it s 8am in singapore and 8pm in new york, where we begin. closing in new york, where we begin. arguments have bee wrapped closing arguments have been wrapped up where donald trump faces 3a charges of falsifying business records in connection with payments to the adult film star stormy daniels. if he was found guilty would be the first ever criminal conviction of a us president. let s speak to our correspondent nada tawfik. jurors paused and they said all right, but prosecutors joked as they were going meticulously to the evidence, asking jurors they hoped they were getting all this. alvin bragg is there in court himself. this is clearly likely to be the biggest case of his and the other prosecutors careers. they are not leaving anything on the table. they re going through every piece of testimony that corroborates the narrative, that trump tried to cover up election fraud by falsifying these business records. at one point, they said evidence was so damning, it was laughable
two critical senate hearings are happening now on capitol hill. first up mayokas and f.b.i. director christopher wray are testifying on the threats to america that are now growing. open border will do that. they are pointing to an explosion of anti-semitism we re seeing as well since hamas terrorists tortured, raped, killed, israeli citizens on october 7th. the second hearing defense secretary austin and secretary of state antony blinken also facing questions today for their part on america s response so far to the 25 attacks on u.s. military men and women serving in the middle east. and testimony was just getting underway at that hearing when police had to remove disruptive protestors from the gallery. first it was a woman, just one, and then it was a crowd. stop funding this brutal massacre. israel s genocide is a terrible thing. pray for the children of gaza. cease-fire now. harris: they held up their hands covered in what we assume is fake blood, paint, somethin
brian: fox news alert, idf announcing death of hamas commander who directed major attacks on october 7. lawrence: the idf is pushing deeper into the enclave as we learn total of 240 people are being held hostage. ainsley: that number keeps going up and israeli forces are hunting hamas inside the tunnel network. steve: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. trey, good morning to you, good afternoon there. day 25, what is the latest? trey: yeah, hi, guys, good morning. significant breaking news. israeli military says the arrow missile defense system intercepted one fired from yemen. the arrow defense system was used for the first time. likely ballistic missile fired by houthi rebels, backed by the iranian regime. fighter jets were scrambled to shoot them down. last hour initially thought to be drones were launched and traveled over the red sea may have been cruise missiles along with one ballistic missile. step out of the scene and show you the scene
harris: the fbi director issued a stark new warning about the elevated threat of terror attack against the united states. israel s war against hamas terrorists is raging on. and so much is happening as a result in even this country. during congressional testimony, wray revealed palestinian terror groups attack that saw 1400 israelis murdered, slaughtered, raped, tortured could be seen as inspiration for lone wolf copycat attacks right here in the usa this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner. here with my co-host, kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. fox and friends first co-host carley shimkus and fox contributor dr. marc siegel. here is the fbi director s warning. the reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023 but the ongoing war in middle east raised threat of attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. since the horrific terrorist attacks committed by hamas against innocent people in israel, we ve been working a
confirmed in that time are actually hostages? less than 10. that s not a number. i want a number from you. less than 10. why can t you give a number? i ve given you an answer. what is your next question? you ve given an answer. you ve not been responsive. let the record show. the other question has to do with israeli warnings. the israelis have said their objective and they ve been very explicit about it is to destroy hamas. from you and other administration officials, we hear the objective is to ensure that hamas can never terrorize israel again. those are two different objectives are. you having a problem with the israelis in terms of a clear communication here of their objectives or have their objectives appeared to change over time? no and no. how does does the united states support the goal of destroying hamas? we support what israel is trying to do to protect citizens from the threat of hamas. james, you know this. we re not on the ground fighting in