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
simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re
the united states . the consequence of that changenc policy, nearly six million migrants cross the southern border, but you should notould b be surprised. he said he would do it.3 4 f the idea that a country of three hundred thirty million people cannot absorb peoplet who are in desperate need and who are justifiably fleeingg oppression is absolutely bizarre.sion absolutely bizarre. so not only can you cross the border unlawfully, president biden has a list of other crimes. he doesn t has a think are seris enough to warrant deportation and removal. normallyt of oth, migrants are d entering the united states unlawfully. they re processed for deportation. and but if you allege a credible fear of beingcan remr persecuted or tortured, you can remain here in the u.s., those seeking asylum have to showum hs a well-founded fea tr of persecution on the basis of their race, religion, nationality, or number of a social or political group. but the hearing is years in the future. sym
bret: good evening. i m bret baier. shooting of chechen immigrant we first brought you last night. we will add advance the story tonight. take you to the epicenter of the border crisis where some migrants wait hours before ever encountering border patrol agents. and additional women accuse sean diddy combs of sexual violence. bret: but, first, the push for third party voters is on. libertarians are getting a real taste of the 2024 presidential campaign this weekend. presumptive republican nominee former president donald trump addresses the national connection in d.c. tomorrow. today independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. tried to convince the audience that he is a viable contender if he got the libertarian nod. r.f.k. jr. could quickly qualify for all ballots. senior national correspondent rich edson starts us off tonight. good evening, rich. rich: hi, good evening, bret. well, those two presidential candidates are addressing the libertarian national convention
leaders. a new report out of the region stays the attack could come today or tomorrow. president biden has a familiar warning for iran tonight but also seems to concede an attack could be coming soon. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich picks up the story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. president biden has repeatedly warned iran not to escalate conflict in the region through its proxies. now that iran is vowing direct action, including potentially against u.s. troops as well, president biden s going a step beyond the word don t. my expectation sooner than later. jacqui: when imminent attack on israel expected president biden delivering a short warning to iran. don t. jacqui: turning around to spell it out. we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel. we will help defend israel. and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. jacqui: iran reportedly i