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Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special 20240703

Jerry cellular. Have a good weekend, guys. Tyrus need a photo. Bret good evening, welcome to special report. Im bret baier. Antiisrael protest go on at Columbia University one day after more than 100 were arrested there. Well bring you there. Silence from the white house following israels overnight strike against iran. Go to the region and the white house for that and whatever happened to the investigation into the 2021 pipe bombs. The democratic and republican headquarters. Lawmakers facing deadlines for key legislation and the Republican House speaker needs help from rival democrats to keep the process on track and his job intact chad pergram starts us off tonight on capitol hill. Bret, the house passed a test vote to tee up the aid package for a vote tomorrow. But it was also a test for House Speaker mike johnson. Democrats may be willing to help the speaker keep his job. The resolution is adopted. In a scene not witnessed since 1964 on civil rights, the Minority Party helped the majority put a bill on the floor. 165 democrats voted yes to only 151 republicans. We could let them simply crash and burn. Johnson faced a revolt from republicans after he resisted calls to include border security. Im concerned that the speaker has cut a deal with the democrats to fund foreign wars rather than to secure our border. Democrats backing up the republican speaker. We have to make sure that the chaos caucus, which is the Republican Party cannot continue to stand in the way of absolutely vital Ukraine Military assistance. Some conservatives have had it with johnson. Eli crane of arizona is one of eight republicans who voted to oust House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy last fall. Its tough to defend him right now. I definitely sense there is a souring. You know, to Republican Leadership. Marjorie Taylor Greene did not trigger her plan to Bounce Johnson from his job. Im not answering questions on that right now. Why is that, congressman . Can you describe your level of frustration . But at least three republicans now favor removing him. Green, massi, and paul gosar of arizona. Some republicans are exhausted by the drama over whos in charge. This is not supposed to be reality television. We came here to govern. Johnson is unfazed. Im going to do my job. Im not deterred. Were going to do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. There are buyers remorse by some republican whos Elected Johnson Last year. Tried to select speaker multiple candidates. Ended up selecting a candidate who has failed us. The house aims to pass the aid bill tomorrow and its unclear if green will try to Strip Johnson of his gavel. Bret . Bret chad, when will we know that . Will it be this weekend . Will it be after that. Potentially maybe after the votes tomorrow on the aid package. Bret chad, thank you. Opening statements are now scheduled for monday in the historic criminal trial for former president donald trump. The remaining juror, alternate positions were filled today. And sworn in. Correspondent nate foy is outside the courthouse in new york tonight. Good evening, nate. Good evening, bret. All 12 jurors and six alternates are seated in former president Donald Trumps manhattan criminal trial. Some contentious moments at the end of court today. Judge juan merchan told trumps legal team that they cant delay this trial by continuing to challenge each of his decisions. You mention Opening Statements will happen on monday and thats something that former President Trump expressed frustration with while leaving court tonight. Listen here. The trial starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people thought the judge wants this to go as fast as possible. His reasons not my reasons. This is a giant witchhunt to try to hurt a campaign thats beating the worst president in history. Bret, also at the end of court today, President Trump stood to leave, perhaps, a bit early. And judge merchan sternly told him to sit down. The former president later expressed frustration with the judge, as well as the courts gag order there will be a hearing on tuesday about potential sanctions for possible gag order violations. Today the court selected, as you mentioned, five additional alternate jurors to round out the jury. Four women and one man. All 12 jurors and six alternates are now sworn in ready for Opening Statements on monday. In a disturbing moment outside the courthouse this afternoon, bret, a man lit himself on fire. He is in Critical Condition at Cornell Burn Center tonight. Police say he came to new york from florida within the past week and posted Conspiracy Theories online. We do not believe he is this was targeting any particular person or any particular group. Right now labeling it as sort of a conspiracy theorist. Judge merchan promised a ruling before Opening Statements on monday morning about what prosecutors can bring up if former President Trump testifies. Something that he has indicated he plans on doing. Bret . Bret nate foy outside the courthouse. Nate, thanks. President biden has not said anything publicly today about israels overnight retaliatory strikes against iran. Following last weekends assault from the Islamic Republic on israel. The biden team is also being sir circumspect. White house correspondent peter doocy has the latest tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. Officials here have a new strategy for addressing israels offensive war plans. Say less. We do not have any comment on the reports at this time. More than half a day after israels strikes against iran, the white house had nothing. Im just going to be really mindful. Look, im going to, again, be super mindful. I just want to be mindful here. Peter monday officials wanted to wait and see. If Israel Retaliates against iran. Will the u. S. Support that. To answer bluntly im not going to get into hypotheticals. Its no longer hypothetical but, still, no comment. The official lawn that were not going to talk about this, that is the line. That is the choice. I think that this reflects the tension in the u. S. Relationship with israel. White house officials are also now defending President Bidens claim about his uncle bazzi who dyed in world war 26r7b8ghegot shot down in new. They never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real in that part of guinea. There is no official record backing up that claim. Second lieutenant am brothers jay finnegan was a war hero. The pentagon says for unknown reasons the plane was forced to ditch in the ocean. Both engines failed at low altitude. Why is President Biden saying he was shot down. There is no evidence of that why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals. Thats a bad way to governmental he lost his life. Its not look, we should not make jokes about this. Peter President Biden has told that story about his uncle twice in a week now. We nor closer to learning where exactly he is getting any of that from because did he not stop to talk to us on his way to marine one for a weekend away in wilmington. Bret . Bret okay. Peter doocy live on the north lawn. Peter, thanks. Bret there is a sense tonight that the fighting between israel and iran may be over for now. Last nights strikes against iran by israel are being characterized as strategic and limited. Correspondent trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. [chanting. Iranian protesters take to the streets of tehran on friday morning. Many Holding Signs that say down with israel. The Zionist Regime should know that if it makes a mistake, this time it will be punished harder and most severely. Demonstrations erupted hours after an israeli strike targeted irans province. Home to the that tantaros nuclear facility. A plant used to enrich uranium. The apparent retaliation to iranian attack against israel over the weekend. Was meant to send a message to iran that israel can reach out and touch close to nuclear facilities. A wellplaced Military Source told fox news. Reports indicate an air base was hit about israeli missiles as Iranian Military leadership claimed, without evidence, that explosions heard in the area were caused by Successful Air defense interceptions. I think the iranians will likely call it a day. No Cruise Missile attack no. Ballistic Missile Attack. And, you know, they wanted to call it a day, obviously, after the last attack on saturday night, but the israelis werent going to put up with that. Im hopeful thats where we are. American and israeli officials had very limited reaction to the strikes overnight. But, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken reiterated that the United States stands behind its key middle east partner. We are also committed to deescalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. The event allowed iran to claim victory and israel. Effectively deescalating for now. Trey yingst in tel aviv. Thank you. Up next more voices from the left are urging r. F. K. Jr. To drop his president ial campaign. Protest at Columbia University. First, beyond our borders tonight. Ukraine says it shot down a Russian Strategic bomber as moscow officials deny those claims. The kremlin says the plane suffered a malfunction and crashed into a deserted part of southern russia. Kremlin forces conducted aerial attacks overnight killing at least 8 people. Injuring 22348 central ukraine. Voters in india begin heading to the polling locations as the first phase of the Worlds Largest elections begins. Prime minister nor renda modi is seeking a third term, a five year term nearly 970 million voters or at least 10 of the worlds population are expected to participate in the six week election. The votes will be counted june 4th. And this is a live look at london. One of the big stories there tonight. Olympic organizers at an tanks launch event in london unveil a Officials Say the technologyts. Could be used to help identify athletes, personalize Training Methods and improve judging. The committee is also planning to use ai powered cameras to flag potential security risks. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. Well be right back. The show must go on when i think about purpose, i dont know if st. Jude donors realize the magnitude of what they are doing. Their donations are funding the research. The research is allowing for the treatments to happen. And those treatments provide cures. And the cures are allowing patients to get to grow up and live amazing lives all around the world. Its better outside with ninja. Cookouts are better with master grills that char, bbq, smoke and air fry. Backyard bashes are better with pizza ovens that give you crispy crust. 700 high heat roasting, and bbq smoking. Its better outside with ninja. Bret new filings indicate missouri democratic congresswoman cori bush paid her husband another 15,000 from her Candidate Committee this year. That happened despite an Ongoing Justice Department probe into her campaign spending. The congresswoman has paid her spouse 135,000 for Security Services since january of 2022. Her Campaign Office is not commenting weaknesses in chip stocks led to mixed results on wall street today. The dow gained 211. The s p 500 was down 44. The nasdaq was off 319. For the week, the dow was up a fraction. The s p 500 dropped 3 percentage points. The nasdaq fell 5. 5. The Biden Administration is taking steps to limit oil and gas drilling and mining in alaska. The new regulation blocks development on 40 of alaskas National Petroleum preserve to protect habitats for polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. State Officials Say the restrictions will cost jobs and make the u. S. More reliant on foreign resources. Bret President Bidens campaign is trying to gain points focusing on former president Donald Trumps mental fitness. This comes as his team fights back against public doubts about President Bidens cognitive abilities. There is also increasing concern by democrats about the third Party Challenge from robert f. Kennedy jr. And disagreement among republicans about early voting. All of that correspondent Bryan Llenas Shows us tonight from philadelphia. The Trump Campaign and the Republican National Committee Launching a new Election Integrity program they call monumental. Committing to deploy over 100,000 volunteers and, quote aggressive attorneys across every battleground state. In an effort they say to ensure transparency and fairness in the 2024 elections. In a memo last month, the rnc said that encouraging voters to early vote and vote by mail are top priorities. In an effort to turn out record numbers of voters. But former President Trump himself just last week in pennsylvania attacked mailin voting. The only way to vote early in the nations largest Battle Ground state. Remember we won pennsylvania. We were up by Like Hundreds Of Thousands of votes. And then all of a sudden, voila and we know what happened. Trump won pennsylvania in 2016 but lost to President Biden in 2020 by just 81,000 votes. Now g. O. P. Groups like the winagain pac are trying to convince republicans to vote by mail. Were getting outvoted in what is essentially the early vote by margins of 3 to 1, sometimes more. Pennsylvania is one of six battleground states where this new ad will run in newspapers from environmentalists urging robert f. Kennedy jr. To end his independent president ial campaign. It reads earth to r. F. K. Jr. honor our planet, drop out. The ad Claims Kennedy will spoil the election for President Biden and lead to a trump victory. The Biden Campaign this week paid for a statewide ad in pennsylvania touting bidens mental sharpness. I love to tell the story about meeting President Biden because when you meet him, this guy is as sharp as a knife. And new fox polling shows 55 of pennsylvania voters think President Biden does not have the mental soundness to serve effectively. Bret . Bret bryan, thank you. New antiisrael protests erupted today at new yorks Columbia University comes one day after 100 people were arrested it there during. Students no longer have tents but still prepared to stay through the night. Good evening, c. B. Good evening, bret. Thats right. Students have declared this area a liberated zone here at Columbia University. There are blankets, sleeping bags, and a rotation of food is being brought to the area. These students are calling on the university to cut ties with israeli universities and divest from companies with ties to israel. Separate protests are happening in support of these students just off campus where a group of jewish students encountered this message. [shouting] never forget the 7th of october. Never forget the 7th of october. Five more times, 10 more times. Not a thousand more times. [shouting] a University Spokesperson tells us even though the encampment has been dismantled, there have been protests on campus since the start of the israelhamas war and the university expects them to continue and its rules pertaining to protest will be enforced. One of them is that demonstrations must end at 6 00 p. M. As you can see there are no signs protesters are leaving here any time soon. A jewish student tells us she thinks the hateful rhetoric will continue. I feel like im not wanted here, you know . It kind of just feels like everyone who isnt exactly like me hates me and doesnt care what i have to say. I have tried to converse with a lot of these people. Their response was i dont converse with zionists. Tonight signs of similar protests are popping up at universities across the country. Bret . Bret c. B. , thank you. Up next, the news is not good whether it comes to Army Recruitment and one of the governme

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