this week. thank you for getting up way too early with us this morning. don t go anywhere, morning joe starts now. you had such love at the rally, they were there for one reason. the rigged election. they felt the election was rigged. that s why they were there. they were peaceful people, they were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. and i mention the word love, the love in the air i ve never seen anything like it. former president trump speaking yesterday with fox news, continuing to frame what happened on january 6th in a far different light than reality. as we know, he directed many of those so-called great people the great people that were beating police officers with american flags, that our troops had fought to defend for 240 years. they used that american flag to bludgeon, nearly to death, police officers. right. and he told them to go to the capitol and get tougher on congress, to stop the certification. he told them and, of course, don junior
washington post. news that manhattan district attorney vance has convened a special grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict donald trump. executives at the company or possibly the business itself should prosecutors decide to present criminal charges. that s according to two sources familiar with the matter. one legal expert and forler manhattan assistance d.a. says the prosecutors are convinced they have a case. that s at least how i read it. now warnings like that one may be what s forming the basis for new reporting from politico this morning about a cloud of nerves over the ex-president who added that this feels different than the legal issues surrounding trump because there s pressure on trump org cfo. allen weisselberg to flip. it s his involvement that makes this particular situation feel more real. and that the fact that they re dealing with a numbers guy with plain details on business operations makes people more nervous. of course nbc news reported t
eyes trained on minnesota as the 10:00 p.m. curfew approaches again come alive report from the ground in moments, we are monitoring chicago after another shooting of a young black teenager, we are keeping our eyes on that as well. plus senator tom cotton, chris christie, congressman jim jordan after that explosive exchange with fauci and candace owens is with us, she s going to top it all off. but first, beijing, blm, another kerry fiasco, that s the focus of tonight s angle. when trump was president, the democrats were forever warning us about his tweets and statements about hot button issues affected our standing on the world stage. then biden comes along and he promises not only will he usher in this new era of peace and calm and unity but america would once again return to its proper role in the world. i speak today as president of the united states. at the very start of my administration and i m sending a clear message to the world. america is back. laura: what he re
and a new warns from al qaeda terrorists . a very good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, friday, april 30th. that s what they told me when i came in. it s true. rudy giuliani is on the ropes and is speaking out for the first time. the former new york mayor appeared on fox to proclaim his innocence. his team expects to announce a court fight over this raid and they ll claim attorney/client privilege involving rudy giuliani s work for former president trump. the fbi warned rudy giuliani he was the target of a russian influence operation. the russians were trying to damage then candidate joe biden ahead of the 2020 election. joining us now, cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi deputy director andy mccabe. andy, these defensive intelligence briefings that were given to rudy giuliani and then ron johnson, how big of a deal is this? what does it tell you? giuliani and johnson are trying to dismiss it as not a thing.
nonprosecution policies. we were not going to let anyone steal our shine. the american christmas tree is back and brighter than ever on fox square. 3, 2, one, lights! what a great moment that was there s the tree on fox square shining very bright, the first tree burned to the ground by a repeat offender still on the streets of new york but let s focus on the positive country is point. todd: beautiful, brighter than ever, such a great crowd, we will get into that in a moment. it was a fun night. you are watching fox and friends first friday morning. carley: former empire actor jussie smollett is found guilty on charges he staged a hate crime against himself applied to chicago police about it. todd: this high-profile trial finally comes to a close. reporter: the jury has spoken, the disgraced actor is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-gay racist attack he staged against himself. he was acquitted on 6 counts of lying to ex