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bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here ....
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and this morning our first glimpse into donald trump s new game plan after he pleaded not guilty to federal charges. i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it s a long, tedious job. i did everything right, and they indicted me. he projected confidence in front of a supportive new jersey audience. we have new nbc news reporting that trump knows he s in for a long legal showdown, potentially even more charges making this challenge unlike anything trump s faced in the past. and as trump prepares his legal defense, the republican party is preparing its own defense in the court of public opinion. nbc s steve kornacki will be here at the big board to break down the reaction from voters. and later, inflation heading down, yes. so will the federal reserve raise interest rates again, or is it time for a break? we re expecting a decision from the fed in just a few hours, what it all means for your wallet. we re going to ....
donald trump is not willing to show up on the debate stage. chaos follows him and we can t have a country this disarray. taking their shot, ron desantis and nikki haley trying to take down the frontrunner donald trump on live tv. and plus phoning it in, trump warns iowa supporters not to sit back next week over speaker phone. and joe biden heads to battleground pennsylvania today to set the tone for his 2024 re-election bid. good morning, happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington and 4:00 a.m. in des moines where ron desantis and nikki haley each made their case that they are the better choice to face president biden in the fall. the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal tough, january 6, that will be what the election will be about. you don t want to be a infrastructure on trufrnl and the past. you want to be a referendum on booi biden s failures and our positive vision. and you need somebody that c ....
and welcome to hanna. tonight, we begin with a fox news alert. the epsteiwslert,n files, they e been released, and we are now learning the names of more thaan 150 individuals allegedly an 150associated with the powerl convicted . that includes formeresident president bill clinton. now coming up, we ll get reaction tonight from pam bondi. markon. will get from p geragosd alan dershowitz, who once represented epstein in courte lt and whose name appears on the list. he will join us. . s.also tonight, shocking new video from nevada where a convicted criminalfrom nev. this is unbelievable. brutally attacking that judg e after she sentenced him to jail. and it goes on from theres oe. we have a lot more coming up. and later. i do have bad news for jon d ne stewart, formerly of the daily,o show, who once begged me, along with the jersey boys and nathan lane, to stay in new york. you mighheseyt remember. take a look. jon, we know you re ma d at usyou ha and you have every ....
hello, everyone, and welcome to this speciaecial edition of hannity . i m tammy bruce. and for sean, on this last fridayn of han. tammy b of 2023. we begin with a shocking f displariy of authoritarianism in the state of all places, the state of mainenism. last night, secretary of state shenna bellows, a devout democrat, decided that shepowe alone has the power to pick and choose who is allowed to appear on the 2024on republican primary ballot. and of course, donal the rd trud not make the cut. maine s far left secretary. of state believes deep in her heart that trump committedlievet act of insurrection despite no charges or convictions o tr lik that. yeah. naturally, moments after . banning trump, bellows appearedd on msnbc and cnn to brag o about her heartfelt decision. watch this. to follow the man to, ensure the candidates, all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. it is unprecedented. no secretaryseek of sta ....