[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
season and much cheaper. yeah. it s one of my secrets that s out there. steve: secret $ $61 fay from chicago to phoenix colleen kennedy i have a friend named colleen kennedy. colleen kelly, thank you for joining us live. you bet. steve: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. lawrence: we begin the second hour of fox & friends fox news alert. now in a the final cease-fire. israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners do to be released. 14 more hostages freed yesterday bringing the total number to 40 over the last three days. steve: trey yingst is live at schneider children s medical center in israel where it s 2:00 in the afternoon. trey? hey, guys, good morning. for the third straight evening last night. a group of hostages was released by hamas as part of this broader cease-fire deal. we are talking about 14 israeli nationals and three thai citizens. nine children and two mothers were flown by helicopter to this hospital. just outside of tel aviv, whe
i m paul gigot. a manhattan jury found donald trump guilty this week on all 34 counts of false iffying business records, the first time in history that a former u.s. president has been convicted of a felony. thursday afternoon s verdict marked a dramatic end to the almost 6-week trial, but trump vowed that the legal fight is not over. this was a rigged decision right from day one. with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case, never. and we will fight for our constitution. this is far from over. paul: let s bring in jim trusty, a former federal prosecutor and former donald trump attorney. welcome, jim. good to see you again. so what do you make of this verdict? well, it s not a shock, unfortunately. i mean, this is the lawfare. it s really at a its worst with. you had a politicized prosecutor who had a picked through the trash of a case that the southern district of new york specifically rejected doing that his predecessor rejected doing, but
[applause] im delighted to bring back lands when it was still santa clara in the audience for those that remember his days. Now his main focus is education and he will talk about corruption in the classroom and part of the remarks will be very nerveracking and make us angry that somebody has to fight that so we are glad that hes here to do that for us. He has an incredible background. There are people who have experienced in the military or think tanks were education and he has a little of all of them. Some things are unknowable he was a chief speechwriter for agent a man in california and also a writer for it ed meese in the reagan administration. He is the head policy person at the Pacific Research institute on the education track and we are delighted to welcome him back. [applause] thank you very much for that kind introduction and all of you for welcoming back here to the Silicon Valley. The Biggest Group therapy session in the area. I started my career after law school and i may r
And we are glad that they are here to do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. Not much experience with the military or think tanks or education and lance has all of them. Something notable that you might not of known is he is a speechwriter for gentleman here in california and does anyone remember the name george duke mason . He was also the writer for ed neese in the reagan administration. He has that and he is military experience and he is now the head policy person at tr i on the education track and delighted to welcome him back. [applause] thank you, erica, for that kind introduction and for welcoming back here to the Silicon Valley to the Biggest Group therapy session in the bay area and erica mentioned i started my career after law school and im a recovering lawyer so i started my career as a speechwriter and for those of you vaguely remember governor george i was the guy who gave the duke all that charisma. So i was a speechwriter for the governor and speechwriter fo