anymore. judge? >> judge jeanine: this rescue dog will only eat if he gets a kiss on the forehead. he waits. once he gets a kiss on the forehead, he eats. you would think we would see it a couple times. >> see, gets a kiss and then he eats. okay. he waits, gets a kiss and then he eats. okay. so that's the best i had. [laughter] >> harold: >> pete: group of guys threw 10e motorcycle right on the ice. >> judge jeanine: what could go wrong? >> pete: what could go wrong? >> sandra: oh my word. >> judge jeanine: make a circle and drop in the middle. >> sandra: all right, guys. is that you by the way? >> pete: no, i might try that. >> sandra: fun to be together. that does it for us. have a great night, everybody. >> bret: so the crazy thing is i don't eat until i get kissed on the forehead. anyway. thank you. have a great weekend.

good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the judge in former president trump's election interference trial said this morning either the district attorney or the special prosecutor must step aside. the decision, out of fulton county georgia, comes amid allegations of an improper relationship between the two. this afternoon the special prosecutor nathan wade resigned. correspondent jonathan serrie is in atlanta tonight to tell us where things go from here. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening to you, bret. facing pressure from the judge's order, special prosecutor nathan wade stepped down from the case leaving district attorney fani willis perhaps wounded but not disqualified as the defense initially wanted. >> the fulton county district attorney's office faced an unpleasant but not difficult decision. had nathan wade remained a special prosecutor in the georgia election interference case, d.a. fani willis and her entire office would have had to step aside.

instead, wade resigned, explaining in a letter to willis: although the court found that the defendants failed to meet their burden of proving that the district attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest, i am offering my resignation in the interest of democracy in dedication to the american public and to move this case forward as quickly as possible. >> wade is not out of this. he has been accused of false staples and one of those allegations, i think, is very compelling. he could be facing proceedings on the state level or the bar level she will be a witness as those things unfold. >> willis and wade testified under oath they did not become romantically involved until after she hired him. a former friend of the d.a. testified it started earlier. >> and whether or not perjury is committed in this case needs to be investigated and not just left unanswered. it was obvious to me that the story being told did not add up. >> the timing of the affair is

at the heart of an ongoing georgia senate committee investigating whether willis misused any public funds. last month the panel questioned defense attorney ashley merchant about her conversations about wade's former law partner terrence bradley about the willis wade affair. >> mr. bradley told me at that first meeting they would meet at hotels. he told me about a lot of travel. >> and willis has accepted wade's resignation in a response letter. a commended wade professionalism and dignity. he has endured threats and attacks on his reputation as a result of his work on this high profile case. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. tonight we hear exclusively from former president donald trump about his legal issues and other topics including tiktok and the middle east. fox news media analyst and host of fox news "media buzz" howard kurtz spoke with the former president yesterday in florida.

>> it's a fake case. it's a whole fake case. >> donald trump had harsh words for georgia d.a. fani willis' prosecution against him after several charges were dropped, speaking hours before today's ruling that willis can stay on now that her chief prosecutor and ex-boyfriend, nathan wade, has withdrawn. >> fani willis and her lover spent a lot of time in washington talking about my case. that came out during the hearings. now, that case is imploding. she should never be allowed anywhere near a case. >> trump had just returned from a florida hearing where judge alien cannon rejected his attempt to throw out the classified documents case. but he was pleased at manhattan d.a. alvin bragg agreed to a 30-day delay for the defense to study new evidence in the new york trial approved by a judge late today. >> they had to because they didn't give the documents to us. frankly, that whole case should be thrown out because it's a ridiculous case. >> former president reacted sharply to senate majority leader schumer calling for a new

israeli government. >> i also believe prime minister netanyahu has lost his way. >> trying to turn the uproar against president biden. >> does that sound to you like the u.s. telling its sovereign ally how to run its government? >> well, 100 percent. there is no question about it. they don't know where to go. they are very bad for israel, the democrats are very bad for israel. israel sticks with them. i guess israel's loyal, maybe to a fault, because they stick with these guys. biden is so bad for israel, they should have never been attacked. >> while biden has said netanyahu's aggressive assault and densely populated southern gaza is hurting israel, the prime minister has rejected u.s. demands for greater restraint in battling hamas. >> president biden has been strong supporter of israel because of the terrorist attacks. >> if he were support israel, the iran nuclear deal would have never been signed. >> trump, who urged israel to finish the war quickly said

palestinian protests may have persuaded biden to back away from israel. >> well, they lost a lot of people on october 7th, too. people have to remember that all of a sudden he dumped israel. that's what he is doing. he dumped israel. > he is not walking away. >> he just said essentially that b. bibi netanyahu should take a walk. >> after the house voted to overwhelmingly ban tiktok if it doesn't cut ties with china based parent company. trump told fox news why he no longer favors a government ban that he pushed as president. citings the free exchange of ideas. >> there is a danger to banning it, you know with freedom of speech. i found facebook to be extremely dishonest. if you ban tiktok, if you take it away, we have a new concept, but if you take it away, those people are going to go into facebook. and facebook, in my opinion was worse than tiktok by a lot. >> trump who recently met with philanthropist jeff didn't know the billionaire owns a stake in tiktok's parent firm. >> if you are going to do to to

tiktok, do it to facebook. and what can you do is let them sell tiktok. let them sell it in the market. maybe get a good price. maybe not get a good price. i don't know. take it away from china control. but i think china controls facebook, also. because they have tremendous power in that company. >> a day at mar-a-lago offer as reminder that donald trump is constantly juggling court case and campaign stuff, foreign policy and social media. dissolving into a seemless blur that keeps him dominating the news agenda. bret? >> bret: good stuff. howie, thank you. you can see more of howy's interview with former president trump sunday 11:00 a.m. eastern on media buzz. there are new efforts tonight to regulate iran's behavior concerning russia's invasion of ukraine. this comes amid mixed messages tonight from the biden administration over comments from the senate majority leader calling for the israeli people to get rid of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government as you saw saw in

howie's interview. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has details tonight from the north lawn. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. today met with irish calling for gaza citing his own country of occupation. biden his support for cease-fire and hostage deal but did not stop on a top democrats' call that netanyahu has got to go president biden not walking back senate majority leader schumer's call for change in israel. >> he made a good speech and i think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him but many americans. >> as administration tries to maintain distance for it. >> that's for the israeli people to decide. we will support israel and fight against hamas. >> stunned. >> astonishing. example, ironically of a democrat leader in america trying to engage in election

interference in israel. >> elsewhere in the middle east iran facing pressure in the u.s. and other g-7 countries not to supply q-7 missiles in russia or else face new and significant measures. among them fox has learned a blockade on iran air flights to europe. but the warning comes two days after the u.s. renewed a sanctions waiver on $10 billion in frozen iranian funds. support humanitarian needs of the american people. if iran supplies missiles to russia and iran air flights are suspended, that's exactly who would be impacted. >> but it's not like, you know the ayatollah flies commercial. >> the iranian people are the ones who would be harmed by that if that comes to pass. >> it's also not like like the regime and irgc are thinking this is some sort of windfall. they continue to support hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, that could go on and on. >> jacqui: the white house could not say what iran has done to deserve the waiver being

re-upped amid continued attacks on u.s. forces in the region; that threat of sending ballistic missiles to russia and also a continued block on international watchdogs at their nuclear facilities trying to inspect them, bret. >> bret: jijacqui heinrich liven the north lawn. thanks. republicans on the house judiciary and oversight committees are coming to the end of their impeachment inquiry against president biden. so what will they decide? senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reports tonight from capitol hill. >> white house says quote impeachment is over a letter from white house speaker he had siskel to mike johnson demands the house quit wasting time on this charade. but the speaker says "not to fast." >> mr. speaker the white house says impeachment is over. do you agree? do they get to call the shots on

this. >> they don't call the shots on it. >> when is the investigation going to be complete and what is next? >> we haven't addressed that yet. we will in due time. >> the question is when? the house lacks the votes to actually impeach the president despite the g.o.p. push. >> has it reached the high crimes of treason, high crimes and misdemeanors and everyone will have to make that evaluation. >> yet, some conservatives insist on an impeachment vote, even if it fails. >> i would love to be able to vote on the impeachment of joe biden. >> other republicans are seeking an exit ramp; but, they are on the clock. >> if it doesn't happen soon, this place is out in august. in october the legislative calendar is getting very, very lean. >> despite the impeachment tension the president and speaker sat next to the each other at the capitol for the annual saint patrick's day lunch. >> no matter how much we debate. no matter how much we disagree, we have always been able to come together as friends of ireland. >> was that a bit strange? >> no, it was all pleasantries

today. we didn't talk about policy. >> the house could make criminal referrals from its probe. there's a major hearing next week with associates of hunter biden but hunter will skip. bret? >> bret: chad, thank you. inflation worries sent stocks down today. the dow lost 191. the s&p 500 was off 33. the nasdaq dropped 155. for the week, the dow was down 2 hundredths of a percentage point. the s&p 500 lost about one tenth. the nasdaq fell seven tenths. up next the frightening shooting aboard a new york subway train. we will have details on what happened. plus, not a lot of uncertainty regarding the national elections in russia. so what's the point? we'll have a report. >> i mean, the idea of free and fair elections in russia is a misnomer, but we'll see what happens this weekend. ♪

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ftx crypto-currency exchange the jury found bankman-fried guilty in november on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. sentencing is scheduled for march 28th. bankman-fried plans to appeal his conviction and sentence >> bret: new york police are giving details of yesterday's horrific shooting on a manhattan bound subway train. this latest violence comes not long after new york's governor sent the national guard into the subway system. correspondent alexis mcadams is in brooklyn tonight. [shouting] >> chaos during rush hour on a new york city subway this physical fight ended with shots fired inside of a subway car. [gunshots] [screams] >> gunshots ringing out as people duck for cover while the train traveled between stations in brooklyn yesterday.

this violent incident comes just days after new york governor kathy hochul called in the national guard to patrol the subway system following a series of deaths and attacks. the national guard helping with random bag checks. >> anybody coming into the system to help keep it safe, we welcome that. the results of it, i'm not sure if we have any data to support whether it's helped or not. >> even with the extra manpower, the suspect was still able to walk right onto the train with this gun. this new video released by the nypd appears to show that man entering the subway without paying. he then boards a train where police say he started a fight with a guy who ended up disarming him and he was shot with his own weapon. he's now in critical condition and the man who pulled the trigger will not be charged. the d.a. calling it self-defense. now many new yorkers left wondering what they should do if this happens again. >> we're not asking new yorkers to train for this kind of situation.

people will naturally react the same, you know, the way they need to in these emergencies. over 200 million people use the system. we're talking about a very small amount of instances that makes this place especially with a gun. >> so back here in new york, bret, the national guard will continue the patrols on the subway systems. we'll see if it improves safety wise. but, according to the governor's office, they can no longer carry their rifles and they can only make an arrest if there is imminent threat, bret? >> bret: alexis, thank you. an independent commission has ruled the sheriff's office investigating a mass shooting in maine had cause to take the kill near protective custody beforehand and to take away his guns. the panel reviewed the killing of 18 people in a bowling alley and bar by army reservist robert card. he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a two-day search. card was well-known to law enforcement. his family and fellow service members had raised flags about

his behavior, deteriorating mental health and potential for violence before the shootings. law enforcement officials told commission members maine's yellow flag law makes it difficult to remove guns from potentially dangerous people. parents fed up with crime on campus at the university of california at berkeley are taking matters into their own hands. the parent-led nonprofit safe bears is paying for six private suture cards to monitor the street near student dorms and at night as part of a pilot program. it runs through next saturday. >> bret: russian voters are participating in national elections tonight. there is a little mystery tonight come out on top as vladimir putin is expected to retain the presidency. let's get additional details

from correspondent alex hogan. >> russian president vladimir putin on the fast track to a fifth term. another six years in power as russians head to the polls. with most of his adversaries jailed, exiled or killed, the 71-year-old incumbent has no real opposition. >> once again we wish for vladimir putin to win. he raised the country and is leading it forward. >> i would like to see changes, for things to be different in the state. i want the future to be bright. that's why i made the choice that i made. >> some citizens made their voices heard through acts of protest and vandalism like this woman who set fire to a voting booth. others poured dark lightd into ballot boxes. some using the color green nod to the late navalny. first time occupied areas of ukraine after all but forcing russian citizenship upon them. >> it is impossible to call this an election. two people with rifles are asking to check the box.

people have no choice to act otherwise. >> with voting underway in parts of ukraine, the war drags on in others. friday russian missiles killed at least 20 people in the southern port city of odesa. with tensions high, western officials confirm moscow has moved tactical nuclear weapons to belarus closer to nato countries. putin warned this week if russia's independence is threatened the country is ready to use those nuclear weapons you can't be flippant about it. this is a nuclear power. it's being run by a dictator, a thug, and a killer. >> russian elections run friday through sunday. moscow has accused washington of trying to interfere with the election. of the white house calls the claim categorically false. bret? >> bret: alex hogan in london, alex, thanks. up next, another instance of a migrant accused of a heinous crime here in the u.s. we will bring you that first, beyond our borders tonight, a ship carrying 200 tons of aid approaches the coast of gaza. it's part of an effort to launch

a sea route from cypress to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis there the ship is operated by the spanish aid group open arms. sent by the charity founded by celebrity trevor jose andreas. some mcdonald's restaurants are back online after a global technology outage. operations were disrupted for about a few hours at outlets in japan, australia, and the u.k. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight, a trove of letters, photographs and other items from the wife of beatle george harrison and singer eric clap ton goes up for sale in christie's in london. patty boyd rec frafer. handwritten items from harrison and clapton. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back.

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♪ >> bret: fox weather alert now. severe weather in ohio has left at least six people dead. tornadoes ripped a trail of extensive damage from indiana into the buckeye state. the six deaths occurred in washington township outside of dayton. nearly 20,000 electrical outages were reported across ohio this morning. ♪ >> bret: a haitian man is being charged with raping a disabled teenage girl at a migrant hotel in massachusetts. he allegedly was one of 138,000 haitians allowed into the country since president biden took office. correspondent griff jenkins fills us in tonight. >> having this happen to a child, it's unacceptable. something has to be done. it's sick. >> outrage in rockland, massachusetts after a

26-year-old haitian man, corey alvarez allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at a hotel that participates in a state and federal program to house migrant families and has a history of problems. >> we have responded to several disturbances over the past several months. >> alvarez was flown into the u.s. last june from haiti to new york's jfk airport through the administration's parole program that allows up to 30,000 migrants from cuba, haiti, nicaragua and venezuela to enter the u.s. each month. be granted two years of humanitarian parole with the ability to apply to work. they must be vetted and have a u.s. sponsor. cbp data shows the administration has brought over 138,000 haitians into the u.s. since january of last year. last week, department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas praised the ruling upholding the legal pathway saying these processes, a safe and orderly way to reach the united states have resulted in a significant reduction in the number of these individuals

encountered at our southern border. this comes as haiti is engulfed in chaos with armed gangs in charge of the capital, leaving florida's governor bracing for a new wave of migrants worried about who may be coming. >> one of the people biden flew in from haiti is now charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old with disabilities. bret? >> bret: griff, thank you. chicago is on high alert. several confirmed cases of measles among migrants. a team from the cdc is now on site. senior correspondent mike tobin is in the windy season this evening. >> at the turn of the century measles was thought to be eradicated in the u.s. now a couple of ambulances stand

in front of a chicago migrant shelter because the highly contagious disease came back in the chaos of uncontrolled border. 12 new cases have been recorded in the windy city, most in a warehouse turned migrant shelter in chicago's pillson neighborhood. two involved migrant students who have attended chicago public schools. chicago mayor brandon johnson blames the biden administration. >> this is a really jacked up situation, the border in and of itself because of the failures of the federal government halls placed tremendous amount of burden financially on the people of chicago. >> but one outspoken city alderman blames johnson crightd the chaotic handling of the bus loads of migrants arriving in chicago. >> this just the beginning of what i think will be a long sojourn dealing with this because the city refuses to deal with housing these migrants in a comprehensive way, leaving them in unsanitary, unhealthy dirty living conditions in old warehouses and field houses. >> chicago public school students are required to be

vaccinated against measles. new arrivals fall under exemption for children in unstable housing. of the 1900 people living in the pillson shelter, most had vaccines or previous exposure. teams from the cdc, the county and state health departments, as well as doctors from universities and hospitals are assisting with vaccinating about 900 migrants who now need to quarantine. >> measles is much more infectious and contagious than covid-19. measles can really be quite serious in a community with low vaccination rates. >> moments ago the cdc updated its numbers. there have been 58 measles cases across the nation so far this year. bret? >> bret: mike tobin in chicago. mike, thanks. up next, the panel on former president trump's legal issues and the biden impeachment inquiry. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight. fox 2 in detroit as the father of the teenager who killed four

students at a michigan high school in 2021 is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. james crumbly was convicted of the same charges as his wife. they are said to be the first parents in u.s. history to stand trial for a mass school shooting committed by their child. their son, ethan crumbley, has been sentenced to life without parole. fox 9 in the twin cities as uber says it's pulling out of the meo area may first. lyft has issued a similar statement. this comes after the minneapolis city council voted to override the mayor's veto of a ride hailing pay raise ordinance. this is a live look at chicago fox 32 one of the big story there tonight. the city prepares forrable saint patrick's day parades. the chicago river will be died green saturday morning. the downtown parade takes place tomorrow. the south side parade will

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♪ >> fani willis will never step down. >> now, unless she has got another lover she will appoint, which i don't think she will. she has to find a real tough experienced prosecutor. >> i don't think it's a great loss at all for the d.a.'s office because she gets to continue. she should just move on. she should churn out the noise about her personal life. >> i actually think this is a huge win for trump, maybe more than he realizes because she is tainted. she has lost the confidence of the court. >> bret: district attorney fani willis in georgia is out -- is in, rather, nathan wade is out. this is the judge's order on the motion to disqualify willis from trump's georgia case. the appearance standard recognizes that even when no actual conflict exists, a perceived conflict in the reasonable eyes of the public threatens confidence in the legal system itself. when this danger goes uncorrected, it undermines the legitimacy and moral force of

our lure weakest branch of government. what about this decision? what it means big picture? let's bring in our panel matthew continetti, fellow at the american enterprise enstiewted. meredith political national political correspondent and syndicated radio host hugh houthi. hugh, this came as a surprise to many who watched this trial unfold live on cable television. but what do you make of the fallout from this decision. fani willis stays in the position. she still moves forward with the case nathan wade resigned today. >> bell well, bret, i can't read the judge's mind but i have read his opinion. it does not make a lot of sense. he admits that an odor of mendacity surrounds the case, still, and if i were governor brian kemp, i would be concerned about the appearance of justice in georgia and i would offer the district attorney a choice. either she gives the case to the state attorney general to prosecute or he will pardon

everyone in this case because it's a bad rush job. i cannot believe the judge came to the conclusion. i think andy mccarthy, who we saw on tape is right once again. it was a very big win for donald trump today there and new york. >> meredith, you look at the courtroom calendar and it is packed; however, it does seem that these cases are getting pushed off, at least the start of these trials. your organization, political playbook writes will there be any trump trials in the chances that donald trump will not face any criminal trials before the november election just went up. the only trump trial with a scheduled start date was the new york hush money case. trump recently requested a 90-day delay in the start of that trial. and in a stunning filing yesterday, that exposed rifts between the state and federal prosecutors, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg conceded that a 30-day delay would be appropriate. you know, the timing of all of this is significant and in that

case, in new york, you will remember the federal prosecutor never moved forward with the case. >> well, that's the big question here, are we going to see any trial of donald trump before election day in the 30 day delay that we saw in new york, of course, impacts trump's schedule, his campaign schedule. and even the decision in georgia to -- with fani willis, trump's campaign sees this as a win because it further delays their case. that's something that they have been trying to do with all of these legal cases that come against him. hoping to push this past election day. >> bret: matthew, a lot of republicans believe this is a political effort, all these legal cases, the former president has been successful, according to the polls, of making that case but his vice president is not there yet, and he is not endorsing former

president trump. take a listen to mike pence. >> it should come as no surprise that i will not be endorsing donald trump this year. look, i'm incredibly proud of the record of our administration. but that being said, during my presidential campaign, i made it clear that there were profound differences between me and president trump on a range of issues. >> bret: so for all the talk about the polls and where the former president stands when you hear that and all the people who worked in his administration, there is a concern about republican side republicans coming out for the former president? >> i think there is a concern, bret. we saw in some of the results in the brief republican primary that there are some republicans and some trump leaning independents who are weary of voting for donald trump in 2024. but i will say this: they seem to be replaced by new voters, noncollege educated minority voters. primarily hispanic voters who

are now abandoning the democratic party in droves and backing trump for president. so, you can see that while the old style republicans may be weary of trump or may even be exiting the party in some cases, they are being backfilled by new voters, a new trump coalition that i think stands a pretty good chance of success in november. >> bret: hugh, the white house counsel sent a letter to johnson about the impeachment effort. it said, in part: it is obviously time to move on, mr. speaker. the impeachment is over. there is too much important work to be done for the american people to continue wasting time on this charade. speaker johnson said the white house doesn't call the shots. talking to chad pergram. >> mr. speaker, the white house says impeachment is over. do you agree? do they get to call the shots on this? >> they don't call the shots on it. we'll deliberate over that when the investigation is complete. we're allowing the process to play out as the constitution

anticipates. our committees of jurisdiction have done their duty. they have done extraordinary job. they have revealed some alarm and information. >> bret: hugh, where do you think impeachment stands? >> i don't think it's going to move forward, bret. i do think the letter from the white house counsel is theater and bad theater at that. impeachment is fully reserved to article one to the congress house move the senate to try it. the white house counsel had nothing to do with this. it was a chance to divert attention from a very bad day. i actually think it was life life to chuck schumer drowning in the blowback from his very, very ill timed improven dent speech yesterday stabbing netanyahu in the back to quote former senator norm coleman. >> bret: meredith, what do you make of that? >> you know, we have seen house republicans that consider other ways that they can go after biden. you know, this has been a priority for republican voters. their base, and so i don't think they want to be seen as

empty-handed before election day. and they are considering other things like criminal referrals and other legislative measures to still go after biden. even if it seems impeachment is unlikely. >> bret: okay. panel, stand by. up next, the friday lightning round, putin's grip on power and it's friday, "notable quotables." ♪

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>> senator schumer contacted my staff. he made a speech. he made a good speech. expressed concern not only by him but many americans. >> no question about it. democrats. >> biden is so bad for israel. they should have never been attacked. >> well, senator schumer's speech on the senate floor about israel call for new elections there. rised a lot of eyebrow us. the white house new senator schumer was delivering that speech. the "wall street journal" writes this editorial board schumer lectures israelis on war and peace. the idea that israel is the obstacle middle east peace rather than the iranian regime sponsoring terror as the cross the region so naive more suited to a faculty lounge than the senate floor. the bigger problem is

mr. schumer's own surrender rather than placating the anti-israel left in his party, he and president biden ought to be trying to lead them. we're back with the panel. it created a lot of waves. hugh, you mentioned it. the fallout is still really continuing. >> and it should continue for a long time. it's embarrassing. it's unprecedented and it is, i think, quite obviously a political stunt by chuck schumer to try to divert attention from joe biden's crumbling numbers. the president said it was a good speech. it was not good speech. so bad a speech that every american jewish in united states condemned it and benny gantz who is in the war cabinet and part of the government also condemned it. we do not call on our drankly elected allies to change regimes because we don't like their leader. schumer should apologize and i will be back to him later when we talk about winners and losers of the week. >> bret: critics of the administration, matthew, say this was all about politics and changing the dynamics,

especially when it comes to some place like michigan. if you look at the quinnipiac poll biden handling of the israel-hamas war in michigan approval at 28%. disapprove 60%. is he turning it around with the chuck schumer speech or the lack of pushback to it? >> i don't think it's going to be enough, bret. because i don't think there's anything he can do to appease the folks that believe israel is committing war crimes or behaving inappropriately in its war against hamas. the fact shear is that israel is not the problem. hamas is the problem. and biden would do himself a favor and the world a favor if he simply let israel finish the job in gaza. >> bret: meantime in russia, elections meredith, the state department saying they need to be free. take a listen. >> the russian people deserve free and fair elections. we saw leading critic alexei navalny die in custody following

years of harassment and abuse. we have seen them continue to deny antiwar candidates on spurious grounds and to deprive russian voters of genuine choices. >> bret: forever putinism in his quarter century in power he pursued two separate goals the first create a vast machinery of oppression eliminating any domestic forces that oppose him or that have the potential to do. so putin's other goal has been to deprive most russians of the ability to imagine a future without him. there is no doubt the world is looking at this election and saying it's just going to be like elections of old. >> it's just going to be like elections of old. putin has been in power in russia for 24 years he basically had no power he could be be voted in another six years and even beyond that and the election over there. the russians are holding

basically sham elections in ukraine. online voting which brings questions about the credibility of the vote over there. so, as much as russia says they are holding these elections still questions about how free or fair they actually are. >> okay. winners and losers. hugh, first. my winners are a group of podcast, bret, that have grown expenally in popularity. they are the commentary podcast in which our friend matt is a frequent participant. dan senor calling me back and getting hammered with mary katharine ham. they go deep and funny and still focused even as the rest of the media moves on from the war in israel too often. they are too quick to go away from gaza. these three podcasts in particular are focused on it. the loser is chuck schumer. i think he might be the loser of the month and the year. that was really a very bad choice yesterday.

>> winner and loser, matthew? >> my winner is the oppenheimer movie had a great night at the oscars, great movie even though the real hero of it is dr. edward teller who went on to work with reagan and form the "star wars" antimissile program. my loser tiktok. backfired backing the vote in the house to force the sale. >> bret: meredith winner or loser? >> palace releasing doctored photo of kate middleton only seemed to stir up even more controversy and conspiracies online and winner is spacex starship just had third successful launch of artemis program and cool and inspiring to see those rocket launches. >> bret: totally agree. love seeing that panel, thanks. have a great weekend. >> bret: you know that sound, that means it's friday. time for "notable quotables." >> president biden's likely to be an elderly sympathetic

figure. >> i did not sanitize my explanation. nor did i disparage the president unfairly. >> joe biden failed to properly secure classified information. >> the hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of president biden. >> notice the term willful retention. >> undocumented. >> undocumented person. >> so you regret using that word? >> yes. >> the president absolutely did not apologize. there was no apology anywhere in that conversation. >> i talked to a lot of politicians, coach, that sounds like maybe, to me. >> i still want to be a part of a team. >> chinese communist party is very accomplished at playing back a monthly. >> i'm going to put together a group to bitiktok. >> we looked at it is not feasible. >> israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. >> democratic party doesn't have anti-bibi problem. it was an anti-israel problem. >> we are not actively planning for any evacuation. we have had a level 4 travel

alert for haiti for more than four years now. >> biden is not willing to do his job, i will do it for him. >> many of our people are exhausted, i think it's time for a short be workweek. >> one week covering this place. monday "special report," jennifer griffin interviews the estonian prime minister worried about the neighborhood with russia's vladimir putin. please join shannon bream on "fox news sunday." her guest include white house national security communications adviser john kirby, house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul and bestselling author mitch albom on his rescue from haiti. remember if you can't catch us live set your dvr 3:00 p.m. in the east and 6 p.m. on the west coast. that's it for this "special report" and for this week. fair, balanced and still unafraid. the ingraham an gram is now. "the ingraham angle" is now.