Today on inside politics, the United States investigator vus donald trump. The grand jury meets again and the nation is on pins and needles. Plus a new National Poll shows donald trump and Joe Biden Running even and as of now, criminal indictments have not tanked trumps chances of become ing the once and future president if hes on the ballot. And its the Vice President on the line. A former Business Partner tells congress that hunter biden put his father on speakerphone 20 times. Democrats say it was part of an illusion. Republicans see it as a biden lie. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, we are closely watching for any indicators that a federal indictment against the former president is coming. The grand jury that will make that decision whether or not to charge donald trump with january 6 related crimes is back in today. Cnns Katelyn Polantz is live outside the federal courthouse here in washington. What are you seeing there at this hour . Repo
questions about the integrity of americans banks. she says americans are not on the hook for paying back the depositors. john: critics call it a bailout, the biden administration refuses to call it that. and why some think we are headed for a banking tsunami caused by woke obsessed bankers. sandra: but first, it s going to be a breaking news two hours ahead, waiting two separate briefings from the white house and the pentagon how the u.s. will handle russia. all this after dramatic new video showing moments a russian war plane downed a u.s. drone over international air space. hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. john: happy friday eve to you. america reports. in the 42-second video clip, you can see the plane dumping fuel on the reaper drone before colliding with its propeller over the black sea, russian ships are at the crash site trying to obtain debris, the u.s. does not have any ships in the area. sandra: not only are we there, we are told they rushed ther
leaders of canada and mexico. the record-breaking surge of migrants along with how to better secure the u.s. southern border is a major focus. also on the agenda, trade, economic issue, climate change and the renewed efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs into the u.s. from mexico. cnn s priscilla alvarez in is mexico city. what are the big takeaways so far? reporter: well, so far all the leaders have been reaffirming their strong relationship but it s a rubber hits the road moment when talking about what the commitments are going to be moving forward on this range of issues and first and foremost migration. this is an issue that all three countries have to wrestle with as there is unprecedented mass movement in the western hemisphere and the white house has been quite clear for months now that they expect that regional partners have to work together to stem the flow of migration, an issue that has become a political vulnerability for president biden on the u.s./mexi
this election. frankly, we did win this election. reporter: donald trump s false claim that he won the election before all the votes were counted, a lie he continues to peddle but one the january 6th committee didn t believe, like his attorney general. he had become attached from reality if he really believes this stuff. reporter: his campaign manager. i didn t think what was happening was necessarily i remember tell being him i didn t believe the dominion allegations. what they were proposing i thought was nuts. the theory was also completely nuts. reporter: trump s assertion that he won the election is at the core of the committee s argument that he purposely and criminally worked to prevent the i told him that the claims of fraud wiere bullshit. bill stepien was supposed to testify live but when his went into labor, he bowed out. did anybody who was a part of that conversation disagree with your message? yes. who was that? the president disagr
You got it. Dana never ends. Have a good show. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, a u. S. Official tells fox news on background Defense Secretary lloyd austin has ordered a significant number of u. S. Noncombat troops to be ready to deploy to israel. The personnel have been told to be on standby to be sent within 24 hours, if needed the israeli army is expected to launch a massive Ground Invasion of gaza at any time now. Its also getting ready for battle possibly with hezbollah along the northern border with lebanon. Israeli troops and hezbollah terrorists have exchanged fire repeatedly there. The humanitarian situation meantime in gaza is worsening with shortages of power, food, water, and medicine. Many refugees consider to wait at the border with egypt. Which is still closed. President biden says he thinks it would be a big mistake if israel chooses to occupy gaza once again. Meantime, 30 americans have been killed in this conflict so far. At least 13 are missing. W