On the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles, this is america s late news, fox news at night. Breaking tonight getting brandnew information about the man who apparently tried to assassinate former president donald trump. 58yearold brian ruth was in court today as investigators try to figure out if he acted alone. Authority say that his life was spared after the secret service noticed a rifle pointing through some bushes of his west paul golf course and immediately opened fire before anybody got hurt. But forget about the potential assassin. The media now bringing blaming trumpet is it any surprise? that s not pretend that donald trump is not exactly like hitler. Domestic terrorism is a real thing. All he does is wild up his base and incite violence. Keep a killer out of the white house. Trace: critics say that after five years of calling the republican party hitler, and x. Essential thread, an enemy of the state, found to have consequences. More on what we know about the suspect and his
moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
Yes. Thank you. The weank you for that welldeserved applause. Happy thursday, everyone. Today. Joe biden held a Press Conference with president of kenya. Biden said the event was great and it was even betterh the to h up with barack obama. A new poll from the Hollywood Reporter ranks the mosh obama. Td Tv News Anchors by network. And guess who was number two at fox . Hold your applause. 51 said they trusted me a lot or the other 49 said i never trust a guy that handsome. Oh. But the Hollywood Reporter had me ranked at number two as mostm trusted, which clearly means the folks at the hollywoodber have never seen this show. Who knew . Poo knewth about would land better than an iranianoper helicopter . The same list ranked. It. Jesse watters, 10th. Its the first r been time hes ever been a ten. Oddly, his hairpiece scored lower. Narrowly beating joy reids. Kilmeade ranked lowly eighth as most trusted. Narrowly beating out anarly iranian helicopter. Irania but he also beat out steve doocy,