florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming, i know that we talked when this first happened so i ve been curiously following this particular suit, and the federal judge did take governor desantis word for the suspension, but, he upheld it, why do you think that was in your opinion? thank you for having me back. as you said, the judge took the governor s to task. the governor violated federal and state law in suspending me. he said that t
florida governor ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected democratic prosecutor just last year. why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis, but now a federal judge has dismissed that lawsuit, saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but as a federal judge, he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and in the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming. i know we talked when this first actually happened. so i ve been curiously following this particular suit. and the federal judge did take governor desantis to task for his handling of your suspension, but he ultimately upheld it. tell me why you think that is and what s your reaction. well, thanks so much for having me back, laura. as you said, the judge took the governor to
i m john roberts in for bret baier tonight. a tough examination for dr. anthony fauci as he defends his actions during the coronavirus pandemic. we may be just hours away from an executive order from president biden on immigration. as an illegal migrant is arrested for allegedly shooting two new york city police officers. and what it takes to get american hostages back home. we hear from someone who has done just that. but, first, breaking tonight, just days after the conclusion of the first ever criminal trial against a former president, a similarly historic proceeding begins against the son of a sitting president. jury selection has been completed in the felony gun charge trial for hunter biden. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight where he kicks off our conch. hello, david. david: john, good evening to you. it took all day but the judge, the special counsel and the defense were able to turn 250 prospective jurors into 12 jurors plus four alterna
shut down the border when illegal crossings surge, but the threshold reportedly mirrors the bipartisan border agreement that failed in the senate earlier this year and reportedly similar to a ban trump tried to impose but overturned by the courts as a violation of federal asylum laws. why are we waiting five minutmonths before the electiony wasn t this done five months into the administration when we started seeing these problems. the administration allowed 350,000 migrants with pending asylum claims to remain in the u.s. without a decision on case merits. according to the new york post ice lawyers told prosecutors in 2022 to dismiss pending asylum case force migrants that don t pose a security threat and don t have a criminal record. suggest they followed through. that s going to encourage more people to show up and for an administration that claims this is a humanitarian effort, ,you just created a whole population that has no status no, where to go. the biden administratio
there are ways to maneuver in the political stage. we have news on a story that we first brought you earlier this week. a judge in illinois granting a temporary restraining order barring the he enforcement of a new illinois gun law. it bans switches and allows some automatic fire arms to fire arms automatically and preventing dangerous individuals from possessing a gun through fire arms restraining orders. governor pritzker saying in a statement, to protect illinois communities act takes weapons of war and mass destruction off the street while allowing law-abiding gun owners to retain their collections. i look forward to the next steps in the case and receiving the decision this case merits. . there s also a proposal in san francisco to pay reparations of $5 million