Bill crime came up Last Night. Border wall, security in california came up. Dana all the people leaving california as well. Not all the people but many people going to a place where they would not have as much government overreach. Bill going to talk to Karl Rove what is going on in that state. President trump touted as a model for america. Dana good morning. Good morning to you, these, of course, were Caitlyn Jenners first substantive comments since she announced she was running for governor and she says her reason for running to replace Gavin Newsom is very simple. I love this state. This state has done so much for me over the years. I have watched It Crumble right in front of my eyes. And youve got to stand up, you know, so i knew it would not be easy. I knew it would be tough. But you know what . California is worth fighting for. And thats what im doing. And jenner says the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic has been far worse than necessary and only one person is to blam
todd: it is friday, beautiful. carley: our new and improved fox square all-american christmas tree. if you want to take a picture in front of it is up and we love sharing this christmas tree with everybody who passed it by. todd: on awesome night last night, so beautiful, so uplifting. with that you are watching fox and friends first . carley: let s get straight into this is a fox news alert. former empire actor jussie smollett found guilty on charges he staged a hate crime against himself and lied to chicago police about it. carley: at least are meyer with details as this trial comes to a close. reporter: the jury has spoken, the industry sector is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-game racist attack staged against himself. he was acquitted on the sixth count applying to a detective in the weeks after, the actor said he was attacked. smollett s attorney says they won t stop fighting. we feel 100% confident that this case
carefully what it comes from that tomorrow. general kellogg, come back. dana: halls of congress is buzzing with activity. lawmakers return to washington. republicans are going to take action against the head of the f.b.i. and justice department claiming they are politically biased against the gop. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. good morning. got through it. bill: back on the bike. dig it. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy and other top republicans have made it very clear they plan to hold merrick garland and f.b.i. director accountable for what they claim to be a dual system of justice. wray will appear on wednesday before the house judiciary committee where republicans have a lot of questions about everything from hunter biden s quote sweetheart deal to the investigation into classified documents at mar-a-lago. whether it s the way they misused fisa, which is a complicated issue but a very important one that deal
south carolina family. found guilty on all counts in the murder trial of his boyfriend. son. it was so quick and in fact the judge did not offer a dinner. according to reporters in the room, his only living son, buster, sat in the gallery shaking his head in disbelief. but he did not appear to shed a tear. the trial really to turn after the jury saw key piece of evidence. it was a snap to video taken by paul murdoch at the dog kennels just minutes before he and maggie were killed. listen. you are going to hear three separate voices. [indistinct] it is beginning. it is a chicken. come here. catch. laura: he maintained that he was not there. but one witnesses said he was their voice, murdoch admitted the lie. here is why. as my addiction evolved over time, i would get any situations or circumstances where i would get paranoid, thinking, and it could be anything that triggered it. once i told of the line, i mean, i told my family. i have to keep lying. laura: the d
inquiry back here in washington, with senate intel leaders demanding the fbi show them the receipts, formalry asking to see those classified documenting taken during the mar-a-lago search. plus, two primary elections that could tell us about the state of the republican party, all happening just hours from now. we re in wyoming and alaska with what might be the final stand for at least one former leader in the republican party. i m hallie jackson in washington. we have a lot to get to. covering all of this for us, tom winter, msnbc political analyst greg bleustein, and kim whaly from american university, former white water independent counsel. tom, i ll start with you as the tip of the spear. you spoke with giuliani s attorney who confirms he s now a target in the investigation. what does target mean and how significant is it? great question, hallie, and one we re still trying to answer. robert costello is the attorney for rudy giuliani who has told nbc news within the las