Of Opposition Led by Beto Orourke. Our representatives here need to meet this crisis with the urgency that it demands. Do whatever it takes to save democracy. This is coming just days before President Biden is set to give a national address on Voting Rights. It follows a white House Meeting with a group of civil rights leaders. In a moment i will talk to the reverend Al Sharpton who was in the meeting about what he wants the president to do as well. Meanwhile, the former President Set to take the stage this weekend at cpac. The latest effort by Donald Trump to stay in the limelight, looking for any platform to spread lies about the election, and much, much more. Were going to look at the hold he continues to have on the gop ahead. Plus, signs of a painful past finally on the move. A statue of robert e. Lee removed in charlottesville four years after a deadly Farright Extremist Protest to keep it in place led to deadly violence. We are standing in a park where this city is still refusin
For the bidenputin summit. A giant question, why did the Trump Justice Department snoop on the trump white House Council . The big shift in the middle east, israel has a new government today. Bb netanyahu is now opposition leader, he fights to topple the coalition that ended his 12year rule. First for us a first for us this hour, the giant global stakes this week for the new american president , this hour a potential Conflict Point on the nato schedule, President Biden holding a bilateral meeting with the turkish president , erdogan. The president is assuring allies the united states is there, his words, his rejoinder to the fractures of the trump era. Modernizing nato is a constant refrain but the urgency of the moment is obvious and there are new promises for Nato Teamwork in the fight against cybercrimes and the climate crisis. President biden hopes the Nato Show of unity gives him momentum heading into a Geneva Confrontation with the russian president. Lets get to Kaitlan Collins i
Mean any moment. We will interrupt when we see the president and bring it to you live. Were also following two explosive fights blowing wide open today, both with a battle over Donald Trumps Big Lie at their core. One, the internal republican civil war. On the surface it is about the growing effort to oust Liz Cheney from her leadership position, but it is also about so much more. The dean of the washington press corps, dan balz, writes, it is a sign of political cowardice. While shocking, it is not surprising for a party that has lost its way. The majority of republican lawmakers appear to have stopped believing in truth or lack the courage to speak the truth. Cheney is not among them. More on that in just a moment. The other big fight over Donald Trumps Big Lie is todays decision by Facebooks Oversight Board to uphold for now facebooks decision to ban Donald Trump from its platform. The board has found that the suspension of former President Trump was necessary to keep people safe, t
steve: good morning, everybody. hour two of fox & friends, 7:00 in the east on this thursday, august 17th, 2023. we start this hour with some brand new fox news polling that has just come out in the last 12 hours. most voters believe former president donald trump and hunter biden both did something illegal. and president biden himself isn t too far behind in bad polling despite repeatedlily saying he was never involved in his son s overseas business dealings as we have heard him say over and over to white house reporters like mark meredith who joirns us now from the white house, good morning, mark. steve, good morning to you. former president trump has spoken out about the multiple cases against him. he has criticized the judges, the prosecutors, each the pundits involved. now we know where he stands in the court of public opinion. the latest fox news polling released overnight asked voters what they think about the criminal case here in d.c. where trump was accused of
fighting to stay on the ballot, donald trump is trying to keep his name from being removed from yet another state s primary election. plus ukraine in mourning. details on the extent of the destruction following the largest air assault i by russia so far. now joe biden is responding when it comes to additional aid. and the u.s. west coast is still getting slammed sbi high waves and coastal flooding. the holiday forecast, just ahead. we begin in oregon, which could soon become the third state to ban president trump from the ballot. at any time in the hours ahead shs the oregon supreme court could weigh in on 14th amendment case filed this month by a liberal group. they want trump removed because of his role in the insurrection. but in a rare development, trump s lawyers find themselves agreeing with a democrat. the case should be tossed on the procedural grounds of the ballot access laws. several other states are already considering the issue. paula reid takes a closer lo