Underway right now. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Tonight, in his First Oval Office address, President Biden made the case for the bipartisan debt ceiling bill. He spoke of an economic crisis averted, and reminded the nation that, without the bill, the u. S. Was in fact headed for a disastrous u. S. Default. Passing this Budget Agreement was critical. The stakes could not have been higher. They were extreme voices threatening to take america, for the first time in our 247 year history, to default on our national debt. Nothing nothing would have been more irresponsible. Nothing would have been more catastrophic. No one got everything they wanted. But the American People got what they needed. We have heard of an economic crisis, an economic collapse. I want to commend speaker mccarthy. You know, he and i, we and our teams, we were able to get along and get things done. The final vote in both chambers was overwhelming. Far more of our bipartisan than thought was possible. T
i haven t seen him, i can t tell you. is there a bail application? so the judge remanded him without bail, which is understandable under the circumstances. but i don t have information in terms of risk of flight and the strength and weaknesses of the prosecutor case to rebut that and remanded and have opportunity at later time. one of the victim families and contacted and [inaudible] justice and emotional about it given that and still do you believe that client is innocent? everybody is presumed i don t formulate a belief in my mind as attorney, if someone did or doesn t do it. one is presumption of innocence, that everyone has to afford him. and two, which the government can prove the case. those are important and not in a position to comment. two more. do you intend to remain on this case? i don t know the judge asked and happy to take it and i don t know his intentions are and find out at later date. do you know how has his family is doing? i haven t
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
group of republican governors set to visit the southern border is greg abbott faces off the biden administration as arizona and california see rising numbers of migrant encounters and they step up enforcement on their side of the border. welcome to fox news lives. is going to be a busy second our. lawmakers prepare for the release of the border and immigration reform package in advance of a vote next week. the republican house speaker mike johnson declares the rumor deal dead on arrival. jeff paulison eagle pass on the ground bringing the latest. reporter: it has been a quiet day in eagle pass, we ve only seen a few smaller groups of migrants trying to enter the us pales in comparison to what we saw a month ago in this exact location. it puts it in perspective. 71,000 apprehensions in the month of december for the entire dell rio sector. 17,000 apprehensions down 76%. part of a reason for the drop, texas governor greg abbott limiting access to shelby park and all the r
militants. the pentagon says this is just the beginning of our response to the iran-backed drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers as they slept at remote if outposts in jordan. hello, everyone, and welcome to fox news live, i m arkansas a them neville. eric: thank you for joining us, i m eric shawn. those strikes used long range b1 bombers that flew from the u.s. and hit 85 targets across several locations in iraq and syria all in about 30 minutes. president biden says the reprisal as were a success and will continue, he says, at a time and place of our choosing. yesterday he and the first lady joined the families of those fallen service members for a dignified transfer at dover air force base. the president called them patriots in the highest sense and promised that their sacrifice would not be forgotten. but somed today are saying the u.s. response was too little, too late. we should have gone after these guys a long time ago. to stop the loss of