i m john roberts in for bret baier tonight. a tough examination for dr. anthony fauci as he defends his actions during the coronavirus pandemic. we may be just hours away from an executive order from president biden on immigration. as an illegal migrant is arrested for allegedly shooting two new york city police officers. and what it takes to get american hostages back home. we hear from someone who has done just that. but, first, breaking tonight, just days after the conclusion of the first ever criminal trial against a former president, a similarly historic proceeding begins against the son of a sitting president. jury selection has been completed in the felony gun charge trial for hunter biden. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight where he kicks off our conch. hello, david. david: john, good evening to you. it took all day but the judge, the special counsel and the defense were able to turn 250 prospective jurors into 12 jurors plus four alterna
kat. i could probably open for brian. brian: that hurts. bret: thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the house has just in the past few minutes approved a $14 billion plus stand alone israel aid package. just happening there on the floor. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill tonight with the very latest. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. this was the first big legislative and political task for the new house speaker mike johnson. and i will tell you that he passed this today in somewhat of a bipartisan fashion because this vote wound up being 226 to 196. they lost two republicans that we were expecting marjorie taylor greene and thomas massie. but they gained a whopping 12 democrats at the final moments of this vote. that is surprising, bret, because there was quite some serious intense whipping going on on the democratic side. not only from leadership, but also the white house. that came after the senate major
jesse: do you ever say wishes and caviar dreams. judge jeanine: no. by the way, we are giving you a name. bret: okay. judge jeanine: do you want to know what it is? bret: i m not sure. judge jeanine: greg, you tell him. greg: too late. coming up with your drag queen name brenda baier it all. bret: i told you i didn t want to wait for it. 20 seconds of my show. thanks. good evening. i m bret baier, we are releasing new fox polls about the presidential race. president biden gets his best result this election cycle in the head-to-head against former president donald trump. he leads 50-48. that is within the margin of error. president biden hasn t been ahead of former president trump in the polls since october of 2023. he trailed trump by 1 point last month. again, all within the margin of error. a very tight race. when listing extremely important issues to their vote, registered voters in this survey citing the future of democracy at 68%. the economy at 66,
Tonight, and he is coming off a summit with some of the people who were his strongest detractors during the campaign. Senior National Correspondent john roberts is outside trump tower again tonight. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. It was the highest Profile Summit yet at trump tower, which is directly behind this bus behind me, and also the highest dollars. Donald trump played host to hightech billionaires, most of whom actively campaigned against him in the election. Well, i just want to thank everybody. Reporter it was a crowd that just weeks ago had been openly hostile to donald trump. Amazon founder jeff bezos who during the campaign claimed trump was eroding the democratic process. Apple ceo tim cook who raised millions for Hillary Clinton. Facebook coo Sheryl Sandberg also backed Hillary Clinton, as did tesla and spacex founder, elon musk. Today trump urged them all to put political differences aside and focus on growing the economy, Point Out Tech Stocks have been
however, when then president trump tried to top off the reserve at $24 a barrel, senator chuck schumer called it a big oil hand out. stocks were mixed today, the dow lost 115. the s&p 500 was up 6. the nasdaq gained 94. up next, brit hume on today s political news. first, here s what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york where multiple sources tell the station gilgo beach serial killer suspect rex heuermann is expected to be arraigned on a new indictment thursday. heuermann is already charged with the murders of four women whose remains were found in the area of gilgo beach. fox 8 in cleveland, with a mass shooting in akron that left at least one person dead and 24 wounded. police say it happened shortly after midnight sunday morning. it was at a birthday party where more than 100 people were attending. authorities believe at least one person opened fire from a vehicle. and this is a live look at