thanks, jesse. jesse: see ya. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. following two major stories president trump has filed appeal with the colorado supreme court with the decision to keep his name off the primary ballot. we will have that plus analysis with brit hume and shannon bream in just moments. but we begin with the crisis at the southern border. more than 50 house republicans are in eagle pass, texas tonight meeting with border officials. getting a first-hand look at the migrant crisis that is forcing the biden administration to go on the offense. the white house placing blame on the house g.o.p. saying members are obstructing progress, even as president biden faces mounting criticism from democrats. correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight in eagle pass, texas again. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. today s congressional delegation was the largest one to ever visit the southern border. and these house republicans came here after decembe
all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear
Election subversion case In Washington. Trumps lawyers argue that certain comments that she made mean that she needs to step aside. You have neither the facts nor the law. You pound the table and yell like hell. Good morning, everyone. Its the top of the hour. We are so glad youre with us. There is a lot to get to. It has been, what, 13 days of this manhunt . And still not finding him. Still seeing him every once in a while. And now its got an lot more dangerous. Right. Because they think hes armed. Right now a very dangerous situation continues to unfold in pennsylvania. Police say this convicted murder who escaped prison nearly two weeks ago is now armed. Danelo cavalcante was spotted late last night about 20 miles north of the prison. This is video of an Armored Vehicle and heavily armed officers swarming the scene. He is still on the loose this morning. Residents in the area are being urged to stay inside and lock all doors and windows and vehicles. Cnn affiliate reports a pair of
Tolerate Sanctuary Cities pete what a morning. Abby guess who is back from vaca. Ed i was off for a couple weeks. Abby you look so refreshed. Ed italy will do that for you. Abby were you even vacationing. Ed i missed you guys. Pete Nothing Happened while you were on vacation. Abby big news we will talk about tomorrow. This is our last weekend together. So well make the most of it. Pete we have Sound Effects for you. We have a Big Celebration Tomorrow as well. But we have a lot of news breaking this morning. In fact, we begin with a Fox News Alert. Terrifying moments as a stolen plane flew aimlessly in the air before crashing in seattle. Abby take a look at this video. Alaska airlines employee i dont want to hurt no one. I just want you to whisper Sweet Nothings into my ear. I have a lot of people that care about me. And its going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. Air Traffic Control tried to get the man to land the plane on water. The fighter jets did not shoot the plane dow
global economy, and free flow of commerce in the region s critical waterways. bret: israeli officials are renewing their promise to hunt down every member of hamas involved in the october 7th terror attack in israel. the pledge comes as israel remains quiet over the killing of the hamas leader in lebanon and fears of he escalation from another terror group. trey yingst has the story from tel aviv. trey: tonight, israeli forces are on high alert, ready to repel any possible attack from hezbollah. the lebanese militant group vowing to respond after an israeli drone strike in beirut killed the deputy chairman of hamas. our preparedness in the north is extremely strong. we re well-prepared in all areas along the border with lebanon and we re currently focusing on fighting hamas. a day after the death of sal