going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now
we re all excited the gang is back together this wednesday morning after a christmas holiday. a christmas break for each of us. it was a wonderful time. makes us all grateful for this job and we are all back together. feels good. steve: feels great. welcome back, brian. before yesterday. we were here, and griff jenkins was here as well through the entire holiday. hats off to him and everybody else who filled in the chair. brian: must have been tough for him to not surf. griff prefers to surf. steve: i was talking to griff yesterday because is he going to go down today to south florida to go surfing. and i told him the beaches are gone because of beach erosion over the last month. brian: you are kidding. steve: beaches are pretty much shot. lawrence: finally gets to celebrate and there is no beach. ainsley: still waves. brian: waves crash into land. just send you. steve: just smooths out. no roll. ainsley: y all, before christmas we saw the presiden
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
but there is still a lot of time between now and next november. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend instead for stephanie ruhle. tonight, the race to protect a key priority for biden s agenda. wartime military aid for ukraine in israel. that 100 billion dollar aid package is now tied up in a fight on capitol hill involving our southern border. republicans refused to release the money unless the white house agrees to their demands for border security and immigration policy that includes return to some trump era policies. senators have been meeting with white house officials to try and work out a deal. the senate was supposed to leave today for a holiday recess, but this afternoon, majority leader schumer said the senate will be back next week. the senate will return on monday. that will give negotiators from the white house, senate democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort
the senate will be back on monday to work out a deal on immigration and ukraine aid. then, rudy giuliani s defamation trial is now in the hands of the jury. what went down in court today. and new polling shows a tight race in several swing states, but there is still a lot of time between now and next november. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend instead for stephanie ruhle. tonight, the race to protect a key priority for biden s agenda. wartime military aid for ukraine in israel. that 100 billion dollar aid package is now tied up in a fight on capitol hill involving our southern border. republicans refused to release the money unless the white house agrees to their demands for border security and immigration policy that includes return to some trump era policies. senators have been meeting with white house officials to try and work out a deal. the senate was supposed to leave today for a holiday recess, but t