harris: fox news alert. a live look now. the nation s 45th president donald trump said to watch him because he will be stepping up to the microphones again when he exits a new york city courtroom for closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. we showed those microphones to the left of the screen. we ll see him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. yesterday it seemed like we would hear directly from former president inside the courtroom for his own closing argument. but after asking the judge if he could do that, that is now not happening. that judge puts stipulations and restrictions on what that would look like and trump s legal team said they had issues with the judge s conditions to stick to relevant matters covered in the trial and not deliver a campaign speech. that s what the judge said he wanted. well, trump may be silenced inside that courtroom. he is never really silenced. he talked this morning. i want to speak and make a sum
sets the direction on where we re going to go over. i m going full speed ahead i believe are going to see a massive surprise on monday progress candidates make their final pictures across the hawkeye state the odds on favorite confidence about his chances for. i hope holes showing me leading by a tremendous amount and no hampshire allotted iowa iowapark floss republican kennet ron desantis and nikki haley how they plan to overcome those numbers before time runs out. meanwhile serious speculation grows about a third party thirdy shakeup in the race for the white house. the people there tell me i m going to vote for the democrat because i m a democrat i m going to vote for republican about who it is. that is bull crab. will watch the senator fresh off a trip to new hampshire where these honor off eight no labels ticket. they do not have any facts they do not have any evidence against us. include the former president new york civil fraud trial. is provide you regre
harris: we begin with a fox news alert. a critical day for donald trump inside washington, d.c. courtroom. some of his rivals are on the ground in iowa. the former president is appealing for the all-important immunity in his federal election case. oral arguments just wrapping up in that moments ago. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the former president arrived to the court earlier today. a three-judge panel heard arguments in connection with special counsel jack smith s election interference case. no ruling will be issued from the bench and the court gave no indication when their written opinion would be issued. trump did not testify today but he was there and the u.s. supreme court denied special counsel jack smith s request to leap track the appellate progress to get to the court date in march. the issue could come back to the u.s. supreme court, though. the criminal trial before the district court is on hold until this whole thing is cleared up. i
moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
Im rich edson. Im julie banderas. President biden and former President Trump are holding substantial leads over their challengers and new polling suggests a general election rematch, which would divide americans right down the middle. Griff the president is about to speak at a Labor Day Parade in philadelphia as there are growing concerns about his age and electability. Biden buy owing rafer is raising eyebrows saying a trump Biden Rematch is not a foregone conclusion. Let me ask you this way. At the end of this calendar year joe biden announces he wont seek a second term how much of a surprise would it be to you . A surprise to me but not a total shock. Julie peter doocy is live we white house this morning. President bidens top rival from the last primary cycle is pouring cold water today on the someone other than biden 2024 theory. I think President Biden is going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party and i think if he runs on a strong Progressive Agenda he is not only go to win