steve: thank you, carley and todd. good morning everybody, it s tuesday january 9th, 2024. come up this morning on fox & friends. president donald trump is in washington at this hour. three judges later today will hear arguments on whether he has presidential immunity in the federal election interference case that has been brought against him by the federal government. we got a live report in 25 seconds. ainsley: steve, we have a fox & friends exclusive. lawrence is down at our southern border. is he getting a firsthand look at the migrant crisis on the ground there and in the water of the rio grand river. brian: we haven t solved that crisis yet. plus, three s company. job interviews are apparently getting a little bit more crowded. yeah, i m sorry, who s this gentleman sitting behind you? hello, miss lady. miss lady? employers say i want to watch the rest of the movie. employers say gen z job seekers are bringing their mom and dad to job interviews. ains
that s what sent it here to the appeals court today. last week the former president s lawyers asked judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith and his team in contempt of court for continuing to file motion while the appeals process has paused the case. now, separately, there has been a twist in trump s election interference case in georgia. co-defendant of the former president is accusing fulton county d.a. fani willis of having inappropriate relationship with a top prosecutor on the case. now, according to the washington examiner, quote: special prosecutor nathan weighed a private attorney has been paid roughly $654,000 in legal fee bias fulton county since january of 22 some of which he paid for extravagant vacations with willis. when it comes to the hearing here today for the federal case and on this immunity appeal, the trump team is going to argue that a president, past, current, so sitting president, that they have absolute immunity from criminal charges. the governm