we have several developing stories as we come on the air, the new microscope for the white house, a magic number in the santos saga, and the dow up, inflation down. let s talk about what is happening right now at the white house. you see it on the left-hand side of your screen. we re expecting to hear from the press secretary, taking the podium any minute, after that news out of the department of justice, yet another special counsel now getting to work, this time on an investigation into president biden and his handling of classified documents, as he is leaving the vice presidency, the white house and the legal team are here standing by live, along with a member of congressional leadership from the hill. also this hour, the art of the dodge. congressman george santos, hitting the air waves today and what he is saying about the rolling calls to resign and why the number 142 is trending on this one today. plus, stocks looking pretty good as we get closer to the losing bell,
Bret 100 percent not. Thanks. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight the key prosecution witness in the criminal trial. Concluded his testimony and the prosecution rested its case today. But, before that former trump attorney and selfdescribed fixer admitted to stealing 10s of thousands of dollars from his boss company. When the defense took over, cohen was followed on the stand by one of his former legal advisers. Now, there has been a request by the defense for the judge to dismiss the case from the bench. Correspondent nate foy is outside the New York State Supreme Court again tonight, good evening, nate good evening, bret. Todd blanche requested that the judge dismiss this case on the grounds that prosecutors did not prove that trump falsified Business Records or did anything illegal to influence the 2016 president ial election. The judge reserved his decision and trump spoke about that while leaving court tonight. Hopefully the motion to dismiss this
And detroit, where hes aiming to rally up support amongst black voters. Thats a key demographic and recent polling shows him losing ground to former President Trump. The big problem for him, trump expect today speak later on this afternoon at the n. R. A. Convention happening in dallas. A very busy weekend it isment welcome to fox news live, im aishah hasnie. Good afternoon to you, griff. Griff and President Biden will deliver the Commencement Address at morehouse college. And Lucas Tomlinson kicks it off at the white house on latest on the president s plans. Hey, lucas. Thats right, President Biden just took off aboard Air Force One for georgia. A critical swing state in the 2024 elections, a state he lost in 2016, but won narrowly at 2020. And he took the motorcade over there and the president did speak yesterday at the africanamerican museum in washington. My predecessor and extreme Maga Friendsing going after diversity, equity and inclusion across america. They wants it for some no
good to be with you, i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re right now following breaking news out of washington where the justice department has just announced it will not prosecute attorney general merrick garland for contempt of congress saying in a letter that garland s refusal to hand over audio of president biden s interview with robert hur to gop lawmakers was not a crime. joining us now from capitol hill is correspondent julie tsirkin. so let s interpret what this all means. i guess the implication being this was a political maneuver by congress. reporter: first of all, alex, this was as expected. congress, even republicans here who pushed this contempt vote. remember that just happened a couple of days ago, they successfully voted on party lines pretty much, except for one republican, to hold merrick garland in contempt of congress because he did not turn over those tapes from biden s interview with special counsel hur, and the classified documents case, republicans e
america s newsroom, i m dana perino and good morning. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. hunter biden s conviction on three felony charges forcing president biden to change his plans at the last minute. he altered his plans to go to delaware and see his son and get this photo op with numerous people from the press. the president is on his way to italy to attend meetings at the g7. former house speaker kevin mccarthy and kayleigh mcenany join us soon. jakeee is here. the president has yet to speak to reporters since his son s conviction. the way the schedule is set up in italy the only time guaranteed to hear from him is at a press conference tomorrow alongside president zelenskyy and that format only obligates him to answer two questions. but with zelenskyy by his side and so much of the agenda on ukraine issues, it is possible that personal and domestic problems get less attention than foreign policy, a big goal at the g7 is finding ways to continue ukraine aid aft