Ainsley good morning. Hope had you great weekend. Its 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Monday, september 23rd. This is Fox Friends. We start with a Fox News Alert. Israel is warning people that Fli Lebanon to evacuate as the Idf Conduct extensive strikes. We are live in Tel Aviv have the Form Ambassador to the u. N. Standing by. Lawrence former president Donald Trump heads to the Battleground State of Pennsylvania Today to highlight farming and energy. But Senator John Fetterman doesnt want to talk about it. Watch. So strange why we just keep talking about fracking. Back in 2020 i said that might be an issue. But its not going to be a defining issue. Steve okay. Defining portion of our program you are not going to want to miss, actress Patricia Heaton is going to join Fox Friends live on this very, very busy monday. Ainsley we have a very special Announcement Today Stay tuned for that Coming Up later in the show. Ainsley i think i know what it is. Ainsley you do but they dont. Fox friends
Right now on Ana Cabrera reports deadlocked. The battleground where Kamala Harris has an advantage. Plus, trumps 2016 opponent on the 2024 landscape. Her new comments this morning about trumps tone in this race. He is more incoherent. Good morning. Thanks to have you with us. Its 10 00 a. M. Eastern. 7 00 a. M. Pacific. I am Ana Cabrera reporting from washington today. We begin with new polling showing a deadlocked race for the white house. All eyes on a handful of states that could decide it all. Today Kamala Harris will be in one of them with oprah winfrey. It shows the gop narrowly leading in that state. As for former president trump, hes off the Swing State Beat today in d. C. At an event combating antisemitism. Vaughn, start us off, trump rallied in a blue state, New York, Last Night. What is the thinking behind these latest string of events . Theres a lot right now. Number one, Donald Trump is his own Chief Strategists and is the one calling the shots. He was in new York Yesterda
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Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and
to the constitution, but i kept my oath and i always will. one of the many times former vice president mike pence talked about keeping his oath. something that three former republican governors say donald trump failed to do on january 6th. rendering him ineligible to run again. one of those governors joins me tonight. also tonight, lacking the slightest evidence of a crime or misdemeanor, house republicans move forward with plans to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas while simultaneously obstructing efforts to address the border issue. plus, congress woman cori bush joins me on the doj investigation of her and her reaction to the republican congressman who called her husband a thug. and said that bush is loud and needs to tone it down. but we begin tonight just one week until the supreme court hears oral arguments in the most consequential case involving donald trump. whether he can be barred from the ballot by the 14th amendment for inciting th