Defense secretary shanahan clashing with congress after diverting 1 billion to the border wall. Are you feeling lucky . For 750 million reasons you have to play the powerball today. Fox and friends first starts right now. So wake me up when you fall over wake me up, time to wake up wherever you are this morning. Thank you for watching fox and friends first wednesday morning. We appreciate you starting the day with us. I major bombshell into alleged hate crime hoax involving empire actor Jussie Smollett. Chicagos top prosecutor dropping charges feeling the case. I have been truthful and consistent on every level since day one. Do i think justice is served . Know. At the end of the day, in this hoax. Listen to this, from stunning Text Messages emerging between Michelle Obamas former chief of staff tina chin and state attorney kim fox. According to the chicago suntimes, and concerns about the investigation. Hours later and identified relative of Jussie Smollett texted fox starting a relat
Witch hunt. Do you believe mr. Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody . I dont believe mr. Mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. Reporter a william barr insisted he would resist any pressure from president trump. I will not be bullied into by anybody, whether it be editorial boards or congress or the president. Reporter democrats pressing barr, asking him, would you fire mueller if the president asked you to . Ag inume erthinno good cause. I would not carry out that t American People ever see muellers report . Barr saying today that under Justice Department guidelines, muellers findings would be seth his own thd t buenn r iaa and congress. He did, however, say thaict blpu neither trump nor his lawyers would get to edit muellers report. He could take this own spin on it, correct it before its release. Do you commit that would not happen if youre attorney general . That will not happen. Reporter but it was barr himself who wrote the justice year, rais a memo just
That all the other democrats mulling iran could beat trump in 2020. Joining me is Jonathan Martin of the New York Times. When will we know if biden is running or not . Well, thanks for having me. I think well know something within the next month. Thats according to numerous biden supporters who say that he does recognize the need to make clear his plans this time. They are acutely sensitive to the criticism that he got four years ago when he dragged out his deliberations for some time and then obviously did not run. And i think they want to make a decision here either way in the next few weeks. I will tell you from our reporting the conversations of the former Vice President had over the holidays, and he and his wife were in the Virgin Islands and he was working the phones. The folks that talked to him said they came away thinking he is, in fact, leading toward running. Interesting. And im wondering about the timing of this article coming out the same weekend that Elizabeth Warren is b
Justified, right now, to continue day 19, the 19th day in a row a quarter of the United States government has not been able to function. Whether a battle over a wall or security on the border is justification for that, whether you stand by that or not, and whatever your merit or rationale for that reasoning or not, the fact 689 matter is that this fact of the matter is this is the stuff that makes the world look at us and say you know, um, you guys dont look like youre firing on all cylinders. You wouldnt see it at the corner of wall and broad. But suffice to say, unless something dramatically improves in the next 48 hours we are going to break the record for the longest Government Shutdown, partial or otherwise, since bill clinton and newt beginning grimm grich in 1995. Where do we stand . Blake berman at the white house, amazing. You know, we had a lot of activity, the president going up to capitol hill, having lunch with Senate Republicans, the president inside the situation room at
On wall street huge job increase sent stocks soaring. Thats what radical means call me a radical. Video of everyones new congressman what is beautiful absolutely nothing have a nice day. Pete i have already had too much. Thats enough. Cut it off. Jedediah one minute in. Pete spin for me, ed. Ed i got no backup. You always tell me you are a great dancer. Jedediah sometimes you have to sit back and let somebody else take the show. Ed you guys did a great job on new years eve. Pete we did have fun. Jedediah i was warmer than him because i was in inside. Ed happy new year. Welcome back to the couch. Jedediah great to be here. Pete there is nothing going on. Ed one story after another. Big for the president yesterday. The jobs numbers that no one saw coming were going to get to that but first the wall. The president giving his most forceful case for the wall perhaps ever. This is something he has talked about since the campaign. He has been doubling down since. But, yesterday, basically dec