come back, what to make of the reception donald trump got in south carolina yesterday. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. as one pm on the east coast, a pm in the middle east, and we begin with the breaking news, the third group of israeli hostages transferred now by hamas in exchange for palestinian prisoners. a list provided of names by the israeli government, 14 israeli and three for national abductees released today. it includes nine cldn. four-year-old american israeli, abigail moore adana is back in israel. president biden is celebrating her release in the last hour. she s been through a terrible trauma. her mom was killed in front of her, when her kibbutz was attacked by hamas terrorists on october the 7th. abigail mor edan, who then was gunned down as well while using his body to shield a little abigail. the four-day truce, which ends tomorrow, calls for the release of at least 5
now. thank you very much, carley. it s 6:00 here in new york city. 64 degrees. welcome to tuesday, june 4th, 2024. and fox & friends. we start with a fox news alert. president biden finally apparently taking action today to address the border crisis, which has gone on for years. he is expected to announce a partial shutdown asylum processing program. we have got a live report to explain the numbers coming up. brian: i don t mean to correct you, steve he says he can t do anything at the border. we have to change the prompter. the jury is seated, exclamation point. opening arguments in hunter biden s trial, dash, starts this morning, period. what to start after this year s in the courtroom. pregnant pause. ainsley: plus, stealing the show, exclamation point. little differences at the ballot box. ainsley: congressman john rose s 6-year-old son going viral for that moment. they both will join us a little later. lawrence: fox & friends starts right now and remember,
in arch effort to get donald trump they believe at one point. i think that is going to be the defining moment in race because to ainsley s point, about the fundraiser going up. joe biden likes to say hey, donald trump is worse. the american people worse off under his administration right now. that s what is going to matter at the end of the day. under the trump economy. how are people doing? how are they doing now? ainsley: i was talking to someone last night and she said after this verdict i m definitely giving a thousand dollars. i told her about these numbers how they have all gone up. i think can you only give x amount of dollars to the campaign. can you give more to the super pacs, right? do you know the number? steve: i don t know. google it i talked to a friend in south carolina last night. brian: going out for lunch and dinner. you got make a choice. ainsley: i cannot do that lunch is my thing.
now back to the campaign trail. the presidential debate here on fox in just a few weeks. how the hunter biden investigation may impact the presidents reelection bid. joining me is the blue strategies founder and principal and brad howard a democratic strategist. welcome to both of you. thanks for having us. let s start with former president trump on the campaign trail in south carolina last night. it s terrible that a political opponent can haphazardly charge you with the fake crime in the middle of your campaign in order to interfere with your time, money, message and there is nothing you can do in theory that can stop this travesty of justice.
bill: as we mentioned florida governor ron desantis the first republican candidate to officially be on the ballot in south carolina. the first in the south primary contest. aishah hosni has more on what goes down in the palmetto state. perhaps a reset for governor desantis in south carolina looking for enthusiasm today. desantis filed his primary paperwork this morning making him the first gop candidate to do so. he have is set to announce his agenda on military policy any moment now that includes ripping all of the woke out of the military. now desantis s campaign had a rough start from the disastrous campaign announcement on twitter to now staffing cuts caused by campaign spending that really haven t delivered in polling. governor blames a lack of enthusiasm on a negative narrative spun by the mainstream media. here he is in south carolina last night. everybody has to agree he did