Of of oops. The lead starts right now. Its official. The exxonmobil ceo with ties to putin is now Donald Trumps pick to be americas top diplomat. Could the Republicanled Senate end up saying nyet . President elect trump vowing Businessman Donald Trump will go into a hibernation for the next four years. Could we still see a crossover episode of the apprentice and the west wing. Breaking news. Ceasefire in syria to stop whats being called a complete melt down of humanity in aleppo. Syrian forces knocking down doors and slaughtering men, women and children. Will the innocents now have a way out . And is this a ceasefire or a surrender . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Ending weeks of speculation over his secretary of state pick and kicking off weeks of more speculation about whether his pick will pass a Senate Confirmation hearing, president elect donald trump finally made his choice. Exxonmobil ceo Rex Tillerson, a successful businessman with significant ex
And donald trump certainly doesnt want to hear more about kirk eichenwalds story. Thats why he will join us. And donald trump certainly doesnt want to hear Michael Moores plea to the Electoral College. Michael moore will be doing that tonight on this program. So no kanye, just news. Donald trump will attend two inaugural balls during his first week in office. One in washington, d. C. And of course the real one in moscow. The kremlin couldnt be happier with the way trumps cabinet is shaping up. An International Oil magnate tapped. A coziness with Vladimir Putin is very alarming. The good lord didnt put oil in all freedomloving democracies across the world. When he gets a friendship award in the butcher, it needs to be examined. The, um. The very agency perry very famously forgot. Stepping before cameras with rapper kanye west. I want to take a picture right now. With vanilla ice is always number one. Anything can happen. Anything can happen in confirmation hearing, especially when washi
Leadership. Believes this caravan could be followed by more. More are expected tomorrow. Potentially up to 5,000 people. We will have rules of decorum. He wants to speak directly to the American People, at the same time, those individuals cant be disruptive. We honor the recipients of our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom. The king of rock and roll elvis allen presley. We built this city on rock and roll we built this city. What a great song. Lisa great song. I come in dancing. Ed we built this show on rock and roll. The king of rock and roll honored yesterday medal of freedom. Pete im drinking tea this morning. I have the crud that rest of america have. Its not coffee its tea. Ed i will be sad if you have to leave the show early. Jedediah im not going anywhere. Ed we havent seen you since we went skydiving. Jedediah i know. Im a little disappointed. I thought you were going to zip line me in something fun but thats all right. Ed wait until tomorrows sh
Reach a solution . First lady snubbed, the most admired woman in america, Michelle Obama, your comments pouring in on this one. Fox and friends first starts now. Oh my god its the weekends heads up for the weekend oh my god its the weekend hands up for the weekend bill a rainy start to the weekend in new york city. Lots of activities beginning to take place as we gear up for a brandnew year on tap. You are watching fox and friends first friday morning. Thank you for starting the day with us. A massive manhunt intensifying for an illegal immigrant accused of killing a California Police officer and donald trump is calling for tougher Border Security in the wake of that tragedy. Todd pyro joins us with the latest on the search for the suspect. Reporter calls for justice growing louder as the manhunt continues for suspected armed and dangerous copula, authorities revealing the unidentified suspect is in the us illegally. He was spotted on Surveillance Video moments before allegedly shootin
Good morning, everybody. It is friday, april 12th. We begin with the latest details on the arrest of Julian Assange. Sporting a long white beard, assange was taken into custody yesterday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. He had been living there for the past seven years. Ecuadors president says that assanges diplomatic asylum was withdrawn due to violating International Conventions and discourteous and aggressive behavior. The u. S. Justice department revealed yesterday assange has been charged with computer hacking we lated to the case of former Intelligence Officer Chelsea Manning. Assange is accused of helping manning crack a password with gave him access to hundreds of thousands of classified documents. The indictment accuses assange of going beyond the role of a traditional journalist. He claims the u. S. Is trying to infringe on his journalistic freedoms. Meanwhile members of congress from both sides of the aisle are calling for assanges immediate extradition. President trump