good evening once again, it is friday night and i am stephanie ruhle and you know what that means. our friday night cap is standing by to weigh in on all the way down this week so do not move because they will be here in just a few minutes. but first, let s break down today s news. new signs of special counsel investigating donald trump now focusing on the former presidents attorneys, including the one and only rudy giuliani according. to the washington post, jack smith s team is asking witnesses about giuliani s actions before jan sixth, and the poses investigators are ramping up the pressure on trump s lawyers involved in the classified documents case. our friend jackie alemany as one of the reporters who broke that story, and here is what she said about it earlier today. the way that we see it, he started sprinting to the decision before the 2024 presidential primary really heats up. meanwhile we are also following the on convicted murderer alec talks murdaug
we are coming on the air with breaking news on today s top story. for the first time, we will see secretary of state tony blinken on camera. you re looking at it live on the left side of your screen there. potentially reacting to that suspected chinese spy balloon, flying over u.s. airspace. also this hour, you ve got president biden in philadelphia after a better than expected jobs report. we re juggling all of it live here in the next 60 minutes on msnbc. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to bring in one of our chief white house correspondents, foreign correspondent janis mackey frayer is live in beijing, and gary locke, former u.s. ambassador to china. let s take a beat. lay out what we know so far about this chinese apparent supply balloon mystery situation. we are about to hear from the secretary of state for the first time on camera since he postponed his trip to beijing earlier today. the pentagon says they are still tracking this balloon. they also say it is no
this country back one step at a time. carley: bit is election day in america and we are less than an hour out from the first pole opening in vermont. you are watching fox & friends first on this election day. i m carley shimkus. todd: it is here and i am todd piro. the entire house of representatives, third of the senate and 36 races across the country on the ballot the balance of power in the future of our country at stake. carley: republicans need a net gain of five seats to take back the house. only one seat to flip the senate, and allies around the the battleground. brooke singman is live in palm beach florida with the latest, brooke. hey, good morning, today is a big day americans across the state as testing their pilots as early as 5:00 p.m. eastern. more than 34 million pilots have been cast by mail or in person early voting centers of the mike according to the associated press. the republicans looking to put both chambers of house. 35 seats up for grabs in 3
migrants are camping out in freezing temperatures as the white house asked the supreme court to live title 42 today. nearly 60 across 12 states with a massive storm over the holiday weekend. ranging from the great lakes all the way down to rio grande. the death toll 28 in western new york where blizzard conditions left parts of the state buried under 4 feet of snow backing up in the thousands. 500,000 are waking up in the dark this morning. carley: cleanup efforts in buffalo as president biden approves emergency declaration for the storm. even more snow could be in the forecast period and the mayor of buffalo is slamming looters who destroy stores during the blizzard. people who were out looting and people are losing their lives in this harsh, winter storm is just absolutely reprehensible. i don t know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror here they are the lowest of the low. ashley: looters did not appear to be an
biden is using his bully pulpit to address public safety. i know we expect so much from the law enforcement officers. so, we need to support them here that is why my crime plan to help communities recruit, higher, and trey nationwide more than 100,000 additional officers accountable officers for community policing. the answer is not defined the police. it is fund the police. [applause] we are in a situation of this country where you have to give additional resources to get their job done. every single republican member of congress, every single one in this state, every single one voted against the support for law enforcement. you talk about how much they loved it. they voted against funding. dana: the president in pennsylvania to tout his safe america plan. the sense of urgency suspect too many. you will hear about that in a moment. earlier this month house democrats with a police funding bill with tax hikes with 87,000 new irs agents. crime is a top issue for the country