wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte
everybody, it is thanksgiving week and we begin this first hour of fox & friends with this, a preview. brian: #:15 a.m. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg news conference the ways they are tryi try improve air travel. ainsley: there could be major travel troubles as the tsa says this will be the biggest thanksgiving travel rush in history. brian: nobody wants to stay home. lawrence: alexandria hoff is in washington. what can you tell us? set the expectations low by air. weather and scheduling problems led to thousands of cancellations and people strand. the department of transportation caught a lot of heat for that no one wants to see repeat tsa expected to screen a record breaking 30 million passengers through november 28th. prime travel time is already upon us. it officially started on saturday. crowds have already filled hubs around the country which seeing newark, new jersey looking busy. this morning as you mentioned transportation secretary pete butt
supremes but she was her own diva. the president had a larger crowd clearly in council bluff and des moines fundraiser. going back to an area of the state where obama and biden did well in 2012 but hillary clinton did not do so well. so i think he is starting low going slow rise high and strike fire who knows? i don t know. ainsley: president calls him sleepy joe. he doesn t have the energy president trump does. can he bring up the energy level? brian: because he doesn t do much. this thing about men and energy and testosterone i don t get it. brian: big energy between energy and testosterone. really? who made you doctor? brian: i think it was dr. siegel and i stayed in a holiday inn last night, right? oh, okay. i think joe biden has sufficient energy for the contest at this moment. as you know, as this race get underway it s going to go faster. i remember traveling with al gore, we hit 4, 5, sometimes
this morning i watched. by the way, i m a dentist, so i read body language very, very well. and i watched you comment and actions with mr. gowdy. you got very angry in regards to the gold star father. that shows me that it s innately a part of you and a bias. sir, i disagree. i don t know if you re saying this experience is like being at the dentist if that s what you re suggesting. but i would tell you, sir, what you see in my response, what you see in my response is a genuine passion for the united states of america. i m a dentist, so i read body language very, very well. is that in the same vein as i m not a dentist, but i stayed at a holiday inn last night, and i can gladly do your dentures. crazy. anyway, he followed it up with this. we are not a democracy. we are a constitutional republic. that is why we have two ways
tomato, you are a hero. you are green! if you stayed at a holiday inn last night, you are green. what was the number they came up with? 3.1 million. i personally think that s a very low number. because this definition was so broad they counted any job that benefits the environment. if you drive a bus that runs on natural gas, hybrid bus driver, green. ecology professor, green. ecology lobbyist, green. lobbyist? lobbyist in washington, d.c., that s a green job. they counted them. that s not a green job. yes, it is. if there were a lot of green that changes hands. you re not in this game, baby. if you work for kermit the frog, green job. green does not create jobs. green is capital intensive. you got to spend a ton of money and you don t employ many people. look at the president in nevada, was it day before yesterday? it goes to the copper mountain, huge solar plant and employs