it s 5:00 in the morning. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. welcome back, christine. i m laura jarrett. we begin with testimony in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. the defense team plans to call several more witnesses today in the teen s murder trial including a doctor and a kenosha police officer. rittenhouse broke down in tears on the stand wednesday describing the moments before he fired his ar-15. he insists he was acting in self-defense and didn t do anything wrong. everybody that you shot at that night you intended to kill, correct? i didn t intend to kill them. i intended to stop the people who were attacking me. by killing them. i did what i had to do to stop the person who was attacking me. by killing them? two of them passed away, but i stopped the threat from attacking me. one problem with that testimony, in cross-examination rittenhouse said he knew one of the men he killed was unarmed. the nation is watching closely toe see the next mov
numbers of illegal crossings as recently as june but now warned the tide is turning reporting a drastic increase so far this month despite extreme heat and new restrictions put in place by homeland security. republicans point to a border wall started under president trump but never completed. not a coincidence the thoughts on physical barriers go hand in hand with what we see as the consequence. the fruit of decisions. the white house insists their border plan is actually working. listen. as we have said multiple times, our border enforcement plan works. it the deterrent. diplomacy and enforcement. we have seen that plan working. gillian: officials in sanctuary cities including new york and chicago are struggling to support thousands of migrants and asylum seekers. it is a major rift in new york between the governor and mayor adams. cb cotton is in new york with details on the emerging feud. we begin first in el paso reporting on the trump border wall that never came
net gain of 23 seats. for the democrats to hold onto power they would now need to win all 26 toss-up races. the best case scenario for democrats right now not so great. a small majority for republicans. the best case for house republicans 249 seats to democrats 186. that s the kind of shift which could be very meaningful. it s clear that republicans have the political-momentum one week before election day. biden districts are moving in the lean republican category. the govern majority for republicans. not a squeaker night where then you have to find a couple democrat votes to pass anything. a larger governing majority than speaker pelosi has had for the first two years on the biden presidency. races in georgia, arizona, nevada and pennsylvania for the senate are toss-ups. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from d.c. good morning. the republican map expands significantly in this fox news power rankings forecast. in new york where crime is the number o
good evening. house republicans thought they had a new nominee for speaker till about an hour and a half ago. take you to capitol hill and show you what happened. also tonight, israel s bombardment of terror targets in gaza is inten intensifying and e criticism of statementings by theouted nation secretary general about the war here in the u.s. and concerns of mass evacuation of americans in the region. jacqui heinrich at the white house on t teheran s role in the attacks and new comments from the israeli hostages released yesterday. a short time ago the house speaker race imploded again. reporter: good evening. another day, another speaker nominee drops out. tom emmer was the speaker nominee for only four hours and gop burned through three speaker nominees in less than two weeks. tom is a great guy, but the voter base wants somebody not in leadership. mr. emmer agrees with me that the election was not stolen. he voted to certify. reporter: mr. trump said voting for emmer
football, go. pass it. sean: touchdown, hannity. laura: good evening from washington, i m laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle . the fbi and bob mueller are caught playing fast and loose with the truth, andy mccarthy is here to expose the details behind their outrageous double dealings and also, why are the media so obsessed with john mccain s funeral plans? wow. we will reveal it. plus, the kanye effect is growing. a pastor is now calling on african-americans to consider how illegal immigration is damaging their community. he will join us. and breaking just moments ago, a powerful new york democrat forced to resign after shocking allegations of assault. we will bring you all the details. but first, three women, one double standard. if that s the focus of tonight s angle.
today the first lady announced her formal agenda for the remainder of her husband s time and offense. her beep best initiative will focus on the well-being of children both online and off. tackling tee