so mcveig they refused. the super bowl is three days away and hall of famer emmitt smith is here to preview the game. the third hour of fox and friends starts right now and mornings are better with friends. in 2 hours the supreme court will hear arguments on colorado s decision to remove former president donald trump from the states ballot. the high court in legal territory as justices russell with a historic election dispute. i can hear someone is screaming behind you. exactly. already started opinions on both sides but today s oral arguments are significant and donald trump s attorneys say it s simple. taking him off the ballot strips them of his right as a presidential candidate to enjoy being on the ballot we re going to hear arguments a section about the 14th amendment. bars us from holding federal office in the future who engage in insurrection. it was an active civil war. the question is if it applies to a president trump in his conduct voters in colora
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And wellcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start in the middle east where americas top diplomat delivered an inperson message to the israeli people who are grieving and wounded. He said the United States will never back down from its support of israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on his way to meet with other u. S. Allies in the region. Saudi arabia, egypt, uae, qatar, and jordan after standing side by side with Benjamin Netanyahu today. The secretary also met with families of americans killed and taken hostage by hamas, a group the u. S. Has labeled terrorists. The white house says at least 27 americans have been killed and at least 14 others remain missing. In its efforts to eliminate hamas which brutally attacked israel last saturday, Israel Defense forces are currently pounding gaza with air strikes today. Since hamas embeds itself within the palestinian population, this is tragically resulting in hundreds of innocent palestinian
try to make sure this never happens again. we ve seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it s important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. that was secretary of state antony blinken yesterday ahead of his latest trip to the middle east. the visit comes as there s growing pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists who are hiding out in gaza. plus, the republican led house passes a funding bill for israel, but the legislation comes with a whole host of partisan spending cuts. we ll take a look at the chances whether this measure can actually pass in the senate. and also ahead, a recap of the testimony from donald trump s two eldest sons in his new york civil fraud trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 3rd. it s friday. we made it. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day
Recess until the third week of august. This is a look at that briefing with Senate Republican leaders. [inaudible conversation] [laughter] im always in the back. Thank you for being here today. We will be very briefin our opening comments. Im beta purdue from georgia and we got seven people here today, actually people who will actually make comments and answer your questions. Were here to talk about whether we sent to leadership last week and basically this , the message is clear. Youve seen the letter is that we are willing to forgo some or all of the august work. Because weve got some very important issues that we have got to get back home. At the first of the year, the major priorities this year, one was healthcare, one was regulation, one was the supreme court. Were moving on but most of those but right now even if we get through healthcare in the next week, between now and the end of the fiscal year we only have 31 working days left and we had the debt ceiling to get through, budg
News 10 at 10. The third and final president ial debate is now in the books. Republican donald trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton sparred for an hourandahalf. The nominees tried to get their last shots in while tens of millions watched from home. Home. Heading in to tonight, most polls show clinton with the upper hand. This is the latest survey from quinnipiac university, which shows clinton widening her lead over trump to seven points. Points. Cbs 2 News Reporter kevin barry is in the newsroom with the candidates final . National appeals to voters . All this week the story that hasnt gotten much attention has been wikileaks slowly releasing more hacked emails from john podesta who is Hillary Clintons campaing chairman. Chairman. American intelligence agencies have said that theyre pretty sure the hacks have come from russians and wikileaks. Its been a constant topic of discussion while the russian government potentially tries to influence the elections in the United States which is un