In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
Steve it is 1 00 in the afternoon in israel. We start this hour of fox friends with a fox news alert. Right now, President Biden is in israel meeting with the Prime Minister there, Benjamin Netanyahu Behind Closed Doors with their staffs. The two leaders met in front of cameras in tel aviv less than an hour ago. Ainsley during brief remarks biden blamed terrorist forces for an explosion in Gaza Last Night that has killed hundreds of people. Listen. Outrage by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. Based on what i have seen it appears as though [inaudible] people out not sure. Brian yes using closed caption there. Fiercest Protests Explosion as many jumped at blaming israel for, including the rest of the world. Rioters in Lebanon Setting Fire to u. S. Embassy in beirut. Hezbollah calls for unprecedented day of anger. Lawrence while the president is overseas, many in the Jewish Community here at home are feeling the effects of the war. I will be live all morning talking to some
Im will cain in for Laura Ingraham and this is the Ingraham Angle from New York City tonight. Israels military just stating that it has now entered the gaza strip to conduct raids targets Hamas Ter Rests and as part of an effort to locate israeli hostages. The Wall Street Journal reporting about 1900 palestinians have been killed and nearly 7700 wounded by israeli air strikes that have leveled entire buildings. Live now to ash israel where greg is standing by with the latest. What can you tell us. Reporter we were about 20 miles north of gaza, right now 2 00 a. M. Kind of calm but a couple hours ago it was anything but. This place was hit by a hamas militant. Luckily the israeli iron dome defenses were in place and pretty much knocked them all down but it was happening all around us. That in response, we believe, to some of the strongest series of air strikes that is real has sent towards dpaz a and hamas militant sites. The last 24 hours will Something Like 750 bombs dropped doing all
Bret welcome to Special Report im bret baier in new york. We landed from riyadh it morning after our interview with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Thought israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu joins us to respond to that interview, talk about the talks and other topics. First the other headlines today. The president s Press Secretary says the massive surge at the southern border this week is a result of House Republicans blocking President Bidens efforts at reform. Felony bribery charges brought against new jersey democratic senator bob menendez and his wife. The senator is accused of using Foreign Affairs influence to help egypt in return from bribes from the authoritarian regime. And menendez says he is being falsely accused. The United Auto Workers is expanding its strike against detroit vehicle makers. The union is staging walkouts in 38 locations encompassing 20 states, ford is being spared additional strikes because it has met some of the unions demands. Representat
Focused on that list and as of right now, he will continue to stick with that list. Lets bring in chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. Good morning, to you, the president s schedule is clear this morning. Im told it could be an indication that he has got plenty of time to meet with a couple more Supreme Court considerations. Yesterday the president met with four potential nominees here at the white house. Fox news is told those four potentials are Amy Coney Barrett of the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. Kavanaugh from the court of appeals, the farm team for the Supreme Court. And thapar of the sixth circuit were here yesterday. The president said yesterday he will meet with two or three more candidates before making his decision. He is moving at full speed to have his nominee in place for that monday evening announcement. Listen here. President trump they are outstanding people. They are really incredible people in so many different ways. Academically and e