t. alex waonight starts with alicia menendez in for alex good morning, chris i m alicea menendez, alex is off, christmas eve, one of the coldest nights in our nation s capital. by the time the sun went down, temperatures were hovering around 18 degrees. it was this night, one of the coldest nights of the year, the season all about welcoming the stranger as the republican governor of texas decided to deposit a number of migrant asylum seekers, including children three buses filled with migrants arrived in d.c. late saturday night, where they were unceremoniously dropped off at the vice president s official residence. they were sent there by the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, to make a political point about what is happening at the southern border. the buses are filled with families and children, many of them wearing nothing warmer than a t-shirt. governor abbott did not tell anybody ahead of time he was going to do this, but agents met them in front of the vice
really was. from this latest discovery we have one johnny mcentee to thank, trump s director of personnel by the end. we now now mcentee s testimony before the committee revealed that the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president in his final hours in office floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the united states capitol. there was a vice of dissent to that idea, white house counsel pat cipollone. he rejected the idea. our friend luke broad water of the new york times reports this, quote, mcentee recalled cipollone also rejected trump s idea that all white house staff should be pardoned, even those who have played no role in the president s push to overturn the 2020 election. quote, i remember cipollone questioning on that, well, why does anyone need a pardon, mr. mcentee recalled, adding that the president had responded, well, just so they can t go after them for any little thing. and i think cipollone said, yeah, but no one here has done anything wrong. the
investigate the hunter biden matter. this could essentially close off that avenue for prosecution by reaching a plea agreement. dagen: the front page of the new york post saying it s time for the feds to charge him already. dana: fox team coverage shannon bream with a look at the timing of all of this just before the mid-term elections. first david spunt starts us off at the justice department. good morning, david. good morning to you. our sources are telling us that this investigation is at a sensitive and critical stage. it has been that way for several months right now as you mentioned it began in 2018. we re also told at fox news that the investigation has moved from the f.b.i. to the u.s. attorney in delaware and investigators are no longer actively collecting evidence in this case. this coming with a source with knowledge of the investigation. the washington post yesterday was out with this report that agents believe prosecutors have enough evidence to charge
the saudis share that urgency. reporter: despite how those production increases were only fleeting, biden says he has no regrets about the trip. no. the trip was not essentially for oil. the trip was about the middle east and about israel and rationalization of positions. good afternoon, everybody. reporter: the administration now contemplating next steps, including tapping into the strategic reserves again despite saying 48 hours ago that wasn t on the table. we re not considering new releases, releases from the strategic petroleum reserve beyond the 180 million. reporter: even before opec s decision gas prices were already on their way up after a recent 99-day streak of decline. with 32 days to go before the midterm elections republicans are putting gas prices and biden s energy policies at the forefront. he s made us dependent upon russia, saudi arabia, and now venezuela. he hates american oil field workers so much that he ll never turn to us. reporter: mem
still too cowardly to take a stand against insurrectionists ex president. the idea of political violence is being normalized. he held newspaper published a piece this weekend underlying its stark terms what this new post trump post january 6th world looks like. the number threat in vests launched by u.s. capitol police in 2021 was 100 and 50% higher than it was in 2017. trump s first year in office. lawmakers who are critical of trump remain among those most frequently targeted for violence. the long and diverse listening clues republicans who voted for an infrastructure bill he opposed. democrats who manage the former presidents impeachments. republicans who supported his ouster after the january 6th capitol attack. and most recently, the nine lawmakers on the select committee investigating the 2021 a riot. all of whom have around the clock security details. end quote. president biden addressed the normalization of violence this week in his soul of the nation s speech. y