zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is set to meet with president biden and the entire senate in hopes of securing critical funding to fight off russian forces. plus, special counsel jack smith is taking his prosecution of donald trump all the way to the supreme court. we ll explain why smith is petitioning the highest court in the land. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israeli troops continue to hunt for the leader of hamas in southern gaza, but top officials there are now signaling an escalation with another terror group. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 12th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is state side for the third time since russia launched its full-scale invasion back in february of 2022. zelenskyy will meet with president biden at the white house to discuss his country s needs on the battle
the texas supreme court reversing a ruling that allowed kate cox to get an emergency abortion. she had no other option to leave the state to get an abortion. she had the option, many, many women are trapped in their seats. ukrainian president zelenskyy to the white house and to capitol hill as delays for more aid are continuing in congress. the prospects of this getting done before the calendar year is up looks not good right now. the free world hesitates, that s when dictatorships celebrate. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. we start with an extraordinary request from the special counsel in the election subversion case against donald trump. jack smith, special prosecutor, wants an answer from the supreme court, on whether the president is immune from prosecution and he wants it as soon as possible. smith went directly to the high court, specially leapfrogging what could have been a very lengthy appeals process. it c
jimmy: he had veal marsalla at lunch. tommy, is that wine? god love the italians. ainsley: great to see you. third hour of fox and friends starts right now. up from the house top out pops good old santa clause. ho, ho, ho. who wouldn t go. up from the house top. click, click, click. lawrence: all-american christmas tree. it is about 13 days until christmas day. ainsley: that makes me panic. i need to shop. brian: you can zero in on the exact day. lawrence: 13 days. two weeks from yesterday. this is the moment everybody begins to check out. brian: check out of work? ainsley: rehab. lawrence: this is moment people do it. steve: are you saying you re checking out right now? lawrence: you get the itis. you may get vacation time. steve: it is two weeks away. lawrence: it is true. brian: present company included. i don t believe your premise. lawrence: i am sitting next to a bunch of teacher pets. ainsley: look what i made, i saw a picture
are going to retire. so they know how many they need. steve: they needed more bodies but given the fact that we re so many air traffic controllers short, ultimately, michael, should we feel safe when we re flying this holiday season? yes. you are safe. we have systems airplanes, amazing pilots, especially southwest. got to put a plug, right? yeah, we are safe. steve: michael santoro, thank you very much for joining us live. thank you. steve: return your tray tables to full and upright positions because second hour of fox & friends starts right now. [cheers] the hold, the kick, the win for the giants. i m on top of the world i m on top of the world ainsley: the new york giants winning a third straight game last night thanks to the new man of the hour. lawrence: undrafted quarterback tommy devito. cutlets. he is winning the hearts of giants fans with his play on the field and story off the field. brian: rushed for over 70 yards, too. he is 25. he liv
(vo) in three seconds, janice will win a speedboat. (woman) bingo! i m moving to the lake. gotta sell the house. (vo) ooh! that s a lot of work. (woman) ooh! (vo) don t worry. skip the hassels and sell directly to opendoor. (woman) bingo. (vo) get your competitive offer at opendoor dot com. good morning, lawrence. we ll have two miracle workers join us tonight. senators jon tester and sherrod brown, who somehow managed to get re-elected to the senate in states where no other democrat can win. but we begin tonight with our history lessons from professor laurence tribe, also andrew weissmann with us on this really historic night in the case of united states of america versus donald j. trump. looking forward to hearing that. the supreme court getting involved at this stage. even just to say to jack smith, we will consider what you re asking us to do. that alone is such a big deal. we will consider it, and we re ready to start hearing. we want your response by n