Mercedesbenz superdome. I want to go to new orleans, i want to go back to the beautiful city. Jillian: i was just about to say that. Bring them back for everyone, i appreciate that. Todd: you are watching fox and friends first with wednesday morning. Jillian: let s start with this fox news alert, rockets rocking gaza for another night as israel keeps up its assault on hamas was violence showing no signs of slowing is protests get ugly in jerusalem and the west bank. Todd: we are just getting word there are sirens going out, there is incoming fire from hamas. You can see a police checkpoint behind me with those houses slated for eviction, palestinian ramp his car into this checkpoint over the weekend, he was shot dead by police and there were services here yesterday because the raid continued to build exacerbated by scenes of devastation we ve seen out of the gaza strip and clashes around the west bank, 3 palestinians were killed and there was a general strike across all of israel and a
happens. i m hallie jackson to start us off. also joined by tony rahm, congressional economic policy reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor. leigh ann, start with you. a lot of questions this afternoon. hearing from key players where negotiations stand, what the sticking points are. here s what some of what democrats have been saying over the last few hours including chuck schumer just a couple minutes ago. i believe that we will get this done and we will get it done soon. we have made a significant amount of progress and we are almost there. the bill must expand medicare to cover dental, hearing aid and eyeglasses. we need an ironclad agreement rp to the build back better act. what are you hearing and what s the deal with the possible infrastructure vote before the president head overseas later in the week? reporter: democrats are saying what s actually happening is not the same thing, hallie. they re talking optimism but they re far from any ag
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
headquarters in new york city. donald trump ready to run for president for a third time, but is the country ready? before we start debating what it means for 2024, what does it mean for the midterms now less than 100 hours away. plus, the former head of the oath keepers, stewart rhodes, takes the stand in his own defense. what he said about the 2020 election and his surprising take on the right-wing militia he founded more than a decade ago. overnight, we got word that a treatment for rsv has now been approved but not in time for what s predicted to be a terrible winter here in the u.s. so lots to get to, but we start with the news that will no doubt mark a new chapter in the political life of this country and could escalate the stakes in what has already been a wildly unpredictable and stunningly close midterm race. nbc news has confirmed that donald trump is expected to officially announce his third run for president later this month. it s something he s teased relent
the media would go easy on biden because, basically, he s not trump? that s out the window. look at sunday s new york times. biden s age is a big problem. polls show many americans consider mr. biden too old, and some democratic strategists do not think he should run again. monday s new york times, most democrats don t want biden to run again in 2024. that figure, 64%. tuesday, a times columnist pleads with biden not to run, and then there s the former president. tuesday s times, half of gop voters to leave trump behind, poll finds, and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination. trump s response, this is good, the failing new york times is down 40% year to date because if they are fake news. their reporters are dishonest. they hate our country. the new york times is truly the enemy of the people. now, of course the media would be committing hall practice if they didn t report on malpractice if they didn t report on biden s awful poll numbers or