motivated violent extremism. we ll bring all the resources of the federal government to bear on this case. this is the number one priority of the department of justice, and i can assure the citizens of this community that anything we can do at the federal level with this case will be done and justice will be served for the victims. on the hate crime issue as well. i asked our hate crime task force to investigate as well. it s absolutely a hate crime. i have been in touch with officials in washington and the white house on the issue of what we are doing here so aggressively as well. i appreciate the fbi investigation as well. reporter: that s the governor of the state of new york, kathy hochul along with the local district attorney from erie county talking about the horrible news out of buffalo. an 18-year-old suspect drove from the binghampton area from the pennsylvania-new york border. drove several hours west and north to the buffalo area and began livestreaming as he got
a story about the power of kindness and on relenting courage in a time of war and it has been targeted for removal from school library shelves. the velshi banned book club convenes this morning with r. j. palacio author of the powerful graphic novel white bird. velshi starts now. good morning. i am ali velshi. it is saturday may 14th, day 80 of the invasion of ukraine and the war that is not going as putin planned or as anyone expected. the consequences of the war of choice on the neighbor, both intended and unintended, are now out in the open and on display for the world to see. there is a global economic toll and ramifications for the world food supply, ukraine being one of the largest producers of green in the world. we will dive into this later on in the show. other consequences are more direct and visual with ukraine being altered. entire cities, towns, villages, big and small, ruined and erased from the landscape. tens of thousands of people have been killed in th
carley: israel and hamas have agreed to a deal to release 50 hostages, including americans being held in gaza. the two sides will pause for two days allowing women and children to escape. todd: threeern ms will be released, including a little girl who turns four this friday. she was taken by hamas after both parents were murdered on october 7. her sib i think wells survived, but are unaccounted for right now. a family friend joined us to tell us what happened? there are two children, ages six and eight, they managed to call their aunt and uncle and the police and they told them that the terrorists, the hamas terrorists shot their mother and shot their father. and probably shot their baby sister abigale, who we now know is held in gaza kidnapped along with so many other children. carley: that beautiful girl with big blue eyes, been through so much before the age of four. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. the release wi
that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. they re asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. sources telling fox news 400 americans have been cleared to follow suit. whether that happens today or not is something we await. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. team is back together. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is astounding the mayors have to come begging the white house for help on a problem the white house is refusing to solve. we ll cover that but also get you to this. the increased fighting in gaza is putting pressure on the white house to get the am
lawrence: it is 8:00 a.m. on the east coast, tuesday, june 25, this is fox and friends . a community is in mourning as michigan sheriff deputy was brutally murdered in the line of duty. his pregnant widow willin jo us in moments and we ll tell you how you can help her and her family with this great loss. steve: that is coming up shortly. take a look at this, a minnesota dam at its breaking point. residents on high alert, floods could cause major damage and it is at the breaking point. ainsley: and dave portnoy opens up about his cancer diagnosis and a big announcement. final hour of fox and friends starts right now. lawrence: tragic news. long-time michigan sheriff deputy murdered in an ambush last weekend after driver of a car jumped out and opened fire. steve: he leaves behind three young daughters and a wife who is pregnant know. h ainsley: his widow jacqueline joins us. so many people talking about this and praying for your family. you have three little gir