friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
rachel: god bless america. that is the navy band northeast ceremonial band, welcome to fox & friends and good morning to all of you across america. i m here with will and with joey. joey: in for pete hegseth. celebrating memorial day in his own way. you recognize the song god bless america. rac.rachel: yeah. joey: i don t have any acumen. it didn t register. rachel: we need that now. great song, great choice. will: beautiful. they ve been with us all weekend long as we spender time with you throughout the memorial day weekend and we try to remind ourselves, it s not just about the barbecue, the beer, the family and friends, it s remembering those who gave the ultimate s sacrificed. this weekend is about those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defending what we love about this nation, what we are privileged and greatful to enjoy. rachel: absolutely. today and a tomorrow, take a little time to think about it, maybe pick a soldier who maybe passed away and you can learn a lit
civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this addition to the media show. this week because s is need very little introduction. welcome to the media show. one of thoseis welcome to the media show. one of those is certainly ukraine, and we heard the news that the journalists had died by russian artillery at 32 years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the - know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east i know very closely. yes, he was i killed somewhere in the east near bakhmut, where i spent over the time, too. these things are tragic and unfortunately, i ve kno
today on inside politics, donald trump hanging onto commanding leads, his rivals are running out of time to catch up but one of them is starting to see a narrow path to a major upset. let s make a deal, senators are racing to get new border security measures. president biden facing pressure on one of the toughest problems to solve. democrats have never been this nervous about biden s chances, we will ask the pollster who elected bill clinton. i am jim acosta, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. four weeks from today, the first republican voters will make their voices heard, the iowa caucus is 28 days away, most of the major candidates were crisscrossing those states this weekend and are back at it today. the ones not named donald trump hoping to survive surprise finish, we have a lot of new polls this weekend, that will tell us what the challenges are for some of these gop rivals. they have been pouring all the numbers, what are you seeing right now? let s st