months of fighting in gaza. we break that down next. plus, a series of powerful earthquakes rocking japan, leading to reports of fires and landslides, and triggering a tsunami warning. what we know right now about the damage as officials warn the after shocks could continue for up to a week. and the new year means new raises for millions of americans. the minimum wage hike happening in nearly half the country. but it is not all good news. we ll explain. we begin this afternoon with the new developments in the israel-hamas war as israeli forces expand operations in gaza. tel aviv was hit with a barrage of rockets right as the new year began. hamas is claiming responsibility, and it comes as prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a new challenge as he navigates through the growing offensive. israel s supreme court today overturning a key component of his controversial judicial overhaul. nbc s josh lederman is joining us from tel aviv. josh, let s talk about what this rul
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
democrat governor kathy hochul bolstering security after weeks of protests targeting key transportation hubs. much more on what officials are bracing for. but first, fox on top of the over the top numbers to close out 2023 at the border. migrant encounters hitting an all-time high. and on wall street, stocks hitting a series of highs, and on the campaign trail where tensions on both sides couldn t be higher. donald trump getting banned from another tate ballot. state ballot. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here on that as the first big contest in two key states closes in. many. david: and good saturday morning to everyone. i m david asman in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. first to the record-breaking number ifs at the border. griff jenkins is here to break it down for us. good to have you in new york, but you ve got new numbers from the border. yeah, david, it s really remark remarkable, we re going to end the year with the south
martha maccallum. later this hour, mike rowe is here on a story you probably won t see anywhere else. right now top biden officials including secretary state blinken and alejandro mayorkas meeting with the mexican president. a caravan up to 10,000 migrants makes its way to the u.s. sources telling fox the past three months have seen some 730,000 migrant encounters at the border. that is bigger than the populations of major cities like denver, nashville, and boston. let s bring in k.t. mcfarland and robert charles, former assistant secretary of state under president george w. bush. welcome, merry christmas, happy new year. k.t., to you first. it s interesting because we have been covering this on fox news channel since the border crisis, since the day president biden took office, right? and you look up at all the other networks are not covering it. i look up today, everybody is covering the border. everybody has people down there. that is bad news for president biden. yeah,
it s my obligation and responsibility to find solutions even if we re not getting the help we deserve from washington, d.c. new york city mayor eric adams calling out the republican governor of texas and the white house. we re going to go through the new york city mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border. plus, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. a member of israel s war cabinet is now threatening a send front in the conflict, and this one along the border with lebanon. and also ahead, an update on the efforts at the state level to block donald trump from the republican presidential primary ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. israeli forces are moving forward with their expanded operations in refugee camps in gaza. that s where we ll begin our day. yesterday the idf launched strikes across the region targeting shelter