Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend
ainsley: it is the 8:00 a.m. hour of fox and friends on east coast it is 8:00. it is wednesday, january 17th. brian: minutes are the same. ainsley: minutes are always the same, no matter where you are in the world. lawrence: biden pushes for gun charges to be thrown outs, prosecutors say cocaine was found on the pouch where he kept his gun. that is unreal. should be. 49% is not great for him actually. trump swept iowa? he did not, these are small numbers. brian: biggest win in republican history in iowa. don t let me digress. repeat of 2016. steve: speaking of iowa, a long journey home. as lawrence and i made it back from the hawkeye state, i ran into familiar faces aulso cancelled and delayed at the airport. i wish i knew of a warmer state. hmm. how about sunshine state of south dakota. so great, why are you leaving? you are at the airport leaving. final hour of fox and friends starts now. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: a
your business partners if he had no involvement in your business? you have a dad? does he call you? yes. does he answer the phone? yes. okay. why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? that s all that anybody is talking about. hillary vaughn catching up with hunter biden as he showed up unexpectedly at this contempt of congress hearing. sending off a firestorm inside that hearing room. he agreed to appear precisely at a public hearing under oath to answer the committee s questions. coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a subpoena to be deposed what are you afraid of? the only folks afraid to hear from the witness with the american people watching are my friends on the other side of the aisle. we have no choice except to refer charges and find hunter biden in contempt. neil: its advanced from there. the house oversight committee considering whether the president s s
anybody else. neil: former president trump canceling three out of four events in iowa moving them virtual as the first in the nation caucus state gets slammed with frigid weather with the campaign s final days. welcome to fox news live, hey, jacqui, i m kind of glad we re indoors. jacqui: good to be with you and not in iowa. i m jacqui heinrich. u.s. military struck another houthi area overnight. after they fired ballistic missiles into shipping lanes on friday. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with what they re saying there, hey, lucas. this is a mop-up duty by the u.s. navy. apparently one houthi area was not there, and this is the third country where president biden has authorized in the proxies and the president spoke about it yesterday in pennsylvania. i ve delivered the message to iran. they already know not to do anything. (inaudible) we ll make sure we respond to the houthis if they continue with the outrageous behavior, along with our allies. and
julie: we re on the homestretch, folks. the kickoff for the republican presidential nominating calendar, the iowa caucuses just three days away. eyes are on the candidates but also on the weather there. another major snowstorm is expected today. polar vortex expected to bring insanely freezing temps on caucus day. the contenders are looking to sway voters there way and convince them to even show up. i m julie banderas in for harris today. let s get into it. a new poll of likely iowa caucus goers showing former nikki haley pulling ahead in a battle for second before chris christie left the race. former president trump meantime standing at 54% support. haley at 20. desantis 13. vivek ramaswamy and chris christie with six and 2% respectively when the poll asked who voters preferred with chrissy out of the race, his two points going right into the haley column. a wall street journal piece with the headline haley/desantis food fight validates trump debate. they hammer each oth