first federal president to ever surrender to authorities. first former president ever be fingerprinted by authorities and first to go before a federal magistrate for arrest and arraignment and face years in prison. if convicted. and jake, of course after pleading not guilty to all counts, it seemed to be back to business as usual for trump. making a campaign style stop at a restaurant just moments after he left a courthouse. posting for photos with well-wishers. even had a group literally praying over him as he was there in the restaurant alongside his codefendant walt nauta. from there is back to bedminster for a fund-raiser. a fund-raiser in a speech. we are not carrying that speech live. in a moment, we will play a short portion of it one that gives you a look into his state of mind and how he is trying to frame his defense to his supporters. joined now by new york democratic congresswoman and house oversight committee member alexandra ocasio-cortez. thank you for being
live. in a moment we re going to play a short portion of it, one that gives you a look into his state of mind and how he is trying to frame his defense to his supporters. i m joined now by new york democratic congresswoman and house oversight committee member alexandria ocasio-cortez. thanks so much for being here. first of all, i just want to the little havana stop, that cafe, versailles cafe, one of the reasons we re told by his folks he was there is because the cuban american people know from political persecution. and i wondered how you might interpret that and what you think of that. well, you know, i think it s it makes it s not a surprise. during trump s remarks he was trying to somehow pin this as some great marxist conspiracy. but the fact of the matter remains that tn individual who r. tand u.s. national security secrets, nuclear weapons locations or, you know, nuclear site locations, sensitive materials, and put our nation at risk. and frankly this is beyon
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
jimmy, thank you very much. hour two of fox & friends started seven seconds ago. [laughter] lawrence: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. at least 10 more hostages are expected to be released today as the cease-fire between israel and hamas is extended until wednesday. ainsley: for the last two hours smoke clouds have been filling the gaza skyline. this comes as we receive new images reunited with their family. brian: nine children released bringing the total to 51 over the last four days. steve: trey yingst is live in tel aviv where it is 2:00 in the afternoon. trey? yeah, hey, guys. good morning. it is day five of the cease-fire between israel and hamas. it is expected to be extended for at least another day. and just last night 11 more israelis were released. they were flown here to the hospital in tel aviv. nine of them are children. all of them still have fathers being being held inside gaza. the israelis were taken hostage from a small community that s
honor the more than 529,000 people who have lost their lives to covid-19. and address the sacrifices that americans, that all of us have made during this pandemic while recognizing how it has very much changed our lives. that is right. president biden is also expected to tout what just passed and that is his $1.9 trillion covid stimulus package known as the american rescue plan. largely popular with the american people. but it passed only along party lines. there was not a single republican in either chamber that supported the bill. the president will sign it into law tomorrow and then he s going to pennsylvania next week to sell it to the american people. so let s begin at the white house with our john harwood. good morning to you, john. what have you learned in terms of the tone we re going to hear from the president tonight? reporter: well, poppy, pretty consistently president biden has struck a very sober tone about this pandemic, honoring the sacrifice of people, spe