home, i m martha maccallum at fox news headquarters in new york. this story is back today, remember jussie smollett? looks like he will land back in prison. nikki haley also joins us. we have a good mix of stories, some politics, some crime and john kirby is here, we ll talk about israel as the war resumes in force in gaza. first, though, that entertaining match up between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom was must-see tv with sean hannity last night here on fox. they went at it on a lot of things that are important to americans across the country, watch. governor desantis: california represents biden-harris on steroids. joe biden is in the pocket of the teachers union and so is kamala harris. governor newsom: it is not kamala harris, ron, it is kamala harris. you are troeling folks to outtrump trump. governor desantis: what is that plotting? that app is where they plot human feces found on the streets of san francisco. governor newsom
hostages released now up to 99, two more women were freed by hamas in the past couple of hours. today, though, fears that new violence including a deadly shooting in jerusalem could derail the truce in hopes of bringing more hostages home. a single sentence was all it took in appeals court. we ve got an update on that case. plus, on what could be his last full day in congress, republican george santos attacking his colleagues for trying to bully him, as he puts it, out of washington. his wild and i mean wild press conference, and why he s spending what could be his final hours in office trying to get another lawmaker expelled. we want to start, though, with the hour-by-hour, minute by minute negotiations happening to keep a truce between israel and hamas in place. remember, it was a last minute deal just beforeidnight our time that kept the fighting on pause for one more day allowing for the release of more hostages today. hours ago, the israeli government announcing
hostages out and aid in, red cross gets access. so again, we have one more day today, hopefully we can get this thing extended and we ll see. any other way they feel they can determine the condition of the hostages, especially the americans? that s why the red cross access is so important because it s eyes on, it s an independent view and look to see how these people are doing. and that s why it s so important, why we have been fighting for it. thank you, john. regarding the attack in jerusalem which hamas has taken credit, does the u.s. view the attack to be a violation of the ongoing truce between israel and hamas? i don t want to get i m not a lawyer here, this attack happened in jerusalem, the pause is in the fighting more specific to gaza. so simple as that. it wasn t therefore it didn t violate. didn t technically violate the deal in place but obviously it s a stark reminder of who they are facing and wa kind of enemy they are opposing. back to the pho
administered every three to six months. lawrence: so we re tracking this to see how it goes and sign up then. for sure. lawrence: thank you for joining me. see you later, buddy. third hour of fox and friends starts now. a search is underway after u.s. military aircraft crashed off the coast of japan. ainsley: japanese fishermen found one of the crew members. engine looked like it was on fire. between israel and hamas. steve: sixth set will be released. it s been 54 days, 54 days. ainsley: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas heading to texas today. lawmaker maker wants is accelerant to the border calamity. getting smeared as a fan wearing black face. brian: ub believable they take shots of a kid this age. this political cartoon shows bidenomics dragging down the u.s. economy. symbolism, president falling down just like that massive christmas tree. steve: all right, we begin final hour of fox and friends for wednesday with a fox news alert. right
four-times indicted ex-president. nbc news is reporting on potentially game-changing revelation base the former vice president, mike pence. we ll have more on what pence told special counsel jack smith s investigators later this hour. but first, we want to get to the fast-moving developments out of the middle east. at this hour, we are getting our first glimpse of the latest hostages to be released. here are some of the faces of the 12 prisoners released by hamas today, 10 israelis and 2 thai nationals. notably, many are older. among them, a mother and daughter who were kidnapped together. a retired kindergarten teacher. a grandmother of nine. and the 84-year-old founder of one of the kibbutz that was raided on october 7th. this is now day five of the extended truce that for now, barring another extension, is expected to last through tomorrow, for six days in total. as we know, it is a fragile truce and a fluid situation as underscored by the events of just the last 24 hours