Where does the white house stand this hour and is the Biden Administration going to push our closest middle east ally into brokering some kind of a deal . Lets bring in brent souther. He joins us with his thoughts on the current breaking news. You had a guest on earlier that is calling thats what it is. Its a ruse. Its a gamble by hamas right now to buy for more time into set up for political circumstance. No matter what happens, israel goes in or israel delays, they still make israel look like the aggressor in this case. Anything is further from the truth. It is only delaying the inevitable destruction of hamas. John we had senator John Cotton On and he looked back at the world war ii experience. There is Unconditional Surrender by germany. Unconditional surrender by japan. Why isnt President Biden calling for an Unconditional Surrender by hamas and a release of all the hostages . End of the war right then and Work Together with the arab nations on putting the pieces back together aga
and this is america s late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight, the deal is still on but it s been pushed back a day. is real now says the release of 50 hostages won t happen until at least friday. we have not been given an exact reason for the delay, but the white house national security advisor jake sullivan says some of the hostages are being held by criminal organizations and not by hamas, and hamas is trying to figure out if it can deliver on its part of the deal. alex hogan is live in israel with the latest breaking details on this. alex. hi trace, we re learning more about this hostage negotiation deal and, unfortunately, for those who had been hopeful and waiting here, it seems that the first hostages might not get freed until about this time tomorrow, so friday morning, and among those who could be released is a little girl who s fourth birthday will be on friday. friday morning. it was, again, a u.s. citizen, dual citizen i should mention. it was prime min
wave after wave of drone and rocket attacks against united states military men and women stationed in the middle east. the enemy, iran-backed groups paid and trained by iran and hitting us at will. they have struck 52 times. we ve now hit back three. the third time by the united states marks a significant escalation in the biden administration s retaliation. however, is it effective? i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a defense official is telling fox news six iran-backed terrorists were killed. the pentagon yesterday announced u.s. war planes hit a training camp and safe house in syria. the response only after look at the map dozens of hits on our troops. remember i gave you the number. 52 so far. that changes every few hours. sadly. and all of this since october 17th. four of those attacks came after the most recent u.s. strike, retired four star general jack keane weighing in. the focus certainly changed. this is the third strike and this time the
[gunfire] dana: heave heavey fighting in gaza around hospitals. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. dana perino. mike: i m mike emanuel. israeli forces say troops killed 21 hamas terrorists who opened fire and tried to escape by running to a hospital. there is growing concern the war could spread beyond gaza as fighting escalates on israel s border with lebanon. israel s prime minister saying hamas must be destroyed. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, dedestroy hamas. if you want a future for israel. the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. we ll do it with as few civilian casualties as we can and with maximum casualties on the hamas terrorists, which we are achieving day-by-day, hour by hour. we ll complete the task. dana: rich edson at the state department. jerusalem deputy mayor joining us here right in new york on set. first let s get to trey yengst live in southern israel. trey, what s the update from there today?
the region. our message to anybody, and i can t confirm this report, our message to anybody who seeks to escalate and deepen the conflict, be mindful of how seriously we take our national security interests. 220 palestinians killed in the west bank, 197 since the beginning of the year, and how concerning that netanyahu is opening a new war front in the west bank considering the president spoke to this himself out in the rose garden talking about how dangerous extremists in the west bank are killing innocent palestinians. it s deeply concerning. each and every one of them is a tragedy, too. it s expected the senate will move forward to confirm jack liu as ambassador to israel. how do you see his role and impact on negotiations, is there a way to i know why there is concern with israel about fuel, but in terms of power or other of those services, you talked about wanting to see restoration, is there some other package that could be moved forward that you think could pro