Monday, april the 15th. And this is fox friends. Ainsley all rise. Former President Trumps historic new york Hush Money Case begins today with Jury Selection. Gregg jarrett is standing by, brian. Brian that is very true, ainsley. There is greg live. Far left activist in chicago cheering on irans Missile Attack on israel. Has just responded about 30 minutes ago. [cheers and applause] brian how is this happening in america . Charlie Scottie Scheffler the masters and credits god. My victory was secure on the cross. Thats a pretty special feeling. Lawrence fox friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. Ainsley and we start with this fox news alert. Jury selection begins this morning in former President Trumps historic hush money trial. Charlie makes him the first ever president to take a stabbed in a criminal crime. Brian fox news legal analyst Gregg Jarrett standing by. Eric shawn is outside the New York State Supreme Court and im choosing eric. Eric, im going to start with you. Gregg might be angry but im going to start with you anyway. Set the scene for us. Good morning, brian. Ever watch law and order. This is the courthouse where the fictional show is broadcast. Today in real life, getting ready are to the historic day. It is the people of the state of new york vs. Donald j. Trump, Jury Selection starts at 10 00 a. M. This morning just under four hours. There will be 12 jurors eventually and six alternates who will sit in judgment of the former president. This is how the Jury Selections is going to work. 100 people at a time will be called into the courtroom and judge juan merchan will explain the case to them and ask if any prospective juror does not think they can be fair and impartial. For those folks that raise their hand and cannot, they will be excused. The remaining people will be seated in the jury box in small groups and given the 42question questionnaire before each one is questioned individually by a prosecutor and a defense lawyer. They are not using names. They will be assigned numbers. Its an anonymous jury. Former president 34 counts falsifying Business Records. Hiding payments during the 2016 president ial race. All to cover up his alleged affair with porn star stormy daniels. You know, he denies that also accused of funneling money through his lawyer Michael Cohen. Those funds used to reimburse him listed by the Trump Organization illegally i, say prosecutors, as legal expenses. Also, former playboy playmate Karen Macdougall alleged her pay off part of this claim. Also claimed an affair with the former president. He has denied that she was paid 150 grand by the National Inquirer to try to keep her story under wraps. The charges are using misdemeanors but Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg bumped up those counts to felonies. He roped in the elections violations and also raised tax issues. As you know the former president has harshly slammed the case. Here is one of his attorneys will scharf. One of the craziest things about this case is the fact that what were dealing with here are Misdemeanor Offenses that threw this Weird Legal Al Chemical Process Alvin Bragg has attempted to convert into felony offenses. I believe the truth is on President Trumps side. There is nothing that any of these witnesses or anything the new york d. A. Can do to change that basic fact. Eric Jury Selection should take two weeks. The trial itself six to eight weeks. To get on the jury you get that summons. You have to be a resident of manhattan, speak english. Not be convicted of felonies and, by the way, brian, manhattan, New York County is manhattan in 2020 the former president received 12 of the vote. But thats better than did he in 2016. Back in 2016 he got 10 of the vote here in manhattan. Brian wow, eric, you will be there for like six weeks. I hope you have another outfit. Appreciate it. Lets bring in fox news legal analyst Gregg Jarrett. So, gregg, finally going to happen. How many days do you think this will take to get 12 jurors and six alternates . Greg cook take as long as 10 days, maybe two weeks. But its really up to the judge to limit the amount of voir dire the questioning of the jurors. And, you know, move forward. You know, but i must tell you, i have never seen such a Tangled Torturous prosecution that would be brought against no other person except trump. Its punitive. Its politically driven. Bragg contorting the law, taking a Business Record misdemeanor barred by the statute of limitations and magically inflating it into 34 felonies as eric shawn pointed out. To do that, he had to attach it to a supposed elections law violation. Well, its not federal Election Commission investigated. And they said this is perfectly legal. It is not a campaign donation. The doj concluded there is no crime here. But, you know, enter alvin bragg who is charging under federal law even though he is a local prosecutor and has no jurisdiction and authority to do that. But the judge is letting him get away with it. Lawrence so i just got to stay on that point about the judge. Because Michael Avenatti who is no fan of the former president , had this to say on twitter. He talked about the d. A. Encouraging cohen and daniels to go out there and do media interviews. And then he followed it up by. They said to my friends on the left who insist that they want to preserve democracy and justice, you should be equally outraged by. This constitutional protections against either exist for including the former president or they dont exist at all. What is happening in this Hush Money Case is a travesty. So, if you got Michael Avenatti who has spent his career now he is on the other side of justice trying to take down donald trump saying the judge is not being fair right here when it documents a gag order, how can the former president expect a fair trial . Gregg well, the gag order is a clear violation of the first amendment. The judges get away with it because, by the time its challenged on appeal, the case is over. But this case is also something else, a classic example of unequal justice and selective prosecution. Hillary clinton did pretty of the same thing. She, too used a lawyer to secretly pay for the phony steele dossier and booking it as legal expenses. She was fined by the fec, but she wasnt prosecuted and neither was barack obama. Even though he was fined a whopping 375,000 for Hiding Donors and keeping illegal contributions. But, if your last name is trump, the standard of justice is completely different and turned on its head. Ainsley you are right. Its a double standard. Gregg, lets talk about the prosecutors star witness. Its Michael Cohen who used to be trumps lawyer. Lawrence ha ha. Ainsley he has been in federal charges himself. Here is a reminder of what he said. He told the grand jury his goal was to tell the truth. But what is the truth . He flipflops. Listen. I will be in d. C. , and new york anywhere mr. Trump i will be there. I do not want to go to the white house. I was offered jobs. Not only is donald trump not a racist. He believes that all people are part of one race, the human race. I know what mr. Trump is. He is a racist. Is he a con man. And is he a cheat. Words the media should be using to describe mr. Trump are generous, compassionate, principled, empathetic, kind, humble, honest and genuine. He is capable of behaving kindly. But he is not kind. He is capable of committing acts of generosity, but he is not generous. He is capable of being loyal, but he is fundamentally disloyal. Ainsley gregg, how can this be the star witness . Gregg either cohen who was never much of a lawyer, is good, it seems, at only one thing. Lying prodigiously. Braggs theory in Case Well Cohen Pled Go ahead to Campaign Finance crime, so donald trump must be guilty, too. Well, thats not the law. The plea of one person does not determine the guilt of another. Its not even admissible evidence at trial. And cohen i can Gratuitously Pd guilty to crime in exchange for leniency for his many other crimes including fraud. But, get this recently in court he recanted what he stated in his sworn plea deal, which means he either, again, committed perjury in the plea itself or perjury in his recent Court Testimony and that prompted the judge to call Michael Cohen a serial purger. You had turley destroy on crossexamination and expose his lit any of lies. Brian thanks, gregg. Appreciate it. Instant analysis there. Felony charges trump either false filed or caused Business Records to be entered false lay, which would be misdemeanor. A intent to commit conceal a second crime. So far alvin bragg hasnt told us what that second crime is. When are we going to find out what the second crime is. And dont you think defense needs to know . Lawrence to that point, brian, remember, the Southern District of new york, which is the most aggressive prosecutors in the country, they passed on this. And, before they could even evaluate the information that the Southern District of new york had to give, alvin bragg brought this case. They have not turned over all the information to the defense as well. Instead of looking at the legal reason why the Southern District of new york decided not to go with this. Alvin bragg said im not even going to review that im just going to go ahead and do that anyway. The time he paid a vendor walmart shopping bag 12,000 cash and one boxing glove. Not two but one. Kind of a shady character. This is all, obviously, political. And the idea and, you know, how much are taxpayers in new york paying for this . Brian and the security. Charlie security, all of it. Jury selection 10 days, two weeks. Trial another four to six weeks. Its going to be massive expensive. The idea that you are going to find a jury of 12 people in new york city who dont have an opinion about donald trump . Good luck. Ainsley and taking him off the campaign trail. Owe said thats the goal. Hes saying he has denied any wrongdoing, donald trump, saying they could have done this and makes a good point seven years ago. Why wait until now . Questionable right before the election. Lawrence thats the big question. Now to another fox news alert. President biden will meet with the Prime Minister of iraq in the Czech Republic today. It comes after he told israeli officials that the u. S. Would not participate in any counterattacks against iran. Ainsley iran attacked israel over the weekend. Targeting the jewish state with 300 drones and missiles. You can see them there. Most of which were intercepted by the idf and the allies. Brian trey yingst covers it all. He was there every stretch the way through the bombing. He joins us now from israel. Hey, trey. Trey good morning. Today President Biden will meet with iraqi Prime Minister in washington. The pair likely to discuss this iranian attack against israel over the weekend that included hundreds of drones and missiles. Reports indicate President Biden told israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin NetanyahuThe Americans will not support or participate in a Counter Strike against iran. And just over an hour, the israelis are set to hold a meeting of their war cabinet here in tel aviv. They will discuss what their response against iran will be. Israeli media says the cabinet wants to see a response but they disagree on the timing and scope of such strike against the iranians. All of this comes as we are learning more about the attack over the weekend. We could see the interceptions here in tel aviv as israels advanced Missile Defense systems intercepted. So Ballistic Missiles and drones. The majority of them taken down outside of israeli airspace and reports do indicate that were confirmed by fox news around 50 of the Ballistic Missiles actually failed upon launch. So its an indication the israelis understand iran is not prepared for a prolonged conflicted but, again, they could try to use their proxies in the region, like hezbollah, or the houthis in yum men to target the israelis in the future. Guys, back to you are you surprised in retrospect try to overwhelm the Missile Defense system . That was intentional, correct . Trey absolutely intentional. Iranians understand they only have a few lever points and hezbollah is largest proxy. They have 100,000 groans and many precision guided missiles that they brought into Southern Lebanon through syria. Remember how this attack started over the weekend. It was a response to an israeli strike in damascus, syria, that killed a top iranian general, along with six other members of irans irgc. Now, that general, mohammed is a haddie was responsible for the missile and component shipments to syria. And ultimately into Southern Lebanon to be used against israel send a clear message to iran. This will no longer be accepted. They understand they are facing threats from seven different fronts across the region and starting to take offensive actions despite the fact they are still fighting a War Snidz Gaza that is approaching 200 days. Lawrence trey, do you get the impression because just like our country there is differences in policy when it comes to some of the leaders in israel. Do you get the impression after what happened on saturday that theyre on the same page right now, as it relates to the response . Trey absolutely. A new equation was set over the weekend in the middle east. The iranians for the first time in history directly attacked israel from their own soil. And this was not a small attack. Hundreds of missiles and drones soaring through the skies. Many of them were intercepted by american fighter jets and israeli jets outside of israeli airspace. But this was a significant attack that also caused damage to an Israeli Military base. And if this Missile Defense was not working correctly, you would have seen casualties across israel. We could see israels most advanced system, the arrow system in the distance here in tel aviv. Firing off interceptor Rounds Soaring near to Outouter Space to intercept these Ballistic Missiles. The scale of this attack was something israel has never seen before. One reason why the israelis are walking a delicate line. They dont want to start a regional war across the middle east. They dont want the iranians to feel emboldened and can attack israel at will frir own territory. Consider key proxies across the region. Israelis have seen continued attacks from iran backed hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Really a few minutes before the show started red alerts sounding in the northern part of this country, hezbollah on a daily basis, continues to launch drones and rockets into northern israel. And the israelis have to remain on high alert. Lawrence trey yingst, excellent reporting. Thank you. Ainsley our president has said we will not get involved. He doesnt want to be involved in a counterattack. Hes right, they have to walk a fine line. Do they attack back and say you cant do this to our country . What does benjamin yahoo do . His time as Prime Minister is coming to an end. Does he go ahead and respond . Brian i think he has got a few apps. The election is august. That would even be a little quick. I would say this i think they have to attack. I mean, how do you possibly let something hit with you 300 Ballistic Missiles, drones, cruise missiles from various locations and you know some of those rockets were heading towards jerusalem where palestinians are are on a regular basis. That holy site. And then when you get up in the morning and find out as bad as it was it could have been 50 worse . That seems to me less and less measured and more like ineptness and also jordan, france, u. K. , u. S. , and this sophisticated Defense System had had to combine to stop. This if you accept iran is going to be attacking israel, you up the thresholds because we never thought in the beginning Hamas Rockets into israel were going to last. Now its part of their daily lives. What now hezbollah part of their daily lives. Now were supposed to say iran every day they could attack . Lawrence brian, you talked about accepting. And one of the things that i have been quite vocal about, the stuff thats happening here at home, these chants that are going