[music playing] jon: i am jon scott this is the box report. joining us here's a look at some headlines at truce extension as possible in gaza. hamas and handing over more including an american. in captivity. his route release 39 palestinian prisoners and restraints. the associated press derek chauvin the former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george and floyd was s stabbed friday by another inmate in a federal prison in arizona tbureau prisons that employees performed lifesaving measures on it inmate did not confirm it was him. fd is investigating and a break of salmonella found. berlin, new jersey, illinois indiana kentucky, michigan, oklahoma, wisconsin, texas, florida and canada. more details are listed on the fda website. for more on these and of the stories down the fox news app you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to/apps. >> put into to express an additional american release as well we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. as i said when i spoke about this to you on friday,

voters polled signaling new concerns over president biden's age good evening i'm jon scott and this is a special two-hour edition of the "fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: those stories in a moment but first the latest from the war front in israel. idf portions advancing further into gaza today trading fire with terrorists overnight as aerial bombardments continue here at home calls grow for a cease-fire and more protests. as the war enters its fourth week, we have team coverage steve harrigan as well as defense troops storm gaza mark meredith with attacks in the middle east and alexandria huff is tracking the biden administration's response after pro-palestinian demonstrators vandalize white house but we begin with alex hogan live on the ground in southern israel. alex. >> hi onidf has taken out nearly 2500 hamas targets. this is things like infrastructure, ammunitions warehouses and, of course, those tunnels but here tonight along border we have rocket attacks by israel by the direction they were headed we know those were headed toward central israel and that means, of course, residents across t

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. >> this is a fox news alert, i'm jon scott in new york, israel arm continues to ramp up its attacktest just hours ago. officials say they are going half hamas targets above andly below ground as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken continues his touch of mi -- tour of least least arriving in turkey. turkey president has been critical of ed rez israel. he met with prime minister. he also got a security briefing from u.s. embassy officials on threat to u.s. facilities in the region. >> as you know there have been a series of attacks in iraq and syria, my job is secure security of our people. i got an update to make sure our personnel are safe. >> blinken made stops in israel, jordan, west bank and cyprus this weekend. >> all eyes on new york. former president trump prepares to take stand in his civil trial tomorrow accusing he and his business of misleading banks and insurers, his testimony comes just days after his adult sons took the stand. new york attorney general is asking for 250 million in damages and bar trump from doing business in the state, the trump de deny any wrong do

this system also packing frigid air i'm jon scott. ♪ ♪ mark: welcome back america here's the great bookcies, social justice fallacies you can get it amazon.com right now, you can get it my major bookstore, it comes out on tuesday. the release date, september 19th. doctor sowell i want to read for the audience, obviously, you wrote it so you'll know the very end of your book in relation to the question i ended last and follow on if you don't mind. were those of us who were not followers of the social justice vision and agenda to do at a minimum we can turn our attention from rhetoric to realities of life as great supreme court justice oliver holmes said think things instead of words today it is especially important to get facts rather than catch words. these include not only current facts but also vast array of facts about what others have done in the past both the successes and failures. i take that to mean dr. sowell you got to really work hard to cut out all of the static all of the propaganda all of what academia for the most part is trying to indoctrinate you with and think for your

good evening i'm jon scott and this is a special two-hour edition of the "fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: we havem coverage for you this evening alexandria huff following president biden's response in beach delaware steve hagan on the ground in northern israel and congressman andy biggs joins us on the latest developments in the ongoing conflict. but first alex hogan joins us from tel-aviv with the latest on israel's push into the gaza strip. alex. reporter: as israeli forces push forward in to northern gaza idf says in last several hours it managed to take out a hamas control center outpost as well as targeting some of those underground tunnels it's about a week since we saw a multibranch effort really ramp up today we saw the head of israel's general staff meeting with other demanders and he congratulated his troops on efforts underway to dismantle hamas urging them to keep up their spirits. hamas releasing this footage of what appears to be their fighters in that intricate system of underground tunnels. you can hear the group chanting in arabic god is great and killed our leaders and children

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i am jon scott, now back to life, liberty and the leben. >> welcome back to a special edition of "lifety and levin". with the great one mark levin in the democrat party hates america. when we went to break we were talking about the nuclear family and the war on the nuclear family a lot about politics and culture now is getting personal from the democrats. mark: by the way the people to have a problem with the title i'm waiting for 70 to write the democrat party loves america, i would love to know how exactly what about america does the democrat party love it is constantly attacking, undermining and relentless that said they get their power. >> on that you say is not intended to be provocative. >> this is the way that i look at it i don't care what msnbc, cnn and the new york times and the rest of these think. it is about them, i do care what democrats think generally in the outer look in their heart and soul and say why am i part of an institution that is destroying my country that has a horrendous history of racism and bigotry and anti-semitism in undermining our institutions because

i am jon scott back to life, liberty and levin. ♪ b6 welcome back america rate michael durand of theailure of the obama biden policy blowing up the middle east. war breaking out rather than peace. why is joe biden wedded to this ideology? >> for basic reasons. first of all he does not want to take iranian oil off the international market. they put venezuelan oil on the market. they have allowed iran to sell all of this oil to china and they are afraid if their tensions with iran if they enforce the sanctions the price of oil will go way up and hurt his chances for reelection. secondly the defense department does not want to have a confrontation with iran because is already busy in ukraine it is fearful for a war over taiwan. the last thing at once his difficulties in the middle east is trying to buy a quiet life by appeasing iran. third they are wedded this theory by appeasing iran by trying to accommodate they try to stabilize the middle east there is an intellectual arrogance here you find of the university campuses it has seeped into the national security elite they think there is

i am jon scott now back to life, liberty, and levin. mark: welcome back america.n't you find it more than ironic in fact repulsive that your countries being lectured all the time about civilians and you say over and over again we are trying to avoid civilian deaths were trained open pathways for civilians to get out. you lost almost 40 idf soldiers now. if you wanted to blow that country or that date in that territory off the face of the earth you certainly could but you choose not too. from these other countries who are hardly a civil rights authoritarian regime but they hardly promote civil rights they are slaughtering their own people. they are torturing their own people. don't you find a little odd the international human rights groups in the "new york times" never report about any of this? >> i like how you say the little audit. you would be a good diplomat. it is shameful but you have seen the hypocrisy of the middle e east. probably the only places more critical than the middle east is the united nations. people cast israel and excoriate us when we take act

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. >> welcome to fox news like i'm jon scott in new york p.d hamas intensifies arab and muslim leaders are demanding an immediate end to what they are calling inhumane massacres in gaza. that happening thrace summit today in saudi arabia. leaders are merely 68 middle eastern countries also called for the un security council to take decisive action to stop the fighting and for israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the war-torn territory. it all comes as israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is still refusing to allow a cease-fire. he says one will only be considered when hamas releases its hostages. meanwhile israel military said it is preparing to evacuate babies from gaza's largest hospital. it has been surrounded by intense fighting is is really troops continue to move deeper into gaza the hospital reportedly at the breaking point after losing power earlier today. i am jon scott that back to life, liberty, and levine. ♪ welcome back america i am with kenneth marcus the former assistant secretary of education for civil rights through

jon: welcome to "fox news live," i'm jon scott in new york.m around the world honoring former first lady rosalynn carter who died peacefully in herrer georgia home today surrounded by loved ones including former president jimmy carter to whom she was married for 77 years. mrs. carter is being remembered not only for her dedication to her husband during his four years in the white house, but also for decades of human town work after washington. humanitarian work. she is survived by four children and nearly two dozen grandchildren and great grandchildren. rosalynn carter was 96. >>> president biden and first lady jill biden are in virginia tonight serving turkey dinner to some 400 naval personnel in norfolk. at a one point mr. biden was asked about the hostages in gaza. he replied he wants to insure their freedom before he comments further on the matter. i'm jon scott, now back to "life, liberty and levin". ♪ mark: welcome back, america. we're here with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. two kind of related questions, mr. president. number -- mr

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good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report.night we are learning american warplanes have carried out another pair of airstrikes on a facility in eastern syria. it's used by iranian proxies are finding about more about the fatal crash of the u.s. blackhawk helicopter in the mediterranean we now know by the special ops forces were killed. many military officials reiterate aircraft is on a training mission was not brought down by hostile fire. we have team coverage on the situation in israel. lucas tomlinson is standing fight with the white house response to growing attacks on american bases in the middle east. alex hogan is on the ground in northern israel as the fighting continues with hezbollah forces just over the border and lebanon. let's begin with alex what is the latest there tonight. >> major escalation and the north this has been the most active day since the start of the war what was already the deadliest conflict here at the border of israel 2006 as many as 21 people have been wounded today alone print that includes so

. >> that's how box reports ascetic, i am jon scott. ♪ hello, i am griff jenkins along with lauren, charlieurt and lisa boothe, welcome to the big weekend to show. the big story tonight. could tik tok take on president biden's reelection campaign in 2024? gen z influencers are using tik tok more and more to complain about high cost of living and what they call the silent depression. >> silent depression when you compare the great depression to today, this is going to blow your mind. 1930 during the great depr depression, the average homeowner in america was 3900 dollars. the average car was $600 and average rent was $18 orc to $16 a year. >> right now the average annual salary is $56000 a year. we currently are making less than the height of the great depression. in 1930 gas was on average 10 cents a gallon, that's about dollars .73 in case you haven't filled up early, average is $3.55. >> new houses are unaffordable cost to move to a place in rent somewhere else is unaffordable, terrible what's going on. >> preach but it's not just all gen z. bill maher, self-described liberal and prominen

i am jon scott, thanks for watching with you tomorrow. weekend show is next. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i am glad benson, joey jones. welcome to the "big weekend show". big story tonight, president biden paying tribute to arlington cemetery earlier raised a few eyebrows world watches and waits for the president's reaction to attacks on u.s. forces by iranian proxies climbing to 48 since the 17th of october. pro- palestinian protesters swarming his home in delaware marking veterans day in washington. lucas tomlinson live in delaware tonight. good evening. tonight there tens of thousands of americans deployed to the middle east, 2500 and iraq and 900 and neighboring syria. sixty of the troops attacked and injured by proxy forces after coming under drone and rocket attack. president biden honoring soldiers in harm's way today at arlington national cemetery. >> we must remember only 1% of society today protects 9% of us. 1%. we owe them, we owe you. >> after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, biden appeared to be confused executing

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i'm jon scott. now back to life, liberty and levin. >> welcome back, mesh.n miller, former special adviser to president trump. let's stay on this issue of the border. according to the markist left, which has heavy representation throughout the media, cbs and cnn and vsnbc. should president trump win the presidency? do nothing about all the people coming into the country. millions and millions and millions of people and terrorists have been stopped. you have to assume some got through and drug cartels are problem in every mote row politan area and tens of thousands of women have been sold into sex trafficking. little kids have been sold into sex trafficking. the new york times even did a piece months ago about 85,000 young teenagers who basically are slave labor throughout our corporate and business environment in the country. and this is all been done because joe biden has allowed it. my question to you, sir, is this, under our constitution, you commit a high crime, if you defy federal strike that coauthors and if you take steps that do not protect the natio

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i am jon scott, thanks for joining us for a special two hour report. the "big weekend show" is next. you look at fox treat on fox square. ♪ ♪ big weekend show begins with fox news alert. good evening, i'm nicole saphier, joey jones, alicia opinions and joe concha. you video of a second wave of hostages released by hamas hours ago crossing into israel. these are the phases of israelis in age from three years old to 67 years old. also releasable for foreigners from time and. tonight new video of the two dozen hostages read by hamas yesterday on the first day of a deal that includes african fighting. the number of total hostages released climbed to 41. 195 hostages are still being held by hamas tonight. these hostages are signs of hope at this emotional moment 9-year-old alone ran into his father's arms after 49 days in captivity. jeff paul is live in southern israel tonight. good evening, any word on the american hostages? >> so far they are not among the hostages released but we are learning all 17 hostages who made up today are either in route to area

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i am jon scott. thank you for watching. we'll see you next week on the weekend show. ♪ >> "the big weekend show" begins with the fox news alert. i'm guy benson with nicole saphier, anita vogel and joey jones. fox news confirming the u.s. troops killed when a black hawk helicopter crash during a training mission in the mediterranean sea on veterans day while they were special operators from the 160th special operations aviation regiment. one of the most elite helicopter pilot groups on earth, this is the u.s. conducts additional airstrikes on iranian proxy groups in their facilities and their personnel in syria that in retaliation for dozens of attacks against u.s. bases and military in the middle east. lucas tomlinson is live in delaware, president biden is spending his weekend there, give us a update on the airstrikes pretty significant development, yes? >> that is right we learned a pair of u.s. air force fighter jets that carried airstrikes in eastern syria targeting a training facility according to lloyd austin. it we r

i am jon scott that back to life, liberty, and levine. ♪ welcome back america i am with kenneth marcusstant secretary of education for civil rights through the rubber hits the road when it comes to what's going out these colleges and universities. i doubt most of you even know the name of the person who's in that position today or if there is a person in that position today and m my question to you h marcus is this. i am not hearing much from the department of justice are quite frankly from anybody on this. if they have tools where they could use the tools may be they are not perfect but even imperfect tools are they using them? why are they using them? and why are thieves and the bully pulpit? what's the absolute can do much more there is a tweet from the secretary of education that was nice. there was certainly not in continues to be much less then what we have seen from cabinet member level agencies on a much lesser issues we certainly should see more bully pulpit from the president, the secretary of education, from the attorney general. to the trump administration things are not ha

i'm jon scott, now back to "life, liberty and levin". ♪ mark: welcome back, america. minister benjamin netanyahu. two kind of related questions, mr. president. number -- mr. prime minister. number one, the cultural9 rot in the west didn't start today particularly when it comes the evil versus good and, furthermore, i'd be with curious about your thoughts about what has been taking place at this main hospital where hamas if is dug in and your folks are really trying to do the right thing. can you answer a those questions? >> yeah. in 1933 shortly after hitler came to power, the oxford student union in britain had a debate, and 2 to 1 they had a resolution that that they would not under any circumstances fight for king and country. and, you know, you know what that did. they had to change their way because they understood they wouldn't have a king and they wouldn't have a country, and they wouldn't have an oxford if they didn't fight. so they the ended up fighting on the battlefields and fighting well until nazis almost destroyed -- it's the same thing here. i mean, thi

i am jon scott, thank you for joining us we will see you next week for another edition of the "fox report". >> hello i'm alicia acuna along with joey jones, nicole saphier and joe concha. the big story is a fox news alert. a third wave of hostages released by hamas among the 17 is 4-year-old abigail and american israeli girl whose parents were killed in front of her by hamas terrorist on october 7. we have team fox coverage tonight, lu lucas tomlinson is a nantucket massachusetts with bit under biden's reaction but first alex hogan. >> is the third day of the cease-fire comes to an and 14 israeli hostages have been freed this brings the total to 40 is really hostages, 14 thai hostages and one filipino. among them the very first american dual citizen. abigail was found covered in her parents blood on october 7 when they were killed and she was taken hostage. doctors say as much is there celebrating the 4-year-old who has now been released there is one woman in dire condition, the eldest released today an 84-year-old woman airlifted at the hospital, take a listen. >> she's in the emergency

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i'm jon scott, and this is a special 2-hour edition of "the fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: today's hostage releaselows yesterday's first round which saw hamas free 13 israelis, 10 thai nationals and a filipino under two separate deals. lucas tomlinson is in nantucket, massachusetts, with the president, but let's begin with jeff paul. he is in southern israel right now. jeff. >> reporter: yeah, jon, a very tense day here in israel, but the second day of the hamas-israel temporary ceasefire appears to be holding. it did get off to a rocky start. severe delays in this second batch of hostages released, and that's in part because hamas accused israel of not holding up to their side of the agreement. they said that not enough aid trucks were making their way from the border into northern gaza. they also took issue with exactly who was being released from israeli prisons. on the other hand, you had the israeli government saying they were actually holding up their end and it was hamas who was holding back these hostages. but at the end of the day, qatari, egyptians and even some u.s. negotiators all got

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. ♪ jon: i'm jon scott is, and this is "the fox report." 9 with sad news breaking just a short time agolynn carter, the former first lady to the longest living president in american history, jimmy carter, has passed away at the age of 96. he died peacefully at home -- she died peacefully at home in georgia. tribute withs are pouring in honoring her service in the white house as a longtime trusted partner and adviser to her husband and her decades of work as a humanitarian. bret baier looks at her long life and legacy. >> former first lady rosalynn carter was born in the small town of plains, georgia, in 1927, the same place as her husband, the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter. >> i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear -- >> and even though the couple only spent one term in the white house, rosalynn carter's effect is still felt in washington. >> i never doubted that he could be can a great president. [applause] >> while her husband was working on middle east peace and trying to stem rising gas prices, fest lady rosalynn carter was busy consulting on both domestic and foreig

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scott, thanks. let's bring in our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. jon perfect headline for this debate. the twilight zone debate. >> absolutely. this was a debate nikki haley had a very strong performance once again. chris christie tried to look presidential, pleading for unity. desantis may have been slightly better than he was in the past. but this was a debate from another dimension. this was the twilight zone debate where donald trump doesn't exist. he was barely mentioned. as they fought each other, there's no sense of a reality that none of them is within 30 or 40 points of donald trump. he is the far and away front runner. nikki haley can beat up vivek ramaswamey all she wants but she has to find a way to take down trump. >> it comes on the heels of this election day this week where republicans took beating. >> and ramaswamey had a line last night that stood out to me. he said, we've become a party of losers. objectively, there's a lot of evidence for that. ever since 2016 when donald trump won the white house, republicans have lost a series of r

jon karl, thank you very much. tonight republican debate. let's bring in rachel scott for a preview.d morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the third republican debate kicks off here in miami in just a matter of hours. this will be the smallest stage yet. five republican candidates have qualified for tonight's debate. all eyes will be on florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley. desantis will be on his home turf tonight. he's long been seen as the top rival to former president trump. he's also been slipping in the polls and haley has been gaining momentum. haley and desantis clashing on issues, from foreign policy and how they should respond to the war raging in israel, to the issue of abortion. desantis supports a six week abortion ban here in virginia, 15 week abortion week nationwide. haley has called federal bans on abortion unrealistic. missing from the stage tonight is former president trump. he'll be holding a rally just a few miles away. it's not only a smaller stage, the field is also growing smaller. former vice presi