dana perino hosts "the daily briefing" with dana perino. she joins us tonight. ks for coming on. >> dana: thanks for making me laugh on impeachment day. >> tucker: it's true. as i watched that cnn debate. of course, being cnn, they are taking orders, right, from zucker. and they were told kill bernie. and i watched this and i thought this is going to turn the left against the media. and i think it may have. >> well, you know, it was pretty interesting to watch how many people would be not aligned with bernie sanders on politics. but, to see how unfair that attack was, then defending him. and, you know, jesse watters our colleague he told me the other day he ran into bernie people we know how are but we want you to know fox has been fair to bernie sanders and cnn has not. that just happened the other day in jesse watters elevator even so it has to be true. bernie sanders, i think that poll, we will see if it's a trend. it might be an outlier. there is no doubt that he has amassed some power. the whole thing this week was with hillary clinton saying that bernie san

dana perino hosts the daily briefing with dana perino and she joins us tonight.s so much for coming on. >> thanks for making me laugh on impeachmentmp day. >> tucker: well, it's true, as i watched that cnn debate -- and of course being cnn, they are taking orders, right,, from soccer and they were told kill bernie, and i watch this and i thought this is going to turn the left against the media and i think it may have. >> well, you know, it was pretty interesting to watch how many people would be not aligned with bernie sanders on politics, but to see how unfair that attack was, then defending him and jesse watters, our colleague, he told me the other day he ran into some burning people and they said we know who you are and he says but we want you to know fox's been fair to bernie sanders. cnn has not appeared that just happened the other day and jesse watters elevator even, so course it has to be true. but yes i think bernie sanders, i think i t that paul -- will sf it's a trend, might be a little bit of an outlier but there's no doubt that he has amassed some po

but for now, let's get to "the daily briefing" with dana perino. >> dana: fox news alert. 13-year-old boy allegedly involved in the killing of a college freshman due in court any moment viewed hello, everyone. i am dana perino, and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ the 13-year-old suspect is charged in connection to the stabbing death of the 18-year-old student, tessa majors. about three weeks ago, police say about the teen and at least two others were intending to rob her near campus. she managed to stagger up some stuff from the park before collapsing in a crosswalk. david lee miller's live outside the courthouse. david lee, what else are we expecting to see today? >> the bottom line here, dana, as they are trying to make a case that the 13-year-old should be tossed out. fox news is not identifying the 13-year-old because he is being charged as a juvenile in family court. the teen's lawyer is likely to argue that the boy's uncle present during the interrogati interrogation, but the boy was not represented by a lawyer. also here, more about the defense claims that police yelled at the

she hosts the daily briefing of course with dana perino, we are always great fun to have her.eep hearing from democrats this grave disappointment in their own primary electorate suggesting that there bigots for supporting, i guess biden and bernie, what you make of that? >> i wonder if the media organizations are going to send out a bunch of reporters all the nation to find out what actually is happening in this country as they did after the 2016 election results. the thing about drilling castro is he gave the dnc convention piece back in 2012 and he became the candidate of tomorrow. but he was the of tomorrow for so long that it became yesterday. he never was able to get a foothold in the two things that you point out, the two major policy positions on abortion and on immigration, he never got enough support that those policies were actually scrutinized. if you think of someone like elizabeth warren and medicare for all, that got the full treatment but julian castro, ever since 2012 thought that he was going to be on that stage, may be the nominee. t i think that he will, tho

dana perino. the things being reported now as there is a consideration for a one to one trade for witnesses, perhaps. and adam schiff was on the floor last night saying this shouldn't be like fantasy football, shouldn't be trading 1 for 1 but it may be in the cards. >> there was this reporting yesterday, we will give you biden if you give us john bolton. and then they tried to walk that back and it makes me ask this question, what did the democrats really want here. i think schumer was outplayed by mcconnell yesterday. you are outplayed on every single vote, these people might be at each other's throats by 2:00 today, maybe give them until tomorrow before they start to lose it because it's not going anywhere. on the biden friend, you had something very bizarre happened. all of a sudden yesterday his campaign releases of video trying to explain, and add trying to explain biden's role in ukraine. he has been given this open hole where he can just run the ball because all of his competitors are in th

i'm dana perino.ing charges in the murder of a college freshman, set for a court appearance at the top of the hour. live outside the courthouse. plus, karl rove on his big predictions for 2020. anybody ready for a contested convention? and a concerned parent looking for a nanny for a college student, comedian joe piscopo weighs in. that's coming up on "the daily briefing." >> melissa: the house is back on tuesday, the first day of speaker pelosi sending over the articles of impeachment to the senate. it is, as chief justice john roberts, who would preside over any senate trial, is warning about the dangers of fake news. some read it as a rebuke of president trump. roberts saying in his annual new year's eve message, "in our age when social media can instantly spread rumors and false information on a grand scale, the public needs to understand our government and the protections it provides is ever more vital." back with "over time," our power panel, kayleigh mcenany and dave brown. kayleigh, what do yo

dana perino. >> dana perino made queso, it's not her forte.t me a bucket of hideous bubbling doom and tweeted it. look at that. >> dana: this is great. doesn't it taste good customer asked me when it tastes better than it looks. your negative press is my good press. >> dana: basically, the very polite way of saying get the f out. [laughter] >> holy! >> permission to make an analogy? >> sure. >> jesse: the media is the dossier. permission to make an analogy? joe biden is like when you take your grandfather to the club. >> jesse: permission to make an analogy? say juan gets incarcerated for murder he didn't commit, wouldn't you want internal affairs to look into what happened? >> i want to go home. ♪ >> dana: after john rich performed our song about politics on the show yesterday, it reached number one on the itunes country charts and number two overall. calling! >> jesse: that is never happen. my mom is calling. >> jesse: you are quite well-dressed. >> juan: if it was up to me i would wear a lot of sweatshirts, sweatpants, sweat suits. >> maga

but here in new york, dana perino what did you hear? >> i've heard a lot and heard it over and over again. so i can see -- i said in the break, i feel like i better understand now why president clinton's popularity went up during impeachment. >> bill: how come? >> dana: we know impeachment is supposed to be a last resort. it's political, it is very divisive. that's why you don't go to impeachment without some sort of broad bipartisan consensus that it needs to be taken up. in this case, there's no bipartisan consensus on it and the other thing, i was a little baffled by adam schiff. he wants to talk about russia and collusion with russia and he talks about that in his summation and he says going back through the mueller report without actually then saying what the mueller report said concluded, which was no collusion. i think this was much more of an election argument rather than an impeachment argument. most people in america have been saying, let's have this battle in ninth months at the ballot box than here in the senate. >> bill: th

also, democrats are upset about the burning surge in the race dana perino joins us with more on that.f course we will continue to watch the four of the united states senate, impeachment proceedings ongoing tonight. keep an eye on that. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: with every passing day it becomes harder and harder to deny that joe biden doesn't belong on the debate stage in the campaign trail or behind the wheel of a car. he's fading into should be engaged in some sick parity of campaigning in iowa. he ought to be retired in florida feeding ice cream to the seagulls. he deserves that. he's earned it. this is a depiction of what his life might be like if he did that. but he's not doing that, he's campaigning and it'she a mistake and it's obviously a mistake and it's always been -- we hate to brag, but we work and cable news, so it's encoded in our dna, but we did call this. we called it at the very beginning of his run when he was the most popular. it was obvious that it wouldn't work. watch. >> biden's campaign is not a real campaign. it's a zombie effort. it lurches from one blunder to another un

with me in studio, "wall street journal," dana perino and juan williams for analysis. good afternoon to all three of though. >> i think the closing arguments were appropriate in the sense that it is not just that we don't have a crime here still, we also have a very valuable charge and i think you saw the case that this was not with the framers had in mind, talked about hamilton and madison assuming that you would have crimes involved and not simply a partisan exercise and that's where i think you saw a lot of the comments referring back to the clinton years where it was largely a partisan event there as well. >> i thought the summation by pat cipollone was very well done. i just don't know if it would have persuaded anybody in the senate but remember, the administration set from the beginning they knew they had two juries they had to convince, one was in the senate and the other was the american people and i think overall as we all start to realize where the clock is that the election is coming in less than a week, we have the votes in iowa and we are going to get to

with me here in miami, chris wallace, dana perino, guy lewis, nice to see you in person.arie harf standing by, already in des moines, iowa, marie, hello to you. i want to start back on capitol hill with rick scott, senator, thank you for your time. i imagine at some point you would like to be in florida, nonetheless, you are where you are for the moment. when do you make the vote? speak of the weather looks better down there. i wish that i was down there. will clearly vote on the witness is next few hours. the house, they never presented a case, because they did not do their job in the house. they could've called on people like john bolton to testify, they elected to rush this through, it is completely there fault. then they want us to do their job for them. >> you think there will be a vote on witnesses today? is that right? >> i think we will have a vote in the next few hours on witnesses, and i have never believed that we were going to have witnesses, because i believe that it was the house's job to do their job, and they never did their job. they rushed this through,

dana perino is still here. the president is getting going on his defense today. >> this is the first time he's going to have his defense heard. that's one of the distinctions between the senate trial and the house impeachment process. >> trace: the interesting thing is, pat cipollone will have a chance to defend this. a lot of the country will say now we're getting two sides. >> dana: pat cipollone for the white house general counsel will be joined by three other lawyers. one of the things that will be interesting. not only will you get to hear from him, but mitch mcconnell said you have to turn in a written brief by noon monday. the democrats get to do the same. but i think those written briefs will be very interesting. hopefully they won't be 500 pages long and boring. >> trace: one of the big things people were looking for, he did respond to the parnas thing. he said i knew what was going on. i didn't do anything without the word from rudy guliani. the president said i don't know this guy. >> he has his own

thank you for joining us come on dana perino and i will see you on "the five." leasure to say, here's bill hemme bill hemmer. >> bill: you are great. i thank you, dana. ♪ reporting live from studio h in new york city, i'm bill hemmer. every weekday at this hour wait report the news and talk to the newsmakers and we aim to bring you the whole picture. more on that in a moment. but first, the historic stage is now set for president trump's impeachment trial which begins tomorrow. the president's lawyers laying out the defense today calling the charges frivolous in a blazingly political act by house democrats. house impeachment managers firing back saying there is overwhelming evidence that president trump is guilty and

i'm dana perino.dent trump's legal team calling on the senate to make quick work of impeachment. his lawyer sing the whole thing is rigged. former does is to permit prosecutor jim trusty drives me to react. plus, howie kurtz on "the new york times" backing two democrats for the white house, and amazon's new plan to turn your hand into a credit card. that's right. it's all coming up on "the daily briefing." >> dagen: house democrats leaving the door open to calling witnesses if the senate declines to do so. that's right, you heard me right. house democrats. they want to call former national security advisor john bolton and rudy giuliani associate lev parnas, among others, while the g.o.p. wants to hear from congressman adam schiff, joanne hunter biden, and the whistle-blower. democratic congresswoman debbie dingell responding to critics who say the house should have called these people when they had the chance. >> sometimes their heads are spinning with the amount of information coming out. people say,

dana perino hosts "the daily briefing with dana perino," she joins us tonight.that the democratic race, more amusing with every passing day. are we overstating elizabeth warren? she thinks she is going to save her campaign by calling bernie sanders a sexist, but maybe she is? >> well, i would love to know, maybe we will find out one day who actually meets that information.th there is some speculation it could i come from the biden team, right, to try and so a little mischief between candidate a and candidate become meeting moran and sanders, because electrical candidates, they can't live with each other and they can't live without each other. or they similarit supporters. one at some point is going to have to take off the gloves and start swinging, and i think that she took -- somebody said i'm an elitist on the sanders campaign, got very upset about that, so then it seemed like it was retaliation, to say that bernie sanders is a sexist. and i think the nonaggression pact between these two, and might even last three tonight's debate, but there's only three weeks

i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing."ple deserve the truth and a trial. over in the senate, mitch mcconnell says democrats have been out to get the president since the start. >> i think everyone knows this process is has not been so many earnest fact-finding mission with house democrats following each thread wherever it leads. this is a predetermined political conclusion. members of her conference have

dana perino joins us with more on that.e will continue to watch the floor for the impeachment proceedings on the floor tonight. we'll keep an eye out. when you move homes, you move more than just yourself. that's why xfinity has made taking your internet and tv with you a breeze. really? yup. you can transfer your service online in about a minute. you can do that? yeah. and with two-hour service appointment windows, it's all on your schedule. awesome. so while moving may still come with its share of headaches... no kidding. we're doing all we can to make moving simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. >> tucker: with every passing day, it becomes harder and harder to deny that joe biden does not belong on the debate stage behind the wheel of the car. he stated it and he should not be doing a sick parity of campaigning in iowa. he deserves that. he's earned it. this is a depiction of what is life might be like if he did that. he's not doing that. he's campaigning and it's a mistake and it's obviously a

i'm dana perino.y briefing." "" officials calling general qassim suleimani the driving force behind iran's deadliest attacks targeting our military. mike pompeo said the u.s. had to take him out before he could strike again. >> president trump made the decision, serious decision, which was necessary. there was an imminent threat that orchestrated the primary motivator was qassim suleimani. he has

i'm dana perino. i'll see you on "the five." trace gallagher, ready for friday? > trace: i'm ready. >> dana: we made it. >> trace: going back to l.a. tomorrow. thanks for that our reporting begins with iran's supreme leader praising the missile strikes in iraq. the pentagon reports a dozen soldiers were hurt in the attack. a spokesman said several members had concussion symptoms and doctors are screening them for traumatic brain injury. after the strike, president trump and defense officials said there were no injuries. >> no americans were harmed in last night's attack by the iranian regime. we suffered no casualties. all of our soldiers are safe. >> the iranian supreme

i am dana perino. and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ >> the president violated his oath of office, undermined our national security. he jeopardized the of our election, tried to use the appropriations process as his private atm machine to grant or withhold funds granted by congress in order to put his personal and political advantage. >> dana: as the house gets ready to turn impeachment over to the senate, the house speaker saying there is no doubt president trump betrayed the office and the american people. house minority leader kevin mccarthy attacking the speaker and her intention. >> by selecting these particular batch of managers, the speaker has further proven that she is not interested in winning the mayans, the hearts, or even following the constitution. >> dana: plots to get to this hour, let's become a chief correspondent mike emanuel life on capitol hill. the vote has been taken, what happens next? >> there will be the equivalent of a signing ceremony before they physically watch the articl

i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing."d to announce the findings from the criminal investigation into the attack. three u.s. service members died in the incident. the gunman, a 21-year-old member of the saudi air force. officials say he was undergoing flight training at pensacola. the justice department has been investigating the attack as an act of

. >> i'm in for dana perino.sident issuing a brand-new threat, as the war of words between washington and tehran continues. republican senator john cornyn weighs in, plus howie kurtz on how the media has been handling the strike. that's all coming up on "the daily briefing." >> harris: the iowa caucuses are days away now. one democratic strategist is describing the first contest in the 2020 race as a jump ball. this is the real clear politics average with bernie sanders, joe biden, and pete buttigieg in a three-way tie, separated by fewer than two copoints. the power panels back. marc lotter and start bolden. marc, i'll start with you. give me the handicapped for all that's happening i would. who is the most important to? >> you really can't tell right now. this primary is a mess. they had four different leaders in the last four months. through clear politics average, once the iowa caucuses over with, their primary will continue to be more scrambled than a breakfast platter at the waffle house. >> harris: gosh, i

i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the move saying the american people deserve the truth and a trial. over in the senate, mitch mcconnell says democrats have been out to get the president since the start. >> i think everyone knows this process is has not been so many earnest fact-finding mission with house democrats following each thread wherever it leads. this is a predetermined political conclusion. members of her conference have been publicly promising it literally for years. >> we have team fox coverage. bret baier is standing by with analysis. first, let's go to mike emanuel. he's live on capitol hill. mike, tells us, how is this going to work. >> >> all eyes will be on the house floor for a have it call vote. nancy pelosi announcing today "the house will now proceed with a vote on transmitting the articles of impeachment and naming impeachment managers on wednesday january 15." the speaker held up this process for four weeks trying to gain leverage over the senate trial. mitc

i'm trace gallagher in for dana perino, and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ the speaker of the housefter sitting on this for almost a month telling her fellow democrats in a letter that she asked judiciary chairman committee jerry nadler to be ready to appoint managers to send articles of impeachment to the senate. the chief correspondent mike emanuel up on the hill. how did the speaker's announcement play out on the house floor? >> fascinating stuff, we do expect that this will be quick once nancy pelosi meets with the house democratic caucus on tuesday. they will announce impeachment managers, people that will argue the case in the united states senate during a trial. but the bottom line is that house majority leader was asked about next steps in terms of impeachment on the house floor. >> we do expect there to be legislation on the floor next week with reference to what we call supplemental legislation for the appointment of managers, the funding of the effort. and we expect the papers will be sent sometime soon. >> speaker pelosi says she wants to talk it over with house democrat

dana perino and juan williams. your thoughts? >> after the initial pomp and circumstance everybody should settle in. it could be possibly 2 weeks. there won't be a lot of new information. the speaker is probably getting ready here to appear. the senates can't engage and america feels like they heard this a month ago. public opinion did not change either way. i think when either side gets frustrated, they are missing the fact if there was some big obvious case against the president, we would all know it. it would be really obvious. the fact it's this muddled at this point and people are dug in, that means that you won't see a lot of movement. i would add you have not seen the president's lawyers have a chance to layout their case. it's an impressive group of people. they will be up against many of the people in the house that we know and some we don't. that might be worth tuning into it. >> bret: this is live looking into the rayburn room. the reporters getting up to look at the articles of impeachment on the table. they will be s

hi, everyone, i'm dana perino, this is "the daily briefing."as military officials confirming 11 americans were hurt in a rainy and missile strike last week against an iraqi base housing u.s. troops. the ayatollah has a something to say about that too, praising the iranian missile attack for dealing a blow to america as a global superpower. former cia station chief dan hoffman is standing by with

dana perino, juan williams. former assistant u.s.mccarthy plus chris wallace is here, most of "fox news sunday." let's get to capitol hill correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill. chad? >> they are about to start here in 15 minutes, john roberts walked in to the senate side of the building, he was not wearing a robe, we talk about this a lot the past few days, chief justice rehnquist embroidered his robe. the one question if i saw john roberts in the halls, i would ask him, does he like operetta? we will see if he does any embellishments to his robe while he presides here. the first thing they have to do when they come back into session, they will have a live quorum call where they call the roll orally of all 100 senators and make sure they are all there so they know if somebody is not there they might have just wear them in later. of course attendance could be an issue, maybe not today but down the road as you have four democratic senators who are pursuing the democratic presidential nomination. once they do that, chief justice r

dana perino joins us tonight. more amusing with every passing day. 's hard to believe that elizabeth warren thinks she's going to save her campaign by calling bernie sanders sexist. maybe she is? >> dana: i would love to know and maybe we will find out one day who actually leaked that information. there is some speculation that could have come from the biden team to try to sell a little mischief between candidate a, candidate b, meaning warren and sanders. there'they can't live with eachr and they can't live without each other. they have similar supporters. one of them at some point is going to have to take off the gloves and start swinging. she took offense about, somebody toosaid that i'm an elitist. it seemed like it was retaliation to say that bernie sanders is sexist. i think the nonaggressive path between these two, there's only three weeks until iowa, and to me, bernie sanders actually has a better organization, better campaign stats and are on the march. i don't know if they will actually be able to pull it off. i think joe biden will squeak i

with me here in miami, chris wallace, dana perino, guy lewis, nice to see you in person.ing by, already in des moines, iowa, marie, hello to you. i want to start back on capitol hill with rick scott, senator, thank you for your time. i imagine at some point you would like to be in florida, nonetheless, you are where you are for the moment. when do you make the vote?

hi, everyone, i'm trace gallagher in for dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ we begin withhe latest on the crash. 176 people killed just minutes after takeoff from tehran. and also hours after iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles on to iraq he bases which house u.s. troops. that, a response to a killing of one of iran's top generals. questions now swirling of course since the crash but officials tell fox news it looks like an accident. we have team fox coverage correspondent john roberts standing by on the north one but we begin with national correspondent jennifer griffin. she's live at the pentagon. >> trace, a senior u.s. official tells me that the latest intelligence now confirms it was a russian-made fsa 1 15 missile that the iranians fire that brought down the ukrainian civilian airliner. an absolute tragedy, they told fox news. they screwed up and it's tragic. we were told earlier that pentagon officials increasingly believe having reviewed the latest intelligence in analysis that they shut down the airliner by mistake, using russia service missiles. that

i am trace gallagher in for dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ >> trace: at the iraniansbases that housed american troops but president trump a short time ago saying no americans or iraqis were hurt in the strikes. the president also saying it looks like iran is standing down and once again, defending his decision to take out the gener

i'm trace gallagher in for dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." hundreds of thousands flooding iran's streets for soleimani's funeral. the country's president warning the u.s. never threaten the iranian nation. all this as president trump doubles down on his own threats saying iranian cultural sites are fair game. and now the american people should know why the president ordered the strike. we have complete coverage this hour. john roberts standing by at the white house and live in the middle east. benjamin hall is in jordan. let's be beginning with trey yingst on the ground in baghdad. trey? >> trace, good afternoon. a second funeral for qassim soleimani today in tehran as millions of iranians took to the street to pay their respects as a person that was the second most powerful personal in the islamic republic. a number of senior officials from around the world in proxy groups that are related to the iranians attended the funeral. his daughter was at the funeral and she had a threatening message for the united states vowing a response. take a li

i am trace gallagher in for dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ >> trace: at the iranianseading to iraq he military bases that housed american troops but president trump a short time ago saying no americans or iraqis were hurt in the strikes. the president also saying it looks like iran is standing down and once again, defending his decision to take out the gener general. >> president trump: iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism in their pursuit of nuclear weapons which threatens the civilized world. by removing him, we have sent a powerful message to terrorists. if you value your own life you will not threaten the lives of our people. >> trace: the president announcing the u.s. would slap iran with new sanctions immediately but president trump also spoke about moving forward and working with iran. >> president trump: we must also make a deal that allows iran to thrive and prosper and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential. iran can be a great country. peace and stability cannot prevail in the middle east as long as iran continues to commit violence and

." ♪ >> juan: hello, everyone i'm juan williams along with katie papp ledge dana perino, jesse wattersand greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, this is "the five." democratic house managers are making their final arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump. tomorrow, saturday, it is the president trump legal team's turn. they will respond to the week of attacks from democrats. take a look. speak of this presidential stonewalling of congress is unprecedented i

i'm dana perino. i'm going to see you on "the five." did you have a good new year? >> yes, and you? >> dana: it was a little quiet. no one will be surprised that my new year's eve was quiet. >> not much festivity going on. good to see you. thank you. well, she was held hostage, kept in a van, and then the cough caught up. a body cam caught what happens next. ♪ now, what we have learned about the witness who tipped off police and what cops say about the criminal history of the man with the van. plus, it's the worst wildfires he australia has ever seen, forcing thousands to run to safety. but 119-year-old woman chose to stay to try to save her family home from the flames. ♪ what she said it was like fighting the fire as fox news reportinfox"fox news reporting". and our reporting begins with the dramatic rescue of a kidnapping caught on police video. >> get out of the way! >> get out of the way! >> oh, my god. >> get out of the van. >> trace: it all happened in brookside alabama just outside birmingham. police say it's a witness called police, when he saw the suspect trying to drag a wo

. >> let's bring in co-host of "the five," dana perino and juan williams. dana, you've dealt with white house counsels, pat cipollone. most of the time not out there making the cases publicly. >> yeah, white house counsels are hostages in their office. they're not -- so busy they don't have a lot of time to lead. i thought mat cipollone is a very good lawyer. she didn't read from notes. he knew the law. presents well. for the people towning in that this might be the first time that they're seeing him, that might be compelling to keep watches. if you recall when this first got underway and john roberts came over and got sworn in and swore everybody in, i mentioned that this is -- the senate is very different from the house. it's somber, serious and i think you could see today, you know, it's a little like watching paint dry. we're expecting up to 50 amendments. they're going to spend an hour debating each amendment. by thursday, i think that some senators will be crying uncle and their names might be bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar. they

thank you for joining us come on dana perino and i will see you on "the five." it's my great pleasure to say, here's bill hemme bill hemmer. >> bill: you are great. i thank you, dana. ♪ reporting live from studio h in new york city, i'm bill hemmer. every weekday at this hour wait report the news and talk to the newsmakers and we aim to bring you the whole picture. more on that in a moment. but first, the historic stage is now set for president trump's impeachment trial which begins tomorrow. the president's lawyers laying out the defense today calling the charges frivolous in a blazingly political act by house democrats. house impeachment managers firing back saying there is overwhelming evidence that president trump is guilty and that he abused his power. we have a big hour ahead of. kevin corke reports live from the white house and we will also talk with democratic senator chris van hollen. but we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. walk us through the next few days of this. >> good afternoon bill. glad to be part of it. w

i am trace gallagher in for dana perino.developments involving an already tense situation with iran. the defense secretary of mark esper set to speak any moment. we are watching the white house. president trump is set to speak this our and on capitol hill, senate leaders are expected to take the podium. tensions escalating after the air strike that killed one of iran's top generals. the world waiting to see how and when tehran might retaliate. the head of the country's revolutionary guard threatening to "set ablaze" places the united states supports. here at home, secretary of state mike pompeo defending the strike. >> any time a

." ♪ >> jesse: hello, i'm jesse watters along with kennedy, dana perino, juan williams, and greg gutfeldit's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." it looks like it could be game over for the democrats impeachment spectacle. president trump has been declaring victory on twitter and republicans have been signaling that they could vote to acquit the president as early as tomorrow. here are some highlights from the trial today. speak at this points to the exact problem taking place here, that is my colleague has said ts is really taking the vote away from the american peo

i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." "" officials calling general qassim suleimani the driving force behind iran's deadliest attacks targeting our military. mike pompeo said the u.s. had to take him out before he could strike again. >> president trump made the decision, serious decision, which was necessary. there was an imminent threat that orchestrated the primary motivator was qassim suleimani. he has hundreds of american lives on his hands. what was sitting before us, he's traveling throughout the region, his efforts to make a significant strike against americans. >> dana: president trump tweeting the general killed or badly wounded thousands of americans over an extended period of time and was plotting to kill many more. the president also saying suleimani was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions and that he should have been taken out many years ago. we have complete coverage throughout the hour. bret baier is standing by with analysis and trey yingst with react

. >> dana: laura ingle thank you for following that story and we appreciate you joining us, i'm dana perino and i will be on "the five" for two hours from now but meanwhile. >> dana come a live look on capitol hill, the set to deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate today and speaker nancy pelosi announcing the manager to prosecute president trump at his trial, but the white house calling the whole thing a sham. also the president signing phase one of the trade deal with china. we will look at what it means for all of us and any minute now, both parties coming together to honor former nfl player for his heroic light off at the field. i'm trace gallagher. fox news reporting begins now. >> reporting begins with the house to formally deliver at the house of impeachment to the senate. speaker nancy pelosi naming the managers who will prosecute president trump at his trial set to begin next week. speak with the emphasis is on comfort level in the courtroom. the emphasis is on making strong as possible a case to protect and defend the constitution, to seek the truth for the american peo

. ♪ >> juan: hello, everyone i'm juan williams along with katie papp ledge dana perino, jesse watterseg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, this is "the five." democratic house managers are making their final arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump. tomorrow, saturday, it is the president trump legal team's turn. they will respond to the week of attacks from democrats. take a look. speak of this presidential stonewalling of congress is unprecedented in the history ofr

i'm trace gallagher in for dana perino, and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ the speaker of the houseng on this for almost a month telling her fellow democrats in a letter that she asked judiciary chairman committee jerry nadler to be ready to appoint managers to send articles of impeachment to the senate. the chief correspondent mike emanuel up on the hill. how did the speaker's anme

." ♪ >> jesse: hello, i'm jesse watters along with kennedy, dana perino, juan williams, and greg gutfeldit's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." it looks like it could be game over for the democrats impeachment spectacle. president trump has been declaring victory on twitter and republicans have been signaling that they could vote to acquit the president as early as tomorrow. here are some highlights from the trial today. speak at this points to the exact problem taking place here, that is my colleague has said ts is really taking the vote away from the american people. speak about what we have seen over the last couple days is a descent into constitutional madness. speak of the president, by his account, never once asked his so leave the board. instead, he started investigating the prosecutor who was going after burisma and his corrupt oligarch. >> jesse: the reasoning president trump is ready to declare victory are because of two videos servicing from john bolton and adam schiff. >> i will be meeting with president zelensky. he and president trump have already met twice pier

." ♪ >> jesse: hello, i am jesse watters along with kennedy, juan williams, dana perino, greg gutfeld." president trump's legal team hitting back hard against democrats while wrapping up opening statements and the impeachment trial comes as liberals and the media continue to salivate over a book written by john bolton. the latest leak claims that bill barr was concerned that donald trump was doing favors for autocrats

. ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm dana perino, lawrence jones, it's 5:00 in new york city, this is "theive." tensions growing between the u.s. and to run after a rainy and backed militants try to storm the american embassy in baghdad. the attack ending when the militia left the scene after just two days. the trump administration responded by sending hundreds of troops. some outlets slamming the president is even trying to label the incident as trump's benghazi. here's a look at some of the coverage. >> you've got them stoking anti-americanism, giving an advantage to iran. speak of this goes back to a release strategic decision that the president made. >> this is certainly not helpful. >> these are tough times and one worries whether the administration has the sort of horse power and brainpower to deal with them. >> dana: and msnbc piling on, calling the embassy attacked trump's benghazi. other outlets under fire for labeling the iranian backed militants as just protesters. to "the new york times" is also facing similar criticism for describing the attackers as mourners. a former benghaz

. ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm dana perino, lawrence jones, it's 5:00 in new york city, this is "theng between the u.s. and to run after a rainy and backed militants try to storm the american embassy in baghdad. the attack ending when the militia left the scene after just two days. the trump administration responded by sending hundreds of troops. some outlets slamming the president is even trying to label the incident as trump's benghazi. here's a look at some of the coverage

hi, everyone, i'm trace gallagher in for dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ we begin with176 people killed just minutes after takeoff from tehran. and also hours after iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles on to iraq he bases which house u.s. troops. that, a response to a

i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." officials expected to announce the findings from the criminal investigation into the attack. three u.s. service members died in the incident. the gunman, a 21-year-old member of the saudi air force. officials say he was undergoing flight training at pensacola. the justice department has been investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. while we wait for the news conference, let's go to david spunt at the justice department. david? >> i may have to sit down if the attorney general walks out. he's expected to address the findings of this investigation. it began after that tragedy happened on december 6 at naval air station pensacola. you did mention the 21-year-old student. he was a student in training from saudi arabia. he was part of the flight training program. i want to read to you the name of the victims that died. three victims at the school, the naval training center, the air center, josh what watson, mohammed hythom and cameron walters. all three died. eight injured. it was