bret: all right, dana. the christmas spirit has officially kicked off. i think dana had the hots for santa. i m not sure. fantastic here. a beautiful night. good evening. i m bret baier. we re going to get to some news now. oare negotiators getting close n a deal for release of some of the hamas hostages? we will get bipartisan reaction from the heads of the house foreign affairs committee. as former president donald trump dominates the polls, can he scratch off one name from his vice presidential list. we will bring that you story. and what could be the busiest thanksgiving travel week on record could get even tougher with a major storm system coming. bret: we are live in the plaza outside fox news world headquarters in new york. part of the christmas festivities here. hoped you enjoyed the lighting of our christmas tree. it s a great fest every year. they are also celebrating tonight at the white house where president joe biden turns 81. that fact causing him so
john: kayleigh, thank you. president biden expected to meet xi later this hour as they meet face-to-face the first time in a year for a summit in california. and we are learning some major developments before those high level talks even begin. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, the top of the mountain, a long slide into the weekend from here. sandra: we are indeed. good to be with you, john. this is america reports . making headlines, expected agreement between the two global superpowers to stem the flow of fentanyl into the u.s.. and according to one report, the two leaders will sign off on a deal to rein in the use of artificial intelligence in drones and nuclear weapons. john: but critics warn it s the united states surrendering to one of the biggest adversaries with wars raging in other parts of the world. jacqui heinrich is live in san francisco ahead of this critical summit. jacqui. john, president biden heads into this summit having already clinched two o
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
Kellyanne conway had to say about it today. That cannot be verified. Thats a classified briefing. We should all be increasingly confirmed that we have, quote, Intelligence Officials, divulging information unsourced, unnamed to the rest of us. Just to smear the President Elect of the United States we now have Intelligence Officials divulging information theyre sworn not to divulge. We should be very concerned about that. I dont even think this is fake news. I think its just fake. I would take the news word right out of it. Reporter so what were seeing from donald trump and his advisers is pushback against the Intelligence Community but taking issue with the underlying allegations that cnn has not cooperated and have not been reporting. And reince priebus, trumps chief of staff, said he asked donald trump directly about some of these underlying allegations. Donald trump apparently told him they were complete garbage but
in more colorful language. You can bet this will come up at the Pres
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reportedly asked President Biden to formally greenlight Ukrainian strikes against targets deep inside Russia using US-provided long-range weaponry amid growing pressure from hawks in Washington. Sputnik asked seasoned international affairs observer Scott Ritter about the development s dangerous endgame.