coalesund an alternative. i have more on the breaking christie news later tonight. while trump isolding his own fox hall appearance tonight. he watched in person as his lawyer made unlawful claims about why they think a president should have a license to kill the political rivals in america without being prosecuted. so as the headlines range from the start of the primaries to those brazen claims about assassination, right now, we have something special for you. we re beginning in a way with the weather. last year had some of the most extreme weather ever, driven, of course, by climate change. there were heat records broken. catastrophic flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and then in the winter months, extreme snow events. indeed, there were 28 separate billion-dollar climate disasters breaking the previous record from about three years back. cold weather, as you may know, can be just as overwhelming and dangerous as a fire or a tornado. and nowadays, we have more videos showing
And good evening from the Reagan Library in simi valley, just outside los angeles. This as the name suggests, dedicated to preserving the history of the 40th president s term in office. But it was the 45th president and current republican front runner who took center stage by his absence. The former president was in michigan tonight, Florida Governor ron desantis pointed that out. He also tried to do what he and the other six government grappling with without much success so far. Namely, how to set themselves apart from the former president without also ilion eighting his supporters. We will take that up in our coverage tonight and speak with some of the candidates as well as iowa voters that watch the debate tonight. We will also watch the first, one i want to start with one of the key moments on, tonight candidate Vivek Ramaswamy who was a vocal in the first debate including in this clash with former South Carolina governor nikki haley who is reacting to the answer he gave one asked
Brian arresting Library Curators are having trouble waking up this morning that brass band is waking them up. They are the Famed Brass Animals band. In case you havent picked upped from the chyron at the bother live. We did not tape that this is songs without lyrics but it is jazz. Steve its happy. Come on get happy. Brian i think its fantastic. Also, they are wearing the fetterman outfit the couple pet player wearing a hoodie. Ainsley go online been together since 2013. A bit of r and b, funk. Steve the reason they are up in front of Ronald Reagans Beast Limousine is because pete hegseth is live at the Reagan Library in simi valley, california, and, pete, they have got reagans car. They have got his plane. They have got his desk. And theyve got you today. Pete they have got everything Ronald Reagan here. Thank you to the Brass Animals. 3 00 in the morning here in california as you know. So its nice and early. We have got the president ial motorcade behind us. You know, a chevy impala.
Harris when you have that much power on capitol hill, you are watched. This fox news alert. New jersey senior senator bob menendez and his wife nadine just pleaded not guilty in a New York City federal courtroom on charges of bribery and conspiracy. Bob menendez faced corruption charges before, got off on those because of a hung jury and he thinks he can do it again. He gave a News Conference and said he is innocent. He thought he could explain away gold bars and half Million Dollars stuffed around his house. Interesting week for bob and his wife. We think he will come up to that bank of microphones, very seldom does he not speak. He didnt say much this morning when he went in. We will watch it live. He did not announce his reelection on monday, maybe he will do it today. Were on it. You are watching outnumbered, im Harris Faulkner here with cohost Kayleigh Mcenany and emily compagno. Joining us Fox News Contributor tammy bruce and host of bottom line is fox business sean duffy. I unde
and decent is an entirely different order. really, truly lost someone special today. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy, the shortest, serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in a new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, you might have missed mr. mccarthy s 10-month term as the country s highest public elected official, and that s not because it was so short, it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to win the speaker s gavel, and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right, who do the bidding of donald trump, who look the other way. and right now republicans all across the country are learning that lesson. remember