the senate projects debate between iowa republican senator joni ernst and new hampshire democratic senator jeanne shaheen. the debate and conversation streamed live on fox nation today. designed to facilitate substantive discussion of policy and hopes of finding areas of agreement or common ground. we will have highlights from that event a little later in the show. bret: breaking tonight, former president donald trump is in florida this evening ahead of his appearance, his court appearance tomorrow afternoon in miami. he faces a 37 count indictment, including obstruction and how he handled classified documents. correspondent griff jenkins is in miami with the latest. vening, griff. griff: good evening, bret. the former president is here in miami, expected to be meeting this evening with his new legal team and despite the political bluster, bret, he is fully aware of the seriousness of these charges. the first former president to ever face formal criminal charges landing
the lead starts right now. a critical vote possibly just minutes away as speaker mccarthy pushes house republicans to sign off on his debt limit plan. i ll speak on one holdout about the offers. clemency request denied. a parole board votes against sparing the life of kdeath row inmate in oklahoma. plus, disney versusdy san tis. the major new lawsuit accusing the florida governor of weaponizing his political power. everyone. i m in for jake tapper today. we start with our politics lead. do they have the votes? right now, house republicans are in the middle of last-minute negotiations as house speaker kevin mccarthy tries to get his party s debt ceiling plan across the finish line. we expect that vote to start in minutes. he had zero democratic support, and he can only lose four republicans, a narrow margin that forced him to make some 11th hour concessions. but even if he can get this bill across that finish line, it is dead on arrival in the democrat controlled senate
they use it. i m so happy about it. good morning, right come on the couch and i will quit lamenting how much i love my state. grip. griff: my daughter goes to the university of georgia. katie: i ve had georgia peaches before. i actually like georgia. joey: you know what i don t like about that is the state of georgia is kind of divided in three sections. where i am from, it is all apples. katie: apples are good too but they are known for peaches. joey: that is way south. griff: you know what is known for, the two hunting shows on fox nation. one luxury hunting and the other one, you have ducks on your type. katie: you know what i got eaten by fire ants once. joey: those five-star hunting lodges. go check out. katie: someone s got to do it. griff: meanwhile at 7:00 a.m. on the east coast and 2500 southwest flights already canceled for today and the airline ceo says it s going to be another tough day. katie: hundreds of holiday travelers are now strande
Massed on the southern border with gaza ahead of the expected Ground Incursion, which the Israeli Government says will be supported from the air and sea. Over 100 military targets were Hit Overnight and the idf said they have killed a Senior Commander involved in the attacks in israel last week. Meanwhile, hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has has again called on israeli to rescind its Evacuation Order. The decision, they said, to force Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide a Human Corridor South for those civilians seeking to escape the bombardment. Humanitarian corridor. A diplomatic push is continuing to try to prevent the violence from spreading. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to open the Rafah C
question is, where are we doing that? in china s doorstep, not the waters of the usa. these are fundamental differences. for decades, we have been talking about the one china concept, which means safety, worrying about the safety of the sailors and the air crew and aircraft and ships. but talking about security, sovereignty of territory. two sides of the same coin, but we need to find a way not to run into conflict, which is a common interest. finally, president common interest. finally, president biden common interest. finally, president biden did - common interest. finally, president biden did say i common interest. finally, | president biden did say he talked to xijinping president biden did say he talked to xi jinping about the current conflict in gaza. that no agreement came from it. but what do you make of china s approach to the conflict there? the us says it has some influence in the region and could help. influence in the region and could help- could help. that