between people who are willing to use the power of the state to silence their opponent, and those who are unwilling. what s the hill this country together since the civil war? it s not that of a federal code, it s not even the bill of rights come as important is. remember, the soviet union had a bill of rights for guaranteed freedom of speech and equal rights. but in practice the bolsheviks sent their dissidents to the gulags. as he boasted, show me the man, i will show you the crime. now what s kept us functioning through the centuries where the bolsheviks failed is that our constitution separated powers and prevented a unit party. we also had an understanding that state power shall not be used for improper political purposes. the law must be enforced equally, without political considerations. and once you lose that common understanding, it s mutually assured destruction. nobody had any reason to uphold the system, so the system will collapse. the late anthony scalia made th
morning after officials there is a nearly 50 chinese planes entered taiwan s air defense zone and an aggressive move. today s publication followed a show of force differently from the communist regime when at least 11 chinese missiles landed waters to the north, south and east of taiwan. secretary of state anthony blinken calling the exercises a significant escalation and a furious china has suspended the lead with the united states on issues ranging from climate change that military relations. all this after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan which china calls an egregious provocation. president biden s response to growing crisis is raising questions. reporter: when russia was getting aggressive, the president without telling putin don t do it and now john is getting aggressive around taiwan and we are not hearing anything like that from the president. i beg to differ. we have been talking about our concerns about what china was preparing to do. i stood at another podium out
inflation. take a look and i agree s with what chairman paul said last week that theeek number one threat is the strengthon in strength that we build is inflation. look, i know you ve got to be frustrating. no, i can taste it for inflation and it s going to take any responsibility or policy. i think our policy is to helppde nots hurt. think about think about what they say the vast majority of the of the of the economist think that this is going to be a real tough problem to solve. but it s not because of spending screaming at the tv. how have they helped joe now since joe has clearly lost any ability to communicate becauseog of this cognitive decline? allow me to m trye to translate for him. there s no plan to curb inflation, by the way. it s notay transitory either. there s no plan to lower gas prices, is no plan to spur on economic growth or as bloomberg reported, quote, inside the administration there is a sense of frustration, doom and some say magical thinking about
todd: we begin our final hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. moments ago egyptian officials say they received a list of 13 israelis to be released today. jake sullivan said there is reason to believe at least one american is expected to be part of today s planned hostage release. rachel: this comes on the heels of 13 israelis including four children being freed yesterday evening bringing the total so far to 26. joey: alex hogan is live in jerusalem. she has the latest. alex. reporter: good morning. it is officially 4:00 p.m. local time, meaning we could start to see the release of more hostages from now, moving forward throughout the day and while we do expect potentially to see one american citizen among those, we will continue to wait and monitor all of these changes but we re also seeing more footage come you out of the reunions of these family members many take a look at this video, 9-year-old emily, an irish and israeli citizen, her father initially thought
to los angeles, i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. president biden and pope francis share their catholic faith against the back drop over disagreements of abortion. former president trump gets a big birthday bash as he turns 78 years old. and we look at how research in space is affecting your health here on earth. trace: breaking tonight, the supreme court at the center of attention this evening. the conservative wing leads the charge overturning a trump era gun regulation. meantime progressives fire up their base and up their ire at the supremes with attacks on one justice as a, quote, insurrectionist sympathizer. we have team conch tonight. shannon bream tells us what it all means. chad pergram on capitol hill with the details on the democratic attacks. but we begin with david spunt in washington on the specifics of the bump stock ruling. david, good evening. david: trace, good evening to you. big ruling as well. while this may be about executive power, ultimately,