extending protections for more than 330,000 immigrants, some illegal, and some at the risk of overstaying their visas. those from el salvador, honduras, napal and nicaragua are shielded from deportation for 18 months. one top democrat says it is still not going far enough. another initiative from the left might. it is a new bill aimed at giving migrants immediate access to our federal benefits. things like medicaid and food stamps. you heard right. it does away with the previous five-year waiting period which democrats call arbitrary and xenophobic. as the left is focused on that the scene at our southern border stays dire. look at every decision they ve made, it is to open our border as wide as possible. they created the migration crisis in this region. people tested the system early on, saw they could get in and get released and so they called back home and millions have come. julie: casey stiegel with more topping our news this hour. hey, casey. according to the numb
welcome to our viewer in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. and we begin with donald trump s arrest and arraignment in the classified documents case. the washington post reports that trump rejected efforts by one of his lawyers to cut a deal with the justice department to return the documents and avoid indictment. post says chris kise wanted to negotiate with the doj back in the fall after the fbi found more than 100 class filed documents at mar-a-lago. but cnn spoke to sources close to trump s legal team and they cast doubt on whether that was a real opportunity to settle. and merrick garland is depending the special counsel behind the trump indictment, jack smith. paula reid has more. reporter: speaking for the first time since former president trump was indicted mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. reporter: attorney general merrick garland standing by special counsel jack smith who was prosecuting former president trump and ad
okay. this one s going on the mantle. sandra: horrifying case in pennsylvania sparking a legal debate. 35-year-old woman charged with pushing her ex-boyfriend, an army veteran, to suicide. john: allegedly harassed him with a series of whatsapp messages and videos, destroying his things, talking about her new partner and threatening to keep him from ever seeing his daughter again. sandra: may remind you of michelle carter, 17 years old when she was charged with pushing her boyfriend to take his own life. carter eventually went to prison. will the same thing happen this time? welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. john: john roberts, good to be with you again. no debate the messages are heinous, the big question is, are they criminal? our legal panel will be here to debate it. we will kick things off with this fox news alert. sandra: a gruesome scandal unfolding at one of the country s top medical sc
taken action to remove president trump from the ballot. secretary of state belllows ruled he is ineligible to run if they have engaged in insurrection. the events of january 6 2021, unprecedented, tragic, were unsurrectorion. mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore disqualified. upon alexandria: like colorado state supreme court belllows based her ruling off the ruling used once in 1919. make no mistake, this is assault on democracy. biden does not trust voters for a free and fair election. this is being pursued in 13 other states. in colorado, trump s name will appear unless the supreme court affirms the decision to remove him. here is the chair weighing in. it is an act of desperation, they are afraid donald trump will win against joe biden. i m afraid other states will follow suit if the supreme court does not step in. alexandria: penning appeal by the trump team. right now her ruling is stayed until we get a ruling on that appeal from the state supreme c
removed from the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. the secretary of state ruling trump violated the 14th amendment, making it the second state to disqualify trump from holding office. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: final show of the year. the centsiment is the same. just hours before, trump s name returned to the ballot in colorado. trump is facing lawsuits in 13 states to get removed, even some republican rivals are pushing to get these cases dropped. carley: alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: this is first where election official has taken action to remove former president trump from the ballot. bellows writing, mr. trump used a false narrative of election fraud to enflame his voters. here is more. the events of january 6 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic, were insurrection and under engaged in insurrection and is therefore disqualified. alexandria: that was designed to keep confederate officers from holding offic