they re donating 15, 25, $100 because they believe in donald trump. they re not giving him that money so he can pay his personal legal fees, and let s remember something he s a billionaire, self-professed billionaire. why can t he use his own money to pay his personal legal fees and not use money coming from the public? it s disgrateful. some straight talk there as presidential candidate chris christie essentially calls donald trump a grifter there on cnn as he continues his anti-trump campaign in the early stages of the 2024 race. meanwhile a book from former trump s chief of staff seems to dispute the former president s latest claim he did not show-off u.s. attack plans to people at his new jersey golf club. and president joe biden hits the road to highlight how bidennomics is helping every day americans. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. let s get right to the headlines here.
crackling with contention? i say enough. right here right now. this is the great christmas debate. i am your host we have two teams playing for bragging rights and a cash prize for charity we have the green team and the red team fox news personality. there it is. and fox news guru. and over here the team is ready to run by. i predict 100 percent sunshine by our meteorologist. and fox news very on. [applause] i was going to say you are allowed to dress up he didn t have to wear your regular close. [laughter] the debate has already begun you know high school debate let s get to it. spent the first debate jimmy versus michael. your topic. we all love christmas music but there is a limit when is it acceptable to start jingling the bills on - the bells? halloween or thanksgiving? you are arguing for halloween. take the podium. . lovers of christmas around the world, i say to you not only halloween but the day before halloween it is sad to hear the comments of those hurt
crackling with contention? i say enough. right here right now. this is the great christmas debate. i am your host we have two teams playing for bragging rights and a cash prize for charity we have the green team and the red team fox news personality. there it is. and fox news guru. and over here the team is ready to run by. i predict 100 percent sunshine by our meteorologist. and fox news very on. [applause] i was going to say you are allowed to dress up he didn t have to wear your regular close. [laughter] the debate has already begun you know high school debate let s get to it. spent the first debate jimmy versus michael. your topic. we all love christmas music but there is a limit when is it acceptable to start jingling the bills on - the bells? halloween or thanksgiving? you are arguing for halloween. take the podium. . lovers of christmas around the world, i say to you not only halloween but the day before halloween it is sad to hear the comments of those hurt
russia is targeting the u.s. while strengthening ties with china. lead u.s. hostage negotiator is here to weigh in coming up. sandra: we begin, however, with the breaking details in the historic indictment of the former president. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, a good friday to you. john: and you as well. the news never quits, does it? i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. a manhattan grand jury sending shock waves through the country. sandra: after they voted to indict former president trump relating to the alleged hush money payments made in the run-up to the 2016 election. marks the first time a former president has ever faced criminal charges. john: a source saying fox is expected to be arraigned next tuesday at 2:15 in the afternoon. he will not be placed in handcuffs after an agreement struck between alvin bragg and trump attorneys. sandra: bryan is live outside the courthouse here in lower manhattan. how is l
police fired tear gas at these protesters, who threw projectiles at them and set bins on fire. people also are not stopping this situation. we ll monitor it, bring it to you, in a live report. so none of that is keeping them out of the streets. the police are trying their best to corral them. pretty peaceful in this picture that we see right now. some of the video that we ve seen come in has been kind of back and forth between how rowdy the situation gets. this is a battle over what can france afford to pay for anymore, and people who say they deserve to have what they ve worked for all their lives. i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a bipartisan congressional delegation just touched down in taiwan today, one day after house speaker kevin mccarthy defied china s threats and met with taiwan s president in california. china still claims sovereignty over taiwan, something the united states does not recognize. in response to that meeting, china threatened they