Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
And i dont have any cookies either. Thanks, dana. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. A rematch of the 2020 election between President Biden and former President Donald Trump, seems inevitable on this wednesday after the Super Tuesday primaries. The current president was essentially unopposed and the former president has vanquished his lone remaining serious challenger. Former South Carolina governor, former Ambassador Nikki Haley suspended her Campaign Today after winning just one of the 15 State Primaries on the republican side last night. She is not, however, throwing her support behind the presumptive nominee at least not yet. Well have the first fox news Power Rankings for the president ial election shortly. First up though, correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight live from charleston, South Carolina. Good evening, bill. Bill bret, good evening to you. Nikki haley had been facing mounting questions about the viability of her Campaign Heading into Supe
lowest level in almost four decades. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the president is saying he wants to increase american energy production without delaying the transition to green energy and clean energy. officials are calling the move a bridge but now we know it s a bridge that leaves the strategic reserve to its lowest level since 1984. strategic petroleum reserve is more than half full. peter: still too low for critics concerned with national security. it s strategic petroleum reserve. it s not the political petroleum reserve. it s really for a time of war that we need the energy. peter: that i it s not politically motivated at all. 400 million barrels of oil that s more than any energy drawdown. peter: still blaming on russia. putin s war caused price hikes. calling on companies to pass savings on to customers. ramp up at ease. my administration has no
good evening, peter. good evening, bret. people with student debt can start applying to have some of it canceled in october. right before the midterms. but it s unclear how many democrats are going to make canceling student debt part of their midterm campaigns. the amount of deficit reduction we have seen is enough to pay for this program. peter: that doesn t clear up where the money is coming from. some democrats are seeking distance including congressman jake awesomen clots. i think with similar amounts of money you could have extended pell grants medical debt for household throughout the united states. this would be more fair. and congressman tim ryan. i think a targeted approach right now really does send the wrong message. a lot of people making 30, 40 grand a year that didn t go to college and they need help as well. peter: the vice president claims the republicans are being hypocritical. a are the of the same people who are criticizing what we rightly d
washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight. it is election day in more than 30 states across the country today. handful of those races are being closely watched tonight. possible implications down the road. as polls close. polls close in an hour in virginia and kentucky. we have fox team coverage on all of that a bit later. but, first, one month after the hamas attack on his nation, israel s prime minister is ruling out any cease-fire or pause in the fighting without the release of all hostages. president biden asked benjamin netanyahu to consider what are being called tactical pauses in the fighting, perhaps a three day stop to get humanitarian aid into gaza and try to get hostages out. tonight, we re also hearing from some relatives of american hostages still believed to be held by hamas. and there is more controversy about where president biden stands regarding all of the dissent in this country for israel s actions. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has details