[chanting free, free palestine] brian new overnight, 4 hours, columbia giving students another two days as it says progress is being made to dismantle the protesters and their encampment. House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to visit the campus today and speak with the jewish students. Charlie plus a dead heat. Trump and biden tied in battleground wisconsin. Lawrence is live in the badger state talking to voters. Ainsley and squashing the squatters. Today georgia makes it a crime across the state. Governor brian kemp is going to join us straight ahead. The second hour of fox friends starts right now. And, remember, we always say this, charlie. Charlie mornings are better with friends. Im learning. Ainsley see you know. Brian say it thats the problem. Ainsley i will let you say it. We start with a fox news alert. Protests still raging a the Columbia University as students and outside activist remain on campus despite the call for them all to leave. Charlie telling fox news the negotiatio
acquitted gosnell of the murder of baby boy b. he also through out the murder charges relating to babies f and g. the judge did not explain his ruling but fox news medical expert dr. mark seigel says the judge is wrong if he based the ruling on the fact that those babies had been observed moving but not necessarily moving. there may be debate wherether life begins at conception. there s no doubt if a baby is boeed to use a resperate tore to keep breathing that s life. they knocked out 7 of 3 of the 7 murder charges before they began their case that was scheduled to begin wednesday april 24th. when court went into session that morning another bombshell. the defense rested without calling a single witness. no medical experts, no clinic
just hours from now. welcome back to early start. happy to have you with us this morning. zoraida sambolin in new york. john, we re missing you here. i miss you. someday we ll be together, zoraida. looking forward to that. i m john berman live in boston by myself this morning, missing zoraida. it is wednesday, april 24th, about half past the hour right now. we do have news this morning. a proud milestone for this city. boylston street is open for business again. that, of course, is the site where the marathon finish line was where the bombs went off. workers really on the scene late into the night, trying to repair the area, repair the surface where that bomb went off. it will be open it is already open, in fact, in the public this morning. i had a chance to take a quick walk on boylston a little bit earlier. this is the site of the first explosion. the first bomb went off right here at 2:50 p.m. on marathon monday. they re filling it in right now. so it s all closed off be
what was the motivation? new this morning, investigators in russia speaking to the mother and father of the suspects. and john, we re expecting new developments today in the alleged plot to blow up a train out of new york. a suspect is due in court just hours from now. welcome back to early start. i m zoraida sambolin in new york. and i m john berman live in boston this morning. it is wednesday, april 24th. about half past the hour right now. so great to have you with us. and at this hour, they re trying to meet with the parents of the tsarnaev brothers. they re doing that with the cooperation of the russian government. also a proud mile stone here in boston this morning. it is a live look at boylston street. again, that is the street where the boston marathon finished. that is where the attacks were, about nine days ago. and while you were sleeping, crews worked through the night
good morning to you. and welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin in new york. and i m john berman live in boston this morning. it is wednesday, april 24th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. while you were sleeping, the proud, resilient people of this uniquely american city began taking back boylston street. boylston street is reopening this morning. i just went for a walk on it. meanwhile, there are new developments with the suspected terrorist who is charged with shutting it down with a pair of bombs on marathon monday. here is the latest. dzhokhar tsarnaev s condition upgraded from serious to fair this morning. there are reports he could be transported out of beth israel deaconess medical center soon. a news official tells cnn s jessica yellin there is no hard evidence the tsarnaev brothers had any accomplices or any connections to extremists. there is another new development this morning.