that they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. this crisis is far from over. there s so much frustration, there s so much suffering, you know? the real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. joey: yeah. and even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. officials calling it the worst natural disaster in hawaii s history. to a fox news alert, attorney general merrick garland appointing a special counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. rachel: but republicans and if even some democrats aren t happy with who he selected. will: alexandria hoff joins us live washington. reporter: good morning. it is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right? now special counsel david weiss and the attorney general, they both previously maintained weiss did not need special counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunte
mike: the first in the nation primary in new hampshire kicking off less than 48 hours from now with all three top gop candidates set the make their rounds in the granite state today. florida governor ron desantis the heading back up north after spending some time in nikki haley s home state of south carolina. welcome to fox news live, i m mike emmanuel. coming up, brett bay spoke bret baier spoke with former president trump, we ll have him live to break it all down. but fist, fox team coverage with brian yen nas and madison alworth and alexis mcadams. alexis, good afternoon. reporter: [no audio] hey, mike, good afternoon from manchester, new hampshire. we can tell you it is another cold day out here, but that didn t stop trump supporters from waiting in line for hours just to catch a glimpse of the former president on that stage. finish one of the main if topics he hammered home here in the granite state is the issue on border security. watch. nikki haley will never s
could make inflation worse. because of my economic plan, we are better positioned than any other major economy in the world to weather the challenges and come through this as a strong iser company. republicans win, inflation if s going to get worse. it s that simple. paul: let s bring in texas congressman kevin brady. welcome, congressman, appreciate your coming in. the president says lots of progress, but wait, look, you ve got the last three months it came down from 9% to 8 and something, now 8.2%, so three months in a row it s gone down, so isn t that progress? yeah, no, it really isn t. and this week we saw, as you know, a double dose of bad if news for families and main street businesses. obviously, wholesale prices are still very, very high, and we know at the end of the day those get passed down to consumers in the future. and, of course, core inflation now hit the highest level in joe biden s presidency. that s a full year after he declared inflation had peaked. h
pete: it is the 7 a.m. eastern time hour of fox & friends weekend. starting with this. joe biden to deliver the commencement address at morehouse college. today ought to be a barn burner. hope we got the teleprompter fired up, as he looks to improve dismal polling among black voters, but his opponent says it won t be enough. if. we re doing record numbers with the african-american voters. democrats are all talk, no action. i was little talk and total action. rachel: plus, or congresswoman jasmine correct looks the monetize her recent spat with marjorie taylor greene. but she forgets to use spell check, first. [laughter] will: and a zyn win she scenario. how the flavored nicotine pouches might also help with weight loss. the second or hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. if it s meant to be, it ll be, it ll be baby, just let it be. if. it s meant to be, it ll be it ll be. baby, just let it be rachel: good morning, everybody. name that skyline. [lau
hamas has released 14 more israeli hostages today, the third day of the ceasefire, and no word on the american hostages that the white house had believed could be included today. since bibi netanyahu s war cabinet accepted the deal, hamas has now released 40 israeli hostages and the release of 150 palestinian prisoners. of course, we re very happy for those released and their anguished families. net an ya hue stressed the war will continue. and assure that the day after hamas, there will be no threat to israel. i don t trust hamas to do anything right now. i only trust hamas to respond to pressure. howard: let s stop right there. the media should not fall into the hamas propaganda trap the that a this is some grand humanitarian the gesture blessed by god. they kidnapped the israelis as a bargaining chip, seizing 240 hostages, most of them civilian families including elderly people and infants. think about how barbaric that is. look at that, a 2-year-old, an 85-year-old re