solution, and there's not going to be a one-state solution.
08:01So you've got to come up with something else.
08:03And then something else has got to have economic development at its core and support from countries in the region, particularly the Gulf states.
08:11That is what he has put on the table.
08:15And that is really a game-changer in terms of how this is playing out.
08:18This is now putting significant pressure on Hamas to finally give up the war, give up trying to destroy Israel,
08:25because it is standing in the way of peace and standing in the way of economic development for the Palestinian people.
08:34So this is now putting tremendous pressure on them, not just from Israel and the United States, but from Gulf Arab states as well.
08:40And I hope that these negotiations that we're going into now will keep that pressure on and force Hamas to comply.
08:50If not, I'm afraid that we do go back to more attacks in Gaza, which no one really wants to see.
08:56Hugh Dugan was the former acting special envoy for hostage negotiations under the Trump administration.
09:02He says there are a lot of questions about whether Hamas really can deliver here.
09:07Listen to this, and then I want to get your reaction.
09:10Well, can Hamas agree in principle versus can they deliver and implement?
09:16Do they have that much control over every single hostage that's being held right now?
09:22Will they be able to deliver?
09:23Is the fog of war going to be their excuse not to be as swift as possible?
09:28I hope we can stick to that deadline.
09:30I have never heard a question about whether or not Hamas controls every single hostage.
09:37Do they or do they not?
09:39Well, I've heard that before, that they took the hostages and then they farmed them out to people to keep them.
09:46And they may not have full control over all of that.
09:48That being said, Hamas has the opportunity here to come clean, to open up, return everyone that they can, to relinquish power.
09:59And if there are a few cases where they cannot get back the hostages that they took, they can tell that to the U.S. and the Israelis and others.
10:07And that will enable other force and other pressure to bear on those Palestinians who are holding the hostages to give them up.
10:15So I don't think that that is effective as an excuse, even if it is something that Hamas may try.
10:22Aaron Cohen is a special operations veteran from the IDF.
10:26He says that he thinks this is a kind of a bait and switch operation by Hamas.
10:32Listen.
10:32I feel like the release of the hostages is typical signaling and dangling for Hamas.
10:42They're not agreeing to disarmament.
10:45And so that's the problem I have with this.
10:47I think Hamas is trying to look reasonable for the cameras right now.
10:51And they're going to dangle the hostages because that wins the sympathy, which is what they've been a master at manipulating.
10:58They have kept these people hostage for a couple of years now.
11:05And the world, I don't know, so much of the world seems to be siding with Hamas.
11:11It astounds me.
11:12But they have managed to manipulate public opinion.
11:16They have.
11:17And, you know, to be fair, the number of civilian casualties and civilian dislocation in Gaza, which Hamas is partly responsible for because they've used them as human shields and they've embedded themselves in a civilian population.
11:31But the images that people have seen of that have turned people against Israel, which is very unfortunate because the real root of the issue is the Hamas terrorism and the Hamas attacks from October of two years ago.
11:46Now, that being said, I think Cohen is right that Hamas will try to continue to play the hostage game, say they'll release them and not actually do so, not actually agree to disarm and lose power.
11:59But as I said at the opening here, I think that they are facing a different situation now with the proposal that President Trump has put on the table, which has garnered support from everyone in the region except Hamas.
12:11Very quickly, it is said that the only thing that gets respect in the Middle East is power.
12:17And President Trump was pretty threatening in that statement that he made.
12:21You think that that had a lot to do with Hamas at least attempting or at least appearing to come around?
12:27Well, I think that's a part of it.
12:29I think the U.S. commitment and resolve and willingness to show strength is a key part of that.
12:34I also think getting the Gulf Arab states on board with the same program.
12:38So we now have Israel, Gulf Arab states, United States all lined up on one side and Hamas on the other.
12:44That's a losing position for Hamas.
12:46Yeah, and that in and of itself is quite an accomplishment.
12:49Ambassador Kurt Holker, we appreciate your time today.
12:53Eight years in prison.
12:56Does that sound like an appropriate sentence for plotting to kill a Supreme Court justice?
13:01In this case, Brett Kavanaugh.
13:03The Department of Justice says no way.
13:05Yesterday, sentencing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's attempted assassin to just eight years in prison.
13:12Federal prosecutors had asked for 30 years.
13:15The Biden-appointed judge cited mitigating factors, including that the would-be killer identifies as transgender and turned himself in after a change of heart.
13:25Attorney General Pam Bondi, posting on X,
13:28The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against our entire judicial system by a profoundly disturbed individual.
13:37The Justice Department will be appealing this woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which does not reflect the horrific facts of the case.
13:47Let's bring in Adam Gillette, president of Accuracy in Media.
13:52So, Adam, what do you think of this eight-year sentence for a would-be judicial assassin?
13:58Well, I think it's proof that every facet of our lives now has become politicized, including the Justice Department.
14:05This is the kind of sentence you would expect from a George Soros prosecutor, not a federal judge.
14:10The conspirators who had planned to kidnap the governor of Michigan, they got 16 years, twice the sentence that this person got.
14:17And Kavanaugh's loved ones now, every day, are going to live in fear that some sort of attack might actually happen.
14:24This sentence is a joke, and it's proof that it's politicized.
14:28So, it's in some respects, you know, when the judge says, oh, you know, the would-be assassin was transgender,
14:35there are a lot of things I could think of that would qualify somebody for an easy sentence that would be more important than that.
14:44Yeah, that's exactly right.
14:46The fact that the would-be assassin was transgender doesn't change the ramifications that Kavanaugh's family has to deal with.
14:53You know, I do a lot of campus activism, and I spent about a year getting swatted 13 times.
14:58My wife and I got detailed death threats with their home address every day.
15:03Just like Kavanaugh, thankfully, nobody really acted on it, but it doesn't change the fear you have when you leave your loved one at home.
15:09It doesn't change the fear my wife has when I visit college campuses.
15:13They caused great harm to Kavanaugh and his family.
15:16This person did.
15:17And they absolutely deserve a real sentence as opposed to a politicized slap on the wrist.
15:22Yeah, because, you know, if I had a Supreme Court justice in my family, I would be proud of it.
15:28I would maybe want to broadcast it to the world, but they have to be very cagey and reserved about this now.
15:37Yeah, that's exactly it.
15:38And what we need to see is a colorblind, apolitical justice system, not the kind of justice system where the people who complain about microaggressions get arrested when taking over rooms on college campuses and have their charges dropped.
15:52Because if we don't count on the Justice Department to bring about retribution as is needed or to correct people, you're going to see ventilantes act up.
16:00You're going to see people take the law into their own hands.
16:02The only thing that we can do to prevent that is for government to do their job, for people to get the sentences they deserve and for them to keep politics out of the courtroom.
16:11I want to put up a quote from Carrie Severino, the Judicial Crisis Network president.
16:19She writes, Judge Boardman's explanation for granting Rosca, the intended assassin here, leniency is absurd.
16:27So claiming you are transgender gets you less time in prison.
16:30That's a great incentive program.
16:32What an outrageously dangerous signal to send as political violence is on the rise.
16:37This sentence is a disgrace.
16:39I'm guessing you would agree with that.
16:41Well, we're seeing them normalize political violence.
16:45And we see this taught in education now.
16:47In every facet of K-12 education, they push this DEI nonsense, which breaks down the world into oppressors and oppressed and justifies violence by saying it's merely resistance to oppression.
16:59So what can we expect when we're training and teaching young minds that violence is justified?
17:05What can we expect when we're saying, well, this is Hitler, these are fascists, you've got to punch a Nazi?
17:11You need to stop justifying and defending and normalizing political violence and the rhetoric associated with it.
17:18Let's talk about another strange case in the news right now.
17:21Ian Roberts, the guy who had been hired to head the Des Moines school system, largest in Iowa.
17:26And it turns out he has quite a record.
17:29I want to put some of that up on the screen right now.
17:32He was charged with charged with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell back in July of 96.
17:40In November of 98, third degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in New York.
17:45That charge dismissed.
17:46In November of 2012, conviction for reckless driving, unsafe operation and speeding in Maryland.
17:52Then charges for second degree criminal possession of a weapon, third degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth degree weapon charges convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in Pennsylvania back in 2022.
18:05And it goes on and on charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm in 25.
18:14Now, that's as a result of his arrest by ICE agents.
18:17How does a guy like this get to be the superintendent of schools?
18:20Well, I have to say it again.
18:23It's three letters.
18:24D.E.I.
18:25This guy was clearly an expert at deception, but so is the school board.
18:29They hired a consulting firm obsessed with D.E.I.
18:32And they got exactly what they paid for.
18:35And the consulting firm actually pointed out some of the lies.
18:38But the district hired him anyway.
18:40You know, we do a lot of hidden camera investigative journalism at Accuracy in Media.
18:44I've been undercover in pretty much every school district in the Des Moines area.
18:48And these administrators, the superintendents there, brag to me about ignoring laws related to critical race theory and D.E.I.
18:56Because their priority isn't educating young people.
18:59Their priority is pushing an ideology.
19:01Just as this consulting firm said he's the right candidate for the job because he's a radical ideologue.
19:07He does D.E.I. speeches on the side.
19:09As I said, they got exactly what they paid for.
19:11Even his record of academic achievement had a lot of holes in it.
19:17Let's put it that way.
19:19Adam Gillette, we wish we could talk to you more.
19:21We'll have to leave it there.
19:23Thank you for having me.
19:24Well, former music mogul Sean Diddy Combs is now facing several years behind bars after his sentencing yesterday.
19:34The judge listened to tearful statements from victims, family, and Combs himself before announcing a 50-month sentence.
19:42Combs will get credit for time served.
19:45C.B. Cotton joins us now live with more.
19:47C.B.
19:48Hey, John.
19:49Well, yes, so he's got this four-year sentence now, but once all said and done, he'll likely only spend about two and a half years behind bars if he gets credit for time served and, like you mentioned, good behavior in jail.
20:05So, again, we could possibly see him walk free in as few as two and a half years.
20:09But the rapper's defense team still is not satisfied, arguing now that they've got a strong case for an appeal.
20:17What we feel happened today was that the judge acted as a 13th juror, one that we did not choose, and that he second-guessed the jury's verdict.
20:27We're going to appeal.
20:28We think we're right.
20:29And they'll respond to the appeal, and it'll be decided by the Second Circuit as soon as we can.
20:34As part of the four-year sentence, Diddy was also ordered to pay a half-a-million-dollar fine and to have five years of supervised release once he's out of prison.
20:45The rapper himself, his adult children, and other supporters pleaded for leniency yesterday, asking the judge for a sentence that would have let Diddy walk by the end of this year on time served.
20:57Diddy apologized to former girlfriend R&B singer Cassie Ventura and to other survivors of domestic violence.
21:04He told the judge he no longer cared about fame and was a changed man.
21:09The rapper stood trial over the summer, accused of using his fortune and fame to coerce women into drug-fueled sex parties with male escorts called freak-offs.
21:18And the judge pointed to witness testimony from accusers like Cassie, who told jurors she suffered for years.
21:25And she said this brutal beatdown with Diddy back in 2016 left her with a black eye and swollen lip before her first movie premiere.
21:33The judge said the court had to send a message to abusers about accountability and that he was not convinced Diddy would not reoffend.
21:42Once the former media mogul is released, his troubles won't be over, though, John.
21:46Outside of this criminal case, he still faces more than 50 civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual abuse.
21:53And those are allegations he continues to deny.
21:55Back to you.
21:56CB Cotton.
21:58CB, thank you.
22:00Well, the government shutdown is shaking up the governor's race in the Garden State with both candidates now joining the blame game.
22:07The agreement means China will open itself up to American businesses, according to President Donald Trump.
22:25China has agreed to open itself up to American businesses following trade negotiations between Washington DC and Beijing on Saturday, according to President Donald Trump.
22:37The arrangement was arguably the most significant development stemming from the trade negotiations, Trump told reporters Monday at the White House.
22:49Plans have yet to be finalised and papered, but Trump said that China is on board with the agreement.
22:55The biggest thing to me is the opening up, Trump told reporters Monday during an announcement regarding an executive order on drug prices in the US.
23:08It would be, I think it would be fantastic for our business if we could just go in, compete and compete with China.
23:16It would be a lot of jobs for China.
23:18I think it's maybe the most important thing to happen, because if you think about it, we open up our country to China, Trump said.
23:27They come, we don't.
23:29I mean, they have very few restrictions, and they didn't open their country to us.
23:35Never made sense to them.
23:36It's not fair, and they've agreed to open China fully open.
23:41And I think it's going to be fantastic.
23:43Treasury Scott Besant launched trade negotiations with China in Geneva on Saturday, resulting in a deal that would temporary ease up on tariffs for 90 days.
23:56Specifically, the trade deal stipulates that the US will cut down its tariffs against Chinese imports from 145% to 30%.
24:04Likewise, China will reduce its tariffs against US imports from 125% to 10%.
24:10However, tariffs against some Chinese imports will not tighten up, according to Trump.
24:16Existing tariffs against cars, steels and aluminum will remain in place, he said.
24:23Meanwhile, Besant signaled that more talks of China would occur in the near future,
24:28and that both Washington and Beijing would like to continue advancing negotiations.
24:32I would imagine that in the next few weeks, we will be meeting again to get rolling on a more fulsome agreement,
24:42Besant said in an interview Monday with CNBC.
24:49Besant previously warned that the tariffs could cost China up to 10 million jobs,
24:53and said that it was up to Beijing whether it would loosen up the tariffs or not.
24:58I think that over time, we will see in the Chinese tariffs an unsuitable for China,
25:04Besant told reporters at the White House on April 29th.
25:08I've seen some very large numbers over the past few days that show if these numbers stay on,
25:13Chinese could lose 10 million jobs very quickly.
25:18And even there is a drop in the tariffs that they could still lose 5 million jobs.
25:23The deal with China comes days after the US and the UK inked the trade deal of their own,
25:29which kept existing 10% tariffs in its place against the UK goods,
25:34but removed some import taxes on items like steels and cars.
25:39With this deal, the UK joins the United States in affirming that
25:42Ripper City and fairness is an essential and vital principle of international trade,
25:49Trump said on Thursday.
25:49The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports,
25:54especially in agriculture,
25:56dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol,
25:59and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers.
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26:02Righteous.
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