Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
hello again, welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking following donald trump s ims pressive win in iowa and his lead in new hampshire, is the republican presidential race sench essentially over? plus a scathing report on the deadly uvalde school shooting leaves us wondering, can we keep our kids safe? and one of madonna s songs time goes by so slowly, and for her fans, that s so true. they are now suing her. our gang is here and ready to go. zit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, on the heels of the presidential race, donald trump is looking to sew up the republican nomination this week in new hampshire. the first in the nation primary, which could be the l to stop the former president. i m thrilled to be back in a great state of new hampshire. on tuesday donald trump is looking to become the first republican ever to win contest ed races in both iowa and new hampshire. but that may depen
today we re asking, following donald trump s impressive win in iowa, and his lead in new hampshire, is the republican presidential race essentially over? plus, a scathing justice department report on the deadly uvalde school shooting leaves us wondering, can we keep our kids safe? and one of madonna s song starts, time goes by so slowly. and for her fans, that s so true. they re now suing her. our gang is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. first, the state of the presidential race. on the heels of a dominant victory in iowa, donald trump is looking effectively to sew up the republican nomination this week in new hampshire. the first in the nation primary which could be the last chance to stop the former president. i m thrilled to be back on tuesday, donald trump is looking to become the first republican ever to win contested races in both iowa and new hampshire. that may depend on the strength of nikki haley s momentum in the granite
watters primetime. tone i m scared as heck, which is why i m traveling our country. jesse: kamala takes the reigns of the biden campaign. what could go wrong? two navy seals disappear in the gulf. why is there a cover-up? they have been trying to scare people about the range of vehicles, there is range anxiety out there. jesse: kerry accuses trump of electric car disinformation. we re all looking for a plug-in, does anybody have a plug-in? jesse: plus you could own jesse: throughout ancient history, expression of approve comes in different shapes and sizes. roman era, toga flapping, flap their togas up and down. coliseums grew, so did need to be louder, so came clapping. clap became consequential, romans hired cadillacers to clap during their political speeches and performances. louder the clap, higher someone is standing. from then on, politicians inserted applause lines to their speeches. some more successful than others. prepared to act in national
it is january 18th. steve: almost the weekend. almost. fox news alert. u.s. forces striking houthi strikes overnight. that action coming afterthe terrorist groups hits a second cargo ship in the red sea. the pentagon insists the conflict in the middle east is not expanding beyond gaza. that does not make sense. lawrence: vice president kamala harris says she is scared of heck of donald trump taking back the white house. i guess she did not hear this from the ceo of j.p. morgan chase. this negative talk about maga is going to hurt biden s election campaign. brian: and rob rob gronkowski is tackling issues, including california push to ban kids flag football. final hour of fox and friends starts now. your mornings are better because you re with friends. get dressed. steve: what a pretty view of the atlantic off the jersey shore, that is seaside heights. it is 31 degrees. there are snow flurries. i see cloud cover. we see the sun in the distance warming thi