president biden and leader xi jinping meet for the first time in more than a year. we will tell what you they are talking about. and hunter biden's legal team wants to subpoena former president trump and his associates. and why a fishing village in ice land is just about deserted, tonight. ♪ >> shannon: but, first, breaking tonight. fox news has gained access to the hospital in gaza city that israel says is actually a major staging area for hamas terrorists. israeli troops stormed the facility today correspondent trey yingst is in southern israel tonight. hello, trey. >> shannon, good evening. the raid of gaza's al shifa hospital is ongoing at this hour. tonight the israeli military took two journalists to the facility that sits on the front lines between israel and hamas. here's a preview of our reporting. nearly three weeks into the ground operation, we are with the israeli military in the dark of night, headed into the heart of gaza city, the israelis have been fighting block by block and street by street against hamas. they recently gained control of the al schiffy camp and the al shifa hospital. 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[explosion] >> you can hear the israelis are engaged in gun battles here with hamas. >> trey: right now in gaza's al shifa hospital. it was raided overnight by israeli forces who are looking for hamas infrastructure and weapons. they are still searching at this hour for the tunnels that they say are beneath the hospital but they did recover weapons. they say belonged to hamas in an mri room. here on one side of the facility and when you look behind the machine, you see the weapons and ammunition. the israelis say hamas had ready to go so that they could continue engaging israeli forces in the heart of gaza city. >> what we have here is professional hamas literature. all of it with the official insignia of hamas. and we have here really a mix of tactical brochures for commanders how to attack a tank and what type of ammunition to use in what kind of situation. >> trey: the israelis did not show us any of the tunnels they say are underneath the hospital; however, they did show us weapons in the radiology building. they also say they have learned more tonight about the hostages being held inside gaza from the raid that is being conducted at al shifa hospital. i also questioned the israeli military about the criticism they faced about raiding a medical facility. we'll have more of their answers tomorrow. shannon? >> shannon: block forward to that trey yingst, thank you very much. ♪ >> shannon: breaking tonight, two of the most powerful men in the world meet near san francisco. president biden and chinese leader xi jinping stage a high stakes conversation at the sidelines of the asian pacific economic summit. and they agree that there is room on the planet for both nations. president biden scheduled to host a news briefing in about an hour. white house correspondent peter doocy is live in woodside california with more. hello, peter. >> peter: shannon, good evening. president xi is going to attend a dinner with ceos later tonight including elon musk. and if these business leaders are going to start investing in china again, they want to see some kind of a signal that this meeting went well and so far, xi and biden have been back there for about three and a half hours. >> we haven't always agreed, which was not surprised to anyone. >> peter: president xi agrees. >> china u.s. relationship has never been smooth sailing over the past 50 years or more. >> peter: he is here hoping to turn things around with a push to compete not conflict. >> china is big enough for the two countries to succeed. one country's success is an opportunity for the other. >> the cheery talk is the first communication between the two leaders at all since the u.s. shot down a chinese spy craft. >> i have never doubted what have you told me in terms of your candid nature in which you speak. >> peter: the president is more candid in private telling campaign donors president xi is another example of how reestablishing american leadership in the world is taking hold. they've got real problems. >> the idea that because xi has domestic, economic problems he is going to become less aggressive, xi has undermine the argument because he has gotten more aggressive. >> peter: officials hope for two things: reopen communication between the u.s. and chinese militaries and get china to crack down on fentanyl. >> the precursor chemicals, that's where it all starts. china can play a positive role in terms of limiting that -- that -- those exports. >> peter: the israel-hamas war in gaza on the agenda because of beijing's close ties with iran. >> peter: if china can talk to iran will president biden try to get a message through xi stop attacking u.s. troops in the region? >> we have made that argument ourselves. we don't have diplomatic relations with iran, but we certainly have ways of getting messages to iranian leaders. we have done that. >> peter: and downtown san francisco noisy demonstrators want president biden to call for a cease-fire in gaza and they want president xi to answer for human rights abuses in china. so they picked a quieter location about 40 minutes outside of town, this historic estate and garden which also, for today, is the world's most locked down wedding venue. shannon? >> shannon: also probably one of the most pristine if we're following what is happening in the city. peter, thank you. the latest fox news poll show israel has more support than palestinians among registered voters who participated in our survey. 66% say they side more with israel. 22% say the palestinians. 69% blame the conflict on hamas. just 20% say it's israel's fault. 60% support sending financial aid to israel for its military. 37 do not. two thirds favor providing humanitarian aid to palestinians in gaza. about a third oppose that. as the israel-hamas war rages on, there are concerns in this country about possible infiltration by terrorists. the southern border was a major topic today during a national security hearing in the house. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill tonight. >> we have kept our sites on hamas and have multiple investigations into individuals affiliated with that foreign terrorist organization. >> fbi director christopher wray making that revelation during a house homeland security hearing today as the u.s. faces a heightened threat environment. >> the biggest chunk of the threats that have been reported into us by a good martin are threats to the jewish community. >> a major concern for republicans, the open southern border and who might be slipping in. >> county fbi guarantee to the american people that known or suspected terrorists, including any from hamas or other terror groups are not amongst those got-aways? >> i think greater fidelity about who is coming in this country and how they are getting in is essential to making sure we protect americans. >> it was 19 people who killed 3,000 people. >> that was the next point i was going to make. it only took 19 to create 9/11. >> you've got to play defense here in the u.s. as well as defense overseas. >> wray testified alongside dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas who tried to defend his border policies so. >> why did you release people into the united states that matched the terror watch list? >> congressman, we do not release individuals. >> shannon, there is also this looming possible impeachment of secretary mayorkas. chairman green telling fox today that he is hopeful that his committee's investigation will be wrapped up with an answer on whether or not they will recommend an impeachment by the end of this year. he says right now simply put, they just don't have enough republicans that support it. shannon? >> shannon: all right. aishah hasnie on the hill. thank you so much. one of the congressional lawmakers who has been most critical of israel is facing questions tonight about her membership in an unusual group. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel tells us what the group does that makes it so controversial. >> are you anti-semitic, congresswoman? >> fox news digital reports michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib is part of a secret social media page, the palestinian american congress group. s its members have glamorized hamas in its conflict with israel. today, tlaib didn't respond to questioning from fox. >> are you anti-semitic, congresswoman tlaib? [gavel] >> it comes on a day when lawmakers heard testimony about the rise of anti-semitism on american college campuses since the october 7th attack. >> universities have failed to uphold their self-proclaimed values of equity and belonging when it comes to jewish students. >> a day after a massive rally in washington, d.c. in support of israel, an israeli actress and activist issued this warning. >> american universities have become dangerous places for jewish students. >> george washington university has suspended its students for justice in palestine chapter for three months. the words glory to our martyrs which critics say is in support of the terrorists behind the october 7th massacre was projected on the side of a campus building on october 24th. the group came up in today's hearing. >> sjp is a hate group. it is grooming american college students. grooming your children to hate israel, to hate america. and to hate jews. >> some people who wanted to attend the march for israel never made it. about 300 people from the detroit area were stuck on the tarmac at dulles airport in northern virginia. bus drivers apparently walked off the job, forcing these people to miss out on the march. >> personally, it was such chaotic day but it's also so nice to see the support that israel received. >> the jewish of detroit declined to reveal the name of the bus company blaming it on a driver sickout no. public comment from a bus company about this matter. shannon? >> shannon: thank you for digging into it. thank you, mike. encouraging inflation data sent stocks up. the dow gained 164. the s&p 500 finished ahead 7. nasdaq rose nine. up next, brit hume on the meeting between presidents biden and xi. first, beyond our borders tonight. a top ukrainian official says his troops have established a beach head on the eastern bank of a river near kassam. it is said to be an important branch in bridging one of russia's most significant strategic barriers in war. a passenger bus slid off a himalayan highway killing at least 37 people and injuring 18 others. officials say the vehicle rolled down a steep slope on to another road in indian controlled cashmere. and -- kashmir.earth from intere station. nasa releases images of earth from unique angle. rays from the sunlight the atmosphere in newly released video from the international space station. these images were taken about 260 miles above the central united states. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ and i'm floating in the most peculiar way ♪ and the stars look very different today ♪ ♪ [man relieved] if you struggle with cpap, you should check out inspire. inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com 18 years from tonight, grant gill will become a legend. when he totally kills it at his improv class's graduation performance. knees will be slapped. suds will be sprayed. people won't know what hurts more: their cheeks, or their sides. that's why he's already keeping himself in-shape and razor sharp today with health tips and wellness tools from aarp. to help make sure his health lives as long as he does. because the younger you are, the more you need aarp. 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"new york times" writing this: an agreement to curb china's export of fentanyl and the chemicals combined to make the drug could be one of the more significant achievements for the u.s. out of mr. biden and mr. xi's meeting. should we expect any measurable deliverables that will give us something substantive on something like the fentanyl trade. >> they promised to help with this before, shannon. they haven't really done it. if this were to come to pass and there were an agreement and the chinese held up their end of it, that would be a very good thing, indeed. and the president would get and deserve credit for that. it doesn't really address the broader strategic questions that the chinese-u.s. relationship involves right now, i don't think. but it would be an important thing and let's hope it works out. >> shannon: i want to play a little something here from our fbi correct and from the president what they think the greatest threats are right now. >> there is no country that presents a broader, more comprehensive threat to our economic security, our national security, our innovation than the chinese government. >> you know, i have seen firsthand what the reports make clear the devastating toll of climate change and existential threat to all of us and is the ultimate threat to humanity, climate change. >> shannon: quick thought there, brit is it more about china's threat to us or climate change's threat to us? >> brit: well, i think given the world situation we face now, with threats coming from multiple directions, climate change is a distraction. worrying about climate change is almost a luxury. these are old fashioned threats come from world powers that wish us ill and, you know, china may say we'll be competitors and we won't be adversaries or the rest of it. i think china is an adversary. i think russia is, too. i certainly think iran is. and those threats are more immediate and more urgent than any threat that i think that climate change poses. so, let's just hope that the administration, you know, doesn't get too carried away with this. i was a little disturbed to see john kerry at the table today, our climate czar because, you know, he thinks that's job one and i guess for him it is. i don't think in terms of our national defense posture it's anywhere near job one. >> shannon: china has not proven to be a good partner in these climate agreements based on their own actions. brit hume, always great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: again, we will hear from president biden in about an hour. we will take you there when it happens. up next, the latest modify in the had hunter legal saga may surprise you. we will go live to reykjavik. could be a really big thing to come. ♪ my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. harry and david is small batch, gourmet, and delicious. so of course, they run out fast. whether you want to say thank you, i love you, or just happy holidays. send something special, beautiful, and delicious. order your harry and david favorites now before they're gone. 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>> shannon: we're standing by for that david spunt, thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ >> shannon: washington, d.c. is on the east coast but it's been the wild, wild west in the nation's capitol these days. back-to-back carjackings latest examples of america's crime crisis right here. correspondent mark meredith has the latest tonight. >> from high above, you can see what's left of an amazon delivery truck after a carjacker stole the vehicle at gunpoint, leading police on an almost hour long chase. >> i see the amazon truck and i see sparks behind it and behind it i see a long, at least 20 police cars i'm like what in the world is going on? >> while the suspect was arrested, it's only the latest case of violent crime in the nation's capital. d.c. police are also looking for this man who they call a person of interest in the theft of a police car. the man, seen on this news surveillance video, appears to take the cop car to go shopping. loading up on paper towels and laundry detergent. district leaders have mixed opinions on the seriousness of d.c.'s crime problem. violent crime in the district up 39% from last year. motor vehicle theft up a staggering 98%. d.c.'s mayor, democrat muriel bowser is declaring a public emergency over crime committed by the district's youth. >> when young people are involved in violent crime, when they're 12, 13, 14, that means that those children need serious intervention. >> in nearby maryland, prosecutors today called on lawmakers to grant them more power to target criminal rings. >> it's not enough to arrest and prosecute street level offenders. >> crime remains a hot button issue politically. this week the white house faced repeated questions about crime after secret service agents protecting the president's granddaughter naomi biden opened fire to stop one of their vehicles from being broken into. >> we are definitely concerned. but what we are seeing and not just here, across the country, obviously. >> d.c. police say they are taking steps to address carjacking. they are even giving some residents of this city free apple airtags so they can track their car if it was potentially stolen. and the city has made some arrests this year, close to 150 tied to carjacking. shannon, the vast majority of those cases involved juveniles. shannon? >> shannon: mark meredith here in d.c. thank you, mark. so, residents of a fishing town in southwestern iceland are bracing for what could be a major volcanic eruption tonight officials have ordered an evacuation as thousands of small earthquakes has set the stage for a larger event. correspondent bryan llenas is in reykjavik tonight. hello, bryan. >> shannon, good evening. iceland is preparing for what could be largest volcanic eruption in 50 years. the nation says ultimately that it is significant bely likely that there could be a volcanic eruption any day now and anywhere along a 10-mile stretch. there have been about, well, a thousand earthquakes in just the last 24 hours. usually there are 60. the quake split roads and highways and foreshadow impending eruption that could wipe out one of iceland's largest tourist destinations the hot springs at the blue lagoon. all 3700 residents in nearby town of grinned very much ordered to evacuate as sulfur dioxide in the air reaches dangerous levels yesterday reado 2 gas. might be close to the surface. as a precaution everybody was evacuated about an hour earlier than had originally been intended. yesterday, people were only given five minutes to gather what they needed from their homes. >> iceland's meteorological office says an eruption could come with a two-hour warning or no warning at all in the middle of grindavik or in the ocean. >> we could have ash because the interaction with the ocean produces ash, and we could have large ash clouds which could disrupt air traffic. >> what happens if the explosion is in the town of grindavik? 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>> is a national security concern for a couple reasons. the first being probably a lot of those minerals are important in the fighting of or the defending of your country with munitions and weapon systems. probably as important, if not more, is the fact that it's a critical supply chain. >> bret: rare earth elements aren't just used for defense. they are found in things we use every day such as our cell phones. [ringing] >> a single iphone contains 8 # different rare earth elements. they help your speakers play music. create the vivid colors on your screen, and your phone would not be able to vibrate without them. nearly all of the refining and manufacturing it takes to produce that technology happens in china. >> the issue is that we have very limited, if no capability any longer here in the united states. we used to have more magnet capability but that exited the united states and went to china a number of years ago. >> bret: demand is growing for rare earth metals as technology becomes more complex. rare earth minerals are used to make strong permanent magnets that are used in evolving technologies found in computer hard drives, wind turbines, and electric vehicles. it seems like china has made this bet that it's kind of an existential mission on this mineral effort. >> um-huh. yeah. i would agree. they have been very clever in going after the things that are really, really critical. >> bret: extracting the minerals from the ground is the first step in creating a rare earth magnet. china controls 60% of those mining efforts. the u.s. accounts for around 15% from its one active rare earth mine. mp materials operates mountain pass, which is located in california's that heavy desert. >> the product coming out of there, they are making concentrate products but they aren't doing a lot of different separations. >> bret: refining and celebrating the rare earth objection sides is one of the most difficult steps. china controls around 90% of that process. >> there are abundant supplies in north america, in countries that our allies and partners. >> bret: m.p. materials said it has started refining of metals in recent months. it's the first time rare earth's refining has happened on u.s. soil since 2015. that refined concentrate will still be sent to china for the final step in this crucial process. >> essentially, rare earth magnets are the ultimate product. >> bret: china controls 92% of magnet manufacturing. mp materials is also preparing to manufacture those stateside, specifically for general motors' electric vehicles. the company expects to begin supplying material to g.m. later this year. general motors hopes to sell more than 1 million electric vehicles annually by 2025. >> we can't build a future that's made in america if we are ourselves are dependent on china for the materials that power the products of today and tomorrow. >> bret: president biden is pushing the auto industry to accelerate a transition to electric vehicles. both the current administration and the trump administration awarded grants and funding to' cans such as m.p. materials which are investing in crucial magnet production; however, experts say it's a long road ahead before the u.s. reaches china's output levels. >> unfortunately, right now, it feels like it's more of a flipping a light switch. and that can't happen. it's going to take time to be able to put these facilities together. >> bret: next, we will take a look at the environmental impact of getting these metals out of the ground and into renewable energy sources. how china's practices are creating pollution and why the u.s. standards are so high. shannon, we'll send it back to you. >> shannon: bret, thank you very much. up next, we're going to talk about the china summit with our panel and get reaction to brand new fox news polls. and later, a very special guest on capitol hill. ♪ ♪ somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi 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 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have a good relationship. >> we don't have a relationship with china. it's not like these are two teenagers indicating. china is our number one adversary in the world. >> shannon: some opinions today on the big meeting. so let's bring in our panel to talk about it will mollie hemingway. politico political national correspondent and fox news senior political analyst juan williams. all right. welcome, everyone. we're getting a lot of breaking news from both sides out of this meeting that's just been concluded between presidents xi and biden. i want to put up here because this is one of issues we are told that they did talk about in depth, fentanyl. what has been happening at our border? you can see the increase there. in 2023, we're told 27,000-plus pounds were seized and that it just takes a ci a citizeny bif this. do you think confidence in ability to crack down. >> yeah it. will be difficult to accept that without any evidence supporting it in light of how it is advantageous to china to manufacture this fentanyl that's flowing across the border because of our border policies. it works out pretty well for them. so, whether they would do anything to fix that is really in dispute. the relationship between china and the u.s. clearly economically intertwined. janet yellen has said she would like to deepen the economic relationship. a lot of americans feel that this is an adversarial relationship that we should be in some manner decoupling or preparing for a type of cold war where we take seriously how adversarial china is. the biden family -- joe biden as president is probably not the best position to do that because his brother and his son received money from chinese communist countries. they're economically intertwined as well. it's difficult seeing him lead the country where it needs to be given his own personal family relationship there. >> shannon: one of the other readouts that came talking how tough president biden was or wasn't with the chinese counterpart, a senior u.s. official says xi made clear that he said it was unfair that there are negative views, juan, about the chinese communist party within the united states. he is not happy with how the ccp is viewed here. >> juan: well, i don't think we're going to get, you know, any we love the chinese pumper stickers coming out of the summit. but, the fact is that, you know, since president biden last met with president xi, i think it was in bali about a year ago. you have had that spy balloon floating over the united states. that certainly wasn't the lovely gesture from the chinese. and then, of course, you have had warships near taiwan off the strait of taiwan, nancy pelosi did go and visit and sort of violated what china viewed as proper protocol. but, the reality is, she had every right go visit taiwan and shouldn't have been stopped. so, we have had, though, a breakdown of some critical relationship issues. number one, military. that you can't have communications. well, now apparently today, they have restored some kind of red hotline communication between chinese military and u.s. military. overall, it seems like this was a good summit. we had very low expectations. but, if you think about that, if you think about the climate deals that they say they are going to do, i don't know. but, you think about that, the tough one was a.i. and the nuclear armaments because, clearly, the united states doesn't want chinese artificial intelligence firing off at us and someone saying there was a mistake. so we're going to cut back on our use of artificial intelligence. some people think maybe we shouldn't make that kind of concession. >> shannon: sounds like they have decided there is more to discuss. they are not ready to come to any kind of agreement on a.i. they will continue having conversations. the point about taiwan, meredith. chinese state media says xi shared that it's time for the u.s. to stop arming taiwan. i would waiting years. time to support a peaceful reunification between china and taiwan. that was part of their message. >> i think before this summit, the administration really tried to keep expectations low considering it's been a year since they did speak and that they were together. but taiwan was on the agenda as something that president biden wanted to tackle. but, also, as juan was saying, just opening up those lines of communication that haven't been there before and potentially making headway on fentanyl and it sounds like there was perhaps some movement in that area. >> shannon: they had conversations, too hoping that china will weigh in with iran to discourage them from doing anything provocative with respect to what is happening over there. i want to get to some of these fox news polls that we have. president biden job approval rating at 40%. disapprove is at 59%. juan, that's not where you want to be in the middle of a re-election campaign. >> no. these are pretty consistent now. pollsters always talk about trends. don't look at individual poll snapshots. this is a trend. pretty clear his poll numbers are not good and his approval hit a new low in the fox poll, 40%. so, what you're looking at is a lot of democrats, actually, who are not buying in to biden at the moment. and the question is do they come back if it's biden vs. trump? >> shannon: well, what's interesting too, meredith. we have some third party polling, and this scenario includes if joe manchin and it's a big if, if he decides to get in. who would be your choice for president would be joe biden would be at 35%. donald trump would have the highest percentage here at 40%, r.f.k. jr. at 13. manchin at 5, jill stein at 4. we also know that cornel west is in the picture officially, too. so, this can't be helpful to the white house to see that breakdown. >> no, it can't. that's been something that both the trump campaign and, of course, the biden campaign has been watching really closely, just how much these third party candidates could effect their own candidacies. and whether if manchin gets in or some other more moderate choice who might run as an independent. >> shannon: that's a lot of folks in there. it's hard to poll when you get that many people in. something else i found interesting another part of our fox news poll is places where trump has made gains over president biden since they last faced each other in october of 2020. this has president trump plus 21 points with independents, plus 15 with black voters. plus 13 about hispanic voters. plus 8 with sur suburban voters and plus 4 about men. do you think those numbers are accurate, mollie? those are numbers for him important group. >> when you are dealing with the size of his lead, of president trump's lead in the republican primary, and against every single other candidate that's polled, it's really noteworthy, it's a gargantuan kind of lead. he is ahead of ron desantis, who is a very popular governor by 50 points. nikki haley, a popular former governor by 50 points. if joe biden were running against two popular governors like gavin newsom and gretchen whitmer, he would not be beating them by 50 points. it's a really interesting dynamic. based on this very weird situation we have where you have an ability to compare what life was like under the trump administration, and what life is like under the biden administration. and on nearly every metric, with these voters that you just noted, that is something where he are -- the proof is in the eating of the pudding. the economy was better. the border was better. foreign policy was better. peace was breaking out. just on everything it worked out well. >> shannon: when you poll people who is better on all those issues on nearly everything but climate it looks like president trump. we will hear from president biden we will take you there live when it happens. in the meantime -- ♪ ♪ >> shannon: a special day on the hill today. check it out. >> too much to ask for something? >> how much money you got? [laughter] >> congressional staffer, nothing. [laughter] >> ainsley: dwayne "the rock" johnson took a trip to capitol hill. he was spotted among senators and u.s. capitol police. the trip included a meeting with senator dick durbin. military recruitment and the excess football league partially owned by johnson. also seen with chuck schumer who joked about johnson's large physique. he is a tall man. tomorrow on "special report," we will talk with west virginia democratic senator joe manchin, is he going to run for president? he says he would consider it. set your dvr if you can't join us live. thanks for watching "special report." ♪ >> i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" on a momentous wednesday nigh