Bret youre welcome. Good evening. Im Bret Baier, we have new Polling Information Tonight about the president ial election in two crucial Swing States. Thats coming up. House lawmakers meantime tear into the Secret Service over the first attempted assassination against former President Trump, that is the subject of tonights common Ground Segment new Yorks Mayor resists calls to step down after being charged in a federal indictment. But, first, were awaiting landfall for the powerful Hurricane Helene. Along the florida panhandle. This going to be a Multistate Event with potential for significant impacts. Every minute that goes by brings us closer to having conditions that are going to be simply too dangerous to nav navigate. Going to come a point where we Cant Rescue you. I convince myself that it is safer to leave. A little bit nervous. Me against Mother Nature right now. Bret helene is bringing heavy rain, high winds. Predicted to be a massive Storm Surge. Tens of thousands of commerce
exactly one hour away from the first major test of the 2024 g.o.p. primary season. the iowa caucuses. now, more than 1600 caucuses across 99 counties, you can believe it or not. i have been covering to iowa for years covering these caucuses. this year isn t just the coldest, but also has the most riding on it. i will explain what is really at stake in moments. but, first, we have reporters at the headquarters of all the major candidates. first to trump s right here in des moines where fox news senior national correspondent rich edson is standing by. rich? rich: you know, laura, it s cold it s icy. some of the roads are impassable. they have talked to the weather all day long here. we talked to the candidates how that plays into the campaign. they say look, all the campaigns are dealing with this. one campaign aid said, look, we have the most dedicated campaign base in the history of american politics. we re not worried about our folks showing up. speaking of showing up, for
house. the limit is suppose expected to be breached the first of next month. jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. big headline here, no movement toward a deal happening today at least but we did learn that the big four congressional leaders will huddle with the president again on friday. the republicans emerged from this meeting feeling frustrated saying biden stalled on having this meeting in the first place and then brought to it no ideas or proposals even though the votes just aren t there to get him what he is asking for and the president, we re told, continued to reject republican proposals to bring the budget back to last year s levels calling that draconian. we re not going to take any questions now. we re going to get started. we re going to solve all the world s problems. treasury secretary s warning the u.s. could run out of money as soon as june 1st got the president to open the oval office door to congressional leadership. but the
took place, whatter evidence does the defense have? desantis is beginning a campaign to promote law enforcement. he backed the blue. mayor eric adams welcome to nyc. we are happy to teach you something about values. desantis spokesperson more americans fled new york city maybe it s you who can learn from ron desantis. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. vladimir putin announcing russia is suspending its participation in a key nuclear weapons treaty with the united states. during his address to the russian people early this morning. this is a meanwhile, this is a live look at the royal palace in warsaw, poland where president biden will soon meet with the poland president and deliver remarks a day after huddling up with president zelenskyy in kyiv. i think he was there in kyiv for or in ukraine, rather, for i think over 20 hours. brian: poland wants us to build a huge military base there. and i don t know if this is the right time. but certainly the righ
questions if both were too slow to act. as mentioned, another tough day on wall street. the dow lost 237. the s&p 500 fell 23. the nasdaq dropped 30. today another new high for gasoline prices with the national average reaching $4.59 per gallon. the rising rates forcing some to cancel vacation plans this summer. we will address these issues and more with senate minority leader membership mcconnell in just a few moments. first, fox business correspondent grady trimble is in chicago where gas prices are soaring. good evening, grady. good evening, bret. on wall street, it wasn t as bad as yesterday but all three of the major indexes are down big this week. the nasdaq getting hit the hardest. dropping more than 3.5%. investors are worried rising costs and falling consumer demand are eating into company s bottom lines especially after disappointing earnings from two of the country s largest retailers. retailers are also concerned about the rising fuel costs which could in turn i