bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
file what is the center of the political universe this week as america waits for the first contest on the 2024 primary calendar. republican candidates all working through the weekend there. meeting people all over the state pleading with them to get out and vote. welcome to fox news live i am arthel double hi eric. eric: thank you for joining us here on fox news. pulls right now show former president trump, he is running away with th the caucus in iowa. the fight for a second by seating up to florida governor desantis former un ambassador nikki haley. good political newcomer and firebrand vivek ramaswamy hostess he and trump come america first candidates. he moving up in the polls right now i and about will hear direcy from vivek ramaswamy. he will join us in a minute there he is in des moines on his plan to pick up more primary voters and to better the caucu. vivek ramaswamy in a moment. we have live fox team coverage for you bret baier, martha mccallum with analysis of
everyone. welcome to this special edition of sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. merry christmas to all on this christmas eve this morning. coming up, my exclusive visit with cardinal timothy do hand at the historic e st. patrick s cathedral, i was able to tour the historic can cathedral with the cardinal. he has a message for all of us this christmas. but first, america s safety. new data on who and how many people are flooding the u.s. border or. the implications to cities and citizens across the country with wisconsin senator ron johnson on the senate homeland are security and budget committees. then, election interference from joe biden s henchmen to communists in china. john ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence and former u.s. attorney, on the impact of tipping the scales against political enemies. plus, 2024 presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy and his wife, dr. apure v.a. is, weigh in on colorado s supreme court decision and the road ahead.
welcome to this special edition of sunday morning futures i m maria bartiromo. merry christmas to all on thisme christmas ve this morning. coming up my exclusive visit with timny dare plan at st. patrick s cathedral also able to light a candle while there and tour this historic cathedral with the cardinal. he has a message for all of us this christmas. first america safety new data on who and how many people are flooding the u.s. border.pe thope implications two cities ad citizens across the country with wisconsin senator ron johnson on senate homeland security andelan budget committees then election interference. from joe biden henchmen former r director of national intention and former u.s. attorney on impact of tipping the scales against political enemies. plus vivek ramaswamy and his wife doctor weigh in on colorado supreme court decision and thete road ahead all right here right. now on sunday morning futures. maria: and we begin this christmas eve morning with growi