this world better. former president barack obama, they re giving us a little bit of hope in these very difficult times. before we go everybody, do not forget, you get a little bit more sleep tomorrow morning. set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight. it changes at two a.m. eastern time. i m yasmin vossoughian, i ll be back tomorrow at two pm eastern. symone starts right now. greetings everyone you re watching symone. israel defense forces not letting up in gaza. strikes are intensifying, with a deadly toll on civilians, despite calls from president biden for a humanitarian pause. here in the united states, the war is sparking protests, and tension on college campuses. antisemitic threats are on the rise, adding fear to the jewish community. we re talking to cornell student body president about that, plus, as former president donald trump prepares to testify in his new york fraud trial, he s also facing legal efforts to keep him off the ballot in two states
on a former president. that means it s going to be a dramatic day. both have a body of work that can be defended and criticised. voters know just what to expect. first time campaigns have gone outside of the commission for presidential debates and on the deal themselves with only one media organisation. that being cnn. that s why there s so much cnn branding everywhere else because they ve been very much in control of this. and it s the first debate as well where the candidates microphones will be muted when they go over time. so we will have to wait and seejust go over time. so we will have to wait and see just what impact that has on the debate. let s have a look now i just what has on the debate. let s have a look now ijust what is in store for us injust a now ijust what is in store for us in just a couple of hours time. we have this report from our north america editor. two old men whom the voters already know very well well enough to say they really don t like the cho
charlie: good morning. welcome to fox & friends . we have our shot here. okay, it s fox & friends weekend and starting with trump to stump in battleground pennsylvania and polls in deep blue new york showing the former president gaining ground with deep blues. will: bringing faith into the classroom and louisiana requiring schools to display the 10 commandments and the ladies of the view into a frenzy. they want to post in schools. post in mar-a-lago. this borrows me to no end. if you want your child to have a religious description of the case, send them to a different school. rachel: we re going to reveal the biggest dating mistake gen z is making. the third hour of fax and friends weekend starts right now. i that s a shot of austin, texas, there and the temperature really, really hot there and really hot in new york city. it was hot at 5:00 this morning. will: 90s. it ll be 90s in texas today. the heat dome. charlie: heat dome. aka summer. charlie: we have a new poll
new reporting on the judge in the mar-a-lago documents case. new questions about whether she should step aside as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle and we are now 138 days away from an election in which abortion is set to play a defining role. and now democrats on capitol hill have a new focus when it comes to safeguarding abortion access. which they believe will be at risk if donald trump returns to the white house. they are ramping up efforts to reveal the comstock act. this has been on the books 150 years. it is related to materials being sent by mail that are connected to abortion. it is often referred to as a zombie law because it remains on the books though it hasn t been enforced in decades. the democratic senator tina smith who is cosponsoring the bill to repeal it warns it could be used under trump to crack down on abortion access or ban it altogether. we have seen a full on attack on women and their
incredible privilege, should they feel an obligation to enhance and build the society they come from? no, they just feel like destroying it. governor greg abbott is defending his decision to lift the statewide mandate. the all the numbers are moving in the right direction. there has to come a time when you begin a return to normalcy. don t stop believing brian: of course, the governor of texas saying what other governors are saying, the governor of connecticut is saying, the governor of maryland is saying, obviously, the governor of florida is saying. there is a time almost a year to the day when we shut down, i think 15 or 5 hours to slow the spread, and it ends up being over a year. and now people like to condemn governors in red states for opening up their state, but it s about time. we re doing well with the vaccines, we re turning the corner when it comes to living with this, we know more. i think that s the spirit which we ve got to put through the country right