good evening. i m bret baier. middle east powder keg as iran seizes control of a tanker in the gulf of imam and iranian backed proxy groups have launched 130 attacks on u.s. troops in the region as the world awaits a response. senior national correspondent hitch edson has the latest from the pentagon, good evening, rich. good evening, bret. this is the same ship that last year the u.s. justice department seized for violating sanctions. it was carrying iranian oil then and iranian state media outlet says bordering the ship today is retaliation for the u.s. seize it s a year ago example of iranian maligned activity threatening security and stability in the reasonable. we call on iran to release the tanker and the crew immediately. the pentagon says the tanker flagged to the marshall islands. for weeks iran backed houthi rebels have been attacking commercial shipping on the red sea. on tuesday they launched their largest, most complex attack yet. the pentagon says f-1s fro
russia is preparing for a major ukrainian offensive, with vast defenses set up in key areas in the south of the country, including crimea. we ll have all the details from our new bbc verify team it s been investigating. also on the programme. we will bring you the latest updates on the search for madeleine mccann, who disappeared in southern portugal in 2007. police are to search around a reservoir near where the british three year old girl went missing. and we ll look at the political headaches that greeted joe biden and rishi sunak on their return from the g7 leaders summit injapan. the prime minister has met with his ethics adviser over what to do about suella braverman. the home secretary was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice on arranging a private speed awareness course. she says she s confident nothing untoward happened . meanwhile, president biden returns to the negotiating table in washington for talks with the republican house speaker
lawrence: it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. it s monday, june 3rd, and this is fox & friends. steve: it is, indeed, lawrence. former president donald trump speaks out about his conviction last week and potential jail time in a fox & friends weekend tv exclusive. did you see it? house arrest or even jail. how do you face what that could look like. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television say oh no, you don t want to do that to the president? don t beg for anything. ainsley: jury selection begins in just hours for hunter biden s federal gun trial. we are live in delaware awaiting the first son s arrival. brian: plus a foul on the court the wnba just took action on shoulder shot against caitlin clark. fox & friends starts right now. remember, your mornings are better with friends. watch this. steve: over the weekend they sat down right there. televised interview the first one since he was convicted of 34 charges of fatality phii
conversation. lawrence: i m not sure he could do the walk. i m not sure joe biden could walk from behind the arena, go through the crowd like that. brian: oh, no. steve: he could ride his bike but then again he might fall off. ainsley: asked you to send in questions for the weekend crew when they went into this interview with donald trump. we will have donald trump answering some of those questions. steve: lots of them. ainsley: much has not aired yet that will be in 15 minutes. the three of them are going to join us to hear what trump s opinions are about the border and drilling and future of america. steve: we have a very, very busy monday. three full hours and we re going to play a lot of the stuff. if you didn t see it yesterday, you will see it today. ainsley: great job to our weekend crew. big get. steve: indeed. ainsley: turning to your headline. starting with a fox news alert. two nypd officers are in stable condition after they were shot while they were con