Was workg around the clock club. Jesse the judge is still talking im not sure if you got the punch line, bret. Bret can i wait for the rest of the Chicken Story good evening, welcome to washington. Im Bret Baier. Were following two big stories this evening. Israel takes out another high Ranking Hezbollah Commander as its forces step up Retaliation Rocket attacks. We will take you there. On the campaign trail, Vice President Kamala Harris renews her opposition to the Senate Filibuster over the issue of abortion. A position not that popular with several of her democratic colleagues. One democrat turned independent says he is not endorsing her over it. And another calls harris push, quote an absolutely terrible shortsighted idea. Senior white House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has that story live from the north lawn, good evening. Jacqui. Jacqui good evening, bret. A Vice President holding a position she staked out before diverging from other progressive issues where she has flip flopped
everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
President trumps legal battles. The woman at the center of his criminal trial in new york took the stand today and gave graphic testimony about their alleged sexual encounter in 2006. But we begin tonight with the judge in the former president s trial over alleged misuse of classified documents postponing the start of that trial indefinitely. Correspondent david spunt has details tonight live from the justice department. Good evening, david. David good evening, bret. This case was supposed to go to trial in fort pierce, florida on may 20th. That is no longer happening. That date has been pushed back and while there is not a new trial date set, judge Aileen Cannon has set some deadlines, many deadlines, at least a dozen going on late into the summer, pushing the trial back at least until the end of july. In an order, just late this afternoon, about an hour or so ago, judge cannon announced she is extending several key deadlines in this case that take it out as i said until the end of ju
release on the new jersey senator s letterhead and different than the allegations that menendez worked to advance egyptian interest in exchange for cash and gold bars. so now the menendez charges are bribery, honest services fraud, and extortion. the menendez legal team pushing back this morning. they say the government s new allegations stink of desfather ration. despite what they have touted in press releases the government does not have the proof to back up any of the old or new allegations against senator menendez john fetterman writes now accused of selling his honor and our nation for a $24,000 watch accused of a foreign agent for two nations. how much more before we finally expel senator menendez? and that is a good question, senator fehrman. he hasn t been he has not been convicted of anything. the senate democratic leadership has not moved to expel him.