Our Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army has surrounded the building. And is searching anyone who wants to leave. This street, deserted now, one of the main roads through the town, has seen this kind of activity so many times since the hamas attacks last october. But this operation, looks a bit different, it is a part of a wider, coordinated operation across the northern West Bank. These kinds of operations going on in several cities. What is not entirely clear at the moment is why this operation is taking place now. The kind of extensive operation that People here havent seen in decades. Israels Foreign Minister says it is a Counterterrorism Operation
100,000 people, we are going to be paying the highest minimum wage in the entire united states of america. reporter: they require them to pay $10.29 an hour. the emphasis is to put a better floor under the low-wage workers. the mayor says santa fe couldn t wait for congress or the state to increase the minimum wage so they started doing it themselves. we have been leaders in economic development, we have been leaders in arts and culture and we are just very proud of that role. and we think it works for our town. we are concerned about the effect on local business. reporter: the wage increases are tied to the consumer price index. it goes up and up and up. that s the question would i like to ask our mayor, where is the cap? reporter: when the cpr goes down, the minimum wage stays the
out on live tv. martha: his arm is reaching over there and got his mitt and, now they re turning around. look behind them. hey, we got the ball. bill: in the end the little guy got a souvenir ball because some of the players on the rangers teams noticed this was going on and on. they walked over and handed one directly to him so he would catch it. make the little boy feel better. martha: doesn t make female feel better what happened. bill: some day he will know about it. caught on videotape. not a good thing tiles. business owners in one american city are not happy with their newest national distinction. minimum wage in new mexico is $10.29 which is good if you re getting minimum wage check. but it is highest in the nation. federal minimum wage is $7.25. so what is problem? alicia acuna joins us live with more on that.
when we do we ll share with our viewers and they can decide for themselves. tucker thank you. chris hahn, thanks to you as well. thank you. bill: go to fox news.com slash america s newsroom. there is bya box. leave your question online. or twitter at hemmer because you asked, bya. a kerr if you have fell you could say. i read that yesterday. martha: you got the highest minimum wage in the country has been upped to 10.29 an hour and where they did that. why local business owners say it may do more harm to workers than good. bill: check out this little guy. what caused this poor little guy to get so upset at his favorite team s baseball. there is crying in baseball. martha: it is it right there. there is the evidence. bill: indeed [ kyle ] my bad.
good morning. reporter: good morning, martha. this new wage went into effect on march 1st. business owners say this new minimum is bad for business. for a town of less than 100,000 people, we are going to be paying the highest minimum wage in the entire states united states of america. reporter: santa fe now requires private businesses to pay $10.29 an hour. i think the impetus has been to put a better floor under the low-wage workers. reporter: this southwestern artists mecca has a cost of living 18% higher than the national average according to the city. mayor david coss couldn t wait for the state to raise the minimum wage so they did it themselves. we ve been leaders in economic development and leaders in art and culture. we re very proud of that role and we think it works for our town. we re very concerned about the effect on local business. reporter: not everyone is happy. the wage increases are tied to the consumer price index. when the cpi rises, so does