you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. just days after a conservative judge labeled him a clear and present danger to democracy, former president donald trump got up on stage and proved yet again he d rather spread lies than admit the truth about what happened on january 6th. these are government tapes where they re stuffing ballot boxes to put it crudely. they re stuffing ballot boxes on government tapes. and what did they say? that was debunked. that was debunked. okay. most people say, oh, it was i didn t know that. no, these are tapes. one, two, guys looking up at the camera, let s see, where s the camera. there it is. trump s own justice department, republican officials in numerous states did not find a single shred of evidence to corroborate any of the nonsense you just heard there. yesterday trump also sided with the capitol rioters again just like he did during the attack. if it were an insurrection that took place at the capitol, you
including pennsylvania, where he is campaigning this weekend. but this is not the only advantage trump has. all of the anti-israel protests arrested during the columbia university takeover just got a free pass all thanks to the manhattan da alvin bragg. there is public outrage over this story and we ll bring you details. also we ll put a smile on your face with this kid. he looks young but he s headed to college in the fall. there s definitely a friday energy in this building. he s 12. he s going to college, to nyu. i can t wait to talk to him. we are not 12 years old, but you are watching fox and friends first. all of that coming up over the next hour. first we start with this. another absolutely tragic consequence of our broken immigration laws. two venezuelan nationals who crossed the border illegally are charged with murder of a 12-year-old girl in texas. horrific. the police say that 12-year-old was strangled to death by these two migrants from srepbz way t
sky high inflation and soaring energy prices, how long will it all last? next week the biden administration has invited oil company ceos to discuss the painfully high gas prices averaging nearly $5 a gallon nationwide. and the oil companies, we should note, they re pulling in big money. shell more than $9 billion, a record quarterly profit, more than 6 billion for chevron and bp and 5.5 million for exxon mobile. joining us to talk about this is robert wright. author of the system who rigged it, how we fix it great questions. thank you for being with us. you were last on the show last week saying that the president needs to be taking on these record profits from these oil companies. we showed some of them right there, eye popping figures, when the biden administration meets with these companies next week,
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