just in, brand-new charges against bob menendez of new jersey, going further then the accusations of the luxury cars and cold hard cash, now another country is in the pockets of the new jersey senator, allegedly. the scramble to learn how two planes ended up on a collision course before bursting into flames, video shows the panic on the passenger plane as nearly 400 people on board s escaped alive, and later, breaking news, the first major court filing for donald trump just a short while ago, as his team appealed the decision to remove him from the states primary ballot, this is just one of many legal issues facing mr. trump, colliding with the 2024 presidential election. what is trump s team basing this appeal in maine on? reporter: what they are saying is the main secretary of state exceeded her authority to disqualify the former president based on the 14th amendment, also the 14th amendment of section 3 which says you can t hold certain offices if you have engaged in in
with a fox news alert. overnight california s secretary of state keeping former president trump s name on the state primary ballot despite efforts to keep him off. carley: trump is off the state of maine. ruling he violated the second amendment making him the second state to disqualify him from holding office. joey: alexandria hoff joins us live. she has the latest on this. the decision out of maine is the first for elected official taking unilateral action to remove former president trump from the ballot. sheena bellows ruling that the 45th president is ineligible to run. holding government positions if they engaged in insurrection. here she is yesterday. the events of january 6th, 2021, when which were unprecedented, tragic were an insurrection. after the section 3 of the 14th amendment that mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore is disqualified. so, like colorado supreme court bellows based her ruling on a section ever the u.s. con steetion make no mista
removed from the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. the secretary of state ruling trump violated the 14th amendment, making it the second state to disqualify trump from holding office. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: final show of the year. the centsiment is the same. just hours before, trump s name returned to the ballot in colorado. trump is facing lawsuits in 13 states to get removed, even some republican rivals are pushing to get these cases dropped. carley: alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: this is first where election official has taken action to remove former president trump from the ballot. bellows writing, mr. trump used a false narrative of election fraud to enflame his voters. here is more. the events of january 6 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic, were insurrection and under engaged in insurrection and is therefore disqualified. alexandria: that was designed to keep confederate officers from holding offic
My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon
[explosions] [chanting] jesse tonight events in The Middle East spiraling out of control. An air strike at a hospital in gaza has left hundreds dead, but its not what it seems. [sirens blaring] Hamas Claims Israel struck the hospital. Israel denies it. They say a Faulty Hamas Rocket fired from gaza hit their own hospital. Number one, israel does not target places like hospitals. Theyre not a target for us and we wouldnt have deliberately hit a hospital. Number two, we know that at the time of this tragedy, that hamas was firing a barrage of rockets at tel aviv and the center of the country. Jesse the idf has just released Surveillance Footage showing a rocket launched towards Israel Igniting Mid Flight and then propelling directly down into gaza. There that is right there. The Silicon Valley bank timestamped also directly correspondence to the moment the hospital is struck. The idf also reportedly have recorded a conversation among jihadists that links them to the misfire. This is inco