goodbye to 2021 and kickoff 2022, you are watching the final fox and friends first on this new year s eve, thank you for joining us on friday morning. good morning to you. carley: good morning, everybody watching. it is friday, new year s eve, a double whammy, two things to be happy about. keep it right here, all day every night, fox news also has that all-american new year s eve show and the weather in new york, it will be pretty warm, 53 degrees. should be a good night for everyone standing outside although because it is covid, a pair down ceremony, you ve got to wear a mask, that the reality of this situation. we are at the end of 2021. todd: the people in times square, it will be like every other normal night as opposed to typically thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people crammed in. they have to wear some sort of depends, you can t go to the bathroom free many normal hours on new year s eve, probably going to be a little easier, nice weather, not as crowded,
inner circle. the memo which was obtained by the new york times and has not been verified by nbc news, was allegedly sent in early december 2020 by trump lawyer kenneth chesebro, who is one of the coconspirators identified but not charged in the justice department s latest indictment, of the former president. in the note, chesebro details the fake elector scheme which falsely claims former vice president mike pence had the power to block the certification of the states votes on january 6th. all just to buy time. chesebro admitted that the supreme court would likely reject the plan, in a statement to nbc news, the lawyer writes that he was simply providing legal advice to trump s campaign. but that quote whether the campaign relied on that device, upon that advice as he intended would have to remain a question to be resolved in court. those efforts by donald trump and his lawyers to subvert democracy has, in a small part, led the american varshini to create a task force for am
professional repudiation. even charges of racism from the supposed experts so now what? white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the department of energy overseas national labs and now reportedly concludes a lab leak in china most likely caused the pandemic albeit that conclusion with low confidence. but, this theory became a political lightning rod after former president donald trump embraced it and top scientists shot it down. now, team biden is holding back of talk about lessons learned and also, responding to china s denials. china has repeatedly blocked the world health organization s covid origins probe and now is swiftly rebuking the reported findings from the u.s. department of energy. china s foreign minister saying in part a laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a science-based authoritative conclusion reached certain parties should s
now i m going to hannity and tonight, coming up, we re going to bring you the very anm the ground in the fro middle east with our friend trace gallagher. also, texas senator ted cruz will be here tonight. and ufc president white. will join us. he has a huge announcement, lirecord setting a huge record-g bud light, the official beer of the ufc . looks like anheuser-busch trying to send a message. messa anyway, it appears that the american beer giant is now gettingepeared tamericang back s selling beer after what wasr wht a detour w into world politics didn t work out well. but first, our top storyt didn tonight, chaos. violence continues to rock the entire middle east t ur top s for the conflict that some believe could erupt into a major global conflict and war. but is the biggest threat to america actually coming from within? because in every major city, every state there are leftists who exhibit more fidelity to the people gaza than americans who are murdered and taken hos
i m anita vogel in new york. the u.s. office of palestinian affairs confirming the rafah border crossing between gaza. egypt is expected to open this hour. once it s and running, foreigners will be able to leave the besieged palestinian. while much needed aid can be brought into gaza. more than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted president biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah border crossing. but after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid to enter into gaza, there have negotiations. israel has voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas. that s the gaza based militant group whose deadly surprise attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people. some 200 people are also being held hostage. two of them an american mother and her teenage daughter, were released. the girl s father says he spoke to his daughter and that they will be able to return