have requested their trials be sped up. the trump legal team offered a now familiar argument about not having enough time to prepare for a trial in the near future. today we also got our first look at the full transcript of the former trump chief of staff mark meadows after he took the stand for nearly 4 hours earlier this week. that transcript included meadows explanation for one of the most curious and overtly political incidents in the whole georgia saga. after the 2020 election meadows made a surprise trip to a civic center in cobb county, georgia, where the state s ballot auditing process was taking place. no one s been able to explain what meadows was during there that day, but during his cross-examination on the stand mark meadows told the court that he showed up to that ballot counting facility uninvited. he said no one told him to go there. he just happened to be in the atlanta area at the time so he thought he d show up. you know you re on vacation in atlanta you v
thursday, march 7th. and this is fox & friends. ainsley: the brother of laken riley s murder suspect linked to venezuelan gang. a live report from the border. brian: big shocker. plus, we are hours away from the state of the union. that s our permission to stay up late tonight. brandon branding his address as a public reset. steve: new kid on the block. a 21-year-old beat out a long time incumbent in north carolina. ainsley: 21? steve: i know it. we are going to talk to him. lawrence: second hour of fox & friends begins right now and remember, mornings are better with friends. all right. we start this morning of fox & friends with the state of the union address, which is tonight, where laken riley s parents were invited to attend but declined; however, a georgia congressman is leaving a seat open in her honor and her memory. ainsley: tonight s speech marks a pivotal moment from president biden and his 2024 opponent. former president donald trump says t
the location of her daughter s remains. charles watson is tracking this case and joining us live. right now, joran vandersloot is in the custody of u.s. marshals until he s put on trial for an alleged financial scheme to the family of natalee holloway. beth holloway saw vandersloot for the first time in person. he with as arraigned and pled not guilty to one count each of wire fraud and exportion, this coming after a 2010 indictment that charges vandersloot with the scheme where he allegedly offered to provide information about holloway s whereabouts years after his disappearance in aruba for $250,000 from her mother. after receiving $25,000 upfront vandersloot allegedly lied and took off with the money. and the family is filled with emotion as the wheels of justice finally start turning. a conviction would bring closure, justice as close as we can obtain closure in a matter like this, tragic outcome, but just to have him serve maximum, would be 40 years here, that would
phones, free health care, school supplies, and more. this great giveaway, all at taxpayer expense. it comes as new york city schools prepared to enroll 1,000 illegal immigrants to the upcoming year. the new york post calling it the land of the free. interesting front cover there, pete. i want to juxtapose the statements that muriel bowser of d.c., where there have been 7,000 illegal immigrants sent, with mayor adams of new york city. there have been 900 illegal migrants there from texas. check out would have to say. bowser, this is the tipping point. our service efforts have become overwhelmed. sounds like someone from texas or arizona. adams, if we don t get these urgently needed resources we may struggle to provide the proper level of support our clients deserve while also facing challenges as we serve both a rapidly growing population and new clients who are seeking asylum. interesting he called them clients. pete: that s a new one. two mayors of sanctuary cities
toothpick, dana perino. the five. donald trump returning to the campaign trail with a vengeance. the ex-president blitzing to battleground states after democrats l affaire tried to keep him bogged down in courtrooms. first stop, michigan, where trump jude up the media s bloodbath hoax and spot out that same language to describe biden s broken border. under crooked joe biden, every state is now a border state. every town is now a border town. because joe biden has brought the carnage and chaos and killing from all over the world and dumped it straight into our backyards. i stand before you today to declare that joe biden s border bloodbath and that is what it is, it is a bloodbath, it is destroying our country, it is a very bad thing happening it s. going to end on the day that i take office. we want to get down to business. we want to just. get our country going again. we want to get the border closed and we want to have people coming into our country but come in