anything else. we re not going to sleep tonight, right? have a great show. thank you, nicolle. we are excited about the upcoming news. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. but the big news today is huge, and here it is the criminal trial of defendant donald trump continuing today. you are looking at new images, and i ll explain exactly what it is. you may recall that first court hearing set a lot of rules down. now you re looking at the first one since then, since trump was arraigned, which was a precedent busting moment for america. it was actually just seven weeks ago. at that hearing, the judge warning him about his conduct and scheduling another hearing, which brings us what you have here today. we ll show you what we have. we don t have a million shots. isolated on the left, defendant donald trump sitting right there. this was a hearing on evidence and rules for a protective order. trump had to legally appear in this hearing, which is another step towards his cri
washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight. it is election day in more than 30 states across the country today. handful of those races are being closely watched tonight. possible implications down the road. as polls close. polls close in an hour in virginia and kentucky. we have fox team coverage on all of that a bit later. but, first, one month after the hamas attack on his nation, israel s prime minister is ruling out any cease-fire or pause in the fighting without the release of all hostages. president biden asked benjamin netanyahu to consider what are being called tactical pauses in the fighting, perhaps a three day stop to get humanitarian aid into gaza and try to get hostages out. tonight, we re also hearing from some relatives of american hostages still believed to be held by hamas. and there is more controversy about where president biden stands regarding all of the dissent in this country for israel s actions. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has details
bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight two u.s. adversaries raising eyebrows this national security circles causing real concern here in washington as both country s leaders touted their nuclear ambitions today. russian president vladimir putin saying he will revisit his country s policies on using nuclear weapons while iran is drastically expanding one of its not so secret nuclear sites. we begin with russia. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details tonight lye from the pnc. good evening, jennifer. jennifer: good evening, bret. more nuclear saber ratling from vladimir putin during his second stop in acre shah in search of friends. weapons for his war in ukraine, and a return to the cold war. the veiled threat came thursday during a press conference in vietnam. putin said he was thinking of changing russia s nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the first use of a nuclear weapon. currently russian doctr
television. rising star matt friend buzz uncanny political impressions. you might recognize him from the internet or the beat. president trump is morally responsible for invoking the rights of january 6th. mr. melber, it is clear to me that we are sick and tired of hearing the damn rap lyric on the show. it s a disgusting question. floridians should be very upset with this. then there s obama when he s with kid his his voice gets higher and he s like, good to see you. it s uncanny. what s uncanny is you re saying we sent them there, which is totally untrue, thank you, china. matt friend is here tonight lye for something we haven t done before. matt was just in washington and went out and asked people on the street if they could tell the difference between, among other things, his mcconnell impression