ainsley: it is the 8:00 a.m. hour of fox and friends on east coast it is 8:00. it is wednesday, january 17th. brian: minutes are the same. ainsley: minutes are always the same, no matter where you are in the world. lawrence: biden pushes for gun charges to be thrown outs, prosecutors say cocaine was found on the pouch where he kept his gun. that is unreal. should be. 49% is not great for him actually. trump swept iowa? he did not, these are small numbers. brian: biggest win in republican history in iowa. don t let me digress. repeat of 2016. steve: speaking of iowa, a long journey home. as lawrence and i made it back from the hawkeye state, i ran into familiar faces aulso cancelled and delayed at the airport. i wish i knew of a warmer state. hmm. how about sunshine state of south dakota. so great, why are you leaving? you are at the airport leaving. final hour of fox and friends starts now. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: a
doesn t care about the profitability and doesn t care we have to bear an on board government enforcement agent more than the crew will make. will they real in the regulators. these cases deal with fishermen but the ruling could impact a lot more across american industry as we say hello. back in new york, bill hemmer, here we go. had a good time in iowa? dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. yes, i m glad to be back in my own bed. i could have used three more hours of sleep. i love this supreme court case. it is a big one. it might sound small but it could change everything in d.c. and federal agencies are watching it closely. this one commercial fishermen are fighting the government on a rule forces them to help fund a federal conservation program costing ships $7 hundred per day and experts say that could bankrupt the entire industry. let s get to the chief legal correspondent shannon bream at the supreme court. do you share my enthusiasm? dana, you know
i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. today a man who felt direct heat from donald trump to overturn the 2020 election will speak to the department of justice. the special counsel s team meeting with georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger. this happening as we learn that a close trump ally, rudy giuliani also had a sit-down with jack smith s team. what all of this means for that investigation and for the former president as well. plus, a double dose of wild, wild weather, storms snarling travel as canadian wildfire smoke prompts new air alerts here in the united states. also ahead, was there help from the inside? reporting from the new york times that a russian general knew about the recent rebellion before it even happened. and later on, malaria in the united states. dr. natalie azar joins us with more cases of the illness not seen here in two decades. we begin with the new legal developments surrounding the former president. at some point today georg
reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
the whatsapp messages date back to 2017. what they show is hunter biden writing to a chinese energy official saying i can make $5 million in salary from any law firm in america. if you think it s about money, it s not. the bidens are the best at doing exactly what the chairman wants from this partnership. dana: republicans say the chairman is a chinese oil tycoon and that guy has since gone missing. meanwhile the i.r.s. agent who blew the whistle on the hunter biden tax investigation is talking. he said investigators gave hunter special treatment. bill: the agent is trying to expose corruption. because every taxpayer deserves to be treated fairly and it was my oath of office to make sure that happens. bill: new york post reporter john levine is here but first david spunt at the justice department. good morning. good morning to you both. several key points in this new interview between bret baier and gary shapley, the i.r.s. supervisor special agent who is the whis