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Before the 29th of september. The exact charge is unclear. This update appeared on the docket for the felony gun charge. Hunter is accused of misdemeanor lying on a gun form when checking no to a question about is you stance abuse. Leah wise wrote the following to the judge. Speedy trial act requires the government Return Indictment by the grand jury by friday september 29th. At the earliest the government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date. As part of the Plea Agreement that fell apart on july 26th in delaware, hunter would have entered into a Diversion Agreement that would have helped him avoid jail time on this gun charge in return for bidens promise not to buy another gun and to consent to entry into a background check system. Hunter bidens attorneys say the Diversion Agreement was signed and they will act like its still in effect, bret. Writing late this Afternoon Biden has and will continue to follow the agreement, which the u. S. Attorneys office agreed and signed and informed the Court On July 20th that the Probation Office had agreed to and had recommended to be put into effect. Bret, also unc unwhere this indictment would be filed. And remember the separate tax vitals are also on the table according to Special Counsel david weiss. Technically, he dismissed those last month but that means likely is he going to refile them. He indicated he could refile those in california where hunter biden lives or here in washington, d. C. Bret two tracks what is happening there legally and then the Investigation Continues on capitol hill. Absolutely. Bret okay. David. Thank you. You bet, bret. Bret we are getting mixed messages from biden and the white house concerning covid. The first lady, as we have told you, has tested positive. President biden continues to test negative. The white house says he is masking now indoors. But today he entered an event without a face covering. This comes as many opponents of masking are getting riled up about the possibility of new mandates across the country. White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has that story tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. The president will test again before departing for the g20 in india tomorrow. But the white house wont talk about contingency plans if he pops a positive. And, in the meantime, the president is taking cdc guidance lightly. They keep telling me because this has to be 10 days or something, i have got to keep wearing it, but dont tell them i didnt have it on when i walked in. President biden again flouting cdc Mask Guidance and joking about it after First Lady Jill Biden tested positive sunday. A far cry from january of last year. Please wear a of course that. I think its part of your patriotic duties. I have been tested again today. Im clear across the board. Yesterday, too, biden removed his mask to honor an 81yearold vietnam veteran. And he wanted to honor the captain. Abruptly leaving the room before 15 minutes elapsed. The rough amount of time approved by the cdc for casual contact. It was planned. He left when there was a pause in the program because, again, he wanted to minimize certainly his impact on folks who were there. Biden picking and choosing which cdc guidance he follows are mirroring the patchwork of Mask Protocols across the country before returning to school. The cdc still recommending Universal School masking even though the atlantic reports the cdcs own studies and others they cite as supportive evidence dont justify it. Do we keep funding these studies if the cdc is not making guidance that follows the results of those studies . I mean, we know what works. We are in a different place than we were two, three years ago. The cdc does not seem to be responding to this data. Cdc, theyre the experts. Barring a positive test, biden will head to the g20 tomorrow. No plans for the v. P. To sub. In a job harris says she is ready for under any circumstance. Every Vice President understands that when they take the oath that they must be very clear about the responsibility they may have to take over the job of being president. I am no different. If biden does make it to india, there will be no meeting with chinese president xi who is skipping the summit, despite biden sending three cabinet officials to beijing in recent months to stall relations. China is now continuing the Cold Shoulder saying today that plans for a meeting this november will hinge on whether the u. S. Shows enough sincerity, bret. Bret jacqui, other news today the administration canceling all existing leases in the Artic National Wildlife refuge just as we reported the saudis announced they are extending their Oil Production cuts. What happens the white house saying about the impact possibly on gas prices . Well, they are punting a lot of questions, bret. Biden administration didnt just cancel those existing leases that were issued under trump after Congress Passed a law designating it back in 2017, but they also barred drilling on more than half of the Petroleum Petroleum reserve. With the saudi cuts the white house is punting any questions about how they plan to refill the Strategic Reserves that biden previously tapped and how that might be impacted. But this decision is seen as a response to Climate Activists who were outraged that trump undid 60 years of environmental protections in the Alaskaible Wilderness and also who are mad at President Biden when he allowed the Willow Project to move forward. The state of alaska owns these leases and does plan to sue, bret. Bret okay, jacqui, thank you. Right now Law Enforcement is swarming an area of pennsylvania where a convicted murderer who escaped from prison last week is believed to be hiding. Correspondent nate foy has our update tonight from chads for, pennsylvania. Good evening, nate. Good evening, bret. Tonight state Police Believe they have C Calf Tenant surrounded. This is inside an exercise yard at the prison. You see him crab walk up between two buildings. After this scales a fence. This is the same way another inmate escaped this prison back in may. That inmate was caught almost immediately and the Acting Warden explained today a key difference that may have contributed to cavalcante getting away. The tower officer did not observe nor report the escape. The escape was discovered as part of the inmate counts when inmates come in from the yard. Taking appropriate action against personnel based on the results of that investigation. Today troopers say a resident Saw Cavalcante last night. They removed the perimeter after the seen here at this Botanical Garden monday night. Is he accused of murdering his girlfriend in 2021. And is he accused of another murder in brazil in 2017. Is he illegal immigrant set to serve life in prison. The reward for information leading to his arrest is now up to 20,000. Bret . Bret all right, nate, we will head back for any breaking details. Thank you. Meantime, authorities here in washington, d. C. Are looking for a Homicide Suspect who escaped Police Custody this afternoon while at George Washington hospital. Students at nearby George Washington university were told to shelter in place today. That schools independent Student Newspaper described this individual as dangerous. The paper also reporting a Large Police Presence now on campus. And saying a helicopter was searching for the escapee over the foggy bottom neighborhood. Bret republican president ial candidate former Vice President mike pence says there is a fight going on for the soul of the Republican Party. He says his president ial rivals are betraying conservatism, including and specifically his former boss, former president donald trump. Senior National Correspondent rich edson shows us tonight. Donald trump along with his imitators, often sound like an echo of the progressives they seek to replace. Former Vice President mike pence chiding his president ial rivals in a Speech Warning of the rise of populism in the Republican Party. The Trump Campaign contends the g. O. P. Has changed for the better President Trumps victory in 2016 exposed the massive divide between voters around the country and the establishment Beltway Insiders who made terrible trade deals, allowed our southern border to become overrun and never missed an opportunity to play world cop. Pence criticized republican candidates for ignoring debt and entitlements. Advocating for a u. S. Withdrawal from International Affairs and leading campaigns against american businesses. The governor of florida still justifies using the power of the state to punish a corporation for taking a political stand that he disagreed with. And one of the president s Populist Proteges actually advocated a 59 inheritance tax. That, a reference to challenger Vivek Ramaswamy. Desantis Press Secretary says quote no matter if he has to fight the Biden Administration, deep pocket advocacy groups or woke corporations, Governor Desantis will always stand up for families and children in the fails of the lefts gender ideology onslaught. Nikki haleys Campaign Manager piled on to desantis and ramaswamy saying in a memo some run as trump light. While others throw rocks at trump. Ramaswamy pence and hale misguided. This Military Establishment we have failed when it comes to homeland defenses. Several colorado voters are also fighting the republican frontrunner. They filed a federal lawsuit today to block trump from the States Election ballots claiming the former president violated the 14th Amendment to the constitution in supporting an insurrection against the united states, bret. Bret okay, rich. Thank you. Well, a District Attorney in Fulton County, georgia. Wants to try former President Trump and his 18 codefendants at the same time. The d. A. Wants the Election Interference Trial to begin next month. Correspondent bryan llenas reports some Big Decisions have to be made before then. Good evening, bryan. Bret, good evening. In the first televised hearing in the georgia 2020 Election Fraud racketeering cases, Fulton County prosecutors proposed trying all 19 defendants including former President Trump at the same Time Beginning on october 23rd. Prosecutors say the trial will last at least four months, not including jury selection. And 150 witnesses will be called to testify. Judge scott mcafee has not ruled on the issue yet but says he was, quote, very skeptical trial could start 48 days from now. It just seems a bit unrealistic to think that we can handle all 19 in 40something days. Thats my initial reaction. Today, codefendant former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows filed a motion asking judge mcafee to stop all State Proceedings against him until the District Courts decide whether he can move his case to Federal Court which optimistically the judge says could take six months. Judge mcafee says an october trial date means defendants could find themselves being tried twice for the same crime. Where does that leave us in the middle of a jury trial . Double jeopardy attached. Have you now risked your entire prosecution because this case has now been removed to Federal Court and we have sworn in a jury and been presenting evidence against all these other codefendants . Judge mcafee did Grant Attorneys and codefendant Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chess Bro A Speedy Trial Date Of October 23rd as is their right under georgia law. Pair will be tried together. The judge denied the request for their cases to be tried separately from one another. Six other codefendants, bret, including former President Trump have asked for their cases to be severed, too prosecutors say four months for trial and all 150 witnesses would have to testify 19 times. Bret a former judge has ruled former President Trump is libel for damages in another lawsuit from writer e. Jean carroll. She successfully sued the former president for defamation earlier this year. A jury awarded her then 5 million. Todays ruling means a Second Civil Trial will concern only how much more the former president will have to pay carroll. Fears of another Federal Reserve Interest Rate hike sent stocks down today. The dow lost 199. The s p 500 fell 31. The nasdaq was off 148. As we approach the 9 11 anniversary, our Common Ground segment focuses on bipartisan efforts to support victims of terrorism. Plus, reaction to Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell answering questions today about his recent health issues. We would like to hear from you. I know. You are hearing from me. I think dr. Monahan covered the subject. So you have had a chance to read it. I dont have anything to add to it. Bret senators weigh n a minute. First, here is what some of our Fox Affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 9 in minneapolis as three people are found dead at town House Development in breezy point. Authorities have not shared details about the situation but say there is not believed to be a threat to the public. Fox 2 in detroit as Michigan State police look for a suspect who shot at and lit multiple Patrol Vehicles on fire early today. The units were empty at the time. Police say they are seeking a white man wearing Camouflage Driving a silver honda crv. This is a live look at orlando from fox 35. Our affiliate down there. One of the stories there tonight, a florida man is facing federal criminal charges after he attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a human sized hamster wheel contraption. 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Heres why you should switch fo to duckduckgo on all your Devie Duckduckgo comes with a built n engine like google, but its pi and doesnt spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. And theres no catch, its fre. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Bret welcome back to Special Report we are a few days away from the 9 11 Terrorist Attacks. We are going to talk about bipartisan inadvertent congress to support the victims families. Joining us for Common Ground segment peter welch and texas republican senator john cornyn. Senators, thanks for being here. Good to be with you. Bret i want to talk about your bill, the bipartisan effort. I want to deal with something thats come up in recent days and that is the health of your colleague, Senator Mcconnell who talked today at the stakeout, take a listen. Im going to finish my term as leader and im going to finish my senate term. Bret Senator Mcconnell didnt talk about it much the freezing specifics, he pointed to the physicians letter. How is he, number one and are you concerned about leadership going down the rude. He seems fine now and im glad that dr. Monahan, the attending physician released a letter yesterday saying that all the tests that had been conducted, Neurological Tests and others ended up negative. So in his view, this was maybe just a little bit of a rocky recovery. Bret from that concussion . From a concussion. You probably know this but the older you get, the little harder it is to come back. None of us are 25 years old anymore. Bret you know, this is a bipartisan thing, senator welch. Obviously Senator Feinstein from california has gotten criticism from democrats Dean Phillips pointed out Goodness Sake the Family Friends and staff of Senator Feinstein and mcconnell are doing them and our country a disservice. Its time for term limits for congress and the Supreme Court and some basic human decency. What do you say to people who say, you know, it is time for some of these folks to mo on . You know, Senator Mcconnell, speaking on behalf of him, he is totally committed to the institution and he will always put that first my observation was similar to yours. He was great today. Senator feinstein is having a much more challenging time. And when you talk about her situation. Friends and family obviously have prevailed on her. She was President Pro Tem and she gave that up. She was the chair of the Senate Judiciary committee. She she gave that up. She is determined from everything we hear to try to finish out her term. Bret i want to move to the topic you are here to discuss this bipartisan effort really to change the existing law. Explain, its a little technical but basically to help victims of Terrorist Attacks. Well, in 2016 we passed a law that provided an opportunity for the families of lost loved ones and the terrible tragedy the Terrorist Attack of 9 11 to be able to go to court and to be able to prove who financed that and who made that possible. During the obama administration, we were able to pass this. Ultimately over a veto. There had been some concerns expressed, diplomatic concerns by the administration. But now the argument is being made that somehow this is limited only to persons and not businesses and Property Damage that is also the result of the same incident the 9 11 attack. Bret senator welsh, its important . It is important. Just to step back for a minute, the doctrine of sensory Immunity Sovereignimmunity allow states e involved in things that injure our citizens immunity from being held accountable. This legislation was a breakthrough on that. And it would give people that access to justice. These corrections that were making now are going to mean businesses who have been injured also have a right of action, as john said. It means that its going to be more possible to collect on your judgment, getting a verdict. But not getting the money. Doesnt at all help. So, im glad that were standing up for the 9 11 victims. They can feel forgotten and the injuries are brutal and, in vermont, good ways from new york. We had 35 families that were affected by. This. Were looking at the victims of State Sponsor of terrorism 13500 claimants, 6 billion. Its being said that essentially its running out of money this fund, this Special Master has determined there will be insufficient funds to authorize an additional round of payments by january 1st, 2024. You are coming up to another fiscal cliff, senator, where you are dealing with the house. Is this all going to get rolled up together . It will all get worked out in the end. We always figure it out after we exhaust every other possibility. But, well figure it out. Some of this is by design because here we where 15 legislative days between now and the end of september. We should have done this work a long time ago. But, unfortunately thats not the case. Bret the house has said that they dont want to operate this way. They dont want to do behind closed doors. They dont want to do omnibus lastminute deals. And thats something they ran on. So is this going to be a tough bumpy road to getting this figured out . No, its definitely a tough and bumpy road. I think much more so in the house than the senate. We have gotten really good bipartisan cooperation with the chair and fight vary. Democrat and Republican Senate appropriations committee. So i think we have got a shot at doing whats called regular order. But, this is a residue of really many years in congress of not having the committees be the ones that are the primary presenters. Bret both parties. Thats been in both parties. Its a breakdown of the institution. Its very, very bad for the country. But this is a new situation we have got in the house where there is a lot of folks who are really arguing that shutting the government down is a way to get to good outcome. We like to fight occasionally and sometimes thats the right answer. But sometimes actually interested in passing legislation, the only way can you do it is for democrats and republicans to find that overlap, what i call the 8020 rule. The 80 we could agree on and leave the other 20 to fight about on another day. So sometimes its important to stand and fight. And to disagree. But sometimes its important to be able to make some progress and the only way you can do that is by trying to build a consensus. It takes some humility to be in congress. You come with the benefit of having been voted in by the people you represent. Its a good country. People that elected me, im not sure would elect john. People that elected john would never elect me. And the fact is its a big, complicated country. So there has got to be some Mutual Respect here that each of success doing the best we can for our citizens and focusing on what they all need i think is the way forward. Bret okay, senators, thanks for the time. Thanks. Bret can you see all the Common Ground segment on my podcast Common Ground and find that and you all star bret baiered to cast. Spotify or wherever you download podcasts. Also see the extended discussion on the fox news youtube page. Up next, democrats and others growing more impatient with President Bidens border policies. Light Acoustic Music Plays Eagle Screeches energetic music plays there he is its right there oh, hes straight ahead. Hes straight ahead. Straight ahead. Go go go. Cover more ground in the kia sportage turbohybrid. Kia. Movement that inspires. Im gonna hold you forever. Ill be there. You dont. You dont have to worry. psst psst ahhhh. With flonase, allergies dont have to be scary spraying flonase daily gives you longlasting, nondrowsy relief. psst psst flonase. All good. Dry skin is sensitive skin, too. And its natural. Treat it that way. Aveeno® Daily Moisture with prebiotic oat is proven to moisturize dry skin all day. Youll love our formula for face, too. Aveeno® bret the head of the United Auto Workers is warning the union plans to go on strike against any detroit automaker that has not reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week. Sean feign is reporting some progress in the negotiations. He says the union will meet thursday with general motors. A federal judge is ordering texas to move a large floating barrier in the Rio Grande River intended to deter illegal border crossings. That decision is likely to be appealed. Dozens of bright orange Wrecking Ball Size buoys created a Water Barrier longer than a stretch of river where migrants often try crossing from mexico. We brought that you story before. Their deployment brought a swift legal challenge from the Justice Department that accused texas of putting a barrier on the International Boundary without permission. The disparities in federal funding to deal with the fallout from the border crisis were the subjects of debate today in the u. S. Senate. Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema is not happy that New York State is getting more money than arizona. Its part of a backlash on the part of some democrats and independents against the president s border policy. Congressional correspondent Aishah Hasnie reports tonight from capitol hill. T tucson sector one of the busiest sectors in the country for migrant encounters. Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema digging in to the border crisis during a hearing on capitol hill, fresh off the heels of a white house snub. The Biden Administration sending 134 million in border relief to new york. Twice as much and what was handed to arizona. The democrat turned independent calling the move deeply wrong but the money not enough for governor kathy hochul who is publicly blaming President Biden for the Migrant Surge as protests break out across democratic states and cities. [horns] [cheers] the white house taking incoming from all sides as axios writes Blue State Migrant Crisis sparks political disaster for biden. This will be a political problem in 2024 for democrats. Well, its a political challenge. Number two democrat in the senate now trying to shield biden from any blame. 30 years since we have discussed immigration and were going to blame this president for the problems for gods sake how about ourselves . While the white house tries to shift the blame on to republicans who refuse to vote for a Government Funding Bill unless it includes border security. Breaking this promise would inflict painful costs on the country, making troops and Border Patrol agents work without paychecks. As Congress Heads towards a funding showdown, the border crisis is now one of the top issues that could grind the government to a halt. Any Supplemental Needs to address border security. [questions] will you vote no if it doesnt. Yeah, totally, 100 percent. Bret tonight congressman chip roy of texas is digging in. He is, of course, from the House Freedom caucus and he tells me that while he does not want to see the government shut down, he is not afraid of it either as long as it means the border will be secure. Bret . Aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. Thanks. Mexicos Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion nationwide two years after ruling abortion was not a crime in one northern state. That earlier ruling had set after a grinding process of Decriminalizing Abortion State By state in mexico. Todays decision comes amid a trend in Latin America of Loosening Restrictions on abortion. Up next, the panel on mixed messages about covid from President Biden and the white house. First, beyond our borders tonight. The death toll from severe rain storms that lashed parts of greece, turkey and bulgaria now increases to 14. Rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered seven additional bodies today. 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This is an opportunity for david weiss to clear his good name. This is an opportunity for him to do the right thing and i mean its obvious. I have said from day one that investigating the bidens is like tracking a bleeding bear through a snow storm. Theres evidence everywhere. So, this is the obvious thing that a Special Counsel should do. Bleeding bear through a snow storm. Well, there is an indictment coming according to the filing today. Wall street journal writes it this way prosecutors will seek to indict hunter biden this month. Weiss statement, u. S. Attorney Special Counsel issued an update to the Federal Court in delaware, provided confirmation that prosecutors are moving ahead with the criminal case against the younger biden. Government have traded blame in recent weeks over the implosion of two previously negotiated agreements that would have resolved in a long Running Investigation into Hunter Bidens tax and business dealings. Well start there with our panel. Guy benson, Political Editor at town hall. Com host of the guy benson show on fox news radio. Charles hurt opinion editor for the Washington Times and amy walter publisher and editor and chief of the cook political report. Okay, guy, it seems like its moving forward. Question is whether there are other charges, maybe fara that may be coming down the road. This was significant. It was buried in filing today. It is significant. I have to say that my analysis of this is pretty cynical. I think its cynicism that has been well earned by david weiss over the course of this investigation. The mo of which has been up to this pointed to my eyes at least, an attempt to protect hunter biden to the greatest extent possible from consequences or accountability and to fully insulate his father. This gun charge could and probably should have been filed years ago. Its an open and shut case according to many legal experts i have spoken with. They could have indicted in 10 minutes. But here we are years later, finally getting it once david weiss has become a Special Counsel. He has been embarrassed twice before. Once by the irs whistleblowers and then with the plea deal following apart in court. After each of those he came forward with a new sort of Box Checking Exercise saying look, no, we are going to be serious about this. There will be accountability. I suspect this might be the latest element of that same pattern but im open to changing my mind. Amy . You are open to changing your mind that its . Bret evolution. Yes, that it could be something more or that its youre not cynical about. Im open to changing my mind about david weiss and his approach to this investigation if some of those other elements, the financial misdeeds. Are open. Fara on other things are aggressively pursued. He has shown no appetite for any of that so far. Yeah. I guess the real question and you are starting to hear this from democrats more and more is what the team biden does, the campaign and the president himself and whether theres more pushback on this, whether they talk more about this this a way that we havent seen before there are allusions being made right now to the ways in which the Kerry Campaign in 2004 allow the swift vote adds to go on for a long time without responding and that essentially shaped the narrative around that issue. So, i think beyond the fact that this has legal repercussions for the political piece, i will be very curious to see if democrats start to push more on seeing biden go back at republicans and try to redefine. Bret there is two tracks, the investigation and what is happening on capitol hill. I want to turn to covid. We talked yesterday, charlie, about this video of the Medal Of Honor Award and the president coming out and he was wearing a mask at first. And then he presents the award to the Medal Of Honor Recipient and it doesnt have a mask on and then does the whole thing, the presentation and then walks out before the end of the presentation before the convocation and the whole thing. Heres how the White House Press secretary described that. The president took off his mask, as i said he would, to deliver incredibly powerful remarks about this captain, Captain Taylor, and what he did in service to our nation, and he wanted to honor the captain. You all reported that, noticed that he left when there was a pause in the program because, again, he wanted to minimize certainly his impact on folks who were there. Bret minimize his impact on the covid front . Yeah. No. It defies everything here. You know, Captain Taylor is 81 years old. Is he right there in the sweet spot of people who are vulnerable to covid. Bret by the way first lady, obviously has tested positive. Exactly. And but it could be very serious for a guy like that. She sat there yesterday and told us that he was going to wear a mask indoors and outdoors until and only when appropriately distanced we take his mask off. And then he proceeds to take his mask off, walk up to an 81yearold unmasked person and put the medal of honor, pin it around his n neck in very, very close proximity and then walks off, which is the strangest part of all of it. Bret they said it was because of the 15minute timeline or something. Right. And then they come back today and try claim oh, no, he was actually looking out for the wellbeing bei of Captain Taylod other people at the ceremony. They may try to pretend like they are taking it seriously. They are not taking it seriously. And, either that or they are lying about it. And i dont know which is worse. Bret amy, how big a deal is covid going to be in election issue. Starting to fell to like we are seeing it bubble up again. Though in many of the states where this was a significant issue in 2020, some of those states now have republican governors. So we may not see that same level of lockdown. I will be very curious to see in some of these Bluish Leaning states if they are spread in the schools, if we start to see over the course of the fall a higher incidence of this. Whether those same governor also be thinking maybe we will not have the same level of mandates and School Closures that we had in 2020. Due to science, of course. Bret were going to do it differently it depends state to state. Yeah. Bret one issue that will come up is border security. Look at the latest poll about the job approval for the president. 61 disapprove. This is coming not just from republicans. Here are some local democrats calling out the president s policy. I am delivering an urgent and formal appeal to the federal government for intervention and action. We need leadership from President Biden, period. We need that leadership right here in New York State because, you know, New York State is struggling. We need the National Government to stand up. This is not a new york city issue. This is a national issue. The City Of Chicago cannot go on welcoming new arrivals safely and capably without significant support and immigration policy changes. Bret i mean that is a change, all of that in recent months. I think this is a moment to reflect on the wildly successful political stunt, yes, but an effective one by Governor Abbott in texas to force a lot of the politicians that you just saw, not just to talk the talk about Sanctuary Policies but to actually confront what being a sanctuary looks like in the middle of a giant crisis caused by their party. And i think absent those bus trips, and those relatively small handful of migrants, we wouldnt be dissension in the ranks among the democrats. It would be texas problem to deal with. Its been a Master Stroke politically by abbott. 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Now he has decide ised to go to the dark side. Why didnt he do this years before . Just like why didnt doj and deranged jack smith bring these fake indictments three years ago . Why did they wait until the middle of my campaign where i am beating desanctimonious and all others badly and beating biden in almost every poll. So were back with our panel. Charlie, this is interesting. I mean, obviously the former Vice President is trying to make a mark. We knew this was going to be exciting, and it is. No, its kind of interesting to listen to mike pence suddenly wake up and be all upset about populism. I mean, he hitched himself to the most populist campaign since Andrew Jackson and rode it all the way into the white house very happily. As he himself noted trump governed as a conservative. And so i dont really understand how he is now going to say but he is not going to govern as a conservative next time or is he going to distance himself from the fact that that sort of populist agenda got him closer to the white house than anything else would have. The only issue d diverge on is ukraine donald trump is far more in line with the American People on Something Like ukraine in both the Democrat Party and Republican Party than mike pence is on that issue. I dont really see exactly what his argument is here is. Bret is he trying to change the dynamic. The dynamic is not changing. The Wall Street Journal poll has the former president expanding his lead exponentially. You see ron desantis going down. Nikki haley and Vivek Ramaswamy picked up some points from previous polls but, amy, the dynamic in this race really has not changed it has not. Mike pence has not gotten any more popular. Is he less popular with Republican Voters than he was, lets say, at the end of 2022. I think that speech was also notable for being a pretty serious swipe at the other person he has a beef with, and thats Vivek Ramaswamy who he at the debate as you very well know. Bret i remember it well. Im sure you do is very much against seeing him get any traction. So, if he cant take out a donald trump, maybe at least can make a dent in ramaswamys now asen dense in the polling. Bret what does he call him. Imitators. He had a few digs he ignored. You put the numbers on the screen. This is trump and everyone else. If you are going to try to make a move, you have to train some fire at trump and see if it works. So far it hasnt for basically anyone, and if thats going to change any time soon its going to be a dynamic that will be brand new to us. This race is just frozen in ice right now to trumps advantage. To charlies point ukraine is not a winner as as far as a political issue, is it. I dont think its necessarily a game changer, lets put it that way. Bret all right, panel, thank you. Bret all right finally tonight a Special Report salute. He was just telling me to dont let him go, you know, i grab him i wont let you go. Bret Good Samaritan saving elderly man from being swept away in Rushing Floodwaters in las vegas. He will toro was driving through a neighborhood with a friend when he noticed a man in distress. He sprang into action. Look at this, jumping out of the truck to rescue the man, lift guilty him up, carrying him across the street to safety. That Good Samaritan said did he not even know how to swim. But he knew it was the right thing to do. And for that we salute you, sir. Tomorrow on Special Report. We look at efforts to address worker gaps in the manufacturing industry. Please remember if you cant catch us live, set your dvr 6 00 p. M. On the west coast. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Thats it for this Special Report. Fair, balanced and still unafraid. The Ingraham Angle is now. Laura hello, everyone, washington tonight. You know how the media love to say that the walls are closing in on donald trump . Well, today the walls are closing in on hunter biden. Because late this afternoon the Special Counsel announced that his office is planning to indict joe bidens son on federal gun charges. This will happen on or before september th. This comes after the collapse of that ridiculous Sweetheart Plea Deal that you agreed to in july. Al