perfection! carley: a perfect game sent shockwaves through major league baseball. we ll show you how it happened. you re watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. we begin with another fox news alert. hunter biden set to be deposed under oath for hours today in defamation lawsuit by the owner of the repair shop where he left his laptop. brooke: seeking $1.5 million. isaac reported the laptop to the fbi when he uncovered damming photos. hunter s deposition comes a week after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and a gun charge. hunterwill likely avoid jail time. trust in the fbi is tanking to the lowest in years. just 59% of americans have confidence in the bureau. shapley makes more stunning claims that back in 2022, joe biden u.s. appointed attorney made the ultimate call on what charges should be brought against hunter. listen. they presented this case to them. after that occurred, he was no longer lo
trump has a sizable lead on ron desantis. the margin, 5622. president biden has a bigger advantage on robert f. kennedy jr. 55% of respondents think the treatment of hunter biden and trump is motivated by partisan politics. daniel perry pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge relating to the choke hold death of a homeless man on the new york subway. jordan neely reportedly threatened passengers on the plane before penny intervened. madonna has postponed her celebration tour due to a serious bacterial infection and her recovery. she spent several days in intensive care after becoming ill saturday. the dow lost 74. the nasdaq gained 36. president biden has a new reaction tonight to the increased interest and investigation into his sons financial activities. hunter biden agreed to a plea deal on charges. more questions about hunter biden, his overseas business deals and the connections to family members. the president took a question about his sons reported text message wi
dealings. i have never discussed with my son or brother anything having to do with their businesses, period. take a look at these new allegations from gary chapley, a long-time high ranking nonpolitical irs whistle-blower whose testimony just became public so everyone can now read it. he says hunter biden was protected and shielded from the law in ways that he has never seen in his long career. there s so much in his testimony that is shocking. but let s start here with this alleged message from hunter biden to chinese business man henry zhao who appears to have owed him money. this is a whats app text. i m sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. tell the director that i would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand and now means tonight. and z, if i get a call or tech from anyone involved in this other than you, chang or the chairman, i will make certain that my ability to hold a grudge that
over the continental united states. the public has the ability to look up in the sky and see why the balloon is. john: look up and smile, that was the pentagon, moments ago senator roger marshall announcing the balloon is over his state, hovering over northeast kansas. gillian: for years we have been following beijing s spra spra sprawling apparatus, and now it s hanging over the heads of millions of americans. telling fox it s intentional and calling it a violation of u.s. sovereignty. the balloon is about the size of two school busses head to tail. pentagon says it will linger over the country a few more days. john: the president was briefed on tuesday. is he going to take any action? i m john roberts in washington. of all the things you never thought you would talk about, would this be near the top of your list? gillian: no, but interesting, makes for good discussion points, a whole range of issues. gillian turner in for sandra smith. that balloon is one of a whole
opponents. the source of embarrassing allegations about his son s personal affairs as well as a figurative side dish to main course what could be serious legal trouble. the potential legal and political fallout. first, jessica schneider. for years republicans have been going off about this laptop and hunter biden never publicly acknowledged that it was his. why is he taking legal steps now? they are ramping up their approach here. it s coming at the same time they are girding themselves for this real fight with congressional republicans. so what they are doing tonight, they are fighting back against a number of people they say allegedly got into hunter biden s laptop, that was left at that delaware computer repair shop, and they are fighting against the people who disseminated the contents of that laptop. these contained business documents, emails and photos and some potentially salacious materials purportedly belonging to hunter biden. what biden s team is saying is that t