me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, search crews and loved ones fearing the worse for the five people on board the small submersible with the coast guard discovering a debris field within the search area. i ll speak to former u.s. commander in just a few moments. a district judge is about to unseal documents revealing just who paid the $500,000 bond to keep disgraced congressman george santos out of jail after he turned himself in on federal criminal charges, including money laundering and wire fraud. and president biden is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with india s prime minister modi as the administration hosts a controversial leader, an ally they hope could be a military and economic counter weight to china, but closely tied to russia, accused of widespread human rights abuses. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington, we ha
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
are coming to you live it. millions of people on the other side of the globe are bringing in 2024, fireworks lighting up the skies above the iconic temple there in bangkok. the colorful display never gets old. a gorgeous site it is new year s eve day this is a special edition fox news live i am molly line in for arthel neville. and eric shawn are both off today. rich: i am rich edson appeared celebrations across the globe at every hour today in our new york studios the crossroads of the world s one block away at their the nypd is hard at work making sure the brightest lit block party on the planet is safe for the hundreds of thousands expected in times square. waiting for the ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. police have already set up a perimeter around the area. they are screening everyone, no exceptions and security is very tight. we have alexis mcadams live inside in a subway station in times square with more and with the city is doing to get ready for the bigge
the middle east escalates across the region. israeli forces are expanding the war zone threatening more targeted attacks amidst international pressure for a cease-fire. asking prime minister benjamin nets to do escalate in gaza as the administration says it s ramping up pressure on iranian backed groups. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram looks at the u.s. response to a drone attack that left three service members injured in northern iraq. we begin with trey yingst live from tel aviv. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. there is concern tonight about the possibility of a broader conflict with iran and its proxies as the war in gaza rages on. trey: israeli forces in northern israel are on high alert as attacks from the lebanese militant groups hezbollah continue. today a church took a direct hit from anti tank guided missile injuring one civilian. when israeli troops arrived to evacuate the wounded, nine soldiers were injured in additional attacks. the a
punxsutawney, pennsylvania. get your arms around that. they re waiting to see. i love it. will the groundhog see his shadow? fantastic. band is on stage. everyone is ready to go. we have to do the show live from there sometime. oh, my god, i d love to do that. can we do the show live from punxsutawney? groundhog day for me is one of those things, i can never remember whether the groundhog sees its shadow, it s good or it s bad. it just doesn t stay with me. maybe because i don t care. i don t know. i don t know. but that would be fun. yeah. gobbler s knob. exactly. that s where we all want to go. we have a lot to get to this morning. i really want to hear that. including president joe biden s meeting at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy. both sides were upbeat about their conversation. it appears we re not any closer to a deal on the debt ceiling, but we will follow the developments there. gave him a box of white house m&ms, and mccarthy le