steve: top of the hour, 7:00 here in new hampshire. and you are watching hour two of fox & friends for this monday, january 27th: and then there were two. former president donald trump and republican rival governor nikki haley each sitting down exclusively with fox & friends as ron desantis threw the towel and went home. those people will all come to me. i think his supporters are up for grabs. think about it. his supporters love america and they wanted a new generational leader. we give them that. ainsley: all of this as the former president lays out his vision for day one if he is reelected? first two things i m going to do is the border and energy. energy is so big it solves a lot of patrol cars. brian: all right. we know that democratic long shot dean phillips joins us live this hour as president biden launch as write-in effort in new hampshire. lawrence? lawrence: the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, mornings are better with
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
that is the turf four the brand new season of the all-american concert series. this is week two. last week i was forced to miss, i was on assignment. not here. but we are park with parmalee. lawrence: and blanco brown. ainsley: they also sing carolina which is really popular song. lawrence: take my name. ainsley: they are great. lawrence: girl is mine. brian: i listen to the highway. i listen to the highway everyday. and my family wants to kill me. but there is not a day goes by where those songs aren t played. that s how popular and sustainable they re. lawrence: so you listen to the music. ainsley: and not fox news. brian: i go back and forth. sometimes i need a break. one more day on debt ceiling and my head is going to explode. i do this. i was somebody, when i first started this job we started with country music. wife are we doing country music? now is my favorite music. ainsley: what changed you why do you love it now? brian: i grew up and became
mccarthy and michael jackson version they have their own. ainsley: take my name like when you get married you take the husband s name. lawrence: that s a requirement for me. if you want the ring you need to take my last name. ainsley: what if she is on television though. i have always had ainsley earhardt my whole life. but i started in television at 22. and i never wanted to change that because my name. lawrence: you make a compelling case, you know, if you want the ring, take my last name. that s my rule. i m not compromising. lawrence: you dated a girl had who said i don t want babies. lawrence: no go to her. ainsley: see you. brian: in fact, we have her now. can she join us? lawrence: now you know why i m still single. brian: i i didn t want to interrupt this see if it went awry and save the show again. i talked to two different people that got married women have you changed your name. yeah, i haven t gotten around to it. ainsley: it takes a long t
i thought it would be almost impossible. we won this public narrative with the support of the american people. between president biden and speaker mccarthy, house republicans won from start to finish. lawrence lawrence president biden also praising it saying this in a tweet. i have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. this agreement meets that test. other lawmakers on the hill arguing it doesn t go far enough to curb spending. some republicans suggesting there might be an effort to oust mccarthy from his role as speaker do you think there will be discussion on the motion to vacate? stay tuned. it will be in a week or two. brian: before the default deadline set by treasury secretary yellen who obviously moves that deadline because everybody want add three day vacation for memorial day not clear when a vote will take place. ainsley: we were going to collapse. hold on, take a vacation. we will collaps