I will always ask is any of this shady . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Republicans are saying that david weiss is not the man for the job. They point back to the five years weiss has already spent looking into Hunter Bidens alleged tax and gun crimes. We sent a letter. I was one of those that sent a letter saying we should have a Special Counsel. On the other hand, i have some question about weiss doing it. This appointment is camouflage and it is coverup. I think its disgraceful. David weiss was the u. S. Attorney handpicked to lead this investigation who spent the last five years covering it up. This is a joke. Not only did weiss drag his feet for five years and try to negotiate a Sweetheart Plea Deal with the president s son, he also let the statute of limitations run out. Harris critics are accusing the white house of avoiding questions on all of it. Karine jeanpierre, the White House Press secretary, last held an official press briefing july 27th. There is
quote, it s not my quote just to be very clear. elon musk sending a message moments after taking over twitter. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. happy friday. happy friday to you as well. john berman is off this friday. and the tesla and spacex billionaire, elon musk completing his $44 billion acquisition last night, once in charge musk was quick to show the door to top twitter executives. he fired the company s ceo, the chief financial officer, the chief legal counsel. he first agreed to buy the company all the way back in april and then he spent months trying to get out of the deal. in an effort to reassure advertisers, elon musk posted an open letter explaining why he bought twitter saying, quote, there s currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right and left wing echo chambers that generate hate and divide our society. what happens when one of the world s richest men controls the most influential media platform, joining us
it s good to be back with you for the second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, police say they have the prime suspect in custody believed to be behind a violent spree in texas that left six dead and three injured. where that investigation goes from here. in washington, president biden responds to republicans storming out of his cabinet secretaries who were briefing on ukraine. why he says their outrage over the border is completely misplaced. plus, a soft landing? is the fed close to pulling off what a lot of folks thought was impossible, cooling inflation without triggering a recession. some new labor department data that points to that possibility. and overseas, the devastating evidence coming out of the brutal sexual attacks against women on october 7th by hamas. the stories that their bodies tell, that their voices no longer can. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with guad venegas on that string of violent inc
mistake. ainsley how is she doing now? isn t 11 third or fourth grade. she just started sixth grade, it starts early, to be honest and it is heartbreaking. ainsley: how is she doing? she s doing wonderful, she s in disney land and having a wonderful time. her smile is so genuine, the love for herself. she was lost momentarily, but by the grace of god and support of everyone, she is doing so good, i m proud of her. ainsley: thank you for coming on. thank you for having us. ainsley: this show is flying by, third hour of fox and friends starts right now. steve: it is indeed. come on over and sit down on the couch. we start 8 a.m. eastern time fox with this. today marks six weeks until iowa caucuses. lawrence: two are trading shots while democrats go all in in florida. ainsley: peter, enjoy your christmas, next year will be busy. peter: republican rivals waiting a long time to try to dent trump s standing atop the polls. ron desantis is zeroing in something
settle thousands of lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis right now getting a hearing before the supreme court. purdue pharma wants to settle claims of the drug maker filled the deal would give members of the sackler family who own the drug giant immunity. some families are against that and much more on this case coming up later this hour. progressive democrat jayapal, e of the loudest anti-israel members of the house, demanding balance when asked about hamas terrorists raping israeli women on october 7th suggesting both sides are guilty of war crimes. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning, partner . bill hemmer. the congresswoman offending just about everyone over the weekend. she now is under fire after calling for balance when criticizing hamas for using rape as a weapon of war. and then shifting the focus to condemn israel. here is some of what she said. i was just asking about the women and you turned it back to israel