hamas is officially in effect. all to allow for the long-awaiting release of civilian hostages held by hamas since october 7. 13 expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9 a.m. eastern time. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. they ramped up defense position in the hours leading up to the key west. they were below the al-shifa hospital early this morning and prime minister netanyahu is making it clear the war against hamas is far from over. we will continue with our warnings to eradicate hamas. hamas has promised they will do this again and again and again. they are genocidal terrorist cult. there is no hope for peace if we don t eradicate this murderous movement. todd: trey yingst live where the hostages are expected to arrive by helicopter in just a matter of hours. trey. trey: the first group of hostages is expected to be released to the red cross in just four hours and they will
israel and hamas officially in effect to allow for the long awaited release of civilian hostages who have been held by hamas sings october 7th. carley: 13 hostages are expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the first of 50 in total over the next four days. joey: trey yingst is joining us now from israel. trey? trey: hey, guys, good morning. about four hours from now the first group of hostages is expected to arrive at this military base in southern israel. they will receive initial treatment and triage. they will also be able to call loved ones for the first time. after this they will be medical centers in israel. where they will be hospitalized in central secluded wards. this first group will consist of 13 people. all women and children they are reportedly from the same community in southern israel. being exchanged for 24 female palestinian prisoners and 15 male teenagers. chose the idf preparing supplies for the hostages,
all of that won t be prosecuted. you can do all of that as long as you don t have a gun on you or you are not holding someone up at gunpoint, what s the definition of a criminal? you break the law? you are a criminal. you are a prostitute, that s break egg the law. you are jumping the turn styles, that s breaking the law. you are a criminal if you break the law. what does he mean is there a soft definition of a criminal? brian: no, i hear you. it s anti-broken window syndrome. where you prosecute the small crime and stop the big crime. what happens is that eric adams said well i support him. well, i didn t hear everything he said. a little bit of willing gel room i hope he said i can t run the city if you are going to run it like that. this is what got to look out for. i thought i m not a conspiracy person, but george soros absolutely has this organization. he absolutely funded all these das from san francisco to los angeles to houston to chicago, to philadelphia. and absolutely resu
a political stooge or dishonorable. no one has said to. you ve accused me of break egg the law, mr. chairman. but it is certainly our strong view, and we would hope it would be shared by the minority, that when the congress says that somebody shall be done, it shall be done. and when that involves the wrongdoing of the president, it is not an exception to the requirement of the statute. and the fact that this whistle-blower has been left twisting in the wind now for weeks, has been attacked by the president, should concern all of us, democrats and republicans, that this was ever allowed to come to be, that allegations this serious and this urgent were withheld as long as they were from this committee. that should concern all of us. no one is suggesting that there is a dishonor here. but we are going to insist the law be followed. thank you, chairman and thank you for being here. as you know, those in public
responsibility is the right approach to take for, i think, not only the united states but also for europe. okay. republicans are saying you re blaming the europeans for the failures of your own policies. the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private-sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, oftentimes cuts initiated by, you know, governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help they got in the past from federal government and don t have the same kind of flexibility as the federal government in dealing with fewer revenues coming in. and so, you know, if republicans want to be helpful, if they really want to move forward and put people back to work, what they should be thinking about is how do we help state and the local governments and how do we help the construction industry because the recipes th