John im john roberts. The story with martha starts rights now. Martha that will be on our minds for a while. Good afternoon, everybody. Im martha maccallum. New things happening in several big stories as we get started here at 3 00 eastern. Senator bob menendez in court with his wife, nadine. If convicted on the counts that they face, the couple could face 45 years in prison. Many of his fellow democrats say he needs to go now. They dont want to wait for a trial. Hes not budging for now at this point. And then theres this story. Watch what happened last night in philadelphia. Martha how is this the scene in Downtown Philadelphia . I dont know why that woman was cackling and laughing while she was videotaping that. Only she knows. The answer to that, its complete chaos in Downtown Philadelphia. Police say that these flash mobs have been in a Caravan Riding around the city and ransacking stores. Were going to talk about that today. Its not just in philadelphia. It has happened all across
morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, more hostages to be released by hamas after a nail-biting exchange yesterday.s 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel afte cr hamas terrorists put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third hs list of hostages to be released, so for now the deal seems to be back on. national security advisor jakeit sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason to believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to ten americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden sai friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that will occur, but we expect it to occur. we know thpecte numbers when thr going to be released, so it s my hope and expectation it ll be soon. and of the americans [inaudible] do you know all of their - conditions? are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. seanican: plus, days af
election before the really big election, we can say another issue is really, really giving the economy a run for its money. or lack of money or whatever. we re talking about abortion. consider abortion rights supporters winning a key ohio ballot measure. a democratic governor campaigning on reproductive rights holding on to win in kentucky. and a democrat picking up a seat on the pennsylvania supreme court after pledging to uphold abortion rights. the biggest of all of them, democrats taking full control of the virginia state house, presumably blocking republicaning from passing new abortion restrictions in a blow to governor youngkin. so you see what s going on? wonder why many democrats see hopeful signing for next year. not because they ll be focusing on the economy but precisely because they will not. abortion is a winning issue for them. we re all over it on your world starting now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. one election changed every one s mind about what will be cons
i m martha maccallum. we have two big breaking story at 3:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon. israeli forces pressing in to the heart of gaza city now. this is the moment that many have been knowing would come in all of this. it is now underway. we assume that hamas terrorists are digging in in many of the tunnels that we have seen uncovered by the idf. this is really being called an unprecedented city-street-to-street battle. civilians, many of whom have been trapped by hamas essentially, can t get out in a lot of these situations. there s hostages, more than 200 of them some where in this space, including americans that we understand are held somewhere in the city. this is an extraordinarily tense situation with a lot of lives at stake. so our coverage will continue as we get new images from the fight in throughout the course of this hour. also, iran continues to attack us at our bases in the region. our u.s. service members. what is our response? john kirby will join us f
martha: thanks. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. the story now just revealed video of a hamas official saying israel must be finished and he s not ashamed to say that this is their goal. that is gaza hamad making the comments on lebanese television. he also says that the october 7th massacre will happen again and again until the job is finished. watch. israel is a country that has no place on our land. we must remove that country because it constitutes a security, military and political catastrophe and must be finished. we re not ashamed to say this with full force. we must teach israel a lesson and we will do this again and again. this is the first time and there will be a second, a third and a fourth because we have the determination, the resolve and the capabilities to fight. the occupation must come to an end. occupation war? ? the gaza strip? the palestinian lands. does that mean the annihilation of israel? yes. the existence of i