Its thursday, its april 18th, and this is fox friends. We start with a fox news alert. Protests flaring overnight right off Columbia Universitys campus after faced a reckoning on capitol hill. And happening today, former President Donald Trump due back in court case one as attorneys gear up for Opening Statements as early as monday. Plus snacks under attack but could be for a good reason from cheetos to lucky charms. Why they could be banned. That should be our lead story. Second hour of fox friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with snacks. We have a lot of Breaking News overnight we begin with your headlines, two suspected spies arrested overseas. Accused of plotting Sabotage Attacks on u. S. Military facilities in germany. On behalf of russia. German prosecutors say their goal was to undermine support for ukraine. The suspects are germanrussian nationals who were allegedly prepared to carry out a bomb and arson attack on military facilities. Including at one of
Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, were covering two big stories. Both happening on capitol hill right now. House Speaker Mike Johnson rolls the dice on a foreign aid package with his own speakership on the line. But, first, the exceedingly rare event of an Impeachment Trial for a merv the president s cabinet never got off the ground today in the u. S. Senate it. Took a little more than three hours for the democrats in the senate to end the proceeding before it began against Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas. Raising a lot of questions about constitutional process and politics. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill to show us what happened. Good evening, chad. Bret, Senate Democrats stuck together to end the trial before it even began. They did not vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment. They voted along party lines to rule the articles Ou Out Of Sync with the constitution. Raise a point of articl
investigators say robert aaron long gunned down people in a spa in cherokee county. investigators say long travelled less than an hour south to atlanta and shot and killed two more people at massage businesses across the street from each other. today the sheriff s department said long is talking to investigators and telling them a sexual addiction drove him to violence. it s still early but the indicators right now are it may not be, it may be targets of opportunity. again, we re we believe that he frequented these places in the past and may have been lashing out, and part of that in your media packet as well. but it s a sexual addiction rather than a racial profiling? during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. cnn s natasha chen is in atlanta. officials say the gunman was headed to florida when arrested and his family was critical in the arrest. reporter: yeah, the family of the suspect was critical in helping
About the National Security apparatus, do they have what they need post9 11 from the federal government . Or are there still things outstanding that they would like to be done . He mentioned that he felt spread were thinly because the threat has morphed into different countries. There talking about how is a priority on whats going on with prices in the philippines, africa, he even mentioned north africa. I got the impression that he feels like the resources were spread thin. Washe big event this week about ambush in niger, are there more questions to be asked . Do we know enough about whats happening as an American Public . We dont know that much about ambush. Pened in the the u. S. Military is doing an after action report right now. There are early signs that the group that ambushed the special forces unit had connections to Islamic State. Its known that Islamic State and al qaeda are trying to play off of travel robberies in that region to bolster their presence there. We have a lot
You are men and women of thatdale college, a school has stood fast on its principles and its traditions at great and great cost. You are men and women of steeped in the best steeped in the best principles of our great nation. If you dont lead by example, who will . I have every faith that you will be the beacon of light for others to follow. That city on a hill that cannot be hidden. My god bless each of you now and throughout your lives and may god bless america. Thank you. [applause] our commencement special continues looking at 2016 Commencement Speakers. Were joined by the president of Hillsdale College in hillsdale, michigan. Hes been president since 2000. This year the Commencement Speaker at the hillsdale graduation was Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas. Dr. Arm, Justice Thomas is someone who doesnt speak publicly that often. Doesnt speak in the court that often. What was your consideration in terms of having him speak there . What was your motivation for that . Well, ive be