largest hostage rescue operation since the war began on october 7th as the idf has freed four hostages taken by hamas and reuniting them with their families. welcome everyone to fox news live, i m anita vogel. and hello griff. griff: and the president addressed the rescue as he s set for a state dinner with macron. and we kick things off with peter doocy live following it in paris for us. hi, peter. griff, good afternoon. president biden says he s a student of french history and finds a lot of these events very moving, including the chance to be welcomed underneath the arc de triomphe. and the president made the comment at a pair of press statements where neither he nor president macron took any questions, but they did very, very, very briefly touch on the big international news of the day, that daring rescue of four israeli hostages inside central gaza. i want to echo president macron s comments welcoming the safe rescue of four hostages that were returned to their famil
campaign a burst of momentum in states president biden won four years ago as we get closer to the first debate. the economy, inflation, and the border and we re going to take care of it all. we re going to make america greater than ever before. president biden: he s about him, i m about the country. are you ready for this debate? president biden: yes. todd: we re talking to lara trump. carley: and a glitzy l.a. fundraiser featuring george clooney. why did the hollywood leading man reportedly make an angry phone call to the white house? you won t want to miss details. todd: a connecticut town declining to fly the thin blue-line flag following the death of a trooper. it did say a pride flag is okay. it is viewed as antagonistic, even if you don t see it that way. i don t think that is a good way to fly, especially not with further discussion. todd: state of connect sect is in mourning following the death of this trooper, fact they cannot fly a thin blue line f
for me the for the people that came to help, it was really just all in a day s work situations like this really show everyone and certainly showed us in this instance just how much all of us out in the world depend on all of you and again, i want to thank the crew from medic 24 firefighter hayden campbell, firefighter, paramedic, atom iq, and fire inspector paramedic, kimberly booser, who helped bring gray into the world. i got to be reunited with them over the weekend and i also learned when i spoke to adam and his crew, they were just as happy as i was to have a friendly female face on that crew. thank you. to kim for taking charge because man, she did. we also do want to just take a moment to thank all of the first responders here in the district of columbia, but across the country that all of us trust with our lives every day, because you really have no idea when you might need to make that call and having those people on the other end of the line makes all the difference
the president made it clear where he stands on a pardon for his son if convicted. as we sit in normandy, your son hunter is on trial and i know that you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution, will you accept the jury s outcome, verdict no matter what it is? yes. have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes. h hallie biden testified yesterday indicating she thought hunter may have been on drugs around the time of the drug purchase. hallie saying she and hunter were involved from 2015 through 2016. she said hunter gave her crack cocaine in june 2018 during a trip to los angeles and her struggle with drugs began. she says in october of 2018 while cleaning hunter s car, she found crack cocaine and the gun. sur surveillance captured hallie