steve: good morning, everybody, it s thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. that s right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son s foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying in
of the fraud he perpetuated. regardless of what this report says, is your plan to serve and stay in congress and not resign? like i said before i m staying in office for sure. that last voice you heard was republican congressman george santos of new york before the release of a damning ethics report. we ll go through that and what could come next for the embattled lawmaker. plus, we ll bring you the latest out of the middle east. israel says it has more evidence that hamas was operating out of a hospital in gaza. it comes as the idf recovered the body of a hostage near that facility. and also ahead we ll recap another busy day of diplomacy on the west coast for president biden where he met with the leaders of south korea and japan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 17th. it s friday. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with some good news. the federal government will stay open at lea
1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 4. brian: it s almost as if the volume down or driving away. like you are in the car and heard the band. the brass animals and the maple wood high school drumline. ainsley: they have been preparing for that practicing together. steve: out in the parking lot. ainsley: we had the brass animals on and they played for the debate. we loved their name. anything with animal in it makes them seem fun. steve: fantastic. we are here at the grand ole opry house in nashville which, of course, is music city. so we have got to start the show with music. thanks to everybody who is in the band and thanks to our live studio audience. thank you very much. [applause] brian: most of them stayed all night. they ordered clothes, had a change of clothes brought. in. steve: no, they didn t. brian: this is what they are wearing? steve: the thing about the seats at the grand ole opry house. they are not individual seats. like church pews an
it will be. baby, just let it be. if it s meant to be, it will be, it will be. carley: good morning from nashville, tennessee. i m carley shimkus, live outside the grand ole opry house after last night s patriot awards. todd: you are seeing the scene from last night. i am todd piro live from new york city. always incredible to watch, what was it like being there this year? carley: yeah, todd, this event is awesome. it is definitely the most special event i ve ever been a part of. you mix thousands of fox viewers and patriots with honoring real-life unsung heroes and you get the patriot awards temperature is so special and uplifting, so positive. it is exactly what this country needs and we ve been doing it for five years. this is the fifth one we ve done. you knew it would be super special. check out some highlights here. welcome to the fifth annual fox nation patriot awards. the patriot awards inspiring patriotism and activism in others. we are here not to dwell on
right now on early start, trust but verify. where things now stand between the world s two largest super boy powers. plus what biden said about hostage negotiations and potential deal to come. overnight top house democrats were evacuated from dnc headquarters as police clash with protestors calling for a ceasefire. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m casey hunt. it it is thursday, november 16. president biden and xi jinping putting their tensions aside to agree on a series of issues after talking for the first time in a year. the two leaders spent four hours together at a secluded california location with relations between the two biggest economies near a low point. biden and xi agreed to take steps to curb fentanyl production and restore military communications and work together on art fificial intelligence. and to pick until phone and call in times of crisis. but biden said there was no agreement after raising the issue of detained