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
brian: a lot of reasons to watch fox today but there s a lot of exciting news happening we re going to be covering. for example, a state department is going to have a briefing. what are they going to say about secretary of state blinken putting off his trip to the middle east after take out hamas leader over in lebanon with hezbollah. it was a targeted hit from a drone. got a lot of things to talk about, including that trip to mexico right before the new year s. white house press briefing today the president back in action today. he has got to be talking about a possible deal when it comes to the border, ukraine aid, we know there was a russian blitz last night as well as israel aid and what about taiwan getting the weapons they paid for already the entire g.o.p. congressional leaders are in the border getting a tour from congressman rodriguez about what the exact issues are. not just that it s bad but the policies that need to come out of this negotiation that s happening right no
happened to jacob that we can turn this into a positive for our country and for these other men and women. thank you so much for joining us. as you know 22 veterans who commit suicide every day it s an epidemic. and five years ago was 18 a day. it s getting worse, not better. for you two to be national leaders on this and, senator, for your efforts, we want to thank you very much. we re going to continue to be in contact with you to see how it s moving forward. thank you, gentlemen, so very much. thanks, patrick. thank you. after the break led him and his wife to the front lines for the fight of medical marijuana use by children. and make sure you use your #takingthehill to have your voice heard today. the holiday season is here, which means it s time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta. and the 2015 motor trend car of the year
disappeared three years ago found in his front yard. now his wife charged with murder. how do you get away with something like that? the police department had dogs looking everywhere. i don t know why they didn t find him. steve: a major break led investigators to the texas cum s home. texas couple s home. anna: nasa trying to figure out how an astronaut nearly drowned in space. [inaudible] anna: it only got worse from there. about an hour into a repair mission, an italian astronaut noticed water pooling at the back of his head and started getting into his eyes and keeping him from hearing. fish bowl. go stick your head in a fish bowl and try to walk around. that s not anything you take lightly. certainly it is dangerous
through this region. that sky strarp was built to signify the city s rebirth. the north korean army is warning the united states its military is cleared to launch a nuclear attack. that claim that the moment of explosion is fast approaching. it comes as the pentagon makes another big move in the specific. we will have those details ahead. plus. the broken leg seen around the world. today, i talked with the louisville basketball player, kevin ware about the horrific moment on the court. i kind of glanced down at my leg because of the coach s eyes, you know. he kind of looked like he seen a ghost or something he had never seen before. shepard: coming up, kevin ware will tell us how that bad break led to one of the greatest moments of his life. that s coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news as fox reports live tonight. she immediately triaged the situation,