brian: it s 7:00 a.m. on the east coast which is where we are located right now. wednesday, january 31st, and this is fox & friends. fox news alert. we begin, president biden will finally visit east palestine, ohio after a year of waiting. remember that toxic train derailment took place. carley: sure do. insane video migrants appearing to attack police officers in new york city. and as the city reels from the border crisis, lawrence spokes exclusively with denver s democrat mayor who had found some common ground with texas governor. i do understand why he is busing them. i think his take is that no one state should have to carry the entire weight of this newcomer population. you will hear more from them in a minute. in the meantime, an 11-year-old is safe this morning after terrifying doorbell camera showed her escaping somebody who apparently was trying to kidnap her. he is in jail now. we will tell you the entire story because the second of fox & friends star
carley: carley shimkus, president biden absent from the campaign trail this election season. and the white house schedule focusing on official business. this is likely the reason why. just 40% in a recent gallup poll. todd: now kevin corke live in washington with more, kevin, good morning to you. always great to be with you, guys. let me just quote a seasonally appropriate film that actually debuted about 38 years ago. who are you going to call? not ghostbusters but in this case democrats you are going to call barack obama. that is right. when you need political closure to rally the base and raise money make the closing argument, you ve got it. by the way, that is precisely what the president is expected to do with stops planned for nevada and wisconsin and michigan. as you pointed out, carley, georgia. and stacey abrams and raphael warnock and others in the hopes of helping the democrats avoid a rib wave in less than two weeks. joe biden and kamala harris also hitting
the trump administration. bill: investigators haven t made a decision to indict. tax violations, foreign lobbying and false statements. that is still a lot we do not know. that could all change possibly very soon. hunter biden clearly led a pretty free wheeling life. it seems evident from what we know he used the fact of his father s possible flew as a way for him to make money. there is a lot of smoke there. i think we are probably about to find out whether there is fire. if he is indicted it will be interesting to see what the alleged facts are and whether directly or indirectly they implicate the president. bill: team fox coverage from jim trusty. we begin with david hunt in washington hi. the investigation officially began four years ago. heavily sidelined and delayed. a source confirms the grand jury tasked with looking at evidence wrapped up its latest term. the case may now be in the hands of the government to make the next move. the president s son hasn t been
these people who have answers to crime, to high taxes and field education. they should be solving it. they have no answers but instead come everyday they are making it worse. i m telling you why a picture of chicago isn t the definition of corruption and urban dictionary, it should be. carley: philly, st. louis, just to name a few when it comes to the severe staffing shortages. the police departments around the country struggled to remain staff, a rising crime is taking hold. new york city crime is up over 30%. chicago over 39% in san francisco 7.4% and that is just a couple. carley: ashley strohmier live, thank you. nypd detective and former chicago police officer anthony napolitano. and sergeant smith, a spokesperson for the national police association. good morning to you all.
sentiment is moving back to the side of law enforcement and does that give you hope? well, absolutely the national police department is being bullied. most citizens want their police departments refunded or funded more. most citizens are concerned with our mental health and most citizens want more police in their neighborhood. so, it is not the people who want the police defined about the politicians. we see a lot of that being walked back right now. but we know it is all on video. a great example, cori bush in st. louis the other day when they have they are terrible school shooting. the st. louis pd came in there, took out the threat, and she put out a very lukewarm, oh, thanks first responders and she calls getting rid of the county jail and the voters know. they know.