with photos, laura, he began to pose for one today and sort of wandered out of frame. >> shocking. >> on my watch, america is having infrastructure decade. decade. over a billion $300000000 trillion. >> wait, that's biden by the numbers. a billion three hundred gazillion. >> millions and zillions. he gritted his the teeth raymond when he said infrastructure. very odd. all right. jesse is >> todd: a fox news alert. it's a busy day on multiple

fronts. house rules committee set to formalize impeachment inquiry into president biden, that means the house could vote on the measure tomorrow, same day laumsz are demanding hunter testify. in washington, president zelenskyy will meet with president biden and mike johnson for financial support for his war against russia. and waiting to learn the fate of harvard's president claudine gay. hundreds of faculty members have signed a letter to support her. will she lose her job? we'll see. you are wauchling "fox and friends," i'm todd piro. carley has the day off. brooke singman has more on the possible impeachment inquiry. brooke. >> brooke: considering resolution to formalize the impeachment inquiry today and full house is expected to vote on the rule strm.

if it passes, lawmakers say we could see articles of impeachment drafted in the first half of next year. the full vote comes on same day hunter biden is subpoena to testify. the most extreme measures of the conference are pushing ahead with this partisan smear campaign. there is no evidence to support impeaching president biden, but that is not stopping the house from moving forward. some say formalizing this will bring in additional witnesses. listen. >> i doubt it, i think we will get enough republican votes. i think we'll get republican votes and get, we have a lot now and it is compelling. and inevitably have to go to court to get witnesses in for

the depositions. >> brooke: hunter biden offered to testify in a -- first son does not show up tomorrow, he could be held in contempt of congress. david weiss charged hunter biden last week with nine federal tax charges in california. if convicted, he faces 17 years in prison. he spent on beauty products, various women and more. >> todd: hunter's lawyer filing several motions to dismiss the gun charges. they claim the charges are unprecedented and unconstitutional, citing collapsed plea deal inform exchange for mr. biden giving up his fifth amendment right to remain silent by agreeing to statement ever facts and numerous restrictions, prosecution agreed to provide

imimmunity concerning his purchase of a firearm. conveniently leaving out the fact that that agreement was invalid. david weiss, this prosecution is not legally authorized, david weiss was unlawfully appointed as special counsel. they are clearly going the money angle there, we'll see if it works. fox weather alert. footage shows a tornado hitting a plant, causing a fireball. nearly 5000 people in tennessee still without power this morning. janice dean here is the fox weather forecast. >> janice: this was ef-3 tornado, winds of 150 miles per hour, the path 43 miles and just

devastated middle tennessee into kentucky. a lot of people are like, is that normal, december tornados? we've had epic tornados in the month of december, in kentucky 80 people were killed in in december in 1980. missi mississippi, alabama, last 20 years, notable tornados. this one will go down in history, as well. we did have remnants of that system that brought tornados move toward the northeast and heavy rain along the coast, as well as heavy mountain snow that moved offshore. we have jackpot snow total of a foot in upstate new york and elsewhere five to eight inches common in interior sections and the mountains. there is the forecast today.

seeing moisture move into the west and the energy will move into the rockies and potential for showers and thunderstorms for the state of florida over the next couple of days. there is the snow forecast for wednesday through friday for parts of colorado rockyings toward new mexico and panhandle of texas could get measurable snow. potential for heavy rain for parts of northern texas toward central texas. they need the rainfall, too much will cause issues. relatively speaking, quieter forecast going into the busy travel season. >> todd: i feel like you can't say anymore like certain weather only happens certain times. i feel like all bets are off. >> janice: we can have tornado

outbreaks any time. they typically come in the spring, we have some in fall and winter. >> todd: despite alum nipulling donation, faculty members are still supporting her. graduate student from the school here to respond to that next.

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screen going in. trey yingst, trey. >> trey: day 67 between the war between israel and hamas. providing an update explaining israeli troops are encircling the northern gaza neighborhoods and made more arrest of hamas fighters and hope to gather new intelligence from them. >>-- will take any measure to destroy hamas, but we have no intention to stay permanently in gaza strip, we only take care of our security and the security of our citizens alongside border with gaza. >> trey: israel fighting hamas,

new screening area opened today to speedup review of humanitarian assistness, the shallom crossing will be used to screen trucks. this will affect the screening progress. there were international calls to ramp up assistant to palestinian civilians. activity is taking place on the northern front, new sirens sounding today. >> todd: trey yingst live in israel. thank you. we are awaiting a decision on whether or not harvard university will fire their president claudine gay. there is a lot of speculation that the school could let her keep her job. 700 faculty members signing a letter urging in the strongest

possible way to resist political pressure that are at odds with harvard commitment to academic freedom, including calls for the removal of president claudine gay. the work of free inquiry in our diverse community cannot proceed if we let it be dictated by outside forces. a second year grad student joins me now. here is the moment that started it all, watch. >> the answer is yes, calling for genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? >> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. >> todd: wow, what is it like that faculty members think calling for genocide of jews is "free inquiry." >> yeah, who knew in 2023

calling for genocide of jewish people would be context dependent and the individual who calls for that is able to keep their job. the faculty letter talks about resisting outside political pressure and i agree with that, i'm hardly a billionaire, but i welcome open discourse concerning hiring and firing practice and student conduct standard, something we have not seen before. i'm one of 1000 students and alumni calling for the president to resign. talk to jewish students and see what our experience has been the last three months. what if this is a different minority, what if claudine gay said this about black people, gay people? would you be defensive as you

are now? under claudine gay there has been almost complete destruction of reputation, loss of billion dollars. calls for further federal action, charges are plagiarizing her dissertation. i'm confused why people ask me why she should resign as opposed to asking why should she stay. >> todd: you are asking for open dialogue, harvard president and faculty asking for the same thing, shouting about free speech. it is important to take the latest rankings into account. foundation ranking harvard last in college free speech ranking. first of all, harvard, on paper commits to protecting free speech, has a dismal record, sanctions speech protected under first amendment standard.

seven have resulted in sanction. where was this president when students came to faculty members complaining their voices on campus were silenced? >> great question. we have to keep in mind, this president's university mandates all students attend title 9 -- ronald sullivan, beloved professor was fired and only 3% of the faculty identify as conservative and ranked 248 out of 248 universities when it came to free speech. we would love to protect jewish students, but we can't, we have a commitment to the first amendment. harvard does not have a legal obligation to protect students

engaging in this and will not enforce policies to begin with. last year a student was engaged in a homophobic incident and he was expelled. there were racist posts on social media and the university suspended them and rescinded their acceptance. when it comes to jewish people, we can't do something because of first amendment. >> todd: claudine gay apologized, this was not a slip of the tongue, this was a testimony provided by a top-notch law firm. there was forethought that went into it. she is trying to walk it back to save her job. appreciate it. fox news alert, u.s. bases in iraq and syria, come under attack 92 times since

mid-october. lawmakers will receive a -- today, one expert speaking is here with a preview and ukraine president zelenskyy also in washington today meeting with joe biden and top lawmakers and his request for more u.s. aid. some americans say enough is enough. we have his latest plea coming up.

>> todd: today president biden will meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy to lobby congress for more aid. alexandria hoff has more. >> alexandria: hosting a meeting with president zelenskyy this afternoon followed by a join press conference. the ukraine president spoke in washington yesterday, last-minute effort to secure funding for the fight against

russia. zelenskyy stated when the free world hesitates, dictatorships celebrate. a package that would include ukraine and israel has gone fo the senate. >> we are waiting on the white house to give us responses back and forth, we have had long pauses of engagement from them. >> alexandria: since the war we gun in ukraine, 113 billion has been approved. j.d. vance doesn't appreciate zelenskyy pleaing for more. it is fro grotesque. this is purely designed to apply pressure on republicans to give up their fight on the border and write another blank check to

ukraine. >> alexandria: the ukraine will be watching. >> todd: our bases have been attacked 92 times. >> we've had over 90 attacks on troops in iraq and syria, from iran-backed militias that have gone without response. united states military is not authorized to attack iran in iran. we can respond in self-defense. we have to show strength to get them to stop being so provocative in the region. >> todd: a former political prisoner in iran will speak at the briefing today and joins me now. what is the main point you want

to drive home in your comments today? >> the main point, this regime stands on two legs, killing and suppression of internal people, iranian people like myself and my family. i was in jail, tortured severely. terrorism outside borders. i learned this morning, there is a sham court to do a trial for 104 leaders of the leading opposition group, mek to take him to trial. i'm a biologist and based on what i have seen in the jails decades ago, this regime is looking for justification to crease terroristic attacks on iranian citizens. number of groups, 900 leaders

are in albania. looking to hijack our court system and legal system to justify attacks on the opposition outside iran and frankly as an american citizen, that makes me very unsafe. and -- >> todd: let me interrupt you, doctor. i've known since i was a child in the '80s, i have known iran is a bad actor. why has washington let iran get influential in the region and put our own safety at risk? it makes no sense. >> you are correct, todd, because of appeasement to playwith this regime. this regime is led by a so-called president that was part of a death panel that ordered 30,000 young people,

half of my classmates at university of tehran are missing. this is not view of the fact there is bipartisan support for lead opposition group led by rajavi, who has a 10-point plant for nonviolent iran with all elements we have in our own constitution and i carry a book of u.s. constitution in my pocket and there is bipartisan support we will hear today, in congress there is a hearing for this support. i think the time has arrived for us as americans and for this -- since 2022, revolution started by women and youth to go for

support and vote of the iranian people is very clear, unanimously they want regime change in iran and policymakers to stand with iran and stop appeasing this barbaric regime trying to use all tools he has including supporting hamas and creating more tension by his proxies in middle east to get us engaged and send a message of fear. >> todd: regime change takes time, what steps can we take starting today to just stop attacks on our u.s. troops, it seems that is step one. >> this administration gave $6 billion as a bribe to this regime. i think it is standing firm with the iranian opposition and standing firm with iranian revo

revolution, both short term and long-term vision. iranian people are ready to overthrow this regime, all this administration has to do enforcing sanctions since president trump left office, sale has gone through the roof, biden administration does not enforce sanction says. our number one chance is to support iranian people by main opposition group that are in albania now. this sham court system is trying to justify or hijack our legal system and this regime does not understand what the rule of law is. they are trying to hijack this system to send a message opposition is not going to be saving europe and that is i think both short term and long-term action plan. >> todd: it is bipartisan, none

of this matters unless the biden administration stops with hands-off approach to iran. hope your words today will lead them down the path of logic. thank you for your time. life-long democrat that worked for joe biden and bernie sanders is out, leaving the party to become a republican. he is here to tell us why he made that decision. you'll want to hear this.

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>> todd: a life-long democrat who campaigned for joe biden and bernie sanders is now leaving the party and becoming a republican. in op ed, will pierce writes, utter disconnect with the american people. the party has been overtaken by elite and affluent hubs who could not care less about the average american. will, great to have you. you were a democratic party operative, what was the final straw for you? >> the party has changed.

if you look at democratic party right now, they label them rather than unite them. >> todd: do democrats not care about the voters they say they care about? >> it has changed over years, look at races, like in houston, this is jackson, her votes were abysmal, 30%, people in the democratic party do not understand about the needs of all. look at today, with zelenskyy going to washington, democrats care more about that than the southern border. it is more gender and race than who you are as a person. >> todd: the rot starts at the top. 60% disapprove of joe biden,

half disapprove of joe biden's handling of the war in israel. how much is joe biden to blame for people like you leaving the democratic party? >> i'll be honest, when i supported biden in 2015 and 2016, i supported the president because of his record. now if you look at the economy and where we are as a nation and people, he has not promised what he would do. he was supposed to unite us. >> todd: do you know more democrats leaving the party for republicans? >> i don't know anybody by name. my wife and i were talking last night, this is big for me. people are afraid of leaving. what will it be like me leaving

the party i worked for for four years. people think, can i leave the party. i look at the nation, we are at a divisive period, our nation has to be able to focus and be united instead of divided and focusing on politics. >> todd: who are you going to vote for? trump beating biden by four points and nikki haley up over biden. who has your vote in 2024? >> it is i think first time in 20 years i'm undecided. i'm leaning toward trump, still looking at new hampshire and iowa. >> todd: i live in a democratic state in connecticut, die-hard democrats have said i never thought i would vote for trump, i didn't in 2020, but i am

voting for him this year. if you leave the democratic party and come to republicans, you can give strategy and operative and help them there. will pierce, thank you. speaking of winning, i'm smiling, tommy to monday night football sweeping the nation. this is bigger than a fun story, that is an amazing pas. devito throwing a terrific pass and green bay take the lead before leading the giants down the field for a chance to win. [cheering] >> the kick, the win. to the giants. >> todd: this is insane, this kid grew up in the town next to me, his family, that is his agent, this is real.

giants take down the -- titans enter the game as underdog, pulling off the biggest upset of the night to come back and steal one from the dolphins 28-27. tennessee first team in seven years to win a game in reg wlagz after being down 14 with three minutes left on the clock. it is all about the northeast in terms of the qb position. a man -- the victims are here to tell us what happened? san francisco supervisor said capitalism caused that, the homelessness crisis. cheryl casone will try to make some sense of that next.

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>> todd: a liberal san francisco supervisor says he's identified the cause of the city's homeless cries, it is capitalism. cheryl casone has more. way to unlock the mystery, dude, unreal.

>> cheryl: right, this democratic supervisor, dean preston, in the troubled tenderloin district says i think what you are seeing is the result of capitalism and what happens in capitalism to people near the bottom rung. i don't think it is a safety threat to someone walking by. some people living there might disagree. the democratic socialist faced criticism from elon musk saying preston was responsible for what the tenderloin is plagued with. >> todd: nothing will change with people like this in charge. >> cheryl: you get what you vote for.

>> todd: stats on the biden border crisis getting worse. >> cheryl: chief jason owens revealed this last weekend, three sex offenders, three gang members were arrested. according to owens, convictions include lewd and lascivious act with a child under 16, assault and theft. fox news learned there is a meeting with the white house over the president's border funding request. members are worried the president will cave to gop demands on the border talks to secure the border. >> todd: we'll be watching. the suspect accused of attacking a jewish couple walking to a

synagogue in beverly hill will appear in court today. he hit the man with a belt buckle and screamed at the woman, give me your earrings, jew, before fleeing the scene. the couple are the victims of the attack and join me now. i know it is tough to relive this recent memory, how are you holding up? >> i'm good now. everything is over by now. except rage of what happened. >> todd: how could you not be upset. rebecca, can you imagine being attacked for your religion on the streets of beverly hills? >> no, that was really biggest shock. all these years, we lived beautifully in beverly hills,

since 1974 and it changed and has to do with race. >> todd: you have been there since 1974, have you ever seen antisemitism as bad as it is right now, rebecca? >> no. never. it is started a couple of years ago, maybe during covid and slowly deteriorated and i started to stash away my jewelry into safes and it was very awful to understand that it went up since the israel-hamas war 300%. >> todd: this did not just start on october 7, it has been happening for a while. is the city of los angeles doing enough to combat antisemitism? >> i don't know, but much more

could be done. i think our problem is basically educ education, long-term, our institutions, high schools, universities here are giving wrong message to the people and it is very easy if the top of the pyramid is not protecting the races, including jews that let people slur and openly curse and mess with jewish people, it is a big problem, we should educate people the right way. bring people back together and talk to each other instead of attack each other. >> todd: that would be the dream. final question, will this attack stop you from wearing your

yamika in public? >> no, only way to move on to other places you don't want to be. the yamaka, everybody should do what is -- >> todd: we admire your resolve, pray for your recovery and thank you for coming on this morning. best of luck. five weeks out from the iowa caucus and new poll shows former president trump leading the pac for the gop by 30 points. does he have it in the bag? iowa attorney general is on deck. ♪ ♪

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trump pulling ahead 10 points ahead of the current president. that is shocking. and it gets worse when joe biden goes up against nikki haley in the same poll. former south carolina governor pulling ahead of joe biden in both states by even bigger margins than trump. this all comes as more than 60% of voters in michigan and georgia say they disapprove of the job joe biden is doing.

also some new polls from monmouth university so how they feel about a potential biden trump rematch. only voters enthusiasm over a 2020 rematch. there also appears to be growing momentum for the biggest independent in the race. one in five voters say they are considering voting for r.f.k. jr. for president. and, as all of this is happening, campaigns ramping up for the iowa caucuses in just 34 days. a brand new des moines register poll has former president trump's lead in the state growing to 51%. there it is. the next highest candidate. florida governor ron desantis trailing behind 32 points behind 19%. iowa attorney general bran that bird joins me now. is it safe to say that donald trump's lead is insurmountable at this point? >> it really is and also historic. i have never seen a lead this big in the iowa poll just a

month before the caucuses to be polling over 50% every single graphic. president trump has the enthusiasm of the people here in iowa. and he is doing very, very well here. it's looking good. >> todd: you mentioned there is over a month only five weeks left until the iowa caucuses. >> todd: there have been pretty good debate performances overall from individuals like nikki haley. some individuals like even rope desantis. he has gotten better as time has gone on. why haven't these trump challengers been able to chip away at the trump lead and, in fact, that lead is actually growing for trump? >> well, i think because americans realize that their country is in real trouble and they remember what it was like when president trump was president. they are not looking for a debater. they are looking for a commander-in-chief, someone who will make our country safe again, who will lead a booming economy. a patriot who cares about our

country. and that's who president trump is. they remember how much better off they were and biden is just a disaster in iowa and everywhere else. >> todd: you are the attorney general in the state of iowa. a republican. your governor also a republican. kim reynolds endorsed ron desantis. do you have any idea why she endorsed ron desantis? i'm not putting anything against ron but the lead for donald trump was so lark when she endorsed ron desantis. i'm curious, do you have any idea why she did that? >> governor reynolds is a great governor and a strong conservative leader. i think she has done a great job as our governor and i admire her. you know, in the caucuses, we are the first state that gets to vote for president. so we are used to family members even friends, neighbors, sometimes supporting different candidates in the caucuses, but, when it's all over, we all come together and support the nominee. >> todd: understood. again, i'm not taking anything away from the endorsement. it really was the timing of it

all. i want to get your thoughts on this. a "wall street journal" poll showing trump beating biden 4 points in hypothetical head-to-head election matchup. it seems like no matter which republican candidate brenna to your point. >> this is a rerebuke of joe biden. i think that should panic the democrats. your final thoughts? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, their policies are an absolute failure for farmers, for families. it's -- we need a new president. we need president trump back in office to make america great again. >> todd: before i let you go, when you talk to people on the street, i'm looking at quite frankly the democrat voters, taking this out of the caucus for a moment, when you talk to the democratic voters, those who voted for joe biden in 2020 and those who said they would never vote for trump, are you getting a sense that, yeah, it has just gotten so bad like that guest we had on in the middle of our show who said yeah, i campaigned for biden, i campaigned for bernie sanders, but this year i'm

leaning toward trump? >> you know, i have heard people saying that and the lack of enthusiasm, even among loyal democrats in iowa for biden is palpable. and people are taking a look and, yes, i'm hearing some of those folks are supporting president trump. i think others will just stay home and hope it all passes quickly. but it's going well. he is way ahead and he is bringing new people to the party. he will bring more new people out to the iowa caucuses, just because of who he is and what he stands for. >> todd: we will be watching the next five weeks are going to be fascinating. a lot of plane flights landing in des moines, dubuque and all throughout your amazing state. i hope you have fun with it all because all eyes are on iowa. brenna bird a.g. of the great state of iowa. we appreciate your time. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ >> brian: all right. we begin this morning in washington. up. in a few hours the hou