washington tonight. as always, thanks for being with us. apology to a killer. that s the focus of tonight s angle. now, once in a while, biden lets his old self-slip out and he says something that he would say when he and his party used to actually be a little bit sensible lincoln riley an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal, that s right. but how many thousands of people being killed by illegals? laura: the upset in his party and the press was immediate. and it wasn t about the poor young woman murdered by a man biden s people let into the country but it was about the nomenclature that biden used. he probably should have used different word and i think he would know that. i don t believe that s the language that i believe he believes in his heart about immigrant people who find their way to this country to find a better live for themselves. using illegal. that shows generational difference between most joe biden, his age and a lot of other people
special report now. bret: there you go. thanks, jesse. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are getting our first look at the transcript of yesterday s congressional testimony by hunter biden the president s son admitted in that testimony he has put his father on speaker phone and invited him to business meetings but he denies his dad was ever involved in the family business dealings. we re going to continue to look over this document in the next few minutes and have additional details from that shortly. now, to our top story. it sounds like something from an old west movie. a duel at the border. the players in this drama are not cowboys but politicians and it s a rhetorical duel. former president donald trump and president joe biden trading harsh words in separate trips to the southern border today as illegal immigration is now the top issue in the presidential election. we have fox team coverage tonight. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas where the forme
thursday morning near port-au-prince. russian ballistic missiles slammed into an apartment complex in a university build and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy hometown today. officials say six people were killed. 75 others wounded. back in the u.s., the judge presiding over a georgia grand jury investigation into former president donald trump has rejected his bid to disqualify the prosecutor leading the inquiry and blocked any indictments stemming from the probe. the judge also denied his request to quash a special grand jury report that included recommendations on whom to charge in connection with a campaign to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. and stocks were up on positive earnings reports. the dow gained 100. the s&p 500 finished ahead 7. the nasdaq rose 29. bret: this was a big day in the biden family business scandal and the investigation of it. a former associate of hunter biden sat for a closed door trindz interview before the house oversight commi
three narratives at play during this hearing. fbi director wray talked about the good things the fbi are doing. democrats talked about donald trump and republicans talked about what they perceive as weaponization of government. i m curious are you protecting the bidens. absolutely not. hold on you won t answer whether that s a shakedown. he pledged to stay above the frey. fbi dricket christopher wray could not escape the politics. i come from a fairly rural district is weaponization of the fbi and the doj coming after conservative citizens who just simply want to have a voice in the process? the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. wray is a republican. democrats accused the republicans of having an ulterior motive. it is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election
laura: i m laura ingraham. this is the ingraham angle. thank you as always for being with us tonight. how to save democracy. that s the focus of tonight s angle. the most dangerous people in the united states tonight, they are not donald trump supporters the most dangerous people in the united states tonight are those who are suggesting that somehow a court can just vaporize the candidacy of the leading presidential contender and not do long-term damage to the country and its institution. it s definitely encouraging to see the rule of law working. the colorado supreme court justices in the majority did a really sensational job. if he is unfit to hold office, we should all be encouraged by any action that makes it less likely that he will return to the presidency. laura: these people are delusional. they actually think if a court successfully bars the frontrunner from the 2024 race that the election is just going to go on as normal that all is going to be well. tha