You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good afternoon. A major new deadline hangs over washington and the heads of federal employees across country. Just one week from today the federal government face as midnight shutdown and unless a funding bill can be passed and signed by the president. With every passing hour that looks more unlikely. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy sent lawmakers home for a long weekend after federal agencies becoming a formal process preparing for a shutdown of Military Personnel. Their paychecks could be delayed for weeks as a crisis grows at the Southern Board Perp federal officials sending more resources to help with this weeks surge of migrants crossing into the u. S. Today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy conceded he has to win over republicans hardliners but hopeful theyll fall in line to pass a Stopgap Spending Measure and prevent a shutdown. Finally agree on this, and shutting down i dont see and cnn chief Congress Correspondent manu raj
bill: good morning. major story to watch this hour. will the cease-fire come to an end in the middle east? we re awaiting a critical deadline as the biden team pressures israel to change tactics in gaza after the president pledged unwavering support. the question today what changed on that? good morning everybody. 4:00 in the afternoon in israel. welcome to our coverage live in new york city. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the u.s. is urging israel to go with greater precision. mounting civilian casualties that ignited a wave of demonstrations. protestors plan to flood the rockefeller center tree lighting tonight. bill: imagine the scene we ll see later. negotiators working to extend a truce now lasted six days. hamas releasing ten israeli hostages yesterday. we re expecting 10 more today. the families victims say the process has been nothing short of a living nightmare. she was in complete darkness. she had to adjust to the s
shelter. don t worry. i got this. megan s parents tell me their hope for the future of course is peace. and a quick end to the hostilities they are very much looking forward to the day they can one day be reunited with their daughter safely. bill: living for the cause in a big way. thank you. nice to see you. 1:00, we are coming back. the big tree lighting is on monday. do not miss it! we ve got to roll. a terrifying map shared on social media. an anti-israel activist group pinpointing targets all across new york city. the message to their 120,000 plus followers? direct action. that is a quote. one example of the explosion of anti-semitism and seeing all across the country. this is faulkner focus, i am julie banderas, infer harris faulkner today. we ve seen video after video of people tearing down posters of hostages, and protest erupting at college campuses all across the nation. this map, the call to action, taking things to a whole new level. one congressman says c
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the biden administration s radical border policy. the demand comes as the administration reveals more than 14,000 migrant children without parents are now in its custody. there s reported estimates the number could grow to 120,000 by the end of the year. smashing recent records. the administration admits that we re potentially facing the biggest surge in migrants in 20 years. today speaker pelosi says that the situation at the border is under control. i think the administration is pulling this thing under control. i think it s important to know that the difference between the attitude towards the people and the children is so different in just these two months versus what happened in the past four years. veteran border patrol agent brandon judd disagrees. he joins us in just a moment. but first, griff jenkins is live where alejandro mayorkas is today. hi, griff. hi, kristin. alejandro mayorkas not making public his schedule or what he s doing right now. i can tell you w