The east coast. Thursday, may 23rd. This is fox friends. Trump is hitting the campaign trail today In The South Bronx. We sent rachel camposduffy there to get the pulse of the people. Thats amazing. I think its epic. Its the best thing ever. Rachel how will he be received here . Open arms. Steve tonthats tonight. Looking for epic lesson. One nbc host says if your finances are bad you might just be confused. But 72 of americans tell us they are cutting back on Summer Travel because of high prices. Brian and, back kids love flo rida as much as we do. Brian second hour of fox friends starts right now. Remember, your mornings are better with friends. Yep. Steve action. Ainsley roll the animation. Steve thats better. Brian wearing the same thing. Steve i know. Look at that in a couple hours President Biden and the president of kenya are going to be. Brian the whole stopped for a moment. I didnt think the earth was spinning. Steve i was waiting. The president sounds like is going to have a l
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Trump to testify former president claims defense team won the manhattan case calling on judge merchan to dismiss the charges, watch. This is such an embarrassment of constitutional that i imagined a judge would grant motion to dismiss here. There has been no evidence theres no evidence there is no crime, the majority of americans can see politically motivated, should this is i am, going to backfire on prosecution i think judge, on this mo senator eric schmitt economic consumers Science Transportation Committee thanks for being here you were in that courtroom yesterday tell us what you winsed witnessed. Surreal this is United States of america, to see this kind of of lawfare play out in real time is very disturbing, i mean what all these cases certain this case represents democrats efforts to interfere with election to preoccupy trump or take him at their word throw leading concerned for president of the United States in jail for the rest of his life. I mean this is Banana Republican yo
Katy tur. Tom emmer, come on down. The third speaker nominee in as many weeks. Does he have the votes . The center of the conference seems to be with him, but what about the flanks . On paper, hes generally a traditional republican, not so conservative. He voted for the stopgap funding measure, for example and is currently a member of Leadership Serving as majority whip, but he also voted to certify the last election and even though President Biden did win and certifying was the constitutional move, that vote could keep him from the gavel and keep the house in chaos. During this mornings round of Secret Ballot Voting to choose a nominee emmer fell short of the 217 he needs to win on the floor. Joining us now republican congressman from colorado, ken buck. Congressman, i know emmer has been on your bingo card for a while. You voted for him multiple times. Do you see him flipping enough votes to actually get the gavel . I think it became more difficult recently. When i say recently i say
Deal. This is former trump lawyer jenna ellis in court this hour. Is it your decision to waive these rights and enter a guilty plea because you are in fact guilty . It is. So she is the fourth codefendant and the third in just a week to take a plea deal. Joining us is nbc news Laura Jarrett and katie phang by phone. Laura, this just happened moments ago. What more do you have on it . Unexpected. Another significant plea deal. We see in court, jenna ellis, getting emotional, apologizing to the people of georgia, telling the judge she was led by others down this wrong path and saying she regretted her representation of the former president and all of the things that she did, along with others including Rudy Giuliani, which she is now pleading guilty to essentially making false statements in front of the Georgia Senate, around december of 2020, she goes forward, you might remember, one of those Infamous Press conferences, they were standing before the Georgia Senate talking about dead vot