i mean just to be clear i am quoting. i m a journalist, people say it, i quote it. i let you decide whether it s appropriate or not. the use is important here. i m mentioning, not using. i remember when we were talking about donald trump having sworn and at some point you just had to just say the words he said on tv and there were a lot of firsts over the last few years. i have not arrived at a consistent policy on this because it s ludicrous either way. it s ludicrous when you actually say it because it s like silly, but it s also ludicrous when you re like, called you a little b word. every part of this is unreal. thank you, chris, and thanks to you for joining us this hour at home. ten hours is about how much breathable airtime the u.s. coast guard estimates is left for the five men aboard the missing submersible which is named the titan. it began its descent to the wreckage of the titanic saturday. it conducts a search and rescue operation to find them in an are
everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
but everybody just calls it the bean. but you know what chicago is not known for? latinos. cause when you think mexican, you think what? texas or cali? and puerto ricans, you think new york city immediately. but nope, they re right here in chi town. that s right, chicago has the second-largest mexican population of any u.s. city and a very, very large, thriving puerto rican community. latinos have been here longer than wrigley field, and they ve brought their amazing culture with them. i m talking food from michoacán and salsa from san juan. waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horn-driven music]
this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. it s an interview you will only see on fox news sunday . and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraine s military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us live from fresh off his meeting with ukrainian president. we will ask the senator what the two discussed behind closed doors. then, florida governor desantis jumped into the 2024 campaign ready to blitz the media and hit the trail part was about to dispense of this culture of losing quickbooks. shannon: a boaters or hearing a lot more about what he wants if he wins the white house. gross i would not want to see the united states with our troops meshed in a war in russia or ukraine huxtable ask
sources, a tenet of agreement has been reached between a public and leadership and the white house on a debt ceiling deal. the contours of the agreement will be relayed to gop members on an all-member call happening later this hour. and in just a few moments, we will hear from speaker kevin mccarthy we will bring those remarks to you live when they occur. joining me now, shermichael singleton, and host of the shermichael show on sirius xm. jonathan alter, and nbc and msnbc contributor, and ashley pratte oates. and nbc thank contributor and political strategist. while everybody. welcome to the hardest moment you could possibly be welcome to. this is a crazy moment, jonathan. what do you expect to hear from the speaker when he gets in front of those microphones after what has been at times a contentious row with the white house over this debt ceiling plan? look, we don t know for sure what he s going to say. but you can expect him to spin this in a way that seems like they go