Welcome to this Special Edition of hannity. Im pete hegseth in for sean. And we begin with Breaking News just moments ago, maines Secretary Of State. Her name is shannon bellows. All you have to do is remember that for 15 minutes. Thats how long her fame is going to last. She just unilaterally she just unilaterally president ial primary ballotllot in pending appeal. Why did she do that . Sh the way he inflamed his supporters back january of 2021. Well, here she is palling joe around with joe biden a few months ago. But im sure, political bias had nothing to do with her decision. St s it just so happens that she was, one of the three Biden Electors in the state of maine in 2020. Shes not a lawyer. Never graduated from law school. But right after her announcement, she rushed straight on to msnbc just a few minutes ago to brag about her election meddling. Trump now has five daysp to challenge this bizarre decisionhas fi maines superiorz court. The Trump Campaign says itarre o will quickly
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets reed glare red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: good morning. that was our nation s anthem as is the tradition here on fox & friends weekend. thanks for sending in presumably maybe some fourth of july photos with the kiddos there. and. a lot of beautiful babies. pete: speaking of beautiful babies, will cain, carley shimkus in today for rachel campos duffy. carley: love to see the kids in the red, white and blue, nothing like it. i hope that you are still feeling the fourth of july spirit into the fourth of july weekend. this is the fourth of july weekend, isn t it? will: i think a lot of people took the entire week off, made it a 10-day carley: isn t that a beautiful way to do that? will: i don t know, tell me about it. pete: it was great. [laught
trump leading haley ahead of tuesday s republican primary in the granite state but hailie is counting on it s large slice of independent voters for a win we ve got a live report from new hampshire in just a bit plus i will ask the chair of new hampshire s democratic for his thoughts about the republican battle for the granite state where it s independent voters are leaning and where the president biden and the national parties new primary schedule may end up costing them new hampshire in november. that s later. we ve also got new developments in donald trump s web of legal troubles. new video from his april deposition in new york s nine figured fraud case against him shows him claiming to have literally saved the world as president. but will he be able to save himself from a massive financial judgment and the new york case or conviction in any of the multiple criminal cases hanging over him. former trump lawyer, joe tacopina, joins us tonight, with his take on the former pres
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on