it s 8:00 p.m. in bedford, new hampshire, where the polls are officially closed all across the granite state, and the vote counting is underway. donald trump is entering tonight with a commanding lead in the polls, but the question is, will nikki haley s campaign live or die in the lead free or die state? walking into tonight, the priority is clear. like iowa. a large faction of republican voters in new hampshire believe the country needs a complete and total upheaval. donald trump is seen as a vehicle for that. the top issue on the minds of republican voters is immigration. donald trump garners massive support, then followed by the economy. he looks to cement his nomination in new hampshire, while president joe biden s name was not on the ballot today. but his supporters staged a vigorous write-in campaign expected to put him over the edge. and we now have a fox news alert. a call to make. let s bring in martha maccallum, anchor of the story, and bret baier, anchor of spe
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with fears of growing escalation in the middle east. the pentagon says an iranian attack drone struck a commercial ship operating in the indian ocean on saturday. a u.s. defense official says a fire broke out on the chemical tanker with nearly two dozen crew members on board, but no one was hurt. it comes as newly declassified u.s. intelligence suggests iran has been deeply involved in a series of attacks by houthi rebels in the red sea. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is announcing a d deepening of the conflict saying the fighting will intensify until there s a vikt rip over hamas. one of the deadliest days of the conflict with 15 soldiers killed on friday. several hamas militants also killed as mounting slin deaths grow, beyond 20,000 according to hamas-controlled health ministry in gaza. we re covering this story from all angles. let s go to kevin liptak at the white house for us. kevin, how are the u.s. and other
attorney in the investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. he wrote in all caps, the tar and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. his legal team has been p preparing behind the scenes. trump is expected to present himself in manhattan following the formal charges and has expressed interest in making a speech afterwards. a source familiar with the situation says a trump has complained privately he believes he s only going to be indicted because he thinks that bragg, quote, hates him. some of his advisers urged him not to call for pros tests concerned about the ics of a mas protest growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment.
for protests, sender about the optics of a mass protest in the streets of manhattan growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment. we ll bring you more on this story as details become available. now to the guns of war. this week came several significant and troubling developments with regard to the war in ukraine. the latest the news that next week chinese president xi jingping will travel to russia to meet with vladimir putin. a putin adviser told russian state media they plan to discuss the war in ukraine and will sign documents attesting to closer ties. china refused to condemn russia s invasion or even call it such, instead echoing the kremlin s stance of blaming it on nato. u.s. officials are monitoring the meetings as china considers sending weapons to russia and are working to get xi
laura: watch your wallet. you can t say the voters in 2020 weren t warned. who could forget kamala s goofy cartoon message. so there s a big different betweens equality and equity. equality suggests, oh, everyone should get the same amount. the problem with that, not everybody s starting out from the same place. equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place. laura: i still can t believe that actually went out. now, if we had an honest media, this would have been exposed for what it is on the spot, just cartoonish socialist nonsense. because when joe and kamala say equity, what they mean is justified discrimination and not just based on race because when joe and kamala say equity, what they really mean is the creation of a new power dynamic that s disguised in very benevolent terms. equity on the issue of benefit and strength, our administration from the beginning made a commitment that we would increase minority and women-owned businesses getting federa