harold ford jr., pete hegseth and fajimmy failla. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. hunter biden is playing victim in a brand new interview as we learn bombshell new details about his second indictment. he is facing nine new criminal charges for not paying $1.4 million dollars in taxings and blowing that cash on his lavish lifestyle. the defendant spent money on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could spend 17 years in prison. hunter biden telling moby that republicans are only concerned about him as way to destroy his father s presidency. in the most illegitimate, but rationale way, they are trying to destroy a presidency. it s not about me. their most base way, what they are trying to do is trying to kill me knowing it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. hunter s attorney is blaming republicans and thank yous politi
trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney general s letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trump s first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him from talking about the court staff on social media. while the clerks are off limits, trump didn t waste time renewing his attacks on the judge arthur. a case that is absolutely 100%, there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given us a total victory, but there s not a judge in the country that would have even taken this case. this is a witch hunt, and a very corrupt trial. the attorney general sits here because she knows that she has a judge that no matter all the evidence, that
drone strike killing five iranian proxy fighters in northern iraq and stopping what would have been another attack on american troops in the middle east. you re watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. griff: and i m griff jenkins in for todd piro. severe escalation for proxies in yemen who launched hours long assault in the red sea, drawing the u.s.s. carney into the line of fire. trey yingst is live with the latest on the ground there and more on washington s response to iran s provocations. good morning, trey. trey: good morning. a lot of developments over the past 24 hours. israeli forces are ramping up airstrikes, they targeted 200 different sites, bringing total number of strikes against gaza to 10,000. the heavy air campaign issic spooing, tdeath toll say 700 people were killed over the weekend. israel targeting hamas leadership, this weekend hitting a battalion and the commander responsible for carrying out raids into israeli territory back on october 7. th
full force, and the idea of just minutes ago said that millions of israelis are running for cover. this, after israel pulled its negotiators from talks in qatar, hamas and israel are blaming each other for the collapse of a weeklong truce. what u.s. leaders are saying about that today. now, where does this leave families of hostages waiting for loved ones to return? i will ask one woman who was recently reunited with eight family members held by hamas. one of her uncles is still in captivity. plus, he is out, he is not going quietly, and the 24 hours since being expelled, george santos lashes out against former house colleagues with his removal for the republican party, and the balance of power within the house. and in the spotlight, grammy award-winning music icon, dion warwick, is here. that s right, you, all the internet s favorite anti-joins us later this hour. i m simone sanders thompson, and i have something to say. he may no longer be walking the halls of t
there have been shocking moments in the trump presidency, so many that it s hard to count, but if there was some kind of accounting for all the shocking moments in the trump presidency, this one, if we have the video, would certainly be near the top of the list. just now, president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. ever u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. what, who, my first question for you, sir, who do you believe? they think it s russia. i have president putin. he said it s not russia or. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. i will tell you president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. the president of the united states of america, donald trump, standing alongside russian president vladimir putin, aligning himself with russian claims over u.s. intelligence. denying what everyone at that point you to be true, russia interfered in the 2016 election. throughout hi