everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan, where we begin this hour. thousands of people have spent the night in evacuation centres, following a powerful earthquake. six people were killed and dozens injured, with many more thought to be buried under the rubble of buildings. in the past hour, british prime minister rishi sunak said the uk stands ready to support tojapan, and is monitoring developments. the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake was noto province in the centre of japan, with the tremors felt as far away as the capital tokyo. tens of thousands of people were told to head to higher ground, in the country s first major tsunami warning since 2011. the warning was later downgraded, with waves of less than one metre reported. suranjana tewari is injapan, and sent this report. this footage from inside someone s home captures the moment the powerful earthquake struck. some staff at this news network took cover, while others wanted to cover the story. the 7.6 magnitude eart
forget that. cher, thank you for joining us. thank you for having me and happy new year. rachel: happy love life for you. bye. third hour of fox and friends starts right now. wake me up before you go-go don t leave me hanging on a line like a yo-yo. joey: welcome to the first hour of first fox and friends of the year. it is january 1, people rang in the new year about a block from my hotel. they must have kept it dissents, i didn t hear a thing. rachel: you didn t hear a thing? griff: anyone would have heard me snoring through the nine hours i got. happy new year. i ve been going to bed early up here getting to fill in with you, going to bed at 8:00 p.m. one night 7:30. rachel: you don t have a problem going to bed that early? griff: there is a secret, beer. rachel: i need to try that. joey: much more natural. i lean into the nyquil, i might being addicted. it tastes good, it is not supposed to taste good, i am tasting it often. rachel: the secre
political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre,
my name is andreas vollsund. i m mayor of time kommune. bryne is the big city in this community. bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. the people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, there s a lot of farms. right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so we re very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. we can get the best food on the table and be as strong as erling! only 12,000 lives here. people quite friendly, but quiet. we won t use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. you can see that in erling. he doesn t speak long sentences, and that s normal here. growing up in bryne is very much about football. it s basically been the one thing that this town is all about. the football team bryn