mcenany, here with my co-host emily compagno, fox business anchor and co-host of the bottom line, dagen mcdowell, and cheryl casone and fox and friends weekend s pete hegseth. we are live outside the federal courthouse in birmingham, alabama. jonathan. jonathan: hi, joran van der sloot was brought to the federal courthouse you see behind me, earlier this morning. we expect the arraignment to get underway momentarily, will joran van der sloot will answer the federal charges of wire fraud and extortion. legal experts are expecting he will plead not guilty, in which case this case will go to trial, possibly within a year or maybe a little bit later. the charges stem from allegations dating back to 2010, when joran van der sloot allegedly approached natalee holloway s mother telling the missing woman s mother that he would reveal the location of her daughter s body in exchange for a quarter of million dollars. after receiving a down payment of $25,000 joran van der sloot pr
u.s. todd: jonathan lines on the ground in yuma, arizona, but we begin with caroline shivley. we are here at gate 40 along the border wall in el paso. it is hard to get a sense in the dark, we are on this side of the border. on the other side are migrants, take a look at what it looks like in the daytime. migrants huddled together just wai waiting begging to be let in. the 2000-mile border, has set up a tent city, some waiting near checkpoints. 10,000 migrants were caught trying to sneak over the border tuesday alone. these are children being swept away on the rio grande river. two adults plunged into the water and saved them. fox captured video of migrants crossing into brownsville. president biden says scenes like this are nothing new. president biden: we ve had chaos at the border for a number of years. we have to fully fund border security efforts. purpose what we are doing now, is making legal immigration more streamlined and going in direction people know there is
provided the following after the arrest. everybody played a very very integral part in the arrest and capture of this coward, bottom line is, we now have this than custody. he was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. they effectively made the arrest. he is uninjured. and he is currently being taken to my facility in cold springs. in addition to being in the country illegally, authorities say he was convicted of a dui in january of 2012 which prompted his third deportation from the united states. he was also charged last years in unrelated crimes but unable to be find. turning to the end of title 42 next week the biden administration deploying 1500 active duty soldiers to the southern border with mexico. texas governor greg abbott blasting the order in a tweet, quote. biden says he will deploy 1500 troops to the border primarily to do paperwork and only for 90 days. this does nothing to stop illegal immigration. i deployed up to 10,000 national guard at the
that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
condemn. the proud boys stand back and stand by. the proud boys celebrated that shout-out from then president trump during a debate in 2020. months later, members of that group would be heavily involved in the violence on january 6th. and now they are facing serious prison time for their actions. much more on yesterday s guilty verdicts in just a moment. meanwhile, in new york jurors in donald trump s civil rape trial heard more of his video deposition yesterday while taking through some of that testimony, and also ahead, more ethics issues for supreme court justice clarence thomas. this doesn t sound it s not good. it keeps on coming, and i m not sure what the consequence is here but it looks really bad. there is new reporting that clarence thomas wife was paid nearly $80,000 by a nonprofit that had a case before the high court. and her payments to her would come with instructions from leonard leo not to tell anybody she s getting the money. seems pr