Welcome to hour three of fox and friends. You see President Biden yesterday m milwaukee touting the Inflation Reduction Act, one year after signing it, but stayed silent on his sons legal problems, which are vast. Ainsley they are, hunter biden losing one of his lawyers after claiming the department backed out of a plea deal. Brian Down The Road in the d. C. Bureau, were covering all of washington, even sand lot sporting events. Peter, take it away. Peter interesting to see the ap headline. Yes, inflation is down. No issue the Inflation Reduction Act doesnt deserve the credit and President Biden may be aware that is the case. The bill is about climate spending, triple what the president told us it would cost climate wise. Today it is all on bidenomics. Hunter biden is retooling his legal team. Lawyer behind the doomed plea deal is out because he, chris clark, may become a witness in this case under the witness rule, inadvisable for mr. Clark to stay on this case. Withdrawal will not ca
Breaking news from maui. The head of its Emergency Services resigned just days after defending his agencys response to the wildfires. What were learning. Plus, the wildfire crisis unfolding in canada. An entire city evacuated as the flames creep even closer. The suspect in the university of idaho killings in court. Why brian burgers attorney asked for the indictment to be thrown out just hours before todays appearance. Plus, the teacher fired at a Board Meeting last night over the book she read to her fifth grade class. A new health alert. Why doctors are sounding the alarm about the plastic band on your smartwatch. And one couple explains their bizarre bedroom habit switching, which side they sleep on every night. Its friday, august 18th. From abc news in new york. This is america. This morning. Good morning, everyone. Im andrew dymburt. Good friday morning. A Morgan Norwood in for rhiannon and we begin with the rare phenomenon a hurricane churning in the pacific near mexico. And its
Warning sirens. Here are tonights headlines. This remarkable video. Survivors seeking safety in a pool, as wildfires rage. And our tough questions to the man in charge of emergency response. So many people said they could have been saved if they had time to escape, had a Sirenf Lahaina is not for sale. Norah one of the big concerns from our reporting on maui, developers coming in and buying their land. What hawaiis governor is saying tonight. My intentions from start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab. A rare storm has formed into Hurricane Hilary along the mexican coast. The storm is expected to move towards southern california. Norah Flash Mob Burglaries hitting luxury retailers like gucci and getting away with millions in stolen goods. No angeleno should feel like it is not safe to go shopping in los angeles. Here in louisiana, they are building this massive ship, a first of its kind in the u. S. , to service the growing offshore Wind Industry. We a
Correspondent bryan llenas is at the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. Good evening, bryan. Bret, good evening. The Fulton County sheriff says he intends to really treat former President Donald Trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. Mr. Trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Fulton County District attorney fani willis, a democrat defending her decision to prosecute former President Donald Trump and 18 others after they were indicted by a grand jury late monday night. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges. Trump is facing 13 criminal counts, including violating georgias antiracketeering or ricco law. If convicted, the law carries a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison, a 25,000s fine, or both. Lawyers say georgias ricco law is unusually broad and in
Wildfires. Only 3 of the disaster has even been searched. The governor calling it A Fire Hurricane that spread faster than a mile a minute. Now a new lawsuit gets the states main electric provider. Hours from now the District Attorney set to begin presenting her case to a grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials. It could take months or years to figure out why. The raid of a newspaper Head Quarters in kansas is raising serious concerns over First Amendment rights. Police seizing everything. Also the lapd says a mob of people stole 100,000 worth of merchandise during a daytime robbery. Well show you what was caught on camera. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Theres a lot of news, but were starting with