the east coast. it is friday, january 26th, after a long week, welcome to fox and friends. hour three. biden, abbott and border battle. deadline is up today to give federal access to the park and text doesn t care, they will not comply. lawrence: 25 governors are supporting abbott. the latest on the story ahead. brian: and enough is kenuf. in the barbie movie, ryan gossling says he will not be swayed to forfeit the academy award after hollywood outrage over barbie s oscar snub, he is nominated and they are not. final hour of fox and friends starts now, all of us are better friends with you than they are. [laughter] lawrence: buck up to the border showdown between text and the white house. governor greg abbott refusing to give federal agents full access to shelby park by today. brian: 47-acre stretch of border and sieve for illegal immigrants. jacqui heinrich has details. text governor greg abbott is siting constitutional authority to self-defense against an
now with elycia menendez in for alex. reporter: the bread and butter of conservative media for years now has been hyping up the investigation into president biden s adult son, hunter biden. it s never been seen to end. they used it to create asymmetry that didn t really exist between trump s alleged crimes and what they speculated was the crime ridden biden family, and so long as this case was open and the investigation was behind closed doors, they could really make it whatever they wanted it to be. and even though that was the case, even though republicans have been dining out on this hunter investigation for years, they also have been up in arms about how it hadn t finished yet. they were aghast that trump was indicted before hunter. they wanted hunter s case resolved immediately. well, today we have some closure in that case. today we got the news hunter biden is expected today enter a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors in that investigation. he s also expected to strik
Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. It is noon in gaza where we begin with breaking news. Israels military is warning all civilians in gaza city to leave their homes and head south. It is the surest sign yet that the idf plans to intensify its military operations inside gaza after hamas attacks on israel left 1300 people dead, 27 of them americans, and took more than 150 people hostage. Hamas militants are telling palestinians not to leave their homes. The u. N. Calls the Mass Evacuation an impossible task. Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 1500 people have died so far in gaza after days of israeli airstrikes and a total blockade without fuel, food or water. Right now Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is on his way to qatar after meeting with Mahmoud Abbas in jordan earlier. He spent thursday in israel as the u. S. Pushes for diplomacy to prevent the conflict from widening while trying to secure the release of hostages. We democracies distinguish
defendant trump himself, by the way, after weeks of revealing witness testimony, after weeks of intense cross-examination, after our legal system has been tried and tested in ways it has never before, we re now reaching the end of this trial. closing arguments in donald trump s criminal trial start after that judge juan merchan will deliver his instructions ti the jury. then those seven men and five women bill deliberate and give the result to former president. we don t know what the outcome will be. i know it sounds surreal, but it s all happening starting tomorrow morning. and if one person appears to be feeling the heat right now is clearly trump himself who surprise surprise, everyone, lashed out at the judge, the jury and over the weekend trump is pretty clearly testing the bounds of his gag order here because he knows at this point hours away from closing arguments the judge is probably past the point of wanting to derail they trial. as this case enters its final phase
president. we don t know what the outcome will be. only they decide that. that is how our system works, as it should. i know it sounds sur role. it is all really happening, starting tomorrow morning. and if one person appears to be feeling the heat right now, it is clearly trump himself. who, surprise, surprise, lashed out at the judge and the district attorney on the case as a whole over memorial day weekend. trump is pretty clearly testing the bounds ever his gag order because he knows at this point hours away from closing arguments, the judge is past the point of wanting to derail the trial and as the case enters the final phase, you could find any prediction for how it may end. the jury may find the prosecution did not make its case or be acquitted or deadlock and this could end in a mistrial. or the jury could convict trump as former fbi director james comey predicts. that would make trump the first former u.s. president to be convicted. by the end of the week, we may kn