declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
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o er the ramparts we watched were so gal atlantaly the gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning and well to fox & friends on this saturday morning in the middle of madness in march. historic upset yesterday. only the second timest the ever happened that a 16-seed took down a 1 in the ncaa tournament. fairleague kick cannenson busted every bracket in america save one. the one bracket that was busted before that upset was that of president joe biden who picked the university of arizona to win it all, and just the day before yesterday number 2 seed arizona lost in their opening game as well. so there you have it. the day after st. patrick s day and already half of america s bracket is busted. will cain, rachel campos duffy and joey jones if for in f
the collision was not intentional and that the russian pilots, they were justeurs.an pilots, they were ma and incompetent. amateurs, make no mistakke ne, t was no accident. and i can guarantee you that vladimir putin personally signed off on this military aggression. now, here s our very owngenn jennifer griffin with senator mike rounds. take a look. t i just like to geto what hap your reaction to what happened today in the black sea.d . sec i mean, let s just be honeston about this for a second.omin the report coming out of our government is that this was an unperfects act in environmentally unsound. i m sorry, folks. folks. they shot down a unitedrplane. states war plane. ey took they took it out of actr and that s the response wees get back. it. so, yeah, not very happy about it. and the cannote bottom line is . cannot allow that to happen. we can allow that to happen. that s right. we can t allow t this to happen russia and putin s hostility and aggression against our c
the polls, and that will bebe nx next tuesday. make no mistake, anything can happen. we ll be talking about the results, or at leaste. some of them. one week from tonight, we ll know in most states , hopefully all states , the results. now, according to real s clear politics, their average five senate racefis and more thn two dozen house races ares within two points. soare wi think about this. this is why i m not pollyannish. this is why i don t want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic within two points. that s five states. now, that s the balance of power in congress, well within the margin of error. now, just a fe sw thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical democratic socialist party will continue to have full control of your government. now, three key gubernatorial races are also within two points, including right here in the state of new york . these race s are all tight. and don t forget, in 2016, think about this. polls s