in northern gaza and starting new offensive in the southern part of the region. idf is moving into the southern part while the u.s. tries to help the two sides bring an end to this war. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, a lot going on that we will start feeling at home, we ll get into it with cory mills in a moment. carley: first trey yingst has an update from tel aviv. trey: israeli forces say they are close to completing high-intensity phase of this war in gaza. much has been in gaza jabalia neighborhood where troops from 551st brigade evacuated a group of civilians in a building. weapons were found at that school according to idf. difficult fighting taking place in southern gaza. death toll is rising with total of 137 killed since the ground operation began. they discovered new tunnels in gaza city used by hamas leadership. take a listen. from this infrastructure, they other than able to move and
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
judge jeanine pirro, charlie hurt, kennedy, and tyrus. it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. was the five before christmas, the studio was set for the table to discuss the big topics. the stockings were hung by the cameras with care in hopes that the five would soon be on air. when out in the greenroom us rose such a clatter, it was just judge jeanine stealing a cookie from the platter. okay, that is enough of that. we are going to get to the news in a few minutes but now it is time for a christmas fastest. first up. think of secret santa gifts. one man is vowing to never participate in his office exchange ever again after only receiving a box full of a assorted mini candy bars as is present. judge, i feel like this would be a dream gift for you, actually, to get candy. jeanine: it is a dream gift. here is the problem. this guy is very upset because he spent all this time getting a present for someone, and in exchange, he got left over candy. he assume
executive action on the border crisis as shocking scenes like on the screen become too often. you are watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the numbers are staggering, 200,000 crossings just this year. todd: the biden admin strigz just closed both crossings this week while illegal activity reign supreme. carley: alexandria hoff has more from washington. alexandria: timing of the letter coincides with influx you were just talking about. in appeal to the president yesterday, speaker johnson wrote southern border of our nation is being overrun and border protection is at a breaking point. i urge you to take executive action to stem the record tide of illegal immigration. speaker johnson called on the president to end catch and release and see a grant parole on case-by-case basis, instead of a sweeping role and see president reinstate the stay in mexico program. the white house says they are doing all they can. it is not unusual, this im
for harris. lawmakers are starting to hear from witnesses as impeachment investigation is now official. one republican says his party needs to get the truth. going down these impeachment routes could be a problem politically? no, i don t come in fact, if we don t go down these impeachmt routes, a huge part of america is just going to say, we are not supporting republicans anymore. julie: on the other side of the aisle, denials all around as you can imagine. shifting from president biden who has never spoken allegedly to hunter about business. that is their story. now, in fact, he was never financially involved. some he did at the white house briefing about this. it is certainly baseless political stunt pier that is what we are seeing. there is zero evidence and you can ask me about engagement and what the president has done with his family but there is no evidence spirit weight, but there is no evidence! there is no evidence that the president has done wrong doing. th