Its 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, this is Fox And Friends first Fox And Friends. Fox news alert, President Biden to sign 95 billion to aid ukraine and israel. Ukrainian president zelenskyy spoke with fox on the deal, that is next. Ainsley live look at Columbia University, protests have resumed. Ats 8 00 this morning. They are committed. [chanting] ainsley columbia said, get out at midnight, then gave them another two days as the school says progress is be ing made. House speaker johnson is going to speak to jewish students there. Brian and battleground state of wisconsin, lawrence is live talking to voters. Final hour of Fox And Friends starts now. Your mornings are better with friends, roll the amination. Ainsley President Biden set to sign the foreign aid bill into law. The package includes aid for israel and ukraine. Brian lets go to kyiv, greg palkot is live. President zelenskyy has to be ha happy, right . Greg he is very, very happy, the folks in ukraine are Breathing A Sigh Of Re
Columbia university throughout the night past the deadline to disburse. [chanting] todd youre watching Fox And Friends First on wednesday morning, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. The university is claiming negotiations have been made. Brooke singman has the latest. Brooke columbia shedding light telling fox news we are making important progress with the student encampment. Student protesters will dismantle and Remove Sig Nant number of tents and the university will continue conversations. Protesters say they will not be intimidated by the schools disturbing threat of escalation of violence and they refuse to concede toward cowardly threat by administration. Propalestinian students were seen still protesting Outside Columbia past the deadline. They say they dont want the police involved. We dont want no nypd here. [chanting] brooke House Speaker mike johnson is set to visit the University Today and meet with jewish students and set to hold a Press Conversference this afternoon.
well, as friday night news goes, this is probably super fun. and rachel brand is leaving in a couple of weeks. in a statement sessions praises brand as a lawyers lawyer who has played a critical role, and who has quote, shown leader sp. the department saying i ve seen first-hand his commitment to the rule of law and keeping the american people safe. here s what he said at the justice department meeting last week. thank you all for being here, and thank you, rachel, for your kind words and more importantly for your strong leadership as our third ipcommand of the department. those two, ron and rachel, are harvard gradsutes. they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department. obviously a major up and comer. and so wonderful that she this is good day for when you look if i had a daughter, i would say you know what, you can work your way up department of justice and you can and look at the number of women that have reached the supreme court.
who has shown great leadership. the department saying i ve seen first-hand his commitment to the rule of law and keeping the american people safe. here s what the attorney general said at a justice department meeting last week. thank you all for being here, and thank you, rachel, for your kind words and more importantly for your strong leadership as our third in command of the department. those two, ron and rachel, are harvard graduates. they are experienced lawyers. they have 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously. they both represent the kind of quality and leadership that we want in the department. back now with the panel. jeff, you know i know. how unusual is it for someone to leave this position after only nine months? super unusual and she s a superstar.
gave that dramatic testimony in congress and nobody who heard it ever forgot it. so he had that going for him. and he had one other ace up his sleeve. it was a memo. yes, james comey had been in on the bush-era justice department decisions on torture, but on may 31st, 2005, after participating in a justice department meeting about the legality of torture, james comey committed to writing in the immediate aftermath of that meet, he committed to writing, he wrote down and documented for the record that at that meeting he d explained to the attorney general that what they were deciding there about torture was wrong. he wrote, quote, in stark terms i explained to him what this would look like some day and what it would mean for the president and the government. he wrote this memo after the meeting that he had participated in. he e-mailed this memo to his chief of staff.