Than a political side show. Could they go away altogether . The latest on donald trump calling for the gop to pull the Plug On Future Debates as he questions whether any of his opponents should even be Vice President. And is the shutdown a sure thing . President biden insists it isnt, but his hopes hinge on House Republicans, in his words, doing their job. And theyve got now less than three days to do it. So what happens next . Lots to talk about, but were going to start in washington where one small group perhaps ten conservative republican lawmakers are refusing to support any Stopgap Measure to keep the government from shutting down 59 hours from now. Instead, the far right is committing critical hours to an Impeachment Inquiry that a new poll shows most americans do not want, and not only is there little time or public appetite for this hearing, theres zero evidence to justify holding it. And of the three witnesses for the majority, none of them seems to have any evidence firsthand
Escalate. The row over hs2 continues as Senior Tories warn against axing the rail project. But rishi sunakis the rail project. But rishi sunak is said to be alarmed that the final bill could be over £100 billion and sick. Note britain sick leave has soared to its highest level in more than a decade. Are we getting lazy or are we just prioritising our own health . More than ever before . Know the answer to that. Answer to that. Its interesting. Its interesting , isnt it, andrew, interesting, isnt it, andrew, that in the Public Sector its almost double the rate it is. It is because in the private sector people have to work very hard because you dont get well. That you just lose its more that you just lose your job, wouldnt you . You would would. Anyway. Would you would. Well, anyway. Course covid, i think, and of course covid, i think, has it far worse. Has made it far worse. Well get well get indeed. Well get well get the that later. The reasons behind that later. We us we will. Email
Its thursday, its april 18th, and this is fox friends. We start with a fox news alert. Protests flaring overnight right off Columbia Universitys campus after faced a reckoning on capitol hill. And happening today, former President Donald Trump due back in court case one as attorneys gear up for Opening Statements as early as monday. Plus snacks under attack but could be for a good reason from cheetos to lucky charms. Why they could be banned. That should be our lead story. Second hour of fox friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with snacks. We have a lot of Breaking News overnight we begin with your headlines, two suspected spies arrested overseas. Accused of plotting Sabotage Attacks on u. S. Military facilities in germany. On behalf of russia. German prosecutors say their goal was to undermine support for ukraine. The suspects are germanrussian nationals who were allegedly prepared to carry out a bomb and arson attack on military facilities. Including at one of
carley: the house voting for an impeachment inquiry into president biden to obtain more documents to understand how connected the president is to his business. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: good to have you back, partner. i m todd piro. three presidents have been impeached, all three remained in office after being acquitted by the senate. brooke singman joins us. brooke: a formal inquiry is only way to get the white house to comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence pedalling during his time as vice president. hunter biden is saying instead of doing anything to make american lives better, they are attacking me with lies and wasting time on this stunt that members of congress admit it was not. hunter was subpoenaed to testify with congress yesterday, but he didn t show up. he did come to capitol hill, but held a press conference instead. watch. i m here to testify at a public hearing today to a
Hello im Barbara Starr in london these are the top stories on aljazeera me and more in bangladesh have signed a deal for the repatriation of range of refugees bangladesh said it will begin within two months but its not clear how many refugees will be allowed to return home since august more than six hundred thousand have fled the military crackdown. And many are concerned about how the deal will affect them but highly reports from. After days of negotiating bangladeshs foreign minister Abdul Hassan Mahmud ali and myanmar leader on song suchi reach an agreement on a repatriation plan for the ranger who fled Rakhine State over the last three months the memo of understanding was signed in a foreign minister Level Working Group created as the leaders reached agreement some of the hundreds of thousands of or hindu refugees who fled the violence spoke of their concern about how the repatriation will work. I dont think we did they discriminate against us because we are muslim if they accept u