saying not without the hostages being returned. sandra: and the hezbollah leader is threatening further escalation against israel and the united states, warning that our warships stationed off the coast of israel will do nothing to deter the iran-backed proxy. john: joint exercises in the mediterranean sea with more than 11,000 u.s. troops participating. sandra: complete coverage for you now, and idf spokesperson is moments away with the latest from the battlefield. john: alex hogan live in tel aviv. what s the reaction been there to blinken s comments about the pause today? john, sandra, there was a lot of concern for residents here worried about the potential for a ceasefire but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu shut down that possibility. we also heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. goals for this conflict, really four of them. the first would be to prevent the conflict from spilling out into other countries, that s something
muskot intro. bret: it is new. thank you, jesse. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. prosecutors attack what they call a pyramid of deceit in closing arguments in the trial of ftx founder sam bankman-fried. our common ground segment tackles the israel-hamas war. migrant children at the southern border as well. plus, donald trump jr. takes the stand at the civil fraud case against his family. bret: but first, breaking tonight, five american aid workers have been allowed to leave gaza through egypt. the rafah pass. hundreds of other u.s. citizens still waiting to get through. this comes as hamas official says the terror group will repeat its attacks against israel until the nation is destroyed israel is reporting the elimination of another hamas leader. israeli airstrikes pounded the area around the gaza refugee camp for a second day. and there are mounting casualties on both sides inside gaza. we have fox team coverage tonight. jennifer griffin here in
i don t know. let me just say, we i don t want to lose the point. we have you are saying that you guys are responsible entirely for getting aid into gaza, which you admit is not enough. let me 150 trucks in the last three weeks. let me make clear. pledged $100 million for it, not nothing, but not 14.3 billion. what i meant by the comments, not the united states providing all of the food, water, medical assistance on those trucks. hold on. you just said that united states of america you said let me explain. united states of america there is no shortage of countries in the region and international humanitarian networks and organizations who want to provide humanitarian assistance in they have stepped up and the united states have as well. they have. but what the united states was able to do is secure agreement with the israel and the government of egypt. that has been the breakthrough we have been able to achieve. not the only question of the
harbor in southern new mexico. back to you. gillian: madison, thank you. mike. mike: court hearing getting underway in texas this hour for one of the two illegal migrants accused of killing a 12-year-old girl in houston and dumping her body in the water under a bridge. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m mike emanuel. gillian, great to be with you. gillian: i m gillian turner. dana and bill have the day off. both suspects in the tragic murder are facing capital murder charges. this is according to ice. they entered the country illegally and later caught and released by border patrol near el paso weeks before 12-year-old girl was murdered. the duo lured her under a bridge, removed her clothes, tied her up strangled and murdered her. if the medical examiner determines she was sexually assaulted they could face the death penalty under texas law. mike: michael mccaul laid part of the blame on president biden s open border policies. we re seeing this
pm on the east coast. breaking tonight, two roads diverged on a path to the presidential nomination this past weekend with president trump appearing to take the road less traveled appearing in the hood in detroit while current president joe biden spent his weekend kicking back with a-list celebrities at a star-studded fundraiser in california where end up breaking development, one of the secret service agents was robbed gun putting gunpoint if you can believe it. and this. that is no surprise. i think it will be upgraded here and the sole purpose of it hitting her head. kevin: wnba caitlin clark on the receiving end of not one but two flagrant fouls in the question is this something bigger going on or just your average basketball play? we need your input and the nightcap coming up later. california democrats trying to stop the opportunity if harsher penalties should be set for retail theft and a transgender swimmer losing the challenge to overturn the ban on trans a