and this is america s late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight, brand new video just into fox news showing a man, as you saw there, violently attacking a las vegas judge literally jumping over barriers up onto the bench. we ll tell you wa the suspect said right before he attacked. but, first, breaking news that almost broke the internet. the names of people tied to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein now publicment more than 900 pages of court documents were unsealed moments ago. it really is a who s who list that nobody wants to be on including the former president bill clinton and names like michael jackson, george lucas, it goes on and on. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this story. kevin good evening. reporter: evening trace, in addition to the former president, bill clinton, some other high profile names mentioned include prince andrew, michael jackson, stephen hawking, david copper field and naomi c
with israeli officials saying there s no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing and it soon. also, does he think it s festivals? the former president airs his grievances, makes a list and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it plus alexei navalny fear death, he resurfaces bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and yes, good cheer from one of the coldest corners. good evening, everyone. we begin with u.s. officials trying to steer israel toward a less intensive, less destructive phase of its campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of the officials is in washington tonight, we will have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minutes ago. first, though, the fighting itself, which included more than 100 airstrikes today on hamas targets in gaza according to the idf, and 241 killed on the ground according to unverified claims by the hamas -c
good day to our virs iewers the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman in for kasie hunt. it is 4:00 a.m. in mexico city where secretary of state antony blinken is set to meet with the mexican president. they will discuss ways to stem the surge of migrants at the southern u.s. border and they will be joined by homeland security secretary mayorkas. more than 11,000 migrants are still waiting in shelters and camps as they have for years for a chance to enter the u.s. legally, but this one border patrol sector which includes eagle pass, texas, migrant encounters have dropped significantly. more from rosa flores. reporter: as a migrant caravan forms in southern mexico with thousands, the scene in eagle pass, texas has changed. the area where thousands were waiting to be transported last week were emptied out this week. the flow appearing to be down a trickle. a senior customs and border protection official telling cnn that while the scene at eagle pass has improv
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
sites used by iran-backed mil militants. the pentagon says it s payback for attacks on american troops who are increasingly being targeted in the region. here s cnn s pentagon correspondent oren lieberman. reporter: rising tensions in the middle east with u.s. fighter jets carrying out a series of strikes in iraq against taiib hezbollah. mourners leading a funeral procession through the streets of baghdad as u.s. central command said the strikes likely killed a number of militants. president joe biden ordered the strikes after katayyib hezbollah, recognized by the u.s. as a terror organization, claimed responsibilior an attack clurring three u.s. service members, one in critical condition. the national security council said the president places no higher priority than the protection of american personnel serves in harm s way. the united states will act at a time and in a manner of our choosing should these attacks continue. u.s. forces in iraq and syria have been targeted a