u.s. policy. basically diplomatic chaos this afternoon. ending with paper statement from the white house in an attempt at clarifying from the defense secretary. white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president starts us off tonight tuesday morning from tokyo. good morning, peter. peter: good morning, bret. president biden spent months explaining the u.s. was never going to fight russia in ukraine. he was very clear about that. and when it comes to fighting china in taiwan, he was very clear about that, too. he just wasn t on the same page as his staff. the future of the 21st century economy is going to be largely written in indo-pacific. the president planned to talk about confronting china economically but wound up talking about confronting china on the battlefield. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. but what the president says the u.s. would help t
it s 7:00 p.m. and polls have just closed for races in two major states. first in virginia where control of the legislature all 140 seats it s up for grabs as well as the slew of school board races and other county races. and, remember the outcome in the commonwealth of virginia is one of just four states with legislative elections this year. mamay be a bell where of what is to come in 2024. we ll see. then we have kentucky where incumbent democrat governor andy beshear is trying to fend off a challenge from the state s g.o.p. attorney general daniel cameron. now, remember, beshear s dad was also governor and pretty popular back in 2015. now, polls are still open in ohio for another 30 minutes or so. and polls in mississippi close in one hour. now, governor tate reeves is fighting for his second term and is he going to make his final push right here on the angle in moments. now, these elections come as democrat anxiety, we talked a lot about this last night, is building natio
muskot intro. bret: it is new. thank you, jesse. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. prosecutors attack what they call a pyramid of deceit in closing arguments in the trial of ftx founder sam bankman-fried. our common ground segment tackles the israel-hamas war. migrant children at the southern border as well. plus, donald trump jr. takes the stand at the civil fraud case against his family. bret: but first, breaking tonight, five american aid workers have been allowed to leave gaza through egypt. the rafah pass. hundreds of other u.s. citizens still waiting to get through. this comes as hamas official says the terror group will repeat its attacks against israel until the nation is destroyed israel is reporting the elimination of another hamas leader. israeli airstrikes pounded the area around the gaza refugee camp for a second day. and there are mounting casualties on both sides inside gaza. we have fox team coverage tonight. jennifer griffin here in
said he was tryinged by l ghtd plus community and homelessness. chappelle should be more sensitive when making his jokes to a larger audience. is he facing four misdemeanor accounts for the attack. and this is a live look at louisville from wdrv our affiliate there one of the big stories there tonight, justin thomas comes from 8 shots back to win the pga championship. if you are a golfer and you watched, this it was amazing. second major title for the louisville native, second pga championship. first person from kentucky to accomplish that feat, that is tonight s first look from outside the beltway from special report, we ll be right back. exa, ask buick to start my enclave. starting your buick enclave. i just love our new alexa. dad, it s a buick.
but first, here s what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 5 in san diego with a story of a real-life castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the pacific ocean. wdrv in louisville with a debate, creationism versus evolution. bill nye will take evolution against bill hamm. tickets sold out in two minutes. this is salive look at denver from fox 31. the big story there, the rescue of a teenager held hostage for nearly 18 hours by a convicted criminal. police say their s.w.a.t. unit successfully freed the 13-year-old and the hostage taker was fatally shot. that s the look outside the beltway from special report. we ll be right back. for over a decade