the iraq war was a mess. we withdrew and lost the piece, and then ice is popped up, and we had to go back in. at this point, america was sick of the mideast, and we took our soldiers and bases out of there. but we can t leave without a plan in place, and i we are begging. and beggars can t be choosers. here s what i mean. all american presidents have made the pilgrimage to saudi arabia to make sure the royal family kept the oil flowing and kept prices down. remember when george w. bush held hands with the saudi crown prince? or when barack obama bowed? and then he said it never happened. [laughs] maybe he just dropped his wallet. they rolled out the red carpet for donald trump, projecting his face on the side of the ritz. they let him touch that glowing orb, remember that? and don t forget trump s ceremonial sword dance. jesse: [laughs] at these times we had leverage over the saudis because we had troops, bases, and carriers in the middle east, not to mention sweet arms
right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi
lesshan three urs,hat s all it took foa federal jury toind steve bannon glty of contem of ngress. the formerrump adviser convicted of refusing to sply documents and ging testimony to theanuary 6th committee the panel belies bannon s cooperate would be keypointing president trump in the lead up to the capit aac his presence in hotel r om of sorts of trump allies prior to the insurrection, and his ominous podcast predicti that all hell was going to break loos bannon now faces a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail and will be sentced in october. meantime, he inostaying silent, of course. i only have one disappointment, and that is the gutless membs that sh trl committee, the j6 committee didn t have the guts open court. hhere and testify in of course bannon did not have guts to testy during the jaary 6th hearings. his legal team vows to keep fighting and claims he is protected by executive privilege. this is a bullet proof appeal. have you evein another case seen a judge s
griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui hinrich. they re battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. 104 degrees yesterday, it s supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn t slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we ve seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it s been the recent policy of text s governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that s drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now.
abusers. today an emotional day for both hunter biden and his daughter, naomi biden when she took the stand. surveillance video used as evidence today allegedly shows how a throwing the gun in a trash can outside the local grocery store where it was found and turned over to police. sandra: closing arguments are underway. the jury could get the case as early as this afternoon. hello and welcome, everyone. i am sandra smith in new york. john, great to begin a brand-new week with you. john: another five days together. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the prosecution now delivering closing argument after hunter biden s defense team rested their case without calling him to the stage. the defense said the president son did not knowingly live about his drug use when purchasing a handgun back in 2018. let s get straight to the fox news legal editor. carcarrie quebec. the prosecution opened with a bang. they pointed where the first lady was sit