. >> hi, i'm greg gutfeld and jeanine pirro, bill hemmer and dana perino. this is the five. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu promising to make hamas pay for the barbaric assault on israel. the death toll topping 1300 and 27 americans have been killed and netanyahu telling the world there's no difference between hamas and most radical islamic terrorist. >> hamas is isis and just as isis was crushed, so too will hamas be crushed. and hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. they should be set out from the community of nations. no leader should meet them. no country should harbor them. and those that do should be sanctioned. >> israel continues to hammer hamas targets in gaza with the precision air strikes and promising to root out every single terrorist in response to butchering innocent men, women and children. no matter what israel does, progressives like aoc will accuse the country of ethnic cleansing. >> our responsibility is to the stability and the security of the region. that means being able to support not -- support, yes, israel in the defens

bill hemmer. eight weeks old, my second son.is timothy william morris, named after bill hemmer and bill, can i tell you something? you don't name your son or your child after someone you don't love and respect. we respect you and i want my son to be more like you. you are a man of values. >> bill: i was not expecting that. thank you. you are very kind to say those words. thank you, martha, for doing that. but you've raised a great family and made a transition in your life that is to be respected. >> god has been very good to me. >> bill: amen to that. i'm happy to be part of your family. >> martha: for people looking for evidence of grace, we see it all over your family and we see it all over you as the godfather to little timmy. and you would not have asked bill to be godfather if you didn't want him to have that faith guidance for the rest of his life. i can't think of a better person to do that. >> bill: thank you, guys. i didn't think we were going there. since we have -- that makes number six for me. i have half a dozen. th

. >> martha: im martha maccallum in for bill hemmer. hard to watch these images of this mob in the mostly muslim region of russia breaking through barriers and breaking down doors yelling anti-semitic chants and surrounding a plane and asking which of the passengers on that plane are jewish. the violence and hatred is coming as israel rolls out phase two of their war against hamas expanding their offensive from the ground and sky pushing at least two miles now into gaza. the idf taking out hundreds of hamas targets and they say that they are trying to spare civilians in the course of all of this. it is a densely-populated palestinian enclave. >> dana: new video showing the changing nature of the battlefield. the idf raising the israeli flag in gaza apparently for the first time in 18 years. we have fox team coverage. mike tobin near the front lines. jeff paul is in london with the latest on that anti-semitic riot in russia. jeff, what happened? >> it all happened in the russian republic just east of the country of georgia. when you watc

bill hemmer, good morning. >> dana: anxious to be here. i almost read good morning i'm bill hemmer. i am dana perino and it's "america's newsroom." good to be here with you. >> bill: overnight israeli war planes bombed targets in gaza over syria and west bank over the weekend. >> dana: it triggered the u.s. to ramp up military presence. new reports suggesting president biden is urging israeli president netanyahu to slow down. >> bill: we kick it off now. jack keane on the strategy. rich edson we action to the pentagon. let's start on the ground in southern israel with mike tobin as we begin a new week there. mike, hello. >> hello, bill. today is israeli defense force did a screening of a lot of the hamas video. some of them were gopros. security video. cell phones seized and audio that has been seized. they did it in a deliberate attempt to show hamas savage re and combat the narrative you have seen with demonstrations and much of the media that israel is the aggressor. now most of what we saw today we can't show you simply because it is too horrible. but i can tell you some of what

i'm bill hemmer. dana has the day off today. gillian turner is here. >> gillian: i got in 9:30 last night. great to see every store open. a guy was singing frank sinatra on the megaphone. people eating ice cream. >> bill: it wasn't raining, too. >> gillian: the numbers are stunning at the border. more than 260,000 illegal crossings in september alone. more than 2.2 million have crossed this fiscal year, nearly four times the population of wyoming. >> bill: it's putting a strain on cities everywhere. the open borders allowing cartels to smuggle in more fentanyl. the topic of a mayor's summit kicking off today in new york city. new york's governor is calling all of this untenable. >> we want them to have a limit on who can come across the border. it is too open right now. people coming from all over the world are finding a way through simply saying they need asylum. the majority of them end up on the streets of new york. we're proud of the fact that new york has a statue of liberty in our harbor. we're one of the most diverse plac

bill hemmer is off today. good morning to you, gillian, thank you for being here. >> gillian: i'm gillian turner and this is "america's newsroom." president biden is in tel aviv. the fallout over the gaza hospital bombing hanging over his trip with major implications across the region. >> dana: predictably hamas immediately blamed israel for the attack and caused protests across the middle east. israel claims islamic jihadist and has video evidence. president biden is backing up israel's assessment. >> gillian: president biden and president netanyahu emphasizing the viciousness of the hamas attacks that ignited this round of fighting. >> october 7th hamas murdered 1400 israelis. maybe more. that's 209/11s and why october 7th is another day that will live in infamy. >> president biden: they committed evils and atrocities that make isis look somewhat more rational based on what i've seen and appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. >> dana: general keith kellogg is here in analysis and team fox

i'm bill hemmer, welcome to the coverage in new york city. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." it has been an incredible week. a heavy week. >> bill: we praise for what could come next. >> dana: israel is urging more than a million people to evacuate in gaza and giving them 24 hours to do so. >> bill: hamas urging civilians to ignore the evacuation orders as israel masses forces for a difficult ground invasion. that operation would see troops scouring hundreds of miles of underground tunnels, hunting hamas terrorists where they live. >> dana: the u.s. is on heightened alert after a former hamas leader called for a global day of rage. a live look at time square. there is no specific or credible threat but everyone should remain vigilant. team fox coverage. mike tobin in israel. we begin the trey yengst in the israel/gaza border. good morning, trey. >> bill and dana, good morning. just last hour hamas fired a long range rocket toward northern israel as they have continued to fire on southern israeli communities throughout the day. i want to show you b

bill hemmer again. i have a couple questions, it's been reported a thousand and 1500 hamas militants crossed into israel. do we have a clear picture of that ultimate number? just to clarify here, did they believe that hamas militant was hiding in israel and has not since cross that had fence because the israelis said 48 hours ago they have full control over that fence yet again. reporter: yeah, that's what they said publicly and we talked with soldiers in the area and separate kibbutz yesterday and they were engaged in fire fights along the border and questions about specific territory they maintain and whether or not there are fighters crossing into southern israel. in terms of the amount of hamas militants and others that crossed during that tragic saturday morning, the israelis tell us they found 1500 o bodies of militants and that's not including the people who could still be in southern israel along the border or who crossed back into gaza so the true numbers are likely much higher and they're wrap

first check in with bill hemmer. >> bill: he pulled that alarm four days too soon. >> brian: could haveterday, kevin mccarthy would have high fived him. >> bill: right on that. good morning to you and the viewers at home. where to now? wow. byron donalds with his take moments away on that. a few in congress bicker and big cities can't get crime under control, home prices out of control and donald trump is back in court next hour. it's been a week already and it is only wednesday. see you shortly, top of the hour. >> it is national coffee with a cup day. we have wonderful police officers from nassau county. let's look at the forecast. feels like summertime, 71 in new york city. the cold front will march across the plains and could bring severe weather, potentially even tornadoes. keep that in mind if there is watch or warning in your area. we'll keep you posted. the one i'm watching for ali. philippe is coming and new york rain saturday and sunday. brian said he could do the weather. you did say that. >> i guess i have some witnesses here, i have to admit to it. all right. >> we'll hold

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. >> brian: check in with bill hemmer. ill. >> great coverage, been watching all morning, so much to learn about what happened in maine. as of this hour, the killer still out there, we hope to get answers when police hold a press conference 10:30 eastern time. stand by for that. israel goes into gaza, more on the raid from overnight. and reporting that hundreds of hamas terrorists went to iran for training. it is heavy morning of news, dana and i will see you top of the hour. i try to put my arm around any vet that i can. absolutely. at newday usa, that's what we're doing. we put our arm around the veterans. when i think of the veteran out there that needs to refi his home, he may want to purchase and we can help them and provide that financial solution for them and their families. it's a great, rewarding feeling. everybody in the company, they have that deference and that respect and that love for the veteran that makes this company so unique. >> ainsley: the sun is up in main after a mass shooting overnight. sources say a

i'm bill hemmer. asking to release hostages and they're promising a reward and protection for the informants home. and israeli air strikes pounding the hostages and iranen-backed hezbollah in lebanon to stay out of the fight. bill. >> bill: eric sean is live with the united nation withs details oned to oohs meeting of the un security council and greg palkot starts us off on the northern border between israel and lebanon in the time you've been there, greg, how serious have been the clashes between israeli military and hezbollah militants to the north? reporter: proette seizure disorders serious, bill. it's not a full scale war going on here but intermittent daily clashes and deadly ones pitting the israeli militants against the hezbollah. two miles away from us is the border. that ridge line is the border between israel and lebanon. those towers there, that's an israeli military post. what you can't probably make out is one tower on the far right about 200 miles below the ridge line is a hezbollah fig

. >> ainsley: let's check in with bill hemmer for what is coming up at the top of the hour. >> bill: six. john spencer, an expert on urban warfare, what is next for israel in gaza? coming up here. bob gaetz is here live and so is jay johnson, in a moment, he got 25 americans dead, how many are among the hostages? big questions in the deadly times. another question, do republicans get a speaker of the house today, something we'll watch together when dana and i see you in 11 minutes, top of the hour. psoriatic arthritis. but with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm feeling this moment. along with clearer skin skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. there's nothing like clearer skin and better movement-and that means everything! ask your doctor about skyrizi today. learn how abbvie could help you save. look wh

i'm bill hemmer live in new york and we kick off a big two hours coming up. submitty, good morning. >> good morning, bill. i'm sandra smith. iran ramping up the rhetoric and hamas sponsor threatening preemptive action against israel unless it stops bombing the hamas terrorists responsible for killing more than 1400 israelis. best of my recollections all that only fueling the panic. israel getting ready for a ground invasion and keyboarder crossing with egypt not open and they need to get aid in. sixer now jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. but first we need to get to trey yingst live in israel. reporter: good morning. hamas and islamic jihad firing on population centers and remarkable given we're 11 days into the conflict and i pose the question to the israeli military this morning during a briefing asking how many rockets they believe the factions inside gaza ha left. they don't know but so far since last saturday when that massacre took place more than 6,500 rockets fired into the jewish state. we've heard israeli fighter jets overhead and continue

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dana has the day off and i'm bill hemmer. welcome to sandra. >> sandra: good morning, bill. i'm sandra smith. president's biden trip to israel coming at a critical moment and solidarity and possible ground attack targeting hamas terrorists holding many hostage and meanwhile there's fighting along israel's northern worder after an anti-tank missile was fired from lebanon. israel responding with artillery fire and military might and there's growing concern now about the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in the gaza strip. civilian aid piles up at the rafah border crossing between egypt and gaza. we have fox news coverage for you kicking off a brand new hour and rich edson live at pentagon and joey jones on the danger of urban war fair. >> bill: but first, trey yingst live on his post where the sun will set soon on another day of war. trey, good morning. what's happening at this hour? reporter: i'm in gaza and top commander compromised in an israeli air strike with a central camp in the middle of the gaza strip and this is the brigade and military wing of hamas and infamous

first check in with bill hemmer and dana perino. >> good show and good morning, talking to trey about give us clues as to where this war could go next coming up. >> dana: an american at the music festival is back home in the ubz united states and her story is stunning. >> and meet an american that has given millions to his school, he says no more and he'll explain why. we won't leave capitol hill with a new speaker, tune in and find out. >> dana: see you soon. when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering "seven things every medicare supplement should have". it's yours free, just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable, licensed agent-producer can answer any questions you have and help you choose the plan that's right for you. the call is free, and there's no obligation. you see, medicare covers only about 80% of your part b medical ex

bari weiss was on with dana perino and bill hemmer and i was moved, she said in the holocaust, nazis it posted and will live stream everything they can. we expect to start seeing hostage videos. use caution. companies are in a -- it is a conundrum. how does silicon valley handle what is coming out of the middle east. >> todd: at the least, don't appear like you are choosing sides, especially the side humanity is not on. thank you. the house needs to elect speaker in order for congress to approve aid to israel. can they get it done today? congressman greg steube will tell us his thoughts. >> carley: what is coming up on "fox and friends"? >> lawrence: our secretary of state blinken touches down in tel aviv, less than an hour will deliver a press statement with prime minister netanyahu and we'll bring you there live. plus in gaza, two million without electricity as israel readies 300,000 soldiers for a possible ground invasion. trey yingst gives us the latest. the race to rescue american hostages, at least 17 still missing as president biden vows to stand by our ally and warning our en

we await for more action on that i'm bill hemmer live in new york. big couple of hours here, dana. did i recollects i'm dana pree no and this -- dana perino and this is mesh's news room. at this hour, a very large group of israeli supporters are gathering outside united nations chanting bring them home ahead of a 10:00 a.m. hearing. amber: let's get to it. best of my recollections apologies, we'll try to get the audio in there a bit. did i recollects president biden will not consider a cease-fire till all hostages kidnapped by hamas are freed. alexandria hoff is live at the white house and some say it sounds like a controversial statement and others say it is. reporter: yeah, the president sate cease-fire but quickly retracted and said this is not a conversation he's going to discuss till all hostages are released. they've rejected the stance that israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism and u.s. military officers sent to israel on advice to cancel into gaza. >> there are a few relevant military officers with experience, the kinds of experience that we believe is app

digging up decade-old tweets to embarrass people like roseanne's late-night words or the ones where bill hemmer said ugly people belong in the circus. they insisted we all should be defined by our worst moment and never be allowed to forget it. no forgiveness, no grace, no accounting for human error. now the responsibly 80s raised organic chickens have come home to roost. it's not so much fun when it is their turn. how does it feel, bettss? that's right. sit there and take it like you say the jews are supposed to. that is where gop presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy comes in defending the students from being blacklisted. he called them simple fools who make dumb political statements on campus. is he right? megyn kelly disagrees. she posted, you have got to be kidding me. they sided with terrorist to murdered children and old women. you are not clear on this as someone who wants to be president? candace owens responded to megan, quote, ", college kids are student. i used to be radically pro-choice. glad i didn't get put on a conservative black list for wanting babies murdered. as it turned o

i'm bill hemmer and smitty welcome back. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. the attack taking place in new york city. police released the photos of the suspect and mystery woman who appear shortly after the attack calling the killer brian. the video is very graphic and you may find it disturbing. >> go watch him. go watch him. >> i'm going to call 911. >> sandra: that horrific, senseless assault taking place an violent crime spirals out of control in major u.s. cities. i should say cities large and small across the u.s. cb cotton has more and at the studio. cb, it is disturbing video. you see that man. he has no idea he is about to die. >> just horrific. the suspect works at a high school not far from where this beloved community activist was killed. 32-year-old ryan carson captured on surveillance trying to calm his attacker down. moments before getting stabbed in the heart. >> police say carson was stabbed three times after leaving a wedding with his girlfriend. the "new york post" now reporting the suspect is 18 years old and two months ago again his aunt

bill hemmer is off today. >> aishah: i'm aishah hosni. the fierce battle with hamas terrorists in its third day. we've seen the pictures throughout the morning. israeli defense forces are bombarding terrorist targets inside the gaza strip. meanwhile the u.s. is moving the u.s.s. gerold ford carrier strike group closer to israel after president biden promised prime minister netanyahu that he would have full support from the united states. >> dana: we have trey yengst on the ground with breaking developments. trey, what do you see? >> just a few moments ago you might have seen on the live camera a huge barrage of rock earths from the northern part of the gaza strip. you could see the angle at which they were fired indicated they were long-range rockets. i'm told by my producer they're targeting jerusalem. air raid sirens sounding in the largest israeli city. a major escalation as the fighting continues. the israeli strikes continue along the border as well and artillery units working at this hour. also just got off the phone with the israel

i'm bill hemmer. dana has the day off. our friend and colleague smitty got the early alarm today. >> sandra: always good to be with all of you. i'm sandra smith and this is "america's newsroom." the urgency at the border. the migrant crisis prompting president biden to resume construction of the border wall. the department of homeland security is fast tracking 20 miles of new barrier. dhs chief mayokas said the need for it is acute and immediate. he is waiving -- >> they've seen a quarter million crossings. it has gotten so bad the president is willing to break a key promise that he made to the left in 2020. >> trump campaigned on build that wall. are you willing to tear that wall down? >> president biden: there will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. all those people are seeking asylum and deserve to be heard. that's who we are. a nation says if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression you should come. >> we have been to the border. we've been to the border. >> you haven't been to the bor

i'm bill hemmer. here we go today. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." hamas terrorists also trying to infiltrate israel from the mediterranean sea and foiled by the israeli navy. a who's who of -- top officials of hezbollah, hamas and islamic jihad holding talks how to achieve total victory over israel. >> the pentagon revealing more than 14 attacks, one more than yesterday against u.s. forces based in the middle east in the last week. the white house trying to connect the dots saying all these militia and all these terror groups are working hand in glove with tehran. >> iran is certainly complicit here. without them there is no hamas or hezbollah, without them there is no militia groups firing rockets at our troops in iraq and syria. >> dana: republican congressman michael waltz is former green beret is standing by. let's go to mike tobin live in israel. good morning, mike. >> good morning, dana. hamas rockets have found a new target today. this is across the negev desert bordering with jordan and egypt on the red sea. significant because it has not be

. >> john: i'm john roberts in for bill hemmer today. this is "america's newsroom." top biden officials will testify in two hearings today expected to face a tough round of questions about how safe the american people are. another major concern, the wave of anti-semitism sweeping over college campuses and city streets both here in the u.s. and around the world. anti-jewish hatred erupted to levels we haven't seen since world war ii. >> dana: we have team fox coverage. we're live with mike tobin in israel. >> pardon the shot inside of a moving vehicle. last location the soldiers approached us and said they had reason to believe there was an infiltrator. we're trying to transfer to the next spot where we can be safe and try to bring you the latest up to date information. the biggest story in israel now a woman has been home with her family. her mother said her glad her daughter is home but her out goes out the other family members. she was released andy let israeli forces. she has a vivid memory and providing valuable information now that she is back in the loving arms

i'm bill hemmer. welcome back, aishah in washington. >> aishah: i'm in for dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." let's get right to it. the u.s. retaliating carrying out air strikes against iranian-linked sites in syria after drone and rocket attacks against america forces there and iraq. israeli tanks and troops briefly enter gaza in a second raid ahead of a larger ground invasion. now time could be of the essence. >> i think it needs to be immediate. they need to understand what is going on in israel is going on in israel. you won't attack our u.s. troops. they need to be protected. our diplomat ickx facilities need to be protected. if you let it go on you'll see another benghazi if you aren't careful. >> let's go to mike tobin. >> u.s. war planes have struck in the region. two bases in syria. to the east of syria near iraqi border, bases operated by the iranian revolutionary guard in response to the menacing attacks to u.s. forces in the region. 19 attacks from drones and missiles resulting

. >> bill: martha maccallum, bill hemmer. andy mccarthy joins us now. former u.s. district attorney. you wrote this week with trump already found guilty his new york fraud trial begins. you say the boll show vick block of the democratic party is having its fantasy prosecution of donald trump play out in real life. take it from there. >> well, i think what we're seeing now is mainly political theater because what makes a trial a trial, and what gives a legal proceeding prestige and decorum is the idea that the judge is projecting scrupulousness, that the proceeding is going to be fair and we'll see what the outcome is at the end. trump is told on the eve of trial that he has lost and what the next 2 to 3 months are about is how much letitia james, the attorney general of new york state, will be able to run up the score in terms of whether she will be able to get a $250 million disgeorgement penalty against trump. he doesn't really have any incentive to behave himself and treat it like it's a legal proceeding because in every important way it is now politics. i think

i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. sandra is back. >> sandra: i enjoyed the wake-up call this morning. thanks for having me back. good friday. the president's reversal on the border wall igniting a media firestorm. the left calling him out for breaking a campaign promise but the white house is defending the move. he says the money was earmarked already for the wall back in 2019. and the president had no choice but to use it. even though he didn't want to. >> we believe and the president has been very clear even when you ask him does a border wall work he said no. and he has been very consistent about that. we believe that a border wall is not effective. >> if you have to build a border wall but you don't think it will work, once its done will you tear it down? >> dhs is required to do this. the president asked multiple times of congress to reappropriate, they did not and we're not -- >> that flies in the face of the president's own department of homeland security saying they need to resume construction acute and immedi

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. israel's military pounding gaza as ground forces mobilize along the border expanding by the hour. we mentioned this a moment ago. a second convoy of trucks filled with humanitarian aid has been allowed to enter gaza entering from the egypt crossing called rafah. meanwhile israel is facing rocket and mortar attacks from inside. >> dana: fox team coverage with all the latest developments. trey yengst along the gaza border. let's begin with greg palkot in northern israel near the border with lebanon. good morning, greg. >> you have the border about a mile away. so far it has been a quiet day but just in the last 20 minutes we saw an heard what we believe to be was a hezbollah missile coming over that mountain behind us and then the blast of an iron dome israeli defense missile. a sign that things are remaining very active on this front which is an escalation between israel and hezbollah in the past week we've been here. the israeli defense force claims it struck get terror sites overnigh

bill hemmer is off today. good to be with you. >> gillian: i'm gillian turner. we are waiting to hear from president biden. it was a month ago that these two leaders were sitting together at the u.n. general assembly discussing plans to improve relations between israel and arab neighbors. >> dana: today israel is at war with hamas and the region is raging with anger and violence. protest underway now near the u.s. embassy in beirut. demonstrators setting a guard house at the embassy on fire and the u.s. military intercepting two drones targeting troops in iraq. >> gillian: while the ground president biden making it very clear the u.s. stands shoulder to shoulder with israel. >> president biden: i want you to know you are not alone. you are not alone. as i emphasized earlier, we will continue to have israel's back as you work to defend your people. >> dana: rich edson at the pentagon. let's go to mike tobin live in southern israel. how are things where you are today, mike? >> dana, despite all the rage in the region, the activity here at the gaza strip has been k

i'm bill hemmer. dana has the day off today. welcome to a big show to our colleague and friend, gillian. >> gillian: i'm good. thank you for having me back for day two. i'm gillian turner and this is "america's newsroom." the victim identified as henry cuellar. as he was parking his car tonight three armed assailants approached and stole his vehicle. he wasn't harmed and working with local law enforcement. thank you to metro pd and capitol police for recovering the congressman's vehicle. let's go live to griff jenkins on the scene. what can you tell us this morning? >> well, i can tell you the residents walking these streets this morning are rattled. they say this is far too common. i will let you take a look here. you mentioned capitol police have a cruiser parked here in the navy yard area just a few blocks from the capitol in between the capitol and the national major league baseball stadium. the buildings here house many professionals on capitol hill to include members of congress. this is the one that congressman cuellar li

i'm bill hemmer, israel's military mobilizing ground forces along the border as artillery and air power

. >> bret: i'm bret baier for bill hemmer. complicating israel's response an estimated 150 people taken hostage by hamas. americans are believed to be among them and hamas is threatening to kill them one-by-one for every time israel strikes gaza. >> dana: the families of the missing are calling on president biden to act. some of them as you can see here are about to hold a news conference in tel aviv and we'll take you there live as it happens. >> bret: peter doocy standing by at the white house. we begin with greg palkot reporting live from israel. greg. >> bret, dana, we are a mile and a half away from the gaza trip. the town of sarot, israel says this town is secure. let's bring you up to date with the latest. the story changes by the hour. we have been watching israeli fighter jets cross over countless times. we've been hearing blasts again and again and again inside of gaza. now we have it confirmed that they have hit 250 locations today inside gaza, which they say is an infrastructure for the hamas militants. we see the

i'm bill hemmer. dozens of air strikes hitting hamas targets overnight including command centers, ammunition deep owes and other military position. the idf released this video saying they intercepted a terrorist cell that tried to infiltrate israel by sea. u.s. military advisors reportedly urging israel to avoid an all-out ground assault in gaza pointing to lessons learned in iraq. hezbollah meeting with top leaders of hamas and islamic jihad. team fox coverage on all of it. mark meredith from the white house where president biden holds his first news conference since the hamas attack happening in a few hours. jennifer griffin at the pentagon as attacks against u.s. forces in the middle east have our military on high alert. senator tom cotton talks about president biden's pick for u.s. ambassador to israel and telling us why he thinks jack lew is wrong for the job. >> dana: we go to trey yengst in israel with a live update. 20 minutes ago we saw a big explosion over gaza. what else is new this morning

. >> i'm bill hemmer. "the story" starts right now. here's mack that. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum. it's a dark day. in addition to the loss of life in israel, we have lost at least 27 american citizens as hamas terrorists hold an unknown number of americans hostage at this hour. here's john kirby moments ago. >> we all need to be prepared for the fact that there's going to be additional gruesome images coming out. there's going to be some pretty tough reports for all of us to swallow. this is not over. >> martha: pretty tough reports coming for all of us to swallow. we will find out what that means in the hours and days ahead. every hour we see more of the evil that is hamas. a warning that these i'm my knowledges are graphic. >> the kitchen floors are stained with blood. people were home. it was early in the morning saturday when hamas militants stormed into their homes. >> in a place known for its art gallery, it's the small details, a pile of legos on the ground. food atop a table for breakfast. photos that hang on the fridge. j

bill hemmer is off today. >> aishah: i'm aishah hosni.sts in its third day. we've seen the pictures throughout the morning. israeli defense forces are bombarding terrorist targets inside the gaza strip. meanwhile the u.s. is moving the

. >> lawrence: but let's check in with hammer time, bill hemmer at the top of the hour. >> happy fridayyou. the president chicago residents right now. they have him in crosshairs and vote democrats, giving the leaders a mouth full. you will hear from a few of them in a matter of minutes. who will be the next republican leader? a big announcement from president trump. we have breaking news on the economy, look out tough lending ahead. we will explain all of that. there is a college swim team in full revolt. they do not want a transgender male in the same pool. we will talk to someone from that team as well. it is friday, folks, we will see you soon at the top of the houre onrs "america newsroom." who have served. they've been in leadership positions. they're willing to put their life on the line if necessary. and they come to us and they say, i need some financial help at this point in time. they're not looking for a handout. they're looking for a little hand up. my team at newday usa is going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that veteran gets that loan. which hotel? ah! did

bill hemmer. welcome to "america reports". top biden officials are concerned it could expand. white house preparations are in the works. >> sandra: and we hope to hear more from the white house, a new report revealing the biden administration is gearing up for the possibility of a maybe evacuation that would require hundreds of thousands of americans to leave the middle east. >> bill: begin anew, over the next two hours on the breaking news from the war in the middle east. trey yingst, what can you tell us at this hour? hello. >> bill, good afternoon. a very active night along the israel-gaza border, watching as the israelis strike different hamas and islamic jihad, tank fire skirts across the horizon. also have some breaking news about the zikim beach area behind me. we heard a firefight erupting, israelis fired flares into the air and at least four hamas militants were killed, they tried to infiltrate by the mediterranean sea, and four of them according to the israelis. comes as israel is ramping up strikes along the gaza strip. over the past 24 hours, you heard a strike in

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer in for john roberts, making his way back to the u.s. of a., and from israel. good afternoon to you where you are. things stand at this hour, israel says its forces struck more than 320 military targets in the gaza strip over the past day alone, destroying hamas tunnel, command centers and observation posts, sandra. >> sandra: the threat of a wider regional conflict is forcing the pentagon to step up posture, putting more u.s. forces on high alert. we have fox team coverage across the globe over the next couple hours and the breaking news from the middle east, trey yingst first, news is breaking in southern israel. what do you know. >> yeah, sandra, good afternoon. overnight the israelis launched 320 airstrikes against the gaza strip. in the disns at that, they are continuing the strikes. they tell fox news they are trying to hit as many hamas and islamic jihad cells above before the ground offensive that could start in the coming hours or days. and two drones near a community that sits along the gaza border. we bring you this report. we

i'm bill hemmer along with gillian turner. nice to have you here. joining our coverage byron york, jonathan turley and john yu, formal official at the department of justice. first nate foye is the correspondent outside the courthouse. give us a sense of what just happened. hello. >> bill, good morning to you. today is day one of what's expected to be a month's long courtroom battle where former president trump could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in his net worth could be pushed down as a result of this trial. that's something that new york attorney general leticia james claims trump lied about in recent years. you heard trump saying no wrongdoing and he called the judge a rogue judge trying to misrepresent him. take a look at this video within the past hour. former president trump made his way down to the courthouse. you heard him speak. it comes after a weekend campaigning in iowa as well as california. he spent last night at trump tower, one of the properties that the judge found he fraudulently overvalued for tax, bank and insurance benefi

i'm bill hemmer. good morning. israel warning civilians in northern gaza to get out. to move south giving about 24 hours to head south for their own safety. anti-israel protests erupting in countries across the middle east. huge crowds after friday prayers saying death to israel. death to america. putting a sharp focus on the risk of a wider regional conflict as israel gets ready for an expected ground invasion. trey yengst live in ashkelon, israel, north of the gaza strip. we begin a new hour. >> we've got some new -- bill, good morning, we've got new information for you from the northern part of israel along the border with lebanon. an area called hanita. there has been an incident, explosion. something happened and they are looking into it. it comes as we get new reporting from the gaza strip, a diplomatic source telling fox news today that hamas is preventing civilians inside homes. you heard that explosion in the distance. they are continuing air strikes at this hour in gaza. but this source telling fox news that hamas is preventing civilians from leaving their h

bill hemmer is off today. >> bret: it's a sad day. i'm bret baier. israel says it has regained control of towns near the border with gaza. defense forces pounded hamas targets inside the gaza strip all its might being used. military commanders say strikes on the enemy will be bigger than before and far more severe. the government mobileizing more than 350,000 reservists just over three days. live fox team coverage. matt finn standing by with the latest on u.s. citizens abducted by hamas. greg palkot is live but he is running to a shelter to stay safe from rocket fire near the gaza border. our concern is to stay safe and get our reporters in a position that they can report safely. that is a difficult job, dana, in the middle of something that is changing by the minute and they have launched thousands of rockets from gaza to various sites inside israel, including the international airport within the last couple hours. >> dana: you just reported right before the top of this hour that the president of the united states has spoken again with prime ministe

bill hemmer. good morning at home. intense large-scale manhunt underway. the entire county is on lockdown. dozens of schools are closed for good reason. residents in a number of towns are told to shelter in place after the mass shooting in the town of lewiston, maine, a college town 35 miles north of portland, population about 36,000. as many as 22 said to be killed and dozens more injured. police discovered a vehicle they believe belonged to the suspect near a boat launch belonging to the suspect. the suspect is robert card age 40. the sole person of interest is a certified firearms instructor in the u.s. army. david spunt has reaction from the white house and also watching the f.b.i. from d.o.j. with us today. retired nypd lieutenant has expert analysis. we begin back there in maine nearby. for that here is molly line. good morning again, molly. >> good morning, bill and dana. you mentioned the law enforcement are urging people to stay inside and safe and turn on tvs, to get to social media and tune into websites to listen to the press conference slated

i'm bill hemmer. dana has the day off. aishah, nice to see you. >> aishah: we'll take you live tatty press conference. facing a lot of challenges out there in the maine wilderness looking for this guy. it's a region surrounded by miles of forests, mountains, lakes, ponds, streams, everything. they are trying to identify all of these 18 victims. one heartbroken father now struggling to come to terms with losing his son while knowing that he died a hero. listen to this. >> people loved my son. my son was in sports all his life. people got to know him that way. they got to know the kind of heart he really had. i had the greatest son in the world and it's a tough one. it's a tough one to lose. >> your son died a hero. >> he did. i'm proud of him, yeah. i love him with all my heart. >> aishah: hard to hear. the latest with nate foye. >> 38 hours in the manhunt the community waiting for answers that hopefully will come in the news conference set to begin in moments. more federal resources are surged into the manhunt into the bor

i'm bill hemmer, israel's military mobilizing ground forces along the border as artillery and air power pound militants in the hamas and number of americans murdered risen to at least 25. many airlines canceling flights to israel and several countries including the uk mounting emergency flights to evacuate the own citizens and the u.s. is not one yet one of them. now we're hearing from syrian state media air strikes earlier and aleppo and damaged runways and service and using airports to smuggle weapons to hezbollah and eventually make their way into lebanon. >> dana: bob gates quarterback joining us in a moment. >> bill: first on the ground, trey yingst. if you want and feel comfortable, where are you and where are you going? reporter: i'll tell you more about that location later today. it is certainly sensitive as it lies in the area where there is activity going on. this entire part of southern israel is bracing for days and days of fighting to come. just to give you a sense of what it's like here this morning, we saw earlier as a rocket came off the gaza strip. one rocket was interc

i'm bill hemmer in new york. a new hour begins right now. one we won't forget. gil gillian. >> gillian: maybe we hope to once it is over. we'll see how it goes. i'm gillian turner. hunter biden is expected to plead not guilty about drug use buying a handgun and being in possession of that gun. he could face federal tax charges as well. president trump is returning for a second day of court, $250 million fraud suit. the "new york post" saying he is ticked off at the attorney general -- trump claiming she is out to get him. >> bill: full coverage now. bret baier on the political ramifications to both cases. talk to saul wisenberg on the legal angle. this is a scene we saw yesterday. >> misleading information about my net worth, private company, nobody is supposed to know my net worth. now everybody is and will. i hope you are impressed. we have a great company. he has been given false information, misleading information, and corrupt information by a very corrupt and incompetent attorney general le tisha james. she ran on a basis i will get trump without knowing an

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