Republican members of state legislatures are trying to pass. The let legislatures are trying to pass. The 21st centuryjim crow assault is 2ist centuryjim crow assault is real. It s unrelenting. And we are going to challenge it vigorously. While this brought assault against voting rights is not unprecedented, it is taking on a new and literally pernicious forms. It is no longer about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. It is about who gets to count the vote. Who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. It is about moving from independent election administrators who work for the people to polarise a state legislatures and partisan actors who work for political parties. To me this is a simple, this is election subversion. It is the most dangerous threat of voting and the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. Never before has been decided who gets to count, count, what votes count. Some state legislatures want to make it harder for
the fraught transition to the biden administration. let s dive right into the moment. bob woodward and political reporter for the washington post robert costa join us now. their new book peripet kwtsz is out today. there s some pieces of the book that have come out, but what was most striking to you that perhaps hasn t been released yet to the public? wow, i guess the overall that this it was a national security crisis that trump brought because countries like china, russia, iran, looked a at what was occurring in the united states. if you go back and look at what trump said before the election, it was scary to people abroad. then after the january 6th insurrection, it was frightening and china particularly ignited on this and the chairman of the joint chiefs had these calls with the leader of the chinese military and made it very clear we re going to stabilize things. let s not have a war. and in a period of miscommunication and high tension, that s when you have an i
him. he s denied all the allegations and after the searches, diddy s attorney said mr. combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name with me. now, in studio to get to the center of these cases, you ve probably heard about this week christopher eight, daniel, he covers black culture for the atlanta journal-constitution also, attorney and law professor ivory, welcome to you both mole let me start with you. all right so three lawsuits filed against for lawsuits filed against diddy one was from a woman who alleged sex trafficking and gang rape when she was 17 in high school would there have to have been more than what s in that lawsuit to justify to a judge to get the warrants to searches two homes well, that would be obviously in order to do this ray, there had to be probable cause to get those search warrants and a judge saw what he saw and said that there was that s right. so the fact that we re dealing, there are many allegations, some are
a hoax. i ve had enough of a guy that sounds like chat gpt sitting up here now is not the time for on-the-job training. we don t need to bring in a rookie, don t need to bring in people without experience. this is why margaret thatcher said if you want something said, ask a man. if you want something done, ask a woman. i think the american people deserve to know whether everyone on this stage agrees that i kept my oath to the contusion that day. mike did his duty. i got no beef with him. is this what we re focusing on? ukraine is not a priority for the united states of america. you were choosing a murderer over an american. you have no foreign policy experience and it shows. whoa, so you get the idea. let s things off with kayleigh mcenany , former white house press secretary and co host of outnumbered. great to see you. happy you re here. having been sitting there, it s good for me to look back and look at what was said last night and slow it down and take
out. carley: wait until you hear how that ended. todd: if you think those are the only two stories we have today, you are mistaken, we have a lot. this is fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus, more on that in a moment, we begin with this, hunter biden pleading not guilty in delaware courtroom after his so-called sweetheart deal collapses. todd: brooke singman has the latest. brooke: hunter biden s expected plea deal falling apart in court yesterday, he pled not guilty to two tax charges and a felony gun charge. the deal allowed hunter to avoid jail time for pleading guilty to the tax crime. the judge did not accept the plea agreement, questioning constitutionality. the judge said, i have concerns about this agreement, i can t let him plea if he thinks he has protection from something and he doesn t. hunter could face additional charges and whether gun charges could be decoupled while on a controlled substance. the judge questioned hunt