everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
crackling with contention? i say enough. right here right now. this is the great christmas debate. i am your host we have two teams playing for bragging rights and a cash prize for charity we have the green team and the red team fox news personality. there it is. and fox news guru. and over here the team is ready to run by. i predict 100 percent sunshine by our meteorologist. and fox news very on. [applause] i was going to say you are allowed to dress up he didn t have to wear your regular close. [laughter] the debate has already begun you know high school debate let s get to it. spent the first debate jimmy versus michael. your topic. we all love christmas music but there is a limit when is it acceptable to start jingling the bills on - the bells? halloween or thanksgiving? you are arguing for halloween. take the podium. . lovers of christmas around the world, i say to you not only halloween but the day before halloween it is sad to hear the comments of those hurt
crackling with contention? i say enough. right here right now. this is the great christmas debate. i am your host we have two teams playing for bragging rights and a cash prize for charity we have the green team and the red team fox news personality. there it is. and fox news guru. and over here the team is ready to run by. i predict 100 percent sunshine by our meteorologist. and fox news very on. [applause] i was going to say you are allowed to dress up he didn t have to wear your regular close. [laughter] the debate has already begun you know high school debate let s get to it. spent the first debate jimmy versus michael. your topic. we all love christmas music but there is a limit when is it acceptable to start jingling the bills on - the bells? halloween or thanksgiving? you are arguing for halloween. take the podium. . lovers of christmas around the world, i say to you not only halloween but the day before halloween it is sad to hear the comments of those hurt
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv