investigation into january 6th is intensifying. his team meeting with rudy giuliani who is at the center of the big lie. what it could mean for donald trump? then, a republican senator praising infrastructure law that voted against, and president biden, not having it. and my one-on-one with treasury secretary janet yellen, from inflation to a.i. and the impact on the economy. we will break it all down as if he 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. a very big breakthrough for special counsel jack smith s investigation into the plot to keep joe biden out of the white house. smith prosecutors have now met with trump s former lawyer endear, dear friend rudy giuliani. as of the 2020 election, of course, giuliani led the effort to push voter fraud conspiracy to slate state legislatures in an attempt to get them to send false electors to congress. here is what he told georgia lawmakers back in december of 2020. you
judiciary, can i call him for advice. and representative danny davis, danny, you ve been a good friend for a long time. [applause] he s always there, and elected officials and members of congress, thank you, thank you for the welcome and welcoming me to chicago. first quarter of the 20th century poet carl sandberg describes chicago as a city of big shoulders. a city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working class american town who were building this city. same time, building the middle class. i m here in chicago today for the first quarter of the 21st century to talk about the economic vision of the country. economy that grows the economy from the middle out and bottom up instead of the top down. everybody does well. when that happens, everybody does well. [applause] ladder up, and the wealthy do well, we all do well. this vision is a fundamental break of the economic theory that has failed america s middle class for decades now. it s called trickle
neil: dazed and confused. travelers demanding answers after 15,000 flights in the u.s. were cancelled or delayed over just the last two days. this is holiday travel is now in full swing ahead of the long july fourth weekend. getting out early may not be helping too much. we have fox team coverage for you. alex mcadams on what the transportation secretary is saying and rick reichmuth on how the weather could be wreaking havoc on this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. what do they say about weather ago crisis? that s what s going on right now alexis mc aadams with more. neil, i m the only one here smiling because nobody is happy. everybody we have talked to has been livid. you can see them on my shoulder waiting in line to talk with the united reps. only two working for a four-hour line. when they get up there, what do they find out? we can t book you until after the holiday. people are sleeping on the floor. take a listen. 48 hours, i guess. my flight was cancelled a
you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmak