and you might get ahead. thank you for joining us.. capitol hill custodians waste no time erasing any memory of george santos. that is tonight on news line. good evening, today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. and george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. but first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal loss essay that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. the judge ruling with precision quote the court can not conclude that the constitution cloaks former president s with salute immunity for any federal crimes that they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it is a decision that may set off a chain reaction for ou
congratulations to the rangers. i wish my wife felt the same way. dana: have a great show, bret. bret: see you. secretary of state antony blinken israel to ensure more humanitarian aid to do more to protect palestinian civilians inside gaza or else there will be no partners for peace in his words; however, israeli prime minister benjamin meth is ruling out a temporary seas fire or pause in the gaza strip until hostages held by hamas are released. israeli officials meantime say the country is on high alert for attacks on its border with lebanon. hezbollah s leader gave a first his first public speech since the war started saying his group had entered the battle though he stopped short of saying it is fully engaging in the war. here at home more concern about who is coming across our southern border. a 20-year-old palestinian man in the u.s. illegally is charged now with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. the u.s. attorney s office and the southern dist
protest, guys. steve: it s 2:00 in the afternoon, thank you very much. it is 2:00 in the afternoon there. it is 8:00 in the morning here. third hour fox and friends starts right now. lawrence: fox news alert right now secretary of state blinken is meeting with israeli president after arriving in tel aviv overnight. commend you people of israel, for your moral clarity and incredible speeches. as to fate of the hostages and tragedy that has fallen on our people and of course as to inherent right of the israelis to defend themselves. it is good to be back in israel. these are difficult days, but we re here in solidarity with israel. brian: earlier he met with prime minister netanyahu. blinken will hold his own press conference soon, it will be big, we will carry that live as it comes. he visits as biden administration pushing for a pa pause, they say to get humanitarian aid in and it is already in and hostages out, when has that worked? steve: all about political
bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight two u.s. adversaries raising eyebrows this national security circles causing real concern here in washington as both country s leaders touted their nuclear ambitions today. russian president vladimir putin saying he will revisit his country s policies on using nuclear weapons while iran is drastically expanding one of its not so secret nuclear sites. we begin with russia. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details tonight lye from the pnc. good evening, jennifer. jennifer: good evening, bret. more nuclear saber ratling from vladimir putin during his second stop in acre shah in search of friends. weapons for his war in ukraine, and a return to the cold war. the veiled threat came thursday during a press conference in vietnam. putin said he was thinking of changing russia s nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the first use of a nuclear weapon. currently russian doctr
deeply rooted amid american conservatism for decades, but the attempt to root it into mesh government has new energy sparked by donald trump s first presidency and now fueled by his promises for a second. they want to tear down crosses where they can. and cover them up with social justice flags. but no one will be touching the cross of christ under the trump administration. i swear to you that will never happen. never happen. what more exactly do christian conservatives want in government. we see hints at the congressional level. the separation of church and state is a misnomer. mike johnson, the speaker of the house said shortly after he was made speaker last year, people misunderstand it. it s not in the constitution, he says. we see it in legislation at the state level from laws that ban abortion based on religious opinions of when life starts, to louisiana s just passed mandate to prominently display the ten commandments it every public school classroom. rulings from