Brent crudejumping as much as 5 , though its since fallen back. Iran is the seventh largest Oil Producer in the world. The markets fear a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could mean iran blocks the Straits Of Hormuz a key waterway for Oil And Gas shipments. Meanwhile, israels Military Offensive against the iranian backed Hezbollah Militia goes on after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah last week. Lebanese officials say at least nine people were killed and 14 injured in an israeli Air Strike on a building in central beirut. The multi Storey Block housed a hezbollah affiliated Health Centre Israel said was hit in a precision attack. Its thought the target was a Hezbollah Official who lived in the building. This is a rare israeli strike in the Heart Of The City in the bachoura district, close to lebanons parliament building. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega lets go live. We can cross to beirut and my colleague Anna Foster. We have seen strikes right
Migrants animals. The political implications and what were hearing from both campaigns this morning. Plus, the biden team announcing a new record fundraising haul as the president prepares to hit the road for a Campaign Swing out west. Also ahead, dont save the date. The new delay in trumps new york Hush Money Trial and what it could signal about the case. Get those brackets ready. The teams are picked, the stage is set. Steve kornacki has a preview of all the March Madness. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the battle for the white house. A cash flush President Biden preparing for a critical west coast swing, set to hold a rally in nevada tomorrow, a state he won in 2020 by only about 30,000 votes. Meanwhile, theres new controversy with his campaign opponent. During a rally in ohio, former President Trump making a dire prediction while speaking about the possibility of an increasing trade war with china over c
everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
may wish to send spy balloons. we will shoot it down as soon as it s safe for us to do so and we won t hesitate, and we will in fact also retaliate against your country and other ways in which we will determine for ourselves. you will not enter our airspace. there will be punishment. this is. and that s the sort of messaging i hope the biden administration will engage in. and viscera string. we mentioned biden there. we could listen again now for him. just to recap. breaking news over the last few minutes. phone but wasn t big enough just to see with your eyes? a chinese spy balloon has been shut down by the us, they waited for it to get over the sea, they didn t want to wait while it was overland but it cleared south carolina, got over us waters, they took it down with a jet and a missile and they are now recovering that balloon from the sea. once we had confirmation that that had all happened, president biden gave a short interview to reporters, let s take a listen. i i
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