we have bret baier coming up. ill have the preview at 8:00, debate start at 9. >> brian: will you make bret sit 12 feet from you? >> brian: if he will not submit to being patted down, i will have no choice. his hair does get frizzy unlike natalie grant. president biden won wisconsin by 20,000 0, trump won by 22,000. ron desantis said everybody else is running for number two. if you are scripted, you will have trouble. and vivek ramaswamy, his foreign policy got him in hot water, he opened up to someone like nikki haley, who thrives in the area. going to be fun. >> ainsley: were you surprised when we saw the lineup where they are going to be according to national polls? number one, ron desantis, right behind trump, trump is not participating. number two vivek ramaswamy, mike pence, nikki haley, chris christie, tim scott, hutchinson and burgum. were you shocked when you saw ramaswamy is number two in polling? >> brian: surprised, but what struck me, they will have a big unveiling on the next show is bill hemmer and d

bret baier, if you're still there i'd like to go back to you. those of you at home, the president is done in washington. he's heading to reagan national airport and will fly back to new jersey, bedminster. two very quick things. there's an i hop on 14th street northwest. if the president didn't want to go really deep or like bret baier treat deep is -- >> clearly he's going to the airport. i thought he could go to cafe milano where hunter had dinner with president biden. that would have fell in his wheel house. >> neil: i didn't know that. i'm looking for stuckey's or something there. i didn't see that. but you and martha are getting ready for the big debate. these developments, they have now risen to the point that if you're donald trump, you don't want to miss a chance to be on that stage. >> you know, he hasn't made that decision. he says he's leaving it open. he hasn't -- clearly he's not closed the door. bottom line is we're going to be prepared either way. remember back in the 2016 cycle, he didn't come to the iowa debate, the second one w

i want to bring in the anchor, special report with bret baier. what did you hear? did you hear anything unique or significant from the fda? >> bret: a couple of things, trace. one is that she wants everyone in this indictment, again, that is 19 people, the former president and 18 others to turn themselves in by friday, august 25th and that is, and that is, in or, two days after the debate in milwaukee. so we will see how that goes. the other thing is she wants a speedy trial and she wants this trial within six months. now, let's just do the math h here. september, october, november, december, january, february. that is right in the middle of the primary carcass season. and it is a judge that makes the decision. i think the most interesting thing is the thing he just pointed out and that is the question about this document that ends up being posted midday. reuters gets a grab of it. they do a story. the former president appears to have been charged because it is on the fulton county? website. then the clerk comes out and says that is a fictitious document. don't go w

with a preview, debate moderator, martha maccallum and joining us from d.c., special report anchor bret baier>> hi, bret. >> steve: good morning. let's start with any breaking news? former president trump, in or out? >> martha: i don't know, i wish i could answer that question. he will be a strong presence whether he is there or not, i hope he comes. would great for people to hear what is on his mind. >> ainsley: bret, how do you feel? >> bret: i think we will know sooner rather than later candidate trump didn't come to iowa during the 2016 cycle, we didn't find out until just before it started. we were walking on stage with two sets of paper. i think we'll have more warning. i think they are open to welcoming him if he chooses to be on the stage whenever he decides. >> steve: martha, he is really good at this format, it would be a shame, a lot of people would tune in. imagine being home and you are in westminster and there is his podium and there is ron desantis. >> martha: if he doesn't come, i think he will regret it. he would be center stage, he is in lead poll position by a mile. this is

bret baier joining me now. string of trial dates next year, four trials right in the middle of presidential campaign. do you think voters will see this as fair? >> stuart, good morning. i don't. gop voters i think that there are independents and dependents and suburbanwomen poe what's happening here. the first trial out of the box could be january 2 if a judge decides august 28th about that date. january 2 is 13 days ahead of the iowa caucuses. then you have four cases, four trials within five months all leagued up to the rnc convention in milwaukee in july. one of the trials starting possibly in july if the polls are right right now and it continues this way, the former president would accept the nomination in the middle of a trial. it's bizarre, it's surreal, and now the former president facing 91 charges and if you add up all l years together and he was -- the years together and he was convicted of everything, it's hundreds of years. stuart: in the georgia case, it's a state trial and so if he's convicted, he

i'm bret baier.aking tonight, the 45th president of the united states has been indicted for a third time unprecedented in u.s. history. events surrounding the capitol riot january 6th, 2021. the efforts to overturn the 2020

in moments, bret baier will join us after his a exclusive interviews with desantis. we begin with devon archer telling the house oversight committee about the biden brand. it's unclear exactly what the first family is selling but it appears to be worth a lot. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the very latest on today's block buster appearance. kevin good evening. >> reporter: good evening my friend. former hunter biden business partner devon archer testified that, yes, hunter put his father, then vp joe biden, on speaker phone while meeting with foreign business partners at least 20 times. archer making those claims during testimony before the house oversight committee al callingss which comma mid a month's long investigation which republicans say has yielded evidence related to the biden family's alleged foreign business schemes, including that the biden family and its associates created more than 20 shell companies and received more than $10 million from foreign nationals, again while joe biden served as vp. in a statement, oversight

we'll talk to him about just that next hour as well as bret baier, breaking down all of this for ourdo democrats fear in this race? >> from my perspective, i think there's a contrast with ron desantis of all the candidates running beside president trump. he's probably definitely the number two, and i would say he's built this nationwide campaign, raised the money, he's a navy veteran, governor of a very popular state in florida. the problem is, is that he cannot break the toxic trance that former president donald trump has. i'm not trying to be disrespectful but that contrast, when you talk about president biden versus former president trump, when president biden can say the last three years, yes, inflation has a mention, 9%, now down to 3%. unemployment level lowest in decades. >> sandra: still significantly above where the president took office and consumer price up 16%, gas prices up $0.16 in the last week. garrett, you get the final word in there. >> yeah, again, i mean -- this idea we are talking about joe biden fixing problems that he created and things just are not again, 65%

the debate will be hosted by bret baier and martha maccallum. i spoke to the anchor of the story from new york. martha maccallum, welcome. >> hi, howie, good to be with you. howie: i haven't seen a build up like this for a first debate at the beginning of a campaign since that 2015 fox debate with political newcomer donald trump. i turned to the other channels i see fox debate. what are people saying? why do you think that is? >> i think there's a lot of enthusiasm. i think people are much more politically engaged and probably since that 2015 debate and i think that people see this as , you know, entertainment that is very eye opening in terms of what's going on in the political world, so i think it's a huge opportunity for these candidates on this stage and we see it across-the-board that people are just more interested in politics they are more interested in what's going on, so i think it's great. howie: people didn't talk about politics or talk about civilians now as much as they do now. you would think that donald trump having a massive lead

i guess bret baier is with us. great to have you. one of the things i'm thinking about and i know a lot of conservatives -- i don't know if bret baier can hear me. >> yes, sir. >> sean: this goes to the heart of what's going on in the house judiciary committee. this goes to the heart of what's going on in the house oversight and accountability committee. you know, we have a media almost blackout that joe biden, s candidate. joe biden as president. repeatedly said he never spoke to his son, his brother, or anybody about the foreign business dealings. that evolved into about a month ago, little bit less than a month ago, as we have been saying, joe biden was never in business with his son, which has evolved into joe biden never met with his son's business partners. we know that's not true. we know about the russian oligarch, first lady of moscow among others. we know joe biden to the family didn't get money from china. we know, hunter biden has had he's done nothing wrong. he and others have said that the laptop of hunter was russian d

i mean, i cannot think of anyone better than you or bret baier, i might slide?ill hemmer, i can't imagine anyone better on election night or debate night. how do you decide what to ask and of whom? what is that process like as you prepare? >> martha: first of all, thank you for that kind introduction, great to be with you. i always think, how would trey ask this, how would people approach this who i admire in terms of ability to question people. one thing you want to accomplish here is to give people a chance to share with the audience what they would do to make the country better, right? and get it from a political angle, as well. there is a lot of strategy involved in how one of these people will jockey themselves into being the contender or a couple of contenders who make it through the early stages, starting with debate to get in the head-to-head position with former president donald trump. we want people to walk away from the debate on wednesday night feeling like they have a better sense of all these people and maybe open to one or two of them that they wa

what vexes me, what a daunting task that you have, i cannot forgive anyone better than you and bret baieri might also slide and bill hemmer, i can't imagine anyone better on election night, how do you decide on debate night what to ask and of whom. what is the process like as you prepare. >> first of all, thank you very much for the kind introduction, it's always great to be with you. one of the things that i think about when i'm writing questions are people like you, how would trey ask this, how would people approach this who i admire in terms of their ability to question people. one of the things that you want to accomplish is to give people a chance to share with the audience what they would do to make the country better. then you have to get it from a political angle as well, there's a lot of strategy involved and how one of these people is going to jockey themselves into the contender and one of a couple of contenders who make it through the early stages of this process starting with the debate in order to get into the head-to-head position with the former president donald trump. i t

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. ♪ ♪ debate the 23rd you're going to see it right here in fox hosted by bret baier and martha mccallumth might be in double digits on the stage in milwaukee by the time were set to go. one big question will president trump extra show up? he qualified a long time ago what to these candidates have to do weather is there not question of joining a fox news contributor karl rove. karl, i know you love this stuff even at this stage is full of talent, what you're going to have right now early on welcome. i first want to hear your take on the rules. no opening statement, one minute to answer questions 30 seconds for follow-up, 45 seconds for a close. if i give your candidate those rules would you emphasize that he or? >> first of all it's affirmation this is not a debate this is a news conference in which were strictly limited in your responses to the questions. if you are going to make an attack make an attack on somebody who matters and that means donald trump weather is there or not. and keep a focus if you can on what it is you think gives you the best chance to cause people to flock to yo

. >> bret: i'm bret baier.his is "america's newsroom." 55 people killed and expected to rise as rescue crews comb through the rubble of neighborhoods. the sheer scale of the devastation there. they turned a tropical paradise into what is called an apocalypse. officials are scrambling to find shelter for thousands left homeless. >> dana: putting more stress on fire crews who have been working around the clock, bret. this happened quickly. the devastation on day two here i'm afraid what people will end up finding. they have so many people still missing. >> bret: the most amazing thing. some of the video that started coming out a couple days ago are the people jumping into the ocean to avoid the flames. the devastation is unbelievable. now federal authorities are trying to get as much as they can to these people who have lost everything. >> dana: one more point on this. will cain spent a lot of time there as a child and throughout his adult life and he has been giving us some information how close knit this commun

it is william bret baier. that case right after the special counsel jack smith made his case to the public. and he essentially said those two things. one is this is an effort of special counsel to minimize political speech and it's going to be impossible to prove what the president thought as far as web about 2020 election wasn't bag stolen stolen in his mind or not. interestingly, he also said one of that event strategies is going to use the power of the subpoena that he will have two relitigate that 2020 election. whether he will be allowed to do that whether the judge will give leeway to do that, held at the events out is going to be fascinating to see. >> we were talking this morning. we talk a lot. >> it will not be tired of hearing that. >> i don't have this printed out for the audience have to bear with us. indictment said mr. trump broke the law when he acted on the following lies. we will take that one of time for those i conclude to hunt fraud. by that attorney was arguing last night is that trump th

. >> dana: bret baier, special report anchor. i was thinking since chris had been his lawyer for so long but the situation has changed for the biden team. bringing on abbe lowell to take on this case would mean probably make sense. if chris had been the one negotiating with the justice department for the plea deal, it probably makes sense for him to not be the person who will try to clean up the mess on the other side. >> right. good morning, bill and dana. i think according to delaware statute, he can't be the lawyer for hunter biden anymore because he is a potential witness in how that plea deal was structured and how it was negotiated. so by lending himself to being a potential witness by delaware statute he can no longer be the lawyer. the crazy part about this whole thing is that plea deal unreverb ravels in court. a judge digs in and says what is this and buried in the language is a broad immunity deal that they had structured. that essentially he would not face anything else. and she went down that road and figured it out

i'm bret baier.the justice system different for former president donald trump than current president joe biden? iowa farmers say china is trying to steal vital agriculture secrets and it could impact your dinner table. we'll explain. and our "common ground" segment deals with bipartisan efforts to learn the truth about ufos. is there a secret government program holding crashed alien craft and even alien pilot bodies? >> bret: former president donald trump will not have to appear in person for the next hearing he's facing following this week's indictment regarding alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the trial judge making that ruling today. this comes amid growing questions about the justice system in the midst of dozens of criminal charges against the former president and multiple investigations involving the family of president biden. congressional republicans are vowing a strong response to what they feel is a two-tiered application of the law. senior congressional correspondent chad per

bring in bret baier, anchor and executive editor of special report. so much for being with us. you know better than anybody at these debates candidates' entire political fortunes can turn on a dime. trump is far and away the front-runner, but there is real room for the other candidates to break through. the republican party is not in a lock right now. >> bret: no, every poll shows the former president up 10, 20, 30, 40 points. quinnipiac today, he's up 29 over ron desantis. so, yes, that's a factor, but also a factor is the race to be the alternative. because that's how this race comes down. 1 or 2 alternatives, to former president trump and by the time you get to voting what people will be looking at. you are right. debates are about moments. we are going to try to be equitable on the questioning and try to cover a lot of topics that people want to hear about. and ideally get candidates talking to one another to contrast what they think about the issues of the day. >> john: i think the new fox news power rankings illustrate the case very well. front-

bret baier co-moderating the debate with me is here to kick things off. first, go to bill melugin who is here on the ground in milwaukee as well. hi, bill. >> hi, martha. this debate will be the first time all of these republican candidates are face-to-face with each other on the same stage, meaning they'll all have the chance to attack each other and respond to each other. it appears former president trump is not going to be on the debate stage. he posted on truth social yesterday saying he has such a commanding lead in polling over his rivals that the public already knows who he is and what he did during his presidency. so he says he's not going to debate. he says i will therefore not be doing the debates. he said the debates as in plural. here's what we can expect to see wednesday night. eight republican candidates have qualified to be on that debate stage meeting the rnc requirements of polling, fund-raising and pledge to support the gop nominee. they're excited to get it going. take a listen. >> i'm looking to introduce myself to the country. six mon

good evening, welcome to washington i'm bret baier. n with first head-to-head power rankings of the campaign correspondent alexis mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. good evening, alexis. >> bret, good evening from des moines. we talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. the main course still politics. >> tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. i voted for him. this time around it's iffy. >> trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. >> iowa voters not surprised that former president donald trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. >> maybe desantis but i'm still standing with trump. >> florida governor ron desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. and in most national polls, south carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. >> i just don't think he is as well-known unless you have really been follo

i'm bret baier.irector christopher wray under fire over what republicans contend is the weaponization of the bureau and the justice department. we have two specific examples tonight. the u.s. and iran engage in a prisoner deal. but there are some major objections. we'll hear from former secretary of state, former cia director mike pompeo. plus, republican presidential candidates head to iowa for the state fair as we get a clearer picture of who exactly will be on that first debate stage. ♪ but breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. but now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the hawaiian island of maui. the flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. this is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. president biden is promising immediately help for those affected. and the u.s. military is assisting in the response. some historic areas have been totally dest

bret baier and i will be co-moderating that debate.. look at this. all of the top contenders are within striking distance of president joe biden. he beats trump three points. you can see joe biden on the right.

jon: monday night's debate will be monitored by bret baier and martha mccallum as welts 9:00 p.m.astern right here and only here on fox news channel. well former president trump speaking of deadlines has until friday to surrender the fulton county jail in georgia. there he will be arraigned and processed on election meddling charcharges his fourth and latet indictment. trump and 18 others are charged in georgia pretty faces 13 counts in this case alone 91 counts in all four indictments combined f but fox senior correspondent steve harrigan's life in atlanta with more on this, steve? that is right on the fulton county district attorney has given former president trump and 18 others until friday at noon to turn emnto be booked by the former president charges. including racketeering and conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. the indictment alleges rather than abide by george's legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia's george's presidential election results. fixed number of georgia republicans who have

on wednesday night in milwaukee catch it all on the fox news channel debate hosted by bret baier anda maccallum. it will be something to watch. lucas tomlinson at the white house lucas thank you. and remember, that debate airs live milwaukee, wisconsin, right here and only here on fox news channel wednesday night 9 p.m. eastern time martha mccal lum let's take you back to the west coast now tropical storm hilary is already dropping heavy rain on parts of southern california. janice hahn has been helping l.a. county prepare for the worst she chairs the county's board of supervisors. thanks very much for being with us. what's your biggest concern right now? reporter: well i think the biggest concern we have here is -- and down the judge us rest of the country because we know rest of the country is gone through hurricanes -- and tornadoes. we in los angeles county have not had a hurricane or tropical storm for over 80 years. so my biggest concern is that people won't be taking it seriously. but i think the advantage that we have is that we have been warning people for the last 48 hours

i'm bret baier.reaking tonight, former president donald trump, the current frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination in 2024 is now, as of today, facing a total of 91 criminal counts in four separate indictments. late last night, a fulton county, georgia grand jury leveled 41 charges against the former president. and more than a dozen co-defendants accused of taking part in a conspiracy as the prosecutor writes it to overturn the 2020 election. correspondent bryan llenas is at the fulton county courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. good evening, bryan. >> bret, good evening. the fulton county sheriff says he intends to really treat former president donald trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. mr. trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. >> i make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. the law is completely nonpartisan. >> fulton county district attorney fani willis, a democ

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. >> bret: good evening welcome to washington i'm bret baier, live update on the catastrophic wildfiresn hawaii where the death toll is rising at this hour in just a moment. but first, breaking tonight, attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to the hunter biden investigation. it is the u.s. attorney for delaware david weiss, who garland has insisted was already in charge of that probe. so what changed? whistleblowers have cast doubt on weiss's actual power. some legal experts and congressional republicans are already saying weiss's new status makes him a fire wall insulating president biden and his justice department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. look into that. also tonight, the justice department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president's son. correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the justice department. good evening, david. >> reporter: bret, good evening to you. the legal jeopardy for the president's son only deepens now that this case has special counsel status, and we can

i'm bret baier. another big shakeup in the ron desantis presidential campaign.ime, many democrats are looking for an alternative to the incumbent. we'll explain. a melee in alabama over the weekend. what caused it and what police are doing about it. plus, our whatever happened to segment on hydrogen powered vehicles. ♪ ♪ >> bret: but we begin tonight with the crisis along the southern border. we have pictures you will only see here on fox news showing heavily armed operatives from drug cartels illegally crossing into this country. this comes as a delegation of democratic lawmakers visits the region today. we have fox team coverage. madison alworth on randall's island, new york where locals are beginning to tear up athletic fields to construct migrant shelters. correspondent bill melugin though starts us off tonight live from eagle pass, texas. good evening, bill. >> bill: bret, good evening to you. illegal crossings are starting to surge once again here at our southern border. this is after a lull during the month of june. now fox news has obtained some brand ne

he explained his reasoning to bret baier on fox news last night.m not a political operative. i'm not a campaign professional. you set out the vision and you execute on it and if it's not being executed you make the course correction. cheryl: doug, did that land, that comment? >> look, governor desantis is a political operative. he's been a congressman, he's a good political -- he's one of the best i've seen sometimes in reading the political tea leaves, knowing what to say. you see it in the economic platform. we talked about this that there's a blend between the populous, making the student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy courts, we're going to put it back on universities. knows what to do there. the problem is how is he connecting to an audience. that's not as much a campaign dynamic as it is a candidate dynamic. cheryl: the journal did give him kudos. you mentioned the federal reserves. the journal said it would focus on maintaining a stable dollar instead of the political pressure of the day, stable money equals growth and income. they're not

i'm bret baier.initial appearance in washington federal court today on the most rece

right now, in this town, it's all about politics and it's all about tonight where bret baier and i will co-moderate the first republican primary debate. it will be blockbuster. is time. before we get to that, breaking news out of russia. a lot going on this afternoon. new polling out of iowa that suggests that republicans watching this debate tonight say that they can be persuaded, won over by any of these candidates. we've been talking to the voters all week about what matters most to them tonight. >> i'm really hoping to see the candidate that talks about the issues in the country and not about each other. we have to be focused on joe biden. >> the economy. >> my concern is that they all address personal safety. >> what are you looking to do to help the average ordinary person. >> i want to hear them tell me why i should vote for them, not why i shouldn't vote for the other person. >> martha: let's bring in our fantastic panel today, dana perino and bill hemmer from america's new room, karl rove and trey gowdy, the host of "sunday night in america." great to have all of you with us. >

position, they are holes in market place, they differentiate it used to be tucker carlson now it is bret baier and jesse waters and rachel on ms nbc, third is benefit. you hav' to your market get all 4 right, life is down hill. wind is at your back. fox to their audience, succeeds. for a benefit, they offer news, information you don't get go where else out there, until have a little now.tition same with ms nbc and grand and grand isan the ball game. combination of differencing a and benefit it takes singular it makes you a purple cow, i liver in country, you pass fields of 40 brown cows and black and white ones, you can't tell one from the other, but a purple cow would stand out. >> a fifth one is a tag line. you want to tag line. when you come up with a tag line it should be relatively short and summarizee what you do that differentiates yourself from others, if someone else can use your tag line, throw it away. if you are running for office your name does not tell if you are liberal or conservative, you want a tag line, most effective tag line has about make america great again, that separat

>> martha: bret baier is here with us today. anchor of "special report."own on former president trump. i asked him about this very strong line of argument that the trump attorneys have been putting forward, that all they asked the president for was just a pause in the process. he had a pretty fierce answer to that. let's watch that. >> let's be clear on this point. it wasn't just that they asked for a pause. the president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes, which would have resulted in the issue being turned over to the house of representatives and chaos would have ensued. martha, people can read the indictment. >> martha: your thoughts on where he is now as the former vice president and as a presidential candidate. >> good afternoon. i think this tracks with his first response to the indictment that he tweeted out no person should be above the constitution. if they try to be, they should never be the president. i think he's using this and sticking to it. the fact that he used the term crockpot lawye

the big show will be moderated by bret baier and martha maccallum, and bill hemmer and dana perino a half hour before the show tonight. >> sandra: ronna mcdaniel said excited to showcase the diverse candidate field to beat joe biden. there is a very deep bench there and very diverse line-up, john. it is going to be fascinating to watch. >> john: it will be, it's a deep bench but deep underwater compared to where former president trump is by 40 something points. so there is going to have to be some stand-up moments. >> sandra: china holding military drills near taiwan as a warning after a top taipei official travels to the u.s. beijing a likely topic at tonight's debate. so, how will candidates respond to that? >> john: plus the justice department inspector general is reportedly telling congress he could reach a limit in his efforts to investigate whistleblower complaints on the hunter biden probe. michael waltz will join us with new reaction on that coming up next. >> there's been interference at the highest levels of our government regarding investigation into hunter biden. we are g

coming up bret baier as you can see right there next to winsome sears, lt.he commonwealth of virginia. also mike huckabee. >> ainsley: we have kayleigh mcenany, we have pete pete hegseth and stuart varney and greg gutfeld as we have learned will not be on the stage. >> steve: brilliant. >> ainsley: that was so cute. >> brian: bret baier is working out already. which is unbelievable. and pete hegseth, the so high over the weekend he had no shirt on. he will not be wearing a shirt for his appearance. is he going to go with that now. >> steve: he just calls out wednesday. just saying. >> brian: that's true. >> ainsley: go to instagram page if you want to know what brian was talking about. he was swimming out on the hudson river with the navy seals. >> steve: along with will. >> brian: no shirts. >> steve: big show watching now 6:18 in the east as the biden family soaks up the sun out west on vacation, the hunter biden investigation is heating up in washington. and speaker mccarthy goes on record saying an impeachment inquiry could come next month. >> ainsley: p

led to a superseding indictment adding charges that directly contradicted what he told bret baier.zabeth: it's wild stuff. so, you know, what mr. mall malcolm is saying, we have that part of the story joe, and then you've to got trump firing back at his former attorney general, bill barr, barr saying trump will be convicted on some counts. trump was warned by his lawyers his actions could lead to legal troubles. what do you make of all this,? put it together. where do you think voters are feeling and standing on this right now? >> i don't think it moves voters very much at all. every time we see donald trump get indicted, every time there's another legal case thrown at him, his numbers go up at least as far as primary voters. the question is, how does this affect the general, liz, because we assume that donald trump will win the nomination based on the fact that he's up 30 or 40 points, and that's a hard hill for him to climb. so the question is in the general election do suburban women come back to donald trump the way they did in 2016? hispanics? disgruntled democrats? are those

comes to the previous caller about the moderators for the debate on the 23rd this week, it will be bret baier martha mikal as moderators of that first republican debate. a debate mr. trump says he will not be part of. if you think you think he should change his mind. on our no line, nancy from north carolina. caller: good morning. i don't think he should be on there. it would just be more of a three ring circus which is what it's been forever and never since he's been on the political scene. why should he be? the news media has given him the next presidency on a silver platter. why does he need to be on therefore. the news media covers him right and left everywhere he is in everything he does. i feel sorry for all these candidates. who don't get equal time on tv for expressing their policies. i hate to say it, but c-span and pbs, i am including when i say the news media. as much as i hate to say that c-span is cowering down to trump , that's the way it has to be. host: back to your point about the other candidates. you think they benefit without the presence of mr. trump. >> i certainly do. t

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the 45th president of the united states has been indicted for a third time unprecedented in u.s. history. events surrounding the capitol riot january 6th, 2021. the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. as you are looking live there, special counsel jack smith will make remarks at a news conference from the justice department shortly. we will bring those to you here live and we have a full show of reaction to all of the developments and the specifics on the charges for that griff jenkins has the details outside the courthouse. >> griff: good evening. donald trump has been ordered to appear in court behind me for first court appearance and possible arraignment. that is the news breaking at this moment. it will be on thursday at 4:00 p.m. now special counsel jack smith has laid these allegations out in the form of speaking indictment where prosecutors lay out a detailed time narrative events surrounding the january 6th, 2021 capitol ri ri. how they dealt with his refu

. >> reporter: in the first hour of debate made very hill reference to what moderator bret baier called the elephant not in the room former president trump trump announced last week he would be skipping the first two debates, citing his substantial lead in the polls and is gearing up for his fourth arrest on criminal charges later today midway through the debate, the candidates cand candidates were asked about their potential support for trump. >> if former president trump is convicted in a court of law, would you still support him as your party's choice? please raise your hand if you would. [cheers and applaused applause >> reporter: and just five minutes before the debate, a pre-taped interview between trump and tucker carlson was posted to x, the platform formerly known as twitter. in the interview, trump went after president biden on his age and claimed that the january 6 attack on the capitol was full of love and unity. >> brie, we want to ask you the other major headline trump's upcoming surrender to authorities behind you tell us what we can expect from that and the latest in his

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bret baier and martha.hrough strategy stuff and coming up with canned lines and all the rest of it, it doesn't work all that well. >> yeah, you pointed that out -- >> you called marco rubio that. >> covering your campaign at the time, to that point, though, you're not looking around and saying that's my biggest problem in new hampshire. that individual is the biggest hurdle i have to become the clear kind of contrast to donald trump here. you're not thinking through any of that. just going in and responding? >> that's right, phil. and, by the way, my biggest problem and what i'm focused on as the biggest problem for the republican party for defeating joe biden and that's donald j. trump. by the time we get to that stage wednesday night, guys, he is more likely than not going to be out on bail in four different jurisdictions. think about that. out on bail. i mean, the first question maybe should be from bret baier, donald trump, can you explain to us what the restrictions that were placed on you by all four

>> reporter: i think bret baier did the mass. i think it was february, 2024. you have got the florida case that is supposed to start in ma. that is a couple months after that. iif i could quote right quick, the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida said to our viewers at home who are a little confused about everything that is going on, said, buckle up. you are starting to ride. this is one step. get ready for a long drawn out coverage of what might be the most remarkable ballistic criminal prosecution in the history of the united states. >> trace: and he is not underselling that. jeff paul, thank you. i want to bring in vik bajaj. you hear this, vic. and you seek, how in the world are you going to get all of these prosecutors from all these different jurisdictions and all these charges to agree on timelines that do not look on -- like election interference and make sure this guy who is the leading candidate that this person at least has due diligence and his constitutional right to run for the office of president. >> you are exactly right.

now the event in milwaukee is moderated by fox newschannel host bret baier and martha maccollum. eight candidates will be there, but the early frontrunner, former president donald trump, says he's going to skip the debate. jarred hill has more on what's the stake for this part -- for those taking part, rather, tonight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, this could really be a fight for recognition and truly survival for some of these candidates. only one of the eight is polling in the double digits right now, and without former president trump there, some are hoping to show that they can be a solid alternative. the stage is being set in milwaukee where eight republicans will face off in their first presidential primary debate. >> you're going to have a serious policy discussion between the other candidates, and there's a lot of differences there. >> reporter: but the gop's big night will be missing the party's biggest name -- frontrunner, former president trump is opting out. he posted on truth social yesterday, quote, i will be very busy tomorrow night. enjoy. >>

we have neil cavuto anchor of "your world," bret baier, chief political anchor and anchor of "special report" and andy mccarthy is back with us, fox news contributor and jonathan turley, constitutional attorney, gwu law professor and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. thanks for being here. neil, let's start with you. your thoughts as we hear that the president is inside having his fingerprints taken for the third time in this indictment. >> we're getting used to this. it's weird. very weird. i was thinking of just what the president, the former president is facing and what his outlook calendar could look like as they pen in all of these events coming up. i know they're all moving targets. you have just potentially a couple months away, an investigation into the president's finances, a potential extended session at that. in january, you'll have the second part of the jean carroll civil rape case. that's something that he has to deal with. in march, maybe the whole hush money case and payments to porn stars and all that. you get past that, the big trial, the whole mar-a

bret baier and arthur mccallum have been working all week. what is it like? >> we are not in our chairs yet. we are backstage. this is where the candidates will be lined up right here and we are getting ready to go. martha and i feels like the first day of school. >> wouldn't everyone like to know what is in the binder? you will find out in a short time. on our way here we ran into some of those getting ready to come out. they seemed pumped up and excited as are we. we want to show you what it's like back here. >> the crowd is big. probably 4000 plus. they are fired up. they have been in the seats for a wild. they are anxious to get started. we will be walking out giving them a little preamble before everything starts. then we will get to the debate moderator desk and start asking questions. >> we are looking forward to it. >> bill and dana, back to you. this is kind of like the oscars behind the scenes. >> i love that. >> it looks fantastic. we will see you guys in about 28 minutes. >> have a great show. see you later. >> let's bring an hour panel. brit hume

they have a hole in the marketplace they both differentiate you speak tucker carlson and now it's bret baier jesse watters and laura ingraham et cetera on fox. rachel on msnbc. you don't find this type of people anywhere else on television. third is a benefit you got to your market to your audience yougot to get all for right. if you get all for right it's downhill of it to get one wrong you'll be up here not likely to see. box to their audience succeeds. they have information you do not get anywhere else outl there and until recently they have a little competition but previously there is no competition for decades. same with msnbc. fourth is brand and brand is the ballgame. one is a combination of position differentiation it is what it makes you singular. what makes you in the words of the famous communicator a purple cow. live out in the country 40 brown cabs there, 50 black-and-white wins over there you cannot tell one from the other but if one is a purple cow it stands out. all of her goal in life is to be a purple cow. i have not figured out how to squeeze a fifth went in there. a fifth