everybody, it is wednesday, january 3rd, 2024. and we start this second hour of fox & friends with a developing story. that man right there, new jersey s long time senator robert menendez is back in the spotlight following new corruption allegations. ainsley: the embattled democrat is now facing even more bribery charges. this time for allegedly helping the qatari government in exchange for lavish gifts. lawrence: this is unbelievable. peter doocy is live from the white house with more on this. hey, peter. peter: the word was allegedly out all around the world. if you want the u.s. senator to say something nice about your country just buy him something expensive. that s what the united states government is alleging now that there are these text messages showing the following. it s pretty extraordinary. bob menendez gets a text from a businessman with ties to the qatari government that says how about one of these? and it s photos of two watches ranging from $9,900
it s a wholly intolerable situation. making big moves fallout after silicon valley bank. u.b.s. buy out credit suisse for more than $3 million. new york community bank expected to buy out signature bank 2.7 billion. walker comes in, and he scores! [cheers] steve: time now for a fox news alert. russian president vladimir putin now speaking in moscow where it is 2:00 in the afternoon, just after the arrival of china s president committee jinping. brian: this is the conspiracy theorist xi visit since russia s invasion of ukraine and the media expected to focus on countering the u.s. and establishing a new world order. mark meredith joins us live from the white house. mark, good morning made a visit to russia. he touched down in moscow about 40 minutes ago. be in russia for at least two days. later today in the next few minutes it looks like he will be meeting one on one with russian president vladimir putin. ahead of the visit russian calling strategic part n we he
reporting from the white house. also tonight, the death toll surpassing 28,000 following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. and one u.n. official saying that number could more than double. still, new rescues five days after the quake hit. today, a family pulled to safety, after being trapped in the rubble for 129 hours. marcus moore on the ground in turkey. the frightening airport collision involving a plane that was being towed and a bus at l.a.x. several people taken to the hospital. the fourth dangerous incident on a u.s. tarmac in just weeks. russia stepping up its offensive in ukraine. in the east, block after block of homes obliterated by russian bombs. children being put in flak jackets. how u.s. intelligence is playing a crucial role in helping ukraine fight back. tom soufi burridge is in ukraine. disturbing video showing a teenage student assaulted and bullied in what appears to be a planned attack. days later, she takes her own life. her father
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to combat surging inflation. and are the rising price is going to stop? speak of the 3-1. deep to left field. there it goes! aaron james judge has tied babe ruth with 60 home runs! ainsley: we start with the fox news alert. russian president vladimir putin now threatening to use nuclear weapons, declaring he is not bluffing. brian: the threat comes as president biden is heading to the united nations later today to speak at about 10:30. he s going to address world leaders. we think they ll listen. speak when he s going to tie up traffic on the east side. brian: which is more important. steel and that s where we find jacqui heinrich, joining us by the east river and the united nations. hey, jacqui. good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. this was supposed to really hinge on food insecurity as a result of russia s war in ukraine, but putin threat to use nuclear weapons and his call-up of the country s 300,000 reserve troops has really sent a chill, and that partia