jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi
pennsylvania judge and waived extradition and now we have body cam video of a traffic stop weeks before his arrest where police let him go. a makeshift container wall at the southern border in arizona is being taken down after legal challenges from the biden administration, you know, the people who created the border crisis. plus, democratic governor s busing migrants out of his state. bill melugin is here life with a full report but we begin with chaos on capitol hill after three rounds of votes, kevin mccarthy has so far failed to be elected speaker of the house. rich edson is live with us in the nation s capital with more. good evening. good evening. still no speaker. tthe house has adjourned on republicans are trying to figure this all out. kevin mccarthy says there is no circumstance where he drops out of the speakers race. he says he s looking for 11 votes to give him one more than democratic leader hakeem jeffries. on all three ballots, jeffries received unanimous su
night s game although he is still sedated and in critical condition. trying to get him to breathe on his own. taking it day by day. florida keys seeing a massive surge of boat landings. shut down will park. migrant encounters are up over 400 percent. when you reward people for violating our laws, that s when people are going to come. will israel be fully open to the public first time in 2,000 years. the cherished site is where jesus healed a blind man. i heard you were a wild one. oh show how you do. ainsley: good morning, dallas. miss sally doocy this is your wake-up call. good luck. ainsley: she list there now. steve: she does, indeed. ainsley: good morning it s wednesday, january 4th. steve: first wednesday of 2023. brian: unanimous vote to go forward or do all rounds. without all three of us voting we are not going to do the show. unbelievable what took place yesterday. ainsley: how many fox news alerts did you get on your phone yesterday?
improving. although he is still sedated in critical condition. trying to get him to breathe on his own. we are kind of taking it day by day. seeing massive surge of illegal boat landings. shut down the national park. miami encounters are up over 400 percent. when you reward people for violating our laws, that s when people are going to come. open 200 years the cherished site is where jesus healed the blind. you re out of touch i m out of time but i m head when you re not around. your out of touch. steve: good morning, washington, d.c. you re out of touch. that was toba, our sound man s suggestion for the music to start the program. [cheers] ainsley: perfect song it for this morning, right? steve: no kidding. 66 degrees in washington, d.c. where at least 20 members of congress are out of touch and according to the majority, republicans. and it looks like a real good chance of rain. will it rain on kevin mccarthy s parade again today? stay tuned, buc