the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
close to the sketch. crooked politicians and political appointees in california spent more than two weeks trying to keep this photo from going public. why? was it really that bad? pretty handsome for a drunk 82-year-old. initially napa county claimed this would jeopardize the investigation. did it jeopardize? of course not. they were just trying to protect the most powerful democrat in california nancy pelosi. and the most powerful woman in america, sorry, kamala. it s worth noting they sent this to all the other media outlets before fox. even though we were the only network that asked for it so they are bitter. now, i know what you are thinking. this isn t about politics. this is about fairness. we just want to know what happened. and we re entitled to the same information they would release about any other dui arrest like someone lo married to california royalty. the d.a. is still stonewalling though on the dash cam, the body cam and the drunk tank cam we re not going to
and that s how primetime is feeling right now about officials in california. they won t tell us anything about the dui arrest of nancy pelosi s husband paul. so we re left to assume the worst here s what we know almost two weeks ago while fancy nancy was out of town, pappa paul pelosi thrown in the slammer late saturday night. booked for drunk driving after having drunk drinks at his exotic napa california winery. california insiders admitted there may have been hankie panky going on behind nancy s back but i digress. police were alerted to the pappa pauly after he smacked his $100,000 porsche no an innocent driver and, yet, two weeks later, that is still really all we know about the arrest. the case has pretty much been buried from the public there has been no release of pappa pauly s smug shot. believe me primetime has been doing everything by the books to get it out. we basically called every office this in napa county like they told us to. and we have just gotten noth
ainsley: it s 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. is that right? steve: it s 72 degrees. brian: already have a fact-check? ainsley: june 19th. and this is fox & friends. president biden offering on dolences but no real solutions after illegal immigrant is arrested for the murder of a maryland mother of five. we will ask maryland s governor wes moore is that response is enough. steve: plus, the veepstakes are heating up as contenders hit the ground running for donald trump. but former kamala harris aides say one in particular keeps them up at night. i think j.d. vance would be pose the greatest threat to kamala harris in some respects. is he super smart, is he sharp. and quick-whited. lawrence: wow. and justin timberlake probably crying himself a river this morning arrested for another dwi despite claiming he had one martini. steve: that s all it takes. brian: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. remember, mornings are better with friends. get
code. on screen. and sanjay will join me again later in the week with some answers the news continues right here on cnn i d find next the breaking news, the polls closing, right now in virginia, where trump is looking for payback tonight. this is the former president it makes a major and unfounded accusation against the biden just moments ago. plus north korea pulling out all the stops, kim jong un now welcoming khuza a to the hermite patient as russian state tv zeros in on this programs coverage. and we re going to tell you why live from moscow tonight. and from instinct to in jail, we have new details on why justin timberlake spent the night in jail. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. we begin with the breaking news. there are polls closing, right now within the past minute in a crucial 2024 primary, that could be a big tell for the presidential election. and we are they re standing by right now for results in the race for the repu