Ainsley kathy is the greatest mother ever steve tips. Ainsley good thick is having a morning show the dads do the lunch. Steve im going to have some of this right now. Ainsley guess what . Guess what . Second hour of fox friends starts right now steve soups on. All right. President Biden Touting the Inflation Reduction Act. Yep. One year later after signing it. But stays silent on his sons legal problems. Also admitted this was misnamed and giggled. Hunter now losing his criminal attorney after claiming the Justice Department backed out of a plea deal. And david weiss begs to differ. Peter doocy is live at the white house just down the road from me in our d. C. Bureau. And, peter, i saw your name on your office and it is huge. Its got a poll and i could not believe you got all these things. Thats why you rushed back to work. Pete brian, im at the white house. Can you check my mail . Brian i will. Right away. I saw the postman there a second ago. Is he wearing shorts here at the white h
Week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. Also ahead, we will explain the new development in the Department Of Justices investigation of hunter biden and the Special Counsel now appointed to that case. And plus, we will bring you an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u. S. History. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. Firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. The wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern United States history, surpassing 2018s campfire in california which killed 85. Hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest Natural Disaster in his states history, with damages estimated at close to 6 billion. Ha
Digits roast the deep south. Well tell you whats next from this wild weather coming up. And a new poll shows that half of all democratic voters dont want President Biden to be the nominee for 2024. Well explain why thats actually good news for the president. But we start in washington, d. C. , where a new chapter in american political history is waiting to be written if and when special Council Jack Smith decides to make his move. We know the grand jury investigating former President Trumps role in trying to overturn the 2020 election arrived at the d. C. Courthouse several hours ago. And if past is prologue, a decision on an indictment could come soon. In the classified documents investigation, trump was charged three days after his attorneys held a final meeting with jack smith. That same kind of meeting in this case was five days ago if that provides us any clues. We want to bring in nbcs Garrett Haake following this from washington. Ryan reilly is outside the u. S. District courtho
71 felony counts in two jurisdictions, in new york and in south florida, to say nothing of a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, that may indict trump as early as next week, also a federal grand jury in d.c. investigating trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. in this case, the documents case, trump s attorneys are asking for trump to get special treatment, to be treated unlike every other american, to take into consideration trump s status as the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. the lawyers write that trump is, quote, currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. quote, mr. nauta s job requires him to accompany trump on most campaign trips around the country. the schedule makes trial preparation with both defendants challenging. whether judge cannon buys into this idea that the ex-president and walt nauta ar
not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of the war. ukraine now promises it will not use the american supplied cluster munitions in russia. it comes as the controversial weapons divided congress. they want these as self-defense to use against russians in their own country of ukraine. i don t see anything wrong with the, these weapons would be a game-changer. cluster bombs should never be used. that is crossing a line. we would risk losing our moral leadership. also new today, treasury secretary janet yellen returns from china after a weekend of high stakes meetings. the secretary is optimistic progress is being made to shore up tense relations. i had a very construct a visit. i received a warm welcome and had a very substantial series of meetings. an objective of my trip was to explain the national security is something that we can t compromise on and we will protect. capitol hill is bracing for a potential far-right feud as marj